//------------------------------// // Rule # 18 // Story: The Code of the Villains // by Kaliann25 //------------------------------// Rule # 18: A villain always gets what he/she wants Bright was having a very hard time, first the idiot of Tirek and then the incident with his mother and friends trying to stop him. What happened with Captain Awesome and his gang of weirdos? He truly enjoyed the encounter, why did they suddenly disappeared? “I don’t see why are you complaining, didn’t you want us to be recognized as the next great menace of Equestria?” Asked his friend Lumi during recess. “Well, the fact that we fought them for real means that we’re officially a menace for the peace. I thought you’ll be hereux” Bright sighed and took a bite of his daisy and haybaycon sandwich. “Maybe, but you know? I had more fun fighting them than the others. I really wanted to keep fighting Captain Awesome, Shadow Ninjutsu, Watt and Elementery. I don’t like comics but fighting real superheroes in the real life had some kind of charm. Not to mention I’m not convinced if I want to fight he Bearers of Harmony” “Aw, did you got sentimental fighting mommy?” Teased Luminositè. “I don’t know, is just I don’t like the idea of fighting old ladies. Is not fun! At least the other ones actually gave us a hard time, but we were raised by the Elements of Harmony, there’s nothing they can do we don’t already know. I don’t know if you get it, but even if they ruined our wonderful new hoodies made with your fabric, I miss them” Lumi shrugged and as the lady she was, took a sip of her tea. “Le seul problème de volouir devenir plus stuide qui’il ne l’est déjà que la plupart du temps est atteint” mumbled the young mare, but Bright didn’t paid attention to her anymore. The two of them finished their meals and went to play at the swings, but everything good had to stop and recess was no exception. They listened the bell that announced the end of it and walked back to their class. Then Lumi turned to her friend. “By the way, can you go to my place after school? I need to talk to you in private” “Sure!" Smiled the kid, he liked to spend time with his best friend, as long as she didn’t try to kiss him; he truly didn’t understand that obsession Lumi had on him. But when the classes finished, Twilight was waiting ther for her son and had an expression Bright didn’t like at all. No, she wasn’t mad or anything, she was just expectant and seemed strangely too happy. “Mom? What are you doing here?” Asked Bright. And then, Twilight hugged him all of sudden. “Oh my precious boy! I have wonderful news!” “I see…” said Bright struggling to escape from Twilight’s embrace. “What is it? “We’re going to Canterlot right now! You just received a letter from the Academy of Gifted Unicorns, you have your admission test tomorrow at ten!” Bright shook his head trying to assimilate what his mother just said. “But mom, I don’t think I’m ready! Truth is that…” Twilight smiled confidently to her son and gently placed a hoof on his shoulder. “Bright, all the magic you practice with me have prepared you for this. Don’t you realize this is a great moment for you? is the most prestigious school in Equestria! Now come on, the train leaves in ten minutes and your father and your Godmother are waiting, we’re going to have lunch together! Let’s go!” And she pulled the disconcerted colt to the train station and apparently she had sent his luggage in advance so all they had to do was to get on the train. Lumi looked at them at the distance and she made an elegant and classy sigh. “Apparently idiots have more luck than they should” sighed the filly before going to her home. And for Bright, he just looked at the landscape in the train grumpy and mumbling to himself, but Twilight interpreted as he was just nervous about the exam; but in fact he was analyzing the best wat to mess up the exam and go back home as soon as possible. Another one who wasn’t very happy with the situation was Flurry, who stayed at the Palace with a very particular babysitter. “Just the guy I wanted to talk to” said Flurry angrily. Discord sighed, he didn’t wanted to have this conversation; that’s why he refused to babysit Flurry at first, but Twilight reminded him of all the favors he owed her so he had no other choice. “Don’t ignore me Discord! When are you going to give me back my necklace?” “Look kid, I can’t give it to you just like that. Haven’t you heard? They beat Tirek without an effort, that means we underestimated them, I’m sorry but I have no intention to endanger you or your friends” “But Discord! Only us can defeat Dolly and Mister Z” Discord made a face-claw. “Listen: I gave Tirek enough power to get his last form and they still managed to defeat him. This isn’t a game” “You gave it to him?” Asked Flurry in disbelief. “Of course, I needed to address this situation in multiple ways because of their unknown nature. The thing is, by defeating Tirek they proved to be in their own league. Now go do your homework!” But Flurry couldn’t take her babysitter seriously. “Are you crazy or what? Something bad could happen if Tirek managed to beat them!” “Go to your room!” Shouted Discord. “Whatever, but I swear I’ll use Captain Awesome’s suit again. I swear to you Discord!”   Canterlot Castle; Solar Guard Headquarters: “You seem down dad, what’s wrong?” Asked Bright Spark. Flash simply hugged his son. “Is nothing to worry about son, is just that I got retired from the case of Dolly and Z, and I really wanted to defeat those two!” Bright frowned. “I see…” “Yeah, after what happened with Tirek the Crown took them now as the highest class of menace, and Princess Celestia says is your mother who should stop this kind of villains” Bright didn’t say more annoyed of what he just hear, but luckily for him his father interpreted it differently. “Yeah, sorry for troubling with my problems, because if I’m not wrong you have a great day tomorrow” said Flash with a smile. Bright groaned annoyed. “It seems so…” “I know you don’t want to go to your mother’s school but remember the plan” The kid nodded. “I guess so, but I’m not worried about failing but mom’s reaction. Have you seen her?” Flash giggled and stroke Bright’s mane. “I know, I know, but I’ll be at your side when we explain it to Twilight, I promise” “She’ll get angry” “Dad will protect you, I promise” assured Flash. The kid offered him a shy smile. “I’ll teleport with you when this ends” The commander laughed happily. “Being that good in magic, I can’t tell why you don’t you want to go to that Academy, but I guess you have your own interests Bright Spark” “Yeah, I guess so” The rest of the day they spent it together but since his father was on duty, Bright Spark joined him and his soldiers while Twilight and Celestia spend some time together as well reading, having tea or discussing the most recent events: “So you’re telling me you prefer to recruit the so-called-heroes to take care of Dolly and Z instead of you?” Asked Celestia in disbelief. “I know it sounds weird, but I don’t think we must turn those two into stone but talk to them. Their abilities can be used for good, we just need to understand them, and to be honest Princess Celestia, we’re not getting any younger” Celestia nodded sadly. “I know, but still I’m not sure if this heroes are the right ones to do the job, remember we’re talking about people who can defeat Tirek” “Still they were clear that they preferred to fight them instead of us, they see them more as a threat than us” “Maybe you’re right; after all not even Z and Puppè take themselves too seriously, even if they hold so much power; and they saved us, so there’s a huge chance there are some good in them” Twilight nodded satisfied and nodded; and Princess Celestia gave her a friendly punch on the shoulder. “So changing the subject, tomorrow is the big day, huh?” “Yeah, I’m so nervous” said Twilight. “Don’t be. Bright is really, well, bright, and all the progresses he makes on his own are incredible. Can you imagine how far can he get with the appropriate guidance?” The Princess of Friendship looked to the horizon dreamily. “Yeah, and this is only the beginning. I remember how everything started for me when I got enrolled in the Academy” “And as you, I feel your son is linked to a magical and mysterious destiny; his time is coming. Maybe he’s the one destined to stop Z and Puppè? Who knows!” At the next day Bright had a lot of trouble to wake up without his catapult, but at least his mother over-excitement did the trick for him and before he realized, he was already up at six A.M. “Mom, remind me at which hour is my test?” Asked Bright angrily. “I know it’s a bit too early, but some early practice will be good for you, remember they’re really strict at the Academy” Bright sighed with patience, just a little more and this annoyance will end. And after a very long morning for the young colt, it was time for him to present the exam. “Don’t you want me to join you, Bright Spark?” Asked Twilight. Bright shook his head. “No, mom, I have this covered” Twilight nodded. “It’s a shame Flash couldn’t join us but, he had things to do. You know? Sometimes I feel I should form my own Royal Guard only to have my husband closer, but whatever. Good luck Bright Spark!” The kid nodded doing his best to not to giggle. Truth being told, Princess Celestia did offered Flash Sentry a day off to join his son during the hour of truth but he refused since he knew that Bright would need an escape route when he failed. Did he trusted Bright could teleport that far? Of course! Flash knew his son held a huge amount of magic capability, it was only he was not interested in using it, and the Pegasus only wanted that his son was happy. Back to Bright and Twilight, the feared announcement came: “Next!” Bright exchanged a last look with his mother and got into the room proudly. The examiners looked at him blankly and after a dry nod, they asked: “Name?” “Bright Spark” The three ponies, three renowned old unicorn academics just exchanged a few comments among them and nodded: “Approved” “Wait, what?” Asked Bright Spark. The academy’s principal, Deep Knowledge, just winked an eye to the boy: “You are the son of one of our most prominent students, the Princess of Friendship herself, and not only we want to win over the Crown’s approval but also, if you have of your mother’s talent, we know you’ll be a great acquisition for this institution. That’s why you’re instantly approved” But Bright shook his head, he won’t study here not matter what. “No, no, no1 wait a second, you said it yourselves, I am the son of Twilight Sparkle and I spent countless hours of my precious time practicing in order to give you a good show” One of the professors, Dusty Library, just giggled. “Oh, we have an honest one, more points in your favor kid” So, professor Deep Knowledge made a small nod. “Fair enough, show us your abilities son of Princess Twilight Sparkle” Bright took a deep breath and suddenly, the professors’ inkwells began to shake at the boy’s magic. They looked at the kid and what they saw was a twisted smile they didn’t like at all, it was the same smile he put on every time he used Z’s helmet. Then the inkwells exploded staining everypony with blue ink. “Hey!” They all protested. Then Bright recharged against a wall and shrugged. “What can I say? I have no interest in studying here” “What? But this is…” A zipper appeared on principal’s mouth making the insolent kid laugh. “I didn’t wanted to get to this, you see, I originally planned to fail the test but since you’re determined to accept me I have to make sure you want me as far as possible from you” said the kid arrogantly. “Young man, if you behave like this…” Then the parchments where they write who passed and who didn’t (the most) burned in flames. They managed to control the small fire but then they realized it have changed and every single applicant have passed. “What?!” And they tried to get it back to normal but they simply couldn’t. And then Dusty looked at the kid, who simply shrugged, always keeping his twisted smile. “Oh, that was a simple but very specific combination of spells that you have to undo in an specific order” “Tell us how you did this or…” Bright shrugged. “Or what? I said I don’t want to be enrolled in this school, so what do you have to actually threat me? For once I’ll do something good for others and let you accept them all. Good luck fixing this!” Then he left very proudly much to the professor’s annoyance and confusion. Twilight was waiting impatiently. “Bright, how was your test?” Bright smiled widely. “Wonderful! It actually went better than I expected” Twilight hugged him. “I’m so glad you passed! We’re going to get you the best backpack right now and…” But then principal Deep Knowledge appeared dripping ink and practically with steam coming from his ears because of the anger. “Very well, you wanted it? You have it! I WANT YOU AT LEAST TEN METERS AWAY OF MY SCHOOL! DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!” Bright took advantage of Twilight’s astonishment and teleported as fast as he could. “Bright?” Asked Twilight completely confused. Canterlot, Solar Guard Headquarters: Flash was looking to the clock wondering how Bright was doing when suddenly a large shadow appeared behind him. “Commander Sentry, what are you doing here?” Asked Princess Celestia. “Oh, hi Princess! what brings you here?” “You see Commander, I was wondering, why didn’t you accepted a day off to support your son in the most important moment of his life?” Flash laughed happily, “About that…” And right at that moment, Bright teleported in. “Oh, hi Bright! What happened?” The kid grinned but seemed surprised by seeing Celestia there. “Oh, Godmother, what are you doing here? Anyway, they were determined to accept me no matter what so I had to persuade them they didn’t wanted me near!” Flash had to use all of his self-control to not laugh loudly, so he just hugged his son. Still, Celestia raised an eyebrow. “What? Bright, you don’t want to study at my academy?” “I’m terribly sorry Godmother, but magic is boring, I want to learn more about science and technology. You know: physics, math, chemistry, etc. The problem was that mom was so excited that I had to agree to do the exam but I planned to fail from the very beginning” Celestia rolled her eyes. “I would scold you two, but I know my faithful student and I’m very aware of how stubborn she can be and she can’t understand unless you take serious actions. Anyway, follow my advice and get the hell out of here before she kills you!” There was no need to repeat herself, they two ran away as far as they could leaving Princess Celestia who couldn’t help but smile. “Definitely my godson is full of surprises” … The sea waves broke against that solitary rock in the middle of the sea. A long time agou that place was green and full of life, considered of one of the natural wonders of the world, and those who were lucky enough to consider that pace their home, were the happiest beings on earth. But now tit was nothing but an arid rock but only one inhabitant. A very frightening and terrible inhabitant, considered the worst being of creation. So yeah, the island of Tambelon definitely have seen better times. The irritating sound of the cowbell he had on his neck what was made him open his eyes, but he was already awake from a while now. The unusual magical activity from a near island to his Tambelon was that awoke him on the first place. What were those three doing? Joining him to destroy him once and for all? Yeah, right, those three were too coward to face him, and he was pretty sure they had no idea where to find him. “”As always they seem overly obsessed with invading Equestria. But why is my doorbell ringing?” He looked to the island’s direction, so finally they decided to face him? No, he frowned thoughtful when he noticed something was wrong, as he thought those three had no idea he was that close to them but it seemed like they were preparing to face something who can actually face him. The cowbell was still ringing. “Danger? You mean I’m in danger? Bullshit!” He wasn’t worried at all, of course not, only intrigued. The damn problem of being that powerful was that his life somehow had become a continuing boredom, that’s why he spent most of his time sleeping. But now that he was awake, maybe someone could actually give him a good fight. “Where is the danger coming from? These three, the one they want to fight? Who?” Asked the Overgoat. Then he felt something unusual about the three moron’s energy, they were… sitting reading? What was it? A spell book perhaps? No, it didn’t felt like it. So what was it? “It seems I have to concentrate a little bit more” He concentrated in sync with Crhsyalis. They were reading about… “There are nothing but stupid rules!” Complained the Changelling Queen. “Code of the Villains, Code of the Villains, is nothing but a manual to inflate the ego of someone who thinks is invincible” “Be careful, they could actually beat the big guy so that means they’re not normal enemies” “It was because I lowered my guard, but it won’t happen again. just think about it: Sombra turns into mist, Chrysalis can transform in anyone and I steal magic energy, they only have a trick on their own we need to find out” And at this point Grogar decided to stop looking. “As I thought, nothing but the same shit of always, more garbage coming to annoy me”