Several large, blue feathers floated in his magical grasp, and he twirled one absentmindedly as he glared at the Archmage.
“Really?” the Archmage asked, staring up at the feathers with a displeased look. “I realize she’s your prisoner, but must you torment that mare so?”

....don't tell me RD broke reality and got kidnapped or some crap off screen. Seriously, I need to know these things.

Welp, Vinyl's a vampire. Get the feeling that's going to come back.

I can hear nowacking now

well damn. this is gonna start getting bad again.

4573151 Nope, like five chapters ago maybe, whatever, it was during the gala. The Archmage guy broke onto the dungeons under the palace and set Darkflare free, the ex-con taking the blue coated pegasus guard with him when he escaped.

4573151 I think is that guard mare that they toke when they scape the dungeons, she was a pegasus and also was blue.

Seriously? They were just twiddling their hooves waiting for something to happen for the last month? We know they're lying low, but didn't think that low....
Odd, why would Primrose be so nervous around Vinyl?
Keep going! ;)

4573173 vampire, or another possibility might be werewolf.

I wonder who the prisoner is. I doubt it's RD. Was the guard that was attacked by the archmage before the breakout a blue pegasus? All I remember about her was that her little brother was having a birthday.

welp Vinyl is either another breed of vampire, a lycan, or a monster hunter. I'm thinking mostly a S class vampire.

Yay, plot progression!

“So, no giant monster is going to burst out of the base of the mountain and kill us all?”

Well, of course if it's inorganic it won't be a monster! It'll be a giant pony mecha instead, with jetpacks and lasers.

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Obviously she smelled blood in there, either that or she knows Vinyl Scratch is a vampire. This is mine theory and I hope it's true!

Called the cello thing!

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I don't think so (as stupid and edgy the vampire thing is, it has me interested now, but also the unoriginal and edgy red and black combo does not help), Primrose was physically repulsed by Vinyl up to the point of hate even, and Vinyl did that weird action where she described Max's heart as good.

I'm guessing she is some holy being (I hope not an angel, that would be absolutely retarded) or maybe a member of some anti-supernatural group (like the "Vigilants of Stendarr" of Skyrim).

4573626 DARN IT!
NO GODZILLA!

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What ever happened to to the good old fashion gatling gun and rockets?

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I can see them playing that. Nice thinking.

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That would be awesome!

Hallelujah!!! Update!!!

Love the musical between Max and Octavia plus the music pieces you've chosen for them. I've listened to each link from start to end.

And i can guess Vinyl Scratch is a high-ranking or high class vampony that makes Primose react like that. Possibly scared of her. And didn't expect Vinyl to be in Luna's Night Court.

I wonder who's the blue mare pegasus that Darkflare tortured or abused... And who the hell is in Manehattan?

Maybe next chapter we'll see twilight's parents.

This is a very welcomed update...progress in the story!

I await further developments.

carp, my tarp sense tingle so badly at that last line...WHY DO I THINK VINYL IS IN ONO IT!?

4573518 Heh love thoes guys

4573959 caling it now:Vinyl's a werepony.

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I vote Vampony. Definitely a Vampony.

Alright, something REALLY suspecious about Vinyl.

Let's see...

1) Primrose feeld not so good in the house, The floor from Vinyl had no Windows at all. If it was one room I would understand, but a WHOLE FLOOR?

2) Then, this "magic sound" Max had heard after Octavia telled her there where some guests before Vinyl came into the room. And nibbled on Octavias neck.

3) Vinyl wasn't really surprised to hear about an intelligent Human. It was more like she already meet another Intelligent Human. But with a bad heart, when we interpret her muttering correct.

4573518 I would LOVE to see Max and Octavia play like this at a "Noble Party". Maybe from Fancy Pants?
I can literally see it... Fancy Pants, as one of the rare nice nobles, invites Twilight to one of his Garden-Partys together with Max. Octavia was hired to play with her band at the Party. But then her second Cello player (no idea if thats the correct word or something. No idea from music) got sick, injured or something similar. Max volunteered to help Octavia out and... well... just see this little awesome movie what "Totally Not Insane Inc" linked in his comment.

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...or a Unicorn Gundam for Max

4574374 I bet Vinyl is a vampire

Awwwww, i loved the parts with max and Octavia, two Music lovers was bonding!

yup vampony

Vampires...The bane of modern society. They glitter in the sunlight or act creepy and ship while duking it out witches in New Orleans or Lycans somewhere else. In this thing, they just kickass for being cool andmysterious, sans annoyingly angsty, emo, or wierd.

What if max started playing this...

Even though I couldn't see her eyes, I had the distinct feeling that she was looking into my eyes; straight through them and into my soul. I shivered, growing uneasy under her stare. For the briefest of moments, I felt like I was a mouse beneath the eyes of a hawk.

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That pony is a SPY!

Nice chapter.
Also, the Hearthswarming Eve Hype is real

Damn 2Cellos is good! :D a subscription on YouTube is in order!

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I would guess that Vinyl is a vampire.
The sleeping at night bit, the lack of windows and this:

For the briefest of moments, I felt like I was a mouse beneath the eyes of a hawk.

make me think that's the direction this is going. The whole "feeling like prey near a vampire" thing is something I've seen several times before, plus you have the fandom's insistence that her eyes are red.
Wearing glasses to hide them would exactly what Primrose was doing, and as for her feeling so uncomfortable, well, apex predators don't often get along with one another.
I think this is: Vinyl's a vampire and Octavia knows and is accepting of it.

The cinnamon might have been a sign of a vampires territory or perhaps it reminded somepony of her turning event?
Just like the effect of eating too much cake, the plot thickens.

I wonder, if Vinyl is a Prime Vampire, freaking out the subserivants, would she be old enough to remmber intelligent humans from the last time?

Also, I agree on the thunderstruck thing. Max is said to be intelligent, Vinyl indifferent? Thunderstruck her.

After all, if it isnt magical down in the pit, but its driving teh humans crazy and going to bring about the end of the world, is going to be something very special indeed, like a Chaos Engine.

Ok Vinyl is defiently a vampony. But I have a feeling that she's like a head vampony or something, since primrose was freaking out. And what does she know? Firsts Lyra, then the zebra, and now I think vinyl knows something about the prophecy.

Also, 2 chapters in one update? YYYYEEEEEEAAAAA!

"The game is lost, if the pawn does not as the player commands"
This will be the archmage's main concern, also I guess the archmage would have Discords voice actor as well.
Vinyl as a master vampony, knows more then she is letting on.

4573749 nice profile pic

4573810 Doesn't beat a Gatling gun launcher though.

You know what? I hate Darkflare, and whatever painful, agonizing death awaits him shall not come soon enough, or be painful enough.

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What happened to slow and agonising torture or even the head bear trap from SAW

I'm guessing that there is some form of magical construct like, say, a golem, in the pit, that vynal is a vampony, and... Uhh... Idk after that.

Wow this is a very moving chapter... i really loved the way 'tavi and max interacted and made fine music together. such a shame we can't ship this two together since max's heart already belongs to twilight and octavia's to vinyl... but still.... *groan*

anyways i've read some intersting comments about dark flare. yes i hate him too, i wish him a very painful and slow death *cue evil laugh*

4573151 i think those are sunny breeze's

This chapter got me to start listen to 2cellos, and now I keep picturing Octavia in their Thunderstruck video as the one who flips out with the cello at the end.

hurray for music, throughly enjoyed this chapter, bit of story, bit of fun, cant complain