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One morning, Twilight and her friends were in Canterlot, giving their weekly briefing to the Equestrian press regarding the impending war with Grogar.
"And what is it you all plan to do by having the spirit of chaos assist in our war?" A reporter from the Ponyville Chronicle asked. "Do you believe he still deserves a second chance after all he put you through, Princess Twilight?"
"Discord may not be the most perfect creature in Equestria," Twilight calmly replied. "But remember that our predecessors often believed in second chances to those who had earned them."
"Um, Princess Fluttershy," A female unicorn reporter inquired. "Daily Paper, from the Manehattan Times. You are the one pony Discord seems to trust and listen to. But tell us, what is it that you see in him or that he sees in you?"
Stepping forward, Fluttershy answered the reporter's question. "Well, you're talking to the one pony who saw some good in him even after everything he did in the past," Fluttershy answered. "He can be a real sweetheart once you get to know him and understand his needs."
"Do you believe that Discord was perhaps created by Grogar?" The reporter questioned further.
"Uh, no!" Pinkie Pie answered in a loud and long voice (having been gestured to by Twilight). "How could a goat like Grogar create Discord? That's just silly!"
Before Daily Paper could ask another question about Discord being created, another reporter came forward. "Not to change the subject, Princess Twilight," The male unicorn reporter asked. "But since you have turned down living in Canterlot full time due to your mental health, have you ever considered finding a replacement head for the School of Magic?"
"When did that come up? And what does that have to do with anything?" Pinkie Pie asked with a puzzled look on her face. But Twilight understood, pushing Pinkie back.
"As far as I am concerned," Twilight answered. "We've been unable to find a replacement with all that's been going on.
However, on the topic of second chances, I do have a candidate that could be a possible stand-in, at least for the time being."
"And who would that be?" The reporter questioned.
Without hesitation, Twilight named her choice.
"Chancellor Neighsay of the Equestrian Education Association."
Almost as if on cue, the entire room fell silent!
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"Chancellor Neighsay?!" Applejack cried as the princesses all gathered in the Canterlot Castle throne room after the reporters had cleared out. "That pony who hated other creatures and tried to shut down your school?! How can you still stand up for that varmint, Twilight?! Don't forget, he was briefly in cahoots with that no good filly, Cozy Glow! Give me one good reason why anypony should trust him!"
"Because I believe he saw the error of his ways, Applejack. Being deposed by the very filly he thought he was using would certainly knock some sense into him," Twilight replied. "And regardless of past controversies, The School of Magic needs a headstallion and I think he's the one for the job. It's no different than asking Tempest to be captain of my new royal guard."
"Applejack may have a point, Twilight," Rarity interjected, trotting up to the throne. "Remember that this was the pony who briefly shut down your school because it was unaccredited and also remember…"
"...that it was Cozy Glow who tried to drain the magic from Equestria," Twilight interrupted. "Chancellor Neighsay needed to see the error of his ways and that was exactly what happened. Besides, who else can any of you think of who'd be qualified to serve?"
"Uh, you?" Spike asked, only for Twilight to give him a look. "I mean, Celestia ran the School of Magic while she was princess, remember?"
"Not with the mental health Twilight has, Spike," Applejack cautioned the young dragon and then told Twilight. "We've all seen how fragile your mental health is. The last thing you need is to add overseein' another school to your workload, not when we're at war."
The supreme princess sat back in her throne, deeply thinking about what was being said. "Yes," She unhappily sighed. "But don't forget that I have experience running a school. I'm the only one among us who knows how to run one, despite my current position of being supreme leader. Still, for my mental health's sake, I think Neighsay deserves a second chance. He's my top choice for the position. My decision still stands."
"If you say so, Twilight," Rainbow Dash said in a worried voice. "You said it yourself, you…are the supreme princess here."
"Just remember, though," Applejack cautioned again, this time to Twilight. "You may think that Neighsay is perfect to run the School of Magic, but what about the rest of Equestria? Are you absolutely sure you're not makin' a mistake?"
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Meanwhile, at his palace on the moon, Grogar was in a lab and was putting together his latest scheme to gain advantage in the war he had declared on Equestria. His control of the Predacons was a nice start, and having Lockdown on his side certainly helped. But there was still the fact that the royal sisters and the Maximals were both still around, ready to aid the six princesses at a moment's notice.
At that moment, there was a knock at the door and two of Grogar's donkey soldiers opened it to reveal Chrysalis on the other side.
"What do you want of me, Grogar? Why have you summoned me here?" Chrysalis demanded.
"I wish to make a request," Grogar answered. "According to your files, you once attempted to carry out a plan to destroy the Tree of Harmony. A plan that was ultimately foiled by the very clones you created."
Chrysalis nearly jumped in surprise! "What?! How did you know about that?! I told no one of that humiliating setback!"
No sooner did Chrysalis ask him, than did Grogar gesture the former queen towards what could best be described as a memory book. Chrysalis looked down at the book as she saw her last solo action before meeting Tirek and Cozy Glow:
"Yes, I know! We have been planning this for quite some time," Chrysalis laughed evilly while looking at photographs of the Main Six that she had taken (while disguised). "Oh, thank you, Applejack. My spell can create a copy of anypony I desire. All I need is an image and a piece of the pony. Oh, and this. Why copies, Rarity? Because Princess Twilight and her friends control the Elements of Harmony, the most powerful weapon in all Equestria."
Shocked at seeing her own memories playing out before her eyes, Chrysalis glared at Grogar.
"How do you know about this?!" She demanded with a roar! "How did you obtain my memories without my knowledge?! Have you been spying on me?!"
"Silence!" Grogar ordered, gesturing Chrysalis to pay attention to the memory book. "Watch!"
Doing as she was told, Chrysalis returned to looking at the book of memories:
"Which means you - will - be - able - to - use - them - too!" she gleefully laughed before activating her horn on the pictures. And serve me! Together, we will destroy Twilight Sparkle and her meddlesome friends!"
She then proceeded over to a picture of Starlight Glimmer and snarled in fury. "Of course I haven't forgotten Starlight Glimmer! She stole my hive. Turned my subjects against me! So I'll take her friends away while she watches! And then, I'll destroy her!"
Laughing evilly, she fired a blast of sickly green magic at the photographs that ricocheted amongst the trees. "With the Elements under my control, I'll build a new hive of earth ponies, unicorns, and pegasi, and I will rule as queen once again!"
Suddenly, before Chrysalis could see her creations completed, Grogar slammed the book shut.
"You created clones of the ponies to use in a revenge plot," Grogar explained. "And because of that, you are going to help me carry out the next phase of my plan."
"How?" Chrysalis asked. "I'll have you know I can't just create copies willy nilly. And if you saw my memories through to the end, you would know that my copies are the exact opposite of the ponies they're based on."
Suddenly, almost as if without warning, Grogar activated his horns in Chrysalis' green aura and magically produced the six colored pieces of wood that were once her clones of the princesses (before five of them were princesses).
"Where…where did you get those?!" Chrysalis gasped! "I only managed to escape with the purple one, the rest I was forced to leave behind."
"I obtained them through your memories, Chrysalis," Grogar laughed and explained. "And now, I am going to bring them back…but to serve me!" And he forced Chrysalis to fire a blast of changeling magic at them!
Chrysalis watched in shock as her creations came back to life before her very eyes! The very creations that had ultimately turned on her.
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Meanwhile, at his office at the EEA, Neighsay was going about his usual business, when he heard a buzz on his intercom. "Yes?" he asked, taking his attention off of his work for a bit.
"Her supreme highness is here to see you." A female voice replied.
"Princess Twilight?" Neighsay remarked, absorbing the feeling of getting a highly important visitor! "Send her in, please."
"Yes sir." The female voice replied.
Taking a deep breath, Neighsay could only wonder what was about to transpire, as the door to his office opened to reveal Twilight and Spike on the other side.
"P-Princess T-Twilight," Neighsay stammered as he got up to greet Twilight. "How…nice to see you again." He gulped loudly as he bowed to her.
"It's good to see you again too, Chancellor," Twilight replied while gesturing him to rise. "I have something I want to offer to you, something I think you'll be very well suited towards."
Turning around to her guards, Twilight ordered them to close the door, leaving her, Spike and Neighsay alone. But she could see the deeply troubled look on the chancellor's face. "Why do you look nervous, Chancellor?"
"It's just that…" Neighsay replied with another gulp. "I'm surprised we would be meeting again after I shut down your school and accused those creatures of stealing magic from Equestria. In fact, even I can't figure out why I'm still in my current position. Unless, you had something to do with it."
"Well, I am a pony who believes in second chances, Chancellor," Twilight replied. "Which is why I've come here with an offer you cannot possibly refuse. Not when it's in your best interests to accept."
Taking a scroll in her aura, Twilight unfurled it in front of Neighsay for him to read.
Looking down, he could see the decree Twilight had written down with his name included in it.
"Princess!" Neighsay gasped, knowing he hadn't misread! "Forgive me for saying the obvious but: You can't possibly be serious! I mean, why would you…"
"-Chancellor, I am serious," Twilight firmly replied. "Your eyes don't deceive you. I've officially nominated you to become the new headstallion of the School of Magic."
"This…this is a great honor indeed, but…" Neighsay stammered, much to Twilight's dismay. "Would your subjects really accept a pony who disliked non-pony creatures and had it out for them?"
Twilight said nothing, she just frowned.
"Look, after all the bad press I've given myself," Neighsay confessed. "The truth is that not everypony will accept me as a changed pony. Even I still wonder if I've truly changed, or if I've just been good at staying out of trouble."
"You need to focus on what good you have done, Chancellor," Twilight said in a gentle voice. "I mean…you did help lead the unicorns against the Legion of Doom, remember?"
A small smile came onto Neighsay's face upon hearing those words for he knew that Twilight was right about that.
"Look, if I promise to provide you with protection for the time being," Twilight offered. "Will you consider taking up the position of headstallion?"
Neighsay said nothing but nodded to indicate that he would accept.
Thus, with the meeting over, Twilight left Neighsay's office and turned to the two guards accompanying her. "Remain here and keep Neighsay protected at all times until further notice," She ordered to them. "Understand?!"
Saluting, the guards took up their orders and Twilight left along with Spike.
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Back at the Castle of Friendship, Twilight sat at the dinner table, contemplating if Chancellor Neighsay would accept a position.
"You know, I can understand why some ponies would be objective to your choice, Twilight," Starlight said as they ate dinner that night. "Neighsay is a pony who painted a bad picture of Equestria for many of our allies."
"You're thinking of his brother, Starlight," Twilight protested. "Instant Justice probably influenced his world views. I mean, it wasn't our kind who took over Canterlot when Tempest attacked."
"She did lead the charge," Spike corrected. "But you're right. It was those Storm Creatures who did most of the damage."
"Twilight, forgive me for asking," Luna interjected as she ate into a plate of salad. "But do you really think Neighsay is the right choice for the position of headstallion at the School of Magic? One thing that Celestia and I learned from our time as rulers, is that you have to really consider whether or not a pony is qualified for an important position. And whether that pony wants the job. Those who don't think they're qualified or don't want to be entrusted with power often become a self fulfilling prophecy about their beliefs."
"Luna is right," Celestia advised in a cautionary voice. "Perhaps maybe you should wait and see how your subjects will react to the idea of Neighsay as headstallion."
Not wanting to go against her mentor and mother figure, Twilight sighed deeply at the suggestion.
"You also have to consider the possibility of the other leaders like Thorax, Ember and Rutherford," Starlight listed off. "After all, I think they still don't like Neighsay."
Saying nothing, Twilight focused on eating her dinner and when she went to bed that night, she continued to hold her confidence that Neighsay would get a second chance.
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The next morning, Twilight was awakened by a knock at the door of her bedroom. Opening it up, she saw Spike on the other side with Tempest Shadow.
"What is it, you two?" Twilight yawned.
"Sorry for disturbing you, your highness," Tempest replied while hoofing Twilight a scroll. "The guards assigned to protect Neighsay reported some possible threats against him."
"Can't say I'm surprised," Twilight murmured under her breath. "Guess we'll have to ramp up Neighsay's protection.
Tempest, have guards posted in front of the EEA and in front of Neighsay's residence until further notice! Is that clear?!"
"Yes, your majesty! I'll get right on it!" The broken horned unicorn replied with a salute.
As Tempest turned to leave, Spike remained with his big sister figure.
"What was the threat?" Twilight asked. "Were there any details?"
"Nothing, Twilight," Spike replied as he shrugged his shoulders. "As far as I know, it was just a warning to Neighsay aimed at discouraging him from being the head of the School of Magic."
Putting her crown on, Twilight trotted out of her bedroom, determined to start her investigation!
"Hey, I'm just as confused as the next pony." Spike remarked as he followed after her.
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Upon arriving in Canterlot, Twilight was immediately at work trying to get to the bottom of the threats against Neighsay.
Approaching the EEA, she could see the nature of the threats. It had been made against the building itself, particularly to Neighsay's office area. It could best be described as vandalism on a professional level.
"Princess Twilight!" Neighsay called out as he came down the steps with a very worried look on his face. "Thank Equestria you are here! I'm telling you, somepony or somecreature is after me!"
"I know, Chancellor," Twilight reassured him. "Believe me, I'm going to get to the bottom of this if it's the last thing I do. This attack will not go unpunished, and you deserve reassurance that you're safe from further retribution."
Those words did little to comfort Neighsay, still visibly shaken by the attack.
"Did you see anything suspicious in front of your home?" Twilight asked the chancellor. "Anything at all that the culprit or culprits might have left behind, either intentionally or unintentionally?"
"Now that you mention, a note was left on the doorstep of my office," Neighsay answered. "It didn't say who or what it was from. But it was there. I haven't looked at it yet."
Going up to Neighsay's office, Twilight looked down at the gold parchment sitting on Neighsay's desk and examined it closely, reading it aloud: "Chancellor Neighsay, you are a disgrace to Equestria and you must rid us all of yourself! Do it now, or else! Princess Twilight is a fool to entrust leadership of the School of Magic to the likes of you! Rest assured that all of us will correct this mistake by any means necessary!"
Putting the scroll down, Twilight began to worry. She looked Neighsay firmly in the eyes and questioned him. "Do you know of anypony or anycreature who might want you dead?"
"No, Princess," Neighsay shook his head. "All I want is to govern the education of our kingdom. But if any of the other nations leaders were behind this, they would've made sure I knew it was them. It's obvious that someone else is behind this, even though I tried my best to make no more enemies after what happened with your school. Maybe accepting your offer to run the School of Magic is a bad move, though. Perhaps we've underestimated the opposition and just how unpopular I am to them."
But Twilight wasn't convinced for a second. She wasn't ready to give up on her decision so soon. "I believe in second chances, Neighsay and I think you are deserving of a second chance. Whoever is doing this doesn't believe in second chances. It's clear to me they would much rather see you dead."
"I probably deserve this for my actions," Neighsay unhappily sighed. "Conspiring with a traitor just to get my way is a mistake that would've cost anypony else their job long before any of this. I shouldn't be any different."
Not wanting to hear any more self-pity from the chancellor, Twilight pulled him close.
"Look Chancellor," She instructed, producing a whistle and giving it to Neighsay. "I'm not going to give up on you, or my decision to put you in charge of the school. So I'm giving you this whistle, and if you see anypony or anycreature lurking outside your home or right here, blow it and somepony will come right away to hopefully apprehend them! It's strictly for emergency purposes, nothing else! Do you understand?"
"Yes, Princess." Neighsay replied worriedly.
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Taking the whistle in his possession, Neighsay returned to his duties, and for the rest of the day, nothing out of the ordinary happened.
But later that night, Neighsay returned to his home in Canterlot while trying to stay cautious over what had happened. Suddenly, as he was getting ready for bed, his ears picked up the sound of a commotion from outside!
"Hey! Hey! Stop!"
Darting outside, Neighsay heard the squabbling of two guards trying to stop a pony wearing a stetson hat.
"Take yer hooves off of me this instant! I won't be treated like this by you royal snobs!"
Watching in shock, Neighsay saw the guards restraining the pony. Upon further inspection, he saw an earth pony who bore an eerily strong resemblance to the Princess of Honesty herself!
"Don't just stand there, Chancellor! Get these here lowlifes off of me!" The pony demanded with a snort.
Closely inspecting the pony, Neighsay could see that this pony was more than met the eye.
"Who are you?!" Neighsay demanded! "I want the truth!"
"I'm the Princess of Honesty, don't you know that?! Everypony knows that!" The earth pony declared. "And I think that you need to be disposed of!" The sinister smile the pony produced caused Neighsay to grow very uncomfortable. Like everypony in Equestria, he knew the six princesses of Equestria.
Taking the whistle in his aura, Neighsay blew into it with a loud noise!
A few minutes later, Twilight and Rainbow Dash arrived on the scene as fast their wings would carry them, and flanked by several guards!
"What's going on, Neighsay?!" Twilight asked as Spike jumped off her back. "What in…?"
"Hey there, Princess Celestia!" The fake Applejack said to Twilight. "Nice to meet ya!"
Insulted, Twilight smacked the evil pony across the face, knocking off her hat.
"Who are you, really?!" Twilight demanded. "You are not Applejack!"
"I am Applejack! I'm bein' honest." The fake Applejack insisted, despite the fact that her coat and eye colors seemed to be off, and her cutie mark was upside down.
"Are you the one who's been sending the notes to Chancellor Neighsay?!" Rainbow Dash demanded. "Because if you are…"
"Oh, you mean these?" The fake Applejack replied, reaching into a saddlebag only to have said saddlebag snatched away!
"Give them to me, now! They're not yours anymore!" Twilight ordered, taking the saddlebag in her aura and dumping the contents inside out of it! Upon dumping out the contents, Twilight and Rainbow Dash looked down at a stack of carefully rolled up scrolls lying on the ground. "What the…?!"
"It's…it's all threats!" Rainbow stammered as she read one of the scrolls. "Resign or…drop dead?! Why are you doing this, Fake Applejack?! Who are you working for, and what's their beef with the chancellor!"
"I ain't tellin' you nothin', cause I'm not 'Fake Applejack'," The fake Applejack protested with a spat. "I'm real Applejack! Now tell your goons to let me go, and perhaps we'll talk."
Twilight could sense something was amiss and she looked over to her guards. "Take this shoddy imposter to the dungeons!" She ordered to the guards. "Question her as much as necessary and report any information you extract from her to me."
"At once." The guards nodded, and the fake Applejack was carted away.
"That was unexpected," Rainbow Dash remarked, looking over at Twilight and Neighsay. "Now what?"
But neither of them said anything. They were still in shock and trying to process the unexpected development.
Later, Twilight was reviewing a visual spell from one of the guards showing movement in front of Neighsay's residence.
"Hmm," Twilight pondered as she, Spike and Rainbow Dash studied the spell. "It seems like the fake Applejack was supposedly following Neighsay around. But I don't understand. Why would there be a fake Applejack, and why would she be sending threats about Neighsay? Something's not right."
Suddenly, Twilight began to think back to when she and her friends might have unknowingly encountered such suspicious fakes.
"What is it, Twilight?" Spike asked, but Twilight focused her attention on Rainbow Dash.
"Rainbow Dash, do you remember our last retreat when we all seemed to turn on each other for no good reason?"
Twilight pondered. "You know, The one at the Tree of Harmony before Sombra destroyed it?"
"Yeah, that was weird. Everypony was acting so out of character. What about it?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Those ponies that we thought were our friends," Twilight explained. "They weren't really us! They were clones! And we had no idea! At the time, we thought it was ourselves."
"Clones? You mean, like copies?" Rainbow began. "But, who would want to create…?" She stopped mid-sentence as both her and Twilight realized just who, at least in their minds, would want to (and would have the means to) create such clones in their likeness.
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Back in the dungeons of Canterlot, the evil Applejack was placed in a cell to be thoroughly interrogated. But not by the royal guards, but by their new captain: Tempest Shadow!
"All right, talk! You're not getting out otherwise!" Tempest Shadow demanded while looking at the clone with a glare in her eye. "Why would you target Chancellor Neighsay with such threatening messages?!"
"Why?" The fake Applejack retorted. "Because he's a jerk, that's why! He despises non-pony creatures because they kill! I'm sure you can relate, you once worked for one of 'em. At least, until you betrayed him."
With the fake having touched a delicate nerve, Tempest stormed up to the fake Applejack and struck her across the face!
"Temper, temper," The fake Applejack taunted. "Your tactics ain't even that scary."
"Shut up!" Tempest snapped! "Answer the question! And this time I want the right answer!"
"I just answered it for you, hornless wonder." The fake Applejack sneered and spat.
Short tempered, Tempest began to lose patience with the clone.
"Answer the question!" she shouted! "Why are you doing this to Neighsay?!"
"I told you, because he's a jerk! Oh wait, weren't you a jerk once, Tempest Shadow?" The fake Applejack gave a giggle.
Furious, Tempest attempted to charge her horn and fire a blast of her uncontrolled magic at the fake Applejack.
"Tempest!" A voice cried out from afar, and Tempest turned to see Twilight and Rainbow Dash standing in the doorway. "Stand down!"
Though irritated she had been denied the chance to go rogue on the clone, Tempest did as she was told.
"We know who you are!" Twilight told the fake Applejack as she took over the interrogation.
"Of course you know me," The fake Applejack laughed, spitting at Twilight and Rainbow Dash's feet. "We met at the coronation."
"No, you weren't at my coronation! If you were the real Applejack you'd know that we met each other long before then," Twilight snapped, her horn glowing with rage. "You're trying to turn ponies against each other, aren't you?! For that matter, did Chrysalis revive you? Or is too something that Grogar has done?"
"Maybe…" The fake Applejack vaguely answered.
Twilight slammed a hoof down on the table! "Enough of these games! You will answer the question if you ever want to see the sun!"
"What if I don't want to? What if I refuse to obey?" The fake Applejack sneered and smirked. "In fact, I'm pretty sure Grogar will be bringin' me back…"
Suddenly, a beam of light came down through the ceiling and engulfed the fake Applejack while sending everypony else in the cell back.
"I'll tell Chrysalis you said hello!" The fake Applejack laughed while taunting as she was pulled up through the ceiling.
Once the light disappeared, Twilight, Rainbow Dash and the others could only wonder what was ahead.
"So, now what?" Rainbow Dash asked, looking over at Twilight as she was helped up. "We've got copies of ourselves running around, causing trouble."
But Twilight said nothing, for she knew that the writing was on the wall and that there were more important matters to focus on.
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The next morning, Twilight and her friends were en route the School of Magic to announce Neighsay as the new headmaster.
"There was an evil me?" Applejack asked as the six princesses were travelling in their private royal train from Ponyville to Canterlot. "But why?"
"Supposedly," Twilight explained to her friends and co-princesses along with Starlight Glimmer. "Grogar wants to turn ponies and other races against one another. He fed on what Neighsay did when we opened the School of Friendship and attempted to do just that."
"Did he want hay fries with that fear?" Pinkie Pie asked with a raised eyebrow.
"No, but there was something that Rainbow Dash and I learned," Twilight answered. "You all remember the retreat we did once where we nearly turned on one another? Those were clones that we dealt with back then."
"You mean the Applejack who insulted me wasn't the real one?" Starlight remarked. "The one who said I was 'entertaining' by carrying so much camping equipment?"
"Now, why would I insult you, Starlight?" Applejack remarked, looking over at Starlight with a concerned look on her face. "It's not my character and it's not my element either."
"All the more reason why we can't keep our guard down, especially if Grogar plans to use our copies against us somehow," Twilight warned. "If anything, Neighsay becoming head of the School of Magic may prove to be beneficial in the end."
Later at the School of Magic, Neighsay sat nervously as the crowds of students and parents waited in the school's assembly room for Twilight to all but officially announce him as the new head.
"Fillies and gentlecolts," Twilight addressed the crowd. "My most recent personal crisis involving my mental health influenced me to turn down the position of running the School of Magic. However, I found a pony capable of running this school just as well as me. At this time, I would like to introduce the new head of the School of Magic, Headstallion Neighsay!"
To Neighsay's surprise and relief, the crowd welcomed him warmly with cheers and claps. He embraced the welcome the school and its ponies were giving him. It felt reassuring to him after what he had endured.
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Back on the moon, Grogar sat on his throne while he looked down at the newest recruits to his growing army. "You six are my latest additions," he said to the evil clones of the princesses. "And given the ability of you, I feel that you are going to be the ones leading the psychological charge against Equestria."
"And what if we refuse your offer?" Evil Twilight asked in a demanding voice, causing Grogar to stamp his foot three times and the low growling of Scarface was heard as the scarred Grizzly Bear walked into the throne room. "Heh, you think a bear will scare us into serving you?"
"He will do as I command, such as disposing of insubordinates who dare oppose me," Grogar warned. "And let me warn you right now that if you so much as be insubordinate once, I will do to you much worse than what the Tree of Harmony itself did to you! So consider that before you so much as think of trying to overthrow me! And if I were you, I'd watch how you talk to me and to your subordinates. Give me any reason to think you'll betray me, and you'll wish you were never revived."
Still, the six clones said nothing and instead turned away from Grogar, without even allowing Grogar to dismiss them.
So instead, Grogar turned to his pet Grizzly.
"Scarface," He commanded, catching the bear's attention. "I want you to keep a close eye on those clones. Make sure that they don't step out of line, understand?"
Doing as his master told him, Scarface left the throne room to keep an eye on the Mean Six. However, despite the insubordination that they were showing him, Grogar sensed that they were going to prove especially useful to him when the time would eventually come.
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