Now What?
Twilight Sparkle and her friends clung to each other pitifully as Tirek, Cozy Glow, and Queen Chrysalis charged up their magic to it's maximum output.
The energy wave launched forth and engulfed Equestria's last hope. Turning them to dust in an instant and leaving only a smoking crater behind.
The villainous trio stared at the blackened earth, as if surprised that it actually happened...they actually won.
They stared in shock as they processed the information, and then they threw their heads back and laughed.
They laughed for quite some time. As if it were some que that the story had ended and nothing more was to happen. But eventually they stopped laughing, and began to ponder what they should do now.
"Well...I guess Equestria is ours now." Began Chrysalis.
"Yeah...ya know, I spent so much time thinking about making this happen, that I have no idea what to do now that it has." Cozy Glow continued.
"Well, I believe the first step should be securing our rule. There's going to be more than a few resistances, and in case you've forgotten." Tirek throws a hand out to gesture towards the distance where Windigos are still running wild. "We have to find a way to take care of them."
"Oh yeah, that's happening." Cozy Glow deadpanned. She did not like cold weather.
"Hmm, perhaps the answer is in the restricted section of the Canterlot Library. That is where we found the key to our victory after all." Chrysalis suggested.
The others nodded their agreement and set off.
Unfortunately, it seemed to slip their minds that they had destroyed Canterlot Castle, and the Canterlot Library with it.
"Oh, well that's just great. Now how are we supposed to defeat the Windigos?" Cozy Glow asked no one in particular.
"Hmm, perhaps further conquest is the key to our victory. If we defeat all the nations loyal to the..ugh, 'Magic of Friendship', then I can drain the magical power of those foolish creatures and be strong enough to drain the power of the Windigos themselves." Tirek suggested.
This was met with judgmental stairs. "Really, we're just going to let you aquire that much power?" Chrysalis deadpanned.
"Well what do you suggest? It's not like we can use Grogar's bell to divide it between us." Tirek countered. It was true, as long as Discord's magic was inside the bell, it was too big of a risk.
The Changeling put a hoof to her chin as she contemplated the predicament. "Hmm, perhaps building an army will suffice. We sweep through the lands as you suggest, but you only drain power from your cut of the conquered masses, and we get to keep the rest as servants."
Cozy Glow lit up at that idea, but there was still a condition that she needed to add. "Alright, but we leave the Changeling Hive for last so that you can't use them against us."
Chrysalis rolled her eyes at the accusation, not because she wouldn't try it, but because she doubted that her foolish former Hive would be competent enough.
And so, the conquest began.
The Pony races fell first, as they were closest. Tirek absorbing the power from a third of them while Chrysalis and Cozy Glow bossed the others around, threatening to punish disobedience with being given to Tirek...and then a Manticore.
The next nearest kingdom was the Dragon Lands, but it was quickly agreed that they should wait until they had a decent invasion force. And so the griffins fell next, and anypony caught trying to help them was given over to Tirek...but these were few and far between...friendship was forgotten.
And so it went. The Yaks, Hippogriffs, Dragons, and Changelings fell as many rather than standing as one. And with their power ruled by the three tyrants, they fought against the Windigos as directed by their rulers.
2 Weeks After Twilight's Death
"Ugh, What. Is. TAKING SO LONG!?" Cozy Glow shouted. Due to the persisting war against the Windigos, she was hiding away in the now abandoned School of Friendship, which was being rebuilt as her castle.
Chrysalis was focusing on returning her Hive to its former glory, while Tirek was leading the charge against the Windigos.
After it became apparent that the Windigos were stronger than the villains had anticipated, Cozy Glow had agreed to let the centaur have some of her slaves as well, barring those that she had already put to work.
Of Cozy's remaining slaves, the only ones present were several Dragons who were giving themselves sore throats by burning books from Twilight's school to help the power-mad filly escape the cold.
None of the Dragons had opted to answer Cozy Glow's rhetorical question, which actually bothered her more than a stupid answer would have. "WELL!?"
"Uh, um, Maybe Tirek is just taking his time?" One Dragon answered.
"Well even if he were, you would think that the other creatures would want to get rid of the Windigos too. Working day and night to cater to my every need has got to be better than freezing out there...AND KEEP THOSE FIRES GOING!!!" The Pegasus-made-Alicorn shouted when it started to cool.
The Dragons obeyed for fear of the consequences, several priceless tomes were consumed by Dragon fire, the knowledge within lost forever.
This meant nothing to Cozy Glow, who had long since taken any book that she had deemed valuable. "Ugh, I need to take a walk. You, bring a cart."
The Dragon in question grabbed a metal cart stuffed with books that he lit aflame as he followed the filly. Two other Dragons followed with packs of books to keep the fire going.
Cozy Glow walked the corridors of the former school, turning her head this way and that to observe the construction. Papers and school supplies being thrown away, classrooms being turned into storage areas and barracks for her army, just as she imagined it.
Of course, she imagined a large and competent army that served her every whim, rather than what little was overseeing the construction with some giving her a stink-eye when they thought she wasn't looking.
She'd have them replaced with more spineless individuals later, obedience was more important than competence after all.
...Cozy Glow was bored, she couldn't tell anycreature to do anything she wanted them to do because they were already doing what she needed them to do.
After thinking about what she could do to entertain herself, she decided that she was far enough along that she could afford to gloat about her accomplishments. And she knew just whose snouts to rub it into first.
Cozy Glow combed through her servants for somepony who might know where to find them. "...YOU! You lived in Neighvada, right?"
The pony in question hesitantly nodded. "Y-yes ma'am."
"Tell me, do the names Cozy Coat and Glowstick mean anything to you?" Cozy Glow inquired.
"Uh, yes. I am familiar with them...and you." The pony answered.
Cozy Glow brightened at that. "Yep. All that worry that I could only get myself in trouble unless I fell in line. Heh heh, I can't wait to see the looks on their faces. So where are they?"
"I believe that I saw them being sent to the Changeling Hive when Neighvada was taken." The pony answered.
"Thanks." And with that, Cozy Glow decided to give teleporting a try.
The Changeling Hive
Chrysalis looked on as the Changelings that she had already returned to their true selves drained the love out of the others, returning the hunger that makes them strong.
Some Changelings were easy enough to cure, but others such as Thorax, Ocellus, and surprisingly Pharynx seemed to have more love in their hearts than others.
Chrysalis was livid for their existence, but they did make for a good food supply, and forcing Changelings to feed off them was starting to rebuild their ferocity.
Of course, she fed off them herself, though she despised that she was eating this well off her own kind. Nevertheless, she appeared to be on the right track to righting Thorax's wrongs.
She was pulled from her thoughts by the audible pop of a teleportation spell. "Good morning Chrysalis, how's the reformation of your Hive coming along?"
Chrysalis shot an accusing glare at Cozy Glow. "What do you want?"
The filly never faltered in her friendly mask. "Oh nothing much. I was just hoping that you'd be willing to trade a few slaves. Well, two to be exact."
An odd request, but an irrelevant one. "I'm afraid Tirek's beaten you to it. His cut of my Hive in exchange for all my non-Changeling slaves to help him keep the Windigos at bay."
The mask came off in an instant. "WHAT!? BUT HE ALREADY HAS MOST OF MY SLAVES!!!"
That got the Queen's attention, Tirek had not told her this. In fact, when she had asked him why he didn't go to Cozy Glow with his offer, he explained that she wasn't interested. "That miserable traitor! He's seeking to gain power above us. Let's take care of this."
Cozy Glow hastily agreed, though she seemed more worried than vengeful.
Ponyville
Chrysalis and Cozy Glow arrived at Ponyville in a flash of light. The sight that greeted them was nothing out of the ordinary.
After being drained of their magic, Tirek's cut of the slaves were abandoned to the mercy of the Windigos. Those that managed to survive the harsh whether made their shelter in Ponyville.
The powerless creatures worked together as well as they could, but the Dragons couldn't breath fire for warmth, and the Earth Ponies couldn't cause food to grow, and so everything was done mundanely.
There were no songs, no celebrations, and the most common food was meat from small game, hunted by the Griffins and reluctantly accepted by the starving masses.
Chrysalis was unmoved by the despair, but she noticed Cozy Glow seemed uncharacteristically concerned.
She considered questioning the filly, but her thoughts were interrupted by a scream.
Ponies, Hippogriffs, and the odd loving Changeling ran this way and that while Dragons, Griffins, and Yaks shielded the cowering creatures from the two tyrants.
"What do you want? You have to know that we're no use to you now. Just leave us alone." A Griffin pleaded, barely able to stand, but still ready to fight.
"We have no interest in you fools. It has come to our attention that Tirek has taken more power than he agreed to. I'm sure you know why we would be concerned about that." Chrysalis informed the Griffin.
"Also, I'm looking for a couple of Ponies, and I'm willing to reward anycreature who helps me find them. Their names are Cozy Coat and Glowstick." Cozy Glow added, satisfying Chrysalis' curiosity with those names.
The Griffin breathed a sigh of relief. "Tirek is still fighting the Windigos not too far from here. As for those Ponies, I can't help you. They all look the same to me."
"Well spread the word that I'm looking for them, okay?" Cozy Glow asked, clearly worried for her parents well being.
"Uh, okay, sure." The Griffin said. She probably would've pressed for a price, but knew better, considering who it was.
"Let's go." Cozy Glow said before flying off in the direction of the Windigos.
"...So, the Ponies you're looking for are your parents?" Chrysalis questioned as they flew.
Cozy Glow hesitated at first. "...Yeah. I grew up in Neighvada, a city that's practically next door to Las Pegasus. My mom actually came from there after she went broke thanks to bad gambling....I think that's why she and dad tried to steer me away from that life."
"Of course, my desire to make my mark in Las Pegasus only grew when I got my Cutie Mark. If you haven't figured it out yet, my special talent is manipulating people. I knew then that I was destined to make a living off gambling and conning...but my parents went from concerned to crazy."
Chrysalis formed the rest of the story from there. "Let me guess, they shoved Harmony and Friendship down your throat and forced you to attend Twilight's stupid school, thus motivating you to conquer Equestria just to prove to them that you're better than that."
"And promptly screwed it up and got sent to Tartarus... Yeah, I'm gonna leave that part out. Heh heh." Cozy Glow blushed a little as she pictured what her parents would've said if they found her there before she got her second chance.
"Hmm hmm hmm. Don't worry, your secret's safe with me. We can even pull the Royal Sisters out of the Canterlot Dungeon long enough for them to tell your parents how you stole their magic all by yourself." Chrysalis promised.
"Grea-...I just hope they're still alive to see it." Cozy Glow's attention had been grabbed by a dead Griffin. It hadn't survived the journey to Ponyville.
"...I'm not the kind of creature to comfort an acquaintance, and I'm not going to promise that they're still alive, but if it is too late, then we can take it out on Tirek. His punishment for betraying us." Chrysalis said.
"Yeah. Thanks for pretending to be a friend." Cozy Glow jested.
Chrysalis took it in stride. "I'm the best you got."
The rest of their flight towards the Windigos was in silence. Cozy Glow would keep her eyes on the ground and investigate any dead or dying Ponies that they saw along the way. But eventually, they made it.
"GRRAAAAAAHHH!!!!" The two tyrants immediately forgave the third when they realized just how hard he was fighting. The Windigos were huge, a lot bigger than they were before, and there was a lot more of them.
"WOAH!! Tirek has been fighting all of this by himself!?" Cozy Glow exclaimed.
"Not anymore he's not. Let's go!" Chrysalis shouted.
"Right behind you!" Cozy Glow replied.
The two smaller villains landed on the massive centaurs shoulders and blasted the nearest Windigo, which was almost as big as Tirek himself.
"What the hay are you two doing here?"
"Well, we were going to kick your butt for taking more than your share of our servants, but now we're here to help." Cozy Glow explained.
The Windigos drew closer, but Tirek sent them flying with a far more powerful blast. "There isn't much that you two can do at this point. I don't know how, but they keep growing stronger. So now that you know how dire the situation is, get me everycreature left that you've got. I'll return the lifeforce from your slaves after we're finally rid of these things."
The Windigos howled blowing cold wind onto the three tyrants. "Y-YEAH! WE'RE ON IT!!" Cozy Glow shouted before teleporting away.
"I'LL RETURN WITH MY ENTIRE HIVE AS SOON AS I AM ABLE!!" Chrysalis shouted as she flew away...only to be intercepted by a Windigo.
The Changeling Queen had barely a second to comprehend the attack before it struck, a Windigo's hoof knocking her to the ground before the attacker blew it's icy breath onto her still outstretched wings.
Chrysalis screamed as her fragile wings froze, cracked, and shattered.
The Windigo loomed over her, intent to finish her off. But the enraged Changeling transformed into a large Dragon and breathed furious flames onto the Ice Demon.
The Windigo was sent reeling, but any damage done healed almost instantly.
Chrysalis grappled the beast, but quickly let go as its freezing hide burned her with an almost instantaneous Frostbite.
An audible pop signaled Cozy Glow's return. Tirek turned from his own battles and absorbed the life force of the filly's gathered servants...who actually looked like they were going to try and fight the Windigos first. Chrysalis would've laughed at the notion if she wasn't fighting for her life.
Tirek roared as newfound power coursed through his being before he directed that power towards the Windigos....who were stronger than before.
"That's impossible..." Chrysalis mumbled to herself as she, Tirek, and Cozy Glow were slowly overwhelmed.
The three were pushed back to back. The now powerless creatures that Cozy Glow had brought had collapsed in the freezing cold, never to rise again, and the three tyrants were soon to join them.
No...This can't be... Chrysalis thought to herself. I'm stronger than I've ever been, even without Alicorn magic, how could I lose? Tirek wondered almost out loud. No...there has to be a way, how do we defeat them? "HOW!?" Cozy Glow shouted to the heavens...and the heavens answered.
The three tyrants were engulfed in a flash of light. When it faded...they were face to face with six mares they never thought they'd see again.
Twilight and her friends stared indifferently at their slayers, almost as if they were strangers. "Do you not know?"
The three tyrants looked at Twilight, hoping she would say more. "Not know what exactly?"
"How to defeat the Windigos, have you forgotten?" Twilight clarified, the rest of the Element Bearers doing nothing.
"Forgotten? How could we forget it? We never found it. If we did, they'd be gone." Cozy Glow ranted.
"And yet they were defeated...by Friendship." Twilight clarified.
The villains stared at her like she was stupid...and yet, they couldn't think of anything to counter her statement.
"The Windigos feed off strife. The more creatures suffer, the stronger they become. The only way to banish them is to end suffering." Twilight explained.
"Thanks for the obvious, not that it helps us." Chrysalis seethed.
"We're not here to help you, we're here to save Equestria...through you." Rainbow Dash clarified. The others' disinterested looks becoming distasteful scowls.
"And just how do you plan to do that? Because if think you're possessing us..." Tirek finished the statement by channeling his magic.
"Only if you choose it. You have three options: As Tirek implied, we can possess you and fix the mess you made. Or: We can use what little magic the Spirit of Harmony has left to teleport you away from here so that you can teach the Magic of Friendship to those you've forced to forget it. And finally: We can use the last Harmony's magic to teach those who would be the most willing to teach others...after you die here." Twilight stated.
"Really?" Chrysalis said with an amused voice. "I don't think you have it in you."
Twilight's gaze became cold. "The only reason I'm speaking to you now is because even after all you've done, I can't condemn you to die unless I absolutely have to. Do I?"
Chrysalis was no longer amused. She realized that the Alicorn held her life on the tip of her horn, and though she would never admit it...she was impressed.
"So..." Twilight spoke up. "What'll it be?"
The three tyrants were at a loss. While they would proudly boast that they'd rather die than accept Friendship, they'd never had to back it up before. And being possessed by their mortal enemies didn't appeal to them either.
"....Release me. I'll die fighting." Chrysalis declared.
"Uh, eh, grr...You win. I'll return all the life force I've drained and let the other creatures go back to your way." Tirek grumbled.
"That's not good enough. If we teleport you to safety, we will not be strong enough to teach them ourselves." Twilight declared.
"WHA-BU-...Oh FINE!! You can possess me then. JUST GIVE ME MY BODY BACK WHEN YOU'RE DONE!!" The centaur whined.
"It will be many years before we can leave Equestria in better hands and rest, but it will happen eventually." Twilight promised, prompting another whine from Tirek.
"...WAIT!! THERE'S ANOTHER WAY!" Cozy Glow spoke up.
All eyes fell upon the young filly. "Friendship is the only thing that can banish the Windigos. Whatever your scheme is, it won't work." Twilight declared.
"But what if my 'scheme' was completely undoing all the damage we've done in an instant, would that work?" Cozy Glow inquired.
"And just how do you plan to do that?" Rarity asked her.
Cozy Glow locked eyes with everycreature there, Tirek and Chrysalis in particular. "Okay, so it's no surprise that we were all planning to betray each other one day, right."
"Uh, I guess. Although I was more concerned with reclaiming my Hive more than anything." Chrysalis half-admitted.
"Eh, I kinda lost track of my ambitions while I was trying to beat the Windigos. Why?" Tirek inquired.
"Because I got my hooves on something that I was planning to use against the two of you when the time was right." Cozy Glow explained.
"And how is this 'something' supposed to save Equestria?" Twilight asked.
"The same way Starlight used it to doom Equestria." Cozy Glow, finally clueing Twilight in on what she was talking about.
"I see. Starswirl's Time-Traveling spell." The Alicorn said, causing the filly to beam a smile while other villain imitated a beached fish.
"Yep. We can use it to tell our past selves what'll happen if they take over Equestria and stop them." Cozy Glow explained, which caused the other two to laugh.
"Ahhahahahaa, and what makes you think they won't just assume they can do things differently?" Chrysalis asked.
"Do you honestly think you could convince yourself not to seek power when it's right in your grasp?" Tirek added, destroying Cozy Glow's confidence in her plan. "W-well...what if we..destroyed the bell?"
"Hmm, actually, it could work...if you use this." Twilight said as she summoned forth a scroll from the ether and presented it to the villains. It's contents shocking them.
"W-WOAH!! Where did you get this?" Cozy Glow asked.
"When you destroyed our physical forms, our souls merged with the Spirit of Harmony, transforming us into the astral manifestations of the Elements and bestowing upon us knowledge of all that is, was, and could be. That is why I trust you with this power that was long since destroyed by Starswirl the Bearded to prevent the madness and suffering that casting this spell could bring under the wrong conditions." Twilight, or rather, the Spirit of Magic explained.
"Well, I would say that it was fun while it lasted, but honestly, ruling Equestria was more trouble than it's worth." Cozy Glow said with the other two reluctantly agreeing.
Twilight's horn glowed, and the three tyrants found themselves in the Princess of Friendship's old Head Mare office, now repurposed as Cozy Glow's thinking room. (it's too small to be a throne room)
Cozy Glow went over to the desk and pulled out the scroll containing the needed spell. "So, this isn't the part where one of us tries to do their own thing, right?"
"The only thing we can do at this point is die, unless we go through with this." Tirek pointed out.
"While I'm reluctant to give up on conquering Equestria, the fact that we did destroy Twilight Sparkle and her friends is enough to hold me over long enough to find a way to take Equestria without bringing forth the Windigos." Chrysalis added.
"Well you can have it. I'm going back to conquering Las Pegasus." Cozy Glow concluded as the Legion of casted the spell.
Two Weeks Earlier
"Our pact stands." Chrysalis stated as she placed her hoof in Tirek's hand. "What we do, we do together. Once we defeat the rulers of Equestria, we can claim this land and rule our kingdoms, alone, once more."
With no arguments, Tirek proceeded with the spell, levitating the bell and preparing to ring it.
Suddenly,a bright light erupted from behind the bell. Fading to reveal...the villains. Before the three assembled evildoers could react to the appearance of their other selves, the three newcomers blasted Grogar's bell and destroyed it.
The Legion of Doom stared with their mouths agape as their plans fell into pieces at their hooves. "...What. Have. You DONE!!?"
The future Chrysalis looked at her enraged past self. "See for yourself." With that, the three humbled villains joined hands/hooves and casted the spell Twilight gave to them: Soul Fusion.
In normal circumstances, this spell could merge two or more beings together. It was created by a power-mad Unicorn who sought to merge with a Pegasus and an Earth-Pony to become an Alicorn.
But in this case: the three villains became one with their past selves, bestowing upon them their memories and experiences, and the reason that they couldn't conquer Equestria.
The three stood there in silent contemplation of all that they had learned before asking the most important question...now what?
A Few Moments Later
Grogar had finally arrived after his long absence "Alright you three, Twilight's coronation ceremony begins tomorrow, and that is when is when we will launch our attack. But for this to work, you three will need to wrok together." The great goat announced to the cavernous hideout, knowing that his minions were in here somewhere.
"You can drop the act Discord, you're not fooling anypony." 'Grogar' turned to the voice and found the three standing in the shadows, their faces downcast.
The three former tyrants confessed what they had done and what they had learned. Needless to say, Discord was not amused.
Having dropped his Grogar facade, Discord bound the three villains to a wall and showed them just how intimidating he can be. "You three have exactly two seconds to give me a reason not to destroy you, and I'm not accepting 'I'm sorry'."
Cozy Glow spoke up. "Because if Twilight figures out that you stopped us from learning from our mistakes, you'll be in really big trouble."
The Lord of Chaos smiled sinisterly. "And just what makes you think they'll ever find out?"
"They won't. Because to explain this as 'you reformed us as a surprise gift for Twilight'." Cozy Glow's response got stunned looks from the other two villains and threw Discord into a fit of laughter.
"AHHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!" AND WHY WOULD I EVER DO THAT!?" The draconiquis asked.
Cozy Glow never missed a beat. "Because if you destroy us, and do everything you possibly can to cover it up...but miss something, one tiny little detail that leads Twilight and her friends to figuring what happened, then not only will they know what you did, not only will they know how badly it almost turned out, but they'll know that you tried to hide it from them...and they will never forgive you."
Discord wasn't laughing anymore. In fact, he seemed to be a little peeved. "...Fine, you win. I'll tell them that I reformed you."
Cozy Glow beamed, but the others weren't as thrilled. "Hold on a moment. I may have agreed to stop trying to take over Equestria, but I never said anything about accepting the Magic of Friendship."
Tirek shared Chrysalis' opinion. "If you think for one second that I'm going near those ponies without the intent to destroy them, you've got another thing coming."
Discord simply shrugged. "Oh well, I guess I'll have to try my luck at hiding two bodies."
But before he could snap his fingers. "W-w-WAIT!!! I didn't mean a total reformation, we're just not going to attack them anymore. One meeting to make it official, and then we're gone. I'm going to Las Pegasus, and you guys are going..." Cozy Glow rolled her hoof to tell the others to fill in the blank.
"Hmm, well I suppose I could join you. You ponies are lovesick wherever you go, so I don't think I'll go hungry." Chrysalis decided.
"Hmm, I suppose I could feed off the energy of creatures in the Everfree Forest And anypony that wanders too close to me." Tirek added.
"Eh, good enough for me." Discord declared. He had heard what Tirek said, but as long as it wasn't Fluttershy, he saw no reason to care.
20 Years Later
Today was the anniversary of the best day of Cozy Glow's life. Not the day that she and the others walked away from villainy, that was yesterday...and super embarrassing.
Discord and the villains had agreed that the three of them were going to agree never to attack Equestria again and go their separate ways...so you can imagine the Legion of Doom's shock when Twilight and her friends had been expecting the apology Discord had promised from them and Pinkie Pie's resulting party.
This deep into enemy territory had the three wary of being imprisoned if they said or did the wrong thing, but running into more and more promised acts of redemption made an emotional explosion inevitable. And Chrysalis being expected to explain how stupid she was to her Hive was the final nail in the Apology Party's coffin.
Luckily, Cozy Glow and Tirek were able defuse the situation and turn it on Discord for demanding more out of them was agreed.
Having so many awkward conversations and apologies both faked and genuine for one reason or the other still haunted the Pegasus mare's nightmares to this day.
But that's not important right now. Because the very next day, Twilight sent her home to Neighvada, she skipped town without a word to her parents, and headed straight to Las Pegasus where she, in one day, scammed a couple of two-bit conponies out of a whole casino.
The Cozy Castle, as it was called, was the best and most favored casino in all of Las Pegasus...because Cozy Glow would sabotage the competition.
The mare sat back in her office, looking out the same window that the equally disarming Gladmane once peered through. She could've used the same dirty tricks to keep her employees under her hoof, but she was better than that...she just fed rumors to other potential employers to ensure they wouldn't offer better jobs while ensuring that more genuine rumors reached the ears of her customers.
It was a lot of work to make sure the right rumors reached the right ears whilst going unheard by the others, but excluding Deus Ex Machinas from magic trees, Cozy Glow's plans always worked flawlessly.
Down on the casino floor, a certain unicorn mare with a green coat and a mane the color of autumn leaves was keeping one of the resort's bars. Listening to some dumb sap going on about his ex. "I just don't get it, she understood me. Why would she leave me?"
Chrysalis rolled her eyes. While she would never have any friends, she actually managed to make one other acquaintance outside of Tirek and Cozy Glow. A lovely little Unicorn named Gold Digger.
Chrysalis was astounded at the sheer amount of idiots who fell for the story of her parents being gold miners, she's probably never seen a speck of dirt in her whole life.
But Chrysalis begrudgingly respected the mare for her lifestyle and eventually starting talking to her, which eventually led to a reveal of who she really was, which in turn led to Gold Digger frequenting the Cozy Castle for Chrysalis' benefit.
"...Ya know?" Chrysalis snapped out of her thoughts when she realized the moron talking to her. After looking to make sure nopony was looking in her direction, she quickly drained the dumb sap of the love in his heart, causing him to fall over unconscious.
"Oh boy, HEAVY DRINKER DOWN!!" Chrysalis called to a nearby bouncer.
The Everfree Forest
A Manticore roared at a Bugbear that had intruded onto it's territory, the intruder responded in kind.
The two predators lunged at one another. The Manticore swiping with it's claws while the Bugbear thrusted it's stinger.
However, the Bugbear lost momentum and was swatted to the side with contemptuous ease, hitting the ground unconscious.
Rather than roaring in victory, the Manticore looked at the opponent that should've challenged him, wondering what went wrong.
Suddenly, the Manticore felt dizzy, and then, it was too weak to move.
Tirek flexed his new muscles, it wasn't Alicorn magic, but he was now big enough to take on an Ursa Minor.
And the best part, a lot of the creatures he drained found their way to Fluttershy's Sanctuary, where they were nursed back to health, and he could drain them again...of course, Discord made it perfectly clear that if he was caught within a kilometer of that Sanctuary, he would turn Tirek into an Earth Pony Elder and remove his ability to steal magic.
But no matter, he was getting stronger every day. And one day, not even the Windigos would be stronger.
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Enjoy.
You're not the only one whose pissed off by that crap filled finale. I thought Twilight would sacrifice the Magic of Friendship to destroy Grogar's bell to save everyone to stop Grogar but no... the creators decided to flip the viewers and Grogar fans off with Discord and that defeating the villains is utter bullshit!!
9881128
A-fucking-men.
No comment on these three since I hated them period. I'm still pissed about the copout with Grogar more than anything else.
9881191
Eh, to each their own. At least we can all agree that Discord cockteased us and it sucked.
This should be cannon, instead of the statue thing
9881833
Yes, I agree 100%
Heads up:
Grogar's Bell is indestructible. It even tanked the Super Rainbow Laser without being either turned to stone or destroyed, just switched off. They can't smash it in here.
Also, there was also a possible opening for the villains to win while getting rid of the Windigoes, which was to use the Bell on the Rainbow Laser itself. This fic explored the idea:
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/450354/theres-more-to-magic-than-friendship
9882042
Hmm, I will read this fic. However, I must point out that the fact that the rainbow laser didn't destroy the villains (hell, it didn't even turn them to stone like with Discord) tanking the laser doesn't disprove that it can be destroyed.
I enjoyed this alternate take. I propose a sequel where Cozy Glow meets (and possibly falls for) a pony that will be by her side.
Personally, I enjoyed this story. The concept was interesting, and I can tell the writer put a lot of thought and effort behind what was being written. It was impressive, as well as I do enjoy well written alternative endings. This one is definitely one of the better alternative ending stories I’ve read on this site.
9884005
Thank you.
Garbage
9890001
Then read something else.
9890001
Also, I just love how you're throwing hate on one of my stories when all three of yours have more dislikes than likes.
9890007
I understand my stories were garbage and stopped writing them. Funny that the guy with a fuckin anime avatar is trying to call me out.
9890004
I didn't have to read more than 2 sentences to see this story's garbage.
9890075
Am I supposed to feel ashamed for liking what I like? Because I don't. I like anime, I like writing, I like this story. Though, in your defense my love for the 98 Godzilla movie and films of similar popularity have taught me that I have bad taste.
So now that you know what to expect from me, avoid me. Cause I'm gonna do what I'll do and I don't give a fuck what you think.
Very nice story. Like the alternate ending
9890390
Thank you.
Welcome to a world where being Fidel Coltro eventually becomes Pyrrhic villainy.
On the flip side, a George Stirrup wouldn't be bothered in the least.
9908714
.......fuck....I do not understand these references and now feel stupid.
What a nice story. Thank you for write it and rewrite that awful ending. Although the soul fusion and destroying the indestructible bell is odd, I enjoyed it. And adding that little backstory for Cozy more than the show writers did for her. This ending is more satisfying than the actual one, especially for the Legion of Doom.
Awesome fic. Greetings.
9992586
That was my aim. Glad you enjoyed it.
9882152
Well the magic of friendship is apparently the most powerful thing in the universe in that world.
Nothing as ever withstand its rainbow laser of doom, the fact the bell tanked a TRIPLE beam and just works perfectly fine afterwards is such an achievement on how well made Grogar made his bell. If the magic of friendship can't destroy the bell but just take away the power boost it gave to the trio, then what will?
Though I wished the show touched on what if theres a villain that could outright overpower the rainbow laser? Heck, if they brought back NMM and say her darkness adapted to it and now counters it, it would have been fitting for the first villain(in the show's airing) that fell victim to the beam would get to defeat it.
Haven't read the story yet but felt like commenting anyway.
As for the Discord Grogar issue, Discord's iffy plan really made me furious inside.
I still like Discord but I am just mad at him. Especially how his plan screwed over 3 fav characters of mine (Spike, Luna and Chrysalis) at certain points during the duration of that plan.
Along with disappointed with how the finale handled Luna(Celestia too, yes but I am more focused on Luna..).
Pretty much a nutshell on what I thought about the finale, just really mixed.
10082772
Oh yeah, that finale was a mess. And I feel like they only worked in the plot twist because we all already guessed what was gonna happen. (Grogar turns on the Legion who then help the Mane 6 defeat him, and thus reform)
10082783
I felt like it did not do the royal sisters enough justice either.
Really all they could do is just distract the trio and can only deal with the trio AFTER they've already been dealt with(as in pretty much kicking someone who's already down and defenseless). And that's just one of the problems I feel with how things been handled..
Apparently why they did this plot twist was the trio had more connection to the Mane 6 for this series finale than a big bad popping up out of blue. Which is iffy.
If they wanted their villain to have some connections, have Grogar be responsible for Nightmare Moon in some way.
Him being responsible for the very first villain the girls had faced, the one who kicked off the show with the book opening on her story.
Like Grogar spoke to Luna as a voice to get her to snap and awaken those dark powers she has as Nightmare Moon. Him having to do that since he couldn't brainwash/corrupt her due to she turns out to be naturally attuned to darkness. Wanting Luna to unleash her dark powers for some plan of his.
The writers could have gone with this to have Grogar have connections to the mane 6 in some way.
10082808
Yeah, and the trio having more connections with the Mane 6? No they did not. Chrysalis had a beef with Starlight, Cozy Glow was thwarted by the Young 6, and Tirek's first major rivalry was with Starswirl.
What they should've done is ignored the Bonus Episode in favor of Three Episode finale so we could see all of these rivalries with Grogar pulling the strings and squaring off with the Mane 6.
10082997
I felt like the finale wasted a huge opportunity for Luna.
Like they could have had her get some unique heroic moment to make things come full circle.
With how she started off the show as a villain and ending the show as a big hero.
I mean, she kicked off the show with the book opening on her story as NMM and being the first villain the girls fought, she could have gotten something.
But instead.. the finale just had her lose her magic and could only just distract the trio. That's.. not a good send off for her nor Celestia.
10083348
Agreed. The show's fatal flaw, as tends to be the case with franchises featuring multiple likeable characters, was giving too much attention to their main cast, and not enough for the rest.
AND I'M STILL WAITING ON COZY GLOW'S BACKSTORY!!! AND WHERE THE HAY ARE HER PARENTS!!!
10083540
A main issue I have with the show is if you aren't an element bearer, destiny essentially tries to ensure you will fall flat on your face so the real heroes save the day. That's what happening to the sisters after they lost their connection to the Elements, they aren't allowed to save the day directly anymore apparently. Just either getting defeated/captured/lose their magic or end up not getting to be involved in the battle.
Spike's case being he usually gets left out of what the girls are doing or ultimately end up in their shadows due to not being a "chosen one" like them. (At least the finale subverted this issue with him though..)
As for Cozy Glow, she definitely need a backstory. I feel like the writers did not think things through when they came up with her.
10083584
Agreed. The best season finale was season 6 purely for the fact that it gave side characters a chance to shine. Season 8 is a close second for the same reason. And the bronze medal goes to season 7 because at least the pillars were helping, even if they weren't the focus.
But this, this is just a poorly executed plot-twist derailing the entire final season, they should've had Sombra as the season finale villain and threw out a second movie to the series finale, so they would more screen time to play around with.
10083701
Problem for season 6's finale is the sisters still got shafted by somehow getting captured and also Spike getting robbed big time(HE was the one that befriended Thorax, but instead the writers had Starlight get this finale instead of him.. at least let him be in the rescue group for synchro's sake)
If there was a second movie, I am hoping it didn't do what the first movie did to Luna honestly..
It seriously irritates me when people acknowledge how evil Cozy Glow was, but then object to her being sent to Tartarus then turned to stone because "she's just a child". I'm sorry, but that means nothing by this point. She knew perfectly well the extent of her crimes and had no remorse for it. She deserved what she got just as much as Chrysalis and Tirek
10852070
Yeah, my problem with the character is simply that she was badly written. The fact that Tirek, the oldest out of all of them, has more established family ties than the child villain who popped out of nowhere drives me up a fucking wall. Just say that her parents had no control over her, it's not that hard.
Hey man, I read your story on Fanfiction dot net and I say that I like the idea of Cozy Glow, Tirek and Chrysalis all ruling different parts of Equestria while figuring out how to get rid of the Wendigos with even Cozy Glow ordering around her slaves to burn books inside the School of Friendship that has been converted to Cozy Castle. Nice detail by the way on Cozy saying that she has some kind of artifact that she plans to use on her allies once she completed her plans even though her team mates respect Cozy enough to leave her alone and do their own thing.
I enjoyed the flow of the story and how the Legion of Doom interacted with the deceased Mane 6 who became spirits and how they worked together with Cozy's plan to finally get rid of the Wendigos. However I didn't like your ending and how the rest of the story progressed. Most of the time I'd be smiling and engaged with what's happening in your story but there are parts I didn't with. You could have the Legion of Doom establishing a Proper Friendship with Tirek, Chrysalis and Cozy Glow but you took that away from them just because of the moral in your story when they could have a heroic act and finally discover the good within them, You deprived them of that opportunity as the writer of the events in this alternate universe. You say that you didn't like how the Season 9 Finale end which inspired you to wrote this but your still leaving Tirek, Chrysalis and Cozy Glow with evil in their hearts and despicable traits. You could have had a montage of them getting to be better by attending classes in Twilight's School of Friendship with Princess Twilight and her friends guiding them along the way even though its questionable how are they alive now when they are dead or is this still in the past and different from what happened in the future.
You could have them get that happy ending and so much more with Cozy Glow finally reuniting with her family or meeting a new one by adoption Meet The Robinsons Movie Ending style. Have Chrysalis finally reunite with her hive and ask forgiveness by feeling remorseful for her actions followed by having a picnic or eating lunch with Starlight for the first time and have Tirek meet his brother once again in the Centaur Kingdom which could have been an emotional moment. All of this happy endings and closure could have happened but instead it felt like some unknown otherworldly force hardened their hearts like what God did to the Pharaoh when the man was thinking about his actions and considering to change his ways only for God to force him into acting like a despicable tyrant once more. I don't think this is going to last because all of this final act revolves around Discord acting like some kind of Mafia Boss and threatening Tirek, Chrysalis and Cozy Glow for their actions even though he's supposed to reform them in the right way and genuinely show kindness like Fluttershy taught him. Instead this all revolves around threats, lies, deceit, blackmail, manipulation, mistrust and god knows what else is needed to make a man the most hated and irredeemable embodiment of evil that's not even deserving of one's pity at this point like you just let them continue being evil after seeing the consequences of evil just for the sake of being evil without being given a hard try of Friendship based on what they are doing 20 years later into the future. Its not long till one of them commits murder and shed innocent blood for the sake of laughing at it or if someone influenced them who is a manipulative sick bastard being much much much worse than them even counting the Chimera in the Everfree as a candidate for that role. Just goes to show that Bad Solutions even if it Fixes a temporary problem is still a Bad Solution.
Overall there were parts of the story that I really like and it shows that I was along for the ride on this whole journey of a story. Its just that I wasn't rocking with the climax and how you ended the story showing how naive the Mane 6 were naive in interacting with Tirek, Chrysalis and Cozy Glow with just saying a blind yes instead of helping them become better creatures from within the heart. I like the story and how it goes but I wasn't rocking with the Discord part and the ending because I know that its gonna go back for them in the long run without taking that evil in their hearts. Anyway those are my thoughts about your story man. Good luck in your writing endeavors and have a good one!
10983202
A fair point, I was just sick and tired of every single redemption being full conversion. The worst example being the Dragons at the end of Garble's redemption arc.
Garble's redemption was trash in and of itself, but the other generic Dragons were even worse. One second, they're fun of Garble's hobby. The next, Ember chews them out for respecting someone else's idea of fun. And after that...they want to learn more about the hobby? NO! They should've just accepted that it's okay to like different things, and go back to liking different things.
That's what I tried to do. Sorry if that got lost in translation, but the point of ending it the way I did was to try and emphasize that the Legion didn't want to rule Equestria anymore. They still wanted to be bad, but they understood that trying to remove Friendship from Equestria would destroy it.
Yes, they could've done what you suggested and rule the way Twilight would've, but they would rather just bring Twilight back from the dead and fade into the background. That's the idea behind this ending...guess I fumbled the execution. Oops.
except the death of mane6, this looked like something Hasbro would make.
which mean it's predictable and shallow.
Well friendship is not gonna hurt you cozy
Somepony else once thought that too
the princess of time herself