Episode 74.5: Changes on the Horizon
“TRRIIXXXIIIEEE!!!” you cry out to the heavens, but she does not respond.
“Wake Up! Wake Up!” you plead as you begin to shake her, but she does not respond.
“I’m Sorry! I’M SORRY!!! I Forgive You Alright?! I forgive you, just wake up…Please…” Your apology changes nothing, she still lies limp within your hooves.
“...Nooo…Nooo…” you whimper out.
Her eyes still remained closed, and no breath escapes her. You may have hated this mare. You may have wished her immense pain and harm. You may have blamed her for every bad thing that’s happened to you. But this...You never wanted her…
And just like that, a floodgate of emotions erupts. The faces of Flag Burner, Sin and her group, all those lost in the otherworld…and Trixie… All of them dead. All of them perished, because of you.
“I…I did this…I did this…” you drone as you are overwhelmed, your voice quiet and hollow.
Bugze! You must get ahold of…tions are…ing manipu…Selena cuts in and out, but right now, you are in no position to respond.
“I did this…I drove you to this…” you admit to the limp mare in your arms.
“I…I…Medic…Medic…Medic…” you whimper out before shouting. “MMMEEEDDDIIICCC!!!”
“AAAAAAHHHHH!!!” comes the screams, because of course they would come.
You sluggishly turn around, and look to the crowd of horrified ponies.
Through your tear filled eyes, you see the Deadly 6 standing along with a crowd of townsponies. All of them, every last one of them is horrified and aghast.
And why wouldn’t they be? All they see is an orange haired changeling with his hood down, covered in the blood of the nonmoving mare in his arms.
Each of the Deadly 6 are overcome with emotion by your state. Fluttershy is horrified and crying,
“H-Hoody…” she whimpers.
An immense look of sadness is held on Pinkie’s now restored face. She says nothing as her mane deflates. Rarity is on the verge of fainting, her mascara running down her face from both the rain and her tears. Applejack and Rainbow are both disgusted and beyond fury. They grit their teeth as furious tears well in their eyes.
“You…You Varmit…” Applejack seethes.
“You Monster…” Rainbow growls.
And Twilight…Twilight holds all of these emotions at once, added in with one more. Hurt.
“What Have You Done?” she asks in shock.
“I…” you try to explain, but you immediately close your mouth.
Why would they ever believe me? Why wouldn’t they believe the worst? Why Wouldn’t they throw their accusations? After three years, why would they think otherwise?
Truth be told, you wouldn’t trust the Changeling before them either…
The guilt courses through you, and for the first time in a long time, you envision them as their dead otherworld dopplegangers, but you don’t look away from them. You’re done running from your mistakes.
You bring Trixie around and lay her in front of you on the ground as many of the ponies gasp and take steps back. The rain drips on her still face.
“Medic… Medic…” you plead looking directly into Twilight’s gaze.
Twilight looks from you to Trixie and calls out to the crowd,
“Doctor’s! Nurses! Anypony with Medical Training! Help!”
From the crowd rush nurses and doctors who get to Trixie’s side, all the while giving you nervous looks, but you do nothing but stare out at the ponies in the crowd, still resting upon your knees. You spy Zecora, holding the Alicorn Amulet, and she too is distraught. Octavia, Lyra, and other members of the horde look conflicted. And the kids…You see the CMC and others being ushered away from the sight. Spike though looks downright devastated.
“She’s Not Breathing!!!” shouts one of the doctors who starts doing CPR.
“She’s lost a lot of blood, and the puncture wound has been haphazardly burned!”
“Can you do anything?!” asks Twilight in worry.
“We’d need to be at the hospital in the ER instantly!” one of the nurses expresses in resignation.
“I can help with that…” comes a voice with power from behind you.
Suddenly in a flash of gold, the doctors, nurses and Trixie are teleported away.
The ponies in front of you gasp in shock, but you don’t need their reactions to know who’s behind you. Still, you don’t respond, you just stare over the crowd, sitting in the mud, too overcome to do anything. You just lower your head and stare at Trixie’s bear, covered in mud and specks of blood, you slowly pick it up and bring it to your chest.
“So…You’ve done it again,” comes the voice from behind you. “After so many months of silence you return…and another one of my pony’s blood is on your hooves.”
Her voice is tinged with sadness, anger, regret…and disappointment.
“I thought that with Discord we could prevent this. That we could stop another rampage…That we could save your soul…”
You still don’t respond as you cradle the bear of the mare who fell into despair because of you.
“I don’t know what happened, who that mare was, or what brought this situation on in the first place, but if that mare has perished because of your actions, whatever the reason I…” she trails off. Judging from the expressions of the crowd, it’s not a pretty sight.
“I just want to know one thing…” she Princess Celestia mutters as she circles around and puts her face in yours. Her eyes look tired, and full of misery.
“Why? Why do you do these things you do?”
You don’t answer her. You’re too hollow to do anything.
“Why? TELL ME!!!” she shouts in your face, causing your mane to whip about. Still, you do not answer her. You have nothing you could possible say.
She continues to gaze deeply into your eyes. If you could still feel anything but guilt, you would shudder. After awhile her gaze drops and she sighs.
“You’re broken. I can see it in your gaze.” She then stands at her full height and looks down upon you.
“But broken or not, you still must pay…Will you come quietly? Have you had enough of bloodshed?”
You still don’t answer her as you let the tears flow down your cheeks. Before you know it, you are encased in a bubble of yellow light.
Why even fight it? Who else do I have to hurt before they take me down anyway?
“Twilight Sparkle!” Celestia barks out.
“Y-Yes Princess?” Twilight asks as she steps up towards her mentor.
“Distribute these to your friends.”
The princess levitates a box towards her and she opens it.
“The Elements?” she gasps in surprise.
It is in fact the Elements, the weapons that make the Deadly 6 even more deadly.
“Yes my student. I was going to leave this with you along with…” she holds a book up before placing it back into her bags, “Something else. But present circumstances call for action.”
Twilight nods, and each of the 6 take their respective Elements of Harmony as the crowd backs away.
“I deserve this…” you whisper as you hug the bear tighter.
Once each of the Element bearers have their pieces, Celestia turns back to you.
“Hooded Offender. For your crimes against Equestria and it’s citizens, I pass judgment upon thee,” she declares with her wings extended.
“I deserve this…” you bemoan. Through your grief, you feel as though you’ve forgotten something important…but you can’t quite grasp what it is.
“I sentence you to the magic of the Elements of Harmony!” she announces before looking back to you in an inquisitive glance. “And whatever happens…happens.”
“I deserve this,” you say yet again.
You look to each of the Elements who start to hold hooves.
Fluttershy, still saddened gives you a hopeful smile, “It will be OK Hoody. Your darkness will be driven away.”
Darkness being driven away? That feels like it should mean something…but it won’t matter soon, you think in resignation.
The crowd watches in shock and fascination, the Elements all begin to glow, and Celestia watches intently upon your sentence.
For all the innocents you hurt, for all the pain and suffering you’ve brought. You know that the world will be a better place after that rainbow of death strikes you. Trixie didn’t deserve this treatment, but you do.
Closing your eyes, embracing the despair, you resign yourself to your fate and just let go.
“I deserve-“
“NNNNNOOOOOOO!!!!” your mouth yells with fear and desperation. Dark misty power explodes forth from you in a wave as the yellow bubble is burst sending out a massive shockwave. The blast knocks back several crowd ponies that scream, it kicks the Elements out of their warm up and causes Princess Celestia to step back in shock.
You watch all of this from your eyes, registering it, yet you are not the one in control. Even more so, you can’t seem to care one way or the other.
Princess Celestia, and the Elements look to you in confusion and annoyance.
“Why do you still fight?!” Princess Celestia demands angrily. “Why can’t you just acc-“
“YOU CAN’T HAVE HIM!!!” the dark feminine voice yells back with your mouth as another dark wave washes out over them.
Every single pony looks upon you with shock, but none so much as Celestia.
“That voice…”
“YOU WON’T TAKE HIM AWAY FROM ME!!!” Selena yells, causing your eyes to blaze as hot as the sun as your cloak swirls around you.
The Elements look like they’re ready to fight again, but they are taken by surprise when Celestia begins walking towards you.
“So that’s the secret then. It’s been YOU the whole time. It’s always been you…” she then stops and glares at your glowing eyes.
“Nightmare Moon.”
Selena widens your eyes in shock momentarily, before she hardens them again. The gasp is audible throughout the crowd and even amongst the Deadly 6.
“N-Nightmare Moon?” Twilight stutters.
“It can’t be,” Rainbow gasps.
“This whole time?” Applejack blurts.
“How dreadful!” Rarity squeels.
“That actually explains a few things,” Pinkie surmises.
“Nightmare Moon?! You’re Nightmare Moon?!” Fluttershy shouts in shock and a bit of anger.
Selena looks left and right at all the ponies murmuring and muttering before she glares back at Celestia.
“Release him!” Celestia demands as her horn starts to light up. “You will not be using him as your puppet anymore!”
She grits your teeth at the accusation. The Elements are starting to power up again, and Celestia is preparing a spell.
“You Can’t Have Him,” she whispers before yelling, “Would You Kindly Bucking Bronco!!!” Her aim of the glove sends Celestia, the Elements and several in the crowd flailing in the air, cutting off their attacks.
Before they have a chance to orientate themselves, she runs into the sea of Apple Trees. When you are out of their range, she lights up your horn and you are teleported away.
You appear again, deep in the heart of a dark forest that could only be the Everfree. Panting and gasping, Selena diffuses the Nightmare Cloak and says,
“Bugze! Bugze can you hear me?!”
You don’t answer as you continue to watch the world through your eyes.
“Bugze! Please, you must come to your senses!”
I deserve this…you mutter as the guilt still eats away at you.
“Bugze?” she asks in worry.
I…I killed Trixie…I deserve this…
“Bugze…”
You can see, you can hear, but you are not currently at the wheel of either your body or mind. You drone on and on…
Your body sits down upon the ground and suddenly, the image of the mare in the moon is in front of you.
“Bugze, it’s me,” she says as she puts a hoof to your cheek.
“I deserve this,” you respond.
“Can’t…can’t you understand me?”
“I deserve this.”
Her eyes well up, before she looks down and shuts her eyes tight. When she looks back at you her face is angry.
“YOU!!!” she yells behind you, but you do not turn. “You Did This To Him!” She then storms past you. You hear a blast of magic and a yell of pain from Sombra.
“You flooded him with all that suppressed guilt while he was still in shock!!! You've overwhelmed his psyche!!!” she yells as another blast of magic brings another scream.
“You Planned This DIDN’T YOU?!!!” Selena roars as she sends out a stream of magic that doesn’t let up for some time. Sombra’s pained screams echo within your mind. You hear this, but it means nothing to you.
Selena pants and all is silent for awhile till the fallen King responds.
“Of course I planned this. I’ve been waiting for a moment in which to strike. In which to put him in a position to be killed and release me! The guilt and shock at that Mare’s death was perfect!!!” Sombra answers panting himself.
“You…You…” she snarls.
“What did you expect?! You two keep me prisoner here! Almost every day you keep me drugged out of my eyes. A blithering idiot! And when I finally come from out of the haze, you put me back under! Only during this whole ordeal, you forgot to put me under again. So Yes! I took my shot!”
“You…you moron…”
“I was so close. So close. Celestia and those meddlesome mares would have gotten rid of you and...are you laughing?”
Selena isn’t so much laughing as she is chuckling darkly.
“What is so funny shadow spirit?!” he demands.
“You are a complete and utter idiot, drugs or not. Do you not realize the Elements…Oh no, no you wouldn’t realize it. We…I mean they didn’t use those on you,” she surmises and chuckles again.
“What are you blathering on about?”
“The Elements of Harmony destroy ALL darkness within their path, did you seriously not know that?”
He doesn’t answer so she continues.
“Well, it doesn’t matter whether you knew or not Filth!” she snarls. “Because of your actions, you’re finally in the same damned boat as us.”
“What do you mean?”
“Because now our death won’t release you. Because now they are always going to try to strike us with the Elements of Harmony, the one weapon that will destroy all of us, no ifs ands or buts. And do you know why?”
He doesn’t answer, so she finishes.
“Because they’re no longer hunting my changeling anymore. They’re Hunting ME!”
Hours Later
POV Change: Princess Celestia
It’s been some hours since your startling discover. Well, startling doesn’t even come to compare what it is.
Nightmare Moon, the spirit of the creature that took your beloved sister away from you for a thousand years is alive and well. She has been for the last three years causing mayhem and destruction with her newest host The Hooded Offender.
You feel as though you’ve been blind this whole time, or maybe you just didn’t want to see the signs. Maybe you didn’t want to consider the possibility that that monster was still around. And because of your blindness, your ponies have suffered for three years.
You look upon the latest to suffer. Trixie Lulamoon sits in a hospital bed, hooked up to the many wonderful machines of modern science. Thanks to your teleportation, the Doctors were able to restart her heart. After a few hours of surgery, and a blood transfusion, she lies before you, Alive, and yet Not at the same time.
“The Doctor’s say that though she’s stabilized, she may not wake,” Twilight says from beside you in worry.
You look down at your most faithful student as she continues.
“Trixie, she…she was never the best pony, and she did some horrible things but… But she didn’t deserve this. She was corrupted and delusional because of that Amulet, and The Offender I…” she falters and you put a wing upon her back to comfort her. “I should have been there to stop it. I let myself believe that he wouldn’t go too far.”
“You are not at fault Twilight. Nightmare Moon’s lies can fool even the most gifted.”
She nods at this and looks down.
“Speaking of the Amulet, does the Shaman Zecora still possess it?”
“Yes, she said she would ensure that it never fell into the wrong hooves again,” Twilight nods.
You let out a sigh of relief,
“Good. I do not want any more victims to it’s curse.”
Giving one last look to your fallen subject, you usher Twilight from the room and into the hallway where the rest of the Element Bearers await.
You look to them and say,
“Trixie Lulamoon is stable. Beyond that, it is up to her own body if she will pull through.”
They look downcast at that.
“Now my little ponies, I know you’ve all gone through a great ordeal these last few days, but what I say next must be spoken.”
They perk up and listen intently.
“In light of today’s discovery, you 6 will have an even more vital role in stopping the Hooded Of- In stopping Nightmare Moon,” you correct yourself.
“Should we go out looking for her now?” asks Twilight. You shake your head.
“No, not now as we are. Your brother has a project that will be helpful to our cause, but it is still months from being finished. Also in the coming days, I hope that you all will have more…” you then look to Twilight’s side, “Firepower…” Twilight seems confused at this.
“Firepower?” she asks.
“Yes, don’t concern yourself with the specifics for now, I shall disclose that info in due time,” you wave her off. You’ve planned so long for her ascension, and Nightmare Moon’s return or not, you will help her achieve her destiny. It will be needed now more than ever.
“You six must be the ones to take her down. It’s the only way that…that the changeling can be saved.”
They all have differing reactions to this statement, though you notice Fluttershy has a look of relief.
“Y-you really think he can be saved?” Twilight stammers nervously.
“Would you condemn the actions of one who is being corrupted against their will? He is no different than that poor mare inside that room, or my sister” you declare.
She and the rest are enlightened through understanding.
“I…you’re right princess. We can’t condemn him for Nightmare Moon’s actions.”
“Well shoot, now ah kind of feel guilty on how much I pounded on him,” Applejack muses.
“Yeah, I mean, sure the guy’s a jerk, but if he was being controlled and all those things I did…” Rainbow Dash trails off.
“That ghastly mare! Imagine if it were one of us she were to possess,” Rarity shudders.
“I…I always did feel confused in regards to him,” Pinkie nods.
“See?! See Girls?! I told you all! I told you all from the beginning that Hoody wasn’t bad!” Fluttershy chastises the other five and they wilt their ears.
“You’re right Fluttershy. I’m so sorry we doubted you,” Twilight apologizes and hugs her friends. The rest of them join in and apologize as well.
“It’s alright girls. I’m just glad we’re all on the same page. I’ve…I’ve actually known about that Evil Witch for awhile now, but I didn't know it was HER. I don’t think Hoody even knows that he’s possessed by Nightmare Moon herself. She’s giving false names to him, claiming to be his friend,” Fluttershy relays.
You clench your teeth at that.
“Those are the same lies that were spoken to Luna before…” you shudder at the thought of that horrible night. Speaking of your sister, you realize that you’re going to have to break the bad news to her as well.
At least she was already on her own personal quest trying to save him. I’m just glad she never ran into him alone. Nightmare Moon might have taken the chance to…
“Princess Celestia, are you alright?” asks your student at your forlorn expression.
“I’m as fine as can be my student. I’m just worrying about my sister.”
She nods before asking,
“And what about the Alicorn Filly he claims is his daughter?”
You stiffen as you’d almost forgotten about that detail.
“I cannot honestly say I know how she fits into this. On one hoof, I’d be tempted to go with our original explanation that she’s Nightmare Moon’s reincarnation…” you then shake your head, “But on the other hoof, the fact that she is still alive and possessing the changeling throws that idea out. That filly is an unknown factor in all of this.”
“I…I don’t think she’s evil,” Fluttershy speaks up. “If anything, she’s probably a victim of that evil mare just like Hoody.” Nodding you say,
“That may very well be the case, but until we know more, we can’t accurately say. Until that time, we will consider her like we would consider any other child.”
You then look to each of them.
“In the coming days, we shall rebuild the damage done. I want you all to try and live your daily lives. Until we have a location and a plan of action, there is nothing we can do but wait,” you then turn to Twilight. “I shall give you time to rest my student, but soon I will hand you off the second item I wished to leave with you. Until then, please watch over the Elements.”
She nods and places them back within the box.
“Now then, I will depart from you soon. Thankfully the Saddle Arabians did not see the horrors wrought this day, though I should be getting back to them soon after rudely teleporting them to Luna.”
You then turn to go back into Trixie’s room.
“Many changes are coming my little ponies. It will be our duty to let everyone know that Nightmare Moon is the true enemy, and that hopefully, Hopefully we can save the Offender and set things right…”
Twilight and her friends nod as they all look to each other and begin whispering. You let them talk as you reenter the hospital room.
You close the door and gaze back upon the comatose unicorn.
“You were hurt because of my ignorance…forgive me…” you apologize.
“Well if that’s the impression you got about it, go ahead and feel sorry for yourself,” comes an annoying voice you are still trying to get used to.
“Discord,” you say “pleasantly.”
“Tia,” he says in the same manner as he walks up beside you.
You both look at Trixie on the bed for a beat before you say,
“We know now why you’ve been having trouble finding him. The Offender is actually the host to Nightmare Moon.”
He lets out a gasp, that doesn’t quite sound genuine, but with Discord, you could never tell.
“Oh dearie me. Who could have seen that coming?” he mocks.
“Discord, I would like to retract my previous orders. If you find the Offender again, I don’t wish you to bring him in. We have to purge the darkness from within his body, so if you do find him, please report back to me so that we may plan.”
“Oh come now Tia, you don’t think little ‘ol me can handle your sister’s goth phase?”
You give him a sneer and he chuckles and relents.
“Alright fine, Draconequees’s honor,” he says holding up his lion paw.
He then does something you don’t expect, he puts his paw over Trixie’s closed eyes and closes his own.
“What are you-“ you begin but he holds up a shushing talon. After a few moments, you hear a ding and his eyes open.
“Ahhh, so that’s what actually happened,” he murmurs to himself.
“What do you mean? What did you just do?” you ask in alarm.
“Oh calm your wavy hair princess, I was just reviewing the last site her eyes saw,” he says with a smirk.
“And?” you ask.
He looks down at his side for some reason, towards what looks like a scratch, before he looks back up to you.
“Oh it’s just like you said Princess. It’s how you think it happened,” he answers, a little too peppy.
You can’t tell if he’s truthful or not. If he is hiding something, you don’t think it matters much. Nightmare Moon is still out there.
Letting out a sigh you say,
“Very well Discord. You may resume your task when ready.”
“Oh, in that case I think I’ll go cheer poor Fluttershy up. She’s no doubt riding a whirlwind of emotions,” he says as he snaps his claws and disappears.
Sighing again, you look down at Trixie one more time before your own horn flashes, and you teleport back to Canterlot.
POV CHANGE: Selena
“Bugze…what has that monster done to you?” you mutter in sadness.
You are now in the corner of his subconscious where you rested after you nearly died from the Orichalcum wound. A new bed has been conjured as you place the shell shocked Bugze into the bed. His eyes still stare forward, seeing but not seeing. The one responsible you have punished severely for what he tried to do. You did not kill Sombra, Bugze and Nightshade wouldn’t like that, but you did beat him something fierce and left him to his horrible movie solitary.
“Rest here for now. I will take care of things till then,” you say as you brush a hoof through his spikey mane. He still does not respond, and there is even a projection of that dual colored bear in his hooves.
Sighing again you say,
“I will get you through this. Even if the whole world is hunting me, I will get you through this.”
And with that, you close your eyes.
Assuming Direct Control
And open his in the waking world. His body has been sitting in this location for hours, and it is nearing evening, but you had to make sure he was stabilized mentally first.
You look around your surroundings, your teleportation is a little more reliable than your changeling’s.
“This is the path…it has to be. That bunker is the only place I can go till he snaps out of it.” You then shake his head and look down upon his body. The Magician’s blood still cakes to it. With a flash of his horn, the blood is gone, but there are stains that remain. Also, his hoof still holds the dual colored bear. Even in his state, and you in control, he hasn’t dropped it. Sighing, you open the Inventory and place it inside.
Trixie’s Bear added to Inventory.
“Nightshade!” you call out to your precious daughter. She immediately sticks her head out.
“Mom?” she asks a bit surprised.
“Yes my child, I need you to come out for a moment.”
She does so and looks around her surroundings.
“Oh, in the Everfree again huh?” you nod.
“Yes. We are heading back to your Great Grandfather’s bunker until…until…” you hesitate.
“Oh, Okay. I assume dad beat Trixie right? I saw her bear get put into the Inventory.”
You wince and look away at that.
“Speaking of, where is dad? Why are you in control right now?” she asks.
Sighing in resignation, you realize it’s no good to lie to her.
“Walk with me Nightshade,” you say as you begin to walk down the path.
She trots alongside you looking curious and anxious.
You have a long walk ahead of you, and a lot of harsh explaining to do.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
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Well... shit...
That was intense.
P.O.W Celestia
"Wait... What about Zecora?" Ask Twilight suddenly
"Zecora?" Ask confused the princess of sun
"Yes... I... Ummm... Talked with the offender when Trixie banished me, and Zecora seemed to know him, so... I'm not sure if she is being manipulated... She told me something about manipulations but I was not sure what she wanted to say" Commented Twilight
"So... This Zecora could know something about him... But she could be her ally and don't want to give up him" Say Celestia
"But if the offender is being under the powers of Nightmare Moon surely she could think of helping him" Say Twilight
"Unless she is being controled by Nightmare Moon" Comment Celestia
"Now wait a minute... If nightmare moon is alive, why is the night not lasting forever and all that" Comment Applejack
"Wait, did Nightshade not transform in a mix between Princess Luna and Nightmare Moon and moved the moon?" Ask Rainbow Dash
"But darling, it was a illusion, right?" Asked Rarity
"Well... She did not seem to lie when she said it was her that moved it" Commented Applejack
"My sister commented that she lost control of the moon for a moment but I did not tought it was like that..." Mutter Celestia
"So... we have a filly that could move the moon and put the night to last forever but decided to give up that... Why?" Ask Twilight
"And where is that filly now?" Ask Celestia
"I... The offender commented that he was with her dad... Not sure where is Tennant, but the offender commented he was far away" Say Fluttershy
"So... There is nothing we can do about that..." Mutter Celestia as she look to the others
P.O.W Selena
"Sigh, his mind is very bad... Thanks to what Sombrero did... He is even worse that when Flag Burner was killed..." Say Selena
"Do you think The Doctor could do anything?" Ask Nightshade
"I doubt it... He seems to be the base of all problems, I could not doubt if he is somehow looking us, manipulating things around us" Groan Selena
"Well, the last time Daddy got a little better thanks to a little talk with him, maybe he can do it again" Say Nightshade
Not losing anything for trying, Selena searched for the notebook connected to the Doctor in Bugzee inventory.
"Seriously, how much trash is here? Does he know how to put some order around?" Ask Selena.
Things are going to be hard for them now is it and it sad very sad
christ above, never in my life have I felt such feels
"Your father, he..."
Your daughter looks at you in confusion for a bit before widening her eyes, "N-no... he didn't... he promised..."
You look down at Nightshade was a small smile. "Don't worry sweetie, he didn't do anything bad... he just unintentionally caused something terrible."
You daughter just stares at you as you continue. "The show mare, she... struck herself, ending her own life." You say.
Nightshade gasps in shock.
"The ponies around didn't witness what truly happened, and they all believe that your father used his own hooves to end her."
"B-but.. daddy didn't do it, right?"
You shake your head. "That mare was broken Nightshade. She needed help and was given none. None of us expected that to happen." You look down towards your path. "But continuing on to what happened, Princess Celestia also arrived and gave the elements to the deadly six. The deadly six, including Fluttershy who wanted to purify Bugze, were about to use the elements on him, but I then intervened."
"What did you do?" You daughter asked.
"I took control of Bugze and shouted at them, to make them stop their attack, but it was a mistake..."
"Mistake?"
You realize that Nightshade doesn't know about your dark past, you decide it was probably best to not lie to her. "Nightshade, my past isn't... pleasant. In fact, I was Equestria's... villain."
Nightshade looks at you with wide eyes and you continue.
"I was and is still known as dark entity, who wanted to rule Equestria over eternal night. I corrupted Princess Luna and together we made the villain Nightmare Moon." You think back in sadness. "I was close to taking over the world too, but Twilight, Fluttershy, and the rest stopped me with the Elements of Harmony. I was separated from Luna, and... got together with Bugze sometime later. So when I shouted at Celestia and the rest through Bugze, Celestia recognized my voice and finally discovered that I was the one giving your father the monstrous power."
"So... you were evil?"
You look at your daughter in sadness. "Yes my precious, I was. I'm sorry that I have never told you."
"Well... you aren't anymore, right? You've changed. You're different from Nightmare Moon. You're Selena. And you're my mommy!" You daughter says with a smile.
You smile back and give her a hug, and continue with your story. "Anyways, I was scared that the Elements would... hurt me, because of my past, and your father, because of his, and I didn't want it to happen. So I quickly teleported out of there after using Bucking Bronco and... here we are."
Nightshade looks like she's thinking for a bit before saying, "But... the Elements shouldn't work on you and daddy right? It only works on evil things, like Uncle Sombra."
"Uncle WHAT?!"
"ANYWAYS! The Elements shouldn't work on you anymore because you're not evil anymore. And daddy was never evil... right?"
You sigh. "I suppose your right, but we can't make any assumptions. What would happen to you if your father or I disappeared?"
"I... don't know." She says before looking back up at you. "But what happened to daddy? Why are you controlling his body right now?" She asks.
"Your father is broken as well, Nightshade. From the guilt empowered by that fiend!"
"Who?"
"...Sombra."
Nightshade looks shocked and feels betrayed at your announcement.
This is thinking waaaaaaaaaaay into the future... but what if the elements blasted Bugze and both gave Selena a body of her own as well as turning him into one of those sparkly *snerk* colorful changelings and Selena notices and laughs her plot off at him and how he looks.
"Mummy, can I go see daddy?" Nightshade asks with a worried look.
You wonder if your daughter seeing her father the way he is a good idea. The thought of her witnessing Buze's eyes full of guilt, sorrow and regret worries you greatly. The sight of him laying there looking dead, but not dead almost brought you to tears.
Unlike when you where in a coma, you looked peaceful and calm. Should Nightshade see you, you would be okay with it.
"Sweetheart... now is not the right time for that" You say with a heavy heart. "Your father is fine... he justs needs rest"
This saddens Nightshade, she looks up to you and ask "why can't I see my daddy, mummy?"
Bugez ears drop on your head, how do you respond to a child asking that question? How difficult was it for Bugze to tell her that?! You sigh as you feel that you HAF to tell the truth.
"You will see him wen he's a little better" Nightshade gives a sad pout "but I promise he'll be okay, cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye" you say as you perform the motions of the legendary Pinkie Promise.
This gets a small smile out of Nightshade, but you can tell she's still somewhat upset. "'Sigh' okay mum... " you think she wants to say something else, but she doesn't.
"Nightshade, I know this is can be hard, but the good news is we won't be on the run for awhile." You say trying to lighten the mood.
"REALLY!!!" Nightshade says in delight.
"We'll be hiding in your Great grandbuggys... bunker" the minute you say that, 2 things happen. 1 you feel like a utter idiot, and 2 Nightshade smile falls in a face that says 'Are you serious!?'
"That sounded like something dad would say..." she says with a bored tone.
Well, shit has hit the fan.....
You manage to take stock of your available resources. You're going to need a lot of supplies in order to survive, especially with Equestria on your tail even more due to recent events. The balance of things has shifted, as the world now believes that Bugze has no free will of his own and is not responsible for any of his actions.
When Trixie wakes up, she admits to trying to take her own life. In fact, after briefly talking about trying again, the doctors take no chances and tie her legs to the bed. Celestia and the Mane Six are informed about the situation completely.
Man, the story has changed. I actually don't mind, and I kind of like it. I eagerly await to see where this goes.
Happy St. Patrick's day, by the way.
I usually don't comment on knew ideas for this story because I like to see how things come together as the story unfolds. But I though it would be interesting if one of the changelings from season two came and helped Bugze through his shell shock.
It would help Bugze with some of his guilt to know that the live of those changelings he thought died from his choice to not help them, did not in fact result in their deaths, lessening his already considerable grief from the concentration of guilt Sombra dumped on him. After all changeling can sense the emotions of others after all that is how Bugze found Nightshade when the other changelings took her by homing in on he hope and fear and we all know that they can sense love. so why couldn't another changeling help guide Bugze through this.
just an idea for people who are much better at this story tell thing then I am if they feel like rolling with it.
8030974 I hope you don't mind me expanding on how the others find out about Trixie's actions.
Celestia POV
Celestia: "Doctor Stable, what is the meaning of this?"
You gesture to Trixie, currently attached to a blood bag, IVs and (the real reason you asked) a magic nullification ring around her horn while her hooves are tied to the bed rails.
Doctor Stable: "Well Princess, you see what happened was..."
FLASHBACK (Doctor Stable's POV)
You are checking up on your newest patient, Trixie. She looks like she's been through the ringer, but considering all the the Hooded Offender did to her, you were expecting much worse. Most of the damage was superficial, scratches and bruising that seem to have been healed, possibly by that magic amulet. But the major reason she was here was the near fatal wound from a gem that was stabbed into her gut, opening her intestines and causing other internal damage. It seemed like somepony used some fire magic to try to cauterize the wound, and admittedly that helped stop her from completely bleeding out, but it will now leave a rather nasty scar, still better than dying you suppose. As you are walking away to see the other patients, you hear moaning coming from Trixie's bed. Quickly turning around, you see Trixie stirring and her eyes opening.
Doctor Stable: "Nurse Redheart! Come quickly! Trixie is waking up!"
You hear the nurse acknowledge you as you turn back to Trixie.
Trixie: "Ugh. Where am I?"
Doctor Stable: "It's ok mam. You are in Ponyville Hospital. You were hurt very badly but you are safe now."
Trixie: "What happened? Why am I here? I though I was going to die."
You hear the sound of Nurse Redheart and a few other nurses and orderlies enter the room, per procedure in case the patient reacts violently to the knowledge of how they got their injuries.
Doctor Stable: "You apparently acquired a magical amulet that corrupted you with dark magic and caused you to hurt the ponies of Ponyville, you also ended up being attacked by the Hooded Offender who then tried to kill you by stabbing you with a crystal. Apparently he was possessed by Nightmare Moon, and regained control after he was forced to stab you and tried to save you and treat you wounds the best he could. I was there and I heard him begging you to stay alive. After that myself and several other medical staff rushed you here to treat your wounds. I am glad that you were able to come back to us. You have been out for about a week."
Trixie: "Oh no! This is not good. The Offender already has enough problems because of me. He does not need any false attempted murder charges against him too. He did not stab me."
You notice that as you were telling her what happened, her heart rate started to become more rapid. Now she seems to be panicking and crying.
Doctor Stable: "Please calm down Miss Trixie. What do you mean he did not stab you? Everypony saw the wound and him begging for you not to die. If he did not do it, then was it when Nightmare Moon was controlling him?"
Trixie: "No. He did nothing like that. I did it! The Hooded Offender will never forgive me for betraying his trust. All the ponies of Equestria hate me and so I figured that the world would be better off without the Great and Terrible Trixie!"
At this point Trixie starts pulling the IVs out of her forearm. The orderlies begin to try to restrain her as she uses her magic to throw them off of her.
Trixie: "Just let me go! The world will be a better place!"
Nurse Redheart then runs up with a syringe and injects the sedative into Trixie. Trixie struggles against the medicine for a moment before she falls into a sleep once again.
Nurse Redheart: "This is a problem Doctor. She's suicidal and needs mental help that we cannot provide here."
Doctor Stable: "I know. We will have to keep her under constant surveillance until we can move her to proper facility. Restrain her and put a magic nullifier on her. The Princess wanted to know when she woke up, and she needs to know about this newest development."
END OF FLASHBACK (Back to Celestia's POV)
Celestia: "So you are saying that it was not the Hooded Offender of even Nightmare Moon that almost killed her, but herself?"
Doctor Stable: "Yes your Highness. She has woken up a few times before you arrived and has asked for us to let her die. And from her encounter with the Offender, he blames her for starting the path he is now on. Something she seems to feel guilt for as well. She said that all of the Offender's sins fall to her because she caused this to happen in the first place."
Celestia: "This is some very troubling information, especially since we have put out that he tried to kill her, something we will now have to admit we were wrong about. I cannot imagine how the population will take this news."
Doctor Stable: "If I may be so bold Princess, why did you put out That piece of information in the first place? The Nightmare Moon part I understand, but was adding attempted murder to that really necessary?"
Celestia: "In hindsight, no. But both myself and my sister were not in our best minds when we had the notice put out and wanted to be as honest with our subjects as we could over this. But to more important matters. Will Trixie be ok here?"
Doctor Stable: "To be frank Princess, no. While we can heal her physical wounds, we do not have the capability to handle the mental problems she has. I would recommend moving her to another location when she is in a better physical state. Although I am loathe to send her to any asylum after what I heard about the Arkhay Asylum and what the Crimson Knights did in there."
Celestia: "I agree with that. However, I do not believe that will be necessary. When she is better, let me know and we will move her to the hospital in Canterlot. They have ponies that specialize in problems of the mind."
Doctor Stable: "Thank you Princess, I only wish that we were able to do more here, but so long as she gets better, that is all that really matters."
Celestia: "It is no problem my little pony. And I will speak with my sister about what we can do to help the hospital with any future mental problems."
Doctor Stable: "You are too kind Princess. We shall start writing to Canterlot to begin the getting a place set up for Miss Trixie's transfer. I think she will be ready to travel in another week or two."
Celestia: "Very good. I must depart. I need to speak to my sister and niece about how to proceed with this new information. And please let me know if anything changes with Trixie or when you move her. I want to be there when she is moved."
Doctor Stable: "Of course Princess. Please have a pleasant day."
You walk out of the hospital and get on your carriage as your pegasus guards fly you back to Canterlot.
Celestia: How am I going to tell the others? If what the doctor told me is true, then the guilt that Trixie feels is not only from her apparently betraying the Hooded Offender, but also from other ponies shunning her. Twilight and her friends already feel bad about Trixie and the Offender being victims of Nightmare Moon, perhaps it will be best to tell them at a later time. I will discuss this with Luna and Cadence tonight.
I am not sure how to write Luna's, Cadence's, the Mane Six's or Shining Armor's reaction to both the initial belief or to this revelation, so if any of you can come up with the idea, please feel free to contribute.
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i have to say its been a looong time since i was this excited for a next chapter of this
Nightshade asks what they're going to eat. (That's a good question as I don't know if Bugze bought any food, and the food stores in the Bunker are all spoiled from a leak)
Find the Movie Reels Bugze left in the Bunker from Episode 12: Bunker Exploring Time. After taking a while setting it up (you needed Nightshade to do most of the work since you're over a millennium old and thus unfamiliar with modern technology), you put on some movies for Nightshade to watch to keep her occupied.
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WITH DISCORD AND FLUTTERSHY
Fluttershy is venting to Discord her worries over tea (which Discord brought the teapot to life and it's currently smoking a tea leaf cigar while scribbling down things on a clipboard) where she talks all about how worried she is for "Hoody" and talking about how he is one of her dearest friends (and even Discord can tell she has some "more than friends" feelings for him, but keeps his mouth shut). Eventually Fluttershy begs Discord to find Hoody. Discord is about to give a trolling half-truth, but after seeing the desperate look in Fluttershy's eyes, he sighs and sincerely says,
"All honesty Fluttershy, no matter what spell, frequency, or snapped-in device I try to use, I can't find any trace of your unlucky friend or Luna's gothic phase." he says poofing in a mini-radar room that just has big Green "X's" on every screen, "It's like something put a big soupy fog over him."
Cue the radar screens spilling out chicken noodle soup (aka rubber chickens and pool noodles) for emphasis.
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CLASSIFIED LOCATION
Shining gets word of what happened in Ponyville with Trixie. Shining orders the timetables of the project be sped up as a result.
Also a scene of Flash admonishing Strong Head for doing something stupid again
POV Change: Princess Luna
Your knees wobble as your sister’s words fully register. You take in deep gasping breaths as the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end.
“And…yy-you’re sure?” you stammer.
Celestia lets out a sad sigh,
“Yes sister…it’s HER.”
Your breathing gets more rapid as your older sister wraps you up in a hug. She cradles you as you both sit upon the floor, just like you did when you were little.
“Why…Why can’t I ever be rid of her?” you bemoan as you remember the bitter, vile hatred. The lies you believed, the deaths you almost caused, and the stasis of a dream like state you felt for a thousand years.
The tears come to your eyes as you hug your sister tightly.
“She won’t have you again Luna. She’ll never have you again…” she whispers soothingly.
For the longest time, you two do not say anything as you take comfort in each other.
“B-But Sister…she has taken another.”
You feel her nod.
“Yes Lulu. It was as you surmised last year. There is darkness in The Hooded Offender’s heart, we just didn’t know till now how familiar that darkness was.”
It’s true, you identified with The Offender. You wanted to save him. Now with this truth revealed you realize one thing.
“It’s my fault…It’s always been my fault.”
“No Luna it- “
“From the very beginning it has been. If it weren’t for me, that changeling wouldn’t have been possessed. I brought her upon this world with my hatred and jealousy, and now more suffer because of it.”
She then holds you at arm’s length,
“Luna, listen to me. This isn’t your fault. We all thought her defeated three years ago, we had no way of knowing otherwise.”
“B-But the Offender…”
“We will save him Luna, just as we did for you. Your personal quest has become our main objective. We will stop her Luna.”
You nod as you believe your sister’s words.
“She will not go down lightly. That power she yields within the changeling is deadly.”
“I’m well aware, and even if my plans for Twilight come to fruition, I still wish for more help.”
“You speak of Shining Armor’s project?”
Nodding again, she says,
“Yes sister. We still have time before they are completed, but I would rather they be ready for when we do find the Offender again. I don’t want to risk Twilight and her friend’s safety, not after everything they’ve been through.”
“So, what will we do till then?” you ask.
“We will spread the truth, and until the day we are ready, we will have to try to live our daily lives. If Twilight succeeds in the coming days, then perhaps the reverie will bring joy to the land.”
“One can only hope sister,” you reply as you lay your head on under her chin, “One can only hope…”
POV Change: Cadence
Shining looks at you a bit guiltily.
“But…but how? How could he have been,” you trail off as your world crumbles a bit.
“We’re not sure how, but sometime between the Invasion and his reappearance in Canterlot, he was taken as the new host of Nightmare Moon.”
“I…I…” you stutter.
“Cadence, I know it’s hard to hear and…and I’m sorry that I doubted you on his integrity.”
You see that he really means it. That he feels guilty for all the times he obsessed over brining in Bugze, and the arguments you had over it.
“But…that night at the Gala, I…he didn’t even seem to know who Nightmare Moon was.”
Shining looks down at that,
“According to what Princess Celestia has told me, he may not even be aware that it’s Nightmare Moon possessing him.”
“B-but Shiny, Bugze is still in there. He still wants to help others and do good and-“
“I know, I know,” he says with a look of shame on his face. “But what he wants and what he does are most likely being twisted.” He then lets out a sigh. “All those times Cady, he told me he wanted to help, and then he would go too far, I labeled him reckless, a nuisance…a monster…But I’ve been victim blaming this whole time.”
Awhile ago, you’d have been happy to hear him siding with you on Bugze, but now your heart feels like it’s been stamped on. You embrace your husband as he returns it with gusto.
“When the project is finished, we’re going to have to use them. They’ll be needed to ensure that Twiley and her friends can get a straight shot. I’m…I’m still going to have to hurt him. I have to hurt him in order to save him,” he despondently admits.
“Shining,” you whimper to him with mascara running down your face, “He gave me food and water, he kept me alive to make sure I could come back to you. He’s still one of the best friends I’ve ever had. Even if he’s possessed, please…please promise me you’ll bring him through this alive.”
POV Change: Vinyl Scratch
You rub your temples with both hooves. Partly because you’re annoyed, and partly because the bender you’ve been on to keep the hangover at bay is slowly wearing off.
“Man, this time, THIS time I’m quitting drinking,” you moan.
"You’ve said that again and again Vinyl, the day you finally do, is the day I am a unicorn,” comes the terse voice of your BFF Octavia. You give an annoyed glare at her from behind your shades.
“I will one day, just you wait. And besides, don’t get all huffy with me just because you’ve got your tail in a knot,” you huff back.
She lets out a sigh and says, “I’m sorry Vinyl, it’s just…I’ve had a lot on my mind for the last few days.”
Her mane is a bit messy, and you know she’s been tugging on it, but you can’t say you blame her. What happened with the Offender was shocking for everypony.
“Octy, come on, you can’t keep stressing about this. Sure none of us saw this coming,” you comfort.
“I know. To think that we never knew that about him,” she sighs.
“Well sure, but even still, I’d still take him to the sack,” you admit.
Octavia just gives you a confused look,
“What?”
“Well, I’ll be honest, even before he put his hood down, I never thought that I’d be attracted to a freaking Changeling,” you admit. “And with it off, he’s still kind of exotic, what with that orange hair and everything.”
She rolls her eyes and declares, “I wasn’t talking about him being revealed as a Changeling Vinyl.”
“You weren’t?” you ask confused.
Still flabbergasted, she says, “No. I think that that part doesn’t matter so much as he is possessed by Nightmare Moon!”
Your eyes widen at this as you chuckle nervously, “Oh…right…I guess I kind of forgot about that part.”
“How could you possibly forget something that big?” she asks, aggravating your head again.
“OK, maybe I really should cut back on the booze,” you declare rubbing your temples again.
Letting out a frustrated groan, she turns away from you.
“I still don’t know what to feel Vinyl. I feel like I’ve been sucker punched. Like everything I’ve believed is wrong…” she mutters sadly.
Sighing once again, you pat her on the back.
“I suppose…I suppose I never thought about his actions in Fillydelphia as real, until I saw Trixie…” she tampers of as she shudders, but still you let her vent.
“Did he mean ANYTHING with his actions? Or were those just the workings of the Boogeymare?”
Your head pounds, you are annoyed, and you hate seeing your friend hurt.
“Look, Octy. I know you put this guy up on a pedestal, but more often than not, you get disappointed when you learn more about them.”
“But…but he saved me…he saved us from Discord, he’s stopped other evils in this world…Why would Nightmare Moon make him do those things?”
Shrugging you say,
“I don’t know. And even if we could ask the guy, who knows if we’d get a straight answer.”
She sighs again and looks down at her hooves. “I just…I just don’t know how to act anymore. The Horde was based on following an example for good…”
“Then keep following that path,” you encourage.
“Huh?” she looks up.
“Keep following the good path. You started your little fan club to help spread the message of helping others and fighting evil. Just because your mascot let you down, doesn’t mean you should abandon what you believe in.”
She looks at you a bit surprised.
“Hey, all I’m saying is that you believe in those ideals, and they’re still good ones.”
“…Vinyl Scratch, you are absolutely full of wisdom sometimes,” she declares with a small.
“Yeah, well, I’m drunk so…” you shrug.
She giggles at that, which makes you smirk, before she looks away again.
“Perhaps you’re right. Perhaps my friends and I can still do good…even if I still feel heartbroken…”
Back at the prison with all of the knights.
While all of the other Crimson Knights talk to each other about the recent news involving Nightmare Moon from their respective cells, Changer has his eyes closed ignoring them thinking to himself about the topic.
"It all makes sense now. Where his magnificent powers come from. After all, a normal Changeling shouldn't come close to being as powerful as an alicorn. Then again, there's me. But with me there's one more thing to the equation."
"But now there's more questions. How is The Offender able to be in control most of the time unlike Luna? And how did she get to The Offender in the first place? And then there's his self proclaimed child. How does she fit into all this? There's something missing here, something important. The Offender doesn't seem evil to me, just out of control. And that's the confusing part."
Changer then leaned back and sighed.
"I shouldn't care though. He doesn't involve with me."
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POV Change: Spike
You're sitting in the Crusader Clubhouse with its members and their two rich friends. You're sitting beside Apple Bloom with your arms crossed in deep thought as the other five... well four, are talking about the news.
"It makes so much sense now! I always knew The Offender wasn't bad." Scootaloo said.
Apple Bloom kept quiet and the two rich fillies listened.
"Yeah! There always seemed something off about him. And I heard when that rare time when he attended a meeting at Ponyville when the horde was still together he was a really nice guy. Hey, Spike was there to see it all happen." Sweetie Belle said.
You weren't paying much attention. Your mind was a cluster-buck at the moment. Of course one of the things you were thinking about was with the news of The Offender hosting Nightmare Moon. He was such a nice guy every time you saw him and spoke with him. It all made sense now. Why he would go on rampages and cause destruction. And you knew Twilight wouldn't let you, but you realized you could help out in saving him with your new-found fire breath abilities if it came up to it.
And that thought reminded you about something. You nor anyone else in Ponyville has seen Nightshade after she won her Magic Duel. You know she's safe through the Offender's words, so you guessed she finally left Ponyville like her dad said. Of course, you were sad that she left, but you smirked knowing you would see her again.
"Spike?"
You turn your head in slight shook to look at Sweetie who looked like she was trying to get your attention.
"Yeah!- What?"
"I was trying to ask you about the one Horde meeting The Offender attended." She said.
"Oh, what do you want to know?"
"Um. How the Offender acted?"
"Oh, well, he was kind of an adult I could look up to. Like a great role model. I started to fight with Twilight and he stopped me and talked to me calmly, saying that family's important and never take it for granted. He also saved me, Twilight, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash's life at the great dragon migration. I owe him a lot..." You say.
"I owe him an apology..." Apple Bloom said.
"Woah, that's the first thing you said today Apple Bloom." Scootaloo said with a grin.
"Well... He hit my big sis with some magic years ago and hurt her, so I got real mad at him for the longest time and gave him a cold shoulder. At first, I thought it was just an accident, he did look real guilty for what he did. Now I realize the things he did in the past were all because of that blasted Nightmare Moon." Apple Bloom stood up. "I want to save him, as my apology."
Sweetie and Scootaloo stood. "I wanna save him as a horde member!" They said at each other before looking at one another. They giggled and said, "Jinx!"
You stood up as well. "I want to save him as a friend. And to pay him back for all the good things he's done for me."
Diamond and Silver stared at them. "Uh, and us?"
The CMC looked at one another for a second while you were in deep thought once again.
"Um, just help save him for saving Nightshade I guess?" Sweetie said.
"Speaking of, where's is Nightshade? ...In fact, I didn't see her or her dad."
"Their shack was destroyed in the battle between The Offender and Trixie, maybe they're fixing it up right now? Or getting a new home?" Apple Bloom said.
"Oh! Maybe it's Nightshade's prize for winning the Magic Duel!?" Diamond said.
"Let's go see for ourselves! Come on!" Silver said after she looked at Diamond.
So they all left the clubhouse sprinting, leaving you walking out silently. You looked at them with a sad smile, knowing they were looking for a lost magic spell and Twilight's library. They never knew, but you already looked everywhere for Nightshade to try and tell her something. You asked around but no pony had sadly seen her or her father. But you had the exciting feeling that you would see her again, so your smile turned from a sad one to a happy one.
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As Kichi talks with the others about the findings, he also begin to think himself about the information that he got, in special about a couple of things
"So... Is true that the offender is a changeling, even if somehow have the power of Nightmare Moon it seemed to be a little strange the strange powers that the rumors give him, but it could be explained if he have the assistance of Nightmare Moon, even if we don't really know how... Maybe it could be good to investigate more about the offender..." Comment Kichi
Meanwhile in his mind, Kichi was thinking for himself.
"Every story have two sides, we heard the 'public' story of the Princesses, now, if the comic of 'The Dark Offender' continue like now, we could see the story from the other side... If we even manage to see it, it seems that lately they had been having little to no material about him, that or whoever is doing it want to respect his privacy if it's not that something happened to whoever is doing it. I wonder what could be his side of the story, with the xenophobic ponies, who knows how much the story was modified before it reached here Think Kichi without suspecting that he already meet the Offender and was his reason to be in jail
"Say... When did the Offender appeared first? Maybe that could give us a clue" Ask Kichi looking to the others
Holy shit this story went from typical monologue then main character walks away then fuvking did a complete 180 when Trixue stabbed herself then did a fucking 290
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*For those who want to know, yes I have a reason for him saying this. Changer is Half-Changeling, but rather than Bugze who's more Changeling (I'm guessing), Changer is exactly 50% on both sides which gives him a main pony form and changeling form which doesn't strain his body from exhaustion. Also, his magic is an average Unicorn's multiplied by the average Changeling, and that, combined with his intense training fuel by his rage against the Crimson Knights, makes him equad if not more powerful than an alicorn and in turn equal to Bugze's nightmare tails. But I doubt I'll be able to show it off in this story. I just always thought Bugze needed a big rival like Naruto and Sasuke for example.*