//------------------------------// // Chapter 33 Draft // Story: Brotherhood and Sisterhood // by CartoonNerd12 //------------------------------// The girls were giggling over the stories Fleur shared with them just moments ago, but as they were walking back to their rooms they spotted their husbands coming toward them as they were huddled around Flash who had a cloth to his nose and the girls could see it had blood streaks on it making them gasp. Twilight rushed to her husband, “Flash! What happened?!” Discord answered for him, “Let’s just say his meeting with Father didn’t go so well.” The girls gasped again with Twilight going, “Oh Flash! I’m so sorry!” she gently hugged him while carefully avoiding his bleeding nose. They made it to Flash and Twilight’s room and by then his nose stopped bleeding and his wife helped him sit down on the bed and cleaned the dry blood off. Flash still wasn’t saying anything and it greatly concerned Twilight as she uttered, “Honey…? Are you okay?” He frowned and replied lowly, “I don’t know…” “What happened?” Spike asked. Flash didn’t response as everyone looked at him then he took a deep breath and said, “He used my anger against me. The one time I actually stood up to him… and he was playing me the whole time…” he closed his eyes in sorrow. The girls exchanged looks thinking that the life they’ve chosen had just gotten more complex and serious since their husbands had to deal with their father and it wasn’t a good thing. *** Tirek was working on paperwork when the study door slammed open and Fancy stomped in as he demanded, “What did you do to my son?!” The king raised a brow, “Your son?” Fancy’s eyes widen realizing his mistake, and quickly said, “That is what I meant to say, what is it you have done to your son and why did you do it?” Tirek rolled his eyes, “You do not fool me for a second Lord Fancy Pants, you think of those princes as your own and I am completely fine with it.” “W-What…?” Fancy was flabbergasted, not expecting to hear that. “Why else would I assign you to be their personal tutor from the beginning? I knew you would be able to pamper them at the time given their young and naïve age. Of course I’m starting to see that was a mistake now since they are soft and don’t have a ruthless bone in them… But I wasn’t a caretaker and I was busy with the kingdom as it is so I couldn’t give them the training they needed to create my vision.” “Your vision?” he furrowed his brow. *** (Reasons Tirek chose the boys to be heirs: Discord for manipulation, Soarin for patriotism, Capper for charisma, Flash for battle worthy, Cheese for popularity, and for Spike to control him (Tells him a lie that his parents didn’t love him) (Tirek’s original plans for the boys was that Discord be Prime Minister, Soarin would replace Admiral Storm, Capper would be Secretary of State, Flash would be General, Cheese would be the Lord Steward, leaving Spike to be the only heir to be King.) Tirek tries to get rid of the girls by doing an ‘accident’. (As a side note, Tirek wants to kill off Applejack the most so Spike’s heart can become as cold as his, making him the perfect heir) And almost succeeds too had Fancy not caught wind of his plan and saved the girls. (The reason Fancy finds out is because he was investigating the secret passage when he overheard Tirek staging the accident) The boys think their wives are dead while the girls are force to pretend to be dead with Fancy offering them a chance to help find Scorpan whose suppose to be the true king before the boys have to marry Chrysalis’s daughters once again. The quest- (They find Scorpan under a deep enchanted sleep) The engagement ball- The girls make a shocking grand entrance by the herald announcing their royal titles (this was suppose to serve as symbolism, as the first ball was a masquerade where the love interests were unknown to each other and mistaken identity happens but with the second ball it's normal with them knowing each other at this point and the boys recognizing the ones they love in an instant) (Once it’s revealed their wives are alive the boys prepare to fight against their father with Flash and Soarin getting into a swordfight with him and both the boys together overpower him) (Debate: Fancy gets killed off by the end for a more emotionally impacted story? On one hand killing him off would make the story very sad and it would be deprived of a true happy ending, but on the other hand his build up in the story has made things so great that having his death would be very emotional for everyone around him and as he is an illegitimate heir his death would make way for a whole new generation of royalty being the princes and their wives or… he fakes his death with Fleur’s help and the two live far away from the new royals as a bittersweet ending like that of Wicked) The establishment of the boys’ and girls’ rule: King Flash the Gallant – Queen Twilight the Wise King Discord the Astute- Queen Fluttershy the Kind King Capper the Magnetic- Queen Rarity the Generous King Soarin the Resilient- Queen Rainbow Dash the Reliable King Cheese the Humorous – Queen Pinkie Pie the Fantastic King Spike the Placate – Queen Applejack the Truthful