Rewrite the Stars

Eventually, the parents did say their goodbyes to Twilight, Spike and others due to the twins' shenanigans and everyone managed to cool off, even though there were lingering emotions in the air, everyone then finally gets to discuss the massive elephant in the room:

That two ponies from the White Mantle who tried to kidnap Rachel are now dead, heads exploded by a mysterious entity and the actual fact that there was a headless corpse in the dungeons.

Everybody had gathered around the dungeon, all of them uneasy when seeing the ex White Mantle body slumped up against the wall, right where Brimstone and Spike last left it.

Twilight looked petrified; Starlight and the twins looked like they were going to puke; Rachel was having a hard time looking at it.

“Sheesh Spike, what did you do this time?” Gemcity asked half-jokingly.

“What the actual fuck?!” Ruby, Rachel and Spike snapped at her out of anger. Ruby grabs her arm and holds it tightly.

“Shut up for now on.” Ruby whispered harshly to her.

Spike and Rachel and now Brimstone were looking at her with intense anger.

“I was just joking, I mean - he’s in the dungeon, and-”

“Gem, for the love of god, shut up.” Rachel hisses.

Spike forced himself to brace his feet in the ground, trying to resist the urge to strangle her.

Twilight and Starlight looked on as that happened before Brimstone spoke.

“For your information,” The Professor interjects then, quickly turning the attention to him for all of their sake. “We never did anything to have caused this excursion. Spike and I simply came down here to talk to the lad.”

Spike glanced over to his way before nodding. “We just came down the bottom of the steps when he started screaming. He was screaming at something that wasn’t there - or he was hearing something and we couldn’t.”

“Did he say anything?” Twilight asked them.

Brimstone took a cough rag out and coughed into it for a few moments responding. “He was mostly begging his unseen master to not kill him before he started convulsing and his head exploded.”

“You okay, old man?” Rachel asked him.

“I’m fine, my dear.” he said then.

“Why would the White Mantle be after Rachel?” Spike then asked. “What does the leader want with her? That’s the big question we should be looking into.”

“Well, they were abducting humans, maybe this was one of those things,” Starlight suggested, walking up closely to the body, trying not to faint as the smell was starting to fumigate the cell. She knelt down in front of it before her horn started to glow with her magic.

“What are you doing?” Twilight asked her then.

“Trying to see if I could detect what kind of spell was used to cause this.” the unicorn responded.

“Those two were spewing things from my past, they did some digging into my life,” Rachel commented on that, finally able to look at the body without having a bit of a problem. “This wasn’t some random attack, this was personal. Anyone can easily see that.”

“Okay, reverting to the other question, Rachel, what did you do this time?” Ruby then asked her.

“Wish I know, I’ve pissed off a lot of creatures recently,” Rachel responded with a grunt. “Gotta go through my index to see who is who.” She was still agitated from the meal with Spike’s parents. Fearing that she had made a bad impression because of these two.

Twilight thought for a moment before summoning a pen and scroll and began writing a letter down. “Spike, I need you to send this to the Princesses, Princess Celestia and Luna need to know about this attack. It’s hitting way too close to home now.”

“I’ll start looking up protection spells to throw up. Finally found a spell that isn’t so explosive.” Starlight said. “Telepathy spell most likely for the unseen master he was screaming…and as for his head exploding, I can’t seem to find any magic to it.” she responded before the magic stopped and she quickly walked back away from the body.

“And what about her?” The twins asked for Rachel.

“I won’t be going anywhere for a while.” The human responded, brushing her bangs out of her eyes. Spike let out a soft sigh, relaxing a little that Rachel was going to stay put for her safety. “Which means not going outside. No trying to kidnap me." She looked at them.

Gemcity stuck her tongue out at Rachel.

Once Twilight finished the scroll, she handed it over to Spike. He gave her a nod before blowing golden flames at the letter. Watching it quickly reducing into gold ash before magically whisked off by the wind and off to Canterlot it went.

Not so long after that, a couple of Canterlot guards showed up and the body was whisked away to be examined more. And as Celestia's requested, she loans several of her own guardsmen to guard the Friendship castle.

However, it didn't give Rachel any comfort about it. It only worsened this ever growing feeling that this was far from over.

That someone in this castle was going to get hurt.

Back at Blueblood's chateau, the prince was in his sanctuary office. Files sprawled about, a lot of the texts were blacked out, meaning that these were sealed documents.

He grunted as he pushed them back. "What's the point of being a Prince if I can't get full access on one measly woman??" He growls, scratching his bare arm, now covered in more dark patches of fur. This itch he has was unbearable.

"Let me in, I must speak to Victor at once!" Sounds of Neighsay called out from the other side of the seal door.

Blueblood let out a sigh before getting standing up, walking around the desk and walking over to the door and opening it.

Like before, Two red cladded armored guards stood at attention, blocking an agitated Chancellor from entering.

"It's alright, gentlecolts, let him in." Blueblood said to the two before backing away from the door and back to sitting at his desk.

The guards moved out of the unicorn's way before he brushed past them and entered.

"What's the meaning of all of this?" Neighsay barked at the prince.

"I've been a bit busy since I was thrown back home by a pesky draconequus, so you have to be a bit more specific." The prince said, looking up at him.

" What is that I heard you sending ponies after The Princess of Friendship??" Neighsay asked with a growl.

Blueblood sighed. "Not her, however it doesn't matter since those two failed what was meant to be an easy task."

Before Neighsay could say anything, he saw the blackout files, with the name RACHEL OPHELIA, LOCKHART written on the nameplace.

"What's all of this?" He asked, reaching down to pick up the sheet of paper.

"A waste of time. Even in my standing, I don't have a high enough clearance to know more. She's a Mother Cell"

Neighsay's eyes widened. He heard that word thrown around but he didn't think it was real, that some humans have magic somewhere in their line. "Does she have anything to do with what you're doing?"

" She's an obstacle that needs to be removed or otherwise no work is going to get done. However, I already have an alternate solution on the way. One will take away several of my problems all in one go."

Neighsay paled in thought of what he was planning before they began to feel heavy footsteps approaching down the hall; their claws scratching and scuffing up the marble floors. A frightening roar shook the glass as it sounded like it was struggling.

Franky the Bat quickly rushed in. "Sir we got him. He killed most of our guys but we got that sonvabitch!" He said out of breath, looking like he went through the ringer twice.

"GET THESE FUCKING THINGS OFF OF ME!" This loud deep voice roars as a burst of fire shot throughout the hallway.

"Ah good." Blueblood said with a smile before getting up.

"You didn't." Neighsay gasped, following the prince and the bat out.

Outside in the hallway, five unicorns using these magical ethereal looking chains to try and restrain an eleven foot tall raging red dragon, trying to break free and prevent him killing them all.

And they were about to lose their holding.

"You fucking puny ponies are so dead!" Garble roared. He was huge, muscles bulging from his thick arms and legs. His underbite worsened as his crooked fangs stuck out from his lips. He wasn't very clothed as the rest, having a sort of loin cloth concealing his massive groin, but he was covered in battle scars he sustained over the years. His large wings uttered in holes from past battles.

"Easy, my fellow dragon, I brought you here to chat." Blueblood said.

Only to be responded by fire shot at the prince.

Blueblood yelped and managed to teleport out of the way. The action causes the The White Mantle guards to pull their weapons out and surround Garble.

"Let me go now! "

Bloody brute, Blueblood thought before motioning his guards to lower their weapons and backed away.

"I will, but I'm here to make an offer you can't refuse, my big fellow." Blueblood said calmly.

" What the actual fuck you got to off-" before Garble could finish even asking the prince, he was given his answer.

" How would you like a chance to exact revenge on the two creatures that caused you to be banished from the Dragonlands?"

Garble stopped struggling just then. His mind going back, knowing who Blueblood was talking about.

He glared at the small prince. " I'm listening."