The Greatest Show of Kindness
Chapter Sixteen: Bumble’s Rage
Once the chariot arrived in Canterlot, Bumble was loaded off and immediately forced forward, his chitin scraping silently against the chains his hooves had been wrapped in. His legs were still sore from when they had broken previously, but they had healed for the most part. It was the same kind of pain that one gets after running at full speed for a while.
He had trouble moving without stumbling into the other changelings that were part of the group, due to his blindness. Luckily, the shackles prevented him from moving around as much.
The magnificent Canterlot Castle was right in front of him, glimmering in all of its royal glory. The giant shape of one of the spires cast a shadow over Bumble, chilling him. He shook his head to get over the cold. He may not have been able to see, but the atmosphere around him was very heavy - a crushing, anxiety-filled anticipation.
Suddenly, from one of the doors on the castle burst a large, metallic-silver unicorn stallion with a carbon-black mane and white hooves. The door shut itself with the help of a breeze, and he looked in an intensely intimidating manner over them. He had a very sneer-like narrowness to his eyebrows, but it seemed to be a bit grouchy as well, as if trying to say ‘Why do I have to be here?’
“Hm… looks like I’ve got some fresh meat on the bones… Let’s see what we’ve got here,” he mumbled to himself, putting on a menacing grin. He lit his horn up, teleporting with a flash to the ground level. “Filthy maggots,” he spat, taking a few steps forward. “All right. Guards, take them to the eastern wing. Put them in the tight cages,” he ordered, walking back into the castle.
The group of changelings was immediately escorted around the grassy lawn of the southern wing to the eastern wing. There wasn’t an immediately noticeable difference between the looks of the southern and eastern wings of the castle. That was until one of the guards lifted a trapdoor in the ground with their magic.
“All of you, get in!” the guard shouted.
The guards behind the changelings pushed them forward with their magic, forcing them down into the pit. There was a purple light coming from the hellish-looking hole, and the sound of dripping water and shouting faintly rung from within. One by one, the changelings jumped down.
Bumble didn’t know where he was going, so when he accidentally trotted around the hole, the guards mistook it as him trying to escape. They threw him down, causing him to land with full force on his sore front leg.
Tears flooded his eyes, and immediately his screech filled the entire cave. When the sound was gone, it echoed back from the other end of the crystalline cavern. All attention in the room was on him as he dropped to his stomach, bawling.
“Hey! Quiet down!” one guard said, not caring about the injury. Suddenly, the trap door slammed loudly above the changeling’s head.
“It hurts so-“ Bumble started, but was immediately smacked on the head.
“Be silent! Down here, you’re under our rules! You will oblige!” the guard yelled, causing Bumble to tremble underneath his voice.
“I-I’m s-s-sorry…” he trailed, shaking.
“You’d better be, you worthless maggot!”
Bumble said nothing to this, so he just lay there in his pain and tears. The guards all looked down in nothing but their own wicked smiles and laughter.
“Oh, is the little worm in pain?” one of them mocked, eliciting a laugh from the others.
“It looks like his puny foreleg broke. What a shame!” another joked, putting his hoof forcefully down on Bumble’s head. Bumble jolted under the sudden pressure, shuddering. “Oh, what? Can’t handle the pressure?” he continued, pressing harder.
“Please stop…” Bumble begged.
“Why should we? Didn’t you see what you did to our nation!? The lives you ruined!? We will not stop until you are completely exterminated from this world!” another shouted, gaining a cheer from the rest.
At that, Bumble inside started to burn. He felt that he specifically was being blamed for the entire invasion, and that struck him right at the core of his heart. He was blamed falsely for being a traitor, after all. He found resentment for those three rotten, disgusting changelings that completely ruined everything, and right then, he equated these guards to them. Hatred burned hellishly inside.
“Your kind are no longer welcome in this world, and the only way to fix that is to eliminate you permanently.”
Bumble’s shaking became more rapid, not out of sadness or fear, but out of the anger building up inside of him. He felt it, trying to hold it back as hard as he could.
“So now, it’s time for that dream to be realized into fruition, you maggots.”
Bumble’s anger finally exploded.
“Shut up!” he screeched, making the guards around him recoil. A light-green spark shot out from his horn as he gritted his fangs and growled.
“Silence!”
“No, you need to shut your mouth, you bigoted jerk! You think that I actually wanted to be in the stupid invasion!? Well, let me tell you, I didn’t! I was forced to do it by my Queen, who I never even liked in the first place! She called me a ‘traitor’ and blamed me and my mother for the entire invasion, just like you are!”
“Shut your-“
“And that’s not even the half of what happened! She killed my mother and one other changeling, and I don’t even know if that’s all she did! Just like you, as well! You call me a maggot and a worm, when in reality, it’s you who are those things!”
During his burning rant, he could feel a charging energy inside of his horn, screaming to be released. It was the collection of the massive pool of love energy that had congregated throughout his entire stay with Fluttershy trying to explode in one giant blast. He clenched his fangs even tighter, lowering his head and letting the energy consume his horn. Instantly, his first blast of magic erupted from the tip, shooting directly towards one of the guard’s horns.
In an instant, the guard started to charge his own horn, but it was far too late. The magical beam rammed straight into the center of the horn, and with the incredibly high concentration of magic in the beam, it ripped and sheared the entire upper half off and disintegrated it. A violent, light-blue tornado of magical energy surged outwards from the inside of his horn, causing the entire cave to glow cerulean. The guard’s eyes dilated as he dropped to his stomach, screaming. He started to breathe shallowly.
“Star Spinner!” one of the other guards shouted, immediately running over. “Star Spinner, are you all right?”
Bumble huffed and puffed out of the rage he was feeling, but was beginning to calm down. Suddenly, he felt a fierce pound against the back of his head, knocking him unconscious.
“Enough of you!” the guard that smashed Bumble’s head shouted, breathing heavily.
Star Spinner, who was poking at his horn with his fore hooves, was now being lifted onto a gurney and was being carted off to the right side of the cave to the healing ward.
The guard who hit Bumble lifted him with his magic, walking him over to the tightest cage he could find. He set Bumble down and opened the cage, and then picked Bumble back up and, as forcefully as he possibly could, threw him into the cage. He slammed the door on the cage, and with a dark scowl, clenched his eyes.
“I’m going to make you regret ever having been born!” he claimed, turning and walking away.
NOT EVEN MY HIVE TREATS THE HUSKS LIKE THIS
*starts making a trap*
Could use more husks though....
4513160 Wow, that was quick!
What's a "husk?"
4513167
Husks!
It's good that Bumble got a chance to say what we all agree. These ponies are letting their fear and paranoia control them, and in that environment, sadly, cruel characters like the guards flourish. It's sad to see such an innocent character subjected to such brutal treatment but still good to see him stand up for himself.
I'm really hoping that Fluttershy does something to help save Bumble, though I get the feeling that it might not be possible until she is able to convince her "friends" that they were wrong about him. I think it would be very difficult, but if anyone can get through their thick skulls, it's Fluttershy.
I can't wait to see how this continues to unfold.
4513182 Gods, that's creepy.
Which hive are you part of, again? Miasma's?
4513193 Correct
Wow, this got really dark, really quick.
How loving and caring the ponies are...
4513192 Oh and angel should be useful for dealing with guards, heres a quote from a story
4513207 You're right. That bunny can be pretty nasty when he wants to be. Which is quite often. That was a cool quote. May I ask what story that was from?
The guard is gonna be dead!
*Sending an entire army of tanks*
PREPARE YOUR ANUS! PREPARE TO GET RAPED!
4513195 Ah. So, what's Miasma like, exactly? Is she all super cruel and always angry like I'm always hearing about? Or does she have a nicer side?
4513214 Flitter
4513225 Thank you very much.
4513224 Vain and has a horrible temper
But she does her job well
4513230 Really good story, if your interested in funny story quotes check out my quotes list
4513234 Hm... I see. If I had to be part of a hive, it might be either Calliphora's or Myxine's hive. I don't know why, but I just seem to like them more as characters than Miasma, Chrysalis or Ambrosia.
4513243 I'll be sure to do that. Thanks again.
4513251 Really? The Nekropolis Hive? Thats a tad unusual....
Oh my traps done! *starts working on a portal*
4513255 Your welcome!
4513280 Yeah. While not much is known about that hive, what I do know is that Calliphora is actually a lot nicer than most think she is, and that she even sometimes helps out with building projects and other ordinances in the hive.
4513321 Most queens are very good matches with the hive, my queens vain nature helps get ponies who prefer a classy and maybe loaded mare, great for getting gold diggers!
4513328 But I don't like a gold digger. I like...
Lightning Dust. Yup. That's right. 10/10 would bang. lol.
4513337 She's not bad, if you want one full of sexual tension from being teased for about a year I could hook you up with a portal
4513345 Lol, that's fine. I'll figure her out myself.
4513349 *shrugs* she has been stuck in a plant with her holes filled with sap for about a year thanks to rainbow dash
4513354 Lol. I actually heard she's doing better now and is trying to reapply for a lower position at the academy.
4513370 In that universe she is still in there
But good for lightning dust
Its weird they cut the ending of that episode
4513384 In what universe? The actual MLP universe?
4513388 Nope this universe, warning MATURE
4513398 Sorry, I don't do mature.
4513406 *shrugs* Thats fine, just telling you what universe it us
Thanks for the update. And poor bumble. And now im realllly pissed. Grea4 shot bumble and perfect hit.
4513426 Yes. And now, there will be one magicless unicorn with half a horn. Talk about shame.
That guard ignored valuable intel coming from a youth who had no reason to lie and fewer inhibitions because of his biases from the recent invasion. *Starts the paper work procedures to initiate a court martial*. While I'm at it, better start working on some paper work to request the temporary relieving of Captain Shining Armor from his position for a mental evaluation to see if he can continue serving as an effective commander.
I'll post up my first impression here:
This story got really dark pretty fast, and this is only doing a good job at reinforcing it. With the setting pretty much shown to us that his time is going to be quite bleak (Despite having amazing accuracy for a blind Changeling), this only leads me as to wonder why, or how, such an event, such as the Canterlot Invasion, could lead a person, such as the guards, down such a dark path.
Anyways, I'll read it over a second time tomorrow and give a better outlook on it by then.
These guys make the keystone cops look like Dragnet. If these are qualified guards, then the UNqualified guards must have accidentally killed themselves filling out their applications. The mortality rate for ponies filling out that application has to be at least 20%.
A guard was maimed by a blind, crippled, and restrained child with an overt attack telegraphed a minute in advance and accompanied by angry shouting. For the love of all that is sane in this world, have one of the princesses investigate this child personally.
4513750 I agree with you man. The Mane 6 just ****ed their friendship, Captain Asshole and the other guards just abused a child..
Yeah banish their souls anyway >:D
Bullied his whole life, forced to go to war, HIS MOTHER MURDERED RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM, and now torture. Bumble's gonna end up pretty messed-up.
BEST. CHAPTER. EVER. Everyone should read this story. seriously.
Where is Fluttershy in all this!? I thought she would of done something really crazy by now! Even breaking out her son!
Give us the Fluttershy Rage! The Rage of a awesome mother!
4514383 Trust me, I've got it coming.
4514398
YES!!!!
Let me put it this way. in the chatroom I own I have sorcerer magik. and Im about ready to show them what TRUE Rage is. *Growls low as I scrape my claws along the stone floor of my Den, leaving 2 inch deep furrows behind them*
Oh, and one more thing. there is ONE pony you NEVER want to get POed at you! a pony that is a gentle Mare and Has The STARE!!!!!!
Poor Bumble snapped. But the guards had it coming. C'mon Fluttershy! Go get your baby!
MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE please
4514881 what you said
4513435 nope. He got his just punishment. They took a child from his frking mother! A blind child at that!
Sorry i get passonet.
I feel sick.The tension is too much.
dont take 2 weeks to update this time please?I am getting severe Auschwitz vibes with this
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I agree about the guards. I actually cheered in my head when bumble stroke one down with one enraged blast.
Something tells me these idiot guards are doing things their way; behind their higher officials and the princesses' backs. Would love to see them all blasted for their cruel ignorance but only after they endure the wrath of Flutterage of course!