//------------------------------// // Episode 85: The Truth Reveled! Shadow Bugze's Secret! (Season Finale Part 12) // Story: The Life of a Wanted Changeling Season 2: Debt to a Doctor (Comment Driven Story) // by Down with Chrysalis //------------------------------// BrownDog's Comment “Y-You…” you mumble in complete shock and fear. Your Shadow rolls his eyes and says in a deadpanned tone, “Yes, I’m me, now are you going to get up?” You shakily get up, still looking at your Shadow in complete shock. You shake off your shock eventually as you ask, “But how? You’re a Shadow. My Shadow…how are you here?” Your Shadow gives a snort of annoyance before saying while turning towards the hole in the wall, “The walls of reality have weakened, and the blood of gods and monsters have made magic sporadic, giving me a physical form. And I’m not your shadow…” You turn to look at the hole and see the Nightmare getting out of it and glaring at your Shadow in pure hatred. Your Shadow seems unaffected by the glare before he says, “I’m his…” And with that he jumps at the Nightmare with a shout of "Lighting Kick!" and sends both of them back into the hole. You can't help but stare at the hole in complete shock before you snap out of it. You see Cadence getting back up and rush over to her to help her up. After she's back up you and her look at each other before you decide to follow after your Shadow and the Nightmare. However before you can turn around Cadance stops you and pulls down your mask and gasps. “B-Bugze…it is you…” she says tearfully. You sigh, pulling the mask back up. “How did you figure it out?” you ask. “The Doctor and Derpy yelled it when you were hit…” she says looking at you strangely. “Dang it…look, I am Bugze, but I’m not like that monster out there Okay? I'll never be that thing.” You mumble that last part to yourself as Cadence still continues to stare at you as she says, “But you have already been possessed by Nightmare Moon…” You wince slightly at that as you awkwardly say, “Yeaahhh…but she’s different! She’s mellowed out a lot." “I do not like that description…mellow,” Selena says in disgust. You hold back a snort as you think back, Why am I not surprised by that. What's that supposed to mean? Before you can respond to Selena's question Cadence starts to say, “But…” You interrupt her however as you say, You tell Cadance to continue protecting the TARDIS and she does so. "Look we can talk about this later. For now I need you to trust me, can you do that?" Cadence looks at you uneasily before she slowly nods her head. You smile at this as you say, "Good. Now I'm gonna go after the Nightmare and m-er the Nightmare's Shadow. While I do that you need to get back to the TARDIS and protect it from the Daleks. Can you do that?" Cadence looks at you uncertainly before she nods her head and flies off towards the TARDIS, blasting a few Daleks on her way. You smile sadly at her retreating form as you say. "Good Luck...." With that said you sigh sadly before you go through the hole to follow the Nightmare and it's Shadow. After having to go through a few more holes you eventually catch up to them. You see that the Nightmare has it's Shadow in a stalemate as the Shadow keeps landing blow after blow and dodging most of the Nightmare's tail attacks, but the Nightmare just soaks and shrugs off the attacks like a tank and it doesn't look like either side is willing to give up anytime soon. Your head swoons at that as you say, “Now this is a psychologist’s dream scenario right here.” Shaking it off and deciding it was about time to step in you begin to charge at the Nightmare, but before you can get close... Kropsling66's Comment You hear a cry of "Exterminate!" Thinking quickly you dodge to the left just in time too as a Dalek laser hits the spot where you used to be. You growl in annoyance as you see a squad of Daleks flying towards you. You dodge a few more lasers as you think How many bucking Daleks did that nut-job Davros bring here!? I swear they just keep coming wave after wave. I should keep score of how many of these things I've blasted. I think I'm at forty-two , or am I at sixty-nine? Agh never mind that, focus Bug! There's gotta be some way to slow these guys done so I can help Sha- *ding* You smirk evilly as you think, Wait a second...slow..cold...freeze...I got it! With that thought in mind you quickly whip out your Power Glove before you aim at the Dalek squad and shout, "Would you kindly freeze!" With that said the Dalek's are hit head on by a icy wind that freezes them almost instantly. However it works well enough that the Dalek's fall to the ground frozen solid. Not knowing how long the Dalek's will stay frozen you use your Telekinises to life one of them up. Smirking evilly you yell at the Nightmare, "HEY UGLY!" The Nightmare and it's Shadow look over to you in confusion as you call out, "CATCH!" With that said you begin to throw the Dalekciles at the Nightmare. The Nightmare manages to break most of them before it hits it, but a few of them still manage to hit their mark which causes the Nightmare to shout out in pain. It's Shadow uses the distraction to send the Nightmare flying into another house, causing it to collapse on it. Seeing this, and having ran out of Dalek ammo, you begin to run towards the Shadow. As you do you hear Selena ask, That was your Idea? What? it was the only idea that could come with at the time. I will admit it was a good idea. Using our enemies against him. Also, LOOK OUT! Heeding Selena's warning you dodge to the left just as a roof flies by you. You look ahead to see the Nightmare out of the collapsed building and is now throwing what's left of said building. You dodge a few more pieces of rubble before you decide to taunt the Nightmare, "Miss me Miss me know you got to kiss me!" The Nightmare drops the rubble it was about to throw at you as it gains a disgusted look before asking, "Eww... What are you? One of them stallion lovers?" "What! no I'm straight. I said that cause I was taunting you." you replied only to get hit by some rubble. The Nightmare grins at this before it gets kicked into another wall by it's Shadow. As you get up and start to run towards the Shadow you can't help but hold your head in pain as you think, Ouch. I really gotta stop taunting creatures who can easily kill me. It's not healthy for me. NO really? I thought that's how you live a long and healthy life. Shut it Selena! Ignoring the laughter in your head you finally make it over to the Nightmare's Shadow. But before either of you can say anything the Nightmare roars in rage as it gets out of the hole it was in. It stares at it's Shadow in pure hatred as it yells, BrownDog's Comment “Who are you changeling?!” shouts the Nightmare as he attempts to grab him with it's tails, but Shadow teleports closer to the Nightmare and sticks his horn into one of the eye wounds Pinkie gave him, causing him to roar in pain. “Oh motherbucker. You’re going to wish the Pink Psycho got you!” Shadow then blasts the Nightmare with a God Ra Mu, sending him crashing into another building. Your jaw falls at this as you can't help but stare in awe at the Shadows power. The Shadow turns towards you before it gives a annoyed "tick" before he says, “Any day now useless!” With that he runs after the Nightmare, but you exclaim, “But I can’t touch him! Same matter can’t occupy the same space otherwise we'd turn into a huge imploding blob!” "Is that so?" Shadow says turning around "Ye-WOAH!" you cry out as your Shadow picks you up and throws you at the Nightmare with enough force to send you bouncing off his face as he gets knocked down some stairs onto the street below. "What do you know? No imploding blobs anywhere in sight." Shadow you snarks in a deadpan tone. “B-but…” The Doctor lies. Selena says, But in all fairness, I believe he was trying to correct you before the wall-eyed Pegasus interrupted. You shake your head clear. “Oh yeah…” before you run forward and call out No Shadow Kick before hitting the Nightmare with a flurry of kicks. “Yup, definitely going to go to therapy for this one,” you say. As you are about to No Shadow Kick the Nightmare it manages to catch you with it's tails and it... As you are thrown through a window into a music store a song begins to play... Throws you into a nearby music store. You crash through the window and slam into a old jukebox. This causes the old machine to spring to life as it starts to play....The Mortal Kombat Theme? You can't help but think it's strange that a jukebox would have a video game theme in it, but you also can't help but feel that the theme is appropriate considering the circumstances. With the music edging you on you run out of the music shop and towards the Nightmare. When you're about to reach him you Psycho Crusher him into a nearby wall. The Nightmare get's out quickly and begins to fight the both of you. After that both of you use your standard fighting moves on the Nightmare who says “These are all our moves…what is going…” before you Johnny Cage him in the nads. Everything is silent for a few seconds before the Nightmare uses his tails to cover his nads as he let's out a high-pitched “eeeeeeee” Somehow you and Shadow feel an echo of that pain in your own nethers. But soon you can't help but chuckle as you say, "Hehehehe, no matter how powerful you are, or how mighty you act. All it takes is one punch to the nads to turn the most dangerous monsters into little babies." The Shadow nods his head as he says, "That's one thing we can agree on." The Nightmare growls at this as it swipes one of it's tails at the two of you, but both of you jump back in time to avoid it. The Nightmare growls in rage as it regains it's composure and charges at the two of you. You and the Shadow share a look before you both rear your hooves back and call out respectively “Falcon Punch!” “Warlock Punch!” The Nightmare tries to get out of the way of the attack, but it can't in time as both of your attacks hit him right in its gut. The Nightmare has some spit and blood fly out of it's mouth before the force of the combined attacks send him flying up the hill and into the food district. “I heard a few ribs snap. Thanks to Pinkie, those are going to be a pain for him to heal,” he says smirking. You look to the Shadow before you shake your head in confusion and ask, “Why are you doing this?!” “To stop the Nightmare, I thought that was obvious!” he shouts back as he tries to run after the Nightmare. You stop him by grabbing him in your telekinses. He struggles against your hold as you bring him back and ask him angrily, “No! I mean why are you helping me? After all you tried to do?” “All I’ve ever done is try to stop him!” he shouts as he points to where the Nightmare was hit. You angrily throw him to the ground before you growl out, "You tried to take my body! You tried to kill me! And you had Flag try to become me! So excuse me if I’m confused!” At that moment, Daleks appear. “Exterminate the Insectoid Creatures!” they shout. You and Shadow look at each other before you both fight back to back taking on the aliens, conversing as you destroy them. “Your little whining is annoying, but I’ll answer you,” he says as he cracks open a Dalek. “Good!” you shout as you slam your Boom Stick into one. “Yes I tried to kill you, and yes I tried to take your body, because those are the only ways to stop the Nightmare from coming!” he explains after tearing the head off a Dalek. “Well great job with that, looks like you totally stopped him,” you snark as you send Shock Jockey into a group. “In YOUR universe he hasn’t come, and I wanted to ensure that at all costs!” Your eyes widen in shock as you ask, “You’re from here?” “Yes you idiot! I am the shadow of the Nightmare, his exact opposite. His hatred and brutality opened up a way to your world, and I took it. I never want what happened here to happen anywhere else!” he yells giving a Warlock Punch through a Dalek. “So you just thought you’d kill me?” you ask angrily as you Falcon punch through a Dalek. “Yes, but only as a last resort!” he yells. “Oh, nice! You’re merciful and a good guy huh?! Then what about Flag Burner?!” you yell back as you slam your Boom Stick into the ground, wiping out the rest of the Daleks before you get right in your Shadow's face, "Was he just some sort of accident?!" “I was trying to push you!” he growls, “To traumatize you and make you show restraint! But a fat lot of good that did!” “Show restraint?! You told that nutjob to become me! He caused a riot that could have killed thousands if it weren't for the Doctor!” you accuse. “Exactly! Why wouldn’t I? I saw a reflection of him in you. A soul who never had luck, who lost his daughter, and who wanted to fight back. I pushed him down his path to show what you could become. Even if you had died in Fillydelphia, then I still would’ve accomplished my goal so win-win. Classic Xanatos Gambit.” “What do you mean win-win? I killed a stallion! Everyling hated me again for the third bucking time! And I’ll never get over it! And if I died at Fillydelphia, there would have been a terrorist running loose killing everyling!” “Well, you shouldn’t get over it. Wouldn’t you say you’re more restrained when it comes to taking lives? That you pull your punches, even on Dragons?” it smugly asks, "And even if Flag Burner slew you and went on to become the worst terrorist in Equestrian history, better a mere pony running free than a walking babbling omnicide machine!" “I…” you stutter. “Your guilt scarred your mind, and it will never heal. The Nightmare has no qualms about killing. You do. The both of you.” So you sought to Break Bugze’s mind? To prey on his guilt? Selena asks angrily. “It worked didn’t it? It got you to stop and think over his well being. Heck, it even got him to abandon his suicide pact with you! That’s progress in my book,” he explains. “Then why were you trying to take over my body? Why did you keep telling me to join the dark side?” you ask. “Because you were trying to forget about your ordeal, what you’d done. Trying to let your wounds heal…and I couldn’t have that.” “Huh?” you ask. “I went into your mind where you were trying to have a little family get together, and I sought to show you that reality bites. To open up those wounds. To remind you what was under your skin.” And we beat you down you insect! Selena chides. “Yes you did!” he says, “But still, your wounds aren’t enough. You still nearly killed that dragon, and you left your own kind to die! You still haven’t learned anything!” "EXTERMIN-"*crack* "SHUT UP!" you and Shadow you yell as you both Falcon/Warlock Punch a Dalek who stupidly decided to try to interrupt your argument. Shadow Bugze then turns to you and says, "Look, now that we're on the same page, are we good now?" "Throat or nards?" "What?" You then punch the stunned shadow you in the throat causing him to gag and catch his breath. "Now we're good." you say with a hint of vindictiveness. And I thought I could hold a grudge... Another squad of Daleks flies in, but suddenly some dark smoky tails lash out, grab the Daleks, and viciously smashes them onto the ground as the Nightmare simultaneously uses this momentum to lift himself up to where you and his Shadow we're arguing “Oh for the love of Pete, just buck already!” shouts the Nightmare. You both turn around in shock to see the Nightmare has made it's way back over to you both. While your Shadow looks annoyed, you just look confused as you shout, “Who the heck is Pete, and how long have you been standing there?” “We’re not too sure who he is, but everyling always seem concerned about his love and sake. Oh, and we’ve been here for awhile now. So, you are us from another universe eh?” asks the Nightmare before it turns around to face Shadow as it says, “And you’re our persona…fascinating.” He then hits both of you with his tails, sending both of you flying backwards. “We’ve always hated how weak we were in the past…now we get to double that hurt!” The both of you land on opposite sides of a destroyed street. As the both of you get up the Nightmare lands between the both of you. Thinking quickly both of you charge at the Nightmare while shouting out respectively, "FALCON PUNCH!" "WARLOCK PUNCH!" The two of you rear your hooves back and are about to punch the Nightmare when it just smirks as it jumps away. Both you and Shadow eyes widen in shock at this. You both try to stop but it's too late as your powered hooves collide. A bright light is seen from the impact before... all I can think of is the Nightmare getting caught between shadow bugzes warlcok punch, and the real bugzes falcon punch... and then this happening (Skip to about fifty seconds in) https://youtu.be/Z4FT3KSeu28 A massive explosion from your punches colliding sends both of you flying! A huge fire ball erupts into and sends dust flying everywhere. Weak buildings crumble from the force and even the Nightmare is sent flying. Ash falls from the sky as the fire ball bellows down the street the street, burning everything in it's path. After a few minutes of silence the dust starts to settle and the fire begins to die out. Soon You walk out of the Store you were blown into with a slight limp. You see Shadow across from you, and while he looks bruised he doesn't seem too hurt from the blast. As you begin to walk towards Shadow you can't help but gain a goofy smile as you think, That...was so bucking AWESOME! Our hooves collided and everything went KABOOM! and we were sent flying, and the fire ball. Oh that sweet sweet fire ball! Again! I wanna do that again! You can hear Selena facehoof as she says, Why am I not surprised that you of all bugs thought a explosion that took down a entire street and almost killed us thought it was awesome? There must be something wrong with your brain. Oh hush up! You just don't understand the awesomeness that is explosions! You have watched WAY too many Michael Beigh movies. Selena snarks. Ignoring whatever else Selena might have said to that you reach Shadow and are about to say something when you both have to duck as a Nightmare tail shoots above you. You and Shadow look over in shock to see the Nightmare still standing, even after such a explosion like that! Solarknes's Comment You and the Shadow stare at the Nightmare. Yet again he shrugged off something that should have killed it, but this time you are prepared. As the Nightmare laughs and shoots his tail at them, you both dodge each in the opposite direction. You run at the right side of the tail, and Shadow at the left. "Why still try? WHY? WHY DO YOU NOT SEE THEY'RE AT FAULT FOR ALL THIS? YOU SAW THEM ATTACK NIGHTSHADE TOO, RIGHT?" Two of his tails shoot out of the ground, with you barely avoiding touching them and Shadow being ensnared. "I will never become like you, Nightmare! I won't, and you will fail!", you shout towards him while dodging several tails being fired at you in rapid succession. The Nightmare's maniacal laughter climbs several octaves, before he asks, "Why? You see us. You are destined to become us. There is no way to stop it! FACE IT! The moment when Nightshade almost dies..." You shake your head, while running into a house and running up the stairs. Window. "No, YOU have to..." Stairs. Window. "Face reality! Your Night-" Stairs. Window. "-shade died and it's your" You run up the last stairs and reached the roof. "Own fault! YOU killed her!" The Nightmare's face becomes even crazier, and he mumbles, "That's not true... we wouldn't do that... you're lying. She's not dead!" He turns back to you, "YOU ARE LYING! JUST LIKE LUNA, YOU LIE TO TRY TO SAVE YOUR SKIN! We offered you a chance to live for a few more seconds, but YOU refused. YOU may have killed your Nightshade, but we didn't." He takes out the Luna-plushie, "That's right, he may be you, but he is just like the princesses... lying to even himself. You would never let harm come to me, and he should pay for saying so!" The shadow, still ensnared by a Nightmare-tail, spats at the Nightmare, "You are the weak one. You couldn't hold your own mind together when she died, your body is strong..." At this he teleports in front of the Nightmare (Why is Nightmare's Shadow able to control it when you aren't? That's so not fair!), and screams, ""But your mind is weak! SOUL SLASHER OF A THOUSAND VOLTS!" A blade made out of pure lightning appears in front of him, and slashes at the Nightmare faster than the eye can see. Lightning cracks all around the Nightmare, until the blade suddenly stops: The Nightmare's tails have wrapped themselves around it, and apply pressure. The Nightmare chuckles as the blade breaks, and smashes the Shadow. "You cannot even hope to harm me.. us... them... with that little light show!" "That's right fa... daddy! They are no match for you!" The Nightmare soon begins to mumble to himself in a crazed fashion as it begins to rock back and forth the Luna Plushie in it's hooves. Soon there is a flash, and the Shadow is next to you. "What is going on?" you ask the Shadow. He stares at the Nightmare in shock, before replying, "You know how I was in your mind? I know of ways to attack the mind, the spirit of someone instead of the body. I think... his broken psyche is even more broken now. It's a wonder he can still move after all of that..." Now you realize the Nightmare is moving with more momentum than before, more like a drunken warrior. You remember something, and shout in fear, "DRUNKEN STYLE! You watch the Nightmare get back up, and attack you with two of his Nightmare-tails, hitting random spots and being even more dangerous than all seven at once before. As you are set flying from one of it's tails, you can't help but call out as you get back up, "How are we supposed to beat THAT?" The Nightmare turns away from you, and screams, "That can't be! We killed you!" He throws several attacks, at a building, only to stop, "You- you won't die that easily again, you say? WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW EASILY YOU DIE!" You stare at him destroying a building, as you realize his 'Nightshade', his luna-plushie fell to the ground. You wonder if it works like yours so you run over to it only to here the Nightmare roar, "GET THE BUCK AWAY FROM OUR BABY!!!" You then look up to see a juggeranut of darkness charging at you with blazing rage in his remaining 2 eyes only for your Shadow to tackle you out of the way. "We know Nightshade, we know... Daddy won't let the liar take you. You are safe now..." the Nightmare mumbles as he cuddles the Luna Plushie. "He doesn't even imitate 'her' voice anymore... he has lost it." "Complete and utterly", you agree. The Nightmare slowly turns towards you, "For trying to touch our daughter, WE WILL KILL YOU TO BUCKING DEATH JUST TO RESURRECT YOU AND RE-KILL YOU TO MOTHERBUCKING SUPER-DEATH!!!" "...Scratch that. Complete and utterly is not enough to describe it..." However, just before the Nightmare attacks you, you hear.... The Doctor manages to get the TARDIS patched up A sweet, oh so welcomed sound! The Nightmare stops it's advances as it stares in confusion of the blue box appearing behind you and the Shadow. You turn around and smile as you see the Doctor opening the doors. When he notices you he smiles as he says, "Ah there you are Bugze! If you couldn't tell I've got the old girl all patched up and ready to get inside Davros's ship. So hurry up and get in!" You look at the Doctor with a deadpanned stare as you say, "Doc, we can't go now! If you haven't notice the Nightmare is right behind me!" The Doctor looks behind you and finally notices the Nightmare. He makes a 'oh' sound is about to say something when Shadow says, "You guys go ahead, I'll distract him! He's my problem to deal with after all!" You stare at the Shadow for a little bit and your about to say something when... Kichi's Comment Shadow charges at the Nightmare and continues the battle. Spells begin to go flying as the Nightmare and Shadow begin to exchange blows once again. And just when you think it's about time to get out of there so Shadow can actually distract the Nightmare, You, Derpy, Doctor and Cadance witness a strange looking goat materialize near a house. "I Grogar have appeared! Celestia! Luna! I Grogar listened to your invitation to fight that big Nightmare... But I Grogar was stopped by the traffic, Tambelon was far far away and..." Grogar explains, but the Nightmare and Shadow just ignore him. "Hello? I Grogar I'm here! Lord of Tambelon and great sorcerer, warlock and necromancer" says the goat, but again he is ignored while the rest of you look at him in confusion. Meanwhile from inside the mostly undamaged house, a window is opened and hits Grogar in the head, from there Kichi looks out. "Gahh! what is with all this noise? I managed to get a little rest but with all of this racket noling can!" he shouts. "Shining?" asks Cadence surprised. You turn around and see Cadence sticking her head out of the TARDIS and looking at the Shining look-a-like in shock. You can't say you blame her though since the stallion in front of you looks like he could be Shining's twin, only with a different mane color. Kichi looks and notices Cadance staring at him in delirious hope. "Uhhh... Nope?" he says as he begins to curse himself for looking outside. "Shining! It's me, Cadence!" she shouts, as her love magic begins to gradually flow around her You begin to feel the energy she produces, and even though you can’t eat love anymore, you still can taste it. And boy does it taste good. Of course, for Kichi and even your Shadow, it was only a little meal, but the Nightmare is hit by it and begins to shake in...exhaustion!? It begins to hold it's head in pain as the Nightmare cloak around it begins to fizzle and become less stable. The Doctor's eyes widen at this as he says, "Of course! The Nightmare is still a changeling under all that magic. So it must be fueled by all the negative emotions it creates as well as the energy of those that it kills and terrorizes! Cadence's love for Shining is starting to weaken him somehow!" But seems to hear the Doctor, as the Nightmare actually begins to shrink slightly. "Uhh... Nope, wrong guy" says Kichi. Just then, Grogar begins to move away from the window to the door. "Grogar is oka..." he begins, only to be stopped by a colt in cultist robes opening a door into his face. "What is happening here?" asks the colt. Kichi facehooves and runs to the door and smacks the colt upside the head and in doing so, you and the others see his robes. "A General?" you and Cadence at the same time. "Oh yeah... About this..." Kichi starts, only to be interrupted by the Nightmare. "You there, meat shield, take care of them, We're having a headache thanks to that stupid alicorn’s love or something!" says the Nightmare. "Really?" asks Kichi as his horn begins to glow and a green beam shoots the Nightmare. "Aagh, What the Buck?! Are you another worthless traitor like that Diamond Dog and Timber Wolf?!" shouts the Nightmare. "Traitor? Traitor?" Kichi says while laughing evily. "Did you ever think that maybe not everyling follows your idea of wanting to destroy everything? I just hope that miss Pink here can take care of the sun and moon," comment Kichi looking to Cadence with an evil smile. "I only ever served one thing, and that was our crazy queen, and if someling is a traitor it's you!" shouts Kichi with another green beam. Now if he had done this earlier, the beams would only have tickled the Nightmare, but after the battle with the Alicorns, Discord, Tirek, destroying part of the moon, the re-entry to the planet and the fight with Shadow, not to say the love in the air, and Pinkie Pie ruining his healing factor, those beams were felt, and they didn’t feel too good. Meanwhile you were a little confused listening to the words of the horde general and the things he was saying. Cadence also realizes that Kichi is not Shining Armor and her magic begins to weaken, allowing the Nightmare to shake away his dizziness. As you both have this realization, you don’t notice Grogar climb to the roof of the house "I, Grogar, will make you all pay for not taking me seriously!" he shouts as he begins to charge magic, but of course he was still ignored. "Alright, fool us once, shame on you, fool us twice, EVERYLING DIES!" shouts the Nightmare as he spears Kichi through the chest with his tails. The Nightmare then lifts him up to slam him, but his ears are it with poetry and he winces. "Thou who art darker than even darkness, Thou who art deeper than even the night! Thou, the Sea of Chaos, who drifts upon it, Golden Lord of Darkness! Hereby I call to thee, Hereby I swear before thee! Those who would stand against us, All those who are fools" recites Grogar as the sky darkens and darkness billows around him. “Get off the stage you beatnick!” the Nightmare cries as he throws the wounded changeling at the goat. Grogar looks down and is smacked in the face by the Changeling, making him stop the enchantment. Because of this, the spell fails and a big explosion happens, destroying both Kichi and Grogar and around half of Canterlot. Thankfully, Cadence threw up a shield, which you and Shadow reinforced, protecting your group and the TARDIS from harm. “The Buck was that?” you say aloud. IN CHANGELING HELL. Kichi finds himself standing in a charred landscape with lots of green fire and brimstone. He looks at his hooves and sees that he’s holding a pamphlet Welcome to Changeling hell, if you want to visit another hell or Tartarus, just follow the map. If you want to visit someone in a heaven, just take the elevator. If you are searching for someone and can't find them, just ask information. "Kichi, welcome back! We were waiting you," says a voice behind him, which startles him. He turns around and sees his former ruler, Queen Chrysalis. "My Queen! Really? You were waiting for me?" he asks. "Of course! You were the only pure changeling left alive. Please... Come here!" say the queen pointing to a spot near her. Kichi walks to the spot and is promptly hit repeatedly by the hoof of the Queen. “Ow!” he cries in pain. "This, is for calling your queen crazy!" she says as she continue to punish Kichi "Auch... How can you know that?" he asks as he take another hit Chrysalis points to a screen and it shows the destruction of Canterlot. "Oh, great..." groans Kichi. “Exactly. How did you think things would turn out by zapping my old…soldier” she hesitates. “Well…I kind of expected to die. I was just sick of it you know?” he explains. “Well congratulations, since you died we are now officially extinct! That Pink Psycho’s wish came true. We had hoped you would propagate the species with halfbreeds…but that’s fallen through.” she chides. “Yeah…I’m sorry…” he says. "And as for your punishment…aside from being in hell, I want you to give me a hooficure" she says. "Yes, My queen" Kichi nods "And when you finish that, you will wax my horn" Say Chrysalis "Yes, My queen" nods Kichi "And Kichi?" "Yes? My queen?" he asks. "Welcome back" Say Chrysalis with a smile Meanwhile in Pony Heaven The Horde Cult under Kichi wanders around, not knowing where he is or how he got there. All he remembers is his General, the Offender, some goat thing, and then a huge light. "Oh, great, where am I?" he says aloud. "Welcome to Pony heaven, my little pony," says a voice behind him. The colt turns around and sees Princess Celestia in all her majesty "Princess Celestia? What are you doing here? Wait... Pony Heaven? Shoot... I'm dead, where is Kichi?" asks the colt. "I have bad news for you... Your friend Kichi was a changeling in disguise, he is now in Changeling hell" Celestia explains. "Shoot... Now I can't defeat him in Fire Emblem." groans the colt. "Don't worry my little pony, you can see him during visiting hours, meanwhile you can play here all you want." smiles Celestia. Just then another voice is heard "Huzzah! Take that Ocelot!" shouts the voice that of course belongs to Luna. The colt looks to the Princess and to the screen "Wait, is that Metal Colt Solid 3?" asks the Colt in Happiness. Meanwhile, In the Halls of Valhalla Everything is Shiny and Chrome, and food and drinks are everywhere as Brown Dog, Kersey, Snap Drake and Grey Rebl look at a screen displaying the battle while sitting on a couch. “All I’m saying is you kind of went out like a chump,” Brown Dog says to Kersey, “I mean, I blew myself up and ruined everyone’s plans, Solar chewed on him and is now immortal, Grey went out pissing everyone of, and now Kichi shot the Offender and blew up some strange goat thing. I mean, sure he’s in hell, but…” “Why?!” shouts Kersey. “Why Oh Why did I have to get stuck in the afterlife with you?! This is literally my own personal hell! Why?!” “I don’t know, maybe the Universe hates you?” the Brown Dog guesses with a grin. “Yeah, quit your blubbering, this place is kind of awesome,” says Grey Rebl, “And I don’t give my compliments often. “Shouldn’t you be in hell?” asks Kersey. “Meh, got too boring there,” he replies. “Yeah, this place has everything. It even has go karts and laser tag and roller coasters and waterslides! It’s perfect!” adds Snap Drake. “Then why aren’t you doing all that stuff?!” whines Kersey. “What and miss the show? I don’t think so,” Brown Dog says as he wraps his arm around Kersey. “Don’t worry buddy, we won’t leave you to watch this alone. We’ll never leave you alone…” the Brown Dog whispers to him evily as Snap Drake and Grey Rebl put an arm around him too, chuckling as they do so. “NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!” Kersey cries out into the eternal chrome halls of Valhalla. Back in the Land of the Living You and the others look around, at the destroyed half of Canterlot, which is now a debris filled wasteland. The Daleks have moved away from the destruction and moved on to the still (mostly) standing areas of Canterlot. "Whoa... That goat had some power. Who was he anyway?" you ask in confusion. "Some stupid goat sorcerer that tried to take control of ponies, it was when my aunties were very young,” comments Cadance with a wince after thinking of her aunts. You nod your head at this as you say, "Uh huh...that makes se-OH COME ON!" The others look at you strangely for your outburst till they look where you’re looking and see the unbelievable. The Nightmare is still standing, albeit with one less tail, and scorch marks line his body. The Nightmare starts to breath heavily as it says, "Making a shield to survive that explosion may have cost us a tail, but at least now WE CAN HAVE THE PRIVILEGED OF SLAUGHTERING YOU ALL!" You and the others step back in surprise, but Shadow just sighs before he says, "Of course that wouldn't kill it! Now for the last time get going!" You and the others look nervously at him before you all nod your heads. With that you walk into the TARDIS, and soon the Doctor takes off towards Davro's ship. The Nightmare attempts to go after them but Shadow stops him with a blast of magic. Shadow cracks his neck before he says, "Now...time to show you what it's like to be feared! With a war cry on both sides they charge at each other, and begin to battle once again. MEANWHILE, WITH YOU ON THE SHIP You, the Doctor, Derpy, and Cadence all walk out of the TARDIS and onto the ship. Looking around and not seeing any Daleks the Doctor turns around and says, "Okay, here's the plan. We're gonna have to split up in order to find what we need. Me and Derpy are gonna take the left hallway. Bugze, I want you and Cadence to take the right. Try to stay as quiet as possible and don't get caught. They haven't figured out that we're on board yet and it'll be alot easier to escape if we keep that way, got it?" With a nod from you and Cadence the Doctor smiles and says, "Good. Allon-sy!" With that he and Derpy make their way down the left hallway. You smile as you turn around to Cadence and are about to ask her if she's ready... Or you would have if she hadn't taken you in her magical hold, slammed you against the TARDIS, and given you a death glare before saying, "Talk. Now." You gulp as you think Oh this can not end well.... What do you do?