Three Different Endings

by Hye

Improved 11-21-23

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As the duo appeared in Celestia's massive room, she had changed into Daybreaker, yet her eyes retained her usual color. Setting up a chair for the human and serving him a cold drink and scones from her personal bar, she politely waited.
Taking a sip and bite, he chewed, swallowed, and began.

"A year ago, a circle of magic appeared in the Pacific, the largest ocean in our world. After a few days of study, we began to get heavily guarded Royal visitors consisting of yourself and your fellow Princesses. They had teleported their land to ours in a last-ditch effort to flee from a perfect storm. Literally.

Apparently, 7 years ago, a guy calling himself the Storm- you fought him here as well? Well, in this case, he had absorbed the magic of the Everfree and your Sister's, in place of yours and Twilight's.
In response to Tempest's betrayal, he tried to completely absorb hers, as well. Tried, being the operative word, as her lashing out led to the staff being unexpectedly teleported out of the castle and into the center of the Everfree.

Nothing happened for the next couple of years, but the unstableness of Tempest's bit of magic; the wildness of the Everfree; and the darkness of your Sister's, eventually led to an explosive release, unleashing disasters all over the world.
Sombra came back due to a storm that amplified and strengthened the dark magic in his horn, Tirek and Chrysalis got stronger due to the same storm, and Cozy Glow got unwillingly corrupted when she intercepted a lightning bolt that was apparently aiming for Twilight, her brother, and his wife while they were fleeing the Crystal Empire.

In the end, they killed the four by invading and allying themselves with the rest of the world over 4 years, taking their weapons, resources, and people into their nation and transforming themselves into a warrior race with the characteristics of dragons, changelings, and griffons.
In the meantime, storms and dark creatures were being unleashed in every land except Equestria. Apparently, the sheer force of the release was enough for everything to directly miss Equestria, but not for long.

With some complicated magic mumbo-jumbo BS, they were able to leave behind that part of the Everfree when they transferred their land to ours. Now, here's where things go completely chaotic.

Discord had stayed out of the whole thing when he could, but when Fluttershy was in "moral danger" regarding their relationship and his previous actions from some pissed off griffons, dragons, and all the rest, well… He killed the group, she and her friends agreed, and the remaining non-ponies and their few pony friends on Equestria fled and spread out on Earth. Then things abruptly deteriorated, fast.

Of course, we had to figure out what the hell went wrong, so we investigated. Our best and brightest scientists determined that while most of the physical damage was done to the rest of the world, the most severe mental damage was done in Equestria, their racist, skittish, and xenophobic attitude having no more masks or filters of politeness.

They dropped all pretense, as thin as it was, of valuing Friendship and Harmony when we tried to initiate peace talks among them and the various Royalties-in-exile, while offering to repair the mental damage.
They, including your Sister, and niece, have even gone so far as to calibrate their personal magic to be lethal to anyone not having pony magic. They've also produced a serum to ponifiy anyone they can get their hooves on.
You, on the other hand, also raised yourself to the position of Queen Mother of Equestria and Empress of Earth.

Fortunat-."

He was stopped by a firm hug with Daybreaker's legs and wings, her lava tears flowing down the latter.

"Forgive me. A thous-. No.'

She moved him a full leg back so they could make eye contact.

'What is your personal boon? Anything- access to the Treasury, my bed, or anything else within reason."

He stared at her in blunt surprise, shifting to a questioning look, before deciding to ignore the middle two words.

"While I'm… Appreciative of Her Majesty's personal offer, my foremost concern is my species' situation. I can see that you have equally pressing concerns, so-."

She shook her head while placing a hoof on his lips.

"I cannot speak for my Sister, although I can say that she would want to help. I will say that I will use my own personal guard and Sol Treasury to fund anything and everything possible to find a way back to your world and bring weapons, soldiers, spells, and serums to strengthen and supplement your own… And forgive me, I have completely forgotten to ask for your name."

"It's Dan, your Highness. And there's no need to be sad, as we were talking about more important issues."

At that time, a servant came in to gather the dishes. She abruptly froze at the human's appearance, trembling as tears sprung to her eyes. Regulating her breathing and making herself look as harmless and repentant as she felt, she left the trolley behind the duo, went in front of him, and bowed as deep as possible.

"I… I… I, am, so, so sorry, for what I did to you in Ponyville, Jason. I… I… forgive me, Your Majesty!"

She galloped from the room, barely restrained sobs following her as she took a split second to gather the used dishes, impressively place them gently on the trolley, and drag it behind her. As the door closed, Dan turned from following the mare's path and faced Daybreaker with a confused look.

"... Mind explaining what the heck just happened, Your Highness?"

As she tried to revert to Celestia with a series of calming breaths, she suddenly found herself torn between turning Ponyville into a lava field with everypony inside except the foals, and temporarily forgetting what happened by trying to seduce the hu- Dan. Seducing Dan and having an afternoon and night filled with unrestrained sexual experiences, consequences be screwed.
Daybreaker found her middle ground by hugging him and sobbing instead, telling him the whole uncensored series of events that led to what he saw.


The whole gang was in the Map room on their thrones, which were now a bit grander, with gold highlights and jewels. Well, all but Dash, who was nervously flying around.

"What the buck are we going to do?!"

"Language, Dashie. I suggest that we bring Sunset over here and-!"

"Pinkie, you heard her during the trial. She's not going to associate with us in any way unless Spike sends a message. Did you see him with us when that other human appeared?"

"What if I go over there, instead? After the 'Battle of The Bands', that high school went through, everyone there should be more trusting of her, and she trusts me… Not much, but it should still count for something…"

"... I don't know... From what she told me after the trial, she hates our guts. More specifically, she hates my guts and Celestia's guts. You guys, she just loathes a tick below hellfire. Don't ask me how one is less hateful than the other, I'm just quoting what Spike said. Growled out with emerald and yellow flames is more accurate, but I digress…
Fluttershy? Do you need me to clean your wounds or get your medicine?"

"... No, I already did both this morning. T-thank you, though. Still feels weird, not having wings and y-yet f-f-f-."

"Why won't you let me give them bac-?!"

"BECAUSE I DON'T BUCKING DESERVE THEM, YOU HORNPEGGER!!"

The silence that enveloped the room was one of shock. Emotions had been running high for a while, and yet that was the first time one of them had ever insulted another.

"I-I-I'm so sorry-!"

There was an immediate group hug that consisted of all the mares and, after a moment of surprise and slight shock, Spike.

As everypony except Twi and Spike left the throne room, the remainder shared a light hug themselves, the first since the end of the trial that ended with Ponyville's destruction almost three months ago.

"I swear, I will spend the rest of my life-!"

"No, you won't, Your Majesty. I've watched you and the girls.'

Looking up at her, his eyes were filled with tears, a small smile finally appearing.

'Keep it up, Twilight.'

They hugged again, much tighter this time and with a relieved, fanged smile on her muzzle.

'Keep it up."

Breaking it up, he wiped his eyes before reaching into his personal Chaotic pocket dimension, the green and purple portal closing after he took out a large jerky made of various types of meat. Breaking it in half exactly, he gave one half to his mom as they sat on their thrones, and they chatted about what had happened since their last conversation.


Sunset.

Was.

Pissed.

Scratch that, she was burning with-.

"Come on, Miss! You just need to have the right form and pressure to overcome this lil' beauty! One last try!"

She was with the girls in the local fairgrounds, having paid for five attempts at the Flim and Flam Bottle Booth. Supposedly, the goblet pyramids were held together by a special velcro that needed to be hit at the right angle and with the right pressure to collapse. The former was supposedly marked near the center of the pyramid.
She had tried everything short of ponying up, and as expected, nothing was helping.

Giving them her best kind-hearted smile, it slowly transformed into a furious and enraged scowl, her pony ears, demonic tail, and pony/demonic wings appearing as she wound up and threw the magic-infused ball. Dash ponied up and saved the horrified and screaming brothers from their booth going up in a small nuclear blast.
Grabbing her lightly scorched prize, she stalked off while Rarity dropped her shield around the booth, extinguishing the flames. Following her, the rest of the girls tried to not draw her ire.

"... I'm sorry, girls, it's just-! UUUGGGGHHHHH!! I KNOW I OVERREACTED AND I KNOW I'M OVERREACTING NOW!"

Finding a free table in the crowded food court, she sat down and dropped her head on the center, everyone else surrounding her.

"Seriously, Sugarcube. Ah know ya needed time off from that… Situation ya feel like keepin' a secret, but Ah'm of the mind that it's doing no good keeping a lid on it. It's poisoning the rest of yer life, in school and outta it."

Glaring at her, she stopped it and looked at the rest of them with sorrow and worry.

"Should… Should I really-? What am I asking, of course I should…"

Taking a deep breath, she told them everything that Spike told her.


Dan couldn't believe it.

He couldn't-.

"I refuse to believe that. T-t-there's no way that-..."

Stopping in front of the porch, he opened the doors and stepped out, staring at a hazy Ponyville once he leaned on the railing. Daybreaker reared up and folded her forehooves over it, her lava tears melting the metal effortlessly.

"Believe me, Dan. It's true. Only reason I told you was because I didn't want my mouth filled with something else when I could be telling the truth."

It took a moment for it to click, but he looked at her with an unreadable expression before shaking his head, a small smile stubbornly appearing. Before Daybreaker could capitalize on it, from a small rip in spacetime emerged one Discord as he dragged himself onto the floor, Daybreaker turning towards him with barely simmering hatred and rage.

"P-P-please, I need a safe place, j-j-just for a couple of days, t-t-that's all. P-P-please, Cell- Flame! PLEASE!!!"

Stepping to him, she lifted a hoof and set it on his head, before sliding it over his blinded eye, the lightning marks and around his groin.

"The slightest hint of any spellcasting other than when I'm facing you directly..."

With a couple of nods, he crawled into a corner where she could watch him from any place in the room and curled up, quietly crying himself to sleep.

"... Where am I going to sleep, Your -?"

She wrapped him in a wing, guiding him to the bed while summoning a dozen pairs of beef jerkies. He ate one while she ate three at a time.

"... I'm surprised that you eat meat."

"We Alicorns have to. It gives us the most calories for the least work."

Blinking at the glow that suddenly covered him, he looked down, then back up at her apprehensive and lustful face with a lifted eyebrow as he moved out of her hold.

"It gives you the most calories, huh? You can look, but keep your hooves and wings to yourself."

Setting the gun on the chair next to the bed, he insisted on her entering first, then followed, fully aware and slightly irritated at her seduction attempt.
Wishing each other goodnight, they fell asleep, Daybreaker slowly shifting back to Celestia. She finally turned away from Dan and retracted her "wandering" tail once she did so, lightly scolding herself.

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