//------------------------------// // Chapter 6 // Story: The King of Angels // by Wheenesss //------------------------------// (Ponvyille, 3rd Person's POV) It had been two months since the Elements of Harmony had encountered the mysterious being known as Isaac, who had proceeded to turn them into alicorns as a 'gift'. Since then, Twilight had temporarily gone crazy because she didn't have a friendship letter to send to Princess Celestia, Princess Luna had been introduced to Nightmare Night, Rarity and Sweetie Belle had grown stronger as sisters, and Apple Bloom had learned to be patient. There was also the constant questioning of whether or not they were Princesses now that they were alicorns, which was certainly getting annoying by this point. It was night time when a pony and a baby dragon walked into the Golden Oaks Libraby "Well today was a good day, huh Spike?" Twilight asked her faithful assistant as they entered into their home inside of tree. Spike yawned. "You bet, Twilight. I still can't believe Rainbow Dash chose a tortoise to be her pet." "It just goes to show that's more important to be a loyal friend rather than a cool one." the newly minted alicorn said. "Ain't that the truth?" another yawn. "Well, I'm going to sleep." the baby dragon replied as he went up the stairs. The library had already been cleaned up before they all went on their pet playdate, so there were no chores left for him today. "Good night." Twilight levitated a few books into a pile, and put down a pillow for her to sit on. "Good night, and don't stay up too late studying!" the young drake called. The lavender mare rolled her eyes with a smile, before getting to work. "The Potential Applications of Evocation and Illusions, by Star Swirl the Bearded." she started to read. It was like that for a few hours, her quietly reading aloud and taking notes. That is, until a familiar sound hit her ears. *BELCH!* "Spike? What is it?" Twilight asked, only receiving tired grumbling as a reply. Soon enough Spike was walking downstairs reading a letter with the royal seal on the bottom, his eyes widening as it dragged on. "You really need to read this, Twilight." he said, handing it to her.The mare's own eyes became as large as saucers at the contents of the note. "Princess Luna-" she began (The Next Day, Same POV) ", previously known as Nightmare Moon, is having criminal charges brought against her by the citizens of the South Pole!" she declared, much to her friends' shock. She had gathered them all here right after breakfast. "But Princess Luna didn't do anything!" Rainbow Dash asked. Twilight grimaced. "According to the letter she did, specifically the murder and torturing of hundreds of polar griffons." Fluttershy fainted, while the rest all gasped in horror. "But Princess Luna wouldn't do something like that! She's not even a hundredth that mean!" Pinkie Pie said. "Technically girls, she did. The Elements of Harmony didn't just make her sane again like we assumed, it only removed and weakened most of the darkness from her. The darkness then fled to the South Pole where it possessed a griffon and then conquered the tribes. After that it just decided treat them as horribly as possible. They're technically the same pony, since Nightmare Moon is just the darker aspects of Luna made manifest." "And there's nothin' Princess Celestia can do about it?" Applejack asked. "No Applejack. Normally the Princess acts as the judge in international crime cases like this, but since she's emotionally attached to the defendant somepony else is being appointed." Twilight replied. "Wait a minute, how were they even able to send this letter if they were being horribly oppressed like this?" Rarity inquired. "That's another thing, it was Isaac who freed them." "Then how do we know this isn't just a trick?!" Rainbow Dash said, her wings flapping angrily. "Because last night just before we all got in from our pet playdate, a cage with an unconscious black-coated alicorn filly that has the exact same magical signature as Luna appeared in the middle of Princess Celestia's throne room. On top of the cage was the letter, and when the filly woke up she tried to bite the ponies who were taking care of her." Twilight finished. A tense silence broke out across the room. "So since ya can't really say that she didn't do it, what's going to happen to Princess Luna and... that demon foal?" Applejack said. "I don't know girls, a crime like this hasn't been committed before in modern Equestrian history. If it were any other pony, it would be life in prison." The others gasped again. "Can't Princess Celestia just give her a Royal Pardon like she did right after Luna got turned back to normal?" Rainbow asked. Twilight paused. "Theoretically she could, but considering the severity of the crimes along with all the griffons and ponies who would be upset if she did, she would lose a lot of international credibility. Not to mention, Luna didn't do anything near as bad as this when she was Nightmare Moon." "So what?! If that Nightmare Moon foal is pure evil like you said, then shouldn't it just be the one getting put in the slammer?" the cyan alicorn continued. "Like I said Rainbow Dash, they're the same pony, even if one is just a separated part of the other. By that logic if the Princess gave Luna a pardon then the Nightmare foal would also be allowed to roam free." Twilight replied. The room grew silent again on those words. "H-How are the polar griffons doing?" Fluttershy, who had woken up a few minutes ago, asked. "According to the letter, Isaac's been helping them recover by conjuring up food and homes, as well as imprisoning any of Nightmare Moon's followers." "Guess he was serious about all that 'community service' stuff." Applejack remarked. "So what do we do now?" Rainbow grumbled. "Yeah! Can't we testify in Princess Luna's favor or something?" Pinkie asked. "That wouldn't work, because any good testimony given for Princess Luna would also be given for Nightmare Moon." "So a Princess is going to spend the rest of her immortal life in prison unless pardoned, which would cause another to lose international credibility and anger thousands? This sounds like a lose-lose situation, but the question is what is Equestria more willing to lose?" Rarity said. "A little stupid credibility, no question about it! If that pisses off a bunch of ponies and griffons, then that's their problem!" the cyan alicorn said. "Rainbow Dash! Those griffons have perfectly warranted anger!" Fluttershy scolded in a sudden display of anger. "So do you want Princess Luna do be stuck in jail for the rest of her life?" Rainbow asked with a raised eyebrow. Fluttershy had the decency to blush "Umm... No. Personally I think she should be pardoned." "But then if she is pardoned then that ghastly Nightmare foal is also allowed to roam free." Rarity interjected. "Well if Isaac turned her into a filly, then doesn't that make her harmless?" Fluttershy continued. "If Sweetie Belle and her friends are any indication, then foals are hardly harmless. Plus this is no ordinary foal, remember? This is a literal incarnation of evil with all of the Princess's memories at her disposal. If she was pardoned, then what's stopping her from doing something terrible like this again, causing us all to end up right back here again." the white alicorn replied. "UUGGGH!" Twilight groaned, throwing the letter against a wall. "We're just talking in circles! The only way this could possibly work out is we could make it so that Princess Luna and Nightmare Moon were two different ponies, but we can't!" It seemed hopeless. Princess Luna and Nightmare Moon would both have to be imprisoned for Equestria and the rest of the world to be satisfied. (Meanwhile at the South Pole) Isaac was whistling a jaunty tune as he walked through one of the towns he had liberated from Nightmare Moon's control, enjoying the enthusiastic greetings from the townsfolk. He had spent this last month and a half doing exactly what the letter said, conjuring up food and homes for those who needed it, as well as imprisoning any of Nightmare Moon's followers. Celestia and the Mane Six were probably freaking out right now, trying to find a way out of pardoning Nightmare Moon and imprisoning Luna. Contrary to what they all thought, he didn't want the moon princess in prison forever or executed. It simply wasn't a part of his Master Plan. When the time came, they would all understand. Sure they would think he was a dick for doing it the way that he did, but it was all meant to be good in the long run. "Mister Donohue." a voice said, breaking him from his thoughts. "Yes, Kowalski?" Isaac replied, turning to the smart-looking polar griffon with a clipboard. Yeah, he was surprised too when he met this guy. Isn't it funny how the multiverse works with alternate versions of the same person? "Constructions on the ship have just reached seventy percent completion. In another two weeks we should be ready to set sail for Equestria." to watch and testify at the trial of course. Of course they're going to be really pissed when Celestia inevitably doesn't execute Luna and then pardons her of her crimes, but Isaac is still working on a way to placate them when the time comes. "Good, and makes sure Rico does NOT go near the fusion reactor again." Isaac replied. "Seriously, who tries to eat a miniature sun?!" the man thought. "Right away sir!" the polar griffon saluted before flying off. Now where was he? Oh yes! Contemplating what he's going to do next. At that moment he heard a deep, menacing voice through the Void between dimensions. “I am the Overlord! Scourge of Equestria! Corrupter of innocence! If you seek to dominate the weak. If you wish to destroy all who oppose you. If you are willing to pay the price, then you may call upon my aid!” A black token fell from the clouded sky, and into his palm. Isaac held it up to his eyes, scrutinizing it carefully. It looked like some sort of summoning item. So he wasn't the only schmuck human who got sent to a version of Equestria, and this guy got turned into the freakin Overlord it seems. "I always did like that game." Isaac thought. He pocketed the coin. This seemed like a good idea to follow. The angel held up a hand and grabbed his wrist with the other, before focusing. A glowing, bronze coin sparked into existence. It depicted him wearing a crown, with the words "King of Angels" written on the other side. "What's up, fellow prisoners of Equestria? My name is Isaac Donohue, the Deputy Spirit of Chaos and soon-to-be King of Angels. If you need my help, just use this coin to call me!" With that Isaac opened a tiny hole in the fabric of reality, copied the coin and the message, then dropped it into the Multiverse for whoever needed it to find it. Now that the ritual was done, Isaac contemplated what he was going to do next. Unfortunately he couldn't just declare himself King of the South Pole or else Celestia would think he had conquered them, and they had decided to form some sort of United Republic. On the other hand, he couldn't just leave them just because they wouldn't make him their ruler, what with the community service and all. After the trial, he would leave and then start gathering minions, who were always fun to have around.. He already had a few candidates in mind that would need persuading, such as a certain showmare who was probably working on the Pie Family Rock Farm at this point in time... (Meanwhile, in the Canterlot Castle Dungeons) Nightmare Moon growled as she kept trying to use her magic to break out of this infernal cell she'd been put in! But alas, they had put a restricting cone on her horn that kept her from using it. So why was she trying to break out of the cell when she knew it was futile? Well, it kept her occupied for one. "REMOVE THIS CONTRAPTION FROM YOUR QUEEN'S HORN IMMEDIATELY!" she roared. It also gave her something to complain to the guards about. "Pipe down, Prisoner!" one of said guards shouted. Nightmare Moon screamed as she started ramming her new tiny body against the bars repeatedly, just aching to kill that guard for his insolence! However, she quickly got dizzy and had to stop. "Curse this foal's body! If I had the real thing, thou would be naught more than a bloody smear on the wall!" she swore. "Yeah, that's a big fat 'if'. You're staying right there until your trial, you little monster." the same guard grumbled, currently playing poker with his co-workers. The mare in a foal's body snarled, before sighing and sitting down. "Getting angry at these fools will not solve my current dilemma... I must find a way to escape!" But the question was how? The sound of a teleportation caused her head to snap towards the middle of the room. There were anti-teleportation wards in here! A box wrapped in decorative paper and a bow had appeared. Rightfully suspicious, Nightmare Moon slowly walked to the present and opened it, looking for any hint of a trap and finding none. Inside the box was what appeared to be a small knife, a key, and a note. It read: Dear Nightmare Moon, I believe your situation is positively dreadful, so I've decided to lend you a helping hoof. I don't think I need to tell you what to do with this. When you get yourself out of your cell, head for the caves below this city where you will meet me, and we'll discuss our next course of action. Sincerely, A Friend Nightmare Moon's grin was so scary it could give Tirek and Sombra the shivers.