Intro Theme:
Staring down the supercharged OP Trixie, you try to keep your mind as focused as possible.
Okay Nightshade, according to that book Spike found, that Amulet can’t be taken off except by her, so that means I can’t just cheat and take it off. Plus it gives her almost limitless power and is making her even more nuts and…Why did I think this was a good idea again?
Shaking your head to try and focus once more you think,
Whatever, I just have to win before Dad finds out and gets pissed off.
POV Change: Bugze
ThePonySpartan’s Comment
Oh Sweet Celestia, I’m so pissed off right now! You think as you continue your task for the day, staring at the dome and sitting still. Normally it wouldn’t be so bad, but being told to watch it has made it a whole lot worse.
Stupid Dome! Stupid Trixie! Stupid Town!
As you work yourself up, clenching your teeth in anger, you then take a deep breath and close your eyes. You are currently in Phase 2 of the Nightmare Cloak on purpose with your tails swirling around you. You’ve intentionally drawn it out to try something different with it.
Count to ten, just like she was always nagging about. Count to ten…
Before you can even start counting, a loud gasp comes from behind you startling you. Your eyes snap open and one of your tails launches itself towards the source of the noise.
“AAAHHHH!!!” comes the scream of Twilight as it lunges towards her. Realizing this, you are just able to keep the tail from striking her.
"Oh Dear Luna! I-I'm sorry Twilight! It was just instinct!" you apologize as you stand up and diffuse Phase 2.
"An instinct to kill?" Twilight asks in shock as she clutches her chest and takes deep breaths.
Shaking your head you yelp,
"Buck no! It’s a defensive instinct that protects me and my daughter."
"But your daughter isn't here," Twilight states flatly, her breathing back to normal.
“Don’t remind me. Look, I was working myself up imagining her in danger alright?”
As you always tend to do, Selena adds.
Twilight just gives you a questioning look,
“Did you know your tails had formed?”
“Well yeah, I made them come out on purpose.”
“Why would you do that?” she asks flabbergasted.
You sigh at this.
“Well, since I’m just sitting her watching that dome, I decided to try and…ya know, train myself with my tails.”
“Train yourself?” she asks.
“Yeah,” you nod, “I’ve never actually practiced with them or learned to control them.”
“YOU HAVEN’T?!!!” Twilight shouts in shock.
You shrug and say,
“Never really had the opportunity or time.”
“So all those times, all those fights, You Didn’t Know What You Were Doing?!”
“Do you know exactly what you’re doing when you’re angry?” you shoot back.
“Well…no, but,”
“Exactly,” you interrupt. “So yeah, trying to control both of them at the same time, so that I don’t have any more incidents like the Crystal Empire.”
“Right…Right,” she stutters nervously.
Raising an eyebrow you ask,
“So, was there a reason you were sneaking up on me?”
She seems startled at that, before she composes herself and says,
“Yes actually. I wanted to speak to you about something.”
Rolling your eyes, you turn away from her and declare,
BrownDog’s Comment
“Look, if you’re going to say something that will get us arguing again, save it.”
“Um…actually that’s not what I was coming over here for.”
“Oh?” you say turning towards her.
“Look, before all of this is over…” she pauses, “Can you PLEASE get Crackle her to leave my home?”
Your eyes widen at that.
“Huh?”
“Crackle, the dragon you had fly us away last year? She won’t leave my house because she thinks you’ll come back for her.”
“Oh…” you say in understanding. “Well, I don’t really know if I’ll have time to,”
“Can you at least TALK to her? I’m tired of coming home and finding my bed being slept in by her! And don’t get me started on all the snacks and juice she goes through on an almost daily basis.”
“Okay, Okay if there’s time I’ll try,” you say holding your hooves up.
“Thank you,” she grunts. “You have no idea how annoying it is having to deal with her shenanigans.”
“Already said I’d try, you don’t have to convince me anymore,” you point out.
“I…Okay then…” she says before there is a silence between you two. It’s awkward and neither of you knows how to break it as you just stand there. Finally having enough you decide to ask a question you’ve had since yesterday.
Kichi’s Comment
“Say, Bookworm? How exactly did you manage to lose against Trixie?”
An angry glint shines in her eye as she huffs and says,
“I have no clue. I have been studying magic for nearly my entire life, and Trixie was just a show mare and boaster that used cheap tricks. Now she shows up three years later with magical skill that could put her on the level with the Princesses and even Discord.”
“Do you think it was Discord that gave her the power?” you ask almost hopefully.
To your dismay Twilight just sighs and shakes her head no.
“As much as I’d like to think that this was all him, it doesn’t fit his profile, plus Fluttershy wouldn’t like that kind of accusation against him. Besides, Discord’s not the type to not take credit for something chaotic. He’s actually searching the world for you as we speak,” she points out.
“Really?” you pretend to be surprised. “Well good luck with him finding me.”
“However that’s possible,” she just shakes her head again. “But yeah, I have no idea what’s made her more powerful. Her eyes did start glowing red as we dueled, which I thought was out of the ordinary.”
“Her eyes were glowing? Hey, that’s my thing!” you declare grouchily. “Was there anything else off about her?”
“Well…” Twilight thinks, “She wasn’t wearing her usual hat and cape when we dueled. She switched them out for a black cloak and some sort of black and silver necklace with a red jewel in the middle of it. Looked like a unicorn.”
Suddenly, you hear a sputtering of surprise within your mind.
Th-the Amulet? Sombra mutters.
What was that? You ask.
Huh? I mean, what amulet…?
Oh please, we know you know something. Do not insult our intelligence by lying as badly as my changeling.
"Hey!" you shout out loud, startling Twilight.
"What? What is it?!” she asks confused.
“Oi, Butt out Twilight, I’m having another conversation here.”
“What? With who?” she asks, but you ignore her and close your eyes, causing her to groan in frustration.
Blocking out the purple unicorn you ask,
Alright, spill the beans Sumo. What do you know?
He doesn’t speak for a moment, but then your better half demands,
Answer his questions filth!
Fine! What the protégé of the sun has described sounds like something that came from the vaults of Amore herself. The Alicorn Amulet.
The Alicorn Amulet? I have never heard of something called such, Selena muses.
You wouldn’t. It was an experiment her wizards of the Empire cooked up, utilizing the power of my people, he growls. They sought a weapon in case the Princesses were ever corrupted, but because they utilized my Umbrum brethren, the Amulet itself was the thing that would corrupt the wearer. So like a typical princess, she hid it away instead of just destroying it.
Whoa, Whoa! Slow down. Are you saying Princess Amore was the one to make this? To take down an Alicorn?
Precisely. And if I had had that power, this world would be a much different place, he grunts.
Yeesh, you think at the implication. So much for the original Princess of Love.
Indeed. I never took her for the type to be pragmatic and cautionary.
Her caution didn’t save her in the end, Sombra chuckles darkly.
Hey! Quit laughing at dark stuff. And if it was hidden away, how do you know about it?
From her notes, and because I searched for the damn thing. As you can clearly see, I didn’t find it.
Yeah yeah, but what did you mean it was the thing that corrupted?
The wearer is said to be driven mad by the power it bestows, and become addicted to it like a drug.
Oh great, so Trixie’s riding a power high AND it’s making her nuts…I guess that’d explain why she thinks I’d want a town overthrown and would still be her friend…you muse before shaking your head.
So what, do we just have to get that necklace off of her and the power goes away?
If you don’t wish to die, then yes. But please do fight her without removing it. It will be glorious, he snarls, before you hear him cry out in pain.
I’ve warned you time and time again not to threaten HIM! Selena yells.
It’s not a threat if it’s true, he growls.
Calm down Selly, he only wishes I would die that easily. But still, I’m going up against the power of a freaking Alicorn? How am I supposed to win that? I mean, it’s not like anyling else is nuts enough to face her with all that juice…
POV Change: Nightshade
ThePonySpartan’s Comment
"You want a magic show?" you declare at the top of your lungs, breaking the stare down you two had going. You then bring your hooves down on a boulder that’s sitting near the fountain for some reason.
"Fine! Let’s get to magicing!" Using your earth bending, you toss the large boulder up into the sky. Everyone looks up in awe as you earth bend some more to chip the boulder and create the head of your mommy with an angry face.
“TOM! NOOOOO!!!” Rarity screeches at the top of her lungs in anguish, but you ignore her. You then slam the rock of your mommy’s head right in front of Trixie, creating a sizeable crater.
"Beat that mother bucker!"
“Oh, a statue of Princess Luna angry, I’m sooo scared,” Trixie sarcastically mocks.
“That’s not Princess Luna, that’s my m…” you begin before with a blast of her magic the statue is transformed into dust and thrown to the wind.
“TTTTTOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!” Rarity bellows and begins openly weeping.
Trixie just raises an eyebrow at her before asking you,
“What’s her problem?”
“She’s a drama queen that likes toying with hearts, so your guess is as good as mine,” you declare with a shrug.
“Right…But anyway, HA! No snarling visage can beat Trixie!” she boasts.
“Oh, so angry doesn’t work for you huh?” you declare with a smirk.
Kichi’s Comment
"Fine then, I'll show you, one something that will pierce even your icy heart!”
You then contort your face in concentration as the group and Trixie look at you in anticipation. It all comes to a head when you open your eyes and say,
“Surrender and give us our town back, pretty please?” This is punctuated by the most intense puppy dog eyes you’ve ever given.
“HRK!” Trixie falters and places a hoof to her chest, as do many other adults who were caught in the crossfire.
“I’d really, really appreciate it,” you say innocently, fluttering your eyelashes.
"Gyah! Trixie will not give into your cuteness!” she struggles to say.
“Are you suuuuurreee?” you stretch out your words into sickeningly sweet crescendos.
"Gah!! Too much cuteness!” Trixie yelps closing her eyes.
Smiling vindictively, you know she’s on the ropes, but then…
BrownDog’s Comment
“You won’t be cute for long! Behold, My Aging Magic!” she then blasts you and suddenly your body feels weird.
“AAAAHHHH!!!” you shout as all of a sudden your view shifts and you see Trixie on an even level. She has a confused look on her face.
“Odd, that was supposed to turn you into an old mare,” she mutters.
“What did you…do…to me?” you ask as you notice your voice sounds different.
“Duuuhhh…” you look out into the crowd and see countless Stallions and a few mares gawking at you. Spike’s tongue is hanging out of his head.
“What? What is…” you then notice that your legs are longer, as is your horn. You look into the reflection of the nearest window and see that you now have your mother’s figure. The one she has now, not the original.
Oh wow, is that what I’m going to look like in a few years? Dang. I’m like one of those mares in a fashion magazine. Daddy wouldn’t want me in one though, but what do you know old man? I can do whatever I want! I’ll have stallions eating out of my hooves for my adoration, every mare will be so jealous of me and…
Your eyes widen as you realize teenaged hormones are flooding your brain and effecting how you think.
“AAAAHHHH!!!” you yell before glaring at Trixie. “Change me back, Change me back!” you yell in panic.
“Um…right. Trixie’s spell must be getting rusty,” she theorizes as she de-ages you back to your true form.
“Aaaaahhhh,” the audience groans, followed very quickly by several hoofs to the back of the heads of those who groaned.
“Don’t ever do that again!” you snarl. “I’m trying to age naturally now thank you very much!”
“Well, ahem, Still I have done something that not even you can accomplish, even if you will grow to have the figure of Princess Luna,” Trixie boasts.
“Oh really? I can’t do that?” you then look to the audience. “Does anyone have a piece of coal?”
They all look at each other in confusion.
“Really? Nopony?”
“There should be some on the train…but it’s kind of outside the dome so…” Mayor Mare says from within her bird cage.
“Ugh!” you then glare at Trixie. “Magic me some coal!”
Rolling her eyes, Trixie does just that.
“I don’t see the point in this, how is this going to match my aging spell?”
“Easy,” you declare as you grip the piece of coal between your two hoofs. “I’m going to make something new, out of something old.
Using your earth bending, and a lot of strain, you crush the coal between your hoofs. After about a minute, you let up and start panting before holding up a small glittering diamond for all to see.
Trixie and the audience’s eyes widen at that.
“Beat that,” you say smugly.
She then points her horn at Crackle and unleashes magic, transforming her into…a different more noticeably feminine form.
“Blarg?!” Crackle cries out in confusion standing on two legs looking at her sleek new form.
“See, I can turn something ugly into something pretty as well,” Trixie smirks.
“Hey! That’s mean!” you yell before looking to Crackle. “It’s Okay Crackle, you were already beautiful just the way you were.”
“Uhhhh…honk?” she asks.
“Don’t worry Crackle, once I beat her, you’ll go back to normal.”
Crackle just shrugs as if she doesn’t care one way or the other.
“Now Trampsy! You want me to bring out the big guns? Fine!”
Kichi’s Comment
You then concentrate really really hard, for real this time.
“And what is this supposed to accomplish?” Trixie mocks.
“Check the horizon you tart!” you grunt.
Everyone looks to the horizon before they gasp for half of the moon is slowly rising above it. It takes a lot of concentration and energy, but once you’re sure they’ve all seen it, you let it go and it drops back down out of sight where it belongs.
Gasping you look at her smugly and say,
“With apologies to Princess Luna, Beat that,” you say inbetween gasps.
Trixie just looks back to you with an amused face.
BrownDog’s Comment
“Nice illusion kid. But I can do you one better.”
“ILLUSION?!” you yell in indignation. “I moved the freaking moon! I was like Nightmare Mooning it up in here!"
“Oh really? Then care to move it again?” she deadpans.
“Hey, that took a lot out of me Okay?!” you reply.
“Sure it did. That’s your problem kid. When it comes to illusions, don’t put too much effort into making a ginormous one. Go for short and simple.”
“But it wasn’t a freaking ill-“
You are then interrupted as Trixie summons a Timberwolf right in front of you that roars in your face.
“AAAHHH!!!” you yell and instinctively try to punch it, only for your hoof to go through, and your swing to make you lose your balance and fall to the ground.
“Muhahaha! Illusion magic at it’s finest. It’s the little things that sell it. Something Sparkle forgot to mention,” Trixie gloats.
Gritting your teeth you walk up to Trixie and declare,
“Oh, you want to see illusion magic?” you then stick your face into hers and shift yourself into your changeling hybrid form with pure blue eyes and two sharp teeth.
“BOO!” you shout.
“GYAGH!” Trixie falls over backwards startled by your sudden appearance.
“Oh get over yourself. I’m still adorable,” you snark before shifting your form back to Unicorn.
“Ch-Cheap trick, but it shall do you no good little brat,” Trixie huffs as she gets back up.
“Oh sure, just like me moving the moon was a cheap trick?”
Trixie just rolls her eyes,
“You were caught in the lie kid, move on.”
You groan in anger, even as you feel a headache coming on from what you just did.
“Hmm. Trixie can see that you are on the verge of collapse. In that case, she will take it easy on you,” she smirks.
ThePonySpartan’s Comment
She teleports the purple paddle into your hoof just as another flash of magic makes a ping pong table appear between the two of you.
“Ping Pong? Really?” you deadpan.
“Of course. Truly the skill game of the gods,” she responds her eyes unfocused as she laughs madly.
You wince at her insane laughter, before looking at the table and your paddle. You’ve never played this before, but thankfully your dad did show you a movie that taught you what the rules were.
Alright Forrest Rump, let’s see if you can save my bacon.
Trixie then summons a ball and serves it towards you.
You then use your magic to levitate the paddle up to your head and wind it back. With a quick swing of your magic, you swat back the ball, and it bounces to your right on Trixie's half of the table.
Trixie's eyes glow red for a quick second as she reacts fast and uses her paddle to strike back at the ball heading towards her left.
The ball bounces on your side of the table, heading to your far left.
You again strike the ball. Since it was on your far left, it goes straight to Trixie's far right.
Gasping, she quickly brings her paddle to her right and swings, barely hitting it.
This back and forth continues on for twenty consecutive hits, and the ball keeps getting faster and faster with each strike.
The enraptured audience keeps moving their eyes back and forth trying to follow the ball that’s quickly becoming a blur.
“Woohoo! Go Filly Go!”
“You Can Do it Shade!”
“Yeah! Beat Dat Hoe!”
“Honk Honk!”
The audience cheers for you, but you barely hear them as you keep your eye on the ball.
I never knew this game was so INTENSE!!!
Even with your intense focus, you do notice that Trixie is straining and sweating just as much as you are. After many more hits, the ball is going so fast that no one in the audience can keep up with it’s movements. Not even Rainbow Dash.
How you and Trixie are reacting is beyond comprehension, but you don’t let up even as you grit your teeth, pushing through the pain.
The both of you reaching your limits, Trixie suddenly yells,
"Trixie has had enough of this game!"
Her eyes glow fiercely as the magic holding her paddle intensifies, and her swing becomes just as fast or faster than the ball, and she strikes. The ball hits your side of the table at tremendous speed and bounces into the sky out of your reach.
"Ha! Trixie wins!" She declares before plopping to the ground, clearly worn out from the game.
You want more than anything to collapse yourself, but your eyes harden in determination. You have to win. For your Dad’s sake. To save Ponyville, to avenge Twilight and your friends.
“Match Point!” you shout as your eyes glow white.
You then teleport above the Ping Pong ball as it reaches it’s crescendo in the sky. Both you and the ball then begin falling towards the ground as everyone gasps.
Gripping your paddle in your hoof to the point of breaking, you wind up and cry out,
"FALCON SWING!"
Before striking the ball with your fire encased hoof.
The ball infused with this new power, breaks the sound barrier and catches fire as it makes a beeline for Trixie’s side of the table.
She quickly gets back up, her paddle ready, but it doesn’t matter. The fire encased ball strikes her side of the table, and goes completely through it, before leaving a crater in the dirt underneath. The table catches fire while the crowd goes nuts and Trixie’s jaw drops.
You sigh as you plummet, really wishing you knew how to fly.
Luckily, Rainbow Dash catches you mid-air, and gently descends down to the ground into the mass of cheering and celebrating ponies.
“Nice catch Rainbow,” you say.
“No problem kiddo. That move was freaking AWESOME!!!”
The crowd of ponies begin hugging you and praising you, but you wave them off as you exit the crowd and glare at the still slack jawed Trixie standing in front of her burning ping pong table.
"I won! Now Get The Buck Out of Town!" you order.
Trixie looks from the table to you and back before declaring.
“No! Trixie Refuses!”
You grit your teeth in anger. "You mother bucking... keep your promise you BACK STABBING B!%$#!!!"
“The only one Trixie ever keeps promises to is The Hooded Offender! And besides, you broke and set the table on fire, which is clearly against the rules in a game of Ping Pong!”
“Oh Bullspit!”
“You destroyed the table and I didn’t have a chance to strike back, thus YOU forfeit the match, and the duel!” she declares.
Your anger rises as for the umpteenth time your eyes blaze with enough magic to blast her to the sun.
“You…Sore…LOSER!” you rage.
“No, it is you that has lost. Accept defeat student of Sparkle.”
The crowd begins to yell their objections.
"But she won fair and square!" Spike yells.
"She won! Get out!" The CMC and other foals said.
"You made those rules up!” the Elements declare (still with their duel colored coats)
“ENOUGH!!!” Trixie shouts sending out a wave of magic that shuts everyone up.
“The rules are the rules. I had the last point, and as the ball went through the table and did not bounce, it doesn’t count. I win…”
Your teeth feel like you’re grinding them to dust at this little injustice.
BrownDog’s Comment
“Now, come to me my new Apprentice, MUHAHAHAHAHA!!!” she declares with a lightning strike out of nowhere.
“Yeah, how about no.”
“What?” she asks. “But you said…”
“Buck what I said. Two can play at this game.”
You then look to Pinkie, whose eyes look at you in sadness.
“Pinkie…I’m sorry but…I can’t keep this promise.”
Her eyes widen as you glare fully at Trixie.
“I’m not going to be your apprentice Trixie. I’m going to beat you to a pulp,” you say as you start barreling towards her.
“I am not above harming children you little brat!” she declares her horn glowing.
“Neither am I!” you yell, but suddenly you feel hooves wrapping around you. Your friends, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy are holding you back.
“No! Don’t do this, it doesn't have to be this way,” Fluttershy pleads.
“It’s not worth it, don’t break this promise,” Sweetie begs.
“Twilight will come soon,” Scootaloo says.
“She’ll fix everything just,” Applebloom starts before you yell.
“TWILIGHT CAN’T SOLVE EVERYTHING!!!” before launching them back off of you.
You then continue your run right towards that smug traitor.
“NIGHTSHADE! Don’t!” Spike yells.
You ignore him and continue to wind up your strike, as you do you notice Trixie’s eyes lose their malice and insanity for a moment.
“Nightshade?” she gasps.
As you are about to strike, there is a flash of light and suddenly, you and Trixie are on the other side of the town, alone.
You turn around and see her staring intently at you.
Snarling you wind up and try to strike her, but she teleports out of the way. You jump at her, and she teleports again. Three more times this happens until you yell,
“Stop Spamming Teleport and accept your beating!”
She then magics up a wall between you two that you struggle against.
“Who are you?” Trixie demands.
“What?” you shout.
“Who are you?” she repeats.
“Who do you think? The filly that’s gonna kick you’re a-“
“That dragon, he called you Nightshade…Why?” she demands.
“Because that’s my name you traitorous whorse,” you growl right in her face as you stop striking the wall. Again, a shocked look comes across it.
“N-Nightshade?” Trixie stutters. “But that’s the name he…the name of his…”
“Yeah, I’m his daughter!” you declare now that you’re out of sight and hearing from the crowd. “You may not have seen me, but I saw you!” You accuse.
“I…I…” she stammers.
“I what? Huh? I what? Spit it out!”
“I…I did see you once… at a glance,” Trixie admits, making you pause. “I was coming back from shopping, I saw him place a dark colored sleeping filly into his bags…he said your name was Nightshade,” she says her tone calming down in remembrance as she looks you over. “Y-You had wings…”
You glare at her and wordlessly shift into your Alicorn form, causing her eyes to widen more.
“The fliers said you were the reincarnation of Nightmare Moon, but he said it was lies. That you were his daughter…” Her eyes lose their red hue as she places a hoof on the barrier separating you two. She actually looks…happy. You shake your head from being lulled in and declare,
“Well here I am fully awake whorse!”
She winces a bit at that, before her eyes flash red for a moment.
“Where? Where is he?” She asks looking around the town.
“Don’t worry, he’s coming, and Tartarus is coming with him traitor.”
“I’m Not A Traitor!” she yelps, her eyes flashing again. “That’s a lie. It’s all Sparkler’s fault! She tricked me!”
“Bullspit! You wanted fame and glory so you sold us up the river!”
“Y-You’re confused child. Once he’s here, we can explain the whole thing and we'll all be happy again!”
“Fat chance! You almost got me killed! If it weren’t for my hankering for Ice Cream, I might have actually been crushed by that giant bear because YOU sent my daddy to jail!” you screech and strike the wall.
“N-No, NO! That’s not how it happened. It just can’t be,” she declares as her eyes and the amulet around her neck glow.
She then makes her creepy bear appear and begins talking to it.
“I didn’t betray him. It wasn’t my fault!” She then puts on a different voice and moves the bear around like it’s actually talking.
“That’s right Trixie, Everypony is a liar. He’ll come back to you, and you’ll all make them pay, Pupupupupu.”
“Yeeesss…That’s true, pupupu,” she says in her normal voice.
You back up a bit from the crazy and just shake your head.
“It doesn’t matter what you believe, or how far off your rocker you are. Daddy is still gonna get in here and kick your flank seven ways to Sunday.”
“H-He’ll have no reason to hurt me. We’re friends Nightshade,” she says with her creepy smile.
She then suddenly winces and looks towards the east.
You look yourself, and see that there are flashes near the edges of the dome.
“Wh-what is that?” she asks.
You smirk and say,
“That’s Daddy, come to see his dear “Friend” again,” you say sardonically with a wicked smile.
She doesn’t appear to notice your inflection as a smile adorns her face.
“Hoody…” she gasps in delight before she teleports the both of you.
POV Change: Bugze
During the Ping Pong Match
After explaining to Twilight and Zecora about your hunch about the Alicorn Amulet (You told them you studied ancient legends as a hobby which couldn’t be further from the truth) they went about going through Zecora’s tomes to see if there was any information about it.
As they did that, you sat about trying to control your anger once again, while watching the dome.
“…8…9…10…1…2…You know, this anger management counting is bullspit!” you growl.
It’s all about concentration and focus. Don’t let anything distract you.
Well that’s easier said than done. I mean, look at that flaming light above Ponyville for example, you think pointing as you see a falling object surrounded by fire.
"Wait a minute, what the buck?"
You then stand up and declare,
“Sight Beyond Sight!” and your vision zooms in on the object.
“It looks like some sort of purple and black object speeding towards the ground…Wait…” you then see the object wind it’s arm up in mid air and see...
“NIGHTSHADE!!!” you yell as your sight unzooms. Then, before Zecora and Twilight can come out and question you, you dart into the forest towards the dome, knocking over anything in your path.
Kersey’s Comment
WE HAVE TO GET HER RIGHT NOW! Selena screams in your head.
Yes! We must protect my little overlord! Sombra duggedly blurts out.
I know that! Buck! How the heck did she get into the sky?!
That pathetic magician must have something to do with it! Rip and Tear her! Selena screeches.
I thought you were supposed to be all chill right now from the little bit of drugs you took? You think, as you Psycho Crusher through a tree that didn’t have the decency to get out of your way.
Enough blathering about details! OUR DAUGHTER IS IN DANGER!!!
Eventually, you get right up to the edge of the bubble and start wailing on it with all you’ve got!
“Just *Punch* Bucking *Punch* Break *Punch* Already!” you yell as you wail on the barrier to no effect.
“Gyagh! There is no change from last time!”
Try something else besides punching! Selena urges.
You listen to her and pull out your Boomstick and Second Law.
“Weapons, do what my fists can’t! AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!” you then start striking and shooting the wall, causing flashes of light to spark when you do.
“You know what? It’s time for the big guns!” you then crank your Power Glove to Mix Up.
“Now!” you declare as both fire and electricity surge through your hand, “Would You Kindly GET THE BUCK OUT OF *FLASH* WHOA! OOMPH!” your swing hits empty air and you accidentally pitch yourself forward and onto the ground.
Looking behind you, you see that the dome has momentarily lifted, allowing you entrance.
“Umm, did I do that?” you ask aloud.
As if to answer you, the dome falls back into place, with you on the inside.
“Right…” shaking your head you focus and declare, “Alright, enough messing around, I have to find Nightshade and Triiiiiiii….” Your words catch in your throat as you see the mare standing ten yards away with Nightshade beside her. She has a loopy grin on her face.
“Hoody! It’s you. It’s really, actually you!” she declares sounding relieved.
“…iiiiiixxxxXXXXXIIIIIEEEE!!!!” you yell.
“Yes, it’s Me. TRIXIE! You’re old Great and Powerful Friend.”
You shake uncontrollably in rage at her words, watching her have the gall to smile in your direction.
“Now that you’re back, we can finally get our payback upon this town. This horrible town that separated us, we can make them know the despair we’ve felt,” she monologues, stepping towards you, oblivious to your glowing eyes.
Nightshade looks to you and lets out a sigh.
“Finally you’re here,” she then Falcon Punches Trixie in the mouth.
“YOWCH!” Trixie cries out and holds her jaw. “Nightshade, why would you do that?” she asks.
“Because my promise was up, I agreed not to fight till Daddy showed up. Now it’s his turn,” she says backing away.
“His turn for what? He wouldn’t hurt his old fr-“
“FALCON PUNCH!!!” you roar as you sucker punch the unaware mare, and send her flying back into town.
“Didn’t see that coming did you?! HUH?!”
“Nice hit dad.”
You then turn to Nightshade and see that she is in her alicorn state.
“Before I go deal with her, What were you doing up in the sky on fire young lady?” you scold.
“I, uh… heh heh, I kind of got into a ping pong match from Tartarus against her.”
“…What?!”
“Well you see, I kind of led a resistance of foals and adults in a prank war on Trixie. We had her on the ropes, but then she just snapped and went completely bonkers, and I got mad and since I told her I wouldn’t fight her, she challenged me to a magic duel, WHICH I TOTALLY WON!!! But yeah, then someone said my name and she remembered me. Oh and by the way, totally didn’t “Fight” her, so I didn’t break your promise.”
“…Um…Wow,” you say taking all that in.
Oh merciful gods, how does this child continue to give me near heart attacks when my heart isn’t even physical? Selena gasps in relief and frustration.
“Yeah…She’s nuts dad. She actually thinks you two are still friends.”
You turn your glare back to town.
“In her dreams,” you seethe.
“Also Dad, she has something on her that’s making her more powerful, it’s called the Ali-“
“Corn amulet, yeah I already know. Ol Smokey filled me in,” you say with hard eyes.
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You then look back to her and say.
“Nopony saw you transform into an alicorn right?”
“No, just Trixie, but she already knew.”
You nod your head at this.
“Good. Let the ponies think Nightshade and BST disappeared. After I deal with her, we’re gone.”
“Yeah…alright. I did have one more good day with Spikey and the girls, so I’m good.”
“Right. So while I’m-Wait, What? What did you just call-“
“ANYWAY!” she interrupts, “I’m actually kind of beat from that magic duel. Moving the freaking moon took a lot out of me, and I got my punch in on her.”
She then hops into the Saddlebags, before poking her head out again.
“Daddy…do what you have to, but don’t go overboard…Please?”
You sigh.
“I’ll try honey…I’ll try.”
She then nods and closes the flap.
With her safely inside, you begin to march into town where you sent Trixie flying.
When you enter the town square, you see a crowd of ponies looking over Trixie who is in a light crater.
The ponies all seem a bit terrified, and some of them seem battered. For some reason, The rest of the Deadly 6 and Big Red are all monochromatic. You decide that info doesn’t matter for the moment as you hear someone yelp,
“She’s waking up!”
“Uuuuuggghhh, What is…Who are…” she says dizzily.
“That’s what you get for messing with Nightshade!” you hear Spike growl in satisfaction.
“Yeah!” Scootaloo tells like Bulk Biceps.
“You bit off more than you could chew with her!” Applebloom chastises.
“And she’ll do much worse if you don’t leave!” Sweetie Belle admonishes.
“B-But it wasn’t her, it was…It was…” Trixie stammers.
“PONYVILLE!!!” you roar in the RCV causing them all to turn around and gasp in shock.
“Would You Kindly get away from the gutter trash?!”
All of the citizens begin to back away from Trixie as they all watch you carefully, some with hate, and others in admiration. You hear the whispers, the hateful and fearful thinking that you’ve come to help Trixie, and the admirable and hopeful thinking that you’ve come to save them.
Fluttershy has a gleam in her eye, as do the members of your new Horde. Applejack and Rainbow look furious, Pinkie seems…sad, and Rarity looks like she’s been bawling her eyes out as she holds rock dust in her hooves for some reason.
You decide to ignore them, and train your red and orange eyes onto the confused mare sitting in the crater.
“If none of you want to get hurt, I suggest that you all get to the outskirts of town IMMEDIATELY!” you declare. “This is your only warning!”
That causes all of them, the hopeful and hateful alike to look worried.
“H-Hoody Wait!” Trixie declares as she sits up. “You can’t send them away. What about getting vengeance upon those who betrayed you?!”
You fix her with your glare and even through your anger, you say with a level voice,
“I’m about to.”
Silently, and slowly, and deliberately the Nightmare Cloak forms upon you causing the citizens to heed your warning and get away as fast as possible.
“It’s been three years Trixie. Three years of pain, and torment and suffering,” you growl as the Cloak continues to form, almost peacefully across your form.
“Three years of running and fighting…all because of you…”
The cloak then finishes forming immediately upon your Phase 3, and Trixie looks both confused and horrified.
“Three years Trixie. I’ve come to collect your due…”
“H-Hoody?” she stammers out in fear and confusion.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
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