Rotten To The Core

Once upon a time, long long time ago, well, more like twenty years ago, Celestia married her Draconequus in front of thousands of personal friends, big cakes & stuff. So instead of honeymoon, Draconequus united all the Kingdoms he could & got himself elected the King of the United Nation of Equestria. He rounded up all the villains & sidekicks, some of the very threatful ones & booted them off to the Isle of the Wicked & created a magical barrier to keep them there. This is my place; no magic, no wifi, no way out. Or so I had thought. But hang on, you’re about to meet me & my gang. But first this happened.

A young man, almost 16, was looking out a window towards the Isle of the Wicked while a tailor was taking measurements of his body. He was still looking out the window, daydreaming maybe, when the tailor said “Head.” indicating that he should keep his head straight. He then took the measurement of the size of his head.

“How is it possible that you are going to be crowned as King next month? You are still a baby!” said the King of the United Nation of Equestria, approaching the room with his wife & Queen, Celestia.

“He is turning sixteen, dear.” Queen Celestia said with a giggle.

“Hey Pops!” The Prince greeted his father.

“Sixteen? That’s far too young to be crowned King! I didn’t make a good decision until I met your mother!” King Discord said which was received by a groan from his wife.

“The only decision you made after meeting me was to marry me…” Queen Celestia said reminding him.

“Well, not unless I had a good decision to prank you a bit!” King Discord said with a wink which Queen Celestia responded with a stare. “Kidding!” King Discord said at last to which the Prince gave a hearty laugh.

“Mom, Dad” The Prince started as he made his way towards them but was stopped by the tailor who was measuring the size of his foot. So, he came back to his original position & said “I have chosen my first official proclamation.” Hearing this, the King & Queen exchanged a smile.

“I have decided that the children on the Isle of the Wicked be given a chance… to live here in Equestria.” Hearing this, Queen Celestia let out a gasp & the clothes in her hand fell down.
“Everytime I look out to the Isle of the Wicked, I feel that they are abandoned” The Prince says, moving towards his parents completely forgetting about the tailor. The tailor, exhausted by telling the Prince to stay in a position, gives up.

“The children of our sworn enemies, living among us?” The King asked, just to be sure if his son meant otherwise.

“I sought out with a few at first : the ones that need our help the most. I’ve already chosen.” The Prince says with a smile.

“Have you, now?” The King said as he moved towards his son. Queen Celestia, listening to what her son had to say, stopped her husband. “I gave you a second chance. Who are their parents?”

“Gaia Everfree, King Sombra, Chrysalis &....” The Prince took a few breaths before saying the last name “and Nightmare Moon.” Hearing this, the tailor, who was busy writing something in his book, suddenly gave out a loud gasp & the book fell from his hands.

“Nightmare Moon?!?! She is the worst villain in the land!” King Discord said with rage while Queen Celestia tried to think of a way to calm her husband.

“Dad, just, hear me out here -” The Prince tries to say but is cut off.

“No, I won’t hear of it. They are guilty of unspeakable crimes!” King Discord said with such rage, that the tailor bowed down & made his way quickly out the door.

“Dad, but their children are innocent. Don’t you think they deserve to live a normal life? Please, Dad…” The Prince said pleadingly to his father. Queen Celestia looked at her husband & the King gave a defeated look.

“Well, I do suppose that the children are innocent…” King Discord said to which the Prince nodded.

King Discord left the room & Queen Celestia looks at her son, straightens his suit & says “Well done.” before joining her husband. The Prince knew he had convinced his father to let those children study in Equestria & now the only thing left was to invite them here. He looks out his window once again & looks at his ring, the ring that belonged to his father.

A girl with indigo hair & pink streaks, wearing a dark purple & green coat with matching trousers is busy spray painting a portrait on the wall. It was the shadow of a woman with dark blue background & ‘ Long Live Eternal Night ‘ written in the middle. She turns around & starts singing.

They think I’m trouble,
They say I’m bad!
They say I’m evil,
That makes me glad!

She jumps down the carton box she was standing on & walks, intentionally nudging one of the traveller passing by. A boy with dark blue hair, wearing a blue & white jacket with jeans, jumps on a roof, singing.

A dirty no-good,
Down to the bone!
Your worst nightmares,
Can’t take me home!

He climbs down a ladder next to which was a portrait of a man with green background & ‘ Long Live Eternal Nightmares ‘ written in the middle. He then opens a sliding door & goes through, leaving a surprised woman behind. A girl with purple hair, wearing a purple dress with black trousers, wearing a noticeable pendant shaped like a heart, red in colour, walks on a table where some people were having their food on, as if it was a runway & sings.

So I’ve got some mischief,
In my blood!
Can you blame me?
I never got no love!

She attracts many onlookers & exits through the railings. A boy with yellow-blonde hair, wearing brown jacket with jeans & a hat, comes out a window which is very deep down, singing.

They think I’m calloused,
A low life hood!
I feel so useless,
MISUNDERSTOOD!

He pulls a scarf from someone & grabs an apple when it was thrown into the air. He takes a fierce bite & throws it back. The group of four continue singing while the girls come together & walk & the dark blue haired boy jumps off the roofs & the yellow-blonde hair boy jumps upon every bed on which people were currently sleeping.

Mirror, mirror,
On the wall.
Who’s the baddest,
Of them all?
Welcome to my Wicked World,
Wicked World!

The dark blue-haired boy slides down a roof while the girls go away to a corner.

I’m rotten to the core, core,
Rotten to the core!
I’m rotten to the core,
Who could ask for more?
I’m nothing like the kid next,
Like the kid next door!
I’m rotten to the,
I’m rotten to the…
CORE!

They all appear behind a netted door & open it, climbing a box & running on it. They disturb people in that place as they try to stop them. One man takes a bag of potatoes, passes it on to his friend & his friend tries to throw it on those annoying kids, so that they will stop. Instead, the kids throw that bag back to him & makes one of them fall, the other straight into a bucket of water. They go under tables, remove the washing that was kept to dry out, trying to create as much ruckus as possible. They get hold of some good sticks & make sound by bashing the sticks onto the buckets & scream through the alley in which they were going through. The indigo haired girl appears, from a heap of clothes hanging outside, with her spray can still in her hand.

Call me a schemer,
Call me a freak!
How can you say that,
I’m just, unique!

She spray paints the letter ‘ T ‘ on a white screen & opens it & walks away, revealing a man sitting in a bathtub, scared. The blue-haired boy hangs onto the railing above & jumps down, in front of two people, having a drink.

What, me a traitor,
Ain’t got your back!
Are we not friends,
What’s up with that?

He lifts up the jug, bows to both, & runs away, taking the jug with him. The purple-haired girl appears walking through a heap of clothes hanging.

So, I’m a misfit,
So, I’m a flirt!
I broke your heart,
I made ya hurt!

She pulls a scarf from a person checking the clothes, which send him twirling around. Then she turns around, grabbing few clothes while that man tries to see her. The yellow-blonde haired boy jumps from table to table, kicking out the vegetable that were kept in the basket on the table.

The past is past,
Forgive, forget!
The truth is,
You ain’t seen nothin’ yet!

He throws something down which angers one of the woman there & seeing her, he runs on to a trailer & looks at her while she could only stand there in anger & throw some things on him. The two rotten girls come together at the top & catch the railing devilishly while looking at the equally rotten boys.

Mirror, mirror,
On the wall!
Who’s the baddest,
Of them all?
Welcome to my Wicked World,
Wicked World!

The blue-haired boy hangs on a plank which was attached to the ceiling & was pulled by the yellow-blonde haired boy with a rope. Then, seeing the girls go outside, they run behind them where they dance with some of the people running away from them & some following their dance steps.

I’m rotten to the core, core,
Rotten to the core!
I’m rotten to the core,
Who could ask for more?
I’m nothing like the kid next,
Like the kid next door!
I’m rotten to the,
I’m rotten to the, CORE!

With the last word, they finish their song, with the indigo haired girl puffing at the hair strand that came on her face. She spots a baby being pulled in an old-fashioned stroller by its mother with a lollipop in its hand. She takes away the lollipop from its hands which sends the baby crying while its mother went on pulling the stroller, not paying attention to whatever was happening.

The indigo haired girl raises the lollipop, showing everyone there that she’s evil to even take something as simple as a lollipop from a baby. Just then, two men, with dark blue & black clothes walk into the area to which everyone who were with that gang ran away, leaving the gang by themselves. The men stop & move to either side, showing the reason of people running away. Standing behind the men was none other than Nightmare Moon.

“Hi Mom…” The indigo haired girl said, referring to Nightmare Moon.

“Stealing candy, Twilight? So disappointed…” Nightmare Moon said to her daughter, Twilight Sparkle.

“It was from a baby…” Twilight smirked, showing the lollipop to her mother.

“That’s my nasty little girl!” Nightmare Moon said, to which Twilight gave a little laugh. She grabbed the lollipop from her hand & spat on it. She then gave it to one of her men & said “Give it back to that dreadful creature!”

Twilight, clearly disappointed, said “But, mom…”

“It’s the deeds, Twilight, that makes the difference between mean &” Nightmare Moon said, before turning to the baby & its mother “truly evil!” She then returned her focus back onto Twilight.

“When I was your age, I was cursing--” Nightmare Moon said when Twilight completed her sentence “Entire Kingdoms!” Nightmare Moon looked at her daughter & motioned to come with her a bit away from the gang.

“I’m just trying to teach the thing that really counts! How to be mean…” Nightmare Moon says, lost in deep thought.

“I can do that! And I’ll do better!” Twilight says, trying to impress her mother. Her gang was looking at her with concern.

“OH, There’s News!” Nightmare Moon said, coming out of her deep thought “I’m very relieved! You four, have been chosen to go to a different school. In Equestria!”

“Say WHAT?!?!” The gang said together.

“I’m not going to some boarding school which has students as prissy, pink princesses…” Twilight says with disgust.

“The Perfect Princesses!” The dark purple haired girl exclaims.

“Ugh!” Twilight says with disgust at her friend.

“Ma’am, I don’t do uniforms. And they love them so much” The dark-blue haired boy says, laughing.

“I’ve read somewhere that they allow dogs in Equestria. My mom said that they are rabid animals & they don’t behave..” The yellow-blonde haired boy goes deep in thought, when his pal, the dark-blue haired boy scares him.

“Yeah, mom, we’re not going!” Twilight argued with her mother.

“Oh, you think it’s small, pumpkin? It’s all about World Domination!” Nightmare Moon said licking her lips & calling out to her men “Knuckleheads” before leaving.

“Twilight!” Nightmare Moon called out as she made her way back. Twilight with her gang, followed her mother back home.

At their residence, or something like an old palace was a huge gothic chair on which Nightmare Moon was sitting on. “You will go, you will meet the Fairy Godmother & you will bring me back her magic wand.” Nightmare Moon said as she sharpened her nails & puffed at them, saying “Easy, peasy!”

“What’s in it for us?” Twilight asked.

“Matching thrones, herds & herds of crowns..” Nightmare Moon said, thinking up.

“I think, I think she meant us.” The yellow-blonde haired boy said which he soon regretted.

Nightmare Moon motioned her daughter to come close to her & said “It’s all about you & me, baby! Do you enjoy seeing innocent people suffer?”

“Well, yeah, of cour--” Twilight started but got interrupted by her mom.

“Then you will get me the wand and you & I can see so much more! And with that wand in my sceptre, I will be able to bend both good & evil to my will!” Nightmare Moon shouted at the top of her voice.

“You mean our will?” A green haired woman, identified as Chrysalis said to which another woman with green & pink stripes in her hair, identified as Gaia Everfree nodded to.

“Our will, our will..” Nightmare Moon corrected herself in a non convincing way. “And if you refuse, you’ll be grounded for the rest of your life, missy.” Nightmare Moon said to her daughter, winking.

“Wha, mom!” Twilight started but had to stop as her mother closed her hand indicating that she shouldn’t talk. They both stare into each other’s eyes, which made their eyes turn a mixture of blue & purple. Nightmare Moon stared very dominatively in her daughter’s eyes & Twilight was finding it hard to fight back. Finally, Twilight had to close her eyes in defeat & she said “Fine! Whatever!” to which Nightmare Moon replied in childish way “I win!”

“Rarity!” Chrysalis calls the purple haired girl who is now identified as her daughter.”My evil little, let me train you.”

Rarity quickly rushed over to her mother who said “If you just find yourself with a Prince who has a big castle, and a mother-in-law with” Rarity says along with her mother as she says “lots & lots of mirrors!” Rarity let out a laugh of happiness.

“No laughing, wrinkles!” Chrysalis told her daughter.

“Look now, I wouldn’t want my son, Braeburn to go away. I’d miss him too much!” Gaia Everfree said to the yellow-blonde haired boy, Braeburn, her son, while ruffling his hair.

“Really mom?” Braeburn asked.

“Yes! Who would massage my head, fluff up my coat & put on my shoes?!” Gaia said while lifting her leg.

“Put me in another school & you will be the worst thing…” Braeburn said in monotone.

“Braeburn, they have dogs in Equestria…” Gaia said, knowing that her son will fear dogs all due to her long years scaring her son about dogs.

“Oh no, I’m not going!” Braeburn announced.

“Well Soarin isn’t going either!” A dark haired man, now identified as King Sombra, said, referring to his son, the dark-blue haired boy. “I need him to stock the shelves in my store!”

Hearing this, Nightmare Moon let out a grunt. ”Making these people come to my will is the first thing I need to do…” she thought.

Sombra took his son to a corner & asked “What did you get today?”

Soarin smirked before getting out some things he had been hiding in his shirt. But what caught his father’s eye was a lamp that he brought.

“Ah! A lamp!” Sombra said as he rubbed the lamp intensively.

“Dad, I’ve tried already.” Soarin said, seeing what his father was looking for. Hearing this, he gave the lamp back to his son in disgust.

“Rarity isn’t going anywhere until we get rid of her un-uniform brow…” Chrysalis said.

“What is wrong with you all? People cower at the mention of our names!” Nightmare Moon said, clearly exhausted by all. “For twenty years, I had searched a way off the island. For twenty years, I had planned our revenge. Revenge on all those who had wronged us! And my sweet revenge on Equestria!” And called out “Villains!” to which everybody looked towards her.

“Our time has come! Chrys, give your magic mirror…” Nightmare Moon said.

“This, is your magic mirror?” Rarity said, taking the mirror in her hand.

“Well, it ain’t what it used to be. It will help you find things.” Chrysalis explained.

“Like a Prince?” Rarity said, dreamily.

“Like the Magic Wand, hello!” Nightmare Moon exclaimed. “Where is my book? The book, the book…”

Chrysalis pointed towards a fridge & Nightmare Moon went towards the fridge. “Chrys, help me!” Nightmare Moon said as she tried to open the fridge “I’ll never figure how this works!”

Chrysalis went towards the fridge & opened it very easily, unlike her friend. “Voila!”

“My spells! Come darling, come!” Nightmare Moon called her daughter. She winced a little while holding the book, taking in mind the years that have passed since the book was in the fridge.

“Look now, this here book will not work here, but it will work in Equestria. Remember, when we were spreading evil & ruining lives?” Nightmare Moon said.

“Like it was yesterday!” Chrysalis replied.

“And now, you will be making your own memories…” Nightmare Moon said to her daughter and added “If you do exactly as I tell you.”

Suddenly, they heard a honking sound. “Oh, let’s get this party started” Rarity said as she looked at herself in the mirror, her mother gave her.

“Who’s the fairest of them all?” Chrysalis asks her daughter.

“Me!” Rarity replied.

“Yes, you.” Chrysalis said.

“Braeburn, come on!” Gaia says, calling her son away.

“Now, recite the mantra.” Sombra said to his son.

“There’s no team like you & I.” Soarin replied with a smile.

“You’re making me tear up!” Sombra said.

“My bad…” Soarin said as he made his way out.

“I’m coming!” Sombra said, as he grabbed some things along with him.

Nightmare Moon opened the large doors of the balcony, leading her daughter. They looked out to the land of Equestria which looked near from their point of view.

“The future of the free world rests upon your shoulders. Don’t blow it.” Nightmare Moon told her daughter as she turned around & left the balcony, leaving Twilight to collect her thoughts. Twilight was still looking out to Equestria when the call from her mother brought her back to reality & she followed her mother.

Down, a car from Equestria was ready for them. Soarin observed the car with great interest. He saw a silver symbol of the crown that was on the car’s bonnet. He quickly went towards it, made sure nobody saw him & grabbed it, adding to his collection. He then made his way back.

Rarity came running to the car with a bag in her hand which was unmistakably red. “Oh, lots of common folk!” Chrysalis commented, seeing that many people staying in the Isle have come to see the car that will take the gang.

“Come back here, now!” Gaia yelled at her son. “Braeburn!” Her son rushed into the car before she could even do anything.

Then Twilight came with a bag on her shoulder. Nightmare Moon watched the entire thing from the balcony. Before entering the car, Twilight looked back, hoping to see her mother. Then her gaze went up & towards her mother. Her mother replied the gaze with actions showing that she will be watching her. Twilight just nodded & went into the car.

The driver reported “The Jackals have landed” before putting on his seat belt & driving.

The interior of the passenger seats was like one for celebrities. Braeburn & Soarin spotted a corner in the car where there was lots of candies. Braeburn & Soarin looked at each other before fighting to get the the candies. Twilight & Rarity looked at each other & just shrugged. Nothing could be done of these boys…

“You’re looking a little washed out. Let me help you.” Rarity said as she took out her makeup brush to which Twilight just replied “Eww, stop...”

Braeburn took a bite of a candy & nudged Soarin “Oh, this one, it’s salty like nuts but sweet like I don’t know what!” He put the whole thing in his mouth when Soarin said “Show me”

Braeburn opened his mouth & all Soarin could say was “Ew!”

The gang was busy doing their own thing when the driver opened a small portion of glass between him & the gang. Rarity spotted that happen & said “Look!”

All of them looked at where they were going. They were approaching the broken bridge which separates the Isle from Equestria. Braeburn shouted “It’s a trap!” which led to the gang screaming at the top of their voices. But to their surprise, they were still going towards Equestria. When they saw outside, they spotted a magical bridge make way for them & joining the bridge.

“What just happened?” Braeburn asked, surprised.

“It must be magic!” Rarity exclaimed.

Twilight turned her head towards the driver & called out to him “Hey! Did this little button open up the Magic barrier?” She said, spotting a remote with the driver.

“No, that button doesn’t open the Magic barrier. It opens my garage.” The driver says before pointing towards the rear mirror “This button.” As he said so, he closed up the glass between him & the gang.

“Okay, that’s sweet. I like that guy.” Twilight says as she sits back.

They go on, driving on the bridge that will lead them to Equestria & maybe the place that will change their lives forever.

Author's Note

Hey Everypony!

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Thank you for reading!

Crystal Out!