Chapter 12: Evolution
CHAPTER 12: EVOLUTION
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"First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination." - Napoleon Hill
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H-Help me....somepony.....anypony....p-please understand
Eve's body trembled as she was sprawled out upon the cold concrete floor. She laid on her belly, once again in a puddle of blood; another unfortunate event leading her into this humiliating, pitiful situation. It was hard to imagine such a monster, one who had the power of the gods at her hooftips, could be groveling on the floor like this. All eyes were on her when they weren't on the queen of changelings who'd just arrived.
The baby draconequus's slender body writhed in pain as she tossed and turned, attempting to climb to her feet; but slipping and landing in the puddle once again. And amongst the vast crowd of ponies, none could bring themselves to attempt helping her, how could they? She was the attacker; and they the victims. She was getting just what she deserved. But pity swelled within each of them, she wouldn't survive long at this rate; a shame.
Cheerilee watched within her sealed dome, the twisted child struggling to climb to her feet to no avail. Tears swelled within the mare's eyes as she shook her head. "Somepony help her! Please! Anypony!"
But there were no willing volunteers, why would they want this creature to recover?
So she could attack them again?
Fluttershy looked on in heartache, she'd never seen something like this; but, what could she do at this point?
Trixie was speechless, never had she seen so much blood before. She didn't intend for the baby draconequus to end up bleeding out; how could things have gone from what they had, to this in such a short amount of time?
Even Discord watched simply within his arms crossed. "Her will to survive is stunning, many draconequus children couldn't survive such catastrophic wounds when I'd last checked, I can't even imagine what she must be going through. But this is for the best; not even she can climb out of this one. Now all that's left to decide is whether or not we finish the job." He manifested his throne and sat in it carelessly, then glancing back at Chrysalis.
Zecora's heart grieved for the draconequus, she looked to Twilight. "If you look past your spite Twilight, you just might find light in this acclaimed heart of night." She took a trot forward before Twilight raised a hoof in objection; shaking her head.
Twilight remained silent, and even she felt a sense of pity for this draconequus. It was tragic things had to turn out this way, but what did Eve expect? Rebelling against the ponies, she tried to protect her from the very beginning but this baby draconequus played her hand; she came to this position of her own volition. It was only reasonable Discord was welcomed, he had thousands of years of knowledge behind his belt; yet even now he still bore some childish traits. This little draconequus however, had attacked her precious Spike, assaulted her sister-in-law's empire, and even attempted to assault Princess Celestia, then she goes and attacks Canterlot, the place where her family lives?
Hmph; not even the princess of friendship could convince herself this draconequus didn't deserve any less than what she was getting. And in someway that frightened Twilight, but she didn't regret her feelings anymore. She despised this little creature more than Nightmare Moon, more than Discord, more than Chrysalis, more than Sombra. Never before had an enemy attempted to ensue such personal attacks against the one's she held most dear. She was a true monster, and this was a fitting end for one. But as Twilight never took her eyes off the scene, she grew increasingly satisfied, even managing to grow a sliver of compassion for this draconequus in the process.
Child? How could she have ever thought this creature was a child. This was no child, it was a savage beast, underserving of the gifts she'd been blessed with. Cheerilee would dare compare her to Spike? Sweet little Spike who aided her from the beginning of his days? Spike was no monster; he didn't attack ponies and didn't feel compelled to become the first mass murderer of the millennia. And to compare this draconequus to the sweet little fillies of Ponyville was laughable, comedic; but nonetheless mercy was an important lesson. Twilight felt the frustration swelling up within her, as her nose wrinkled in disgust at the thought of taking 'another' chance with this little rebel to society. What would she do if she recovered this time? Hurl them all back into the realm of nightmares? Attempt another assault on Canterlot? Some deserved compassion, some were redeemable, but this one? There was only one fitting punishment for such crimes; death.
Twilight took in a deep breath, attempting to calm her nerves and compose herself before speaking. She took a few trots forward towards the wheezing draconequus. "Eve, I once questioned the idea whether anypony was beyond redemption."
Eve kept her head in the pool of blood, not even attempting to move; she simply glanced up at Twilight.
Twilight continued. "I had my doubts with Discord, but he did indeed prove me wrong. But then there are monsters like Sombra; monsters that have gone too far to deserve anything less than neutralization. You are one of those monsters."
To this Cheerilee gritted her teeth angrily, slamming her hooves from within the dome. "Twilight!!!"
Even Fluttershy felt a little drawn back by her friend's words; but, that familiar uncertainty and timidness coursing through her held her back to speak. For not even she was sure if Eve deserved kindness after committing these atrocious acts.
Eve remained silent; wheezing on the ground, lost in her own thoughts. It was reasonable Twilight hated her, it was only just she delivered the finishing blow; it only made sense.
Twilight sighed heavily. "So it's with a heavy heart that I offer you mercy. Even after you attacked Spike, my friends, my home, my family, my dearest mentor, I am willing to show you this bit of kindness. As one of my first acts being a newly crowned princess, you; Eve the Insane, will be apprehended and banished to the furthest reaches of the stars. Where you can spend your days thinking about what you've done. Perhaps in time, even you, can learn from your mistakes."
The mare then turned away from the draconequus, focusing her attention on Queen Chrysalis and the band of changelings. She made her way towards them and Princess Celestia, it was without a doubt they'd need to deal with this situation next. Twilight looked to some of the guard, "Take her in, but only keep her mended to the point she doesn't die."
Some of the guards saluted Twilight with a nod, then making their way cautiously towards the baby draconequus from afar.
Discord couldn't help but cackle a bit, his arms still crossed as he regarded Twilight with a smirk. "Hah! Now look at you go Miss.Princess of Friendship, flaunting that authority. Perhaps you can teach Celestia something."
This actually caused Twilight to flash Discord a cheeky smile, she hated the idea of giving orders; but when Princess Celestia and Luna were out of commission, it'd obviously fall to her to take up the mantle for the time being and act as the leader of her subjects. So for this occasion, she did just that. "Why thank you Discord. But the princess doesn't need to learn anything from me. She taught me everything that I know." She winked before trotting on ahead.
Even Princess Celestia was surprised by her student's actions. Twilight certainly was taking initiative as princess, good. But could she really allow Twilight to banish Eve if they managed to recover from this? Eve was still needed. But now was not the time; there was another issue at hoof, the issue of Chrysalis. Celestia couldn't help but look to Chrysalis with worry.
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Kelax protested in the queen's act of disarming the baby draconequus. "My queen! That wasn't necessary!"
Queen Chrysalis cackled beneath her breath. "Now; do calm yourself Kelax, there is no need to get all feisty now." She ran a hoof beneath the changeling's chin, tilting his head upwards to look him in the eyes. "Think of it like this. That little beast had the power to render Celestia harmless, a feat not easily achievable I assure you. Now this little beast was attempting to finish this battle in one fell swoop, would you think her incapable of this? I would rather not take that chance. Especially when I myself am within the blast radius of such a potentially dangerous spell."
She then shoved him away from her as she looked back down towards Celestia and the ever encroaching Twilight Sparkle. "Now to other matters! It is always such a delight to see you dearest Celestia, you look a little worse for wear. And I can see you now have Discord under your heels once more; and not only that, but your meddlesome prodige is now an alicorn, impressive. It's unfortunate that I'd had to reveal myself, but as you can imagine I cannot have you killing off my item of interest. I will be taking that little creature for my own." The queen licked her lips in regards to the idea. "I imagine that she will become more accustomed to changeling society in no time, all it takes is a little, 'convincing'. Mhmhmhmhm."
Princess Celestia wobbled to her hooves. "You will not succeed!"
Queen Chrysalis snickered, leaning her head forward some with a raised brow. "Come now Celestia! And who's going to stop me? You? Your pathetic little student? Without her elements she is nothing! Not even Discord is capable of stopping me at this point. Think about it for a minute, you are all here, recovering from a gruesome assault. And now your city is practically in ruins; with innocent civilians scurrying about like rats. Would you dare risk them in a battle with me and my changelings, and expect to win? Oh; you taught me better than that I can assure you. Be smart about this."
Discord just closed his eyes and lowered his head as he sighed heavily.
Twilight looked to Princess Celestia in worry. "Princess! W-What does she mean by that?"
Princess Celestia remained silent with a saddened look. "It's all in the past Twilight."
Twilight gritted her teeth angrily as she stomped a hoof. "No Princess Celestia! You can't just say things like that anymore! Look at what's happened! Canterlot is in ruins, you could've lost your life! You've become intimately involved with the draconequus! And now I'm hearing something like this from Queen Chrysalis? W-Why...why do you feel the need to build your ranks like this; to experiment with things like this? I...I know you don't like to discuss such private matters." Twilight approached Celestia worriedly shaking her head as her tone died down. "But I can't help but worry princess; what're you so afraid of?"
This caused Celestia's eyes to widen for a moment before looking at Twilight solemnly in silence.
Queen Chrysalis burst into laughter. "Ahahahaha! Oh how I do take pleasure in watching the drama commence. But as much as I'd like to simply observe, I to have business I must attend to. Now tell me Celestia? What is it you plan to do? Will you risk everypony's lives? Your precious subject's lives and fail? Or will you surrender your newly crafted weapon to me, and have at least a chance to defend yourselves in the days ahead? I would prefer to finish you all off at full strength."
Princess Celestia lowered her head, lost in thought. But as she looked at Twilight, and thought about how things had gone with Eve, she couldn't help but grow a sense of undying determination. "You underestimate us Chrysalis; and that will be your downfall. You cannot have her, you will not have her. She is our prisoner, not yours."
This caused Twilight to smile softly, as she then lowered her frame, facing the changeling queen in anticipation.
Queen Chrysalis smirked, raising a hoof to the sky. "So be it; then you all will fall! Attack my precious subjects, show them the might of the changelings! And claim the prize in our certain victory!"
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Surrounded; again. Why did everything always have to end up like this? Why did she always have to get the short end of the stick? As Eve laid there in a puddle of her own blood, she felt horrible; like trash. Even with all of her perks, all of her advantages, she always managed to find herself on the losing side. She couldn't find a way to be with Cheerilee, and she still would be if she'd only listened to her orders back then instead of pursuing Fluttershy's kindness. She was bested by the mane six effortlessly, and then hurled from the ledge and left to die in the realm of nightmares. She was shunned by Trixie, one of her first friends. She was beaten effortlessly once again at the crystal empire. And now, no matter what happened, she'd either end up being a slave to the changelings, an experiment. Or she'd be banished to the stars, or used by Princess Celestia if she had her way. All her life consisted of was misconceptions, manipulation, and suffering. All she ever wanted was to be one with them, yet life constantly insisted that she was meant to be alone as a monster.
She wasn't even accepted amongst her own, in a way it was absolutely hysterical how unfortunate she was.
But as she laid there and thought about these things, she reflected on her countless experiences through pony society. She learned so much from all of them. She learned the meanings of love, friendship, pain, solitude.
But she'd also learned about their physical attributes, how they work, her imagination, her creativity, the very world was her tool. Why had she never abused it to its full potential?
Eve was tired of losing. Tired of this nonsense!
They thought she was finished? Thought she'd given up just because of this cheap blow? She'd show them all, she'd show them just what they were dealing with! She wasn't going to be punished for something that wasn't her fault, she wasn't going to sit here and take their treatment! She was a draconequus, not a defenseless filly!
She'd show them the true definition of despair.
She had the potential, she could feel it; the motivation, the willpower, the tools, she just had to release them.
Cheerilee, Zecora, Trixie, LemaLime, Kelax, The Swordsmare, Princess Celestia, Princess Cadence, Princess Luna, Discord, Spike, Applebloom, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Eris, Nightmare Moon, Twilight Sparkle.
They all had their significance, some more important than others; they all taught her something, each and every one of them. She could see that now. And she would show them, just how much she'd suffered ever since becoming involved with the ponies, ever since she was denied entry, ever since the beginning.
As the guards made their ways towards her, Eve ran her claw over the pool of blood as her candy apple red iris's focused on the red substance while laying on her side. And as she dwelled on the misgivings of her past, it only fueled her motivation, her rage, her sustenance to continue, to live, to fight against this injustice! And the baby draconequus gritted her teeth as the tears streamed down her cheeks and she ran her claw across the blood and into the air; followed by a piercing cry, which could almost be mistaken as a frightening shout even in her frail voice.
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This caused everypony to focus their attention back on the supposedly defeated draconequus.
She still wasn't done yet!?
And the horror to follow her actions could only leave them all mesmerized as Eve effortlessly used the blood to her advantage, manipulating it at her will. And as her sharp appendages danced in the air like a puppet master controlling his puppets; the blood surged forward at a rapid speed, spiraling around a circular radius like a sharp whip, and those caught in it's path, found themselves unable to react, seeing as they were dismembered in a matter of seconds.
This was the true definition of hell, they wanted to force her into this nightmare, then they'd be joining her.
Ponies around were aghast, and mothers covered the eyes of their children as others threw up, having never seen such horrid violence before in their lives.
Discord's eyes snapped wide. Impossible! And at this point he knew that this had gone too far even for his tastes; completely, certainly, and he knew that Eve needed to be killed this instant. The draconequus didn't hesitate to attack as he unsheathed a fashioned jawbreaker sword from the arsenal of his mind. He reappeared in front of the baby draconequus, unafraid of her supposed radius and swung without saying a single word.
Eve gritted her teeth as she focused on Discord and snarled. And in the next moment she'd summoned a barrier in similar fashion to Princess Cadence's at the crystal empire.
Discord himself revealed a hint of deep frustration as he snapped. "Why excuse me Celestia! I don't mean to crash the party but we've got a very very big problem over here!"
Even Celestia seeemed to ignore the oncoming changeling assault and focus her attention more so on Eve.
Twilight became overwhelmed with fury at the thought of the still fighting baby draconequus and turned, surging in her direction; her horn glowing vibrantly as she yelled. "WHY WON'T YOU JUST STOP!"
Celestia cried out to her student. "TWILIGHT WAIT!"
Even Queen Chrysalis seemed to be frozen in regards to the baby draconequus's actions. Without a hint of hesitation she just dismembered a group of noble guard ponies. Such ruthlessness was unseen in a child, and not even she was certain whether or not she wanted anything to do with such a creature anymore. What had Celestia done to create such a monster?
The changelings didn't fail to show their own fear and paranoia at the thought of engaging something such as that.
Zecora, Trixie, Fluttershy and Cheerilee; much like when they'd seen her arm separated from her body, looked on, unable to react at the moment, but such situations required haste; but what were they to do?
As Eve looked at Twilight surge towards her, her own rage didn't subside. She remained in the safety of her magical shield as she yelled to the violet mare. "I will show you Twilight Sparkle, I will show you just how much I've learned!"
And upon impact; a flash of light beamed across the landscape.
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Friendship? A lie that depended solely on the upbringing of the individual. A false gift; a lump of coal. It was simply a tool, and something used only to mask that void of loneliness and individualism, something that was pursued for petty reasons. Trixie denied her friendship, denied her simply for what she was; was that the message of friendship?
Love? A chance happening, and her feelings revolving around this were based solely on her love for Cheerilee, the single individual she still had such strong feelings for. A true gem; that, was love, Cheerilee was love, these others were simply obnoxious bullies, and they would be punished. Cheerilee gave her love, and that was all the love she needed. Only weakness came of expecting such from others, they'd only leave her to rot, as they'd always have.
Pain? Something so simple, yet so effective. Many feared pain, they could be bent by it, twisted by it, crafted by it. One's understanding of pain bore confidence, invulnerability, it blocked out the terror if they learned to accept it. And if they experienced enough of it; well, that was a different story. The fact was this world was sheltered from pain, ignorant of it, protected from it, everypony but her. Why were there no other draconequus who understood? No other draconequus who were made up of such a thing? Because none were taken advantage of their cluelessness, vulnerability, weakness, innocence. Princess Celestia wanted her to understand the darker concepts of the world? Fine; she'd have it.
And the imagination. Eve's fascination with ponies; with the way their society worked, the way ponies lived their lives, her experiences and trials and tribulations involved with them, was her greatest teacher. She now felt she understood just how she could best the ponies on their own playing field, by becoming them. She wouldn't die here, she couldn't die here. Ascendance came from true creativity, and these ponies lacked the potential to achieve that, not even this older draconequus could look at the world in such a way inventive way.
And she'd show them just how far she could go with her powers.....
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As the light finally died down, Twilight shook her head and attempted to regain her focus, only to find the baby draconequus had disappeared from her original position. But as the mare heard the sound of flapping wings, she glanced up to find the source, and what she saw caused her to look on in disbelief. "W-What?...."
And as everypony else attempted to muster up words to say in response to this puzzling sight, none of them could really describe what exactly they were looking at.
Not even Discord could wrap his mind around the possibility of anything like this occurring, and as he thought about what they were now dealing with, a deep sense of regret coursed through him. He gritted his teeth, flashing a look of irritation. "Ugh, now this could be trouble..."
Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and Queen Chrysalis much like Discord, could only stare.
This was impossible, inconceivable, unimaginable.
And as the baby draconequus flapped her newly found wings; it was obvious upon noticing them one bore a very similar appearance to that of a rainbow maned pegasus, while the other seemed no different from one of Twilight Sparkle's.
She even seemed to grow an abnormally long horn as she still looked upon the ponies in emotional detachment. She glanced down at her absent arm and found herself unable to picture just how she'd recover such a precious piece of herself. But as the blood upon the pavement made its way through the air, it formed around the baby draconequus's wound as an ethereal shape outlined where her arm once was, encasing the blood in an absent void while outlining the shape of her missing limb in a fashion similar to the constellations. And she found this truly was the definition of being limitless.
She looked to Twilight Sparkle raising her ethereal paw as her expression sunk. "Everypony has taught me something. But Twilight Sparkle has taught me just as much as Trixie, just as much as Miss.Pony Princess, just as much as Miss.Eris-"
Discords eyes widened. Eris!?
Eve flashed a soft smile towards the violet mare, closing her eyes. "This is despair."
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my GOODNESS, there isn't a dark tag for nothing, its absolutely heartbreaking just how far eve has been pushed at this point, im not even sure that she can come back at this point. again I say ONORE CELESTIA!
"Let me show you what I like to call the truth! The truth called 'Despair'!"
That.........was........epic!!!
What is a monster? Clearly not Eve. Was she born one? Not in the slightest. Did she deserve such cruelty? No one does. Was her subjugation justified? Only in the minds of those who sought to manipulate her. Are there others who are willing to move heaven and earth to save her? Rest assure, she does. Does a happily ever after actually exist? Who knows.
MOAR!
By the time this story ends, I hope Eve learns the importance of life. That the joys and pain that life brings to an individual holds value like no other, that even the lives of millions still does not compare to the life of 1. Something not even the old spirits of Equestria learned in their long life.
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Well, a guy can dream right?
Oh, and did Eve reforming her lost arm come from this?
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Pointless attempt to be funny.
Damn twilight. Monsters arnt born they are made. And you and celly really made quite the monster.
Well twilight, Celestia. good fucking job.
looks like there too dense to realize they deserve whats about to come but it is with allot of glee I will read it when it comes.
So many wrongs, and long past the point of fixing any of them. But such is the price so willingly paid when you try and create Omelas.
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Yup. Eve is the Elphaba on this story.
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What really rustles my jimmies at this point is that, no matter the result, both Celestia and Twilight still will figure in the hystory book as the heroes and benevolent rulers, while their contribution in turning Eve into a monster will remain uncovered.
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Looking at that, I really wish it did.
That looks amazingly epic lol, really need to hurry and watch Evangelion.
One the one hand, Epic Eve!
On the other, BITCH BE TRIPPIN' BALLS!!!
Jawbreaker sword--awesome choice, Lord Discord!
This chapter was amazing, TELL ME NOW PEASANT! WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO EVE!
I think the reason Celestia is almost certain that her plans would work but fail is because maybe Eris is bound the Eve?
2603959 You're correct about how it will appear in the history books... Unless Eve wins, or something incredibly different happens. All I know now, is that I want Eve to win.
Kill Twilight, Kill Celestia, Kill Chrysalis, Kill Discord, their evils and ignorance have no place in a world of harmony.
You know, I think my bloodlust is being oversatiated, let Eve's pain end or it'll just get worse for Cheerilee.
She will show them the meaning of true despair.
Honestly, they kind of had it coming from being manipulative bastards to arrogant pricks.
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No. If Eve kills Celestia and/or Twilight, they will become martyrs. The grates revenge for Eve will be expose them for what they are, and being accpeted for what she is...
... which at this point, seems pretty unlikely.
2604722 Doesn't matter if they become martyrs, not everyone knows what they've done and who they are, their evils can't spread any further if they die here and now. Exposing them will only ruin everything that they've established, which are actually good things, it's just how they got to the point they're at now that's evil.
Twilight, you, ma'am, have the most B!@#$&#@ Logic ever
I would say kill them all (again), but everytime a chapter ends like this something stops Eve from getting the revenge she so rightfully deserves.
And Oh My God!!! Will Twilight just die already!! This is getting a little ridiculous!
JUST DIE!!!! DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE ......
DIE!
Ow, my head
OH MY GOD!
JUST DIE!!!
*sob* please?
Eve is now best pony.
*Prays for the Chaos Nuke of Mass Destruction that I've been talking about throughout the whole story* Pretty Pleeaaseeeeee!!!
About time Eve finally gets some revenge, I was rootin' against Celestia since the start. Time for a well deserved blood bath.
Quite the tale of unfortunate events all leading back to just wanting to just be friends with Fluttershy. Ah how that moment seems so far away. Ah well Eve hasn't even been able to explain herself and yet she's just a pawn in some big political game, everyone hates her for just wanting one thing, acceptance. I say let her have her fun. Tis a sad fate for just wanting friends only to be turned into quite the monster that nobody seems to want to be responsible for. *cough* Twilight *cough*. Coulda ended way back in the nightmare realm.
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Twilight is the wrost pony. She was the cause of all the problem, and she continue to attack Eve.
Shame on you, Princess Sparkle, shame on you....
I love this fanfic, but I'm in pain when I read it
EVE'S GOIN' ON A KILLIN' SPREE AND NONA YA'LL CAN DO NOTHIN' TO STAHP ET
If this ends with Twilight/Celestia near death... ill be completely fine with that. During the entire story they have done nothing to deserve forgiveness from Eve and I don't think she should give them any.
2604485 Well Celestia showed Eve everything from the dark history. Maybe Eve could show everyone that same history.
DEATH TO THE PRINCESS, LONG LIVE EVE
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1) Destroy ALL of Equestria's rabies vaccine
2) Sent a rabid dog to bite Twilight
3) If that doesn't work, lock her in a room and pump H2O2 to that room
4) If that doesn't work, nuke Canterlot, Ponyville, and Manehattan
5) If she survived that, just shot her in the head, torso, and abdominal area