“...The world was heartbroken today after a rescue team went to go save two ponies from within a wine cellar after the White Tree Manor caught fire last night. The two ponies that were found in the wine cellar were none other than, Winter Rose and Captain Spitfire of the Abyss Walkers. Both mares were found in a horrific state within the cellar in the early hours of the morning...”

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“...The Captain was the least wounded for the pair, as she only suffered minor burns from a charred support beam that landed on top of her sometime during the night. Empress Rose, however, suffered from extreme mutilation that was caused by an unknown assailant. Reports say; that Empress Rose's left wing was completely destroyed and because of this. She may never be able to fly again. The report also says; that she is missing a third of her left ear from the top, which looked like it was cut off with a pair of wire cutters…”

“...When the rescuers found the pair; they had to tranquilize the Captain in order to take Rose out of her hooves and take her to the hospital in critical condition. One of the ponies responsible for finding them was mortally wounded when he got to close and passed away in the hospital. The other's say that the Captain was acting like a Thestral mare that was just protecting her child. Why did she act this way? Only time would tell..."

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“...In today's news: Princess Celestia has shown us all what a manipulative liar she really is. After hundreds of confirmation that there was no 'Dark Magic,' being used in Arcadia, Princess Celestia outright DENIED that many from the Necro Hunters guild; who specializes in hunting and eliminating Dark Mages, also confirmed this lie. Princess Celestia claims—Along with Princess Cadence, that they were all wrong…”

"...Because of this, both Princess's have sent out the Elements of harmony to deal with the nonexistent threat, and until their mission is completed: Equestria and her allies will continue to point their weapons at the small and growing nation..."

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“...Riots filled the streets in Canterlot after it was confirmed from a source within the Royal Guard that Celestia sent the mare known as 'Teresa.' the mare that was discovered to be the one that tortured and mutilated Empress Rose in her wine cellar—As a major ploy to destroy the developing country from within...”

“...Princess Celestia tried to use Teresa to take the crown for herself as she was proven to be Winter Rose's birth mother. This would have placed Teresa on the Ivory Throne and would have effectively killed Arcadia as an independent country..."

"...What makes this situation worse for Celestia was the fact that Teresa, was never supposed to know of the Empress’s location because Teresa would have tortured Rose if they were to be in the same room together, which happened. The reason why this was an even BIGGER issue was the fact that Celestia Pinky-Promised Rose to protect her from Teresa in the first place. Everyone knows you don't break a Pinky-Promise, as it was on par with freeing all demons from Tartarus..."

“...With this in mind, the city of Silent Hill gives their deepest apologies to Captain Spitfire, who was the real mother, even if only by paper, of Empress Rose. Those who have wronged the Captain for being too close to Winter Rose, when in reality, they were family: Have been taken into custody as more evidence arrives about the conspiracy known as: “The Mother Teresa” incident, revealing the truth of the treason that took place a few days ago…”

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“...Today: December 2, marks the final day of the; “The Mother Teresa Upheaval." All that has transpired showed us had far Celestia was willing to go to get her way. The grand plot to kill Empress Rose and destroy Arcadia was more than just an outside plot. The entire counsil was arrested for working with Equestria to remove Empress Rose from the throne, as well as many military members and even Rose's personal advisors…”

“...All of them have been proven guilty and now await execution once Empress Rose wakes up from her coma. And with Order-626 in effect, all power goes to Rose until a new cabinet is elected, but for now. In her place, was Princess Luna: Who has proven herself to be an ally for Arcadia with her own research on the matter…”

“...In other news: Equestria and the Crystal Empire have lost all of their allies in the east. The eastern countries that allied themselves with Arcadia, and they had made a move in retaliation to the news of Rose's condition. China, Russia, Britannia, Prance, Japapony, Germaney, and Saddle Arabia drew new borders overnight and took over the duel continent of Eurasia with their combined military strength…”

“...Now, the only allies that Equestria has left are; Zebraca, Australia, and Antarctica nations. The only ones left to stand with Celestia who is being backed into the corner…”

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“...The combined strength of the seven nation army destroyed all (166) neighboring countries and their former political strength. It's Martial Law over there as militia groups are trying to take back what they have lost, but with sheer size and strength of the seven nation army. That hope died before it could even become embers…”

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”...Doctor! You better fucking tell me that my little girl will fly again..!”

“...I don’t know what to tell you other than, ‘wait and see…’”

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“...Captain Spitfire. The surgery was a complete success! Rose will be in the air again by the end of the month..!”

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”...You sure this will work Flash Drive..?”

“...Y-Yes, Umbra. I'm S-Sure. Her new wing far outclasses what she has now. S-She will love them. R-Right, Toaster Luna..?”

“...Wwwight..!”

“...That's creepy and you know it...”

“...I know…”

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“♪...You are my sunshine, my only shine. You make me happy when skies are gray. You never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away…♪”

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“...It's okay, Winny. I, Summer Jade Archer Rose, will always be at your side. It doesn't matter what you look like or if you have to make tough choices. I will always love you. Even after learning all that you are, and gaining a pair of horns. You will always be beautiful to me. So please, when you wake up. Let's talk about us and make out. God, I miss your tongue so much. Oh...ah… sorry. That's your thing, hehe. Anyway. I have to go now. I'll come visit again tomorrow.”

“...Goodbye. I love you. I really do...”

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”...She is not “Evil,” Twilight Sparkle. Once you realized that fact. Then you can see how far my sister has fallen into madness..!”

“...You are not tricking me, Nightmare Moon! Once she is cleansed from Equestria. You are next..!”

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”...Please. Wake up. Arcadia needs you. Summer needs you. I need you. Please, you promised to spend Hearth's Warming with me. I'm not angry at you for scaring me anymore, but please..."

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“...Wake…”

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“...Up…”

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The sounds of the most annoying sound in the world greeted me as I regained consciousness. It was the sound of my heart monitor that told me everything that I needed to know, but how I ended in the hospital was the question of the day. I opened my eyes and winced from the sudden pounding against my skull from the light of the room. "Fuck me," I groaned as my eyes adjusted to the change of scenery.

Like all the hospital rooms that I have been in throughout my life, the one I found myself in was no different. The four, white walls were the same. The smell of bleach-girls gone wild is the same. The side rails along the walls for ponies who couldn't walk to the bathroom was the same. The two beige doors were the same, and the IV and heart monitor was the same. The only thing that was different was the food pump and the millions of flowers and balloons in the corner of the room.

Aside from the beautiful color in the room that makes the blinding white more bearable, something felt off. Mainly the tube coming out of my throat.

As much as I liked long, hard things filling my mouth, the food tube had to go. I carefully unstrapped the head restraint with my clumsy, unused hooves that were stiff from my long-ass nap. Once all the belts and buckles were off, I relaxed my throat like I always did with Umbra, and let the tube slide out like the blind-deaf-guy, to tacklers.

"Gross," I coughed as the tube fell to the side of the bed, making me realized how dry and parched my mouth is. I licked my lips and stretched my jaw as I looked around for the nurse button that should always be attached to the right guard rail of the bed, but there wasn't one. With a frown that I couldn't get some water to wet my whistle, I took inventory of myself to see what was missing from my time in the cellar from hell.

I shuddered in fear as I lifted my left wing to see if it was still there. "Fuck me again with Luna's magic horn," I sighed as I still had "most," of my wing.

The feathers were all gone, and in their place was pieces of white metal that looked vaguely like them. My entire left arm was covered in the; strange, white-metal also, but along the arm was silver inlays that looked like eloquent carvings of fire. I leaned in closer to check to see if my one hundred twenty-six have the same inlay, and was happily surprised that they did.

With a sigh, I slumped back into my pillow. My hopes that my wing was going to survive was nonexistent from the start. Then again, I was lucky that I only lost one rather than two of my wings to begin with.

"Well, let's see if my ear is missing," I chuckled half-heartedly. I reached up with my right hoof and quickly found out that I was missing a third of my right ear, and was flat from the top. "Well, that's just great," I said and let my hoof fall limply to my side again.

'Well, at least I don't have horns,' I thought with a smile as I stared at the roof, wondering where the hell was my nurse. Reluctantly, I reached up again and found two somethings that shouldn't be there. ‘Never mind. I have dragon horns now,’ I sighed, just realizing that my pillow felt like it was attached to my head. Probably because that my new body parts were poking holes into my pillow. ‘What next? I have a cool tattoo over my right eye?’

With the revelation of my new equipment, I knew that Celestia went through with her plan of marking all the humans in a unique way. I didn't think that Celestia would go through with that plan. The repercussions of it would be insurmountable. She would have to change her laws, call back her Black Ops, and keep the press off of her. Not even I would be that stupid to pull such a stunt! I bet she just did it to take off all the heat with the Teresa crap that I had to put myself through.

'Fuck me. I bet Spitfire was pissed when Luna told her of my plan...If it worked,' I thought. 'Then again, with the amount of fresh flowers in the corner of the room, I could assume that it was a complete success.'

I looked around the room, wondering where the nurse was while trying to figure out why I could never get a room in a hospital with a window. Like really? Is it just me, or is it because of my looks? If it was because of my looks, I am going to kill a bitch.

My wait wasn't long before someone came and checked up on me. All I could do was smile when the nurse took one look at me and fainted that I was awake and kicking, despite my injuries. Another nurse had to come and check up on the one that fainted in the door frame and when that nurse looked at me. She fainted as well.

After the fourth nurse, that fainted in the door frame, making it impossible to get a good look at me from the pile of bodies in the way. The doctor showed up to see why his staff was sleeping on the job. I was quite surprised that Dr. Edgy walked into my room after he and a few others helped the orgy of sleeping mares back to their stations.

"Why, hello-hello, Empress Rose. It's good to see you bright-eyed and bushy tail, even though last time we met. You had less, unique, additions to your appearance," Dr. Edgy said with a warm smile.

"I... Would... Talk... More... But... Need... Water," I barely coughed out. Edgy gave me an apologetic smile and walked out of the room again, for a moment and came back with a pitcher of water. I quickly grabbed the pitcher of water from the Hippogriffs claws before he could say a word and drank the bounty of the waters of life.

"Don't drown yourself now, Spitfire would kill me if you did," Dr. Edgy chuckled as I wiped my muzzle and licked my moist lips with delight.

"Shut up. I have not had a drink in..." I began to say but went blank as I did not know how long I was out.

"Three weeks, four days, and thirty-six hours," Edgy chimed in indifferently.

"...Yeah, wait...I have been sleeping for that long?" I said in disbelief.

"Pretty much," he nodded. "And during that time, you grew a pair of black horns and, somehow. Grew a tattoo over your right eye. Well, there are thousand's that are showing the same traits, but we could go over that later.”

Dr. Edgy went over the usual that he was paid to do. He made sure that I was healthy and made sure that I didn't lose too much muscle mass while I was asleep. It was relieving to learn that I only lost five pounds and was in good health. The first nurse that fainted at the sight of me came back to help me with a; nice, relaxing, sponge bath.

As it turns out, my new horns were as hard as a rock, but when you rub the right area. It feels amazing, but it's a shame that I couldn't use magic with them. It would have been awesome that I became a double unicorn. Alas, I was going to have to make due with my she-demon enhancers that made me look like a hot succubus. It was a burden I was going to have to bear on my lonesome.

After the nurse finished polishing my magic wands. I was back to my own devices again. Dr. Edgy gave me a newspaper to read, as well as a warm, cup of coffee while I waited for my daily visitors to arrive to check up on me. The first on the list was going to be Luna, thankfully. Lord knows what I would do if Spitfire shows up before her. As much as I liked risking my life.

She was going to kill me if the warning from my doctor was any indication.

I turned to the front page that had the big-ass picture of the Equestrian flag and read the main header. Equestria: Proves the human menace in Arcadia is the reason for war!

“Fuck me,” I sighed and turned to the main page, and read the article.

“...Celestia’s reason for declaring war on Aradia a few days ago was NOT because of the lies that were spread about the mare who attacked the Black Queen. It was because of the dark menace that Arcadia is harboring within their borders…”

‘Of course,’ I thought with slight grief as I took a sip of my bland cup of joe.

“...They are the very definition of evil and disharmony. Know simply as: Homunculi or Human. These being’s have been hiding in pony kind's skin like a walking parasite; taking anything and everything that they could get their filthy paws on. They are marked with either a pair of draconic horns or tribal markings on their faces.

“These Homunculi are NOT to be trusted and should be killed on SIGHT..!” Say’s Fancy Pants; a trusted noble of the Canterlot community.

“The fact that the Black Queen is one herself is the reason we have to take arms and bring her to justice..!” Say’s Prince Blueblood; the nephew of Princess Celestia.

“If the Elements of Harmony can’t defeat this new threat to the world of Equus, Then we have to remove the Black Queen by force..!” Say’s Captain Shining Armor; the King of the Crystal Empire.

“It is imperative to take action before it is too late..!” Say’s Queen Cadence; of the Crystal Empire.

I tossed the newspaper to the side because it was garbage in my hooves. The sound of a slight gasp entering the room didn't deter me from showing how much I hated the fucking news. Never would I have thought that Celestia would throw everything under the bus so she could save her ass! Man, I can't wait for the Elements of Harmony to show up so I can destroy their sense of reality!

"Are you alright Winter Rose? You seem a little agitated," Princess Luna said from butt fucking nowhere. I turned around from trying to burn a hole through my plastic cup of joe with a snap, causing Luna to flinch away.

"Agitated? Agitated! I am fucking livid! If it wasn't for the fact that I have horns, I would be breaking Celestia's teeth with my asshole, on her throne, while shiting down her throat!" I shouted with such anger that my cup exploded, sending coffee everywhere.

"Rose, you need to calm yourself..." Luna began to say.

"Calm down! Did you just tell a girl that's pissed to calm the fuck down!? I am not going to fucking calm down until I hear some good fucking news for once!" I shouted at Luna for being a moron, but she didn't flinch this time. “Well?!”

"Argh...There is some good news, but I am not going to say it until you are calm and proper," she face hoofed. "You just woke up from a long rest and clearly not happy about it. What would Spitfire say if she saw you yelling at me, of all ponies? Would you yell at her in the way that you are yelling at me now?"

"First off: I would yell at her like I was yelling at you because I hate everyone equally and secondly: You aren't fucking giving me the news that I need to calm down in the first place!"

She let out an annoyed sighed while rubbing her temple with her wings, mumbling something about being as loud as a certain noble back in Canterlot. "Well, for starters: After the populous learned of the events that happened after we found you and Spitfire in the cellar, everyone began to see you as a martyr for sacrificing your wing for protecting your home from a horrible fate. Secondly: the genetics program was a complete success, and many of the Diamond Dog, Dragon, and Khajiit are grateful for it. Thirdly: Equestria has no more allies: The Griffin Kingdom has declared neutrality. Zebraca is dealing with its own civil war. Queen Ember of the dragons doesn't want anything to do with Equestria, as well as the native Diamond Dogs."

"Fourthly: With Twilight Sparkle and her friends here, we could show them the error of their ways and try to get them to see the light and lastly. Spitfire isn't mad at you anymore for the events at the mansion, but she still want's the beat the everliving shit out of you."

"Well that's good, but it still want to make Celestia's horn my personal urethra rod," I smiled at the Alicorn, causing her to back away in slight fear for her own horn.

"That...I heard that is something that some mares like, but I don't think her horn would fit," Luna said with a slightly terrified face, thinking that I was serious. Not that I am into that kind of exploration, after bonding with Summer at the soul level. I know she would show me how. I just stared at her blankly until she figured it out, and when she did. Her face was as red as an apple.

“Sarcasm?” she said blushing.

“You think?” I deadpanned. “Although, I am open for it, if Summer asks. I know she likes it.”

Luna’s wing boner broke the door to my bathroom, causing the long process of moving me to another room.

Author's Notes:

Yay! Over the halfway mark!

Anyway. here is something art for Rose's new stuff. Sorry if I is bad.