Lucifer's Mercy

Chapter Three

Dead End

Personal log, March 24, 2017

Been a while since my last log entry hasn't it? I guess I've been a little… preoccupied lately. This mare, her name is Twilight Sparkle. She has to be the greatest thing that had happened to me. We're just so… good together. I mean, we haven't even kissed yet but that's the weird thing, I don't even care. In fact, I think I'm finally over the whole weather patrol fiasco now that I'm working at the library with Twilight. Speaking of that, Twilight said that we were supposed to close up the library early tonight. What does that filly have planned tonight? Gosh, just thinking about her excites me to no end! Is this what love is?

-End of log entry

It was around seven PM when Twilight put up the closed sign and locked the front door. "We have the whole place to ourselves. Here," Twilight said holding out her hoof, "Follow me, I have something I want to show you."

I followed her down to the basement. As I entered, I was surprised to see that the room was nearly pitch black. The only light came from a candle lit table holding a silver platter and two wine glasses containing punch. "Not to sound unmanly or anything but… this is beautiful."

"But wait, there's more." Twilight said as she walked over to the table and removed the lid from the platter. By doing this, she revealed something amazing. "I know how much you love green apples so I made this."

It was a gourmet green apple pie with cinnamon chips on the side. "Aww, you're so… thoughtful."

"Well we don't have to sit here and admire it all day, let's dig in." Twilight stated as she started towards her chair.

"Ah." I said stopping her. "Allow me." It was then that I pulled her chair out.

Twilight sat down before saying, "You certainly are the gentlepony aren't you?" in a sweet voice.

"Only if you want me to be."

"Huh?"

"Um…" I said stalling. "Say this food sure does look good."

"Why thank you, chasey wasey." said Twilight taking her first bite.

It was then that I decided to take my first bite as well. "Oh my gosh! This is delectable!"

"You know I've never met a stallion so generous with his compliments before."

"I then stared her in the eyes before saying, "If it weren't so easy…"

Then something happened that not even I could explain. We both leaned into kiss simultaneously. I mean it wasn't even on my mind at the time, or was it? I actually can't really remember what my thoughts were at that moment. I guess that's what love can do to a stallion. Anyways, that's when it all started. Right before our lips met, Twilight accidentally knocked her punch glass off the table. And knowing my stupid, stupid Pegasus reflexes, I caught it. Not with my hooves. Not even with a body part at all. I caught it with magic right in front of Twilight. She looked appalled. When I realized what I'd done, I immediately released the glass. As it shattered against the stone cold ground, so did our love.

"Oh my god! What are you!"Twilight shrieked.

"P-please… j-just let me explain!" I shouted hoping she would understand.

"You're… wrong! Get out! Just go!"

"Fine." I said shutting my eyes in remorse. I hesitated for a moment before having a faint aura surround my entire body before physically teleporting back to my house. I felt dead inside. Upon rematerializing in my home, the first thing that caught my eye was the monitor on my computer which softly illuminated the dark room. I approached it and observed my most recent log entry I had recorded just before I left for the library. I listened to it. It caused me so much sorrow. But then I noticed the part about how I had gotten over my dream job. Just the thought that one single mistake could cause me so much pain, made me want to kill myself. I started a new one.

Personal log, March 24, 2017

I remember… when I decided to settle here, I wanted to log my progress here so I could possibly note certain events that led to my new, happy life. I realize now… that I no longer need that anymore. What's the point of living when nopony wants to even go so far as to date a freak like me?

-End of log entry

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Personal log, March 25, 2017

Well I’ve slept on it and I’ve made my decision. Triton, you’re my brother and I love you more than anything. I believe that even with me gone, you’ll magic skills will still improve just as well. And Twilight, I know we didn’t know each other long, but I could tell that you were the right pony for me. I didn’t ask for my curiosity. It just led me to become the monster I am now. But I think I’ve shown, I can’t keep my powers a secret forever. This is Sky Chaser… signing off.
-End of log entry

Suicide victims… they always puzzled me. I mean, I understand what they’re getting at. They don’t agree with society, so they leave. But why kill yourself… when you could kill society? That’s how I always saw it. That’s why now, I have a plan. The thing is with Unicorns is, well… some scientist years ago actually bio engineered them with certain restrictions. And for good reason too. I mean, could you imagine every Unicorn running around with unlimited power? Okay so this is how the telepathic communication with the nano bots works. The horn on a Unicorn’s forehead acts as both an amplifier and a filter. Now if you’re somepony like me, you don’t need an amplifier. This also means, I can do so much more with these bots than any Unicorn can dream of. Including far better range. So now that you know how overpowered I was, let’s continue with my life.
It was noon, and I decided that there was still one thing that could possibly snap me out of my insanity. I still wanted my dream job. Once landing upon the cloud that was, ever so gracefully, suspending city hall, I took one last look at the… felicitous little Pegasi flying around. Probably thinking about how awesome life was to them. Or maybe the loving families they had waiting for them at home. God dammit! How could life be so unfair?! *Sigh* well anyway, I walked in, very calmly I might add, and what do you know? That same sweet little secretary was working at her desk. I approached her. “Excuse me miss?” I said.
The secretary then looked up at me before saying, “How may I help you dear?”
“Yes um… I was in here a month or two ago and… I spoke to some guy about weather patrol and-”
“I’m sorry sir, but every interview here is final. I’m sure if you were not accepted, Mr. Fall had a good reason.” she said interrupting me.
“Mr. Fall! Is he that big guy?”
“Um… well I guess he’s sort of large.”
“And I’m guessing he’s the one in charge of the interviews?”
“Yes dear, he is.”
“Well, if you would please just let me see him-”
“Sir, he’s with somepony right now. But I guess if you can catch him after that…”
“Thanks ma’am.” I said right before sitting down in one of the chairs in the lobby to wait. Around fifteen minutes later, I heard a door open followed by a deep, familiar voice saying, “We look forward to having you on duty on Monday.”
Now I must say, not a good start on his part. I immediately stood up and started down the hall. When I passed the new weather patrol stallion, I noticed that his cutie mark was a book. A fuckin’ book! I mean… fuck! Well anyhoo, I trotted right into the office, making as much noise with my hooves as I could to get the dude’s attention. “Ahem!” I also added.
“Yeah, what is it?” he said before looking up at me. “Wait a second, I know you! You’re that guy who trashed my office! Don’t you know how to take ‘get the fuck out of my office’ for an answer?”
I looked him in the eye before saying, “Oh right, um… you see… I came down here to see if you could reconsider letting me be a part of weather patrol.”
“Look, you look like a nice kid, but this is the real world. Weather patrol just can’t afford screw ups like you.”
“But sir, I won’t-”
“Look kid! There’s no place for you here! If you can’t accept that then you should probably just go home and kill yourself!”
After Mr. Fall had said that, I prepared my response. “Hmm… you’re probably right. I guess I’ll just be getting out of your mane then.” I said as I began to walk out. I suddenly stopped at the door. “Oh and one more thing, this one is your fault!” I slammed the door shut right before closing my eyes and intensely concentrating on an object outside Cloudsdale city hall. Mr. Fall looked as if he was about to rip me to shreds, but then without warning, harsh screams were heard in the distance.
Mr. Falls anger immediately defused. “What the hell is-”
I put up my hoof up to silence him before saying, “hold on… wait for it.” Seconds later, there was an earth shattering crash.
Mr. Fall’s eyes widened. “W-what was that?!” he said with a dire look.
“That… was the stadium.” I replied ominously.
“But, but how did-”
“Um… hello? It’s called overloading the nano bots that make up these clouds.” Mr. Fall then gave me a slightly confused look. “What? You didn’t think that water vapor could actually support entire buildings, or are you really that idiotic?”
“H-holy Celestia! Yo-you’re a mad man!” Mr. Fall uttered still scared out of his wits.
“I’m the mad man?! You dare call me mad?! I’m not even the one sprinting around the office screaming my fucking lungs off!”
“W, w-” Mr. Fall barely got out before his mane went up in flames. He shrieked in pain as the heat of the flame seared the top of his head.
“Holy shit! That actually worked!” I said with a chuckle. I suddenly shot Mr. Fall an evil glair. “Oh and by the way Mr. Fall…” I grabbed a pair of scissors from the desk. “Fuck your weather patrol!” I shouted just before I stuck the sharp tool through his wind pipe. Then abruptly, there was a voice coming from the other side of the door.
“Mr. Fall! Come quick! Cloudsdale stadium just-” the secretary shouted just to be cut short after witnessing Mr. Fall’s freshly burned corpse.
“Um… this is exactly what it looks like.” I said sort of awkwardly. The secretary then had a look of pure terror creep upon her face before running off shouting, “Murder!”
“Bloody hell…” I uttered to myself as I began my return to the lobby. To nopony’s surprise, it was deserted.
And that my friends, is how you resolve all your problems. But that was just one of them you see. Now that I had silenced the pony that destroyed my career, I still had one more issue. My life was a problem. So I pondered for about half a second before realizing who my true enemies were. You know, the duo that hangs around the castle all day doing… Celestia knows what! See what I did there… anyways, I knew what my next step was. I sped through the doors of city hall. But as soon as my eyes came into adjust to the light of day, I instantly got this feeling. It came when I realized how evil I actually was. Off in the distance, where the stadium used to be, a crowd of Pegasi lurked. I watched them. Some trying to make sense of what had just occurred and a few on squirming around on their bellies, sobbing over, what I suspect to be, losses. I couldn’t believe what I had become. And I couldn’t have been more proud of myself.
“Halt!” shouted a voice I couldn’t pin point the location of. Suddenly, from beneath the clouds, two of Celestia’s royal Pegasus guards, armed with spears, shot up and landed in front of me.
“Damn that secretary!” I uttered angrily to myself.
“Go peacefully or we will be authorized to kill you!”
As they began their approach, I screamed, “Stay back! Or I’ll-” They then charged my direction. Without thinking, I closed my eyes again. This time, there was an extremely large burst of light originating from the cloud below our hooves. Suddenly, I found myself, along with the building and other guards, hurdling towards the ground. Luckily, I managed to swoop my way under the building and regain my lift. But at that moment, something much unexpected happened. When the guards re-established flight, I realized the trajectory of the building. The Books and Branches Library. When I realized what was going to happen, I tried to stop the building from crashing down upon it, but those royal pain in the asses just kept trying to grab hold of me. I began a new course towards the castle to get away. I cringed at the sound of the two buildings colliding and muffled screams.