Anon never finds a child to look after and ends up a villainous hermit tucked away in the depths of the Everfree Forest kidnapping fillies alongisde his accomplice Olivia.

He would have been defeated long ago had the Elements of Harmony worked on him, alas, the dreaded human was immune. Thus it was that Desert Bloom, a S.M.I.L.E. agent, was dispatched to bring freindship into his heart on behalf of the Princesses.

Inspired by chapter 82 of Moonie shorts by Eighth, found here: https://www.fimfiction.net/story/195222/82/moonie-shorts-filly-nightmare-moon/82-if-things-had-gone-another-way, though it's not necessary to read aead of time.