Ciderfest BOAS APP Stories: 86?!

by Janicethelight


24. #HopeandShadow

Story
The bitter cold of northern Equestria doesn't deter you and Fizzy from looking for pages. Snow whips around you counterclockwise as you walk through the deep snow. You finally find yourself in front of a barren circular area. One lone pony sits at the edge of the circle, head down. Once you make your way closer you see the pony is a purple Crystal unicorn with Aquamarine hair. She cries at the edge of the huge circle as you sit by her. 

Her head snaps towards you. She sees it’s you and sighs and looks down. "Sorry. You two startled me…you're probably just here to see for yourselves that the Crystal Empire is really gone. I don't blame you. I saw it happen and even I don't completely believe my home could just be…gone." She looks at you. "I don't think I've met you two before."

"My name is Fizzy Glitch. This is [INSERT NAME]."

"My name is Radiant Hope…and this is all my fault…" 

"Why do you think that?" Fizzy asks.

Hope looks up to the white sky snow drifting around her. She takes a deep breath in and out before she starts. "My best friend and I have been together since we were fillies. We understood each other when no other pony could, but one day everything changed, and my friend pushed me away. And, when he needed me most…I ran away. He made…he made some terrible decisions since then. I didn't know how to help him so I asked the princess for help. They managed to stop him, but he took the entire Crystal Empire with him for one thousand moons."

"Wait, but that means…your best friend is -- he was --" Fizzy started.

"Sombra, yes. I should have been there for him when he needed me…but now I can change everything!" Hope holds up a piece of paper. "With this page, I can rewrite it. I've just been trying to figure out when to best change things. I could just not tell the princesses of what Sombra had done and figure out how to stop him myself. He might listen to me. Or I could fix his fate so he never has to see that terrible vision in the Crystal Heart. It might even help his strange illness. What do you guys think I should do?"

[CHOICE] 
What should Hope do?

> (Chaos)
Fix Sombra's fate!

> (Hero)
Learn from her mistakes 


[ENDING A: CHAOS]
"If you change Sombra and his fate, none of this will happen!" You decide.

"That's true…alright. I'll do it!" Hope smiles and an orange glow surrounds all of you. You find the Crystal Empire back where it belongs, the Crystal ponies none the wiser.

"Hope! I've been looking for you everywhere!" A gray unicorn shouts, waving a hoof towards her."

"Sombra!" Hope beams, galloping right over to hug him. "I'm so glad you're back!"

"I've only been gone fifteen minutes." Sombra replies, puzzled. "Come on. Let's go see the fair. Maybe we'll even get to see Princess Amore!"

Hope nods, tears in her eyes as she follows him, giggling happily as she does so.

Fizzy smiles, "I'm glad she could fix her mistakes like I am fixing mine."

(+1 page for Chaos)

[ENDING B: HERO]
You look over to Fizzy. You see Fizzy wanting to help but also not sure which change would be best. Feeling like you may be able to help two ponies at once you decide, "You shouldn't change anything, Hope. What's done is done. What you do now is learn from it. Use what happened to try and do better in the future!" 

Hope thinks on this and sighs, "You're probably right. I might make things even worse. Thanks…you can have this if you want." She hands you the Page.

"Where are you going to go?" Fizzy asks?

"Somewhere to think about my next step." Hope nods before disappearing in the snow.

"I hope it works out." Fizzy breaths. You nod in agreement.


(+1 page for Heroes)