Just because Bugze cursed Lady Luck for no reason, I'm gonna have this happen:
A bucket of water falls on your head, soaking you completely as two colts open the door, "Hahah! Another one soaked to the core!" The one on the left says
"I told you everypony would fall for it!" Says the one on the right.
You feel as though somepony out there is laughing at you as you mutter curses.
"Curse you lady luck."
The door opens in acknowledgment of the pass-phrase and you walk in...
*splash*
And a bucket of water placed on top of the door falls on your head causing two colts at a nearby table to laugh.
"Hahah! Another one soaked to the core!" The one on the left says
"I told you everypony would fall for it!" Says the one on the right.
"Guess I said it too early..." you mutter under your breath while mumbling curses that colts their age should never know exists.
As you are taking off the bucket, you hear a deep, threatening voice say from behind the colts,
"Boys..."
The two colts gulp in fear before they rush past you screaming,
"RUN FOR IT! BULK IS COMING!"
You stare at the clots in confusion, but just shrug your wet shoulders before you turn around... and squeak in fear. For in front of you is...
He door opens and a huge white pegasus with tiny wings looks you over with scrutiny
You: Holy Luna this guy is huge!
You realize you said that out loud and stammer but stop when you see him smiling
BB: Thanks, I try my best. Have a seat at the bar, we’re still waiting for one of our vice presidents.
You walk in and see about 10 ponies sitting on stools while Berry behind the bar. Some of them you know, like Lyra, Bon Bon, Fluttershy, Vinyl, Octavia, that pegasus that dropped the flowerpot on Twilights head, but then there are some you don’t know. One is a black pegasus stallion with a Mohawk (you’ve seen him around town), another is a stallion who you swear looks exactly like the Doctor, only he’s grey and has a bunch of clovers for a cutie mark. There’s also an older unicorn stallion with a thick mustache and Hawaiian shirt on who seems overly cheerful, and the mare with the glasses who is the Mayor’s assistant.
A huge white pegasus with tiny wings looks you over with scrutiny in his intense red eyes...
"Holy Luna this guy is hug-ulp!"
You throw your hooves over your mouth when you realize you just blurted that out loud and stammer in fear,
"Don't worry Bulk! He's cool." Berry Punch says from behind the bar.
At this, Bulk smiles and says,
"Thanks, I try my best. Have a seat at the bar."
With that, you walk towards the bar as Bulk walks in the opposite direction to deal with a brown earth pony in a black waistcoat that looks like he had a little too much to drink.
You see some ponies sitting on stools while Berry is behind the bar. Some of them you know, like Lyra, Bon Bon, Fluttershy, Vinyl, Octavia, that pegasus that dropped the flowerpot on Crazilight's head, but then there are some you don’t know. One is a black pegasus stallion with a Mohawk (you’ve seen him around town with his younger brother Rumble), another is an older unicorn stallion with a thick mustache and Aloha shirt on who seems overly cheerful, and a earth pony mare with glasses who you recognize as the Mayor’s assistant.
You stare at the mayor's assistant in confusion and can't help but think,
Why is she an elite Horde member of all ponies? Isn't she technically with the government? And the government really hates me... or loves me considering they get all the pork that results when I trash someplace. Or maybe she's disgruntled over being passed over for a raise or promotio- Wait, wasn't there a unicorn version of her that served Solar Flan- GAH! Brain Overload! Keep it simple bug... Oh well... Hey, I've got someling on the inside! Ohohooh, if I ever need to make a quick escape she's the one who can help me get information on how to get outta town.
With that thought in mind, you smile behind your scarf and face mask as you sit down next to the Aloha-shirted pony. As you do sit down, you see Fluttershy and she sees you and...
Fluttershy waves to you and smiles, but then goes back to preparing a stack of papers that you guess is her notes. You sit down at a stool next to the older unicorn stallion, and Berry puts a small glass in front of you.
BP: On the house
You: What is it?
B: It’s Apple Cider of course
You: Oh sweet
You slam it back but then began hacking and choking because your throat burns, causing the mustached stallion to begin patting your back
Magnum: Whoa there, easy fella, you gotta know your limits don’t ya know?
You note that he’s got a thick Mineighsotan accent
You: I thought I did! What kind of Cider is that?
BP: I call it AppleJack, because it packs quite a kick, ha ha ha
You: What’s in it?!
BP: I may have mixed some Jack Spaniels into it.
She smirks and holds up a bottle of booze that has a sophisticated Diamond Dog on it with a pipe and smoking jacket.
You: Water! Water!
BP: Ya I thought as much
She gives you a pitcher and you start downing the whole thing.
waves to you and smiles, but then goes back to preparing a stack of papers that you guess is her notes. You sit down at a stool next to the older unicorn stallion,
"Did you see the sunrise this morning?" you hear the unicorn suddenly mutter into his drink (a long-neck bottle of beer that reads "Old Düsseldorf"... Sounds like a Griffin brand, but you barely remember your grandbuggy mentioning that the brand is actually brewed in Baltimare during that time he was teaching you drinking games... Long story short, there's a reason you can't stand alcohol).
Before you could ask what he meant by that, Berry puts a small glass in front of you saying,
"On the house."
"Thanks, but what is it?" you ask.
"It’s Apple Cider of course."
"Oh sweet!", You exclaim before slamming it back in one gulp, but then your throat and tongue burn and you began hacking and choking, causing the mustached stallion to begin slapping your back... hard.
"Whoa there, easy fella, you gotta know your limits don’t ya know?"
As you calm down, you note that he’s got a thick Mineighsotan accent.
"I thought I did!" you cough, "What kind of bucking Cider is that?"
"I call it AppleJack, because it packs quite a kick, ha ha ha.", Berry says as she chuckles at her own joke.
"What’s in it?!"
"I mix of hard cider and Jack Spaniels." She smirks as she holds up a bottle of booze that has a sophisticated Diamond Dog on it with a pipe and smoking jacket.
"Water! Water!" You beg.
"Ya I thought as much." Berry Punch says as she gives you a pitcher and you start chugging the whole thing as quickly as you can.
Berry just looks at you in confusion and asks,
"You know, I've seen plenty of stallions and mares up-chuck that stuff from downing it to fast, but you did it ten times worse then the others. What's the story there?"
She leans in closer to you when she asked that with a look full of curiosity. After you finish downing the water pitcher, you tell her,
"Because I can't standalcohol, I hate it and me getting drunk is not good for anypony."
Berry looks horrified as she rears back and says,
"How can you hate alcohol! Alcohol is the drink of the alicorns!"
She then grabs a nearby bottle of what looks lite rum and begins to pet it while whispering,
"It's okay, mamma's here. Mamma loves you, don't let the mean stallion offended you. Mamma loves you, yes she does, yes she does."
As you and the other stallion stare at Berry, the other stallion turns to you and says,
With her gone you strike up a conversation with the guy next to you and find out his name is Magnum and he used to be a private investigator. He also happens to be Sweetie Belle and Tacky McStabFlanks’ Dad. Apparently he joined because Sweetie was so enthused about the Offender, even though his wife doesn’t know.
"Sorry about Ms. Berry, she gets... protective whenever somepony talks bad of alcohol."
You continue to stare at Berry as she now starts to kiss the rum like a mother would kiss her daughter.
"I've noticed."
The other stallion holds out his hoof to you and says,
"The names Hondo "Magnum" Flanks, ex-private investigator of Ponyville."
You shake his hoof and say,
"Nice to meet you Magnum, my names Te-"
Magnum holds up his hoof to stop you as he says,
"I know who you are, Baker Sylvester Tennant. Even if I wasn't an ex-P.I., my daughter told me all about how 'cool' you are and how your daughter is the best friend she could have."
You chuckle in embarrassment at the compliment, and can't help but ask,
"Hehheh, thanks. And if she's friends with my daughter, then I might know her. Who is she?"
Magnum smiles as he says,
"One of my pride and joys, Sweetie Belle."
"Oh your Sweetie's father..."
You trail off as you realize what that means and blurt out,
"THAT MEANS YOU'RE TACKY MCSTABBY FLANK'S FATHER TOO!"
Some of the other elite Horde members turn towards you in surprise from your outburst (while Lyra and Bon Bon merely laugh at the mention of Rarity's nickname) before they go back to their own conversations. You sweat drop at how fast they lost interest, when you hear Magnum chuckle as he says,
"Yes, I get that reaction alot. But it's true. I'm also the father of one of the Offender's enemies. Talk about luck huh. One of my daughters is a huge fan (half the reason I joined you know), the other hates his guts and my wife doesn't know anything about it..."
You barely notice the hint of anger in his voice when he said that as you look at Magnum with sympathy as you say,
"Oh dude... that's gotta suck. A whole family divided by their views of the Offender..."
You then think guilty,
I pretty much divided whole stinking family. Another reason the Offender should have stayed dead. And another reason why I just should have left for good... Note to self: Go easy on Rarity next time I have to fight her.
Your guilty thoughts are interrupted when Magnum asks,
"Say, you told Berry that you being drunk is a bad thing, what's the deal with that?"
You sigh as you say,
"Whenever I get drunk, I go into 'drunken monster' mode. I literally lose consciousness, but my body keeps moving. One time, I got drunk once from a prank back in the town I used to live in. When I come to the next day, half the town is destroyed and I had to rebuild and find a lot of stuff. Thank Luna for WD-40, vise-grips, and duct tape."
Magnum gulps nervously as he says,
"Yikes, that's got to suck."
You nod your head morbidly and are about to say something, when you hear a voice in your head say (or rather yell),
S: Wha-WHAT?! Where are we? What’s going on?
You: Nothing, just choking
S: NO! WHAT IS THIS?! WEREN’T WE JUST IN A HOSPITAL? WHERE ARE WE?!
You: That was two days ago, we’re at the Horde meeting now.
S: WHAT?!
You: Ya, don’t you remember? I got operated on, read the end of Daring Do, ran away from ninjas (said fast “kissed the filly fooler”) and then went back to the farm and worked for the next two days
S: I have no recollection of these events at all…wait, what was that about a ki…
You: NOTHING!
S: Oookaaay…but that still doesn’t explain how I don’t remember the last 48 hours!
You: Well you were pretty high at the time
S: High?
You: Yeah, the Quack jammed a needle into my brain injected you full of stupid happy fun time drugs.
S: I WAS DRUGGED! ME?!
You: Eyup, and let me just say, you are all kinds of fun when you are stoned
S: GRRRRRRR
You: But maybe you should lay off it from now on Selly, you were gone in la la land until yesterday when I assumed you had passed out.
S: Oh if I find that doctor I am going to…wait, Selly?
You: Ya, you know, since you didn’t want me calling you Nimmy anymore.
S: So you chose Selly instead? How is that even better?
You: Well technically it’s a nickname for the one you chose the other day
S: What? I chose?
You: Oh right, druggy times, well…
Flash Back, The Day Before Yesterday
You were reading a Batmane Comic Book after an unusually rough day of work. AJ kept glaring at you, and making you haul and carry mass amounts of loads in the wagon, and then had you plow a field, even though that was Big Red’s job. All the while you swear you kept hear her saying under her breath.
AJ: Dang Stallions, you’re all the same.
And
AJ: I’m gonna make that no good Rainbow pay
It didn’t help that Nightmare kept singing to you all day and laughing about how your cousin was jealous of your new girlfriend.
But all that was behind you as you sat on your cot reading the story while Night Shade was inside the house playing a board game with Applebloom.
The issue was pretty good, Batmane and Catmare had teamed together again and stopped The Joker from unleashing nerve gas into the City. As they stood together on a rooftop, Catmare tried to kiss the Bat, but he refused, and glided away leaving her looking sad.
You: Dang it Batmane, don’t you know that she loves you?! Poor poor Selena…
S: Awww…I feel for her. A Warrior of the night, scorned and abandoned by those she cares for and loves…I feel kinship with her for some reason.
You: I know right? Stupid Bruce Mane! Selena is perfect for him.
S: And her name is pretty too… I want it
You: Huh? Want what?
S: I want her name! Give it to me!
You: Selena? Really?
S: Yes! It is regal, beautiful, and dangerous, just like me!
You: Well alright then, Selena. Wow, can’t believe I was almost there with the whole “Celunza” thing
S: You’re still a dork for that (giggles) but yes! I shall now be the Catmare to your Batmane!
You: Umm…you know that means there’d be like a weird love/hate relationship and a lot of sexual tension between us if you use that analogy
S: Oh I know that my squishy little bug…I definitely know that (seductively)
Suddenly you get a flash of her wearing Catmane’s costume with her whip out and blood shoots out your nose
You:(Blush) OKAY! I’m aborting this conversation! I’m Reading, just reading!
S: (giggles)
Present
You: Then you started singing about how “Everything is Awesome”
S: I am definitely never doing drugs again (blushing) but…that name…Selena…I chose it?
You: Ya, do you like it or should we go back to Nimmy?
S: I…that name…Mine? My own? (confused/awed)
You: You alright?
S: …I am. Just…give me some time to think over things
And with that she stops talking
Wha-WHAT?! Where are we? What’s going on?
Just choking on alcohol while chatting with a member of a family I tore apart with my very existence.... you mentally reply sarcastically.
NO! WHAT IS THIS?! WEREN'T WE JUST IN A HOSPITAL BEING BUTCHERED BY A QUACK!? WHERE ARE WE?! she demands in a panic.
That was two days ago, we’re at the Horde meeting now.
WHAT?!
Yeah, don’t you remember? I got operated on, read the end of Daring Do, ran away from ninjas, kissedthefillyfooler, and then went back to the farm and worked for the next two days while Nightshade went to school.
I have no recollection of these events at all…wait, what was that about a ki-
NOTHING!
Oookaaay… but that still doesn't explain how I don’t remember the last 48 hours!
Well, you were pretty high at the time.
High?
Yeah, the Quack jammed a needle into my brain and injected you full of stupid happy fun time drugs.
I WAS DRUGGED! ME?! THE TRUE GODDESS OF THE NIGHT?!!
Eyup, and let me just say, you are all kinds of fun when you are stoned... you mentally tease.
GRRRRRRR
But maybe you should lay off it from now on Selly, you were gone in la la land until yesterday when I assumed you'd passed out.
If I find that 'doctor' I am going to- wait, Selly?
Ya, you know, since you didn't want me calling you Nimmy anymore.
So you chose Selly instead? How is that even better you imbecile?
Well technically it’s a shortened nickname for the name you chose the other day.
What? I chose?
Oh right, druggy times, well…
FLASHBACK, THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY
You were reading a Batmane Comic Book after an unusually rough day of work. Applejack kept glaring at you the whole time as she made you haul and carry heavy loads in the wagon and then had you plow a field... even though that was Big Red’s job! All the while you swear you kept hear her saying under her breath,
"Bucking Stallions, you’re all the same." And "I’m gonna make that no good Rainbow pay..."
It didn't help that Nightmare kept singing to you all day and laughing about how your cousin was jealous of your new marefriend, but all that was behind you as you sat on your cot reading the story while Nightshade was inside the house playing a board game with the rest of the Cutie Mark Crusaders after they came back from school.
The issue was pretty good, Batmane and Catmare had teamed together again and stopped The Joking from unleashing nerve gas into the City. As they stood together on a rooftop, Catmare tried to kiss the Bat, but he refused, and glided away leaving her looking sad.
"Dang it Batmane, don’t you know that she loves you?! Poor poor Selena…" you mutter out loud.
Awww…I feel for her. A Warrior of the night, scorned and abandoned by those she cares for and loves… I feel kinship with her for some reason... Nightmare Moon says in a still slightly drugged tone.
"I know right? Stupid Bruce Mane! Selena is perfect for him."
And her name is pretty too… I want it.
"Huh? Want what?"
I want her name! Yield it to me!
"Selena? Really?" you ask in doubtful surprise.
Yes! It is regal, beautiful, and dangerous, just like me!
"Well alright then... Selena it is. Wow, can’t believe I was almost there with the whole “Celunza” thing."
You’re still a dork for that. She giggles, But yes! I shall now be the Catmare to your Batmane!
"Umm… you know that means there’d be like a weird love/hate relationship and a lot of sexual tension between us if you use that analogy..."
Oh I know that my squishy little bug…I definitely know that... Selena says seductively.
*spurt*
Suddenly you get a flash of her wearing Catmane’s tight form-hugging leather costume with her whip out and blood shoots out your nose.
"OKAY! I’m aborting this conversation! I’m Reading, just reading!"
BACK TO THE PRESENT
Then you started singing about how “Everything is Awesome.”
I am definitely NEVER doing drugs again. But… that name… Selena… I chose it?
Ya, do you like it or should we go back to Nimmy?
I… that name… Selena... Mine? My own? Selena says in uncertain confusion and awe.
You alright?
I am. Just… give me some time to think over things...
Hello? You there Selena?... Oh well, back to the conversation with the enemies dad- Wait. Where'd he go?
You look around in confusion at where the stallion was when a small stereo blasts dubstep right in your face, knocking you off your stool.
As you stumble back up you yell,
"What the buck was that for?!"
You then see Vinyl putting away a stereo as she says,
"Sorry dude, but you blanked out and we couldn't get your attention so..."
"If you think that's bad, try being her roommate." Octavia sarcastically comments.
Vinyl even gets in a conversation with you and compliments you on scoring with Rainbow Dash
You try to tell her nothing happened
Vinyl: Sure sure, whatever you say player (winks)
"Where's Magnum?" you ask.
"Oh, dude had to leave when he remembered it was his daughter's play or something." Vinyl nonchalantly replies.
"Oh."
"Anyway... Nice job scoring with Rainbow Dash, although I bet you've had alot of experience with that..." Vinyl says in a teasing tone.
You blush in a fluster and claim,
"Wh-What! Nothing happened! I was wearing my facemask so it doesn't count!"
"Sure sure, whatever you say player." Vinyl says with a wink before going back to the others.
You just sigh in defeat before you turn around to talk to Lyra and ask her,
Also you talk to Lyra and ask her about the whole Doctor Ninja thing, but all she says is
Lyra: Spoilers
"So... What was up with that whole Doctor Ninja thing a few nights ago?"
"Spoilers..." Lyra responds.
Before you can scream out your frustration that the word 'Spoilers' exists, the door burst open and you see...
Eventually Spike walks through the door
Spike: Sorry I’m late everypony, Twilight’s still acting nuts and hasn’t slept for a few days, so it was kind of hard to slip out unnoticed.
Fluttershy: That’s OK Spike. Now, let’s all get this started. Berry?
Berry Punch nods and leads everyone to the back room which is full of barrels, towards a cellar door, and you talk to Spike
You: So if Crazlight is still nuts, how exactly has she been teaching my daughter?
Spike: She hasn’t
You: What? Then what’s Nightshade been doing?
Spike: Oh me and her have been hanging out. Going to the arcade, watching movies, eating ice cream, you know, stuff like that…
You: (Snap) So you’ve been hanging out with my daughter…alone…and you’re a guy…a guy alone with my daughter?
Spike: Heh heh…ummm…LOOK A DISTRACTION!
You quickly look behind you as he runs to the head of the line.
You: Dang it, fell for my own trick! I-Wait! What’s this?
You see a glass bottle with a snowflake on it, and this causes your gloves to vibrate. You pick it up and see it says “Ryan Industries” on it.
You have found the Freeze plasmid!
Spike walking through the door.
"Sorry I’m late everypony, Twilight’s still acting nuts and hasn't slept for a few days, so it was kind of hard to slip out unnoticed." he says.
"That’s OK Spike. Now, let’s all get this started. Berry?" Fluttershy responds.
Berry Punch nods and declares,
"Last call, everypony! Keep an eye on them Bulk!"
Bulk nods as Berry leads the group through a door to a back room which is full of barrels, towards a cellar door as you talk to Spike and ask him.
"So if Crazlight is still nuts, how exactly has she been teaching my daughter?"
"She hasn't."
"What? Then what’s Nightshade been doing?" you demand in concern.
"Oh me and her have been hanging out. Going to the arcade, watching movies, eating ice cream, you know, stuff like that…"
"So you've been hanging out with my daughter… alone… and you’re a guy…" *snap* "A GUY ALONE WITH MY DAUGHTER?!"
"Heh heh… ummm… LOOK A DISTRACTION!" he yells as he points behind you.
You quickly look behind you as he runs to the head of the line. You look back to see him gone and exclaim,
"Dang it, fell for my own trick! I-Wait! What’s this?"
You see a glass bottle with a snowflake on it on the ground and which causes your glove to vibrate from within the Inventory. You stcik one hoof into the Inventory and put it on as you pick up the bottle with your other hoof and see it says “Ryan Industries” on it.
You have found the Freeze plasmid! A random voice only you can hear says as you throw the bottle back and forth in your hooves before Berry asks in confusion,
"What is that? I've never seen that kind of drink in here, and this is my bar!"
You smile under your face mask and scarf as you say,
"This, my dear, is just something awesome."
And with that you pull your scarf and face mask off at a angle that Berry can't see and you down the contents of the liquid. You lick your lips as you say,
"Huh, smooth and citrus- Oh... cold, cold, REALLY REALLY COLD!!!"
Berry looks at you in horror as you drop the empty bottle which it shatters on the ground on impact. You breath starts to quicken as the temperature decreases all around you. Your breath becomes visible and you begin to shake uncontrollably. You stare at your gloved hoof as ice starts to cover it completely and you feel like your frozen solid. Berry tries to run towards you, but the ground around you gets frozen in ice before she can even reach you. She looks at you and screams in fear,
"TENNANT!"
And then... it stops.
You breath deeply as the temperature returns to normal and the ice on your glove and the ground evaporate. You stop shaking and calm down as Berry runs over to you and says with worry,
"Tennant! Are you alright? What was that!?"
You smile as you say,
"Don't worry, I'm fine. That was just a new... power to my arsenal."
You put the glove away as you continue,
"Now we should probably check on the others... Where they go?"
You look around in shock to see that everyling is gone! Berry rubs her head sheepishly as she says,
"Sorry, but they kinda went ahead without you. And since I'm staying behind, they probably thought you were still with them."
You look at her in confusion and ask,
"Why are you staying behind?"
Berry quickly glances around before saying...
The mare glances around to make sure that no one is watching, then directs you to a door in the back. "I have to stay out here and run the bar like normal," she says. "Head down the stairs and take the last door on the right."
You nod and head towards the door in the back. You go down the flight of stairs to the basement, and trot down the hall to take the last door on the right. You walk inside to see... a broom closet. "While that can't be right," you say to yourself. You search around to see if there are any hidden passages or anything, but nothing's there. You head back. "While, I guess I'll ask Berry abou- HOLY MOTHER OF LUNA!" Outside the door is no longer a basement, but a candlelit meeting room. Fluttershy, Spike, Octavia, Vinyl, Lyra, and Bon Bon are seated around the table in the center. You take the empty chair as you assume its meant for you.
"Surprised?" Lyra asked. "It was a complicated spell, setting up a teleportation conduit from this room to Berry's bar, but it was worth it!"
A large plate of cookies is placed in the center of the table. You snag a couple, and tuck a few into your Inventory for Nightshade.
* 5 Chocolate Chip Cookies obtained
Once you sit down, Fluttershy begins, speaking very officially. You're somewhat surprised. "This emergency meeting of the Ponyville Faction of the Horde will now begin," she says. "We will begin with the formal opening. Everypony, the creed?"
You and the Horde members chant together (you read off a plaque on the side of the wall).
"The blackest night falls from the skies,
The darkness grows, as all light dies,
And heal the deepest wounds of hate,
Let no one else decide your fate,
Let those who fear where we once stood,
Beware the power... of our hood!"
"I have to stay out here and run the bar like normal."
She then points to a door in the back and says,
"Head down the stairs and take the last door on the right."
You nod and head towards the door in the back. You go down the flight of stairs to the basement and trot down the hall to take the last door on the right. You walk inside to see... a broom closet.
"Well, that can't be right," you say to yourself as you look around to see if there are any hidden passages or anything, but nothing's there. You head back.
"Well, I guess I'll ask Berry abou- HOLY MOTHER OF LUNA!"
Outside the door is no longer a basement, but a candlelit meeting room. the ponies (and dragon) are seated around the table in the center. You take the empty chair next to Fluttershy as you assume its meant for you.
"Surprised?" Lyra asked. "It was a complicated spell, setting up a teleportation conduit from this room to Berry's bar, but it was worth it!"
You just nod as you notice a large plate of cookies is placed in the center of the table. You snag a couple and tuck a few into your Inventory for Nightshade.
"5 Chocolate Chip Cookies" added to the Inventory
Once you sit down, Fluttershy begins, speaking very officially (you're somewhat surprised) as she says,
"Spike, roll call."
Spike nods and pulls out a scroll before listing off,
"Fluttershy?"
"Here."
"Spike. Well I'm obviously here, Octavia Melody?"
"Present."
"Vinyl Scratch?"
"I'm here dude."
"Hondo Flanks?"
There is no response causing the Horde to look around in confusion.
"Magnum?" Spike repeats.
"He had to leave for family reasons or something." Vinyl answers.
"Okay..." Spike says as he scribbles something on the list and continues.
"Lyra Heartstrings?"
"Here!"
"Sweetie Drops?"
"Here." Bon Bon replies at her real name.
"Raven?"
"Accounted for." the mare with the glasses says.
"Thunderlane?"
"Here." the black pegasus with a Mohawk says.
"Sunshower Raindrops?"
"Here." the pegasus who dropped that potted plant on Crazelight's head says.
"Baker Sylvester Tennant?"
No response.
"B.S.?"
Everypony (including you) look around before Fluttershy gently nudges you and whispers,
"Um... That's you."
"Huh?" you reply oblviiously before you catch on and blurt out, "I mean here! Here! Sooooo very much here! heheh."
Everypony looks at you strangely as you chuckle nervously before Fluttershy quickly gets their attention by officially saying,
"We will begin with the formal opening. Everypony, the creed?"
You and the Horde members rise out of your chairs and chant together (you read off a plaque on the side of the wall).
"The blackest night falls from the skies,
The darkness grows, as all light dies,
And heal the deepest wounds of hate,
Let no one else decide your fate,
Let those who fear where we once stood,
Beware the power... of our hood!"
You all sit back down before Fluttershy says,
"This emergency meeting of the Ponyville Faction of the Horde will now begin..."
F: Good Evening Everypony of the Elite Members, hope you’re all doing well.
They all nod
F: Good Good…anyway umm…on the topic of discussion for tonight…I mean, I called you here because…b-b-because…
She looks at you and you smile back at her. She then has newfound confidence
F: Because I’ve recently spoken with Hoody
Everyone Gasps
Octavia: Is he alright?! Where’s he hiding? Is he happy with us?
F: Yes he’s fine and healthy, I garuntee it, but I promised I wouldn’t tell where he was hiding.
Lyra: Oh come on
F: I pinkie promised
Everyone just shivers in dread
Lyra: Oh, Ok then.
F: And yes, he is happy and appreciates that we have grown as an organization…kind of
Vinyl: What’s that mean?
F: Well…I don’t know if anyone is aware, but…there have been recent talks of…revolution by horde members
Everyone Gasps again
Bon Bon: Revolution? As in…war?
F: y-yes…and he knows it and isn’t happy
Magnum: Who’s been spreading unrest like that?
F: I don’t know, that’s why I called this meeting…is anypony in Ponyville trying to incite revolution?
Everyone answers in outrage with no.
F: Oh thank goodness…I’m glad. Hoody really doesn’t want a war to be fought in his name.
Thunderlane: But, he knows we aren’t talking about starting a war right? I mean, I thought this was just a fan club!
O: Yes, surely he knows we would do no such thing, it goes against his message…
You: You got that right Tavi
F: Oh I’m sure he knows Ponyville isn’t…but unfortunately, others are
Mayor’s assistant: Who? Who’s doing this?
Lyra: How do you know for sure?
F: I wrote to every branch asking them nicely to not do anything violent, and even told them Hoody spoke to me…
You/Everyone: Yes?
F: Well, most of them wrote back like Cloudsdale, Canterlot, and Fillydelphia saying they had no such thoughts…
You/Everyone: But?
F: The Manehatten leader, Flag Burner, wrote a very mean letter back…it said…it…(tears well in her eyes)
Spike: It basically said that we were stupid for not joining the cause, and that we were weak for not heeding his true message of a “New Equestria”
Everyone: What?!
Spike: He then ranted and wrote mean things about Fluttershy, that I will not repeat
You: That bastard
F: He said I was lying about The Offender telling everypony to stand down…said I was just a mouthpiece of the Tyrant since I’m an Element Bearer
She starts crying and everyone gathers around Fluttershy hugging her
F: The worst part is, he said he wouldn’t stand down.
O: Oh no
Lyra: This is terrible
V: Dude, this is so not cool!
You: Well we gotta do something! We gotta make this nutjob stop before innocent lives are harmed.
S: That’s the kicker…he said nothing would stop him, save for the One True Offender. Only Hoody can make him change his mind. Then he wrote that this Sunday would show the true power of the horde in Manehatten
O: Then we must contact the Offender. He has to get to Manehatten before that monster does something
Everyone/Bulk: YEAH!
V: And he won’t even go alone, we can all follow him and stop these yahoos from hurting anypony.
Everyone: Yeah!
Bon Bon: If he calls on us, we’ll answer
Lyra: Ya, Buck Manehatten!
Everyone starts agreeing while you contemplate to yourself.
"So good evening everypony of the elite members, hope you’re all doing well."
They all nod.
"Good, good… anyway umm… on the topic of discussion for tonight… I mean, I called you here because… b-b-because…"
She starts to stammer nervously and she looks at you, but you give her a reassuring smile (at least you think you are because you've wearing a scarf and face mask) back at her. With new-found confidence she continues,
"Because I've recently spoken with Hoody."
Everyone gasps at this news and Octavia demands,
"Is he alright?! Where’s he hiding? Is he pleased with us?"
"Yes he’s fine and healthy, I guarantee it, but I promised I wouldn't tell where he was hidin-"
"Oh come on!' Lyra exclaims in annoyance.
"I... pinkie promised." Fluttershy says.
Everyone just shivers in dread before Lyra retracts,
"Oh, Okay then."
"And yes, he is happy and appreciates that we have grown as an organization… kind of." Fluttershy says.
"What’s that mean?" Vinyl asks.
"Well… I don’t know if anyone is aware, but… there have been recent talk of… revolution by horde members..."
Everyone gasps again.
"Revolution? As in… war?" Bon Bon says nervously.
"Y-yes… and he knows it and isn't happy..."
"Who’s been spreading unrest like that?" Sunshower asks,
"I don’t know, that’s why I called this meeting… is anypony in Ponyville trying to incite revolution?"
"NO!" everypony answers with unanimous outrage which scares Fluttershy before she regains composure and says,
"Oh thank goodness… I’m glad. Hoody really doesn't want a war to be fought in his name."
"But, he knows we aren't talking about starting a war right? I mean, I thought this was just a fan club!" Thunderlane says.
"Yes, surely he knows we would never do such thing, it goes against his message…" Octavia adds.
"Got that right Tavi." You and Vinyl coincidentally say at the same time causing you two to look at each other strangely.
"Oh I’m sure he knows Ponyville isn't… but unfortunately, others are..."
"Who? Who’s doing this?" Raven asks.
"How do you know for sure?" Lyra adds.
"I wrote to every branch asking them nicely to not do anything violent, and even told them Hoody spoke to me…"
"Yes?" Everypony says in anticipation.
"Well, most of them wrote back like Cloudsdale, Canterlot, and Manehattan saying they had no such thoughts…"
"But?" everypony asks.
"The Fillydelphia leader, Flag Burner, wrote a very mean letter back… it said… it…"
Tears start to well in her eyes so Spike quickly takes over,
"It basically said that we were stupid for not joining the cause, and that we were weak for not heeding his true message of a “New Equestria”."
"What?!" Everypony (except Fluttershy and Spike) exclaim in shock.
"He then ranted and wrote mean things about Fluttershy, that I will not repeat..."
*snap* That motherbucker... you think angrily before Fluttershy says with teary eyes,
"He said I was lying about The Offender telling everypony to stand down… said I was just a mouthpiece of the Solar Tyrant since I’m an Element Bearer..."
She then starts crying and everyone gathers around Fluttershy hugging her (especially you). She then manages to say,
"The worst part is, he said he wouldn't stand down."
"Oh no." Sunshower says.
"This is terrible!" Bon Bon adds
"Dude, this is so not cool!" Vinyl adds.
"Well we gotta do something! We gotta make this nutjob stop before innocent lives are harmed!" you exclaim
"That’s the kicker…" Spike says, "He said nothing would stop him, save for the One True Offender. Only Hoody can make him change his mind. Then he wrote that soon he would unleash the true divine power of the horde in Fillydelphia."
"Then we must contact the Offender! He has to get to Fillydelphia before that monster does something!" Octavia says,
"YEAH!" everypony proclaims.
"And he won’t even go alone, we can all follow him and stop these yahoos from hurting anypony!" Vinyl adds.
"YEAH!"
"If he calls on us, we’ll answer!" Bon Bon proclaims.
"Yeah, Buck Fillydelphia!" Lyra exclaims.
Just as everybody starts to agree, you hear Octavia say,
"But..."
You look over to her in dread as you think,
Oh no... Lady luck don't you dare. Don't you bucking dare!
"What's the matter with it," Octavia asks. "After Discord's nasty trick, the Horde has been driven into hiding and the Offender is missing. If those idiots in charge are fooled by such a silly spell as that, then we have to show them that they're wrong, don't we?"
"I don't see anything completely wrong with the idea of a revolution..." Octavia asks. "After Discord's nasty trick, the Horde has been driven into hiding and the Offender is missing. If those fools in charge are fooled by such a silly spell as that, then we have to show them that they're wrong, don't we?"
Your jaw drops at what Octavia just said as you think,
Holy mother of Luna... lady luck dared... GOT TO STOP IT! GOT TO STOP IT!
"But is rebelling really the way to do it?" You respond. "All it'll do is incite a lot of violence and government hatred, and if it becomes a full scale revolution a lot of ponies may die."
"I think we could keep it in control," Bon Bon voices. "We could make sure it doesn't turn violent. It's all just propaganda, isn't it?"
"But it would put you all in danger." You argue. "It'll put every member of the Horde in danger, and is that really what we want?"
"We're all ready in enough danger as it is," Lyra points out. "Any member of the Horde is a criminal already, its not like it would be that much more dangerous."
"Look, guys," you say. "What about the Offender himself. Is this really what he wants? To have a bloody revolution waged in his name?"
"Maybe it is," Octavia cries. "Maybe he wants the world to know he's a hero, not the villain they see him as. It would do them some good, wouldn't it?"
"Come on," you say. "Vinyl?"
She sighs. "I'm not all for this big rebellion idea, but it beats just sitting around, doing nothing."
"Fluttershy?" you ask desperately, but she seems to have shrunk back from the debate, shivering a little as Octavia raises her voice.
"I say that its high time we quit lying in the shadows!" she rallies. "We should get out there and show the world that we're right, and that the offender is a hero!" Lyra and Bon Bon cheer for this idea while Vinyl looks conflicted. You realize that there's only one thing to do, one thing that will convince them.
"B-But is rebelling really the way to do it?" You respond. "All it'll do is incite a lot of violence and government hatred, and if it becomes a full scale revolution a lot of ponies may die!"
"I think we could keep it in control," Bon Bon voices. "We could make sure it doesn't turn violent. It's all just propaganda, isn't it?"
"But it would put you all in danger." You argue. "It'll put every member of the Horde in danger, and is that really what we want?"
"We're all ready in enough danger as it is," Lyra points out. "Any member of the Horde is a criminal already, it's not like it would be that much more dangerous."
"Look, guys," you try to reason, "What about the Offender himself. Is this really what he wants? To have a bloody revolution waged in his name?"
"Maybe it is!" Octavia cries. "Maybe he actually wants the world to know he's a hero, not the villain they see him as. It would do them some good, wouldn't it?"
"Come on," you say. "Vinyl?"
She sighs,
"I'm not all for this big rebellion idea, but it beats just sitting around, doing nothing and I'm not abandoning Tavi."
"Fluttershy?" you ask desperately, but she seems to have shrunk back from the debate, shivering as Octavia raises her voice,
"I say that its high time we quit lying in the shadows!" she rallies. "We should get out there and show the world that we're right, and that the offender is a hero!"
Some cheer for this idea while others look conflicted. You realize that there's only one thing you can do that will convince them...
"Excuse me for a moment. Need to use the little colt's room," you say, standing up to leave. You walk out of the meeting room and into the closet, where you extract your awesome coat. For the first time in about a month, you don the hooded cloak. Once again you are- The Hooded Offender!
"Excuse me for a moment. Need to use the little colt's room." You say before walking out of the meeting room and into the closet before anypony can say or do anything. You extract your awesome coat and start to don the hooded cloak for the first time in a long time.
These ponies went from reasonable to bucking crazy! Do they know how many innocent lives will be lost if they go though with this! Is Discord's chaos magic still around cause that would explain a bucking lot! Millions of ponies and other creatures, all dead... because of me...
You sigh in sadness as you put your hood up. Once again you are-
The Hooded Offender!
Peeping out of the closet, you see the meeting is continuing. Everypony is talking, a bit loudly, and it seems to be a rather lively discussion. Normally, you'd just walk out there and say hi. But... something about your outfit makes you feel a little more... dramatic.
You link through the shadows, the black of your cloak blending into the dark corners out of reach of the candles. You choose to listen in on the current conversation.
"I'm telling you, he's got to be a spy," Octavia says. "He just shows up suddenly one day and immediately tries to get close to the Horde, to get in on our meetings."
"I really don't think-" Fluttershy whispers, but Octavia cuts her off.
"He's a powerful fighter. Why? Because he's been trained. He has the stamina to spend days in the fields bucking apples because he's been trained by the government."
"Or maybe he's just from Appleoosa?" Vinyl offers, sarcastically.
"Then why doesn't he have an accent?" Lyra returns. "And why did he try to incriminate one of the elements of harmony? Simple- he needed a distraction."
"And you have to admit, isn't it suspicious that he left just as we were starting to talk about rebelling. I bet he's going to contact his employer right now!"
"Close guess," you interrupt, stepping into the light. "But he was actually contacting me."
The Horde stares in shock as you teleport into your empty seat. You snatch a cookie and take a bite out of it as you wait for your fans to recover.
"Where's Tennent?" Vinyl asks once she gets over the shock of seeing you.
"Doing surveillance by the door," you answer.
"We have surveillance," Lyra says.
"Might not be enough," you reply. "As I was forced to come here personally, we've got to be air-tight secure. I trust Baker to keep any outsiders away."
"What's your relationship with Tennant?" Vinyl asks. "And how do we know you're actually the real Offender?"
You sigh. "The first time we met, Vinyl Scratch, you offered a threesome with me, you, and Octavia," you answer, blushing at the memory. Fluttershy looks somewhat horrified, Spike looks somewhat confused, and Vinyl and Octavia blush. "There, we've got that out of the way?" you ask. "Perfect. Now, as some of you have guessed, Tennant is not an Appleoosan member of the Horde. I'd say which faction he's really from, but if he hasn't told you all yet, he'd like to keep it to himself. Anyways, I got in touch with him so that I could have an inside man in my following, to learn what I could about how it was operating and warn me should it go too far."
"Why not just go to the leaders of each faction yourself?" Bon Bon asks.
"How do you expect me to find and meet the leader of each faction while I'm Equestria's most wanted?" You argue. "It was dangerous enough coming here." This seems to silence the opposition for the time, so you go into your main speech.
"I want you all to know that I do not approve of this rebellion," you say. "I know that it won't end well, that it will just end up getting a lot of ponies hurt or worse. The government as of now is far too strong to oppose so directly, and its much to dangerous."
"Well then... what do you want us to do?" Octavia asks.
You smile beneath your hood. "I want you to spread the word," you say. "I don't want isolated patches, I want you all to work to join forces with the other factions, to form a network, a web of the Horde that spreads out all across Equestria. I want you to stop shouting separately, to get organized and coordinate your protests. I have a plan, and if it going to work I'll need info from all across the nation." You're not quite sure what leads you to say this. It just seems useful to be able to keep your fans under control if they're all together. Besides, the idea of a plan on your part seems to excite the group.
"Just send all progress reports to Tennent. He'll relay them to me," you say as you grab one last cookie and teleport from your seat to the door. "Meeting adjourned," you say as you leave.
Peeping out of the closet, you see the meeting is continuing. Everypony is talking loudly and it seems to be a rather lively discussion. Normally, you'd just walk out there and say 'Hello'... but something about your outfit makes you feel a little more... dramatic.
You sneak through the shadows, the black of your cloak blending into the dark corners out of reach of the candles. You choose to listen in on the current conversation.
"I'm telling you, he's got to be a spy," Octavia says. "He just shows up suddenly one day and immediately tries to get close to the Horde to get in on our meetings!"
"I really don't think-" Fluttershy whispers, but Octavia cuts her off.
"He's a good fighter with the stamina to spend days in the fields bucking apples. Why? Because he's had professional training!"
"Or maybe he's just from Appleloosa?" Vinyl sarcastically offers.
"Then why doesn't he have an accent?" Lyra counters. "And why did he try to incriminate one of the elements of harmony? Simple- he needed a distraction!"
"And you have to admit, isn't it suspicious that he left just as we were starting to talk about rebelling? Not to mention that he didn't even reply to his own name right away." Raven observes.
"I bet he's going to contact his employer right now!" Octavia exclaims.
"You're absolutely right, in a manner of speaking..." you interrupt in your 'villain voice', stepping into the light. "He was actually contacting me..."
The Horde stares in shock as you teleport into "Mr. Tennant's" empty seat.
THANK LUNA that stinking teleport went right for once. you think as you snatch a cookie and kick your hooves up on the table before taking a bite out of it while, waiting for your fans to recover,
"Where's Tennent?" Vinyl asks once she gets over the shock of seeing you.
"Doing surveillance by the door," you answer.
"We have surveillance-" Lyra says.
"Might not be enough," you reply. "As I was forced to come here personally, we've got to be air-tight secure. I trust Baker to keep any outsiders away."
"What's your relationship with Tennant?" Vinyl asks. "And how do we know you're actually the real Offender?"
You sigh and answer while blushing under your faceless hood,
"The first time we met, Vinyl "DJ Pon-3" Scratch, you offered a threesome with me, you, and Octavia."
Fluttershy looks somewhat horrified, Spike looks somewhat confused, and Vinyl and Octavia blush.
"There, we've got that out of the way?" you ask.
When nopony says anything you continue,
"Perfect. Now, as some of you have guessed, Tennant is not an Appleloosan member of the Horde. If anything, I don't even know if there is an Appleloosan branch of the Horde. I'd say which faction he's really from, but if he hasn't told you all yet then I'll allow him the privilege of privacy. Anyways, he's a... specialist I got in touch with so that I could have an inside stallion in my following, to learn what I could about how it was operating and warn me should it go too far."
I sound SO bucking awesome right now... you mentally squee as you take another bite of the cookie before Bon Bon asks,
"Why not just go to the leaders of each faction yourself?"
"How do you expect me to find and meet the leader of each faction while I'm Equestria's Most Wanted?" You argue. "It was dangerous enough coming here."
This seems to silence the opposition for the time, so you go into your main speech,
"I want you all to know that I do not approve of this rebellion. I know that it won't end well, that it will just end up getting a lot of ponies hurt or worse. The government as of now is far too strong to oppose so directly, and it's much too dangerous. But to put it in simple terms even the dullest bug can understand..."
You quickly wink at Fluttershy (who obviously can't see your wink, but noticed how your head bobbed towards her a bit) who winks back and covers her ears.
*Snap*
You bolt upright from your chair and slam your hooves onto the table as you activate the Royal Canterlot Voice and roar,
"ARE YOU ALL OUT OF YOUR BUCKING MINDS! YOU'VE COULD HAVE KILLED THOUSANDS IF NOT MILLIONS WITH THIS STUPID IDEA! FOALS, MOTHERS, FATHERS, GRANDMOTHERS! ALL DEAD CAUSE YOU ALL THOUGHT YOU SHOULD JOIN FLAG BURNER'S STUPID CAUSE! WE ARE NOT DOING THAT, UNDERSTAND! I'M GOING TO FILLYDELPHIA AND I'M GONNA PERSONALLY BEAT SOME SENSE INTO THAT DUMBFLANK BEFORE HE CAN CAUSE ANYTHING! Are. We! CLEAR?!!!"
Everypony nods in fear and shock are your outburst, but Octavia steps forward and asks,
"Well then... what do you want us to do?"
Calming down, you reply to her in your villein voice,
"Continue your lives as normal, don't draw unnecessary attention to yourselves or the Horde, and let me deal with this matter." you say as you grab one last cookie and pop it into your mouth.
"Meeting adjourned." you say with a flourish of your coat as you turn to leave...
Time to invoke Chandler's Law...
When in doubt, have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand
Suddenly there's a flash of light and the meeting is Raided by Crazilight followed by Applejack, Rainbow Dask, and Pinkie Pie (and maybe Rarity too)!
Twilight now thinks the future disaster is "Hooded Offender"-related
"How did you know about this reunion?" Asked Berry Punch
"Like I said, a worried pony that wants to be anonymous, reported all of you" Say the Day Guard as he take a note with the list of everyone present
"So... There is a spy here..." Say Octavia, and then they gasped and looked around
*ka-boom*
When suddenly the wall explodes! When the rubble and smoke clear, you see the Deadly Five glaring at you... well some of them are anyway. Rarity and Twilight (who now has an eyepatch and is twitching like mad) are the ones glaring at you while Pinkie is just looking around the secret room excitedly while mumbling something about a 'cool secret party she could host down here' and Applejack and Rainbow are glaring... but they're glaring at each other and not at you. You stare at them in confusion and can't help but think,
What's up with the fillyfoolers? They run into some relationship problems or something?
Deciding to worry about that later (and to make sure they focus on you and not the Horde members), you ask Twilight with your villain voice,
"Pray tell, what the buck are you doing here, Sparkle?"
Twilight laughs with a little bit of insanity before saying,
"I'm here to stop the upcoming disaster, which is you!" She points an accusing/defiant hoof at you as she continues, "You're hear in Ponyville to put the whole town under your mind control spell, and I'm here to stop it!"
Your eye twitch's in annoyance as you angrily think,
You bucking Hippocratic, you did the same thing! And for the last bucking time I AM NOT USING MIND CONTROL!
You sigh in annoyance to prevent your mental anger from spilling out before asking,
"How did you even know we were having this meeting, or were this secret room was in the first place!"
Crazlight looks around suspiciously before saying,
"Uhhhh... I have a spy... in the Horde... ya that's it!"
You stare at her and then think,
That... that was the worst lie I ever heard in the history of lies. Who would be dumb enough to believe th-
"So... we do have a spy here."
You look over to Octavia in surprise and think,
Octavia... why?!?!
You begin to panic slightly as the tension in the room increases and everyling looks like their gonna jump each other (besides Fluttershy who's hiding behind you in fear) and you can't help but think,
Oh buck, oh buck, oh buck, oh buck, OH BUCK, OH BUCK, OH BUCK WHAT THE BUCK DO I DO! CURSE YOU LADY L- Wait, I already said that...
What do you do?
The hooded offender/Bugzee begin to panic as everypony around look to the spy, they are worried thinking who could be the spy, even when Twilight is a bad liar they believe her, it's then you snap, one think is chase you, but they are innocent and Twilight even put them in doubt.
"I HAVE ENOUGH!" Shout suddenly the hooded
"So... Mind control?" Ask the hooded
"Yes!!! you put everypony here in mind control" Say Twilight
"Just like you put them with the plushie a couple of weeks ago?" comment Bugzee as the hooded offender
"I... I..." Begin to say Twilight as everypony that seemed to forgot that looked to her
"And what happened? Your Princess, appeared and she repaired your mistake" Say Bugzee
"I..." Say Twilight
"look to everypony here... how much power do you think I need to put them under my spell? Remember the wedding, it was hard to Chrysalis to put your own brother in control, and she was with him all the time" Comment Bugzee as he sensed that was begin to win
"How do you know about that? That was classified information" Ask Twilight
"Not to say, you are not sleeping... Look at her, everypony, she is not sleeping well, she tell to all she meet herself in the future and apocalypsis is coming... Also, you are the element of magic, just tell me, how much magic I could need to control their mind and how much magic could I need to change the memory of them? Maybe as much as the power of Discord? That is in stone, are you sure it's not you, the one under magic mind control?" Ask the hooded offender
Everypony gasp after what the figure of the Hooded Offender say, as they are confused, and then you look to Applejack
"You are honesty... tell me, I tell any lie? Or did your friend maybe tell any lie?" Ask The Offender
"I talked with Princess Luna the other night, and she give me her word to give up all the chase after me... If one Princess of Equestria, can do that, why you cannot do the same?" After that The Hooded look to Spike and Fluttershy
"Now here, we have for one, the element of Kindness, and your assistant, when your brother was under the spell, you noticed that he was not himself, tell me, Fluttershy and Spike, is Twilight acting as herself right now?" Ask looking to them
"Well... I..." Begin Fluttershy
"Is not true that she asked to teach magic to a foal? Tell me, Spike the dragon, one of the species that have very high resistance to magic, so it could be hard to brainwash him... What is doing Twilight with the foal?" Ask this time The hooded offender looking to Spike
"Nothing, she is obsessed with the Apocalypse and she did not notice that we are not there" Say Spike
"So... Not only she abandoned a foal under her charge, but also the assistant that she hatched from the egg, something that could be like a mother throw away her foal... Also she convinced some day guards to... what? Destroy the shop of a poor pony only because a stupid chase... And also put the seed of doubt in them, make them believe there is a spy with that poor lie... I think I only have one more thing... Is that how the student and protegee of Princess Celestia must act? What could Celestia think if she find that?" Finished Bugzee/Offender
"Good Work, it was time you put guts and say everything" Comment Selena in your head
Just then a bright aura and Princess Celestia appeared
"She could say, she is very dissapointed in her student" Say Celestia looking sad
All the ponies gasp, even the Hodded offender as they look to Celestia that appeared suddenly.
"P... Princess Celestia, what are you doing here?" Ask Twilight
"My faithfull student, Twilight Sparkle, Im very dissapointed after listen to that... I was talking with Luna about the Hooded Offender, as she seem to think that there is a little good inside him, when suddenly one of the guards told me that you appeared suddenly and asked some of my guards for a strange chase after the hooded offender, after he dissapeared six months ago, and when I appear, listening to this... Really Twilight? Mass Mind Control? Not even Chrysalis could manage to do that, or I... I send you here to learn about friendship but when I did not look, you forgot everything and think that because your friends think different about you, they are under mind control... You are my student and you are intelligent, but even so, you think too much, you never think in ask me, or in check your friends about spell manipulation..." Say Celestia
"But I... Them... The hooded... Don't tell me..." Twilight begin to look confused and then look at you angry
"You... You put her under your mind control spell as well!!! HOW COULD YOU DO THAT?" Ask Twilight as you facehoof and you see the Princess and the other bearers of the elements, even the little dragon do the same and facehoof also (except Spike that make a Faceclaw)
You start to restrain your reflex of running around screaming and start throwing stuff by looking at Twi with an unimpressed stare.
B: Uh, huh...What, how and why are you here, really? Looking for trouble, or should I say causing trouble so you can solve it and play hero? And that lie about having a spy...that is the worse lie I have heard in years...Are you trying to play mind game with me and the horde? Are you trying to plant the seed of doubt so they can tear themselves apart just so you can claim the so called glory in the end you hyppocrite mare? You are not welcome here...I will say this once, get out of here, stop bordering the horde, stop tracking the horde members, stop this nonsense, remove yourselves from this place...or...You and all your pretty little friends will face my wrath...You hyppocretic fanatics!
I'm not sure how they should react to this.
Hey spiiike, I need you in the basement, oh, and lock the door on the way in...
No, if you don't want to read those comments,then you can scroll down.
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No more ideas for the story than Bugze being chased and Derpy accidentally flying into him, saving him from an anti-magic-spell.
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Did anybody else realise that Bugze is in all of his identity's sexy? I mean, either his love container has found out how to fill itself by bringing others to love him, or he is really really really sexy and nice or somebody has cast some magic on him.
5358257 BARFIGHT! Everybody is smashing bottles at the head of everybody else, during the fight mysteriously show up Celestia, Chrysalis and Luna too, and at the end Cadance has to bring everybody into the hospital since everyone else is unconcious.
5358232 Nice....Although, I really want to hit Twilight in that comment with sparklin vampires.
Comments in general need to be rendered little more than a one line note at most. I want to read the compiled story without having to jump over comment boxes. I said it before. Every reply has a custom URL for it.
Just click on the reply post number in the corner of the box. You can render the comments into simple hyperlinks at the beginning of each section.
Look for the love of celetsia FUCK HER FUCKING PURPLE FLANK AND PROVE ONCE AND FOR THAT BUGZE CAN BEAT THEM ALL. HE HAS BEEN THROUGH HELL BECAUSE OF THE FIVE AND HE DESERVES JUSTICE PLEASE SOME ONE DO THAT FIGHT SCENE
Ask how did they get past the bartender and bouncer (Berry Punch and Bulk Biceps)?
You have a new plasmid, right...
Remember what you thought earlier in the chapter.
Use Knock-Out Luna Plushie and when everypony is unconscious move their bodies around so when they wake up, they merely think they drank too much at Berry Punch's bar and got into a bar brawl (and since you're a prankster, put a few of them in hilarious positions like have Applejack and Rainbow Dash lay with each other in hopes that the fillyfoolers will be with each other instead of after you, put a lampshade on Rarity's head, surround Twilight with empty beer bottles, etc.),
However, leave behind a note for Fluttershy saying that the meeting did happen and then put Spike outside of the bar and leave him a note that says something like this,
Spike, the meeting DID happen, but Twilight crashed it. Fortunately, I managed to knock everypony out and arranged things so that they'll look like they merely had too much to drink and got into a brawl.
I need you to complete the illusion by rushing in and going to Twilight and waking her up with some story about how Twilight just ran out ranting about something and you searched all over town for her.
I know your angry at Twilight, but please don't be mad at her.
I have faith in you.
Sincerely
The Hooded Offender
Next, gently shake him awake and leave before he sees you.
Go back to your shed, pick up a sleeping Nightshade, write and leave behind a note for the Apples in your shed claming that you have... "business" in Fillydelphia. Go to train station and buy a ticket to Fillydelphia (40 Bits remaining)
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I... heavily approve of this idea of the Lover's Jewel Necklace having some innate ability/power to make the wearer/owner more attractive. Maybe Nightshade's gem is also why Spike is crushing on her and how she befriends colts like Rumble, Button, and Pip so quickly.
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5358355 Maybe the lovers' gem he got in the previous story could have something to do with it.
5359104 That is... a good idea. A very good idea... I think everything makes sense now! *runs into the next wall* No,it doesn't
use a molotov as a distraction, then use the luna plushie to do what kersey said about berry, and before the fire spiral's out of control use the ice plasmid to freeze it out.
Or, you know, we could have a chapter about ponyville putting out a fire and bugze having his wanted poster to bestow an barondom to anyone who brings his body to the guard, dead OR alive.
(maybe the next stage up could be prince/essdom but no alicorn transformation, just a title)
I personally don't mind having the full text inserted. However, if you'd rather shorten it, i would be fine with AdmiralTigerClaw's suggestion.
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/212023/46/the-life-of-a-wanted-changeling-season-2-debt-to-a-doctor-comment-driven-story/episode-45-to-stop-a-revolution#comment/5358428
Bugze took a deep breath, and then let it out. He bluffed many times before, so let this stupid thing work just this one time, especially in the presence of the Horde. It's time to use that Ponynote knowledge and channel his inner Light. He brought out his doctor's note and wrote a name (he asked one of his horde members if he could borrow a writing tool). He glanced back at Fluttershy and Spike, smiled a little at them, and winked. Whether or not they actually saw it, he did it so subtly that even he wouldn't know. The name was his alter ego, BS Tenant.
"This is my Death Note! There is many like it, but this is mine!" Chuckle evilly as they watch the name disappear. "In under a minute, some pony is going to be... gone." At that, Rainbow and Applejack were oddly confused.
Twilight gasped in horror. "N-No! I thought they were only a ponies tale!" It's also apparent that the Anime was based off an actually mythology. Bugze cackled.
"Nightmare Moon was a fairy tale, and look what happened! You'd believe that I'd perform mind control, but you can't believe that I have an actual Death Note?"
"Twi', what's the varmint talkin' about?" asked Applejack.
"The Death Note: whoever's name gets written in its pages, the pony of that name would die in under a minute." Sparklebutt spoke somberly.
"What!?" the farm pony and the filly fooler cried in unison.
"You mean, Tenant is going to die?!" Rainbow Dash yelled. Hoody couldn't see it, but Fluttershy's eyes widened at that.
"Well," The Hooded Offender began. "Since you've revealed that there was a spy amongst us, I assume that Tenant, who was supposed to be up the entrance doing surveillance, double crossed us." Twilight's ears flattened agaisnt her head at that.
"You monster!" Rainbow continued. "He has a daughter!" She charged, but she stopped once you ready your writing tool onto paper.
"You wouldn't want another on the page, would you?" She backed down.
Then, Rarity came up. "Why? Why are you doings this?
The Hooded Offender gave off an intense glare. "If this is what I get for trying to STOP a revolutionary war in Equestria, then let THIS be the first casualty! There WILL be no mercy as far as I'm concerned! And there wouldn't a bucking thing that that'll stop me!" Silence. A pause. And then...
"N-no!" Twilight cried. "You're wrong! If my other self from the future came to me and gave me this warning, then it wouldn't have been impossible to stop you!"
He scowled. "Oh? And what warning did you get? What instructions from the future were you given?"
"I was told that a disaster was happening and that I shouldn't, uh..." She paused, trying to find the words.
"Shouldn't what?"
"That I-I..." She was sweating bullets by then.
The Hooded Offender laughed a chilling laugh. "You don't know? You don't know! Ahahaha! Well, how about I tell you!" He snarled, and they all jumped. "You shouldnt have provoked me! You shouldn't have bothered me for so long and you shouldn't have betrayed me that one time! You shouldn't been an idiot! You shouldn't have been a liar!" She flinched at the liar part. Suddenly, he smiled. "...But you're right. You can stop this disaster. All you have to do is leave."
"Leave?!"
"Yes. Leave. Walk away. Pretend that none of this had ever happened. I would reverse the curse, and he'll go exit free. As long as he never shows his face again... If he even shows that face of his at all...
"You have nine seconds left."
The decisions have been placed on the deadly five.
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Simplify the Long comments into a link? Sure. Why not? If it takes too much for you though, then it's fine the way it is.
Command the spy... To spycrab.
You should leave the comments in.
Silence.
Not one word was uttered as each group glared at one another. You can feel the tension rise as each second pass. Its so thick you could cut it like swiss cheese and you don't really like cheese that much (not since the cheese disaster caused by you and grand buggy, but that is a story tor another time). You decide to break the tension by speaking up.
No one has a hood on except for you, they’ll know who everyone is unless you do something, but what? If only it were darker…wait.
“Selena! I need your help!”
“I can see that, what do you need?”
“Can you darken the Elite member’s faces or something, I don’t want them getting in trouble.”
“I will try…”
She unleashes a dark mist that obscures the features of all the Elite, making them appear blurry, aside from Fluttershy and Spike.
“What are you doing Varmit?” AJ asks.
“The Horde are my family, and they are under my protection…you will not harm them!”
With that out of the way, it’s time to think. How did they pinpoint this exact spot?
Selena speaks up to you, “The Whelp”
“What?” you respond back.
“The draconian has a tracer spell on him, it is faint, but it is there, look at the purple discoloration upon his ear frill.”
You look at Spike’s ear and indeed do see magicky stuff on it.
“Spike! You’ve got a tracker on you!” You exclaim causing everyone to gasp and look at him, as he holds his ear in confusion.
Octavia looks flabbergasted. “Spike?! YOU ARE THE TRAITOR?! HOW COULD YOU?!”
He starts pleading, “NO! NO! I would never do that! I PROMISE! I DON’T KNOW WHERE THIS CAME FROM!”
“I put it there of course!” Crazlight chimes in.
“Twilight…Why?..” Spike asks in confusion and hurt.
“I have to monitor EVERYTHING Spike to ensure the Disaster doesn’t happen. You are part of everything, so yeah.”
“How did you know this was going to be a Horde meeting though?” you ask.
“Well…I actually didn’t, I tracked Spike because he left the house instead of helping me, and I saw him entering a bar! A BAR! He is way too young for that!”
“I’m only five years younger than you!” he cries in outrage.
“You are?!” both you and Tacky McStabFlank ask genuinely surprised, “Then why the heck do you look like you’re 8?” you continue.
“Dragons live for like thousands of years man, I age slowly”
“Still too young for bars…so I gathered the girls to rescue you and stage an intervention, and who do we run into? YOU! Out of anyone in the world, it had to be you!”
“Hey better him than ninjas right?” Lyra chimes in.
“NO! It’s even worse, you are so grounded young man!”
“You can’t ground me!” he shouts.
“Yes I can, you are MY baby dragon and you will..” she starts before she is cut off by an outraged Spike .
“YOU’RE NOT MY BUCKING MOTHER!!!”
Everyone Gasps at that.
“Spikey-Wikey, such language!” Rarity admonishes
“Spike…” Twilight tries to say
“NO Twilight! I do everything for you. Everything! And this is how you repay me? You broke my trust with this whole tracker thing, and I can hang out with whoever I bucking want! LEAVE THE OFFENDER ALONE!”
“Spike Dude, What’s the matter with you?” Rainbow admonishes, “Twilights like your family, you don’t say stuff like that to her! It’s wrong!”
“OH like YOU have any right to say that to him,” Applejack growls at Rainbow.
“And what’s that supposed to mean?” Rainbow replies angrily.
“Nothing that you would understand Ms. LOYALTY, ha, what a joke.”
“OK, you’ve been insulting me all day, the heck is wrong with you?! Why are you doing this?”
“You know dang well why you stallion stealing hussy!”
Everyone just looks at that outburst and gasps, while Thunderlane, Lyra, and Vinyl all shout
“Oooooohhhhh…Burn!”
“Really?! REALLY?! This is what this is about?”
“He was mine and you stole him away!”
“I didn’t see your name on him you Hick!” she gets in AJ’s face.
“I told you I liked him you back stabbing Filly Fooler!”
“Oh Filly Fooler huh? I bet he begs to differ!”
“Ummm…do you two need a few minutes or something?” you ask not really sure where this is going as everyone watches the spectacle.
“Shut yer dang mouth you varmit! This ain’t got nothing to do with you, this is between me and this poor excuse of a friend!” AJ replies, not even looking at you
“Oh you wanna go? YOU WANNA BUCKING GO?!” Rainbow shouts putting her forehead hard against AJ’s.
“OH I already went there!” AJ replies and then they start fighting.
You and everyone else are just shocked as these two start having a catfight, they even somehow end up in a small pool of mud…when did that get there?
You watch them do WWE type wrestling moves as the mud coats their bodies, making their manes wet and bringing out their curves more…You are enthralled
“Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Stop it!” Twilight screams, but they ignore her.
Fluttershy and the others try stopping the fight, but you hold them back.
“Let them fight…” you say cryptically.
“But we have to stop them before they are seriously hur…” Fluttershy starts.
“Let them Fight.”
“But they’re best friends, Friends shouldn’t fight like this!” Pinkie says with tears in her eyes.
“LET THEM FIGHT!”
“You’re getting aroused by this aren’t you?” Vinyl knowingly states.
“Eh he he,” you stutter nervously while putting your leg behind your head, “Let them fight?”
“Yes! For all that is good and holy, let them finish!” a frantic looking Thunderlane blurts out.
While AJ and Dash fight, and Pinkie and Rarity try to stop them, Twilight just blinks her one non eyepatched eye and then grows angry as she looks at you.
“You’ve turned Spike against me…” anger seeps from her voice.
Fluttershy tries to defuse the situation. “Twilight, Girls, Everypony…let’s just talk about this OK?…”
“Fluttershy has betrayed us for you…” She says more angrily.
“The Buck you say? I didn’t…”
A screech rolls out from the mud pit. “You fat flanked skank, that was my injured wing!” Rainbow Roars
“Oh My Bad, let me even it out and break your other one!” AJ screams.
“Our Friendship is once more fractured by you…” Twilight grits her teeth in audible anger.
“Hey, I helped you fix that once before when that Chaotic nutjob messed up your mind! And I don’t have anything to do with their lover’s quarel” (Well I do, but not as the Offender) you think.
Both Rainbow and AJ shout from the pit “SHUT UP BUG!”
“Your revolution will cause the disaster next Tuesday Morning…” Crazlight continues.
“Hey Hey now, I don’t support that at all I swear! That’s exactly what we were just talking about before…” you are interrupted.
“You have to die…” she states nonchalantly
“I’m sorry, WHAT?!”
“If you die now…THEN EVERYTHING WILL GO BACK TO NORMAL! EVERYTHING!!! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!” she says in the most insane way possible, causing everyone to stop and look at her, even the mud covered wrestlers.
Without warning, she jumps on you and begins choking you. She is a lot stronger when she is insane. The others pry her off.
“The Buck Mare! I never tried to kill you before…on purpose anyway!”
“Twilight, we can’t just kill him!” Rarity says as she holds a struggling Twilight back.
“Yeah, are you loco in the coco?” Pinkie adds in as she holds both AJ and Rainbow Dash in headlocks.
“I HAVE TO STOP THE DISASTER! ALL OF EXISTENCE IS COUNTING ON ME!!!” she laments causing everyone to finally see just how much sanity has slipped from her.
“Oh Buck this!” You scream as you throw down a smoke bomb.
“Members of the Horde…RUN AWAY!” you shout as you bravely flee, leading the members up and into the bar…straight into a group of guards who have Berry and Bulk in hoofcuffs.
“Stop right there criminal scum! You violated the law!” a generic sounding one shouts as the Deadly Five, including a still fighting RD and AJ come up the stairs.
“YOU’LL NEVER TAKE US ALIVE!!!” shouts Raven, surprising you all as she runs forward and smashes a guard in the head with a bottle.
And with that, a Spark is set and everyone starts brawling. You could say it turns into a Barroom blitz as bottles and tables are smashed, and fast music somehow starts playing. AJ and Rainbow Dash are kicking the tartarus out of each other the whole time, while you keep trying to put a stop to the whole thing.
Eventually you whip out the Plushie and use the RCV “HORDE MEMBERS, SHIELD YOUR EYES!”
The guards and the deadly 6 look at you and fall asleep, unfortunately Thunderlane, Bon Bon, and Vinyl all looked and got knocked out too.
You then have everyone book it out of there, making it look like the guards had a drunken brawl, or at least that’s what Berry will tell them. And tell them you will put a stop to the Fillydelphia uprising.
You change back into Tennant, and when everyone wakes up (except for Twilight since she’s been awake for days) and leaves, you witness a kind of messed up scene.
All the Deadly 6, and Spike start arguing.
“I never want to see your traitorous face again you gorram feather brain!” AJ yells at Rainbow
“Good, cause I don’t want to see your ugly mud pony face either!” Rainbow yells as both run off with humphs.
Pinkie and Rarity chide Fluttershy and Spike for being a part of the horde, and ruining everyone’s friendship as they carry the unconscious Twilight home.
Both of them feel heartbroken, Especially Spike because Rarity was mad at him, and they watch tearfully as everyone leaves.
“Fluttershy, can I stay with you for awhile? I really don’t want to be around Twilight right now…” Spike asks downtrodden.
“Of course, of course you can…that’s what friends are for…” she answers while crying.
And boy do you feel like a jerk. Sure they all have been hunting you at some point, but they were all good friends, and you kind of split them all up. Score one for you you suppose, but jeez you even went out of your way to bring them back together that one time.
You sigh as you think that, but you have to deal with it later. You have to get to Fillydelphia.
You go to the Farmhouse where you see AJ kicking a dead tree over and over again in frustration. You grab your stuff, and brush Night Shade’s hair as she sleeps. You’re going into a war zone, it wouldn’t be safe to take her, so you leave her a note telling her you’ll be back soon.
Selena speaks up, unsure of this course of action “Are you sure it’s wise not to take her with us?”
“We’re going to a new town and more than likely will end up smashing the place…I don’t want to chance it.”
“It never stopped you before.”
“Before she hardly ever left her room, and slept for days on end. She’s got more energy now, and I don’t want her wandering off when anything can happen. This is for the best.”
You leave the shack and mumble
“Still wonder why she doesn’t sleep as much as she used to.”
“I may have an answer to that…”
“You do? OK, tell me on the train then. Got one last thing to do.”
You walk over to Applejack and see she is covered in sweat and is cursing everytime she bucks the tree.
“Applejack?”
“What do you want?!” she asks in anger.
“I…I just wanted to let you know that I’ll be in Fillydelphia for a few days…starting tonight.”
She gives one last buck and breaks the tree in half.
“OH NO YOU DON’T! What you think this is charity or something? That you can just come here and take what you want? Breaking hearts and leaving whenever you so please?!” She rants.
“Well I…”
“I’ll fire you you hear me?! You leave and I’ll fire ya!”
“Please…It’s family issues…It’s very serious, someone could die.”
“Her face softens at that and she looks down. “Oh…I’m sorry I just…Just had a bad night.”
“So can I go?”
“Ya…ya you can go…Family is everything…I’m sorry, ya’ll still have a job when you come back.”
“Thank you, and please…watch after Nightshade for me while I’m gone.”
“I will… and Tennant…”
“Yeah?”
She gives you an uncertain look and you can tell she’s been crying. She looks like she’s about to say something but then just shakes her head
“I…nothing…be careful ya hear?”
You nod your head and then head to the train station.
Yay, I'm an example
But ya, if you think my novel sized comments are too much of an eyesore, you can go ahead and do that whole "[X's]comment" thing if you want
This is only going to end badly if you don't do something to stop it. Time for action!
"Alright! Everypony chill out!" you announce, drawing everpony's attention.
"Chill out?!" Twi says menacingly as she stalks towards you and charges up her horn "There's a world-ending disaster right around the corner and you want us to 'chill out'!?"
"I'm sorry, I said that wrong. What I meant to say was..." you charge up your Winter Blast plasmid "would you all kindly CHILL THE BUCK OUT!" and with that you slam your hoof into the floor, creating a frost nova that coats the Deadly 5 in a thick layer of frost, freezing them to where they stand. "Now then," you say to Twilight "if you'll excuse me for a moment; just stay right there."
You could have sworn you saw her eyes roll under the ever so slowly melting ice.
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After the issue with the (obviously fake) spy has been dealt with, you hear a shattering sound behind you. Instinctively you duck out of the way, and it seems your Dodge Training has paid off, as there's now a smoldering crater where you were standing not half a second ago. You whip around and see that the Deadly 5 have broken free from their icy prisons (you also see a humorous scene involving Pinkie Pie with her tongue stuck on Rarity's still frozen cheek).
"No more games Offender!" Twilight yells at you "I've got a crisis to avert!" She charges up her horn to incinerate you.
"Yes! We do!" you tell her, to which she stops for a moment, confused. You grab onto her cheeks and drag her up to you so you can better scream what's happening. "A faction of my followers in Fillydelphia are staging a rebellion! If they do that thousands will be in danger! We've got to stop them."
"You're starting a revolution!?" Twilight screams "This is even worse than I thought. The Offender is using his mind control to raise an army of soldiers to violently start a revolution and overthrow Celestia so he can rule Equestria himself! This has got to be the disaster I need to prevent! This. could. be. WAR!" Crazlight rambles over your protests to the contrary "Girls, get him!"
"Um... Twilight darling, are you sure you're feeling alright? You look simply dreadful." Rarity tries to calm her down.
Twilight simply growls and charges at you, horn ablaze.
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Additional dialogue:
"Aww yeah! Barfight!" Vinyl declares happily and smashes a bottle of Jack Spaniels over the nearest pony's head.
"OW! Vinyl that was me!" Octavia snaps at her.
"Yeah, I know." Vinyl shrugs back with an innocent smile.
Engage epic fight mode with this blaring in everyone's ears for no discernible reason;
nonononononononononno
NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO
NONONONONONONNONONONONONONONONOONONONONONONOONONON!!!!!!!!!
"I've... Had... ENOUGH!" you yell as you stamp your hooves on the ground, waves of force rolling out and pinning everyone to the walls, oddly enough leaving Fluttershy where she was. Your eyes glowing orange, you sweep your eyes around the room,everyone too shocked to react, "I've had enough of all your prejudice! Enough of all of this! You don't quite understand what you are getting yourself into, I am trying to stop a luna-damned war!"
You turn to Twilight as her horn begins to glow. She teleports out of the waves of force towards you.
"Would you kindly FREEZE and listen to me for once!" you scream, using your freeze plasmid to freeze Twilight's hooves. The force you had on the others dissipates, dropping them all to the floor, "I have done nothing but try to help ponies! I've made mistakes, but they are just that, mistakes! You, however, don't seem to care much for that! You only see me as an enemy!"
"Done nothing but help ponies? You destroyed the gala!" Rarity interrupts, her own horn glowing.
"I was not myself at that moment! Besides, I stopped the roof from crushing everypony!"
Suddenly, Berry Punch enters with a tray of drinks on her back, "I brought drinks in case anyone was-" she stops when she sees what's going on, "thirsty..."
At some point you end up getting stuck in a tug-of-war between the rainbow filly-fooler and the not-rainbow filly-cooler as they pull you back and forth between themselves. Twilight and the others just look on, confused.
I want the comments shortened. I look at the word count of a chapter and I expect it to tell me how long it'll take me to read the chapter, but with the comments in the story I can't tell how long the chapter actually is. I skip the comments anyway, so just take them out imo.
What the BUCK?! I thought you couldn't be more of a dick till now Applejack. How the hay do you expect him to know about your pathetic feelings if you don't Talk To Him!!!