Title: Thunder Strike's Plan

Premise: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. With the Canterlot guards mobilizing to move a large village of gnomes to a safer location from an iminent volcano eruption, Thunder Strike (my OC) plots to murder Princess Celestia. Based on a scene from The Secret of NIMH.

Personal Comments: Jenner was an awesome villain! A MLP: FIM version of him just popped into my mind a moment ago. Imagine a similar situation from Secret of NIMH happening between MLP characters.

Twilight Sparkle = Mrs. Brisby
Shining Armor = Justin
Princess Celestia = Nicodemus
Thunder Strike (OC) = Jenner
Ink Blot (OC) = Sullivan

Princess Celestia trotted out of her throne room, Twilight Sparkle at her side. They both had smiles on their faces. Everything seemed to be coming together. All the unicorns in Canterlot were coming together to help save The City of Gnomes from the eruption of Mount Hooverist. It seemed nothing would go wrong.

But of course, things were about to go to Hell. They were unaware of the red eyes of a certain power-hungry unicorn watching them with amusement from behind a marble pillar.

This unicorn had dark-brown fur and a short, black mane. On his body, he wore a fine black vest with gold rims, and a short cape with a fluffy white rim. The cape hid his cutie mark, which was a total mystery to everyone, even his closest friends.

His name was Thunder Strike. He served as both a guard and a politician in Canterlot. He was one of the most respected and loved ponies in the city. But that of course was because nobody saw his dark side.

Beside him was his assistant, and probably his best friend, Ink Blot. Blot was a short, grey earth pony with a white mane, green eyes and wore a dark goldish-colored vest, which held a few ink stains. His cutie mark was a fountain pen in a tub of ink.

He chuckled as he watched Celestia and Twilight walk away through the hall, evil thoughts filling his mind.

"Why do you keep laughing like that sir?" Blot asked nervously.

Thunder turned and grinned wickedly at his friend and whispered "With Celestia out of the way, what's stopping us from taking over?"

"Thunder, I keep saying, you can't kill Celestia!" Blot whispered back. He knew Thunder's true face. He had seen it many times, but he never thought of it as a real threat, and he wanted to keep Thunder around, and was afraid nobody would believe him if he spoke of it, and he was afraid of Thunder hurting him, so he kept quiet about it.

"Still not taste for blood, eh?" Thunder chuckled as he flicked Blot's nose with his hoof, much to Blot's annoyance. "The spirits of this kingdom really have gotten to you, haven't they? You value the lives and bonds with others too much."

"What if we're discovered?" Blot rubbed his nose.

"Listen." Thunder's eyes swept the room quick to make sure nobody was listening. When he was sure nobody was listening, he put one foreleg around Blot and continued in a more hushed tone. "In order to move the City of Gnomes, every unicorn must combine their magic to lift that huge mass of stone. In the moving, what if two or three unicorns should be incapacitated or distracted, and the city should fall?"

"Cause an accident?" Blot asked as Thunder pulled away from him.

"Of course! We just have to subtly make some unicorns loose their footing, make them loose their focus, and the weight of the city will crush her bones!"

Blot scratched his head. "It's risky. And what if we kill other innocent bystanders?"

"Horseshoe with them! Of course that would be unfortunate, but it would be worth it. Once rid of Celestia, the moving plans will die. We can stay here as long as we like!"

"B-But, what about the other guards? What about Shining Armor?"

"Leave him to me... to me... to me..."

"Why are you repeating it like that?"

"Because it just sounds so creepy and sinister."

"Well, it works. You're giving me the creeps."