Monday Dec 26 b
Sunset whimpered as she floated in a dark void, curled up in a fetal position as five orbs slowly spun around her and six small flames surrounded them, just floating there stationary. She felt as if she had lost everything while another part of her refused to believe that her mother would betray her. She didn’t want to believe the last week had been a lie, she refused to believe it…and yet, her father was killed and her mother betrayed her.
“Don’t believe everything you see and hear, child.” One of the orbs said, drawing Sunset’s attention to the spinning orbs.
“Who are you?” Sunset sniffed, looking up to watch the spinning orbs of light.
“We are the spirits of Kandrakar.” The orbs said together, before speaking separately.
“Quintessence.”
“Water.”
“Earth.”
“Air.”
“Fire.”
“We are the spirits of Harmony.” The flames intoned together before separately saying.
“Magic.”
“Laughter.”
“Kindness.”
“Generosity.”
“Honesty.”
“Loyalty.”
“Great, so now you deem it okay enough to actually speak to me after I lose everything!” Sunset snapped.
“It isn’t that we didn’t want to contact you, but rather we couldn’t. We kept your presence masked from prying eyes to try and give you time to understand your powers and hopefully become our avatar in seeking justice against those who have wronged Kandrakar and hurt so many others.” Quintessence explained. “Doing so had the unfortunate side effect of blocking us from actually calling you here to the astral plane to speak.”
“The only reason we were able to show anybody anything was because of us, and we only had enough power to do so a few times. If we were closer to Canterlot we may have been able to draw a little more power to do more, but we are unsure of that as this is unprecedented.” Magic said.
“Our powers have been sealed and severely limited thanks to the one who has abused our power and twisted our purpose to suit them.” Water explained.
“And we were with you trying to help you after you proved yourself a true friend of Harmony, facing off against the Sirens and freeing them from their curse.” Loyalty said.
“We merged with the crystal that is the Heart of Kandrakar to keep from fading as we are only a small part of the full spirits.” Honesty explained.
“If you wanted an avatar, why didn’t you ask Will to be it?” Sunset asked, “Or Nerissa?”
“Nerissa was set to become our avatar, but the betrayer stripped her of the Heart claiming she was unfit to carry it because of her growing dark feelings of jealousy over Cassidy.” Water said, a sadness in the spirit’s voice.
“It was a lie though, Nerissa was never jealous and she didn’t have those dark feelings.” Quintessence said.
“Instead, it was the betrayer who caused Cassidy’s death. Upon being spurned by Cassidy and knowing Nerissa was going to soon confront him, he plotted to make the former keeper look bad so he could keep her from becoming our avatar.” Fire said.
“I don’t understand, why don’t you just manifest yourselves if you are so powerful and face this betrayer on your own?” Sunset sniffled, glaring at the orbs.
“Because of our circumstances we can not easily manifest ourselves to speak with the keeper, much less physically to confront him.” Air said.
“Then how did you manifest for Will?” Sunset asked, uncurling a bit more.
“We wanted Will to be our avatar, but as usual the betrayer chose those who are too young to actually have the knowledge and experience needed to make wise decisions. And he made sure that Will would never gain the confidence or strength needed to become our avatar.” Quintessence explained. “She did however do what the betrayer wanted and access our pure elemental powers which would strip the guardian of all free will and sense of self. She didn’t have the strength to keep it up however, but the magic rich atmosphere of Meridian along with Will directly pushing herself to draw on that power gave us strength enough to manifest and try to save the child.”
“Save her?” Sunset gasped, her hands flying up over her mouth in horror at the implications.
“It is as you suspect, Will’s body wasn’t matured enough to handle all that power. Her magical pathways weren’t formed enough to handle even stage two of a guardian’s power, she had no chance to handle the amount of power she was calling on. It burned her out and she was dying when we offered her a wish.” Quintessence said.
“We felt the pain and guilt through the astral plane and spirit realms of the Spirits of Harmony and offered the child a place to go to fulfill the wish in order to save her. The magic from the Spirits of Kandrakar was on a completely different wavelength from Equestria, and caused a powerful magical spike so we had to improvise. We borrowed DNA from the solar princess in order to help stabilize young Will’s new form, but the spike had unintended side effects of shattering her memories. Some were locked up, yet others were damaged and beyond recovery.” Magic explained.
“We planned on recovering enough strength through our keeper which was still you, child. We would have had enough power to return on our own in a few years' time, but the solar princess feared what we represented, for good reason, and took us to study and make sure no harm would come to her little ponies. She planned on returning us not long before your self imposed exile back to Earth. We were lucky we were returned and you once again accepted us and became our keeper once more.” Earth said.
“I don’t understand why all of this though, why does this even have to be happening?” Sunset asked.
“Perhaps we should start at the beginning of everything.” Quintessence sighed, “While here, time moves very slowly so there is plenty of time to explain our history to you. In our beginning, Kandrakar was a world of its own and the Heart of Kandrakar was a nymph who loved her people, both noble and peasant alike. Her father had other ideas though, he hated anyone of lower birth and wasn’t very happy when the nymph chose a lowborn baker as her lover.”
“Despite the father’s feelings, the baker was a very good man and would do anything for those he loved. In a rage over his daughter’s supposed insolence, he locked her in a dungeon intent on keeping her there while he moved to kill the baker. The nymph’s four best friends and personal guards, the four elemental dragons, learned of this and moved to protect the baker. It was too late as the father had one of the most trusted advisors to execute the baker.” Earth said, “The advisor didn’t agree with the father though, so he took the baker’s apron and drenched it in blood to show proof of the baker’s death while telling the man to go and hide before the father personally came after him”
“The four dragons took him under their protection to hide him from the father, intent on saving the nymph as well so the two lovers could be together. They had no time though as the father was gloating over his daughter as she cried over the bloody apron, fearing the man she loved was gone. Not meaning to, the nymph let her heartbreak and rage take over and it tore the planet apart, leaving only the fortress and a few islands floating around it. The world’s atmosphere relied on magic so life could still survive on the fortress.” Air said, sadness in its voice.
“A few royal mages, the father and nymph, the four dragons, as well as the baker were the only survivors. The rest of the world and its inhabitants were erased from existence and the following months the reality of what happened and what caused it sunk into both the father and nymph. The father sought forgiveness and the daughter stayed in a state of depression as she had killed most of their planet. She realized that there would be no saving what was left of the world.” Fire said.
“The mages constructed gates to other worlds to search for a suitable world for the small group to escape to, yet in the end the father and daughter didn’t believe they deserved to escape from what was left of their shattered world. In the end, the daughter demanded to be sealed in an auramere to forever keep Kandrakar from falling the rest of the way while giving them a way to help others avoid their fate. The four dragons refused to let her do it alone and would also give their lives to help protect Kandrakar and the worlds around it.” Water said.
“The father gave up his life, as a blood sacrifice was needed to complete the ritual of turning the five into the power source to protect Kandrakar and create guardians to protect the planets. It was a huge undertaking, but the baker was entrusted with the original crystal heart that was directly connected with the aurameres. With the mages help, they rebuilt the damaged portions of the fortress making a safe haven for the aurameres. They created a council chamber with mirrors to anchor portals for each delegate and a box for each. They planned to make a peaceful place to help worlds avoid Kandrakar’s fate and a place to offer a trade of resources and other things.” Quintessence explained.
“One of the first delegates to join the new council was a wonderful woman from a world of warriors. While they did hone their skills constantly, the warriors still preferred peace above all else. The baker and the warrior eventually fell in love and had a child. A child they were very proud of at first, but the child became a spoiled girl that didn’t care when her mother became sick and when she was older, she killed her father, taking the Heart and making herself the first Oracle. Instead of doing what her father had planned and choosing a group from each world as guardians, the daughter hid away all of the crystal hearts and batteries, keeping only one set to create a group of enforcers to do her bidding.” Earth explained.
“While she didn’t fall in love, she did realize she would need an heir to carry on for her one day. An heir she could make just as corrupt as her. She helped her son in more than a few despicable things such as covering up the destruction of a world, abusing a then naïve, loving girl and killing their child, and so much more. As the delegation was finally coming to create a full council after, some of the misdeeds of the mother were discovered.” Air said.
“Two of her guardians betrayed her and her own son testified against her. The keeper at the time was fully devoted to whoever the leader was and didn’t care about justice or listening to our pleas to stop the mother. She didn’t start listening when the mother was imprisoned in a crystal in the underground thanks to the son’s testimony making it look as if he was innocent of everything. With the council believing the lies that were fed to them about a blood relative needing to control the power of Kandrakar, the son was named the new Oracle.” Water said.
“The son was worse than the mother as he had a talent for magic and research. He found out the reason the guardians were only granted a small amount of power at first. It takes time for a person’s body who doesn’t normally use magic to adjust to the new energy and mana pathways to form. He discovered the fact that if too much raw power is forced through the pathways while still in the first stage of power and before the mana pathways have stabilized enough to handle the higher levels of a guardian’s, the guardian will overload with their element and become a simple embodiment of power while losing all sense of self as the mind would be shattered by doing so.” Fire explained.
“For a few generations he experimented by always choosing young girls from Earth who barely had enough life experience to make mature choices. He made sure to keep the only active crystal heart on earth where magic was extremely weak, only found in decent amounts around the Heart of Gaea and Canterlot. He knew that if a keeper actually became stable enough and was accepted by the Heart as an avatar, they would put a stop to him. With the little magic on Earth, it wasn’t very possible for an avatar to come about and he only accepted the guardians into Kandrakar when he knew he was safe from retribution.” Quintessence explained.
“He finally made a mistake with Nerissa as their group managed to live longer than previous groups and Nerissa was becoming very close to the Heart and was getting ready to confront the Oracle on her own. His infatuation with Cassidy was his undoing as he let them live wanting to claim the woman as his own. She rejected every offer and he believed it was Nerissa’s fault. He decided to kill two birds with one stone and came to Earth and stripped Nerissa of the Heart claiming that she was letting negative emotions corrupt her and could no longer be its keeper.” Earth said.
“Nerissa went to meet Cassidy on Shell Beach, which was the group’s favorite meeting place. Cassidy was sitting up on a small cliff jutting out over the water and a few rocks below. She tried to warn Cassidy that something was wrong as she reached out for the heart. The rocks were slick though and Cassidy slipped and fell back off the cliffs, landing on a sharp rock below breaking her back and instantly dying.” Water said.
‘The others of the group arrived just in time to witness the tragedy, but from the angle they were at, it looked as if Nerissa pushed Cassidy. It was enough to convince them that Nerissa was really going down a dark path. While they argued against execution, they didn’t fight the claims that Nerissa needed punished.” Fire said. “She would be locked up and the Heart retired until the Oracle was ready to try making his soulless elementals again.”
“Then came Will…she was the perfect candidate for his experiment. She came from a place where her parents had divorced and her old friends made fun of her and belittled her constantly behind her back. Thanks to the Oracle awakening Will’s eternal gift, she was able to hear it all in her mind which broke her more. When she came to Heatherfield she was already nearly broken, but believed she made new friends. The Oracle couldn’t have her finding happiness though, so he controlled Dean’s mind and used him to seduce Susan. It wasn’t hard, the woman felt as if she failed her family, dividing her husband away and for the impact it had on her daughter. As soon as he had her alone, she told him that she couldn’t see him anymore as she learned he was one of Will’s teachers. Through him, the Oracle took control of her mind and drove a wedge between Susan and Will. And when Phobos managed to lure Elyon to him, I’m sure you know the rest.” Quintessence explained.
“Was he controlling my mom again?” Sunset asked shakily.
“No, your mother is safe and that was not her.” Quintessence replied, getting a shaking sob from Sunset.
“So, my mom doesn’t hate me?” Sunset cried.
“No, sweet child, hardly any of those you believe to hate you truly do.” Magic said, the flame growing brighter and the darkness was replaced with Celestia’s chambers where the mare was sitting on the balcony with tear tracks running down her muzzle.
“What’s going on?” Sunset whimpered.
“Relax child, any visions we show you are real though you can not be seen or interact. Some may be happening now, while others may be something from the past.” Magic said.
“I don’t get it auntie, you said you loved Sunset. I can even feel your love for her! So how can you say you regret what you did for her?” Cadence demanded to know, making Sunset realize the princess of love was there too.
“I don’t regret what I did for her, Cadence. I regret what I was forced to do to protect her!” Celestia whimpered. “Three assassins Cadence! I vaporized two griffins and one earth pony who were trying to kill Sunset before she could become an alicorn! They were afraid of her, a commoner becoming an alicorn and threatening their way of life!”
“Wait... You killed to protect Sunset?” Cadence asked, obviously shaken from the news.
“I’m not proud of killing, Cadence. It was them or Sunset and I loved Sunset. Every time I got close to her another assassin came at her so I had to distance myself from her.” Celestia sighed.
“Why didn’t you help her become an alicorn then? You did the same for Twilight.” Cadence asked. “Wouldn’t she be safe then?”
“Maybe, but I tried. They can’t know what they have to do to become one or they will destroy any chance at ascending. A pony has to fully accept harmony and friendship in their heart, which Sunset just would not do. She had the brains and the power, but she refused to accept harmony.” Celestia cried.
“Of course she did with all of these snottish old nags around here! Why didn’t you send her to Ponyville for a while under the guise of a vacation or something? A chance to meet those who didn’t know she was the princess’s student?” Cadence asked.
“I don’t know, Cadence. I never thought of it.” Celestia admitted, hanging her head and folding her ears back.
“I know that isn’t the only reason, Auntie!” Cadence snapped, slamming a hoof down.
“I was afraid of her, too.” Celestia admitted. “At first, I was afraid of what she represented.”
“You mean Kandrakar? Yeah, I can understand that a little after what Auntie Luna went through.” Cadence admitted, “Still, she was just a foal!”
“I know that, and I started growing closer to her. Every time I started getting my hopes up that she could become an alicorn, she proved she wasn’t ready by denouncing friends and harmony. I wanted her to succeed more than any other pony, including her.” Celestia said.
“You did?” Cadence asked, her jaw hanging open.
“I was scared she would die and leave me too soon. Cadence, I’ve lost so many friends through the years and each one tears at my heart. If Sunset couldn’t ascend then she would leave me and losing a daughter I loved would hurt way more than losing a few friends.” Celestia sniffed. “I thought I lost my sister and it nearly destroyed me. If we couldn’t save her and Sunset left me as well, I wouldn’t be able to handle it!”
“Auntie, I love you. I really do and I understand your actions a little better I guess. You hurt a poor filly so bad though when all you had to do was show a little affection. Just a little support to her when she needed it. It didn’t have to be a mother’s love if you really didn’t feel you could handle it. A little love goes a long way.” Cadence explained.
“I was so proud of her and all of her accomplishments. I still am. If it wasn’t for her, Twilight might not have made it home from facing the sirens.” Celestia sighed wistfully. “If only I could have been there to see it.”
“I’m proud of her too, auntie.” Cadence smiled.
Sunset had to blink her eyes as the scene just vanished all of a sudden and she found herself back in the black void. She couldn’t help wiping her eyes as she knew Celestia was against all killing, but to know the princess had killed three assassins just to protect her shook her. She didn’t really believe Celestia had cared for her, not fully, but she might have to face her sometime and ask her.
“Even those who you don’t know love you and want to be a part of your life.” Quintessence said, a new scene appearing with a red haired man carrying a box into a mostly empty apartment where a dark haired woman was working unpacking another one.
“Just put it down over there, Tony.” The woman said with a smile. Tony put the box down and moved over to kiss the woman deeply before pulling back giving her a large smile. “Not that I’m complaining, but what was that for?”
“Can’t I just kiss my wife?” Tony chuckled.
“Of course you can, dear, but I know you.” The woman giggled.
“I’m just excited, I guess. Thank you so much for this Serena. I messed up not seeing Will before she disappeared, I won’t make the same mistake with Sunset!” Tony exclaimed.
“You don’t have to thank me, dear. All I had to do was put in a transfer request and you can worry about passing the Bar exam anywhere. I still can’t believe it in a way. If I hadn’t seen magic with my own eyes I would have thought this was all some cruel practical joke.” Serena sighed wistfully, “Can you imagine what it would like to have real magic?”
Once again the scene faded away leaving Sunset blinking in confusion. “Was that really my dad?”
“Despite the fact that any DNA test might show a smaller chance of sharing DNA with him because of the magic to change you, he is your biological father.” Quintessence assured.
“And let’s not forget your friends in Canterlot.” Magic said, the scene once again shifted to find Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy sitting around a table at Sugar Cube Corner.
“I feel like this is becoming a support group.” Rainbow chuckled, earning varying degrees of smiles.
“Ah guess it kinda is, sugarcube.” Applejack sighed.
“Do you think Sunny will ever forgive us and come back?” Pinkie Pie asked, her hair slightly deflated.
“I think she will forgive us with time, but she won’t be around as much as before, darling. She has a loving mother now and I, for one, am very happy for her.” Rarity said.
“I wish we talked about things with her before all this happened. I know a part of me was scared she was faking it at first, and I guess a small part of me kept that feeling even after she proved herself.” Fluttershy said with a shudder. “I love her though and was stupid to let my old fears kick in when Anon started.”
“I think we all had those fears at times. We should have just talked to her and cleared the air, maybe then Anon wouldn’t have had a way to sink its claws into us and bring out our fears and insecurities.” Rainbow Dash sighed, looking around at the looks of disbelief on everyone’s faces before huffing. “What? I know big words too!”
“We know you do, darling. It’s just hard to believe you would admit to having fears like that.” Rarity said with an encouraging smile.
“Everybody has fears.” Pinkie Pie sighed, “It’s just how you handle them that counts. And I guess we did a poor job at handling them.”
“That we did girls. Ah reckon Sunset has more than enough reason ta never wanna speak to us again. And ah wouldn’t blame her one bit.” Applejack sighed, pulling her stetson down a little. “Ah would do anything to make it up ta her. Ah love the girl, she’s like kin.”
“I wish we realized our fears were coming back and driving us earlier. Looking back now, there’s no way Shimmer would have pulled something like that. Even in her bad days, she just wouldn’t.” Rainbow Dash groaned.
“We know we messed up and now all we can do is wait and hope that Sunset will truly forgive us.” Rarity sighed.
Sunset wasn’t sure what to make of what she had just witnessed. On the one hand they really did sound remorseful when not around her. On the other hand, they had hurt her badly with their words and actions cutting deeply. “I don’t know what to think.”
“What do you feel in your heart?” All of the spirits asked together.
“Sunset, please wake up!” A familiar voice sobbed out, screaming her name.
“What about…my mom?” Sunset asked.
“Why don’t you wake up and look for yourself? Take your body back and don’t give in to the despair or the power trying to erase you.” The spirits intoned together.
“Please, SUNSET!” The voice cried louder, making Sunset blink a few times before opening her eyes to see her mother screaming her name and begging her to wake up. The bracelet Sunset gave her was worn proudly on her wrist with the gems glowing softly.
“M-Mom?” Sunset croaked out as she felt her body grow heavier, yet smaller. “What’s going on?”
“You ruined all my plans, you little pests!” The Oracle seethed, glaring at Sunset as he stormed over toward her.
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Well, Eragon books are muuuuuch better than a movie (Since the movie changed a lot of key moments, just like Percy Jackson movies, in comparison to book material, those are like total AU).
They're not some high fantasy but the adventure is decent and the magic system balanced and explained clearly. I bemoan only that there is such a big focus on elves but that is hard to avoid in a fantasy setting. Personally would give the books 8/10 while the movie 3/10 (Nice graphics but the rest is just ... too far from the books).
Huh, it's ... nice I guess? Didn't expect to inspire Oracle's punishment...
Wow so much happened on the astral plane (Somehow I think that Sunny will be surprised when she visits Equestria next time
). That still doesn't remove the need for one big group therapy ... and possibly Susan punching Celestia ... but it seems therapy is going to have muuuuch better starting position than the day earlier.
Wooooowie, the history of Kandrakar got a big overhaul in this universe. And it fits nicely into the landscape.
). 
) Welp, at least the next villain is foreshadowed, let's hope she will be better at ... everything ...
First Oracle is ... well she's a chuuni Sith wannabe plain and simple and she got what normally comes to those types (Another one that didn't read the overlord list, two positions about empire heirs that advise to "Don't"
Baldy is Sheev Palpatine-lite, and even that was only possible because all that could question him had the wool pulled over their heads... a lot of wool. (I mean original Palpatine was no better and succeeded in the first stages of his plot mostly because Jedi were stagnated idiots ,he had under his disposal milenial resources of Banite siths, and later ... well depends on movie canon or comic canon. Movie canon we all know, and from comic canon I know he could throw cosmic storms so that is explanation enough about his continued success if you ask me
Meh , no one is perfect so what is the issue if you can't write fight scenes
? It's not like this is next planetwide bestseller , it is story that you write as a hobby , it doesn't need to be instanteniously perfect , it will get there over time.
Besides slice of life, and villain plot is good enough part to make up for that.
Little pests? Oh, the wittle villain thinks he's so cute with his threats.
Like an anorectic wet chihuahua... As one certain villainous nightmare manifestation said, "..you could use some SUN!!!"
*Plane shifts to avoid oncoming Solar Prominence*
Oh, this is going to go wonderfully
If your name isn't Oracle that is.
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I prefer the filler stuff there such as the great Saiyaman and meeting Videl and stuff.
Sadly that seems to be a trend when making a book into a movie, I kind of wonder if they sit around and see what they can cut for the fun of it before actually starting production on the movie. I don't mind if there isn't a lot of high fantasy or a ton of adventure because I tend to enjoy the more slice of life portions of books for some reason. Of course I love the quests and adventure, I mean they have to be doing something lol but I kind of like the slice of life stuff. It's why I love and hate Dragonball Z. I hate all of the over the top action, especially taking a half a dozen episodes to finish a fight that should have been thirty seconds according to the planet going to blow up then. That probably isn't the actual event, but close enough.
Yep, so thanks.
Eyup, and hopefully it all sounded okay. I admit I wanted to take a little more time getting here such as having Nerissa train them some more and actually get a few more things with Twilight and Martin and some of the other stuff settled. I couldn't do the actual makeup stuff yet though as it was needed to help tr and drive Sunset over the edge. Therapy will have a much better starting place now.
I'm glad you think so, I was worried it might not go over well. It was actually a little hard getting everything I was trying to say out but I eventually succeeded for the most part. Both Oracles were total scumbags, in this case like mother like son. I always kind of liked the sith as I think a sith doesn't neccessary have to be evil, but I could be wrong on that. I kind of like the idea of grey jedi even more where they are like right in the middle as both sides do take things too far to the extreme,
I wondered what happened to all those sheep...know I know.
lol seriously, yeah he did a pretty good job of that despite being an idiot in so many ways. He just inherited a high ranking positon and used lies already in place and abused the trust some people had in him. Using their trust against them he did a pretty good job of pulling the wool over their eyes. I actually never got a chance to read the Star Wars comics, but they always seem to have so much better information and events for some reason compared to the movies. Hopefully everyone will like the next villians and I'm thinking of revealing them much earlier to the readers even if the girls don't know anything about them.
Thanks, I hope the next two parts are ok still and I do hope to get better writting them.
lol he thinks he's all that and a bag of chips, but Shego won't be saving his but. Oh wait, this is Charlie Brown, not Drakken.
That is actually an awesome image to think about.
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I hope you enjoy it, the next two parts will be dealing with it.
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I totally get what you mean, not without reason I consider movies AU's of book-verses. As for DBZ's long fights, someone once told me it's because fighters in DragonBall tapped so far into KI abilities that they fight with speeds that let them fight and talk for hours within a span of minutes. That is a plausible theory and would explain why no civilian saw Beerus vs Goku, they were too fast to perceive without KI's enhancement.
For sith being inherently evil
... well that depends on the personal evil definition, especially since both Sith and Jedi Orders are corrupted arrogant, self-righteous hypocrites and their philosophies are flawed in my perspective (Jedi "no attachment" policy --> There is a bunch of Jedi's who had wives legally, most used example Jedi Ki-Aid-Mundi who has four wives and seven daughters since his species has even more skewered gender ratio than Equestrians, besides attachment to Order and Code is still attachment, and Sith are all about freedom and breaking one's own "chains" --> but Sith code is one such chain... as one example for each because there is a lot of those). But that can all can be traced to the race of powerful force users who divided Force between themselves ... and Aboleth later. (Father=Lawful Neutral/gray Son=Lawful Evil/Dark Daughter=Lawful good/light Sith=Lawful Evil Jedi=Lawful Neutral Aboleth=True Chaotic(And insane) Palpatine = neutral evil (and as such failure as a sith technically since he treated code and rules more as a suggestion).
This debate is long and beaten through the internet like a dead horse and there is a lot, and I mean a lot of points of view so I give two opposite points of view for that:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14001622/1/The-True-Way-Of-The-Sith
Well, I for sure have no idea who could be new villains except Mommy Oracle dearest getting free
... especially since it seems that Phobos and Cedric were atomized by Sunset's fury
...
...
Well, there is Starlight Glimmer if she messes with time some more
Sombra can get back ...
Grogar could return for real ...
... there is an entire multiverse of potential candidates...
...Miranda is ... somewhere...
Ok, there are a lot of options ...
Well there is no Shego...but some council members might pull denial wizarding world style "BuT hE's ThE oRaClE, hE cAn'T bE eVuL! yOu MaDe HiM lOoK lIkE vIlLaIn!
" Not like it will change anything except Sunset's kill-count.
Also I fogot about two things in last comment:
Curse ? They were cursed here? So it's another Stygian scenario?
Well there is no chance for gratitude from Adaggio and Aria,that's for sure...
Maybe it's my personal opinion but why distance herself instead of going on rampage on the ones who sent them? It's not like there is no mind arts in Equestria (Twilight uses a lot of those ) that could be used to discover who had the balls to try and assasinate Sunny and then make an example.But that might be my opinion about "An eye for and eye makes the world blind" , and that opinion is: "You take my eye , I take both eyes and hands that belong to you , your family and then your entire species". I admit I am fan of not going for equal responses but instead of ultimate scale escalation that leaves enemy too cripled to respond in milenium timeframe.
And here is some more omakes, fresh from the oven
A Shining Cunning
In the distant north, in the middle of the Crystal Empire capital ... which was named Crystal Empire, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza (Cadence for friends, "Princess of Food" for serious enemies, "That Whorse that got crown for nothing" for enemies that are not worthy of mention (Pink menace was already taken so Canterlot nobility tried to be creative with insults, emphasis on 'tried'.)) was facing an enemy so dangerous that no Princess except Twilight Sparkle could best it (And wasn't she smug about that...), an enemy so numerous that it seemed to be multiplying before her eyes. She was so close to the point of breaking, that she thought semi-seriously that maybe she could ask Chrysalis to replace her, that would teach that sucker about the dangers of impersonations...
"My love, you've got mail." Shining Armor said trotting inside the office.
"Thank Harmony and Discord for good measure!" Cadance shouted in her thoughts for that well-timed reprieve from paperwork.
Turns out that Crystal Empire not having a shred of nobility inside the entire terrain (One good thing that Sombra did in his dark reign) was not as good as it was supposed to be. There was an upside that she had no issue with a bunch of useless fops making managing harder, but as it turns out nobles are good for something: throwing evil paperwork at them so someone else might suffer instead of her (Who knew that time displaced empire that had until recently dark dictatorship full of slavery and mind domination is not good with producing any kind of bureaucrats?).
She turned to her savior from the evils of paperwork. "Who is it from?"
"Sunset sent another letter, this one was also full of ... additions..." Shining Armor said wincing slightly.
"Something curious among those?" Cadence asked tilting her head.
"Two overpowered medical stomach purges, potato peeler spell turned into slow skin peeler, and ongoing enchantment that turns victim sweat into vinegar-lemon juice mix, and dandruff into salt."Shining listed." If I didn't know any better I would suspect that someone burned a book in Twilight's presence."He added as an afterthought.
"Oh Shining, Twilight is such a sweet sister-in-law, surely you are exaggerating. I know she has her ... episodes ..." Cadance chatted.
"Sugarcube, ah'm a gonna tell ya one more time. Ya have addiction and that is like saying that Pinkie likes sugar ..." Applejack said looking at Twilight.
"No, I have not! They are just sooooo... juicyyyy..." Twilight started drooling looking at Sweet Apple Acres pigs, while she was hanging from barn rafters using her tail. Pigs, whose sentience depended on who you were asking were very creeped out. Especially when Princess of Friendship started hissing and moaning about bacon, alicorn's head should not spin like that...
"...but she would not harm someone intentionally ... first." Cadance finished scanning letters for hidden surprises.
"I am more surprised that Blueblood could not dispel such basic spells..."
"Oh, those activated after dispelling." Shining interrupted.
Cadence blinked. "And what was before dispelling?"
There was a silence and then..." Let's just say that Blueblood wisened up ... a little... and first gave that letter to Former Chancellor Neightsay...and EEA could spare money by giving him a breezie-sized coffin for his remains. Turns out the fool just casted dispel without scanning first ... and fell victim to veeeery overpowered spell that targeted ... stallion things ... and before the royal guard could end the investigation Blueblood entered and just opened the letter ... and now he's in hospital in severe agony..."
"So what spell shortened Neightsay's career?"
"A nutcracker..." Shining said trying not to wince.
Cadence blinked. "That's strange, this is one cantrip that Sunset was howling about not being able to cast, even before ... Mirror...But it was funny when she started stealing hammers from the armory to "make her version". "
Shining also blinked ... " Huh, so it seems someone else wanted to do in Bluey...well the only pony in the country that is not suspect is Princess Celestia..."
Day earlier...
Spike was scratching runes onto the letter that he's supposed to transfer to Canterlot from Sunset Shimmer, and then after finishing, loaded them with energy from crystal battery ... all of it and then three more batteries (It's worth mentioning that those were Twilight Sparkle grade batteries). He didn't used his education earlier since Blueblood calling him "filthy lizard" was beneath his attention, besides he stopped doing that when Twilight inverted his digestive tract for a month. But now he had means, an alibi, and motivation. Blueblood will finally pay for making Rarity cry.
... investigation was relegated to "we'll get to that"." Shining ended as Cadance opened the letter to read out loud.
"Didn't you say that 'fuck' is the human version of 'buck'?" Asked Shiny.
"Mhmm"
"Then I must say that this letter is much more polite than previous ones."
"I know, right?" Cadence smiled. "Without threats of painful death, she wrote 'sincerely' and even she almost wrote my name. Therapy is really helping her."Cadance levitated parchment and quill. "Oh and honey? Have you seen that pegasus guard? Flash Sentry I believe?" Cadence didn't miss the way her husband twitched.
"Well, he's out on a mission, doing a good job for the empire."Shiny said."Even if I want him to fail..." He muttered under the nose. He will do everything so his sister doesn't end with some unworthy stallion, and even if she seems to be married to her work and friends, it's better to be cautious. Hence why, when he learned that Twilly was going gaga over some human with the same name as one of the palace guards, he could not risk it, and sent him on a suicidal mission. There was just one issue:
FLASH! SENTRY! WAS! NOT! BUCKING! DYING!
He sent him into the nest of an adult dragon with nothing but three steaks, and the dragon dies.
He sent him to Ursa Major's cave dressed as a chicken, and now Crystal Empire has a very big and tame guardian dog.
He sent him dressed as a mare with a convincing illusion into a place where there was a sighting of a caribou scouting party, and now most of them are extinct and what was left became an amazonian society where females are worshipped in fear to the point where changing male into a female is seen as greatest reward.
And what's worst those successes were so public that Flash is now named by the public as "A Hero of The Imperium" and is now second in popularity contest right under Spike "The Brave and Glorious" while Shining is somewhere after fifth place.
If he gets back from the next one, then he will probably dispose of That Filthy Featherduster personally...
"And what is his latest mission honey?" Cadance asked with a raised eyebrow.
"A scouting diplomat." Shining said without missing a beat and with a smile that was only a little manic...
Flash Sentry, Hero of The Imperium was ashamed of himself. It started when he got a dragon mission, he wanted to run the entire time like the coward he is and counted on that when he gave the dragon those steaks as a gift ... and then the dragon started choking and in process impaled himself on a stalagmite.
He tried to tell the truth but no one listened to him when they named him a hero ... he didn't deserve to be in the same bracket as Spike or Twilight Sparkle. He just didn't know why his cowardice was so rewarded. And now he had another task: scout the changeling outpost and identify the commander. The only thing he would complain about is the fact that once again someone messed up his equipment and the only thing he had was a toothpick. And so he was jumping from rock to rock in hiding ... and then he slipped, fell down, hit his head on something pony-shaped, and lost consciousness. When he woke up he was covered in blood and he lied next to a changeling corpse that had a toothpick inside his eye.
"OH QUEEN DAMMIT IT! IT"S THE HERO OF IMPERIUM! AND HE'S ALREADY GOT OUR LEADER! WE SURRENDER! PLEASE DON'T BRAINWASH US LIKE CARIBOUS!" Someling shouted from the doorway.
Flash Sentry could only whimper and curse his fate...
The Hacking Armor
It was around noon. The silence of the computer room was broken first by a falling vent cover and then by failing Shining Armor in a burglar suit bought on Allegro. He quickly got up since he had an important mission. And that mission included hacking into the computer in his sister's lab to prove TFW is up to no good and is therefore unworthy of his sister. There is no one who can understand the importance of his self-imposed task...
Beyond Mirror Portal, inside the old chamber where Sombra has hidden Crystal Heart Shining Armor sneezed, and thanks to that overextended and instead of pushing Flash Sentry through the window, he lost his balance and fell downstairs. His last thought in a concussed brain when he finally reached the bottom hours later was that game master Sombra truly liked stairs in his dungeons, all 3 788 252 of them that he was able to count...
Shining Armor suddenly felt for a moment like he just interrupted some well-deserved brotherly protection for someone else, but since no one was around, he considered it the effects of his last meal and so promptly ignored the feeling while sitting at the terminal.
Since he was one of the best guys at the IT course in Crystal Prep he was fairly sure that this is going to be easy, so he used one of the most basic hacking tricks:
[Enter Password]
12345
[Access Denied]
... okay, time for second for a second most basic trick:
[Enter Password]
54321
[Access Denied]
And now Shining was stumped, those two usually work...
[Enter Password]
BBBFF
[Access Denied]
Okay, that hurt on many emotional levels but at least there were no three mistakes = terminal block so he had time, how hard it can be?
Twilight
[Access Denied]
twilight
[Access Denied]
Sparkle
[Access Denied]
sparkle
[Access Denied]
Twilight Sparkle
[Access Denied]
Sparkle Twilight
[Access Denied]
thgiliwT
[Access Denied]
SCIENCE!
[Access Denied]
Fuck you!
[Access Denied]
Please?
[Access Denied]
Princess Celestia is the best princess
[Access Denied]
Shining Armor didn't even knew where this last password idea came from, it's been six hours, and still nothing. He started praying for a sign, for any clue. And then sun rays from behind the cloud outside caught his attention and far in the distance lightning struck... he ignored that this cloud looked like a hand flipping him a bird. He sat straight in the chair as everything just clicked. His bloodshot eyes traced all necessary buttons, his fingers danced on them much better than his sister or mother ever could. He finally achieved enlightenment, from the depths of his vast brotherly wisdom he found the key to the doors of eternity, doors that were hiding all that is known about known existence, doors leading to Akashic Records which included forbidden secrets of Pinkie Pie's vast power ... whoever Pinkie Pie is...
[Enter Password]
Password
[Access Denied]
"LIKE HELL IT IS!" Shining Armor shouted at the computer. It did not answer but instead someone else did...
"SHINING ARMOR! IF YOU ARE INSIDE MY COMPUTER ROOM I WILL DO UNSPEAKABLE THINGS TO THAT THING THAT CADANCE WANTS SO MUCH, AND THAT IS AFTER VIVISECTION!" The voice of his very pissed sister sounded in distance.
Shining Armor visibly paled, and that was impressive considering his skin tone.His eyes shrank to pinpricks. There are not many fates worse than death and angering his sister was number two on that list since she ignores such petty things like ethics or Geneva Convention. What's worse if she does something to his little shiny, then he will have to contend with number one on that list: Cadance that was denied a happy time in the bedroom.
Shining Armor quickly ran to his entrance point and then he realized that he forgot about dropping an escape line from the venr entrance.
Now, he had only two choices:
1. Take his punishment like a man before Twily forcibly takes his male membership card...
2. Jump through the window from the third floor straight onto the newest addition in the garden that his mother ordered from Australia to "add thrill to the gardening" : Dendrocnide Moroides, also known as Gympie-Gympie plant.
Well, the choice was simple ...
Twilight returned with her family from the hospital, her idiot brother tried wall climbing and he fell onto the Gympie plant, or at least that was what he told both to doctors and to parents.
As it turns out that hellish plant is resistant to magic so Shiny needs to spend at least a month in ICU to heal normally.
Twilight sat at her desk and flipped the hidden switch on the keyboard.
That was the newest addition to all computers that she was using, this switch changes the keyboard from QWERTY to Old Equestrian runes, granting an additional layer of security.
[Enter Password]
Sparkling Martini
[Access Granted]
Twilight giggled inputting this password. Cadence was right, that is the most perfect name for her relationship with Martin...
The Battle for Sunset - alternative events
Nerissa was helping with preparations of the army to storm Kandrakar. Her original plan only included going herself with the girls ... but it all went to hell when she wanted to warn a certain person...
An hour earlier...
"THEY DID WHAT!!!!!" Susan Vandom shouted , her voice echoed like she was speaking with multiple voices and tongues , she was also oozing enough Killing Intent that it caused most of humanity on planet earth to collapse while foaming from mouths.
The next thing that Nerissa knew was that Susan took her necklace with Elyon inside, tapped it with duct tape to the butcher knife, then did the same with the aforementioned knife and frying pan, all in two seconds flat, and then she cut a hole in the fabric of reality that leads to the Equestria, at that point C.H.Y.N.K were too scared/stunned to protest being shoved into a tear.
Since then Susan was going around gathering an army and allies at knifepoint, and they started assembling an armada.
Turns out if you have SCIENCE! crazy Princess of Friendship, SCIENCE! crazy human counterpart of the said princess, two pink eldritch beings that are human/pony shaped, one pre-teen that is also SCIENCE crazy in addition to being Keeper of Gaea, a Spirit of Chaos, a bunch of godlike or demi-godlike beings, and other helpful personas it is very easy to equip magical zeppelins with railguns and other weapons with enough firepower to seriously mess up not only your target but the solar system the target is in. There is also the fact that under Princess's command, those zeppelins had standing army.(Turns out that the royal guard is not in fact an army but an organization to throw into useless noble fops to stop them from damaging true armies with their noble bullshit.)
Celestia has Sun Army, which is in short magical artillery comprised of archmages, and infantry that serves to build a mobile fortress around their mages.
Luna has Night Guard ... which is a magical Night Bomber Regiment that softens targets with many explosions, lightning, and sonic attacks, and then their Princess comes to personally deliver a beating.
Cadence... she has fracking pony ninjas, and not the loud ones that cause explosions but true assassins... and they even have a motto: Our Promised Death is as Sudden as love at first sight.
Which is cool in Nerissa's humble opinion.
All in all, Nerissa wants to kick herself for not thinking about asking someone for reinforcements.
"FASTER WITH LOADING THAT EQUIPMENT! I WANT TO GIVE THAT %@Y*@$% THAT KIDNAPPED MY DAUGHTER EARFUL OF KITCHEN KNIFE!" Susan was cutting into the air a big portal that will transport all this army to Kandrakar, and it seems she was getting impatient.
"YES PRINCESS SUSAN!" Shouted the closest pony soldiers, and there was a visible quickening of their efforts.
"Since when being a scary woman gives you a princess title?" Nerissa was musing."Hmmm, probably a cultural thing..."
She then used quintessence to animate a crate with resources to load it, she was not going to get herself stabbed as an example...
In the dimension of Kandrakar, not even fifteen minutes later opened a big tear, and through it appeared ten flying battleships.
They were all similar in design and basic equipment, but they all had different roles and additions.
First, there was "Jolly Roger" with admirals Pinkie and Pinkie at the helm. This ship had a role of distraction, using its... pinkishness to draw enemy fire and then promptly ignore it together with all laws of aerodynamics. It was also providing with help of Octavia and Vinil Scratch a battle theme since according to Pinkie's all epic parties need a musical theme.
Accompanying "Jolly Roger" was "20% cooler" under command of Rainbow Dashes. ship with modified engines, that had a role of providing similar distractions but through hit-and-run tactics and disrupting the weather.
Next was "Mother's Fury" under the undisputed rule of Susan Vandom. This ship had a simple task: Deliver Susan, other parents (Who had guns, making them quite dangerous), and both groups of guardians in a support role so she can "Stab that &%#@^# reaaaaly hard and a looooooot of times!"
In the third row, there were carriers "Nightfall" and "Lovely Delivery" with Princesses Luna and Cadance in the captain's seats. "Nightfall" was providing thestrals as bombers and "Lovely delivery" was giving other ships primary barrier courtesy of Shining Armor, in addition to delivering infantry (Crystals ponies were really stab happy, it was like they had unresolved issues or something...).
Princess Luna was dressed in silvery armor and she was levitating a Scythe with a blade shaped like the crescent moon.
Shining Armor had his royal guard armor, while Cadence had suit made from leather and crystals giving her an "assassin dominatrix" look, she was holding in her wings a pair of shortswords that could be combined into a small shield shaped like a crystal heart.
Behind the carriers, there were another two ships: "Sol Invictus" under Princess Celestia's banner, and "Scientifically-Diplomatic Victory" steered by Princess Twilight Sparkle and Vice-Captains Twilight Sparkle and Martin Tubbs.
"Sol Invictus" was serving as the main artillery ... using Princess Celestia as the main cannon. She was standing on the main deck without any regalia, wielding only her flail with the extendable chain "Sunfury", ship crew had only one mission: Keep the ship and the princess in a manageable temperature range and not on fire via constant magical cooling.
The second ship had a role as a targeting system for all other ships in addition to being a radar and communication center.
Princess Twilight didn't have her own army or cool weapon so to not be the odd one among Princesses she crafted in ten minutes a Warhammer "Friendly Reminder" using first edition Starswirl The Bearded biography (Edition that had a hard cover made from a diamond ) and 5,436 pages, and her Friendship Journal as hammerhead. Both books were infused with so many protective enchantments that not even Discord and Celestia combined could scratch it (It was proven).
And in the back of the formation in support, there were "Radiant Elegance", "Chaotic Nature" and "Farmers Market", respectively under the leadership of Rarity's, Fluttershy's&Discord, and Applejacks.
"Radiant Elegance" was a secondary barrier that was using levitating crystals to block oncoming spells, steal their energy, and give it to other ships.
"Chaotic Nature" was a medical/prisoner ship that utilized Discord abilities to save wounded for Fluttershy's to patch and if they were enemies then to take them as prisoners under Angel Bunny's watch.
"Farmers Market" was a resupply ship and secondary artillery that used earth ponies' strength to shoot kinetic bullets instead of magical ones, simple as that.
All participants were prepared for immediate battle so what they saw caused Vinyl Scratch to literally scratch a vinyl, and all jaws to drop (Literally in Discord case).
Where there was supposed to be a mighty Kandrakar fortress at the mountain top ... there was no fortress ... or mountain for that matter...and the mountain next to this one ... and the next one ... and there was finally something on quickly disappearing third mountain. It was Sunset Shimmer in the full elemental form ... and she was inhaling mountain like Celestia inhales cakes...
All females present on ships seeing all that matter beind devoured and no visible weight gain had singular thought:
That Lucky Bitch!
On the Astral Plane, during the talk with spirits, Sunset Shimmer felt a little smug for some unknown reason.
In pocket dimension that served as stomach/prison members of kandrakar council were glaring at the Oracle.
"Your plan was simply stupid for a villain." Luba said. "I mean even idiot knows that trying to brainwash someone who has access to power of love or magic of friendship is fools errand."
"Shut up your pussy cat , you can't stomach my genius."Oracle shouted.
Members of Kandrakar council groaned at those words.Luba was twitching,
"What's up you prunes, cat's got your tongue?" The bald one was digging his grave futher.
Luba inhaled and exhaled. "I am now going to start kicking you in the family jewels , I don't know when I stop..."
Next three hours of Oracle life were more agonizing than his life to this point...
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You have a point, they do seem more AU than making a book as a movie as they always seem to remove so much. I never really thought of it in that way, but I guess that does make it a little more understandable even if I still dislike that much action in a show. That does make it so much more logical thouh.
That they are, I just like the sith better than jedi for two reasons. Lightning and ability to be in a relationship. Is that a shallow reason? Yep!
They both really are corrupt in their own way and hypocirsy should really be one of their major tennants as much as they show it.
I actually have about a dozen prospects which that is one of them, mommy dearest.
Though I will likely end up with a team of 3. Not so sure about Sombra or Grogar, Miranda might actually end up in the sequel but if she does she may or may not be a villain. So many more options though. 
There will be idiots for sure in the council that will be dealt with and they will cause headaches, that's for sure. Though most of that will be in the next part.
Yep, they're cursed here but no longer. Adagio probably won't ever turn to good in this universe though Aria will surprisingly be neutral while Sonata will be good for sure.
She's more worried of causing civil war with the nobles as most of them have their self righteous egotistacal heads too far up one another's butts that the would cause a lot of innocent ponies to get hurt if they start something. Also, it just isn't threats from Equestria with two of the assassins sent by other parties worried tat Celestia is grooming Sunset to be another alicorn and wanted to keep them from getting more alicorns which in their eyes is more power to the ponies. The fools don't realize they don't don't need to stop other alicorns from ascending becaus Celestia could just wipe them all out if needed via solar flare or something. Of course there would be a lot of collateral damage, but eh, it's war.
I am a fan of that also at times though, and honestly when looking at people like the Joker its a better philosophy to go by.
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A Shining Cunning
Makes me rethink wanting to get rid of all nobles as if there is anythin more evil that them, it is paperwork.
I finished the last part a while ago and sent it for proof reading...a book did get burned.
Oh I love, love, love this version of Twily!
Ah poor Neighsay, couldn't have happened to a better pony.
Oh Spike, it's always the quiet ones...wait, I don't think Spike is that quiet...Oh well, go Spike!
Wow, if this was much more polite I really want to see the older leters mwahahaha!
Oh, I like this Shining Armor.
And I hate this Flash...yet love him at the same time. Kind of have to root for him after this streak of missions making me wonder where he got such luck. Did he call the Goddess helpline or something?
The Hacking Armor
Ouch...that's a lot of stairs. karma really bit him in the flank this time.
I couldn't help snicker when BBBFF wasn't the password...I'm startingto think I may be partially evil.
Poor Shiny can't find the password, eve after enlightenment.
Uh-Oh, Shiny is in trouble! Catch him Twily, I wanna see him facing the wrath of both you and Caddie!
Oh Twily, I knew there was a reason you were one of my favorite ponies/people!
Too bad for Shiny, though I agree with Cadence, that name is so perfect for Twily and Martin.
The Battle for Sunset
Hehehe, I like angry Susan!
I love the Princess's personal armies, and while normally mages would be my favorite...I think Cadence's actually is here. I don't blame Nerissa one bit for finding them cool.
Stabby, stabby, stabby! I like that plan, simple and sweet and can't go wrong.
I love Luna's look and weapon, but Cadence's weapon is pretty cool too. I do have to say two Pinkies commanding a ship is scary by itself though lol.
Lucky indeed! lol
Despite the way I sound at times, I actually like Luba and I really love seeing her kicking good ole Charlie Brown over and over.
Thank you so much, I really loved these.