//------------------------------// // [FIXED] Episode 42: REVENGE WILL BE MINE!!! // Story: The Life of a Wanted Changeling (Comment Driven Story) // by Down with Chrysalis //------------------------------// "Fine. Two can play at this game." you begin to calmly walk down the hall with your head held high. You let out another low menacing growl. "Fine. Two can play at this game." You say to yourself in a low menacing tone. If anypony were to look at your hooded head, they would see a pair of glowing orange eyes filled with hate. All around you ponies are running away from either you or the Ursa Major. You honestly didn't care. For all you know, they could only be running away from you for you only have one thought on your mind; VENGEANCE When I get my hooves on that no good back-stabbing unicorn, I'm gonna tear her a new one!You think to yourself in a dark tone. You are about to get out of the alley that you got into after the Ursa smashed the wall of your prison, when you see the Ursa heading straight towards Trixie's stage/wagon. You grin wickedly as the ursa draws closer to the traitor's stage and wagon. Her imminent destruction will be fun to watch. "You have to help her," a voice says. You turn to your right to see a miniature Nightshade sitting on your shoulder. "I know she betrayed you, but she doesn't deserve this! No pony can defeat an ursa major on their own." "Oh, let the monster have its fun," says another voice on your left. That shoulder is now occupied with a strange looking pony. She looks like Luna, but her coat is pitch black, and she wears the armor you saw way back in the castle. She continues, "That braggart could use some humiliation." You have no idea what's going on, confirmed by the fact that you say, "I have no idea what's going on." Mini-Nightshade speaks again. "What kind of example would this set for your daughter? You're going to let the monster destroy the whole town because of one pony?" "Shove a sock in it," the other says. "If the town guard wasn't so busy chasing after a harmless changeling, they might have been able to do something about the ursa." You shake your head. "How am I even seeing you two?" "You got knocked out twice in one day," Mini-Nightshade says. "Actually," the other says, "she's right about that. You really should see a doctor after this. More importantly, what do you do now?" You answer, "I-I don't know. I've tried being the good guy and it's only brought me trouble! I tried to fake being the bad guy, and I lost the only friend I had in this town! I want to do the right thing, but no matter what I do, something goes wrong and someone ends up hating me." The two beings on your shoulders share a laugh. The black one says, "Welcome to heroism." They disappear with a pop. You stand still, watching the ursa stomp farther and farther into town, confused about what to do. This really wasn't your problem. You had nothing to do with this ursa, but if you show up, every pony will think you caused it anyway. But every pony in town is innocent. It wasn't their fault Applejack never liked you. It wasn't their fault you teleported and made a fool of yourself right in front of all Equestrian royalty. It wasn't their fault you fired the stun spell at Applebloom. And as you look over the empty streets, you realize they have no idea what's coming for them. You charge up your Royal Canterlot Voice, and shout a warning. "Everybody MOVE!" You smile wickedly as the Ursa gets closer to Trixie's wagon/stage. This is just what that traitorous unicorn deserves, I'm gonna enjoy this...You think to yourself in a dark tone. You then hear a voice next to you, "You have to help her." You look to your left to see who said that and see... a miniature Nightshade standing on your shoulder. What the hay? You think to yourself in confusion. The chibi Nightshade then says, "I know she betrayed you, but she doesn't deserve this! No pony can defeat an Ursa Major on their own!" You are about to respond to her, when another voice on your right says, "Oh, let the monster have its fun." You look over to your right to see a strange looking pony. She looks like Luna, but her coat is pitch black and she wears the armor you saw way back in the castle. Why is she wearing that armor, and why does she look so much like Luna?You think to yourself in even more confusion. The Luna look-alike then continues, "That braggart could use some humiliation." "Wait wait wait!" You blurt out in extreme confusion "What in the name of Luna is going on!" Both chibi Nightshade and the Luna look-alike flinch when you say Luna's name, but then chibi Nightshade says, "What kind of example would this set for your daughter? You're going to let the monster destroy the whole town just because of one pony?" Wait... isn't she my daughter? You think to yourself in extreme confusion. Before you can voice your question, the Luna look-alike says, "Shove a sock in it, if the town guard wasn't so busy chasing after a harmless changeling, they might have been able to do something about the Ursa." You decide that you've have enough of this craziness, you try to use the age-old remedy... *wham* *wham* *wham* *wham* Repeatedly banging your head against a wall. After a few minutes of doing this, you decide to see if it worked. You look at your shoulders to see... that they are both still there. And they're giving you looks that scream "What is wrong with you!" "How am I even seeing you two!?" You ask them in distress. The chibi Nightshade says in a deadpanned tone, "Dude you got knocked out twice in one day, what do you expect would happen?" You look at her in shock and you expect the Luna look-alike to disagree (that's what shes been doing ever since this conversation started) but instead she says, "Actually, for once she's right about something. You really should see a doctor after this. More importantly, what will you do now?" You have no idea on how to answer that question, so you decide to voice your confusion, "I-I don't know. I've tried being the good guy and it's only brought me trouble! I tried to fake being the bad guy and I lost the only friend I had in this town! I want to do the right thing, but no matter what I do something goes wrong and someling ends up hating me." The two beings on your shoulder begin to laugh before they both say "Welcome to the hero business buddy." And with that they disappear. as you search you cant help but wonder why your lucks been like crap lately, why diddint the universe just tell you that stuff was gonna suck so hard from this point? suddenly in one of your mad dashes you trip and roll under an open latter landing under some table, and coming face first with a pitch black cat which hissed at you startling you. you then bump your head on the table getting from under the table and standing on all fours you realized you spilled four containers of salt by bumping your head on the table taking a step back you hear a crack under you. looking down you realize you'd just broken a mirror an owl landed on the table then shaking its head in a 'no' presumably in pity hooted 3 times in a row to this you gave a low whistle and say "im dead" As you start to walk aimlessly forward in thought, you can't help but wonder why your luck has been so bad lately. Sure it could be because of the dozen of times you cursed out lady luck, but if your luck was going to be so bad couldn't the universe just tell you that your luck is gonna suck? Suddenly, you trip and roll under an open latter landing under a table and come face-to-face with a pitch-black cat which hisses right in your face. You jump up with a startled yell, but hit your head on the underside of the table. When you stand back up from under the table, you realized that you spilled four containers of salt by bumping your head on the table. Taking a step back, you hear a crack under you and look down and realize that you'd just broken a mirror. An owl then suddenly lands on the table and it starts shaking its head in a 'no' in what you guess is that that was a pity shake. It then hooted 3 times in a row. You stare at it in awe and terror and you give a low whistle before saying a profound statement of universal wisdom... "Welp... I'm dead" You look at all the panicking ponies around and at the Ursa who is still destroying the town as you just stand there confused. This isn't your problem. You shouldn't get involved. If you show up, then they probably blame you for all of this, but everyling (well, almost everyling) in this town is innocent and you vowed to protect them. The orange glow in your eyes slowly disappears as you begin to think in sadness, It's not their fault that Applejack never liked me. It's not their fault I teleported and made a fool of myself right in front of all Equestrian royalty. It's not their fault I fired the stun spell at Applebloom and hurt Applejack... While you're thinking in sadness, you see the Ursa heading towards- a group of colts and fillies! You also see that Applebloom is among the cowering foals! Trixie can wait, right now those kids need to be saved. Even though they hate me... I won't let any harm come to them! you decide the best way to proceed is via stealth which in this case is via blending in. unfortunately everyling was running for their lives You decide that the best way to proceed is via stealth and in this case that means blending in. Unfortunately, everyling was either panicking and running for their lives at the moment (you swear you even saw one blind stallion scream "The end is near!!! We are all gonna die-*clang*" before running into a pole). Oh well, when in Canterlot You think to yourself as you make a mad dash towards the kids. You get there just in time to see the foals cowering in fear as the Ursa Major gets closer to them. You jump fight in front of the foals and they all gasp in fear. You look behind you to see all the foals shaking in fear, except for Applebloom who just glares at you. I may lose you as a friend,but I'll rather die then let you get hurt! You think to yourself in a heroic tone. You then stare down the Ursa Major, but out of the corner of your eye you see... a staff on the ground? At least you think it's one. It has a huge red crystal at the top of it and it is made of wood painted (you think) black. You then remember the time you went against Smaug and how you used a video game spell on him. You get an idea and you pick up the stick with your hooves. I really hope this works. You think to yourself. You then charge up the RCV and scream at the Ursa... Stride up to the Ursa Major (actually it's an Ursa Minor, but you don't know that) and yell in RCV, "YOU, SHALL NOT,PASS "YOUUUU SHALLLLL NOT PASS!!!" As you scream 'pass' you slam the end of the staff onto the ground. And it works! It sends a shock wave of magic towards the Ursa Major, causing the bear to be sent flying backwards over Trixie's wagon before slamming down at the entrance of the town. You look at the staff in awe, "Huh, first of all I'm keeping you" you say as you point the staff in your hoof "and second of all, I can't believe that actually worked!" You look behind you to see that the foals are still there. You sigh in annoyance and say to them, "Well, don't just stand there... RUN!" The foals listen to your advice and begin to run away, all of them except Applebloom who still glares at you. You decide it's best to make amends with her now, "Look I know what I did was wrong, but you have to believe me it was all an accident. *sigh*I know you never want to talk to me again, but you should know that I'm terribly sorry, and don't worry. After I deal with this Ursa, you'll never see me again." Applebloom continues to just glare at you. With that, you give a sad sigh before you turn and begin to run towards the Ursa. Halfway to the Ursa, you see that it's back up and charging towards you. *CRUSH* But it happens to crush Trixie's wagon! You briefly smirk in vindictive satisfaction, but you just remembered something, The Inventory was in that wagon. YOUR DAUGHTER WAS IN THE INVENTORY!!! "NIGHTSHAAAADEEEEEEEEEE!!!" What do you do?