Now, Relv is sitting up straight on the couch and has returned to his stiff, emotionless expression facing towards Fluttershy. Fluttershy slowly bites her lip staring back at Relv, now having a choice to make.

“What do I do?” She mumbles, “He’s dangerous, but he has good reason to be. No pony would like him free, but he wants that hate in order to help them. He could never experience happiness set loose ever again, or he could be happy with me. Would he be happy, being trapped? Everything’s telling me not to listen to him, yet at the same time everything’s telling me to listen to Relv… Relv, what can I do?”

He calmly responds, “You can either command to set myself free, or not and have me as your loyal servant.”

“Would you be happy if you were with me?”

“Possibly, but I wouldn’t be able to make many others prosper and live in the future.”

“Do you, consider me your friend?”

“I’m… not sure.”

“What do you mean?”

“I see you as my master, therefore, I cannot truly distinguish you as a friend or not.”

“I mean, if you had that spell never casted upon you, yet we experienced the same events together, would I be your friend?”

“No. I think…”

“What?”

“This mind control, I just can’t think straight.”

“Are you sure it’s the mind control that’s doing this?”

“Certainly…”

“What if he would’ve wanted to be my friend, but couldn’t due to that whole ‘dependence’ thing he’s against.”

“…It must be the mind control.”

“Relv,”

“Yes?”

“If I were to set you free now, what would you do?”

“I would continue on my quest and follow my code.”

“What would you do first specifically?”

“I’d most likely locate those bank robbers from the Crystal Empire and return the money.”

“Most likely?”

“This mind control, as weak as it is against me, limits my emotions and self-awareness. I’m not certain what exactly how I’ll feel and how I’ll understand the true gravity of the events I have experienced under your command.”

“What about Celestia? What will you do with her once you’re free?”

“Most likely outcome, I’d attempt diplomatic discussion with her once more. If Tia refuses my efforts, I will simply continue on my ways.”

“What if you become angry at her and lash out? I mean, I don’t want her, or any of my friends to get hurt.”

“I should have my code withhold any emotions that may come.”

“I guess that’s good. So, should I let you free? Should I let you commit crimes across Equestria and do whatever you feel is for the greater good?”

“Yes.”

“…” Fluttershy exits her seat and begins to nervously pace around the large book, taking small glances at the thing and imagining the contents inside. “All of that and more will happen if I set him free. But from most of those crimes, more ponies will be happy and ready for the future. What will Celestia and the others think of me? A traitor, of course, there’s no arguing that. They may never want to see me again! I could go to prison, maybe even that dimension prison Relv was sealed in, and have that hope thing destroy me! What will happen to my animal friends? Angel, Harry, Barry, Mr. Beaver, who will take care of them? Maybe setting Relv free was a terrible idea from the start?”

“…”

“However, think of all of the ponies that Relv can help once set free… The griffons from Griffinstone, Rarity, the shop owner, the ponies of the Crystal Empire that rely on the bank, they all were helped by Relv even though his actions were considered evil. And now, in this day and age, and with Relv now fully trained and prepared, who knows how many he can help. He may be evil, but he is a necessary evil, a good kind of evil. If giving up my own life as I know it means helping thousands of ponies and setting my friend free, then I’ll take it.”

“…” Powerfully, the pegasus stops in front of Relv turns towards his face, giving a very serious look to his just as seriously face.

“Relv, I command that you free yourself from Celestia’s spell. Be free, be the pony that you want to be, helping others by being the evil required!”

“…”

“Relv-”

“Unleashing Power #31: Anti-Magic!” A small glow appears from Relv’s back left leg as the stallion begins to twitch. His eyes snap shut and he soon begins to scream in pain as his mind becomes bombarded. His memories shatter into new ones, his train of thought derails and places itself onto another track, his senses restart with a powerful jolt. Fluttershy fearfully backs away as the red Earth pony continues to scream and twitch for a minute. Finally, he stops moving and slumps onto the couch, breathing deeply with his eyes still closed.

“Relv, are you okay?”

“…”

“Relv?!”

“…Tia…”

“Relv? Are you alright? Now I need to get help?” Slowly, the red stallion opens his eyes and gets off of the couch, facing away from Fluttershy and towards the door.

“I’m fine. Thank you for freeing me.”

“Y-you’re welcome. So you’re going to get those robbers now?”

“No.”

“What?”

“Right now, there’s nothing I want to do more than make her pay.”

“Princess Celestia?! No!”

“She tore away everything I held dear to me. I was being orchestrated by an idiot, and then by a slightly smarter idiot. I now see everything that has happened to me, every wasted second of my precious life. I became a slave, no, worse, a slave with no mind. I was good as dead before you set me free. For what Tia did, for nearly destroying me, I’m going to make her pay.”

“You don’t mean-”

“I’m going to kill her, and I’m going to enjoy it. My code can wait. I’m now angry, angrier than anything imaginable, and I am not one to get easily angered. If there any last shred of happiness I’ll have, it’ll be watching her blood paint every brick of the castle!”

“Relv, don’t!”

“I’m no longer your slave, stay away from me if you want to live.”

“Relv!”

“Unleashing Power #2: Speed!” In a matter of moments, the glow that shown from the last time he unleashed his second power returns. In the blink of an eye, Relv vanishes from Fluttershy’s sight, leaving behind her windows shattered and the front door torn from its hinges.

“Relv! Oh no!”

Meanwhile, outside of Town Hall, Twilight and the others that visited Fluttershy’s cottage are peacefully walking together.

“Are you sure Fluttershy’s not going to side with Relv?” Rainbow Dash asks the group, “She did seem kind off, iffy.”

“She may have been a little off,” Applejack retorts, “but she is an honest pony.”

Spike immediately disagrees, “She did lie to me about Relv unleashing his powers.”

“Well, except that one time.”

“What if Relv was using his mind tricks on her?” Rarity exclaims, “He could be using her to keep us from finding out his evil schemes.”

“Maybe we should go back and check on her,” Twilight declares, “just to be safe.”

“We don’t need to.” Pinkie replies in her usually chipper tone.

“Why?”

“Looks like Relv’s coming to us fast, with Fluttershy following way behind.”

“What?”

“He doesn’t look really happy, maybe angry.” The other five quickly turn around to where the pink pony is looking in the distance and see Relv charging at them at rapid speeds, tearing up the ground behind him.

“That looks like what Relv did at the Crystal Empire.” Spike proclaims.

“Maybe they’re just exercising.”

“Relv!” Fluttershy screams from far away from the six friends, “Stop! Don’t hurt Celestia!”

“Or not…”

“He’s broken loose!” Twilight exclaims, “Quickly, group together, he’s coming right at us!” As the friends follow the purple alicorn’s orders and group together, Twilight’s horn glows purple as she sets a wide magic shield in front of them. “Ha! This thing’s a kilometre wide, he’ll never get pass it.”

Relv sees the massive shield as he enters the town of Ponyville and without hesitation, he yells out, “Unleashing Power #38: Atomic Altercation!” A small light glows from his back left shoulder along with his Speed light as he comes within a couple of metres of the shield and the oncoming ponies and dragon. Instead of colliding with the shield, Relv’s body instead phases through it, much to Twilight and the others’ shock. Still maintaining his outrageous speed, Relv then phases through the huddle of ponies and continues his charge towards Canterlot. The six freeze in shock for a moment to contemplate what just happened.

“What… was… that?” Twilight stiffly states. Her horn soon stops glowing and the shield immediately disappears.

“Relv!” Fluttershy screams once more, soon reaching her friends in her pursuit of the red pony. Upon hearing her voice, the six snap out of their shock and turn their attention to her.

“What did you do?!” Twilight angrily barks.

“I-I-I… I had him remove the spell…”

“You did what?! Do you not realize what you just did?”

“All he wanted to do is help and I can see that his reasoning is solid! I didn’t think he’d be that angry at Celestia and-”

“Wait, what is he going to do to Celestia?”

“He’s going to kill her if I don’t stop him!”

“How do you plan on doing that? He just phased his entire body through a magic shield and us!”

“I-I don’t know. I think if I can get him to listen to me, I can set things straight and-”

“You’ve just did the opposite of that, you’ve let him loose! Girls, Spike, we’re going to Canterlot and stopping Relv before he hurts the princess.” Quickly, Twilight and the others join in a huddle as her horn glows once more.

“Let me join! I can stop him!”

“You’ve already caused enough damage! When we get back, we’re going to have a very serious discussion with you.”

“But-” Before Fluttershy can finish her response, a bright purple flash temporarily blinds the pegasus. Upon regaining her vision, Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, and Spike have all disappeared. “…I didn’t mean for him to hurt her…”

“That’s it demon. The guards have told me that they’ve seen you blazing across Ponyville and coming here as I speak. I’m ready for you, you monster. I’m ready to avenge my parents, to save Equestria, and to end the suffering I’ve had of being betrayed by you. I knew that you were going to break free real soon. It’s been less than a day practically. That’s the type of demon you are, a fast one, a violent one, a manipulative one, the worst type of demon there is. I'm now glad you set yourself free, I now more than ever so want you to be here. It doesn't matter if you use all of your powers against me or attempt to talk me to your side, I’ll win this fight! I've proven my point that I'm right…

…Actually, now that I think about it, you’re no different from anypony else, all it takes is one special day to turn the most normal of ponies alive into something of the likes of you. That's how far the world is from where I am as well, just one special day. I believe I know that special day, am I right? I know I am. Why else would you become this demon? You had that one day that drove you to use your powers to force your beliefs. Only you won't admit it, you have to believe there's some point to all this harm you’re causing. I mean what is it with you? What made you what you are? It was the day, you stopped the satyr army. All those lives you saved, it gave you that rush to use them on us, to turn time itself into an enemy. Something like that... something like that... happened to me. You know, I told you…

…The day I defeated Discord with my sister, several years after you were imprisoned, was my special day. The rush of saving all of my ponies, I couldn’t help but to bathe in the attention and shoved my sister aside. I believed at that point that me being the prime focus of attention is what the citizens required. With her already destroyed sanity after you turned evil and the death of her parents, I accidently prompted her into becoming Nightmare Moon. My point is I went crazy when that special day happened to me. I admit it! Why can't you? I mean you’re not unintelligent, you must see the reality of this situation. You still think that this stealing, this killing, this evil, the use of your abilities, is required by you for my ponies to enforce this twisted version of utilitarianism that you have concocted? Why don’t you see it…

…But, what if I’m seeing this wrong. What if… what if you did have that special day, but you didn’t turn corrupt? What if instead it gave you inspiration to use your powers for this greater good you believe in? You were right when you said that debating doesn’t go anywhere. We still are arguing over these many, many years. Why can’t we stop arguing and fighting for once, and make up? You still believed back then when I loved you as you still do now. As do I…

…I want to talk with you now. I want to listen, I want to understand, not argue like we have before. Please come back with a merciful heart, I’m sorry for what I’ve done to you. Relv…”