>LAST TIME
>You came back after Dream Party and Soul COunselling 101 to figure out Government with the Cabinet
>Luna was brainwashed!
>You having none of that shit.
>She is intensely ungrateful and hates you
>Slutbra used Legalese!
>Anonymous is gaining power!
>Cadence used Love!
>Luna fainted!
>...or rather promised to help you reform the Law.
>You contacted Chrysalis
>Shit-stirring Cadence and Shining occurred.
>Came up with the skeleton of a plan
>Contacted Twilight
>New Discovery: Discord is on his way over to ruin your shit.
>AND NOW
 
>Luna struggles to turn her head to look at the screen, still stuck in the floor facing directly away from it.
>Her eyes are wide and stunned.
>Trixie stops struggling for a moment, before re-doubling her effeorts to get out, or at least have someone pay attention to her.
>The Cabinet remains calm.
>Until Raven breaks it with all the delicacy of a bowling ball falling into a crate full of Ming vases.
>"You have GOT to be kidding me!" she yells, "I have to organise the city-guard!"
>She quickly magics up some rather-fancy armour, with what look like cannons on her shoulders.
>"Shining, stay with Anonymous, and make sure he doesn't somehow piss off Discord so much he destroys Empire," she orders.
>Shining gives a quick salute, as Raven quickly trots over to the glowing square in the floor, disappearing in a burst of sparkles.
>...is that STILL there!?
>Cadence, meanwhile, has quickly vacated her spot and jumped over the table and into the centre with Luna.
>"Twilight! What is the matter with you!?" she exasperates.
>"I am doing what is necessary!" she counters, pupils mere glowing red pinpricks, "Ponies are getting hurt, and it's all Anon's fault! I am doing what I should have done LONG ago!"
>Fiery coughs, attracting your attention.
>His percussive Song changes subtly.
>"Why would Discord want to follow Twilight's orders?" he SINGs at you.
"Because of Yellow Squeek," you SING in reply, "She's his only true friend."
>Fiery nods, looking at the cage holding Flutter Butter.
>You join him.
>She's currently bawling her eyes out, clutching a stone Spike.
>Around her is a cage with rather thin, spindly bars.
>Said bars have several pointy points pointing inwards.
>As you watch, you swear you see the metal buckling in a somewhat threatening fashion.
"If we want to stop Discord, we'll need Fluttershy free," you SING to him.
>Fiery blinks in agreement.
>"We'll need more intel on why Discord couldn't click his fingers and get her out," he SINGs back.
>You blink back in agreement, before tuning back into the conversation.
>"...seriously, can you PLEASE stop TALKING about my DICK!?" yells Shining hotly.
>Chrysalis grins in malicious glee.
>Twilight scoffs.
>"No, we're going to talk about your dick, exactly how large it is, and how Chrysalis is wrong!" shouts Twilight, "Get over here and roll over and let us measure it!"
>"Yes, Twilight, show me how wrong I am," mirths Chrysalis.
>"...is it really that impressive?" asks Luna, quietly.
>"Twilight, stop embarrasing your brother, and get back to our original point!" cries Cadence, "You sent DISCORD to kill us!"
>Twilight shrugs.
>"Sorry, but it had to be done," she sighs, "Otherwise I will never get Trixie. Trust me, I held off for an entire day - an entire DAY, Cadence - but I couldn't contact you! I thought you had decided to finally meet me in glorious combat!"
>Cadence boggles.
>"Twilight, who in Equestria would give you THAT idea!?" she gasps.
>Twilight points a hoof at Celestia accusingly.
>Celestia shakes her head.
>"Don't look at me, I didn't even SAY anything!" she yelps, "She just looked at me for five minutes and then announced 'It is time for glorious combat!' and sent Discord after you!"
>"Twilight," mutters a disappointed Luna, "You really have gone completely insane."
>Twilight scrunches her face in anger.
>"I'm doing what is NECESSARY, not what is RIGHT," she yells, "THAT is SANITY, APPARENTLY," she pointedly yells over her shoulder.
>Celestia cowers before the glowy glare of the Alicorn of Madness.
>You hear Fiery's song change subtly.
>Taking the hint, you speak.
"Yes, thank you Celestia, for once again blaming Twilight for all your problems," you sigh.
>Twilight focuses on you, grinning.
>"I thought you'd understand Anonymous!" she says, happily, "It's a shame that you're going to have to die, really."
"Indeed," you say, internally horrified by that little quip, but you press on, "Although, I wonder exactly how you got Discord to do this. Seems like quite a hard task to me, outwitting Chaos itself."
>You unconsciously hold your breath, begging that Twilight was megalomanic enough to overlook your subtle prod.
>"Not really," she shrugs, "I just threatened to crush Fluttershy in this anti-teleportation cage if he didn't."
>She gestures to the horrid looking contraption.
>"And if Fluttershy tries anything that would shift her weight, if, say, a certain draconequus attempted to shape-shift into the cage and retrieve her, the pad she's shitting on will record the change in weight, and activate the trap in an instant!" she beams, proudly, "Truly an impressive feat, yes? I have wicked calculated the variables!"
>...okay, apparently Twilight has gone beyond 'megalomania' into just downright 'stupid-crazy'.
>You nod in apparent agreement, feeling slightly sick.
>Poor Fluttershy - she's inconsolable now, tears streaming down her sobbing face.
>"Twilight Sparkle!" admonishes Luna, "Are you telling me you threatened to kill one of the Elements - the Element of Kindness, no less - so you could unleash Discord upon us!?"
>Twilight's manic grin wobbles somewhat.
>"It's, it's not like I WANTED to do it!" she defends, "It, it was all HER fault!" she points a hoof at Celestia.
>"No, it wasn't!" weakly retorts Celestia, hooves raised in a bracing motion, as if she were about to be hit.
>Your focus returns to Fiery's Song.
>"So, she has an anti-teleportation cage around Fluttershy," he SINGs, "How do we get around it?"
>The smell of coffee wafts into your mind, as Lawful joins the Chorus.
>"The cage looks like it's made out of Telekill, a substance that kills magic generation in it's vicinity," she SINGs, analytical, "We won't be able to remotely teleport her, as any magical source inside that cage will fail, instantly."
"What about a ..." you try to think of a way to describe it, "Crystal screen thingy? I mean, Shining was able to leap through one, why not Fluttershy?"
>Lawful's eyes narrow slightly, still watching the unfolding drama as if in distain.
>Although she actually is disdained at this meaningless drivel.
>"A screen wouldn't work - it'd deactivate as soon as it entered the cage," she SING-explains.
>"Not to mention the pad would kill Fluttershy as soon as we grabbed her," SING-adds Fiery.
>That's true, even if you could get in, how would you get around the weight pad...
>A thought comes to mind, of a physics problem posted on the internet back home.
>It had to do with portals.
>The problem was that there was a portal of an angled surface, and the other end of the portal was on a piston above a box.
>If the piston slams down on the box, would the box fly out the other portal, or would it simply slide off?
>While the pursuit of the answer was rage-inducing, coupled with many a varied threat and insult, the principle of the portal moving down over the box...
>Like a portal moving down over Fluttershy...
>You quickly convey the idea to Lawful and Fiery via Song.
>Fiery nods, slightly.
>"That could work, if we could get the portal inside...Lawful how localized is the Telekill effect?" he SINGs to Lawful.
>Lawful quickly glances at the cage, as Twilight demonically menaces Celestia.
>"Considering the design and ricketiness of the cage, as well as Twilight's own abilities...I'd say it's only confined to within the cage itself," she SING-offers.
>"Could we theoretically operate a screen inside the cage if it was powered from outside the cage?" SING-questions Fiery, "Like, if the screen had some sort of handle outside the cage to fuel it?"
>Lawful is thoughtful for a moment, as Shining yells in anger at Twilight, FEELing hurt and betrayed.
>"...possibly," she SING-offers, "But we'd need very strong Crystal Magic to pull it off at this distance..."
>She glances at you.
>"Ah. Of course. Shard," she SINGs, rolling her eyes, "But that means that you'd have to summon a screen, with an approximately... 2 foot handle, get it into the cage, then lower it over Fluttershy, all the while Twilight needs to be distracted."
"Couldn't we just slip it in vertically through the bars, rotate it horizonatl, then lower it?"
>Fiery eyes the cage quickly, before closing his eyes, as he had just remembered something amusing.
>"That cage is awfully tight, but we could do it," he SINGs, "Fluttershy would need to shift slightly to get it over her."
"Risky," you SING, "Particulaly in the state she's in, not to mention a wrong move could kill her."
>"Cadence could calm her down," SINGs Lawful, closing her eyes as Elusive absently-mindedly breathes behind her ear.
>Fiery grins.
>Lawful cuts Fiery a rather sly, angry glare.
>Fiery sighs, before watching Cadence and Luna yell at each other.
>"So, we need Cadence to calm down Fluttershy, then we enact the plan...but how do we distract Twilight?" he SING-asks.
>You briefly let your eyes wander the room.
>"...this entire process is ridiclous!" yells Cadance, "How could you two let this continue!"
>Unlikely, you need Cadence to help calm down Fluttershy.
>"It was the right thing to do!" retorts Luna, "It was that or face civil conflict! And with the Deer and Africans threatening our borders, we couldn't handle a noble rebellion!"
>That's plain stupid, Luna would backstab you in a heartbeat.
>That or she'll fuck up, and get you killed.
>Shining is looking on, FEELing lost and confused, bereft of hope, feeling hollow and drained at his sister's actions.
>You fight the urge to hug the stuffing out of him.
>While he may be able to fix Twilight's attention, in the state he's in...won't really work.
>You tear your eyes away to Slutbra, who is joining the yelling match.
>You glance past Chrysalis, a smug grin on her face...
>Your eyes snap back.
>She continues to smile, but her eyes lock onto yours.
>Hmmm...
>Fiery and Lawful SING in agreement.
>"...and let's not forget how badly Celestia has wronged my Master!" yells Slutbra, "Why should we listen to her?"
>"Oh please!" groans Luna, "My sister isn't perfect, but she isn't a monster!"
>...thank you Slutbra!
>Nows your chance!
"I beg to differ," you say aloud, "I mean, she unlawfully imprisons me, but not Sombra?"
>You let that settle in.
>Shit, this isn't supposed to be about you.
>...but you might be able to work this.
>And heck, you need this out of your system anyway.
"She had every opportunity to imprison Sombra unlawfully, but she didn't, despite the fact that he posed a much greater risk than I did."
>Twilight blinks, before nodding.
>"Yes, YES!" she turns back, "WHY didn't you imprison Sombra?"
>Celestia cowers slightly.
>"He, he used the Law!" she groans, "He would've broken the Cake Budget completely if we imprisoned him illegally!"
>"And Anonymous couldn't have done that!?" exasperates Twilight.
>"I only planned on holding him until I could have bargained for the Cake Budget to be untouched if he tried anything with the Law!" yelps Celestia, "There wouldn't have been enough time for him to act! I wasn't expecting to get abducted by my student in the meantime!"
>"So I'm still just your STUDENT, HMMMM!?" roars Twilight.
>Celestia splutters in confusion and fear.
"More importantly," you add, "didn't she realize that it'd be a bad idea locking me up in the same place as the guy who would know how to break the Cake Budget in the first place?"
>Now she's gibbering, trying to excuse herself.
>"That was pretty bucking dumb, Celestia," menaces Twilight, "Especially from someone who still thinks she's my TEACHER. You know," she changes to a more thoughtful tone, "I'm getting a rather large number of sources saying you're evil, or incompetant."
>She freezes, horrified.
>"Oh by Celestia, does that mean that Celestia is evil, or incompetant?" she questions, shocked.
>Okay, now we need to direct her back to Chrysalis.
"Well, why not ask Chrysalis?" you ask, pointedly, "She probably has many, MANY stories about Changelings being hurt by Celestia's evil and slash or incompetant ways! I'm sure she could give you an indepth insight into Celestia's... general fuck-uped-ness?"
>Chrysalis eyes you warily.
>"Fuck-uped-ness?" she mouths at you, disdainfully.
>Twilight quickly gallops back up to the screen with a parchment and quill.
>"Yes, tell me, tell me, TELL ME!" says Twilight, panic stricken, "I need more evidence! I need to know - is Celestia incompetant, or evil?"
>Chrysalis delicately clears her throat.
>"Well, there was a Changeling named Chitter..."
>"Wait, slow down," says Twilight, "Is that Chitter with two T's or two Ch's?"
>Chrysalis briefly glances back at you.
>You subtly gesture for her to continue.
>"With three 'er's actually," Chrysalis smoothly continues.
>You give a little thumbs up, before turning back to Twilight's screen.
>You focus on the cage in the distance, and the shaking, quivering mess therein contained.
>"Cadence," you FEEL to her, "Don't turn or move or anything."
>She freezes, glaring at Chrysalis.
>"I need your help," you FEEL to her, "I need your Heart Magic to get Fluttershy out, and I also need you to calm her down. Could you come over here and make it seem casual?"
>Cadence sighs wearily, before weakly trotting over the table and onto Shining's cushion.
>"I'm getting to old for this," she says aloud.
>"I reckon you're quite young enough for this," scoffs Luna.
>Cadence rolls her eyes, and lays down.
>"What do you need to do?" she FEELs to you.
>You convey the plan through SONG and FEELs.
>"...that's a rather risky plan," she FEELs back, "But considering that Discord may very well already be here, we have to carry it out."
>Shit, he could.
>You lean forward, putting your chin on your hand.
>You Sing up a screen below the table, in front of Cadence's face.
>Cadence lends you some Love Stuff, and you see a screen materialize next to Fluttershy's cage.
>"...and that is how Chitter was horribly murdered by Celestia," finishes Chrysalis, sadly.
>Twilight grins, "That's plenty-"
>"Surely there's more," speaks up Fiery.
>Twilight's eyes snap to Fiery.
>"More!?" she gasps.
>Chrysalis glances at something behind Twilight, then you.
>You nod slightly.
>You can see the wheels turning at high speed in Chrysalis' head.
>"Yes, true" says Chrysalis, wistful, "But I don't want to give you the truth about Celestia and what she's done to us Changelings!" she sighs, dramatically, "like, like what happened to poor, little Snickt."
>Twilight's attention quickly refocuses on Chrysalis.
>"Yes, tell me what happened to Snickt!" she yells, writing crazily on the parchment.
>You hear Cadence making soft, gentle, tender coo-ing noises through the screen.
>You see Fluttershy slow down on the tears, and look over at the screen, a little startled.
>"There, there, we'll get you out," soothes Cadence, quietly, "But you need to be quiet, and you'll need to lean forward just a little to let the screen in."
>Fluttershy whimpers slightly, making sad whiny noises, like a three year old who's fallen over and trying to tell an adult how they hurt themselves through the tears.
>Cadence takes that as a yes.
>"Okay Anon," she FEELs, "Do your thing."
>You focus behind Twilight, growing a handle on the side of the screen.
>You then turn the screen, so it slips into the bars at an angle.
>"Okay Fluttershy, you're doing so well!" encourages Cadence, "Just lean forward just a teensy wittle bit."
>Yellow Quiet gives a hiccup and sob, and moves forward slightly.
>The cage creaks menacingly.
>You internally grimace, but you edge the screen in, feeling it get heavier as it enters the cage.
>You're getting tired in the braincase, the long ...night?... of Singing to Souls who would be addicted to Linkin Park, has ground down on you.
>That weariness is beginning to seep in as you struggle with the screen.
>To compensate you lengthen the handle a little more, giving you better leverage.
>You also have to begin rotating it horizontal, to get around Fluttershy's quivering body.
>You have never concentrated so hard in your life.
>You can practically smell the sweat.
>Except you're made of crystal now, so you don't actually sweat.
>But if you DID, you'd be one sweaty mother-fucker right now.
>The screen wobbles about a third of the way in, your mind straining, your head aching.
>Fuck, this is fucking hard.
>It's like one of those loop puzzles where you have to put a loop around a shape in a time period without touching the hoop to the wire, or you lose.
>Except when the hoop touches, you know the electrical discharge will fry your balls off, and then kill you.
>Fluttershy sniffles, Cadence's attention solely on calming her with nice little words and promises of hugs and making things better.
>The screen shakes dangerously right as you're about to enter, threatening to touch the cage, make a noise, and have Twilight do some bullshit to prevent you from saving Fluttershy.
>Focus Anonymous.
>Put on your fucking man pants, take your man pill, fight through the bitch-girly-trans-mafia-tumblr bullshit about having 'man' things, and
>Ever
>So
>Slightly
>The screen barely glances on a bar, and creaks ominously.
>Just
>A
>Little
>Fluttershy goes silent, stopping mid sob as you pour all of your god-damned attention into this task.
>Bit
>More-
>You get the screen all the way in.
>But your head is aching like a mother fucker.
>Must be all the testosterone.
>You sigh quietly, to regain your concentration, and strength, before slooooowly rotating the screen horizontal above Fluttershy.
>"...and that's all we found of poor, poor little Snickt," sniffs Chrysalis, "His eyes, his wings and his shell!"
>Even Luna was moved by the story.
>Her lower lip is wobbling a fair amount.
>"I had no idea THAT's what happened to that guy," says Celestia, depressed and sad.
>Rarity is crying like you wouldn't believe, tears streaming out of her eyes like fountains.
>Twilight is scribbling madly.
>"Yes! This is an amazing bit of evidence that you're evil, Celestia," she announces, "Not a whole lot of evidence to say you're incompetant, just evil."
>She freezes, a crazed look on her face.
>"Does that mean I'm evil?" she boggles, "Am, have I been raised to be evil?"
>She looks up, a little confused.
>"I mean, obviously I'm not incompetant, I made an incredibly secure device to hold Fluttershy!"
>She turns to gesture at the cage-
>SHIT.
>With no time for sublety, you drop the screen downwards on Fluttershy at an angle.
>Fluttershy and her stone dragon disappear into the portal, just as Twilight turns around.
>She appears out of the screen in front of Cadence.
>Cadence quickly grabs her and the dragon in her hooves, holding her tightly, removing her from the pad.
>Twilight finishes her gesture, just as the trap snaps shut.
>You recoil a bit as your crystal is shattered, but you don't care.
>You sigh, collapsing back in your chair in relief, untensing like you just hit orgasm.
>Hard.
>Twilight looks at the collapsed trap, cocky smile still up on her frozen face.
>She blinks.
>She frowns.
>She turns to you.
>Cadence is lying on her side, gently stroking a traumatized Yellow Squeek who is sobbing into her chest.
>Cadence is shaking her head in disappointment at Twilight.
>Twilight scrunches her face.
>The entire library goes black.
>"Son of a bucking buck," swears Twilight, ice cold and calm, glowing red, "If I am NOT incompetant, then-!"
>She begins to REV the magic, red flowing into her from the ground.
>It sounds as if hell itself is beginning to creep in, the screams and cries of tortured souls coming in from the screen.
>And yep, that's blood dripping from the screen.
>You FEEL something creeping in through the connection, something dark and horrendous.
>But just as it's about to come through, and you're about to close the connection-
>"I'll take THAT!"
>-Out of thin air appears a long, slender form, that quickly snakes around Fluttershy, lifting her from Cadence's embrace and into the air.
>Twilight jumps, startled, de-REVing.
>The form coils around Fluttershy, hugging her.
>"Are you alright, Fluttershy?" asks Discord, tears in his dark, ringed eyes.
>Holy shit Discord is actually showing genuine emotion.
>Holy shit Discord is inside your Greater Self.
>You have to fight down having a genuine fit of 'OH GOD GET IT OUT'
>It's like there's a venous, flesh-necrosing spider on your balls, but you can't whack it, otherwise it'd hurt really, really badly.
>And whacking the spider won't get rid of it, it'll only make it more angry and latch on tighter.
>And then where will you be?
>With no dick and balls, and an angry, flesh-dissolving spider on your stomach.
>You grab your throne, breathing hard, the adrenalin doing nothing good for your system
>You're too weary, tried and strained to give a stuff about how that makes the chair 'oooooOoooh!" with delight.
>Fluttershy continues to sniffle and sob into Discord's chest.
>"...what was that?" asks Discord tenderly.
>Tenderly!
>From the guy who found it endlessly amusing to light you on fire everytime you went out Fluttershy's way because he thought that it was silly you got to wear clothes and he didn't.
>Never mind the fact he could simply wear clothes, he was just very against you wearing yours.
>Then he'd show up when you were showering and demand you put your clothes back on because he didn't want to look at your ugly ape body.
>...dick.
>But seeing him like this is...weird.
>Disquietening, comes to mind.
>Fluttershy says something queitly into Discords chest between sobs.
>"...one more time?" asks Discord, flatly.
>"I...I was so worried...that you'd hurt somepony!" squeeks the Manilla Squeek, "I, I didn't want you hurting anypony, especially when you've made soooo many friends! Especially Cadence!"
>Discord glances at Cadence, who is looking at him with mixed emotions.
>Anger because, it's fucking Discord.
>You can get behind that.
>But also because he's showing great care and affection...possibly even LOVE for the little pegasus.
>"Yes, you could say that," he says, flatly.
>He looks at you.
>"Yes, definitely," he purrs.
>He grins maliciously.
>You flip him the finger.
>Fluttershy noses into his chest, making happy little Fluttershy noises.
>Cadence is D'AWWWWing, hard.
>She's squeezing her cheeks with her hooves, her lips pouting.
>Meaning that now you, Slutbra and Shining are FEELing a fair amount of happy, warm, fluffy kitten FEELs.
>She'd get an absolute kick out of Youtube.
>"Discord," growls Twilight.
>Twilight has the frumpiest of faces.
>Discord gives Twilight a lazy glance.
>"What do YOU want, Sparkle Butt?" sneers Discord.
>"You promised," she hisses, "to get Trixie and kill every thing in your way, then bring her back here."
>Discord looks at the twitching, boiling red, angry Magician, STILL stuck in the ground, STILL being pointedly ignored.
>He lazily looks back.
>"And?" he responds.
>"Well, she's, right, just, THERE!" he face takes up the entire screen, eyes intensely focused on Trixie, "THERE!"
>Discord continues to look at Twilight.
>"Twilight, use you words," he says, patronizingly.
>"GET. HER," she yells, eyes focused on Trixie.
>Discord shrugs.
>"I fail to see why, Twilight Spooky," says Discord, dispassionately.
>"YOU. PROMISED," Twilight screeches, the screen shaking, red leeching into the edges of the frame.
>"I did," says Discord, "But I made no promise on how long I should take."
>Twilight's pupil twitches.
>Not the eye, the pupil itself.
>"And Fluttershy is so very upset," he continues, stroking the squeeking yellow pegasus, "I don't think I'll be able to do it for a long, long, long time."
>Twilight's eyes snap to you.
>"Give me Trixie, or I'll drop the sun on you!" she threatens.
"And kill Trixie," you state.
>Twilight shakes vigorously.
>She looks at the snapped cage, then Celestia and Rarity, and then at you, looking with angry confusion, looking lost.
>The red glow leaves her.
>She looks visibly strained, stressed and tired, and her colour fades.
>"...I...am I...that incompetant?" she says, tears streaming down her face, "Not great and powerful and smart enough to be evil, just....incompetant?"
>"Yes," says Chrysalis.
>"Yes," agrees Discord.
>Luna, however, stares over her shoulder, dignified and defiant.
>"Nay!" she yells, "Twilight Sparkle, you simply have been outwitted due to your own foolishness!"
>Twilight stares, empty and hollow.
>"I...have..." she agrees, depressed.
>"Aye! You have been undone by staying awake for far too long, and relying on dark magics!" Luna states, straining to turn her head to Twilight's screen, "Just as I was undone by my adherence of the rules, and my arrogance! Just as Celestia was undone by her rashness and unjust ways! Just as Anon was done by his recklessness and soft heart!"
>Twilight blinks.
>"We all have faults, and in some ways are blind to our own follies," she continues on, "but that is not a reason to curl up into a ball and surrender! It means we acknowledge our faults, compensate, and carry on! In the future, I plan on studying my enemies more closely, and not try to overthrow a kingdom based on the word of two lowly nobles!"
>Twilight is staring at Luna, colour returning to her features.
>"And that's what friends are for!" pipes up Celestia, cutting in Luna's rambling from behind Twilight, "They can tell us of our faults, and help correct them. But...sometimes, we can't...accept that we have those faults, and we ignore those closest to us."
>Twilight turns around, looking at the caged white unicorn.
>With pink hair.
>The one with squiggle tentacles for hair is on the other side of the cage, silent, grinning nervously and in great fear.
>"It...takes a true friend to carry on trying, until their friend accepts...that they were wrong," sighs Celestia, "You aren't incompetant, Twilight, you've done so much with so little time. And you aren't evil, you've just lost your focus."
>You desperately want to yell out 'Bullshit!', but Cadence, suddenly jumps on you.
>"If you interrupt this, Twilight WILL most likely drop the Sun on us," FEELs Cadence, scared.
>...fair cop.
>But later, you're going to rub Twilight's face in this so, so hard.
>Shining FEELs this and glares at you with disapproval.
>"But most importantly, you were right," continues Celestia, "I did the wrong thing when it came to Sombra. I did the wrong thing when I jailed Anonymous. And I did the wrong thing disagreeing with you, and not taking back my word."
>Twilight sniffles.
>"Princess-"
>"Celestia," says the white unicorn, "Just Celestia,"
>Twilight's lower lip wobbles.
>"That...means so, so much to me," she says.
>Cadence is smiling at Twilight, while sticking her hoof down your throat, preventing you from yelling "DARN FUCKING RIGHT"
>As in, literally.
>Her hoof is in your lung.
>You are quietly wondering how the hell this is happening.
>You quickly eye across at Slutbra.
>Slutbra makes 'spooky' hoof gestures and SINGs "Crystal Magic! OooooOOO!" at you.
>You roll your eyes.
>"So, let us go, Twilight, we can solve all of these issues in a reasonable manner, you can get some sleep, and I promise, everything will be better in the morning," says Celestia, kindly.
>Twilight sniffles, and wipes a tear from her eye.
>"I...I want to so, so badly...but," she straightens up, "I still have to follow the Law. And, even if you accept that the case was wrong...I still need Trixie."
>She turns, and looks at you, cold and calculating.
>"So. Anonymous," she asks, "What do you want for Trixie?"
>Cadence slides off you, returning to the centre of the table.
>You cough a bit - ack, hoof - beofre adopting a regal pose.
>You think.
>"What we want is independance, recognition for that independance, a promise that Luna or Celestia won't drop a celestial body on us, or misuse said celestial objects against us," you list off, "As well as the Law being reformed so it isn't a complete mess."
>Twilight blinks.
>"I already did that last one!" she chirps, happily.
>Wut?
>She magics up a mound of papers.
>"I've been working on this since the whole 'Integration of the Crystal Law into Equestrian Law is the best option' thing. It's taken a while, but overall the changes I've made, as well as quite a few I've made fairly recently, make the Law much more coherent and fairer."
>Celestia looks fairly uncomfortable.
>"I...don't feel...this is the right direction..."
>Twilight turns around, and regards Celestia.
>Celestia's mouth becomes a line, then a frown.
>She sighs.
>"...although, if Twilight thinks it's a good idea, and so does Anonymous," she practically spits your name, "Then I'll abide by it."
>"Well then Anonymous!" says Luna, "Pass it into Law, and let's get this entire thing over and done with!"
>"But what about our independance?" asks Precious, "And all the other things?"
>"And my Changelings," hisses Chrysalis, "What about them?"
>Another mound of papers appears besides Twilight.
>"Please, I thought of, and will think of, everything!" she states. She magics up a slip of paper: "Scenario 2: Anonymous wants to suceed Empire from Equestria and enslave Cadence and Shining, and Chrysalis takes over Canterlot."
"That's Scenario 2?" you boggle.
>Cadence narrows her eyes.
>"Twilight, how much of this did you do without sleep?" she tentatively asks.
>"All of it!" she proudly states, "After all, when I don't sleep, I become a genius, as previous established in the literature!"
>She groans.
>"Twilight, while I'm sure you might be quite ... efficient... when you work without sleep, " she explains, "I don't think you work efficiently in the right...direction."
>Twilight eyes Cadence, confused.
>"Well...um..." she rambles, before looking at you.
>Them pleading eyes.
>You guess that's a cue.
"Twilight, I'd feel a LOT better if we went through this together," you say, "After all, the last time you did this you blew a giant chunk out of the moon."
>"AND successfully Cockslutted someone!" she defends, pointing a hoof at Slutbra.
"But still. Moon. Crater. Not to mention the therapy room," you explain, "Anyway, I still want to work through this, and ensure that everything's in order."
>"Very well," says Chrysalis, untensing on the throne.
>Shining dejectedly walks over to you, leaps onto your lap, and collapses into your chest.
>"I can't believe my own sister would..." he sadly FEELs.
>You hug the poor bugger.
>Discord clicks his fingers and summons up his own chair, as well as a box of popcorn.
>Flutter Butt is lying in his lap very much like a cat.
>Cadence returns to her throne, and sits, while everyone around the table becomes serious.
>"Let us proceed," announces Cadence.
>Luna continues to struggle to look around, but right now you don't care.
>Twilight magics up the first page, as Celestia looks on uneasily, and Rarity frowns deeply.
>"Okay, so the first change is to the Diplomat Act of 823..." she begins
>You know this is going to take a while.
>You look down at Shining, who is still rather upset, and give him a quick peck on the head.
>He noses into your chest, FEELing depressed.
>You look over at Cadence, attentive, judgemental.
>You glance at Slutbra, Precious, Lawful and Fiery, and how they listen intently.
>You sigh, and relax back in the chair a little bit.
>It'll take a while, but you'll get through it.
>Twilight will get some sleep, and Shining will get his sister back.
>Your kingdom won't most likely be screwed over by Equestrian politics
>And the Law will be made better.
>You smile, hopeful.
>Everything's going to be okay.