Sabotage

"You never asked yourself if you deserved to survive. Maybe you don't."

                                  -Sharon "Athena" Agathon

        Lightspeed entered Ponyville as just another simple traveler. Nopony gave him a second glance; he was in his cloak again, after all.

        He went to the end if the line of petitioners. Over a couple hours, he finally made it to Celestia's throne room.

        "Hello, my little pony. What are you here for today?"

        "A simple matter of cat and mouse."

        He sent an energy ball at Celestia, who was caught completely off guard. She quickly recovered, to find that the small white unicorn  was actually an alicorn.

         "We can always settle this diplomatically if you want."

         Lightspeed didn't answer, he only took out two of his knives and prepared for Celestia's attack.

          "So, how's Luna?"

          "Oh, not bad. She seems to be mingling with the commoners pretty well."

          "It must've been so terrible to send her to the moon for a thousand years." He taunted.

          A calm, feminine voice sounded. "Now, that's not very nice!"

          A screen panel lowered into the room, showing a round core with a central, pink eye. "Don't worry, I'll take care of him." A panel that came from the granite floor suddenly raised like a catapult. It sent Lightspeed flying across the town.

          Tes gave Celestia a nod, then retracted the panel. "Interesting...MaC has control over the castle..."

***

          Lightspeed picked himself up from where he landed. At least something soft broke his fall. Looking down, he suddenly realized it was his mother.

           Lightning Dust looked up at him in shock. "...L..Lightspeed?"

           He frowned. Another wrench in his plans. Master wouldn't be happy.

           "Shut up, you old witch. Sending you to Tartarus would be merciful."

           "Wait, I'm sorry! Please, I was-"

           "Yes, you were too selfish to care for your own child." Lighspeed took out a knife, and got ready to slit her throat.

           "Hey!" A small pegasus, his coat neon blue and mane neon green, charged at Lightspeed. He only just flung him to the side.

           "Ah, Super Sonic, pleasure to meet you here. Such a long time since I last saw you."

          "Lightspeed, please! I was confused, sca-"

          "Oh, don't worry, I'm willing to put it all behind us. For peace...you monster."

          Celestia and Twilight teleported in. "Lightspeed, please, what you are doing is wrong!"

          "What, and she is right?"

          "She may not have the cleanest slate here, but you shouldn't make yours dirty over something as small as this."

         "Is that what you told Luna when she was Nightmare Moon? Well, whoop de bucking do, that worked out great!

           Luna suddenly appeared behind him and fire a spell. He was blown clear off his hooves, and sent into a wall. After the smoke cleared, he managed to pick himself up. Spots on his coat were burnt, and he was in a pretty bad state. So he did the only logical thing that came to mind.

          He lowered his horn and charged.

***

         "So. I expect you did well?" Lightspeed had been out in the dungeons of the castle, which he managed to hide his black communicator ball. It glowed red, and became more prominent with every syllable.

         "Well, master, I nearly managed to take the princesses down."

         "What happened?"

         "I got ass raped."

          The deep, booming laugh from the crystal made Lightspeed jump for a moment.

          "Alright, I'll send you a rescue team. Don't fail me next time!"

          "Thank you, master."

          "Don't thank me. Impress me!"

***

            The three princesses sat around a planning table. "I looked over his history. It appears that he has an abusive childhood, and is unimpressed with our rule."

            Twilight raised a hoof. "Um, there's reports of an abusive grandmother in the outskirts of Ponyville...we could test him, you know, place two guards who talk about it and see what he does. And make sure he escapes...?"

            "I like that....Storm Stride, Gustav!" Two white unicorn guards clad in gleaming golden armor walked over and saluted. "I have a mission for you two..."

***

              Storm and Gustav walked into the dungeons, then threw two ponies into the cell with Lightspeed.

               "You the rescue squad?"

               "Um, yes, sir..."

                Lightspeed put a hoof under his chin. "Well. Good job."

                The guards stood at attention, making sure they wouldn't get out. They began to talk about random things, which Lighspeed didn't pay attention to.

               "Master won't be happy with you two. If you can get me out, I'll bail you out."

               The two ponies nodded.

               Meanwhile, the guard's conversation turned to the poor kid and his life.

               Lightspeed began to eavesdrop, listening to tidbits of information, like which house, the colt's name, etc. Realizing he could clonk their heads, he reached out, then slammed them together. Their armor caved in.

              He quickly picked the lock, took off his anti-magic horn ring, then, sneaky as a cat, he escaped into the sunlight. He teleported to the house, then snuck in.

              The grandmother was somehow in health good enough to beat the little unicorn colt. He was black, with wispy bits of blue, red, and brown, like a nebula, and his coat had little areas that reflected white light, like glitter. He was on the wooden floor, crying.

             Lightspeed teleported the colt away to his bedroom, then knocked out the old mare. He then ground a hoof into her neck, suffocating her.

             He found the colt in his bed, sleeping. He quickly put him on his back, which woke him. He offered the scared child a warm smile.

             "What's your name?"

             "Starhound. What's yours?"

             "Lightspeed."

             The two walked to the adoption center across town.

             "Granny says that your a bad pony."

              "No, I'm not bad. You see, your grandmother beats you for no reason."

              "She says I'm a bad colt."

              "No...she's wrong. You see, Celestia doesn't care about colts that get beaten. I was one of the victims of this terrible crime. Master is going to change that, so that we can have better lives."

             "Can I call you daddy?"

             Lightspeed tensed up at this. Finally deciding, he said, "Yes. Yes you can."