//------------------------------// // (18) That which is Old arises Anew // Story: Transformares (Not So) Animated // by neorenamon //------------------------------// by neorenamon Discord looked about the ruins of the Castle of the Twin Sisters as he quipped, "I love what you've done with the place. Ruins Revival, I believe." "We have company coming," replied Nightmaretron, "So we should make the castle... presentable. I also need to make my big sister comfortable. She's going to be my dear guest for 1,000 years after all." "Aren't you just going to banish her to the sun or something?" "What?!" she replied in mocking surprise, "Keep my dear sweet older sister so far away that I can't hear her delightful screams, her delicious begging and her pathetic crying?! Perish the thought!" "Okay, I'll restore the castle," he said as he snapped his talons. in an instant, the castle was fully restored to the way it was at the time of Nightmare Moon's banishment down to every detail except the ponies who were there at the time. "Now remove all of my sister's banners and portraits. Just replace them with my own. Making it all darker and... just make it darker in here." He snapped his talons and it was so. "This magic," said Princess Megatron as she looked around, "It looks like it could be... very useful to me." "Now put Celestia in her new room down in the darkest hole in the dungeon," she hissed, "Just make sure she cannot escape. I want to make sure that when I go down to greet her, it will be all kinds of... SPECIAL!" So he snapped his talons again. "Are we done yet, Miss Bossy Hooves?" "For freeing you from stone for 1,000 years, I thought you might be a little more grateful." "Don't treat me like I'm some genie from a lamp granting wishes on a whim, my dear." "Oh, of course not," she replied, "but I don't think Princess Megatron has asked for her reward yet." "I AM NOT A PONY PRINCESS!!" she hissed. Discord snickered. Megatron shifted back into robot mode as he added, "Your humor is wearing thin." He looked at Megatron's cannon and said, "Are we compensating for something?" "What kind of nonsense are you spewing now?!" "Nothing," he said quickly. Megatron looked around and realized he was fitting in the castle's main corridors. "Well someone knows how to create a stone structure." he mused as he checked the clearance of about 3 feet over his head. "Oh I have my moments," replied Discord, "Oh and I added a few more surprised should some meddling kids come by." "Why would immature goats wish to..." "Never mind," he sighed. "I don't get it either." A balcony appeared as two elderly versions of Discord looked down at himself. "Boo! Hiss!" said one. "We'd rather watch the frog and the pig!" hissed the other. "Every one of me's a critic," he muttered. Snapping his talons, they both went away. "By the way," added Nightmaretron, "Equestria belongs to me. Do with the rest of the world as you please, but leave my kingdom alone." "I suppose you'll say next that I'm not allowed to play with your big sister." "Oh, you can play with her as long as you don't break her. Only I am allowed to break my own toys." "Then I think we'll get along just fine," he said as he broke into laughter. Evil laughter. Nightmaretron joined in with an evil laugh of her own. The air was split with little lightning bolts... from somewhere. Do all villains in this show make little lightning bolts when they laugh? "When will out guests arrive?" "When I feel like letting them," replied Discord, "and not one minute sooner." "Then perhaps it's time to go down and see my big sister." Discord snapped his talons as the three of them appeared in a cell with Celestia. She stood in the corner like a statue watching them. "Can you remove her magic?" "Easy peasy," he replied as he plucked off Celestia's horn and placed in on his own forehead. "Excellent," she replied, "Now remove her wings as well." He plucked off her wings and placed them on his own back. Now Celestia looked like a large Earth pony mare with a fancy mane and tail. "Now remove the stasis cuffs and replace them with regular iron chains and manacles." Snapping his talons, he made it so. "Hello big sister," she purred, "Did you miss me?" "You know I only banished you for your own safety," replied Celestia. "NO!!" she hissed, "You banished me so you could rule all for yourself!!" "I never wanted to rule alone!" cried Celestia, "For 1,000 years, I've raised and lowered the sun and the moon alone. There hasn't been one minute in all those years I haven't missed you. Not one minute where I wondered if I could have done something different to avoid all this..." "LIES, BIG SISTER!!" "I swear every word is true!" Celestia replied as tears began flowing from her eyes. "Why wait 1,000 years?!" "By banishing you, I lost the ability to use the Elements of Harmony forever! The sixth Element vanished the second that you did! I realized then the horrible mistakes I've made! I consulted with the sages, and they predicted your return!" she replied, "I... had no choice... but to wait for you... my heart aches even now." "Oh, more than just your heart will ache when I've got my REVENGE!" "I do not ask for forgiveness or pity," said Celestia closed her eyes, "Only that you understand." "DON'T ACT LIKE SOME KIND OF STOIC ICON TO ME!!" "I have to be strong for the ponies," she replied,"I've always had to. Against those like Discord and Sombra, I've had to be the shield of everypony who counts on me to be their Princess." "STOP PATRONIZING ME!! STOP MAKING ME LOOK LIKE THE VICTIMIZER INSTEAD OF THE VICTIM!!" "So if it will make you feel better, do with me as you will. If it will help balance the scales, I will take whatever punishment you see fit to give." "You don't have to talk like I'm not even here," muttered Discord.