Twilight sat in silence gazing out at the sky, the moon having risen long ago after they found the princesses on her doorstep. They were critical condition, but luckily thanks to the combined efforts of Fluttershy, Sunset, and Twilight, they had been stabilized. Celestia and the wing that had been severed had both been deposited on her doorstep with a sword riddled Luna. The wounds were currently being healed naturally after the mixture of magic and medicine was employed. Rainbow Dash was fuming as she stomped back and forth.
“Now he’s gone too far! Twilight, we’ve waited here long enough,” Rainbow struck an aggressive stance, “it’s time we fight back!”
Rarity nodded, “Though I don’t care for violence, Jasper must be stopped more than ever.”
Sunset Shimmer was busy in the corner examining more of Jasper's notes with a raised eyebrow, “Hm…interesting.”
Twilight glanced at her, “What?”
Sunset tapped the paper, “Says here he figured out a way to petrify the glass of the crystal mirror,” she chuckled, “gotta give him credit, he knows his stuff.”
Twilight looked away in shame, “Because I practically helped him. If anything, this is my fault. He used me and I didn’t see through him.”
Applejack patted her friend on the shoulder, “There, there, none of us knew what he was planning. He played us all fer chumps.”
Rainbow Dash snorted, “Which will make beating him all the sweeter!”
Twilight sighed, “Even if we could, we don’t know when and where to actually strike.”
Sunset smiled as she trotted over with a crystal, “Well I wouldn’t say that,” the crystal started to glow, “before I left, I decided to swing by and use this on some papers he had in his bed chambers.”
She placed the crystal on some blank paper as words began to write themselves upon its surface. After a while, the crystal turned to dust when the paper was filled.
“A babel crystal?” Twilight picked up the papers, “where did you find one?”
“Turns out mister shiny golden god isn’t as perfect in guarding the alchemy wing of the castle.”
Rarity glanced at the dust, “I’ve heard of these, aren’t they supposed to record and duplicate any vocal or written information?”
Sunset nodded, “And then transfer it onto paper.”
Twilight read through the paper with frantic eyes. Her eyes widened in horror when she finished.
“We have to get on board the Friendship Express as soon as possible,” she stood up and started locking down the house, “SPIKE! Watch Celestia and Luna!”
Spike saluted.
Fluttershy glanced at her panicking friend, “Why do we have to get on the train?”
Twilight stopped and spoke in a grave tone, “Because Jasper is planning to do something unspeakable.”
*
Jasper sat in the dining car of the train, the royals from the other kingdoms sitting with him. His armor glinted in the light after it had been re-forged, cleaned, and shined. At the moment, Silver Wing had finished telling a war story of old.
“And that is how I whooped your legion Diamondback!”
Diamondback grumbled, “Only because our weapons were faulty.”
Ignatius appeared carrying some wine glasses filled with the beverage in question, “Here are your drinks.”
Jasper smiled, “Thank you Iggy,” he took a wine glass and placed it in front of him.
Jasper casually drummed his fingers on the table, “It’s a shame Cadance couldn't attend, but she must run her kingdom as it recovers. So it can’t be helped.”
Diamondback stared at Jasper for a moment, “Is it true what they said? Were you attacked in Canterlot castle?”
Tikeel swished his glass a few times, “From you there must’ve been dread, for surely you feared you would be dead.”
Jasper smiled, “The…assassins, were dealt with accordingly.”
Silver Wing clutched her glass, “Word through the grape vine is that there is a small rebellion in your midst.”
Jasper’s smile vanished as Iggy eased out of the room, “That will be dealt with….soon.”
Unbeknownst to the party, a flash of purple appeared on the farthest cart. The train passed through a tunnel as Jasper raised his glass.
“A toast, to a new age.”
All the rulers raised their glasses and drank. But then the far door burst open revealing Twilight, her friends and Sunset. Jasper widened his eyes as Twilight stepped forward.
“DON’T DRINK THAT WINE!”
The rulers looked with confusion at the mare as Jasper remained silent. The rulers lowered their glasses as Silver Wing skeptically glanced at her glass. Tikeel sniffed his, whereas Diamondback was indifferent.
“Jasper plans to poison you,” she placed the papers down on the table; “these were taken from his chambers detailing this little ploy of his.”
Silver Wing glared at Jasper, “Is this true?”
Jasper merely smiled as she blinked her eyes for a moment, “Unfortunately yes.”
Tikeel opened his mouth to speak, but instead he began to convulse and fell from his chair. Foaming at the mouth, he gurgled sickeningly.
Diamond back grasped his chest as his eyes bugged out of his head, foam soon coming out.
Silver Wing pulled her sword free from her back holster and went for the gold king, but fell beside his chair. Jasper glanced at Twilight and the girls and gave them two thumbs up with a toothy smile on his face.
Silver Wing looked at his eyes as Jasper kicked her sword across the way.
He stood up, “Sodium cyanide, among one of the deadliest poisons known to man. It’s funny that it could be made in a land like this. I’m surprised though, it seemed to have varying reactions to each one of them.”
Jasper leaned against the table, “Congratulations Twilight, you figured out my grand scheme,” he picked up the wine glass he had held and sipped it before chucking it against the wall, “Yes, before you ask. I planned this since I started that little alliance at the summit. I was planning to drag it out a little more, but all of your constant meddling forced a change of plans. None the less, I now have complete control of the deceased monarch’s respective kingdoms.”
A flash of red and he clutched the treaty which he read aloud, “Should the rulers of the named kingdoms meet with an unfortunate passing, control of the respective kingdom will be handed to the controlling party of this document until such time that he wishes to relinquish control to the heirs of either kingdom.”
The treaty vanished, “Well, I guess that means. I have majority control; being married to Queen Chrysalis has even granted me a bigger boon.”
Twilight narrowed her eyes, “All of your actions were leading to this, and everything you were doing was getting you to this point.”
Jasper clapped his hands, “Congratulations, the last horse finally crosses the finish line. Everything is going according to plan, except for a few minor details,” he turned his back to them, “there were six, but now it’s seven,” he whipped around as his crystal sword extended from his gauntlet, leveled at Twilights nose.
Jasper glared into the seven mares eyes as they all circled each other, “For quite a while I’ve been debating what to do with you. The fact that you’ve lived for this long has been nothing but a charity. Granted I want the lesson to be learned first,” a crazed look entered his eyes, “consider the lesson the main event, this train is taking us there and can be considered an intermission. Like every play, things can happen during the intermission, accidents.”
Jasper stepped forward and slashed downwards, the blade cutting through the floor and carpeting. The mares scattered, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy ducking behind an overturned table. Applejack lassoed Jasper’s sword arm and pulled, the human losing his grip on the sword and grasping the rope with his free hand. He then kicked a chair at AJ who had to duck to avoid it; Jasper then yanked with all his might and brought his left arm. A sturdy piece of wood broke across his back as he was pulled down. Rarity smiled in triumph as she hurled the piece of the broken table to the side. Jasper was brought to his knees as he felt a blade at his throat, he turned his head and saw Sunset Shimmer levitating Silver Wings sword.
“Move and your toast.”
Jasper smirked, “Good idea.”
The far back door opened revealing Ignatius who blew a jet of ruby fire that was twice the size of his body at Applejack, then at Sunset. When AJ moved, Jasper hurled himself backwards onto his back. The train car was burning as Jasper blasted the room with a wave of energy that dispelled the flames as well as hurl the ponies backwards. Jasper rushed past them and yanked his sword free on his passing. He reached the back next cart and stopped at the clamp, with a look of spite; he slashed the connector and watched the mares roll away. He waved goodbye to them as Twilight’s section of the train sped away. Jasper’s eventually slowed to a stop, he sat in a passenger car and it soon went in the opposite direction, guided by his magic.
*
Twilight cursed silently as she lost sight of Jasper’s section of the train, “We were too late.”
Sunset looked around at the train car, “I’ll head back to Ponyville, he might try to make a move against the Princesses. Good luck Sparkle.”
Sunset vanished in a burst of teal light.
Rainbow Dash looked out of the train and watched it steadily roll along, “Where do you think it’s taking us?”
Twilight shook her head, “We’re going to find out soon enough.”
After two hours passed, the train rolled to a stop nowhere near a station. Twilight exited and approached the conductor.
“Where are we, why did we stop?”
The conductor sighed, “Orders from the king.”
The train then trudged away as the six mares looked down and blinked. Below them surrounded by a small lake was the small trading town of Lillyhoof. Where the mares stood was on a cliff overlooking it. What caught their attention most of all was the fact that Jasper was staring up at them from below with a smile. The mares flew down and teleported respectively. Jasper pointed to the town and gave a warm smile.
“You know, a character from a movie that I saw once said something quite deep to a hero,” he glanced at the mares, “This is why only fools are heroes, because you never know when some lunatic will come along with a sadistic choice.”
Rainbow Dash stepped forward, “What choice?”
Jasper stepped before them, “Exactly Rainbow Dash, NOW! THE LESSON CAN BEGIN!”
Well,He's gone full blown Supervillain,But he isnt quite as stupid yet
I like this :3 You should make it so that he finds more crystals to further increase his power and also make it so that he has babies wih Mrs Queen of Changelings so that they make a mutation :D
I love where this is going! Keep it up!!!!
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Oh, I'm leaving that for interpretation. There's a reason that on the Fan-Club i said peeps can contribute to the universe with their own stories. Who know, maybe somepony might write about Jasper and Chrysalis's child.
Looking forward to this.
That quote. It was a quote from Grren Goblin in the original Spider-Man movie.
The mares flew down*
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3620645 So if he's a not-so-stupid super-villain, does that mean he's a mega-villain?
One of the Jasper's was Chrissy? Or he can teleport lol
And FUCK YES!!!!!
But what happens when the heroes attempt to take a third option? Hmm, I wonder what the sadistic choice is? Pick a princess to live and to die?
I'm really looking forward to learning what his goal is, as well as why he keeps leaving ponies (and only ponies it seems) alive with his schemes.
If all he wanted was to keep his position and power, Celestia, Luna, and the mane 6 would all be dead.
Somehow, I think he wants something else.
Wheee!
Although Jas is a tad insane now, he's probably the calculating kind if insane that cripples a country. I wonder what the lesson will be...
Yup, he became Green Goblin.
When I first saw this story I thought it would be a clichéd story about some random villan and stuff but after reading this I REALLY love how this story is playing out but I am wondering still what will happen when the gauntlet finally drives our dear anti-hero insane and if Equestria is ready for the fallout :3
Bravo good sir, you have earned a like and a sticker... But unfortunately I have a shortage of stickers so I'll just favorite this story instead for the proverbial golden star.
So epic
The lesson of humanity, the lesson of the insane, the lesson of the villain!!
That was a changeling.
BOMBS.
3619660 Right lol humans superiority triumphs over beast.. As always!
VONDERFUL!!! Let the murder commence!
3618315 Love that game man. Don't tell me about BO2 though. Haven't played Campaign yet.
Awe man! Jasper didn't kill the princesses! Oh well. I thought it would've been cool if he was standing outside the library with his sword in one hand and the heads of the ro princesses in the other. Nice chapter, keep it up.
Why do people like Jasper so much? I want to behead him. Slowly and painfully.
3621472 i'm torn between liking him and hating him. on the one hand, he's managed to do what the royal sister failed to. he united the kingdoms, managed a peaceful alliance with the changlings, and who knows what else. the only reason anyone has really been hurt was because they kept antagonizing him. but on the other hand,some of the ways he accomplished these things are pretty bad. so, i'm still withholding my judgement.
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Jasper is a MEGASUPERVILLAIN. Seriously, this guy managed to become the king of Equestria, of the Zebra, of the gryphons, the minotaurs and the changelings and no one could even slow him down.
3621472 Why? He's a genius, way smarter than any other villian, and he even managed to turn the good guys into bad guys, thus getting him a spot on the good guy side. If you actually paid attention, you'd realize what he's doing, and actually start liking him.
3620733 He wants them alive, to see what he has done when he's finally defeated by them, they've turned from Heroes to a Rebellion, and bad shit would happen if they killed/froze Jasper in stone/ or whatever their means, (If I'm correct, the platinum gambit can only be invoked every a thousand years?) they would be arrested/executed, either way, they're gonna lose at the end, no preventing it.
Unlesssssss Sentry or some other guards let them roam free because Jasper is/was a jackass. But that shit would be lame, and would suit as a alt. ending.
Actually there are 2 poisons that are WAY more efficient and effective than sodium cyanide
Abrin and Ricin (Abrin comes from Rosary Peas while Ricin comes from Castor Beans/Peas)
Lets state that to suffer from an acute intoxication of either poison you require 400 ml for 250 metric tons of meat or water
The true beauty of those poisons arent how effective or deadly they are, but how hard it is to detect them when mixed with something, you see Abrin just like Ricin have no colour, taste nor smell making them highly effective for discreet murders and/or assassinatios
Sadly the victims will not die as quickly in comparison to sodium cyanide, for this poison affects ALL internal tissues of the body by preventing the tissue itself to reproduce.
Both poisons will and shall consume all proteins/aminoacids they come in contact with, within the span of 3-4 days any living being that weighs 80 kilos that has consumed at least .0001 ml of either poison will surely die
The funny thing is that Rosary Peas are used in cheap jewelry and Castor Beans/Peas are used to make Castor Oil; please beware of plants for they can be deadlier than we think they are
After watching The Exorcist III and reading this new chapter, I couldn't help but imagining a scenario in this fic where Jasper was actually a good guy but is possessed by the nightmare and forced to do these things. And when asked why he would say:
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Shit. I have too much free time.
I came last chapter and in this chapter I wanted to slap you. COME ON!!! Why are Celestia and Luna not dead yet. I want them all DEAD!
Best of luck,
-XxRUSxX
please just end jasper (kill him)and make everything ok please???????????????????????
KILLTHEM ALL JASPER! IM ROOTING FOR YOU!!!!!
Someone may have said this, but even if Jasper is beaten back and the Main Six and Sunset take back the kingdom. We now have what? Four dead rulers and those seven as the prime suspects. The other kingdoms will declare war and Equestria won't be able to beat them back. There is no possible way now for them to win. Checkmate for Jasper.
I f***ing love you, man... have I mentioned that? I love you for making this story! You beautiful human being...
wow most of you guys are down right sick this is a good story but whats with the kill all ponys comments do you guys realy hate ponys that much?
Uhoh, a sadistic choice -- this does not bode well for Loyalty.
3622109 Be patient. Jasper will get what he deserves in due time.
Ohhh... I think can tell the choice already, although I have forgotten the details of the actual experiment, The train / trolley problem in which you push someone off a foot bridge in order to stop a train that's about to hit a large group of people. Am I right? is it something along those lines?
3623328 As in...He wins? ...That's what he truly disserves. I really hope this is a story where the Mane Six go the 'Bad End' route. There aren't enough of them.
3620965 You know, if you change 'insane' to 'insanity' that would work so much better, and may even be comparable to a very good Disney villain song.
3623863 I'd like him to win, but I also really want to see karma bite him in the ass.
I guess Jasper is gonna
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Train them.
YEAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
3623911 Yeah. Same here...minus the karma biting him in the ass. I mean, I know he understands what he is doing and how it could be interpreted, but I really want the Mane Six to understand the same logic...they never even 'try' to see from the villain's point of view in the show. So being forced to see points the show never looked at would be a good thing here.
3624158 Sometimes the best intentions are done in the worst ways. Kind of like Red Eye from Fallout: Equestria.
3624184 ...I haven't read that...and I really don't want to.
3624255 you're missing out
3624294 You're drunk. Go home.
3624297 no I'm typing out a 25-paged essay on waterboarding. I wish i was drunk but I' only 16. no i will not go home and you're definitely missing out