Scene 10 – A curtain falls

Several years later,

A carriage arrived at the Colteone family home. The guards let the carriage through, and it quickly pulled up alongside the house. Once it came to a stop, Octavia, Apple Cinnamon, and a young colt exited the carriage. Apple Cinnamon patted the young colt on the head, giving his son a big smile.

“This is mommy’s family home.” Cinnamon told his son.

The young colt didn’t seem to pay much attention to his father, as he was too enveloped in looking around already.

Cinnamon then turned to Octavia, who was starting to walk away from the carriage.

“You know Octavia, perhaps we should all go to see a show sometime? I know we’re here so you can visit your family, but it’s been a while since ‘we’ve’ done anything as a family.”

“Hmm? Oh, yes. We should do something together sometime.” Octavia responded, seemingly lost in her own world.

“Bonnie also told me that she and Lucko want you to be Pony mother to their little foal.” Cinnamon added.

“I suppose I could.” Octavia replied. “After all, I would have an obligation to them as the new Don.”

The three of them then entered the house, as the carriage pulled away.

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Octavia sat with her father on a bench outside the house. While she smoked a cigarette, her father took another sip of his cider. The two sat quietly for a minute, before Don Colteone started speaking to Octavia.

“Silvinzi is going to set you up with someone that you trust, and then you’ll be assassinated at the meeting.” He told her.

“I know.” Octavia replied, blowing out smoke at the same time.

Don Colteone took a large sip of his cider, nearly empting the glass.

“I seem to enjoy drinking cider more than I used to.” The Don spoke.

“And I seem to have grown accustomed to smoking as well.” Octavia replied, blowing a smoke ring.

The two sat quietly once more, before Don Colteone turned to Octavia, a somber look on his face.

“Are you happy with your husband and little colt?” He asked Octavia.

“Yes, I’m happy.” Octavia replied, knocking off the ashes on the end of her cigarette.

“Silvinzi is a tricky one, and I was careless to have let him get away with so much in my time.” The Don rambled at first. “How is your son doing?”

“He’s been good.” Octavia replied.

“You know, he looks more like you every day.” The Don spoke.

“He’s been learning to read faster that I did at his age, and he’s already gotten his cutie mark too.” Octavia told her father.

“Be sure to monitor all your calls for the meeting.” The Don said on another tangent.

“I already have.” Octavia replied.

“Oh, that’s right. I forgot that you already did.” The Don spoke.

Octavia put out her cigarette, before turning to her father.

“What’s wrong father? I already told you that I’ll handle everything.” She told her father.

Don Colteone let out a sigh, before finishing his cider.

“I never wanted any of this for you Octavia. I had always hoped that you would grow up to be the famous musician that you strived to be, and not get mixed up in the family business. There’s not even enough time for you to reach your goals either.” The Don told his daughter.

“We’ll get there father. We’ll get there.” Octavia replied, placing a hoof on her father’s shoulder.

The Don then stood up, letting Octavia’s hoof fall.

“Whoever comes to you at the meeting is the traitor.” He spoke, before walking away.

Octavia sat quietly, as her father walked back inside the house. She then lit another cigarette, taking a long drag on it, before letting out a large cloud of smoke with her sigh.

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Several months later,

Don Colteone sat on a bench in the garden, while his grandson played in the small rows of wheat stalks before him. He took the knife he had with him, and cut another slice of one of the apples he had. When Octavia’s son got closer, the Don then called him over, before turning his back to him.

As the young colt got closer, the Don quickly spun back around on the bench, his hooves out wide. The apple slice he had just cut was in his mouth, and he seemed to have succeeded in scaring the colt. The young colt began to cry, and Don Colteone quickly apologized to him.

Now knowing that his grandfather just wanted to play, the young colt turned and ran back towards the wheat stalks. The Don got up from his seat, put the apple slice back in his mouth, and slowly trotted after his grandson, pretending to be a monster chasing him.

The two ran through the stalks for a few minutes, both enjoying themselves, until the Don began to cough, and the apple slice fell from his mouth. He stood there for a minute, his coughing and wheezing getting worse, until he finally collapsed to the ground. The young colt continued to run around, while the Don kept wheezing and twitching, before finally lying still on the ground, letting out one last breath.

The young colt then ran up to his grandfather, oblivious to what had just happened, and poked him in the stomach a couple times. Thinking that he was still playing with him, the colt turned and ran away, leaving his grandfather laying there on the ground.

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A week later,

Over 40 carriages traveled down the road, towards the Ponyville cemetery. As they each came to a stop outside the gates, several different ponies exited each one. Some of them held flowers, while others walked empty-hooved. Eventually, they all gathered around one casket on the hillside, where Octavia and her family were already sitting.

Octavia watched as one by one, ponies walked up to, and placed a rose on her father’s casket, saying a few words quietly to themselves each time. She even watched Silvinzi himself walk up, and place a rose on her father’s casket as well. She stared him down, but he just smiled at her, before walking away, and joining the other heads of the 5 families at the bottom of the hill. She watched as he shook the hooves of each of them, all with happy looks on their faces.

Keyzzio then approached Octavia, asking if he could speak with her.

“What is it Keyzzio?” Octavia asked.

“Silvinzi would like to have a meeting with you Octavia, to straighten things out.” Keyzzio told Octavia.

“Very well.” Octavia replied. “I’ll agree to the meeting, as long as we can hold it in your territory in Hooflyn.

Keyzzio nodded his head in agreement, before walking over to Silvinzi, to tell him of Octavia’s acceptance.

“Do you know how they’ll come at you?” Prim Raining asked, leaning her head in towards Octavia.

“Yes, I do.” Octavia replied.

“I always thought that it would be Jubileena that would turn on you.” Prim spoke.

“No, Keyzzio was always smarter.” Octavia spoke.

Prim sat there for a moment, thinking it over, before she realized that Octavia was probably right.

“I’m going to wait until after the baptism of Bonnie’s foal, before I become Pony Father.” Octavia told Prim. “Then I’ll meet with Don Silvinzi, Tarttaglia, and all the other heads of the 5 families.”

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The day of the baptism,

Octavia and Apple Cinnamon walked up to the altar, with Bonnie’s foal in Cinnamon’s hooves. Octavia then helped Cinnamon take the cap off the foal’s head, before the Priest began to speak. As the priest spoke, and began to perform the baptism, Octavia stood quietly, seeming to stare off into space.

Meanwhile, on opposite sides of Equestria, members of Octavia’s family prepared themselves for the deeds they were about to commit.

As part of the baptism, the Priest then spoke to Octavia.

“Octavia Melody, do you believe in Princess Celestia’s rule, and her everlasting sun?” The Priest asked.

“I do.” Octavia answered.

“Do you believe in Princess Luna’s rule, and her everlasting night?” The Priest asked.

“I do.” Octavia answered.

“Do you believe in Princess Cadence's rule, and her everlasting love?” The Priest asked.

“I do.” Octavia answered.

The Priest then continued the baptism, while the members of Octavia’s family got into position for their deeds.

Cabbie, a new member to the family, waited by his taxi, while Don Silvinzi and his bodyguard exited his office building in Manehattan.

A random family henchman sat and waited in the lobby of a Manehattan hotel.

Jubileena waited outside an elevator in another Manehattan hotel.

Emerald Green laid down for a massage in one of his casinos, unaware of an unknown assassin waiting outside.

The Priest then spoke to Octavia again, as another part of the baptism.

“Octavia, do you renounce the monstrosities of Tartarus?” The Priest asked.

At the same time of the Priest asking Octavia her question, the family members of the Colteone family carried out their deeds.

As Don Strawcci and his bodyguard exited the elevator in the Manehattan hotel, Jubileena gunned them both down with a shotgun.

“I do renounce them.” Octavia answered.

Just as Emerald Green was about to begin his massage, the unknown assassin entered the room and shot Emerald in the face.

“Do you renounce all of their activities?” The Priest asked.

The random family henchman got up from his seat in the other Manehattan hotel, just as Don Poneno entered a revolving door. The henchman blocked the door from moving further, thus trapping Don Poneno inside. The henchman then pulled out a revolver, and shot Don Poneno through the glass door.

“I do renounce them.” Octavia answered.

Blues kicked in the door of a hotel room in Filly Delphia, where he found Don Tarttaglia and a pleasure mare in bed. He then unloaded his machine gun on them, killing them both.

“And do you renounce all of their lies?” The Priest asked.

“I do renounce them.” Octavia answered.

As Don Silvinzi’s bodyguard approached the taxi, Cabbie pulled out a revolver and shot the bodyguard dead. He then turned to Don Silvinzi, whom began to run away, and shot him dead as well. A carriage then pulled up alongside Cabbie, and he quickly got inside, before the carriage sped away.

“Octavia Melody, would you be baptized?” The Priest asked.

“I will.” Octavia answered.

The Priest then poured water on the foal, while the bodies of the other heads of the 5 families, and Emerald Green, bled where they lie.

“Octavia Melody, go in peace, and may the sunshine of Princess Celestia light your way. Amen” The Priest told Octavia.

As Octavia exited the church, Lucko approached her to give her a message.

“Everything’s been done Octavia.”

“Good.” Octavia replied. “However, there’s been a change of plans Lucko.”

“What do you mean?” He asked.

“You’ll no longer be going to Las Pegasus with the family.” Octavia responded.

Lucko was about to ask why, but Octavia cut him off.

“Instead, I want you to return to the Colteone family home, and wait for my call.” Octavia told Lucko.

Lucko thought about questioning Octavia’s decision, but instead decided to listen to her. He then got in a carriage and left for the home.

Octavia in the meantime, kissed Apple Cinnamon, and her mother goodbye, before leaving herself.

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Back at the Colteone family home,

Keyzzio received a call from Octavia, informing him that the meeting with Octavia and Silvinzi was going to be taking place shortly, and that he needed to leave immediately. After hanging up the phone, Keyzzio spoke to Prim in the room with him, telling her about the results.

“I think Octavia’s going to get us a good deal Prim.” He told her.

“I would agree.” Prim answered Keyzzio.

The two of them then left the office and headed outside to the carriage waiting. Once outside, Keyzzio saw Lucko waiting with a few of the guards, before Lucko approached the two, and started talking to Prim.

“Octavia wants Keyzzio to travel ahead.” Lucko told Prim, looking at Keyzzio at the end.

Keyzzio took another look from Lucko to the waiting guards, and was quickly able to read the situation. He turned to Prim, to speak to her one last time.

“Tell Octavia that it was always business, and that I liked her.” Keyzzio told Prim. He then walked over to the guards, but turned to Prim again, giving a chuckle. “Don’t suppose you can get me off the hook for old time’s sake?” He asked.

“No.” Prim replied. She then walked back inside the house, and watched from the window, as Keyzzio got in the carriage and was taken away.

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Later that day,

Lucko started dialing a number from the kitchen phone in the Colteone family home. However, before he could even hear the sound of the phone calling, Octavia, Prim, and a guard walked into the room, and he quickly put the phone back on the receiver.

“You have to pay for Sunny, Lucko.” Octavia told him.

Lucko began to plead with Octavia, but she simply raised a hoof, silencing him.

“Take a seat.” Octavia told Lucko.

Lucko sat down in the nearest seat, and Octavia pulled up a chair next to him, before sitting down herself. Prim took a seat in a chair against the wall, as Octavia started speaking again.

“Silvinzi’s dead.” She told Lucko. “So is Wensley Tarttaglia, Emerald Green, Strawcci, and Poneno. Today I’m settling all family business, so don’t tell me that you’re innocent. Admit what you did.”

Lucko started began to cry, and Octavia told the guard to get Lucko a drink. Lucko continued to cry, as Octavia began to pat him on the back.

“Come on Lucko. Come on, do you think I would really make my sister a widow?” She told him. “I’m Pony mother to your foal Lucko.”

The guard then brought Lucko his drink, and Octavia told him to drink it. Lucko took a swig, and Octavia started talking again.

“You’re out of the family business Lucko, you’re finished. I’m putting you on a train to Las Pegasus.” Octavia told him. She then motioned towards Prim, and Prim gave her a train ticket, which she gave to Lucko. “I want you to stay there. Do you understand?”

Lucko nodded his head in acknowledgment, tears still in his eyes.

“Now don’t tell me that you’re innocent, because it only insults my intelligence, and it makes me very angry.” Octavia calmly told Lucko. “Now who approached you?” She asked him. “Tarttaglia or Silvinzi?”

Lucko looked around, before taking a deep breath, and answering Octavia.

“It was Silvinzi.” He told her.

Octavia and Lucko stared at each other in silence for a minute, before Octavia spoke.

“Good.” She said, before getting up from her seat. “There’s a carriage waiting outside to take you to the train station. I’ll call your wife, and tell her when the train leaves.”

Lucko stood up to try to plead with Octavia one last time, but just as he started speaking, Octavia cut him off.

“Now get out of my sight.” She told him.

Lucko then put on his hat and tie, and left the house. Outside, the guards were finishing putting the last of Lucko’s bags into the trunk of the carriage, and Lucko got inside as soon as they were done. Once he got himself seated, he looked behind him, and noticed Jubileena in the back seat.

“Hello Lucko.” She told him.

Lucko then turned back around, and was immediately strangled by Jubileena, as the carriage began to drive away.

Octavia, having just witnessed the entire scene, then got into her own carriage, and left the Colteone family home herself.

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One month later,

Moving ponies went back and forth from the Colteone family home, as they moved every last piece of furniture from the house. A carriage soon arrived at the home, and a very disgruntled Bonnie exited from the carriage. She quickly made her way inside, past the moving ponies, and started yelling for Octavia.

“Octavia! Octavia where are you!?”

Octavia walked out of the family office, and confronted the angry Bonnie.

“How could you!? How could you murder Lucko!? Was it because of the way he treated me, or was it because you thought he had something to do with Sunny’s death!? Huh!?” Bonnie yelled at her sister.

“Bonnie, please calm down.” Octavia tried to tell her sister.

“No! I hate you! I’m ashamed at everything that you’ve done! I never want to see you again!” Bonnie yelled at her sister once more, before running out of the house, tears in her eyes.

Apple Cinnamon then walked into the room, having just walked past Bonnie as she ran out.

“What was all that about Octavia?” He asked.

“Bonnie’s just being hysterical Cinnamon. Don’t pay her any mind.” She told him.

“Well, was any of it true?” He asked.

“Don’t ask me about my business Cinnamon.” Octavia replied.

“Is any of it true?” Cinnamon asked, more demanding.

“I said, don’t ask me about my business.” Octavia responded, more stern.

Apple Cinnamon took a step back, a defeated and confused look on his face. He turned his head away, causing Octavia to see his concern. Octavia let out a sigh, before she spoke to Cinnamon.

“Fine. I’ll let you ask me about my affairs just this ‘one’ time.” She told him.

“Is it true?” Cinnamon asked, a desperate look on his face.

“No.” Octavia told him, with slight smile to make him believe her.

Cinnamon let out a sigh of relief, as he gave Octavia a hug.

“I’m so glad to hear that Octavia.” He told her. “I’ll go get us some drinks.”

Cinnamon then walked over to a table across from the office door, where there were a couple of glasses and bottles of cider that hadn’t been put into the moving van yet. As he opened one of the bottles, and began to pour the cider into a glass, he looked over towards the office. Inside, he could see and hear Jubileena greet Octavia as “Don Colteone”, before kissing Octavia’s hoof. He also saw Cabbie and Blues standing next to them, bowing their heads as Jubileena kissed Octavia’s hoof.

A frown appeared on Cinnamon’s face, as he then saw Octavia look at him from inside the room, emotionless, only to then have his view blocked by Prim, whom proceeded to shut the door.

Author's Note

Wow, that took WAY longer than it should have, but it's finally done! Thank you all for reading, and following from Scene 1 to 10 if you did as well! I had a great time writing this, and I hope you all enjoyed reading it just as much. Sadly (or luckily for some I'm sure), I won't be doing a sequel or anything to this, as I feel that this was enough for itself. Either way, thank you again for reading, and I'll leave you with the references one last time!

Terms used, in order of use:
Pony mother= God mother
Hooflyn= Brooklyn
Pony father= Godfather
Tartarus= Hell
pleasure mare= prostitute

Ponies referenced, in order of appearance:
Octavia= Octavia Melody
Apple Cinnamon= Apple Cinnamon
Young colt= S04E15 Unnamed Earth Colt #2
Don Colteone= S04E08 Unnamed Earth Stallion #6
Don Silvinzi= Sterling Silver
Keyzzio= S04E08 Unnamed Earth Stallion #10
Prim Raining= S04E10 Unnamed Pegasus Mare #3
Priest= Golden Glory
Cabbie= Cabbie
Jubileena= Jubileena
Emerald Green= Emerald Green
Don Strawcci= Steel Wright
Don Poneno= Sir Pony Moore
Blues= S04E08 Unnamed Earth Stallion #3
Tarttaglia= Wensley
Lucko= S04E08 Unnamed Earth Stallion #1
Momma Colteone= S04E08 Unnamed Earth Mare #4
Bonnie= Bonnie