Chapter 21 - The lawyer and the custody.
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Chapter 21 - The lawyer and the custody.
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Celestia commanding the sun could wake up very early and she used that to her advantage, in the early hours of the morning she walked towards the dungeon and especially towards Chrysalis' cell hitting hard the bars with the intention of waking up the queen, achieving it easily.
Chrysalis jumped up and turned her head to see a very angry Celestia on the other side of her bars, she stretched her limbs and walked towards the solar regent.
"What did you do?" Celestia asked.
"I don't know what you mean." Replied the queen.
"What did you tell Twilight and Cadance, how did you convince them to drop their charges against you?"
"And you think I flew out of here to talk to them and back before you knew it?, I'm in prison Celestia, there's not much I can do from here."
"At least my sister wasn't stupid enough to fall for your games like those two were."
"You mean Twilight and Cadance, maybe they do have compassion inside their hearts unlike you."
"Unfortunately wisdom is not a trait the two of them have yet to acquire but stupidity is a trait they all share, even you."
"I know, my stupid ideas brought me to this place and if I had the chance to go back to the past I would do everything the same way, that stupidity brought me the best of my life and I'm sorry you still don't see it."
Celestia hit the bars with such intensity that she bent some of them and broke the stones where they were embedded, her fury was very easy to feel.
"No matter what you do, I don't care what you tell me, I will never let you out, you destroyed thousands of lives in the past and I will do my best to make sure you rot in a prison in their names."
With that Celestia retreated from the dungeon using her magic to whip and almost break the wooden door again.
"That mare really hates you." Commented the unicorn in the cell next to Chrysalis.
"I've indeed done bad things in the past but Celestia can't think somepony like me can change and only seeks to destroy me, and why did they lock you up?".
"When someone tells you not to break a Pinkie Promise, you better listen to them."
The rest of the week passed without much action for Chrysalis in her little cell and the expected Saturday to talk to her friends had arrived, but they were coming with someone else.
"Hello girls it's nice to see you again." The queen greeted.
"Hello Chrysalis, we have good news for you." Red Bug replied.
"I think I know what this is about, Celestia came in a rage to reproach me for Twilight and Cadance's change of heart, I don't know how you did it but I appreciate your help."
"A little reality and perspective works miracles, but tell us how did it go with Luna?".
"She changed her mind about me and she's sure I've reformed, but she's not going to drop the charges against me."
"And why not, you said she was in your favor and it would be easy to convince her."
"She has a high standard of justice and doesn't show favoritism to anyone, she treats everyone equally including herself, and unless somepony acted directly against the laws, she's not going to help me get out of here."
"So what are we going to do?"
"I have a solution." Said the last figure who had been left chatting with the pony in the next cell.
He was indisputably a changeling, with a brown suit, a tie, a briefcase at his side, and a look of little patience.
"A changeling?, but how could you think of entering this place without a disguise, you know that if they discover you the first thing they will think is that I am trying to escape?."
The changeling was unmoved by the queen's abruptness.
"Indeed I am a changeling, my name is Pistil, a lawyer coming from the hive near the crystal empire, with a doctorate in the laws of Equestria and the changeling hives, certified in law by Equestria, The Crystal Empire, Yakyakistan, The Dragon Lands, and next year I start my studies in Saddle Arabia, I doubt very much that there is anyone who knows as much law as I do."
"But why aren't you in disguise?."
"Law 1877-b of the criminal code of Equestria, in section number eight, paragraph three, says and I quote `Somepony convicted of any crime has the right to be defended by a representative of the law certified by Equestria or any nation recognized by Equestria, and no reprisal shall be taken because of his origin, sex or race, the convicted may be defended by a such representative of the law if he or she so desires`, you wish me to represent you before the law?" Finished asking the changeling.
"Emmm... ok?" Said the queen somewhat unsure.
"I need you to be clear in your words in order to represent you, do you wish me to represent you in front of the law?".
"Yes, I do." Replied the queen confidently.
"Good, then what we must do is change your course of action, waiting for the princesses to drop the charges against you and then fighting for custody of Clear Spark has very little chance of success and could take years before the court ruling is in your favor, we must take another approach, you must start the custody suit immediately."
"But how would that help?" Cheerilee asked.
"The queen already has the favor of two princesses and has shown a remarkable and sustained change over time in addition to the remarkable way she cares for Clear Spark, if we want to have a real chance, we must attack directly on Clear Spark's custody and involve all the press media possible, the world must know that you did all this for Clear Spark's welfare, we must make her a fighter, show a mare committed to change, a mare that changed her past for the love of a little one and still wants to fight for him, we must make her the heroine of this story."
"And you think it will work?" Red Bug asked.
"The world loves heroes, and if we show her as a mare who changed her past for the love of her little one and was imprisoned for it, the press will go crazy and they will come like wave after wave to hear her story, the story of Chrysalis, the mare who fights for the love of a foal and was imprisoned for it."
"I would buy the book of that story." Commented the stallion in the next cell.
"The media pressure will have an effect on Princess Celestia and Luna, and to calm the waters they'll have to at least give her parole and surveillance."
"Sounds great." Red Bug commented.
"I find it a good idea too, what do you say Chrysalis?." Replied Cheerilee.
"I can't do that."
"But why not?"
"Because that will expose Clear Spark in front of everyone, and I don't want to imagine how that will affect his life."
"I know what you mean, but you know he'll know the truth at some point."
"I know, but it's one thing for him to know the truth and it's another for the world to know, and I don't plan to expose my little boy to a life where everyone knows that his mother doesn't love him, I'm sorry but I'm not going to do that."
The four figures were silent for a moment thinking about other options when the lawyer said something.
"Then we can take another approach, we can ask for custody of Clear Spark, under the promise of probation on behalf of one of the princesses or someone recommended by one of the princesses."
"What do you mean by that?" Asked the queen.
"There is the case where Celestia asked for the help of a group of Ponyville mares to reform the former criminal Discord, achieving it successfully and releasing him under the custody of Fluttershy, taking that precedent and if we manage to get custody of Clear Spark, along with the queen's current reformed history it will be simple for one of the princesses who dropped the charges to release her under custody."
"That's a plan I can work with." Replied the queen.
"Excellent, then tomorrow morning I will be making the petition regarding Clear Spark's custody, we will need everything you have, medical records, photographs, testimonials from friends and family, everything you have to prove that Chrysalis is a competent mare to hand over Clear Spark's guardianship to you."
"I have everything you need at my house, and if anything is missing it is surely at Chrysalis' house, I also have a scroll written by Petal Dance where she says she would abandon her child, do you think that will help?." Cheerilee said.
"Yes, that's very good, I know a graphologist and a calligrapher and if we can certify that that parchment was written by the foal's current mother getting custody of Clear Spark will be very simple."
"Then we should go to my house in Ponyville, I'll show you what I have and we can help you get the rest."
"I'm coming with you." Red Bug said.
"We'll see you next week, please take care of yourself." Said Cheerilee hugging the queen.
"I hope you guys have good luck."
"I'll be back in about two or three days to take your side of the story and present it in physical form at the trial, but I need you to remember everything and use clear language."
"Don't worry."
"Then we'll be on our way."
The group left the dungeon with new ideas and hopes, they had not achieved their original goal but this new approach gave them new hope and they had a feeling that this was going to work.
"Did that mare really abandon her son?" The stallion asked.
"Twice to be true." Replied the queen.
"Wow... and I thought my mother was bad, and why don't you escape from prison?, for someone like you it would be easy to do it" Asked the stallion.
"Because if I escape I'm going to have to live in hiding for years and I would only be able to see Clear Spark from the shadows, I want to be the one to put him to bed at night and wake him up in the morning."
"I hope you get lucky and have a happy ending."
"Thank you."
Now Chrysalis just had to hope that her new lawyer could put together a favorable case.
Pistil for his part had gotten a lot of information and favorable evidence for the queen, he only had to get a power of attorney where Petal Dance ceded custody of Clear Spark, and from what he had been told about the mare it would not cost him to get her, she only had to sign some documents that Pistil carried with him, the changeling searched for the mare all day in the residences and the areas she frequented, ending up finding her in a passing hotel in the wealthiest area of Canterlot.
The changeling had disguised himself as a unicorn so as not to bother the ponies when he entered the hotel and went to the room where Petal Dance was staying, knocked on the door and waited patiently until a stallion opened the door.
"Good evening, my name is Pistil and I am looking for a mare named Petal Dance."
"She's busy with a friend, you'll have to talk to her another day." Replied the stallion.
"It will only take a minute, I need her to sign some papers."
"Hmmm... ok, but make it quick." The stallion entered the room and seconds later Petal Dance appeared sweaty and disheveled.
"Hi, I'm sorry but I'm busy right now with some friends but..." The mare looked Pistil up and down a couple of times with clear ideas. "... If you want you can join us, the bed is big enough for someone else."
"No thanks, I have a beautiful wife waiting for me at home." Pistil replied.
"You can invite her, the more the better."
"I'd rather not, I only came because I need if you can sign some papers."
"Papers about what?" The mare asked with intrigue.
"About Clear Spark and his custody."
"Am I in trouble because I didn't report him missing?" Asked the mare somewhat concerned.
"Not at all, I'm a lawyer and my client is taking care of the little one and she wants to have legal guardianship over Clear Spark and I was hoping you would agree."
"Of course, where do I sign?" Said the mare cheerfully.
"Are you sure you don't want to keep custody of Clear Spark?".
"Look, I was kind of busy at the moment and I'd like to get this over with quickly so I can get back to what I was doing, do you want me to sign your papers or not." Said the mare annoyed.
"Then sign these three papers on the line." Said Pistil showing the adoption and legal transfer papers to the mare.
"Ready, are you sure you don't want to stay, I know you will have fun." Petal dance said in a lusty tone.
"No thanks, I have work to-."
Petal Dance closed the door in the lawyer's face without giving any importance to what he had to say, Pistil for his part kept the documents knowing that now releasing Chrysalis would be a simple procedure in front of the judge, and left the hotel thinking how a mare could be so cold towards her own son.
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She is a damn slut who cares for pleasure and excitement!
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She needs her ovaries removed... no anesthetic...
Glad to know Cadence and Twilight finally had a change of heart. Though I'm not impressed by Celestia calling them stupid; she's going to lose their trust once they find out.
Also, being in Jail for breaking a Pinkie Promise?! Good Gravy, what is wrong with these ponies?
Damn. I was giving her the benefit of the doubt that she was at least a whore, sleeping with random guys for money to make ends meet. Nope, Petal Dance is a bona fide slut. Then again, I did comment on a previous chapter that the her name fit if you looked at it right. That is a mare who's making her 'petals' do an undulating dance. Maybe Clear Spark is blind because he got a bunch of irritating cum in his developing eyes while his incubator was having a pregnant orgy.
You know what would be interesting? If as part of an epilogue chapter the 'sperm donor' was identified, notified he had a biological child with a slut who abandoned said child, wanted to be a father to his child, and wound up dating/being with Chrysalis as a natural consequence of being there for Clear Spark. It'd be an ironically satisfying way of bookending the story. Starts with the child who's the focus of the story alongside Chrysalis being abandoned by one biological parent, the story is the course of the child being cared for by a foster parent-turned-legal guardian, ends with the child having two loving parents, one of them being the other biological parent.
I don’t think Celestia is in the right state of mind to make any sort of judgement.
This is not criticism, just an opinion.
My only... and I do mean ONLY genuine 2 issues are: 1. that my own head canon for Celestia is: ever since NMM, she knows villains can be made from good creatures... and ACTIVELY seeks to reform as many of them as possible. Hence why she mostly stays out of it: looking to the elements of harmony to bring peace rather than mutual hatred and destruction. Also, I feel discord is another example of this. She was not concerned about making discord pay, but rather keeping others safe. At the very least, I feel Celestia might be upset with herself because of how far chrysalis got and how she got everyon to turn on Twilight.
So I don't personally see Celestia being the one that is not willing to at least hear Chrysalis out without a specific reason.
2. She would also not likely be willing to hold another kingd... queendom's leader for long due to the consequences of possible war.
But again, that's my own head canon.
11473389
Both of them should at least yell or even slap that bitch for insulting their own intelligence! And Celestia is actually the most stupid one, NOT them!
And yeah, the ponies are also frickin stupid and crazy over Pinkie's rather ridiculous "Pinkie Promise".
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That will be totally dark if that's why he is really blind. Another good reason for either Chrysalis, Cheerilee, Twilight, or even Cadence to rightfully SLAP, BEAT HER UP and even hit her in the cooch really HARD!!!!
Bitch, you own damned sister ( Luna ), your previous student ( Sunset ), Discord, Stygain, and especially Starlight and Tempest Shadow did something way similar! But, I don't see you be pissed at them so much right about now!?
So, how many times should I teach you this lesson, OLD dumb mare!
Frickin hypocrite! Author, can you let someone/somepony with common sense finally REMIND Celestia with this fact? Even if they to keep reminding her with this right in front of her face, so her stupid and delusional brain can finally process this.
Also, the Changelings could still go to war with this Injustice.
11473389
The real question is, is he in jail for breaking a Pinkie Promise, or is he in jail to avoid the repercussions of breaking a Pinkie Promise?
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The sad thing is that I believe that there's merit to that idea.
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That's an understatement.
11473556
The problem is that she might like that last one.
11473561
I doubt Chrysalis would want to go to war though. Although if it did come to that, I like the idea that Luna, Cadance, and Twilight would side with Chrysalis.
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I imagine Twilight will go through a little bit of DABDA before joining Cadence in calling her former mentor out, and not just for insulting their intelligence either, but also for the Canterlot Wedding fiasco as well, since she was part of the reason Equestria almost fell to Chrysalis in the first place.
11473556
It'll most definitely get worse for Celestia when they all discover Clear Spark's blindness; either she'll realize she's fudged up, or she'll keep digging her own grave. Or maybe she becomes so focused on her desire to see Chrysalis suffer that her revenge and bloodlust will turn her into Daybreaker, forcing Luna, Cadence, Twilight and her friends, and perhaps even Chrysalis and Discord to banish or destroy her.
11473561
Ditto
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Good Question: if it's the former, then I have some serious questions for Equestria's Judicial System (and Maybe Twilight and Pinkie as well)' if it's the latter, then I wouldn't really blame the guy, but I'd still be facepalming at the absurdity of it all because well, it's Pinkie.
BTW, I'm hoping we can get a flashback chapter or two where Twilight and Cadence realize they both fudged up, have their Change of Heart moments, and drop the charges on Chrysalis as the first step to their redemption arcs.
Surprised it's taken this long for such a high profile case to even think of moving. Courts may be slow, but even then...
Changeling Saul Goodman??
seriously? Is breaking a promise a crime worthy of jail? I'm beginning to question the integrity and fairness of this world's judicial system.