I had taken Strat to Storm’s house and I asked his mother if it would be alright if Storm could stay the night, and when she accepted Stratus nearly jumped out of his coat in excitement. We were now back outside, the warmth of Celestia’s sun seeping into our bodies. It was another nice day and we took advantage of it. Ok, this isn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would be. Sitting around in Cloudsdale is kind of relaxing, and even though it isn’t getting me paid, I’ll live with it……FOR NOW!

We were sitting there and I was watching Stratus and Storm Cloud run around the yard doing whatever little kids do. I was actually getting close to Storm Cloud, he was funny, nice and friendly, willing to listen, and I liked that about him. Yes, bring him closer to the dark side Stratus, bring him closer to the family of trolls, we will convert him.

I suddenly say a shadow in the shape of a pony slide across the cloud ground. I looked up and saw that same alicorn from 4 days ago fly and stop right in the center of the sun. The pony then began to glow in an amazing red aura and a huge wave of magic dispersed across the air. Right after it did so the sun began to set and it was setting fast. I looked back up to where the alicorn was and the pony was gone.

“Kyle, I think we should get inside. Something’s not right. The sun’s rapidly setting and I saw that alicorn again and she let off a huge amount of magic. I think we should send word to Twilight about this” Rainbow Dash said as she rounded up Stratus and Storm Cloud and led them inside.

“You’re right about something being wrong, but how will we get the letter to Twilight if we make one?” I asked her quizzically. Every stinking time I have fun for more than a week, everything goes down the toilet. What is it going to be now; I already can’t wait to almost die again!

“I came prepared for it, just in case. Write a letter to her and then give it to me and I’ll use this special seal she gave me and it will send the letter directly to her” Rainbow Dash said before she pulled out a small purple seal from her saddlebag.

“Ok” I said to her before I walked over to the table and began writing a letter to Twilight. I wrote:

Dear Twilight,

Good news. I think we’ve found Ezra, and I think she’s evil. She discharged a large magic burst and the sun rapidly started to set. If Ezra was a dark grey alicorn with a flowing red mane that appeared to have sparks flying out of it, that’s who we saw. I don’t know what’s going on now, but I hope this helps.

Before I could continue writing there was a brilliant flash of light in front of me and I saw the dark grey alicorn known as Ezra standing before me. Please let this be a friendly visit!

“That depends little one, are you doing anything that’s bad like writing a letter that will aid in something that I don’t want?” Ezra said with a smile as she looked me right in the eyes.

“Umm, no?” I said to her with my best smile I could. Truth is I was scared shitless of this whole situation. She thinks me writing to Twilight is a bad thing? Hmm, I’m curious now.

“You’re curious are you? Well, let me enlighten you on the situation really quick if you don’t mind. I’m Ezra, the princess of manipulation. I control everything about ponies. I can make then want to fall in love, and everything that relates to manipulation of the mind. I really love what I do to be honest, I love seeing how everypony’s lives play out just by wanting something. I heard about all the commotion of me disappearing for a little while and I found that really irritating. I am a little mad at you writing the letter to her, but I will forgive you this time. Because you or she can’t really do anything anyways” Ezra said to me with a grin.

“What are you doing if you don’t mind me asking? Why did you say that we can’t do anything anyways?” I asked her with curiosity and fear rising in my voice.

“I can smell and taste the fear you’re giving off. I didn’t like my cousin Celestia or cousin Luna’s rules around here anymore so I came and made a few changes, starting with them both being locked up in a special cell that is resistant to magic and the so called elements of harmony. For too long I have been afar, never allowed to return because of them rejecting me, but no more, I will rule Equestria like it should be run!” she said to me with an evil grin. She got really close to my face and whispered into my ear “Do you think I didn’t have a part in you falling in love with Rainbow here? I have plans for you two and I think you will come to accept them.”

I tossed the letter behind me and Rainbow Dash caught it and stamped the seal on it and it was instantly transported away and into the hooves of Twilight. There, now you can’t get rid of the letter. She’s already gotten it!

Rainbow dash was glaring at Ezra with anger “you jailed the princesses? You’re cruel, leave us alone!”

“Though Twilight got the letter, it didn’t have nearly as much information as it should have. They will think that me being evil is a lie, and she will come and see that I’m still the nice alicorn that she saw 4 days ago, so your plans are null and void. Now, I am sorry, but you two cannot be trusted anymore with living your normal lives now, so I guess I’m just going to have to bring you all back to Canterlot with me and I’ll decide what happens from there” Ezra said to us with another evil smile and laugh.

Without warning she used her magic and she instantly teleported us to the Canterlot castle. When I came to I looked around and saw that I was in a cell all by myself and Ezra was standing over me smiling. “Where is my family!? I don’t care who you are or what you’re doing, but I want my family safe!” I said to her before I got up and glared at her.

“Do you know what I’m going to do? I like making ponies happy, I really do, but I LOVE making them unhappy, and I do mean love. I’m terribly sorry, but you won’t be seeing them again soon, but they are alright. Do you want to know what I plan on doing while I rule?” Ezra said to me as she got a little closer and started to circle around me like I was her prey.

I didn’t even reply to her, I just kept glaring at her and I was contemplating on trying to jump her. This is where I’d put a fuck…..if I gave one! She started to laugh at me and I just frowned at the sudden change of mood.

“Well, I think you would care if I ruined the lives of countless ponies all across Equestria. I’m going to turn them all against each other and I will make them plead out for death. I will feed on their life force until they are no more, because it’s what I do. You’re going to help me, both you and Rainbow Dash will” Ezra said to me with a laugh of victory.

“You leave Rainbow Dash out of this!” I said before I jumped at her, at which was a bad idea and she held me in the air with her magic inches away from her face. Bad idea!

“Oh but it wasn’t! You just have shown me a perfect example of how useful you truly will be for me. You have too much resistance to orders and what has been said, you want what’s best for you and your family, but when you lose that will of resistance, you will become easy to manipulate, and I think you will become one of my favorite subjects. And just wait, I’ll be releasing Rainbow Dash and the two younglings, but they will have no memory of you or ever knowing you and you will be the same with them. You won’t remember any of your friends that you met since you came here” Ezra said before she began to charge up her horn.

“Don’t you dare, leave them out of it!” I said to her, but she ignored me. Fuck you lady and your cruel stone heart. You are not a nice princess and I should have figured that out before when I saw you the first time! Untold amounts of hate!

“You will soon think differently of me my little pony; you will become much more keen on the whole idea in a few minutes” she said to me before she touched my head with her horn.

As she did so I felt my entire life seem to fade away into nothing. I couldn’t remember anything; I had no clue where I was, what I was doing, or anything. All I knew was the pony holding me with her magic as princess Ezra, heir to the throne. Why is she holding me still?

Rainbow Dash heard the conflict between Ezra and Kyle, and she wanted to stop it, but she couldn’t do anything about it because she was in a cell along with Stratus and Storm Cloud. She was listening to Kyle get angrier and angrier, and then it abruptly stopped and all she heard was silence.

She started to get worried and she walked over to the cell door and looked out and down the hall. She saw one of the doors swing open and Ezra walked gracefully out along with Kyle. They began walking this way and when they made it to her door they stopped and turned to her. “Kyle, are you alright?”

I looked at the cyan pony that was standing in front of me behind the bars. I didn’t know who she was, but yet she knew my name. I stayed silent and looked at her, but I never once felt a tug of knowing this pony from anywhere.

Rainbow Dash looked at Kyle and saw that his stare was blank, like he was looking at a brick wall. She looked into his eyes and found that they were clouded and had very little color. She then turned to Ezra, who was smiling at her “What did you do to him!?”

Ezra laughed a little “Dear Rainbow Dash, Kyle is no longer who you knew him as. He will never remember you or anything anymore. He is gone, replaced with nothing but emptiness and a need to please his successor. He doesn’t even know who you are, or the fact that he has a son, he knows only one thing….to do what I want him to” she said to her with a smile.

Rainbow Dash looked like she was ready to rip the bars of the cell right out from their supports and tear Ezra a new one. “You…..Don’t think that you’re going to get away with this, because I swear that I will get out of here and make Kyle remember everything AND kick your flank back to where you came from. If you even try to do anything that will harm him you’ll regret it!” Rainbow Dash said to the dark grey pony with hate seeping out on every word.

“Rainbow Dash, I will let you, your son, and his friend go, but I have one thing I need to do first. You will not remember anything of Kyle, none of you three will, he will be nothing to you, you won’t even remember his name, everything that you knew about or had to do with him will be gone from your minds” Ezra said before she again charged her horn. She pointed it at the cell with them inside of it and fired off a bright flash of light.

When the three came to Rainbow Dash looked at Kyle and they met eye contact, but neither of them felt anything. Stratus was looking at Kyle too, and he even felt nothing. Ezra smiled victoriously and shot off another bright flash of light and when it dissipated the three of them were gone.

“Where did they go Ezra?” I said to her with curiosity.

“They went back home little one. Now come, we have a lot of planning to do for how things are going to be run around here. And I think you’ll like the idea when I tell you about it” Ezra replied to me with a smile.

“Who were they?” I said to her.

“They were just ponies I met earlier, nopony you need to worry about” Ezra said with a smile.

We began to walk down the hall and soon we were in the princess’s throne room. I sat down next to Ezra and she took her spot. She looked down at me and I looked back up to her “So what happens now?” What’s Ezra got planned for Equestria? I’m curious to find out.

A/N: Holy Crap! What has the author gotten you all into this time!? Just think of all of the possibilities that could happen with this one! I know that you’re all probably thinking of how they never get a break, but I have to make the story interesting somehow. I know that you will all like what I have planned this time, but let’s see how it plays out for now.

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