Episode 21: Confronting The Tyrant In Your Mind!
Opening Theme:
Make sure this guy's in a cage/jail cell before you talk to him, or at least restrained; he's not going to take kindly to seeing the guy who ate him, or his torturer.
After taking Sombra out of the now dubbed Room of Horrible Movies and tying him up to a chair in an isolated room with one light on the ceiling (All while still within his cage). You all begin to stare at him waiting for him to notice you all, but he kind of just sits there...dull eyes staring into lost space. Your eye brow raises in confusion as you call out,
"Sombra? Hey Sombra!" still he remains catatonic. Rolling your eyes you keep calling out,
"Hellooo, Equis to Sombi! The world says Hi..."
His eyes unglaze at that,
"Hi?....Hi?...OH HAI!!!" he yells out and starts thrashing around causing you three to recoil.
"What is your accent you weird alien looking stallion, WHAT IS YOUR ACCENT?! HOW ARE BIRDS BEATEN BY COAT HANGERS?! WHY WAS THE DEVIL IN THAT ELEVATOR?! WHO KEEPS GIVING SHAMALAMADINGDONG MONEY?! Oh hai birdies! ahahahahahahaha..." he starts laughing crazily.
You all look at each other before you stick your arm through the cage and slap him.
"Snap out of it!"
As your hoof hits his face, his eyes suddenly become focused as he looks around in alarm,
"What? Who? Whe...oh, it's you three sick bucks. Have you come to finally kill me?" he asks.
"Um, no we," you start
"Why not?! Get your jollies off to my suffering is that it?!" he growls.
"No, calm down, we all came here to talk, just talk alright."
"Talk huh? Well anything's better than whatever the Tartarus those moving picture stories are."
"Yeah..." you mumble before turning to Selena, "You think we overdid it with the movies?"
"Need I remind you he tried to kill all of us?"
"...Good point." You then turn back to Sombra and say,
"Alright bucko, here's the deal..."
After...that little episode, you explain to Sombra why he was even let out of that room in the first place...
The Pony Spartan's Comment
"So let me get this straight? You want me to help you?" Sombra asks.
"Uhh... yes?"
"You seem unsure about it bug." He then turns to Nightshade, who gasped and hid behind her mother. "Why should I help little one? I was the one who was beaten," He turned to Selena. "battered," then to you, "and EATEN!"
"It's either you help us in the long run, or stay trapped here being tortured with horrible "Entertainment" while Bugze uses your magic, either way it's no skin off our teeth" Selena declares.
Sombra snarls at this. "What do I get from this? I certainly don't get freedom. And better yet, why should I help the ones who are my ENEMIES!"
You sigh as he snarls, sending spittle at you.
Before you can say anything else though Nightshade finally decides it's her turn to try and persuade Sombra.
"U-um... Sombra?"
"What?" He spat.
"If y-you can't do it for a reward or freedom then... can you do it for me?" She asks with the quivering look with the puppy eyes.
Sombra's angry gaze falters briefly, as if a struggle was going on within his mind. You presume it's about the cuteness your little Nightshade was applying.
"...No..." Sombra finally says after regaining his composure.
Nightshade looks shocked a bit, and then from her eyes come...tears?
"O-okay but... me and daddy and mommy are always in trouble a-and ... we need all the help we can get," Nightshade whimpers in genuine sadness, not just for herself, but for all of you. "My daddy's always fighting for me... and I can't do anything to help him and mommy. But you can! So that's why I'm asking you to help."
After that heart felt plea you look back at the tyrant and for a second, a mere second, you swear you could see smile.
"U-uh..." Sombra stutters. "N-no! You think you can trick me to thinking you're innocent?! Don't think I forgot all the bullspit you put me through at the Crystal Empire. And that dragon too. I would've had the empire by now if you- WIPE THOSE FAKE FLANK TEARS YOU INSOLENT-"
"Enough!" Selena yells, cutting off Sombra. "You will not speak to our daughter that way!"
"Well excuse me for not falling for your tricks. Both of you are fools if you think your "daughter" can make me change my mind, I will never help you!"
Sighing in annoyance you say,
Solarkness's Comment
"So... there is nothing at all we can do to change your mouth?"
"NO YOU... did you just ask me to change my mouth?", Sombra asks confused.
"Huh? Wait, did I?" you ask aloud as you mentally play back what you just said.
"Yes... yes you did", Selena confirms while facehooving.
"You do know that you cannot change someone's mouth right? It's kind of a fixed appendage", Sombra asks while holding back his laughter.
"I just... I just misplaced a word! Jeez, can we just forget this?", you mutter embarrassed.
"Ha ha, oh how idiotic you are captor, why do you wish to know this? So you can trade in your own?" he taunts.
"I wanted to say mouth, not mind, now answer the question!"
Sombra looks at you skeptically, before replying: "But I already told you, one cannot change their mouth..."
"But...", you respond helplessly as you begin to lose your intimidating cred, "Nightshade, you know that I wanted to say mind, right?"
"Ummm..."
Sombra, Selena, and surprsingly Nightshade continue to make fun of you for your "slip up" you then proceed to draw a reset button with a crayon and continuously smack your face in whilst muttering "nope, nope, nope, so much nope" over and over again
"What?! You too?"
"Well you kind of said it without hesitation Daddy, where did that even come from?"
"I don't know! I guess I was thinking about telling him to shut his mouth before your mother did, and then I moved on to my next question and jumbled them for some reason."
"I suppose I could change my mouth if you gave me a rock and enough pain elixirs, ha ha ha..." Sombra taunts at your floundering.
"Shut your mouth!" you yell.
"Can't, it's too busy changing."
"Grrr..."
"Well at least he's laughing, right daddy?"
"You know Bugze, somedays I wish I could change YOUR mouth just to keep you from saying stupid stuff like this," Selena grumbles while still facehooving.
"Nope, nope, nope, nope! We are redoing this! The proper way! YOU! Stop laughing! YOU! stop being condescending, and YOU, Keep being adorable," you say to the respective members in the room.
While the ex tyrant still snickers, Selena and Nightshade just look at you. Shaking her head once again, she whispers to you.
"Perhaps I should take over the conversation from here?"
"Yeah fine, do whatever you want," you grumble as you cross your arms indignantly.
"Good, now watch your mouth lest it change," she says with a wink before turning back to the caged king.
After muttering a few more choice words, you watch as she walks closer to the cage.
"Alright, that is enough you insufferable peasant! Cease your prattling or by the heavens themselves we will subject you to the Extended Director's Cut of After Equis,"
This shuts him up fast as his eyes glaze in horror, but then they take back on their steely edge as he returns the glare.
"Now, you know very well what my Bug meant. Will you not change your mind?"
He just glares back at her more before leaning forward.
"No...I will not change my mind. Not if it means helping my captors. You want me to change my mind? Release me from this body. Whether you do it willingly or through your own death, release me, and then, maybe then, I will be merciful on the ones you love..." he growls.
Selena's eyes harden at this.
"That is not going to happen filth."
"Then I guess we have reached an impasse," he says as he leans back in his chair.
Selena lets out a sigh as she looks to you. You only shrug your shoulders in return. Shaking her head she looks back to him and says,
Kichi's Comment
"You don't belong to this mind Sombra, but neither can you be free. Why do you insist on being difficult? Why won't you willingly help us?"
"Dificult? Willingly help you? You ATE ME! And after I spent a millenia becoming mortal again. To rule my subjects once again. It was not by my hoof that I was again given flesh... I was called here by ponies that wish to pay me tribute" Sombra gloats.
"Tribute!?! You steal pony's happiness and make them your slaves!" you shout.
"Perhaps that could be said of your entire race bug, and of Celestia and Luna" he snaps back.
"What?" you three ask.
"Do you think I was idle those moments I was free? I felt it, your hatred for the princesses, both of you know it's true" he declares.
"We, uh...don't hate them," you blatantly lie as both you and Selena rub the backs of your necks nervously.
"Ohhh... Really? It was by their will that the witch here was separated from Luna , it was by their will that you have a reward on your head, do you think that they will ever stop hunting you? That you could live happily ever after with these ponies?"
"Shut up!" Selena shouts.
"You will never have a happy ending, and you both know it. You've seen how ponies are, skittish and violent over the drop of a hat. They'll never accept the emotion stealing monster with the boogeymare inside his head, and you all know it!" He bellows. Selena responds by sending out a shot of magic towards the tyrant, but he shifts his head and dodges it, laughing after he does so.
"Silence your tongue wretch!" she shouts as her eyes start taking on a white glow. You walk over and place your arm on her back to try and calm her down,
"Don't listen to him, he is only trying to get to us. It's the same mind games Discord pulled." Her eyes unglow, but her snarl does not vanish as Sombra keeps talking.
"Do not compare me to that idiotic louse, unlike him I speak in truths, and the truth hurts doesn't it "Princess?" And what's more, that little "Daughter" of yours will suffer just as much as you two."
"Hey now!" you declare, but he keeps going.
"With any luck, she'll be taken away, never seeing you again, which could be a blessing considering what the Princesses will do to you."
"I said-"
"But your luck is nonexistent isn't it? Perhaps she'll receive the same fate..." he growls darkly.
You hear a gasp behind you. You look back at Nightshade who seems shocked by all the things Sombra is saying, and even see a few tears in the corners of her eyes.
And that tears it for you.
"Enough!!!" you yell as your eyes glow orange and dark waves of magic start rolling over you.
What was I thinking bringing her to meet this monster? Stupid, Stupid Bug! You chide yourself in your mind.
"Bugze wait, that's not my..."
"You want it to end bug?! Then release me before your little filly becomes a corpse, just like how you wi-"
"I said ENOUGH!!!" You shout in the RCV as a dark beam of magic leaves your horn and strikes the Tyrant in the chest, knocking him over and finally shutting him up.
You stare in shock of what you just did, before you gain a scowl and say,
"If my body is your prison, then that makes me the warden. I can either be your ally, or I can be one mean son of a b!#@$. Either way, your magic is mine!"
Sombra's, Selena's, and Nightshade's eyes widen at this declaration, but you don't care as you flip your cape around and walk to your daughter.
She looks at you in shock with tears in her eyes, and it hurts you knowing you put her in this position. Selena walks to her side and nuzzles her cheek, trying to comfort her.
Your eyes begin to blaze orange again as you turn back towards the tyrant on the ground and say,
"This conversation is over! Dream off!" you declare. You see Selena nod as she starts to light up her horn, but you are both stopped by a sudden,
"WAIT!!!"
Selena's spell falters, and you, flabbergasted, look towards the one who called out.
"Wait Mommy, don't end it just yet!"
"Nightshade, there's nothing more to discuss, he made his choice, we're leaving," you declare, but she looks back up at you.
"There is still more to discuss. I still haven't gotten to talk with him yet!"
"Nightshade, you tried remember? He will not be swayed by-."
"Yeah I remember, you guys had me say two things to him before you took over. You said it was MY job to reform this guy right?"
"Nightshade, it doesn't matter anymore beca-," You place a hoof on her shoulder, but she shakes it off.
"It does matter Daddy! This is MY job remember? And you didn't let me do it!" she declares defiantly.
You and Selena both look at each other unsure what to do.
"Look, I know he's a mean bucking jerk face, and those things he said were..." she gasps at this before shaking her head, "But you all went at him in your way...let me try mine? Please?"
You both look at your daughter's determined face, then back to the slumped over unicorn still tied to the chair.
You and Selena both nod as you say,
"Alright honey, we'll try it your way," as the three of you walk back towards the cell.
"Oh what is this...? *gasp* *gasp* I thought we were done. Come to strike me with more of MY magic?"
Selena wordlessly uses her magic to lift the chair up, and set it down upright again.
"Well strike me then you cowards..." he calls out.
"Only if you're bad, but hopefully you won't be, because you and I are going to have a chat," Nightshade declares.
"A chat? With you?! HA! Don't make me laugh you little punk, your precious "parents" already threw that out the window."
Nightshade glares at the ex king, before turning to you both and saying
BrownDog's Comment
"Hey, can you two give me a minute with him?”
“What?" both you and Selena shout.
You lean your head towards her and whisper, "Nightshade, we’re not leaving you alone with him. Not after what he's done.”
Selena also huddle whispers with you, "Your father's right, we are not going to leave you alone with him."
“I know that! I didn't say 'leave me alone with him' but just, scoot back a little ways OK?”
"Why?"
"Because he might open up if it's just me listening."
“Nightshade, whatever you have planned, it’s not safe to,” Selena starts.
“Hey, I already kicked the spit out of this guy once before, and that was WITHOUT the two of you,” she huffs.
"Nightshade, I-" you start.
"And besides, he's tied up, in a cage, in your mind and both of you are still here, what the buck is he going to do to me?"
“Yeah…but,”
“Look, trust me on this, please? Just keep me in sight, but let me speak to him in private…please?”
You and Selena both look at each other unsuredly and back to her determined look.
“Alright,” you then look to Sombra, “We will be watching you. Don't you dare try anything you bucker.”
“Yes, or by the stars themselves, we will turn you into a mare…” Selena threatens with a glow of her eyes.
Sombra winces at that.
You and Selena then walk off a little ways to where you can’t hear what they say, but you can still see them. Nightshade’s back is to you.
“Yeesh, she’s already acting like a moody teenager,” you say aloud.
“Quite, but it is said that fillies mature faster than colts,” Selena adds.
“I don’t know…wonder what she’s saying to him?”
"We'll ask afterwards, for now, be on guard."
"Way ahead of you there Selly..."
As you take up offensive positions, ready to pounce at even the faint hint of danger, Nightshade talks with the tyrant.
POV Change Nightshade
As your mommy and daddy walk off, you turn back around to face the jerky unicorn.
“OK, now that it’s just you and me, let’s talk more openly,” you say in a serious manner.
“Is this display supposed to earn my trust?” Sombra mocks.
“Well yeah, eventually, but right now, I just want you to know one thing,” you say with steely eyes.
“And what is that you little abomination?”
“If you ever, EVER, try to hurt Mommy and Daddy again, I will buckstart your head till you can smell the color red,” you threaten as your eyes faintly glow.
He seems taken aback at first, but then smirks.
“Heh, so you are dropping all pretenses then you foul mouthed little punk?”
“I’m not dropping anything, just laying out the rules. I don't have to remind you what happens when Daddy and Mommy get mad...or me..." you threaten. "Now listen hear you smokey piece of crap, you are one of the biggest jerks I have ever met in my life. You're worse than that King Ghidorah, you're worse than Discord, heck I'd say you're even worse than...TRIXIE..." you growl as your eyes glow again.
Sombra winces again but then answers back.
"I do not know who this Trixie or Ghidorah is, but you are correct, that fool Discord wishes he was as dangerous as..."
"I didn't say dangerous, I said you were more of a jerk than them, and that's saying A LOT!"
"Fine, I get it, you hate me. What else is new? Is there a point to this conversation?"
"Yes, because even though your a massive, MASSIVE flankhole, I AM going to make you my friend."
He seems taken aback by this, so you continue.
"I don’t care how long it takes, YOU are going to love everything about me!” you declare.
Sombra chuckles at this.
“And why is that? Because your “Mommy” and “Daddy” said so?”
“Yes! They are my parents and I love them. They’ve done so much for me, so I'd do anything for them, including making friends with a jerk like you.”
“Oh wake up child, you are not their Daughter,” he snarls with a point of his hoof behind you.
“Yes they are!” you declare.
“You ignorant fool. True you are an Alicorn, so you have some “Connection” to that Dark Spirit, but that Changeling is not your sire.”
You grit your teeth at that statement.
“The buck he isn’t, my Daddy has been there for me for almost 3 years.”
He laughs again. “And yet, you have no distinguishing Changeling characteristics. Just look at yourself kid, there is nothing of that filthy bug in you."
“Oh yeah? Then why would he care for me huh? Why keep me safe and hug me and say he loves me?”
“He’s a Changeling! They suck the emotions out of any creature, Love being the biggest one. It gives them power. He keeps you around, as a food source. As a battery.”
You scowl intensely at that.
“That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard of.”
“Well it’s the truth you ignorant brat. He has never been your father, you are being us-*Flash* What the…?”
Having had enough of his taunting, you allowed your green flames to come out and make your wings disappear, causing the Fallen King to shut up in shock.
“Oh I’m sorry, what was that you said?” You Flame up again and your horn is gone.
“I’m not part changeling like Daddy and only an adorable little battery?” Another flame and both your horn and wings are back.
“Well gee Mr. Sombra, I guess you’re right, I guess these green flames are just decorations,” you mock.
“I…wha…” Sombra says speechlessly.
“Oh, and if that weren’t enough for you, how about this?”
Your face gives a little flash of green, and Sombra scuttles back away from you.
Your eyes are pure blue, and two big sharp teeth jut out of your mouth.
“Not even Mommy and Daddy know about this one, and I don’t like it as much, makes me look kind of spooky, but sometimes that can be a good thing” you say with a sharp smile.
“Wh-what are you…?” he asks in awe.
“I told you already,” You flash back to your normal eyes and teeth, “I’m Nightshade, daughter of a princess and a changeling, and proud of it.”
Sombra’s eyes take on a different look after you declare that, almost as if he’s really interested about you know.
“In-intriguing…I…I have never come across anything quite like you,” he says in awe.
“Aww, thanks,” you say and give him your best sweet, closed eye smile.
You hear a tiny “Hrk” come from, him. When you open your eyes, you see him holding onto his chest a bit, but he quickly reclaims his stoic facial look.
You giggle and then say to him. “Now that that’s out of the way, we can move forward. You and I are already making headway.”
“W-We are?” he asks confused.
“Of course. One thing friends do is tell secrets to eachother, secrets that not even their family know, like how Scootaloo told me she thinks Rumble is-Whoops!” you throw your hooves up in front of your mouth at what you almost revealed.
“Who is Scoo-.”
“Forget about that last part!” you wave him off, to which he looks confused.
“But yeah, secrets are pretty easy, how about you?”
He continues to look at you incredulously, before shaking his head.
“You do not want to know the secrets I possess, you may never sleep again.”
“Buddy, I’ve seen a lot of scary stuff thanks to my daddy, I’m sure I can handle it,” you say trying to sound tough.
He just shakes his head again.
“You do not want to be my friend you strange creature, it won’t end well for you.”
“I can handle it. I’ll be your first and bestest friend you’ve ever had,” you say.
He laughs at that.
“What’s funny? I will!" you declare indignantly.
He stops and looks at you.
The way he said it so angrily makes you wince. “What did you do?”
“I returned the favor…When I was defeated by those damnable Princesses, I cursed the entire Crystal Empire and it’s monstrous citizens to Limbo for a thousand years. Every last one of them, except for her. For her betrayal, I made sure she lived the rest of her life as the last of her species. A lone Crystal Pony with no home to come to! To die alone!” he says with venom in his voice.
At that outburst, you turn around and see your parents looking antsy, so you hold your hoof up and tell them to stay where they are.
You turn back to him.
“So there you go kid, that’s how far I will go towards someone I love, Imagine what I’ll do to those I hate,” he says as he glares at you.
You stay silent for a moment, processing what he just said as he continues to stare at you. After all of that, you look up and ask.
“Do you miss her?”
“Wh-what?” he asks surprised.
“You’re friend, do you miss her?”
He stares at you in shock, not saying anything, but you see his eyes take on a hint of sadness as he thinks about your question. He eventually closes his eyes and looks away.
“It doesn’t matter, she’s dead and gone. Has been for a Millennia…” he says not looking at you.
“What was her name?” you ask gently.
He doesn’t answer you, and after a moment you don’t think he will until you hear him whisper something.
“What? What was that, I couldn’t hear you?” you say.
“Her name... was Radiant Hope,” he says breathlessly, before shaking his head, “But as I said, it matters not. She’s gone.”
“Oh but it does matter,” you say happily.
He just raises an eyebrow at you.
“I shared a secret, and you shared one back,” you say with a smile.
Sombra seems surprised at this at first before he groans and facehooves, turning his face from you.
You giggle, before you turn back and wave your parents over.
“You’ve probably had enough of just us talking, but I’ll be back again and again, so don’t worry.”
“Oh Joy…” he mumbles sarcastically.
"And you can yell and snarl at Mommy and Daddy all you want, you and I are still going to be friends...You'll see."
As your parents walk back over you think,
I’ll get to you jerkface. Just you wait…
POV Change: Bugze
As you walk back over to your daughter, you ask Selena.
“He...actually looks calmer...You have any ideas as to what that was all about?”
“Your guess is as good as mine…well not AS good, but…” she jests.
“Oh hush up you!”
Selena laughs as you frown, but you can't help but chuckle a little as well. As you make it back over to Sombra, he just glares at you and says,
"Your little abomination is done with me bug. Shall we return to my torture now?"
You look at Nightshade who gives an
"Eh."
You look back to the Tyrant and say,
"How about you think about our offer in silence for a bit, change it up a little?"
He just glares at you as Selena vanishes the chair and starts descending the cage down into the ground.
"In the meantime, some Mafia nerds need my attention," you declare as you have the dark waves flitter around you for a second, "And I got a new trick to show them."
You then turn to your two alicorns and say, "Alright, NOW it's time to wake up."
Kersey's Comment
POV CHANGE: Sombra's
As your prison descends into the silent inky black nothingness, you can't help but say aloud.
"Damn you child, for making me think about...Her...You don't actually care...not like she did..." you then shake your head from these dark thoughts as you think about what the idiot changeling said before he left. And it fills you with laughter
"Hehehe...hehehehe...HAHAHAHAHA! That's right you fool...keep using my magic without my permission. Let it poison and consume you. Let it make you want more and more of it. Become dependent, let your guard down. Then we'll see how well you can imprison me when you are begging for more. The warden you may be, but that means nothing if the jailer is a junkie.
The more you use...THE MORE I CAN CONTROL YOU!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!"
....
POV CHANGE: You (Bugze)
THAT MORNING
Kurolothgarian's Comment
As the last vestiges of the dream fade from your eyes, you slowly come back to the waking world and see sunlight coming through your window. The train is still moving.
Ugh, stupid bucking smoke monster jerk. I wish I never ate you, you're a pain in my mind.
As you blink your eyes, you still feel somewhat tired.
Eh, I can probably get a few more winks in, and have a normal dream. Besides, this seat is comfy, I'm nice and cozy, Aqua and Samus are soft on top of me and-
"WAIT WHAT?!" you yell, sitting bolt upright, knocking both females off of you. Aqua starts moaning as she wakes up from her landing, but Samus seems to still be sleeping.
Aqua blinks the sleep out of her eyes, yawns, then looks to your pale face huddling in the corner.
"What'd you drop me for CV?" she asks sleepily.
"You were sleeping on top of me!" you exclaim with a slight blush.
"Yeah? So?" she shrugs.
"Why were you sleeping on top of me?" you reiterate.
"Because you're warm?" she ventures, but you still have an exasperated face on, so she explains better, "You passed out last night, and I wasn't far behind, but it was cold in here. You're doubled up in more layers of clothes than I've ever owned, so I figured why not?"
"Oh...OK...but why was she on top of me too?" you ask pointing to the Griffon.
"She's still handcuffed to me, it was easier to keep track of her even when sleeping. Plus, she added to the warmth."
"Alright...how are you so nonchalant about this?" you ask.
"Eh, I'm used to it. You're not the first guy that's kicked me out of bed earlier than expected," she says with a hoof wave.
"Well I guess that makes...wait wha-?"
"Hey! Nerd Bird! Wake up!" she interrupts you as she kicks the griffon awake.
"Ow...five more minutes..." she groans.
"No, now, we're almost there," she declares standing the prisoner up as they both take their seats.
Sh-she's not going to acknowledge this is is she?
Probably not, strumpets like her tend not to.
I mean, how often has she done this to be used to it? I mean, not that I never thought about having two attractive females with me in be-
*GONG*
Ah! Sorry. Yes I'm a Bad Bug, but enough with the gong!
You know the rules you perv.
Yeah I know. Sigh, hopefully this day doesn't get any weirder.
Later In Bastion
"Oh come on, really? This weird place is the hideout?!" you shout to Samus as you look across the street at what she claims is the Video Game Mafia's Hideout.
"Yeah man, they own the place."
"It is the perfect front if you're engaging in shady dealings. Who would look twice at a Family Pizza Diner?" Aqua reasons.
"Me! I would! Especially this one! The pizza is crummy, the animatronics are creepy, and they keep getting closed down due to missing guards. I didn't even know there was more than one Freddy Fazbear's!"
"Well it is a franchise chain, but yeah, they meet there after closing time," Samus relays.
"So...uh...what are you guys going to do with me now?" she asks.
"Well we can't risk you ruining everything, so here, look at this," you say as you show her the Luna Plushie, knocking her out, before stuffing her in the Inventory.
"Baby, make sure this Griffon Lady stays chained up and asleep alright?"
"Okie Dokie daddy."
As you take your head out of the bag Aqua shakes her head.
"Man, I have got to get me one of those saddle bags."
"Well If I knew where to find them, I'd tell you. Now, we wait for closing time and those Mafia Gamers to show up."
"Sounds like a plan...why are you shaking?"
"In fear and anticipation. We are going to be taking down these buckers in a place that I'm uncomfortable in in the daytime, and hopefully, just maybe, we'll find a lead on our Crimson Knight Kichi."
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What about centuries by falloutboy
Really sorry this is so long.
Somewhere in Ponyville
A dark blue unicorn pony with a sharp turquoise mane and tail walked through the streets of the town. His cutie mark was a game controller and he wore a sleeveless black winter jacket with a hint of red lining, which was odd seeing that it wasn't winter... or even cold... or chilly.
He paid no attention to the ponies around him, just walking forward with a frown on his face.
Some kids ran towards him, and by accident, some of them shoved him a bit, which he just ignored.
He then took notice of an alleyway.
His anger grew rapidly when he saw what was happening.
A yellow pegasus with a pink mane and two fillies were about to get pounced by two figures in hooded cloaks.
He walked up on the two hooded ones.
The taller hooded pony bumped his two hooves together. “Tell us. Where. Is. The Hooded Offender.” He had a teen male voice.
Fluttershy just shook in fear and the two fillies held her close also scared.
"Where's the filly called Nightshade?"
"She's gone you bucker!" Scootaloo yelled.
“...Not gonna tell us? Oh well, we didn't want to do this, but... we gotta take you to the boss...es.”
“Yeah! What he sai-” The smaller hooded pony's sentence was cut off by a hoof slamming onto his head.
“Huh?” His hooded friend looked down. “What are you doing on the floor dude?” He looked behind himself. “Oh...”
“Hi.” The blue pony said bitterly. “What's going on here?”
“Oh, us? We're from the Crimson Knights,”The standing one started.
“Uh-huh.”
“And we have orders to take this yellow pegasus named Fluttershy to the leaders for questioning,” The fallen said weakly.
“Right.”
“And now you're a witness, so you're coming too.”
The blue pony stood silent for a second, closing his eyes, then opening them up again and taking a look at the Crimson Knight Cultists with fire in his eyes. “Let me tell you something about me. I. Hate! The Horde!”
“Well, that's too bad. I thought we were doing pretty goo-” A blue hoof slammed into his face. Once he rubbed a hoof on his cheek where he was punched, he continued. “Owww... What was that for?!”
“One, you're obviously doing something wrong here. And two, I despise your group.” The pony reached into his jacket and revealed a saddle bag. Soon after, area glowed a bright blue.
After a while in the alleyway, the two hooded ponies could be seen running away.
“Hmph, cowards...” The blue pony had two ripped pieces of the hooded cloaks which had the Crimson Knight symbol on them in his hoof. He ripped the cloth with his magic and began to walk away but stopped when the white unicorn filly from before called him and pulled on his hind leg.
“Wait!”
“What?” He spat.
“...T-thanks.”
“Hmph!" He kicked back slightly, making the filly tumble backwards. "Don't think I did this for you or your friend OR for the mare. I did this only because I absolutely hate the Crimson Knights!” He began to walk again, only to be stopped by Fluttershy.
“Wait! We didn't get your name.” Fluttershy said.
"Why do you care."
"Well... You saved me and these two little fillies." She explained.
The blue pony pondered if he should reply a truthful answer, and soon enough, he decided he would. “I don't have a name... Actually, I go by many names. Destiny Changer, Life Changer, ...a past Crimson Knight named Pony Spartan... I thought that was a cool name! But nooooo... Stupid bucking Ink-Moth, Minds Eye, and the others... one day we'll meet again.” He whispered the last part to himself. "Speaking of..." He suddenly turned and took hold of Fluttershy with his magic. He slammed her against the wall but not so hard to hurt her. "What were those two doing here?" He asked menacingly.
The two little fillies took a step back horrified at the situation.
"W-What...?"
"One of them said that they needed to take you, Fluttershy, to the leaders. What's so special about you?"
Fluttershy just floated in the air via magic shaking wildly.
"Tell me, or I will have to force the answers-"
"She was a past member of the horde!" Scootaloo suddenly shouted out.
The blue pony looked at Scootaloo, who flinched under his gaze, then turned back to look at Fluttershy.
"What do they want with a past member."
"I... can't tell you." Fluttershy squeaked.
"You will! Right here and now!"
"S-she... w-we..." Sweetie was too scared to say anything to this pony.
"Fine." He dropped Fluttershy. "It doesn't matter what information you hold anyway. I probably already know it." He walked away until he reached to the entrance to the alleyway. “You can call me... Changer.” He told.
Soon after, Changer walked out of the alleyway, thinking to himself, “Pony or Changeling. Crimson Knight or The Hooded Offender himself. I will annihilate you all.”
"Kichi, you'll be the first."
Sometime Later
Changer was using his magic to eat some mashed potatoes on a paper plate.
"Could never beat my babysitter's best." He thought.
He threw away the paper plate when he was done and started to make his way out of Ponyville.
A few meters away were three little fillies. They were all eating cake at a table in Sugarcube Corner.
"This cake reminds me of Nightshade... *sigh* I miss her." Sweetie said sadly.
"Y-yeah." Apple Bloom said nervously. "Gotta remember to talk to Spike."
Scootaloo didn't hear as she was talking about an incident with two Crimson Knights. "And then this pony came and saved us."
"Wow really? Who?" Apple Bloom asked.
"He called himself Changer. He's pretty weird... Hey! That's him!" Scootaloo pointed out the window to a blue pony who was walking towards the Ponyville exit.
"He even hurt Fluttershy a little." Sweetie Belle pointed out.
"Yeah! Some nerve!" Scootaloo said angrily. She looked away from him and crossed her forelegs. "We should go beat him up. Like Nightshade would do. Right, Apple Bloom? ...Apple Bloom?" She looked at her friend's seat and saw that it was empty.
Sweetie gasped. "Look!" She pointed outside where Apple Bloom was running after Changer.
"Oh no!" Sweetie and Scootaloo exclaimed at the same time.
"If I can remember correctly, Kichi wanted the Freddies Fazbears at Bastion for 'Hideout'. He most likely got the place with the help of other Cultists. I guess I'll go there first."
"Mister! Wait."
Changer ignored it and kept walking, the calling continued and got louder every second. He finally turned his head and saw a yellow filly running after him.
"What do you want?" He asked dryly.
The filly stopped in front of him. "Changer, right?"
Changer turned his body, signalling that it was his name.
"Ah wanted to thank you for saving my two friends."
Changer turned and started to walk away. "Sorry, but I didn't do it for them."
"Ya didn't?"
Changer didn't reply.
"Well, you did it none-the-less." Apple Bloom said as she walked up beside him.
"Why do you care?" He asked.
"'Cause they're my friends. And if you didn't come along when ya did they could have been gone." She explained.
Changer kept on walking, not replying.
"Where are ya going?"
"Places, now leave me alone."
Apple Bloom stopped him by running in front of him and putting two hooves on his chest, standing on her hind legs. "Ya can't leave yet, you deserve something."
By now Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle caught up and was shocked and scared to the bone. "Apple Bloom, no!" Scootaloo yelled.
Apple Bloom didn't hear.
"Move."
"Pleeease, Mister?"
"No, move."
"Pretty please?"
"I said move!"
"Come on-"
All Apple Bloom could see was a blurry image of the ground. She shook her head and cleared her dizziness, and then a sharp pain was felt on her right cheek and side. "Ow!" She held her cheek.
Sweetie and Scootaloo gasped.
Apple Bloom looked up and saw the blue pony with a raised hoof like he just backhoofed somepony.
"D-did you...?" Apple Bloom started to tear up.
Changer ignored her and starting walking off again, but stopped when he heard a familiar voice.
"How could you?!"
He turned his head and saw Fluttershy, and she was furious.
"You."
"How dare you hit a defenseless filly?! She didn't do anything wrong to you!" Fluttershy said as she walked up to him.
"She was in the way and I moved her myself after she refused," He replied, not sounding concerned.
"Do you even care?!"
"No." Changer was about to walk again but stopped when Fluttershy flew in front of him and gave him "The Stare".
Changer cringed and took a step back. "What is this?!"
Fluttershy put her stare at full-power.
Changer kept on walking backwards, becoming more restrained because of "The Stare". He soon grunted and quickly fired a magic beam at Fluttershy, taking her by surprise.
The magic beam hit and sent her flying to a building, making cracks in the wall.
"Fluttershy!" Sweetie and Scootaloo yelled, the former teary-eyed.
Changer held and shook his head. "What a powerful stare."
He composed himself and finally walked out of Ponyville, leaving Scootaloo and Sweetie to help up Apple Bloom and get help for Fluttershy.
Pleaze dn't call dis a Mary Sue. I promise it's not. It's just that one character that turned mean after a bad past. If that past were to happen to me I would want to do this.
How about Jekyll and Hyde by Five Finger Death Punch since he has Sombra and his own personal demons? The Radio Edit Version since this isn't a Mature story
Bugzee decides to take a little nap until the night and after that he go to wake up the others.
"Ok, are we ready?" Asked Bugzee looking to the others as they agree with the head
"Let's go!" Shouted Nightshade but was interrupted by Bugzee
"Sorry Honey, that could be dangerous, stay here safe" Say Bugzee to Nightshade even when she was not really okay with that.
"Now... It's time to take out that gamer mafia!" Shout Bugzee as they begin to walk to the family pizza dinner
Is then, Bugzee find the first obstacle, the closed door of the pizza dinner
"So... Any idea about how to enter?" Ask Bugzee
"Maybe we can try to search for a backdoor?" Asked Aqua but just then the door of the pizzeria opened by itself.
"Creepy..." Mutter Bugzee
As they walk, they could see a group of strange animatronics that seemed to be watching them, but they could not see the members of the mafia.
"Where are they?" Asked Bugzee
It's then that the wall open revealing stairs that go down with a big banner
"TO THE BOSS ROOM"
Bugzee look to the stairs still not sure about what to do
"This smells to trap, is like if they are waiting for us" Comment Aqua
"Yeah, but it's the only way and... Did that animatronic move?" Asked Bugzee as he looked to the animatronics
"It must be your imagination" Answered Aqua
They begin to walk down the stairs as Bugzee is still unsure about the animatronic until they reach the end and Bugzee can see a door with a banner "Level 1" Bugzee look to the door, as he is not sure about enter the door, but open it, only to find a table and another door in front of him. As Bugzee played the recorder, the sound of a voice come out.
"Hello? Hello? Is this on? Gah, it's not important... If you hear this, it means the time has come Bugzee, Offender, Tennant or however you want to call yourself... I'm sure you must have many question like how could we affort something like a chain of pizzerias, or this thing but that is not really important, after you manage to reach me, I'll answer your questions... Meanwhile I'll tell you what is going to happen... Past that door is a stage, created with the help of some of the members of the gamers mafia and a couple of associates, to open the door to the next floor you are going to pass a test in that floor based in a game of a member of the mafia. If you win you get the key to the next floor, if you lose, you are kicked out of here and need to try again, from the begining, I'm waiting you in the botton floor and don't try to lockpick the doors or destroy them, that is cheating and we don't like cheaters" After that the recorder stopped and Bugzee looked to Aqua.
"Well... What do we do?" Ask Bugzee
"I'm not sure, this could be a trap, but it seems we need to play by their rules for now" Comment Aqua
"To the adventure!" Shout suddenly the voice of Nightshade as she appear from behind Bugzee
"Gaahh! Nightshade? I told you to wait outside" Say Bugzee
"But Daddy, outside it's boring and cold, do you really want me to wait you alone for hours, not knowing if you are coming back? Only to know that maybe I could helped you if I was with you" Ask Nightshade
Bugzee look at Nightshade as he find himself without words in front of the logic of Nightshade
"I... Okay, but be careful" Say Bugzee as he enter the door
Bugzee open the door to see it's dark, he can't see anything inside but even so, Bugzee enter to the room only to find suddenly that the room light up and Bugzee can see around
"Gah" Shout Bugzee as he put a hoof in his eyes that recovered from the darkness to all the light, in the middle of the room, floating was a unicorn looking to Bugzee
"So at last you are here!" Say the unicorn looking to Bugzee, Aqua and Nightshade
"Who is supossed to be?" Ask Aqua to Bugzee looking to Bugzee
"I am..." Begin to say the unicorn but what interrupted by Bugzee
"Is Guarrondorf, the boss of one of the games" Say Bugzee
"Exactly... I mean, no... The name of my character is Ganondorf no Guarrondorf, if you want the key for the second floor you have to defeat me but first... You" The unicorn point with a hoof to Nightshade
"Me?" Ask Nightshade
"Yes, you... Our boss have a strict rule to never harm foals... I'm not sure how your dad could have the great idea to let you go here but if you could move away a little so that you could not be hurted..." Say Ganondorf as Nightshade look to Bugzee and then go to a corner
"Well... now... If you want the second floor key, you need to defeat me, but it's not going to be easy" Shout Ganondorf as he begin to throw balls of light to Bugzee
"No Shadow Kick" Shout Bugzee as he launch himself throwing a kick to Ganondorf
"Shoryuken!" After that he hit Ganondorf with a uppercut
Five minutes later, Ganondorf is in the floor defeated
"Guh... Congratulations, you win... But I'm only the first one, beware of the others" Groan Ganondorf but before Bugzee could ask anything a hole appear under him, closing after him
"Uhhh.... Well, we have the second floor key..." Comment Bugzee
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Maybe it's too much, but I was inspired this time, and like this, everyone have a chance to put a boss for Bugzee to fight.
Another fuckinf Freddys.
tihs should defninatly happen
You stare at the three robots, all standing tall on two legs.
"That's odd, ponies stand on four legs. And what are those claw thingies?" They are like claws. but they aren't sharp.
You take a closer look at the robots and decided that you hate the rabbit the most, the bear at a close second, and the duck is just... there.
You feel as if the rabbit would come at you first, then the duck, and the bear would surprise you from behind, and when they got you they would kill you like in a horror movie. But you don't think it would be a movie, more like... A game... Made by one developer... That arguably will be the best horror game... Yeah.
You then remember the fox in the other room, how you actually kinda liked that one for some reason-
Are you done? Get moving!
You shrug and get on moving.
Continue your hunt after giving the griffon criminal to the civil authorities and collecting the bounty.
Outro song oughta be this;
At some random part of a chapter after bugs does something crazy and stupid but it WORKS:
OK lady luck we get it I'm awesome NOW STOP MAKING ME PROVE IT
Considering you will be going against a mafia with access to powerful video game-themed weapons, yo decide to look through some of the things you looted from the extra life gang. As yo do, you notice a strange gem attached to the gauntlet of the platemail that that one griffon was wearing. Since it was meant for the opposite hoof as your power glove, you try it on. Almost immediately, one of the brown, impish creatures that attacked you before appeared in front of you. You panic and almost kill it before you realize it's just staring at you. Creepily.
"Umm... Hello?"
"Yes, Overlord?"
"Wait, WHAT!?"
6979197 From first impressions, Changer's not a Gary Stu. He'll only become a Stu if he has OP powers and everyone either loves or hates him.
lets Metal Gear this!
anyone else think Bugzy should form his own crew to fight the knights and get bountys?
6981859
He will have three main weapons (magic being one of them) and will, at least, be able to take on the Mane 6 (Fluttershy excluded), I want to work him up to take Bugze on in his tailed form minimum before he dies, disappears, or something else that removes him form the story.
And he's a Mary Sue if everyone hates him? Never knew that but not EVERYone will hate him.
6979269 I like the music suggestion, though I prefer the regular version vs the clean version. Though I understand the necessity to comply with the current rating.
6979349 To continue on this, could the last floor be him getting to a desk at the end of a hallway, and basically have them play FNAF2 since it could be after Midnight by the time they get to that area?
6984005 Time is not important, survive Five Nights at Freddy could be another floor very well, the final floor of the boss room I already have a idea that commented with DWC and Browndog sorry, but if you want to put him surviving that in a floor, it's okay. In theory I already made a parody in my post with the recorder and the animatronics that seemed to move.
6984052 Any floor works for me. Either way, I look forward to see the next chapter
6983709 The definition for a Mary Sue is a bit of a grey area. In my book though, if everyone love/hates you, you are stepping into (if not fully into already) Sue territory.
In case you don't know already, TVTrope's guide to avoiding Sue's.
Time to go stealth mode.
Behind you a pony with a black clock ran right passed you muttering something about revenge on a pony and a changeling. Some how she sounded familiar like she some pony we knew look time ago.
"Strange some how I'm feeling angry right now." you said as your eye start to change colour.
"Same here daddy." nightshade said as she too her eyes starting to change.
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hey Selena I think I found a type recorder. it's a diary log. you though
well play and lets hear what they have to say maybe it can give us some Intel on what they may have in store for us.
selena replied
the recorder started and came voice which sounded like one of the leaders you are descend to kill.
+/"log entry 1054 date something. year something. dear diary today-" the voice was interrupted as a pony was having trouble holding a changeling. you was putting up more of a fight.
"GET YOUR HOOVES OFF ME YOU DAMN JEDI PONIES!"
"uh oh this doesn't look good?"
"That's right you want a pieces of this changeling I may be powerless but I'm gone take you all down. Freak!"
'oof' 'ah'
"No I don't think so changeling"
"AAGH... ok ow"
"it looks we have a new subject time to get to work."
"I can still hear you."
"HIT HIM AGAIN WITH A STICK."
The recorder ended
sound like someling was having fun
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Well, I have stayed away from FNaF for the reason that I do not like such jumpscare games xD
So yeah, nothing to really add here.
Pompeii - Bastille fits, I think. It's not the kind of fast, strong beat that you would have in an intro, so it is better for an outro and...
It kind of fits. How can you be an optimist about some of those things?
Where do we begin with the next chapter, and our scene we write into the comment?
Once more, grey clouds move in, to cause trouble for our maincharacter.
But, at the same time, it feels like it always did. This series still is just as good as it was when it began.
Samus snarks, "So are you two gonna bust in there and kill every motherbucker with a pulse or are you just gonna give them crippling injuries that will make every day for the rest of their lives a Tartarus on Equestria?"
"Whoa whoa whao! You make Batmare's non-lethal-ness sounds horrible, but I'm NOT a killer-" you defensively stammer before Aqua interrupt-snarks,
"Injuries, Tartarus on Equestria, etc. Got it."
"OK, I'm gonna go inside and scope it out, you check the perimeter for anything suspicious, OK?"
"Alright, but don't do anything destructive yet, we don't even know if the mafia boys are in there already," Aqua replies as she ducks into a nearby alleyway."
"Noted," you reply with an eyeroll.
Seriously, how come there are so many mares demeaning me all the time?
Because we are vastly smarter and more cautious than you?
That is true...but still...
You start heading to the restaurant, but since it would look weird for a grown stallion in a mask to be wandering around by himself in a kids place, you decide to bring Nightshade out.
"Alright Honey, I need you to be a unicorn for right now."
"Okie Dokie."
She changes and then sees Freddy Fazbears.
"Oh My Gosh, there's another one? I thought they closed down!" she says in excitement.
"I say they all should be burned down, but anyway, we don't need to be thrown out of this one honey, we have to scope it out alright? So stay close."
"OK, but can we still get Pizza?"
"Yes yes, but seriously, stay away from the animatronics, the last ones looked...bitey..."
As you three wander around the creepy place, yes it is still creepy in the daylight, you see that it actually does look like just a regular pizzeria, it even has a similar layout to the first one, except...
"Whoa, what the buck? What is up with the animatronics? They look too..."
"Cutesy?" Nightshade guesses
"Yeah..." And it's true, the robot animal things look too bright and shiny compared to the ones from the other Fazbears. Like updated models, but somehow more creepy with the perpetual smiles. In one room you even see foals recklessly tearing apart the fox robot, and even it looks overhauled with pink and white colors.
"Ugh, they changed it, now it sucks," Nightshade huffs and crosses her arms, "I liked the other ones better daddy," Nightshade harumphs.
"Yeah, sure they had blood and mucus coming out of the eye sockets, but at least they weren't made to look like demeaning Haysbro toys."
"And why is Chica in short shorts? Did we really need that?" Nightshade complains.
As you wander around more, you find that this place has even more kid activity rooms. There is even some original animatronics. One is some chubby colt with balloons and a propeller hat.
"Aw, he reminds me of Button," Nightshade says in nostalgia. Gritting your teeth, you choose to ignore that and look at the other robot...and it's the creepiest of the bunch. It's face is white, with huge black eyes and a mouth, with purple and red around it. It's bipedal and has striped zebra like colors all over it's wiry body. It seems to be watching you, even though it has no eyes and...
"OK, I'm done looking at creepy robots, let's get some food.
After taking a seat and ordering pizza, you find out one change that is actually good.
"Well at least this place's pizza is way better. Seriously, this is fantastic!" you declare as you slide a slice through your open mask slit.
"Yeah, it's got the right amount of grease and oil from the cheese, plenty of sauce, and the crust is still firm and crispy," Nightshade agrees, as she slams 2 pieces into her mouth at once.
"Exactly...ugh," you say as you facehoof.
"What is it daddy?"
"This place IS the perfect cover. We haven't found anything aside from the old Fazbear creep factor."
"Did you want to check the back?" Nightshade asks as she points down a poorly lit hallway with a few closed doors.
You sigh.
"No, but we gotta."
After finishing the pizza, you walk down the hallway and keep opening doors. Two of them are clearly bathrooms, one of them leads to the kitchen, and another leads to what looks like a repair shop, and inside you see.
"Oh wow, look daddy, it's the old models!" Nightshade points out.
"There, in disrepair, are the original four animatronics that the Ponyville Fazbears had. And now you feel bad for criticizing the cutesy ones from before, because these ones look like corpses.
"Let's uh...not go in there honey, I don't like the looks of it."
As you say that, the Bonnie suit with the missing top half of it's head suddenly glows red where it's eye would have been.
You slam the door quickly.
You then make your way to an open doorway, which has no door at all for some reason, and see a purple stallion inside with a phone in his hand.
"Hello? Hello Hello? Well, you made it to night 2 so congratulations and...oh hold on a second..." he presses a stop button on the answering machine he's talking into and looks at you.
"Sorry sir, but this area is employees only I'm afraid."
"Oh sorry, we were looking for the bathroom," you say to him as you glance around the room. There are airvents to the left and right of the doorway you're in, his desk has a big lamp on it, and behind it is a door that says, "Management" on it.
"So, what's in that room, more broken animatronics?" you ask.
"Oh no, that's the managers' room, and only they are allowed back there. Heck, we security guards aren't even allowed back there...much as we'd like to some times...but yeah, If you're looking for the restroom, it's back that way" he points down the hallway.
"Oh, OK, thanks buddy."
"No problem, you and your daughter have a wonderful day at Freddy Fazbear's," he says with a smile.
As you both walk away, you hear him start talking into his phone again, something about the animatronics, but you drown him out.
"OK, now we know where they meet," you declare.