//------------------------------// // Hate and Defiance // Story: The Strangest Damned Thing // by Jaytee //------------------------------// You stared blankly at her. While on your walk to your room Celestia had explained the basis of everything in this world. You were not meant to be here, but by some twist of fate, you were forced here. She seemed so caring, even thought you nearly killed a few of her guards. She seemed more of a motherly figure than a princess. You thought that up to the point where she started threatening you again. She then put on her stone cold poker face and resumed telling you about Equestria, up to the point where you reached your room. You blinked a few times and waiting for 'Luna' to tell you her plan. You always loved anarchy, but you hated betraying someone. While riots were not exactly legal for you, you always had the right intentions in mind, and never attacked anyone for the wrong reason. What she looked like she was preparing for seemed like it was going to set you off in the wrong direction. "Well?" You said, raising an eyebrow. "Right." She said, looking at you awkwardly. "You need not know most of my plan... but you need to know this, and what to do when..." She walked up and touched her horn to your forehead. A cold and sickle feeling took place in your subconscious, leaving behind images that you would rather not see in person. But hey, at least you knew her plan. "Know what to do?" She said, turning her head slightly. You nodded you head a bit, and walked over to the pack and began to stock up on smoke bombs and practice with your sword. It was going to be a long, long night. ---------------------------------------------------------- You held the sword to Twilight's neck, bleeding profusely from your arm, your eyes locked onto Luna's who had her sister in the position she had perfectly planned for. How you got here, you can barely recall, yet it went something a little along the lines of this... ---------------------------------------------------------- Night had fallen. You walked out of your room long after Luna had left. She left you very stern and straight forward instructions. You sheathed the sword, and began walking toward's Twilight's room. Your jacket was now full of smoke bombs. If all went according to plan, nobod-nopony would get hurt doing this. If. That was always a big word when toppling a government. There was a lot based on nothing for Luna's reasons, and it really seemed like she was backstabbing her sister for no apparent reason. You continued your walk toward's Twilight's tower room, sticking to the shadows you avoided another confrontation with the guards. As you approached the room, it was guarded. Heavily. You decided this was going to be a bit more brash than you hoped, but it would do. You took out a smoke bomb, and hauled it to the far end of the corridor. "What was that?" "I don't know." The guards all looked at each other and ran towards the source of the smoke. You quickly ran up towards Twilight's room, and slid your sword through the crack in the door, effectively taking off any lock. You slowly slid into the room and looked at the small purple unicorn staring back at you. "Do not worry about her screaming. I already placed a nearly undetectable sound dampening spell on the room." Luna's words rang in your mind. You slowly walked towards the unicorn. "W-what are you doing in here?!" You said nothing. "Guards!" She yelled. "GUARDS!!!!" She yelled again. You finally closed the distance between you two, and she shot off a few rounds of magic at you. To her surprise, the magic simply went into you and did nothing. You grabbed her by the horn, and immediately placed the muzzle Luna had given you over her snout, and slipped a ring over her horn. She began to thrash around, attempting to scream. You brought her face to face. "Shut up." She did so immediately. "I guess you want to know what's happening?" She nodded. "Too bad." ---------------------------------------------------------- You can barely remember what happened next, but what you can make out is you and Twilight being transported to the throne room by Luna. There a few guards saw you. "Let her go, buddy. We don't want anyone getting hurt here." One of the guards said, taking a step forward. "Yeah, it'd be a shame for Celestia to see her guards die." You said, smirking at your immediate witty comeback. With that, the guards charged you. you were ordered by Luna not to kill them, so you simply went for the knockout. You dropped the sword and took the first guard by the horn, and threw him over your shoulder. You didn't need to look to tell by the crack he made that he was out cold. The last three were two pegasi and a unicorn. The pegasi charged, which you quickly incapacitated by using their wings and weight to make them crash face first into the ground. You walked slowly up to the unicorn. "You gonna try something sneaky, buddy?" You said, laughing a bit. You never took your eyes off of the unicorn, but it had somehow managed to charge you at an incredible speed. You were able to dodge it, but his horn cut your arm open. With a scream, you grabbed his horn with your opposing arm, and broke it off. The following scream could easily be deemed "earthshattering" but that would have been an understatement. The unicorn then fell limp. You then heard Luna and Celestia walking towards the door. You picked up your sword, and took your place behind Twilight, pressing the sword against her neck. Celestia walked in, and gasped. "WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!" She yelled, causing you to rock a little, but you kept your balance. "The end of your reign, sister." Celestia turned to her sister, who had an evil grin smacked across her face. "No, Luna... No. This can't be happening." "How could you not have seen it coming? A magic immune creature, trusted by me, being lethal and all. You are a fool for not seeing it." "No, Lulu, I am a fool for trusting you." And there you are, bleeding from the arm, holding Celestia's 'prized student' hostage, having Luna ask her for the crown. ---------------------------------------------------------- Luna walked up to the throne and sat on it. "Forfeit your powers to me, sister, and I will let your prized 'student' go." "You know that's impossible, Luna." "DEATH!" With that, a large black alicorn appeared next to her, it's eyes seemingly empty. "For my last two favors, I want you to siphon Celestia's powers to me." "Only if she agrees." The voice of the black alicorn was next to a whisper that echoed through the room, his mouth not even moving to talk. Celestia looked at her, then looked at you. Words began to dance across your vision, forming sentences in the air. "You don't have to do this... please." You didn't have to do this, but why betray the one who freed you? You didn't need to do this... did you? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well this escalated quickly. You're too damn trusting in Luna.