The changes Knightmare made were swift. He enployed the Royal and Night Guards, renaming them the Guardians of Order, to act as the police force of all Equestria. He also made radical changes to the justice system, high ranking criminals such as traitors and arsonits would be sent into exile, while petty theives or muggers would be sent to community service. Finally, on the day he changed Canerlot Palace into his mystical, if not a bit dark, fortress, he called the Elements into his throne room.
"Lord Knightmare, why did you send Quill Weave (the clerk at Quills and Sofas, and a former royal guard of 2 years) into the Pojave Desert to find this, this Gem of Sorrows?!" Twilight Sparkle yelled, outraged, her hoof stomping on the obsidian marble floor, a faint trail of dust rising.
"You ask me why? Do you not know of his crimes? Ho he abandoned his unit durning the Changling attack 7 months ago and hid in a bakery, or how bout how he embezzled money from Filthy Rich hen he worked as a guard for them?" Knightmare asked, his voice eerily calm, before speaking again. "The only way criminals will take penenace is by fear. A great ruler, Calfligula once said, "Let them hate me, so long as they fear me." and that is true. The criminals hate me, and they fear me. Thus, they would do nothing wrong ever again. Besides, his unit would have gotten the Gem anyay, it would have ben their next mission, if they weren't in the infirmary for broken bones!" Knightmare stated, his voice raising a few octaves at the end.
Twilight Sparkle and her friends' faces showed a mix bag of expressions between horror, anger, and disgust. Twilight looked like she was about to speak more, by intead trotted in a huff out of the room, the others following suit. Lord Knightmare did nothing, but sat back slowly on his throne, and placed a hoof under his chin, pondering over what Twilight had just said to him, and looked at his helmet, sitting silently on the amrs rest, and then at his crown, flickering from the purest gold with a royal blue amethyst placed in the center to obsidian black, with a crimson fire ruby placed in the center, brooding.
"I can't beliveve he won't listen to us!" Rainbow Dash said, throwing her head and hooves back, before placing her head on her arms on Twilight's mahognony desk.
"Don't worry Dashie, everything will be fine." Fluttershy, RD's marefirend said, placing a hoof on Rainbow's back and rubbing circles into it.
"Fluttershy's right. Cell-Princess Celestia once told me to never give up hope. no matter what. First things first, we find the Princesses! Who's with me?" Twilight said, getting her saddbags ready. She got cheers of approval from her friends.
"I think I can help" A mysterious voice said, a light shining from the opem doorway.
(Another chapter down, who could be the owner of the voice, cast your votes in the comments below. I'll choose who the voice belongs to from the votes, if its a tie, then, I'll either choose one of the two, or choose someone on my own. Ciao until next time, readers!)