The King of Angels

by Wheenesss


Chapter 18

(Canterlot High School, Cafeteria 10:37 AM)

"Dear god, this is boring." Isaac thought, having transformed himself into a fly. He was currently hanging on top of the ceiling. Because he didn't know Sunset's schedule, he was forced to wait until her inevitable lunch period came.

He had been here for over five hours already. He would have messed around on the computers in the library to alleviate his boredom, but then there was the chance that he could miss Sunset. So he stayed on the ceiling, trying to drown out the meaningless chatter of the teenagers below him. High school sucked, and one of the happiest moments in his life was his high school graduation. No more shitty school food, no more of the same stupid people every fucking year, and no more patronizing teachers. Well there was one thing he missed about high scho-

"I'm telling you Flash, you're either a complete moron or have balls of steel to be dating Sunset Shimmer." one boy said to the other across the table.

"Oh come on, she isn't that bad." the other boy, now named Flash replied. He had light, yellow-orange skin and spiky blue hair. He was wearing a black leather jacket over a white t-shirt, blue jeans, and black sneakers.

"Dude, do you remember what she did to the girl who ran against her in the Fall Formal?"

"Ah, Flash Sentry. Also known as Brad, Gary Stu, and Waifu-Thief to the brony community." Isaac thought. He would have grinned if he wasn't a fly right now. Surely, Sunset's boyfriend would know her schedule!

That last thought stopped him. He had read the Equestria Girls prequel comics. Sunset Shimmer had to be at least a teenager when she left. Twilight Sparkle was in the background of one of the panels as a filly, with no cutie mark. So Sunset has been in this world for at least a decade. Did her dating Flash Sentry, a teenager in this universe, make her a pedo?

"Nah!" Isaac thought, shaking his head. There was no way she was actually attracted to Flash. There was the age gap, and the fact that Sunset was actually a unicorn. She was probably going out with him for popularity or something. Of course that begged the question of why she wanted to be popular in the first place. Eh, he'd ask her when they finally met.

Now where was he? Ah yes! Looking over Flash's memories for Sunset's schedule. It wouldn't be impossible to do so as a fly, just a lot harder. He had to be as close as possible to the target's brain for the spell to work correctly. Isaac buzzed down towards the guitar-playing teen, resting in in his spiky blue locks. Now he just had to get to the boy's scalp....

"Uh, Flash? There's a fly in your hair." the other boy said.

"What? Oh thanks, Norman." with that Flash brushed him off with a hand, sending the angel-in-fly-form flying back.

"Damn it all!" he swore mentally. Ugh, time to try again. He flew down low where nobody could see him.

"Is it gone?" Flash asked.

"Yep." Norman replied.

"Not for long." Isaac thought. He slowly, but surely crept back up Flash Sentry's back. He made sure not to let the other boy see him. Once he reached the boy's neck, he hopped back up into the forest that was his hair, and touched down on the boy's scalp.

"Bingo!" he gloated with a mental grin. Now for Flash's memories... With a healthy dose of magic, the angel reached into the boy's mind and brought up everything he could.

"So as I was sayi-GERK!" Flash Sentry began, only to fall over unconscious.

"Flash?! FLASH!" Norman said, running over to his fallen friend. People nearby stopped their conversations and gasped. In a few minutes there was a crowd gathered around the unconscious teen. Meanwhile, Isaac flew back up to the ceiling.

"So Sunset's lunch period is the one after the next? Perfect." he thought. All he had to do now was wait...


(Ponyville, Minuette's House, 11:03 AM)

Trixie peered out of the door leading to the basement. She looked to the right. Nopony there. Then she looked to the left. Nopony there either. The showmare grinned. All clear. She walked into the kitchen, a jar containing a sleeping Princess Cadence in her hooves. The unicorn looked through the cabinet, finding a box of Happy-Os cereal. She poured herself a bowl of that cereal. Then she took out some orange juice, and sat down at the table.

"Ah! What a glorious morning to be The Great and Powerful Trixie!" the showmare sighed in bliss, holding up a spoon.

Cadence grumbled, having been awakened by the unicorn's loud voice. She blearily opened her eyes, and cringed at the sunlight coming in through the window. The miniature ex-alicorn looked around. Then she remembered her situation.

She sighed, "Can I have breakfast?"

Trixie nodded, "But of course!"

With that, the showmare poured the Princess a smile pile of Happy-Os. Cadence looked at it and sighed again. At least her new kidnappers fed her better than the changelings, although that wasn't saying much.

Trixie raised an eyebrow, "What's wrong?"

The pink mare gave her captor a "are you fucking serious?" look. The Princess chuckled bitterly, "Oh, I don't know. Maybe its the fact that you're holding me against my will? It could also be that your boss has transformed me into various humiliating forms, most recently this." she said gesturing to herself, "Or, what about the fact that my home is going to be invaded on the day of my wedding, and you're not going to do anything to stop it because you want to use it as a diversion to steal something?!"

The showmare cringed, feeling a pang of guilt, but then frowned at that 'your boss' comment. "Wait just a moment there! Isaac is not Trixie's boss!"

Cadence glared up at her, "Really, after all that and what you pick up on is-" Then she caught herself as she realized something. This mare has a huge ego, if how she reacted to the boss thing and her constant referral to herself in the third pony was any indication. She could work with that. She just might be able to trick her into freedom!

After all, to be a Princess of Equestria, one must also be a good politician.

"Now let's hope Aunt Celestia's lessons payed off." she thought. She never liked manipulating ponies, and her Aunt held the same sentiment. In this situation however, it was justified.

"Well then what are you?" Cadence asked.

"Partners!" Trixie answered, glaring down at her.

Cadence put on look of confusion, "Really? From my position it definitely looks like he's your boss. Isaac gives you orders, and you follow them. He also seems to be only one with ideas between you two."

Trixie gritted her teeth, "I'll have you know it was Trixie's idea to not leave you in the caves under Canterlot!"

Cadence raised an eyebrow, "Sure there's that, but what are you getting out of this 'partnership'? You know he's a wanted criminal, and the moment ponies find out that you're working with him, so will you."

"Trixie is going to become Isaac's Royal Advisor when he becomes a King!"

The pink mare snorted, "So what, he's planning to take over Equestria? That hasn't work out so well for everypony else whose ever tried it in the past. What makes you think Isaac will be any different?"

"For one thing, he doesn't want to take over Equestria! He plans on overthrowing a dictator in some other nation!"

So he didn't want to take over Equestria? That was good news Cadence supposed.

"Fine, but if you were really partners then he wouldn't make you just a Royal Advisor. Partnership is about equality. Why are you settling for Royal Advisor instead of a Queen?"

"For that, I'd have to marry him you idiot!" Trixie hissed.

"So? I doubt that he'd take it to mean that you're actually in love with him or something. There are plenty of..." this next part went against everything she stood for as the Alicorn of Love, but desperate times called for desperate measures. "ugh, successful marriages with no love between the ponies involved." she finished, almost gagging at the end.

The showmare scoffed, "That's surprising coming from the so-called 'Alicorn of Love'. Aren't you supposed to take marriage seriously?"

"Of course I do, but as much as I want to make other ponies' love-lives my business I can't. Not unless they let me, and I doubt you'd let me. Plus, even if Isaac's plan works the two of you will still be criminals in the eyes of Equestria! You'd basically be banishing yourself! You'd never be able to see your family again! What would they even think of you?!"

"Trixie's family never cared about her anyway." the blue unicorn replied bitterly.

"Then what makes you think he'll keep his end of the bargain? What makes you think he'll be a better ruler than the one he overthrows if he does keep his end of the bargain? Aunt Celestia has dealt with him for much longer than you have. She petrified him for a reason, you know. Mothers use stories of what he's done to ponies to scare their foals into behaving!" Cadence retorted.

Trixie stopped at that comment. How did she know Isaac would keep his end of the bargain? She had been doubting the truth of his words, but the idea of getting the fame and fortune she so rightly deserved had admittedly clouded her judgement. Discord hadn't changed after a thousand years in stone, so why would his 'friend' be any different? Because he said he was sorry? Anypony could give an apologize and not mean a word of it. She herself hasn't meant half of the apologies she's been forced to give in life! If he was sorry, then why the elaborate plan?

If he was sorry, then why didn't Isaac just submit to Princess Celestia after Discord freed him and let her decide what to do with him next?

Cadence grinned as she saw the showmare actually consider her words. If she was lucky, she'd be out of here before Isaac got back from the world on the other side of the Crystal Mirror!


(Canterlot High School, 11:30 AM)

Isaac mentally grinned as he saw Sunset Shimmer strut in like she owned the place, with Snips and Snails's human counterparts following behind her like the loyal dogs they were. Students cleared a wide path for her as she walked to her table, a few of them jumping away in fear when she looked at him. He watched her chuckle at their reactions.

"Target Acquired." he thought. As he was still a fly, Isaac buzzed down off the ceiling and out of the cafeteria. He flew through the hallways until he reached an empty classroom.

In a flash of gold flames, he turned into a teenage human version of himself. He was shorter, lacked facial hair, and obviously lacked the wings his true form had.

"Showtime." Isaac said to himself, grinning as he walked out of the classroom and back into the hallways. He grinned wider as nobody spared him a passing glance. To them, he was just another student. Maybe someone they haven't seen around before, but certainly not an ancient evil from another dimension!

He hummed as he strolled forward, thinking over what he was going to saw to Sunset Shimmer. He joined the flow of students entering the cafeteria, and when he was finally inside he looked for his target.

Sunset was eating by herself at a table, everyone else staying as far away from her as possible. Well, alone wasn't entirely there. Snips and Snails were there, serving her like waiters. Incompetent waiters, but still.

As Isaac was about to approach her, he felt a hand on his shoulder.

"Woah there partner. You don't want to do that." a familiar voice said.

Isaac turned to see Applejack's human counterpart looking at him in concern.

"Why not?" he asked. Of course he already knew why, he just wanted to hear her spin on it.

"You're new here, right?" she asked. He nodded and let her turn him around.

"That's what ah thought. Ah haven't seen ya around before, so ah can't blame ya for not knowin'. That there is Sunset Shimmer, the meanest person in school."

"I've heard her reputation, but I've always been one to see things for myself. Besides, she can't be that bad, can she?"

Applejack shook her head, "Ah know it sounds crazy, but she is. Sunset is pure evil. The last time someone went against her, they got beehive stuck in their clothes."

Isaac raised an eyebrow, "Surely you're joking. If someone did that at my old school, they'd get expelled in an instant."

"The thing is sugarcube, nobody can tell on her. She's got some serious blackmail on a lot of people here. Teachers, students, the works. Those people do what she says, and that stuff stays quiet. Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna know she's a rotten egg, but nobody's willing to talk to them about her and they've never caught her in the act."

"Really, nobody is willing to go to them about her? I find that hard to believe."

Applejack poked him in the chest, "Believe it. If Sunset doesn't have anything to blackmail ya with, then she'll get some guys on the football team to bully ya into keeping yer mouth shut. She's got info that the varsity captain does NOT want getting out anytime soon. If that doesn't work, she'll have those two rats named Snips and Snails stir up trouble and then frame you for it."

"You mean those two guys who follow her around? They don't look very smart. I doubt they'd make any convincing evidence to frame someone with."

"You'd think that, but they're very good with Photoshop."

Isaac stopped her from taking him any further, "I'm sorry, but this is like something out of fiction. I've got to see this for myself."

He turned around and walked back towards Sunset.

"But ya don't understa-" Applejack began, only to cut herself off with a shake of her head. "Oh who am ah kidding? No one believes anything about Sunset on their first day here." she sighed, "There goes another transfer student."

Isaac continued forward to Sunset's table, ignoring the whispers of the other students as they watched him approach the girl that had terrorized them these past few years.

Snips's human counterpart immediately jumped in his way, "Sunset wants to eat alo-" he began, only for the angel in human form to shove him out of his way.

"Out of my way, Fatso." he remarked. Then Snails jumped in from of him.

"Uhhh..... Su-" Isaac give the slow-witted boy even less time to speak, pushing him aside.

"Same to you, Retard."

Then Isaac made his way to Sunset herself. She had to have noticed what was going on, but she was still eating her sandwich.

"Hey." he said.

No response. She was still eating her sandwich. She probably thought he was just another helpless teenager she could push around whenever she wanted.

"I'm talking to you." he continued.

Still no response. Actually, she seemed to be eating her sandwich slower just to annoy him. Cute.

*SLAM!*

The cafeteria went deathly quiet as he slammed his hands down on the table, right in front of her.

Sunset swallowed, put down her sandwich, and gave him a look so intense it would have cowed lesser beings.

"What do you want?" she asked, glaring.

"What I wanted to see is if you lived up to your reputation. Now that I see you up close, I have to say... you're kind of disappointing."

Sunset looked at him as if he was a worm, "Oh really. Do you want to see what I can do to you?"

Isaac grinned, "Yes actually. I want to know what Princess Celestia's former student is capable of."

She paled at that sentence, while everybody else who had heard just became confused.

His grin widened.

"Now, can we talk in private or do I have to make a scene?"