Chapter One: You May Call Me X.
In the Canterlot castle is the royal court room, Twilight was waiting for a pony that requested a court order so early in the morning. Twilight had to wake up earlier than usual for this meeting, she even began to close her eyes for a moment before one of the guards remind her not to go to sleep.
“Ah… why did this pony want a meeting at the time like this?”
Twilight whined to her self. “I mean it doesn’t make any-.”
Twilight didn’t finish her sentence when the door to the court room opened. Twilight quickly got her composer again for the visitor, but to her surprise the visitor had a Stal Hawke mask with black clothing and hat covering his entire body. Twilight was curious of why this stallion came here with a mask. ‘Why the hay is he wearing a mask? I mean it’s not like he’s… hiding…’ Twilight thought but realized that she didn’t even know his name so she asked.
“Um what’s your name?”
“Yes, I need to reveal my name, but it would be impolite to address your name first. You are Twilight Sparkle, the princess of magic, and the bearer of the element of magic as well.” The stallion addressed Twilight while bowing. “And you may call me X my princess.”
Twilight was both shocked and impressed at the same time from F’s speech. Most ponies she met over the years were either too polite while others were too impolite, but this ‘X’ is right on the spot. Twilight then remembered that that this is a court session, she got a hold of herself and she asked.
“Thank you Mr. X and what is the trouble for you to want a meeting at a time like this?”
X got up and went back to his original composer and answered. “Well princess, I wanted to ask permission to… express what I feel about what the laws of the order and expose how those laws are suppressing the ponies of this great nation.”
Twilight was shock when she heard his proclaim. Twilight knew what happens to ponies that tried to argue with the laws of the order… banishment. She hated when ponies are banished from Equestria for an ideal to bring down the order. The only answer Twilight would give was.
“I’m sorry but… I can’t give you permission. I understand what you feel but the order is one of the only things from stopping the three tribes from fighting each other.”
X was silent for a minute before sighing and said. “I see… well at least I tried. Maybe I might figure out how to express my feelings.”
Twilight felt sad because she knew he would never be able to do that without being banish. She was going to address the court meeting over till X asked.
“Princess… may you want to listen to an orchestra outside of the castle that I will be conducting?”
“Um ok I guess.” Twilight answered wondering if he was telling the truth.
“Oh excellent, I do believe there’s a balcony nearby that I could conduct while you listen. Just follow me”
X then turned around and began trotting out of the courtroom with Twilight and her guards following behind.
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Twilight and her two guards followed X to a balcony where they had a perfect view of the six companions’ memorial. The memorial was a big circular building half size of the Canterlot castle with the six companions’ statues on the edge of the building.
“Now before the orchestra can begin, I like to dedicate the six companions for their ideal for equality for all but has unfortunately not yet been fulfilled.” X said looking outwards to the memorial. “What date is it may I ask?”
“It’s Saturday of the 5th of November.”
“Ah yes… Remember, Remember, the 5th of November, the gunpowder equality and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder equality should ever be forgot.” X got out a jacket and put it around Twilight for she could wear. “Forgive me princess but you seemed quite cold, so do you mind if I give you one of my jackets to keep you warm?” Twilight nodded for his approval. “Good… now let’s begin.” X pulled out a baton and started swinging it around. “Ah listen to the strings princess, its wonderful.”
Twilight was now a bit frustrated because all she could hear was nothing and asked. “No offence, but are you a crazy pony.”
X looked back from his shoulder before looking back towards the view. “Oh ponies will be calling me that soon, but first listen.” X then began to swing his baton again. “Here comes the brass.”
Twilight was about to have one of her outbursts till she heard the brass of the orchestra music. “Wait I can hear it.” Twilight ran towards the edge of the balcony and looked down but saw nothing. Twilight looked around to see where the music was coming from till she realized that it was coming from every speaker in Canterlot. “How are you… your not aloud to use-.”
“Wait… here comes the woodwind.”
X then pointed his baton towards the memorial and the statue of Clover the Clever exploded, and soon after the other statues exploded. Twilight was again horrified of what was she seeing, the entire memorial was being destroyed. “Beautiful, is it not!” X exclaimed when the memorial finally came crashing down with fire works shooting out of the rumble. Then the music was finally over.
Twilight just looked to at what was the memorial of the six companions. She quickly changes her gaze to X and ordered her guards.
“Guards, arrest him!”
Twilight’s guards were about to approach X till he took off his cape… revealing a bomb jacket. “Move back!” The two guards immediately backed up seeing the bombs. “Princess, Teleport out of here.”
“That wouldn’t be wise my good stallion.” X pulled out a trigger and pressed it. Then all of the sudden, the jacket that Twilight was wearing began beeping. “If the princess is 10 feet away from me or if my hoof is released from this trigger… her and mine jacket will explode.” He then trotted up to Twilight and said. “I would like to see the broadcast room of the castle.”
Twilight gulped of the situation she is in. ‘I… I never had anything like this happened before.’ Twilight thought in her head. ‘Orion’s session was nothing like this.’ Twilight tried to look for an escape but she saw no options so she just nodded to X.
“Good now let’s go.”
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In a security camera room two royal guards were watching the screens till they saw princess Twilight walking down the hall with her guard and a stallion wearing a mask one of the screens.
“What’s this?” One of the guards looked closely and saw that both the princess and the unknown pony had bomb jackets on. “Dear Celestia... alert, alert, princess Twilight Sparkle is being held hostage repeat, Twilight is being held hostage! Forces move in!”
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Two squads of royal guards moved in to the entrance to the broadcast room where F and Twilight were walking towards. They found them and pulled out their weapons to shoot. “Wait, don’t fire! He has the princess wired!”
“May you gentlemen please step aside; me and the princess need to go into that very room.” X said politely.
The guards look at each other before stepping aside, letting X and Twilight to walk through. X looked back from his shoulder and said.
“Thank you.”
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Celestia was in her room reading a book till a royal guard burst in and yelled. “Princess… we have an… emergency!”
Celestia looked at the guard with ears perked up. “What’s wrong?”
“It’s… princess… Twilight Sparkle… she’s being… held… hostage… in the… broadcast room...” The guard said while breathing heavily for a bit for running so fast.
Celestia eyes widened and she quickly got up and ran towards the broadcast room.
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Celestia got to the room, seeing royal guards trying to breach the door with a cutting torch and asked.
“Is Twilight in there?”
One of the guards looked at the princess while bowing and answered. “Yes princess, we tried to teleport through to the broadcast room but the room has a spell stopping us.” He got up and looked at the guard using a cutting torch. “So now were trying to cut through into the room.”
Celestia looked at the door and prayed. “Please Twilight be alright.”
Then all of a sudden the screen above the door turned blank, till the assailant appeared on the Screen and began to talk.
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30 seconds earlier…
X entered the room with Twilight Sparkle behind and announced. “Attention everypony, I have two bombs with me and if I don’t get what I want, I will detonate them.” All ponies in the room gasped, knowing that they were now being held hostage; X leaned to Twilight with a disk and asked. “Princess may you put this disk in that slot for me?” Twilight glared at X while levitating the disk into the slot and said.
“You won’t get away with this.”
X looked at Twilight and pointed to a nearby TV and said. “Oh but I already have, now just watch.”
At first the screen was blank for a couple of seconds before X face appeared on it, and began to talk.
“Good afternoon Equastria, my name is X, the voice of truth. You’re probably wondering why I’m interrupting your daily programing; I just want to wish you a happy 5th of November, a day that most ponies don’t calibrate. If you don’t know what I mean then let me tell you a story. 546 years ago a brave pony name Stal Hawke tried to tell ponies that the founders of Equestria didn’t just wanted to spread friendship to all but to spread equality to all. But sadly he was ignored so he became an extremist by destroying symbols of friendship and equality to show what Equestria was really like. He was arrested and hanged before he could do anything, ponies that know about him think of him as a terrorist, but I see him as a liberator. So I am doing what he couldn’t do during his last moments, I was the one who destroyed the old six companions’ memorial, I did it to show you that their ideals for equality was never fulfilled. Friendship to all ponies is good and true but that truth is also blocking your better judgment, if you just set aside friendship for just a moment you could see the truths and secrets that are hiding. When you find these truths and secrets you will be wondering who is to be blame for them, you may think that your government is but they are only responsible for them and they will be served justice. The ones you should blame are the ones you look into a mirror. Your ignorance has caused you to be blind from seeing the truths that are hiding before your very eyes. Some will forever be blind and refuse to see, and will let this day pass like any other, but if you see what I see, if you feel what I feel, if you seek what I seek, you will march up to the gates of the royal castle, one year from now and you will show all of what you are capable of to bring down the order. Goodbye.”
The screen then went back to its original program while almost everypony in Equestria were speechless, and one of those ponies was Twilight. She was mesmerized of X’s speech and apart of her mind agreed with him, she tried not to think of that because it would not what Celestia would want of her but something inside her told her that he is… right. Then the door to the broadcast room fell down and royal guards swarmed into the room, pointing their guns at F while all of the employees rushed out. Celestia came through the door as well.
“You have no where else to go X!” Celestia said in an angry tone. “Give back Twilight and surrender.”
“If you insist.” X said before he levitated Twilight off of the ground with his magic and through her to Celestia.
Twilight tumbled in front of Celestia and then the jacket on Twilight began to beep rabidly… the bomb was going to be set off. Twilight immediately put a shield around herself, hoping that the explosion wouldn’t affect any ponies around her. The guards hit the deck in case the shield didn’t work; Celestia stood her ground with a horrified expression. Twilight closed her eyes for the instant death but suddenly confetti popped out of the jacket and Twilight realized that it was a fake. ‘He never had any intent to hurt me?’ Twilight thought.
The royal guards also noticing that the bomb was a fake, got ahold of them self and getting ready to arrest X but found that during the distraction of the fake bomb, X went to the edge of the small balcony in the broadcast room and he said one more thing to Twilight.
“You were wrong Twilight; you did help me to express my feelings about the order, so I thank you.”
He then jumped off of the balcony. Both Celestia and Twilight ran to the edge and gasped when they saw that he was flying with wings. “He has magic and wings… so that means he’s…” Twilight said to herself before being interrupted by Celestia.
“Don’t worry about him Twilight; the royal guards will catch him when we find out who he is.” Celestia looked to one of her guards. “Is that right?”
“Of course princess, the pegasi guards just entered the room and are about to pursuit him, and if he gets away somehow, we just need get the disk he left behind for we can dust it off for hoof prints.” The guard said confidently but suddenly the broadcast room exploded in a blaze of fire.
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10 seconds earlier…
A guard was searching for the disk that played X’s recording till he saw the same bomb jacket that X was wearing. He back up till another guard came in and saw the bomb.
“What’s wrong with you?” He said approaching the jacket where the disk is under.
“But sir it’s a bomb.” The other said in a worried tone.
“Come on private, the first one was a fake.” He said with a smirk. He was now going to levitate it to get the disk. “So it’s obviously another-.”
BOOM!!!
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Present…
Both alicorns put up their shields around both them and the guards that were nearby. After a brief second of the explosion, the blast finally disappeared and left the entire broadcast room and the many guards inside into a big inferno.
Celestia quickly ran towards the guards that were lucky to survive to see if they need any medical attention. Twilight looked back to the view and saw that X was no where to be found. Twilight quietly said to her self.
“He got away.”