Overthrown Book Three: Truths Untold And Friendships Refold

Twilight, Pinkie Pie, and Purple Horn were in their car, heading to the palace, with the rest of their friends right behind them. Twilight felt good about the journey and was ecstatic to finally save Equestria and honor Princess Celestia's memory. But there was one problem: She knew it was only a matter of time before her lie about being able to fix Purple Horn's town would be exposed. So she was desperately trying to figure out a spell to fulfill her promise. But the lie would be exposed, thanks to Pinkie's mouth.

"You know Pinkie, you and the rest of the Six are growing on me," Purple Horn said. "Once this is over, and I told Twilight this last night, I might consider you all as my friends."

"Really?!" Pinkie said, with high enthusiasm. She had been waiting to hear that all journey, since the moment Purple Horn met the Six to be exact.

"Maybe," Purple Horn said, with a hint of annoyance in his voice. "We'll see."

"I mean, I heard you say it, so..." Pinkie said.

"Shut the fuck up! I said we'll see," Purple Horn said.

"Hey! I never asked," Pinkie said, trying to make conversation with the purple-horned unicorn. "If Twilight can fix your town, what's the first thing you're gonna do?"

"Uh, Pinkie..." Twilight said, sweat visible on her face and a nervous tone in her voice. "Maybe don't.."

"Are you gonna chug every jug of cider in town?! Are you gonna stuff yourself silly with eclairs?! Lay it on me!" Pinkie said, causing Purple Horn's eyes to widen.

"What'd you say?" Purple Horn asked, a hint of anger in his voice.

"What's the first thing you'll do?"

"No, no! Before that!"

"If... Twilight can fix your town?"

SCREEEECH!

Purple Horn pulled the car over, causing everyone else to step out and see what was going on. Purple Horn's eyes and face were as red as a beet.

"Twilight?! What does she mean "if"?!" Purple Horn asked, with rage in his voice.

"Well, uh, I..." Twilight said, trying to explain everything.

"You fucking lied to me, didn't you?! You don't know if you can help me fix things!" Purple Horn yelled.

"No, no, I.." Twilight began before Purple Horn used his magic to pin her against the roof of the car. She yelled in pain after being slammed violently onto the roof. "FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! I DIDN'T LIE!"

"YOU LIED!!!!" Purple Horn yelled, not wanting to hear it.

"NO! I STRETCHED THE TRUTH!" Twilight retorted, before calming down and pulling out a photo from her first day in Ponyville with the Six. "Because I need you. See this photo? This represents Equestria. It's only six ponies. But that's only a fraction of the other ponies I consider my friends in this country. Celestia knew way more about saving kingdoms and maintaining order than I ever will. I don't know how to save the country I love and the ponies I care about. But you do! You've done it before! But hey. Apparently, you're too pig-headed to help and you only care about your past!"

"Did you just say, that you stretched, the fucking, truth?" Purple Horn asked, lowering Twilight to the ground slowly.

"Hey! She is the element of Magic and the Princess of Friendship," Pinkie Pie chimed in. "What she is not is the element of Honesty! We already have a pony for that!"

Purple Horn slammed Twilight to the ground and looked at Pinkie with a look that was more rageful than even the wolves in the forest. He had enough of the journey, he had enough of friendship, and he most certainly had enough of Pinkie's antics. "One more word, Pinkie," Purple Horn said, trying not to snap. "Please. Give me one."

There was silence. Absolute silence that didn't last long.

"Bain Marie," Pinkie said, causing Purple Horn to give her an evil look. But then, he took a deep breath and allowed his rage to come to a boil.

"You know what? All six of you are fucking jokes," Purple Horn began, fed up with everything. "No wonder you couldn't save Shining Armor and Cadence, or Celestia, and she was the only one in this fucking country worth protecting. I mean, you six are immature, childish, and naive. I've never met a sadder, more useless, naive group of ponies in my entire life, and that says a lot because I've been alive for over a thousand fucking years. I mean, everyone's right about one thing: Friendship doesn't work! You couldn't even use it to save your goddamn brother, Twilight! Motherfucker! I wish I could say you'd be remembered, but with the WAY YOU ACT, NONE OF YOU WILL HAVE A LEGACY WORTHY OF RESPECT!"

There was silence and a deep silence at that. All six of the ponies looked like they had just watched their puppy die in front of them.

"Oh! You have nothing to say, Mouthy?!" Purple Horn yelled in Pinkie's face, causing her to step back.

Pinkie indeed had nothing to say. No pun, no quip, not even a sarcastic remark. Instead, she managed to break the silence with five words:

"I'm gonna fight you now."

"Oh, are you?" Purple Horn said with a laugh before Pinkie threw a punch right in his face, causing his nose to bleed and his vision to shift to red. "Son of a..."

It was at this moment that chaos unfolded. Purple Horn used his magic to slam Pinkie into the car and hold her in place. Twilight, Rarity, and Applejack tried to pull him off, but to no avail.

"NOT TALKING NOW, ARE YA?!" Purple Hoprn shouted, before being bucked in the face by Rainbow Dash.

Purple Horn released Pinkie from his grasp and charged at Rainbow, whose speed and agility were too quick for his magic. Rarity came from behind and used her magic to fling a rock in his direction. With a scream, Purple Horn charged at Rarity and pinned her to the ground with his magic.

"You freaking bitch!" Rarity yelled, before blasting Purple Horn away with a single blast of magic.

"Hey! Don't think just because you're girls, I'm gonna take it easy on you!" Purple Horn shouted, before being kicked in the face by Applejack.

Meanwhile, Fluttershy was watching the chaos unfold and ensuring no animals were harmed in the melee. That had always been her number one priority and she wasn't about to neglect it just to get a hit on Purple Horn for hurting her feelings.

In the midst of the chaos, Twilight struck a single bolt of magic in the air, causing the chaos to pause for a brief moment. Everyone looked at each other and frowned in shame.

"Guys! Enough!" Twilight snapped. "Look at us! We're all acting like wild animals right now! This isn't who we are! I admit I lied to get Purple Horn to help us! I admit I screwed up! But us fighting about it isn't solving anything and it most certainly isn't helping to save Equestria! So I suggest that we continue on our mission, get me crowned..."

"Then I'm outta here!" Purple Horn yelled. "I worked too hard and felt this pain for too long to let a group of..."

Purple Horn's rant was interrupted by a single tranquilizer dart, shot in Fluttershy's direction. Fluttershy fell to the ground, much to everyone's shock. Then, six more hit the heroes, causing them all to fall to the ground, one by one.

"Ah, shit!"Purple Horn groggily yelled as he fell to the ground unconscious.

"Sorry, girls," a familiar voice said, as she began loading the bodies into the trunk of a carriage. "But you need reinforcements."