Twilight Sparkle sat in her office along with the royal sisters. They were discussing the events of what happened and Luna revealed a secret. "So during your time as Nightmare Moon, you actually do come during Nightmare Night and try to terrorize Equestria, but the slender one prevents you from doing it?"
"Yes but those rumors I gobble up ponies were fake. Even if they were true the tall one would always swoop in and stop me. Those scrolls he hides are, not only part of his scavenger hunt game, but those were from foals who were trying to summon him on the nights that I would come to their towns and cause trouble." Explained Luna.
"I may have imprisoned her on the moon, but it came at the cost of her having a small open window on those nights. It was just a thousand years until that small window for a ghost became a big door for a mare." Said Celestia.
"But according to legend he hunts creatures who see him." Said Twilight as she looked through a book about paranormal anomalies. She managed to find a page about this mysterious pony dubbed Slender Stallion.
Luna sighed "He does, but those supposed victims were always found, traumatized but alive. Ever since my return we would often see each other on Nightmare Night and play like old times. We were actually friends in our youth, and still are to this day. He was just misunderstood from being so different, after all how many ponies do you see that have no face and can grow tendrils from their backs?"
Twilight looked at the sisters for a while before closing the book. It was time she addressed another issue. "What about Cozy Glow? What will happen to her."
The sisters looked to each other in worry. Celestia cleared her throat and pulled something out her bag. "We were originally gonna sentence her to Tartarus after her hospital treatment, but somepony found her parents and told them, then we got this letter."
Twilight read the letter Celestia gave her. 'We know what our baby did was wrong but can we at the very least let us discuss her punishment over tea? Sign Firebox Glow and Cozy Bed, Parents of Cozy Glow'
Twilight reread the letter. "Well it is against the law to sentence a minor like an adult, without parent consent. She may have done something evil but she's still a child. And admittedly I may have let her have too much access to the the artifacts. Did you two at least look into her past?"
The two looked at each other again. "Why didn't we think of that?" asked Celestia.
"We'll look into it." Said Luna
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Cozy sat in her hospital bed with one hoof chained to the bed. She was under heavy guard considering what she done. Ever since she was admitted she felt like everything she knew was gone. Her ambitions, her plans, and whatever respect she had was now down the drain. She had a new feeling inside but she didn't know what it was. Pain? Hunger? Regret? Anger? Sadness?
Suddenly the lights went out. The guard who was in the room sighed. "Darn stupid fuse."
The guard left leaving Cozy alone in the darkness. She knew even if she got loose she wouldn't get far there were many guards outside at all entrances and closely watching the window. She sighed hoping she'll be out of here soon and maybe just accept what's coming to her.
Suddenly the lights came back on and there, in front of her bed, was Slender Stallion. She wanted to scream but for some reason she couldn't. Slender just stared at her for a bit until he used a tendril to give what looked like a scroll. He placed it on her bed. Cozy shivered as she opened it and read it.
'Hello. Want to be friends?'
Outside the hospital a horned hooded figure watched. "They say absolute power corrupts absolute, but it can also lead to an absolute comeuppance."
He opened a portal and walked right in before closing it.
Great chapter
You do realize that will be considered high treason and get you two in deep trouble, too?
You two are very, very lucky that Twilight and the royal sisters are mostly pacifist.
Otherwise, saying that similar shit to real life world leaders of today or medieval royals back then, well you're screwed.
I'm just saying, Cozy Glow may have been a child, your child. BUT, she did really, really, really, bad stuff that could have ended innocent lives like the Pegasus losing their wing magic for example.
And I know a lot of people/ponies won't forgive Cozy so easily, and want their own "justice" on her, and I can hardly blame them.
That is still true. Hasbro really screwed up when they forgot about that!?
Despite tormenting and highly traumatizing her ( While it's very justified. ), I will be very surprised that she accepts your hoof of friendship?
Where were YOU TWO during this entire disaster then? You two didn't seem to give a crap where your kid was until afterwards and you're both in no position to tell the princesses about how to punish your child. In fact, threatening to kill the princesses is a clear indication you two are extremely violent and may have encouraged Cozy to be violent. Instead of talking to the princesses about Cozy, you two should be finding protection because once word gets out about these parents, the whole world is going to hunt them and Cozy down and publicly hang them or worse.
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Oh yeah, you're totally right!
Where the hell were they when Cozy Glow did all of this before!?
And like I said, threatening the princesses like that is a Big No-No!
I guess the author left out a big plothole during this side story.
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Changed it a bit so it does not sound like a Violent threat. But still I wanted to make them sound like they’re crazy overprotective folks.
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Thanks, and you saw what Dragon Warlock said too?
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Yes and that question has always stood out to me. Where were they and how did they react? Wish they were seen or at the very least mentioned.
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Either way, them "suing" the princesses isn't a very good alternative either.
Because remember what the Dragon Warlock said on how the entire world will most likely going to condemned both Cozy and her parents for what happened!?
Because I highly doubt the jury/court will be on their side, considering their terrible parenting skills, heavily neglect, all caused Cozy Glow to act against the entire world.
I bet the jury will be on the princesses side to severely punish Cozy AND her parents for what they did in a *snap*.
You see where I'm going with this?
This is basically the second time they need to reconsider what they're going to say. Because they are in a very, very bad position. Due to what their daughter did against the entire world.
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True but don’t forget Twilight should’ve seen some signs or better yet not even put so much trust on some filly she barely met. What Twilight did was like leaving a weapon safe unlocked. Look i understand what you’re saying but from my view I just don’t like kids getting an adult punishment. Especially characters who had only one or two episodes that showed a hint of a dark side.
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Oh its very simple. Neligence on the part of one party is never a pass for another party to commit a crime. Ever. Under any legal system.
Yes Toollight is a naive moron who should never have been allowed a shred of authority. Still doesn't mean that it was okay for Cozy to commit high treason, theft, and neligent manslaughter among other felonies. After all. In Equestria magic is used for basically everything. Including life support in hospitals, transfering heavy loads at construction sites, controlling tornados, etc. So when she drained it all all those and more stopped working. For hours.
I’d still sentence her to Tartarus.
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That may be true but negligence in itself is a crime. And everything about Cozy Glow screams negligence and/or malicious intent from everyone who taught/raised her. At least in the canon timeline. Everything she did should also be on the heads on those who raised her or were supposed to be responsible her.