Author's Note

STUFF THINGS AND REASONS

Things get worse...

Celestia was fuming, not understanding why it had left. “Heh, looks like the tree honored it’s end of the bargain.” Another apparition said as it appeared next to Celestia. Already furious and worn from getting here, Celestia just blasted it, before teleporting the group away, not noticing a little metal bug hiding under her mane.

Back with the fear ‘twins’...

“So, how to make you even better…” Betty mumbled to a timberwolf. She thought of many things, like poison joke, but that’d just mess them up more than it’d help. She also had an idea for more designs of them, maybe a dragon, though didn’t know how to accomplish that, since it’d likely take a lot of magic and wood that big doesn’t really have the most bending capabilities.

“How about golems and rhinos?” Akumu suggested. Betty hummed thoughtfully.

“And make pack-leaders sentient?” Betty asked. Akumu shrugged, then they could have the pack leaders control the pack and get better over time. Betty poured magic into a pack, and something strange happened. They turned into small little tree-people with big heads and a circular hole that protruded out of their face a couple inches, with leaves for hair or hats.

Some of the magic trailed to other packs, making rhinos and golems, with a bigger variant for the leaders. “We should turn Celestia into a deku-scrub,” Akumu suddenly said with a smirk.

“Why make her something that’s marginally useful?” Betty asked the pink boy.

“Because then Gaia can control her like a puppet since she’ll be a plant.” Akumu replied with a evil smile. Betty’s eyes went wide.

“That’s brilliant!” Betty exclaimed, vanishing to go and make the mask. It’d take a little time to re-fit it for a pony afterall. Akumu went to give the everfree the same effect as the lost woods in LOZ, maybe, if it didn’t work, the mask that is, they could have her get lost in this and turn into a skeleton.

Akumu suddenly felt really drained. Tired, he teleported home with a little energy, falling onto his bed. He fell asleep, the mommy-chamber silently coming in, tucking him in, and leaving. As the mommy-chamber-android left, it ran into Betty. Betty fell on her booty.

“Oh, sorry dear,” Mommy-chamber said, picking her up.

“I think I made a breakthrough with the mask I wanna show Akumu!” Betty said excitedly.

“He’s sleeping dear, maybe later,” MCA said, patting her head.

“We just got up a few hours ago… why is he so tired?” Betty asked with confusion and worry in her voice.

“I don’t know, sweetie. You’ll need to ask him when he wakes up,” MCA replied with a shrug. Betty nodded, going off to make more stuff.

PONY Pov…

Celestia paced back and forth. She and her sister, along with the mane six, were stationed in Phillydelphia at the moment, in a mansion of hers. She was awaiting the response of the rulers of the other nations. The letters soon came in, telling her of their cooperation. Smiling at this, she started making battle plans and preparations.

“You think your little gods can beat me? I haven’t even begun to try, and that clone was a mere fraction of my power. They will fall, just like your parents~” Betty cooed to the mare, making Celestia shout in anger and blast the bug.

With Luna, in her room, she was trying to get some sleep before she had to patrol the dreamscape. A bug flew in, projecting Betty’s image “You know, it’s funny you two can defeat me. Harmony itself has abandoned you, and you needed it last time to defeat me.” The image said, startling Luna awake. “I mean, maybe if you and the mane six worked together, but you have no idea what I can do.” Betty continued with a shrug.

“We will defeat you, and your evil creature!” Luna shouted at Betty.

“I’m evil? I only survived, last time. You are the ones that kept attacking me and Kumu.” Betty replied, crossing her arms. “Besides, you just sacrificed thousands of SOULs for power. I only do so to live, not to get stronger.”

Fluttershy, who’d been about to come talk to Luna, heard this. This horrified her. Was all of this true? From the sound of it, it was. Did she really just participate in the murder of ten thousand ponies just to kill two things trying to survive?

“So what if we did? If we needed to, we’d do it again!” Luna exclaimed.

“Yeah. You sold ten thousand SOULs to a void dweller for them to torment. Thats what the dwellers do. They torment people. Just look at me and Kumu.” Betty said with a sigh. “We were taken by one, look at us now.”

Fluttershy quickly flew away to tell the others about this. When she found and told them, the reactions were… varied. Twilight denied it, not believing what she perceived to be lies. Rainbow was horrified and questioned her loyalty. Applejack were right beside her, vomiting into a random trash can. PinkiePie had a flat mane and was crying. Rarity had already passed out.

Pinkie is the first one to talk after hearing that. “H-how could t-they?” She questioned.

“It’s gotta be an illusion or lie! There’s no way the Princess would do something like this!” Twilight said, vehemently denying it.

“I-is this t-the kinda tyrant we’ve been living under?” She asked, looking around the room.

Applejack spoke then. “I-i don’t rightly k-know, Rainbow Dash,” Applejack said with a frown on her muzzle.

Celestia trotted in then. “Of course not, my little ponies,” She said with her most charming smile, standing behind Twilight. “I’d never do that…” The white mare added, horn charging.

Acting quickly, a bug appeared, zapping her horn and causing her spell to fritz. Betty’s hologram appeared. “Run, she was about to betray you all!” She shouted, the mane six swiftly galloping away. Betty turned to her and smirked. “Well m-” Was all she got out before she was blasted. It got glazed, but lived.

“H-h-he n-n-neeed to m-make this better,” Betty said, her hologram flickering, before it self destructed.

Knowing this was a huge risk, Twilight teleported the six back home. She knew spreading the word would be useless, the others needed hard evidence she didn’t have the control to provide, so the six made stories up to their loved ones, except Twilight who took spike with her, and they ran into the everfree, looking for Betty so that they may remain safe.

A deku scrub appeared then. “Hello, I shall be taking you to the heralds,” It said in a small squeaky voice, leading them away.

With Bitchlestia…

Celestia screamed and ranted. “DAMN THAT THING, IT RUINS EVERYTHING!” She shouted, Luna in the background, cowering a little bit on the inside. As her mane lit aflame, she felt something on her. Not caring what it was, she crushed it in her aura. She hears a spark, before she carelessly tossed it away.

She saw it was one of Bettys little bugs, and that only made her more furious, her hair and tail igniting into blue fire. “That… that… little thing, was SPYING ON ME!” She shouted, stomping her hoof, causing a small earthquake. It caused a bit of damage, but wasn’t that big, and thankfully no one died this time… this time. “Luna, go into that things dream, find out where they are.” She ordered. Luna shook fearfully at this, dreading the thought of entering Bettys mind, and questioning her sister. It seems Celestia had lost it while she was away.

Luna went to bed, closing her eyes and heading into the dreamscape for what she feared would be the final time.