Chapters There was a small kingdom, once ruled in peace, but now, a tyrant takes over. By the name of Dark Spectre, every pony was suffering on this day, being enslaved by the cruel ruler. It was musky outside, fog lingering about slightly, the ponies hard at work, a young mare looks out of a tall building.
" How come every pony must do so much work Lord Spectre? " The young mare questioned him, making him burst into laughter.
" Hahaha! Why not!? Somehow, the work needs to get done, so I make them do it! Just look, not a single one complaining . " He grinned evilly.
' What happened to him.. He used to be our beloved friend. Now he's a cruel ruler. ' the young mare thought to herself, as she sorrowfully looks down at the ponies.
She remembered a time, where Wizzle Piff ruled, Dark Spectre wasn't cruel, his mind completely sane.
How Dark Spectre came to know Wizzle Piff and the young mare. He is a changeling, but not like the others. He was kind, and wouldn't harm an innocent pony.
He was banned from the Changeling kingdom. "They say I'm too kind, they say I won't be a good fighter, that's no fair." He was still fairly young when he came to Flutter Vye. He bumped into Wizzle as he was walking to the theater.
"Ah, hello there-" Wizzle was surprised to see a changeling, but this one was different. Wizzle, looked at him curiously, which made him uncomfortable.
"W-what are you doing?" Spectre moved back, interrupting Wizzle's inspection.
"Ah, sorry about that. Haha, I, am Wizzle Piff, ruler of this kingdom." Wizzle Piff smiled warmly, and Spectre looked at him with awe.
"So you own the kingdom?" Dark asked, and Wizzle nodded, "Do you think that.. Maybe you could help me.. find a place to live?"
"Say again? I didn't quite catch that." Wizzle said, his ears perked up now.
"I said, that um. Could you help me to.. Find a place to live?" He said it quickly, feeling a bit shy because he's asking the ruler of a kingdom for a place to live.
Wizzle looks down at him with concern. 'Hmm.. I don't know if any pony would want to take in a changeling, snice there are no other homes that are empty.. I'll let him live with me for a bit, and maybe he can situate his own things out, or just stay with me.' Wizzle nods, having an idea.
"Yeah-" Dark interrupts him, "Oh really!? Thank you!" Wizzle looks down at him a bit sternly, then continues, "You can live with me." Dark then stops cheering among himself, then looks at Wizzle a bit confused, and kind of scared, "Live with.. You?"
Wizzle smiles, and nods, "Yep!" Dark Spectre moved in with him, and how he got to know the young mare also happened while living with Wizzle, she is a was a very young Pegasus, just a filly.
"Mr. Wizzle, who is that?" She points to Spectre, who then looked at her with an awkward smile. That scares her, "Ahh! Scary!" Spectre hides behind Wizzle, he didn't mean to scare her, it's just in his nature.
The smile disappeared from his face, "I didn't mean to scare her.." Spectre whispers, being ashamed of scaring just a filly. Wizzle puts his wing on Dark's back, as if it was some sort of blanket, "That's alright. She's just a filly, and we don't see many changeling's around here. Ah, and I almost forgot, what is your name?" Dark Spectre immediately replies to Wizzle Piff, "I am Dark Spectre."
"Haha, that's a interesting name. Anyways, we should be getting to your room, I had it set up, just in case any pony needs a room, I always have one prepared." Wizzle Piff looks down at him with a warm smile.
"Alright, I don't want to be intruding." Wizzle Piff shakes his head, "No no, you're not intruding, I'm glad to help you out. Being new to the kingdom isn't always easy, but the ponies here are kind. I think they shall look past your race of pony, alright?" Wizzle Piff gives him a slight nudge.
"Yeah, haha. Alright." And they walked through a few hallways, the little Pegasus was curious about him, so she followed behind, but quietly, to make sure that he doesn't notice her.
"What's it like to rule over a kingdom Mister Piff?" Spectre was trying to be polite, he was given a place to stay, it was the least he could do.
"It's like.. I have to make sure that the ponies are safe from harm. And.. I don't know, it just seems that I car for them, making sure they are safe, and that they are happy." He looks at Spectre, "That answer your question?"
Spectre just nods, and they arrive at his room, he looks at it smiling happily, "Thanks for taking me in like this. I really appreciate it!" The small filly who was following them then notices, "He's not a bad pony, he's good.. Yay! " Spectre turns around along with Wizzle, they were both surprised, "Oh, it was just you little one. What are you doing here?" Wizzle asked, she looked at him with a sheepish smile, "I got curious."
This confused Wizzle, "About what?" Wizzle asks, and the young filly points at Dark Spectre, "I got curious abut him."
He smiles slightly, and goes up to her, and puts a hoof out, "Hi, haha." This surprised the young filly, she jumps back. But then remembered he is good, goes back up to him, and shakes his hoof. "Hiya, I'm Paper Quill!" She smiles, and giggled a bit, "And one day, I'll be a famous writer pony!" She poses in the most silly was possible.
Spectre chuckles, "Haha, I believe that is possible."
They met again, day after day, making their friendships grow. Spectre, a changeling, friends with Wizzle Piff, and Paper Quill, Wizzle being the ruler of a kingdom, Paper Quill being a simple Pegasus. Who wrote stories..
A few years passed, and soon Spectre was slowly loosing his mind. He hasn't seen any bad happen, and for him, that drove him insane. He locked himself in his room, making crazy drawings. That changeling spirit to cause chaos was catching up.
One day, he went up to Wizzle, "I think it's time for you to retire ." He said, and then chuckled.
"What do you mean?" Wizzle said to him very sternly.
"I mean, it's time for a new ruler. And I have one in mind. Hehehe.." He grinned and then, out of the blue, he shot a magical laser to Wizzle Piff, directly at his chest, it knocked him unconscious. He picked him up with levitation, and put him in a dungeon below the castle. And he marked his flank with A crown, and hoof chains, it was over his cutie mark, and that's when the kingdom began to fall..
The mare turns around to face Spectre, and she shyly asks, " Um.. Mister Dark, my lord? " She folds her ears down, hoping she has not upset him. For she knows it will not be pretty if she did.
" Yes.. What is it my crazed assistant? " He slowly and sternly says to her, now glaring directly at her, she gulps and asks.
" I am getting bored. Is there any orders you need me follow sir? " She goes by his throne, and sits by him. With a sheepish smile, and a worried look.
He grins, thinking up a way to spice up the new day.
" I have the perfect task for you. " He looks over at her with a insane smile on his face. " Alright? Now listen closely. I need you to merely.. Write a letter. " He bursts into laughter. No sanity found within him.
" Write a letter? Is that all. But to whom? Or what will it say? " She had a million questions going on in her head, but those were the only ones she was brave enough to muster out.
" Write a letter to that... Wiz-something pony. And tell him that tomorrow at noon, I want to meet him at the Sky Market for important business. And to not bring any pony with him. " He snickers to himself quietly and any pony can tell he has something evil going on in that head of his.
" Alright. " The crazed mare nods, and goes over to a small desk, gets out a paper, ink, and a quill.
" Dear WizzlePiff,Immediately. "
The young mare trots over to Spectre, showing him the letter, " Is this alright my lord? "
He reads over it, smirking.
" Yes. It is perfect, now send it before it becomes too late! " He barks at her, she flinches, moves back a bit, and goes to a young dragon,
" Hey Drago, could ya send this for me? " The young dragon simply nodded, not questioning why, and he sends it directly to WizzlePiff.
" Great job my crazed mare. Now we await for a response. " He goes over to her, and pats her head a bit roughly, and it messes up her mane a bit, but she dare not complain.
A good ten to fifteen minutes pass, and a letter is received. It read -
" I shall meet you tomorrow at the Sky market. I will be awaiting your arrival! "
At the sight of this letter, Spectre bursts into laughter.
' Pure insanity.. ' The young mare thinks to herself, ' What is he planning anyways? '
" Well, looks like it's time for that Princess... You know, the one that raises to moon, to do her duty. And time for us to go to bed. Have a great night mare! " He laughs a bit as he walks out of the big glassy room. The young mare leaves the room also, but goes to her room. And then, she slips into her bed, and just stares at the ceiling.
" Hmm.. Can't fall asleep. " She gets up, and look out of her window, she sees the ponies suffering working, day in, and day out. She wants to help them some how. But can't, she is merely a Pegasus. She opens her window, and lets the breeze flow through her mane. In the wind, there is a whisper ' Please help me.. ' she hears. So she flies down to see a very young filly, curled up on the cold ground, horn broken, and they are exhausted. She looks at him in shear terror.
" Young filly..? " The filly immediately looks up, and when he sees her, he instantaneously scoots back, and lets out a small 'eep.'
" Do not fret young filly, I am here to help you.. What has happened? " The filly, still terrified, gulped, and then said shakily,
" Please.. Help me. I'm so hungry.. " He grabs his small stomach and it growls ever so loudly, and even worse, any pony could tell he is in a lot of pain. So the young mare flies back up to the castle, quickly. And within a couple minutes she comes back down with a tray of food, gently.
" Here. It's not much, but that's all I can muster up for now. " She leaves the filly, feeling much better to have helped him. He waves good bye as he looks at her in awe.
She goes to sleep, and awakens to the next crazy morning. Spectre comes running down the halls, and slams open the door.
" Hey guess what we get to do today!? " He hurries around, awaiting a response.
" I don't kno-Oh wait! Yes, I do know, we get to go the Sky Market today and see Wizzle, is that correct? " The young mare's ears are perked up, with a bright smile.
" Yes! And you get to come with me! Hahaha, doesn't that sound like fun!? " He laughs, pure insanity can be told by any glare at him.
They head over to the Sky market, to see Wizzle patiently waiting. With his eyes darting about, they land on both Spectre and Psycho, the young mare.
" Ah, there you are King Spectre! " He bows down. Wings folded, horn pointed at the ground. He lifts his head, and gets back up.
" Yes, I am here, along with my dearest assistant, the Psycho Dark Pony. " She looks at Wizzle and says,
" Good to see you again. " She smiles, bows her head to him for a moment.
" Mhm. " Piff says with great joy, " And what is it we needed to discuss my King Spectre? " Wizzle Piff inquired, wanting to know what his task shall be.
" I have been thinking for a while.. You know that one pony.. What was her name.. Bubble something. Or.. Something that sounded like a bee's name. " He had forgotten his dear friend Bumble Flow.
" Ah, you mean Bumble Flow. What of her? " Wizzle Piff moved closer, so he may hear every word Spectre says. His ears perked up, and a big smile on his face.
" For quite some while, she was not favored by me. But she "grew" on me. So to say. And now, I want you to do something.. with her. Prey tell. " He smirks, looking at Piff with an expression of insanity.
" Okay. What is it you need me do sire? " He had a feeling in the back of his mind that something bad was going to happen. And soon.
" I want you to kill her. " Wizzle's eyes widen. Had he just heard what he think he did?
" Sire.. I think I may have heard you wrong, did you say to kill her!? " He is hoping that he didn't. He did not want to hurt his dear friend. Who has done no wrong to him.
" Yes. Kill her. She annoys me. I do not favor her, and nor should you. " Spectre was serious. He had a very serious tone, and look in his eyes.
Wizzle gulped, " Y-yes.. I must obey your orders. When do you want me to.. Uh.. K-kill Bumble..? " He said shakily, and then gave out a sigh.
" Doesn't matter to me. Next time you see her, would be nice. " Wizzle sighed in relief. After Bumble moved to the EverFree forest, she doesn't go out much.
" Psycho. " Spectre said, turning to her swiftly.
" Yes my lord? " She looked very worried, and her ears folded down in fear.
" I want you to send a letter to our victim in crime, Bumble Flow " Psycho's and Wizzle's eyes opened wide. They blinked a few times, then came back to their senses.
" But why Lord Spectre? " The crazy tyrant burst into laughter.
" WHY NOT!? " He yelled quickly, bursting into laughter of shear insanity.
She gives out a sigh, " Yes my lord.. " And she nods.
" Good. Now make it say to come to my castle within the next week or so, but to make it as soon as possible.. Hehehe, I want to see her suffer . " He grinned, " Come on my crazed mare. Do it. " He sternly said to the young mare, who was frozen up in shear terror. She shacked her head, and snapped back into reality.
She nods, and gets out some things to write a letter. And she writes, -
" Dear Bumble Flow,
They head home, Psycho head hung low in shame. A few tears flow down her cheeks.
" Well. We have a few hours before night. Is there anything you want to do? " She sniffles a bit.
" Not that I can think of. " He says swiftly, having been tired from his exiting day.
Going against his promise
Going against his promise
A few days pass, and Bumble Flow arrives in Flutter Vye. She is at the train station, keeping her wings closed, and covered. to make sure no pony gawks over her being a princess. And the fact she is too shy to talk to any pony has taken over too, so she quickly goes to the castle where Spectre is staying.
She bows down to King Spectre when she enters his room, with the crazed mare standing by his side, with a worried look.
" Hello King Spectre, and young mare. " She nods at the young mare.
The mare nods back, as if they knew each other, or were having a silent conversation.
" So Bumble, you must be tired from travelling, right? " The mare insisted, knowing she might be hungry also.
" Yes, but not too tired, anyways, Dark, you wanted to discuss something? Right? " She looks at Spectre, and then goes up to him, he sternly glares at her, but she just happily smiles, not being so bright. She sits by him, on his other side afar from Psycho.
Spectre just nods, trying to not show that he is quietly giggling to himself. " Hehe. Yes, we need to discuss, haha, some business . " He put emphasis on the word business, for he knew what was going to happen. He then orders the crazed pegasus to go and get Piff, at the sound of this, Bumble's ears perk up, " Piffy will be here too? Stupendous! "
Piff walks in, with something of a dagger at his side. Bumble is curious at why he has it, but doesn't question, " Hey Piffy, it's been forever! " She jumps and quickly hugs him before he could say anything. Knowing what his task was to do, his eyes filled up with tears, but he dare not cry.
Piff lets Bumble go, and he appoints to her " Bumble Flow, I need to speak with you outside. That is why Spectre had you brought here.. " Bumble Flow could tell something was not good, so she looks over at this insane tyrant, he nods, with a slight smirk on his face still there.
They walk out onto the balcony, " Bumble Flow, Spectre in there has gone completely insane, and.. "
The not so young mare wondered what has happened while she was gone.
" Oh.. Where do I begin.. Spectre is the new ruler-"
" Yes, I know this. " Bumble interrupted him. He was fine with it, and continued.
" He has lost his mind completely, and makes all the ponies in this falling kingdom work their flanks off day in and day out. There are a select few like me, and that mare besides him that don't have to suffer as much as the others do. " He looks down off the balcony to see the ponies below working, starving, and not living in peace like they used to, no laughter. No fun.
" Ah.. I see.. Anyways, why is it I was called upon? " Bumble inquired, wanting to know why she has anything to do with this, she was living happily in the EverFree alone, no disturbances, no other ponies.
" I was given a horrible order, but I do not want to carry it out. So, I need you to fly, fly away immediately. Go! " He yelled at her, she was scared, but still curious on why.
" B-but why!? " She screamed back at him, " Shh.. We can't have Spectre hear. I need you to go, because he ordered me to... T-to.. T-to kill you! " He said it very quickly, and now Bumble Flow looked at him terrified.
She immediately began to fly away, tears in her eyes, she was going the fastest she could, which was only a bit slower than Rainbow Dash, but not by much. She quickly reached her home, ran inside, and began to hide.
Getting that off his chest, Wizzle now did not know what to do, either to face his King of which he betrayed, or run away along with Bumble but to a different location, fearing he might have hurt her.. A lot.
He chooses to run away, he quickly runs and jumps off the balcony, opens his wings and darts out of that horrible Kingdom, a mark over his cutie mark still showed, a crown with hoof chains below it was covering his cutie mark.
Spectre noticed that Bumble Flow has not made a sound other than that sudden outburst, and that Wizzle Piff hasn't come back in yet. He got curious, " My crazy assistant, please go and check on the balcony for me. " She simply nods, and goes over to the door, so see that no pony is there.
" Um.. My lord, no pony is on the balcony. " She looked back at him, slightly confused, and he then rages with anger.
" WHAT?! " He screams, his voice being echoed in the room made it all that much worse.
" They're ... Gone. " She goes out on the balcony to look around for a bit, not seeing Wizzle or Bumble in sight. " And I can't see them either.. Maybe they ran away? " He hits the arm rest of his chair loudly, " They'd better not be gone, or else, I will find them, and kill them myself.
" Come and look yourself sir. " She moves out of the way of the door, he runs over to it, breaking through the glass, looking around quickly. You can see, that he was very angry at the two. He starts to breathe heavily, " Remind me. Tomorrow in the morning to go and search for them. And kill them. I want to get revenge on that Wizzle Piff for disobeying my orders. "
" Well.. It was just that.. I.. " She whispered to herself, her ears folded down, and she looked at the ground. Not knowing what to do next. " Y-yes... My lord. " She has to obey orders, or she wouldn't live another minute.
They go to bed, she thinks to herself for a bit on what to do, either to remind him like he said to, or hope that he would forget by morning. ' I have to tell him, what if he remembers, and tests me to see if I would obey? ' She hides under her covers, ' I can never imagine what he would do to me.. ' even though all these thoughts of doubt, and sympathy swarming her simple mind, she falls asleep, and wakes up to another insane morning. She yawns. Get's out of bed, does her normal things, brushes her teeth, and her main, a bit of her fur and tail. She walks over to where she usually sits with Spectre. And sees he isn't there.
' Maybe he's still asleep.. I'll go and check then ' she walks over to his room door. And finds it is open, and that he is inside, sleeping. She did not want to awaken him from his slumber, so she sits by him, and waits.
After a good ten to twenty minutes, he finally awakens, letting out a yawn, he rubs his eyes that are now open.
" Ah, my Lord Spectre, you are awake. I just wanted to rem-" she was cut off,
" Yes! To search and destroy Wizzle Piff! " He jumps out of bed, getting himself ready. Grabbing his sword, a cloak to cover himself, and a map of Equestria.
" Now lets- " He studies her really quick, " Why aren't you ready? " She looks at him confused,
" What? " She questinos him, looking like a confused foal in the EverFree.
" I said. Why. Aren't you ready to go? " He had a very stern tone. ' I guess morning just isn't his time of day.. '
" I didn't know I was going. " She stammered a bit. Bit tried to keep her talking clear. He looks at her, then says, " Just.. Go and get ready. " She hurries off to her room, and quickly gets dressed, small knife, the darkest cloak she could find, and that was about it.
She hurries back to him, " Alrighty! I'm ready! " She salutes to him, then giggles.
" Why are you giggling? " He looks down at her, " Because, it's funny! Hahaha, me saluting is odd. " She gets back up and stops laughing.
" Alright, let's go. " She nods, and they head off.
After a while of traveling, and annoying songs. They finally see Wizzle, camping and sleeping under a tree. " The fool. " He shakes his head, and darts down to Wizzle, making a lard thud sound as he lands on the ground. Wizzle awakens, terrified. His eyes wide open. He grabs the knife at his side with his hoof, and holds it out shakily.
" I.. I didn't.. No.. I couldn't possibly kill Bumble! " He is shivering in fear, looking up at Spectre, who is smiling evilly, and with the young and crazed mare standing besides him, with a somewhat worried look.
She telepathically tells Wizzle - " This is the last. Straw, I can't be on his side anymore. I need your help. "
Wizzle responds - " What is it? " Although he continues to focus on Spectre, who is glaring down at him, thinking on what to do, basically in his own little world.
The young mare telepathically tells him - " We need to team up on him. And now while he's distracted. "
Wizzle does not dare move, but responds to her - " Okay.. You go from behind, I come from up front. Yes? "
The young mare nods her head, as she begins to slowly tip hoof around Spectre, as he is still frozen. Wizzle Piff tries his best to slowly get up, they mentally count.
" 1.. 2... 3! "
They both swing their daggers at Spectre, of which one hits in very deep in the chest, the other in one of his legs. He snaps back into reality, in a sudden shock of pain, he falls to the ground, bleeding out. He did not die yet, he very slowly tries to grab his sword, but the young mare grabs it before he can, and swings it, and kills him instantaneously.
" Yes! We killed him! " She cried out in joy.
The mark of of a crown and hoof chains over hers and Wizzle's cutie mark disappear. Revealing their true cutie marks, the crazed young mare was lifted into the air, her wings grew larger, and a horn grew out of her skull, at first, it was excruciating, but then, the pain relieved.
" A-are you alright young mare..? " Wizzle Piff looks at her confused.
" Please. Call me Paper Quill " She jolted up, filled with energy, but not a single memory of what happened to the kingdom. Wizzle remembered it all.
Wizzle Piff wakes up in the morning, yawning. He smiles when he looked out the window. "The sun is arisen, no dark clouds covering the skies. And no pony is suffering. Not anymore." He gives out a small sigh. And gets out of bed, his fur was a mess, and his mane and tail were too. So he immediately goes to brushing it.
After a bit of brushing, he wonders, ' I wonder if Bumble is okay.. Hm.. I want to go check up on her, but I don't want to leave Quill here. Maybe I can get her to come with me.. Yeah, pretty sure I can get her to do it. ' He nods himself, with a small smirk.
Paper Quill knocks on his door, " Hey, are you up yet sleepy head? " Wizzle opens the door, she smiles, wearing some slippers on her hooves. She feels a bit silly, any pony can tell.
" Hey.. Paper Quill, you at least remember Bumble Flow.. Right? " Paper Quill looks at him a bit confused.. She shakes her head slowly, with a sad expression, " Afraid not, was she someone I knew? "
" ... No.. " He whispers, feeling a bit sad, then he sighs.
" She is some pony I used to know, hmm.. Purple mare, with magenta eyes.. Umm.. she is an alicorn, and generally lives in the Ever Free. Any of that ring a bell? " Paper Quill thinks to herself a bit.. She then smiles out of the blue, " Ah! Yes, I remember her! Bumble was it? Where did she run off to? "
" I do not know, shall we go look for her? " Paper Quill immediately nods her head with joy, " Alright, first, let's check her home. Usually where she is. "
" Alrighty! " And they start to head off to the Ever Free Forest. Flying at a steady pace, "Do you think Bumble Flow is alright Piffy? " Paper Quill was worried, Bumble was a good friend during harsh times, "I'm sure she's fine, okay Paper Quill?" she simply nods, and returns to looking very thoroughly through the forest, they see Bumble lying on the ground, she's bleeding a bit, " Do you think she was attacked by something!? " Paper Quill says in a hurry, then darts down to Bumble, who is wounded badly on her side, and on a leg.
" Are you alright Bumble..? " Bumble looks up at her, squinting with lburry vision it was hard to make out who it was.
" W-who are you..? " She says softly, then she coughs.
Paper Quill immediately puts her on her back using levitation. Bumble winces a bit, due to the pain in her fore leg, and her back. " Don't worry Bumble, you'll be alright. " She simply nods, and holds on tightly to Paper Quill, " Wizzle, we need to get back to the kingdom, and bring her to a doctor. " Bumble's ears perk up, " D-does this mean that I.. Have to consult somepony..? " She whispered, being very shy, she didn't say anything the rest of the way back to the kingdom. Paper Quill and Wizzle had to go somewhat slowly though, to make sure that Bumble wouldn't be in any pain. Although Paper Quill was relieved she could see Bumble, she was still worried that Bumble might not be able to handle any more sorrow or pain.
They arrive at the kingdom, and immediately head to the care center. The sign atop the building read, " Fluttering Care Center " they headed in, and Wizzle sat down in one of the chairs, while Paper Quill went to the front desk.
" I need you to care for my friend here, she's hurt badly and her wounds need attention. Please do so for me. " She was worried, and so, they took Bumble on a stretcher to another room.
" Please wait here miss Quill. " A stallion says to her, she nods, gets a napkin and wipes off the blood off her fur. She didn't want to look like she killed any pony.
A good twenty minutes pass by, Paper Quill has been sitting, talking with one of the ponies of the kingdom on how she got her cutie mark, "When I was a filly, I loved making up little stories, and one day, I showed them to my mom and dad, they were so proud of me, it was my first story I finished, and that's when I got my cutie mark." She smiles warmly, as the young filly looks at her cutie mark in awe, then Bumble walks out with bandages around her back and back left leg. She was flying though, " The doctors told me to stay off my hooves, so I have to fly every where. " She sighs.
Paper Quill smiles warmly at the stallion, and nods. " Come on Bumble, let's go to the castle, you must be tired. " Bumble smiles, and nods to her swiftly. And they go back to the kingdom, and Paper Quill shows her to a room, Bumble yawns slightly. "Thanks for saving me.. I thought I wasn't going to make it."
And they all go to sleep for the night.
The next morning Bumble awakens, very early. Every pony is still asleep, and the moon is half way down the sky, and the sun is only starting to arise.
She smiles, " For the Lunar Republic. " She whispers to herself. She smiled lightly, and stares as the moon lowers, as the beautiful night sky enlightens in light. And the sun arises.
Her smile disappears when the moon and stars are no longer in the sky, she prefers the night over the day. She had to deal with the fact that others rather live in the light.
It is ten minutes after eight a.m. Bumble Flow yawns, then goes to brush her mane and fur. She has to look around for a bit to find the brushes though. She didn't have anything with her on her way back to her home besides a saddle bag holding her crown. So all she had was her saddle bag on the ground, with some blood stained onto it, she looks at the purple saddle bag, and sighs, "I need to get that washed.. And soon." She giggles to herself, "Or else ponies will think I killed some pony!"
She finishes brushing out the knots out of her mane and tail. "Ah, much better, I do not favor when my fur and hair is all messy." She then hears a knocking at her door, "Hey, it's just me, Paper Quill." Paper Quill's soft voice couldn't be mimicked. She knew it was her, and then used telekinesis to open the door, Paper Quill stood there, with a happy smile of glee.
"Good morning. Haha, did you sleep well?" Paper Quill asked, wanting to know if she felt any better from yesterday. Bumble Simply nodded, "Yeah. Haha, I slept well."
"Well, it's time for breakfast. I want you to get used to living here in the castle with me and Piffy. Alright?" She said sweetly to Bumble, she looked confused, then thought about it for a second, "Oh, um.. Alright." She hasn't really lived with any pony in so long. So having others around may get her used to be around others.
Dark Spectre wanders around the Ever Free slowly, and painfully. "They thought they had me.. Luckily, changelings don't die as easy as stupid ponies!" He laughs insanely. Clapping his hooves together, with an insane smile, he ignored the pain in his chest, back, and his back. "Hah! Now, when I am done healing up, I will go back, and take my kingdom back. Hahaha!"
He stops for a bit at a river bank, looks into the water, his eyes are red, his teeth sharpened. He smiles, "My new look is stupendous!" He chuckles a bit at his comment. Then goes in his saddle bag to look through what he has.
"Hmm.. Dagger, gauze, and some other random tidbits, like a water bottle, and a small bag of food.. I guess I'll be alright." He shrugs, and continues his long journey back to his stolen fallen kingdom.
After Wizzle, Paper Quill, and Bumble had breakfast, they all went to the balcony to look down on the kingdom, to see if the ponies are all having a good morning. " It looks like they are enjoying the new day, running about, doing their daily jobs and such. Fillies out playing with the other ponies. " Paper Quill said, smiling happily. Bumble Flow looks down on them, not in a bad way, but in a sort of.. Jealous way. "I wish I had their happiness when I was that young." Bumble says out of the blue, and then she sighs.
"What do you mean?" Wizzle said, sounding a bit concerned.
"Well, it's just I was always a princess, ever since from birth, and my parents hid me away from the other ponies, and taught me the best they could.. I had some emotional trouble, and one day, I ran away, and I found the kingdom, where I met you Wizzle. And where I later on met you Miss Quill." She turned to the both of them when she said their names. They looked a bit shocked. A filly, who never had friends while growing up, well. She has friends now, and good ones.
Bumble Flow smiles warmly, and grabs both Paper Quill and Wizzle Piff for a hug, and they all hug together. One thing they don't know, is that Dark Spectre is still alive, and he's coming to take his revenge.
He comes back to take revenge
Wizzle and Paper Quill and Bumble all let go of the hug. And they all smile happily, "Don't worry Bumble, you have us now," Paper Quill says, "Yeah, you won't have to go through any more pain. You'll be safe and happy here." Wizzle inquires to Bumble. Bumble smiles with glee, "I could never thank you enough. Haha, you know. I really like having friends."
Dark Spectre wrapped the gauze around his chest, his right hind leg, and his waist. He had gotten hurt badly, but he still had enough power to cast a simple healing spell on himself to make the pain go away.
"Alright, I think my wings can handle a trip back to my stolen kingdom." He laughed slightly. He hasn't had such a rush of adrenaline through him in such a while. He wanted to go back and claim his kingdom right at this moment! But he couldn't he knew that they were there. Bumble Flow, Paper Quill, and Wizzle Piff. All there, Wizzle Piff and Paper Quill being strong. So when he arrived, he needed to lay low for awhile.
He thinks fora bit, 'Maybe I can disguise as a mare. It would be less suspicious. Aha! I have the perfect plan.' He chuckled,
He began to go West, knowing the directions by heart, if he had a heart. He continued his way back to the kingdom, thinking of what mare to disguise as. And a alias to come up with.
Bumble Flow, Wizzle Piff, and Paper Quill all go out to have a break fast. They needed to make themselves look decent before they go out though.
Bumble goes with Paper Quill, since she didn't have an outfit to wear, and Wizzle went to his room, the biggest bed room in the castle.
Wizzle finds a tie, and a nice looking hat. And so, he puts both things on. Although, in the back of his head, he could tell something was missing. He didn't know what though. He continues to look through his closet, and finds some sort of tuxedo. "Aha! Just what was needed for this ensemble." He immediately puts it on, although he had some struggles, just, when you have to put a tuxedo on with hooves, and you have a nice big pair of wings on your back, it's not easy to put on something like a tuxedo. ( I can imagine. )
Bumble Flow and Paper Quill go to Paper Quill's room. It was a bit of a mess, but that didn't bother Bumble. Although, her clumsiness had to kick in right now of all times. Bumble Flow trips and falls, well, almost falls. She immediately flapped her wings to not hit the ground. And she got up just fine.
"Ah, sorry about the messy room Bumble, I re-" Paper Quill got cut off, "No no. It's fine. See? I'm not hurt, so everything's okay." Bumble Flow nods, and Paper Quill smiles. "Alright. Now let's get an outfit." Paper Quill said, opening her closet.
There was so many outfits, Bumble couldn't believe her eyes. Her mouth gaped open in awe, "That's a lot of clothing you have there Miss Quill." She then closed her mouth. And Paper Quill nudges her, "Yeah, but I've been living here in the kingdom, and the ponies around here who make clothing, like to make up little outfits for me."
"Haha. Makes sense." She laughs a bit.
"Mhm, now let's choose an outfit for you first!" She nudges Bumble towards the closet.
There was so many choices she just didn't know what to do. So she finds the least girly necklace, of which was blue. And it had a feather in it. "I like this necklace. Haha."
"Alright, now you need to find you need to find something to go on that head of yours!" Paper Quill says, then she giggled.
Bumble Flow then remembered her crown, "Oh yeah, I have my crown in my room. Haha, can I go and get it real quick?" Paper Quill nodded happily. Wanting to see this little crown that she has.
Bumble Flow quickly leaves the room, and trots over to her room to go and get the crown. "Ah, I love the decor of the castle. I wonder how long it took to make it look so beautiful." She lets out a sigh of relief. And she reaches her room, she uses telekinesis to open the door, then levitates the crown over to the top of her head. And puts it on.
"It's been a while since I wore this ol' thing." She laughs slightly. And makes her way back to the room. But she then runs into one of the maids, and bumps into her. Falling onto her bum.
"Oh I am so sorry!" The maid says. She awkwardly picks her things up.
"No no, it's my fault, I wasn't watching where I was going." Bumble Flow puts out a hoof to help her up.
The mare smiles, and gets up. Bumble Flow uses levitation to get all her things up into her cart. Bumble Flow smiles warmly. And the mare goes and trots off to her next destination to clean.
Bumble Flow continues her little trot back to Paper Quill's bed room.
"I'm back! Haha, sorry I took so long." Bumble Flow said to Paper Quill, of which was dressed in a dress, aligned with some flowers.
"That's quite alright Miss Flow." She giggled. Miss Flow was just funny sounding. "I see that you are ready. And, that's a really nice outfit. Shall we go and see if Piffy is ready yet?" Paper Quill nods, and they start to trot over to Piffy, of which is trotting to them. They meet up, "Ah, Piffy, nice little outfit you have there." Paper Quill says, Bumble Flow agreed, "Yes, it's something special." Piffy returns the favor,
"And your outfits. They are good." They all smile. "So, let's go out and get something to eat?" Paper Quill inquired. Wizzle and Bumble nod. And they start to go to the castle entrance. Where they shall exit the castle to go and have a nice break fast.
While Dark Spectre on the other hoof isn't far from the kingdom. Now on a main road, but he's disguised as a Green Pegasus. Her mane being blue and orange. Having slight curls. "Hehehe, almost there." She said that, no pony could take her seriously with that voice though, it was pretty high pitched. She continued her trot to the castle, along with some other ponies, but she was behind them, and did not want her trail of thought to be disturbed.
Bumble, Wizzle, and Quill find a restaurant by the name of Star Bits. They each got themselves a coffee. And they chatted for a bit.
"So Piffy, and miss Quill, what shall we be doing today?" Bumble Flow asked, she wanted to know what two ponies that rule over a kingdom do on a daily basis. Because she didn't want to get bored with nothing to do.
"Oh well in my perspective we just aid to the ponies in the need." Paper Quill said with a warm and motherly smile. Wizzle Piff nodded, knowing that it was true. They would never let a suffering pony continue to be in pain. Like they did for Bumble flow.
"Ah, that sounds interesting. And what about when no pony needs help, then what?"
Wizzle responded to Bumble Flow, "Oh we usually sit on the balcony over at the castle, watching the ponies play and run about while we chat."
"Mhm." Paper Quill agreed.
"That certainly does sound lively ." Bumble Flow giggled a bit. She knew that when all you do is chat or help out others, you do get busy though. But since Piffy usually does such a good job keeping every thing and pony in check, they don't need to help out the ponies as much, and they can just chat.
Dark Spectre, or Blue Breeze , walks into the kingdom. He evil smile disappeared. "Ugh, every pony is actually enjoying themselves. How disgusting !" She said out loud. Instead of thinking it.
A lot of ponies then looked at her, staring at her like as if there was a sign above her that said 'Stupid'
She made it look like as if she was crying, so that it would draw attention of others. And it worked. Other ponies looked at her with sympathy. They all murmured "What's wrong with her?" That only made her more angry. So she went to the cafe to get herself some coffee while she tries to wipe off the tears.
The waiter comes up to her, wearing a tie, and a small white cap. His ears perked up, and he has freckles, with a caramel brown coat. His hair was orange with a hint of red. "How may I take your order miss?"
She looked up at him and said, "Um.. Just a plain coffee with two sugar cubes will be fine." And then she sniffled a bit. The waiter nodded, and walked off, going to where the orders are put in to be made.
She looks around, and she spotted Wizzle, Bumble and Paper Quill all walking out, smiling, and laughing. It looked like they were having fun. She wanted to have fun of her own though, but not fun they would like.
The Waiter comes back, he has the coffee for her, and he gives it to her. "Here you are." He said, and he simply walked off, going to serve the other tables.
She sipped on her coffee, though on the inside, she wanted to chase after Wizzle piff, Paper Quill, and Bumble Flow and kill them all, she had to keep calm.
She finishes her coffee, and the waiter comes back, she pays him the bits. And she leaves the shop.
She follows behind the three, thinking to herself which she should kill first. But first. She had to make sure to not get caught.
Blue Breeze continues to walk behind them.
"Hmm.. That Bumble one seems pretty weak.. Maybe I can take her out first.. But somehow, I have to get her away from the other two.." She continues to think to herself..
Wizzle, Paper Quill, and Bumble go into the castle.
"Darn! I can't go in there.. Unless.." She starts to laugh a bit to herself.
"I can just fool them, I've done it once! I can do it again!" She giggles evilly.
Every pony around her started looking at her weird again. 'Great, I need to stop drawing attention to myself, or they'll figure out I'm here before I get to carry out my plans.'
Blue Breeze goes up to Bumble, "Um.. Miss.. Can you help me?" On the inside, Dark Spectre felt horrid for asking for help. But he had to carry out the plan sooner or later.
Bumble looks at Blue Breeze, then she kind of looks scared so she nudges Piffy, "Hm, what is it Bumble?" She then looks over at Blue Breeze, Piffy sees Blue Breeze and says to her, "Ah, sorry about that, Bumble's a bit shy. You need anything?" Blue Breeze just had to go along with it, she sighs in frustration then says.
"Yes. I was wondering, I cannot find a place to stay, and maybe I could.. Get some help from you?" She smiled sheepishly, hoping to have fooled him. He thinks for a bit, the castle is so big, it could house a few hundred ponies. So he nods, and replies to her, "Yes. You can stay with me, Bumble, and Miss Quill over here."
Paper Quill looks over at Blue Breeze, and simply waves. Blue Breeze smiles and waves back. "Is that alright with you?" She wanted to sound scared, but couldn't quite pull it off, "I don't want to be intruding or anything.."
Wizzle Piff shakes his head, "No no, I insist." Although this reminded him of Spectre, he didn't have to fear about a simple Pegasus trying to take over his kingdom. That's just.. Silly.
And so, the plan was started. First, to befriend them, next step, become good. Friends.
They all walked into the castle. Wizzle showed Blue Breeze to her room.
It was a good sized room, enough to fit two ponies, so she was satisfied.
"Thank you King Wizzle Piff." She bowed down to him, if Spectre really wanted him to like his new persona, he'd have to act better than when he last stayed int the castle with his old friend.
Bumble goes to her room, she had a good morning.
Although the nice day was interrupted with the fact of being scared half to death by some pony.
She went into her room, and closed the door. She didn't know why, but she felt she needed to be secluded for a bit.
She lay on her bed, and gave out a sigh, her ears just flopped on down, and she relaxed herself. She just lay on her bed, relaxed.
Blue Breeze yet again scared Bumble half to death, she knocked on her door loudly.
* Thud thud thud thud! * She knocked four times, "Miss... uh... May I come in?" Spectre wanted to keep this realistic. So he pretended to not know her name. Although his plan has commenced, he knew that it was time to kill, but subtly. He had to make it a quick and easy death, but keep it quiet so no pony hears him.
Bumble jumped when she heard the knocking, then realizing it's just the little pony they had met earlier. Although she was unsure about her, she still wanted to become good friends with some pony new. And Blue Breeze was the perfect opportunity.
"Sure, come on in Blue Breeze." Bumble said to her softly, and then unlocked the door with telekinesis and opened it. Blue Breeze walked in, smiling. She sat by Bumble on her bed.
"So may I ask of what is your name, majesty?" Blue Breeze had asked her, Bumble froze at the word majesty.
She had hated that word, she wanted to be treated equal to other ponies. But she shook her head real quick and responded. "My name is Bumble Flow." She smiled, trying to pretend that didn't happen, but it lingered in the back of her mind.
Blue Breeze nodded, "Alright Miss Flow. How are you today?" First, Spectre needed her trust, then he could strike.
"I am good and how about you Miss Breeze?" Bumble looks over at Blue Breeze with a smile. Blue Breeze smiled back.
Now was her time. She looked over at Bumble, "Hey... I want to tell you a secret, but no pony must know... And I mean no pony." She looks at Bumble with the most serious face she can muster up. Bumble nods, closes the door, locking it.
She knew that secrets were important, and to not be shared no matter what. So she listened in closely. "What is it Miss Breeze?"
Blue Breeze laughed a bit, her voice getting deeper and deeper as she changed back into his form of Dark Spectre. Bumble looked at him, terrified. She knew that face, and that was one of which he ordered a close friend to kill her.
She stood there, in shear terror. Could not move, but mustered up enough strength to shove him to the ground. She couldn't do anything, he easily over powered her, putting a cloth immediately over her mouth and tying her hooves together. She now was terrified and unable to move. But she then remembered.
She has magic. And so she started to perform a telaportation spell. But Spectre saw, and what he did was ruthless. He got a a small metal bar that was sitting in the corner of the room, due to it being once at one point, he had many things set up for intruders, and he hit the horn, knocking a part of it off.
Bumble's eyes widen. The horn is the most sensitive on a unicorns' body. Including alicorns. Her eyes filled up with tears, which streamed down her cheeks.
To lose a part of your horn, is like to break a multitude of bones all at once. And so, she could not do anything.
Dark Spectre looked at her, "Hah! You can't even protect yourself. Or ANY PONY ! And you never will! You know why?" He looked at her with a smirk.
She shook her head, terrified of what he will do to her.
"Because your going to... Wait for it.. Hehehe, DIE!" He laughed. He had this planned out long before he was even in the crystal kingdom. And commencing the plan was the best part.
If he does not fail, he will be the wrong-full ruler once again. Slaving every pony in his sight. Making them all suffer again.
He gets the same metal bar the took off the horn, and levitates it in the air. He then looks over at Bumble, of which has tears streaming through her eyes and flowing down her cheeks, he stabs the bar through her chest, hitting her heart. And killling her in an instant.
Two parts of the plan was done. Next step, to fight the two, and regain his stolen kingdom.
Author's Note
Sorry I haven't updated in a while!
Working on three stories and trying to keep them brilliant sure does take time.
~Grr
Destruction upon the Spectre (Part I)
Dark Spectre turned back into her mare form.
He had to think of a reason Bumble may not be attending like usual.. Or maybe he could make a story on why she is dead.
Otherwise, it was time to clear her fur and mane, along with the rest of herself. She got a towel, it was in the closet, I guess if Bumble needed another, she had an extra.
Things lay around the room in a clean mess fashion. Bed was made, closet was a bit un-organized, but it looked like she tried. A few things like pencils and such lay on the floor, scattered about. Of course, Bumble's corpse was now something to add. And Blue Breeze had to clean that up also.
Blue Breeze moved Bumble's now dead body, thinking to herself on how she will explain Bumble's death. She used the towel to scrub the blood off her fur as best as she could.
Fur just does not mix well with blood, but eventually, she got it off. She then had to move Bumble's body, and make sure no blood was on the floor either. So she drags it over to the closet, of which was cramped already with clothing and art supplies. Along with random trinkets here and there.
"Awe come on Miss Bumble whatever, why don't you fit!?" She shoved Bumble's body as far into the small closet the best she could, then slams it shut. Looking over at the bloody mess she made, she sighs, and starts to clean the blood off the floor with the towel.
She was surprised no pony was around to hear her, and after about ten to twenty minutes of hard scrubbing the ground, the blood was gone. She then hid the towel in a dresser to make sure no pony would go around looking. She knew that no pony in the right mind goes throughout some pony as important and frail as bumble's dresser. So it was a perfect hiding place.
She then goes out of the room, quickly, and quietly, making sure no pony was around to see her leave the room. She quickly darted to her room, and started to draw out some plans on the paper they had left there.
The plans made perfect sense to her, in her mind at least, it played out, like an old cartoon.
She was to kill Wizzle Piff, making sure he dies so he wouldn't interfere, and she would yet again make Paper Quill her crazed assistant. And now that she is an alicorn, she would be of more use.
Blue Breeze giggles to herself, but evilly. She tried to keep herself quiet, so she then saw the moon starting to arise. She whispered something to herself, and then went to her bed. She was going to carry out the plan the next day.
She falls asleep on the bed, and ha a dream, where she is counter-attacked, and fails. She wakes up in the middle of the night, "No! You shall not defeat me!" She yelled. Then realizing it was only a dream. She sighs in relief, "Glad it was only a dream.. Hehe, why would I even believe it? I am certain I shall not fail."
And she goes back to sleep for the night.
The morning interrupts her slumber, she wakes up, filled with energy, and ready to kill. Knowing who to strike for next, her plans must commence. And she will have her stolen kingdom once again.
She got up, brushed her mane, not realizing that mares have it so hard that they have to brush their mane, tail, and fur, all to look nice. And they still have to do another million things.
After a good twenty minute session of what seemed like forever, of brushing. She finished, and looked in the mirror. She finally looked decent enough to go at least around the castle.
That's all the space she needed after all.
She grinned, trying to not make herself look insane, but look happy this fine morning that Celestia has arisen, she trots down the halls of the castle, knowing them by heart, but she makes random turns and such to make it look as if she doesn't.
She runs into Wizzle Piff in the dining area, where he is having break fast along with Paper Quill, "Ah good morning Miss Breeze" Paper Quill said to her, with a warm smile. Blue Breeze smiled back happily, "And a good morning to you Miss Quill." She nodded to her. She glanced over at Piffy, who was sipping on what looked like coffee.
She sat by Paper Quill, the dining area was a big room, the ceiling was high above them, about a hundred feet in the air, and it curved over, the walls looked stupendous, made of a light blue looking stone or wood. It had windows amongst them. And the windows were made of stained glass, making the beams of light in the room very colorful.
"How was your night last night Miss Breeze?" Paper Quill looked over at Blue Breeze.
"It was.. It was splendid. Never have I spent a night in a castle!" Paper Quill had no idea of what was going on in Blue Breeze's head, but Blue Breeze was obviously lying to Miss Quill, if she wanted to sound believable, she had to lie to get there, which in her mind, was perfectly fine, but in any pony else's sane mind, it was a terribly wrong thing to do.
Paper Quill looked over to her with a bright smile, "Well, this is where you shall be staying, haha,I am glad you enjoy it here." She nodded, and went back to eating her oat cereal. Paper Quill went back to eating also.
Wizzle Piff finished his food, they ate silently, Paper Quill and Blue Brush, for neither of them had anything to say to one another, so they both quickly finished their food, washed their platter, and went to the big room, where Dark Spectre once reigned his terror, Paper Quill looked at the throne, in the back of her mind linger that this place was once not safe, and she was not safe, but she wondered to herself of why she knew this. Wizzle looked over at her, he was worried that if she remembered, that she may go insane, or probably become hurt, physically, or mentally.
"Are you alright Paper Quill?" Paper Quill then looked at Wizzle, after wiping a sad expression off of her face, she smiled warmly, and almost motherly.
"Yes, I am fine." She looked back at the throne, her right brow furrowed, she looked like as if she was reading old writings from olden pony times and was trying to decipher it.
She was deep in thought, she was thinking to herself of why she could picture it being wrecked and very saddened by chaos, and why she could imagine herself as a crazy young Pegasus. She did not know why those images came to her head, afterwards, she shook her head, trying to rid her head from those images.
Wizzle kind of looked at her, the type of look as if she was an odd pony, he knew that losing years of memory can hurt any pony very badly, so he let her be, not wanting to disturb her while she thought to herself.
"So Wizzle Piff, what shall we be doing today?" Blue Breeze was glad that she did not mention Bumble Flow, for she hated her, and having killed her the night before, she did not want her brought up, or she would have to start making excuses as to why she was gone.
Paper Quill looked over to Blue Breeze, "Or, what do you want to do Miss Breeze?" She wanted Blue Breeze as comfortable in her new home as possible.
Blue Brush thought to herself a bit. She couldn't come up with anything off the top of her head, so she made something up, " Can we see what the rest of the castle looks like? I'm a tad curious." She smiled a bit sheepishly, Paper Quill looked at her, warmly smiled and then responded to Blue Breeze, "Sure."
Blue Breeze smiled brightly, "Alright, just tell me when you want to, or when you are ready, I'll be free all day, of course." She giggled a bit to herself. She trotted back to her room, and sat in there, just thinking about how to make for Paper Quill and Wizzle Piff's demises.
Wizzle watched as the young Green mare trotted off, he wonder why her name was Blue Breeze when she was green. But he didn't let that linger on his mind for too long. He went off to his office in the castle, a good sized room, about 25 feet by 25 feet. He went into his office, and went to his files, of which had every pony that lived in his kingdom in there, and their information, he knew it may be a bit odd to do so, but he wanted to remember every pony that has ever lived there, and what they were like while they lasted, for he out lived them. And will continue to out live more generations to come.
He went to an empty folder, scribbled a drawing of Blue Breeze, it looked fairly similar to her, and he put the information that he knows.
Race: Pegaus
Miscellaneous: A green Pegasus by the name of Blue Breeze resides in the castle, 3rd floor, 18th room, down the hall to the left of the first room on that floor, you will find her room, and that of where she resides. She is a kind young mare, who has only moved here recently, and shall reside in the castle until she may find a permanent home to live in.
He smiled at the little file, from hardly knowing anything about her, he stripped that much information about her, he felt proud of himself. He put the file where Blue Breeze fit. While looking at the others to refresh his memory on the ponies he has met before, and filed.
He looked out of the window, down onto the kingdom, replenishing, it looked like they all were happy down there, in the market place, playing in the play grounds, smiling their days away to a happy ending, so it seemed. But something lingered in the back of his mind, a bad feeling of un-safety, like as if something was to happen soon, but he didn't know what, or when. He then tried to put it in the back of his mind, he knew his kingdom was safe from harm, so why worry about something so small as a worry? He shrugged, and continued to watch as the kingdom below himself flourished.
Paper Quill was very happy, she could not wait for the tour to happen, she was afraid she might show the wrong directions, or mess up, so she became very worried, and started to freak out.
She then went to her desk, and started write down things she could say about each room, and how she could make it fun for the young mare to enjoy her time in the castle. So she continued working.
Blue Breeze was in her room, preparing for Paper Quill's death to come. She had a small knife in a saddle bag, she put a sandwhich in there also, so she may not look suspicious going into an empty bag.
She set off to Paper Quill's room, and after a few minutes of galloping through the tremendous castle, she found it. It had a scroll marked upon it, with what seemed like writing on it. She she knocked on the door.
Paper Quill hurried over to the door with glee,
"Hey Blue Breeze! Are you ready for your tour of the castle?" Paper Quill was beaming with happiness, never has Blue Breeze ever seen her so happy, she looked at her for a moment, with her head tilted, she then shook her head, coming back to reality,
"Uh, yeah, but.. How about, if.. Maybe I can see your room first?" She smiled sheepishly, she was curious as to what the once crazy pony's room looks like.
Losing sanity, but regaining peace
Paradox Paradise comes into play, and when she see's Spectre dead on the floor, she drops the tray. The food and drink lay a mess on the floor, she looked at Spectre, dead on the ground, tears in her eyes, "What happened!?" She couldn't help it, she dropped to the floor, and memories flash, of the young changeling from the past, she then remembers his tyranny. And the pony she used to be. She bawled and bawled, Paradox was not able to handle the amount of feelings, sorrow, hatred, pain, fright, and many others.
She falls to the ground, and cries, Wizzle immediately runs over to her, "Paradox! I had to do it! He was trying to kill me!" Wizzle yelled right into her ear, she simply flinched, and curled up into a ball.
She surrounded herself in her wings, "No! No, you liar! You had this planned all along, didn't you!?!" With her horn, she illuminates it, and shoves Wizzle away with her magic.
She uncovers her face and looks at Wizzle, a face of fear and anger, tears stream down her cheeks, "Why does Everypony keep dying!?" She slammed her hoof, "It's not fair!" She continues to cry.
Wizzle just looked at her, he had a few tears in his eyes. He sits on the ground next to the crying mare, and puts his wing on her. He whispers in shame, and sorrow, "I'm sorry.." He paused for a moment, and looked at her, "I didn't know you were in such distress."
Paradox sniffles and tries to control her crying, but seeing her old friend dead on the floor, after so long, and having remembered what happened, it was too much, she just cried and cried.
Wizzle rests his head on Paradox, and wraps his left wing around her. "Don't worry.. Everything will be fine now. The bad pony is gone." He put his muzzle into her fur, but when she heard him speak those words, she shuffled away from him, as fast as she could.
"Who was the 'bad pony'!?" She stood up, and looked down at him, "Who!?"
But from weakness at heart she falls. And cries. Wizzle calls his guards, and they come immediately.
"Yes Mister Piff?" The guard speaks to Wizzle.
"I.. I need you to bring Paradox to the..." Wizzle pauses, for he didn't want to say what he was about to say, "bring her to the asylum below the castle.."
The guards nod their heads, they both levitate Paradox Paradise, and go on their way to below the castle, where other insane ponies stay. Wizzle sighs, and lays on the ground. He cries, not able to believe he just sent away his dear friend to a prison below the castle, dark and gloomy, filled with crazed ponies.
He lays there, and silently cries.
About half an hour passes and he finally stops, he realizes he needs to take order, and rule over the kingdom, alone once again, but the kingdom shall remain to be in peace. He goes to his room, and then to the porch outside his room, and watches over the kingdom. He then goes to his files, and grabs Blue Breeze's file. Now knowing it wasn't even a pony, he crumples the file. No need on having a file on having a pony that never existed. And so, he goes back to being a king, and attends his royal duties.
The kingdom lives in peace, and Wizzle still rules, now able to protect it better, from past experience, he visits Paradox Paradise from time to time, but doesn't let her leave the asylum. He grieves over Bumble Flow of which passes many years before, he made a grave for her, in the royal cemetery that now is. And he rules the kingdom, alone, but peacefully.
Wizzle Piff and Paper Quill returned to the kingdom, seeing it destroyed and torn apart was quite a shock to Paper Quill. Forgetting took a toll on her, she looks to Wizzle Piff and says, " W-what.. Happened? " She said then looking back down at the kingdom. Tears in her eyes.
" While you were... 'gone' the kingdom was taken over by Dark Spectre.. The one that we just.. Killed. " Paper Quill turns her head to Wizzle Piff, and tears flow down her cheeks, " Why would he.. Do such a thing? " Wizzle Piff hugs her.
" Don't worry. It's going to be all right now. He's gone, and the kingdom can go back to living in peace. " Paper Quill pushes him away, " But Dark Spectre is Dead! He was my friend, you know this! What am I to do, now that I lost him!? "
She was enraged with Wizzle Piff, he knew of nothing to do, so he thinks.. ' Bumble is still out there.. But we can get her later. ' He then got an idea, ' Maybe is we get Bumble to explain the horrid things he did, maybe she will be- no... That's horrible, I'll just try to get her mind off of it. ' Wizzle nods his head slightly.
" Well Paper Quill, we do need to fix up the kingdom. How about we start on that? " Paper Quill wipes the tears from her eyes, and she nods, with a warm smile. They both fly down, to tell the ponies of the once fallen kingdom, to tell them the tyranny is over.
" Ponies of the Flutter Vye kingdom. Your cruel tyrant Dark Spectre is dead. I will return to ruling you in peace- " The ponies all cheered, they had their proper ruler back, to keep them in peace, " But first, we must get rid of all those hoof chains, and fix the kingdom back to its glory. " The unicorns instantly start to unlock all the hoof chains, after a bit of unlocking, the ponies all had marks around their hooves where the chains were, but that did not phase them, they immediately went to cleaning the kingdom up, running around happily.
" Ah, glad to see them running about. Let's go to the castle and start repairing whatever happened to it. " They start to go to the castle, and walk in. To see banners and other miscellaneous things laying about. paper Quill's eyes widen up a bit, " Well.. Looks like we have quite a bit of work to do. " She looks at Wizzle, they both nod, and fly about, taking banners down. And moving those random items to the trash.
After a few hours of cleaning the castle of it's messy halls and rooms, they sigh in relief.
" Great. Now let's go and check up on the ponies, it sounds like everything is back in order, but still. " They go over to a balcony, to look down. The ponies wander about the kingdom freely, and happily. Some are sickly, but others helping them.
Paper Quill smiles, " Glad to have the kingdom back. " She says so, before heading to her bed. And they both go to rest for the night.
Destruction upon the Spectre (Part II)
Paradox Paradise looked at the mare for just a moment, and just then Wizzle trotted down the halls.
"Hello girls! Are we to start the tour soon?" Wizzle trotted next to Blue Breeze, and smiled.
"Yep! About my room Miss Breeze. Let's save that for another time." Paradox simply smiled, and trotted down the hall a bit of space past the other two.
"Hey, where's Miss Flow? I haven't seen her all morning.. I wanted to show her the castle as well." Wizzle looked down onto Blue Breeze, "Have you seen her this morning?"
Blue Breeze looked up for a moment at Wizzle, and panicked, "Nope, haven't seen her this morning." She stated towards Wizzle. He simply smiles and nods.
"She must have gone out. Alright then." He looked over to Paradox, "Let's start with the tour then."
Paradox nods, and they trot off and Blue Breeze follows with ease.
'That was close.. And what a let down, I didn't get to see my young assistant's room. I really hoped to do so. But Wizzle interrupted.' Blue Breeze thought to herself as Wizzle and Paradox ramble away about each room they stop in, Blue Breeze cod really care less, she already knows the castle inside and out.
They read the main hall, of which has a giant throne at the midst of one of the walls, she looks at it, and thinks, 'Soon I shall regain my kingdom.' And she quietly laughed.
Paradox just stared at that throne, while Wizzle awkwardly talked about that room.
Hours passed of walking and talking, and they get to the dining area once again, "Well, I'm going to go and prepare us some lunch. Feel free to just sit here and wait. You two must be hungry from that tour anyways." Paradox trots into the kitchen, separated from the dining room by two thick walls, but a door in the middle.
Blue Breeze peeks over at Wizzle, and grins with a devilish smile. Wizzle just stares at the glass panes, seeming to like the colors coming off of them. He looks back at Blue Breeze, and sees her strange smile, and well, her staring at him. His cheeks flush for just a moment of bright red, and she notices, Blue Breeze feels her cheeks burn with red, only for a few moments.
"Hey Wizzle Piff. Come here, I've got something to show you." She gestures that he comes towards her. And he follows the gesture, curious to what she has to show him.
"Alright, let me see it." He walks over to Blue Breeze.
Blue Breeze reaches into her saddlebag, and in her mouth she carries the knife. She points it at Wizzle's neck, "Now you've really done it-" she was cut off by a surge of magic coming from Wizzle Piff, panicking from the sight of the knife he sends a magical pulse to her heart, killing this changeling instantly. She falls to the ground, eyes wide open, and her disguise comes off, revealing Spectre's true changeling form. Wizzle closes his eyes, and let's out a sigh.
