Resistance: Two Minds, One Man

Each pony felt heavy sorrow for Capelli. All those times they yelled at him, attacked him, and insulted him. A man who saw hated by his own family and abused by his own father. A man who never had a friend his whole life. A man who fought a hopeless war against a superior enemy. A man who watched as his team was slaughtered in front of him. A man who had to kill his only friend. A man who was going to turn into the enemy he despised.

"Why didn't he bring this up sooner? I NEVER would have said all those things to him!" Twilight said tearing up. She was so ashamed of herself.

"It;s okay Twilight." Celestia said hugging her favorite pupil. Celestia looked on Twilight as her own beloved daughter.

"You knew sister." Luna said wiping her eye. "Why did you not tell us?"

"Joseph requested I not tell anypony. He wanted to avoid causing panic." Celestia said. Luna felt for Capelli greatly, mainly because she too once had a horrible being inside her head that cost her dearly.

"He never had one friend!" Pinkie said bawling. Friendship was Pinkie's way of life and she could not imagine what it must be like not to have even one friend.

"I have misjudged him greatly." Rarity said. "I MUST make it up to him somehow!"

"We all do sugarcube." Applejack said sniffling. Everypony heard a sort snorting and sniffling sound in the corner. They followed their ears till they saw Rainbow Dash in the corner.

"RAINBOW DASH!" Applejack said firmly. "How can you be laughing at this?"

"IM NOT!" Rainbow cried as he eyes were tear stricken. Applejack backed off upon seeing her toughest friend so emotional. "All those times I called him a jerk! I was the real jerk! He had to kill his friend! I would never be able to kill any of you! No matter what!" All of the ponies went and hugged Rainbow. She easily felt the worst out of anypony there because she had been the toughest on him.

"I know you are all feeling for Joseph but you did not know. I know he will find it in his heart to forgive you." Celestia said before she remembered who she was talking about. "Eventually." She added.

"I'm sorry Princess! I failed you!" Twilight said. "I failed Joseph."

"It's not too late Twilight." Celestia said. "He is a good man, he has simply lost his way. He will follow you and your friends. I know he will stumble and fall along the way. It is our job to help him back up and one day he will join you all in the Circle of Friendship." Twilight smiled at her teacher's wisdom.

"Uh y'all?" Applejack asked glancing around. "Where is Fluttershy?"

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Capelli retreated to the edge of Ponyville and looked up in the sky. He had never felt as helpless and alone as he did now. Upon reviewing his life back at Twilight's home, he realized how empty and brutal his life on earth had been. This sorrow was quickly replaced by anger when he thought of the Chimera. He slammed his fist into his head.

"DAMN YOU!" He screamed as he continued to hit himself in the head hoping to hurt the growing chimera inside of him. He grabbed his head and pushed his hands into it as he gritted his teeth in frustration. He slumped against a tree breathing heavily as he felt the stinging of water in the corner of his eye. No, he would not show weakness, He sucked the tears back up before he started crying.

"Joseph?" A timid voice said. Capelli quickly shook his head and turned to see Fluttershy standing there.

"What do you want?" Capelli asked looking away. He was taken by surprise when he saw yellow hooves wrap around his chest. He turned around to see Fluttershy's head buried into his back. At first Capelli wanted to bat her away but this....thing she was doing felt so...warm and filling. He had never felt in before in his life.

"Better?" She asked as she broke from the hug. Capelli was sad that it had ended but that feeling he felt, he will never forget for the rest of his life.

"Why did you do that?" Capelli asked shocked. "Even after all those things I said to you."

"It's okay, it's already forgiven and forgotten." She said with a cute smile.

"But how?" Capelli said. How could someone forgive something that bad that fast?

"I know you didn't mean it." Fluttershy said as she sat down in front of him. Fluttershy looked at him in the eye. No longer did she see the angry and vengeful hate-filled eyes of before. Now, she saw eyes that were lost and confused. "I saw what you went through."

"Now you know why I hate everyone and everything." Capelli said crossing his arms.

"That's not true!" Fluttershy said. "I know you don't hate absolutely everything!"

"It's true. I hate my father, I hate the fuckin chimera, and I hate this fucking planet!" Capelli said.

"Do you hate me?" Fluttershy asked. Capelli looked down at the small pegasus, sure he hated her fuckin friends but her? Capelli wanted to say yes to prove a point but he couldn't bring himself to do it.

"I-I-" Capelli said before giving in and not saying anything.

"See? You don't hate everything." Fluttershy said. Capelli couldn't believe it! He didn't think a soul this pure and good existed anywhere! They sure as hell didn't exist on Earth thats for sure.

"Fuck me." Capelli said as he got and walked away leaving Fluttershy by herself. Fluttershy looked at the man as he walked away. Fluttershy didn't know how he could keep on going after all he went through. He was so brave, those monsters he fought were absolutely horrifying! Fluttershy had kept her eyes closed during most of the memory view but the times she did dare look, the things she saw happen to this poor man were terrible. Capelli walked through the forest till he came to his ship. He opened the hatch and walked inside and fell to the floor. The hug Fluttershy had given him was the first one he had EVER gotten. Aside from Pinkie Pie but she was off a few notches. He never knew the comfort of a mother or father's embrace, he never knew the sweetness of a friends embrace, and he had never known the warmth of a lover's embrace.

"Hale's probably laughing at me right now that son of a bitch." Capelli said to himself. The only comfort he took out of killing Hale was knowing that he was free of the chimera. Capelli looked at his five remaining vials of inhibitors reminding him he only had three months to live. Capelli already knew he was going to die. He pulled a bullet out of his M1911 and stuck it in his pocket for when the inevitable would come. Capelli wondered what he should do with this whole pony situation. He knew Purple, Blue, Pink, Orange, and White all hated his guts but Fluttershy was able to forgive him for what he said. Maybe he should ask them for forgiveness?

"I don't believe this, I'm going to ask five ponies for forgiveness." Capelli thought as he got up and headed towards Ponyville again. The trip was mostly uneventful. Capelli took in the natural beauty around him. Most forests back on Earth were destroyed from the war or were crawling with Grims and Chameleons. Growing up in the city, Capelli never really appreciated the country till now. He slowly let a smile crawl across his face as he took his most peaceful walk in decades.

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Smoke rose as fires were made to weld the wreckage back together. There were thirty life forms that survived the crash. A Ravager Overseer, several Steelhead Primarchs, two Chameleons, thirteen hybrids and two advanced hybrids, two howlers, two leapers, and one titan. The chimera looked around their surroundings and saw that this heavily resembled earth but the presence of the strange creatures they killed earlier (Which they had begun to feast on) were not of Earth origin. If chimera could smile then a grin would have crawled across the faces of the invaders. It was a new world to conquer.

"Yes, this is good." The Ravager said in the Chimeran language which sounded like a bunch of growls and roars to the human ear. The hybrids got to work repairing the ship that had crashed. It was much larger than the shuttle Capelli and Hale had arrived in. It sported gun batteries, a small hanger, a bridge, and a built in conversion center. Though it was no where near as large as the massive battleships the chimera had.

"The master will be pleased." One of the Steelheads said as it took a bite out of one of the dead manticore's thighs.

"We must scout this world out. The inhabitants may be more tenacious than the humans were." The Ravager said. Puny and weak as the humans were, many of them were vicious fighters. "YOU TWO!" The Ravager yelled to the two chameleons.

"Yes?" They replied.

"Scout the nearest city. Find out what we are up against." The Ravager said as the two Chameleons nodded as they cloaked themselves and became invisible. The Ravager turned to the two leapers and made strange clicking and screeching sounds to them. The leapers replied with their own screech as the leapers began to breed. The Ravager then walked inside of the mostly destroyed ship to the built in conversion center. The Chimera roared as dozens of tiny dog sized insect like creatures came out of the shadows. The Ravager was pleased. This world, like Earth, would belong to them.