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// Chapter 5: Tempting Tempest 
// Story: Dadonequus Discord, But It's The MLP Movie (And still doesn't have Discord) 
// by CrazedLaughter 
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The beast keeping your cage aloft stepped back to keep you out of view as Tempest approached the Mane 6. But her gaze was fixed on Twilight and Twilight alone. “Well well, the princess at last.”

Twilight looked less than pleased, in fact, aside from her defensive stare. She also looked quited ticked off about something. “Tempest…” She took a moment as she looked upon her friends to make sure they were all in fact, together. Once she was sure, she started to calculate as she spoke. “..You have to stop this. Aren’t you from Equestria too? Don’t you realize what you’re doing?” Twilight tried a diplomatic approach at first. She had to try, she felt no pony would truly willingly give up their homeland. There had to be a reason.

“Save it princess, I only came here for you. Comply and…” Tempest took a moment, it almost felt strange that she did, as if she was thinking of you. “I promise to let your friends go. That’s important to you isn’t it?”

“None of us are going with you” Twilight said as she prepared herself, for what? You had no idea as she seemed to be backing up. The rest of the five seemed pretty rarin’ to go themselves.

“Really? Well, if not for them then how about…” Tempest steps aside, revealing you to the six “For him.”

Ahhhh shit...here we go.

Fluttershy was the first to respond. “ANON! Y-you…” Fluttershy went from shock to pure intense rage as she stepped closer to Tempest, tears welling up in her eyes “H-how could you? He’s only a foal! Let him go, this instant or-”

But Tempest interrupts her, calmly raising her hoof as she speaks “Or what? You’ll fight me? Save him? Save the world? Hmm? No, if you want to save him, then you’ll listen to my offer and take it the first chance you get.”

Tempest also noticed something odd as she spoke. You weren’t, at all, saying a word. If the situation wasn’t so close to her victory, she’d have questioned it. She even lost track of Fluttershy’s angry words for a moment.

For you, it hurt. It hurt so bad to see Fluttershy crying. Twilight was the one to hold her back at this point.  As to why you were silent? You were planning, or rather. Already had something planned. There was one advantage, one trump card you had to play to make sure this goes wrong for Tempest. Fluttershy may have come to know your secrets down to you being a human. But Twilight, or rather, all four princesses knew the full truth, that you weren’t even a child, and with that, hopefully, Twilight would remember you could make rational and competent thought…..Most of the time anyway. If Twilight came to understand that you felt you’d be fine being stuck with Tempest, then hopefully, she’d run away before being caught.

“So princess, here’s the deal. Give yourself up and I’ll let him go. It’s that simple. And I’d choose quickly, before your friend there does something stupid.” Tempest says, waiting to give the command to have Twilight thrown into the cage after you’d be let out.

Fluttershy, you noticed, stopped after that. Fluttershy had realized the full gravity of the situation and fell silent. Of course she’d be stunned by the choice that’d have to be made. She just...froze.

Twilight however, was focused. As were you. You were making hoof signs at her. You hoped to fucking god, or Celestia, or to whatever the fuck that with your motions, she’d understand to just get the fuck out of there. Twilight was a smart horse. And given Canterlot and the princesses got royally fucked, you felt she’d make the right decision and NOT choose you over going wherever the fuck she was going.

And with that, you could see Twilight’s horn begin to glow. Here we go.

You notice it before Tempest does. You just look upon the group, and then to Fluttershy before telling her “I’m sorry”. That’s all you could say. You tried to keep your wits about you for that. Because really, you knew Fluttershy was going to suffer now. You’d just hope she’d keep together.

With a blinding flash of light and smoke. Twilight yells to the group to run. There was of course, protest already about at least trying to save you. But Twilight would not hear it. Using her own magic to try to and successfully force them out the window onto the windmill itself.

“WHAT?! NO!” Tempest couldn’t believe it. She rushed towards the window where they had grabbed the windmill. She looks back at her small group and realized it wasn’t enough to simply give chase trying to grab Twilight. But she also knew there was only one way out of Klugetown, and that was back through the desert. That was...unless.

She took notice that there was still one conscious occupant of the room. That anthropomorphic cat, who seemed quite content in just wanting to leave the damn place. She approached him in a threatening manner. “You seemed to have been with them for quite a while. Tell me where they are going.”


This cat, he suddenly tried to act cool and calm, despite the obvious sweat coming off his furry brow. “Oh, them? S-sorry to say, but I haven’t the slightest. You know what I mean? Why would someone like me want to get friendly with a bunch of ponies? Ha ha. I mean, I was gonna sell them off”

Tempest gave him a cruel smile as she walked to his side. Something that had caught her eye was his recently patched up clothes. And a thread and needle on the floor. “Really?” She reaches her hoof over and gives his coat a tug “So none of those ponies had anything to do with this?”

“Er..well..no.” This cat tried to stay cool and calm. “I do my own work, snazzy huh? And…” He looked upon his clothes again. He seemed to be remembering something they had said. Something, that seemed to have touched his heart. He seemed to be conflicted for a moment before letting out “But, if you make it worth my while. I could tell you to where they are possibly maybe probably going.” He gives Tempest a slick smile. Which catches her attention.

“You’ll be handsomely rewarded….if your information is reliable. So then, where are they going?” Tempest asks.

This, this was getting you ticked off. Who was fuck was this cat?! GODDAMMIT! You set it up for them to escape and here he is ruining EVERYTHING!

You were finding it hard to keep your composure. You had to remain calm. You had to remain cool. Think back to your days of Chrysalis. Losing your mind...it just meant more bad things would happen. But oh no, you did feel something, that cat….was gonna die.

The cat slips to a shoddy bookcase and pulls out a map, opening it in front of her and pointing to some odd skull like place. “Well, since you’re being so generous. Let Capper show you the way, which the way by the way, happens to be on this little ole island called Black Skull Island” He then relaxes as he fixes his coat “Don’t worry about the reward. You can mail it to me later. You all have a good day now.”

Tempest nodded with a happy looking grin “Well I appreciate the information. But you see, we don’t exactly have any way of navigating to that island ourselves. So…” She looks to Grubber and one of the guards. She now knew they were going to try to take a ship in some way. Perhaps even stow away in one to get to this island. “Grubber, make sure he’s well accommodated.”

“U-uh. what?” Capper seemed rather confused as Grubber and one of the guards stepped towards him “Hey hey, I don’t think this is a good idea. The open air isn’t good for my fur” He says with a nervous chuckle as he steps back.

Tempest just gives him a short handed reply as her gaze then turns towards you. “Well. that’s too bad.” Tempest then looks to the other guard carrying you around “And you, I need you to step out for a moment. I want to question the colt.”

Grubber then stops, hearing that, he happens to get a little confused. “Er, Tempest. Aren’t we in a hurry?”

“We have the fastest ship in the region. Besides, I’ll be back by the time the airship is ready to go. Just make sure our guest doesn’t have any second thoughts on leaving.”

Grubber salutes “Alright! Ok you, get going! You heard commander Tempest!”

Grubber actually really couldn’t do anything. It was mostly the guard’s work that kept Capper in line as he was lead out to the airship.

But before he walked out, right when that goddamned cat walked near your cage, you whispered “I’m going to gut you and hang your entrails on my fucking walls.”

You could see it. That wicked chill go down his spine as he walked past. He had never heard those kinds of words come from anyone. And given this town, that must really had been hardcore edgy for that subtle reaction.

You and Tempest were now alone. She walked over to your cage, and glared at you. Not with malevolence, but of wanting some sort of acknowledgement “How do you feel?”

You look at her, a little offput and confused “Er...Well, uh.” You just answer frankly, because you really hated Capper “Aside from wanting to skin a cat, I’m alright”.

Tempest immediately stomped her hoof in agitation. For some reason, that answer didn’t sit well with her. “You know what I mean. How does it feel to be abandoned? For those you felt you knew to betray you so easily, you can’t tell me it doesn’t hurt.”

DING DING! You fucking knew it. She’s just like fucking Starlight. Ok ok, maybe, HOPEFULLY this would make things easier. You could do this. You almost felt you were going to deal with someone closer to Chrysalis, but thankfully, it’s closer to someone you actually managed to reform. Perfect.

“Oh, you mean Twilight and the others.” You shrug “Eh, it was to be expected. They do seem to have an important place they are trying to reach.”

And that, for some reason. Set Tempest off even worse. This right here seemed to have triggered some sort of painful memory. Because to her, your reaction made no sense. “OPEN UP YOUR EYES! They don’t know if your life is safe or not and they chose to abandon you anyway. That yellow pony, that was your aunt, I know it! Even she left you. How could you not see that?!”

“Because logically? How safe would we all be if you took Twilight? I know it, and Twilight knows it.I know my friends care about me and I know the call they had to make was a tough one. But it had to be made. I wasn’t abandoned, but you were...weren’t you?” You calmly try to turn this back at her. Obviously the cat was an evil fuck, but this was a pony. Surely she had a soul.

She was silent for a while. It seemed, for that moment, that catching Twilight didn’t mean anything to her. She brought her hoof to her horn, snapped out of her silence, and looked at you with piercing agitation “....How can someone as beloved as you ever understand?”

Go for it Anon! GO! THIS CAN BE IT! “I didn’t used to be. Before I was adopted by my father, my life was nothing but abandonment and hatred. Some of it, yeah, was my fault for being so negative, even when I didn’t have to be. But sometimes life really just...went that way, and I mean in a way that I was almost killed a couple times. Maybe you don’t believe that, maybe you don’t believe my words. But Tempest.” You look at her with acceptance “My eyes are open. Just tell me what happened to you to make you this way. Let me be your friend, ok? You don’t need to do this. C’mon, that Storm King guy is like this guy I know. He’s never going to fix your horn. And do you even need it fixed anyway? C’mon, I meant it. It’s pretty darn cool.”

Hopefully, HOPEFULLY. That was enough to start a dialogue. Surely she’d open up to a cute and cuddly colt like yourself. A colt that nearly died? Surely she wouldn’t think a kid like you could bullshit that.

Tempest once again went silent. She was struggling...but then...she walked up to you...and…

And then she began to walk out the door as she called to the guard “Take him and follow me. We don’t have any more time to waste.”

GODDAMMIT! YOU WERE SO DAMN CLOSE!