Author's Note

This one may actually be decent... Let's see, shall we? XD

Freedom

The scene comes to the canterlot royal gardens. In these gardens, there were many statues of many creatures. Some of them were even alive inside, or had died long ago, their forms not capable of surviving being stoned. The statue we were focusing on was the statue of what appeared to be a scared little girl with a shield that had a face in front of her.

“When will we be free, Kumu?” Betty questioned inside of their stone prison. “I mean, we only caused Sombra to fall… and a couple world wars… and got Sunbutts parents killed… where did we put those SOULs, anyway?”

“They’re under the old castle, Betty,” A neutral voice replied, being Akumu.

“Oh yeah,” Betty said with a mental nod. As the two were talking, they didn’t notice a tour group come.

“And what does this statue represent?” A purple pony with green eyes asked, her tail and mane being shades of a light pink.

“She looks terrified!” A random colt said.

“Very good,” The purple pony said. “You’re close. She is the child of fear”

“Well, it’s not inaccurate. It’s better than what some of these saps got stuck with.” Kumu commented.

“I know, I mean, the ‘pie lord’? Was she high?” Betty asked back. The two didn’t notice the group moving away, and the statue of their chaotic neighbor breaking.

“HEY. DISCORD. I HAVE A BET FOR YOU!” Betty shouted at the top of her mental voice.

“Oh, if it isn’t the little fear child,” Discord said, slithering over. “You caused quite the bit of chaos while you were free, so I’ll listen to your bet.”

“I bet the elements of harmony are used to beat you again. If they do beat you, set a spell on my statue that will free me and Akumu when it happens,” Betty challenged. The draconequus hummed in thought, before nodding and snapping his fingers on his lions paw.

Betty turned, mentally, to Akumu after he was gone. “I give him 24 hours.”

Twenty three hours, fifty nine minutes and fifty nine seconds later…

The two in their statue ticked down the final second as a explosion of rainbow came out from the town below. As the rainbow explosion neared them, there was a dark, chaotic bit in it. As soon as this part touched the statue, their own cracked pink light filling the air.

“YES!” Akumu said mentally, forming into his little orb self, floating around Betty excitedly.

“Still got it,” Betty said with a smirk. Akumu went up to her, nuzzling her cheek. “So, Kumu, you wanna make a scene before exiting the city?”

Akumu growled a little in hunger. “We barely survive being in there that long, we don’t have the energy to cause a ruckus,” He told her.

“I guess you’re right, but we need a SOUL before we leave.” Betty said, crossing her arms. They could go after a certain element of magics brother, but he was actually semi-competent as a guard, and they didn’t have the power to handle that. “I say we get a random guard or two on the way out,” Betty said.

As if summoned, two guards came on their patrol. Akumu went into a nearby bush, Betty following. When the guards got close, Betty launched out, summoning her single lance, impaling one guard through the barrel and making his SOUL, a yellow one, come out as he bled. Betty jerked it back, the other guard turning to see his comrade fall.

“Here Kumu, dinner time~” Betty said, Kumu taking the SOUL into himself. Betty speared the other guard that was too shocked to do anything, feeding that dark blue heart to Akumu shortly after.

“Let’s go, Celestia will recognise our handiwork.” Akumu said, worried they’d die too soon.

“You think you can turn into a parachute?” Betty asked. Akumu nodded, the little girl running to the nearest city edge, where Akumu shifted into a pink parachute. The alarms went off behind them, Betty jumping even as Akumu deployed himself, letting the two harmlessly glide down as a shield slammed shut behind them.

“You’ll never catch us alive!” Betty shouted, laughing as Akumu rolled his eyes. They already did, or did she forget the thousands of years as a statue? Soon, they landed below the mountain.

“Kumu, do we have anything in our inventory?” Betty asked as they landed. Akumu hummed, producing a metal amulet with a red center. “Well, it’s better than nothing…” Betty said as she put it on, the amulet glowing a bit. It tried to use it’s magic to take control, but Betty used a small amount of her Rhabdophobia to take control.

Not being in a hurry, she walked towards the Castle of Two Sisters.

Celestia POV

Celestia paced in the throne room. She was panicking. Discord was one thing, but he mostly did harmless pranks and such. Betty, on the other hand, took lives, and the things she called ‘souls’. Celestia doubted that they were really souls, but still, the prospect of her thinking they were made her all the worse in Celestias mind. Celestia still remembered when Betty took her parents souls.

Luna came then, Celestia looking to her sister. “Luna, Betty has escaped.” She said. The mares eyes widened as she shook. While Celestia was young when their parents died, Luna was more so, so it had hit her worse. She was afraid of facing the pink monstrosity. No, the pink demon.

A stallion came in then, in purple armour, a serious look on his face. His mane was shades of blue, strangely resembling patience and integrity, his eyes also patience. The stallion saluted the two. “Report, captain.” Celestia said.

“I’m sorry princess, but the child of fear is nowhere to be found. She-” The captain started.

“IT is not a person! You are to refer to IT as IT is.” Celestia shouted, temporarily losing her cool.

“S-s-sorry, princess, it must have escaped before the barrier could be lowered.” The captain said. Celestia calmed herself, grimacing. She hated humans, no thanks to Betty saying she was made by one. The sheer hatred in Celestia was worrying. If she ever found out how to use SOUl energy… there was no telling what would happen. Betty guarded that knowledge with a passion, as had the monsters, even going as far to never write anything down about it.

Betty had caused their downfall, and now, Celestia knew why… they were the only ones it believed could cause its downfall. Then, the mane six entered, making Celestia smile. She could win yet, and starve that… thing… into nonexistence.