To Guide the Wicked

by Allsmiles
The oldest forces of evil in Equestria need to find a somepony new, because their regular go-to baddies keep dropping like flies. And in an act of desperation they turn to a promising new agent of evil... and you.

Everypony knows the Royal Pony Sisters. Nopony knows the Undying Alicorn Brothers. That's how they prefer it as it's one of the main reasons that they've lived so long, and they have been alive for a very, very long time... since long before the Sisters, the brothers were causing floods, spreading plagues, summoning blizzards, and generally being unrepentant mules. No offense.

"None taken."

In any case there are ancient stories and legends centered around them, that fortunately nopony but the most scholarly and antisocial ponies read up on. But those who do know the legends know this... that in the time when Alicorns were considered deities, the Brothers were considered to be the Gods of Evil, darkness, and everything wrong within the hearts of ponies. And it's a good thing that nopony thinks they exist, because if they did they might be laughing at how hard the brothers are failing right now.

They're failing. Losing. Getting their rumps kicked. Celestia's new happy squad of merry Element Bearers is running roughshod over every big bad they can get their hooves on, and for all their strength and power, they can't stop it without revealing themselves to Celestia... and promptly getting their flanks handed to them on a silver platter. With their biggest baddies out of commission, and Celestia's huggle-hardened Bearers of happiness and sunshine trampling over the last bastions of darkness and evil in the world, the Brothers have resorted to desperate means... Mainly they've picked a new pony out of the crowd to gift unbelievable dark powers to.

The new kid comes from a bad background, has very few social ties, and is currently at the bottom of life's barrel. Perfect. He's also something of a whining simpering doormat with all the spine of a dissected jellyfish. Like I said, "desperate". But what he does have in abundance is POTENTIAL... and since ancient laws and survival instincts bar them from directing his efforts personally, they've decided to leave his education up to the next most repulsive, twisted, sick, demented, and all-around psychopathic source of evil that they still have access to. You.

NEEDLESSLY LONG YET INFORMATIVE EXPLANATION

(I had this idea after seeing all the really sick and twisted Ask Pony Tumblrs. I wanted to do something like that, only thing is while I have some marginal skill with words, my drawing skills are less like skills, and more like underdeveloped kindergarten level doodles. So, drawing's out, but there's a lot of cool interactive fictions on this site that show that commentator participation can be loads of fun, so here's my attempt at a commentator driven/aided/participated in story!

Mainly it works like this. At a certain point in the story, and you'll know when, the new bad kid's going to get selected, and then you'll be able to put little ideas into his noggin. The point of the game is to encourage him to badness! And hence the Mature rating, while I don't know how far this is going to go I fully believe in two things, description, and letting evil nutcases be evil nutcases. I'm not saying that he's going to start off dissecting school-foals with a rusty spoon, but if you all push him that way, then you'd better be ready to watch him sharpen a spoon while poor little Applebloom shakes on the table.

Conversely, you can do the opposite, you can get the character to throw off the evil shackles placed upon him and embrace a new life, overcoming the temptations of darkness! ... Yeah, let's just bask in the fantasy that the internet community would go that route for a moment... Mmmm... ... Okay, now that that's done, back to the point. The point is that this is a story that is based around evil but will go how the crowd pushes it, so... Let's see if you've got what it takes to craft Equestria's next biggest villain... And what type he'll be)

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236940 words: Estimated about 20 hours to read

38 Chapters:

  1. Problems Addressed 2013-08-01 10:50:46 UTC
    2723
  2. Solution Found 2013-08-03 04:47:53 UTC
    1867
  3. Question and Answer 2013-08-05 05:34:36 UTC
    3006
  4. Awakening 2013-08-07 23:08:39 UTC
    2500
  5. Lost Sheep 2013-08-10 06:42:32 UTC
    3196
  6. Where Nightmares Ruled 2013-08-13 00:53:25 UTC
    3444
  7. Thunder and Wolves 2013-08-15 04:44:28 UTC
    3316
  8. Everfree Goddess 2013-08-20 00:26:00 UTC
    9019
  9. Claiming a Zebra (Explicit) 2013-08-23 07:04:26 UTC
    7929
  10. Claiming a Zebra 2013-08-23 07:04:31 UTC
    6404
  11. Pretty Blue Flowers 2013-08-31 04:27:27 UTC
    6190
  12. Jokes and Yokes 2013-09-02 05:27:21 UTC
    4038
  13. Look Me in the Eyes 2013-09-08 06:12:06 UTC
    2745
  14. Proud and Annoyingly Loud 2013-09-16 04:14:49 UTC
    7650
  15. Loud Pays Off 2013-09-23 08:17:21 UTC
    6060
  16. Reconciliation 2013-10-07 04:14:34 UTC
    13425
  17. Treasure Hunt 2013-10-14 09:27:35 UTC
    9431
  18. Sleepy Time 2013-10-23 09:41:03 UTC
    4860
  19. Flanking Manuever 2013-11-03 09:50:43 UTC
    7576
  20. Damage Control 2013-11-27 05:00:43 UTC
    11937
  21. A Garden-Variety Problem 2013-12-20 08:05:58 UTC
    6649
  22. Question and Answer #2 (Also, please don't panic.) 2014-01-30 11:50:55 UTC
    5000
  23. First Impressions 2014-02-17 12:30:19 UTC
    7536
  24. Of Mares and Males 2014-03-20 02:50:07 UTC
    14928
  25. A Minor Misunderstanding 2014-04-19 14:55:16 UTC
    5984
  26. One Rainy Night 2014-05-03 03:18:31 UTC
    6436
  27. Home Again 2014-05-19 09:05:43 UTC
    6140
  28. Question and Answer #3 2014-06-06 12:00:53 UTC
    5730
  29. Mud 2014-07-08 06:49:11 UTC
    9327
  30. If It's Not One Thing... 2014-08-17 09:35:06 UTC
    5226
  31. CHOOSE 2014-08-17 09:35:11 UTC
    1235
  32. CHOSEN 2014-09-15 02:54:27 UTC
    1537
  33. ... Did I miss something? 2014-11-08 08:49:16 UTC
    3117
  34. Domestic Troubles 2015-05-21 08:19:22 UTC
    9588
  35. Crocodile Rock 2015-06-07 03:58:54 UTC
    9868
  36. Pandora's Box (Some Potentially Naughty Description) 2015-07-03 05:13:52 UTC
    11902
  37. Question and Answer #4 2015-07-11 06:43:52 UTC
    5450
  38. Character Progress Tracker: EXTRA 2014-02-18 22:40:15 UTC
    3971