//------------------------------// // The Imperial Introduction // Story: Martha and Skits 2: The Cloned Emperor // by Zenitram Nadroj //------------------------------// “I am Emperor Keretomatus.”, a monstrous voice says. “I am an all powerful being from the kingdom of Equestria. This is my story.” A unicorn squire stands by an alicorn queen. “I was once a humble unicorn squire named Vespyron. I served as the right hoof stallion to the original ruler of the kingdom, Queen Nebula.”, he says. “And was the most respected member of her castle.” The queen and king present their daughters. “Until one day, she and her new king, King Sulfur, presented their new daughters and declared them their new heir to the throne.” The squire is furious. “Which infuriated me, for I was supposed to take that position.”, the voice says. “Desperate, I headed out to seek help from the great Star Swirl the Bearded.” The unicorn wizard casts a spell on him. “Star Swirl then warned me about my new powers.” “Be very careful using that magic.”, the wizard says. “There will be dire consequences if you use that magic for your own desires.” The squire breaks into the princesses' bedroom. “But I didn't heed his warning.”, he says. “And as a result, I ended up stealing the princesses...” He then shoots his magic at the king. “But not before murdering the king.” He presents the queen her missing daughters. “I managed to use the princesses against the queen in order to give me the position she promised.”, the voice says. The unicorn sits on the throne. “For a good while I was then crowned the new ruler of Equestria. Until...” “Stop!!!”, Nebula shouts. “You don't have to do this! The princesses are safe!” She presents the princesses and everypony gasps in shock. The squire is in the dungeon. “Nebula exposed me and had me thrown into the dungeon. And just when my life couldn't be any more dreadful...” He then starts to feel pain and grows bigger. He starts growing black fur all over his body, have his bottom hooves turn into minotaur hooves, have his front hooves turn into dragon claws, lose his unicorn horn and grow minotaur horns on top of his head, have his tail turn into a lion's tail, he teeth grows into fangs, grows dragon wings on his back and his eyes turn red. “I was transformed into a hideous monster.”, Keretomatus says. He then roars. He then bursts into the throne room. “I managed to break free and returned to the throne room just as the coronation was about to conclude.” “Who are you?”, Nebula asks. “As if you don't remember me, Your Highness.” She then realizes who it is. “Vespyron?”, she says. “Is that you?” “There's no reverse spell.”, Star Swirl says. “Then that means...” “This is who you will be now.” Nebula and the monster have an intense battle. “Me and Nebula battled each other for who would take the throne.” The monster then charges to the queen. She then releases all of her magic and creates a massive explosion throughout the area. “The queen sacrificed herself as one final attempt to stop me.” The citizens cheer. The princesses then stop and look ahead. They are then horrified at what they see. “Oh, no!”, they both see. The smoke then clears to reveal the monster unscathed. “The queen's sacrifice was in vain. And by default, I was appointed the new ruler of Equestria.”, he says. “And furthermore, I officially changed my name to Emperor Keretomatus.” Keretomatus sits back on his throne and watches all of the citizens working. “I was enjoying the feeling of ruling over them until...” The slaves charge and attack him. “The slaves all decided to revolt against me.”, he says. “I figured the only way to escape these citizens was to use a memory spell and fly away to build another kingdom.” He casts his spell and flies away. The monster resides on a dark castle. “For centuries, I've shunned myself from those colorful brutes. And after watching them be happy for who they choose to be friends with, I became envious.” He looks in his viewing pool. “So much so, that I decided to turn the citizens into monsters like myself. That way, I could be worshiped once again.”, the emperor says. “But to coax them into coming to my lair, I would need to lure them with something they can never distrust, pets.” He then views a small yellow dog and a big brown dog. “I then found two peculiar dogs from another world and decided to use them as well as the other creatures for my army.” He arrives at a fundraiser and confronts the crowd. “Me and my three sons had then arrived in the other world to gather my new army.”, he says. “With the help of some low lives to get rid of the security.” The goons hold the guards hostage. The monster creates an obstacle course. “I then created an obstacle course to prove who is the superior being and pulled through.” The monster summons minions and captures all of the animals. “I managed to gather the creatures with ease, but then...” The monster confronts the two dogs. “You're mine.”, he says. He grabs them by their collars and drags them. “No!”, a girl shouts. The girl grabs her dogs and play tug-of-war with them until the princes pull her away as she pulls off their collars. “I managed to get a hold of those two dogs but was then attacked by a kitten.”, the emperor says. A kitten hops on his face and starts attacking him. “Get off of me!” He shoots magic until it strikes the dogs, making them disappear. “Bah. No matter. At least I have what I came here for.”, Keretomatus says. “We helped you by bounding the police, do we at least get a thank you?”, a green suited man asks. “Thank you all.” “What do we get in return?”, asks a burly man. “Nothing.”, the emperor says. “What?!”, the group shouts. “Your services will no longer be needed.” He uses magic to levitate the group and flings them away. “I bid you all farewell.”, he says as he enters the portal. The creatures are put into cages. The princes approach the emperor. “Just as I was about to prepare to turn the creatures into my army, my sons entered and told me about the dogs that disappeared.” He prepares a spell. “I prepared a spell to transport the princes to the dream world and to bring their spirit forms to me.”, he says. He sees two familiar alicorns in the viewing pool. “Until the two alicorn princesses interfered with my plan.” He controls the caged animals and releases them. “I decided to carry on with my original plan to control the creatures and sent them to the kingdom.” The citizens follow the controlled pets and follow them to the castle. “The citizens then fell for the bait and arrived to my lair where I managed to complete the next part of my plan.” The viewing pool reveals the dogs more sentient and sees that their sad. “I then saw how depressed the dogs we've being trying to get our claws on were, because they wanted to go back home, I came up with a plan to grant them their wish as a bonus to my plot.” The princes take the dogs and their friends to the castle. “The dogs and their friends followed the princes to my lair and gave them my offer.” The dogs sign the contract and they and the other animals are sucked into a portal. “They signed over their friends for their freedom and I granted them their request.”, the emperor says. The monstrous citizens imprison and enslave the normal citizens. The emperor watches as the kingdom is ruined. “Everything was going perfect. That is until...” “You can't be so impulsive and take over this kingdom.”, a pink mare says. “Just think very hard about what you are doing. None of them deserve to be under your control.” “Yes. I realize now. Why take over one world...when I can take over two worlds?” The emperor, the princes and his minions enter a portal. The group arrives in the other world. “The pink mare gave me an idea to rule over two worlds instead of just one.”, the monster says. “And thus, the second world tyranny had commenced.” The emperor had imprisoned the citizens and ruined the town. The pets return but with abilities. “The pets had returned but had some help from those colorful brutes that came from the same world I did. And thus, I've sent their monster forms against them and a massive war ensued.” The monsters and the animals fight as the two dogs battle the emperor. The emperor shoots his magic and the dogs are on the ground. “You've gotta stop right now!”, the girl shouts as she runs. The monster then shoots his magic. “Stoooooop!!!” She pushes the dogs out and is struck by the magic. “Once I've seen how much they cared for that monster, my eyes had finally opened. I've been so trapped in the past, that I had never thought to take a peek into the future. And for that I've seen the error of my ways and returned both worlds back to normal.” All of the citizens are released, the monsters are turned back to normal and the worlds have been revived. “Farewell, other worldly creatures.”, he says. He then casts a memory spell and disappears. “Once all of the creatures have lost their memories, I managed to gather myself, the princes and the minions and transported all of us back to our world and create a better kingdom where we would all live in peace and harmony. But there were a few who hasn't forgotten about me.” The goons gather in a building and make plans. “Because they were knocked out when I cast my spell, they continue planning to use me for my power to pay for using them as liabilities.”, he says. “Have you come up with any ideas?”, the green suited man asks. “I've got it!”, the man with the white lab coat says. The new kingdom is created, and all of the minions enjoy their new home. The emperor sits on his new throne and wearing a royal robe and holding a scepter with a glass ball. He's watching his kingdom, as well as the two worlds in his viewing pool. “I continue to watch over my minions and the creatures to keep them happy and make them accepting of who they take to be friends. Just being able to know who they can accept as their friends, it is no worry of what can be accepted for all creatures in any world. And what can be known as true acceptance, will be a perfect asset for all living beings who deserve to be who they are.”, he says.