Day eight, Palace of the Supreme Justice

The courtroom was packed. Darren Jr once again took the stand. But Fredrick wasn't there. Everyone was waiting. Then, about seven minutes later, Fredrick came into the room with a look of renewed confidence. He put his folder on the podium, opened it up, and spoke

"From the very beginning, you regarded the elimination of the natives from the economic life of the new colony as under your jurisdiction, did you not?"

"Yes. The elimination from economic life, that is partly correct. Large industries, also armament industries under unter lebensformen directors."

"Was that the first of your legal measures against the natives?"

"l believe removal from office was first, in the spring of 2120."

"Then, in the same time period, you personally drafted an act making it punishable by death to transfer property abroad?"

"That is correct."

"And another that all damage caused to native property by the initial native purge of 2120 must be repaired by the natives at their own expense with their insurance claims forfeited to the new state."

"l did sign a similar law. Whether it was exactly the same, l..."

"And did you not say about that purge, l show you this transcript. Did you not say 'I wish you had killed 200 unter lebensformen instead of destroying such valuables?'"

"That was said in a moment of bad temper and extreme excitement."

"Spontaneous sincerity in other words."

"Did you not also personally sign a decree in early April, 2120, ordering the seizure of all remaining property in the inner parts of Equestria?"

"l assume so, if the decree is there."

"And another, which provided that the natives receive no compensation for damages caused by enemy attacks or by GAAP forces?"

"If the law bear's my name, then it must be so."

Fredrick went up to Jr and hand him a piece of paper

"Is this your signature?"

"It appears to be."

"Is it or is it not your signature?"

"It-- It is."

Fredrick began walking from Darren Jr and began to speak

"Your signature on a decree that was written, dated July, 2120, asking Thompson, Bernard, and the SF to make plans for the "Grand Answer" of the unter lebensformen question."

"That is not a proper translation! I said "overall answer" not the Grand Answer!"

"These are your words to Thompson: 'l charge you to send me before long an overall plan concerning the organizational, factual, and material measures necessary for the desired answer of the unter lebensformen question.' ls that an accurate translation on what is written in this order from you to Bernard and Thompson?"

"That had to do with the relocation and emigration of the unter lebensformen."

"And you ordered all other government agencies to cooperate with the Special Force's in the over all answer of the unter lebensformen question, did you not?"

"There's nothing in there about the Special Force's."

"This document states you personally ordered all government agencies to cooperate with the SF. You sent this letter to MTSS Obergruppenführer Bernard!"

"That doesn't mean that the Special Forces had anything to do with the solution to the unter lebensformen question."

Everyone began to whisper about how Darren Jr seemed to be losing his confidence at this new information. The defendants looked at Jr with surprise. Darren Jr began to speak

"I must say this clearly: I didn't know about the extermination process that occurred until later on during the war. I ordered the cessation of extermination, saying that the camp was built to hold the natives until they could be moved. And I will say, that in my opinion, I did everything I could to save the unter lebensformen."

Everyone in the courtroom was disgusted by the lie Jr made. Fredrick then began to speak.

"Witness, there is evidence in this court that nearly sixty-six million natives were exterminated. Murdered in cold blood, you mean to say that you did not know what was going on until later in the war and that you tried to stop it?"

"Yes sir."

Everyone was shocked about how many lives were lost.

"Sixty-Six million? That's how many lives were lost?" Daniel Jr whispered to his dad

"Yes son, about 4/12th's of the entire population of Equestria, all gone within an entire year alone. I don't know how Darren Jr could exterminate that many within just a year. Then again, he used whatever methods and tools he had at his disposal to kill that many," Sr said

"Do you know that SNU President Thompson said in a recorded meeting that took place about a month after the Manehattan Conference, I read you his words, quote: 'The Minister of Colonization declares that an order from Darren Jr states that the unter lebensformen should be exterminated or taken to the concentration camp. There is no possibility of any other option on how to handle the unter lebensformen question.'"

Fredrick looked at Jr, then pointed to Thompson and Gibson, yet never taking his eyes off Jr as he spoke

"The Minister of Colonization, Gibson, talked with Thompson about extermination. And you were above Gibson and Thompson! You were the mastermind of the invasion! You were in charge of establishing the SNU! So you knew all about the gold wedding rings, the gold teeth, and the gold eyeglasses that the victims left behind. And you also knew about the murders that were happening in the camp and of the horrific science experiments that were occurring! And you have heard that it took five extra minutes to kill the prisoners because they had to cut their fur off to be used in making fur coats! And nothing was told to you about this material that came from these innocent souls that had been murdered?"

"No! No. How can you say such slanderous things? l was laying down the broad outlines of the new colony."

"The witness is excused," Fredrick said as he began to head back to his table, while Jr protested

"I am not finished!"

"The witness is excused," Wil said

"I am not finished!" Jr tried to protest, but he was silenced by the gravel banging

"The witness is excused."

Fredrick went to his table with his group and sat down, receiving praise from them. Daniel Jr looked at Sr.

"What's gotten into Fredrick? I've never seen him have so much confidence."

"He told me that he wanted to resign as Chief Prosecutor of the Trial. I told him that if he did, then Darren Jr would win and that justice would be delayed for a long time. Guess that boosted his confidence," Sr said as he looked at Darren Jr, who had a look of shame and humiliation.

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Day 8 of Trial, night, MMSC

Henry went into the cell of Mike Bulford. He then sat down on the bed and asked Bulford:

"l would like to understand how a man like you, a man of your background, could have drafted an instrument like the Anti-Commando Order. Allied soldiers found behind enemy lines were shot rather than captured? Or the Disappearance Decree: suspected Resistance members were arrested in the middle of the night and secretly murdered. Because of you."

Mike looked at Henry with a hint of sadness

"I know, and I am dying of shame."

"Don't you think that it's time to admit that to the rest of the world?"

Bulford looked at Henry

"I guess I should."

Henry got up and went to Jack Will's cell.

"You were signing orders that broke every known laws. How could you not question what you were doing?"

"Does a lieutenant say to his captain, 'Just a minute, sir, l have to consult the Hague and Geneva Conventions to see if l am allowed to carry out your orders?' lf we had disobeyed, we would have been arrested. Rightly so."

"You realize that without the support of his generals, Mr. Will, Darren Jr could not have waged war."

"lt is a soldier's duty to obey orders. That is a code l have lived by all my life."

"And that code extends to the people who ran the death camp?"

Will had nothing to say. Henry sighed.

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On the Balcony of the Penthouse, night, day 8 of trial

Daniel Sr was looking out into the night sky as he pondered about something that bothered him. Daniel Jr came up to the balcony and looked at Sr

"Father? Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine, just lost in thought."

"About what dad?"

"It's just, I'm shocked that Glenda's no longer one of a kind."

"I know. I was surprised too when I heard about it."

"Where are they? I mean, how is Glenda going to feel now that she's no longer the only one of her kind? But most importantly, why would Darren Jr ask for that experiment to be carried out, I thought that he promoted human supremacy. I mean, remember when we fought Jr before the war ended? The way he looked at Glenda and the way he said things about her being a perversion of a human. Yet why did he ask for an experiment on hybrids to be carried out?"

"I don't know father. From the testimony of the docter who was involved in the experiment, seems like Jr is contradicting his belief of human supremacy if he wanted to known about cross-breeding."

"I guess. By the way, have you seen Glenda?"

"No. I'm guessing she's with Gilda back at Canterlot."

"Maybe. I'll talk with Gilda tommorow. For now, I just want to get some rest and clear my head out."

"I'm with ya dad," Jr said, as he and his father went to their respective room's to rest. Unaware to them however was that Glenda wasn't with her mother, she was actually at the Security Center, with a friend of hers.

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MMSC, night, an hour later

Glenda and her friend, a griffon named Gena, were at the prison. Glenda wanted to talk to some of the prisoners, but she mainly wanted to see her many greats granduncle and talk to him. Gena was a bit apprehensive.

"I don't know about this Glenda. What if he doesn't want to talk to you?"

"I don't care, I want to talk to him."

"But don't you hate him? I mean, you know he's responsible for starting the war and he tried to kill you, your stepbrother, and your father."

"Even so, I still think of him as family. He might have tried to harm me, but I think there is a deeper reason about why he did what he did."

Gena sighed, she wasn't going to be able to change Glenda's mind. They soon went into the area where the prisoners were. There were guards at the doors of every cell where the prisoners were. They soon went up to the cell where Ivan was. Glenda showed the guard a piece of paper that was "signed" by Darren Sr himself that would allow her to visit the inmates. The guard checked the paper and opened the door, allowing Glenda and Gena to enter the room. Ivan looked at them with surprise.

"Ah, you must be Daniel Sr's daughter," Ivan said

"Yes, I am. I like to ask you something."

"What would that be?"

"What was my many greats granduncle Darren Jr like?"

Ivan looked surprised, then he sighed

"I never knew Darren Jr on a personal level, but from what I can tell, he's stern, biased, serious, and harsh. Whenever someone disagrees with him, he flies into a massive rage, telling them that he's the next president and that he should be treated with respect."

"I see. Thanks for telling me Ivan," Glenda said

"No problem."

Glenda and Gena soon went to the next cell, which housed Jack Wilhelm. They went in. Jack looked at the two with disgust and curiosity.

"What are you two doing here?"

"I want to know more about Darren Jr."

"Why?"

"Because I know that deep down, Darren Jr is a good person."

"Yeah, well based on how the world views him, he's a hated man."

"Even so, I want to know more about him, about his personal life."

"Well tough luck, I wasn't there when he was young. I've been with him for the last twenty years, as his personal secretary and he has been wanting to expand the human master species beyond our system, until your father had to get in the way of that."

"Well I'm sorry, but this planet was already full of life, thus he had no right to try to wipe us out."

"Yeah, life that was backwards and not even technologically superior, more like early twenty-first century technology."

Glenda sighed. It was clear that Jack wasn't going to discuss anything more, so she and Gena left the cell. They talked with a few more prisoners until they reached the cell that held Darren Jr. Glenda was nervous.

"It's not too late to turn back now," Gena said

"I have to do this, for me," Glenda said, as the door was opened and she and Gena went inside. Darren Jr was sitting on his bed with a scowl on his face, and when he looked at Glenda, he had a look of disgust on his face

"What the hell are you doing here you freak? Come here to gloat at my eventual fate?"

Glenda looked at Darren Jr, he looked humiliated and defeated. She felt sorrow for her many greats granduncle.

"Jr, I know you hate me for what I am, but even so, I'm still a member of this family."

"Didn't you hear me, I said you'll never be a part of the family, got it?"

"Jr, why did you change? From what dad told me, you were a sweet and kind boy until you were ten years old. What happened when you were ten years old?"

"I ain't telling you, it's my business."

Glenda then sat down next to Jr and put her claw on his hand

"Please, tell me Jr, we're family," Glenda said, before she suddenly let out a small cry as her eyes glowed white and she felt something enter her mind. It lasted for ten seconds before she reverted back to normal. She looked at Jr with sadness.

"So that's why."

Jr was a bit freaked out about what just happened. Gena soon put a claw on Glenda's shoulder.

"We should go now."

Glenda looked at Jr one last time, sighed, and left him alone. She and Gena left the cell, left the Security Center, and took off for their respected destinations. Along the way, Gena decided to ask Glenda about what happened.

"Glenda, what happened? What did you do?"

Glenda looked at Gena with sadness, but with a look of closure and consolation.

"He isn't evil, I always knew he wasn't."

Gena decided not ask anymore questions. They soon reached the penthouse where Glenda was staying at. Glenda landed on the balcony while Gena landed on the edge.

"So what are your going to do now Glenda?"

"I'll figure something out. Goodnight Gena," Glenda said, as she went inside the penthouse. Gena left the balcony to head home, but along the way, one thought kept entering her head:

"I can't believe it! Glenda actually has her own cutie mark!"

No one noticed it, not even Glenda, except for Gena. On both sides of Glenda's flank was a cutie mark: two griffon claws gently offering their claws. This mark represented her special talent: to be compassionate with other species.

Author's Note

So that's that in this chapter. Fredrick gets his revenge and humiliated Darren Jr in court. Glenda talks with Darren Jr and gets an answer. And a cutie mark too! I actually planned on Glenda having a cutie mark since her debut due to reading about two stories where a certain griffon (no, not Gilda) had gotten her cutie in a way, I just haven't figured out what Glenda's cutie mark would be or her special talent. Hope you all have a great day.