The Puppetmaster of Equestria

Puppetmaster opened the door and looked at Twilight Sparkle who wasn't the least bit amused, that he could see on her sour expression .

"Ah Miss Sparkle. What can I do for you?" He asked, a cheerful tone in his voice. As much he wanted her as his slave, he had to stay polite, as not to give himself away. Twilight would be his, in time, as would her friends and the rest of this town.

"I've come to complain about your earlier puppet show." The lavender unicorn answered. Though her expression told the pony in front of her that she didn’t appreciate the show, she kept being polite. Princess Celestia told her that even though you don’t a pony for something he or she did, you always had to stay polite. That way you can create a healthy discuss where both sides receive benefits at the end.

Twilight then let herself in and Puppetmaster closed the door, giving her cute rump a quick look . The two then sat at a table, staring intently at each other before Twilight finally spoke, "Here is a list of my complaints, Mr. Strings." Twilight shoved her list to the middle of the table. She had written the list when was in the reception of the hotel, as to give Strings an orderly idea of what she and her friends didn’t appreciate about the act.

The dark clothed pony then levitated the list up to him and read from it. It had complaints about their personalities not being correct, not telling the story with enough detail, but also that he indirectly insulted Princess Celestia, and that Twilight didn’t appreciate that.

"I can see why you’re complaining. That show was meant to be a comedy act and in an alternate version of our world." Strings explained, as he put down the list. His explanation was just made up on the spot. It wasn’t a comedy, nor was it an alternate version of their world. He had created this act, because he wanted to draw the attention of the Elements of Harmony. He wanted them to notice him, that way they would come to him like Twilight just did and he could learn more about them. He was a spider, and they were the flies caught in his web.

He levitated his hat and cloak on a rack which revealed that he was black. He then turned on the lights, so that the lavender unicorn could get a good look at his place and eyed the many puppets of Ponyville's citizens.

"This is... a big collection. It's everypony in Ponyville." She said a little creeped out. She found it weird that Strings had created a parody on the story of how they saved Equestria from eternal night, but this was just too weird for words.

"I've been obsessed with Ponyville for months. I come from Hoofington, and when I was just a colt I've always wanted to be a puppeteer. However, my family wanted me to be a hypnotherapist just like the family. Yet, when I won my school's talent show for putting on a puppet show... flash, my cutie mark appeared on me: a string puppet control. I wasn't sure what my parents would say, so I decided to give hypnotherapy a try. It turned out I was good at that too. However, a pony can have only one cutie mark, so when I told my parents about my amazing talent as a puppeteer and a hypnotherapist, they were really surprised. Since then they've constantly helped me with my hypnotherapy and puppeteering. When I grew into an adult, I started my career as a puppeteer/hypnotherapist. During the day I'd pull on puppet shows, while during the night I'd help ponies with issues with hypnosis. It's a pretty good gig."  Strings explained. He had just told a bit of his life, but it was on deliberate. If he could gain this mare’s trust, it would be easier for him to control her.

"Well, I guess so, but your puppet show has made me and my friends laughing stocks, and they are even laughing at Princess Celestia because of your comedy act." Twilight said calmly.

"So what if they do? It's not my problem I just do the shows." The dark pony said and shrugged. He could do what he wanted to do, and the mare in front of him would learn that soon enough. Hell, she’d even help him doing his evil deeds, like overthrowing those beloved Princesses of her.

Twilight could clearly see a smirk on his face, which angered her. She had come here to ask why he had made her friends the laughing stock of the town, and she had hoped for an apology, but has just laughing at her.  "Alright whatever, I don’t have time for this, just try to not humiliate us any further." The lavender unicorn said as she left the room, clearly irritated.

When she exited Strings' smirk turned into an evil smile. Soon you, your friends, the princesses and the entire world of Equestria will be under my control. He thought to himself and chuckled evilly.

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Luna's moon shined over Ponyville, however at P6 of the Ponyville Hotel Neighan-yal Strings turned into his real form. He stepped onto the balcony, and he was revealed to be an alicorn. He was tall, slender, with a long and flowing silver mane. His horn was as black as midnight velvet, as was his fur and his eyes were a chilling blue and evil.

Time to test if my new puppet control spell works. Puppetmaster thought to himself.

His horn started glowing blue and it formed a puppet control. As soon as the spell was completely cast, he sent the puppet control over Ponyville. Thin, white wires came down from the puppet control and went around Ponyville. The wires invaded the homes of the sleeping ponies below and wrapped around the hooves of almost everypony in Ponyville. The eyes of the ponies who were affected by the spell shot open. What had to be their eyes’ natural color had changed into a pale, blue. The glazed look in their eyes showed that the ponies were devoid of any free will.

"You shall all obey me." Puppetmaster commanded his new slaves. When he had spoken his command, he began to cackle evilly, like every self-respecting villain should do.

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The next morning Twililght was trotting throughout Ponyville enjoying her day. That's when she noticed that some of the ponies had blue, pale eyes. She could see Carrot Tap standing next to her house, and noticed that Carrot top’s eyes had changed from emerald green to icy blue. She also appeared to be muttering something, but that was outside of Twilight’s hearing range.

"What's with the blue eyes?" She asked herself as she continued her way to the market.

She passed several more ponies and noticed that some of them had those blue eyes. Those that had the blue eyes where muttering something over and over, and this time she heard it quite good.  "Obey the Puppetmaster." The blue eyed ponies muttered over and over, their voices faint.

"Puppetmaster?" The lavender unicorn asked. She recalled that Strings’ other name was Puppetmaster, and that all of this started happening when he arrived in Ponyville.  Connecting one link to the other, she quickly trotted back to the Golden Oakes Library. "Spike!" She shouted as she closed the door behind her.

The purple dragon, hearing his big sister’s shout, quickly ran down the stairs and asked in a frantic tone, and slightly out of breath , "What-what? What is it?"

"Everypony in Ponyville is acting very strange." The lavender unicorn explained as she looked out the window and saw several blue eyed ponies crossing each other. They didn’t even seem to notice each other.

"Yeah, I've noticed too. When I came to visit Sweetie Belle, she had blue, pale eyes and she kept saying 'Obey the Puppetmaster.' and completely ignoring me." The purple dragon said as he recalled the memory. He had gone to the Carousel Boutique, but when he arrived, he saw Sweetie Belle exiting her house. He went over to her and said hi, but she didn’t seem to notice him and just kept repeating that one phrase while she continued to walk towards Ponyville. Her movements also seemed a little bit off, they seemed slower and less Sweetie Belle like.

"So it's not just my imagination." The lavender unicorn said. She decided to wait a day before she took action, maybe it was just some kind of disease, and then Strings wasn’t actually involved in this.  "Maybe after today everything will go back to normal."

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Night time fell fast on Ponyville and Puppetmaster said as he stood back on his balcony, watching the sleeping town of Ponyville, "It appears the test was a success. My puppet control spell does indeed work. For now I'll release the spell and invite one of the Elements and once I have complete control over all of the Elements I will storm to Canterlot Castle and take control of the Princesses. Then I’ll become the ruler of Equestria." He once again laughed evilly and released the spell that was cast on some of the citizens of Ponyville.