"Demons run when a good man goes to war. Night will fall and drown the sun, when a good man goes to war. Friendship dies and true love lies, night will fall and the dark will rise... when a good man goes to war. Demon's run but count the cost: the battle is won but the child is lost."
-River Song, 'A Good Man Goes to War'
"R-Rainbow Dash?" Scootaloo whispered, staring at her mentor, half expecting her to turn into cloud fluff and float away. The cyan alicorn was much smaller than Scootaloo remembered, standing roughly a few inches taller than the former filly. The grandur she had projected since her ascension was not there too… she was powerful, yes, but the aura that had always been about her, encouraging others to listen to her words and follow her into battle was long gone. And yet she wasn’t empty… far from it. There was something strange about her... a flicker in her eye that had not been there before. The orange pegasus was struck all at once by the sheer rightness and wrongness of the figure before her; all at once Rainbow Dash was perfection and perversion of the ideal form.
"Hiya squirt," Rainbow said with a grin. The way she said it warmed Scootaloo’s heart and for a moment the mare believed that they were back in Ponyville and all that had happened was a mere dream. Then her armor clanked and Scootaloo was back in reality.
Rainbow Dash looked over at the guards, who seemed utterly confused by this turn of events, and shook her head in utter mirth. "Geez, you guys are tense... why don't you scowl at me and paw at the clouds, maybe then you'll relax."
"Dash, not helping," Twilight hissed, glancing at the heavily armored guards as they began to do exactly that.
"Twilight Sparkle," Loyalty snapped, reminding them all that he was still standing there. He glared daggers at the alicorn that he currently saw as the cause of all his misfortunes. "The traitor."
"That's right," Twilight said firmly, taking a step forward. Loyalty mimicked her actions, not about to stand down in the face of the alicorn of the stars. "I betrayed you... I betrayed your sick values... I betrayed your twisted goals... I betrayed this mockery you call 'harmony'. I betrayed it all and I would again... so go ahead and call me a traitor because I happily accept the title! And more than that… this traitor is going to kick... your... flank."
Loyalty laughed. It was a biting, insulting sound that instantly had Rainbow Dash bucking to give the golden alicorn a sound thrashing. "You think you stand a chance? Against me?” Loyalty nearly doubled over with laughter. “Let us ignore the fact that I am an abstract and you are nothing more than a pathetic pony pretending to be something divine… I have an entire army at my disposal! The might of Cloudsdale will crush you like the bug you are!"
"What army?" Rainbow Dash asked snidely. "I only see the rebellion and MY squad... and they follow me, not you." The guards blinked, suddenly realizing that their queen WAS standing before them and this this strange alicorn had threatened her. They turned their anger towards Loyalty, but the golden abstract showed no signs of concern.
"Don’t be so quick to call them yours,” Loyalty stated before sending out golden threads at every pegasus he could find. Each fell to their knees, screaming as energy danced along the wires and fried their brains. Twilight and Rainbow focused on cutting down the threads that were headed towards the few pegasus that stood on their side, fighting against the slippery strings. Loyalty merely laughed as he ensnared more and more pegasi, trembling in almost orgasmic joy as he did so.
“Ok, this is creeping me out!” Rainbow said as she sent out a quick cutting spell Twilight had taught her, just managing to stop a group of thread that had tried to wrap her up.
"R-Rainbow..." Scootaloo panted before letting out an ear-piercing scream.
"Squirt!" Rainbow cried out, rushing to get to her number one fan. Rainbow gathered the orange pegasus in her forelegs and turned murderous eyes towards Loyalty. "What did you do to her, you sick bastard?"
"I have shown her the error of her ways," Loyalty said simply, his body lowering back down to the ground as the strings he had sent out faded. Before Rainbow could question him on his actions Scootaloo's eyes snapped open, revealing that all the color had faded, leaving them pure gold. "Scootaloo... you serve only me. You are mine… I am your god… your savior… your everything. My will is yours and you will do as I command." The abstract gave Dash and Twilight and sad smile. "It is your own fault it came to this, Rainbow Dash… I had such high hopes for her.” He casually waved a wing at the two of them. “Scootaloo… kill them all."
Rainbow letting out a gagging whimper as Scootaloo began to throttle her, strangling the cyan alicorn with all her strength. Twilight used her magic to blast away the guard that was coming at her, only to look up and see that more pegasi were flying in to join the battle. She couldn't focus on the other members of her team and hoped that they would be able to manage without her aid... though, as more pegasi landed, such hopes were dashed. These were not just soldiers but citizens of Cloudsdale, young and old, who now found themselves ensnared by the deranged abstract known as Loyalty.
"Did you really think you could win?" the golden alicorn asked smugly, watching Twilight and Rainbow struggle to fight off their attackers. "I control all of Cloudsdale... I am Loyalty and all rush to my aid when I give the call! What hope did you two have, trying to face me on your own? Would it not be better to give in, to accept me as your master? I am an abstract… I am an element of harmony… it is my duty to lead and your duty to follow."
"Who... who said..." Rainbow, much to her shame, smashed Scootaloo in the face. "Who said... we were alone?"
Loyalty turned, eyes widening as a mighty roar echoed throughout Cloudsdale. The issuer of this bellow was soon revealed: Spike, now 20 feet in length and resembling one of the mighty winged mountain dragons, was smashing his way through the ranks of Loyalty's brainwashed army. Spitfire zipped beside him, using her skill to pick off any stragglers as they rushed past. Spike let out another roar as he zeroed in on best friend and began to fly towards her.
“Twilight to Spike…” the lavender alicorn said, her horn glowing as she used her magic to send a message to her #1 Assistant, “give’em hell.”
The dragon roared and dipped down, leaving Twilight to her own devices while he focused on Loyalty’s reinforcements. Smoke billowed out of his mouth as he reached out a claw and destroyed a skyscraper, using to bits of cloudy fluff to obscure Sptifire’s actions, allowing her to have the chance to show everypony just WHY she was the leader of the Wonderbolts. She dipped and weaved about, bucking clouds and faces in equal messure.
"This changes nothing!" Loyalty screamed, though the quiver in his voice spoke to the fact that he wasn't as confident as he wanted them to believe. "I will take the dragon for my own and I will use him to destroy you."
"You will try," Twilight said, breaking free of her attackers and striking Loyalty head on. Her horn charged up and she leapt at Loyalty, driving the two of them through a cloud wall and out of the coliseum. "First you have to deal with me!"
~MC~MC~MC~
A mile away, in a small, non-descript building, a group of fillies and colts looked at the walls of their prison with fear-filled eyes. Moments ago the guards had ran off, leaving them by themselves. They had thought about trying to escape but realized that was foolish; the door was rigged that if they opened it they would be hit with a whirlwind that would push them back into the building.
The whimpering cries of the panicked foals filled the air and a few of the younger ponies joined in, not caring if they look like babies. There had been a bright yellow light then all the guards had left and now the roars of a dragon filled the air.
"What... what is going on?" Snips asked nervously, sitting next to a crying Snails.
"Do you think there is a dragon out there?" Pip asked, torn between his desire to see the beast and his fear of being gobbled up.
"No... no of course not!" Dinky said, even though she was staring at the roof of their room with wide, fearful eyes. She let out a scream and a section buckled and several of the younger fillies and colts joined the foals in sobbing. "Back up!" Dinky called out. "Back up!"
"What do we do?" Rumble asked.
"I... I don't know... just be ready!" Dinky commanded, wishing she could strike up a spark of magic. She refused to give into fear… her parents were never afraid and she wasn’t about to give in to it herself. She was Dinky Hooves… she was the daughter of a mailmare and a Time Lord and everypony knew those genetics spelled hero!
"What does that mean, ‘be ready’?!" Snails complained. The compacted cloud began to fall apart, sending bits of the reinforced fluff down. The children screamed and stumbled towards the walls.
“It means be ready!” Dinky called out, squaring her shoulders.
BOOM
BOOM
BOOM
"Here it comes!" Pip shouted, breathing fast as he prepared to leap into battle.
A large chunk of the cloud roof fell down and the children shut their eyes. But instead of the bellows of some monstrous dragon, they heard something else entirely.
"I told you it would work!" a jovial voice called out. "The pegasi reinforced the walls but never thought about the roof!"
A second voice scoffed. "For thinking they are so wonderful for being able to fly, these pegasi sure don't think in three dimensions.”
“I’ve found so few bother to think things through-”
Dinky cracked an eye open and gaped at the sight that lay before her. Two stallions had dropped into the room, looking unlike any pony Dinky had ever seen. Upon their backs were beautiful butterfly wings that looked to be made of stained glass. They fluttered, as if their owners were not use to them. That might have been the case, as both ponies did not look like they normally had wings. They each hovered an inch off the ground, their hooves never touching the condensed cloud floor. The second pony, the one that had bucked in the roof, was older, with a gray mane and dark, piercing eyes and stern mouth. He looked at the foals though and instantly they felt better in his presence... he was like the stern grandfather they had never had.
It was the other pony, the one that had first spoken, that drew Dinky's attention.
“Hello everypony… guess who!”
"DOCTOR!" Dinky squealed, racing over to him and giving him a hug. The other fillies and colts hurried over, foals on their backs as they mobbed the brown stallion. "I knew you'd come! I knew you'd save me!" Dinky shouted as the Doctor lowered his head and flipped her onto his back, the filly giggling as she watched his wings flap.
The Doctor smirked. "That is right, Dinky... no one gets left behind, especially not you!"
"Where's mommy?" Dinky asked, feeling more secure and safe than she had felt in weeks.
The Doctor smiled. "I set her down right below Cloudsdale and told her to watch the sky... I swore that we would be coming down to see her if she waited. She misses you so I don’t think we should doddle."
"Uh... Mr. Doctor?" Snails said, taking a step forward. "We get to come with you too, right?"
The Doctor nodded to Clyde, who let out a long whistle. Suddenly hooks appeared and were pulling the roof from the building, revealing a squad of earth ponies with similar enchanted wings.
"Indeed you are!" The Doctor proclaimed as the rebellion began to fly down to retrieve Equestria’s most precious cargo. "It is time to go children, get your coats!"
“…we don’t have coats,” Rumble pointed out.
The Doctor pursed his lips. “Well then… let’s just go!” He took to the air, Dinky riding on his back. “Alonsy!”
ah
such a featured word form the doctor
Buck Yeah
Wait until Loyalty and the others find out they were trying to kill their TRUE little brother, Faith...
SPIKE !!!!! ROAR he will crash everything
what makes those abstracts believe they represent anything resembling harmony?
all they have done is may the ponies miserable (thus destroying the principal of laughter one of the elements!)
May not be a Doctor Who fan but in this story Time Turner seems to suit being the Doctor rather than just Time Turner the average earth pony :3
David tennant!
Poor Loyalty, Order has sunk its hypodermic fangs into the bastard. He truly believes that blind faith is loyalty.
when he is forced to see the error of his way's oh the hell that will ensue against him. this will be a glorious beat down.
Woohoo i was right Dinky is Doctor who's daughter by blood
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And the Queens show their incompetence once again. That´s why Twilight was the one in charge of plans.
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I phrased my question wrong. I meant how did they plan to fool Loyalty specifically. Did the know he was going to head to cloudsdale? Twilight had a plan, ya, and disguises I understand, but did they intentionally target Loyalty? CUNFUSON ABUNDS.
In this episode of 'the Abundance';
Epic battle ensues as the abstract known as 'loyalty' attacks Rainbow Dash. Can our heroes rescue the fillies imprisoned in the floating city of Cloudsdale, or will all hope be lost?
FIND OUT IN THE NEXT EPISODE! #cliffhanger
GAH! I HATE YOU LOYALTY YOU F**KING HACKER!
"The Child Is Lost,"
Uh oh.
The image that popped into my head from this was epic in every way and also hilarious. Who knew that Twilight and Spike could fly planes?!
Smack 'em apart Twi!
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Well, I know that Faith is Doubt, but I always saw him in between, he is half Faith and half Doubt since he played both roles really well, and sometime I keep forgetting that real Doubt is impersonating Cadence.
Real Doubt on the other side is more like a Madness to me.
As for Celestia, I know she do care for Twilight, but she did many mistakes, some even without knowing it, in story Faith and Doubt Celestia biggest flaw was that she could not accept that she did mistakes, she could not let her pride aside and apologise, all the pressure she put on Twilight and in the end she could not admit it.
That is why Doubt/Faith is better teacher then Celestia, he teach her much more in weeks then Celestia in months, and when Faith decided to become Twilight teacher/partner/guardian, for Celestia Twilight was still mortal/student/subject, in the end Faith is more suited to play teacher role.
I wonder do Spike in his battle greedy mode can control himself, if not, he may kill some of enemy soldiers, and by the way, where are rebel reinforcements ?
Spike can not hold entire Cloudsday on his own.
the battle is won but the child is loss.
the battle is won but the child is loss.
the battle is won but the child is loss.
LOST!!! ASDKASBDKASDB
XD. Sorry I just can't take any misspelled Who quotes.
Um isn't it Alonsy at the end not Alonosoy?
Great update as I cannot wait to see how this battle concludes itself. It's going to be tough for Rainbow Dash to even snap Scootaloo out of her brainwashing and its even going to be tougher if any of the children survives the battle.
Also if Spike's willing to fight like this in Cloudsdale, then imagine what would happen if he faces off against the Element of Genoristy ?
Please do keep up the good work upon such a great tale like this one.
Nice chapter,loved the rescue of the foals. Hoping that Twilight beats Loyalty and that they break its hold on the Cloudsdale army.
Loyalty and order are two different things, Loyalty is won by the heart whereas order is programmed / brainwashed into the victim, this 'element' is not making his soldiers loyal, he's making them brainwashed slaves, and that's not very harmonious
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Hmmm, I don't know about that. To be honest, I think they both equally good teachers, each with their own flaws. Celestia made several mistakes, that I agreed with, but to be fair, so did Faith (Doubt at the time). Faith made a mess during his time as Doubt, even though he managed to fixed a few of them in the end (and still trying to fix those he hadn't yet). While he did prevent the original Doubt from being a major player for a long while, he unfortunately was also indirectly responsible for her possessing Cadance, when he got Twilight to planted doubts in Cadance's head. Not only that, but his actions as Doubt left a bad impression on his brothers and sisters, which made it easy for them to be manipulated by the original Doubt. And, there are a slight more to that lists, but I would be droning at that point.
However, it doesn't really matter in the end. What is, would be the lessons that both teached that would allows Twilight to grow. Celestia taught her the value of friendship and being a good pony altogether, while Faith taught her the value of staying true to herself and living life to the fullest. Like in life, it doesn't matter who the teachers is or how good they are, since they may be forgotten, it is the lessons themselves that will truly stick with the students throughout their lifetime.
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Now, as for the chapter:
Man, Loyalty will freak out that he was ultimately the 'bad guy' in this little mess that the original Doubt created. Then, his 'brilliant' idea of enslaving Scootaloo and the other will come to bite his conscience big time.
1970313
Maybe but Celestia kept high pressure on Twilight, Twilight often freak up and fear of disappointing Celestia, of punishment she may receive, in this story it was explained that Twilight parents favoured Shinning Armor and Celestia expected form Twilight far more then she could handle, and in the end Celestia was the one who failed to apologise.
In Faith and Doubt story every pony apologise and tried to make peace with Twilight, they managed to do it in the end, not really solved problem, but still they made a good start, Celestia was only one who failed, that is why I hoped she will get her chance in this story, sadly Twilight and Celestia got minimal character interaction in last chapters.
Until Celestia character develop, I will not think of her to be good teacher, and as for Faith who though he was doubt, it all started because of Celestia and then Luna betrayal, Faith was kept under a lot of bad influence and yet he still managed to stay on do good, Celestia did her mistakes and failed to apologise for them, that is what she lack.
The Doctpr should've asked Twilight to conjur up some coats...
1970371
Well, technically the one who was putting high pressure on Twilight was Twilight herself. However, I’ll agree with you that she should have put a stop to that behavior and have a nice conversation with Twilight about the whole deal.
As for not apologizing, I can understand to some degree that one need to verbally apologize, but there are many that think that actions speak more than words. And, in her own ways, Celestia did try to make peace with Twilight, having that conversation that both had needed for a long time. Besides, who said that Celestia failed…after all, when Twilight was having conversations with Celestia in this story, I read or sense no ill-will from Twilight, at least from what I read so far. She still cared greatly about her former teacher and think fondly of her, even if she disagreed with the mistakes Celestia made.
This is just stupid (I'm talking to the abstracts not to you), how dare Loyalty think that brainwashing and blind obedience is true loyalty. All Twilight needs to do once the kids are freed is simply blast Loyalty and severe his magical connection, then I gaurntee Loyalty's actions will come back to bite him in the rump.
These abstracts claim they represent harmony and yet they don't seem to realize that they are representing the very opposite, Chaos!
Seriously it's a miracle Discord hasn't broken free yet, what with all the disharmony these abstracts are wiping up.
Glad to see that the kids are o.k. though. And Loyalty had better not use Scootaloo as a pony shield or so help me I'll rip him apart!
rainbow remmeber! scootaloo is your sister! the bonds of a servent to a master do not hold a candle to the bonds of family use that loyalty concentrate on that loyalty break the bond of servent to master!
from what i've seen most of the abstracts are so manic about what they represent that they become the imperfection of there quality. loyalty forced is never stronger then loyalty gained, generosity in rage and violence is only cruelty under a different name. laughter overwhelming reason is insanity, the only one i can't see being corrupted is honesty cause it's honesty can honesty lie to itself? wouldn't that destroy it? rainbows fight with scootaloo and loyalty seems like it would be simple to turn the tables because loyalty has forgotten what loyalty means.
1970475
Not really, Celestia admitted herself that she need to make up to Twilight for what she did to her, and from my impression from this story so far, if you read Faith and Doubt, in the end Twilight tried to forgive everyone, and that is why she went on vacation to calm down a bit, she may forgive Celestia, but from all mane 5, Shinning Armor and Princesses, Celestia did very little to make up peace with Twilight because when other tried to apologise and earn Twilight forgiveness, Celestia waited until very end until she was able to put her pride aside, basically unlike others, Celestia failed to have enough interaction with Twilight and she need to pay up for it in this story, at last I hope she will.
As for why Twilight hold no ill will toward Celestia, I would guess it is half reason she wanted to forgive everyone, and other half was felling pity on Celestia and Luna who lost they Kingdoms and powers.
Yet Celestia still fell that her ex-student put her away from her life, when she would want to be by Twilight side, not as teacher, but as friend and companion.
*epic hattle music is required*
Gives spike a skyrim dragon powers
Well
They are screwd
reading the quote at the beginning: the doctor is scary in a very epic way, though i have yet to see that specific episode (not the doctor in this series though, i can't seem to take him as seriously as the real one)
great chapter, i was thinking that they were either going to come through the roof or the floor. well now, spike is here...and he's a fully grown dragon...in the spirit of civilized competitive gaming: GG WP!
Just as a side note, at the end: you're looking for 'Allons-y!'. And earlier on, you probably meant 'grandeur' for what Dash 'lost'.
As far as having a bunch of non-pegasi swoop in on butterfly wings to rescue all the foals while everypony else in the city is busy in a fight? Did Twilight really plan that, or was it just easier to do the rescue as a result?
At this point, I think that Loyalty needs a new name. How about "Subjugation"?
Simply e-p-i-c. More so because of the mailmare comparison, which reminded me of this:
"'Neither rain, nor snow, nor dark of night.." Gordon recited with a grin.
[His apprentice] Johnny grinned back. 'Nor bandits' hell, nor firefight...'"
--The Postman, David Brin
Uhhh... Should Loyalty have a new name? How about "Asshole" or "OhCrapTheOverlyObsessedWithHarmonyKindaVillanThatApparentlyThinksHeLooksBetterThenTheHero"?
1982129sorry to be an asshole too but, *Than not then
1982129sorry to be an asshole too but, *Than not then
Battle Arena: Cloudsdale
Round 1
START
Ps: At the very least, it's "allonsy" if not the proper "allons-y"; or maybe even a Mario spin "Ici nous allons!" (here we go!)
Hmm, kinda have mixed feelings about this one. It was a good chapter, but not much epicness as of yet, I think.
Well, Loyalty for one thing, was kind of an idiot. He's mindlessly controlling the armies, which while an underused in MLP stories (and not just the more smut-driven or whatever, if not involving a Changeling) as far as I know, was not entirely the loyalty supposed to be exhibiting after his so-called element. Not to mention, I'm sure his siblings will chew him out for trying to kill subjects that they could've used to do their essentially mindless 'harmony', they keep preaching about. Fight scenes were kinda nice, even if maybe felt a bit lacking, even if it's a bigger battle than the one early on with Scootaloo and her small army, or the one-on-one between alicorn Twilight and alicorn Rainbow (compared to in the original). At least we see another of Spike's alternate forms and what he's capable of.
Surprised to see the reactions of some of the more popular (and even less) before the rebellion showed up to save them, such as Snips and Snails. But I suppose in this situation, it works. I'm kinda confused on how the genetics inherited a mailmare spells hero, even if her other parent is a Time Lord, who is usually a hero in himself. Kinda loved how you referenced Clyde from his one-time canon appearance (two, if you count the scene in Magic Duel) as stern grandfather lot of foals didn't have, even if couldn't relate. And while didn't Doctor Who references (again), still found the final sentence/word of this chapter funny as hell!
Well, now to read the next chapter and see where the battle goes!
1969090
Since where does Faith play into this? I mean, I know how the war/story all relates into him, but it sounds like you're saying something about how they're trying to kill Faith, in addition to Twilight, Rainbow Dash, and the rebellion there when he's not even THERE in Cloudsdale. And even if not there, not sure they're really trying to kill Faith, rather than just interfere with his supposed messing around with their messed-up concept of 'harmony'. And bring him back to their, aka the 'right' side.
1969266
Yay, you put me to shame. Well, I concede that was right, even if I still question the logic I used last time, but eh, if defender's kinda saying/implying so, then good enough.
1990087
They think Faith is Doubt (and they are trying to rid of Doubt, who is actually Faith)... when they realize they have been fighting alongside their greatest enemy and against their long lost brother, the paw-paw is gonna hit the fan
1971130
Sorry about not responding sooner, I was a bit busy (and lazy for a few moments) with a few things, including triple-checking this post. I hope that I'm wording this post right.
I have read Faith and Doubt myself, and while I might not have a good memory at times, I’m not that bad off. As for impressions, remember that you are dealing with more than your own impressions, so while I respect your output, please keep an open mind about that fact. Moving onward to topic, I am aware that she blamed herself for it, which would be mostly correct, since she should have done something to stop Twilight’s ‘self-destructive’ habits. However, the high pressure that Twilight had to endure was her own insecurities with the princess, it was her own fears, and as easy as it is to blame Celestia for them, Twilight is her own pony and she makes her own mistakes.
I can’t really blamed Celestia for not speaking sooner, since she probably spent most of her whole life wearing a ‘mask’, something to hide her ‘weaknesses’. I guess if you live as long as she does, and love her subjects as much as she does (especially those who are very special to her), it would be understandable that she developed a fear of losing that ‘mask’, and eventually that fear would become a bad, almost self-destructive, habit (kinda make you wonder where Twilight get it from, heh). It must be very difficult for her to remove that mask, even if every thoughts of her were begging her to remove it for Twilight. But, in the end, she did broke out of that fear, a fear probably as strong and addictive as all the drugs in this world put together, just so that Twilight know that she really did care about her.
“Yet Celestia still feel that her ex-student put her away from her life, when she would want to be by Twilight side, not as teacher, but as friend and companion.” Well, I can understand that. That is usually the kind of feeling one sometimes gets when making and discovering a bad mistake; a feeling of self-loathing and sadness, thinking that nothing you’ll do would truly patch thing up. Often times, it isn’t really true, but that annoying, nagging feeling will still be there in the back of your head. It would take a long while, as well as some efforts, before that feeling goes away.
As for paying up for not having enough interactive, I don’t think it will be a problem with Celestia. She actually cared greatly for Twilight, enough that she actually has tried her best to put away her ‘mask’, and she would most likely try to spend as much time with Twilight as she can to reconnect with her.
Also, I’m rather uncomfortable with your usage of the term ‘fail’ like that, since it seems a bit close-minded. Sure, she could have done better, I’ll give you that one, but she didn’t fail. You can make several arguments about how she ‘fails’, but she didn’t. I’ll be happy to give your thoughts into consideration, and flex my opinions, but I will not ignore evidences to the contrary of one impression. Yes, I’ll agree that she will still need to keep working on her redemption and make things right with Twilight, but of all the points you made, I’m not moving an inch with the whole ‘fail’ subject.
…Loyalty, on the other hand, failed epically! Seriously, he need to get beat down repetitively (not kill, of course, but he definitely need a good knock of sense put into his head).
"twilight to spike... give em' hell"
Ha ha best line in the chapter
Lets break it down for a second:
Heroes:
The Doctor
Romana
Susan
Jenny
Villains:
The Master
The Rani
Rassilon Reborn
Omega
The Valeyard
The Warlord
Lord President Borusa
Hucksters:
Drax
Professor Chronotis/Salyavin
Original Rassilon (maybe)
Useless ponces:
Every other Time Lord ever
Mind you, this is not a complete list. I'm sure I can find more Villains if I keep looking.
2223908 yet another doctor reference
Why do I get the feeling that when this is all over, Twilight is not only going to be a princess next to Celestia and Luna, but also a commander of the Royal Guard and her own army.
Because for someone who doesn't wanna command an army, she is for sure hell good at it.