Douglas 2: The Douggenning

-DOUGLAS POV

Swoop.

I wanted to scream. I wanted to cry. I want to do something, anything to show that I could still feel things.

But I couldn’t.

Swoop.

There were so many dead ponies. None of them would ever laugh, or love, or dream ever again. The only thing I wanted was a single tear to prove to myself that I was still alive, but my body only answered with the percussion of my frozen heart. I knew what was happening. Klaus had stolen my humanity from me. Now, I’d used his power so much I was becoming more like the unfeeling parasite he is. I heard soft steps behind me. Not the creatures. I turned to face Chrysalis and…Pinkie Pie. I could feel the sheets of ice crack as my emotions stirred faintly. It was just like when I first came to Ponyville, she was saving me from myself.

Swoop.

I stumbled a few steps forward, and she closed the rest of the distance. I dropped to my knees, and she fell upon my neck. We held each other as close as we could. She was actually crying, while I was only attempting to. I let her cry into my chest. My arms closed all around her, my right hand resting on the back of her head. Chrysalis stood by us. Even she was crying. I felt dead, as if I were a copper statue erected in my own memory, being hugged in mourning.

Swoop.

“Dougie…” She stopped for a moment to look up at me. She gazed up at me with sky blue pools of compassion. She’d stopped crying for the moment. I put a finger against her face, drawing it slowly under her eyes, those eyes once so full of joy where tears should never venture. I wiped away those tears. They were they only ones I felt.

SWOOP!

-LUNA POV

The approaching force had been decimated, save for one. It was enormous, and it was flying quickly. I charged towards the castle, needing to assess the threat. The wall was facing away from the moon, and I slipped into the shadow it cast. Moving through the shadows helped me relax as familiar darkness swallowed me. I took account of all that had happened. My sister had been kidnapped, our kingdom was devastated, Chrysalis was now an ally, and I no longer knew what Douglas was. His power was incomprehensible; it was likely Klaus had taken over. While Celestia was no doubt quite familiar with him, I knew him better. I could remember the day I discovered him, and how he became an even greater monster…