Author's Note

I didn't get around to answering all of the questions in the first chapter, but Cozy didn't want to leave anyone hanging, so here are her answers to the leftover questions.

A bonus chapter

“Do you curl your own mane?” (the dobermans)

Of course I do! How else do you think it stayed curly in Tartarus?

"Anything you could share about the skull?" (the dobermans)

The skull? Oh, don’t worry, that thing is fake. I only have it on hoof to scare ponies. It helps me look more edgy and dark, you know?

Or, at least, I think it’s fake. I guess I don’t really know.

Next question, please?

“What's worse? Being locked in Tartarus or being petrified?” (NanoMouse)

Well, let’s see. In Tartarus, there’s nothing to do, and you don’t get meals. In stone, there’s nothing to do, you don’t get meals, you can’t move, you can’t breathe, and critters frequently use you as a jungle-gym-slash-bathroom.

Golly, I don’t know. Which one do you think would be worse?

“Did anyone even try looking for your parents or even look into your school files to see if you had any family at all and how did you get into Twilight’s school if you had no one to take care of you when you came to Ponyville or to sign papers to enroll you?” (CelticAwakening)

Lucky for me, Twilight allowed me to come to her school without any investigation whatsoever. Remember what I said about her wanting to make sure friendship was accessible for everycreature? That probably wasn’t her smartest move, but it definitely worked out well for me.

“Did Luna ever try talking to you in the dream realm to try and understand your motives better?” (CelticAwakening)

She did once, actually. However, I was in the middle of a dream about taking down the four princesses and ruling Equestria. She left as soon as she saw herself, Celestia, Cadance, and Twilight lying helplessly in cages around me.

“Where were you going to send the magic?” (irontiuay)

Where was I going to send the magic? Um…well…uh…I don’t know! I just wanted it gone from Equestria!

Do I need to have a plan for everything?

“Thoughts on Queen Chrysalis?” (irontiuay)

She drives me crazy! The way she thinks she should always be in charge, just because she was once the queen of the changelings. She’s not even their queen anymore! Her subjects threw her out of her own hive because she was such a lousy leader!

I have to say, I’m not too bummed out that she’s still in stone.

"What's your favorite treat?” (Saiyan Cartoon Champion)

Hmm, well, it used to be cupcakes, but that was before Pinkie Pie used Discord’s chaos magic to crush me with one. I guess it would probably have to be ice cream. Chocolate ice cream! With rainbow sprinkles!

"Where did you live while attending Twilight's school?" (Saiyan Cartoon Champion)

At the school, in the students’ quarters.

“What was your working relationship with Spike like, when you were both Twilight's assistants? Was he ever jealous of you? If so, did you enjoy that fact?” (Saiyan Cartoon Champion)

Actually, we didn’t really interact that much. I was more of Twilight’s assistant for school stuff, and he was her assistant for princessy stuff. When we did interact, we got along fine.

But you know, I wouldn’t have minded if he was secretly a little bit jealous of me.

“Do you have any regrets? Whether out of genuine remorse or just the consequences you faced for your actions.” (Saiyan Cartoon Champion)

Mainly, I just regret getting caught. If I’d been just a little more careful about making sure nocreature was watching me, I could’ve gotten away with my plot to drain all the magic from Equestria. But that’s about it.

The only other thing is that I sometimes wish I hadn’t said those mean things to the Student Six, back before they got tested by the Tree of Harmony. They didn’t really deserve that.

“How do you think your parents feel? Are they still even around? Do you care either way?” (Saiyan Cartoon Champion)

My parents? Ha. They left me at an orphanage when I was just a foal. And I don’t know anything about them except that they were both Unicorns. I don’t even know why they left me. I wonder if they would have kept me if I were a Unicorn, too.

I don’t know how they feel, but I hope they felt really lousy when their spells stopped working, and then they learned that it was all thanks to the daughter they’d ditched nine years ago.

“Do you think the day will ever come when Twilight's willing to give you a second chance? If it does will you accept it? If you do, will it be because you're ready to make amends, just want to get out of your punishment, or just so you can stab her in the back later? Would you even know for sure?” (Saiyan Cartoon Champion)

Twilight’s already kind of giving me a second chance by freeing me from stone. And of course I’m accepting it; being in stone was awful! I’m not sure that I want to make amends, but it feels wrong to betray her after she freed me. I guess I am just glad to be getting out of my punishment.

“If you could do it all again, would you still betray Twilight and try to enact your evil plan again, but just try to take measures so it succeeds this time? Or would you abandon your plans? And if so, what would you do then?” (Saiyan Cartoon Champion)

Golly, that’s an interesting question. I would probably still try to drain all the magic from Equestria. But I’d be more careful to keep Gallus and Silverstream and the rest of them out of my mane.

“After getting free, what will your plans be going forward?” (Saiyan Cartoon Champion)

You mean after starting this YouTube channel? Golly, I don’t know. Probably trying to annoy Twilight as much as I can without getting turned back to stone.

“Do you think you're truly irredeemable? Do you even care?” (Saiyan Cartoon Champion)

I’m probably not truly irredeemable. But I don’t care to be reformed anytime soon.