The Stick of Truth: The Equestrian Chronicles

by Antojo Pony

10. Twilight, Sunset and Dusk

Location: Ponyville

The party continued on without any further incident after Stan’s embarrassing display.  Finally accepting the fact that he was no longer in South Park or on Earth for that matter, Stan remained in a grumpy mood throughout the party. Ironically it helped him get along with a rather cranky donkey.

Butters was hanging out with the crusaders and explaining to them how to modify their weapons and armor to give the additional effects. The New Kid felt shivers travel down his spine at the thought of the crusaders adding fire to their weapons.  Jimmy was on small stage performing a jaunty tune with Lyra. This was puzzling to the New Kid.  Jimmy wasn’t that good of a musician, in fact he played like a ten year old that only had a few lessons, but now he was playing like an expert and entertaining the crowd gathered around the duo.

“Blagh!”

Rainbow Dash made another face in her attempt to get a response from the New Kid but to her disappointed it didn’t work. “Wow you’re good,” she muttered. “Too good. I know you are playing a game with the crusaders and all, but aren’t you taking this spy thing too seriously?”

“Rainbow dear, you have been going at it for almost ten minutes,” said Rarity. “Perhaps you should take a break? We are at party after all, why don’t you go get some punch…” Rarity then remembered the incident that happened earlier. “Um... you should try these cupcakes that Pinkie made! They are simply divine.”
 
“Sounds like a good idea,” said Rainbow Dash. She turned and proclaimed to the New Kid before heading to the food table, “I’ll get a reaction out of you. Just mark my words. See you around kid.”

“Please don’t mind Rainbow,” said Rarity. “She can be brash at times, but she means well. I’ll have to agree with her, aren’t you taking your role of the quiet rouge a bit too seriously?”

The New Kid blinked.

“I mean no offence of course,” said Rarity. “I played my fair share of role-play back in the day and know how it is to get lost in character. I have no problem with Sweetie Belle joining your game as long as you stay out of trouble. I just wish that she asked for permission to borrow that hat before she took it. Please feel free to stop at Carousel Boutique during the day, I’m sure that I can upgrade and enchant your armor and I might even have a quest or two if you are looking for them.”

Two New Friend Requests:
14. Rainbow Dash
15. Rarity

Gem Trade unlocked: Rarity can enchant your armor during the day in exchange for gems. Enemies around the crusader’s levels now have a chance to drop gems.

“Uh, excuse me?”

The New Kid turned to see a donkey and some sort of creature that looked like a mixture of a beetle and a pony. While the donkey looked calm the other creature glanced all around nervously as if something was around the corner ready to strike. Rarity gave the strange creature of stoic look but remained composed as she dismissed herself and left the New Kid with the strange duo.

“Hello, my name is Matilda,” the donkey introduced herself, “and this is my friend…”

“Call me uh… Kevin,” said the other creature rather bluntly “I need to talk to you,” –he glanced at Matilda and added- “In private.” Matilda looked at Kevin questioningly but left the two. Kevin headed toward the kitchen and beckoned the New Kid to follow him.

 “My guess from your reaction to seeing me is that you never seen a changeling before,” said the changeling. “You may be wondering why I need your help. Well the thing is that I need you to act as a bodyguard of sorts. While the ponies at the party think the sword on your back is prop or a toy, I know the real deal when I see one. I also know that you know how to use that sword, which is why I asked for you help in the first place.” They stopped at the door that led to the back alley, “There’s something after me and I can sense them. They are close, very close.”

QUEST ADDED
Bodyguard
Objective: Protect “Kevin”

Kevin opened the door and they stepped outside to the alley behind Sugarcube Corner.  Even though it was sunset and then there was still light outside, the alley was covered in shadows.  It was empty except for a few empty cardboard boxes next to a garbage dumpster. The changeling raised his hoof to indicate the New Kid to stop. “Show yourself!” snarled Kevin as he got in an aggressive stance which the New Kid followed, “I know you’re there.”

Out of seemingly nowhere, another changeling appeared in front of them. “I bring you no harm. If I wanted to go after you, then I wouldn’t have allowed you to detect my presence,” she said. “I guess I should start with introducing myself. Good evening, my name is Putukate and I come from the Hive.”

“What do you want?” hissed Kevin. “If it’s about me deserting the Hive, I’m not going back!”

“I’m not here about that. The queen branded you a traitor and exiled you from the Hive so if for some mad reason you were to return to the hive, you’d probably be executed on sight. I’m here against the queen’s wish. I have an urgent warning for Princess Celestia.”

“The queen’s not going to launch another invasion?” spat out Kevin in disbelief.

“No,” said Putukate, “It’s a bit more complicated than that. Allow me to explain; earlier today, a strange creature arrived at the hive.” She looked at the New Kid and said, “Looked a lot like him, only much fatter and with a pointy hat. Never thought that a creature as evil as him could exist, and the fact that he’s extremely resourceful makes him very dangerous. To make matters even worse, the queen for some mad reason gave him a personal army and sent him on mission to take over Canterlot. While under normal circumstance this would be suicide mission and basically a death sentence, I have the feeling that this creature is actually capable of succeeding.”

“What does this have to do with me?” asked Kevin.

“I want you to go to Canterlot and warn the princesses,” said Putukate. “I know that they would listen to you.”

“Why?” Kevin shouted in disbelief. “Why would they listen to what I have to say? Changelings aren’t exactly welcomed in Canterlot.”

“Because the princesses know about you, then she’ll know your name or at least your current alias. Not long ago, Princesses Celestia offered a peace treaty to the hive. She cited you as an example that ponies and changelings could get along. The queen outright refused and that’s the only reason she even exiled you in the first place. Anyway, go to Canterlot and warn the princesses…”

“They are not there,” said Kevin. “Princess Celestia and Luna are in Manehattan investigating some corruption scandal.”

“Isn’t there a princess in Ponyville that has direct contact with them?”

“Princess Twilight and her assistant left on vacation today.” He shivered and then said in quite frightful voice, “There was this incident with… uh… pasta and noodles… it was horrible.”

“Well if it isn’t just great,” said Putukate, “Look, fly to Canterlot and warn whoever is in charge.”

“Why don’t you do it?” asked Kevin.

“Because I have to go back to the Hive,” said Putukate. “I think that the queen has finally lost it and if things keep going like they are now, then she’s going to lead the hive into ruins. I have to stop things from going further down south quick. Go to Canterlot, warn them, and hope that they listen. That’s all I ask of you.”

“Why should I go to Canterlot?” protested Kevin in anger, “I still occasionally get angry looks and glances and that’s just here in Ponyville. Canterlot is whole nother story,  it’s full of anti-changeling sentiment, even just the mention of changelings causes a stir.”

“I don’t know and I wish I had a good answer for you,” said Putukate. “Maybe because it’s the right thing to do? Or maybe it’s in gratitude towards Celestia willing to offer our race an olive branch. Or maybe it’s simply because it’s was best for the survival of the hive. Whatever reason I leave it up to you. I have to return to the Hive.”

Just like she seemed to appear out of nowhere, Putukate also managed to vanish into nothingness. It seemed like hours had passed before the remaining changeling broke the silence. “Well it seem like I didn’t need you as a bodyguard. Even if what she says is true, I don’t have to do it, right?”

There was just the slightest of twitch of the New Kid’s eyebrow. While it would have been ignored by most folks, the changeling noticed it.

“So you think that I should go warn them?” asked the changeling. “Why? She didn’t even give much information other than a creature that looks like you except that it was fatter and wore a pointy hat.”

There was another twitch in the New Kid’s eyes.

“You know this creature, don’t you?”

Twitch.

“Is he as bad as she claims to be?”

Twitch, twitch.

“He’s even worse? Just how bad can he be?”

Twitch.

The changeling froze. “But how can… it… how can something as evil like that exist?”

Twitch, blink and twitch.

“I see,” said the changeling. “You can return back to the party, I have to think about this a bit more. If I’m not back in the party within ten minutes… well... wish me luck.” The New Kid returned to the party and left the changeling alone in the alley to contemplate.

QUEST COMPLETE
Bodygaurd

Friend Request:
16. “Kevin”  

Back at the party, Pinkie Pie was setting up a game when she froze. The New Kid looked around and saw that Discord had a stoic look on his face. No one in the party seemed to notice this and when Discord teleported away from the party it was for the most part ignored. Pinkie Pie shook her head and continued setting up the party game, but the tips of her hair were a bit straighter than usual.

Location: CRIGAR (Canterlot Royal Institute for the Guidance and Rehabilitation of Troubled Individuals)

 Kyle opened his eyes and closed them almost instantly as he hissed in pain. Everything was a blur and he had a massive headache. He found it hard to move his body. Eventually the pain diminished a bit and he managed to keep his eyes open without getting a headache though his eyes were still watery.

“Well it’s about time that you woke up.”

Kyle turned his head to see who was talking to him. He immediately regretted it as his headache returned. Spots of bright lights filled his vision and his eyes felt like they were on fire.

“Don’t force yourself, I’m guessing that this the first time you’ve been hit by a stunning spell.”

“Everything fucking hurts,” muttered Kyle.

“Don’t know what the captain was thinking when he hit you with that second spell. Don’t worry, in a few hours the pain will go away. I just hope that our deaths will be painless.”

“What?” Kyle tried to stand up but failed to do so, his entire body was aching.

“I told you not to bloody force yourself! Just lean against the wall, my guess that your body is recovering from shock. It’ll go away soon.”

Kyle did as he was told. He was able to bring himself in a sitting position and support himself on the wall. The pain slowly began to fade away into manageable level. After what seemed to be an hour, Kyle’s vision cleared and he looked around the room he was in. What he did not expect to see was a light yellow unicorn with a silver mane and tail and some tattoo of some star surrounded by a ring on her ass.

“A unicorn? Really?” he muttered.

“Well good to know that your vision is finally working. Name’s Silver Star by the way,” responded the unicorn in a sarcastic voice.

“This isn’t real. This isn’t fucking real,” Kyle told himself.

“Oh trust me, I wish that it wasn’t,” said the unicorn. “I know the effects of the stunning spell and hallucinations are not one of them.”

“So you’re a real unicorn? Then where the fuck am I?” roared Kyle.

“Can’t you see?” responded Silver “A small empty cramped room with a bunk bed; a small sink; a bathroom stall which luckily has a door so you have privacy when you take a shit or hang yourself or both if you’re into that thing; a reinforced and enhanced heavy barred door; and a foreboding feeling of being institutionalized: where the fuck do you think we are?”

“Don’t you talk to me like that!” roared Kyle as he stood up. He only managed to take a few steps before he tripped. There was a chain attached to his left leg.

“Look,” said the unicorn. “We only have a few hours left and I don’t want to spend them with crying and moaning like a little baby.”

“What hell is going on?” asked Kyle. “Why am locked up?” He was still confused and had no idea why he was locked with a unicorn. Why there was a unicorn in the first place was another question in his mind but felt that it would have to wait.

“Like I told you, we’re locked up and only a have a few hour before it’s off with our heads.” said Silver Star as if she was making pleasant everyday conversation. “‘Cause come midnight, the jolly old captain is going to come here and take us down for one last stroll before he has our heads chopped off or whatever method of execution he’s up to.”

“Shouldn’t that be something we should be worried about?” asked Kyle who thought that the idea that they were about to be executed in a few hours was something he should be very worried about.

“Not if I can help it,” said Silver with a growl. “I know how to undo the enchantments on the door. The only way to get out of here alive is if we work together. Do you see the ring on my horn?” Silver Star lowered her head so that Kyle could the dark green ring on the unicorn’s horn; it was covered in many strange symbols. “How dexterous are you with your paws?”

“What?”

“Your paws or claws, whatever you call them, how much are you able to manipulate them?”

“You mean my hands?” asked Kyle.

“Yes, that,” said Silver, “Are you competent in using them?”

“I guess?” responded Kyle.

“It’ll have to do,” said Silver. She walked towards Kyle and lowered her head to let Kyle within reach of her horn. “Look, just get this ring of my horn. I would ask you to be gentle, but that’s a luxury I can’t afford at the moment.”

Kyle placed his hand on the ring; it was ice cold and sent a wave of shivers down his spine. The ring became colder the longer he held until it was too much and he let go of it. Silver didn’t hesitate to let out her frustration.

“It’s not that bleeding difficult, grab the ring and yank it off will you!”

Kyle tried again. He tightly grabbed the ring with his right hand and pulled as hard as it could but it wouldn’t move. He tried again but it was of no use. He tried a third time but it too failed to remove the ring. He let go and began to rub his hands for warmth and the fingers began to feel numb from the coldness emitted by the ring.

He tried again with his left hand but this tried something different. He tried the twist the ring but it wouldn’t budge. It was simply on too tight and he managed to do was to cause the unicorn pain. “Use your brain, you moron! Think about it, if the ring is on too tight maybe there’s a way to loosen or lubricate it?”

“You don’t mean…”

“Use your spit. Spit on your hand and lubricate my horn.”

Kyle looked at his hands but was hesitation to spit on them.

“Just do it, you wanker!” screamed Silver, “Besides, you’re not my type anyway.”

Pony anatomy is weird when it comes to a unicorn's horn. For instance, many ponies are unsure on whether or not a unicorn’s horn should be considered an erogenous zone. For the most part, it’s not, mainly because it is extremely difficult for a pony to stimulate a horn. A pegasus may be able to do so with his or her wings, however the effort required is too much for a small payoff.

Kyle however possessed something that ponies lacked: hands. He spat on his hands and began to lubricate the unicorn’s horn. As Kyle stroked the mare’s horn with his lubricated hand, he unknowingly managed to hit all of her sweet spots. Silver Star felt of shiver of pleasure travel down her spine. She tried to contain her moans of pleasure, but it found it increasing hard as Kyle continued lubricating her horn.

Kyle continued to stroke the unicorn’s horn but became a bit unnerved when the unicorn’s breathing became deeper. Soon afterwards she started grunting and then moaning. Kyle let go of the horn and uttered, “What the fuck?”

“Oh, that would be nice!” painted Silver before she shook her head. She closed her eyes and then opened them in a scowl. “Hurry up and wank- I mean yank this bloody ring off will you!” she roared.

He placed his hand in the cold ring and attempted to twist it, the lubrication had work as the ring began to twist with ease. Kyle pulled the ring and it went flying with a loud pop and landed unceremoniously on the concrete floor.

Silver Star let out a loud sigh of relief, “About time.” She rubbed her horn and cast a spell that pulverized the ring.

“So are you going to let me out of this now?” asked Kyle.

Silver ignored Kyle and left him chained to the wall as she marched to the bathroom stall, locked the door and cast a silencing spell that sure that she would remain unheard no matter how loud she was.

Location: Beyond Equestria in the Frozen North

When Discord arrived there, night had already fallen in this part of the world. The temperature was below freezing, though this had to do nothing with the lack of sun because in this part of the world, the temperature was always below freezing, while there were other regions on the planet located at the same latitude that had much more hospitable climates. The land beyond the mountain range that formed the northern border of Equestria was frozen year round. The weather was unmerciful with snowstorms and blizzards being common occurrences even in the summer.

There are some claims that the northern half of the Frozen North was cursed to a state of eternal winter while many dismiss this claim and say there has to be some other explanation. The answer to this question is a simple one, the Frozen North was indeed cursed to a state of endless winter. Since the view by most mages and other magical scholars is that curses don’t exist, then the question shall remain unanswered even though there is an answer. However, there is proof that the Frozen North is cursed that can be found in the great library of Diamanto, one of the great cities of the unicorns. Unfortunately the library, as well the rest to the city, was buried under a thousand years worth of snow and ice.

It just happened that this is where Discord arrived. However it was now a snowfield and the only signs of the great city were frozen and snow covered peaks of towers stuck out of the snow. Discord snapped his claws and pillars of snow and ice rose high into the sky reaching the heights of massive skyscrapers. With the snow dispersed Discord found himself in the middle of a dark ancient market square.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve been here,” he muttered to himself.

There was something chilling about this place besides the bitter cold. Something sinister, something evil radiated from the dark ruins of Diamanto. An idea sprung in Discord's mind and he summoned many strings of lights all over the ruins; many bright lanterns floated through the old streets and buildings. Within minutes, the dark frozen ruins transformed into bright and colorful festive frozen ruins.

With that problem solved, Discord returned to the reason he was there; there was a buildup of energy here and it was similar to the ones that occurred earlier. However this one was much stronger, like someone was trying to build a more stable portal. Discord waited for about thirty seconds before he got bored and built a life-size chess set out of snow. Every single piece he made looked exactly like him, including the chess board.

There was a loud cracking noise followed by a loud roaring of thunder as bright flashes of light appeared in the middle the market square. A portal opened up in the where the flashes were but nothing came out of it. Discord waited and waited but nothing came. After ten minutes, the portal vanished and left Discord confused; why would someone go to all that effort to open and maintain a stable dimensional portal if they were not going to use it? Discord sighed as he inflated a large bounce castle for him to rest.

In his many years of existence, Discord had never had the misfortune to deal with the evil and wasteful concept that is bureaucracy. On the other side of the portal located in some secret government facility somewhere in the Colorado, government scientist and officials were discussing the results of the portal.

“So did it work?” asked the commanding oficial.

“Yes, we managed to open a somewhat stable portal.” responded a scientist.

“Good, we’ll get our boys back in no time,” said the official.

“Shouldn’t we uh… notify their parents of what happened?”

“How about you shut up and do are you are told!” barked the government official. “To be honest I don’t give a fuck if those boys are dead or alive, it’s just an excuse to test out this technology. So for now we cover up their disappearances, so is it safe?”

“Is what safe?”

“What the fuck are we paying you for?” screamed the official. “The fucking portal. Dear God, how the fuck did you even get recruited for this program?”

“Well we’re not sure on how safe the portal is,” said the scientist, “The portal is stable enough, we could send a probe and…”

“Fuck that, probes are too expensive. We can’t afford that shit.”

“So what do we do sir?”

“What’s your major, son?” asked to old official.

“My what?” asked the scientist?

“Your college major, son. What’s your college major?”

“Oh, it was computer science.”

“Activate the portal again!” ordered the official.

The scientist quickly obeyed and the portal machine began to power up until there was a bright flash of light. In the center of the machine’s platform was an orb that seems orb of many swirling lights that seemed eerily out of place.

“Hey!” cried the scientist in protest as the official picked him up.

“You want to send a probe,” said the officer, “We’ll send a probe!” The official tossed the scientist towards the orb. Rather than colliding with the orb, there was a rather odd sight. It appeared as if the scientist was made out of putty. He appeared to stretch and contort and the closer he got to the portal’s center the more stretched out and contorted his appearance until finally he completely vanished.

“Open the portal in two days,” said the official “If he’s still alive, then it’s safe.”

“And if he’s not?” a person asked.

“He’s a computer science major,” said the official, “It’s not like there’s a short supply.”

Location: Outside of Canterlot

“So that’s it?” asked the Grand Wizard as he observed Canterlot thought his binoculars. He, along with his changing army, was encamped in small woods a few miles from the city. “I knew that this city was lame, but this is just like mega lame. Seriously, it looks like something straight out of a fucking princess fairy tale. This is the sort of castle that Princess—who the fuck is there?!”

The Grand Wizard turned around and pointed his staff at nearby bush. Lighting burst from his staff and zapped the bush. Cartman smiled as a unicorn screamed in agony as he ran out the bush with his mane on fire.

“Don’t you dare fucking try to sneak on me and think that you can get away with it!” roared the Grand Wizard.

The unicorn ignored this since he was much more preoccupied putting out the fire. Even with being lit on fire, the unicorn lit his horn and sends a flare soaring towards the dark blue sky. It was near dusk the final rays of sunlight loomed in the distance.

A gust of wind roared from above and the leaves of trees began to dance frantically. There many loud banging noises, popping noises, and flashes of light and smoke. The ragtag group of changeling criminals and ex-officials, technically the ex-officials were also criminals thought they hadn’t been convicted, gathered around the Grand Wizard. There was a bright flash of blue light and within a blink of an eye a barrier of light blue light surrounded the Grand Wizard and his gang of criminals.

“So this is the great threat to our city?” scoff a prideful voice. Captain Asepsis stepped into the Grand Wizard’s field of vision followed by a large squad of trained guards; earth ponies in front, unicorns in the rear and pegasi as air support. “We got a tip from some stupid flea that some fat roach and his group of bugs are planning to take over Canterlot. Not much of a threat, are you?” sneered the Capitan.

“Why don’t you fucking say that to my face instead of hiding behind a force field like a pussy?” shouted the Grand Wizard.

“I will not tolerate such insults from lowlife degenerates,” said Captain Asepsis grimly. “You are in no position to be making petty threats. I suggest that you shut that filthy mouth of yours before you make things worse for yourself.”

“Oh, I’m sorry,” said the Grand Wizard mockingly, “I can’t make out what you’re saying over the sound of how much of bitch you are! If you want me to shut up, then why don’t make me? Come on, one v. one me brah! Prove to me that you are not one big giant pussy!”

“We have nothing to talk about.” Captain Asepsis turned around and ordered his squads of earth ponies and pegasi to detain the Grand Wizard and his gang of changelings. He had only walked for a few feet before there was loud explosion. The captain turned around to see that there were scorch marks and the smell of ozone where his shield used to be.

Lighting channeled through the Grand Wizard as he laughed like a maniac while he walked forward with an aerosol can and a lighter. It was as if the Grand Wizard was wield flamethrower, the bursts of flames from his simple can and lighter was five feet wide and reached distances of over twenty feet. The guards were in state of panic as they ran and flew as fast as they could to get away from the flames. “Yeah, how do you like that, bitch?!” taunted the Grand Wizard.

“Why must I be surrounded by idiots?” muttered the captain. He launched a bolt of green energy spirally towards the Grand Wizard. The bolt knocked the aerosol can out of his hands and sent it launching in the air before it exploded into a massive ball of fire. “Very well, you fiend. I accept your challenge—“

“Magic missile!” shouted the Grand Wizard as he flung a tampon at captain.

The tampon bounced off of a magic shield that Captain Asepsis had conjured almost instantly. “You duel without honor, boy.” The captain began channeling a spell. “Nonetheless I shall eradicate you with a single spell.”

“How about you kiss my ass!” taunted the Grand Wizard. He turned around, bent over and began mooning the captain. “Come and get it, asshole.”

Captain Asepsis roared with indignation, “YOU DARE! Who do you think you are to show such disrespect?”

“I’m the Grand Fucking Wizard King and you will respect my authoritah!” The Grand Wizard reached into his cloak and pulled out a syringe filled with apple juice. He injected the juice into his arm and took a deep breath. “DRAGON SHOUT!”

A massive stinky fireball came rampaging towards the captain. Changelings and guards alike, who were up to that moment forming a circle around the duel, scrambled to get out of the reach of the fire. Captain Asepsis did not move. The massive fireball collided with his shield and unleashed a mass explosion that sent changelings and guards flying in the air.

When the smoke dissipated, the Grand Wizard was disappointed to see that the magic shield was still intact and that the captain appeared unharmed, even though the land around him was scorched black.

“I have to give you credit, boy,” said the captain. “You almost made me flinch. Any final attempts before I finish you off?”

“Shit, tits, Jew, Hindu, Shia LeBouf, asshole, FUCK KYLE!”

An intense barrage of lighting was unleashed at the captain. Captain Asepses’ shield remained intact and showed no sign of damage. The Grand Wizard began to curse more profoundly but this lighting could not manage to reach the captain. Eventually the captain grew impatient and cast a stunning spell that hit the Grand Wizard straight in the chest and sent him in a in a collision course towards a tree.

“Your magic is unrefined, boy,” said the captain. “Do you think that you can defeat me with brute force like some savage earth pony?” There were some complaints from the earth pony guards gathered, but the captain gave them a vicious glare and silenced them. Dark blue light emitted from his horn as the captain casted his spell. The dark blue light turned into purple light then into a red light until finally it became ghostly white. “Good bye you scum and take your filthy roaches with you.”

“Mina-san, mmmng mmg mgmggg!”

SWOOSH!

The captain accidentally released his spell and once he realized what he had done it was too late. Right were Princess Kenny once stood was nothing but a small whiff a smoke dissipating into the atmosphere.

“Oh my Creator!” gasped one of the guards.

“They killed Princess Kenny!” screamed another guard.

“You bastard!” accused a third guard.

Swoosh

Everyone present except the Grand Wizard watched in horror as the poor guard instantly vaporized in front of their eyes. There was no sign that he was even standing there just seconds prior other than as small cloud of smoke. “So does anyone else want to join him?” Capitan Asepsis asked menacingly.

While the captain was distracted, the Grand Wizard took the opportunity to send a fire ball straight at him. To his disappointment Captain, Asepsis responded without hesitation deflected the fireball with a conjured shield. “Disgusting,” hissed the captain, “Have you no pride?”

Suddenly bright flashes of swirling light appeared in above them. A dark figure exited from the hole in the now dusky sky and descended gracefully. Princess Kenny landed gracefully onto the ground as she put away the strange stone in her dress and proudly proclaimed that she was safe. The guards and even some of the changelings shouted in joy upon hearing that she was safe.

“So that happened,” said Cartman. “Princess Kenny, where the hell have you been?”

“Mmm mmp mmpth mmp mmm?” responded Princess Kenny.

“Well, I was here to take over the castle but look at it, just look at it! I want my castle to be totally badass and cool.”

“Mmph mmpth.”

“Why the fuck would I want to help you take over the castle?”

“Mmm.”

“Fine,” said the Grand Wizard with a sigh, “But on one condition.”

“Nmm it,” said Princess Kenny.

“I want him,” said the Grand Wizard who pointed at Captain Asepsis who was watching their conversation in shock, “I want him to teach me that spell he did. I know that there’s nothing as cool and awesome as me, but that spell was pretty awesome.”

“What?!” roared the captain in protest, “Princess Kenny, how can you work with the likes of him? I refuse to do so!” There were many murmurs of protest coming from the guards as well.

It was then when Princess Kenny leapt towards the sky twirled around gracefully and activated her Japanese princess magic. Her magic worked as everyone present, sans the grand wizard, fell under her charms. “Kenny-chan kawaii purinsesu!” both the guards and changelings chanted. Even the captain fell under Princess Kenny’s charm, which for some reason had massive bonus on unicorns.

“I apologize for my rudeness, princess,” said the captain.

“Mmmph mm mpt,” said Princess Kenny.

“Wow, way to whore yourself out to a bunch of horses.” said the Grand Wizard.

“Mmn fck oou,” responded Kenny.

“Quiet you,” said the captain. “It’s only upon Princess Kenny’s request that I am not vaporizing you at this moment.”

“Oh, just cut it out with that paladin bullshit,” said the Grand Wizard, “Everyone knows that paladins are basically the royal bitch and right now I command you to shut the fuck up.”

Captain Asepsis let out furious roar as he pointed his horn at the Grand Wizard. Just as he was about to cast his deadly spell, Princess Kenny ordered him to stop. Normally the kind of spell that the captain was casting couldn’t be dissipated without an explosion, but Princess Kenny’s words managed to silence his spell. Captain Asepsis was about to bow his head and apologize profoundly to Princess Kenny, but stopped when he realized that he would prove Grand Wizard point. He tried his hardest to resist the Princess’s charm and instead ordered a pair guards to escort the Grand Wizard to an unoccupied room within the officer's quarters of the royal barracks.

“What about us?” asked a changeling, “Where do we stay?”

The captain was about to make a snarky remark about where they could stay, but felt a force the was stopping from saying so. “You can stay in barracks thirteen and fourteen,” he said reluctantly, “they are currently unoccupied.”

Once the Grand Wizard and the changelings were out of sight, the captain bowed down deeply and then began to apology profoundly. Princess Kenny waved her hand and suggested that they too return to the barracks for the night.

“At once your highness,” said the captain. “But I must insist that tomorrow we plan on how we take over the castle. We only have a few days before Celestia returns; hopefully nothing cuts their trip short.”

Location: CRIGAR

“Well if this isn’t just great,” muttered Silver Star as she glared at the barred cell door. She had spent the past twenty minutes in front of the door trying to crack the enchantments on it.

“What is it?” said Kyle who was glad to be free from the chain and was now resting on one the bunk beds. His body still ached and he occasionally felt a jolt of pain on the back his head but was recovering quickly.

“Well it turns out that the enchantments on this door are much more complicated than I thought. Of course I’m capable of breaking the enchantments on this door, the problem is that it’s connected to a monitored network.”

“And what the hell does that mean?”

“It means than any guard with half a brain monitoring the spell network will see the flashing red light on the grid the very moment I break the enchantments on this door. Well it turns out that escaping from a high security prison isn’t easy after all.”

“So, what do we do now?” asked Kyle.

“We brainstorm. There has to be an exploit in the security system. There’s a ward that prevents teleportation to and from the prison grounds. Of course that spell was cast by Princess Celestia herself, so there’s no chance cracking that anytime soon. The walls are magically reinforced so we can’t blast our way out. I already told about the enchantment network and we can avoid any major hallways so the monitoring crystals aren’t a concern.”

“I have no idea what the hell you just said,” said Kyle. “All I understood was that there’s an enchantment on the door and you can undo it. The problem is that the moment you undo the enchantment it’s going to make some light flash red and activate an alarm?”

“That’s an oversimplification but for the most part, that’s basically it. There’s a monitoring room with screens and labeled grids for each cell. If there’s a problem within a cell the light indicating that cell flashes brightly, the color that it flashes depends on the situation.”

“What happens if every light flashes red?”

“That would probably mean that there’s a full scale riot going on,” said Silver Star. “But to undo every single enchantment will take an enormous amount of magic. Honestly it will be much easier to…” –her eyes shot wide open with the realization, she turn and gazed intensely at Kyle –“How good are you in a fight?”

Kyle stepped back from the intense look Silver Star was giving him, “I don’t have my royal club, but I can manage myself in a fight. Why?”

“Because we are going to start a riot,” said Silver Star as she lit her horn. “I just hope this works.”

The two guard who were supposed to be on duty in the monitoring room were not paying much attention to their duties. One of them was snoozing on while the other one was reading a magazine. A beeping noise alerted him that there was a situating within one of the prison cells. He looked at the grids and the saw that three of the lights for Building C were flashing yellow. Then two more lights in Building C began to flash yellow. Ten seconds later, there were twenty more flashing lights ranging from green to red with more beginning to flash every second.

The guard began to shake his sleeping companion “Wake up, we have a situation!”

The sleeping guard woke up and said, “What’s going on?”

“We have a problem in Building C, take a look!”

The sleepy guard looked at the grid and immediately felt a bolt of energy when he saw that every light for Building C was flashing different colors. “Wow, I didn’t even know that they flashed blue.”

“I have no idea what’s going on,” said the first guard who was starting to panic, “What are we supposed to do?”

“Uh, I don’t know?” said the second guard who was also starting to become panicked. “What are we supposed to do?”

“We are supposed to fix the problem.”

“And what’s the problem?”

“Every light is flashing weird colors.”

“Maybe there’s a problem with the grid?” suggested the second guard. “Can’t we just reset it?”

“Yeah, yeah we can,” said the first guard. In the center of the grids was a locked compartment. The guard unlocked it with his key. Inside the compartment there a number of various switches and a panic button.

“Which one is the switch for building C?” asked the guard.

“Shouldn’t it be the third one?” responded his companion.

The guard flipped the third switch and all the green lights on the grid for Solitary Confinement turned off.

“Screw it just flip them all,” said the other guard in frustration as he flipped each switch.

“Wow I can’t believe that worked,” said Silver Star in disbelief. She did not waste any time and sent a bolt of magic at the barred door and it blasted off. “Let’s go! We don’t have much time before all chaos breaks lose.”

“Oh shit!” screamed the first guard when the switches were flipped back. Every single light in each grid was flashing red. “Oh shit, shit, shit! What the fuck are supposed to do?”

“WE PANIC!” screamed the second guard as he pressed the panic button. The loud siren screamed throughout the prison alerting everyone prison that the prison was now on lockdown. Unfortunately the lockdown had the opposite effect since once a few magic sensitive prisoners realized that the enchantments keeping them locked in their cells was gone, it did not take long before there was a full scale riot.

“Well buddy, we are in deep shit right now,” said the guard, “been nice knowing ya.”

There was no response.

“Buddy?” said the guard as he turned around. The other guard was gone and where he was previously standing there was a puddle on floor.