Chapter 23
(Dream Sequence)
Isaac mentally blinked, as he found himself walking through the hallways of a castle. Canterlot Castle, if the layout was any indication. However, the color scheme was radically different. The portraits on the walls were different as well. He looked out the window to see that it was night-time as well. This all seemed... familiar, but at the same time new to him, and not just because it was Canterlot Castle.
He was asleep and dreaming, that was obvious. But this wasn't any memory that he could recall, yet it seemed like he'd been here before.
"What now?" he tried to say, but his mouth didn't move.
"This is going to be one of those dreams again isn't ?" the angel thought bitterly. Dream-Isaac hummed, his hands in his pockets. Looking down, he could see that he was wearing a well-designed black suit, a white dress shirt, a red tie, and black shoes.
"Okay, so the formal wear is a hint." Was he going to some sort of gala? He hoped not. Those were always boring.
Dream-Isaac passed by a pair of armored stallions. Their armor greatly resembled the armor worn by Celestia's Royal Guards, only silver where there was gold, and red crests instead of blue. They stopped and saluted him.
"Good evening, sir!" they said.
His counterpart chuckled, "At ease. Continue with your duties."
The two guards nodded and walked past him.
"Okay, what does that mean?" Isaac thought. He was dreaming about himself being in a position of authority? Was he just dreaming about the future he wanted, or did it mean something else?
Dream-Isaac continued walking, admiring the scenery. He made a turn to the right, going down another path. At the end of this hallway, Isaac saw a large door.
"A throne room?"
His dream self suddenly facepalmed.
"Damn it, I almost forgot to shave!" he groaned, running to one of the nearby mirrors on the walls.
Isaac would have gasped had been able to at the time. While they were identical in terms of facial features, there were some clear differences. His counterpart's hair was neatly combed where his was messy, and had a five-o clock shadow that was being magically removed instead of his beard. The most notable difference?
The crown on his head. 
"Is.... this the King that those twins were talking about?" the angel thought. An alternate version of himself? Considering how they compared him to the King it made sense.
"But why am I dreaming of being him? Is this one of his memories, or is he experiencing this in real-time?
The King finished, his now clean-shaven face grinning in the mirror. He went back to walking towards that throne room, his humming resuming.
"Is that the toreador march?"
In a minute, his counterpart was at the closed door to the throne room. His grinned returned as he fixed his tie and cleared his throat.
"Showtime." he whispered, before opening the door.
The throne room greatly resembled Celestia's, with two major differences. One was the color scheme, the other was that there was two thrones.
One of which was occupied by a familiar face.
"Luna?!"
"Hello, darling!" the King shouted, a shit-eating grin on his face.
Luna rolled her eyes, then smiled.
"Hello, dear. I assume you managed to drag our daughter back to her tutors?" she replied.
"DAUGHTER?!"
The King strutted in past the sputtering petitioners, before taking his place on the throne next to his.... wife.
"I-I guess a King needs a Queen. But really?Luna of all people? And they have a daughter?!" Isaac would have gagged had he been able. If they ever met face to face, he'd be sure to question his counterpart's taste and sanity.
"Of course. She may be good, but she can't hide from the Master!" he answered, smugness emanating from him.
Queen Luna sighed, "Must you interrupt me like this in the middle of my Night Court?"
"Yes actually. You've been frowning too much lately, and I don't like it."
The alicorn frowned, "Yo-"
"Just like that actually!"
*THUNK!*
She hit him in the back of his head with her hoof for the interruption.
"Ow.." he groaned.
"You know exactly why. Celestia has been free for months now. "
"So Celestia might be evil in this universe?" Isaac pondered. That was good to know.
The King sighed, "I do, yet I've told you multiple times that she will be found before anything serious happens. The guards, our students, and my other bodies are searching the entire country. Even Sombra is keeping an eye open!"
"Good Sombra as well?"
Queen Luna sighed, "That would be more comforting if we even had an idea as to where she is."
One of the petitioners, an old unicorn stallion, cleared his throat. "Err.... Excuse me, your Majesties? I was about to..."
The King nodded, "Right. I apologize for interrupting you."
"Thank you. Now I would to draw attention to the worrying amount of vampire fruit bats that have been seen around Ponyvi-"
The stallion's words were cut off as the dream ended.
(Canterlot Castle, The Dungeons, 1:13 PM)
Isaac's eyes snapped open. He was still shackled to the wall, his wings bound and his magic inaccessible. He had taken a nap to pass the time, but had instead learned something that might be a problem in the future.
The angel sighed, "Seriously though, Luna?"
(Canterlot Castle, Throne Room, 1:42 PM)
Sunset grumbled as a pair of Royal Guards escorted her into a room she never thought she'd see again. There were shackles on her legs. She had been arrested after Isaac had abandoned her.
"Then again, it isn't that surprising." she thought.
"Guards, unshackle her and leave us." Princess Celestia ordered.
The two stallions nodded, removing the cuffs and walking out of the room.
The silence between them was deafening.
"Are you ready to talk, my student?." the white alicorn said, looking down at her.
Sunset Shimmer rolled her eyes "I'm not your student anymore. Remember?"
The sun princess sighed, " So now is when you decide to talk to me? I was hoping your time in the other world would have caused you to mature."
The unicorn glared at her, "What is that supposed to mean?!"
"I think you already know the answer to that, but let's not get into that. Your parents worry about you, Sunset."
Sunset scoffed, "And that's supposed to just make up for all the years they spent ignoring me as they argued with each other?"
"They've realized their mistakes, Sunset." Celestia replied.
"Good for them! But that doesn't mean I'm going to forgive and forget."
"I'm not asking you to forgive and forget. I'm asking you to give them a chance."
"And what if I don't want to?"
The white alicorn shrugged, "Then I cannot make you. "
Sunset's eyes widened. Celestia of all ponies was actually not trying to make her do something she didn't want to? When she was her student it was always "go make some friends!" or something like that.
"What... brought this on?" the unicorn asked.
The sun princess looked out the window, at the damaged city of Canterlot. When the Changelings had realized that they were going to lose, they decided to hurt her little ponies as much as possible before they did.
"Your parents aren't the only who have realized their mistakes, Sunset. I've done a lot of thinking since you left."
The young mare snorted, "Is that why you decided to let me out of that cell?"
Celestia rolled her eyes, "Partially. The other reason is that Isaac told me that you weren't working with him."
Her ex-student glared at her, "So if I was working for him you would have let me rot in there?"
She glared right back, "I would try to convince you not to, and if that failed.... Then yes actually. I would feel bad about it, but I would do it. Isaac is a wanted criminal, Sunset."
The unicorn wanted to argue, but she couldn't refute that kind of logic. She decided to change the subject instead.
"So what happened to Canterlot?" Sunset grumbled.
"A changeling queen impersonated Cadence and attempted to launch an invasion. Thankfully, somepony who knew about it spoke up before the queen could finish building up her power and forces."
Sunset raised an eyebrow, "That explains the broken windows and green slime I saw in the hallways."
"It could have been much worse. So.... what will you do now?" Celestia asked.
"I don't think that's any of your business."
"Sunset, please. I'm trying to make amends with you."
"I don't care."
The white alicorn looked annoyed, "You see? This is why you're not my student anymore! You're too immature to accept when ponies are trying to apologize, and you're arrogant enough to want things that you're nowhere near ready for!"
Sunset cringed, and Celestia realized that she had made a mistake.
"Sunset, I..."
The unicorn turned away, "No, no. I get it. You're right and I'm wrong. Just like I'm always wrong."
"Isaac, what did you do to her?" the sun princess pondered, her anger returning.
"I'll just.... show myself out." the young mare said, walking away.
"Sunset please!"
But her ex-student ignored her, walking out of the throne room.
(Canterlot Castle, The Dungeons, 2:03 PM)
*CRASH!*
Isaac blinked as he heard the door to the dungeons opening, and loud hoofsteps afterwards.
Hoofsteps that were getting closer.
He sat there confused as an angry-looking Celestia stomped into view. She glared at him with a frightening intensity.
"What did you do to Sunset?" she asked.
The angel tilted his head, "I already told you that."
"Why is she so... sad?" she specified.
A light-bulb turned on his head as Isaac grinned in realization.
"OH, you mean that! Well then I'll have to tell you what Sunset got up to while in the world on the other side of the mirror. Are you sure you want to hear it?"
Her glare intensified, "Don't toy with me."
"I warned you. Well as it turns out, the world Sunset went to didn't have the power she desired. In fact, it didn't have any magic at all. She couldn't even use her own while she was there! Unfortunately that combined with the argument you two had before she left, the fact that the mirror transformed her into an entirely different species, the fact that the mirror turned her into a child as well, and how the locals didn't take her seriously really pissed her off. At least, that's what my theory is. I've never actually looked inside her head. Keep in mind this could be completely wrong."
Isaac's grin got bigger, "So then she decided to take it out on the kids she was now forced to go to school with! At first, it was just stress relief. But as time went by she really began to enjoy it. By the time I got there, there were all scared shitless of her!"
She sighed, "Continue."
"I assume you know that she wanted to be Princess and was angry that you said no?"
The white alicorn nodded.
"Well that changed kinda. Now we get to the stuff I know for sure! She still wanted to be a Princess, only she wanted to you and the other two alicorns out of the picture. She planned on stealing the Element of Magic from your current student when the mirror would have re-opened a year from now, and using it's power to enslave the locals of that world to use as her army to conquer Equestria."
Celestia's fury evaporated, as she started to wonder where she went wrong.
"Unfortunately, she didn't count on me being there! So I took her aside and asked her how she came to be in that world, and what her plans were for the future. You want know what I said to her after?" he asked, eyes glimmering with glee.
"I poked holes in every single one of those plans. I verbally tore her apart. When I was done, she was in tears." he started laughing.
"HAHAHAHA! It was hilarious!"
*THUUM!*
Isaac stopped laughing as the room started to shake and heat up dramatically. Celestia's eyes were literally glowing with rage as she stared at him.
"You.... are very lucky I do not take lives anymore." she intoned.
He smirked, "That's an excuse and we both know it. You just don't want to give me the honor of being the guy who made you lose control."
The sun princess stared at him for a few more seconds, before leaving him to the dungeons.
"That's what I thought."
(Canterlot Castle, Throne Room, 3:14 PM)
Celestia took a deep breath as she sat on her throne, filling out the paperwork that would help start the repairing of the cities. After that absolutely, infuriating conversation with Isaac, she had taken an hour to calm down.
"Your Majesty, your student and the rest of the Element Bearers are here." a guard walked in, bowing low.
"Send them in." she replied, levitating the document she was currently working on over to a nearby pile.
The guard nodded, and walked over to the door. He opened, revealing none other than Twilight Sparkle and friends.
"Good evening, my little ponies. I assume you're here to help with the repairs after getting my letter?"
Twilight bowed, taking the lead as always.
"We came as fast as we could, Princess. How are....?"
Celestia nodded, "Princess Cadence is physically fine, despite the.. changes to her body. Captain Armor has a broken foreleg, but other than that he's fine as well."
She stood up, walking towards her student and friends.
"I'm not going to lie. This could have been much worse than it was. Casualties were kept to a minimum. Most of the damage was to the buildings." she smirked, "There's even some good news."
The Element Bearers felt unsettled by that smirk. It was just so.... different to the Princess Celestia that they were used to.
Applejack cleared her throat, "And that is, yer Highness?"
"The Changeling Queen responsible for this invasion, as well as Isaac have been captured. They are in cells down in the dungeons, awaiting their punishment."
The six of them gasped, before breaking into cheers.
"WOOHOO!" Pinkie shouted.
"That creep is toast!" Rainbow Dash grinned.
Even Fluttershy let out a quiet, "Yay!"
"However."
Their cheers stopped at that.
"The Changeling Queen has been acting unusually smug despite losing. She still has an ace up her sleeve that we don't know about."
Rarity gasped, "Oh, dear."
"Do we have any idea what that ace might be?" Twilight asked.
Celestia shook her head, "No idea, and the Queen isn't saying a word on the matter."
"So what do we do now?"
The sun princess sighed, turning to look out the window.
"It concerns your current 'condition', and the one responsible for it."
The Element Bearers glanced at their additional wings and/or horns.
"As much as I don't want to, I'm going to release Isaac-"
"WHAT?!"
"That's crazy talk!"
Celestia cleared her throat, silencing their protests.
"I will release him while under heavy restraints. He won't be able to use his full power. After he returns you to normal, the six of you will be his parole officers."
"Excuse me fer this, but why us?" Applejack asked.
The white alicorn turned back them, staring all six of them in the eyes with the most serious expression they had ever seen on her.
"Simple, you're going to reform him."
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5925586 YEAAAAAAAAA UPDATE
Cant wait to see what chess master Isaac has planned
are they actually going to reform him? just kinda wanna know if they actually will or they are going to "try" and fail.
Ok so ur gona reform him but pleas tell me that The shenanigans will still be there Please the shenanigans Are at stake I am scared for thee shenanigans
Oh my fucking GOD Celestia, HAVE YOU LEARNED NOTHING?! First Sunset. Now, you think you can reform somebody WHO ISN'T EVEN EVIL?! Jesus, sometimes I just want to slap the ever-loving shit outta her...
We would hope for say a displaced or two to offer exchanged 'assistance' to the 'king of angels', though we are curious of other plots in motion.
Hype for more! Very excited that this is back, is in my list of favorite ongoing fics! Also, Toreador March? Really? Someone has had something to do with FNAF recently haven't they?
Yes! yes give us more precious!
IT LIVES IT FREAKING LIVES!!!!!!! HOLY COW IT LIVES OH MY GOD I CANT EVEN BEGIN TO EXPRESS MY JOY!!!!
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Where did you see the Toreador March anywhere in this chapter?
no no no NO NO NO NO NO! NO! NOOOO! NOOOOOOOO! NO!
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I will be disappoint if he actually turns them back
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and I will be royally pissed off with their attitudes no matter what, I can just feel it.
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I feel that this would be an appropriate response
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p.s she 'reformed' Discord as well and all he was was a powerful prankster. I wouldn't put her past trying to change Issac as well.
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Derp. I forgot I put that there.
How can you reform someone who wasn't even evil to begin with?
Also...That Luna ship! HEHEHEHEH
Trying to reform someone like him should cause a lot of shenanigan..
good luck with that. Reforming him and all.
YAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOO! TIME FOR THE SONG OF VICTORY!
Now… what could our dearest Isaac have planned? I heartily await the continuation of this amazing story, and an explanation of how in the nine hells he managed to see an alternate version of himself.
Great chapter.
I get the feeling Chrysalis isn't the only one with a plan. Something tell's me Celestia is playing right into Isaac's hand.
What's happen to the Dazzlings?
WOOT!!
... How do you reform something that's not evil... Actually I take that back. Humans are a grey area for ponies, they wouldn't be able to tell if the human was evil or not... In fact I'm pretty sure a human in balance with himself would be unnafected by the elements or dead... Or drastically changed...
5925756 They didn't 'reform' Discord. They gave him two options; Not be a dick, or be stoned. He chose not be a dick. Fluttershy is just a bonus. What, you thought that he actually CARED about friends? Living for God-knows-how-long without them, he really doesn't need anything.
5926167 Commented that exact same thing a few hours ago.
He is an angel so dont make him weak ok he is strong o next chap they try let him loose.
I would hate it if Issac became soft, I like his smugness, and his meanness.
5926181 technically I said that ponies can't tell whether something is evil or not... If it doesn't like friendship kill it with rainbows... Not literally but you get my meaning. Discord liked chaos but he wasn't truly evil he just liked picking on ponies since they had the worst reaction. But I also didn't see your comment.
5926180 why do you think I put quotes around reformed?
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5926273 Sorry. Didn't see 'em.
Oh dear, I bet Issac will end up driving all of the Mane Six insane except for Pinkie. They'll probably end up as best friends with Discord and spread chaos throughout the lands.
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I am.... legitimately confused as to why you think Isaac and Sunset aren't evil.
In the first Equestria Girls movie, we learned that Sunset terrorized her classmates for years. Then when she turned into a demon she attempted to flat-out MURDER Twilight and the Humane Five, she brainwashed the other students, and turned Snips and Snails into demons. If Twilight and friends hadn't pulled that Deus Ex Machina friendship cannon out of nowhere, she would have killed them and invaded Equestria.
Isaac casually mindrapes ponies with magic whenever it suits him. Do you not see a problem with the memory-alteration and personality-twisting he does? He also has no problems with manipulation and murder. Also, remember this line:
Everything bad you've seen him do up to this point? That's Isaac holding back so he doesn't get squashed. If there was no threat of the Princesses, Discord, or the Elements hanging over him. Well....
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You put Isaac in the same dungeon as Chrysalis... you're a complete [REDACTED]
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They are on opposites sides of the dungeon, so they don't know that the other is even there. Celestia actually put guards watching them 24/7 to make sure they don't know about each other or try to communicate if they do.
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wait, does isaac even need reforming? he seems perfectly good in my books
5926420 eh I'm just guessing that my complete degeneration of my mental process of feeling emotions on a minor scale skewed my sense of evil and good... And also I love being the bad guy and sometimes I cringe... CRINGE! When I read about a good guy!...
Based on what I've seen of this fic, I predict that Isaac will refuse to 'restore' the mane 6 and his 'reformation' will fail hilariously. Looking forward to more.
Keep up the good work. Deus tecum.
Need's editing, and i already don't like the "reformation" bs, you better NOT do it or else i will downvote the fic and unfavor im warning you, don't make me do this !
Oh my god, they have a LONG, annoying, and hilarious road ahead of them.
I can't wait to see what's in store!
THE RETURN OF THE KING!!!
5926420 I just have one question, can he make random things explode chocolate?
Celestia has absolutely NO idea, does she?
AAAAAAALLLLLrighty then. Let me just adjust the settings.
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I swear to god, if you make issac a complete reformed bitch like discord in the end of season 3 I will down vote and unfavorite this story