Harmony.exe

For the good side ending, I was thinking of something along the lines of

(start at 3:30) for the main protagonist when he gets a hold of Equinox's sword (which may or may not be the katana Solstice is currently using).

Sequels~

Yeah, that'd be pretty good... Even the dialogue kinda fits!

Hey... Just an idea... When one of the sides win, it should probably be handled in a certain way. Maybe for an antagonist win it's really grimdark, while a protag win brings about an epic death to the main villians (I am, while I type this, recalling the AWESOME death of Doctor Facilier from Disney's rendition of "The Princess and the Frog")

Oh, a quick note; Roac occasionally breaks the forth wall to add pop culture references to his witty one-liners.

So, you get a rogue AND comic relief!~

Twilight burst through the doors of her library. Like Fluttershy had said, Celestia, Luna, Cadence, Discord, Shining Armor, and several royal guards where crowded in her library; all given tea and cookies by Spike, who was wearing an apron.

 

"Come on Spike! It's okay to serve tea on regular occasions, but now I'll have to make another trip to the grocery store!" Twilight thought to herself before addressing one of the princesses. "Princess Celestia, why are so many ponies here?" she asked.

 

The princesses and Shining Armor all looked at each other before turning to the purple mare. "Twilight, somepony attempted to assassinate Discord." the sun princess said. "What! but why!?" "We believe it's because Discord sensed a magical disturbance that the attacker didn't want him to notice." "Have you seen what happened to the Everfree Forest Twilight?" Discord asked, not at all in his usual cheerful mood. "Yea, it's so... normal." "Well, that is because somepony absorbed it's magic for themselves. I don't know who or why exactly, but I know that, whoever they are, they must now have power beyond measure." "Twilight, you know what this means." Cadence stated. "Yes," Twilight responded. "I must find out who did this and-"

 

"Twilight!" Rainbow Dash called as she flew in through the door, followed by Twilight's other four friends. "Twilight, what's happening? What's wrong with the Everfree Forest? What-"

 

Queue griffin drop-in.

"Uh... Hehe... What's up, doc?" He waves sheepishly at Discord and the rest of the ponies that have assembled for the meeting.

 

Alright, I'm going to carry out the meeting now.

Okay. Feel free to tell me how you want the story to go, and I'll roleplay Roac so that he doesn't seem out of character AND the the story goes correctly.

No! keep it! There's nothing wrong with it!

Ah, okay! He might lose his balance and fall in the middle of said meeting, though.

EDIT: You already did what I wanted. Nevermind.

Oh, okay! No problem, let me just edit my post...

Roac wakes up eventually, following the two ponies to get some information on what's going on. He carries the broken pieces of his bow with him.

(Roac is going to be observing until he's called into the story again... He is a sneaky little rogue, after all.)

Ask to have it reforged and repaired. You did fight Solstice back at Canterlot Castle, so I can make it to where it will get restored for free by Celestia's blacksmiths as a sign of thanks.

Okay, thanks!

Note to self; get a better melee weapon for actual combat.

Okay, no problem.

Also, Solstice decided to snap Roac's metal compound bow like a twig (somehow)

What should I do?

Okay, no problem. Roac's passed out, anyways.

@Polaris

@Lightning Bliss

@Doc.Volt

Roac follows the rest of the group outside, eager to get away from the unwanted visitor.

~This... is an interesting Gala... and not necessarily in a totally good way. I just want to have a nice night with some friends-- is that so much to ask?~

He, eventually, calms down and forgets about the past two incidents, feeling content to take in the sights of the Gala. As he walks, topics of conversation swirl around in his mind, as he thinks of something pleasant to try and talk about when they reach the stand.

~Hm... What about their favorite types of-- no... Uh... Hobbies? Yeah, hobbies. That's easy for me; I do some clockwork engineering on the side, and I practice free running and gymnastics.~

As you walk outside, Roac takes a moment to absorb the beautiful architecture, as well as the garden. ~Num'nerach would have loved this. She had always enjoyed Equestrian forests... I wonder where she is, now...~

Roac grins at the pleasant memories of his first special somepony, and spots the apple stand.

"Hey, I think this is it!"

@Lightning Bliss

@Doc. Volt

@TheDarkStar

@Polaris

Roac snaps at the unicorn in response, spouting a stream of enraged curses, insults, and general profanity in Griffonian, which sounds like gibberish in Roac's fast, accented speech. It takes Bliss, Polaris, and Night working together to calm him down and get him back into his seat.

"Don't you EVER blackmail me, you puffed-up foal!! AND DON'T YOU EVER INSULT MY FRIENDS!"

The sight of an angry griffon is something few live to tell about. He looked like an animal, an angry, giant hawk with a lion's paws; he looked like he was about to just swoop over and eat you for lunch.

Roac sits down, staring at Dark Star with a wary look of distrust, as if he were gesturing at everypony at the table and saying, 'This is mine. Don't touch it.'

~Who does this holier-than-thou clopper think he is, coming to threaten me and insult MY friends?! If we weren't at the Gala, I would have already cooked him up on a spit and fed him to the rats! That's it, bub, one wrong move and I'm playing "plastic surgeon" on your ugly mug.~

@Lightning Bliss,

Roac bows reverently. "It is truly an honor to meet you in person, serah. In my country, dragons are known to be the wisest creatures in all of Griffonia, despite their, ahem...

... Greed. Not to say that you are greedy, serah!"

He remains quite calm, seemingly unfazed by the fact that Bliss's husband is a fire-breathing dragon.

"Ah... Things are beginning to make sense, now. Honestly, I find it to be quite interesting that you two managed to get together, despite all of the fear and prejudice that most Equestrians show towards outsiders, especially dragons... You could write a novel on it, you'd find a nice market for romance stories."

"And, serah, having only have met your wife about an hour ago, I can surely tell you that you truly are a lucky dragon..."

He rambles on to another, somehow linked, topic. "You know, the last wedding I went to was for a cousin of mine; he had found himself in love with a changeling! Now, I have met her, and I can tell you, honest, that these changelings are not as evil as they are cracked up to be. As a matter of fact, they can be quite agreeable."

Not an evil god christ ITS ONLY HAPPENING ONCE FFS

Oh okay! ^w^

The griffon continues on his sprint, heading to the Everfree.

"NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOOOOOPE!!!"

... Boy, he sure is fast...

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Roac, eventually, reaches all the commotion in front of the Everfree, slowing down to a stop and practically falling face-first on the ground inexhaustion.

(Ahh, I'm just gonna fudge the timeline a bit, and then I'm getting some sleep.)

After a good few hours of looking around, you see that very same griffon that you just fought running faster than anything you've seen before... Besides yourself, of course.

"NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE..."

Holy crap, that was completely stacked. This guy just turned from "one of the more powerful descendants" to some sort of evil god!! What the heck did I sign up for?!

(Holy crap, being powerful is fine, but this is just plain OP.)

Roac starts sprinting for Ponyville. This was way out of his league, at the very moment. He had to warn somepony, and FAST.

He runs all the way to the train station, buying a ticket straight to Ponyville.

"Yeah... Only problem with that... You owe me a new bow."

He does not seem to be taking you seriously; in fact, this whole time, he's been cracking jokes at you while he tries to fight.

"Honestly... I didn't give a damn about whatever in the world you were doing... Then you tripped me and... I THINK you punched me in the face! Now, I punched you in the face, and you threw me out the window. Honestly.. *cough cough* if you wanted peace, you should've stopped when you had the chance."

The griffon gets up, brushes himself off, and seems to disappear into the darkness, showing himself at the other end of the road.

"Oh, uh, by the way... Discord's gone, and you just pissed off about half of the entire Royal Guard with that bit of "collateral damage"... Have a nice day, YOU OWE ME A F***IN' BOW!!"

Roac disappears into the night.

He had no wings in the first place.

"I don't die..."

The griffon overtakes you in a surge of surprising strength. He's just as good as you are, and naturally stronger. The griffon's beak tears into your flesh, as your mistake of playing his game has landed you in his grip. He tosses you into the window, leaving you wounded and bleeding.

"... Because bastards like you don't GET to end my life."

Now would probably be the best time to make a tactical retreat (genuine advice, here.)

Solstice laughed as the attacks went through him. "Did you think Profound Still worked on me...It took half of my magic but not my shaodows..you see the caster get half of the affect" Solstice said hitting the griffon before grabbing the bow and breaking it. "You really annoy me griffon tell me...why protect this dumbass of a fake being"

"... I liked that bow... I. Really. liked that bow."

He calmly pulls out a small arrow with a crystalline tip, and smashes it into the ground at your feet. The effect causes the rest of your usable magical energy, causing you to materialize.

"See... You REALLY need to learn to shut up..."

Roac charges you , getting close enough that you cannot use your sword on him without stabbing yourself, and he tosses you out the window.

"THAT WAS MY SISTER'S!"

"God DAMN GRIFFON" Solstice said as his horn glowed and picked up the griffon before slamming him intot he ground. "You trying to get in my damn way was a big mistake....IF ONLY YOU KNEW HOW POWERFUL MAGIC CAN BE" Solstice yelled as his katana floated up. "How about I impale you through you damn neck" Solstice said

All of those spells do nothing; perhaps you shouldn't have casted Profound Still.

Roac snickers at you briefly, and starts smacking you with several swift attacks to the face, using his metal compound bow as a staff. He clearly has the advantage, as far as physical combat goes.

Roac had already picked up his pace, and climbs up through the window, keeping his bow trained on you. Thanks to a bit of deductive instinct, he had figured that something that malicious and powerful would want to get Discord out of the way.

"Sorry, but I'm the only one who goes through other ponies' houses around here."

He flicks the arrow back into his quiver and smacks the blade out of your hooves with a swipe of his bow.

"Why don't you come after someone who's got weapons."

"... Agh..."

Roac wakes up soon after, stumbling towards the castle.

"... Where the hell did that guard get the sword?..."

The pain in his head eventually subsides, and Roac concludes that something foul is at work here. He pulls out his trusty bow and a broadhead arrow, sneaking into the castle to find that guard before somepony needlessly gets hurt.

Solstice smirked as he sensed the thief and sighed. "Seriously now why would someone follow me...even I can sense thigns" Solstice said before generating a puff of smoke before reaching the castle. "Try to see through that griffon" Solstice said before he possessed a guard.

You notice that the guard you possessed is all alone, but you're not far from the castle.

~What the buck just happened?! That shadow had some sort of smoke screen! As if this weren't confusing enough...~

Roac lunges forward to smack you in the stomach, darting back out of reach.