Dictators of Ponyville : A Ponyville confidential story

Chapters

A new year, same regret's
One week later + an upcoming threat
An old threat returns
Familiar faces and vengence
The takeover begins
Monday : Renovations
Tuesday : Strategizing and fashion
Thursday Part 1 : The truth is out and a duo's return
Thursday Part 2: The escape and opening up
Side chapter: Dreams
Friday part 1 : Take back the town
Friday part 2 : Reconcilliations
Saturday : A new day A new beginning for everyone
Epilogue
Wednesday : Culinary Revelations and punishment ( warning contains inappropriate touching and rape attempt)
Regret's

A new year, same regret's

A whole year has passed and today now marks the beginning of the new year for the citizens of Ponyville, however non were in the most festive mood despite it being a new year for everybody. No one was in the best spirit's as every citizen had the least bits of spirit as their minds were on one priority...................... the CMC's. After a whole year of looking, filing a missing pony report, Celestia's letters, and asking around there was still no sign of the three runaway fillies and each citizen was full of nothing but guilt and worry about the thought of something bad happening to them, but no one felt more guilty then the main 6. After a year of searching with no luck or even a clue to their whereabouts's the 6 friends guilt increased even more knowing that they were out there lost, hungry, and alone, and worst of all it was their fault. Throughout the year nobody was in the most cheerful moods with there being little signs of the crusaders, no one in town even bothered to celebrate birthdays, Hearts and hooves day, nightmare night, thanksgiving ( I don't know what thanksgiving is known as in the MLP universe :twilightblush: ) Hearts warming, or even New years eve as it just wasn't the same without the CMC.

Each of the elements had their own level of guilt throughout the year for their harsh actions towards the young girls. Twilight hasn't written any friendship reports to Celestia since as she felt that she failed the importance of friendship by driving three of her youngest and closest friends out of town the only time she writes is to ask if there's been any news about the crusaders and Spike felt just as guilty for being harsh as well, Rainbow Dash berated herself for stooping so low towards the girls especially towards her biggest fan and younger sister figure even her coworkers on the weather team berated her for pouring rain on them and acting like a bully which she didn't blame them for her actions were harsh and outright mean, Angel felt ashamed of himself for slamming the door in their faces and not even giving them a chance to hear them out the poor bunny even went as far as to try and starve himself out of guilt but this was quickly stopped by the other animals and Fluttershy who reassured him that they will find them and he will get the chance to make it up to them, Rarity hasn't made a single dress all year as her creativity and inspiration went away just like how she drove her little sister away when her parents found out about it she begged them to hate her and even slap her as it's what she felt she deserved but instead they brought their daughter into a hug and assured her that they would never hate her and that they will find Sweetie belle no matter what, Pinkie pie made a vow that she would never throw a party or have her hair poofy again until she found the CMC so she would throw them the biggest " I'm sorry for not listening to you and being a big fat meanie instead of hearing you guy's out and making you guy's runaway from home" party, however non took it more harder than the apple siblings.

Throughout the year Big Mac and Applejack felt worst of all especially since his harsh word's practically drove the three young fillies off and Applejack felt guilty for not even hearing them out like an asshole, they wished so badly that they could take it all back but they knew there was no reversing this. their little sister and her friends were out there alone and scared and it was all their fault but that's not the worst thing to happen to the sibling's. Granny Smith after hearing what had happened and how harsh her grandchildren acted towards Apple bloom showed true disappointment towards the pair, while Rarity's parents showed no ill towards their daughter, the Apple family matriarch was another story. She subjected the sibling to extra and I mean EXTRA chores around the farm throughout the year as punishment throughout the year and would find the time to let them know how disappointed she was at the pair and how ashamed their folk's would have been if they were alive and found out what they've done even though most of the fault was towards Diamond Tiara for blackmailing the crusaders. There were even nights where she made them go to bed without dinner, the abuse was so severe that Big Mac was even considering moving out along with Applejack but they knew they couldn't escape their guilt.

Now it was early January and not one pony or creature in town even did the traditional and screamed 3, 2, 1, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!! as it just wasn't the same knowing that three of the citizens were missing and that there was still no sign's of them.

Meanwhile

Sitting on the lush green field of the Apple tree field we find the element of honestly looking out on the quiet sun filled morning with her mind literally in the clouds, with Granny Smith continuing her punishments towards the siblings she prohibited any break's and even taking a breather without her permission but with her in the kitchen prepping the zapp apple jam AJ figured that a quickie wouldn't hurt. Her guilt grew more and more each day wishing that her sister would come home or at least give her a sign that she was alright, she prayed to Celestia each day for a sign to her sisters whereabouts so that she could go up and give her the biggest hug imaginable. As she continued to think a voice soon interrupted her train of thought's.

"Howdy AJ" said a voice.

Applejack then looked up and found her boyfriend Caramel looming over her and looking worried seeing his girl in such a depressing state.

"Hey babe" She said quietly not even bothering to crack a smile. Caramel then took the opportunity to sit next to Applejack and wrapped a comforting hooves around the sad earth mares back as she continues to look all gloomy. Applejack after calming down a little bit then planted a quick kiss which he returned as well, after the kiss ended the farm girl spoke.

"What brings ya here?" She asked.

"Well I haven't seen you much lately and was starting to get worried" He replied. " Especially since Big Mac told me that you barely go into town as much anymore"

'Yeah I'm sorry for being distant babe" She said gloomily. " Granny's been working us like slaves and most of the time were not even allowed to leave the farm until all of our chores are done"

"Ah I see" Caramel replied. " So she's still pissed off?"

"Oh yeah" She answered. " I tell ya I have never seen her get that angry in my life, it was almost terrifying whenever she showed her disappointed towards us and honestly I couldn't blame her what I did to Bloom was outright selfish" Aj's body then shook and quivered a little looking as if she was ready to cry at any moment, Caramel wasted no time and wrapped his hooves around Applejack bringing her into a warm embrace which she quickly returned.

"It's ok Applejack it's ok, let it all out" He said in a comforting voice as he rubbed her back gently.

"I'm sure Bloom knows you and Big Mac didn't mean it, I'm sure she just needed a period of time to cool off" Caramel reassured. " Who knows maybe she and the others are just crashing with a relative?"

"I doubt that Sugarcube" She answered. " I've been asking around the whole Apple family and even the pears but no ones seen her either. It's been a whole year and there's still no sign of her, who knows what she's getting herself into or worse what if something terrible happened to Bloom and her friends? If she got herself kidnapped or worse some monster or creature ended up devouring her and her friends I would never forgive myself"

"Come on AJ don't talk like that" Caramel said. " I'm sure Apple blooms safe you cant give up now. She's gotta be somewhere around equestria so don't give up on your little sister, cause even though she might be a little angry with ya she know's that she cant live without her family and friend's"

"Yeah I guess" Applejack said as caramel released her from the hug. " But I can't help but worry babe"

"Your not the only one lil sis" Came a voice, and out of nowhere Big Mac walked right up and sat next to the couple. " We all feel bad about how we talked to them, hell I acted like a cold blooded monster when I told them to go away. But we shouldn't let our guilt stop us now. Their still out there somewhere I can feel it, and I for one am not repeat not gonna rest until our baby sister and her friends are home safe and sound" After his lecture Applejack began to perk up a bit knowing that her older brother was right while still having a bit of doubt.

"I know Big Mac" She replied. " I'm not gonna give up on Bloom either, but given our harsh treatment's I doubt saying sorry is gonna......................................................"

"GET BACK TO WORK YOU TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Came a voice which made the trio jump slightly. They then turned around to find the matriarch Granny Smith walking towards them looking all kinds of pissed.

"I thought I made it clear, no breaks without my permission" She said angrily.

"Granny come on" AJ jumped in. " You've been working us like packmules since last year , what's wrong with having a little breather during jobs?"

"What's wrong with it is that your not pulling any extra weight and putting us behind schedule missy!!!!!" Granny Smith shouted. " And ya'll should have thought about that before driving your lil sister away like a couple of monsters"

"Ms smith , don't you think your being a little harsh?" Caramel asked.

"STAY OUT OF THIS KID!!!!!!" Granny retorted.

"Don't talk to my boyfriend like that!" Applejack fought back which only made Granny's blood boil more.

"Don't you use that tone with me young lady!" She shot back. " It's bad enough your sisters missing because of your stupidity, but now were nearly low on schedule on the zapp apple jam especially since ya only bucked 10 tree's today and they'll be out of season in a couple of week's! And to top it all off I'm sitting in the kitchen trying to wrestle up enough jam that's not even enough for the week, do you know how annoyed that's gonna make the eager consumers who are thirsting for genuine apple product's?"

"Granny we're trying our best!" Big mac jumped in. " But with your new rules and lack of breaks it's making it harder for us to get behind schedule we're tired!"

"Was your sister tired when you guy's told her to go away?" She coldly asked.

"OH COME ON!!!!!!!!" Applejack shouted. " You think me , Big Mac and everyone else don't feel bad enough as it is for how we talked to them. Your not exactly making it easier on us by reminding us about how terrible we were to them Granny"

"Well you should be" She shot back. " I tell ya I have never been so disappointed in you two in my entire life. Out of all the stunt's you pulled throughout the years especially that little lie ya told Mr Rich year's ago I would never think that you would stoop so low and drive your little sister away, I can not even imagine how hurt and heartbroken the poor filly was after what you and her friend's did. Don't get me wrong I'm just as furious at Mr rich's daughter for pulling the stunt in the first place but your word's are what drove her away. You two shamed the Apple family in so many ways, I'd expect better from the two of you. You and your friends saved equestria from every threat not one but two times and yet you pulled off such an evil act yourself? Honestly if this is how you treat family you and your friends don't even deserve the element's of harmony and I'm sure your ma and pa would agree with me as well"

That did it, after hearing that last line a part of Applejacks mind snapped completely as a angry snarl began to form. while a part of her was fighting the urge to not say or do anything she'll regret but Granny's scolding word's made it harder and harder for the farm girl to control her emotions and soon she'll make her biggest mistake.

"And another thing....................................................................................."

"shut up" Applejack quietly interrupted earning a shocked look from not only Granny but Big Mac and Caramel as well.

"What did you say to me?" She asked nearly shouting.

"I SAID SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Applejack shouted increasing the shocked looks from everyone. " You think I don't feel bad enough about this whole thing ya hag?! Yeah I screwed up with how I acted towards my sister and I should have heard her out first but I didn't. I chose to just let my anger get the better of me and just ignore everything she had to say to me like a coward. But low and behold I did, what I did was wrong and it'll haunt me for the rest of my life but you don't have to remind me and big mac every single day about how we messed up! Instead of scolding and berating us you should have been comforting us, saying that it wasn't all our faults and not to blame ourselves, not treat us like a couple of criminals being subjected to manual labor across a highway or a freakin rock quarry!!!!!!! I'm sorry I messed up alright?! But I don't need you mouthing and scolding me and barely letting me have a breather after nearly passing out from these damn extra chores you've subjected to, If you honestly haven't forgiven us by now Granny than I am done trying to make it up to you!!!! If you wanna continue to hate us then go the hell ahead but do us all a favor old women, keep your nasty word's to yourself and SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

After her outburst Applejack panted and exhaled heavily her snarl still visible. Big Mac and Caramel remained silent and shocked at the element of honesty's outburst, while she did have a point about how cruel Granny Smith has been for quite a while the farmgirl's words were still too far even for her hell not even Rainbow dash would have said anything like that regardless of how angry she would have been. However Granny's shock later turned into burning rage at the thought of her granddaughter having the nerve to tell her to shut up and to snap at her like that, after a minute long growl the matriarch then spoke.

"How dare you" She began quietly as her face began to turn red with anger. "HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" You have the nerve to speak to me like that missy?! Me !? The women who's been taken care of ya since your folks died , ME?! You little brat, you think you can talk to the family matriarch like that? Well you don't!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why I have a good mind to............to.............................................................................tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" Suddenly the old woman found herself being unable to finish her outburst and found herself struggling for breath and began coughing heavily while clenching her chest.

"Granny what's wrong?!" Big Mac asked worried. " ARE YOU OK?!" But after a few seconds the matriarch collapsed on the grassy field her breathing slowly stopping as the trio looked on in shock and fear.

"GRANNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Big Mac, caramel, and Applejack said in unison and ran over to the old mare to check if she was alright.

"Granny wake up!!!!!!!" Big Mac screamed.

"Ms Smith are you ok?!" Caramel shouted in worry.

"Granny wake up please!!!!!!!!!!" Applejack jumped in as fresh tears started to form . " I'm sorry i didn't mean it I really didn't mean it, please wake up PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Caramel get your uncle over here.........................NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Big Mac shouted to his best friend.

"Ok I'll be back as soon as I can" The stallion said as he began to make his way towards his uncles hospital to go get help leaving the siblings who were still trying to keep their grandmother alive long enough until help arrived.

"Granny please wake up please!" Applejack said as she continued to plead for the old matriarch to wake up as her tears fell down and dripped on her face.

"Please wake up Granny. Wake up please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please,please,please,please......................................................................................................................................................................

Author's Note

And next chapter complete. Now for those who are wondering about Granny's attitude in this chapter. You see this chapter was a homage to the original story, in the original Dictator's of ponyville Granny Smith was actually pretty harsh towards the sibling but mostly towards Applejack over how harsh they were towards Applebloom and not hearing her or her friends out and she actually subjected Applejack to a lot of scolding and even a few slaps across the face but worst of all even after Bloom was found she still Blamed applejack for the whole uprising that her lil sis was apart of.

But anyway's Hope you guy's are enjoying the story so far and stay tuned cause I should have the next 2 chapter up sometime next month until then your boy need's to rest his hands, goodnight folks :pinkiehappy:

One week later + an upcoming threat

A part of me want's to say that Granny Smith was alright by the time Caramel's uncle and his trauma team arrived on the scene and is currently resting in the hospital, but alas as like the Apple family tradition of never telling a lie. I'm afraid this incident has no positive resolve, by the time the paramedics arrived on the scene there was little they could do...................the apple family matriarch was gone. Doctor Stable however wouldn't except that and attempted CPR and multiple pushes with the defibrillator, but sadly those attempt's would only lead to disappointment. Knowing that there was nothing else they could do for the poor women, Doctor Stable sadly announced to his nephew and to the siblings that Granny Smith has left this world. Tear's were shed amongst the trio knowing that she wasn't coming back, they cried on each other's shoulders at the news of Ponyville's oldest and wisest resident has passed away from this world. But non took it more harder than the Element of Honesty who's cries even outmatched fluttershy's.

1 Week Later

Silence and heartbreak was amongst the crowd of ponies and other creatures during the eulogy, no one was in the highest spirits or had a hint of happiness in their faces as this wasn't the appropriate time to be happy hell even Pinkie Pie the happiest gal in town would agree as well. Not even a hint of sunlight was amongst the sky, it's was nothing but dark cloud's and light drizzles of rain as each member of the crowd displayed an array of sadness into the atmosphere, it was bad enough that the CMC were still missing but now they lost a beloved member of the community. every single citizen in town was there ranging from mares, stallions, fillies, zebra's, and donkeys. The entire apple family was their as well to show their condolences to the long time matriarch of the entire family even the pear family was there as well, despite Grand Pear and Granny Smith having their moment's they nothing less showed their condolences to her as well. Grand Pear couldn't help but shed a tear wishing that he and Granny Smith could have gotten a chance to make amends with each other, as the eulogy commenced each member of the apple and the pear family walked up to say a word about the dead matriarch. Each showed their sadness and shed a tear as memories of Granny Smith played in their minds as they gave their speeches about how great a women she was, and Grand Pear even took a moment and stood close to her casket and apologized after years of a bitter rivalry wishing that he took back all his harsh words and to start over with the mare. The rest of the townsfolk, caramel, Big Mac and the five members of the element's said a few words about how much they loved Granny Smith and all of her famous apple products and how her apples brought joy and happiness into the community, Doctor Stable was there as well to say a few words all while praying to the sun goddess that he could go back and save this poor women but sadly it wasn't possible no matter how much he wished it . However Applejack remained seated during the whole eulogy believing that she doesn't deserve to walk up and face her grandmothers casket knowing that her harsh word's are what drove her to the heart attack. What's worse she hasn't even told her friends the whole story , all she said was Granny got stressed out and it led to her heart attack. While lying went against everything she was ever taught and the element of honesty, she just couldn't tell her friends what really happened cause who knows how they'd react and think about her if they found out about the cruel words she said to her grandmother out of anger.

As the eulogy came to an end the attendees took the opportunity to each say goodbye to the Apple family matriarch before heading their separate ways. The apples and the pears took the chance to say goodbye to one another giving each other hugs and their condolences cause they knew Granny wouldn't want them to continue this bitter rivalry, they were a family no matter their differences and it was about time they started acting like one, the pears even promised to keep an eye out for Apple bloom and would let them know if they see her anywhere. The families soon went their separate ways but not before Braeburn walked up and gave his cousins one more hug before heading back home, Aj's friends then walked up and brought the farm girl into their famous group hug however the farm girl riddled with guilt accepted it but didn't return it thinking that she didn't deserve it knowing that she was partially responsible for her death. As much as she wanted too she just couldn't muster up the courage to tell her friends the whole story behind Granny Smith's tragic heart attack, all she could do was silently accept the group hug all while staying silent and ashamed.

Later that day

We find Applejack sitting gloomly out on the open field not even caring that the light rain poured all over her, honestly a cold is what she wishes would happen to her as she thought that getting sick is what she deserved after her harsh word's. As she continued to sit in the same spot collecting her thought's she find's the chance to pray to Celestia that Bloom was safe and sound and hopes that she would come home with her eagerness to apologize to her so badly increasing in size. after sitting for a few minutes nearly drenched the element of honesty felt the dripping rain suddenly stopping, she surveys her surroundings and finds that it's still raining all while wondering why the rain suddenly stopped pouring on her. She soon found her answer as there sitting right in front of the farm girl was Big Mac carrying a large umbrella keeping anymore rain from dripping onto the farmgirl, Applejack while grateful to her older brother for stopping the rain from pouring on her said nothing. after a few seconds the older sibling broke the ice.

"Sis " He began. " Come inside already, it's been 10 minutes you'll catch a cold"

"Honestly a cold is what I deserve right now Big bro" Applejack replied sadly.

There was a long silence before Big Mac spoke again.

"Applejack this was NOT your fault" He firmly said.

"But I snapped at her Big Mac" She replied. " I said those harsh word's, I let my anger get the better of me, I caused her to get red with fury and snap back at me"

"Sis Granny knows ya didn't mean it" Big Mac reassured.

"Oh really? Yeah she spends pretty much the rest of last year scolding both you and me and tiring us with these numerous extra chores, yeah she defiantely knows I didn't mean it" Applejack shot back. " Sorry that was uncalled for bro"

"It's fine lil sis" Big Mac said and then gently rubbed his sisters back in a comforting motion. " I know Granny was pretty harsh towards us and I cant really blame her, we were pretty harsh towards Bloom and her friends. Honestly if Ma and Pa were alive right now they'd be so disappointed in me for the harsh words I said to those three"

"And me for not even giving them a chance to explain themselves" Applejack replied. " It's bad enough that they're still missing but now Granny Smith's dead. I'm a living curse bro , my stubborn attitude drove my lil sister away and my anger cost the life of my grandmother. Plus I was too much of a coward to tell my friends the whole reason behind her heart attack thinking that they'd despise me for saying such harsh words toward an elder especially the one who raised us ever since our folks died, Granny's right I don't deserve the element of honesty" After that the farm girl said nothing more and just silently weeped, Big Mac then took the opportunity to wrap a hoof around his lil sis and bring her into a hug which she was quick to return.

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhh, it's ok lil sis just let it all out" Big Mac said in a soothing and comforting tone as Applejack continued to cry on his shoulder. " I know how your feeling I'm hurting just as much as you, but listen you shouldn't beat yourself up so much it's not healthy. Look even though she was pretty cross with us Granny still loved us , She would never hate us no matter how much we cross her. Again it wasn't your fault she died, though what you said was way too far I cant really blame you after what we've been through. But I know you didn't mean it and so does Granny, she still loves us AJ so again don't go beating yourself up over this cause it isn't gonna help with anything. Apple bloom is still out there and we can't give up on her, she needs us and while apologizing isn't gonna be a cake walk the least we can do is let her know how sorry we are. Even if she doesn't forgive us right away the least we owe her is to make it all up to her and show her how sorry we are and that we still love her"

After hearing her brothers lecture AJ calmed down slightly and wiped some of the tears away. Big Mac was right beating herself up over this wasn't going to help the situation. Her little sis was still out there and she shouldn't give up so easily, she was gonna find her and she was going to apologize no matter how mad she might be mad at her. she then released herself from her brothers embrace and spoke again this time more determined.

"Your right Big Mac" Applejack said. " It's high time I stop beating myself up over this, my little sis is still out there and she needs us. I'm not about to let anything get in my way from finding my little sister, I will find her and I will apologize to her cause that's what Granny would have wanted"

"That's the spirit sis" Big Mac said proudly which earned him a confident smile from the farmgirl which quickly disappeared.

"But what about the farm?" She asked. " It's gonna be pretty hard running it on our own without Granny"

"We can worry about that later, right now our main objective is getting our lil sister and her friends home safe and sound" He reassured. " Now let's go inside, again I don't want you to catch a cold"

" Ok i'll go inside" She replied while getting up. " And bro.............................................thanks"

"Always happy to help AJ" The older sibling reassured. And with nothing else to say the siblings made their way back into the house umbrella in hand as the rain continued to pour down. However what they don't realize is a pair of mysterious creatures up the horizon of the apple field surveying their presence.

"God I just wanna feast on their love already!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" One of the creatures complained.

"Calm down ya moron, you'll get your chance soon enough" The other one reassured.

"I just don't understand why the queen is waiting this long to strike" the first creature said. " I'm starving she need's to hurry up or I'm just gonna jump right down there and feast on the first pony I see"

"Dude will you chill out!!!!!!?????? Said a third creature that walked up to the duo. " We'll be able to feast soon, we just have to wait one more day and soon Ponyville will be the newest home for the changelings. Besides you really wanna go against the queens wishes and go rogue? Ya remember what happened to the last guy who went against her wishes don't ya?" After questioning the complaining changeling he let out a long gulp forgetting about what happened to the last changeling who disobeyed the queens orders.

"Sorry your right, I'll chill" He said nervously.

"Good" The third changeling said. " Now let's head back to give our report's. Don't wanna keep the queen waiting" With that the other two changelings nodded in agreement and they soon made their way back to their hive to give their report to the queen. But not before the second changeling turned around to take one last look at Ponyville.

"Get ready Ponyville, your love and city will soon be ours" He said in a menacing tone and with nothing left to say he and the others left as the Apple sibling nestled safely in their house remain unwary of their presence.

Author's Note

The invasion is coming folks :twilightoops: How will it play out? Well let's just wait and see until chapter 4, until then have a goodnight ladies and gentleman.

An old threat returns

The next day

All was quiet and gloomy this morning, Granny's death left a big rift towards every citizen in town especially the middle child of the apple family. However her brothers word's of encouragement from yesterday slightly boosted her spirit, while Bloom was still missing she was not gonna rest or give up until her lil sister was home so that she could give the filly the biggest hug and apology imaginable. Today the young farmer made her way towards the market to stock up on groceries all while wondering if her lil sis was doing ok out there wherever she is. As she made her way inside of the building with her mind still in the clouds, she finds herself accidentally bump into a tall stallion.

"Oh I'm sorry partner, wasn't paying attention" She apologized to the stallion.

"It's quite alright Applejack" The stallion said and soon Applejack recognized the man and his wife who walked up beside him groceries in hoof .

"Mr and Mrs Cake!" She said happily. " It's great to see ya how've ya been? I haven't seen you two in about a week.

"We're doing just fine darling" Mrs cake said. " We actually just got back from our anniversary trip and decided to head on over to the market to grab some stuff for dinner tonight"

"Oh yeah I forgot that you guy's anniversary was in January" Applejack replied. " So how was your trip?"

"It was really fun Applejack " Mr cake said. " Me and the miss's had a wonderful time"

"And he means WONDERFUL" Mrs Cake said with a hint of lust and then took the opportunity to wrap a hoof around her husbands neck" This stud sure knows how to please a lady, I tell ya Applejack I married the most romantic stallion in the world" As she made her statement Mr cake let out a big blush all while praying to the sun goddess that he was blessed with the most beautiful wife in the world.

"Hehe darling I love you too, but Applejack doesn't wanna hear all that" Mr cake said still blushing.

"Oh my your right sweetie" She replied with a blush of her own. "Sorry about that Applejack"

"No it's fine you two" Applejack reassured. " I'm happy you two had a good time"

"Thank you Applejack" Mr cake said. " Any news about Bloom and the others?"

"No not yet" AJ said sadly. " Still no sign of them I'm afraid"

"Oh I see, I'm sorry sweetie" Mrs Cake replied. " We actually asked around while we were vacationing in Las pegasus but sadly no one's seen them either"

"I see, well thanks for trying you guys" Applejack said with a sad smile.

"Anything for a friend" Mr Cake replied. " Also we heard about Granny Smith, we're so sorry for your loss"

"Indeed" Mrs Cake said in a sad tone. " Granny Smith was a good mare, Ponyvilles not gonna be the same without her. I hope she's in a better place.

"Amen" Mr Cake jumped in.

"Thanks guys" Applejack said with a hint of gratitude. " And your right, it's not gonna be the same without Granny. It hurt's and i don't think it'll ever go away anytime soon. But me and Big Mac will try our hardest to manage cause that's what Granny Smith would have wanted" after her statement Mr Cake placed a hoof on the farmgirl's shoulder.

"Granny would have been proud of you Applejack" He said with a comforting smile.

"She sure would" Mrs Cake agreed.

"Thanks you guys" Applejack said and before she knew it she found herself in a group hug with the married couple which she was quick to return and after a few seconds the three ponies broke apart.

"Well we better get going, gotta check up on pinkie and the twins " Mr Cake said.

"Indeed the poor dears must be going crazy for not seeing their mommy and daddy all week" Mrs Cake replied.

"Hehe oh yeah don't wanna keep your kids waiting do ya?" AJ said with a slight giggle. " And don't worry, knowing Pinkie I'm sure she's been keeping them entertained all week"

"That is true, Pinkie is an excellent employee/babysitter " Mr Cake said. " I have a mind to give that girl a raise when I get the chance"

"Not until we get our bills this month sorted first mister" Mrs Cake said"

"Hehe yes ma'am" He said with a blush. " Well we better get going, have a good day Applejack"

"Thanks guy's you too" She replied and soon the trio went their separate ways but not before Mrs Cake put a hoof on Applejack shoulder and said.

"You'll find then deary, I know you will" She reassured.

"Thanks Mrs Cake" Applejack said with a smile. And with that the married couple left the market leaving the farmgirl and as soon as they departed out of the store her expression soon changed from happy to sad.

"I wish it was that simple Mrs Cake" She thought to herself, and after collecting her thoughts she grabbed a shopping bag and made her way towards her first isle. As she reached the dry food section she took the shopping list out of her saddlebag and looked at the first item.

"Let's see Cinnamon" She said. " Now where did I see Cinnamon at last..........................................

"AWWWWWWWW COME ON DADDY NOT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Came a loud voice which interrupted the farmgirl. Applejack then took it upon herself to find the source of the loud voice and soon found non other than the lil brat Diamond Tiara and her father Filthy rich near the vegetable isle (which the latter was not happy about one bit)

"Stop yelling young lady you'll cause a scene!" Rich said in a stern tone.

"Come on daddy I'm tired of vegetables, I wanna eat something tasty for once!" The young filly demanded.

"Well too bad young lady, your still grounded remember?" He said. "And you should have thought about that before pulling that stunt, resulting in those poor girls running away from home, so until I can trust ya again, your only getting healthy food and that means no dessert or gourmet cooking"

"This is bullshit!!!!!!!!!" She shouted. " It's not like I killed those blank flanks or anything! Plus how long do you plan on keeping me grounded for anyways? it's been 4 months!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Until I can trust you again, and now your grounded for swearing at me young lady" Rich said earning him a long growl from his daughter.

"YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Diamond Tiara shouted and then went even further by knocking over the shopping cart spilling and breaking its content's all over the floor, and soon the little filly ran away in a huff.

“HEY, TIARA COME BACK HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He shouted before leaning against the edge of a carrot display while rubbing his temple in silent frustration. Applejack having seen enough walked over to the stallion.

"You alright Mr rich?" She asked.

"I've had better days kid" He said. " Sorry you had to see that, "sigh" I swear this kid is gonna give me a heart attack before I turn 40"

"Your trying your best sir" She reassured. " If that was my daughter I'd feel the same way too"

"Yeah" He replied trying to sound as calm as possible. " I just don't know where I went wrong you know? I tried so hard to be a good father to her, but she's been giving me and her stepmom so much grief and so many demand's it's not even funny. "sigh" I swear she's starting to turn more and more into her, I hate to say this but she's nothing but a bully to everyone she makes contact with"

"Hey now don't say that, except for the bully part your not wrong about that" Applejack replied. "Spoiled Rich wasn't the nicest pony, and I can tell she wasn't the best wife neither. Sure a little bit of her stubborn attitude rubbed off a little on Tiara, but at least she's not as worse as Spoiled, the things that women said and did to ya was downright disgusting, honestly I'll never understand what ya even saw in her...................................no offense"

"No non taken" He assured. " And your right I have no idea what i ever saw in her in the first place, we first met in college I thought she was the nicest mare I've ever seen. But alas I finally saw her true color's as she only cares about money and power not me or even her own daughter, hell she didn't even want to have kids in the first place. I can't believe it took me this long to finally divorce her, I felt that getting her out of my life would make things easier and maybe Tiara wouldn't end up like her but boy was I wrong. And now because of my bad parenting your little sister ran away and it's all..........................................................

"Don't you finish that sentence partner " Applejack interrupted. " It was NOT your fault, again you did your best Mr Rich. Your not a bad father Tiara's the way she is because her mother treated both you and her badly so only she's to blame. That's no excuse for her behavior but deep down I'm sure Tiara's a nice girl once ya get to know her she's just too stubborn to show it. Don't get me wrong I'm still upset at her for making me drive my lil sis away but you shouldn't blame yourself for her behavior, your doing your best Rich. She might not show it but I'm sure Tiara has some regrets and that she loves you deeply, as long as you keep on trying she'll never stoop to Spoils level. I'm not gonna give up on my lil sis and I don't want you to give up on your daughter either and that goes for your second wife too" After her little lecture A small smile formed on the rich stallions face .

"Heh Granny's raised ya well kid" He thought to himself.

"Thanks Applejack I needed that" He said.

"Happy ta help Mr Rich" She replied.

"Please, you and I have known eachother for a long time we're practically family" He said with a smile. " Call me Uncle Rich"

"Okie dokie Uncle Rich" Applejack said with a heartful smile and then brought her uncle into a warm embrace which he was quick to return.

"And don't worry we'll find Bloom and the other's" He reassured.

"I know we will uncle Rich" Applejack replied and after a minute the hug ended.

"Well I'll see ya later AJ" He said with a smile before it turned into an annoyed look. " Now If you'll excuse me I gotta pay for these damaged goods and hunt down that lil troublemaker"

"Want me to help ya round her up?" She offered.

"No thank you, I got it this isn't the first time I had to chase her down after one of her tantrums" He replied. " I'll see ya around Applejack"

"You too uncle Rich" She replied. And with nothing more to say the stallion made his way towards the entrance to pay for the damages before going after his daughter, as the farmgirl watched him leave her confidence and spirits soon boosted a bit. After taking a moment to collect herself the element of honesty continued her shopping with her spirits high and mighty.

Meanwhile at the gym

We find the element of loyalty AKA Rainbow dash at the local gym doing her usual warmups which consisted of both regular pushups and wing pushups. However her mind was on other things rather then her giving her usual 100%, that being her lil sister figure and biggest fan out their in the world alone and probably scared. After each pushup she quietly berated herself for stooping so low and doing something so cruel to a bunch of kids regardless of what they did, as the sweat dripped from her face her self berating continued as she scolded herself for her harsh action by pouring rain on them not even caring if they got wet or caught a cold. Her weather team was right, she did act like a bully and now she wished that she could take it all back and apologize to the trio and give her biggest fan the coolest and most sincerest apology imaginable. After reaching 100 reps the Pegasus stopped and wiped the sweat off her face but her remorseful expression stayed on.

"Scoots where are you?" She said to herself with a sigh, but as she collected her thoughts a stallion and a mare walked up towards her.

"Hey Dash" The stallion greeted which caused Dash to slowly turn around to find her teammates Thunderlane and his girlfriend Blossomforth standing right in front of her with worried expressions on both of their faces.

"Hey fellah's" She quietly greeted.

"You ok Dash?" Blossomforth asked. "Your a bit quiet today, It's kind of unlike you"

"Eh guess I'm not feeling very energetic today" Dash replied. " I wasn't planning on staying long anyways, after my warm ups I was just gonna hit the weights for an hour and then head home" After giving her answer the young couple looked visibly shock. Cause usually Dash loves to give it her all in the gym, but today she was all focused on a quiet workout session which was pretty off common to the most athletic and fit citizen of ponyville. After a few seconds one of them finally broke the silence.

"Look Dash, you and I have known each other since flight school I can tell when your feeling gloomy" Thunderlane said. "Believe me I'm just as worried about the CMC as you and I know their out there somewhere and we will find them. Hell my lil bro hasn't been the same himself after finding out that Scoots ran away"

"I wouldn't blame the lil guy" Dash replied. " He and Scoots are practically best friends with each other. "sigh" I'd do anything to have her home safe and sound fellah's"

"We all do Dash, we all do" Blossomforth reassured. " But you shouldn't give up hope. Also before you go we wanted to apologize"

"For what?" Dash replied while raising a confused eyebrow.

"For the harsh word's not just from us but from the rest of the weather team" Thunderlane jumped in. " We shouldn't have pinned the entire blame on ya like that it was a terrible thing for us to do, we're sorry Dash. Your not a bully and it wasn't your fault Scootaloo and the others ran away" After hearing his apology the rainbow headed pegasus got up ready to head towards the weights.

"Thanks fellah's" She said sadly. " But I'm afraid we'll have ta agree to disagree on that front" With nothing more to say the sad pegasus made her way towards the weights leaving the couple as they watched their friend sadly walk away.

"Think she'll be alright Thunder?" blossomforth asked.

"Only time will tell babe" Thunderlane reassured. " Only time will tell"

Meanwhile inside the Golden Oak's Library

We find the residence librarian Twilight Sparkle and her dragon assistant/little brother figure Spike currently setting up the library's shelf's for any customer who plans on checking out a book or 2 this morning. However both were not in the highest spirit's as the event's this month have left a massive hole in the two of em. From the CMC running away from home and now Granny smiths death, no doubt Ponyville has been hit with a massive storm of sadness and losses. Guilt riddled their minds at the hurtful act's that they subjected the CMC to with Twilight putting a shield spell around her house to keep them away and Spike straight up telling then to go away. The two siblings wished so badly that they could take it all back and actually listen to the CMC instead of ignoring them, all while cursing Diamond Tiara for causing all of this in the first place. As they reached the final shelf Twilight broke the silence.

"Well, looks like we're ready to open up this morning" Twilight said gloomly.

"Yeah" spike sadly replied. And another awkward silence filled the air for a few seconds before Spike finally spoke again. "Twilight?

"Yes Spike?" She answered.

"You think they'll ever come home?" He asked causing a long sigh from the unicorn.

"I hope so Spike" Twilight replied with a hint of remorse. " But given how harsh we were I doubt they'll come home anytime soon"

"No kidding" He said. " I wouldn't even blame them for not wanting to come home at all. I can't believe I told them to scram, I should have at least heard them out first"

"Me too lil bro. Putting up that shield spell around the house was both selfish and cowardly of me" Twilight replied. " I should have heard them out myself but instead I chose to just isolate myself from them"

"AND IT'S ALL THAT BRAT TIARA'S FAULT!!!" Spike said with anger. " I can't believe she blackmailed them into spreading our secrets she is absolutely disgusting, I swear once we find the CMC I say we run that little punk out of town so she doesn't hurt anyone again!!!!"

"SPIKE CALM DOWN!!!!!!!!" Twilight retorted. " Though I do agree with you, she does deserve to be punished for her actions, but she's already been grounded , lost her friend, and got kicked off the newspaper team so at least she wont pull something like this again.

"Good, she deserves it" Spike replied and then calmed down slightly. " I just want them to come home already Twilight, its been 4 months and there's still no sign of them, Celestia hasn't even seen them yet"

"I know Spike" Twilight said. " I haven't even written one friendship report since they left as I felt that I failed the lesson of friendship by forcing one of my youngest friends to run away. Sometimes I feel like i don't deserve to have friends to begin with if I can drag them away this easily"

"Don't say that twilight" Spike replied. "You do deserve your friends, you made a mistake we all made a mistake. And Celestia knows you didn't mean it. Plus I'm sure she doesn't mind the slight delay of friendship reports minus the 4 month gap. But at least you still write to her"

"Yeah but only to ask about any news about the trio" Twilight said sadly. " But your right Spike we made a mistake and we owe them an apology, and I'm not about to give up on friendship so easily due to one mistake. I gotta stay strong and stay positive as that's what Celestia would want me too . They're still out there and we got to find them and apologize no matter what obstacles we come across"

"Now that's the Twilight I know!!!!!!" Spike said proudly. " Your right we will find them no matter what the cost"

"AMEN!!!!!" Twilight replied. Then there was another short silence until Spike broke the ice.

"So what's the plan sis?" Spike said while giving a saluting posture.

"First let's write a report to Celestia before opening up the library" Twilight said.

"Another CMC report?" spike asked.

"No Spike..........................................A Friendship report" Twilight proudly said. " I know learned a valuable lesson about friendship just now. No matter how difficult the obstacle is, you shouldn't give up so easily and ya gotta stay positive and to overcome it as that's what your friends and loved ones would want from you. Giving up is NEVER the option"

"Wise word Twi" Spike said proudly.

"Paper and scroll pen please" Twilight said.

"You got it sis !" Spike said with a thumb's up and then went to retrieve the items Twilight requested. Then a few seconds later he presented them to his big sister figure who was quick to levitate the objects onto a nearby table and soon began to jot down her long delayed friendship report.

Dear Princess Celestia

Today I learned...................................................

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM

But before Twilight could even write down a single sentence, a loud boom can be heard in the horizon followed by a violent rumble which shook and spooked the pair slightly at the sudden impact. The pair then made their way towards the window to take a peak outside trying not to fall over as another rumble shook the foundation of the library, They then peaked outside to find the sky covered in a mysterious dark haze as various green rays of magic rained down and hit the ground causing loud rumbles and explosions as the various citizens were scattered around panicking and avoiding the various rays of magic.

"What the hell is that!!!!????" Spike asked in a shocked tone. " Sorry for the language"

"No I agree with you Spike" Twilight replied. " Whatever it is It does not look good" And with that the unicorn rushed outside immediately.

"Hey wait up!" Spike called out as he followed behind.

The pair then made their way outside as to their horror they found the various citizens running away and taking cover from the various rays that continued to rain down. Filthy Rich who was among the crowd of panicking citizens called out to his daughter who was nowhere to be found.

"Twilight!!!!!!!" Came a voice. And twilight and Spike turned to the side to find the rest of the main 6 along with Big Mac, Caramel, and Angel who looked just as shocked as the duo.

"What the hell's going on?!" Dash asked.

"That's what I'm trying to figure out myself Dash!" Twilight replied.

"I know they said there's a slight chance of rain but this is ridiculous!!!!!" Pinkie said in her usual tone which earned her some annoyed looks from the group.

"We should take cover and figure out what's going on" Big Mac suggested .

"Sounds like a plan " Rarity agreed. But then suddenly the rays stopped raining down and the dark haze soon started to fade away, the group then looked up and to their surprise found a mysterious figure floating down towards the center of the town her appearance hidden in the shadows.

"Everyone take cover and get inside your houses!!!!!!!!" Twilight ushered the panicking Citizens who were quick to head inside their respected homes or take cover inside nearby shops or hide behind carts and inside trashcans. Soon the mysterious intruder made her way down to the ground as the group and especially Twilight recognized the creature that now stood before them, and there stood (her appearance now fully visible)............................................................

Queen Chrysalis

"Hello Twilight" She said with a wicked smile.

"Chrysalis" Twilight said with a menacing tone"

"Hehe I'm so honored that you remember me" Chrysalis replied with a evil giggle.

"It's quite hard not to forget someone who almost made us turn on our best friend ya insect!!!!!!" Dash snapped back.

"Awwwwwww no need to be so harsh lil pegasus, and you had a part in that yourself when you abandoned your friend like an asshole" Chrysalis teased which earned her a long growl from the element of Loyalty.

"CUT THE CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!"Applejack retorted. " What are ya doing here anyways, we sent you and your army packing!!!"

"If I'm ta take a guess lil sis" Big mac jumped in. " I say she's here to take revenge on ya'll"

"Ding, ding, ding, ding! Ten points for you muscleboy!" Chrysalis said with a menacing smile. But before she could continue Twilight interrupted her.

"If you think I'll let you anywhere near by BBBFF and my sister in law , you got another thing coming!!!!!!!!!!" Twilight shouted.

"Oh no I have no interest in your brother and his lil bride Sparkle" Chrysalis replied. " You see after me and my subjects were blasted away by that disgusting ray of love magic and sent to the faraway regions of Equestria I got to thinking. I was pretty careless and didn't think my original plan through enough, looking back at it now while it did sound like an excellent idea I should have seen through the flaws of it all. When I transported you down the forgotten caverns of Canterlot, I figured that you would starve or have your love drained and devoured by my subjects who I sent down their to guard the princess. But alas that was a mistake cause you managed to locate Cadence and fight your way out of the cave and stop my rain. If i had known you would have located the actual Cadence I would have just killed you on the spot as there would have been nobody left to stop me and Cadence would have just starved to death and I would have ruled Canterlot with an iron hoof. So after my failed takeover I began to jot down ways to get my revenge on ya'll and that's when it hit me, I needed to start out small and figured instead of trying to take over a kingdom why not take over a small town first before moving on to the rest of Equestria? So I thought to myself what better place to start my takeover than Ponyville itself? Now locating this small town wasn't exactly easy though, I spent months locating your little home and to my surprise and luck I ran into some ponies who were camping out in the wildlands. And after informing them about my plan I offered them a little deal. They help me locate Ponyville and I would reward them handsomely, and they were quick to tell me the location of ponyville as they too wanted revenge on the citizens in your small town"

"And who might those ponies be ?" Twilight asked. Knowing no one who would want revenge on ponyville except maybe the Flim Flam brothers, Gilda, or Trixie but then again Trixie apologized last year.

"Why don't you ask them yourselves?" Chrysalis said with a sadistic smile and then called out . " OH GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!💚"

Then suddenly a ray of magic soon enveloped the ground as a trio of ponies soon teleported right next to the changeling queen creating a light cloud of smoke. As the smoke started to clear the group stared in shock at the sight of the now visible trio and were quick to recognize the three of em.

"No" Applejack said in shock.

"This can't be" Rainbow dash replied with her jaw dropping.

"This has to be a trick, there's no way" Rarity said as everyone else stared in shock after they all quickly recognized the three fillies standing right in front of them with looks of pure vengence in each of their eyes.

"Wassup big sis?" One of them said with a menacing tone.

Author's Note

Note to self...................don't spoil the villain in the story tag :twilightblush:

Also I've been watching way too much Stories of Sodor :twilightblush:

For those wondering why I only did applejack, Dash and Twilight and not the entire main 6. Well i figured that I'd just focus on the one's who felt the most guilty about how they treated the CMC.

Anyways I hope you enjoyed chapter 4 and I should have ch 5 out by either late February or early March, until then I'll see ya'll next time :twilightsmile:

Familiar faces and vengence

The entire group stared in shock at the three fillies standing right in front of them, each of them blinked multiple times and lightly smacked their faces believing that they her hallucinating or just having a bad dream. But alas this was no dream or a hallucination , the fillies standing in front of them were real and they were beyond pissed at the group especially Applejack, Big Mac, rarity, and Dash. they continued to stare in disbelief at the three girls standing next to the changeling cream but non showed more shock than AJ, Big Mac, rarity, and Dash as they were surprised to find the three fillies who've they've been searching for these past 4 month's standing right there, in the flesh.............................................

The Cutie Mark Crusaders

As the group continued to stare trying so hard to believe that this was a bad dream as there was no way these three fillies would ally themselves with Queen Chrysalis. As they surveyed the trio they noticed quite a few changes on each of them, Scootaloo was now flying which surprised Dash as the filly has always had a hard time flying properly, Sweetie Belle's hair was styled in a punkish design and was now spiky and dyed a dark purple which shocked the glamorous mare as her little sister would never style her hair in such a manor, Apple bloom had a scar on the left side of her face possibly from their time in the wildlands and her signature red bow was replaced with a black one making it harder for the older siblings to even recognize their little sister, but the biggest feature of the trio was that they were wearing dark gothic like clothes that gave a menacing tone and appearance and each of them have grown slightly. After a minute of shock and surprise one of em broke the ice and spoke.

"Wassup big sis?" Sweetie Belle said with a wicked smile and menacing tone earning a shocked look from her older sister as well as the other's.

"Sweetie Belle?" Rarity said trying her hardest not to cry.

"Scoots?" Dash said in shock"

"Apple bloom?" Big Mac and Applejack said in unison.

"Your here?" Applejack questioned. " Your actually here standing right in front of us? Is this a dream or a trick?"

"Oh We're real alright AJ" Bloom answered menacingly." And we're real pissed"

"Pissed of at what!?" Dash shouted. "What could you possibly be angry about?"

"Are you serious that naive Dash? Pffft and to think I used to look up to you" Scootaloo scoffed earning an offended look from the element of loyalty. " But to jog your memory your the reason we're all pissed"

"Scoots is right, you guys are the reason we're pissed off" Sweetie belle jumped in earning a loud gasp from Rarity who never expected to hear her lil sister use such language. " We tried to explain to you the reason why we posted your secret's but did you guy's listen ? NO!!!!!!!!"

"Tiara blackmailed not only us but our classmates that she'd post our darkest secrets if we didn't help with this gabby gum thing" Apple bloom replied. " We knew we couldn't back down out of fear of our secrets getting posted so we tried to ask you guys for help but you didn't listen to us and instead you treated us like garbage by yelling at us to go away after your precious secrets were exposed to the public" As the filly made her statement Big mac and Applejack lowered their heads in shame remembering how harsh they were to their little sister.

"Pouring rain on us like a big bully" Scoots jumped is as Rainbow Dash berated herself for being so harsh towards the young girls especially hearing the world bully again since her weather team called her one after hearing about what she did to them.

"And lets not forget calling us the worst sister in the world, banning us from the library, slamming the freaking door in our faces, and not facing or confronting us like a coward!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Sweetie belle shouted earning shocked and remorseful looks by not only her big sis but Twilight and the others too.

"Girls we had no idea......................................." Fluttershy jumped in.

"IT'S TOO LATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Apple bloom interrupted .You guy's and everyone else in ponyville hurt us in the worst way imaginable. We thought you guys loved us and would always have our backs but boy were we wrong, so now we're gonna show you guy's what its like to be hurt "

"AND YOU THINK ALLYING YOURSELVES WITH THAT INSECT'LL MAKE YA'LL FEEL BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????" Big Mac shouted while pointing at the Changeling queen who was wickedly giggling throughout the argument between the group.

" Oh Chrysalis was a means to an end for all three of us big bro" Apple bloom replied. However as they spoke, Twilight noticed a familiar pendant wrapped around each of the fillies necks.

"Wait is that......................." she began but was quickly stopped by Apple bloom.

"Yes the alicorn amulet" Bloom answered which earned a shocked look from the unicorn, having encountered the same trinket last year during Trixie's return when she had it in her possession giving her dark and threatening powers and almost cause the magician to do unspeakable acts if Twilight haven't gotten it out of her possession. But what surprised her the most as to where they got em especially since Twilight remembered destroying the first one last year"

"How did you get those?!" She asked. " I destroyed the first one, and secondly how did you get three of them?"

"I'd be more than happy to answer your lil question Sparkle" chrysalis interrupted earning a growl from the unicorn." While it's true that you've destroyed the first alicorn amulet. it's not impossible to find another one either, I actually came across a second one across my trek through the wildlands and after witnessing it's power I knew this artifact was exactly what I needed to ensure my second takeover was successful this time. However after recruiting the CMC I decided to give it to them instead as I felt that they would be worthy of it's power due to their thirst for revenge, so after a quick duplication spell I managed to successfully make not one but three amulets for each of them"

"ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!???????????" Twilight screamed. " That amulet is dangerous! When Trixie had it it nearly took over her body and mind, If I hadn't taken it out of her hands it might have killed her. And now you've given it to three young fillies are you crazy?!"

"Hey watch your mouth with the queen sparkle!" Scoots said earning an offended and shocked look from the unicorn and an appreciative look from Chrysalis. " to answer your question, chrysalis being the most amazing pony we've ever met has mangaged to work out the kinks of the trinket after duplicating and giving them to us. So not only do we have new and awesome abilities especially me finally learning to fly properly but without the worry of it taken over and damaging our bodies."

"Scoots COME ON!!!!!!!!!!! Dash shouted. " This isn't you and I know it. I get that your pissed at us for what we've done but this is not the answer!"

"Oh isn't it Dash?" Scoots replied. " That's funny coming from you especially after you poured rain on us" After making her remark Dash couldn't muster the courage to argue back not wanting to admit that her lil sister figure has a point as her actions weren't the answer either.

" How did you three even manage to survive these past 4 months anyway?" Rarity asked. " Especially since you didn't even bother to pack a suitcase or even a backpack full of supplies"

"Well Rarity, ya see after we left we've practically had to learn to defend ourselves" Scootaloo began. " Leaving without supplies wasn't exactly the best idea but we figured that you guy's wouldn't let us in our respected houses so we decided to tough it up and go about the world with nothing but the hooves on our backs. Sure we've had to do quite a few reckless act's to get by these past 4 months like pick pocketing, hunting, sneaking into hotel rooms, defending ourselves against the various creatures out there in the world, stealing from a few stores, etc. All to get us by"

" And after we got kicked out of the 5th hotel we snuck into last month we decided to just rough it and camp out in the wildlands" Sweetie belle jumped in. "It was a challenge at first with non of us ever gone camping, hunting, or even stepped foot in the wilderness before, but somehow we managed to pull through. However luck soon came to our side and that's when we met the changeling queen and her loyal subjects. At first we were startled due to not seeing any creature like her or anyone else, but after she informed us about her plan to take over ponyville we were all in for it especially since she promised us a new home and a chance to get revenge on not only Tiara but for every citizen in town who hurt us mentally" After sweetie belle gave her little explanation the entire group hung their heads in shame and guilt, each showed their own level of remorse due to their actions leading three fillies to a dark path with the Changeling that they've defeated last year.

" And I must say it's only been a month but i've come to love these little girl's " Chrysalis said happily before bringing the three fillies into a hug. " they're like the little sisters I've always wanted💚"

"In your dreams witch!!!!!!!!!" Rarity shouted. " If you think I'm gonna stand by and let you manipulate my little sister you got another thing coming!"

"Oh yeah?" Chrysalis replied after ending the hug. " You think you guys will be able to stop me again even though you don't have the elements of harmony with you or Cadence and Armor's love magic?" after making her statement the mane six knew she was right especially with the elements being all the way in Canterlot, saddened looks formed in each of their faces as three of ponyvilles known trio of happy go lucky fillies has turned over to the dark side.

"Bloom please, have some common sense" Applejack begged almost in tears. " You don't have ta be with this insect , come back to us and we can discuss this please"

"It's too late sis, much too late" Bloom replied.

"The damage is already done" Scoots said.

"And now you'll face the consequences of your actions among us" Sweetie belle replied menacingly and then turned to the changeling queen. " Chrysalis do your thing"

"It would be my pleasure" Chrysalis happily replied. And soon the changeling queen let out a signaling screeching sound and soon hundreds of her changeling army began to rain down onto the street's of ponyville as a few of the citizens who were still on the streets started to panic as the creatures entered their town , the group stared in shock and horror at the surprising entrance of the insect like intruders entering their town as Chrysalis and the CMC let out a wicked and evil laugh as their subjects entered the streets of ponyville.

"Ponyville is mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Chrysalis shouted victoriously as the group remained shocked and horrified, their small town was in for a world of trouble.

Author's Note

Another chapter done, and just in time with the month almost over :twilightblush: quick note: The takeover is gonna take place over the course of an entire week starting with the next chapter. So stay tuned cause the next chapters arrive sometime next month, until then your boy's gotta rest his fingers. So see ya next time fellahs :heart:

The takeover begins

The group stood in shock and horror as they found themselves surrounded by an army of changeling, and not just them but the citizens who hadn't found a hiding place in time found themselves surrounded by the insect like intruders. Soon some of the captured citizens were brought forth to the center of the town next to the group of heroes, Filthy Rich who was amongst the crowd looked around and found that his daughter was no where to be seen and was soon starting to worry despite her tantrum and runaway earlier and prayed that she as well as his wife who was still at home was safe and managed to find a place to hide from the invaders. Now that the crowd of Citizens attention was up and front the changeling queen soon flew up and landed on top of town hall to get a good view of her captured prey before she made her little speech, and soon she made her announcement.

"HELLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNYYYYYYYYYYYVVVVVVVVVVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She boomed at the crowd like a musician at a concert before they play. " Now I'm sure all of you who've attended the Canterlot wedding last year already know who I am, but for those who don't allow me to introduce myself. I am Chrysalis Queen of the Changelings and soon to be ruler of not only Ponyville but the rest of Equestria as well"

"HA YOU WISH!!!!!!!!!" Dash shouted earning scared looks from the crowd especially her friends.

"DASH SHUT UP YOUR NOT HELPING!!!!!!!!!!!!" Spike shouted.

"No Spike I don't care if I die at this very spot I gotta say this" Rainbow dash replied. " If you honestly think you'll rule over not just our town but the rest of Equestria then your a freaking idiot ya changeling scum, we've stopped you before and sent you and your army packing before and we're more than happy to do it again. I'm not gonna stand by and let you endanger my town, Equestria, and put my little sister figure under your little spell of manipulation and brainwashing"

"I ain't brainwashed dumbass!!!!!" Scootaloo interrupted earning a shocked look from the Rainbow headed girl who was not expecting to hear that kind of language from her #1 fan .

"That'll do Scoots dear" chrysalis said looking down.

"Apologies your majesty" the filly apologized.

" Thank you" Chrysalis said and then proceeded to clear her throat before speaking again. " Now where was I ? Oh yeah! That was a nice and rather vulgar speech Rainbowdash and I commend your guts kid, but I'm afraid this time you and your friends aren't gonna stop me this time around"

"And what makes you think you'll actually succeed this time?" Dash asked.

"Simple" Chrysalis answered. " You see I actually planned out my takeover after months of locating your small town and not to brag but it is 100% foolproof" Dash couldn't help but scoff at her remark as she continued to talk.

"For centuries my people have been ridiculed, bullied, shunned, imprisoned for no reason and even murdered by all of you horrible creatures, all we wanted was to live in peace just like all of you but did we get it? NO!!!!!1" She began. "So now it's time for me and my Changelings to finally rise up and show you judgemental creatures what happens when you cross the wrong species. starters I'm gonna do a bit of "reorganizing" of your little town" One, I shall begin with this building that I'm standing on top of proudly. Town hall shall now be me and my three adorable subjects private living quarters, and we are not to be disturbed unless your called upon or summoned. The CMC couldn't help but stand proudly at the thought of having their own living quarters, Chrysalis then pointed at Golden oaks library.

"Two, Golden oaks Library shall be our base of operations to discuss our battle plans and future takeovers of every region of Equestria" After Chrysalis made her statement Twilight and Spike felt appalled and sick to their stomachs at the thought of their home being used for battle plans and warfare strategy's. The changeling queen the pointed to Sugarcube corner.

"Three, that little sweets cafe over there shall be the mess hall as well as the other eatery establishments in town" She said. " And any of the owners or chefs who work in each of em shall now work under me and I'd BETTER see the meals me, my three commanders, and my changelings order from ya or we'll find "alternate'' meals" The many cooks , chefs, and especially the Cake family couldn't help but shudder at the fact that while they enjoyed having a room full of hungry customers are now gonna have to feed an army of Changeling and were visibly terrified at the thought of accidentally making the wrong dish and upsetting the invaders. However Mr Cake showed the least bit of fear and stood up trying to act as brave as possible.

"If your gonna use my shop as a messhall then go the hell ahead, I'll cook for you and your insects but let my family go use me as your chef instead not my wife" He said bravely as Mrs Cake was shocked to hear her husband was willing to sacrifice himself to save her and the twins.

"Damn and I thought Dash had some guts" Chrysalis said slightly impressed at the stallions bravery and willingness to sacrifice himself to save his loved ones. " But don't worry no harm shall come to your wife and kids as long as you cook exactly what i request, and I'll have non of that gluten free crap"

"As you wish" He said coldly trying not to look offended that she criticized his loving wife's gluten free options that she came up with last year, and with nothing else to say he collected his wife and infant kids into an embrace which she was quick to return with tears, at the thought of her hubbies small sacrifice for the sake of her and the kids.

"Awwwwwwwww how sweet" She said sarcastically before clearing her throat again. " Moving right along. Four, all your respected homes shall be your prison chambers and my engineers are gonna ensure that your doors and windows are fitted with the finest metal bars, locks, and shield spells, I know no need to thank me. And as for the apartments and shops those shall be my subjects living quarters so if any of ya are living in those complexes, I recommend that you evict yourselves immediately and bunk with someone else like a good prisoner," The citizens in town stared in shock that their respected homes were gonna be turned into makeshift jail houses.

"Five" chrysalis continued while pointing towards the apple farms horizon. " The fields near that lovely little farm over there shall be where we harvest crops of all sorts , apples, vegetables, etc and every single apple tree out in the field shall be picked before the end of each day and I better not see one single apple missed, and I want fresh crops and I mean fresh" Applejack and Big Mac tried their hardest not too show anger at the fact that their lifelong apple fields were about to be used as a prison farm and that she expects them to have then bucked and picked before the day was done which is physically impossible given how huge the apple fields are.

"six" She continued. " The hospital and doctors clinic's shall are where my subjects are to be treated if injured or falling and the citizens shall only be treated if it's a serious injury or if they're needed back on the fields immediately, and I expect professional treatment and not any of that "here have a bandaid good as new shit" I want my subjects fully healed and well" The doctors and medics in town were disgusted that they now have to treat these invaders.

"And finally the fun part.....................................POSITIONS AND SCHEDULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Chrysalis continued earning less excited looks from the crowd. " Now, now hold your excitement, now let's get down to business" And with that Chrysalis soon began to list out the jobs.

Mr cake as stated you and every chef and restaurant owner in town shall be my personal cooks and once again i expect to have the meals that me and my subjects have ordered, and since Pinkie pie is one of your coworkers and Applejack knows her way around an apple pie they too shall help out in the kitchen as well. And as for the citizens of ponyville , their meals shall only consist of Bread, soup, sandwiches, stew, cider, water, egg's, fruits, and if they're good.......apple pie. And you shall have exactly 30 minutes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner breaks any minute longer and no food for a week . And to assure you don't try to poison my food, I'm placing Apple bloom in charge of the mess halls. "Applejack felt outright offended that she, pinkie, Mr cake and the other chefs were now forced to cook meals for the changelings and what's worse her own lil sis was in charge.
Twilight Sparkle since you know your way around literature and planning, you shall be my personal assistant and strategist of my upcoming takeovers, and I want well thought out plans, no BS. And to ensure you don't try calling for help using your magic scrolls Sweetie belle shall act as your supervisor and your little dragon friend over their shall have a muzzle placed over his mouth to ensure that he doesn't try to attack me with his fire breath. " Spike couldn't help but gulp that he was gonna have a muzzle placed over his mouth like a wild animal" and as for the mayor, you shall be my little housemaid and your security guards now work under my wing, and I expect not a single speck of dirt in my living quarters old woman. "Mayor mare showed true offense after being called old"

"I'll have you know I'm still in my early 30's!" She shouted.

"SHUT UP!!!!!!!!" A female Changeling shouted causing the mayor to not say another word.

Big macintosh, and 10 other citizens shall help around the applefields and again I expect those crops planted and every single apple tree bucked and collected by the end of the day and not an hour later their will be consequences. And Fluttershy since you know your way around animals , I'm putting you in charge of keeping those animal and insect friends of yours from eating my crops, and if I find one bite taken out of one of my fruits or vegetables I'll add them to the messhalls menu . " Fluttershy was horrified at the fact that Chrysalis would punish her animal friends by serving them at the messhall which made her sick to the stomach, but knowing that there was no other option she agreed.

"Yes Chrysalis" She said scared. " I'll make sure non of the animals touch your crops just don't hurt them, and please let me feed them.

"Good" chrysalis replied. " And yes I will allow you to feed them during your breaks, as long as it's nothing from the fields or the messhall"

"Yes ma'am" She said sadly as Big mac couldn't help but feel sorry for one of his best friends and her forest friends.

"Excellent" Chrysalis continued. " Anyways.............................................................................."

Doctor Stable you and your medical team shall man the hospital while the other medics in town shall work the smaller offices. And since your nephew knows a little about medical procedures he too shall work along side you. And to ensure you keep a sharp eye on my subjects if they're in critical conditions , the empty operating rooms in the hospital and doctors offices shall be your cells. And once again I expect my citizens and subjects to be fully treated and healthy. "As she made her statement Applejack looked worryingly at her boyfriend and his uncle, however Caramel returned her look and instead gave her a " Don't worry babe I'll be ok I promise" look which gave Applejack a little hope that he'll be alright as long as he cooperates.
As for the young, infant fillies and colt's they shall be put in charge and watched over by Mrs cake and the schoolyard over there shall be a daycare area while their parents are working. " Mr cake let out a slight sigh of relief that while his wife would be put to work by this evil queen, he was glad that she gave her the safest job and that she and the twins would be safe"
And finally Rainbow dash and the other pegasus's, you shall be put in charge of clean up duty throughout the town and the weather team will continue their usual routine along with your new cleanup duties and to ensure not a single bit of trash I'm putting Scootaloo in charge of you all. " Dash let out a loud growl at the fact that she was gonna be used as a garbage man and what's worse her lil sister figure was to be in charge of her, even though a part of her knows that she deserves this after what she's done to the poor girl.

"Oh and one more thing, my subjects Thorax and his older brother Pharynx shall be out on guard duty" She continued. " Now before we get started my three commanders here shall close this off , take it away girls"

"Yes your magisty" Bloom said with a bow and then she and her friends stared at the captured citizens with the coldest stares imaginable. " You all hurt us more than you know, the way you shunned, yelled, and ridiculed us hurt way more than having a broken leg"

"We tried to explain to you the reason why we did it" Scoots jumped in. " We tried to ask you all for your help but did you listen? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You all instead chose to ridicule us as soon as your secrets were spread"

"You yelled at us, covered us in rain, banned us from stores, acted like we weren't your friend or family, told us to go away, and outright bullied us more that that rich brat Diamond Tiara" Sweetie belle replied. " Yes we shouldn't have spread you secrets and that was wrong of us, but we didn't have a choice cause unlike you we actually cared for our friends and didn't want their secrets spread even if it meant making a harsh sacrifice, so now this is on all of you" As they made their statement the main 6 and the rest of the town bowed their heads in shame at the fact that they had a hand in this takeover and wished so badly that they could take back their harsh treatments towards the CMC's.

"Sweetie belle, please" Rarity said as tears started to form.

"It's too late Rarity, Ponyville and the rest of Equestrias blood is on you" She said coldly and then the three of em began to walk back to chrysalis but were soon stopped by a familiar voice.

"Guy's wait!" Came a voice and soon the CMC looked back to find some of their friends and classmates Snails, Snips, Rumble, Twist, Pipsqueak, Dinky, Tender taps, Featherweight, and even Silverspoon standing right in front of them.

"What do you want? Especially you Silver spoon?" Bloom asked.

"Listen I know I'm the last person you guys want to talk to but just here he out" She said.

"phhhttt this outta be good" Scootaloo scoffed as Silverspoon took a deep breath before speaking again.

"I'm sorry" She began earning shocked looks from the group.

"What?" Sweetie belle said .

"I'm sorry" Silver spoon continued. " I was a major asshole to you guys and I don't blame you guys for hating me. The truth is I hated Diamond Tiara just as much as you guys did, I never wanted to be her friend to begin with. When i moved here a few years ago I was shy and felt like I would never make any friends but that's when I met tiara, and since we both had one thing in common aka we were both rich I felt like it was only appropriate to hang out with another rich pony. At first I was happy to finally have a friend but that's when I saw her true colors, she was nothing more than a bully and a smug jerk and worst of all she even bullied me into acting just like her which made me sick to my stomach. A part of me wanted to call of our friendship but I was scared at what she would do to me if I ever broke up our friendship or stopped her from bullying others. in the end I ended up being nothing but a coward that is until you guys left. After you guys left Tiara did the cruelest thing, she thru a good riddance party for you three and what's worse she bullied and blackmailed our classmates to come and "celebrate" and that was the last straw. It was high time for me to put a stop to her, so I went to Ms Cherrilee and confessed her entire plan and soon her little good riddance party and reputation as shut down along with her position on the newspaper team. And I finally plucked up the courage to end our "friendship" as I was sick and tired of following this bully around and watching her hurt not just you guys but many others. I don't expect you guys to forgive me as I should have long defended you from Tiara but I was too much of a coward to do anything, but for what it's worth girls..............................I'm sorry" The rich pony said nothing else and simply lowered her head in shame, however she soon found someone touch her shoulder which caused her to look up and find the CMC looking at her with surprisingly happy expressions on their faces.

"It's alright Spoons" Apple bloom began. " Ta be honest we always knew you were a nice gal cause you didn't seem like the bullying type and I could see the hurt and remorse in your eyes whenever you taunted or made fun of us"

"Yeah your not a bad pony Silver" Scoots jumped in. " Your not too bad after all, I should have known that jackass Tiara manipulated you, and don't call yourself a coward I getcha. If I was in your shoes I probably would have done the same thing as well"

"Amen" Sweetie belle replied. " Your a nice girl Silverspoon and Diamond Tiara was a fool for making you hide your true colors, your nothing like her or those traitors over there your a good person and don't let anyone say so otherwise" After making their statements Silver spoon couldn't help but shed a tear at the fact that they've forgiven her even after everything.

"Thank you guys, thank you so much" Silver spoon said. " If there's anything you guys want me to do even to help you get revenge on Tiara I'll do it to make it up to you guys for her harsh behavior"

"Count us in too" Snails jumped in. " We should have had you guys back when Tiara blackmailed you but we didn't"

"We were cowards" Snips said. " We should have helped you guys "

"But we didn't and now look what's happened" Rumble replied sadly especially seeing his friends ( and secret crush) going down this dark path.

"So let us make it up to you guy's" Twist said.

"Whatever jobs you guys or Chrysalis need, we'll do it if it means showing that we still care about you guys and that your still our friends" Tender taps said as the others nodded their heads in unison, the CMC looked at the 9 of them with smiles on their faces happy to know that at least a few ponies still care about them.

"Thank you guys" Bloom said. " It's nice to know that at least a few ponies still care about us. You know what? Since you guys are our friends, the 9 of you shall be our seconds in command, if that's alright with you Chrysalis?"

"Weeeeeeeellllllllllllll as Pinkie would say "Now that's not a real thing silly" She said earning a offended look from the party pony. " I'll allow it especially since 9 times the commanders will be beneficial to my takeover"

"Thank you your majesty" Bloom said as she, Sweetie belle, and scootallo bowed down to her along with rumble and the others.

"Rumble you can't be serious?!" Thunderlane shouted.

"YEAH THIS IS INSANE!!!!!!!!!" Snowflake shouted as well to his own little brother.

"I'm sorry big bro" Rumble sadly replied.

"But we don't wanna see our friends hurting anymore" Featherweight replied to his bodybuilder older brother earning sad looks from the two friends eyes as Chrysalis made her closing statement.

"Now that that's settled your work begins NOW" Chrysalis declared. " We shall start by renovating the apartment's and houses with metal bars and shield spells, and if there's any escape attempts you shall be executed on the spot................OWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! " But before Chrysalis could continue, she looks down to find non other than angel biting her leg, after a few seconds she scoops the little bunny up with her magic as he throws his fist in the air trying to hit her face causing her to giggle slighty.

"Hehe you a little fighter aren't ya?" She giggled. " I like that. Ya know what? Your kinda adorable I think I'll make ya my own personal court jester little rabbit. Now let's get to work"

"You heard the queen, TAKE THESE TRAITORS TO THEIR JOBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Bloom ushered the changeling army who was quick to drag and escort the struggling citizens to their respected jobs.

"Let me go you broots!!!!!!!!!!" Rarity shouted as she was being dragged away. " Sweetie Belle please!!!!!"

"Bloom don't do this!!!!!!!!!!!" AJ shouted as well.

"This isn't you Scoots!!!!!!!!!" Rainbow dash replied as she tried to struggle away from her changeling captors.

"ANNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Fluttershy tearfully shouted as she was being dragged away from her rabbit friend who continued to try and break free from the changeling.

"This isn't funny" Pinkie said as her once poofy hair deflated as she was being dragged away"

"YOU WON'T GET AWAY WITH THIS CHRYSALIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Twilight shouted as she and Spike were dragged away as well.

"Oh I already have Sparkle, and rest assured NO one is gonna stop me this time" She gloated as she the CMC and their friends watched the main 6 and everyone else being dragged by the changelings, after a few minutes she stared at the remaining changeling.

"As for the rest of you" She began. " I want you to look all over town for any citizens hiding and to bring them back here so i can assign them their jobs as well, is that clear?"

"YES YOUR MAJESTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" They all said in unison before dispersing to look for any who was still hiding, as Chrysalis watched them go she couldn't help but feel proud of herself, that her latest plan has come into motion and that she now has not only her Changelings but not 3 but 12 commanders by her side.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh It's good to be queen" She said to herself. " Come along kids we have much to discuss"

"Yes your majesty" They all said in unison as they entire group made their way inside town hall.

Meanwhile

Inside the Crusaders tree house, we find Diamond Tiara sitting comfortably on a beanbag chair chowing down on a bag of chips, candy bars, and a cola that she snagged front the front counter when she ran out of the supermarket( another thing that her father had to pay for along with the damaged groceries). After months of only eating healthy stuff thanks to her old man ,she savored every single sugary and salty taste from the goodies that she stole. Now while she wouldn't be caught dead going inside her mortal enemies cheap little clubhouse, it was the closest thing to a hiding place from her father as with the citizens still pissed of at her for what she's done , there's no way they'd agree to have her hide in their houses or shops without informing Filthy rich about her hiding place. As she ate she couldn't help but mutter and groan slightly at the event's these past 4 months, she openly berated the punishment's she received from everyone with her dad grounding her for an unknown period of time, Silver spoon snitching on her and ending their friendship, her classmates abandoning her, the whole town shunning her, only getting healthy food to eat, and worst of all getting kicked off the newspaper team. As she took a sip of her soda she continued to curse and berate everyone who betrayed her.

"God damn it" She growled. " I can't believe I'm resorting to hiding inside this stupid treehouse, those blank flanks could have at least painted it blue. Why did it have to end like this? It's not like I murdered those three losers or anything, but everyone is treating me like the bad guy, all because I wanted to give them some juicy gossip. It's not my fault they can't take a joke! And screw that little traitor Silver spoon for tattling on me! I should have known she wasn't loyal from the first day I met her and now look what's happened? I lost everything and no one in towns gonna let me hear the end of it, damn it they're the ones who posted the stories but yet I'm the one who's getting the most fire. "Sigh" Maybe I should just runaway too? Daddy's gonna kill me anyways when he find's me, plus I stole a bunch of snacks so I'm not looking so pretty, maybe I'll just take a train and go out of town for a while. I can crash with my cousin until everyone cool's off and realize that it's not my fault" As she was making her statement she heard a voice from outside the treehouse.

"Ya see anything man? Came a voice.

"Oh crap!" Tiara quietly shouted. " Must be my dad" She then ducked and stealthily crawled carefully towards the window to see who was outside, she took a quick peak and her eye's went wide with shock when she found that the source of her voice was not her father but a pair of changelings who were out searching for citizens who were hiding.

"No nothing here man, barn's empty aside from that dog" One of em said. " What about the shed?

"Nothing, that is if a few moths count?" The other one said as Tiara continued to quietly observe them from the safety of the treehouse.

"OMG what are those things? "She asked herself, then realization hit her. " Wait I remember Cherrilee giving a lecture about these creatures one time, i think they're called..........Changelings? But what are they doing here?"

"Hey what about that little treehouse over there?" One of the changeling asked causing the young filly to gulp and quickly duck at the thought of those creatures finding her.

"Hmmmmmmmmmmm" The second one thought. " Nah I doubt anyone would hide inside something as obvious as a lil treehouse"

"Yeah I guess your right" The other changeling said." Let's keep looking in the fields"

"Sounds like a plan" The other one agreed. And with that the two Changelings walked away to keep looking for any rogue citizens as the young filly breathed a sigh of relief that she was safe.......................................for now.

"Maybe I'll just stay in here for a while" She thought to herself.

Author's Note

Don't worry Rumble and Featherweight and the other 7 aren't betraying their brothers, family and friends. They have a plan to try and help with this whole mess, you'll find out soon in a future chapter😉

Also I don't have anything against Gluten free food, i actually like it I didn't write that to make it seem like I find gluten free food and desserts gross.

Quick note: The story will include both long and short chapters

Anyways hope you guys are enjoying the story so far and hopefully I'll have the next chapter up before the months end, until then goodnight everybody :twilightsmile:

Monday : Renovations

It had only been one day since Chrysalis's takeover of the town of Ponyville and she already started her little "renovations" around town. The once sunny and cheery town has now been resorted to a makeshift kingdom for the changeling queen. Houses and shops were made into makeshift prison cells, apartments were the changelings living quarters, restaurants and fast food joints were now mess halls, the hospitals and doctors offices while the same were now for any injured changelings or if one of the citizens fell ill and was to be healed and brought back to work IMMEDIATELY, the once lush Apple fields were now a prison field for the citizens to harvest and collect crops for the Queen, and worst of all the queen cast a massive magic proof shield spell across the entire town making escape attempts almost impossible. To make a long story short the town now felt like a prison camp. And whats worse the CMC now acted as Chrysalis's personal dictators and even treated the mighty changeling as their older sister much to their siblings disgust. However while the citizens were shocked at the crusaders for turning over to the dark side and even going as far as to recruit some of their classmates as well, they never less couldn't really blame them for turning over to the changeling queen as they had a hand in driving the poor fillies out of town thanks to Tiara's Gabby gums but given everything that's going on saying sorry to these three fillies was not gonna be easy.

And not only that, the main 6 the one group who could potentially stop this madness were now subjected to manual labor from the Changeling queen. With Twilight sentenced to be chrysalis's personal battle strategist and planner, Dash had been reduced to a garbage mare, Pinkie pie and Applejack were forced to bake and cook for the queen and her subjects what's worse they couldn't be creative as they loved to do, Fluttershy was forced to work out in the apple fields along with Big Mac and made sure that her animal friends didn't eat or contaminate any of the crops out of fear of them being part of the changelings menu, and as for Rarity she was given a "special" job of designing battle armor and a lovely dress for Chrysalis herself which disgusted the fashionista as she didn't know the first thing about battle armor and that she was forced to make a dress for a villain. The group hated that their town was under the control and strict supervision of the changeling Queen, but without the elements of harmony and no way to contact Celestia or anyone else for help there was little they could do but pray for a miracle.

later that day

We find Rainbow Dash, the weather team, and the rest of the pegasus's doing their trash pick up routine as instructed by the queen herself. With Rainbow dash and the others cleaning up the trash and debris left by the changelings after that little victory party Chrysalis gave them in town square, To make matters worse she was forced to pick it up without flying which agitated the athletic mare to the brim as she would have had this entire mess picked up in about a minute if she was allowed to fly. As she picked up an empty beer bottle off the ground, our young pegasus couldn't help but berate herself for being mostly responsible for this whole uprising especially due to her harsh treatment towards the CMC causing them to leave town. If she hadn't had drove them out they probably wouldn't have sided with chrysalis and this entire mess wouldn't have happened in the first place. While her weather team apologized to her for their harsh words after scoots and the others left and stated that it wasn't her fault, our young pegasus knew that wasn't true. With her pouring rain on them instead of hearing out their plees for help she knew she did act like a bully and she couldn't take it back. As she continues to berate herself for her harsh actions Commander's Scootaloo. Rumble, and Featherweight walked up to the group of pegasus cleaning up the town square.

"Yo" She began . " Lunch break in 5 minute's and If I find one piece of trash left on the ground I'll extend it to 10 minutes" As she made her statement the crowd grumbled at the thought of being pushed around by a 10 year old but there was little they could do but just accept it and keep on working. As Scoots began to walk away to check on the other clean up crew Dash called out.

"Scoots wait" She began. " Can we talk?" However the young filly showed the least bit of interest in talking to her former big sister figure.

"There's nothing to talk about Dash, get back to work" She said coldly and then walked away leaving a sad and depressed Rainbow dash behind. However Rumble and Featherweight stayed behind feeling sorry for the mare,

"I'm sorry about that Dash" Rumble said sympathetically. " She's still kind of angry"

"I can tell kid" Dash replied. Just them Thunderlane and Snowflake walked up to say a few words to their little brothers.

"Rumble, I can't believe you sided with that insect as well!" He said

"YEAH!" Snowflake jumped in. " This is so not like ya Featherweight, you think this is a good idea just to get out of hard labor?"

"It's not like that Snow" Featherweight answered

"Then what is it then?" Snowflake said.

"Yeah, I get that you kids feel bad about not doing anything to help the CMC but this is not and I repeat NOT the answer" Thunderlane replied. " What would mom and dad think if they knew about this?

"Same goes with our parents Feather" Snowflake jumped in. " What the hell do you kids hope to accomplish out of this whole ordeal anyway?"

"Getting our friends back" Rumble interrupted earning confused looks from the trio.

"What are you talking about Rumble?" Dash asked. " How is helping to take over our town and siding with the enemy gonna get you guy's your friends back?"

"I know Dash, but listen" Rumble began. "We're not really going along with all of this, we're just choosing to listen to their orders........................................for now"

"Rumble what do you mean for now?" Thunderlane asked.

"We mean big bro, that deep down we know that the real Apple bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie belle is still in their. They're just too clouded with anger and vengeance that they're true emotions are trapped in a pure cloud of inner darkness " Rumble began. " We don't actually want to do all of this and we're just as much against it as much as you guy's and we want it to stop so badly, so right now we're just going along with it until we manage to find an opening"

"That's right" Featherweight jumped in. " Again we know the real CMC are still in their, we figured that if we just go along with it for now we can eventually cause them to break and snap out of it and help put an end to this madness. Despite what they're doing they're still our friends and right now their clouded with anger and hopefully they'll listen to reason given that we've known them since 1st grade, right now we're just gonna go along with it until we can try to reason with them and hopefully they'll listen to us the others are on board with this idea too" after making his statement Thunderlane and Snowflake while grateful that they're younger siblings weren't actually turning to the dark side, they were never the less a bit skeptical about their little plan.

"Rumble" thunderlane began. " First of all thank god! I was afraid that I have lost you too, but with this little plan of yours I hate to say this but I have my doubts"

"Yeah" Snowflake replied.

"Me too" Rainbow dash jumped in. " You saw how pissed scoots was at me earlier, she didn't even want to talk to me. I doubt she, Bloom , and sweetie belle will listen to reason no matter how good friends you guys are with them"

"Well there's no harm in trying" Featherweight said. " Like we said they're still our friends , even if they don't take our words to heart immediately it wouldn't hurt to try to reason with them or at least have them ease down a bit" After making his statement the trio looked at each other still looking skeptical about their little plan especially with how angry the CMC are at the entire town after Gabby gums, but they couldn't help but agree. With them being commanders as well they'd be able to get close with the trio to reason with them or at least try. Snowflake then walked forward and wrapped his large arms around Featherweight into a hug which he was quich to accept and soon Thunderlane followed suit and hugged his little brother as well as Dash looked on to the lovely sight of sibling love wishing that could be her and Scootaloo.

"Ok lil bro I trust ya" Thunderlane said with a hopeful smile.

"Me too" Snowflake said. " just be careful ok? and if any of those Changelings gives ya any trouble I'll use em as barbells!"

"Hehe thanks Snow" Featherweight thanked . " And don't worry we'll be careful"

"That's good to hear" Thunderlane replied. " And that goes for Silver spoon and the others as well, be careful you two. This ain't no bully you guy's are dealing with this is a very VERY dangerous individual"

"I know bro, I know" rumble said with a smile happy to have such an amazing brother like Thunderlane"

" RUMBLE FEATHERWEIGHT ANYTIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Scootaloo called out causing them to jump out of their siblings embrace.

"COMING!!!!!!!!" They called out and then went along their way, but not before turning their heads slightly and given them a wink indicating that everything's gonna be fine earning them assuring nods from Dash, Snowflake, and Thunderlane. With nothing else to say the two friend left with Scootaloo to check on the other pegasus custodians as the trio watched them leave with hopeful expressions on their faces that hopefully things would turn out fine soon.

It's gonna be a long week for Ponyville

Author's Note

For those of you wondering, Bulk Biceps is gonna be called his Fanon name Snowflake that the fans gave him before Laura Faust gave him his original name because I think Snowflake sounds way cooler.

Another Chapter done👍 Next part coming in april, until then Catcha on the flip side ladies and gentleman :coolphoto:

Tuesday : Strategizing and fashion

We find Twilight Sparkle on her desk trying her best to come up with a good battle plan as Sweetie Belle and snails surveyed her. Our young unicorn couldn't help but grumble in disgust that her once home/library was now reduced to a makeshift battle planning headquarters of some sort, and what's worse she was to come up with the battle plans for when Chrysalis is ready to take over every part of Equestria. The fact that she was tasked to jot out the battle plan to take over the rest of Equestria including Canterlot and the Crystal empire with the possibility of her older brother, sister in law, and teacher getting overthrown made our young unicorn more and more worried and nervous. To make matters worse she was under the supervision of Sweetie belle who observed her battle plans and made her redo the entire thing if it wasn't to her and the Changeling queens liking, Twilight however Didn't bother to complain or even fight back out of fear of something happening to her and Spike and that she felt that she deserved it after having a hand in driving the poor girls out of town in the first place, as she finished sketching out the last section of the battle plans she soon presented it to Sweetie belle who was quick to look over it like a test from school.

"Mhmmmmmmmmmmmmm" She observed. " Interesting, not bad , not bad at all Twilight. This is defiantly an improvement over yesterdays failure, the queen's gonna love this Applepaloosa wont know what hit them"

"Hooray" Twilight said sarcastically.

"But next time go easy on the ink, it don't grow on tree's you know?" Sweetie belle replied.

"I'm well aware of that , If you don't mind me asking Sweetie belle" Twilight began. " since when do you know so much about battle plans?"

"MmmmMmmMmMmmmmMmMmM??????!!!!!!!" Spike said or should I say mumbled due to the muzzle covering his mouth.

"Spike" Sweetie belle said turning to the dragon. " You know you can take your muzzle off when Chrysalis isn't in the room right?" After her statement the young dragon was quick to remove his muzzle and breath a sigh of relief.

"Thank god!!!!!" He panted'

"Anyways" Sweetie belle continued. " To answer your question Twilight when you've had to survive by pick pocketing, sneaking into hotel rooms, and living out in the wild learning to defend yourself . You tend to learn a few new things about yourself, I was always quite the pushover not the type to pull a punch or fight back. But after everything that's happened to me It's about time that I stop being the pushover of the group and toughen up a bit"

"But this isn't the answer and you know it" Twilight replied trying not to shout out of fear of pissing off the filly. " look I know I was a jerk when I banned you guys without even hearing you out and maybe I do deserve this, but your playing with fire by working along side that insect. Last year she nearly ruined my brothers wedding and almost turned my friends against me so I kind of know how you feel about being abandoned. Sweetie belle your a good kid and I know it, I'm sorry for what me and the others did but please I'm begging you stop this now before you guys do something you'll regret" As Twilight made her statement Sweetie belle couldn't help but feel a slight bit of sympathy for the unicorn, but this was quickly withdrawn from her expression.

"I'm sorry Twilight, but it's too late for apologies" Sweetie belle said. " You guys really hurt us and the damage is done................" Before she can continue Dinky walked into the room.

"Sweetie belle" She began. " Sorry to interrupt but the queen needs a word with you"

"Oh? Ok thank you Dinky" She replied. " Tell Chrysalis I'm on my way"

"Okie dokie" Dinky replied with a little salute before walking out of the room.

"Snails watch over Twilight" Sweetie belle said to her tall friend. " I'll be back soon"

"Alrighty" He said, and with nothing more to say the young commander left the room to meet up with Chrysalis leaving the trio alone.

"Are you ok Twilight?" Snails asked.

"I had better days snails" Twilight answered with a sad huff. " I still can't believe all of this is happening all because of my stupid mistake"

"Don't say that Twilight , it wasn't you guy's fault" He reassured.

"Tell that to THEM pal" spike retorted but then took back his words. " Sorry didn't mean to sound like a dick, but after how harsh I was to them I doubt they're gonna forgive us so easily" After his statement Snails placed his hoof on the young dragons shoulder.

"It's alright Spike" He said. " Honestly I wouldn't blame you, Me and the others should have defended them too. But after Tiara threatened to spread our secrets too we just chose the cowards way and just let it be instead of helping our friends and now looks what's happened"

"Your not a bad guy Snails, and neither are Silver spoon and the others" Spike said. " If anything it's Tiara we should be furious at, she's the one who instigated this crap in the first place and manipulating you guys into helping her"

"True, but we still went along with it" Snails said sadly.

"And we chose not to listen or hear them out" Twilight replied gloomly with spike sadly nodding his head in agreement.

"Whats wrong with us?" Snails asked. "Are we really that terrible at being friends?"

"Maybe" Spike answered. " but the least we can do Is at least pray that they come to their senses soon and hopefully hear out our apologies"

"Amen, even if they don't forgive us right away the least we can do is make it up to them and show that we care about them" Twilight said.

"Your right" Snails replied. " It's the least we owe them. And by the way Twilight I'm sorry about last year"

"About what?" Twilight asked with a raised brow.

"When me and Snips helped Trixie" He said. " We were just so mesmerized by her cool tricks and stunts that we wanted to see more , so we went along and assisted her not even thinking about the ponies that got hurt or injured during her little magic show. We ended up following the wrong crowd and a few ponies got hurt because of it, and worst of all when she returned with the alicorn amulet in had we yet again assisted her but we should have realized how much of a terrible person she was or how terrible we were for going along with her in the first place like a bunch of assholes, and for that I'm sorry" snails said nothing more and hung his head in shame until he felt a hoof and a pair of claws on both of his shoulders causing him to look up and find Twilight and Spike looking at him with smiles on their faces.

"It's alright Snails" Twilight reassured. " Your young, you and Snips just went along with peer pressure and ended up with the wrong crowd, plus you didn't technically do much harm aside for helping to prep her stunts and magic tools you were pretty much her little servants instead if assistants"

"Yeah man I gotta be completely honest with ya, If I was in your shoes and I saw someone awesome like that I'd fall into peer pressure too" spike replied. " It was wrong to go along with her but you saw the error of your ways and apologized like a real man and I respect that"

"Me too" Twilight said proudly earning a big smile from the young colt.

"Thanks fellah's " He said happily. " I'm happy that there was no hard feelings, BTW Twilight did you really forgive Trixie last year?" after saying that an unsure expression formed on the unicorns face.

"Weeeeeeeellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll" She began. " It's complicated actually. I mean don't get me wrong I did forgive her after she apologized last year but a part of me still doesn't trust her, but hopefully she'll see that her magic tricks can injure someone and hopefully she'll try out some magic that's more harmless and less flammable or deadly"

"I'm sure she will" Snails reassured. " She did seem like she regretted everything after the alicorn amulet incident last year"

"We can only pray kid" Twilight replied and then came back to her senses. " OH!!!! I better get back to this lest I wanna heed the wrath of Sweetie belle" Then chorus of chuckles can be heard as the trio had a good laugh at Twilight's statement, while all seems dark and with little silver linings. As long as there's still friends around to comfort you there might actually be a silver lining after all.

"Want me to help you finish this? I happen to play a lot of warfare video games so I know a thing or two about strategizing" Snails said confidently earning a giggle from the mare.

"That's alright " Commander Snails" I got this, plus I don't think Sweetie belle would like it if you helped me" She said. " and listen about this little plan you guys came up with. Promise you'll be careful cause you guys are playing with some serious fire here and this is NO innocent game on the playground kid"

" I promise Twilight, I promise" Snails replied. " And don't worry everythings gonna be fine"

"I hope so Snails" Twilight said with a tiny bit of hope. " I hope so"

Meanwhile in town hall

"Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!" Chrysalis said with excitement as she showed off her new outfit by giving a little twirl. " Rarity my dear I must say you've outdone yourself with my new outfit, I look absolutely extravagant :heart: It is the definition of a queen"

"I'm happy you like it "Your majesty" Rarity said with the least bit of gratitude, while the young fashionista loved satisfying one o0f her clients and friends with a new outfit or accessory, chrysalis was another story especially with her nearly using every single material from her boutique for this insects royal outfit which disgusted her as those will cost hundreds to replace.

"However" Chrysalis began. " The battle armors could use some work, how do you expect my subjects to be able to withstand powerful attacks with these weak little things?"

"Well beg pardon "your majesty" Rarity replied with sas. "But I'm not used to working with these types of outfits especially metal, I'm more experienced with fabric or diamond like materials but that is it, so apologies if it isn't to your liking"

"Well grab a book about forging and try again!!!!!!!!!!" The changeling queen shouted further irritating the fashionista, but knowing that there was little she could do she reluctantly went along with this request.

"Yes your majesty" She growled earning a smug smile from the changeling.

"Good" She smirked and then spots her "personal maid" Mayor Mare finishing up dusting the last of the auditorium. " That'll do Mare Mare ........................for now" She then points to the mayors former aids. " You two escort Mayor Mare to the garden, the roses could use some watering and we got a little weed problem"

"Yes your majesty" The pair said sadly and regretfully escorted their former boss to the garden to tidy up back there.

"Sorry Mayor" The female aid said sadly.

"It's ok fellah's, you have no choice" Mayor Mare said sadly as she was escorted to her next cleanup job. As she and her former aids left the room Commanders Sweetie belle and Dinky soon entered the room as requested by the queen herself.

"Ah excellent you've arrived Sweetie belle" She said as the two friends walked into the room and after reaching her makeshift throne the two bowed to the queen.

"You wanted to see me your majesty? Sweetie belle asked as she and Dinky continued to bow.

"Yes Sweetie Belle" Chrysalis replied. " first of all I needed your opinion on my new outfit since your sort of a fashionista yourself my dear" She then showed off a bit by giving a little twirl much to the amazement by the two friend sand the annoyance of Rarity.

" your majesty I gotta be real with ya...................................................................................you look absolutely beautiful" Sweetie Belle said with an honest review much to the joy of the large Changeling.

"Yes you do look lovely your majesty green is defiantly your color" Dinky agreed.

"Awwwwwwwwww thank you so much girls" She said with big gratitude and them brought them into a loving hug much to the disgust of rarity . After a few seconds the hug ended and Sweetie belle spoke.

"However" she began." These battle armors could use a little bit more metal. After all we want our troops to be able to withstands attacks from the guards at canterlot "

"That's just what I was saying to your sister" Chrysalis said with a chuckle earning even more annoyance from Rarity." Speaking of Canterlot, that's what I wanted to talk to you about Sweetie belle. You see I plan on heading over to Canterlot to survey the town to ensure we have an opening for our upcoming attack, I'm gonna head over their in disguise in an hour and probably wont be back till morning so I need you and the other commanders to watch over things till I get back, and if there's any casualties while I'm gone I want you guys to tell me Immediately understood?"

"Yes your majesty" Sweetie belle and Dinky said in unison and then bowed down to the queen.

"Excellent" She said. BTW how are the battleplans going?"

"There going great your majesty" Sweetie Belle answered. " I think Twilight finally came up with a more useful approach, your gonna love it when you see it"

"I can't wait" Chrysalis said with enjoyment and then got up and prepared to leave the room . " Now if you'll excuse me I must prepare for my short leave, I'll see you girls soon. And Rarity I expect a more updated and stronger design for those battle armors , is that clear?"

"Yes your "majesty" Rarity said with disgust.

"Good" Chrysalis replied. " I'll see you guys in the morning then" and then proceeded to walk out of the building.

"Goodbye your majesty" Sweetie belle called out and then looked to her sister who continued to look on in disgust at her sister interracting with that horrible creature. " What are you staring at sis ? Get back to work"

"Sweetie belle............................................" Rarity began but was soon interrupted.

"Don't even start Rarity" Sweetie belle coldly replied. " Like I said to Twilight earlier it's too late for apologies, now get.........back...........to.....................work" With nothing more to say the fashionista returned to working on the battle armor saddened that her little sis didn't want to hear a word out of her, Dinky noticed this with a look of worry.

"Golly this is gonna be harder than I thought" She said in her head.

Author's Note

Another chapter bites the dust folks :twilightsmile: I was planning on finishing it as a little easter gift for you all, but it ended up taking longer than I thought :twilightblush: but don't worry hopefully I'm not gonna have too much trouble with future chapters. until then I'll see you all in the next chapter see ya around folks :raritywink:

P.S I hope you guys had a happy easter :twilightsmile:

Thursday Part 1 : The truth is out and a duo's return

The next day

On this quiet morning we find the main 6 and Spike inside Rarity's boutique/home or should I say their prison cell after the changelings did some "renovations" turning it into a makeshift prison house for the group much to the disgust of the fashionista that her home/boutique was now resorted to a prison house. Not a wink of sleep happened last night after Fluttershy informed the group about how Big Mac saved her from a rape attempt and how he was dragged away to receive his punishment for attacking the changeling that almost violated her. Everyone especially Applejack was worried beyond belief wondering what sick punishment Chrysalis was subjecting the tallest stallion in town to, with him not returning last night no doubt whatever Chrysalis is doing to him is beyond brutal and twisted which made the group worry even more wondering when she's gonna release and bring him back, Fluttershy throughout the night felt guilty thinking that it was her fault since Big mac got punished for defending her but this was rebuffed by the others especially AJ who assured her that it wasn't her fault and that Big mac would be fine. They barely slept at all last night due to waiting patiently for Big mac to return all while Fluttershy continued to blame herself for the whole ordeal.

"Fluttershy it's gonna be ok darling" Rarity reassured, however the shy pegasus remained unfazed.

"But he got punished for defending me" She said. " I should have defended myself more instead of just slapping that perverted Changeling, I should have kicked him in the crotch or knocked him out with a rock or something............................"

"Fluttershy calm down" Dash jumped in. " This was NOT your fault do you understand me? Big mac saved your life even though he knew he might get punished for it, besides that Changeling deserved it.

"Amen" Applejack replied. " If I was in his shoes I would have done the same thing to dat perv partner, Big Mac is brave he never let's anyone mess with people he cares about no matter their size, besides he's a pretty tough guy he can handle a beating" Fluttershy however continued to remain worried even though she knows how tough and strong Big mac is.

"I know Applejack" She said worryingly. " But I can't help but worry, who knows whats happening to him. Plus he hasn't returned yesterday, who knows what kind of punishment she's subjecting him. I'd never forgive myself if she ends up killing him" After making that statement Applejack placed her hooves on Shy's cheeks forcing her to make eye contact with her.

"Now Shy don't and I mean DON'T say that " She said firmly. " I promise you Big Mac is gonna be ok don't go losing hope or thinking of something like that. Like I said he's a tough guy that can take a beating nothing and I mean NOTHING is gonna take him down so easily. I promise you he's gonna be ok so don't ya'll lose hope ya gotta be brave for ma big bro alright?" After Applejacks little statement Fluttershy felt a little it of courage enter her body and started to gain a little bit of confidence.

"Your right AJ thank you, I gotta be brave for Big Mac cause that's what he would want" She said earning a proud smile from the farm girl.

"That's the spirit shy" Applejack said proudly before letting out a long yawn. " Goodness sorry partner " The others then let out yawns of their own.

"Your not the only one AJ" Spike yawned.

"We have been awake half of the night waiting for news about Big Mac" Pinkie replied with a yawn of her own.

"We still have an hour before we have to get to work , we should get some sleep" Twilight said with a yawn.

"Best idea I ever heard Twi" Applejack replied with the others agreed in unison. With nothing left to say the group were quick to finally lay down to get some shut eye before the work day started, however Fluttershy stayed awake a little longer silently praying that this whole mess would be over soon and that Angel and especially Big Mac were ok before closing her eyes and falling into a deep well deserved sleep.

One hour later

"Wakey wakey !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Chrysalis cried out nearly kicking the door down instantly waking up the group with a startle.

"There is no way it's time yet" Dash grumbled.

"Oh no ya guys still got 10 minutes left" She said in a smug tone before continuing . " We just wanted to return something to you" The group stared in confusion wondering what these changeling could possibly be returning to them.

"And what would that be partner?" Applejack asked.

"I'm glad you asked AJ" She answered earning a disgusted scoff from the farmgirl after hearing the queen call her by her nickname that only her friends and family are allowed to call her, she then ushered her changeling troops outside. " Bring him in fellahs!" A couple of changelings then tossed a large red stallion into the room shocking the group as they instantly recognized the unconscious and injured Stallion laying right in front of them.

"BIG MAC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The group shouted in unison and rushed over to the unconscious stallion. The poor man was in a rough state after the beating he received from his little sister and her friends yesterday. His right eye was swollen with a painful looking bluish purple color, his nose was broken and bent at a weird angle, a large gash was present across the left side of his face, various cuts and bruises were all over his body with a large one practically covering up his cutiemark, a broken leg, a few teeth were missing, piece of his right ear cut off, lip busted, and he was bleeding all over practically making a pool of blood on the ground. No doubt this was a brutal beating he was subjected too. The group especially Applejack then looked up at the queen with a look of pure fury.

"YOU HEARTLESS MONSTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She screamed.

"You big bully!!!!!!!!!!!" Pinkie shouted.

"What have you done to our friend you brute?!" Rarity jumped in.

"Oh it wasn't me" Chrysalis chimed. " I wouldn't stoop so low to just beat someone to a bloody pulp as punishment" However the others just scoffed.

"Sure you wouldn't" Applejack said sarcastically.

"Then who did it then was it one of these assholes?" Twilight said pointing at the changelings that escorted Big Mac to the room.

"Hey watch your mouth!" One of em said as Chrysalis raised a hoof signalling him to calm down which he was quick to do.

" To answer your question , it wasn't me" Chrysalis continued and then pointed near the entrance. " It was them" Then suddenly the CMC's walked into the room along with the other commanders, Thorax and his older brother earning shocked looks from the group.

"No......no,no,no,no,no,nnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooo" Applejack said shockingly. " Bloom you didn't!!!!!!!"

"Sweetie belle tell me you didn't do something this brutish" Rarity said trying her hardest not to cry"

"Please tell me you girls didn't do this to Big Macintosh" Fluttershy said and unlike Rarity actually started to cry.

"Scoots I swear to god" Dash growled.

"Did you girls do this?" Pinkie said quietly.

"Oh yes" Scootaloo smirked earning even more shocked looks from the group especially their sisters, and Applejack's shocked look soon turned to anger within seconds.

"HOW COULD YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????????" She screamed as fresh tears started to form. " HOW COULD YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO YOUR OWN BROTHER?!!!!!!! YOU COULD HAVE KILLED HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"He had it coming!!!!" Apple bloom replied. " You don't attack one of our troops, that's practically a death penalty"

"Yeah you mess with one of us you mess with all of us" Scootaloo replied and pounded her chest to show respect for her troops only making the girls become more furious.

"Do you hear yourselves?!" Twilight shouted. " You just attacked an innocent man and your proud of it? Do you even know the whole story?!"

" You mean how he attacked Jeff for no reason?" Sweetie belle asked.

"NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Fluttershy shouted which was rare for her. " Jeff was touching me inappropriately and I didn't like it, he even went as far as to try and force himself on me, Big Mac was just trying to save me, if anything it's Jeff you guys should have been furious about. If you don't wanna believe me just ask your queen I'm sure Big Mac told her his side of the story!!!" The girls then turned towards the changeling queen who gave them a nod signaling that it was true, however this did not change their attitudes in the slightest.

"So what if it's true?" Bloom coldy replied. " Sure what Jeff did was wrong but that's still no excuse for my brother to attack him, if this idiot had just reported Jeff's rape attempt to the queen instead of handling it himself he wouldn't be in this situation" She then walked towards her unconscious Brother and got up close to his ear . " Isn't that right big brother?" This only angered Applejack even more.

"DO YOU HEAR YOURSELVES RIGHT NOW!!!!!??????????" She shouted. " Are you guys that furious at us that you would attack your own family?! How many times do we have to say we're sorry!!!!!!!????????

"Yeah this is not you at all sweetie belle!!!!!" Rarity jumped in angrily. " I know you would never stoop to this level and attack someone like a psychopath. What would mother and father think if they saw you like this?"

"Keep mom and dad out of this rarity" Sweetie belle said coldly.

"What happened to you girls?" Twilight said. "That changeling turned you three into monsters"

"You think I turned them into monsters huh Sparkle?" Chrysalis answered. " If anything your farmer friend would know what a real monster is like"

"Applejack didn't mean to drive her sister away Chrysalis!!!" Twilight said.

"Oh I'm not talking about that " Chrysalis replied. " I'm talking about her grandmother" After mentioning the word grandmother, a look of confusion soon formed on the young farmgirls face.

"Grandmother? " She asked. " That reminds me, where's Granny Smith? I haven't seen her since we left last year."

"Come to think of it we haven't seen her around the town either" Scootaloo jumped in. " Did she escape?"

"I doubt it girls" Chrysalis answered. " Our troopers surveyed the entire town last monday, with her old age I doubt she'd be able to escape especially with the shield spell throughout the town. Plus if she was hiding somewhere they would have found her by now, but why don't you ask your big sister where Granny is? Especially since she was there when it happened" After she said that Bloom looked at her sister in confusion.

"When what happened? Applejack, what is she talking about?" Bloom asked only earning a lowered head from the older farmgirl which slightly upset her. " I asked you a question sis...........where..................is..........my....................................grandmother?" No longer able to hold it in anymore Applejack finally raised her head up and answered her sisters question all while trying to hold in her tears.

"She's dead bloom" She answered which only earned her an annoyed look from her lil sister.

"That's not funny Applejack, answer my question or else" She threatened.

"It's true Apple bloom" Twilight jumped in. " Last year Granny smith got so stressed out from work and from you being missing that it took a toll on her health. One day while she was out on the field with AJ and Big mac, she was having a hard time breathing and eventually she collapsed. By the time Dr Stable arrived at the scene it was already too late.................................Bloom Granny smith had a heart attack and didn't make it. I know it's hard to believe but it's the truth, if you don't wanna believe us, her tombstone is near the apple fields" After Twilight explained everything Bloom tried her hardest to believe that this was just a messed up story just to piss her off. But after seeing the sincerity and hurt in twilight's eyes it made it harder to believe that this story was made up. After a few moments the young farm girl got down to her knee's as fresh tears started to form.

"Mmmmmmyyyyyy ggggrrrandmmmother.................is dead?" Bloom said with a stutter while starting to weep. chrysalis then got down and brought the sad filly into a warm embrace as Scootaloo and the others looked down feeling sorry for their friend.

"There, there" chrysalis said in a motherly tone while lightly rubbing the filly's back to calm her down. " I know this is some heartbreaking news for you Bloom, but what's worse is what actually caused it" after making that statement bloom looked up at the queens face with a sniffle wondering what she meant by that.

"What do you mean your majesty?" Bloom asked with a sniff and then the large changeling proceeded to point at the farmgirl.

"Why don't you ask Applejack? After all it was her fault " chrysalis said with a gloat earning a growl from rainbow dash.

"HEY SHUT UP!!!!!" Dash replied. "Applejack had nothing to do with Granny smiths death!" However this only earned a look of guilt from the element of honesty.

"Oh really Dash?" Chrysalis replied. " After what she said to her poor grandmother I find it hard to believe that wouldn't cause a heart attack for someone of that age" The girls then stared at AJ with confusion wondering what Chrysalis meant by "AJ's words" Chrysalis noticed this and quickly came to the conclusion that the element of honesty wasn't as truthful as the others thought. " Oooooooooooohhhhhhhhh my god" She said with a giggle. " Applejack, Applejack, Applejack. For being the element of honesty I never expected you to come you with such a bullshit excuse like that especially to your own friends, If your element was a real person they'd probably facepalm at your pathetic attempt at a lie"

"You shut your mouth" Applejack shot back, however the others were unfazed and continued to stare in confusion at the farmgirl

"AJ, what is she talking about? Twilight asked. " What does she mean by "what you said to Granny smith"?"

"Yes AJ what am I talking about?" She asked with a smug grin. " You seem to have forgotten that prior to the takeover that I sent some of my troops to scoop the entire town of Ponyville and they told me everything and I mean EVERYTHING. Now go on element of Honesty, tell........the.........................truth" After hearing the queens rambling Applejack felt herself shrink down as she found herself surrounded by numerous and anxious looks of confusion with everyone wondering what chrysalis was talking about and waiting for her answer. No longer able to hold in this dark secret any longer Applejack took a deep breath before speaking as fresh tears started to form.

"Bloom" She began . " Ever since you guys ran away things were a living hell in the farm. Me and Big Mac constantly blamed ourselves for practically driving you guys out of town, but we weren't the only ones. Throughout these last four months Granny smith showed true disappointment to us for our harsh treatment towards you guys that she subjected us to extra chores as punishment and even forbid us from having breaks or breathers without permission. There were some nights where she even made us go to bed without dinner" As Applejack spoke the others couldn't help but feel sorry for the farmgirl, when she told them about the punishment Granny smith subjected her and Big mac too they didn't think she would be so cruel towards her own grandchildren. " Whats worse is she would also find times to remind us about what horrible siblings we were to you and how Ma and Pa would have been disappointed at us if they were alive and found out what we did. Throughout these last four months I tried my hardest to hold in my anxiety and control my reaction out of fear of saying something that I'll regret to my grandmother, but that all changed one day. After Granny smith caught me and Big Mac taking a break to talk to my boyfriend caramel she got furious and started to reprimand us for taking a breather without her permission, before I knew it an argument started and I tried so hard to hold in my anger, but when she mentioned that me and the others didn't deserve the elements of harmony and that ma folks would have agreed with her too a part of me finally snapped and I just up and told her to shut up and even went as far as to call her an old had with a snarl in my face, I shouted and fought back at her for a good long minute which ended after I gave a one final shut up straight to her face. After my outburst Granny got red with fury and was about ready to fight back, but as she was about to call em a brat she ended up losing her will to breath and was coughing violently after a few seconds she collapsed on the ground and we rushed to her side. Caramel went to get his uncle to help her, but by the time Dr Stable arrived there was nothing they could do......................................Granny Smith died from a heart attack after I yelled at her"

After finishing her story the entire group stared in shock at the fact that Applejack said something that cruel to her own grandmother regardless of how angry she was after 4 month of abuse.

"Applejack" Fluttershy began quietly. " You said something that cruel to your grandmother?"

"And your the one who caused her heart attack?" Pinkie said as Dash and Rarity Jumped in.

"Darling how could you?!" Rarity replied.

"That is way to far even for me!" Dash jumped in. " I can't believe this AJ how could you be so heartless?!"

"Guys calm down!!!!" Twilight jumped in. " I'm sure Applejack didn't mean........................................

"You killed my grandmother?" Apple bloom interrupted and then started to advance towards her sister after hearing this devastated news all while Applejack remained perfectly still not even bothering to say a word out of shame. But Apple bloom on the other hand found herself getting more and more angry at the older mare as a snarl began to form.

"YOU KILLED MY GRANDMOTHER??????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Bloom roared and then charged towards the mare ready to do to her what she did to Big mac yesterday, but before she could reach her snails and Silver spoon rushed forward and restrained her from going any further.

"Bloom stop!!!!" Snails shouted as she struggled.

"Let me go!!!!!! I'll kill her, I'll kill HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "Bloom shouted as she continued to struggle.

"Bloom calm down please!!!" Silver spoon replied continuing to restrain the farmgirl.

"Let me go, let me go, let..................me..................GGGGGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Apple bloom roared as she continued to struggle. After a minute the farm filly finally calmed down and collapsed on the floor crying her eyes out, Scootaloo and Sweetie belle then rushed over to comfort their friend who was quick to cry on each of their shoulders while Chrysalis looked on to the mane 6 in amusement .

"Ouch" She gloated. " that is harsh even for you Applejack , hehe and I thought i was evil but you my friend are another story. But hey, at least you know how your sister felt when your harsh words hurt her as well now .....................don't ya?" Applejack didn't even bother to fight back and instead walked away from the entire group and collapsed on a corner in the room covering her tearful face with her hooves.

"Now bloom" Chrysalis said while placing a remorseful hoof on the sad fillies shoulder. " I get that your furious at your sister, but i cant' have you attacking her (yet) I need her to put in some extra effort in the kitchen today, but I promise ya later tonight you'll get a chance to rightfully punish your sister for killing your grandmother" After her statement Bloom calmed down slightly and began to wipe her tears away but her anger still visible.

"Yes your majesty" She said.

"Good girl" Chrysalis replied with a smile. " now come along you all we got a long day ahead of us, and as for the rest of you, you got a long day ahead of you. You all got 5 minutes and I expect ya at your respected Jobs by then lest you wanna end up like musclehead over there" With nothing left to say the queen then left the Boutique prison along with the others but not before bloom turned around to look at her sister cradled in sadness int he corner of the room.

"Ya better get comfy big sis" She said coldy. " Cause tonight I'm gonna make sure you'll never be able to buck another apple tree again" After that everyone left the room leaving the Mane 6 and Spike alone as Fluttershy and the others checked on the unconscious Big Macintosh while a depressed and sad Applejack remained planted on the corner of the room.

No doubt this was gonna be a long and stressful day.

Outside the boutique the group made their way back toward town hall all except Thorax who stayed in place with a glum look on his face. Pharynx noticed this and made a face ushering Chrysalis and the others to go on ahead and that they'll catch up soon. Chrysalis then nodded in agreement as they continued to make their way to town hall, after watching them leave he then walked up to his little brother to find out what was the matter.

"Bro what's wrong with you?" He asked . " Get moving we got a busy day today remember?"

"This is too much" Thorax said quietly earning a raised brow from his older brother.

"What do you mean? " Pharynx asked.

"This is too much big bro!!!!!!!" Thorax shouted while finally looking up as fresh tears started to form. " I never signed up for this this is too much, were hurting innocent people Pharynx don't you understand that?! When I wanted to get away from our horrible life this isn't what I wanted, this queens got us doing all sorts of sick twisted stuff just to please her and look what's happened? An innocent stallion is laying unconscious on the floor in the boutique with life threatening injuries that not one but three of our commanders caused due to the queens orders. i don't want this anymore Pharynx I don't wanna hurt innocent ponies or take over kingdoms this is downright ...................................EVIL" With nothing left to say Thorax just balled his eyes out as his older brother watched on with a look of sympathy, after a few seconds he placed is hoofs onto his lil bro's shoulders causing him to stop crying for a second and look his brother straight in the eye.

"Thorax" He began trying his hardest to sound as comforting as possible. " I get it bro I really do, listen I'm not into this lifestyle myself and seeing all this mayhem makes me sick to my stomach as well but what other choice do we have? Mom and dad treated us like garbage ever since we were little, we were practically living in hell at that house. When Chrysalis found us one day when we finally escaped from those horrible people and recruited us this was our safe haven. Sure she's had us do some unspeakable acts just to get by but other choice do we have? You know how are people were judged racially and verbally throughout the years right? These ponies would never except us into their society but at least with Chrysalis we feel welcome especially since we're surrounded by our own people. So just trust me ok? I know it's hard but I won't let anything happen to you. I know I don't say this as much........................................but I love you little bro, so just trust me ok?" After making his statement Thorax sniffed and began to wipe his tears and then quietly nodded at his brother.

"Ok big bro, I trust you" He said earning a smile from Pharynx.

"Thank you little Thorax" He said and then collected his little brother into a warm embrace which Thorax was hesitant at first but after a few seconds quickly returned the hug as fresh tears started to form in the poor mans eyes.

An hour later

Outside the Everfree forest we find a couple of Stallions making their way towards the town after a long trek from their hometown to ponyville. The two sibling breathed a sigh of relief with their destination only a mile away, with confidence in each of their minds they had one priority for their return to this town after their last visit..............................reconciliations. After their product and scamming mishaps the first two times they stepped foot into this town, the twins had a while to think long and hard about their recent actions before realizing the consequences and the poor ponies that they hurt or bribed due to their horrible products especially the apple family. Fear came to their minds about stepping foot in town, would the citizens hear them out or drive them out of town? Whatever the outcome the brothers would not rest until they made up for everything that they've done to others.

These were the Flim Flam Brothers

"Well" Flam said. " We're finally here bro"

" Indeed bro" Flim replied.

"Are you sure this is a good Idea?" Flam asked. " Don't get me wrong I feel just as bad about our recent actions but what makes you think Ponyville hell every single person we scammed will forgive us?"

"I Know Flam" Flim replied. " But listen if we're going to start fresh with a clean slate, the first thing is to make amends and to apologize to someone that you've hurt, even if everyone especially Applejack don't forgive us right away the least we can do is apologize and promise to make it up to everyone no matter how angry they are" Flam remained uncertain after hearing his twins statement but he knew that he was right, they couldn't run away from their problems forever and had to face it sooner or later.

"Yeah i guess your right bro, but still................................" Before he could continue Flim stopped him.

"I know bro but trust me, whatever happens I have your back all the way ok ?" Flim said earning him a smile from his twin.

"Thanks bro" Flam said.

"No prob bro" Flim replied. " Now come on we're almost there" with nothing left to say the twins then proceeded through the Everfree forest until Ponyville view was finally over the horizon, however the brothers stared in shock at the view of the town and found that Ponyville didn't look the same since their last visit. The town was now trapped inside a massive shield spell, The houses and buildings were converted to makeshift prison cells, and hundred's of changelings loomed over the entire town while the citizens were worked as prisoners, no doubt this was a horrendous sight to behold for the two brothers.

"What the hell!!!!!??????" Flam cried out. " What the hell happened to Ponyville? Why is there a massive shield spell across the town, why does it look like a prison camp, and why are their changelings down there?!"

"If ima take a guess bro, I think the entire town was taken over by those changelings" Flim said with a lucky guess.

"Well I'm not gonna stay here and get captured too" Flam said slightly scared. " Let's get out of here we can apologize another time!" Flam then began to walk away however he turned around to find that his brother was planted on the spot and wouldn't move. " Bro come on let's get out of here!!!"

"No" Flim said earning a shocked look from his brother.

"What?!" Flam replied.

"We can't just leave Bro" Flim said bravely. " Those ponies down there are in trouble we can't just leave them, who know's what those changelings are doing to them?"

"We can call for help on our way back now let's go!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Flam shouted however Flim remained still.

"No bro I'm not running away anymore" Flim said defiantly. " These ponies are in trouble with no way to the outside world, we can't just stand here and runaway as the citizens down there are enslaved and trapped by those terrible creatures. I'm done being an asshole It's high time I redeem myself from my scamming ways and help people, those guys need help and right now you and I are the only ones who can help, now are you with me or not?"

"We're the only one's? Are you senile?!" Flam shouted. " You know damn well we don't stand a chance against an army of changelings, plus there's other more powerful beings who can deal with a bunch of changelings" However he soon found himself facing his brother making a face mixed with defiance and bravery, knowing that his brother wasn't gonna budge Flam finally caved in. " Fine I'm in" earning a smile from his twin.

"Thank you bro" Flim said. " Now let's go Ponyville needs us" He the made his way down the earthly road towards the town and after a moment of hesitation his brother soon followed behind.

"This moron's gonna get me killed one of these days" He signed as the two of them made their way towards the town entrance. After a short trek the brothers finally arrived at the entrance but took a moment to silently look around to see if the coast was clear of any changelings who could be guarding the entrance, after realizing that the coast was clear they made their way towards the entrance but found that it was hit by the massive shield spell as well.

"Well, we made it" flam said and then placed his hoof onto the magic shield. " But how do we get inside?"

"Hmmmmmmmm" Flim thought. " Stay back" Flim then concentrated a counter spell and then shot a magic beam toward the shield spell but it only bounced off and ricocheted towards the brothers who were quick to duck and cover as the beam hit a nearby tree.

"Damn it!" Flim said in frustration. " Looks like this shield spell is magic proof"

"So now what genius?" Flam asked. " We cant blast through the shield, what do you think we should do now? Dig and Tunnel our way to the town?"

"No that'll take too long" Flim replied while rubbing his chin in a thinking position while his brother looked on in annoyance.

"I was kidding" He said.

"Wait" Flim said. " Didn't that Fluttershy girl once say that the sewer system in town also leads towards the forest?"

"Yeah i guess" Flam said. " Wait don't tell me your thinking about using the sewer system to get inside the town?"

"Well right now it's our only way to get into town bro, so unless you know teleportation magic I say this is our only other option" Flim replied.

"How do we even find it then?" Flam asked as Flim took a moment to find the towns sewer hole cover and soon spotted it at the center of town and proceeded to point at it.

"Hmmmmmmmmmmmm" He thought. If the sewer drain is located at the center of town and that there are multiple drains with the closest one near the Everfree forest" He then made a little trail with his hoof. " Than that means it should be connected somewhere over.............................................There!!!" He then pointed at the nearest depths of the Everfree taking a wild guess that that's where the nearest sewer whole is at that area. " Let's go no time to lose" and then made his way towards the pointed destination.

"Hey wait up!" Flam shouted and then followed his twin to their respected destination. after a short trek the duo found themselves in an open clearing of the forest which housed a small workers hut along with one of the sewer hole covers that lead into town square, they then walked over and surveyed the area.

"Who builds a sewer hole in the middle of a forest?" Flam asked.

"I don't know I didn't build the town" Flim asked in annoyance. " Well there's no time to lose, let's go" He was about to open the sewer hole until he was stopped by his brother.

"Hold on" Flam said. " Don't you think it might be a little risky to go out in broad daylight?" Flim then thought for a moment and knew that his brother was right.

"You right Flam, it is too risky" He replied. " Lets wait until it gets dark then we'll be inconspicuous when we bust the citizens out of there"

"Sounds like a plan" Flam said. " We can camp out inside that workers hut until nighttime, in the mean time we can come up with a strategy once we're inside the town" Flim then nodded in agreement as the two brothers went inside the workers hut awaiting for the night to arrive.

Author's Note

Flim Flam brothers to the rescue!

With summer vacation starting I thought this would make a perfect start for the 3 month holliday :twilightsmile: Also I decided to split thursday into 2 parts due to it's longer length, and i must say this has to be the longest chapter in the story phew! :applejackconfused:

But anyways hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and I should have part 2 up soon, until then have a good night ladies and gentleman :pinkiehappy:

Thursday Part 2: The escape and opening up

Later that afternoon

We find the group inside of their makeshift prison house their emotions varied after the events early this morning from Big Mac receiving a merciless beating from the CMC and finding out the real truth about Granny Smiths heart attack. Each member of the group finished up their respected jobs early as to get back to their injured friend who was still unconscious inside the boutique. Impressed that they put up quite a sweat today Chrysalis decided to let them have the rest of the day off , after dinner they were escorted back to their prison house and Twilight and Shy were quick to tend to Big Macs wounds. However with his injuries this proved to be a difficult tasks as Twilight didn't know the first thing about medical procedures, however Fluttershy having quite a bit of knowledge about medical healing managed to navigate and give her instructions. Rarity also contributed and helped with tending to Big Macs wounds and offered some of her leftover cloth materials in an attempt to stop the bleeding.

However Pinkie and the others while also worried about Big Macintosh had more varied emotions. A depressed Pinkie was just staring out into the mirror watching the sun slowly set while praying for this whole mess to be over so she can be happy again, Dash showed anger at her little sister figure and her friends for attacking an innocent man despite what they've been through over this Gabby gums incident, Spike actually helped out with Macs wounds a little but after he accidentally scratched the large stallion with his claws while bandaging up his cutiemark, the young dragon broke down in tears and apologized multiple times and ran away hiding underneath a table thinking that he messed up big time and injured his friend even more. Twilight, Fluttershy and Rarity stopped what they were doing for a quick second and told him that it was an accident and that they are not mad at him and spent a minute comforting the little dragon who calmed down afterwords. Twilight asked if he wanted to help with Big Mac again but Spike decided to leave it to them thinking that he would just get in the way but assured them that he'll get them anything they need for the procedure.

But no one was in more of a sad mood than the element of honesty who continued to sulk sadly in the same corner of the room as this morning. After the berating she received from the others, the farmgirl stayed quiet for the rest of the day thinking that no one wanted anything to do with her after the truth about what she said to Granny smith prior to her heart attack came out. She figured that her friends hated her over her harsh words and honestly she wouldn't blame them one bit. Apple bloom showed true anger towards her sister throughout the day and would give her a death glare whenever she got the chance and reminded her of her punishment that's to come tonight, Applejack didn't show any fear or fought back and simply chose to accept the beating that she was soon gonna receive from her little sister. And at this point the farmgirl just didn't care anymore and was more than willing to accept whatever her sister is planning as she thought it's what she deserved.

Aj?" Came a voice, Applejack then mustered up the courage to turn around after wiping her tears and saw non other than Rainbowdash starring at her, with her anger now fully controlled. However Applejack didn't say a word and just turned back around to her corner, but got a quick surprise when she felt a pair of hooves wrap around her waist into a hug by non other than the athletic pegasus. " Look I'm sorry for this morning, we didn't mean to gang up on you like that we were just in shock after hearing your story"

"Honestly partner, I don't blame ya'll" she said quietly not even bothering to look back or return the embrace. " Considering my harsh words lead to Granny's heart attack I can't really blame anyone for hating me"

"Nobody hates you AJ" Dash reassured. " Look I wasn't there when it happened and I can't honestly blame you for snapping like that, especially considering how Granny Smith treated you and Big mac these past 4 months I'd be lying if I said that i wouldn't have done the same. Sure your words were harsh but it wasn't your fault , and Granny knows that you didn't mean it"

"Big mac said the exact same thing partner" Aj said blankly as a tear started to form as she gently clenched the pegasus's arm as she continued to embrace her. Just then Twilight walked over with a look of worry.

"Speaking of Big Mac" She said as Rainbowdash and AJ ( finally) turned around ending the embrace and stared at the look on Twilights face signalling that it wasn't good news that was about to come out of her mouth. " We managed to stop your brothers bleeding AJ, but I'm afraid it's not gonna be for long. Rarity's cloths aren't gonna stop the bleeding for long I'm afraid, on top of that his breathing's getting worse and I don't think we can do much more. If we don't get your brother out of here soon Applejack I don't think he's gonna make it for another day"

"That's easier said than done Twilight" Spike replied. " With this shield spell coating the boutique, I doubt an escape is relevant"

"And I doubt Chrysalis would show mercy and heal Big Mac for us" Fluttershy said quietly trying her hardest not to cry at the realization that her large friend probably won't make it"

"So what do we do then Twi?" Aj said as tears starting to fall down. " Put my brother down, out of his misery?" Twilight then took a second to survey her friends unconscious form and then let out a long sad sigh.

"I don't know AJ" She replied. " I just don't know, all we can do at the moment is pray for a miracle" As Twilight made this short sentiment the others couldn't help but look up to the ceiling silently praying for a miracle as well.

An hour later

"It's time Flam" Flim said as he walked out of the workers hut along with his brother while starring out into the nightfelt sky. " Are you ready?"

"Honestly, I'll never be ready" Flam replied and then found a hoof on his shoulder as Flim gave him a determined smile.

"We're gonna be fine, I promise" He reassured slightly boosting his twins spirit a little.

Before heading towards the Sewer hole cover, the two brothers checked their supplies that they borrowed from the workers hut such as a pipe wrench and a crowbar just in case they had to defend themselves from any Changelings roaming around the area, a flashlight to shine the way through the dark forest, and they were both wearing workers uniform's and face masks to protect them from any vile , debris, gunk, or varmints that are lurking through the sewer system. After checking off their supplies they then made their way towards the sewer hole, Flim being the strongest of the two focused his magic and levitated the metal cover with ease as his brother watched on still looking worried about this plan going array. After setting the cover on the ground they took a peek inside of the hole and nearly gagged as the smell of bodily fluids and gunk entered their nostrils, and Flam was quick to drop an opinion.

"BULL............................................SHIT!!!!!!" Flam protested earning an annoyed look from his twin.

"Quit being a baby" He replied.

"I am not going down there , it smells like your gym bag mixed with mexican food!" Flam continued to protest. " Isn't there another less vile way to get inside the city?"

"Unless you want to do your original plan of tunneling our way into town square, this is our best option Flam" Flim protested. " Now man up ! There's no time to lose Ponyville needs us" Flam defeated and with no other fighting words reluctantly headed towards the sewer holes and plugged up his nose while letting out an irritating sigh.

"Fine , but If I step on a turd on my way down I am gonna kill you" He said and then cannon balled his way down the hole and after 3 seconds a loud splash can be heard along with an irritating and sickening groan. Flim then took a peek to find his brother practically soaked in sewer water trying his hardest not to giggle at the sight.

"You know there's a ladder right bro ?" Flim called out.

"SHUT UP!!!!!!!" Flam called back, and with nothing left to say Flim then grabbed the edge of the ladder and made his way down to the sewer but not before levitating the cover back onto the hole as he proceeded down the sickening sewer path that lead into town square.

Meanwhile

Later that evening at the boutique prison house Applejack is seen standing right in front of the door Idly waiting for her sister to just hurry up and lead her to town hall where she would receive her punishment. Normally the Element of Honesty wouldn't give up so easily especially in a situation like this, however though the farmgirl couldn't really blame her little sister for being angry and wanting to hurt her severely especially after her harsh treatment towards her. If Apple bloom wouldn't accept her apology, she figures that a beating is probably the only way to make amends for her wrongful sins even if it means that she'll probably be paralyzed for the rest of her life. As she continued to stair into the doorway the rest of the group couldn't help but worry about the broken farmgirl.

"Well" She began. " Only one more hour for me, It was nice knowing you fellers"

"Applejack come on!!!!!" Rainbow Dash shouted. " You can't honestly sit there and tell me that your gonna accept the beating your about to receive are you?!"

"Dash, I understand completely but just listen" AJ replied. " Now normally I wouldn't surrender without a fight , but with how angry ma little sis is I can't really blame her for being sore at me. You were right even if it wasn't all ma fault I still said those harsh words towards Granny Smith and caused her to argue back at me. Honestly a beating is what I believe is the right choice for me if it means making Apple bloom feel good, If punishing me is what would make her feel better than I sure as hell accept that even if I end up in a wheelchair after it , at least my little sister will feel better and be able to let her stress and anger out"

"But AJ" Dash said worryingly." What about Big Mac? If he was awake right now I guarantee he'd say something along the lines of " Sis this ain't worth it, no matter how mad Bloom is at ya ya'll don't deserve this fate" However Aj remained saddened and dumbfounded.

I guess" AJ replied and then turned around to face her and the others . " But let me tell ya'll something, is you were in ma shoes right now, would you accept it or just fight back?" However after this little statement , the others didn't respond and just hung their heads in silent shame. " Thought so" And then Applejack turned back to the door as the others continued to think long and hard about their actions.

However what they don't realize is that a silver lining was soon to pop out of nowhere ( literally). Outside of town square the sewer hole cover was soon enveloped in a green aura as it was gently lifted up into the air and placed gently on the ground as to not make too much noise, and soon the Flim Flam Bros emerged from the sewer's making their way up to the surface nearly drenched in sewer water on the way up after a 10 minute trek underground.

"That was the biggest rat I've ever seen!!!" Flam complained while shaking the sewer water off of his body. " I can't believe I agreed to this disgusting plan of yours"

"Quit whining and keep it down!" Flim shouted quietly. " At least we made it into town square" He then took a second to survey the night lit town. " Good, it seems the Changelings settled in for the night so now we'll be even more incognito"

"That's one relief Flim" Flam replied. " But how do ya expect to get EVERY single citizen out of here without alerting everyone?" As he made his statement Flim rubbed his chin in a thinking of a plan motion.

"We'll cross that path when we get there" He said. " Let's find Twilight and the rest of the main 6 first, they might know what to do"

"The one idea you had today , that I actually agree with" Flam replied and then spotted a familiar boutique up in the distance. " Wait isn't that Ms Rarity's boutique?" Flam then turned around and found the sight of the building his brother was pointing at.

"Yeah it is!" He said. " Let's collect her first and then we'll grab the others"

"Sounds like a plan" Flam replied and the duo soon made their way towards the fashion Boutique. After a short trek they soon made it to the small building and surveyed the area to find the house/shop coated in a shield spell as well with metal bars wrapped around the windows, Flam then reached a nearby window and he along with his brother took a peek inside to find not only Rarity but Spike and the rest of the group imprisoned with depressed looks on their faces. After a moment Flam quietly called out and banged on the metal bars to get the groups attention. " Hey Rarity, Twilight everyone over here!" The group then came to their senses to turn and find the source of the voice and found non other than the Flim Flam bros standing near the front door window.

"Flim?" Twilight said in surprise.

"Flam?!" Applejack joined and soon the group walked towards the window looking all kinds of relieved.

"Yes it's us" Flim said.

"The one and only Flim Flam bros" Flam said proudly as the group rolled their eyes and giggled slightly.

"I never thought I'd say this, but boy am I happy to see ya'll" Applejack said with a sigh of relief and gratitude and took a sniff in the air after a potent smell caught her attention. " What da hell is that smell?!"

"Trust me you do not want to know " Flam said in annoyance before continuing. " What's going on AJ?" We were just here last month and we come back to find the town surrounded by an army of Changelings" He then let out a gasp as he spotted Big Macs injured and unconscious figure laying on the ground. " What happened to your brother!?"

"It's a long story" Twilight interrupted. " Can you guys get us out of here? Big macs not gonna make it for too long if we're not out of here tonight"

"Not to mention Applejack's too" Pinkie said earning a blank expression from the farmgirl.

"What do you mean by Applejack too?" Flam asked but then shook his head. " Nevermind hang on" He then stepped back a few feet and concentrated his magic and fired a ray of cancellation magic at the shield only to be met with a few seconds of disappointment, " God damn it! It's no good bro this one's magic proof as well" Flim then pondered for a moment thinking of the next move.

"You and rarity wouldn't happen to know any cancellation spells for these types of shields would ya?" He asked as Twilight rolled her eyes.

"If I did we'd be out of here by now big guy" Twilight replied. " And it wouldn't matter anyway my magic doesn't work as well with this shield disrupting it. Besides the only ones who know the cancellation spell are Chrysalis.................................."

"And her two lieutenants" Came a voice and the two brothers and twilight who was still peeking through the window found non other than Thorax staring blankly at the group not even bothering to flinch as the brothers entered a battle stance, before they could take action Twilight stopped them.

"Hold on a second boys" She said shocking the duo.

"Twilight he's one of them" Flim said. " Plus he might snitch on us"

"I don't snitch" Thorax replied earning a scoff from the brothers.

"And you honestly expect us to trust you?" Flam questioned, then spike stepped in or should I say peeked through the other window.

"Actually I think we can fellahs" He said. " Me and Thorax actually had a nice conversation during dinner, and he doesn't seem like a bad guy to me, he's just a little shy. And he was just as shocked as us when Chrysalis presented Big Mac as us so I don't really see him hurting a fly" After making his statement Thorax couldn't help but smile with a hint of gratitude after being defended by the young dragon, however his expression soon changed.

"Listen I won't say anything to Chrysalis" He began. " I don't know how you two got into town but It's best that you go back to where you came from before anyone see's you. I don't wanna see anyone else get hurt anymore"

"Then why don't you help us?" Flim asked . " If Spikes right about you being a nice guy then take this shield spell off the boutique and set them free, AJ's brother is in there and he needs help immediately" Thorax knew that he was right about Big Macintosh, but he remained slightly unfazed and just turned away.

"I can't" He said clenching his teeth. " Believe me I want to put a stop to this I really do, but I don't have a choice. My brother and I grew up int he worst environment Imaginable, our parents treated us like garbage. After we finally escaped from that hellhole we had no where to go until we met the Changeling queen. She gave us a new home, food, and we were surrounded by our fellow brotherin. My brother and I had to do a lot of disgusting acts to keep our new home and i hated having to hurt or endanger innocent lives but I had no choice. Even if I did help you guys what other path is there for me? My people have been bullied for centuries just because we were different from you ponies, I doubt anyone would take us or welcome us into the community we'd be right back to where we started. Plus Chrysalis would probably hunt us down and kill us for betraying her"

"No she won't " Fluttershy jumped in surprising the Changeling. " It's not too late for you Thorax or even your brother, you two can still live a peaceful life"

"Did you not hear what I said pegasus?" He replied coldly.

"Yes I did" She said. " But listen you might think your not welcome anywhere but that's not true. Deep down I know you changelings aren't bad creatures and it was foolish of our people to ridicule for being different, believe me I understand that feeling. But it's not too late for you Thorax. Everybody and I mean everybody deserves a second chance and a home, so please help us. You don't have anything to worry about, your your own person Thorax nobody controls you. Not your parents, Chrysalis, or even your own brother" The changeling then pondered for a moment after hearing the statement from the shy pegasus. Was there really a home or better life out there for him and Pharynx? He asked himself, After a moment he turned back around with a determined look on his face.

"Alright" He said. " I'm gonna get you guys out of here, stand back" He then made his way towards the Boutique as the brothers gave him some room, and soon the young changeling concentrated his magic and soon cast the cancellation spell. "Lecnac" Then a large aura of magic surrounded the magic shield and after a minute it disappeared leaving the Boutique in it's original state despite the metal bars still present as the brothers looked on in amazement and shock.

"Seriously? That's the cancellation spell...............................saying cancel BACKWARDS?!" Flam shouted in utter annoyance.

"I'm just as dumbfounded as you Flam" Twilight said as she and the others made now free , made their way out through the front door. But were soon stopped when another voice called out.

"Thorax what the hell are you doing?!" Came a voice and Thorax turned in shock to find his older brother looking all kinds of pissed.

"I'm doing the right thing big bro" He said only earning him a snarl from his brother.

"By pissing off the queen and betraying her loyalty to us?" He asked. " What did I tell you this morning? We don't have a choice, this is the only path for us to get a new home. Would you rather you and I go back to those monsters we call our parents?!" Thorax however remained unfazed.

"No I don't " He replied. " But it's not too late big brother, We can still have a second chance for a better life"

"We can't!!!!!!!" Pharynx shouted.

"Yes we can!!!!!" Thorax shouted back. " It's true maybe there's some ponies who'll still never accept us changelings" He then took a moment to point at the group standing right in front of them. " But these ponies right hear are good people and that little dragon right there actually walked up and talked to me, he wasn't scared of me or ridiculed me at all. He actually talked to me and treated me like I was one of his friends. There are good people out there Thorax and they don't deserve this fate, nopony does. So please bro do the right thing, help me save these ponies from the Changeling queen" Thorax then extended his hoof toward his brother hoping that he'd take it but Pharynx remained unsure and defiant. " Do you remember that oath you and I made when we were younger? I have your back.........................." Pharynx looked down slightly after hearing his brothers words, after a minute he finally mustered up the courage to look up and walked towards his brother bringing his hoof towards his in a hoofbump.

"And you got mine" He said with a smile. " you better pray this doesn't get us killed lil bro"

"Don't worry we'll be fine" Thorax reassured and then turned to the group. " So what's the plan?"

"Well i figured that we free the other imprisoned citizens" Flim pointed out.

"I'm afraid we won't have time Flim" Twilight said. " There's a chance we'll be recaptured if we round up everyone in town one by one, plus it'll take too long to gather everyone up. Lets escape first and we'll come back for the others later, I hate to leave them but it's too risky to round them up tonight"

"I hate to leave somepony behind Twilight" Dash replied. " But i do agree with ya, we should escape first and think of a plan before coming back for everyone else. "sigh" Damn it's a shame we don't have the elements of harmony with us"

"Yeah it's too bad they're all the way inside of my apartment across town" Pinkie said earning her multiple looks from the group. Shocked at the thought that Pinkie had the elements with her and didn't say anything.

"Pinkie?" Twilight asked.

"Yes" She replied.

"You have the elements of harmony inside your apartment?" Dash asked.

"I sure do" Pinkie said with a smile.

"How?" Dash asked.

"Don't you guys remember?" Pinkie began. " After that wedding incident last year Princess Celestia thought it would be best if we kept the elements with us instead of heading al the way to Canterlot so that we'd be prepared for the next threat that might happen. After we received them we figured it would be too risky to keep each one inside of our respected houses. So we put it to a vote that one of us should keep all the elements in their house so that we can easily retrieve them , so we played rock paper scissors and I ended up winning. And I've been keeping then locked up in my apartments basement" After explaining herself the group continued to stare in shock after realizing that they've completely forgotten that Pinkie was instructed to keep all the elements safe inside of her home in case of a threat or emergency, however Dash's expression soon turned into rage.

"PINKIE YOU HAD THE ELEMENT'S THIS WHOLE TIME?! WE COULD HAVE ENDED THIS SHIT DAYS AGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She screamed scaring the pink earthpony until Twilight covered her mouth.

"Dash quiet!" Twilight said. " You want the Chrysalis or the others to hear us? Look Pinkie is Pinkie she can't help herself, you can yell at her later but right now we need to retrieve our elements. Now Pinkie where in your apartment did you hide them in?"

"Like I said their locked away in my basement" She answered.

"Alrighty then, let's sneak into Pinkies place, grab the elements and get the hell out of here" Twilight instructed as the group nodded their heads in agreement but before they could proceed realization entered AJ's mind"

"Oh shit Big Mac!!!!" She shouted and ran back towards the Boutique to retrieve her brother. " One of ya'll help me I can't carry him by myself!"

"Hang on i gotcha" Pharynx replied and then entered the boutique to give AJ a hand with her unconscious brother, after 2 minutes they made their way out of the boutique Big Mac in hand and joined the group.

"Crap he's getting worse" Twilight said surveying the injured stallion. " Let's hurry and grab the elements we don't have much time"

"Hold on" Thorax said and then shut the door before coating the Boutique in a shield spell.

"Good thinking little bro" Pharynx said impressed. " Alright lead the way Pinkie"

"Okie dokie!" Pinkie said happily and she ushered the group to follow her as she hopped and skipped towards the way to her apartment.

"Hehe" Fluttershy giggled. " I think Pinkies starting to turn back into her old self"

"You said it Shy" Twilight said.

"Alright guy's lets move" Spike said, and the group silently made their way towards Pinkies apartment with their goal of retrieving their respected elements playing in their minds. After a short trek through town avoiding any changelings that were still awake, they soon spotted Pinkies apartment in the distance but soon found that it was occupied by a bunch of changelings who were having a little late night party session. The group then took cover behind a log to avoid detection.

"Damn it" Twilight said in annoyance. " I forgot that the apartments and houses in town were their living quarters"

"Great how are we supposed to grab the elements now?" Dash asked, but then suddenly an idea popped into Pharynx's mind.

"Hang on I got a plan" He said and then proceeded down the hill.

"Pharynx" Twilight said but was soon stopped.

"Trust me I got this" He reassured. " Just wait here and I'll signal you to come down once I lead them away from the apartment and you can go in and grab the elements pinkie" After stating his plan Pinkie and the others nodded in agreement as pharynx gave a determined look and proceeded towards the apartment building. He then made his way towards the building slightly surprising the five partying changelings.

"Pharynx what are ya doing here bro?"One of them asked.

"Yeah I thought you were assigned to the townhall shift?" Another asked.

"Nevermind that" Pharynx replied. " Chrysalis wanted me to inform you that a pony was seen trying to dig a tunnel in the applefields to the outside world and she needs you five to stop him"

"Why us?" One of em asked.

"I don't know I just do what she tells me to do!" He said in annoyance. " Now get going! Don't wanna piss of the queen with an escaped pony do ya?" After his statement the five of then groaned in annoyance not wanting to anger the queen and go against a request they all said ok and left the premises to search for this "rogue pony" as soon as they were out of his sight Pharynx signaled Pinkie to come down and she soon made it down in a flash surprising the changeling.

"Jesus are you a marathon runner or something woman?!" He asked.

"hehe no silly" She giggled. " I just like running, gets me to places quicker"

"That doesn't answer my.............................................."

"Hang on" She interrupted" I'll be right back" and then zoomed inside of her apartment and in 10 seconds flat retrieved the elements inside of her purse. " Alrighty let's go!" She said and then headed back to the group atop of the hill further surprising the changeling not expecting that kind of speed from an earthpony.

"Uh..........................ok" He said and followed suit. They then arrived at the top of the hill and presented the Elements to them.

"Excellent" Twilight said happily. " Now we have a fighting chance. Alright now let's get out of here and think of a plan. So where do we go Flim and Flam?"

"Weeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll" flim said in a worried tone.

5 minutes later

"There is no way I'm going down there" Rarity said in disgust at the thought of going down into the sewers earning her annoyed and irritating looks from the group especially Flim.

"God you sound like my brother" He whispered as Applejack walked up to the drama queen.

"You rather stay here with the changelings fashionista?" Applelajck asked earning her a gulp from the marshmallow mare.

"No" she said quietly.

"Then go on then, we don't have all night" AJ replied.

"Fine" She said with a grumble. " That sewer water better not stain my main" She then climbed down the ladder as the others soon followed suit.

"Pharynx can you and Dash help my brother down there?" She asked

"Sure thing" The two of em said in unison and collected the large stallion and gently carried him down the sewer hole but not before Dash apologized to Pinkie for snapping at her earlier which she was quick to happily accept leaving only Applejack and Fluttershy left. AJ then noticed Shy staring at town hall in the distance with a worried look on her face. She then got a surprise as Applejack laid a gentle hoof on her shoulder.

"I promise we'll get Angel and the others back Fluttershy, but right now I need ya to be brave for me and Big Mac ok?" She said in a motherly tone. And got a surprise when Fluttershy gave her a determined look on her face and nodded.

"Ok" She said bravely , and the two friend made their way down the sewer as Flim's magic collected the Cover and placed it back onto the hole. After yet another 10 minute trek through the sewer system and Rarity and Flam's complaining about the gross environment, they soon found the entrance to the everfree sewer hole. One by one the group made their way up the ladder as Flim lifted the cover out of their way with the smell of fresh air entering their senses. They then ( well mostly rarity and Flam) breathed assign of relief that it was finally over.

"Sweet Jesus, that was the foulest thing I've ever been through in my entire life!" Rarity complained. " I' m gonna need a hot bath after all of this!"

"Welcome to my world sweet cheeks" Flam replied.

"Well that explains the smell from earlier" Twilight said and then surveyed their surroundings before speaking again. " Alright let's keep moving, the next town isn't too far, if we trek now we should arrive by..................................." But before Twilight could speak she along with the others heard a rustling in the woods. Fearing that it's either a changeling or wild animal the group entered a battle position ready to face what's to come, but to their surprise the anonymous figure that popped out of the bushes wasn't a changeling or wild animal but their friend Zecora who had a look of surprise on her face after noticing the group.

"Twilight, Pinkie, Fluttershy, everyone else, and those two scam artist who sold me that fake hoof polish, Is that you?" Zecora said earning happy and relieved expressions from the main 6 and annoyed looks from the brothers after being reminded of their past sins.

"Zecora!!!!!!" The group said in unison as they brought their zebra friend into a group hug which she was quick to return as Thorax looked on with a smile on his face.

"Your ok!" Pinkie said happily.

"We thought the Changelings got you too darling" Rarity replied.

"Yes I was worried myself my friends" Zecora said. " Luckily The Changeling queen showed no interest in the everfree forest so she only chose to expand the shield spell to the town and its escorts only so I've been safe ever since. But how did you guys get out?"

"We had to crawl down the sewer network to escape the town" Twlight said as Zecora took a second to sniff the vile odor that entered the air.

"I can see that, or should I say smell it" She replied with a chuckle and then a shocked look on her face appeared as she noticed Thorax and Pharynx standing right in front of them. " Uh are you aware that there's some changelings behind you guys not to mention those brothers?"

"It's ok, they helped us escape" Fluttershy said in a reassuring tone. " They're really nice once you get to know them"

"I'll take your word on that my friend" Zecora replied and then Noticed the unconscious Big mac on Dash and Pharynx's shoulders. " MY WORD WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR BROTHER?????!!!!!!!!!!!"

"He got the crap beaten out of him" Applejack explained. " We'll give you the details later, can you help him with some of your mage craft or whatever it's called?"

"Of course" Zecora responded. " Follow me, my hut isn't too far from here" She then ushered the group to follow her who were quick to follow suit, after a short trek they soon found themselves at their destination with zecora's hut up the horizon. " Bring him inside quickly!" Dash and Pharynx nodded and brought the big guy inside of the hut as Zecora ushered them to bring him into one of her guest rooms. They then gently placed him onto a bed as his blood started to stain the sheets. " Ok I'll get to work immediately, Twilight I might need you and spikes help as well"

"Of course" Twilight nodded however Spike remained unsure at the thought of accidentally hurting Big Mac with his claws again, But Twilight place a gentle hoof on his shoulder signaling that he'll be ok and that she'll be by his side which boosted his confidence a little.

"For the rest of you" Zecora said. " You can use my bathing tub to wash the sewer water off of you" After saying the word Bath rarity was quick to rush out of the room screaming "ME FIRST!!!!!!!!" earning groans of annoyance from the others as they too made their way out of the room to the bathing area, however Applejack took one last hook at her unconscious brother . Zecora noticed this and gave the farmgirl a reassured smile that her brother was in good hands, which gave the farmgirl a bit of confidence that she and twilight knew what they were doing, knowing that he was in good hands she then left the room to head towards the bathing area. An hour later the group now fully cleaned up sat in the living room waiting for news about Big mac not wanting to disturb Zecora, Twilight, and Spike as they continued to treat him. Flim then broke the ice.

"He'll be alright Applejack" He reassured. I'm sure Zecora knows what she's doing" Applejack then turned towards the tall stallion.

"I know Flim, I just hope that she manages to stop the bleeding" She replied and then changed her tone. " That reminds me, why did you two come back after your last visit?" After her question the rest of the group aside from Thorax and Pharynx stared at the brothers wondering the same thing, earning them looks of guilt from the duo who stayed silent for a few seconds after hearing that. They them mustered up the courage to give the group the answer.

"We wanted to apologize" He said quietly earning multiple gasps from the group.

"Say what now?" AJ asked looking dumbfounded at the thought that she just heard one of Equestria's biggest scam artist's apologizing.

"It's true" Flam replied. " i know this is gonna be hard to believe Applejack but it's true. " After we were run out of town for the second time last year we started to have second thoughts about our actions, ever since we were kids my brother and I dreamt of a rich lifestyle so we started to come up with so many ways to make moneys. We bought a bunch of hair or skin care products, food, kitchen gadgets, etc, and we always removed the labels from them and added our names on it to make it seem like we made or invented each of them. And most of our customers bought it while most didn't and demanded refunds, but we never learnt our lesson. As we got older we decided to sell our own products, however most of our prototypes ended in failure but we didn't care and sold them anyways despite the many flaws"

"We were so focused on making money that we didn't care about how our product's would effect or harm any of our customers" Flim jumped in. " We didn't care if we ripped off our customers, we just cared about sales and money like a bunch of selfish monsters. And what's worse your family was our main suckers, we ended up using your famous family recipes to our advantages and it almost cost you guy's your businesses as well. And worst of all our miracle curative tonic nearly cost the life of your Grandmother last year, if she died that day we would have never forgiven ourselves"

"After we were chased out of town for the second time we started to have a bit of a reality check" Flam replied. " And the guilt of us almost getting your grandmother seriously injured or worse killed still plagued us especially since we used and manipulated our friend Silver Shill in our latest scheme. We finally came to realize that our actions have consequences and it wasn't right for us to con and manipulate those poor souls just for a quick buck. What we're trying to say Applejack and everyone else is that we're so sorry for everything" Flam said nothing else and took his hat off lowering his head in shame.

"My bro's right fellahs" Flim jumped in while also removing his hat. " We don't expect you to forgive us cause we are nothing more than a couple of con artist and thief's, but we promise you guy's we'll do whatever it takes to prove to you that we've changed and that we regret all of our past actions not only to your town but to the others who've we coned over the years" After that Flim lowered his head in shame as well looking just as guilty as his twin, the group especially the 5 girls remained in shock not expecting to hear those words come out of the two con artist who ripped off their town not one but two times, Applejack was just as shocked at the two twins and didn't know how to respond thinking that this was just another one of their acts. but after seeing the guilt and hurt in their eyes and words after they explained themselves, she could see that they genuinely regretted their past actions and were sorry for everything. The two brothers stayed silent for like an eternity until Flim felt someone touch his shoulder, he then looked up to find Applejack staring at him with a smile on her face.

"It's alright fellahs" She began. " I forgive ya"

"We all do" The other girls and Spike said in unison" Shocking the two brothers who were not expecting to be forgiven so easily especially toward the farmgirl.

"But why?" Flam asked. " After everything we've done to you guys and your townsfolk?"

"Don't get me wrong" Appeljack said. " I was pretty miffed from your past actions especially after you guys nearly ruined my families business and that you almost got my grandmother killed last year. But after hearing those words come out of your mouths it shocked me, It made me realize that your not so bad after all. It takes a real man to come face to face with the ones he hurt and to apologize and ah respect dat. Plus you guys nearly risked your lives to save us and break us out of town, If that isn't worthy of forgiveness than ah don't know what is" As Applejack finished her statement still smiling, fresh tears started to form on each of their faces and in a flash they both collected the farmgirl into a warm group hug which she was quick to return as the others watched in joy and happyness at the sight of reconciliation and the fact that they've now made not 2 but 4 new friends tonight and Thorax couldn't help but shed a tear at the sight of true happiness and love between ponies.

"Thank you Applejack" Flim sniffed.

"Thank you so much" Flam said as well with a sniff"

"No prob boys" Applejack replied with a warm smile. Just then Twilight, Zecora , and Spike reentered the room and the three friends soon ended their embrace and walked towards the trio to hear the news about Big Macs condition and if he's alright. " Zecora how is he? Is Big Mac gonna be ok?"

"Well" Zecora began. I have both good news and bad news my friend. The good news is we've successfully managed to stop the bleeding and managed to patch up some of his wounds" Applejack breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that, but she knew the bad news was coming up.

"But the bad news is, he has eternal damage AJ" Twilight jumped in. " The beating that he received took a big tole on him not only on the outside but on the inside too, your brother's damage eternally Applejack and I'm afraid it's beyond repair with Zecora's mage craft or my magic. He's gonna survive for a little longer, but if we don't get him proper medical care immediately I'm afraid he's not gonna make it to the end of the week" Hearing this Applejack's worry grew bigger and bigger at the thought of losing her brother as well.

"Then we can't waste anytime then" she said. " We must put a stop to this immediately"

"Indeed" Twilight replied in agreement. " Plus we have the elements with us so now we'll have a fighting chance against Chrysalis and her army, we'll strike tomorrow as soon as we think of a battle strategy" The others then nodded in agreement.

"Sounds like a plan my friend" Zecora said. " You all can camp out in my hut tonight, unfortunately I only have 2 guest rooms, my apologies"

"It's alright Zecora, the rest of us can just sleep in the living room" Twilight replied. " BTW can I use your bath real quick? I forgot that I still have sewer water on me as well"

"Me too" Spike said earning a giggle from the Zebra.

"Of course my friends" Zecora said.

"You can go first Spike" Twilight ushered. " You were on my back the whole time so your not as filthy.

"Thanks Twilight, I'll be really quick" Spiked thanked before heading over to the bath outside , Applejack then let out a long yawn.

"We should probably get some rest" She said. " We'll need some rest if were gonna take back our town tomorrow" The others nodded in agreement .

"That's a wise move my friend' Zecora added. "It's best to rest before jumping into battle"

"So who's sleeping where?" Rainbow dash asked.

"Let's wait till Twilight's finished with her bath and then we'll cross that bridge darling" Rarity replied.

"Sounds like a plan to me " Pinkie said in her usual tone as the others again nodded in agreement.

An hour later we find the group sleeping peacefully inside of Zecora's hut. After making an fair agreement on who should sleep where, they officially settled on an agreement. With Pinkie and Thorax sleeping in the quest rooms, while the others slept comfortably in the living room thanks to zecora providing them with warm blankets and spare pillows. Rarity originally wanted one of the quest rooms, but after Dash made a comment about her being pampered all the time she decided to prove to the athlete that she can rough it and chose to sleep in the living room giving the guest room to Pinkie pie. However two ponies weren't present inside of the hut, Flim woke up seconds ago to take a leak outside. After finishing he trekked back towards the hut, but before he could walk back inside he spotted a familiar purple unicorn sitting on top of a hill gazing at the bright moon illuminating the Forrest and it's surroundings. Curiosity hit the man as he began walking towards the spot the unicorn was planted and he soon took a seat right next to her.

"Can't sleep?" He asked causing Twilight to turn around to see who was sitting next to her.

"Not really" She began. " I just needed to clear my head for a little bit. You?"

"Eh I just needed to relieve myself real quick" He said and then blushed after realizing the statement that he made towards a lady. " Sorry too much information"

"hehe no It's quite alright, we are in a Forrest after all and Zecora doesn't have any plumbing in her hut" Twilight said with a giggle, causing the tall stallion to giggle as well. after a good laugh the two then stared into the lovely moon illuminating on the night time sky. " OH by the way, Applejack informed me, zecora, and Spike about you guys conversation. And we forgive you too. But Zecora want's a refund from you guys when this is all over"

" Thank you Twilight" Flim Said. " And of course , tell Zecora I'll be sure to give her a full refund" He then continues to gaze upon the moon. "The moon sure looks beautiful tonight huh?" Flim asked.

"It sure is" Twilight replied. " It's actually a shame, if you think the view is good here. It's nothing compared to viewing it atop of the applefields back at ponyville, it's practically breathtaking"

"Yeah I'm sure it is" Flim smiled and then his expression soon changed. " BTW how did all of this happen Twilight?" After hearing his question Twilight hesitated for a moment but decided to let it out especially since she was bound to inform him and his brother eventually.

"Well" Twilight said. " It's like this......................................................................" After 5 minutes Twilight finished her story explaining every single detail that transpired after the brothers last visit from Gabby gums, the CMC running away, the big fight Applejack had with Granny smith that lead to her death, Queen Chrysalis taking over their town, and worst of all with the CMC as her commanders seeking revenge. Flim looked on in shock at the thought of a trio of young girls going down the path of evil after being manipulated, threatened, and treated horribly by everyone .

"Wow" He said with a gasp. " I never expected three fillies to be so dangerous, honestly if I was in their shoes can't say I wouldn't do the same. But you shouldn't blame yourselves Twilight, if anything it was that rich fillies fault that made you all turn against the CMC's in the first place. You guy's couldn't have known that she was blackmailing and threatening them to spread everyone's secrets just to protect their friends"

"But we still drove them out of town Flim" Twilight said sadly with her expression hidden in her bangs." Everyone tells us that it wasn't our fault, but I know damn well that isn't true. We should have I should have heard them out first instead of banning them from my library, and now looks what's got us. Our town's being taken over by not only the changeling queen and her subjects, but by the CMC as well. All because we yelled and ridiculed them over our secrets getting exposed due to the Gabby gums column. Even if we do manage to stop this whole mess, I doubt those three girls will forgive us after our harsh treatment towards them. If I can stop so low as to hurt three girls like that, I honestly don't deserve to have friends" Twilight said nothing more and was seconds away from crying until Flim put a comforting hoof on her shoulder.

"Hey now don't say that Twi" He said. " Like i said you couldn't have known so you and the girls shouldn't blame yourselves. Sure Apple bloom and the others are pretty pissed at you guys, but deep down I'm sure they know that you guys are truly sorry for what you've done. You can't just go giving up so easily especially with lives on the line, the town needs you , your friends need you, even the CMC's need you. You haven't failed friendship Twilight, if you have you wouldn't have your friends to fight by your side now would you? Take me and my brother for example, he was skeptical at first me included as we figured that no one would forgive us, but to our surprise you guys forgave us and even excepted us as friends which made us so happy. So if you guys can forgive us then It's not too late for the CMC's to forgive you too" After making his statement a smile soon formed on the unicorns face.

"Thank you Flim" She said. " hehe I never expected to hear those words come out of your mouth"

"Yeah same" He said with a giggle and then took a moment to stare into the mares figure which shined due to the moonlight with her mane and eyes sparkling like a beautiful gem. " Damn , your eyes and your mane. They're like sapphires in the moonlight, hehe no wonder they call you Twilight sparkle for a reason" After his remark a huge blush formed in his face fearing that he offended or embarrassed the mare with his words. " Sorry that sounded a bit corny huh?"

"No not at all" Twilight said with a blush of her own feeling flattered after being called beautiful. The two of em then found themselves staring into each others eyes as the moonlight shined on both of them, before they knew it their faces got closer and closer to each other as their gazes didn't look away for a second. Before they knew it their eyes closed and their lips touch into a passionate kiss as Twilight found herself and Flim laying comfortably in the grassy hill as they continued to passionately make out with each other as the moon continues to shine bright creating a romantic ambience.

Author's Note

🎵Dun, dun, dun, dun, another chapter bites the dust🎵 You guy's have NO idea how close I was to splinting this into three parts instead of two, but i wanted to get the friday chapter started as soon as possible so i hope you enjoy the longest chapter in the story so far :twilightblush: and don't worry the rest of the chapters are not gonna be this long of a length I promise

And before you ask Zecora isn't gonna rhyme in this story cause that would have been a major headache to come up with a rhyme for every single one of her dialogues :applejackconfused: . And I betcha her voice actor feels the same way too.

Anyways hope you guys enjoyed this insanely long chapter, sorry I wasn't able to finish the story by may fellahs :twilightblush: but hopefully I'll have the final chapter out by june. until then I plan on adding in a side chapter for the story and after that Ima get a head start on the friday chapter. So I'll see ya later fellahs.

Side chapter: Dreams

Meanwhile

"WHERE ARE THEY??????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" An angry Apple bloom shouted after Sweetie belle removed the shield spell from the main six's Boutique prison as the other commanders aside from Scootaloo and Sweetie belle couldn't help but shiver at the farmgirls fiery temper. Bloom then proceeded inside the boutique even further but found no sign of the prisoners aside from Big Macs blood stain in the front room, Scootaloo then walked forward and put a shoulder on the angry filly.

" Bloom chill out!" She shouted back in a reassuring tone. " I'm sure they couldn't have gotten far especially since the shield spell is still up"

"Yeah lets report back to the Queen that the main 6 escaped and we'll do a full on search around the town tomorrow" Sweetie belle replied.

"They better still be in the town" Bloom growled. " If that bitch of a sister of mine thinks she can escape her punishment than she is surely mistaken, I'm not gonna rest until I hear my sisters hind legs shatter like broken glass" However Dinky and the others couldn't help but feel uneasy hearing Blooms ranting.

"Bloom don't you think this is a little extreme?" Snips asked earning a dark look from the filly.

"Excuse me?" She replied.

"He's right Bloom this is going way too far" Snails jumped in. " What your about to do is straight up evil this si not the Apple bloom, Sweetie belle, and Scootaloo that we know.

"Who's side are you on Snails?!" Sweetie belle retorted.

"I'm on you guys side of course but not like this!" He said. " Do you guys not see yourselves? I get that you guys are furious at your sisters and the townsfolk for making you guys run away in the first place and especially tiara for blackmailing you guys, but this going way too far. You almost killed your brother 2 days ago and I don't think he's gonna survive by the end of the week, and not just that your planning on doing the same thing to your sister. I knwo he yelled at you guys and it must have hurt a lot but do you honestly think nearly beating him to death would make you guys feel better?"

"That's right you guys" Tender taps jumped in. " What happened to the girls that help he get my cutie mark last year? Now you guys are just servants to that Changeling, this isn't you Bloom and you know it. Do you guys have any Idea what kind of damage you've caused these past few days helping that giant insect take over our tower over some petty revenge from Gabby gums? This is not and I mean NOT the answer guys, your taking over your own town and enslaving all these poor helpless citizens, if your parents and even Granny smith were alive right now what would they think if they saw you like this Bloom? The CMC we know wouldn't stoop this low and attack someone for no reason" However the trio remained unfazed by this little lecture and instead had their own opinions.

"No reason?" Bloom began. " NO REASON!!!!???????" Are you seriously that naive that you don't even understand how much pain we were in that day?! Let me tell you something Taps and the rest of ya'll, if your older brother yelled at you to go away while your sister just ignores ya instead of facing you like a damn coward while you try to explain yourself to them and they don't even listen"

"Or when the one pegasus you thought was the coolest girl in the world pours rain on you like a bully and nearly giving us a cold or worse pneumonia from getting drenched in rain water" Scootaloo replied.

"And let's not forget your older sister says something so cruel to you that you wonder if she even ever loved you in the first place , making you feel useless or unwanted" Sweetie belle jumped in. " And even going as far as to call you the worst sister in the world, wouldn't you guys feel the same kind of hurt that we felt that dreaded day?" After the trio made their statement , Silver spoon and the others felt silent not knowing what to say after hearing the words come out of their mouths.

"I thought so" Bloom said coldly as tears started to form. " You guys have no Idea how much it hurt when by brother screamed at me like that, it was scarier than watching a horror movie. It's as if I didn't even know him anymore, he didn't even give me a chance to explain the real reason we went along with this stupid Gabby gums story he just chose to scold and yell at me after his little secret was exposed. I can never look at him the same way again fellas, I know I've said this many times but his words hurt more than a broken leg. So I made sure to let him know how much he hurt us as well and judging by his state, I think it's safe to say that he gets the picture. Plus my sister wasn't innocent either, the way she just shunned us like a coward instead of facing us hurt but the way she yelled at my grandmother causing her to have a heart attack was even worse. She is more cruel than Nightmare moon and now thanks to her I'll never see Granny Smith again. It's too late to change ma minds fellas much too late. The damage is already done, they hurt us in the worst ways imaginable and We're never gonna look at them the same way again, and even if we stopped all of this. I doubt anyone's gonna forgives us after everything. No, no this is the only path for us right now we can't go back not after everything we've ever done" After making her statement Apple bloom began to walk away. " Now all of you I think it's best that you turn in for the night, I'll report to Chrysalis about the escapees so we can get a head start at locating them in the morning, and I expect you guys to be on high alert if you see applejack anywhere" With nothing left to say Sweetie belle and Scoots followed suit as they walked away next to their gloomy friend as the rest of the commanders watched on feeling sorry for the trio all while praying to Celestia that this whole mess would be over soon and the CMC would turn back to normal, and also hoping that Applejack and the others were safe wherever they are.

Speaking of Applejack, we find the element of honesty walking down a lush forest path while looking around at the endless array of tree's that she passes by each second. However as the farmgirl surveyed her surroundings, she found that she wasn't even in the everfree forest anymore as this forest had a bit more of a magical and mysterious tone to it. With the trees displaying a strange light bluish tone, a mysterious white aura floating through the night time sky, and the wind felt rather odd as if it was following her around every single time she took a step. After what felt like a 10 mile hike our farmgirl found herself atop of a hill giving out a lovely view of a massive lake with numerous tree's, mountain tops, and magical wildlife roaming around the area.

"Where the hay am I? " She wondered. " I don't remember leaving the hut, and there's no way I'm in the everfree anymore. How did I even end up her was I sleepwalking or something?" But as she was talking, she felt a weird presence in the air as if something was heading towards her. In a split second she stepped back as she found 6 mysterious orbs float right in front of her, after taking a long hard look she instantly recognized the mysterious object as not orbs at all but the elements of harmony consisting of Magic, loyalty, kindness, happiness, generosity, and honesty. but that's not all, as the elements were planted on the spot they soon started to morph and change shape. And soon the aura formed silhouettes of a group of ponies soon formed which consisted of 2 stallions and 3 mares causing the farmgirl to stare in shock after witnessing the elements turn into a group of ponies. After what felt like an eternity one of em finally spoke.

"Greetings Applejack" The taller looking stallion said. " We finally meet"

"Uhhhhhhhh howdy?" Applejack said nervously. " How do you know my name? Also who are you guys?"

"Oh where are my manners?" The stallion replied. " I am Rockhoof, and these are my comrades, Mistmane, Flash magnus, somnambula, and my fiance Meadowbrook. And to answer your other question lets just say I've been observing you from time to time" After giving the girl her answer, Applejacks mind soon clicked and she soon recognized the group standing right in front of her.

"Wait a second" She said in amazement. " I've heard stories about you guys from starswirl, your the original bearers of the elements of harmony"

"That is correct" Rockhoof said with a smile.

"What are you guys doing here? And where am I?" Applejack asked. " Starswirl told me that you guys mysteriously vanished centuries ago"

"Indeed" Mistmane answered. " Before we tell you our backstory, to answer your second question. You are in the spirit realm young Applejack. This is where most ponies come when they've experienced an event that's traumatized or hurt them dearly. So they're sent here as they slumber so that they can get a chance to collect their thoughts and to look back at past experiences and reconnect with lost loved ones in an effort to make themselves feel better" After giving her answer Applejacks shock of amazement soon increased realizing that she was in some kind of dream realm.

" Well that explains the weird atmosphere" She said earning a few giggles from the group. " But why me? Why not Twilight?"

"Well after witnessing how much more hurt you were after this weeks events and especially when your grandmother passed away" Meadowbrook said. " We figured that you needed the biggest reality check out of all the rest of your friends and loved ones" As Brook was explaining herself Applejack noticed that the magic element was empty lacking it's own user.

"Wait, shouldn't Stygian be here too? He was the element of magic right? " She asked causing the five elements to go silent nearly sweating in a nervous state, feeling too afraid to explain what has happened to their closest friend. But after a minute the group finally mustered up the courage to give their explanation about what became of Stygian.

"Well............." Magnus began. " To answer your question Applejack we're mainly the reason Stygian isn't hear with us right now, and he's also the reason we disappeared centuries ago" Applejack looked puzzled after hearing Magnus's words.

"What do you mean?" She asked raising an eyebrow and then Flash Magnus continued his story.

"You see back then me , Rockhoof, Mistmane, Meadowbrooks, Stygian, Starswirl, and somnambula were a team" He began. " Actually Starswirl is the one who formed us together in the first place due to our amazing skills with my speed, Meadowbrooks compassion, Rockhoof's strength, somnambula's planning and peppy attitude, Stygian's incredible magic skills, and Mistmanes generosity. So he dubbed each of us the elements of harmony and we combated against every single threat that plagued equestria helping those in need. We were treated like celebrities, every single creature adored us for our heroics except for one. Stygian began noticing that the rest of us received the most praise despite him helping out the most and started to feel left out and unappreciated. He then started to grow distant and cold towards us, whenever we tried to talk to him he just brushed us off saying that he didn't wanna talk about it. Then one day we made the most terrible mistake of our lives, one night we caught Stygian with the elements in hand our instincts got the better of us and we thought that he was planning on stealing the elements so that he could be the center of attention and make us feel useless. We confronted him and after a long argument saying the most hurtful words imaginable towards Stygian we kicked him to the curb and stripped him of his element as he ran away in tears, We figured that we made the right choice that is until we found out the truth. After the argument we headed back to headquarters and we began removing some of Stygian's belongings when Meadowbrook's noticed his journal on his throne. Curiosity got the best of her and she began reading his latest entry which sent cold regretful shivers down our spines when we finally learnt the truth. It said that Stygian was feeling left out and that no one appreciated or even cared about him. As it turns out he wasn't trying to steal the elements he was just borrowing their power so that he could be noticed and loved, Stygian wasn't a thief he was just lonely and unappreciated but we treated him like one. our eyes filled with guilt over our false accusations an hour ago and we knew that we owed Stygian the biggest apology imaginable. Then suddenly Stygian burst into the room with a look of pure anger and fury which surprised us. But before we got the chance to apologize to him a dark aura emerged through him and he began chanting a spell that we've never heard of before, but before we got a chance to react we soon found ourselves being transported to an unknown realm and the last thing we heard before vanishing was Stygian's words of rage " You banished me, so now I'm gonna banish you.............PERMANENTLY!!!!!!!" . And that's how we found ourselves in Limbo, Limbo was a dark , cold, and terrifying realm. It wasn't heaven or hell it was just plain torture. You don't die, you don't age, but you still feel pain, the odds of an innocent soul getting teleported to this realm was rare, Starswirl was lucky to have avoided the spell but or fear's increased at the thought of him getting killed back home in the hands of our once friend . Days turned to weeks, weeks turned to months, months turned to years, and still we had little luck in finding a way back. We had to fight , purge, hunt, and survive through that terrible place for century and every night before going to sleep we pray for a way back home and to be able to get the chance to apologize to Stygian" Applejack remained in shock after hearing Flash Magnus tell his story, she had no idea that Stygian banished the five of them to the Limbo Realm for all of eternity to this day.

"No wonder Starswirl didn't tell us the whole story" She thought and then opened her mouth to speak. " I never realized that you guys went through all of that with Stygian"

" We don't expect you too Applejack" Mistmane replied as tears started to form. " God I was such a monster, I should have heard him out first but I let my instincts get the better of me and it cost me one of my closest friends. I don't deserve the element of generosity"

"Stygian was my best friend and look how I treated him" Flash Magnus said with his own tears forming. " I should of had his back but I didn't, I jumped to conclusions and said the most hurtful things to him like an asshole. " I'm a terrible pegasus I don't deserve the element of Loyalty"

"I loved that man" somnambula said her sad expression hidden in her bangs. " I never felt so happy with any man by my side, he made me so happy and I loved spending time with him. But i let the fame get the better of me and I never realized how hurt he was from being left out and look where it got me? I lost him and I don't think he'll want anything to do with me ever again, I'd do anything to see him again to confess my feelings towards him. I don't deserve the element of Laughter"

"I wish Stygian were here right now" Meadowbrook replied with a sad sniff. " So I can give him the biggest hug and apology imaginable. But given how much we hurt him, I feel a mere apology will never make things right between us. I don't deserve the element of kindness"

"Stygian was like a little brother to me" Rockhoof began trying his hardest to hold back his own tears. " And I took him for granted, If I can go back to that exact moment, I'd punch myself in the face for treating my little bro so heartlessly. If I end up treating my friends like this and jump to conclusions easily without hearing someone out than I don't deserve the element of Honesty" With nothing left to say the group quietly weaped trying their hardest to hold back their tears while Applejack looked on feeling sorry for the original Element bearers over the loss of one of their closest friends, after what felt like hours Applejack finally broke the ice.

"Hey now don't ya'll say that" She began causing the five of them to wipe their tears and stare at her with shocked expressions. " You guys couldn't have known the truth, it wasn't your or even Starswirls fault. You shouldn't blame yourselves over one mistake, your good people so don't go spending your lives full of regret over one mistake cause that isn't healthy for ya'll" Applejack then took a small pause for a moment remembering a past incident from last year. " And in all honesty I kind of know how you guys feel, something similar happened to me and my friends last year. We ended up falling for that Changelings disguise and it almost cost us our friendship with Twilight, it's almost a miracle that she forgave us so easily after how cruel we were to her. But as for ma little sister I don't really blame her for hating my guts especially with the fact that me and Big Mac practically drove her out of town, and now look whats happened. She's allied herself with the changeling queen and is now one of her commanders, After what I've done i doubt Apple bloom's gonna forgive me if we manage to put a stop to all of this. I don't really blame her and Granny smith for hating ma guts right now"

"Hey now" Rockhoof replied. Your sister doesn't hate you, she is mad at you but deep down she still loves you just like Granny Smith"

"I doubt that" She said. " Especially after my hurtful words caused Granny to have a heart attack, I wouldn't blame her if she's looking down on me with the coldest eyes imaginable"

"Are you sure about that Applejack?" Meadowbrooks replied as Applejack looked in confusion, then suddenly three more magical orbs appeared in the back of her surprising the farmgirl. and in a split second they began to morph and take shape as the spirits of her folks and Granny smith soon appeared right in front of her.

"Hello Applejack " Granny smith said causing Applejack to back away nervously. " I know, I know easy now. I'm not angry at you Applejack and I don't hate you"

"But why?" She asked. " I'm the one who.................................

"Now don't ya'll dare finish that sentence!" Granny interrupted. " My heart attack was not and I repeat not your fault, I was the one who snapped and lost my temper even though my body wouldn't handle my outburst. And it wasn't your fault for your sisters betrayal either, your right I should have been comforting you and Big mac this whole time but I didn't. I was just so upset at the fact that Apple bloom was driven out of town that I let my emotions get the better of me and I ended up taking my anger out on you and your brother like a heartless monster. I said such hurtful words towards ya'll and treated you two like prisoners instead of my own grandkids and I will never forgive myself for it. Applejack I am truly sorry for my harsh behavior towards you and your brother, it wasn't ya'lls fault Bloom left I should have been furious at Riches daughter. I love you Applejack I hope you can forgive me" As Granny finished apologizing tears of joy filled Applejack's eyes before she spoke again.

"I love you too Granny" She sniffed. " And I forgive you" Granny couldn't help but shed a tear of her own after hearing her grand daughter forgive her despite the hell she put her through these past 4 months. However Applejack's expression soon changed as she wiped her tears away. " But in all honesty you guys I don't know what do do after this, even if do manage to stop Chrysalis I doubt Apple bloom's gonna forgive me. I treated her so poorly and not to mention i didn't even give her a chance to explain herself and I just allowed Big Mac to yell at them like a monster, I honestly wouldn't blame her if she chooses to leave and never look back"

"Nonsense young lady!" Her father Bright Mac jumped in. " Don't you dare give up so easily young lady, Let me tell ya something when Grandpa pear threatened to kill me if I didn't stay away from your mother did I just run away? No! I love your mother and I wasn't gonna let her father keep me away from her no matter how many times he threatened me, nothing was gonna stop our love we may have been from different worlds but that wasn't gonna keep us away from each other. Grandpear didn't control us, our love was our own choice and we weren't gonna let him stop us"

"That's right sweetheart" Her mother Pearbottom replied. " If we can manage to keep our love strong despite my fathers disagreement, the you sure as hell can keep your relationship with Apple bloom strong Applejack. Now I can't guarantee that she'll forgive you guys so easily, but the least you can do is make it up to her to show that you still care about her. She doesn't hate you Applejack, she's just upset and confused and she needs you to help her go back towards the light. Your the element of honesty and you deserve it just like your friends deserve there's, So go put a stop to that Changeling, Ponyville needs you, Equestria needs you, and Applebloom needs you more than ever" Applejack couldn't help but shed more tears of joy after hearing her parents words.

"Thank you guys" She sniffed. " Thank you so much, and your right I can't give up. Even if Bloom doesn't forgive me right away the least I can do is make it up to her. It's a shame, if you guys weren't spirits I'd hug you so badly" As she said this the trio looked at her with happy and proud smiles, then applejack turned back towards the elements. " And thank you guys too, that was just what I needed"

"Happy to help Element of honesty" They all said in unison bringing a smile to their faces.

"And I promise We'll find a way to bring you guys back home one day" Applejack said earning shocked expressions from their faces.

"Applejack....................." Rockhoof began but was soon interrupted.

"Hey now" AJ interrupted. " Nothings impossible, If my friends can manage to break Nightmare moon away from Princess Luna then finding Limbo and breaking you guys out shouldn't be a problem, just you guys wait we'll save you and bring you home safe and sound" After hearing this the five of them soon had happy and hopeful expressions on each of their faces. Suddenly Applejack noticed that the entire area was surrounded by a golden ray of light as it began to vanish.

"It appears It's time to wake up young Applejack" Rockhoof began. " But don't forget what we've said" Applejack then gave an understanding nod.

"I won't I promise" She replied. " And If I ever run into Stygian one of these days, I'll let him know that you guys are sorry" The others happy expressions grew even more as the scenery began to vanish.

"Good luck element of honesty" Rockhoof said with a smile.

"We love you Applejack" Granny smith said.

"Go save your sister sweetheart" Pearbottom and Bright Mac said in unison with Macs arm wrapped around his wife's neck. " We believe in you" And before Applejack knew it the entire scene vanished as the golden ray shined bright as the sun.

Back in the real world Applejack is seen still sleeping peacefully among the rest of her friends, but this time with a warm and confident smile on her face as the farmgirl knew that everything was gonna be alright and to not give up as her sisters life was in stake and that she needed her more than ever.

Author's Note

Before you guys ask's in my own personal headcannon Stygian and the others are the OG elements of harmony. Originally I was only gonna include Granny smiths spirit but I felt that AJ's parents spirits were needed in order to help motivate her even more.

Anyways I hope you guys enjoy this side chapter and don't worry the friday chapter is coming soon and spoiler alert it's gonna be split into 2 parts just like thursday. Until then I'll see ya around folks :twilightsmile:

Friday part 1 : Take back the town

The morning sun shined bright as the group left the hut. After yesterdays events the entire group had a new boost of confidence knowing that they will prevail and they will take back their town form the evil Changeling queen. They surveyed their surroundings and found the area remained the same as yesterday, Zecora wasn't kidding about Chrysalis not caring about the Everfree. They couldn't help but breath a sigh of relief of being able to have a good nights sleeps without being held prisoner. After a long yawn and stretch the group finally came back to their senses.

"Good morning everyone" Pinkie said.

"Morning" Pharynx replied. There was an awkward silence in the air after the rest exchanged good mornings to each other as they knew the day has finally come to take back the town.

"So............this is it huh?" Thorax said.

"Yup" Applejack said but this time with a boost of confidence ( Thanks to her spiritual tour last night) . " Time to take back our town and save our sisters"

" HELL YEAH!!!!!" Dash said excitedly. " So what's the plan? I say we just go in, elements in hand, and kick some mosquito looking asses? Uh no offence"

"Non taken" Thorax and his brother said in unison. " And we look nothing like mosquito's btw. Still it's gonna be hella awkward to take down our queen" However Thorax put a hoof on his brothers shoulder.

"Don't worry bro we'll be fine" He said. "She doesn't control us anymore, this is our decision" Saying this Pharynx let out a smile, hearing his brothers words boosted his confidence even more knowing that things are gonna be ok.

"Alrighty then " Rarity said . " So It'd be a little too reckless to just charge right in, we should probably come up with a strategy first just like Twilight said yesterday"

"Speaking of which, where is Twilight?" Fluttershy asked

"Come to think of it where's my brother?" Flam asked back.

"OH NO!!!!!! You think they got recaptured?!" Pinkie questioned worryingly.

"Unlikely my friend" Zecora answered. " The Changelings don't know about my hut, and like I said they showed no interest in the Everfree" After her statement the group continues to wonder where the duo went? Then suddenly a few snores can be heard from the distance surprising the group, they looked around and found that it was coming from a nearby hill. Instincts popped in as they walked over to investigate on who was snoring. At first they figured that it was just a wild animal until Fluttershy pointed out that most animals don't snore like that , after a short trek they came across a large bush that slightly blocked the view of the hilltop after clearing away some of the wild shrubbery the entire groups eyes widened in shock, jaws dropping at the sight that fell upon them. There on top of the hillside stood a sleeping Twilight and Flim laying comfortably on the grass with Twilight cuddling comfortably on the stallions broad looking chest with his hat and shirt resting neatly on a nearby log, both of their manes were messy, and they both had a look of satisfaction on each of their faces along with small blushes . After what felt like an eternity Dash couldn't help but giggle slightly which immediately turned into full born laughter waking the sleeping couple up instantly. They then looked down to find the group surveying them all while giving them mixed reactions consisting of ooooing, giggles, and embarrassment (mainly from Flam)

"OH MY GOD!!!!!!!" Twilight screamed with a blush getting up and covering herself while Flim did the same retrieving his hat and shirt.

"Why Twilight you sly dog" Rarity said in a lustful tone.

"Didn't know ya had it in ya partner!" AJ laughed.

"Really bro!?" Flam said while covering his vision. " At a time like this?!"

"AWWWWWWWWW true love :heart: " Pinkie said in a happy tone.

"Oh my" Fluttershy said with a blush while hiding her vision with her pink hair.

Zecora just turned away trying her hardest not to giggle.

"Hehe I should have brought popcorn" Pharynx giggled earning a smack in the back of the head from his little brother.

"IT'S NOT WHAT YOU GUYS THINK I SWEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Twilight screamed still blushing while Flim nodded his head in agreement.

"Oh really Twi?" Spike said with a sly smile with his hands on his hips. " Then why is his shirt off ?"

"It was hot last night!!!!!!!!!!" Flim screamed in embarrassment as he buttoned up his shirt. " Plus your to young to know about this boi!!!!!"

"Nothing ta be embarrassed about you two" Applejack jumped in with a smirk and a wink. " I have the same satisfied look whenever me and Caramel............................................

"CAN WE JUST FOCUS ON THE TASK IN HAND????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Twilight screamed in embarrassment while fixing her messy mane.

"Ok.........................."Dash said slyly. " But when this is all over where coming back to this topic Sparkle" After her remark Flim and Twilight looked at each other blushing wildly, after a moment the duo walked down the hill to join the peeping toms. After reaching the bottom of the hill and rejoining the group twilight still blushing slightly cleared her throat before speaking again.

"So" She began. " Ignoring what you just witness a few minutes ago, first things first. How's Big Mac doing Zecora?"

"He's doing fine for now my friend" She said. " Me and Applejack managed to feed him and give him some water so at least he'll have a full stomach once you guys head over to ponyville "

"That's good" Twilight said happy that Big mac was eating and drinking, but she knew that he still needed help more than ever so it was now time to act as lives were literally on the line. "Now is everyone ready to take back the town?"

"Hell yeah!!!" Dash said excitedly.

"I'm all set Twi" Aj replied confidently.

"So are we" Thorax and Pharynx said in unison.

"I'm all in" Flam said

"And me" Flim jumped in

"Don't forget about me!!!!!" Pinkie said in her usual tone, no doubt she was starting to go back to normal.

"I got your back all the way Twilight" Spike said with a solute"

"No turning back now darling" Rarity said.

"I'm more than ready" Fluttershy said with a slight boost of bravery. " It's gonna be scary but Big Mac and Angel are counting on us, It's high time I start being brave for once cause lives are on the line. No more running away I'm ready" After saying this the others especially Dash couldn't help but feel amazed at Fluttershy's new boost of bravery" So what's the plan Twilight?" Twilight then scratched her chin as she was thinking of a battle strategy.

"Well" She began. " Even with the elements in hand it'd still be reckless to charge in especially with Chrysalis's Changeling army as her backup.

"I see what you mean Darling" Rarity jumped in. " Plus with our sisters by her side, no doubt they're not gonna let us anywhere near her without attacking first and asking questions later"

"It's shoot first and ask questions later Rarity" Pharynx replied correcting the fashionista. " But your right there's like hundreds of our troops , or should I say former troops by her side. We need to somehow separate the Changelings and the commanders from Chrysalis that way she'll have no backup and we'll have an opening to strike"

"That's a good idea Pharynx" Spike replied in agreement. " But how do you expect us to trick an army of Changelings out of the city all at once?" twilight then took a moment to ponder knowing that Spike was right as it would be pretty difficult to lure all those Changelings and the CMC's away from chrysalis, As she continued to ponder her eyes caught sight at a familiar blue flower standing near one of the tree's and soon an idea formed in her head and the others soon noticed her staring at the blue flower.

"Whatcha thinking Twi?" Applejack asked as Twilight gave them a confident smile.

"I think I might know a way to separate them from Chrysalis" She said confidently with a head nod.

"AH excellent idea friend!" Zecora replied knowing exactly what her friend was talking about. " But first should we call for backup? Cause no doubt this is gonna be one epic battle"

"I would Zecora, but unfortunately my magic scroll paper that I use to communicate with princess Celestia is back at my library" Twilight replied gloomly however Zecora kept her confident expression.

"You mean this?" Zecora said and then pulled out some magic scroll paper along with a makeshift quill pen shocking the purple unicorn.

"Zecora, where did you get that?!" She asked.

"Your not the only one who likes to chat with the princesses my friend" Zecora said with a wink and Twilight responded with a smile and a nod, never realizing that there were others who liked to chat with the princesses. She the grabbed a sheet of magic scroll and scroll pen with her magic placing the paper on a nearby rock for a writing surface , and was about to begin writing until she spoke first to the others.

"First things first, write for backup cause we'll need all the help we can get just like Zecora mentioned" Twilight said as the others nodded their heads in agreement.

"Asking Celestia for help Twilight?" Spike asked.

"Not just her spike" Twilight replied. " But Cadence and our BBBFF too. We'll need all the help we can get especially Cadence and her love magic" Twilight then began to write down her two letters for help cause like it was said before they're gonna need all the help they need.

Meanwhile in Canterlot

We find the sun goddess Princess Celestia standing ontop of the balcony in her throne room starring out into the bright sun after she rose it up. The princess couldn't help but ponder and worry as she hasn't heard from Twilight and the others for an entire week even thought she reassured Twilight last year after that Lesson zero incident but she couldn't help but worry as they haven't even written to ask for any news about the CMC's whereabouts. As she continued to look out into the morning sun, Discord and her little sister luna soon entered the throne room while Tia continued to look on into the sun not even looking back to address or say good morning the duo.

"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Man!!!!" Discord said while stretching and yawning a bit. " It feels so good to be out of that stone prison. I tell ya Luna it's only my second week of freedom but I'm enjoying every single day I feel like a million bucks! I'm really liking the idea of being a good guy it's like being in a club or something" He then smiled while wrapping his lion arm around the moon goddess who rolled here eyes trying not to giggle.

"I think I liked the old Discord better" She said in her head. However she and her hybrid creature friend soon found the sun goddess staring out into the balcony with a worried look on her face, Discord couldn't help but wonder what was on his friends mind as not just him but Luna has noticed that she's been like this all week. The two of them stared at each other and gave nods of agreements as they headed towards the sad sun goddess.

"Sister?" Luna said bringing the sun goddess back to her senses. " Are you alright?"

"Yes I'm fine Luna good morning to you , and you as well Discord" She said trying her hardest to sound happy.

"Come on Tia" Discord replied feeling unconvinced. " We've known each other since we were kids girl and I can tell when your lying, so what's on your mind?"

"What? I don't........................................................."

"He's right sis" Luna interrupted. " You've been acting all gloomy this whole week and you've barely said anything, plus you always stare out into the balcony every morning giving the exact worried look on your face as you finish raising up the sun. So please tell us what's wrong, we want to help you and I don't like seeing my sister all sad and depressed like this" Knowing that there was no way out of this Celestia finally broke and confessed.

"I'm sorry you two" She said sadly. " it's just that I'm worried about twilight is all, she hasn't written to me all week not even to ask about any news about the CMC's whereabouts"

"Didn't you tell Twilight that she didn't have to stress and write a report to you everyday after that lesson zero incident last year?" Luna asked.

"I know Luna" Celestia replied. " But I just can't help but worry, I mean I did assure Twilight that she didn't have to stress herself out after forgetting to write a report thinking that I'd expect one every single day. However she hasn't even written to ask if I've found the Crusaders yet" As she was talking Discord poofed right in front of her and wrapped an arm around her neck.

"I wouldn't worry too much Tia" He reassured. " I'm sure Twilight's fine she is your priced student after all. and hey maybe they found the CMC's and are celebrating back home and just forgot to tell you about it?" However Celestia shook her head.

"I doubt that old friend" She said. " Even if they did, knowing Twilight she would write to me immediately if she found them even if they were celebrating. I just wish she would at least write a simple note to me to even ask of there whereabouts hell I wouldn't mind if she just wrote to say hello. And it's not just Twilight, i don't know why but I have a feeling something bad's about to come our way very soon" Celestia continued to look worried as Discord proceeded to rub her shoulders in an effort to calm her down.

"You worry too much Tia" He said soothingly. " I'm sure Twilight's fine, I have a hunch that she'll write to you soon, ya just gotta be patient and I guarantee that we'll see a friendship report very, very, very soon" As soon as he said this low and behold the trio stared in shock as a magical scroll soon appeared on the scene popping up in the same fashion as always.

"Speak of the devil" Luna replied. Celestia wasted no time and levitated the scroll towards her and she soon began to read Twilight's latest report, Discord and Luna stood in suspense waiting for the sun goddess to inform them about what exactly Twilight wrote to her. However as Celestia finished reading the duo noticed a terrified and worried look form on the sun goddess's face which instantly made them worry as well.

"Sis what's the matter?" Luna asked.

"Yeah your acting like you've seen a ghost" Discord replied as Celestia levitated the letter away.

"We gotta get to ponyville ......................................IMMEDIATELY!!!" She said in a scared and worried tone.

"Sis what are................................"

"There's no time to explain we must make haste!!!!!" She shouted before rushing out of the throne room as the others soon followed.

"Tia slow down!!!" Discord called out, but before reaching the exit Celestia stopped to talk to one of her guards.

"Is everything alright your majesty? " He asked.

"Me , my sister, and Discord need to head out to take care of something" She began. " Don't ask's what it is and everything's fine I promise, I'm just heading over to Ponyville to assist my student with something. While I'm out I need you and the rest of the guard to look after things while we're gone and you are not and I mean not to let anyone in or out of the city until I get back is that understood?"

"Yes your majesty!" The guard saluted before going about his way as Celestia and the rest of the group headed outside of the Castle while Luna and Discord continued to act worried at the sun goddess's strange behavior.

"Tia will you please tell us what's the matter already?!" He asked.

"I'll explain later Discord, right now we must get to Ponyville immediately" She replied.

"Shall i call a chariot sis?" Luna asked.

"No time!" Celestia answered. " We must make haste" However before she could take off she stopped herself. " Hang on I must get something real quick" She then teleported herself out of the scene back inside the castle as the duo continued to wonder what the hell is going on and what she was retrieving from inside the castle, A minute later she teleported back in front to the alicorn and draconequus. " Alright we're all set"

"What did you grab Tia?" Luna asked.

"Something that's gonna help us through this whole mess" She replied and then proceeded to open and flap her wings. " Now let's go there's no time to lose" Without a second thought the sun goddess took off into the sky and soon Luna and discord followed suit as the citizens on the ground looked up to find the trio flying out of the city beginning their long flight to the city of ponyville.

Back in Ponyville

We find numerous Changelings around the entire city searching every nook and cranny for the escapees as instructed by Chrysalis and the Crusaders , practically flipping the whole town upside down as. The citizens who were now locked up in their respected cells watched on as they continued to look for Twilight and the others which gave them a little bit of hope cause if there's a chance that Twilight and the others managed to escape the city so they'll probably manage to get help from the outside.

Speaking of Twilight and the other's, up in the sky we find Pharynx, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy stealthily flying on top of numerous clouds pouring a mysterious blue liquid on each of them while wearing some type of protective hoof gloves to keep the fluid from making contact with them. meanwhile Thorax and the others were hiding behind a nearby boulder while thorax surveyed the sky knowing that the trio up in the air anticipated to when he was to deliver the signal for them to start the plan. As Fluttershy poured the fluid onto one more cloud Twilight's plan began to replay in her head as well as Pharynx and Dash.

Flashback from an hour ago

" We'll use this poison joke potion Zecora brewed to drive off Chrysalis's changelings out of the town" She began while holding up a beaker to the group, she then pointed towards Dash, Fluttershy, Thorax and Pharynx and then spoke again" Dash you Fluttershy and Pharynx will fly up and pour it onto some nearby storm clouds to allow the mixture time to fuse and combine with the rain water turning it into poison joke rain. Once Thorax performs the cancellation spell and removes the shield, that's when you guys start stomping on the clouds pouring rain onto the Changelings and the CMC's infecting them with the poison joke causing them to retrieve out of town and take cover thus leaving only Chrysalis" The four nodded in understanding as Twilight turned to the others" Once the changelings are driven out me ,Rarity, Applejack, Flim, Flam, Thorax and Spike will start freeing the imprisoned citizens including Dr Stable so that he'll be able to treat Big Mac and so they don't get caught up into this battle" The six of them also nodded in understandment as Twilight turned towards her Zebra friend. " Zecora stay here and look after Big Mac until Dr stable arrives to treat his eternal injuries" Zecora nodded in understandment as Twilight continued. " Once the Citizens are lead out of the town that's when we'll strike and use our combined forces to drive that Changeling queen back to where she came from is that understood?" The entire group nodded their heads in agreement. " Good" Twilight then extended her hoof in front of them and soon they placed their own hooves onto hers " For ponyville" she said and soon the others said in unison "FOR PONYVILLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Present

Thorax stood in position as he waited for Twilight to give the go ahead for him to remove the massive shield spell along with Dash and the others who were waiting on top of the clouds ready to start the waterworks. After 5 minutes Twilight looked at Thorax and gave him a nod signaling that it's time, and soon Thorax chanted the cancellation spell as the massive shield started to vanish much to the changelings surprise from the inside.

"What the why's the shield going down?" One of them asked oblivious about what's to soon transpire. Dash and the others looked down at the shield that was slowly vanishing waiting for it to disappear completely before proceeding with the next phase of the plan. after a few more minutes the shield finally vanished and soon Dash , Fluttershy, and Pharynx positioned themselves on their respected storm clouds, but as Dash was about to give the go ahead someone beat her to it.

"FIRE IN THE HOLE!!!!" Fluttershy shouted while beginning to jump up and down on a bunch of clouds much to the shock of Pharynx and especially Dash who was surprised and impressed at her friends newfound bravery and soon she and Pharynx joined in and began jumping up and down on each of the clouds overlaying the entire city and soon the poison juice infused water began to rain down drenching a majority of the changelings down below.

"What in the world?" One of the changelings said. " I don't remember anyone saying it's gonna rain today"

"Come to think of it, does this rain water look darker to you ? Another asked and in a split second a large cartoony mustache soon appeared on his upper lift as the other Changeling noticed.

"Uh Frank?" He asked pointing at his comrade. " When did you grow a mustache?" Then suddenly a third eye poofed and formed on the top of his head.

"I don't know" Frank replied. " Have you always had three eyes instead of two?"

"Da hell are you talking about?" He said and then placed his hoof on top of his head and felt a sudden sting, the same kind of pain when someone pokes your eye. He walked towards a nearby shop window and noticed his newly grown appendage in a reflection shocking the changeling to his limit. The two of em then took a second to look at each other before finally putting two and two together at what was going on.

"POISON JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" They screamed in unison and began to fly away as to not get exposed even more, and in a split second the other Changelings soon panicked after experiencing their own unusual transformations due to the effects of the Poison joke and soon they followed suit as well and yeeted straight out of the city to get out of the poison joke rain as to not get exposed any further. In about 5 minutes a majority of the Changelings dispersed leaving only the imprisoned Citizens who couldn't help but cheer as the invaders left the town ( for now) and soon Dash and the others stopped jumping as the poison joke rain soon dispersed. They then flew down to the ground commending each other on a job well done.

"HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!" Dash said excitedly. " That was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!"

"You said it Dash" Pharynx said and then proceeded to high five her along with Fluttershy.

"I have to admit that was kind of fun" Fluttershy said in unison and soon Twilight and the others entered the scene.

"Well done you three!" Twilight said.

"It's all thanks to that awesome plan of your's Sparkle" Dash commended. Twilight then took a moment to stare at the imprisoned citizens before speaking again.

"Everyone listen!" she began. " We're gonna get you guys out of her don't worry, we're not gonna let anyone else get hurt especially once we confront Chrysalis. Everything's gonna be ok I promise we have the elements and we've ready to kick some Changeling queen ass!!!!!" Every single citizen cheered at Twilight's statement along with Dash not expecting the bookworm to talk all tough and collected . " First things first, where's Doctor stable? Big Macs injured and we need his help immediately."

" He and the other medics are still in their clinic" Derpy replied causing Twilight to nod.

"Thanks Derpy" Twilight said and then turned towards Applejack " AJ, Flim, Flam, Spike with me, the rest of you start freeing the citizens here"

"You got it Twilight!" The others said in unison and then parted ways to start freeing each of the citizens. moment's later They soon arrived at the clinic and Twilight soon removed the shield spell (thanks to Thorax for teaching the cancellation spell to her prior to heading into town ) from the medical building, in about five seconds the shield dispersed and AJ proceeded to raise her hindlegs and buck the lock off before rushing in.

CARAMEL ARE YOU IN HERE?!" AJ called out praying that her boyfriend and his uncle were ok and to her relief Caramel, his uncle, and medical team appeared right in front of the group.

"BABY!!!!" Caramel said happily and ran to the farmgirl bringing her in for a big hug which she was quick to return. " Are you ok?!"

"I'm fine sugarcube" She said as tears started to form and she soon brought the stallion into a passionate kiss which he was quick to return earning awe's from the group and after a long passionate minute the kiss ended and Caramel looked around to find someone missing.

"Wait where's Big Mac?" He asked.

"He's got the crap beaten out of him by ma sister and her friends" She said as the stallion remained in shock that his best friend was beaten to a pulp and by his own little sister. "But don't worry he's still breathing" Applejack turned towards Dr Stable.

"Doctor my brothers injured badly, He's got internal injuries and is in a rough shape can you help him?" She asked.

"Of course Applejack" Stable said with a nod. " Where is he?"

"He's back at Zecora's hut" She answered. " Please hurry I don't know how much longer he can last"

"Don't worry kid I'm on it, I may not have been able to save Granny Smith but I'm not gonna let you lose another family matter I wont allow it! Grab as much equipment as you can team, we got a stallion to save!" He said confidently.

"Yes sir" They said in unison grabbing their respected instruments while Twilight turned toward the twins.

"Flim ,Flam you guy's take the doctors and nurses to Zecora's hut, we'll handle things from here" She said.

"You can count on us Twilight" Flim reassured and in a split second leaned in and planted a quick kiss to the unicorn much to her surprise. " Be careful ok?"

"Ok" She said with a blush and a big smile while Flam watched on in annoyance and soon he and the others proceeded out of the building.

"Ok you and I are gonna have a long talk abut that once this is all over" He said to his brother as they and the medical team headed down towards the path to the Zebra's hut to help Big Mac leaving Twilight and the others at the spot, Applejack then turned towards her boyfriend.

"You should go with them too sugarcube" She said. "It's gonna be a real hoedown here soon"

"No way AJ I'm staying with ya" Caramel replied shaking his head. " Whatever happens I got your back all the way my love" Applejack couldn't help bit smile lucky to have a boyfriend like Caramel by her side. However the moment was cut short when they remembered that there was still business to attend too, soon the four of them exited the building to head towards town square. They then made their way back to find that most of the citizens have been freed by the others, Twilight watched as Thorax released Mrs Cake , Cheerilee, and the kids from the Schoolhouse as the latter was quick to embrace her husband, and soon everyone was crowded near town square as Twilight and the others walked over.

"Is that everyone Dash?" Twilight asked.

"Kind of" Dash said. " We're still missing one, we couldn't find Diamond Tiara anywhere Twi" causing the unicorn to rub her temple.

"Damn it!" She said.

"Why the hell would we even find her?!" Thunderlane asked and soon the entire crown nodded in unison giving their own opinions .

"YEAH!!!!! That brat practically caused this shit!!!!!!!" Bulk biceps remarked. " I say we leave her wherever she is!!!!!!!"

"AMEN!!!! That ought teach her a lesson about spreading someones shit around and making innocent souls run away!!!" Comet tail pointed out.

"HEY!!!!!!! REGARDLESS OF WHAT SHE'S DONE THAT'S MY DAUGHTER YOUR TALKING ABOUT KID!!!!!!!!!!" Mr rich shouted getting into the unicorns face.

"ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!" Twilight shouted ceasing an upcoming argument. " I get that her actions were uncalled for but she's still a kid. When this is all over you guys can yell at her as much as you want , but no pony gets left behind regardless of what they've done" Knowing that Twilight was right, the citizens held in their anger and opinions towards Tiara ( for now) as Twilight continued. " Ok first things first, Thorax and Pharynx you take the citizens into the everfree. I don't want anyone getting caught into this upcoming battle"

"You got it Twilight" The brothers said in unison and began to lead the citizens out of the city, suddenly a green beam shot forward causing many of the citizens to duck and cover to avoid it as it struck a nearby street light. Twilight and the group turned around to find the source of the beam. There stood Queen Chrysalis along with her commanders standing near the edge of town square blocking the groups escape, The queen then took the opportunity to clap sarcastically.

"Bravo, bravo Sparkle!" She said still clapping. " Your very persistent I'll give you that, but you didn't think it was gonna be that easy did ya? You honestly think i would have my adorable little commanders get caught up into this little poison joke trap?" Twilight growled in frustration that the citizens were still trapped in town with the queen and her subjects blocking the way especially since they were so close to freedom. However Twilight noticed her standing in a puddle of poison juice rain.

"What the?" She began. " Your standing in a poison joke puddle how are you not succumbing to it?

"Hehe I'm surprised Sparkle" Chrysalis giggled. " For being Celestia's priced student you sure are slow. I'm sure she informed you in one of her lessons that Alicorns are immune to toxins and poisons, and with me being part Alicorn this is nothing more than mere rain water to me, but kudos for at least trying, and Thorax and Pharynx I'm surprised at you. I treated you two like my own sons only for you to betray me and help these pathetic creatures"

"They're not pathetic!" Thorax shouted. " These ponies are nice creatures "your majesty" I was a fool to follow along with your schemes, but no more! I'm done being your little subject and I'm not gonna stand by and let you take over these creatures homes for your own selfish and evil desires! You know I've only met the main 6 for one day and I must say they along with Spike are the nicest beings that me and my brother have ever met, Ponies are not bad creatures. Sure some of them have their own opinions on certain creatures but many of them are nice and friendly just like these guys and for that I will fight for them!!!"

"That's right bitch!" Pharynx jumped in. " Your worst than our asshole parents, if you think I'm gonna stand by and let you hurt anymore innocent lives than you have another thing coming. I stand by my brother and my new friends sides and these ponies right here are under our protection and you will not hurt them!!!" After the brothers made their statement the townsfolk couldn't help but smile in gratitude happy that there were Changelings out there who weren't as evil as Chrysalis. The fact that these 2 would go against their queen for the safety of their town warmed their hearts not expecting that sort of kindness and bravery from the insect like creatures, However Chrysalis reaction was another story.

"Nice speech fellah's" She began while clapping sarcastically. " Fine if you won't fight beside me then you shall die as well"

"Count us in too!!!!!" Came a voice but before Chrysalis could turn around to find the source she found nine of her commanders Snails, Snips, Rumble, Twist, Pipsqueak, Dinky, Tender taps, Featherweight, and Silverspoon walking towards the townsfolk and getting into a protective position much to the Queens and the CMC's surprise.

"What are you guy's doing?!" Sweetie belle asked angrily.

"We're making the right choice Sweetie belle" Snails replied.

"By siding with the enemy?" Applebloom said just as angry as Sweetie belle.

"They're not our enemies Bloom and neither are you guy's" Pipsqueek said.

"You cannot be serious Pip!!!!" Scootaloo jumped in. have you forgotten what these assholes put us through!? We were practically driven out of town and had to fend for ourselves for four whole months as we were practically treated like outcast because of that damn news column, if that doesn't scream enemy than I don't know what to say to you guys!!!!!" After saying this the entire town couldn't help but lower their heads in shame.

"Scoots please, listen to reason" rumble jumped in. " I know you guys don't want to hear this and ya might not believe me but it's not too late"

"He's right you guys " Twist replied. " I know you guys were hurt after what happened last year and I feel that you believe that everyone hates you but that's not true"

"Your families still love you guys" Silver spoon said. " Sure they were furious at you after getting their secrets exposed, but I'm sure they regret their harsh attitude towards you guys. Regardless of how pissed they were they're still your family"

"It's true" Featherweight jumped in. " Look at me and my brother, we have our moments from time to time but we still love each other no matter how many fights we get into and I know you feel the same about your sisters"

"So please you guys come back to us" Dinky said. " I know you guys are still in there, Chrysalis doesn't control you, you guys are your own person. So please don't abandon your families over one mistake this is not the path for any of you, come back to us guys. Be the CMC's that we all knew and loved before this whole Gabby gums incident, please, please,please!!!!!" The townsfolk them nodded in agreement after hearing the former commanders words as each of them regretted their harsh treatment towards the kids. Bloom and the others surveyed their sisters and the townsfolk too looking at each of their faces and found that they were full of nothing but regret and remorse over their actions last year and that they too wanted the CMC's back more than ever. A look of sympathy soon formed on the trio's faces as they began to wonder if they were truly sorry for what they've done to them last year until chrysalis jumped in.

"Don't listen to them kids" She said. " They're nothing but a bunch of traitors just like your sisters. Friendships are nothing but a waste of time, all they do is pretend that they like you only to kick you to the curb if you do one thing to piss them off. These ponies are nothing but a bunch of horrible creatures who bully, ridicule, and hurt your species for centuries when you've done absolutely nothing to them. And for that they don't deserve to live in this world and I shall show you what happens when you cross a Changeling, watch and learn girls!!!!" Chrysalis them proceeded to launch a large green beam towards the crowd as the Crusaders watched on in horror. The townsfolk braced themselves for the upcoming impact as Featherweight and the rest of the former commanders embraced their siblings and families tightly as the beam drew closer to them. The main six however charged forward in a combat position ready to go head on with the Changeling queen to defend their town, Twilight readied herself to counter with a shield spell to propel the beam away from the crowd. Then suddenly as Twilight was about to perform her shield spell a large poof along with a strange zapping sound appeared right in front of her. After a split second the smoke cleared and Twilight and everyone else stared in shock as to what was standing right in front of them.

"Uh Twilight " Caramel asked. " Is it just me or is there a giant bug zapper right if front of us?"

"No caramel, your not the only one" She replied. But before she could say anything else the bug zapper vanished and in a poof a familiar draconequus popped right in front of the group wearing a delivery outfit.

"Did someone order a rescue?" He said .

"DISCORD!!!!!!!!" The main six said happily.

"That's my name, don't wear it out" He said proudly. " But I'm not alone!" He then pointed to the sky as a dark blue orb crashed down right next to him, as the smoke cleared there stood Princess Luna as Discord said TADA!!!!

"Apologies for being late everyone" She said with a wink.

"Princess Luna!" Twilight said happily, and soon another magical orb crashed down this time next to Luna and soon the Sun goddess herself emerged from the smoke and looked at Twilight with a warm smile.

"Little late with the report there my most faithful student" She said earning a blush from the purple unicorn.

"Hehe sorry your majesty, you can say we got a little "sidetracked all week" She said.

"I can see that" Celestia said with a giggle and soon she and the others turned towards the Changeling who looked the least bit intimidated.

"Well, well, well" She began. " If it isn't Princess Celestia, Luna , and the court jester" Discord couldn't help but growl in offense after being called a jester.

"I can see you haven't changed one bit since our last encounter Chrysalis" Celestia replied with a frown.

"Your right about that Tia" Chrysalis said. " But I'm much more powerful and ready to destroy you!!!"

"It's over Chrysalis" Luna jumped in . " Thou shall not take over ponyville or the rest of Equestria, we shall not allow it"

"Yeah, you'll have to go through us first insect!!!" Discord shouted only earning a scoff from the Changeling. " Your army's gone, plus your pretty much surrounded so your basically screwed woman" However Chrysalis remained unfazed or threatened.

" Oh please!" She said. " You think just because you brought your puny sister and idiot "boyfriend" as backup that you have a chance against me?" Luna and discord let out a snarl at the Queen's words. " Even with my army gone you think you have a fighting chance against me just because I'm outnumbered? Well you don't!" I defeated you easily last year Celestia and I can do it again" As she bragged Celestia soon took a step forward showing a look of sympathy toward the Changeling queen.

"Please It doesn't have to be like this" She said in a soothing tone. " You don't have to do this, It's not too late. I know why your doing all of this in the first place and I don't blame you for being angry but this is not the right way and you know it. We don't have to fight, you can still put an end to this peacefully Chrysie" Chrysalis however showed no sympathy and let out a big snarl after being called that.

"DON'T YOU DARE CALL ME THAT!!!!!!!!!!!" She snarled feeling offended. " You have no right sun goddess!!!! Not after what you and those two assholes did to me!!!!!!! After hearing this Twilight began to wonder what she meant by that or why she looked offended after being called Chrysie by Celestia.

"Celestia" Twilight began. " What does she mean by that? And why did you call her Chrysie?" After hearing that question, Celestia and the others remained silent for what felt like an eternity, each feeling scared to answer the unicorns question. However Celestia finally mustered up the courage to look her student straight in the eye to answer your question. She took a long deep breath before answering her students question.

"I should have told you guys this last year" She said sadly. " You see Chrysalis..................................................is our old friend" Twilight, the others, CMC's, and the townsfolk gasped in shock with dropped jaws after hearing that this Changeling queen was an old friend of Celestia, Luna, and discord. Chrysalis remained unfazed after the truth came out.

"we WERE friends" She replied coldly. The Crusaders looked up towards the large Changeling after hearing this shocking news, not expecting the sun goddess to be an old friend of hers.

"Chrysalis, is that true?" Bloom asked. " Were you really friends with celestia a long time ago?" Chrysalis remained silent for a while her snarl still visible after hearing the fillys question with her expression hidden in her bangs. After what felt like another eternity the Changeling queen finally mustered up the courage to answer the fillys question.

"Yes little one, it's true" She said coldly. " I was friends with those three assholes, but that was in the past" Twilight noticed the Changeling tremble a bit as she gave her answer to Bloom. Curiosity got the better of her as she too wanted to know what happened to her and Celestia in the past that made her become bitter towards the sun goddess, Luna, and Discord and end their once friendship. After a few seconds she took a step forward.

"If you don't mind me asking Chrysalis" She said cautiously. " What happened between you four?" Chrysalis looked up to face the unicorn as her snarl soon vanished trying her hardest to act all cool and collected.

" If you must know Sparkle" She began. " Your princess isn't as wise as you think she is, and here's the reason why................................................................................................................

Author's Note

Not gonna lie I had a lot of fun writing the morning scene XD This was close to being the second largest chapter in the series too, but luckily it was only 7k words so it's still kind of shortISH :twilightblush:

But anyways I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, only 3 more to go before the big finale :pinkiehappy: until then I'll see ya'll next time and i hope you have a happy memorial day :heart:

Friday part 2 : Reconcilliations

Past

"I've said this a hundred times Sparkle and I'll say it again. For centuries my people have been treated terribly by you ponies, we've done absolutely nothing to any of you but you chose to ridicule us for being different. All we ever wanted was to be one with and to live amongst you ponies but did you let us? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We were ridiculed , bullied, imprisoned for absolutely nothing, and even executed all because we were different from you ponies. For centuries this has played out with my kind treated like a bunch of freaks and insects, and I happened to understand your cruel behavior up close and in person. When I was born I was diagnosed with a life threatening illness that would kill me one of these days if I didn't receive proper treatment in time. Our village elder tried everything but not one of his spells or spiritual crafting was enough, all it did was slow down my Ailment for the time being. With no other alternative my parents decided to leave the village with me in hoof to seek help from the outside world , after a long trek my folks arrived in the city of Canterlot. As they were about to enter the main gate they were soon stopped by a bunch of royal guards who were quick to raise their weapons at the sight of my folks, my parents begged to be let in as to receive medical help to save my life. But instead my mother was met with a crossbow bolt straight through the heart and soon my father followed suit as one landed on his forehead, both of my parents collapsed on the ground in a sickening sound as they bled to death with me still in my mothers dying grasped as I watched my folks die right in front of me. As they were about to dispose of the bodies one of the guards noticed me in my mothers grasps and took "pity" on me. He showed me to Prince McCracken and Princess Laura Faust AKA your parents and they took me to the medical wing where I was soon treated and cured of my ailment but that's not the end of my misery. Knowing that it would be too cruel to imprison or execute an infant regardless of the species your parents decided to hand me over to the local orphanage, where i spent pretty much my entire childhood. Throughout the years I waited for someone to adopt me but no one wanted such a mysterious and weird looking creature like me. The other orphans took the opportunity to bully me mercilessly calling me a freak, beating me, ridiculing me, and even going as far as to mock my dead parents saying that they deserved it. It was a living hell and you would not believe how close I was to kill myself to stop the abuse, that is until the day I met you. At school while I was sitting alone in the sand box the bullies walked up and began to assault me as usual but before the beating could commence, I heard one of them screaming in pain as well as the sound of a group running away, I finally plucked up the courage to open my eyes and that's when I found you standing right in front of me in a protective position. What surprised me more was when you extended your hoof towards me and asked if I was alright? i was in shock that you saved my life even though I was different from you, I took your hoof and you helped me up still smiling at me. When i asked why you save me I stood in shock when you said " I couldn't just let you get hurt, regardless of your appearance no one deserves to be bullied for being different" My heart warmed up after hearing that, I wasn't expecting anyone to not be disgusted or afraid of my appearance but you treated me like I was one of you, you even asked if I wanted to play with you and your friends to which I was quick to accept. Before I knew It I was quickly accepted by your friends which filled my heart with joy that I finally had friends who loved me for who I was, things really started to look up for me after befriending you Celestia. I was never bullied again thanks to you , Luna , and Discord defending me, and I even got adopted by this rich couple, they didn't care that I was different or a Changeling they loved me just the way I was, and I even got my cutiemark the same day. I tell you I felt like the happiest girl in the world now that I finally had friends and a family who loved me, until it all came crumbling down that one fateful night. When your 10th birthday arrived Celestia I was so excited to come to your house for the first time and surprise you at your party knowing that you were gonna enjoy the handmade gift that I spent an entire month making. But as I made it to the entrance of the castle one of your fathers guards stopped me, I explained to him that I was invited and even showed him my invitation but he still wouldn't budge. Then you showed up a moment later and I breathed a sigh of relief that you would vouch for me, but the words that escaped your mouth and the sad blank stare you gave made me rethink it " I'm sorry Chrysalis, but I can't hang out with you anymore. My daddy told me that Changelings are dangerous and is afraid that when you grow up you might try to kill me or my friends. So he forbid me and Luna from seeing you ever again. My mom and dad want whats best for me Chrysalis and for me to be safe so I can't be your friend anymore, I'm sorry Chrysalis but this is goodbye have a goodnight" and you just walked away not even giving me a chance to speak, I noticed Luna and Discord peaking through the corner and called out to them to help me out, but they said nothing and just gave me a sad look and walked away as the guard slammed the door right in my face. I stood in place for a moment collecting my thought's until I broke down in tears and ran away from the scene dropping my present in the process. As I returned home I collapsed on my bed in tears as my parents walked in to comfort me, but their love wasn't enough to cure my broken heart of betrayal. I thought I finally had friends but now I learnt the truth, friends are a waste of time all they do is pretend that they like you only to ditch you if your of no interest to them anymore. My sadness soon turned to burning rage so I came to the realization that if I cant have your love and friendship then NO ONE CAN.

Present

The entire town was in shock after hearing Chrysalis's tale from long ago , even the Changelings who came back moments ago were in shock as well. They had no Idea that the queen went through so much torture her entire life and what's worse losing not only her parents to the guards but to be abandoned by those she once called her friends. Twilight couldn't help but stare in utter shock at the sun goddess as well as the other elements, Discord , Luna , and especially Celestia said nothing as they knew their actions many years ago were unacceptable and thanks to them they lost one of their best friends and now she's gone down this dark path of anger and vengeance.

"After that night I abandoned friendship and love completely" Chrysalis continued. " I no longer gave a damn about you or the others anymore Celestia, so one day I chose to run away from home knowing that I would never be welcome anywhere in Canterlot. I felt bad about leaving behind my adopted parents especially since they still loved me, but I just couldn't take the chance of being abandoned again, plus who knows how I would have been treated when I became an adult, the abuse and bullying would have gotten much much worse for me. So I chose to escape to the outskirts of equestria where I soon reunited with my village and fellow Changelings. So that's where I spent all these years plotting my revenge on the ponies for the centuries of abuse they brought upon my fellow Changelings, when the village elder passed away on my 18th birthday I was officially crowned my peoples new ruler which I took upon with an Iron fist. So now all of Equestria is gonna feel the pain me and my people felt after centuries of abuse brought upon you selfish ponies" After making her statement the entire town despite everything couldn't help but feel sorry for the large Changeling not realizing that she had such a troubling past but non felt worse for her than the sun goddess herself.

"Chrysalis I had no idea you went through so much" She said sadly as luna and Discord nodded in unison.

"Well you should know Princess!!!" Chrysalis screamed. " Especially since you assholes abandoned me after everything we've been through together"

"Chrysalis your right we were complete assholes for ditching you all those years ago" Discord replied. " But believe me I know what it's like, I was once like you too. I felt unappreciated and treated like some sort of court jester and that no one liked me. Hell I never even met my parents, I did a lot of shady and ridiculous things in the past that'll haunt me for the rest of my life. It's almost a complete miracle that Celestia and everyone else forgave me and gave me another chance, that's when I knew that it's not too late for me and I know it's not too late for you old friend so please you can stop this, no one has to get hurt" Celestia and Luna couldn't help but smile not expecting to hear those words come out of the tricksters mouth, and Celestia smiled the biggest feeling glad that she chose to release her old friend from his stone prison and not regretting giving him another chance. However Chrysalis remained unmoved by his words.

" Don't give me that bullshit!" She retorted. " You have no Idea how I feel and you know it, unlike me you were welcome into pony society and your species are nothing but a mix match of various animals put together into one big species and Celestia and Luna didn't abandon you like they did me!" Luna then took a chance to step in.

"Chrysalis your hurt and believe me I know hurt" She jumped in. " I always felt like I was in my sisters shadow. Whenever she rose the sun each day she got the most praise while I rose the moon up and no one gave me as much gratitude as her even though we each shared a similar job. I got jealous of my sisters success and praise that I wanted nothing more but to prove that I was just as good and as powerful as her, and soon I got my wish when the Nightmare offered me a chance to become the most powerful being.............................................................................

" Let me guess? The big bad Nightmare offered you a chance to overthrow your sister and become more powerful than her in exchange for offering your body as her vestal so you transformed into Nightmare Moon and your pain and jealousy caused you to do things that you'll regret for the rest of your life?" Chrysalis interrupted while Luna stayed silent knowing that her old friend was right. " Save your sympathetic shit moon goddess, it's not gonna change anything" Celestia then walked forward .

"Chrysalis please" She pleaded. " I know i hurt you and I don't blame you. I was a fool to listen to my parents and just cut you out of my life like that when you've done absolutely nothing to me, I'm so........................................

"IT'S TOO LATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Chrysalis screamed as tears started to form and her eyes turned an evil looking green color. " Nothing and I mean nothing can change the pain you and everyone else caused me!I thought you loved me, that you wanted to be my friend, but no you just up and abandoned me like a pile of garbage. No ones ever gonna except my people, we will always be treated like outcast and freaks. No one will ever love us so why the hell should you foolish ponies deserve any love or friendship if you only end up treating any creature who's different from your species like an outcast or a monster?! You all think that Changelings are nothing but monsters? Well fine! I'll show you what kind of monster I can really be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" with nothing else to say Chrysalis still in tears began charging up a large beam of green magic that grew bigger and bigger by the minute . Twilight and the others stood their ground with Twilight readying her shield spell for the upcoming impact however Celestia walked forward with a brave look on her face indicating that she was ready to go head on with the Changeling queen.

"Very well Chrysalis" She said. " If words cannot get to you than I shall have to use my secret weapon" Hearing this Chrysalis couldn't help but chuckle maniacally.

"NOW WE'RE TALKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She said as the beam continued to grow. " Bring it on traitor, I can take anything that you can throw at me, so give me all you got princess!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Hearing this Celestia readied herself in a combat position ready to unleash her secret weapon against the large Changeling.

"Very well then Chrysalis, here It comes!!!!!!!!!" Celestia cried out and began to extend her left hoof as if she's ready to attack at any minute. Chrysalis beam finally reached its peak and was moments away from firing straight into the sun goddess but it never came. As she was seconds away from firing the deadly beam, the Changeling stared in surprise at the "secret weapon " Celestia presented to her, and there wrapped comfortably around the sun goddess's hoof was a colorful bracelet which the Changeling was quick to recognize.

"What?" She began as she delayed the blast ( for now). " Is that.................................................................my bracelet?

"Yes it is my friend" Celestia said warmly. " I've been holding on to it all these years until I get to see you again. You see after my birthday party came to an end, the guard who blocked you from entering informed me about the gift for me that you dropped. He asked me if I wanted it or to just throw it away? I know I was forbidden from seeing you anymore but it would have been rude to turn down a gift so I opened it on the spot, and that's when I discovered a friendship bracelet that you've made for me. I was shocked to see such a lovely looking hand crafted gift and what warmed my heart the most was the little note that came with it " Thank you for accepting me for who I am, I love you my friend" I was instantly riddled with guilt over how I treated you earlier especially after you spent a whole month on this beautiful gift for me. I rushed over to your house to apologize but your parent's stopped me and forbid me from coming anywhere near you and slammed the door in my face the same way the guard did to you. I knew now how you felt earlier about being abandoned and I knew I couldn't fix what I did, after I found out that you ran way a few days later my guilt soon increased as I knew that you left because of me. I begged my parents to have a search party to find you but they refused and even went as far as to say that your back to where you belong which disgusted me on how Bias my folks were against different species and how foolish i was to listen to them in the first place and end our friendship just like that. Each night I prayed that you would return someday so I can apologize to you and reignite our friendship like it used to be. And that's when I soon reunited with you during the Canterlot wedding disaster last year. After seeing you again after all of these years I was ready to apologize begging you to come back, but after finding out that you imprisoned and impersonated my niece and almost made me turn against my beloved student, I was so full of anger that the words never came out of my mouth and I was only focused on defending Canterlot from your evil antics. I wished so badly that I could have done differently that day but I didn't I took the cowards way out and look where it's cost me? I lost one of the best friends I've ever had because of my own stupidity . I know now that it's too late to fix everything so now there's only one option for me" With nothing more to say, Celestia remained silent as Chrysalis began to collect her thoughts after hearing her former friends statement about her past action and she began to wonder if her words were genuine or just a hoax so that she could bring her guard down. Then suddenly the sun goddess slowly began to walk strait towards the Changeling who noticed this and back away nervously with the beam still visible ready to strike if she came any closer.

"Celestia stop!!!!!" Twilight cried out.

"Sister stay back she'll kill you!!!!!" Luna replied.

"Tia don't!!!!!!!" Discord screamed. But Celestia payed no attention and just continuing to advance towards the Changeling.

"Stay back!!!!!!" Chrysalis said nervously as Tia drew closer. " I swear to god if you take one more step Celestia I'll................. " However Chrysalis had no time to finish her words as she found a pair of hooves pulling her into a warm embrace by non other than the sun goddess herself who had a look of pain and regret in her eyes. Chrysalis's mind told her to break away and kill the Alicorn on the spot and was moments away from doing so until...................................

"Chrysie" Celestia began as tears started to form. " I am so deeply sorry for what I've done to you years ago. I was such a fool to listen to my fathers words and look what it cost me? I lost you one of my best friends to the darkness like how I almost lost discord and my sister to the darkness, words cannot describe how terribly I treated you and I don't blame you for hating me. I can never take back what I've said to you. My words were downright cruel...............................and evil. There is nothing I can do to fix this so there's only one thing for me to say, Chrysie my old friend I am so sorry for everything. I know you can never forgive me and I completely understand you deserve someone better than me as your friend, but I promise you even if it takes an eternity I will do everything in my power to make it up to you to show that I am truly sorry for my actions" Celestia said no more and just continued to sob quietly while still hugging her old friend. Twilight and the others stood anxious wondering whats about to transpire after Celestia gave her apologies, suddenly Chrysalis with her expression hidden in her bangs held her hooves up in the air indicating that she was about to attack which scared everyone, but to their surprise the Changeling let out a long cry as she wrapped her own hooves around the sun goddess and sobbed on her shoulder as well shocking the entire crowd especially Discord and Luna. They couldn't help but shed tears of their own after witnessing the scene that fell upon them, the two Alicorns continued to hug eachother as Chrysalis's beam began to disperse and vanish with her eyes turning back to their normal color before she spoke again.

" Thank you Tia" She sobbed. " That's.......all.....I... ever wanted" Celestia couldn't help but smile at her friends words.

"Old friend" She began. " I hope you can forgive me someday" chrysalis then smiled back at her.

"I...............................I forgive you Tia" Chrysalis sniffed making the sun goddess very happy, and soon Luna And Discord joined in and brought them into a group hug which they were quick to return. The main 6, townsfolk , and even the changelings looked on to the beautiful scene of reunion between old friend sand each shed tears of joy of the sun Goddess, Changeling, moon goddess and draconequus became one once again like how they used to be years ago. They weren't enemies, they weren't rivals, they were one they were friends BEST FRIENDS After what felt like an eternity the group disbanded from their hug while wiping away their tears as everyone in the crowd breathed a sigh of relief that this whole mess was now taken care of.....................or so they thought. The CMC however remained blank faced not even shedding a single tear at the reconciliation between there former queen and her friends, and soon Twilight and the entire town noticed this.

"Bloom..................................." Applejack began only earning a hoof to the face by the filly.

"Save it sis" She said coldy as she, Sweetie belle, and Scootaloo walked away from the scene not bothering to look back. Everyone stared in sadness watching the young fillies walk away leaving them full of guilt and regret over their actions. Celestia then gave an ushering nod to Twilight and the group.

"Go to them Twilight" She said warmly. " We'll handle things from here" Twilight gave a nod to the sun goddess and ushered the others to follow her to the direction of the CMC's. However as Fluttershy was about to follow suit, a familiar young rabbit popped out of nowhere and jumped straight towards the pegasus surprising her.

"ANGEL!!!!!!!!!!!!" She cried out happily and hugged her little rabbit friend who shed tears of joy of finally being reunited with his caretaker after a week apart from each other. However the moment didn't last long as they both knew that there was apologizing to do, and soon the rabbit hopped onto his caretakers back as they followed suit with the group.

After a short trek the group found the CMC's starring out into the sunset on top of a hill near the applefields not even bothering to look back. Applejack and the group looked at each other and nodded in unison about what's to be done. So they proceeded to walk cautiously towards the kids and soon the entire group especially Applejack, rarity, and Rainbow Dash took a seat right next to the kids who still didn't bother to look back, after a moment of silent Applejack finally plucked up the courage to speak.

"I really bucked up big time huh?" She asked.

"You think?" Bloom asked coldly and then there was another awkward silence for a minute until AJ finally took a deep breath and spoke again.

"Listen sugarcube" She began. " Right now I'd be like I'm sorry that I hurt ya and that I love you, but I know that's not gonna cut it. And honestly why would it? Look how I treated you, I was so cruel to you Bloom and I will never forgive myself for it. Me and Big Mac treated you like you were nothing to us and we practically drove you out of town due to our harsh behaviors. I should have heard you guys out first instead of shunning you guys like I did, what you guys did was wrong but it wasn't all of your faults. Honestly If me or my friends were blackmailed like that I honestly couldn't say that i would have done the same thing, I should have heard you out Apple bloom but I didn't and look what my harsh behavior has cost me? I lost my little sister to the darkside and I don't blame you if you don't want anything to do with me or Big Mac anymore after today sugarcube cause I'm a poor excuse for an element of honesty who does nothing to comfort or hear out her sister when she's in trouble" Applejack said nothing more and silently weeped and soon the others stepped in.

"I shouldn't have left" Pinkie said sadly with her hair still straight. " I shouldn't have took the cowards way out and left town for a few days instead of confronting you guys, I was just as upset at you guys for spreading my secret and a part of me wanted to scream at you guys. But after hearing that you ran away , my attitude soon changed and I wanted nothing more but to throw you guys the biggest "I'm sorry" party. But I know now that a simple party won't make all of this right no matter how much effort is put into it. To be honest with you guys if I manage to make a bunch of ponies sad ad to run away then I don't deserve the element of laughter" Pinkie said nothing more as her expression was hidden in her bangs.

"Girls We're truly sorry for our actions" Twilight began and Spike nodded in sad unison. " I was also a coward for just barricading myself in the library instead of confronting you guys"

"and I was a fool to ask you to go away" spike jumped in. " If I had known that you guys were blackmailed and forced to spread our secrets then I should have taken my anger out on Diamond Tiara instead and I will never forgive myself for my rude behavior"

"And me for practically banning you guys from the library" Twilight replied. " I know everyone says differently but to be honest I don't deserve to be Celestia's student or to be the element of magic, cause I forgot the most important lesson about friendship. And that's to not leave your friends behind when they need help. But I chose the cowards way out and wanted nothing to do with you guys and just hid from you and for that me and Spike will never forgive ourselves for our harsh behavior towards you kids" Spike and Twilight both sadly nodded trying their hardest to hold back their tears.

"Sweetie belle" Rarity jumped in. " I am a poor excuse for an older sister, don't get me wrong it was wrong of you to invade my privacy and to look through my diary. But if I knew that you were being forced to spread our secrets with your own friends secrets in jeopardy then I would have behaved differently instead of calling you the worst sister ever. I deserve to be hated Sweetie cause my actions were, cruel, unladylike, or as Rainbow would say totally not cool, Mom and dad should have disowned me for making you run away instead of comforting me saying that it wasn't my fault when I knew that it wasn't true. I treated you like a monster Sweetie belle, I'd shave off my own mane if it meant making it up to you, but given my actions I know things are never gonna be the same between us. I don't deserve the element of generosity little sis cause I was no where near generous when I practically drove you away" Tears started to rain down as Rarity finished her statement. As Rainbow dash wrapped a hoof around the sobbing unicorn Fluttershy soon stepped forward.

"I was the biggest coward of all girls" she said sadly. " I did nothing to absolve this situation and just sat in my living room crying my eyes out like a flowing river. I should have said something but I wasn't brave enough and just had Angel keep you guys away, I didn't act out on my own and just had someone else fight my battle for me instead of being brave and confronting you guys myself. But I just couldn't do it, yes I was upset at you for spreading my secret but I just couldn't yell or scold you guys out of fear of hurting you regardless of what you've done. But in the end me and Angel hurt you guys and drove you out of town, and for that girl I am truly sorry and Angel is sorry too for slamming the door at you" Angel then nodded in sad unison . " I'm not brave enough to deserve the element of kindness if I can face my problems myself" Fluttershy then began to silently weep as Angel rubbed her back in a comforting motion. Each of the filly's couldn't help but shed a look of sympathy after hearing the words come out of the group as they began to wonder if they were truly genuine and were truly sorry for driving them out of town, as they continued to ponder in their thoughts Scootaloo felt a hoof on her shoulder and turned around to find Rainbow dash staring at her giving a look of pure regret that outmatched the others.

"Hey Scoots" She began. " Some awesome gal I am huh? Look how I treated you, I acted so heartless and did the most despicable thing anyone can do to a pony. I poured rain on you guys like a big bully instead of hearing you guys out first, you were right about me Scoots I was acting like a bully because I let my anger get the better of me and it cost me my little sister figure and biggest fan and I will never forgive myself for it" Dash then began to shed a tear not even bothering to hide it. " Scoots you were the best thing to happen to me, I was so happy to spend time with you these past few years, you were practically like family to me and it felt awesome to have a biggest fan. But after what I've done I don't blame you for not wanting anything to do with me anymore and who could blame you? Nobody want's to idolize someone who bullies you and doesn't listen or hear you out first before doing something that they'll regret for the rest of your life. Even though my team disagrees I know that I was a bully and that I had a hand in driving you guys out of town and I don't blame you guys for hating me. I know saying sorry isn't gonna cut it and I completely understand, so there's only one thing I can do now to show that I still care about you Scoots" Dash then got up and headed towards something, Scoots and the others turned around to find Dash standing near a puddle that was left behind a few days ago from the rain and in a split second the pegasus jumped in the puddle as the rain water soaked her from head to toe. After a 2 minute splash session the pegasus emerged from the puddle soaking wet earning a slight giggle from the young filly.

"Is this the part where you say " We're even now" ? She asked only earning her a shooked head from the pegasus.

"Not quite" Dash said as she rummaged through her saddlebag looking for something, and soon pulled out a paper which luckily was still dry and presented it to the young filly. " Actually it's this, I was gonna show you this on your birthday last year but then this whole mess happened. But I think this is the appropriate time as any, if your not interested I understand but at least look at it first Scoots" Dash then presented the mysterious piece of paper to the filly who was quick to grab it, she then began to read what was on the paper and soon a shocked and surprised look formed as she realized that this was an adoption paper. Signed by non other than Rainbow dash and her parent's Rainbow Blaze and Firefly. The filly was speechless not expecting to have received an adoption paper but by non other than Rainbow dash herself, tears started to form on her face as Dash continued.

"Scootaloo " She said as her own tears started to form. " I am so sorry for everything, I don't want to be your enemy, and I don't want you to hate me. I love you kid your the best thing to happen to me in my life , your the reason I never give up, to keep on trying, to stay positive. Your amazing and I am so happy to have met you, your 100% cooler than I'll ever be and I'm proud of you. I want to be by your side, to pack you lunch for school, to congratulate you for when you get your cutiemark, to kick any guys ass who tries to make a move on ya, I want to be a family. What do you say Scoots? You wanna be my little sister?" Scootaloo began to cry more as her tears rained down like a river as a huge warming smile formed on her face, and in a split second the young pegasus rushed over and hugged Dash tightly who was quick to return the embrace as the others watched on with tears of their own at this heartwarming moment between the two new adopted siblings. Apple bloom and Sweetie belle couldn't hold in their own tears anymore and embraced their respected sisters who were quick to hug them back and soon twilight and the others joined in with tears of joy not knowing that the Townsfolk, Changelings, Celestia and the others surveyed this heartwarming scene.

"Thank you Dash" Scootaloo sniffed with a loving smile"..........................................................I forgive you big sis"

"We all do" Apple Bloom and Sweetie belle said in unison earning them cheers and applause from the entire town who were happy that the cutiemark crusaders were back to their old selves and finally back home to where they belong. Silver spoon and the others were just as happy that their friends were back and have reconciled with their loved ones. After a few minutes the group hug ended and the CMC's then proceeded to walk up to the sun goddess with their heads lowered in shame.

"We're so sorry your majesty, for everything" Bloom said sadly.

"If you want to lock us away for the rest of our lives we completely understand" Sweetie belle sadly replied.

"It's what we deserve for being part of this uprising, so go on ahead and lock us up and throw away the key your majesty" Scootaloo jumped in earning them shocked looks form not only their sisters but the townsfolk as well after hearing that the CMC were willing to just lock themselves away for eternity to make up for their harsh actions. The sun goddess stayed silent for a moment as the entire town waited anxiously for her answer but were surprised when they finally got it.

"No girls, I'm not gonna lock you guys away" She said causing the fillies to look up in utter shock. " I think you guys getting driven out of town and going through 4 months of sadness and depression is punishment enough, but next time try not to attempt to take over all of equestria" The CMC remained in shock after hearing her answer not expecting to be pardoned so easily by the sun goddess herself. The kids couldn't help themselves and hugged Celestia who was quick to return it as the entire town continued to watch on with warm smiles on their faces. After a few minutes the group hug ended and the Sun Goddess spoke once more.

"Now let's go home" she said and then turned towards Chrysalis before putting a hoof on the changelings shoulder and then looked at the numerous changelings before continuing. " all of us, we have much to discuss" After saying this the changeling queen couldn't help but smile warmly and soon the entire group left the scene with high and grateful spirits knowing that things were gonna be alright no matter what. However as they left the scene a young pink filly walked out from the apple tree that she was hiding behind during the whole conversation with a sad and regretful look forming on her face as she looked down to her hooves on the ground and soon her own tears started to form as they fell on the ground and she then started to quietly weep to herself.

"Oh my god" she said. " This WAS my fault. I caused this, I AM a bully, I AM a monster, I'm no better than her. Oh god what have i done?" She said nothing more and continued to quietly weep as her tears rained down onto the grassy field.

Author's Note

And that's part 2 fellahs :pinkiehappy: Now before you say anything I know that Rainbow Blaze and Firefly aren't Dashes canon parents but I felt that they matched her way better than her actual canon parents on the show, even though I do find her canon parents funny and nice :twilightblush: Also I know it was confirmed that scootaloo wasn't an orphan, but there's nothing wrong with going with the original fan canon instead of the actual canon😉 Cause let's face it, the fan canons of the show are a lot more cooler :raritywink:

Anyways I hope you guys enjoyed this one, only two more chapters to go and that's a wrap on the story :pinkiehappy: I'm gonna get a head start on the next chapter and if things go well I'll have the story complete next week. until then have a nice weekend folks :heart:

Saturday : A new day A new beginning for everyone

The next day

Things took quite a bright turn for the town of Ponyville, after an entire week of torture and hell in the hands of the Changeling queen Chrysalis and her army things started to kind of go back to normal for the town. While most of the buildings and terrains were damaged and trashed due to the changelings, these were easily repairable. Speaking of Chrysalis and her Changelings, after the reunited friends returned to Canterlot she and Celestia had a long talk where they got the chance to catch up and patch up a few unresolved issues between the 4 friends. but it's safe to say their friendship was back to how it used to be if not stronger, Chrysalis however still felt guilty about her past actions from the Canterlot wedding fiasco and her would have been takeover this week volunteered to be put on trial believing that she deserved to be locked up after all that she's done. Celestia assured her that she would not be charged for her crimes despite everything as she knew that her old friend wasn't evil she was just upset and felt unloved after what happened between them years ago. The sun goddess never the less agreed to have her and her subjects judged by the console in an effort to see if the changelings would be allowed to live in Canterlot amongst the ponies, reassuring that she would be right by her side all the way no matter what. After Celestia sent a letter informing her faithful student about the upcoming trial Twilight and the others unfortunately couldn't attend due to the town still needing a cleanup after the weeks events, but she assured her that she and her friends would write and put in a good word to the changeling queen and her subjects as they felt that she deserved a second chance despite what happened all week between them and that it wasn't too late to make amends.

Speaking of amends we find the CMC's along with Applejack and her boyfriend Caramel making their way towards the local hospital where her brother was residing in. Dr stable and his medical team were able to arrive on time to save the stallion from joining his Grandmother and soon he was patched up in no time, however while his eternal injuries were treated and slowly starting to heal. The large stallion was quickly escorted to the clinic where he was instructed to stay for another week as his injuries healed, after Caramel informed the group that he woke up this morning after the girls wrote their response to the princess. Bloom and the others were quick to head over to the medical clinic to visit the big guy now fully awake. However the three girls remained nervous throughout the short trek especially since they're the ones who brought him here in the first place, fear formed into their minds at what they were gonna expect to come out of Big Mac's mouth, would he be angry, lash out at them, or worse tell them to go away like last year? as they finally reached their destination the trio stood in place while Caramel and Applejack continued toward the entrance but soon stopped when they found the girls standing still.

"Girls?" Applejack said. "Why are ya'll standing there? Big Macs waiting" However the trio remained in place.

"AJ" Apple bloom replied. "We're the reason he's even in the hospital in the first place, plus I was more brutal to him during the beating. If we went even further we actually could have killed him, I let my anger get the better of me and it almost cost me my big brother and hell I almost did the same thing to you. How do you honestly expect him to forgive us after that?" After saying this Sweetie belle and Scootaloo nodded their heads in a sad agreement, however caramel walked forward and put a hoof on the farm girls shoulder surprising her.

"Bloom, Big mac doesn't hate you guys" He said warmly. " Sure what you did to him was wrong, but he's not angry at you guys. He still cares about you, hell during your time apart he constantly berated himself for being so harsh towards you guys and he prayed each night that you would come home so that he could apologize and do everything in his power to make it all up to you. He might be a bit upset but he does not hate you guys"

"He's right ya'll" Applejack jumped in. " Bloom Big Mac still loves you, I assure you that he's gonna be so happy to see you guys again. And he holds absolutely no ill towards you guys for the beat down ya gave him, I guarantee ya'll the second he see's ya he'll say something along the lines of " I don't blame ya'll for what ya did to me, after the way I yelled at you three and practically drove you out of town, I deserved it" again bloom your brother will never and I repeat EVER hate you. So please don't be afraid girls, your brother needs you guys and he want's to see you so badly after 4 months apart" After the couples lecture the CMC looked at each other hesitant for a few seconds as they knew that they couldn't run away from this and that they'd have to face Big mac eventually, they then reached their verdict after nodding in unison.

" Ok sis" Bloom began . "I'll see ma brother, and thanks that's just what we needed" The others then nodded in unison as Applejack and Caramel smiled.

"No prob sugarcube" The couple said in unison. And with nothing more to say the group made their way inside the medical building. as they entered the trio stood near the entrance as Applejack and Caramel walked towards the front desk to request a visit. The trio looked around to find the waiting room full of a few citizens and even a few doctors and nurses which made the group rather nervous. However everyone in the waiting room showed not anger but smiles at the group with each of them waving and nodding in a forgiving nature which quickly boosted the groups confidence. They then spotted Applejack signaling that they to the go ahead to see Big Mac, so the trio then left the waiting room nodding goodbye to everyone there who nodded back, after a short walk the group arrived at the room which housed Big mac and soon found Dr stable waiting for them.

"Right on time kids" He said. " Big Macs current visitor was just about to leave, so now it's you guys turn.

"Thanks uncle Stable" Caramel said earning a nod from his uncle who was about to depart but not before looking at the CMC and put a hoof on Blooms shoulder.

"It's nice to have you back kids" He said with a wink and a smile which further boosted the girls spirits. As he left the group found the door open and Fluttershy soon emerged out of the room indicating that she was Big Macs visitor this morning.

"Fluttershy? AJ said surprising the Pegasus.

"Oh hey guys" She replied.

"Your visiting Big Mac too? Scootaloo asked.

"Yeah, I never got the chance to thank him for saving me from Jeff. Plus I wanted to check in on him too after I found out that he was doing ok" She said.

"Well" Applejack began. " Thanks sugarcube , I appreciate ya for caring about my brother"

It's no prob " Fluttershy replied and then began to blush. " Also uh promise you wont be mad" Applejack then raised an eyebrow after wondering why she would be mad at her friend.

"Why would I be mad shy?" She asked as Fluttershy continued to blush and hesitated a little before finally speaking.

"...............................................................................He" She began as her blush grew larger. " Asked me out" Applejack and the others were confused for a few seconds but soon their minds clicked as they knew exactly what Fluttershy meant by "asked her out" however non were more surprised than the element of honesty who expression turned to a big grin.

"Hehehehe I should have known sugarcube" Applejack said earning a surprised look from the blushing pegasus. " I kind of suspected something especially with how worried you were for him during this whole week" She then placed a hoof on her friends shoulder. " But seriously it's fine Shy , your a good girl and I know your in good hands with my older brother especially since he's a massive gentleman with a heart as big as his muscles and I can definitely see him as your type Shy. So if ya wanna go out with my bro than it's perfectly fine with me" AJ then winked as Fluttershy gave a big smile.

"Thanks AJ" She said happy that her friend was ok with her going out with her brother. "Well I better get going, I gotta get back to Angel. he's been acting weird since this morning, I just hope he didn't catch a cold. I'll see you guys later" Fluttershy then departed leaving the group.

"See ya Shy" They all said in unison and soon they made their way inside Big macs room. As they entered they found the big guy now fully awake nestled comfortably on his bed with his injuries now all bandaged up and stitched as well, It's almost a miracle Dr Stable and his team arrived on time otherwise he wouldn't have made it to the end of the week. The large stallion then noticed the visitors in his room especially the CMC and couldn't help but smile.

"Howdy ya'll" He said happily, however Apple bloom couldn't help but tear up after hearing the words come out of her brothers mouth especially since he sounded happy. No longer able to hold it in anymore, she charged forward and collapsed on her brothers lap sobbing uncontrollably.

"BIG BRO I'M SO SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She sobbed. " I was a monster, I let my anger get the better of me and look what it caused me to do. I almost killed you and I couldn't control it, what we did to you was unforgivable!!!!! Even though your words hurt me that's no excuse for what I did, if mom , dad, and even granny were alive right now they'd be so disappointed in me just as much as you!!!! I turned against my family, my friends, and all of ponyville because of my thirst for revenge and 'll never forgive myself for it!!! I'm so sorry we hurt you Big Mac if you don't want to forgive me or even want me around anymore than I............................................................." However Blooms words were cut out when she found a hoof wrapped around her waste, and soon looked up to find Big Mac returning the embrace by wrapping his not broken arm around her while rubbing her back in a comforting and soothing manner. " Big Bro?"

"Oh Bloom" Big Mac said soothingly. " I don't hate ya little sis or your friends either. What you guys did to not only me but your town was wrong and down right evil, but honestly I don't blame ya'll for what ya'll did to me, after the way I yelled at you three and practically drove you out of town, I deserved the beating ya gave me cause my words hurt more than a broken leg" Applejack then placed a hoof on Scoots and Sweetie belles shoulders and whispered "told ya" with a wink as Big Mac continued to talk. " Me yelling at ya'll was uncalled for despite my secret getting exposed, we should have heard you guys out I should have heard you guys out but I didn't. I lashed out at ya and practically drove ya'll out of town, and look what it's caused? You guys turned over to the dark side and nearly took over all of equestria all because of my foolish behavior. Bloom I love you little sis and I will never hate ya no matter what you've done. I'm so sorry for yelling at you guys you didn't deserve that and I shouldn't have been so cruel. I hope you can forgive me" As he finished Bloom let out a big smile and continued to hug her brother while he was still holding her and soon Scootaloo and Sweetie belle joined in to the hug as the four of them cried tears of joy, while caramel and Applejack looked on with warm smiles at the lovely scene of reconciliations after a few minutes the group hug ended and the trio carefully got off the stallions lap before Bloom spoke.

"So Fluttershy huh?" Bloom said with a sly smile earning a blush from her brother.

"Hehe I tick it she told ya'll before she left?" He replied still blushing.

"Yup" The group said in unison.

"I'm kind of surprised Big mac" Sweetie belle jumped in. " I kind of figured you and Ms Cheerilee would have hit it off?"

"Eh me and Cheerilee didn't really have that much in common so we decided to just be friends" He replied. " Plus I figured that it would have been awkward if I was dating ya'lls teacher.

"It wouldn't have been so bad bro" Bloom replied. "You dating my teacher would have equaled straight A's for me" After saying this the entire room burst into laughter after the hilarious comments that just came out of the fillys mouth. Yup things are definitely starting to go back to normal.

Meanwhile in town square we find most of the town gathered around the stage podium with Mayor mare standing proudly on the center stage happy to have not only her position but her helpful aids back. After some mutters and whispers the crowd went silent as the mayor began her speech.

"This week has been quite a doozy everypony" She began earning nods and chatters of agreement from the crowd. " these past 4 months we have been riddled with all sorts of heartbreaking and serious events from Gabby gums, the CMC's running away, the death of Ponyville's beloved matriarch, the return of one of the Main six's adversary's, The crusaders nearly turning over to the dark side, our town nearly getting taken over, and reconciliations. However we soon got our silverlining with thanks to Princess Celestia herself, no now the CMC's are back home safe and sound and back onto the good side. While the damage in our town is abhorrent it's still repairable, it'll take a little time but soon we shall have our town back to it's normal state with everyones help. And I believe that we've learned a few important lessons from this, to think twice before spreading everyone's private information as actions have consequences, and to hear someones side of the story as to not make them feel..........................................................................." However before she could continue she heard some footsteps enter the podium and looked back to find a depressed and rather dirty looking Diamond Tiara standing silently on the stage causing the entire crowed to remain silent as the rich filly made her way toward the mic stand.

"I have sinned" She said silently as she made her way toward the mic stand as Mayor mare moved away slightly not expecting to see this filly especially after everything she's done.Tiara stayed silent for a few seconds with her sad expression hidden in her bangs before she finally mustered up the courage to look at the crowd who had mixed reactions , but before she spoke she took of her tiara and held it close to her chest in an apologetic manor and after another moment of silence finally spoke. "Hello............................I know all of you are pretty mad at me, and honestly I don't blame any of you" As she said this the crowd muttered and nodded at each other in agreement. " I was a bad girl ok? I finally understand that now, my actions were uncalled for and downright evil, hell they were more evil than that Changeling Queen and her subjects and the weeks events will haunt me for the rest of my life especially since it was all my fault this happened. All because of my thirst for gossip, for those of you who's feelings or reputations were hurt due to the Gabby gums column.................I'm really sorry. I'm not saying this just to get off the hook, I'm being completely serious about this. I was such a terrible pony, I blackmailed, bullied, ridiculed, and insulted many people all because some of em weren't rich or didn't have their cutiemarks yet and that was downright cruel of me. I should have known better before stooping so low and look what it's caused me? I hurt so many lives especially the CMC's, they've done nothing to me but I've made their lives a living nightmare ever since the first day of school and I even bullied Silver spoon into doing the same to them. And honestly I don't blame her for ditching me cause who wants a bully like me as a friend? The entire town was nearly taken over by those changelings and the CMC's went along with them all because of my damn Gabby gums revival and blackmailing, god if Chrysalis succeeded with her plan and the changelings won I would never forgive myself for Equestria's would have been downfall. Everyone ........................I am so sorry for what I've done to you, i understand if non of you want to forgive me after everything and honestly it's what I deserve cause I'm nothing more but an evil little girl with cruel intentions" Tiara then dropped her Tiara on the floor and in a split second raised her hoof up in the air and stopped down on the glass head wear shattering it into pieces not caring the slightest that a few diamond shards dug into her skin. The entire crowd was silent with shock not expecting the right filly to purposely shatter one of her most priced accessories. " This Tiara is nothing more but a reminder of how I've used to be, I was no better than my real mother and look at me know? I'm practically turning into her and becoming just as evil, so this tiara means nothing to me as it only brings back dark memories. Again I an truly sorry for my past actions everyone, I was a rich snob and a big bully and I don't blame any of you for hating my guts, I'm sorry, i'm, sorry, i'm sorry, i'm sorry' i'm sorry, i'm sorry" Diamond Tiara said nothing more and just lowered her head in shame as she started to sob silently with her tears started to poor down onto the stage , there was a long awkward silence in the entire crowd after Tiara's public apology. After what felt like 10 minutes Tiara lifted her head up slightly after hearing a weird noise amongst the crowd, and soon found a stallion starting to clap slowly, and soon another audience member followed suit, and then the next, and then the next, and then the next, and then the next, and soon Diamond Tiara found the entire audience roaring with a chorus of clapping and even Mayor mare and her aids followed suit and clapped at the fillys apology. Diamond Tiara remained speechless for like an eternity before a big smile formed on her face not expecting this type of reaction after giving her apology, she sniffed slightly knowing that maybe just maybe it wasn't too late after all and there was still a chance for her.

Later that day

We find the CMC making their way towards Sugarcube Corner or should I say being dragged by both of their friends Dinky and Twist.

"For god sakes girls what's the rush?!" Bloom asked.

"Yeah what could possibly be so important that we need to go to Sugarcube Corner ASAP?! " Scootaloo replied.

"Oh you'll see guys, It's a surprise" Twist said with a sneaky smile.

"Twist you and Dinky have been saying that since you came to ma house!" Bloom replied only earning giggles from the two fillies, after a short trek the group finally reached their destination as Dinky and twist finally stopped dragging the trio as they reached the entrance, and soon the duo walked towards the entrance and ushered the trio to go in first. The trio looked at each other in confusion not knowing what to expect the second they walked inside, they soon brushed this off and finally made their way inside the building with Twist and Dinky soon following behind. As they walked in they found the entire cafe all quiet and pitch black which brought on both a mysterious and rather creepy atmosphere.

"What da hell?" Bloom said. " Dinky if this is some sort of..................................................

"SURPRISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Came a loud chorus of voices and soon the light's turned on as the CMC's found themselves surrounded by not only their families but the entire town inside of the restaurant who looked so happy to see them, they then looked around to find that the Sweetshop was decorated in a colorful manner with streamers, balloons, many tables with arrays of baked goods and drinks, pictures of the CMc which consisted of baby pictures, moment's with families, and their achievements throughout the years, and a large banner made by non other than Pinkie pie which read " We're happy to have you guys back and that your no longer under the dark influence by the Changeling Queen and her dark intentions" The group remained in shock not expecting a surprise party from any of the citizens.

"What is all of this?" Sweetie belle asked as Roseluck walked over to the girls.

"We know all was forgiven in all girls " she began.

"But we just wanted to do something nice to you guy to show that we still care about you" Bulk Biceps said .

"And to show that we feel bad about not listening to you in the first place" Lyra said.

"Yeah we were complete assholes" Bonbon replied.

"We're so sorry for our harsh behavior girls" Twilight said. " We love you" The CMC then looked on with tears of joy and with smiles on their faces.

"Thank you so much guys" Scootaloo said. " We love you too" After saying this the entire crowed cheered at the fact that the CMC's were back in town, then suddenly a stallion and his wife popped out of the crowd towards Sweetie belle surprising her and she instantly recognized the two ponies right in front of her and smiled happily.

" MOM DAD!!!!!!!!!" She said happily and rushed over to her parents Hondo Flanks and Cookie crumbles collecting them into a hug to which they were quick to return happy to see their daughter again but soon their expressions went from happy to stern.

"Young lady, your mother and I have good mind to ground you for a year!" Hondo said as Sweetie belle hung her head down in an understanding nature but soon his and his wife's expressions soon changed again. " But we're just so happy that your back that I don't even give a damn"

"But don't you ever and I mean EVER do something like this again do you understand me" Cookie said as Sweetie belle blushed and nodded her head.

"Yes ma'am" She replied before embracing her parents again earning Awe's from the crowd and Soon rarity joined in as well. " I love you guys"

"We love you too Sweetie" they said in unison and after a few seconds the group hug ended and soon the festivities began as the Crusaders, their friends, and families made their way towards the party girl. " You really put in a lot of work here Pinkie"

"Well actually girls..........................." She began. This wasn't actually my idea" After saying this the girls raised an eyebrow not expecting this party to not have been planned out and prepped by Ponyvilles biggest and happiest party planner, and they soon began to wonder who exactly set this party up if it wasn't Pinkie.

"Really it wasn't you Pinkie?" Scoots replied.

"Then who set it up then" Sweetie belle said earning a sly smile from the party planner.

"Why don't you ask her yourself?" Pinkie replied and soon a large insect like creature emerged from the crowd with a warm smile on her face and soon the CMC recognized the creature that stood before them.

"Hello girls" She said and soon the Crusaders rushed over to her all happy.

"Chrysalis!!!!!!" They said in unison and hugged the Changeling queen who was quick to hug them back as tears started to form in her eyes happy to see her little friends again after the weeks events earning her multiple awe's from the crowd of citizens, after a minute the group hug dispersed and the 4 friends looked at each other with happy expressions on their faces.

"It's great to see you again" Bloom said .

"Yeah were glad your herw" Sweetie belle replied.

"I take it that the trial went good?" Scootaloo asked earning a nod from the Changeling.

"Oh yes girls it went very well" She said. " TBH I was a bit nervous to be surrounded by the supreme council and I figured that there was no way that they'd accept me, and honestly I wouldn't have minded that as it's what I deserved. But thanks to your sisters, and my friends good words. The entire trial went very well for me, the council agreed to allow me and my citizens to live in canterlot on the condition that me and my subjects do 3 months of community service as to make up for my fiasco last year and this weeks events, I was happy that they'd let me off easily and that my species was starting to be accepted by the community"

"That's great Chrysalis" Bloom said. " We're happy that your not in prison and that you got off easy, so how are things between you, Celestia, Discord, and Luna ?"

"They're going great kids" She replied. " Me and Tia had a long talk before the council meeting, and I can safely say that our friendship is not only reborn but is as strong as ever. I tell you it felt so good to be reunited with my old friends it was almost nostalgic and I couldn't have been any happier, I'm just so happy to have my four best friends back and that all of the past woulds from years ago are beginning to heal, I feel like brand new woman" The crusaders smiled greatly happy that the Changeling queen reconnected and reconciled with her old friends and that her subjects were allowed to live amongst the ponies in canterlot, however she then turned towards the party goers with a sad and regretful look before speaking to them.

"Everyone" She began. " I'm so sorry for my past actions, not just from the Canterlot wedding last year but for the whole week of me taking over your town. I was just so pent up with uncontrollable anger and resentment from my parents dying int he hands of the guards, and from Celestia and the others ditching me due to her fathers orders. My anger caused me to do so many unspeakable things and I ended up abandoning my adopted parents who took such good care of me despite me being a different species, I always thought that my species would never be excepted by you ponies so I figured that if you wouldn't except us then why even bother. My mind told me that I needed revenge on everyone who betrayed us so that's why I took over as the leader after our villages elder passed away. So over the years I plotted my revenge against Celestia and the wedding last year felt like the perfect opportunity but alas my plan was foiled and I was blasted back to the outlands of Equestria. And then I came across these three fillies who were just as thirsty for revenge so I recruited them so that they could get revenge on their families for betraying them , but in the end I forced them into being my own personal commanders and they nearly lost everything and almost killed an innocent man over my cruel intentions. And for that I am truly sorry for putting you all through that, I hope you all can find it in your hearts to forgive me one day " Chrysalis lowered her head in shame as the various party goers stood in silence after hearing the Changelings apology, Twilight and the others however walked up to her with Twilight placing a hoof on her shoulder surprising her.

"It's ok Chrysalis, we forgive you" She said as the others nodded their heads in unison shocking the Changeling who was not expecting to hear those words come out of the one pony she's hurt the most.

"What?" She began. " After everything I've put you through Sparkle? Hell I almost made your friends abandon you last year and I nearly took over your town, how can you possibly forgive me?"

"Because Chrysalis, everyone deserves a second chance" Twilight replied still smiling. " What you did was wrong especially what you did to my brother and sister in law, but after hearing your backstory I can understand why you went down that dark path. If something like that happened to me I'd be lying if I said that I wouldn't have done the same. Your species didn't deserve to be treated like that for centuries especially since you just wanted to live in piece amongst us, You didn't deserve to be treated like that and your parents didn't deserve their cruel fate after asking for help when you were terminally ill as an infant. No one deserves that Chrysalis, we may be of different species but I can see that Changelings are not monsters, you guys are just like us only different and I would love to have your species live amongst us in peace and harmony" Twilight friends each nodded in unison along with the various party goers as they too knew that Changelings weren't bad creatures they just wanted to be loved. After a short silence tears of joy soon formed on the Changeling queen and she was quick to collect the element of magic in a warm embrace which she was quick to return and soon the rest of the girls joined in as the partygoers erupted in a chorus of Awe's at the lovely sight of friendship amongst the different species.

"Thank you girls, thank you so much" She said with a sniff.

"No problem Chrysie" They all said in unison, and after a minute the group hug ended and twilight spoke.

"I hope you don't mind Chrysie, but I kind of invited 3 extra guest to the party" She said.

"That's fine Sparkle" Chrysalis replied with a smile. " The more the mirier, So who are these ponies that you invited as well?"

"Well" Twilight said. " Let's just say the first two are someone whom you haven't seen in years, and the other one is gonna be a surprise especially for you three" Chrysalis and even the CMC raised a brow wondering what the mysterious guest would have anything to do with them. As they continued to wonder Twilight called out toward the entrance and soon an elderly couple entered along with Diamond Tiara earning shocks from the four of them especially Chrysalis as she instantly recognized the couple standing in front of her.

"Mom......................................Dad?" she said in a trembling tone.

"Hello Chrysalis" the stallion said.

"We missed you so much sweetheart" His wife replied. This only brought tears into the Changelings eyes.

"Guys I................................

"Not one more word young lady" The stallion interrupted. " Your mother and I aren't mad at you, when you ran away we were devastated as we felt that we would never see you again. But after we were informed of your backstory years ago we fully understood why you left and we prayed each night that you would return to us someday. But when we were informed about your failed plot to take over ponyville we rushed over immediately and that's when we ran into twilight Sparkle here who informed us about everything and she even invited us to the apology party that you helped organize. We missed you so much Chrysalis, you were the best thing to happen to us. You may be a different species and we may not be related but your still our daughter an we love you so much" After her fathers statement Chrysalis couldn't hold back her tears anymore and gently collected her adopted parents into a hug which they were quick to return.

"Mom, dad" She sniffed happily as the party goers watched happy for the now reunited family. The CMC were just as happy for their friend, but after as few seconds they then walked over to the rich filly and were surprised to find that she was missing her signature Tiara, after a moment of silent she finally spoke.

"Hello Applebloom, Sweetie belle, and Scootaloo" She said quietly earning surprised looks form the trio not expecting to be called their real names by the rich snob who's always called them nothing but blank flanks. " Listen I............................................" However her words were interrupted when Scootaloo raised a hoof in the air stopping her.

"Save it Tiara" She said as Tiara lowered her head in shame as she was expecting that ad doesn't blame them for wanting nothing to do with her after everything she's done. However her reaction soon changed after hearing the unexpecting words that came out of Scoots mouth. " We forgive you" And soon the others nodded in unison.

"Are you serious right now?" She said surprised. " I did so many terrible things to you guys. I made fun of you for not having cutiemarks, I called you blank flanks, blackmailed you, forced you to help me with gabby gums, hell this entire mess this whole week was my fault int he first place. How can you three possibly forgive me after all the terrible shit I've put you guys through?"

"Don't get us wrong Tiara" Sweetie belle replied. " We hated you so much after everything you've done to us , and after we were nearly driven out of town thanks to you we wanted nothing more but to beat the living hell out of you if we ever found you. But like chrysalis and her people, we understand why you turned out the way you are, during our last conversation with your dad we finally understood you better. After how your mother treated you and your father we honestly couldn't blame you for acting that way Tiara"

"That's right" Bloom replied. " If my mother was like that to me I honestly would have been the same, cause no one deserves to be treated like that. So I can tell that your not a bad person Tiara you were just gone down a dark path just like us when we bumped into Chysalis. Also Thunderlane told us about your public apology earlier today so we can see now that your truly sorry for everything, plus it took some real guts to just shatter your Tiara like that as to erase your past sins and ah respect that" The trio then nodded in unison as Tiara started to silently weep.

"Thank you Bloom, I hope we can be friends and to start over" She said earning smiles from the trio.

"We'd like that very much Tiara" they said all together and brought their new friend into a group hug which she was quick to return happy that the CMC forgave her after everything she's done to them, but the moment was soon cut short when a voice came .

"There you are young lady" Came a voice sending shivers down the fillies spine as she recognized that voice and turned around to find her father Filthy rich and his wife walking towards her looking all kinds of stern.

"Oh crap now I'm in trouble" She gulped , they gave her a stern look for what felt like an eternity as the filly continued to wait for them to scold her for running away and hiding for an entire week, But their attitudes soon changed.

"You had us pretty worried young lady" Riches wife said, surprising tiara as her father nodded in unison.

"Indeed" He replied. " I honestly wasn't expecting you to be hiding out in the Crusaders treehouse all week" saying this the trio raised their eyebrows as Tiara blush embarrassed. " We also heard your public apology earlier today too"

"You saw that? " she asked as her parents nodded.

"Indeed" Her stepmom answered. " After this whole mess was taken care of, your father and I went out to find you and that's when we happened to spot you at town square standing on the podium. We heard ever single word that came out of your mouth and we were surprised to hear those kind of words come out of your mouth young lady"

"And suffice to say" Rich replied. "your mother and I have never been so proud of you for finally taking responsibility for your actions" Saying this Tiara smiled.

"Thanks you guys" She replied and then nervously circled her hoof on the floor. " Does that mean ...........................I'm not grounded anymore?" She then gave a big grin earning chuckles from the couple.

"If you promise to change your ways and attitude..............................then yes" Rich said as his wife nodded in unison. The now happy filly then hugged her parents.

"I promise guys" she said happily as her stepmom kissed her on her forehead and her father playfully rustled her main.

"That's my girl" He said proudly. " Now you run along and have fun with your friends"

"Thanks guys" She said and soon joined her new friends to have fun , but before the party could commence Fluttershy and Angel popped in surprising the partygoers and the rest of the main 6.

"There you are partner" applejack said. " We were just about to start without ya, Is Angel doing ok?" After saying this Fluttershy gave a blush and an uncomfortable look soon formed on her face.

"wellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll" She said nervously. " Turns out he wasn't sick after all, he was.............................well.....................................see for yourselves" she then lifted Angel up presenting him to the partygoers wondering why she looked so worried about her Rabbit especially since he wasn't sick or anything, but they soon got their answer which was unexpected.

"What's up fellahs?" Angel said and then waved earning wide eyes and dropped jaws from the crowd not expecting to hear Fluttershys pet rabbit speak . They stayed in silent shock for about 5 minutes until someone finally broke the ice.

"Di ,di, di,di, did that rabbit just talk?" Dash stuttered.

"Yeah of course I did" Angel replied. " And Dash I didn't wanna say this yesterday but you had a booger hanging out" She then covered her nose in embarrassment not knowing that she had a booger yesterday. But her shock at the talking rabbit never went away. " Twilight, please tell us you know what's going on"

"If ima take a guess, he must have got into contact with some poison joke rain" she replied earning a nod of agreement form the pegasus.

"That makes sense" She replied. " Uh soooooooooooooooooooo, how does it feel to speak Angel?"

"Honestly it feels pretty cool" He replied. " I can finally speak my mind instead of relying on sign language. I can finally express myself and to give others a piece of my mind, speaking of which Shy no offence but that Carrot soup ya made for be for breakfast had too much salt ya trying to give me a heart attack woman?" The entire crowd stayed silent after hearing Angels statement about his breakfast this morning, but soon the silence turned into full born laughter and soon the partygoers and even Fluttershy laughed out loud as their shock turned to hilarity from the Rabbits new voice. After a good laugh Fluttershy spoke.

"First off sorry Angel dear, I won't add too much salt next time" She said to her rabbit friend. " Also hat is your prognoses about this Twi?" Twilight then gave a long hmmm before reaching her verdict.

"Well" She began." As long as it's not hurting him and that its the only effect he received after making contact with the poison joke, I say he's fine. But we can talk more about it later, now come on everypony enough of these interruptions. What do you say we finally get this party started" After saying this the entire shop roared in cheers especially Pinkie pie who's hair finally returned to it's normal poofy state. and soon the festivities began as the partygoers enjoyed every single moment, and the fact that reconciliations and reunions between families occurred made it much more enjoyable as it was a sign that this was the beginning of new friendships and a new beginning or their small town and equestria.

Author's Note

You guys have no idea how excited i was to finally add talking Angel in the story🤣

Only one more chapter to go and the story is complete :pinkiehappy: Stay tuned for the epilogue coming this weekend (hopefully :twilightblush: ) Until then I'll see ya around folks :raritywink:

Epilogue

Suffice to say everything was back to normal for the town of Ponyville. This weeks events left a big rift for the town but these were easily overcome thanks to the power of love and friendship, everyone pitched in to help clean up the mess from the changeling invasion. The crusaders still feeling bad about the whole thing and being a major part of it volunteered to help with the clean up as well and soon after a lot of hard work the entire town was back to it's normal state in only 2 days. Speaking of the CMC's the entire town especially their families were happy to have them back and to have reconciled with the girls a putting this dreaded Gabby gums and takeover incident behind permanently, even though they've forgiven everyone the entire town subjected the girls to a week of discounts from their stores, gifts, homemade goodies, numerous desserts from the sweet shop courtesy of pinkie, and even a welcome back party hosted by their friends and classmates and as for the Alicorn amulets Twilight had pinkie hang on to them and to lock them away inside of her basement with the elements of harmony as well in case of an emergency. Throughout the week each member of the group was happy to finally be back home with their loved ones.

Apple bloom breathed a sigh of relief to finally be back home and officially switched back to her signature red bow much to her sisters delight happy to have the old Bloom back. She also helped out Applejack with the farmwork while Big Mac was still in the hospital and Caramel contributed as well but it wasn't just him, Applejack showed her gratitude to the Flim Flam brothers for their help and offered them to stay in the guest room in the farm for the rest of their visit instead of checking into a hotel to which the brothers politely accepted and to show their gratitude they helped out with the farmwork as well and even helped to make the last batch of zap applejam. And I can safely say the farm was back to working order in no time.

Scootaloo felt like the happiest girl of all not only to finally have a family but to have her idol as her adopted older sister. Dash and Fluttershy helped to move Scoots stuff from the orphanage to Dashes house and the filly grew accustomed to her new home. To celebrate her first night Dash arranged a family dinner with her parents and the couple was overjoyed to meet their newest daughter and showered her with hugs and kisses, and they even took a big family photo together after dinner, and that's not all Scoots also received her cutie mark on the same day and Dash and their parents couldn't have been any happier and prouder for their newest family member who looked the happiest of them all. suffice to say they were one big happy family.

Sweetie belle took up an unusual hobby of collecting knives mainly due to her time with the changeling queen, Rarity and their parents were a bit unsettling at first for her newest hobby. But they never the less allowed it as long as she promised not to bring them to school or to only use in case of emergencies. Rarity even made Sweetie belle a new dress just for her as to celebrate her little sister finally coming home and she even bought her her own diary which made the filly happy especially since her older sis loves her again. She also decided to keep her spiked hair style not only having grown used to it but after Snails complimented that "It looked hot on her" which made the filly even happier wink wink.

Throughout their stay the Flim flam brothers apologized to every single citizen that they've conned since their last visit and even offered each of them a full refund, long story short everyone was touched by the brothers words and soon forgave them and said that they were welcome into their town anytime much to the brothers joy happy that their fears of no one forgiving them over their past actions was just a bad thought. But it wasn't just them, Diamond Tiara apologized to everyone she's ever bullied or ridiculed and she was soon forgiven by all and she and silver spoon became actual friends as well, and Bloom gave her her black bow as a gift to replace her shattered Tiara and the rich filly showed her gratitude to her new friends kindness, she even helped to plan out and throw Scootaloo's cute-ceañera. And I can safely say the girls couldn't have been happier to have a new friend to the group.

And as for chrysalis and her Changelings. I can safely say that they grew accustomed to their new living arrangements. It was a bit difficult at first but soon the ponies of Canterlot welcomed Chrysalis and her subjects into their pony community and they couldn't have been happier to finally have an actual home. Most of them even got themselves jobs from mailcarriers, custodians, cooks, cashiers, and some of them even signed up to join the royal guards. Thorax and Pharynx however politely declined the offer to move to Canterlot having to grown accustomed to Ponyville, the two brothers rented themselves a studio apartment just 2 blocks away from Pinkies and each got a respected job as well with Pharynx working at Sugarcube corner after Pinkie discovered his unique baking skills and Thorax became twilight's second assistant at her library. The brothers enjoyed their new life in ponyville and were just as happy to have been accepted by the pony community.

Aside from these events there was also some new found relationships among a certain group of ponies. Flim and Twilight continued on with their relationship despite the constant reminder of that peeping tom incident ( mainly from Dash) and soon the two became boyfriend and girlfriend with Flim treating the mare to a week of movie and dinner dates. Twilight felt so happy to have such a gentleman and handsome stallion by her side with her not expecting to be the falling in love type, but she enjoyed her time with Flim never the less. Big Mac and Fluttershy started to grow close as well, throughout the week Fluttershy visited Mac at the hospital where they chatted for an hour and complimented and found time to flirt with each other with Big mac promising to take her out on the most romantic dinner date the second he's checked out much to the pink haired pegasus's joy.

Oh and as for Angel. Everyone started to get used to the now talking bunny and even looked to him as a town icon and he even made headlines on the news, Zecora at one point offered him the cure to poison joke but he declined having grown into now having a voice, that and he thought that he sounded like a hunk only earning him giggles from his animal friends and caretaker.

To make a long story short all was well for everyone.

One week later

At the train station we find Twilight and the gang along with the Flim Flam bros who were ready to depart after their visit was over. Each member of the gang said goodbye in their own ways with Applejack giving them some apple pies and a few jars of zap applejam, Pinkie baked them the biggest "goodbye hope to see you again soon" cake, Dash shared some of her workout tips with Flim to use at home, Rarity fashioned some new travel outfits for the two brothers, Fluttershy presented the brothers with a fabulous self portrait of the duo made personally by Angel, and Twilight shared her favorite literature's with the duo especially her boyfriend. Speaking of Flim and Twilight, Flim promised to visit whenever he can and Twilight promised to keep in touch as well and even gave him some of her magic scroll paper to keep in contact with each other, no doubt their love was strong as it was since their first kiss last thursday. As their train was 5 feet away from the station the group continued to say their goodbyes.

"So what's next for the Flim Flam brothers?" Rainbow dash asked.

"Well first, we're gonna head back home and reconcile with dad and Silver Shill" Flam replied.

"that's nice" Fluttershy jumped in. " I'm sure they''ll forgive and be really happy to see you guys especially your father after they hear about your brave actions last week" The brothers nodded in agreement.

"Next we're gonna start fresh with our business and actually BE an honest business duo" Flim said.

"Oh?" AJ replied. " And how do ya'll plan on doing that?"

"Well AJ" Flam said. " We thought we'd start out simple and maybe sell some baked goods as well, our grandmother had some amazing recipes so maybe we'll be traveling bakers, we're also planning on starting out with some homemade pies"

"Why that sounds like an excellent idea partner" Applejack said and then playfully raised a fist in the air. " But don't ya'll be selling apple pies or we're gonna tussle" Saying this the brothers blushed.

"Hehe yes ma'am" They said in unison still blushing.

"but seriously ya'll" Applejack said. " We wish you luck out there , I know your new business is gonna blow up in no time. As long as your honest about it through the end"

"Thanks Applejack" Flim said and then turned towards his girlfriend. " I'll write to ya the second I return home" This caused the young unicorn to blush.

"And i'll be sure to write back IMMEDIATELY" She said with a hint of lust causing the others to playfully Ooohhhhh at the couple. Ignoring this the duo then leaned in for a passionate kiss, but this was soon interrupted when the brothers train soon arrived much to the surprise of the others. But that wasn't the only surprise for the gang, cause within seconds the door from the front coach was practically kicked opened and soon a stallion rushed out of the coach with a look of worry and bravery on his face, and soon Twilight and Spike recognized the Stallion standing right in front of them.

"Shiny?!" They said earning the Stallions attention.

"Twily, Spike!!!!!!!!!" He called out and then rushed over and brought his two siblings into a big nearly bone crushing hug. " Are you guys ok?! Don't worry Big Bro's here, me and Cadance are gonna make those monsters go away AGAIN!" He then set them down and proceeded to unsheathe his sword. " Now where is she? Where is that mosquito looking bitch and her army?! I'll chop her head off and mount it over my fireplace if she hurt any of you I swear to god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" As Shining Armor continued to swing his sword and rant, Twilight soon put a stop to it and gently grabbed his arm causing him to stop ranting in confusion.

"It's ok Shiny" She said softly and with a giggle. " We're fine"

"Yeah everything's all hunky dory now" Angel jumped in ( no pun intended)

"Say what now?" Shining armor said in confusion"

"You don't have to worry big bro" Spike said. " We already took care of the Changelings so everything's fine now i promise" After hearing this a dumbfounded face soon formed on the stallions face.

"You mean, you guys took care of the Changeling invasion already?" He asked as the others nodded yes to the stallion who then proceeded to re sheath his sword in disappointment and frustration. " God damn it!!!!! I was so excited to use my new sword in battle, Cadence even shined and sharpened it for me before we departed" His disappointed face was soon replaced with a sad puppy dog look and soon Cadance walked up and wrapped a hoof around his neck comforting her husband.

" there, there Shiny, there's always next time" She said and then planted a cheek kiss before turning towards her sister in law. " so I take it everything's alright now Twily?" Twilight then nodded in reassurance.

"Yes, like i said everything's alright now" she replied and then gave a stern look towards her lil brother figure. " Spike I told you to send the letter to them as well!"

"I did send it honest!" Spike reassured until Shining Armor jumped in.

"Calm down Twily it wasn't his fault" He said. " You probably didn't know this but the mailing system in the Crystal empire sucks donkey ass. We didn't get your letter until last Wednesday that's how slow it is, did you know that it took them an entire month to deliver my package? Seriously it took em one freaking month to deliver two measly bottles of imported cologne to me?!" Shining then cleared his throat a bit before speaking again. " Sorry didn't mean to rant but it's true , I love the Crystal empire but they seriously need to do something about their mailing system. Anyways would ya be so kind as to inform us about last weeks events BLSFF? More importantly HOW is Angel talking?" After his statement Twilight cleared her own throat before speaking.

"Well It's like this..........................................................................

5 minutes later

As Twilight finished explaining everything the royal couple were in shock not expecting to learn about the dreaded Changeling queens backstory or the fact that she used to be friends with Celestia, Luna, and discord. After a moment of shock the couple voiced their opinions.

"Wow I wasn't expecting that, that is quite a doozy" Cadence said. " Tbh That actually explains a lot, If I was treated like that I'd be lying if I said that I wouldn't have done the exact same thing as her" However Shining armor had a different reaction.

"Well I ain't buying it" He said coldly. " After all the shit she pulled how do we know this isn't just a ploy to get close to Canterlot for another invasion?" Cadence glared at her husbands words but before she could retort Twilight stepped forward and placed a comforting hoof on his shoulder.

"I know this is hard to believe bro, but it's true" She replied. " Changelings have been treated poorly for centuries by ridicule, bullying, isolation, and even murder which is how Chrysalis's parents met their sad fate all ebcause of their appearances. She's not a bad pony brother she was just upset about not being accepted by the community for being different and after what happened between her and Celestia many years ago, the changelings aren't bad once you get to know them hell two of them even helped us take back our town, and if that's not a good enough reason to except them than I don't know what is. I'm not asking you to trust her bro, but could you at least hear her out first? Cause again she's not a bad guy, she was just misunderstood is all" After saying this the stallion pondered for a moment wondering if the Changelings can be trusted to live amongst the ponies but the pleading puppy dog eyes from both his wife and little sister soon made him make up his mind. He then let out a sigh before speaking again.

"Only for you Twily" He said with a smile earning him a hug from his BLSFF and his wife.

"Thanks shiny" They both said in unison, and soon the stallion gave his attention to Flim and advanced towards him as the peppermint mane colored stallion let out a gulp at the broad looking stallion standing in front of him giving him the most menacing and terrifying glare.

"So your the chump who's seeing my little sister huh?" He said in a menacing tone making Flim gulp even more as he prepared for what the large stallion was gonna do to him, however Shining's expression soon changed to a grin as he lifted the stallion up in the air much to his surprise not expecting him to be so strong. " WELCOME TO THE FAMILY!!!!!!!!! I can tell your gonna treat my little sister well, you definitely seem like her type.............................huh you got a nice figure bro, what's your workout routine?"

"Ok Shiny don't squeeze the poor man too hard " Cadence said as her husband blushed and then proceeded to gently place him back onto the ground.

"Yes dear" He said still blushing. " But seriously I know I just met ya but after what twily said in the letter I already like ya" He then playfully nudged his shoulder. " Take good care of her alright Bro? She's a good woman and I don't want anything to happen to her cause she's also my best friend" Flim them gave a determined smirk and in a split second the two stallions clasped their hooves together in a manly manner.

"You got it Bro, I ain't gonna let anything happen to my girl I promise" He said earning a nod from the blue haired stallion.

"Good" He said with a smirk earning eye rolls from both Twily and Cadence, but their bro moment was soon cut short when the conductor called out to the group.

"5 MINUTES UNTIL DEPARTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He shouted.

"Oh damn!" Flam shouted. " We better get going bro" Flim nodded in agreement and soon the brothers collected their luggage and gifts and were about to head inside the coach but not before Flim stayed behind for a few seconds to give his girlfriend one quick kiss to which she was quick to return.

"I'll see ya soon ok?" He said .

"I can't wait" Twilight said happily as she watched her boyfriend head inside the train coach but not before they turned around for the last time and waved goodbye to the group who waved back as they watched the train depart from the station. The two brothers them made their way inside the coach but not before Flam spoke up.

"That reminds me" He said in an annoyed tone. " Really bro? What happened to that rule that we wouldn't date unless both of us finds a girl at the same time?" After saying this Flim rolled his eyes.

"Oh come on bro, it's not like you had any feelings for her " He replied and then a sly smile formed on his face. " And your one to talk, need I remind you of that blue magician unicorn you've been seeing since our trip to Las pegasus last year?

"Shut up" Flam said with a blush as his brother laughed at his reaction as they two of them made their way to their seat.

Back at the station the group watched the train exit the horizon and stayed silent for a few seconds before someone broke the ice.

"Well that was a nice eventful moment" Cadence said.

"You said it honey" Shining replied but then an annoyed look formed on his face. " But still It sucks that we missed all the action and practically ran all the way over hear for nothing" Twilight smiled and then walked over and placed a hoof on her disappointed brothers shoulder.

"Well" She began. " You two are already hear, and the next train to the Crystal empire isn't due to return for another hour. What do you say we go on down to the diner and grab some breakfast and spend some time and catch up together?" Hearing this the couple smiled and both nodded in unison.

"That sounds like a nice idea Twilight" Cadence said.

"I'm game lil sis" Shining armor replied and the others nodded in agreement as well. With nothing else to say the group left the station towards the local diner ready to enjoy their day together along with the royal couple.

Later that day

We find the apple siblings out on the fields doing their usual chores around the farm, Big mac was also officially discharged from the hospital earlier today and received his crutches. Bloom told him to take it easy for a while until he was able to walk properly and promised to do his chores as well as her own as he was healing especially since he had a date with Shy tomorrow. The stallion appreciated his little sisters help and again couldn't have been any happier to have his little sister back despite the events from last week that could have torn them apart for good.As Applejack bucked the 20th tree today as Apple bloom collected the apples, the siblings soon spotted a carriage parked near the entrance of the farm and soon and elderly stallion exited the carriage luggage in hoof and payed the carriage driver as he watched it depart. He then turned around and waved to the siblings who were quick to recognize the stallion standing right in front of them.

"Howdy kids!!!!!" He said happily.

"Grandpa pear?!" The siblings said in unison as he walked towards them.

"Yup that's me" He said with a big grin. " I have arrived, Ah Bloom I see your finally home are you ok now sugarcube?"

"Uhhhhhhh yes I'm fine grandpa pear and so are my friends" she said uneasily. " but uh what are you doing here? Ya didn't tell us that you were visiting today" Grand Pear however just laughed after hearing his youngest grandchild question.

"Oh I'm not visiting Bloom" He began. " I'm moving in with ya'll!!!" After hearing this the siblings jaws dropped not expecting to hear this from one of their grandparents.

"SAY WHAT!!!!!!???????" They all shouted in unison.

"Oh yes it's true" He replied. " I knew you kids would have a hard time getting the farm back into working order especially with granny gone, so I made a decision to come on down to ponyville and move in with ya to give ya'll a helping hand. Plus I figured that It's what I should do as to make up for my life long rivalry with granny smith, I want to help keep her legacy alive and to not let the Apple family business crumble. Now I might not know much about apples but It's never to late to try out new things and to learn, cause that's what good ole granny smith would have wanted right? For us to carry on in her stead" After hearing his statement the siblings were shocked to hear those words come out of his mouth, but they never the less showed great gratitude that their grandfather was willing to move in to help out to ensure the Apple family business remains strong, however Bloom was still kind of concerned about this sudden choice.

"But what about the others back home?" She asked. "Won't they need you there to help with the pears?" Pear however slowly shook his head.

"Don't worry sugarcube" He reassured. " They completely understood my decision and my oldest promised to look after things for me along with the others. Plus with the miss's gone it gets kind of lonely inside of my house" Hearing this the siblings lowered their heads in sadness remembering how devastated Grandpa pear was after Grandma pear passed away last Hearts warming. They stayed silent for a few minutes until Grand Pear finally got a little better and perked up a little. " Now come on kids, lets not waste the rest of the day all gloomy. Granny wouldn't want us to be sad. She would want us to move forward. Now let's get to work I can tell we still have some more apples to collect" After hearing this the siblings perked up after hearing their grandpa's words knowing that eh was right, the trio nodded in unison and soon Apple bloom and AJ helped to bring his luggage inside of the house but as they were about to head inside Grand pear felt a weird presence behind him and soon turned around to find 8 spirits standing right in front of him each giving him warm smiles especially the three standing right in front of him and he soon smiled back after recognizing the spirits standing right in front of him.

"I'll make ya'll proud I promise to carry on the Apple legacy as much as I can" He reassured and soon granny smiths spirit floated towards him and said.

"I know you will sugarcube" She replied. " I know you will" She then leaned in and planted a gentle kiss to the elderly man before vanishing and soon the others followed suit but not before waving goodbye to the man as he watched their aura float upwards towards the sunny filled sky. A single tear formed on one of his eyes as he smiled proudly before making his way inside of the farm to join his grandchildren.

Later that afternoon

Inside of a cafe we find the Canterlot trio sitting comfortably in one of the booths patiently waiting for both their drinks ,baked goods , and Chrysalis to arrive. As they waited they started to recollect about last weeks events essentially from their old friends would have been take over of ponyville and nearly enslaving the entire town with the vengeful CMC's by her side throughout it all. They began to ponder what would have happened if they haven't received Twilight's call for help in time or if Chrysalis chose not to forgive any of them especially Celestia. But these were soon brushed off as they were just so happy that ponyville was finally back to the way it was, the Crusaders were back home safe and sound, and they were reunited with their old friend after years of being apart from each other after that dreaded incident which nearly cost them their friendship.

"Boy I tell ya" Discord said in a reclining position. " It's nice to have things back to normal wouldn't ya agree ladies"

"Hehe you said it old friend" Celestia replied. " And I must say Discord I'm very proud of your progress these past few weeks you truly have become a changed man" after hearing this the hybrid creature couldn't help but blush.

"Aww thanks Tia" He said and Luna herself couldn't help but smirk and giggle at this little moment between her Big sis and the draconequus.

"Whatchu laughing at Luna?" He asked.

"Nothing" She said in a sly tone while looking away, just then she noticed the entrance door open and Soon Chrysalis emerged much to her surprise. The moon goddess soon called the changeling queen over to where they were sitting and she was quick to join then as Discord scooted over leaving a spot for his friend to take a seat with them.

"Sorry I'm late fellahs" She said. "I had some things to take care of real quick today"

"It's no problem old friend" Celestia replied and as soon as she said that a changeling Barista walked over presenting the group a tray full of baked goods and their beverages and placed them onto the table. " Oh thank you frank" As soon as he picked up the empty tray Celestia placed a few bits onto the tray as a tip much to the changelings joy as he walked away happily. As each of them grabbed their respected drinks and reached for one of the baked goodies Chrysalis couldn't help but look at her friends happy to have them back after all these years, after a minute she finally broke the ice.

"Feels like old times huh?" she said and soon the others nodded in agreement.

"You said it old friend" Luna responded.

"Yeah it's nice to have you back onto our side instead of the darkness Chrysie" Discord said.

"Ha that's funny coming from you Disc, especially with your past history as well" Chrysalis retorted causing the to blush in embarrassment, he then took a quick peak and noticed that the changeling didn't come empty handed and had a few suitcases on the floor next to their booth.

"Ya going camping?" He asked as Chrysalis wondered what he meant by that but soon put two and two together after realizing that he was referring to her luggage.

"Huh ? Oh this" She asked. " Hehe my apartment isn't gonna be ready for the next couple of weeks, so I'm gonna be crashing with my folks for the next few nights until it's up and ready" After hearing their friends explanation the trio looked at each other as if they were silently discussing something, after a few seconds of silence the trio nodded in unison as they reached a verdict and then turned back to the Changeling queen.

"You know Chrysie" Celestia began. " Your more than welcome to move in with us in the castle" Hearing this Chrysalis was in shock after receiving this surprising invitation to live in the castle.

"Uh that's really nice offer old friend" She said nervously." But I wouldn't want to intrude"

"Nonsense!!!!" Luna replied. " Thou wouldn't intrude in the slightest my friend! Besides we have plenty of rooms in the castle so your more than welcome to move in"

"Indeed" Discord jumped in. " It would be just like our college days when we shared a dorm together..................................oh yeah I forgot, hehe sorry about that"

"No it's ok Discord I understand" Chrysalis replied waving an understanding hoof.

"But seriously Chrysie" Celestia jumped in. " You are more than welcome to live with us, my castle has plenty of rooms and like Luna said you wouldn't intrude at the slightest. Plus I would love to have you by my side along with Discord and Luna, we weren't there for you all those years ago old friend and we almost abandoned you out of our lives permanently. But we're not about to let that happen, we're here for you right now Chrysie and we're never gonna let you go old friend. Your not just my best friend Chrysie..................your family to me and you have no idea how much I cherished that thought in my head all of these year, and I as well as Luna and Discord would love to have you by our side from now on. So what do you say sis?" Discord and Luna both nodded their heads in unison after agreeing with Tia's statement as Chrysalis's look of shock never went away, she was surprised and grateful that her friends cared about her so much and that they're happy to have her by her side. She had no idea someone cared about her so much aside from her adopted parents, tears started to form along with a warm smile as the Changeling queen finally reached a decision.

"Yes" She sniffed. " I would love that very much..............................Big sis" After hearing this Celestia walked over along with Luna and Discord and soon they collected their Changeling friend into a group hug which she was quick to return as the employees and patrons watched in with Awwwww's at the heartwarming scene between the four friends. So much pain was brought upon Chrysalis and her changelings for years and while she originally believed that her people would never be excepted by the ponies, the warm embrace brought upon by her friends proved her wrong otherwise. As she finally knew that Changelings and ponies can live together in peace and harmony, and the magic of friendship would and will always remain strong between the four friends, they were a family and nothing no matter what the circumstance or obstacle will ever change that.

"Thank you guys" chrysalis sniffed. " Thank you so much" the others especially Celestia smiled warmly.

"It's good to have you back sis" She said happily as tears of joy started to form.

"It's good to have you back"

Author's Note

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But until then I hope you guys enjoyed this rollercoaster ride and hopefully I'll have the next story on the list up sometime this june, until then I'll see ya around folks :twilightsmile:

Wednesday : Culinary Revelations and punishment ( warning contains inappropriate touching and rape attempt)

The next morning

In the "messhall" We find Applejack, Pinkie, Mr cake, and the rest of the chefs or restaurant owners in town preparing breakfast for both the changeling troops and the citizens. Now while prepping this much food wasn't a problem for Aj, Pinkie, and Mr cake especially since Applejack was used to cooking large amounts for apple family reunions and Pinkie and her boss prepping pastries for the hungry customers this was another story. Since Chrysalis instructed them to prepare whatever food her and her changeling subject request and to cook the food that only the citizens are allowed to have the cooks especially pinkie Pie were saddened that they couldn't be creative and give their dishes the pizazz that got each of them either good ratings or recognition from their friends and loved ones, Applejack as especially upset as without access to her secret ingredients, the signature apple pies she made weren't the same. What made this whole job worse was that her little sister was put in charge of the chefs to ensure that they don't pull a fast one by poisoning Chrysalis or her troops food, the thought of getting supervised by her little sister and the cold icy stare that she continued to give her only made the farm girl more and more anxious. While she was disappointed at Apple bloom for going down this dark path she couldn't help but feel that she deserved this after her harsh behavior towards her due to Gabby gums. As she was finishing up the stew Apple bloom took the opportunity to give a little taste test to see if it was up to standards.

"So how is it lil sis?" Applejack asked as her sister was about to critique today's breakfast

"Need's a little salt" She critiqued earning a groan from the earth mare.

"I just put salt in it kid" Applejack snapped back.

"Well add a little more, our troops need the energy for work today and watch the attitude" Apple bloom replied

"Excuse me?!" Applejack shot back. " I am still your older sister missy, I don't care how hurt you are you don't talk to me like ............................................................."Applejack was gonna continue but soon stopped after realizing that she was dangerously close to repeating the same incident with Granny smith a few weeks ago with fear that she would say something that she would regret and make the same mistake for the second time this month. After a moment she calmed herself before apologizing.

"Sorry bloom I didn't mean to snap" Applejack said trying her best not to shed a tear as the memory of Granny smiths death and cause of it played in her mind. " I'll add a little more salt "

"Good" Apple bloom said with a hint of gratitude. " And I want the stew and the rest of the breakfast items done post haste, breakfast starts in 10 minutes"

"As you wish commander" Applejack replied sadly as she watched her little sister leave the kitchen Pinkie pie and Mr Cake noticed the depressed look in her eyes and Pinkie not liking the sight of a sad pony approached her.

"Applejack are you ok?" She asked.

"Yeah I'm fine Pinkie" AJ answered.

"You sure?" Mr cake asked. " Cause you just called Apple bloom commander instead of little sister, the Applejack we know wouldn't submit so easily to something like that. Plus you paused randomly as you were about to tell her off, what was stopping you?" As he made that statement Applejack couldn't help but feel nervous, a part of her wanted to just up and tell them the truth about the full story of what really caused Granny Smiths heart attack, but again she just couldn't bring herself to tell them the truth out of fear of them hating her for saying such harsh words towards her grandmother so again she just brushed it off with an excuse.

"I...................................It's nothing guys I'm just still shocked at my sister turning over to the dark side and I didn't want to say anything to upset her even more" She said quietly" Now come on you guys we gotta finish cooking up breakfast, otherwise they wont let us eat either"

"Uh ok" Pinkie said suspiciously while she understands that Applejack was still upset at Bloom for going down this path she couldn't help but feel that there was something that her farmer friend wasn't telling them. However she simply just brushed this off ( for now). With nothing more to say the trio and the other cooks proceeded to finish up prepping the breakfast items.

10 minutes later

The Changeling troops and the citizens are now seen in the messhall eating their breakfast, each and everyone of the citizens felt uncomfortable to have to share a booth with some of the changelings with them playfully taunting and teasing each of them as they ate. Most of them tried their hardest to just ignore the rude creatures or sit as far away from them as possible especially the mane 6 who wanted nothing to do with these creatures. Just then the three commanders have just received their food and were about to head over to their private booth to join their friends, but before they reached their booth they found themselves face to face with a familiar face who was sitting next to his wife.

"Hi kids" The stallion greeted.

"Oh uh Hi Mr rich" Apple bloom said quietly. " How are you doing?"

"I'm fine, me and my wife are doing fine thank you" He said trying his hardest to sound happy while his wife looked on nervously. " Aside from the town being taken over by your queen and having to work out in the fields we're doing just fine" As he made his statement Bloom let out a sigh.

"Look Mr rich" she began. " We don't blame and were not angry at you. It's your daughter that were pissed at" Mr rich then let out a sigh of his own.

"I know" He said earning confused looks from the trio.

"Wait what? " Scoots asked.

"I know that you guys hate my daughter and honestly I don't blame you kids" He said sadly.

"You don't ? Sweetie belle asked earning them nods from the couple.

"Indeed" His wife said. " I've only been Tiara's step mother for a year and honestly I can see what Rich was talking about. With her stubborn attitude and rude behavior I don't really blame you guys for hating her guts, I hate to admit this but she really is a bully"

"Indeed" Mr rich said himself. " I actually feared this would happen to her, I tried my hardest to not have her be like her real mother Spoiled rich but alas she's starting to turn into her with how rude Spoiled was to her and the worst part she didn't even want kids in the first place and even said that to her face on her 5th birthday . I tried my best to be a good parent and not have her be like spoiled, but no matter how hard I try she still became a bully no matter how much I discipline her. I figured that if I divorced Spoiled and cut her from my life Tiara wouldn't follow into her hoofsteps and be a nice mare instead of a manipulative bully, but i fear that it's too late"

"That is true" She said. " Spoiled was a rich monster, hell during the wedding ceremony she barged inside the wedding hall uninvited in a jealous rage and bribed me $200,000 right in front of Rich to not marry him. I of course didn't accept the money from this sick mare and Rich furious that his ex tried to crash the wedding and even go as far as to try to pay me not to marry him threw her out of not only the hall but his life forever. After seeing that I didn't blame the poor man and his daughter for having spent 10 years with that terrible mare, and to make matters worse she really is starting to follow her hoofsteps" After hearing Riches wife's statement the trio felt a slight surge of realization after learning the truth about Tiara's rude personality and honestly couldn't blame the couple.

"Damn I never knew Tiara's real mother was that much of a B word, I'm sorry you had to go through that Mr and Mrs Rich" bloom said.

"Thank you Bloom" He replied. " And listen I know you guys are still furious at my daughter for making you run away in the first place, but if you do manage to track her down please, please, please don't do something that you'll regret for the rest of your lives" The girls felt a small hint of sympathy after hearing out Mr rich but alas their anger towards Tiara wasn't gonna go away anytime soon.

"We can't any promises Mr Rich" Bloom replied. " Your daughter put us through a living hell ever since 3rd grade , but we'll try to keep our anger under control if we manage to find her but again I can't promise you guys anything, sorry our friends are waiting for us at our booth we'll see you guys later"

"Ok, have a nice morning kids" Mr Rich said as he watched the trio walk away food in hand and his expression soon turned to worry and sadness as he said to himself. " Tiara wherever you are I hope your thinking long and hard about your actions young lady"

Later that day

Near the Apple residence we find many of the citizens out on he Apple fields hard at work as instructed by the changeling queen to Buck tree's, collect crops, apples, eliminate weeds, and plant new fruits and vegetables out onto the fields. This was difficult for some as most of em didn't know the first thing about farmwork or planting crops, most of em had to rely on Big Macintosh for helpful tips as he has farmwork in his blood. But even though he was experienced with this he found it to be more difficult then usual with his sister working in the messhall instead of the farm, but the large strong stallion tried his hardest to help out his friends as much as possible as to not have them get punished by the queen for a poor work performance, as he was bucking the 20th tree today he spotted his animal lover friend Fluttershy quietly feeding her animal friends so hat they don't resort to going for the crops. He couldn't help but feel sorry for the poor mare as she didn't even have the strength to buck tree's and what's worse her pet rabbit was being held hostage by the Changeling queen and was being used as her pet/little court jester.

"Poor girl" He thought to himself. " She doesn't deserve this, hell nobody deserves this. Bloom I know your pissed at me but this is not the answer. I should really have a word with her during my lunch break"

As Fluttershy continued to feed her animal friend a Changeling as large as Big Mac stood over her , his shadow silhouette sending a slight chill down her spine.

"Hey" He said. " It's time to get to work "

"Yyyyeeeessss sir" She said with a face full of fear and nervousness. " I'll get right back to work, just let me feed the birds real quick"

"Well hurry up!" He shouted earning a shiver from the shy mare. " Don't wanna keep the queen waiting , and you know what she'll do to your little pets if ya do so do ya?"

"Yes sir I understand" She said nervously . " I'll finish up quickly and get back to work, scouts honor" As she was about to feed the birds the Changeling couldn't help but look down at the shy mares flank which was pointing all the way up as she was feeding her bird friends, he then licked his lips seductively at the lovely sight of this shy mares luscious butt poking in the air and the perv continued to admire it even more as it shook slightly as she fed her bird friends.

As Fluttershy was about finished feeding the birds she let out a loud yelp as she felt a pair of hooves slap her flank.

"Hehe damn you got a nice wagon here little missy" He said lustfully making the poor mare uncomfortable.

"Please don't do that, that's not nice" She said with a nervous blush, earning an evil chuckle from the changeling.

"Oh I'm sorry" He said with a hint of sarcasm. " Would you prefer If I did this instead?" He them proceeded his inappropriate behavior even more by firmly massaging her flank making Fluttershy yelp even louder.

"Please stop I don't like that" She pleaded but it only caused the changeling to giggle even more.

"That's what they all say" He said as he continued his assault. " But in the end they want it to happen" He then went even further and licked the side of her flank making her yelp even more.

"Stop it!!!!!" She screamed but he didn't stop.

"Hehe come on ya know ya want this " He chuckled evilly as he continued his assault all while Big mac looked on with an angry growl seeing his friend get sexually assaulted by this pervert. Fluttershy having had enough slapped the large changeling across his face in an effort to break free, but this only made his smirk grow bigger.

"Hehe a fighter huh" He said in his lustful tone not caring that his cheek stung slightly from the slap. " I like that" Before Fluttershy could react, the changeling pinned her down to the ground in a flash her hooves in his grasp preventing her from running away. He then proceeded to firmly lick her neck as the shy mare tried her hardest to get free.

"Stop it please I don't like this!" She shouted as tears started to form.

"Liar" He said as he licked her even further by going for her belly making the poor mare become more and more uncomfortable. " I know your type, you say you don't like it but you secretly do and you know it, dontcha bitch?"

"You remind me of this bully I had in middle school" She sobbed.

"Hehe I'll take that as a compliment" He said as he went lower and lower until he reached her nether regions and them proceeded to spread her legs apart causing the girl to scream.

" NO, NO, NO, NO, NO PLEASE STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She begged as her tears continued to rain down like a faucet , but the changeling had no intent at stopping no matter how much she begged.

"Struggle all ya want bitch" He chuckled. " But no ones gonna save ya, your ass is all mine" Big Mac having seen enough ran over in a fit of rage to stop this perv from hurting his friend"

"HEY GET OFF HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He screamed causing the changeling to stop for a moment.

"Mind your own business" He said in threatening tone. " Get back to work before I report you to chrysalis"

"Not a chance you perverted asshole!" Big mac shouted earning a shocked look from the Changeling.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY!!!!!?????" He shouted.

"You heard me!" Big Mac shout back. " Leave my friend alone or else" After making his threat the changeling got up and lumbered towards the stallion as Fluttershy watched in fear at what the changeling was gonna do to one of her best friends who was trying to save her from this rape attempt. The changeling then brought his fave closer to the red stallions snout and gave him the most threatening look imaginable.

"Or else what? " He said in a threatening tone, however Big Mac stood his ground not even looking the least bit scared.

" Or I'll rip your wings off and mount them over ma fireplace" He said in a threatening tone of his own, however this only earned him a chuckle from the changeling.

"Oh really?" He said. " You think just because your built like me you can kick my ass kid?"

"I know I can, I've dealt with a few bullies throughout my life and your not even a challenge to me you insect" Big Mac replied earning an offended growl from the changeling.

"Say.................that..........................again" He threatened.

"I.N.S.E.C.T , Insect" Big Mack mocked only earning him a snarl from the changeling.

"THAT'S IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He shouted. " I'm gonna enjoy this!" He then raised his hoof in the air and was moments away from slugging the stallion across his face, but it never came as Big Mac In a swift motion grabbed his hoof before the big strike.

"Life lesson number one partner" He said before turning around, and in a flash he raised his high legs and bucked the large changeling sending him hireling and slamming into a nearby apple tree leaving a large earthly crack on the tree trunk from the impact. as the changeling collapsed on the ground a bunch of apples landing right on top of him as the citizen workers watched on in amazement especially Fluttershy not realizing that Big mac was that strong. " Don't F with an apple" As he made his statement the citizens and fluttershys animal friends couldn't help but applaud and cheer at his heroic deed and for teaching that changeling a lesson as the red stallion rushed over to his shy friend.

"Are you ok Shy?" He asked earning a blush of gratitude from the pegasus and then extended his hoof towards her to help her up.

"Yes thank you Big Mac" She said as she reached for his hoof. " You saved my........................................." But before she could grab his hoof someone shouted out stopping her in her tracks.

"JEFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" A changeling screamed as he and five more changelings rushed over towards their unconscious comrade.

"Say something man!!!!!!!!!!" One of then said and then turned towards the red stallion giving him the most threatening look imagionable. " You............................................ARE SO DEAD GRAB HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" and in a split second Big Macintosh found himself restrained by the other four changelings as Fluttershy watched in horror.

" Just wait till the queen hears about this muscle head!" One of the changelings said and then turned toward his other comrade. " Take Jeff to the infirmary We'll take care of this troublemaker" The changeling then nodded and proceeded to grab Jeff to take him to the medical wing. " And as for you, I hope your prepared for the worst punishment imaginable big guy" And with that the changelings proceeded to "escort" the stallion to City hall. " All of you get back to work nothing to see here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"No please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Fluttershy called out in a pleading tone as her tears continued to fall. " Don't hurt him please!" One of the changelings then turned back to her with a chuckle.

"Oh don't worry" He said with an evil smile. " We're not gonna hurt him, we're just gonna give him a little "scolding" And with that they escorted the struggling stallion out of the scene as Fluttershy watched her friend being dragged away all while silently pleading that they don't hurt him.

A few moments later

Big Mac finds himself thrown inside City hall landing in the center causing him to groan from the impact, after collecting himself he finally musters up the courage to look up and finds the Changeling queen ( having returned from her little trip hours ago) giving him the most disappointed look imaginable.

"Is what i heard true?" She asked her troops who nodded their heads in agreement.

"On yes your majesty" One of them said. " This asshole bucked Jeff into an apple tree and he's currently out cold, he's alive but with the chance of a slight concussion"

"Tisk, tisk, tisk." Chrysalis said looking down at the Stallion. " attacking one of my top troops for no reason, you should be ashamed of yourself big guy, i thought you Apples knew better than that" Big Mac feeling insulted at that statement finally spoke up.

"Beg pardon " Your majesty" He said coldly. " But that pervert was touching my friend inappropriately and was seconds away from raping her, i was just giving him what he deserved"

"Hmmmmmmmmmm I see" She remarked. " Jeff is a bit of a horndog, hehe you should ask my female troopers. But still that's no excuse for attacking one of my troopers, if you had just reported it to me I would have simply punished him myself , but instead you chose to make it worse for yourself and act out recklessly"

"RECKLESSLY?!" He shouted. " That asshole was touching my friend inappropriately and I was protecting her, you wanted me to just let the rape happen and report it to you later like a coward? I don't think so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"LOWER YOUR VOICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" One of the changelings shot back"

"Enough" Chrysalis said trying not to shout. " Indeed I do respect someone who chooses to fight back instead of waiting in the sidelines. But that's still no excuse to attack one of my subject, and for that you must be punished" After her statement the stallion just scoffed.

"Do your worst insect" He said. " I'm not scared of you, as long as my friend is safe that's all that matters"

"hehehe tough guy huh? I like that" She giggled impressively. " But it's not me who's gonna punish ya...................................It's them" She then pointed towards the entrance causing big mac to look back in shock to see the CMC standing near the doorway looking all kinds of pissed.

"Is what we heard true your majesty?" Apple bloom asked.

"Oh yes bloom" She answered. " Your brother here rudely attacked one of our troopers and I'm afraid that he'll have to be punished" Chrysalis then proceeded to levitate an assortment of blunt objects towards the girls signaling what their supposed to do. the trio then nodded in agreement as the objects landed right in front of them.

"Yes your majesty we understand" They all said in cold unison as each of them grabbed a blunt object before walking towards the restrained stallion who's look of shock grew even bigger.

"Bloom wait a sec" He pleaded. " Don't do this, I'm your brother" However Bloom showed the least bit of sympathy for the stallion.

"Are you Big Mac? She asked as she brandished her metal pipe. " Cause my brother would have heard me out instead of just yelling at me and my friends to go away"

"But no" Sweetie belle replied brandishing her wooden broom handle. " You and Applejack treated us like we were a bunch of villains instead of giving us a chance to explain ourselves"

"And running us out of town" Scootaloo remarked as she Brandished her chair leg. " As said before, your words hurt us more than a broken leg asshole"

"So now" Bloom said as she raised her metal pipe in the air followed by the rest of the trio. " We're gonna show ya the meaning of the word hurt "Big Brother" Big Mac was about to plead again but his words were cut out as the trio swung their blunt object down on him in a split second as the other commanders including Thorax who were sitting on the sidelines watched on in horror while Chrysalis look on in enjoyment as if she was watching a movie as the blunt object came down towards the large Stallion.

WHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Author's Note

Whew two chapters down for this month, Ironically this one wasn't as difficult to write as the other one. In case your wondering, don't worry Bloom and the others aren't gonna kill Big Mac like in the original story though I can't guarantee that he's not gonna come out of this with some casualties :twilightoops: also i put a warning in the title for some of the younger readers due to this chapter having some suggestive and inappropriate themes.

Anyways hope you guy's are enjoying the story so far, for now I'm gonna take a little break and will continue on with the story next month and if things go well (I can't promise you guys anything ) hopefully I'll have the story finished next month, Until next time I'll see you all later :twilightsmile:

Regret's

It was a long gloomy day in the town of Ponyville. Usually the entire town was full of happy faces and cheerful citizens going around and enjoying their day without a problem in the world, however to this day not a single smile has appeared in any of the citizens faces. Not one person stallion, mare, filly, and every other creature had a single hint of joy on their faces all they had was sad and regretful looks. Not one of em had even the slightest sign of happiness, it was nothing but pure sadness. And it all transpired after the incident last year involving a certain page of the weekly newspaper gossip column.....................

Gabby Gum's

A newspaper article well known for spreading juicy gossip involving a certain celebrity or even royalty itself, and written by non other than Ponyville Schoolhouse. students from the classes were required to come up with news stories for each of the column's of the paper involving either sports, the weather, birthdays gossip, etc. But the one column that stood out the most was Gabby gums, again notorious for it's juicy gossip stories but also notorious for ruining reputations and spreading rumors and lies. Due to the column's history it went on hiatus for a bit that is until the newest editor of the newspaper was chosen.................................Diamond Tiara. Not wanting to waste this opportunity to spread some juicy secret's and gossip, the young bully took it upon herself to revive the column (and of course without the permission of her teacher Ms Cheerilee, classic Tiara) She soon started to jot down every name in town and find out and juicy and private secrets she could write down on the paper, she even got a few of her bullying victim's "onboard" with the column the Cutie Mark Crusaders Apple bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo. At first the three refused to do anything their longtime bully said and to invade everyone's privacy, but after Tiara threatened to spread not their darkest secret but their friends as well they reluctantly went along with it and that's then the madness happened.

Soon the latest newspaper was printed and everyone in town got themselves a copy. They were surprised to find that Gabby gum's was brought back despite the controversy, but the citizens couldn't waste this opportunity to find what juicy secrets the now revived gossip column had in store for them. However their curiosity soon turned to rage after reading the column and finding their own secrets on it. all week a different secret was posted onto the column involving up to 5 -10 citizens and they openly cursed the 3 girls who were responsible for starting the column, but non were more pissed off then the main 6. After their secrets were spread the 6 longtime heroes were genuinely disappointed and angry at the three filly's for invading not only their but everyone's privacy. and each of em displayed it in their own way Rarity by scolding Sweetie Belle for reading her diary , Twilight putting a shield spell on her house to prevent them from coming anywhere near her or Spike, Angel not letting them come near Fluttershy who spent the whole week crying her eyes out, Applejack just shunned then while Big Mac yelled at them, Rainbow Dash nearly drowned then with a rain cloud, and Pinkie left town for a few days due to the feedback she got from her secret. With that the damage was done , now pretty much outcast of the entire town the three filly's simply locked themselves inside their clubhouse not wanting to face their families or the citizens knowing that they hated each of their gut's. Sad and alone the three of em wanted to apologize so badly but given that no one would listen to them when they tried to explain the reason why they went along with it in the first place, they simply brushed this off. After spending the whole day in their clubhouse collecting their thought's, the three filly's finally made their decisions. If their siblings or friends didn't want to listen to or want anything to do with them then fine they'll make their wish come true.

Later that night while every citizen was at home fast asleep the three friends collected themselves and made their way out of Ponyville not even bothering to pack any supplies with them especially with the fear of getting attacked verbally by their families again if they stepped foot inside their respective houses. So they simply just walked out of town not even bothering to look back or leave a goodbye note, they even went as far as to curse their loved ones for not even coming to check up on them all day, so with that the three friends walked off into the night leaving behind everything . The next day every citizen in town awoken and some made their way to the newspaper storage boxes to see who's lives those three fillies wrecked today , but to their surprise they found the Gabby gum's column empty without a single story in sight. They simply just brushed this off thinking that Gabby gum's learnt their lesson about spreading secrets, however the real reason soon came into fruition. Applejack who was now awake as well made her way towards her lil sis's room along with Big Mac, Riddled with guilt over their behaviors the other day they knocked on the door ready to apologize to Bloom but to their surprise found that she was no where to be seen. They then made their way downstairs thinking that she went down to get breakfast but still no sign of her, they then checked the rest of the barn but there was still no sight of their little sister. The sibling then checked the girls clubhouse but she wasn't there either. They soon started to worry as to where their sister might be so they decided to check around town to see if anyone's seen them and to their surprise they bumped into Rarity and Rainbow Dash who both stated that Scootaloo and Sweetie belle didn't return home last night and were missing too. their worrying soon increased and the three friends then went to the other's to see if they've seen them. However Twilight stated that she and Spike hasn't seen then since they attempted to drop by yesterday, Fluttershy who finally calmed down hasn't seen them either, Pinkie who returned home last night stated that she hasn't seen then either especially since she just got back. The 6 friends then decided to ask around town to see if anyone's seen the CMC's anywhere.

However non of em showed any interest in helping to look for them especially with the Gabby Gums stunt they pulled all week but a few ponies did agree to keep an eye out and let them know if they've seen them. Days turned into week's and still no sigh of the young fillies anywhere, everyone in town despite still being disappointed in the three fillies now started to worry about where they are and if they're ok, but non were more worried than the main 6 especially Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow dash at the thought that their sister's were still missing. However Diamond Tiara showed the least bit of remorse and found the entire situation priceless knowing that those three blank flanks were gone for good and she even went as far as to throw a good riddance party. Silver Spoon full of regret and appalled at her friends selfishness came to Twilight and the others and admitted Tiara's little scheme about reviving Gabby gums for her own diabolic desires and forcing the Crusaders to give her juicy and private secrets involving the citizens and their families, and threatening to publish their secret's along with their friends if they didn't go along with it or threatened to quit or back down. After hearing her statement the 6 friends were in shock that a filly would do something so selfish just to spread everyone's private secrets and forcing others into her little scheme, their shock soon turned into guilt after realizing the true reason for their disappearance................................................................

Themselves

The 6 friends cursed themselves for being so harsh towards the three fillies and not giving them a chance to explain themselves especially since it wasn't all their fault and that they were forced to do it out of fear of not only their but their classmates secrets getting spread if they didn't go along with it, and realization soon entered their minds when they realized that the CMC's must have ran away from home feeling that no one loved them anymore and their guilt soon increased. Soon everyone in town found out the truth behind their disappearance and the true purpose of gabby gums and just like the main 6 were riddled with guilt over their harsh treatment towards the three fillies. Soon Diamond Tiara was exposed and everyone in town including her classmates showed their disappointment and anger towards her for manipulating the CMC's, forcing them to spread their secret's, and even going as far as to blackmail them. After that the young filly was kicked out of the School's newspaper team, given a month's detention, grounded for the rest of the year, and Silver spoon broke off their friendship after realizing how big a bully her so called friend was, the young filly didn't bother talking back especially since she was surrounded by many pissed off faces. After the truth was exposed each of the remorseful citizen's contributed to the search of the CMC's and vowed to not rest until they were brought home safe and sound.

However a whole year has passed and their hasn't been a single sign of the three young girls, everyone in town's been searching for the rest of the year. They've asked around all over and even contacted some friend and relatives out of town if they've seen them but to no luck. Celestia even contributed to the search while a little disappointed at Twilight and the others but more disappointed at Diamond Tiara's actions had her guard's search around equestria for a sign but to no avail. She was even considering calling off the search after a whole year of little clues fearing that it was a possibility that they were..................................................well I'd rather not say that word. But Twilight and the others would not accept that and pleaded with the princess to not call off the search and Celestia seeing the seriousness in each of their eyes agreed to not call off the search (for now). Every single one of them continued the search not giving up until the three of em were back home safe and sound and that they would give them the biggest and most sincerest apology imaginable, but however they would soon find that later on it wouldn't be as easy as they thought it would.

Author's Note

Well here it is guy's the first chapter of my next story :pinkiehappy: The original creator wrote back and kindly gave me permission to remake the story. Now to clarify my adaption wont be split into multiple parts like the original as I felt the story would fit well into chapters, also for the ponyville confidential scenes those are my retelling so they differ from what actually happened on the episode prior to the secret's getting exposed, also my remake will differ a little from the original but i'll try to keep it true to it as possible. But I hope you guy's enjoy this new story :twilightsmile: But fair warning this stories gonna be quite long maybe even longer than Anon a Mystery : The meeting, I have the entire plot of the story planned out but I'm not sure how many chapter's it's gonna be :twilightblush: , but I'll try to keep you guy's updated as soon as I can and I should have chapter 2 up by tomorrow until then see ya around folks :heart: