Story
You hear tell that there was a page floating in the wind towards a thicket of brambles. You make your way through the brambles as they get thicker and thicker, until you barely squeeze through. You swear these must be the thickest of all the brambles in all of Equestria. Once you make it through that, you find yourself staring at the most twisted vines you've ever seen. With a great big sigh, you slowly make it through those as well to see a hole in the ground, and next to the hole, a gray diamond dog blinks his eyes multiple times. He looks at himself astonished, then he looks at you and Barley, at a loss for words.
The diamond dog looks at you for a moment, then begins feeling his face and looking himself over, to the point he’s literally running to catch his tail. He catches it with a small yelp and then turns to you. "I am free!" He grins to your complete confusion.
"Who…who are you?" Barley asks.
"Oh yes. Sorry. It's been so long. My name is Thomas Maxwoof, but you may call me Tom. That is what she called me." Tom smiles.
"Uh…she?" Barley inquired.
"One of your kind. Funny point on her head. Fur of the purest white opal. Hair like the richest deep amethyst. She who is the very definition of beauty!"
"Wait…Rarity?!" Barley guesses.
"Rarity. Even her name shows her essence, for there is no rarer gem than she, who saw through my curse and found my name. She loved me, despite my curse. But-" a yellow tinge covers the whites of his eyes as he speaks next, "puny pony threw Tom out. Pony no care for Tom. Rarity-pah. Should see what being rock is like for a decade or two."
"Wait. You were a rock?!" Barley gasped.
"Yes. Diamond dogs cursed thousands of moons ago by evil king when one of our clan stole a gem. Now, we must always hunt for gems. We keep them close to stop turning to stone. Gems magic keeps curse away for time." Tom takes out a page, "But special paper turn me back!"
Barely looks over to Tom and then to Tom. "Is there any way to change you back after you turn into a rock? Besides the…special paper?" He hoped.
"Only powerful gem or many many gems can change back once turned. Why?"
"Uh…give us juuuust a second." Barley nods to Tom and then pulls you away out of earshot. Barley lays his hoof over his forehead in worry and whispers, "No one warned us of this. We need as many pages as we can get before the villains get them but…but if we take this one, Tom will be cursed to be a stone." He looks to you, desperation in his eyes as he asks, “What do we do?!"
[CHOICE]
> Allow Tom to keep the page. (Chaos)
> Ask for the page and swear to find a way to remove the curse. (Hero)
> Allow Tom to keep the page and subtly convince him to get revenge on Rarity. (Villain)
[ENDING A: CHAOS]
Barley nods to you in agreement. You both go back to Tom who is now sniffing around the hole next to him, and everywhere nearby. "I so missed the sense of smell." He sighed.
"Listen, Tom. That page is very powerful and very important. It cannot get into the wrong hooves or what have you" Barley explains, "so we need you to keep it safe for us, okay? Keep it with you at all times."
Tom freezes, shocked. "Yes. Thank you for trusting me with this…and giving me the opportunity to live again!"
"You're welcome." Barley smiles before you both go off.
(+1 page for Chaos)
[ENDING B: HERO]
Barley nods to you in agreement. You both go back to Tom who is now sniffing around the hole next to him, and everywhere nearby. "I so missed the sense of smell." He sighs.
"Listen. Tom. That page is very powerful and very important. It can not get into the wrong hooves or what have you" Barley explains. "We need to take it back with us. If the wrong creatures find you, they will take it by force, but we are asking you to give it back to us. In return, we give our word to do everything we can to bring you back. We'll find as many diamond dogs to help or even find enough gems ourselves if we have to."
Tom clings to the paper. You add "We need it to help a friend." He looks at both of you. He looks down at the paper and sighs. "Diamond dogs could learn from ponies. Ponies care for friends. Diamond dogs move on. I shall give you a page." Tom hugs the page one more time before handing it to them. An orange light surrounds him, and he becomes stone once more.
(+1 page for Heroes)
[ENDING C: Villain]
Barley nods to you in agreement. You both go back to Tom who is now sniffing around the hole next to him, and everywhere nearby. "I so missed the sense of smell." He sighs.
"Listen. Tom. That page is very powerful and very important. It cannot get into the wrong hooves or what have you." Barley explains, “so we need you to keep it safe for us, okay? Keep it with you at all times.”
“Very well, pony. Tom gives his word!" Tom nods.
You go over, and whisper to him about how sorry you are that Rarity treated him that coldly, alluding how no good pony would act that way. You walk away, a subtle smirk on your face as Barley asks, "What was that about?"
"Oh, nothing." You shrug as you both go off.
(+1 page for Villains)