private The Other Ponies

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

"Your lucky I don't shoot you were you stand," Quickly growled under his breath, "Give Hypno back, creep!"

 

Lyth smiles, "I always have faith. Just as day must always go to night, so too must future come to pass.I believe even if he does change the future, he will have simply stalled, not changed."

[Chickey 383]

Hypno chuckled as he looked back at Quickly. "But I am Hypno..." He said "Just a slightly different version is all. You have no reason to not like me this way, yet." He explained. "I'll play nice, just until these fools are gone."

 

"I hope dat you're correct there, if we do fail dis mission I really will..." Clocks said to Lyth

[Glaceon 793]

Starbolt stood there, barely paying attention to the conversation, all her attention was focused on the runes beneath her hooves. They meant 'death', that cannot be good.

 

Sapphire looked at Hypno, his stance was different and so was his tone. She drew her spear, ready for any combat.

[NinjaCPU 270]

Carrick gave a slight chuckle. All of this started to become a bit unorthodox. The group had become an issue again. Hypno was acting up as well, he started to act more like...Blood. He shook his head as tilted his fedora low. "I wasn't planning to fight in the first place. That general. " He pointed at Corpus, "Look at his horn, it has continue to glow every once in a while, he strains himself to hold it in. His power....has gotten stronger."

 

Corpus gave a chuckle, Well aren't you a detective.

 

Carrick gave a 'hmph' as his theory was correct. "Not to mention we have a unicorn like Ice Star who's power is still unknown...but with his records of kills of the royal guards and the capture of Princess Celestia. It's goes to show you that he isn't some sort of weakling. He might be a pony who's is a thinker...but that's the worst kind of a opponent. Unknown forces, his powers and strength and his strategy."

 

Ice Star smiled at him, he couldn't help himself. This pony had been from the beginning. To find all the clues. He clapped his hooves together. "The same goes to you, Carrick Murphy." He lost his smirk as no sense of fear of anger came from Murphy. He just stared at him with a indifferent look. He was...annoyed, but ignored his body language. As the other ponies gave different looks at him. As if they were candy, he took them all in and enjoyed every minute of it. Ice Star went back to Carrick, the detective who had found out where they were. He needed to know...."Now, have you figure it out?"

 

His face gave no emotions as he walked over to Starbolt. The suit he had worn for such a long time. The stains of blood around the collar as memories of punches all over his face were around him. A singe of anger came, but pasted.

 

He saw Starbolt frozen his attention more at her, the look concerned him. Carrick didn't want to see her like this, If he cared about anypony, anypony at all...it was her. He placed his hoof on her shoulder, "Don't worry, Starbolt." He gave one his few smiles at her, "We'll find a way out of this." He went into his pocket and got out his notepad. All of his notes, virtually everything he had been in here. Every pony he had encounter had been written down in some way. Pieces of the puzzle that have been scattered. Ice Star's first encounter in his sleep as well as the conversation he had with Blaze. The only time he had forgotten to write down notes was when he came back to Ponyville.

 

"I have a theory. Everything couldn't be solved, time had become scarce, but...I think I know." He started to read every note once more. These days, weeks had come down to this moment. To solve the case and finished it. He didn't know if he was going live or not, but the thrill of everything. Everything that had come to past now...had come down to this. He closed the notepad and cleared his throat.

 

"Your goal has already became clear by your conversation with Blaze and Starbolt. It was to create another world, a universe. To become a god and create something in your vision. Your powers, your sight, everything. A megalomaniac with has the heritage of Starswirl the bearded. Your motivation was clear, from your acts with all of us. Your way of trying to see if my way was wrong, to ignore the ponies I had tired to save to find you. You even tried to use some spell to go into my dreams and manipulate me. To force Rarity to write down those words to see if I would listen. To give into commands. However, you couldn't do it. Even with Blaze and Starbolt You just love manipulation."

 

Carrick glanced back his notes and back to Ice Star. Enticed by Carrick's word as he waited to hear Carrick's next sentence. "However, you didn't want to use just a magic spell. You did it before with those prisoners guards while we talked to Trixie. Excuse me, The Great and Powerful Trixie. You wanted to believe it without the use of mind control. They slowly listen to your everywhere and finally...they give in to your words and poof. You win, you enjoy it. That's why you did to them."

 

"Fluttershy, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Twilight Sparkle." The detective went into the incident with Twilight Sparkle, "That's the reason why we couldn't feel any dark presence when we encounter her...you didn't use a mind control spell. You slowly forced them to listen to your words. Those thoughts were injected into their dreams. Just as you did to me. However, you pushed it into them harder as they slowly gave in...one by one. That's what the S Class spell was in Twilight Sparkle's room was."

 

Carrick goes deeper into it, " The diary of Fluttershy proves such things. She doesn't talk about her dreams, because you made them feel so real. A different perception that makes it a grey line. Like what you did to me. She made it feel like she would fine the truth with you. The center..."

 

Carrick took a deep breath as he went to the climax of it, "Now here comes the million bit question. Why did you take them? Why take them from their homes and do this. I think that's a simple question. You needed the elements of harmony to be used by them. You'll use it to become god." Ice Star looked at with him pure ecstasy.

 

"Now why do I say that? Well, they wouldn't be hidden away. They would be one of the generals in your team. However, I have only seen one pony and even than it seem like she was hidden behind the ropes. That's probably how you took Princess Celestia, isn't it? A false sense of security in which you take her." Carrick realized it as he gave a 'hmph', "That's why she was in the caves wasn't it? You used the distraction we created when we broke out Trixie to take her and swap her. A perfect time since Luna was busy with the night and the situation in prison. You also created that dopplerganger to give Luna a false sense of security and not worry about his missing sister." Carrick tipped his hat.

 

Carrick took a glance back at Ice Star. He wanted to confirm if his Celestia kidnapping theory was correct. His face still had the same look. Carrick assume that he was correct. He took breath than continue on his theory, "Now, why would you need the elements of harmony. Why use a power that has the ability change the evil into good?" Carrick gave a 'hmph' as he went on it, "Simple, your manipulation. Evil and Good is always subjective. Maybe you do or don't believe it's good or not, I won't know for sure. I can't read your mind, however...the simple matter of fact is, you made them believe what they are doing is correct."

 

"However, I doubt that's the only thing needed here. You probably need more than just the Elements of Harmony. You need energy and lots of it I'm sure to become something as strong as a god. That's why you have Daeva's necklace isn't it? The necklace must have had a lot of energy from what I can tell from what Daeva had said." Carrick than pointed to Corpus, "That's also why you need Corpus as well. Whatever you had done or he had done himself. You need his magic as well. You'll probably use Celestia's power as well."

 

Carrick turned the pages to the end of his notes, his theory was to be finished, "Now we're back to why we're are here. I think this isn't some type of simple reason. It's complicated."

 

"I've been through many cases, so many cases that I can tell when I see their motive. The pure motive to why they do it. The thrill. Just as supervillians need superheroes. They need someone to chase them and try to thwart their plans. It won't be as exciting if someone doesn't do such a thing and you love every minute of it. You even got the luckiest of ponies as well. Blaze Phoenixtear was sent down here to prove himself that he wasn't just his father's son. He was determinate to finished it and of course me...Who doesn't give up a case until every angle has been bought out. The others saw what you have done and joined the case for their own reasons as well. However...it isn't the full motive.

 

Carrick stomped on the ground as he pointed his hoof at Ice Star, "YOU'RE GOING TO BE USING US TO CREATE THE ENERGY NEEDED TO BECOME GOD! As some sort poetic justice, the ponies who have tried to have stopped you will be ones to have become the spark for your victory." Carrick took a deep breath as he finished his theory. He was sure it wasn't fully there, maybe if he had more time he could of made a precise one.

 

Ice Star stopped his grinning and return back to his look. In a way he surpised, but disappointed. "Now, now. I have to say for what you have given me. That's impressive. You've created an amazing hypothesis and you've back it up with some good details and evidence. However, you're missing some pieces to whole puzzles...."

 

(( Just in case anypony asks: 1618 words, 6700+ characters. ))

[Chickey 383]

"Woah man, using us as fuel? Not cool bro..." Fire mumbled more to himself from behind the group. "One of the few things I agree on with you, 'bro' pony." Clocks added

 

Hypno, Shadow, and Midnight still stood looking towards Ice Star. Hypno still kept his odd grin, while Shadow kept his oddly expressionless face. Hypno used telekinesis to talk with Shadow. "There aren't any runes on the ceiling now are their? A simple reverse gravity spell would turn this encounter quite literally upside down for this smug piano boy... You gotta have one of those in your 'special' book eh? "

[Samurshy 708]

Of course Blaze thought It all makes sense.

 

 

"With the power of the Elements of Harmony, the amount of MP he could harness from it would be more massive than any other spell ever. Durring the activation of the Elements of Harmony, I have heard tell that it releases a super concentrated amount of MP. It is so great that scholars have said it is greater than a SSS spell. They call it an omega spell. But even so, the power of the Elements of Harmony only extends as far as to bring forth peace and order." Blaze then looked at Ice Star "So what possible use could you have for it? There really is no practical use, it would not benefit you or your cause. At least that would be true, if it was not for your ability. You see, I had the privilege of looking through some old case reports of the ponies that were suspected to have been murdered by you. The guardsmen and the nobles who were slain after getting too close. One of these such cases involved a guardsmen patrolling close to a place you were suspected of hiding in. He was found dead, impaled with his own spear. Another was found with his blood boiled out of his body, as if he had spent time in a vacuum. A certain noble was found with his body halfway fazed through a solid wall" Blaze cleared his throat as he neared the end of his hypothesis "So I started to think of what kind of power you possess. Sure there are certain spells that could maybe make those things happen. But the reports mentioned that there was no trace of spell MP in the surrounding areas. And then our adventure to Fillydelphia happened. It was once part of a green fertile land but after you destroyed the city and build your base, you also changed the biome to a desert. Sure there are biome change spells, but it requires a lot of ponies who are skilled enough to know SS class spells. But you did that alone didn't you? Because your power is far more evil and destructive than anyone thought possible. You have the ability to slightly alter the rules of reality don't you? From making a guard's blood boil in a airless vacuum, to changing the the very environment. But wait, if that is true than why do you use magic spells at all? The answer is simple, your power to change reality is limited. It has it's own set of rules, and if you abuse it too much it can lead to your downfall. Am I right?" Blaze asked, finishing up his entire hypothesis.

[Chickey 383]

"But wouldn't the gravity spell end up triggering the runes? You really don't think through things in that state." Shadow retorted mentally.

"Well, it's either that or we might end up dying anyway. I'm relying on the runes being triggered by destructive magic only..." Hypno replied in a irritated tone

 

Shadow glanced over to Blaze and sent the conversation to him now. "You, Phoenixtear, Do you know exactly what triggers these runes and what happens when they are triggered exactly. Do they just magically die or is it an Explosion? We could use an anti-gravity spell and get to the roof and fire off a dozen attacks, or Hypno, Fire, and I could do that from the floor depending on how these work due to the fact we are already technically undead."

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

Quickly ground his hoof into the ground, stopping his pattern. "Use me. You want to use me. Everypony wants to use me. The council, my trainer, even some of my friends. I am so sick of being used," he mumbles angrily, "And to top it all off, I have no idea where wings is!"

 

Lyth started praying.

[Samurshy 708]

Blaze turned to Shadow

"If I am correct, the spell stops one's heart from beating with MP waves. Normally most runes only work if one is stepping on them, but as I said before, Mr. Star here has the ability to alter the rules of reality. He could simply alter the rules of your gravity spell to increase gravity instead of reverse it. Or he could alter the rules of the runes to shoot a pillar of death upwards so anyone in or above it dies. Let's try not to do anything too crazy okay?" Blaze said.

[Chickey 383]

Shadow mentally sighed "At least we still gave the advantage of not having a beating heart at all..." He thought as he waited for something else to happen. He looked back to Blaze "Still, if push comes to shove we might need a way out. We could fire some blasts of magic out and we could run. Somepony will probably stay back and I already know who will." At his last thought he glanced at Hypno.

 

In his mind Hypno was still there, In the same chair sitting next to his counterpart. "It would appear the show is going to start soon." He said to Hypno with a snide smile. Hypno just stood there looking at the table with a depressed face. "Oh don't be such a baby, you're little friend will probably be fine. Let's cheer you up with a song how bout?" He asked as he clapped his hooves together and a dozen instruments appeared all around the large room. They all started to seem to play themselves magically. "Pick me up, hose me down. I'm sorry boys about the dirty night clowns." He sang as he got up and pulled Hypno out of his chair, he started to walk him to the door. He kicked it open and continued down the large hallway. "Earth does break the things we make, like model planes and cuppy cakes." The large hallway seemed to be lined with statues of ponies. Practically more than you could count. Most of the statues seemed half broken and wounded. Nega-Hypno started to walk him down the hallway and sang. "I cant clear the leaves from here. They're too far under the brush this year. I cant clear the leaves from here. They're too far under the brush this year." Some of the statues were easily familiar. Shadow, Clocks, and Fire appeared in time as they walked. "Let them be buried, buried alive. In their suits, in their ties. Trees to shade the moves that they made. In their suits, in their ties. Let them be buried, buried alive! In their suits, in their ties." He continued as he looked at all the statues. Some of them with shocked faces and fang marks in their neck. "You're safe here now, you're in the clear now. We'll eat soup and apple pies." They reached the end of the hallway and kicked open the door and walked into the next. "I cant clear the leaves from here. They're too far under the brush this year. I cant clear the leaves from here. They're too far under the brush this year." He repeated as they walked up stairs "I will never be dirt-free. Up the stairs come find me, come sneak up behind me. I'll be sleeping soundly, like a baby." They reached a lounge room and Nega-Hypno began to finish. "I cant clear the leaves from here. They're too far under the brush this year." He ended as the instruments played a finale and then fell silent.

 

Nega-Hypno did a bow and sat down in one of the chairs. Hypno slumped into one of the others. "There, all better right? I'm here all night." He asked. "You're insane, you know that?" Hypno replied harshly. "You're the one talking to yourself." He retorted with a grin. "We're both insane, one in the same!" He rhymed with a laugh. "We're not the same, not even close." He muttered back. "Uggh, kid, don't fool yourself, at least I'm smart enough to know simple things. But boy, this mare really has hurt us now hasn't she? I'm gonna have to try to fix us this time instead of let you do it aren't I? So many disappointments you have experienced I would of expected you to learn to avoid them by now." He replied with an irritated look. "I hope you fully understand that you're dealing with a highly powerful Ice Mage who you gave their powers back. The leader of that army there has even trusted her enough to give the rank of a general too her. I would suggest that you don't keep the same attitude you keep now when she will probably have intentions of freezing our head into a Popsicle and breaking it into pieces on the wall." Nega-Hypno commented as he walked out and shut the door.

 

Edited November 14, 2012 by Hypno

[NinjaCPU 270]

This is new information. Blaze must of gotten it when I was still in the dungeon. All the pieces are started to form together. This case...is almost done.

 

"My, my we do have a smart bunch don't we? As excepted from the alicorn, Blaze Phoenixtear." He gave a bow as than gave a deadpan look. "However, the incident with Fillydelphia was not of my powers. I could of done such a powerful spell, of course. However, I wasn't at Fillydelphia. I was taking care of loose ends in Ponyville." Ice Star looked at Corpus, "He was the one who did such a move." Corpus looked back everypony around the runes. He didn't say a word, as he just listen to Ice Star. "Though he doesn't have the abilities I do. He does have the MP to create chaos in anyway. Especially now." He closed his eyes.

 

"No matter how strong you get, there will be a barrier. You need to pierce the barrier and cut through it. Anyway you can. I have given a cut to that barrier but only small incision had leaked out. If I overuse my abilities....I'll just die. Disintegrate, atom by atom."

 

"The time I had to obtain it, the days of researches. All the time just pushed myself to the very core to become stronger. The ponies who have tried to foil my plans. The many I've killed." He looked down in silence, a hint of remorse came through him. His equinity(sp?) was still there, hidden beneath the depth of his mind. Ice Star looked up, "I did my best to create this world. I'm almost there. I know I can. I have everything in motion. Ponies will see what my vision is. It'll be integrate into their very minds. What it shall become. Something you don't see." He opened his eyes again.

 

"Now, Carrick Murphy, Blaze Phoenixtear. It's time for you to come with me. If you don't come you'll be killed either by the runes around you or by this pony." Corpus stepped up in front of Ice Star and gave a grin.

 

"I know ponies have already seen his strength by destroying the city of Fillydelphia. I suggest you don't bother to fight him. However, no matter what will happen. I'll win. So, what will it be?"

 

The detective took everything on what Ice Star had said. He had seen him the aftermath of both Blaze and the city. Carrick already saw Blaze's almost blow a casket to see this pony before him. From the way he talked, to his actions. Carrick just saw him as a mere megalomaniac, but one close to gaining his the highest power. A god. Celestia would be a thing of the past. "Blaze, I know we have only known each other for about a month. We've had ourselves a crazy adventure. One that I will probably remember as one of the most idiosyncratic cases I have ever taken. We need to go in there. For the sake of everypony." Carrick gave a tip of the hat.

[Chickey 383]

Hypno looked at Carrick, his head cocked to the side as he muttered with a confused face. "Well that doesn't seem like a good idea at all..."

Shadow watched Carrick with a slightly intrigued look. He hoped that he was right on this decision and that it wouldn't end badly. For some reason he slightly trusted the pony with the hat.

Edited November 16, 2012 by Hypno

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

It was taking all of Quickly's self-control not to draw his bow and shoot it, to not throw his knife at Ice Star. This pony wanted to take his- his family, again. And he had to watch, again, as his family went out and probably never came back. He had Nighthunter and Pegasus pride to hold back, and it made him tremble with effort.

[Samurshy 708]

Blaze looked at this pony, the pony that he started this entire journey with, a pony who he had many arguments with and shared many laughs with. His eyes took in Carrick, examined him for any hint of doubt or unseriousness, but all he saw was a determined pony who had already set his mind out to do something, what was that word again? Blaze thought Ah yes, conviction. There was conviction behind Carrick's eyes and body movements, that suggested he had either already thought up a plan, or had already accepted his defeat. Either way, Blaze was with him one hundred percent.

"It has been fun Carrick, we should go on a case together again, after this is all over..." Blaze said with hope in his heart "Let us get this over with then." And with that Blaze followed Carrick and Ice Star further into the depth of Ice Star's underground Ponyville hideout.

Edited November 17, 2012 by Bronynonymous

[Chickey 383]

Hypno started at Blaze with a look of further confusion. He simply shook his head as him and his friends followed Blaze and Carrick wherever they were going. Shadow simply followed and examined the scenery as he walked through the area with the rest of the group.

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

Quickly stepped in front of the vampire group, and held up a hoof, "We-" He took a breath, "We can't follow them. Not this time. Hypno, do you play chess?" He flipped out a board; A being as old as Hypno would play chess, because he would've been there when it was made. The tablet also told him that chess was a particular favorite of vampires. And it would give him a chance to talk to the blood-fueled pony.

[Chickey 383]

A small smile spread across Hypno's face as he was stopped by Quickly. "Now you're speaking my language!" He laughed. "But to answer you question, yeah, I suppose I do know how to play." He added as he sat down across from Quickly with the board.

 

(In real life I have about exactly 2% idea on how to play chess xD)

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

Quickly started setting it up for them. "So, not-so-Hypno-but-still-Hypno, you want black or white?"

 

Lyth sighed, "I guess we've got problems, but I have faith in my afterlife, if it is upon us..." She sighed, "So... I was wondering... Were you ever planning on biting me?" She grinned.

[Chickey 383]

"Black." Hypno stated before they started as he started at Quickly with an intrigued look as to why he stopped them.

 

Clocks thought for a moment. "Not really planning on it honestly, I was trying to be nice this time. But I would probably end up doing it sometime." He explained with a shrug.

[NinjaCPU 270]

The detective gave a nod back to Blaze. He wasn't sure if Ice Star would notice it but he gave a sleight of hoof, he wrote something down on his notepad. Blaze went to commit to his fate as Carrick nodded right back at him. His fate was seal as well, to what who knows. Providence. "Wait," Carrick said as he chuck the notepad to Starbolt. "Hold on to it." Carrick's face was deadpan.

 

@,

 

The notepad had a few words written in big font. Though it would cause some suspicion he didn't know if Starbolt would read if it was in the usual font. There was only three words written: Drink the bottle. Carrick was referring to the bottle he had found in Fluttershy's cottage. The only that was found with the diary as well. It was only a theory, but since his theory have been doing well, he decide to go on a whim on this. He didn't think he'd just leave it there for no reason. It wasn't to kill us, nopony would be stupid to drink some random liquid without knowing what it was(though in this case, he wanted Starbolt to do so.) The theory started to come into his mind when he saw the nameless general with his upgraded powers. Though he didn't know what the pony had obtain such strength, Carrick he thought of various ways to improve your MP.

 

Though Carrick wasn't one to be specialized at all in the ways of magic. He was a detective so his knowledge of it was adequate at best. There shouldn't be a spell to would make your powers stronger. Logical speaking, if one pony were to do that it would be some sort of infinity loop to do so. Another theory would be that he just use pure strength to increase. The problem with that theory would be that he is restraining his powers every now and than. It wouldn't work like that. All theories lead to him upgrading his powers from a outer source. No equipment was added on him, just that cloak. Though there could be something beneath it, there wasn't anything protruding out of the cloak. The bottle was the only logical solution....

 

(( Scratch that, too tired.)

Edited November 19, 2012 by NinjaCPU

[Chickey 383]

 

"So Quickly Boy, what do you wan't to talk about? I'm guessing that's what this is about. Stopping us in a situation like this for chess only would be just silly!" He chuckled. "So let me here it. Could it be my little item? Snow? Vampirism? Boring Hypno's Disappearance I'm all tuffed ears for whatever you need."

 

[Glaceon 793]

(OOC I'm going to assume you gave Starbolt the bottle too.)

 

Starbolt looked at the notepad Carrick had given her. She then looked at the bottle. Starbolt was wary of drinking unknown potions but she trusted Carrick. She quickly drank the potion. She instantly felt light-headed and a bit dizzy.

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

Since he didn't pick a color, Quickly chose the white side and moved first, putting his Queen's pawn two places forward. "Well, let's start with Snow then. The two of you have been close since the mountain cabin. We know from Carrick how the Element weilders turned. I remember Dash's days before her disappearance; distracted, depressed, to prideful to talk about it... Who's to say it's REALY Snow's choice to be with Ice Star?"

[Chickey 383]

(One page back towards the bottom I had Hypno say black xD)

 

Hypno moved second and retorted. "Well, from what I've gathered from this place is they had to force her to stay with piano boy here. Meaning that my little evening talks worked. I didn't even have to use my own special magic." He explained. "But Quickly boy, you're talking to 'Not So Hypno' and therefor Snow staying with Ice Star only fuels my gain here."

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

"What I'm saying is, is that she's being forced, in a way, to betray you. Which means if you try hard enough, she might be redeemable. It's your move," he added, sharpening his knife. "So, what did you do with regular Hypno, anyways?" Put him in a cheap hotel room? he thought humorously.