//------------------------------// // Interrogation // Story: Forgotten Soldier; Wrong War // by rocketlvr //------------------------------// As I've said in a comment earlier this stories gonna continue from now on in third person ********************************************************** "So when do you think the Princess will get here?" Victor asked Twilight "Ehhhh she usually gets here on time she's pretty punctual" Rainbow Dash answered "Punctual, nice word choice Rainbow, I think those books are improving your vocabulary!" Twilight said with a true grin Rainbow looked at her slightly annoyed "I told you I'm not gonna be an egghead" "What ever you say Rainbow" "Hey y'all I think the Princess is here" Apple Jack was looking out the window at a pristine white chariot led by two guards. He loved Applejack's accent considering he had lived in Georgia for a few years. (back track) A short while after he was shot, Spike had burped out a letter. It said the Princess was coming to town to greet this new creature personally and for Twilight to go out and gather all the "element bearers" "whatever that was" Victor thought to himself. Twilight had left for a short while and returned with five other ponies, the stallion named Big Mac arrived with a cart laden with various weapons. The Stallion and mares introduced themselves and he in turn introduced himself he had also explained firearms and proper safety precautions they in turn told him about Equestria, Pegasi, Unicorns, Earth Ponies, Alicorns, what an element bearer was, the elements themselves, and the benevolent Princess Celestia. (return to present) "ok thanks AJ" replied the purple unicorn. Twilight and her party exited with the marine following closely behind untill he saw Princess Celestia. He walked up to her greeting her with a slight bow "Princess Celestia I presume?" the ruler replied with a soft, smooth voice unlike anything he could have expected "Why yes and you must be the creature my student wrote to me about" "Yes my name is Victor, I'm a human" "Well Victor that is quite something and I am truly intrigued by your presence; however, I am here for another more diabolical reason, a powerful spirit, named Discord, has escaped from his imprisonment and though I don't mean to offend you but we fear you may be him" The other ponies gasped at the news. Twilight was the first to speak "Discord escaped again? but how? we thought the elements had locked him up for good." "That's what we thought too however he has broken free once more and we fear he may have an accomplice most likely another pony who we are currently searching for; however, we unfortunately fear that this human may be Discord himself in disguise." "Victor is Discord in disguise?" Twilight and the others looked at you with faces of shock, awe, and disgust "well that would explain a lot, like all the weird stuff he brought with him, and why he showed up here the same day Discord escaped, but why would he go to Ponyville of all places? I mean why would he go to the place where the six people who could stop him are?" Rainbow Dash chimed in "I betcha he wants to take us out before he attacks the Princess. Any no good sneak would act cowardly like that" This caused a mass of talking to erupt amongst the ponies Rainbow Dash thought he was Discord flat out, Twilight still thought he wasn't, Rarity was yelling about how she didn't care who he was so long as he didn't cause her to carry another boulder, Fluttershy was scared and hiding behind a nearby barrel, Applejack was trying to get the other ponies to quiet down, and Pinkie didn't seem to understand or care about what was going on and only talked about cotton candy clouds. A solitary voice carried over the others "Please quiet down my little ponies, I need to make myself clear" the group was almost instantly silenced and Fluttershy crawled back to them with an embarrassed smile on her face "Thank you, now I figured you would all wonder what the course of action should be and this is why I have asked for all you to gather here. I have brought with me the Elements of Harmony, the Elements can break Discord out of his disguise should he be in one. Now should he be Discord I want you to return him to his stone imprisonment until we can find out a better solution and should he not be him I can assure him accommodations and whatever he needs should he choose to stay and live here." The human thought this was all fine and dandy and stood before the group "okay fire when ready, I'm cool with it" "Now Victor I do wish to warn you that this may hurt quite a bit if you are not Discor-" "I'm cool with that" "good and also if you are not Discord there is a very real chance that you could be...... incinerated" "Im cool with tha- wait what? incinerated? like fire, bang, whoosh, torch incinerated?" Victor began to get slightly panicked. "Yes I do mean burned up, I apologize for this and hope that you can understa-" "No! I don't want that I don't want to be burned up! seriously! is there any other way you can do this?" "I'm sorry... but there is no other way" "Well f*ck that I'm out of here!" Victor began walking away until he was grabbed on the shoulder by a unicorn guard who looked at him unflinchingly and saying in a steady, nearly robotic voice."Sir I'm afraid we can't let you do that." Victor shoved his arm off and replied in an angrier voice "No way man! Screw that! there's no way in hell I'm gonna be turned into a living signal flare" The guard lifted the spear towards him saying "you go to the princess NOW." Victor kicked the spear out of his hands and shouted right in his face "F*CK YOU" and took off at a sprint. He managed to run a considerable distance from him, roughly two city blocks, before the guard tackled him to the ground. He wrestled free from the guard shoving him off and drawing his sidearm which still happened to be on his belt. Pointing it at him and the crowd he shouted in a mix of anger and fear "YOU LEAVE ME ALONE! YOU HEAR ME?! YOU LEAVE ME THE F*CK ALONE. I'M GOING NOW AND DON"T YOU DARE TRY FOLLOWING ME BECAUSE I'LL... I'LL... KILL YOU, ILL KILL YOU A-" He never got to finish his sentence because just then yellow magic covered his mouth like duct tape. He would have fired off his gun but was his arms had just been constrained by the same kind of magic which promptly shoved him up against a wall eagle spread. His face showed only complete terror as his screams, shouts, and pleads became muffled noises and grunts. The group of six ponies which he thought of as his friends approached him, most with solemn faces, Fluttershy was crying, but Rainbow dash looked at you with an expression of pure hatred "nice try Discord, but your gonna have to act a lot better than that if you wanna fool us." The other ponies must have suddenly realized how easy of an explanation that was as Rarity, Applejack and Pinkie Pie all looked surprised for a second as if all the gears in their minds simultaneously went *click* and they too gained the intimidating, angry, self confident looks that Rainbow dash had; however, Fluttershy was still crying and Twilight was still intimidated by the situation. The same unicorn who tackled him approached the Princess with a box of necklaces and a tiara. "Thank you for restraining him, I appreciate that" She approached each of the mares giving each a necklace and Twilight the tiara. Next, she walked up to the restrained marine "Discord you are one clever demon, I hope in vain that you learn from your mistakes, but if this is simply a victim caught in the cross fire of our current events then I am sorry for all this and hope you may one day forgive us all" Victor managed to make a soft whimper in reply before she stepped away. Celestia stood behind them "You all are permitted to begin when ready. The groups eyes lit up and began floating in mid air as a ball of white energy grew in the center. The ball focused itself into a smaller shape before blasting forward as a white hot beam of energy. The light crushed and burned him and felt as if ten thousand small suns suddenly exploded in his body, the pain intensified beyond imagination as he began screaming at the top of his lungs but it was all muffled to a sickeningly quiet level by the magic covering his lips. He saw darkness slowly creeping up at the edges of his vision and suddenly it stopped, the beam dissolved into the air as did the unicorns bindings. Victor dropped to the floor onto his hands and knees still in excruciating pain, he was shaking as he coughed into his hand and a he pulled it back he saw a startling amount of blood, ir was the last thing he saw before it all went black.