Normally, she would expect something less flashy, but the throne room was beyond massive when compared to Canterlot’s throne room. The ceiling was cavy, supported by strong pillars like tree trunks, and waterfalls of lava went from behind the side walls. It looked like those dwarven mines from the comics she read before the caribou attacked, except there was less cavernous rock and more stone bricks, and there were even orange gems placed in an oddly symmetric fashion, with red banners bearing a cartoon of a black, beastlike face with horns surrounded by laurel leaves hanging from the rocky ceiling.

“Wow, and all the colors give off a fiery feel to this place, and it is huge!” she whispered to her new friend as the Shy Guy simply nodded in response as he continued pushing Flurry Heart through the bright red rug.

But, after eight pairs of pillars, and behind a red curtain, the throne came. It had smaller pillars of its own going around on either side, and it was atop some steps, which the rug come over and stopped right where the throne was. It was a golden color and made of stone, the bottom part looked like it was made of bricks of sorts. Is it stone or dyed concrete, she wondered, and the tops of the arms were circular at the ends and higher than the rest, made of metal. She could make out a circular top to the throne, with nine spikes with black edges. And sitting on it, was something reminiscent of the Koopas, but he was bigger, even taller than the tallest unicorns she had seen plus their horns!

The scales on the sides of his torso, his arms, his legs, and his spiked tail were a golden color with a muddy brown tint on them, yet they shined like the Crystal Heart had once did before it was curropted! His belly was covered in light beige plating, and had a white rim around his shell like the Koopas did, but his forest green shell had ten spikes on them. His feet were not the toed feet she had, but were clawed, as were his hands, which had three fingers and a thumb instead of four and a thumb. On his greenish-brown head, above his muzzle, sat a set of marvelous horns and a mane of bright red hair, complete with bushy eyebrows.

Beneath his eyes, which were as red as the brightest fire ruby she saw, was the power and might of a powerful warlord with years of experience behind him, and a fortunate bit of a soft side for children behind as well. He continued looking at her as the red-hooded Shy Guy moved her up the stairs before stopping just a few meters before stopping and bowing.

“Greetings, young one, I’ve been expecting you.” he said in a deep and somewhat gruffy voice as he put his elbow on one of the armrests and put his head on his fist, exposing some of the red velvet behind him. “I am Bowser, King of Darkland. And what of you, Flurry Heart?”

“How did you know my name?” she asked, almost startled.

The Koopa King only chuckled at this. “As soon as you left, your temporary doctor told me of what your name was, but he said that you hadn’t told them why you were out. Care to explain to the class, Miss Heart?”

“I felt that royalty would be my safest bet as to why I am in unfamiliar lands by my lonesome, and… what happened to my kingdom.” she answered. “And, the Flurry and the Heart parts of my name are the same name.”

“Fair enough, and-wait, wait wait! Your kingdom!? Are you-”

“-a princess?” Flurry Heart answered. “Yes, I was. I was a Princess of Equestria, and one of the five alicorns born in the Crystal Empire, a city in the northern parts of Equestria, and a soon-to-be nation.” she answered before looking at her wings and feeling the spiral horn on her head. “Of course, being an alicorn would require a great deed, and many ponies were born into one of three races: earth ponies, who don’t have wings or horns, yet are equipped with great strength, pegasi, who are equipped with powerful wings, that, when properly trained and cared for, can propel the host to supersonic speeds, and unicorns, who only have a horn on their head, which they can cast spells with. But, if unicorn horns are cut off or have a suppressor on them, they cannot use magic.”

“Huh, neat.” Bowser muttered. “Your kind looks like these animals called horses, which had vastly different proportions, walk on all fours, and only go in a set of browns. But what makes alicorn ponies so special?” The Koopa King made a mental note on reclassifying the ponies of his world as horses so not to offend Equestrian ponies, which were bipeds.

“Well, alicorns like myself, have all three traits, all three races in one! Alicorns are equipped with the brute strength of an earth pony, the wings and endurance of a pegasus, and the magic-producing horn and abilities of a unicorn, all to a greater scale, and the magic from stronger alicorns cause their manes to flow. As such, we were thought of as gods due to that and our immortality, but we aren’t. But, nearly all of us have ascended, and there are five of us in total.” Flurry Heart explained. “Celestia and Luna were both born earth ponies, Mom was originally a pegasus, and Auntie Twily was born a unicorn before she ascended, and that was before I was born. As for me, I am the first naturally-born alicorn. I do not know why that is the case, but it is, wings, horn, and all. But, I have the suspicion that I might be the last.”

Bowser’s eyes widened. “The last, what do you mean!?”

Flurry Heart did not know how the Koopa King would react, and took three deep breaths before speaking. “For the first eight and a half years of my life, it was pretty normal by the standards of a princess. Mom and Dad were as happy as a couple could be, and they were truest of lovers indeed, and ever since I was born, it shone as hard as ever.” She smiled at the memory of her eighth birthday before breaking into tears. “But all that changed when those meanie caribou came in and corrupted the Crystal Heart, reshaping it into some evil contraption that poisoned everypony I knew!”

“Poisoned? Were they killed?”

“Worse, they turned Daddy into a meanie like them! He had a mean look and was jamming something into Mommy, who was behaving oddly, too! And she did not even struggle as he had her de-horned and de-winged! Mommy looked happy about it, too, almost blissful! So, I ran away as fast as I can, and the guards were turned into meanies by that dark magic, too! The stallions were doing that same thing to the mares, and shouting out mean words, like that f-bomb that Mommy and Daddy tell me not to say. What was once the Crystal Heart was now something they called ‘The Crystal Cock’, and I was the only one to escape!”

Bowser’s eyes widened, but he refused to speak. Talking can come later, he wanted to hear the end of her tale. But, that Crystal Cock sounded inappropriate. She must have heard them talking about it.

“Those meanies took me by surprise, but I managed to see Aunt Twily, and she kept me in her castle as they can combat that meanie and his followers, but guess what!? Whatever force was sent out was tainted, too! It was like those zombie comics, only that we were quickly becoming outnumbered! In mere weeks, they got to Aunt Twily’s castle! Her friends were becoming something the caribou called ‘sluts’ and we had no choice but to flee to the only safe place left: Canterlot, the capitol of Equestria! But those meanies had managed to get a way into it, and I saw Celestia and Luna’s literal CORPSES get raped by the meanie king Dainn of those stupid caribou, are they literally dead, I don’t know, they seemed to be active, but the red hole in the center of their chests said otherwise. But that’s when Spike had burst into the castle, and HE'S TURNED MEANIE, TOO!”

By now, Flurry Heart was weeping tears so hard that they were practically flowing down the stairs like a river. Bowser was irregularly breathing now.

“He stripped Aunt Twily of her clothing, but as he began to rape her, Aunt Twily shot a spell at me that was supposed to keep me safe. She said that she wanted to get me to some people who would peacefully raise me, and then, I found myself with nothing else to do but run in this alien landscape. I did not care how hot or cold it was, or how torn my dress was, I just kept on running and running. I felt that they were still chasing me, and I kept on running without any stopping, but, I soon fell unconscious from exhaustion, and then I woke up in your castle’s hospital, and, that was it.”

Bowser’s breathing became louder and more erratic, and his teeth grinded and he clenched his fists tightly. “CARIBOU!!!!” he yelled, causing the entire throne room to shake as bright blue fire spewed from his mouth. Flurry and the Shy Guy were forced to cover their ears at this volume, which brought forth a ringing sound that lasted for a few seconds as Bowser caught his breath before slamming his right fist on the armrest. “Grr… I have done so many bad things in my life, but there are lines that I would not cross! I have kidnapped the same princess over and over, turned SEVEN kings into animals, I have literally went to the moon and back, and nearly took over the entire universe!” He once again slammed his right fist onto the throne’s armrest. “I MIGHT BE A WOMAN KIDNAPPER, BUT EVEN THEN, I HAVE MORALS AND STANDARDS THAT I HAVE TO ABIDE BY!!!” he roared out, thankfully not as loud as tge last time he did it. He quickly took several more deep breaths as smoke came from the sides, causing Flurry Heart to yelp in surprise, which had brang Bowser back to his senses, and he stopped, and began to resume in a quieter tone. “These… caribou, as you called them, have no decency, do they? From what you described, I am not so sure. But I do know one thing for certain, they need to pay.”

He then looked straight at her with a look of rage and sorrow. “In all honesty, I really am sorry for you. But, once I figure out where Equestria is and how to get there, I will kill them off and restore the minds and bodies of your loved ones to their states before those rapists raped their minds,” He said, getting up from seat. “That, I promise!”

“Pinkie Promise?” she asked.

“Urgh, fine.” he said as he crossed his heart. “You have a good heart, kid. Now, Charlie here will be going to lead you back to the hospital room. As for me, I’ll have my top Magikoopas look for Equestria. But, we may need some samples from you to do it, which is also why I am sending you back to the hospital. And, if you are very lucky, I may drop by with Junior from here to there.” The Koopa then nodded to the Shy Guy, who began pushing Flurry Heart’s wheelchair back to the hospital.

But as for Bowser himself, he proceeded to go back onto his throne, thinking about what he had heard. That poor little kid had suffered for a long time, and, being a father himself, felt heavy sorrow and remorse for her. That poor girl had been thrusted into his kingdom by a series of events beyond hers, his, or anyone's control. Those stupid caribou were nothing more than mind-raping and actual-raping savages, which had poisoned Equestria with their magic and caused a turn of events that fucked the former princess's mind up really hard. He then proceeded to pull out a walky-talky. “Yo, Kamek!” Bowser yelled out through the walky-talky he was holding. “I have finally figured out where that girl came from, and trust me, it’s not gonna be pretty.” That, he knew very well.

Author's Note

Anyways, Chapter Three is up. Looks like Kamek is collecting knowledge about what is happening as well. Tune in to Chapter Four: Preparations, to see what will happen next.