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// Villain (261) 
// Story: AlwaysDressesInStyle's Ponyville CiderFest '23 Interactive App Stories 
// by AlwaysDressesInStyle 
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ENDING B (VILLAIN): 

“Cozyheart!” Flitterheart whispers.  She kisses her little sister’s forehead as she sleeps.  Starbeam recognizes ‘Cozyheart’ as the infamous villain Cozy Glow, but says nothing.

She nudges her patron, and Flitterheart turns her attention to the other room, where her younger self is coughing.  It’s time that the two Flitterhearts talk.  Starbeam stays behind, giving her client privacy until it’s time to return to the present.

Once she’s alone, Starbeam’s horn glows involuntarily as she struggles with her emotions.  Everypony says she’s cold and uncaring.  They say the same things about Cozy Glow.  She has hundreds of spells in her repertoire, but none of them seem appropriate.  How do you stop somepony before they do anything wrong?  Starbeam has questionable ethics, and she knows it, but the possibilities running through her head scare her.  Mind altering spells are illegal for a reason. With that thought, she sighs as the glow from her horn slowly fades.  Looking down at Cozy, she wonders if she’s really any better than the infamous filly.

Maybe Flitterheart’s talk with her younger self will prevent Cozy Glow’s later rampage.  Starbeam decides that’s the best course of action. Who knows what kind of consequences there could be for trying to alter the past?

Starbeam trots out of the room as Cozyheart pretends to sleep.  Little eyes are cracked ever so slightly open, getting a good look at the unicorn intruder in her room.  Once the pony closes the door behind her, Cozy’s eyes open wide in horror.  That was scary!  Unicorns can just teleport into my room at random.  Magic is awful.  Golly, I wish magic would just go away forever.