We had told Sweetie Belle and her friend, who had introduced herself as Apple Bloom, everything we knew up until this point; the mare, the stallion and the reason why we were here in the first place.

"So, jus' ta git thins' straight..." Apple Bloom said trying to condense the story in a nutshell "Ah pink mare posed as yer mom an' tried ta kill ya. Then later, ah blue stallion intruded yer house an' tried ta kill ya. Now, y'all were told by Discord an' yer mom at' Scoots ere' knew why this was all happenin', am ah right?"

"That's right" I confirmed "Scootaloo here might be our only lead into learning about the mare and stallion, since Discord is both unreliable and afraid to talk about the mare. My mom doesn't know anything either, as far as somepony tried to abort me all those years ago."

"You need... my help?" asked Scootaloo, who had since calmed down and was now sitting on the floor being guarded by Sweetie Belle just to make sure she didn't do anything sneaky.

"Yes" I answered "And since I'm royalty, not to brag, sorry, I have the power to shorten your stay at the asylum should you choose to accept my offer."

Scootaloo stayed silent for a few seconds before she took a deep breath and began speaking,

"Eighteen years ago, I was told that the bones in my wings were deformed and that they would never grow properly. In short, I could never fly. I was so angry that day; I hid away from my friends and locked myself in our clubhouse. It wasn't soon afterward when I met a mare with an orange mane and pink coat who promised me great power and revenge on the world."

"What was her name?" everypony asked the orange mare.

"I believe she told me her name was... oh, what was it again?" Scootaloo knocked her head "I swear, it's at the tip of my tongue..."

"You mean you don't remember?" asked Blitz.

"Well gee, I'm sorry for being locked up in a nuthouse for more than half my life!" shouted Scootaloo before she took a deep breath and calmed down "Although, I do remember her saying something about 'keeping order' or something..."

"Keeping order, eh?" I said under my breath so nopony could hear me.

"That's all I know about the mare and whatever stallion you're looking for" Scootaloo said "Now, about that sentence shortage..."

"Keep your pants on..." I rolled my eyes "We still need to sign papers and the sort..."

"Really?" deadpanned Scootaloo "I told you everything and you say that there's paperwork to be signed?"

"Well, y'know..." I shrugged "Laws are laws, and you broke a few, so there's the law and order agreement, then there's the citizen obligation, um... some other stuff I never really paid all that much attention too..."

"The sentence shortening agreement?" said Blitz

"The sentence shortening agreement!" I agreed "Yes, of course, how could I forget that."

"Oh, how quaint..." said a strangely familiar female voice "You lot are all talking about order and law. This is how everyone should be talking from now on."

"Who said that?" I asked the ambiguous voice "Show yourself!"

"Who, me?" asked the voice "No, I'd rather let you figure it out for yourself."

My eyes widened and my pupils shrank at the realization of who's voice that belonged to.

"You!" I shouted "I thought my dad took care of you! How did you even live; you had a huge hole blasted through your body!"

"There's no point in telling you abomination, since I'm going to kill you eventually..." the voice said again. I could feel the wicked smile slowly appear on her face.

"Hey! Stop being a coward and show yourself!" shouted Sweetie Belle.

"Yeah! Have some courage!" shouted Apple Bloom alongside her friend.

"Okay then, suit yourself..." the voice sighed before a pink mane orange Pegasus with dragon-like eyes appeared right at the entrance to Scootaloo's cell.

"So it IS you..." I said "Tell me, why do you persist in trying to kill me?! What's your name?! How did you survive my father's magic?!"

"*tsk* *tsk*... Too many questions..." the mare laughed "But, I'm not a... dishonorable soul, so my name shall be the only thing you'll know of me... My name is Order, and you, my dear Midnight Sparkle, are disrupting the order of things!"

"Why?!" I shouted "What in the name of Celestia would make you think that?!"

"Order?" questioned Scootaloo with a smile "That's the silliest name I've ever heard!"

"What did you say?" the pony who self proclaimed herself as Order asked "You would dare to mock me after everything I did for you? The power, the magic, the drive of revenge?"

"Wait... YOU were the one that did this to me?" Scootaloo asked. I could feel the heat of her rage building up inside her. I don't think anypony would want to mess with her by this point.

"Well of course!" Order smiled "You'd think you wouldn't forget somepony who-"

"Cut the chat, Order!" I interrupted the mare "Why are you here?!"

"Believe it or not, I'm actually not here to rip your heart out, abomination..." Order said honestly.

"Charming" I said under my breath.

"I'm actually here because of a certain legend" Order explained "I'm sure you've heard about the Red Streak, correct?"

"The Red Streak?" asked Blitz "You mean the streak of red in your mane that glows when you use magic?"

"The same" I informed Blitz before turning my attention back to the psychopathic mare at the cell's entrance "Yes, I have heard about it."

"Well then you must've heard about the fight between two Red Streaks, correct?" Order asked with a huge smile on her face.

I was beginning to become slightly creeped out by the pink mare. What was she trying to tell me?

"Just tell me, Order!" I yelled "What do you want right now?!"

"Well, I learned that it doesn't have to happen in order for the final battle to begin" she said "So yeah, you can just go about your business and NOT prepare for a big final battle of sorts."

"Are you lying to me?" I asked.

"I'm many things, child," Order told me "but a liar is not one of them. If I really wanted to lie, I would've sent one of my boys to dispatch you. But no, I'm here to tell you personally."

"Midnight, do you think she's telling the truth?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"There's a high chance she is..." Blitz spoke.

"...yeah, I think she is..." I said to myself just loud enough that my friends could hear me, before turning back to the madmare "So, what do you want now? You gonna kill me now?"

"Nope, that's all I was here for! To tell you about the story and maybe mock you a bit" Order laughed "Best be off! I have some planning to do!"

And with that said, the Pegasus mare known as Order teleported out of the room. We all stood there for a good minute and a half before Blitz broke the silence.

"Let's pretend this never happened" he said.

"Agreed."

"Yeah..."

"Totally."

"Ah'm with ya."

XXXXXX

As we began walking out of Scootaloo's cell (after Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle said their goodbyes, of course), I saw the mare in question get back in her chair and tie herself up as best as she could. I smiled at this.

"You're sentence has been reduced to... let's say two more weeks" I said before I too walked out of the cell and closed the doors behind me.

"Wait, I thought there was paperwork" Scootaloo reminded me.

"Please, I'm Midnight Sparkle" I chuckled "Name one time I ACTUALLY followed the government rules."

"...thanks..." Scootaloo, in the first time I saw her do so, smiled.

XXXXXX

It had been three hours since the events that transpired in the Ponyville Asylum. I had called upon my friends for an emergency friend meeting at Sugar Cube Corner. Everypony had shown up except for Ribbon.

"Thread, where's your sister?" Blitz asked, noticing the absence of one of the twins.

"Hmm? Oh, I think she said something about a big entrance" explained the white, slightly British Unicorn twin "Don't know what's she's going to do this time..."

Suddenly, Ribbon burst through the doors of the bakery with a fancy blue dress. The back part was very poofy and had frills under the skirt area and a few around her neck.

"Ribbon, what in the name of Celestia are you wearing?" asked Spring Blossom as her eyes were wide in shock. In fact, I think all our eyes were wide open in shock.

"Oh this?" questioned Ribbon as she began posing like a supermodel "This is a dress I made for my mother. I decided to test it out before I gave it to her. How does it look?"

"It looks..." Thread began.

"Fantastic?" I said.

"Stylish?" Spring questioned.

"Interestin'?" Little Mac stated.

"Cool?" Blitz said confusingly.

"Absolutely, positively, superb-ablely the best thing you've ever made!" Bubblegum shouted with glee.

"Thank you, Bubblegum" said Thread's younger sister by two minutes "At least somepony respects my work..."

"*sigh*... can we please just get on with the meeting?" I deadpanned.

"Ready when y'all are ready..." said Little Mac.

"Okay" I took a deep breath before beginning "So, at least three hours ago Blitz and I went to the Ponyville Asylum. It was there where we met and officially met two mares. The one we normally met was Scootaloo."

"*gasp*! You don't mean THE Scootaloo?" gasped Ribbon "The one that was responsible for the Scooter Massacre nearly two decades ago?"

"The same" I said "Although, turns out she was given the power of vengeance against the world by somepony else, so she isn't completely to blame."

"Who?" asked Spring.

"None other than the mare who has been causing problems for me this whole time" I answered my girl (SPACE!) friend.

Everypony gasped except for Blitz.

"But, didn't you say she had an energy blast go right through her?" asked Thread.

"Yeah, but turns out she wasn't kidding when she said she'd be back" I said "I still don't know how or why; all I know is that if she can regenerate herself, give herself a somewhat different personality, and that she won't go down easily."

There was an awkward silence between me and my friends. This could've been the perfect time to tell my friends about the legend, but I decided to hold off on that for now. However, I thought this might be the best time to tell them about Rage Quit.

"Hey, you guys?" I began, getting all my friends' attention "Last night, a guy attacked me from within my castle. He said he wanted to destroy me under command from the 'High Mistress', whom I now know as Order. However, I could somewhat see that he didn't want to do that. I think his name was... Rage Quit?"

Bubblegum's eyes widened the second she heard the name. I wasn't quite sure why, though. So naturally...

"Bubblegum, you're looking a bit antsy" I pointed out "Do you have something to say?"

"Um... no? I'm totally chipper as always! Heheh..." she obviously faked her chuckle.

"Bubblegum, is this about the stallion who attacked me last night?" I asked my usually bubbly friend.

"...yes..." she answered me as she sighed a huge breath of air "I met him at Ponyville Park. He seemed pretty nice, so I tried to become friends with him. We laughed, had ice cream together and even went to my secret hideout! He told me about his friends... I told him about mine... apparently he's never had ice cream before! Can you believe it?" Bubblegum began to cheer up talking about Rage Quit.

"Seems like I was right..." I thought aloud "Maybe Rage Quit really doesn't want to kill me. But one question still stands... well, about Rage Quit at least..."

"What's that?" asked Little Mac.

"Why doesn't he want to do it in the first place?" I questioned "I mean, I gather that he's beginning to open his eyes to the truth, I guess. But why?"

"Maybe somepony special ta him is bein' kept hostage?" suggested my 11-year-old friend "Ah mean, it only sounds logical..."

"Well, I for one think Rage Quit is nothing but a cold heartless ruffian!" exclaimed Ribbon "Perhaps he simply puts on that act in order to get closer to you. Did you consider that?"

Now I wasn't sure what to think. Both Little Mac's and Ribbon's arguments were valid, and either one of them could be true. I only met the stallion once, and that was when he was on duty. I'd like to see him when he wasn't trying to kill me.

"I suppose we'll just have to find out the hard way, unless Rage Quit shows his face again and tells us straight" I said "We'll all have to meet with him and learn why Rage Quit is why he is."

"Then it's a deal!" said Spring "Bubblegum, did you, by chance, organize another day with Rage Quit?"

"Yeah, I did!" Bubblegum said in a now more upbeat voice.

"Good" Springy smiled "Tell him to visit all of our homes and to try and make friends with all of us. Then perhaps we can get some answers outta him!"

"Alright, I'll remember to ask that when I meet with him!" said Bubblegum in her usual chipper voice "Well, I'm guessing that about wraps up the meeting?"

"Yep!" I nodded as I confirmed the situation "Thank you all, and here's hoping we get some answers 'outta him', as B said."

As everypony left, I stared out the window and saw that a certain robed stallion was watching us. He dashed off the second I saw him, but it left me wondering...

"Who are you Rage Quit, and what's making you follow Order?"

Author's Notes:

Congratulations, Cyber System for seeing the completely obvious Kingdom Hearts reference! You get a cookie! *nom*

Be sure to leave a like and a comment to help out this story! Seriously, thank you guys so much! If we can get up to either 30 comments or 40 likes, I'll do a side story on Scootaloo's past!

The next few chapters, which I'll call the "Story" saga, will be the P.O.V. of the character in the title of the chapter. Sorry I didn't mention this before, and I'll mention it again in the next chapter.

Until then, I'll see ya later Scraggsters!