Magic and Monkey

by HeartfireFirebrand

Chapter 57: Rescue Aftermath

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Sunset who had changed back into her dress was walking next to Vegeta, ponies were running through the hall making preparations for the big event.

Sunset rubbed her arms “I need to use the bathroom, you go on ahead.” Sunset walked into the bathroom and rolled up the sleeves of her dress revealing the bandages wrapped around her arms. She slowly undid them revealing the scars of her cuts, she bit her lip as she began clawing at the cuts with her fingernails.

Sunset smiled sadly as she watched the blood trickling down her arms, tears slowly flowed down her face. A faint voice came from behind her “I had a feeling that was the case.”

Sunset turned around to see Equestria's Fluttershy, she was wearing a long green dress that covered her arms. Sunset looked uneasily at her “Why are you here?”

Fluttershy rolled up her sleeves revealing bandages similar to the ones that Sunset had discarded. Fluttershy undid them revealing what appeared to be fresh cuts, Fluttershy looked down “I had stopped for a while. After leaving Cloudsdale all was better for a while, well until the Dragon incident. What Rainbow said hurt, I started cutting again.”

Sunset grimaced “You need to talk to her about it. If you are truly friends then she wouldn’t want to be hurting you.”

Fluttershy frowned “That’s not why I am here.” She then smiled “I’m here to help you, just open up to me and we can talk about it.”

Sunset grimaced “There is no point, my problems can’t be fixed.” She smiled “Don’t worry about me, I’ll manage my own life.”

Sunset clicked her fingers, bandages covering the bleeding scars. Sunset pulled down her sleeves and she walked out of the room as Fluttershy watched with worry. Sunset exited only to see bouncing pink ball of energy running through the halls at speeds that should not be possible for anypony.

Sunset giggled to herself “I’m glad that Pinkamena is not like that. I think if she was he would drive me nuts.” Sunset then walked off in hopes of finding Celestia, she was hoping to talk to the princess for a bit.

Sunset found Celestia accompanied by five unicorn nobles, three mares and two stallions all with white coats. Two had blue manes, one a dark yellow and the others dark reds. Sunset walked over to the group “May I interject?”

Celestia smiled “I wouldn’t…” Sunset dissapeared in a flash of movement catching a crossbow bolt in her hand inches away from Celestia’s head, she looked at it dismissively “Hmm an effective weapon coated in pure magic, such a thing require years of refining and is one of few things capable of killing an Alicorn. Someone has been doing their research.”

Sunset frowned “I can’t track them with my standard abilities, they are good at this.” She then turned to Celestia “I suggest you increases the security, the castle is woefully lacking and someone has the means to kill you.”

Celestia shook her head “I will not, the castle needs to be accessible to everypony.”

Sunset frowned “You need to at least increase the aerial guards. You may have enough on the ground but what about the air. Griffons, Dragons, Thestrals, Hippogriffs, Rogue Pegasi, Changelings all have the power of flight and not a single soul is monitoring the skies.”

A female voice though rougher and courser answered “We agree with the mare, sister. We and you have denied proper defense in the air. That is major gap in our defenses, we can’t act as if the world is as peaceful as we wish it to be.”

Sunset turned to see a dark blue figure wearing a midnight blue dress that while shorter than Celestia was taller than all the other ponies in the room. Sunset raised an eyebrow “You are the Princess Luna I read about in the inquisitions notes, I must admit that you two are fairly young in the history of this world.”

Luna nodded “We are. We are surprised that anypony in this age remembers us.”

Sunset grimaced “You were the guardian of Equestria, allowing the ponies of this nation to sleep peacefully. You protected them both in their dreams and in the real world from all that sort to harm them, all the while everypony that praised the Saint of the Sun without paying any heed to the Guardian of the Night.”

The nobles growled “We don’t another Princess, Princess Celestia has kept the peace for centuries.”

Luna caught a crossbow bolt in her fingers, she then caught four more before backflipping down the hall avoiding more bolts until the barrage stopped. Luna then saw slight glint and teleported in front of it blasting the figure to pieces. Luna then teleported in front of them with smirk “Are you sure you don’t need us to defend you?”

Sunset deadpanned “Yes, they do but it seems your sister is being a stubborn foal. Still for now we should get this wedding sorted out.”

Cadence walked over “I had fix everything that fake screwed up. Honestly how did she fake all of you, the only person who is excused is Luna because she didn’t know me that well. It hasn’t even been a year since we met.”

Twilight walked over with a smile “Everything is sorted and… why is everyone so tense?”

Luna rolled her eyes “My sister is unwilling to alter the current military structure in any way. Change needs to be made.”

Twilight blinked “But all the data I have collected from multiple sources has shown great satisfaction in her decisions.”

Sunset and Luna look at each other and back to Twilight several times. They then simultaneously facepalm “How can someone so smart be so stupid?” They then look at her “Nopony would dare challenge Celestia/ my sister’s word, especially to her personal student.”

Sunset rubbed her forehead “I was the only one who dared to challenge her and tell exactly what I thought. As such I was not very popular considering all of Equestria was sucking up to her.” Celestia growled as Luna and Cadence giggled. The nobles and Twilight were stunned into silence.

Meanwhile back across the mirror portal in one of the other universes, Universe 10B a crimson red figure with pointed ears and a pitch black mohawk was carrying a tea tray. He bowed his head in front of a yellow figure with a white mohawk of similar form to himself “L-lord G-gowasu.”

Gowasu turned to him “It’s been two thousand years since I took you on as my apprentice, you did us a great service in our war with the Demon Realm. I know many of the other Kais’ look at you with disdain but I am proud of you.”

Zamasu served the tea and then bowed “Thank you my Lord.” Zamasu then paused as a ring on Gowasu’s hand started to flicker.

Gowasu paused before standing up “Zamasu, we are going to another Universe. I require your aid.” Zamasu bowed before placing his hand on Gowasu’s shoulder.


Author's Note

Universe 10B's Zamasu is the opposite of the canon Zamasu a Makai, a Demon Kai that became good. After all if a pure good Kai can become evil than the reverse may be true as well.

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