//------------------------------// // An old threat returns // Story: Dictators of Ponyville : A Ponyville confidential story // by ALoneWolf //------------------------------// The next day All was quiet and gloomy this morning, Granny's death left a big rift towards every citizen in town especially the middle child of the apple family. However her brothers word's of encouragement from yesterday slightly boosted her spirit, while Bloom was still missing she was not gonna rest or give up until her lil sister was home so that she could give the filly the biggest hug and apology imaginable. Today the young farmer made her way towards the market to stock up on groceries all while wondering if her lil sis was doing ok out there wherever she is. As she made her way inside of the building with her mind still in the clouds, she finds herself accidentally bump into a tall stallion. "Oh I'm sorry partner, wasn't paying attention" She apologized to the stallion. "It's quite alright Applejack" The stallion said and soon Applejack recognized the man and his wife who walked up beside him groceries in hoof . "Mr and Mrs Cake!" She said happily. " It's great to see ya how've ya been? I haven't seen you two in about a week. "We're doing just fine darling" Mrs cake said. " We actually just got back from our anniversary trip and decided to head on over to the market to grab some stuff for dinner tonight" "Oh yeah I forgot that you guy's anniversary was in January" Applejack replied. " So how was your trip?" "It was really fun Applejack " Mr cake said. " Me and the miss's had a wonderful time" "And he means WONDERFUL" Mrs Cake said with a hint of lust and then took the opportunity to wrap a hoof around her husbands neck" This stud sure knows how to please a lady, I tell ya Applejack I married the most romantic stallion in the world" As she made her statement Mr cake let out a big blush all while praying to the sun goddess that he was blessed with the most beautiful wife in the world. "Hehe darling I love you too, but Applejack doesn't wanna hear all that" Mr cake said still blushing. "Oh my your right sweetie" She replied with a blush of her own. "Sorry about that Applejack" "No it's fine you two" Applejack reassured. " I'm happy you two had a good time" "Thank you Applejack" Mr cake said. " Any news about Bloom and the others?" "No not yet" AJ said sadly. " Still no sign of them I'm afraid" "Oh I see, I'm sorry sweetie" Mrs Cake replied. " We actually asked around while we were vacationing in Las pegasus but sadly no one's seen them either" "I see, well thanks for trying you guys" Applejack said with a sad smile. "Anything for a friend" Mr Cake replied. " Also we heard about Granny Smith, we're so sorry for your loss" "Indeed" Mrs Cake said in a sad tone. " Granny Smith was a good mare, Ponyvilles not gonna be the same without her. I hope she's in a better place. "Amen" Mr Cake jumped in. "Thanks guys" Applejack said with a hint of gratitude. " And your right, it's not gonna be the same without Granny. It hurt's and i don't think it'll ever go away anytime soon. But me and Big Mac will try our hardest to manage cause that's what Granny Smith would have wanted" after her statement Mr Cake placed a hoof on the farmgirl's shoulder. "Granny would have been proud of you Applejack" He said with a comforting smile. "She sure would" Mrs Cake agreed. "Thanks you guys" Applejack said and before she knew it she found herself in a group hug with the married couple which she was quick to return and after a few seconds the three ponies broke apart. "Well we better get going, gotta check up on pinkie and the twins " Mr Cake said. "Indeed the poor dears must be going crazy for not seeing their mommy and daddy all week" Mrs Cake replied. "Hehe oh yeah don't wanna keep your kids waiting do ya?" AJ said with a slight giggle. " And don't worry, knowing Pinkie I'm sure she's been keeping them entertained all week" "That is true, Pinkie is an excellent employee/babysitter " Mr Cake said. " I have a mind to give that girl a raise when I get the chance" "Not until we get our bills this month sorted first mister" Mrs Cake said" "Hehe yes ma'am" He said with a blush. " Well we better get going, have a good day Applejack" "Thanks guy's you too" She replied and soon the trio went their separate ways but not before Mrs Cake put a hoof on Applejack shoulder and said. "You'll find then deary, I know you will" She reassured. "Thanks Mrs Cake" Applejack said with a smile. And with that the married couple left the market leaving the farmgirl and as soon as they departed out of the store her expression soon changed from happy to sad. "I wish it was that simple Mrs Cake" She thought to herself, and after collecting her thoughts she grabbed a shopping bag and made her way towards her first isle. As she reached the dry food section she took the shopping list out of her saddlebag and looked at the first item. "Let's see Cinnamon" She said. " Now where did I see Cinnamon at last.......................................... "AWWWWWWWW COME ON DADDY NOT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Came a loud voice which interrupted the farmgirl. Applejack then took it upon herself to find the source of the loud voice and soon found non other than the lil brat Diamond Tiara and her father Filthy rich near the vegetable isle (which the latter was not happy about one bit) "Stop yelling young lady you'll cause a scene!" Rich said in a stern tone. "Come on daddy I'm tired of vegetables, I wanna eat something tasty for once!" The young filly demanded. "Well too bad young lady, your still grounded remember?" He said. "And you should have thought about that before pulling that stunt and making those poor girls running away, so until I trust ya again your only getting healthy food and that means no dessert or gourmet cooking" "This is bullshit!!!!!!!!!" She shouted. " It's not like I killed those blank flanks or anything! Plus how long do you plan on keeping me grounded for anyways? it's been 4 months!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" "Until I can trust you again, and now your grounded for swearing at me young lady" Rich said earning him a long growl from his daughter. "YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Diamond Tiara shouted and then went even further by knocking over the shopping cart spilling and breaking its content's all over the floor, and soon the little filly ran away in a huff. "HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TIARA COME BACK HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He shouted before leaning against the edge of an carrot display while rubbing his temple in silent frustration. Applejack having seen enough walked over to the stallion. "You alright Mr rich?" She asked. "I've had better days kid" He said. " Sorry you had to see that, "sigh" I swear this kid is gonna give me a heart attack before I turn 40" "Your trying your best sir" She reassured. " If that was my daughter I'd feel the same way too" "Yeah" He replied trying to sound as calm as possible. " I just don't know where I went wrong you know? I tried so hard to be a good father to her, but she's been giving me and her stepmom so much grief and so many demand's it's not even funny. "sigh" I swear she's starting to turn more and more into her, I hate to say this but she's nothing but a bully to everyone she makes contact with" "Hey now don't say that, except for the bully part your not wrong about that" Applejack replied. "Spoiled Rich wasn't the nicest pony, and I can tell she wasn't the best wife neither. Sure a little bit of her stubborn attitude rubbed off a little on Tiara, but at least she's not as worse as Spoiled, the things that women said and did to ya was downright disgusting, honestly I'll never understand what ya even saw in her...................................no offense" "No non taken" He assured. " And your right I have no idea what i ever saw in her in the first place, we first met in college I thought she was the nicest mare I've ever seen. But alas I finally saw her true color's as she only cares about money and power not me or even her own daughter, hell she didn't even want to have kids in the first place. I can't believe it took me this long to finally divorce her, I felt that getting her out of my life would make things easier and maybe Tiara wouldn't end up like her but boy was I wrong. And now because of my bad parenting your little sister ran away and it's all.......................................................... "Don't you finish that sentence partner " Applejack interrupted. " It was NOT your fault, again you did your best Mr Rich. Your not a bad father Tiara's the way she is because her mother treated both you and her badly so only she's to blame. That's no excuse for her behavior but deep down I'm sure Tiara's a nice girl once ya get to know her she's just too stubborn to show it. Don't get me wrong I'm still upset at her for making me drive my lil sis away but you shouldn't blame yourself for her behavior, your doing your best Rich. She might not show it but I'm sure Tiara has some regrets and that she loves you deeply, as long as you keep on trying she'll never stoop to Spoils level. I'm not gonna give up on my lil sis and I don't want you to give up on your daughter either and that goes for your second wife too" After her little lecture A small smile formed on the rich stallions face . "Heh Granny's raised ya well kid" He thought to himself. "Thanks Applejack I needed that" He said. "Happy ta help Mr Rich" She replied. "Please, you and I have known eachother for a long time we're practically family" He said with a smile. " Call me Uncle Rich" "Okie dokie Uncle Rich" Applejack said with a heartful smile and then brought her uncle into a warm embrace which he was quick to return. "And don't worry we'll find Bloom and the other's" He reassured. "I know we will uncle Rich" Applejack replied and after a minute the hug ended. "Well I'll see ya later AJ" He said with a smile before it turned into an annoyed look. " Now If you'll excuse me I gotta pay for these damaged goods and hunt down that lil troublemaker" "Want me to help ya round her up?" She offered. "No thank you, I got it this isn't the first time I had to chase her after one of her tantrums" He replied. " I'll see ya around Applejack" "You too uncle Rich" She replied. And with nothing more to say the stallion made his way towards the entrance to pay for the damages before going after his daughter, as the farmgirl watched him leave her confidence and spirits soon boosted a bit. After taking a moment to collect herself the element of honesty continued her shopping with her spirits high and mighty. Meanwhile at the gym We find the element of loyalty AKA Rainbow dash at the local gym doing her usual warmups which consisted of both regular pushups and wing pushups. However her mind was on other things rather then her giving her usual 100%, that being her lil sister figure and biggest fan out their in the world alone and probably scared. After each pushup she quietly berated herself for stooping so low and doing something so cruel to a bunch of kids regardless of what they did, as the sweat dripped from her face her self berating continued as she scolded herself for her harsh action by pouring rain on them not even caring if they got wet or caught a cold. Her weather team was right, she did act like a bully and now she wished that she could take it all back and apologize to the trio and give her biggest fan the coolest and most sincerest apology imaginable. After reaching 100 reps the Pegasus stopped and wiped the sweat off her face but her remorseful expression stayed on. "Scoots where are you?" She said to herself with a sigh, but as she collected her thoughts a stallion and a mare walked up towards her. "Hey Dash" The stallion greeted which caused Dash to slowly turn around to find her teammates Thunderlane and his girlfriend Blossomforth standing right in front of her with worried expressions on both of their faces. "Hey fellah's" She quietly greeted. "You ok Dash?" Blossomforth asked. "Your a bit quiet today, It's kind of unlike you" "Eh guess I'm not feeling very energetic today" Dash replied. " I wasn't planning on staying long anyways, after my warm ups I was just gonna hit the weights for an hour and then head home" After giving her answer the young couple looked visibly shock. Cause usually Dash loves to give it her all in the gym, but today she was all focused on a quiet workout session which was pretty off common to the most athletic and fit citizen of ponyville. After a few seconds one of them finally broke the silence. "Look Dash, you and I have known each other since flight school I can tell when your feeling gloomy" Thunderlane said. "Believe me I'm just as worried about the CMC as you and I know their out there somewhere and we will find them. Hell my lil bro hasn't been the same himself after finding out that Scoots ran away" "I wouldn't blame the lil guy" Dash replied. " He and Scoots are practically best friends with each other. "sigh" I'd do anything to have her home safe and sound fellah's" "We all do Dash, we all do" Blossomforth reassured. " But you shouldn't give up hope. Also before you go we wanted to apologize" "For what?" Dash replied while raising a confused eyebrow. "For the harsh word's not just from us but from the rest of the weather team" Thunderlane jumped in. " We shouldn't have pinned the entire blame on ya like that it was a terrible thing for us to do, we're sorry Dash. Your not a bully and it wasn't your fault Scootaloo and the others ran away" After hearing his apology the rainbow headed pegasus got up ready to head towards the weights. "Thanks fellah's" She said sadly. " But I'm afraid we'll have ta agree to disagree on that front" With nothing more to say the sad pegasus made her way towards the weights leaving the couple as they watched their friend sadly walk away. "Think she'll be alright Thunder?" blossomforth asked. "Only time will tell babe" Thunderlane reassured. " Only time will tell" Meanwhile inside the Golden Oak's Library We find the residence librarian Twilight Sparkle and her dragon assistant/little brother figure Spike currently setting up the library's shelf's for any customer who plans on checking out a book or 2 this morning. However both were not in the highest spirit's as the event's this month have left a massive hole in the two of em. From the CMC running away from home and now Granny smiths death, no doubt Ponyville has been hit with a massive storm of sadness and losses. Guilt riddled their minds at the hurtful act's that they subjected the CMC to with Twilight putting a shield spell around her house to keep them away and Spike straight up telling then to go away. The two siblings wished so badly that they could take it all back and actually listen to the CMC instead of ignoring them, all while cursing Diamond Tiara for causing all of this in the first place. As they reached the final shelf Twilight broke the silence. "Well, looks like we're ready to open up this morning" Twilight said gloomly. "Yeah" spike sadly replied. And another awkward silence filled the air for a few seconds before Spike finally spoke again. "Twilight? "Yes Spike?" She answered. "You think they'll ever come home?" He asked causing a long sigh from the unicorn. "I hope so Spike" Twilight replied with a hint of remorse. " But given how harsh we were I doubt they'll come home anytime soon" "No kidding" He said. " I wouldn't even blame them for not wanting to come home at all. I can't believe I told them to scram, I should have at least heard them out first" "Me too lil bro. Putting up that shield spell around the house was both selfish and cowardly of me" Twilight replied. " I should have heard them out myself but instead I chose to just isolate myself from them" "AND IT'S ALL THAT BRAT TIARA'S FAULT!!!" Spike said with anger. " I can't believe she blackmailed them into spreading our secrets she is absolutely disgusting, I swear once we find the CMC I say we run that little punk out of town so she doesn't hurt anyone again!!!!" "SPIKE CALM DOWN!!!!!!!!" Twilight retorted. " Though I do agree with you, she does deserve to be punished for her actions, but she's already been grounded , lost her friend, and got kicked off the newspaper team so at least she wont pull something like this again. "Good, she deserves it" Spike replied and then calmed down slightly. " I just want them to come home already Twilight, its been 4 months and there's still no sign of them, Celestia hasn't even seen them yet" "I know Spike" Twilight said. " I haven't even written one friendship report since they left as I felt that I failed the lesson of friendship by forcing one of my youngest friends to run away. Sometimes I feel like i don't deserve to have friends to begin with if I can drag them away this easily" "Don't say that twilight" Spike replied. "You do deserve your friends, you made a mistake we all made a mistake. And Celestia knows you didn't mean it. Plus I'm sure she doesn't mind the slight delay of friendship reports minus the 4 month gap. But at least you still write to her" "Yeah but only to ask about any news about the trio" Twilight said sadly. " But your right Spike we made a mistake and we owe them an apology, and I'm not about to give up on friendship so easily due to one mistake. I gotta stay strong and stay positive as that's what Celestia would want me too . They're still out there and we got to find them and apologize no matter what obstacles we come across" "Now that's the Twilight I know!!!!!!" Spike said proudly. " Your right we will find them no matter what the cost" "AMEN!!!!!" Twilight replied. Then there was another short silence until Spike broke the ice. "So what's the plan sis?" Spike said while giving a saluting posture. "First let's write a report to Celestia before opening up the library" Twilight said. "Another CMC report?" spike asked. "No Spike..........................................A Friendship report" Twilight proudly said. " I know learned a valuable lesson about friendship just now. No matter how difficult the obstacle is, you shouldn't give up so easily and ya gotta stay positive and to overcome it as that's what your friends and loved ones would want from you. Giving up is NEVER the option" "Wise word Twi" Spike said proudly. "Paper and scroll pen please" Twilight said. "You got it sis !" Spike said with a thumb's up and then went to retrieve the items Twilight requested. Then a few seconds later he presented them to his big sister figure who was quick to levitate the objects onto a nearby table and soon began to jot down her long delayed friendship report. Dear Princess Celestia Today I learned................................................... BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM But before Twilight could even write down a single sentence, a loud boom can be heard in the horizon followed by a violent rumble which shook and spooked the pair slightly at the sudden impact. The pair then made their way towards the window to take a peak outside trying not to fall over as another rumble shook the foundation of the library, They then peaked outside to find the sky covered in a mysterious dark haze as various green rays of magic rained down and hit the ground causing loud rumbles and explosions as the various citizens were scattered around panicking and avoiding the various rays of magic. "What the hell is that!!!!????" Spike asked in a shocked tone. " Sorry for the language" "No I agree with you Spike" Twilight replied. " Whatever it is It does not look good" And with that the unicorn rushed outside immediately. "Hey wait up!" Spike called out as he followed behind. The pair then made their way outside as to their horror they found the various citizens running away and taking cover from the various rays that continued to rain down. Filthy Rich who was among the crowd of panicking citizens called out to his daughter who was nowhere to be found. "Twilight!!!!!!!" Came a voice. And twilight and Spike turned to the side to find the rest of the main 6 along with Big Mac, Caramel, and Angel who looked just as shocked as the duo. "What the hell's going on?!" Dash asked. "That's what I'm trying to figure out myself Dash!" Twilight replied. "I know they said there's a slight chance of rain but this is ridiculous!!!!!" Pinkie said in her usual tone which earned her some annoyed looks from the group. "We should take cover and figure out what's going on" Big Mac suggested . "Sounds like a plan " Rarity agreed. But then suddenly the rays stopped raining down and the dark haze soon started to fade away, the group then looked up and to their surprise found a mysterious figure floating down towards the center of the town her appearance hidden in the shadows. "Everyone take cover and get inside your houses!!!!!!!!" Twilight ushered the panicking Citizens who were quick to head inside their respected homes or take cover inside nearby shops or hide behind carts and inside trashcans. Soon the mysterious intruder made her way down to the ground as the group and especially Twilight recognized the creature that now stood before them, and there stood (her appearance now fully visible)............................................................ Queen Chrysalis "Hello Twilight" She said with a wicked smile. "Chrysalis" Twilight said with a menacing tone" "Hehe I'm so honored that you remember me" Chrysalis replied with a evil giggle. "It's quite hard not to forget someone who almost made us turn on our best friend ya insect!!!!!!" Dash snapped back. "Awwwwwww no need to be so harsh lil pegasus, and you had a part in that yourself when you abandoned your friend like an asshole" Chrysalis teased which earned her a long growl from the element of Loyalty. "CUT THE CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!"Applejack retorted. " What are ya doing here anyways, we sent you and your army packing!!!" "If I'm ta take a guess lil sis" Big mac jumped in. " I say she's here to take revenge on ya'll" "Ding, ding, ding, ding! Ten points for you muscleboy!" Chrysalis said with a menacing smile. But before she could continue Twilight interrupted her. "If you think I'll let you anywhere near by BBBFF and my sister in law , you got another thing coming!!!!!!!!!!" Twilight shouted. "Oh no I have no interest in your brother and his lil bride Sparkle" Chrysalis replied. " You see after me and my subjects were blasted away by that disgusting ray of love magic and sent to the faraway regions of Equestria I got to thinking. I was pretty careless and didn't think my original plan through enough, looking back at it now while it did sound like an excellent idea I should have seen through the flaws of it all. When I transported you down the forgotten caverns of Canterlot, I figured that you would starve or have your love drained and devoured by my subjects who I sent down their to guard the princess. But alas that was a mistake cause you managed to locate Cadence and fight your way out of the cave and stop my rain. If i had known you would have located the actual Cadence I would have just killed you on the spot as there would have been nobody left to stop me and Cadence would have just starved to death and I would have ruled Canterlot with an iron hoof. So after my failed takeover I began to jot down ways to get my revenge on ya'll and that's when it hit me, I needed to start out small and figured instead of trying to take over a kingdom why not take over a small town first before moving on to the rest of Equestria? So I thought to myself what better place to start my takeover than Ponyville itself? Now locating this small town wasn't exactly easy though, I spent months locating your little home and to my surprise and luck I ran into some ponies who were camping out in the wildlands. And after informing them about my plan I offered them a little deal. They help me locate Ponyville and I would reward them handsomely, and they were quick to tell me the location of ponyville as they too wanted revenge on the citizens in your small town" "And who might those ponies be ?" Twilight asked. Knowing no one who would want revenge on ponyville except maybe the Flim Flam brothers, Gilda, or Trixie but then again Trixie apologized last year. "Why don't you ask them yourselves?" Chrysalis said with a sadistic smile and then called out . " OH GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!💚" Then suddenly a ray of magic soon enveloped the ground as a trio of ponies soon teleported right next to the changeling queen creating a light cloud of smoke. As the smoke started to clear the group stared in shock at the sight of the now visible trio and were quick to recognize the three of em. "No" Applejack said in shock. "This can't be" Rainbow dash replied with her jaw dropping. "This has to be a trick, there's no way" Rarity said as everyone else stared in shock after they all quickly recognized the three fillies standing right in front of them with looks of pure vengence in each of their eyes. "Wassup big sis?" One of them said with a menacing tone.