Chapter 2 : Silence falls
Lexus : Welcome to Chapter 2 of the fanfic
Rainbow Dash : And a big thank you to oparalte77 who reviewed the last chapter. You're awesome!
Lexus : This chapter will feature pony versions of a Doctor Who creature/villain/whatever
Bo : Let's bo with the flow
Rainbow Dash : Now, you're just trying too hard
Lexus : Disclaimed
Moxley was trotting through castle towards the throne room for his big revelation. Many guards were looking at him and whispering to each other.
"Just keep going, I've already told them to let you through", a voice inside Moxley's head said
'Thanks", Moxley said to himself as he neared the throne room
Near Celestia's bedroom
"Come on, sister, just one", Luna begged her sister to witness Blueblood's handling of court
"Alright, I'm coming", Celestia gave in. Though she would do anything to avoid seeing Blueblood handle court matters, she couldn't leave her sister when she was this enthusiastic, "Just this one, okay?", she said to which Luna nodded. "Frankly speaking, dear sister, I don't get why so excited about Blueblood handling the court"
"I..um...thought it would be a nice glimpse of how he would fare when he becomes king", Luna sheepishly smiled
"If he becomes king", Celestia corrected her as the two alicorns headed towards the throne room
When they reached the throne room, they saw Blueblood sitting proudly on a throne. Thankfully, for them and the others, there were no ponies coming to them for some case.
"Oh, hello Aunt Celestia, Aunt Luna", Blueblood greeted the two
"So, has anypony come to you for aid or justice, dear nephew?", Celestia asked
"Unfortunately no", Blueblood replied, scratching his head,
"That's a relief", Luna thought
"Well, sister, since there are no cases, I will be heading back to my chamber now", Celestia withdrew
"Wait! Just a few seconds more", Luna pleaded
Just then a unicorn walked in, a red one with blue stripes and brown mane and tail.
"Finally...", Blueblood said before noticing the shabby condition the unicorn was in, "...eww..a mere commoner. You're not worthy enough to receive justice let alone help from me. Begone", he said in disgust
"Blueblood!", Celestia tried to scold her nephew
"Let's hear the pony out", Luna said with a smile
The unicorn did not say anything, he only moved closer to Blueblood.
"Don't come any closer, you might defile my surroundings", Blueblood warned the unicorn before being hit straight in the face, causing a tooth to fly out and knocking him right out of the throne
"What is the meaning of this?", Celestia asked angrily as she tended to Blueblood
"Guards...s...subdue him!", Blueblood could barely order due to shock
The next moment, the unicorn found himself being surrounded by two dozen guards.
"i..imprison him!", Blueblood shouted as he held his face with his hooves
"This act of insolence will not go unpunished", Celestia's booming voice could be heard throughout the castle, "Take him away!"
As the guards tried to escort the unicorn away, the offender made some hoof gestures which caught Luna's attention
"Hold it", Luna ordered the guards, "The unicorn is trying to tell us something"
"J..just take h...him away", Blueblood yelled as he saw the unicorn's blue eyes locked at him
"He's saying, "Next time, your ear will be over here, next to your mouth. And I say ear because your other ear will be gone after I rip it off with my mouth"", Luna said after the unicorn finished making the gesture
"Did you hear that, A..Aunt Celestia? He wants to brutalize me", Blueblood told Celestia
"Enough of this, I may send you to Tartarus if you mean to harm my family again!", Celestia shouted
"I've there before thank you very much…..mom", the unicorn smirked, revealing his wings.
Silence reigned for a few seconds as the curse lifted. Everypony who had ever heard of Moxley before his exile had their memories of him unlocked at that instant.
"Thought so", Moxley said as the guards let go of him, "Hey there, Aunt Luna", he winked at Luna
"Good to see you, Mox", Luna returned the wink
"I..I c..can't believe it", Celestia stammered as she tried to process the sudden revelation
"Y..you!", Blueblood stared at his old nemesis
All the guards said something to one another, pointing at the red alicorn whom they used to serve.
"I'm back", Moxley said as he went closer to Celestia, "Mother"
At that moment, in a barn in the Sweet Apple Acres
"Spike, did you feel that?", Twilight asked her assistant as she felt something locked deep inside her suddenly open up
"Yes, I remember him now", Spike replied
"J..Jon", Twilight said, the two having flashbacks of the times they had with Moxley
"T..the curse...I remember waving goodbye to him as he left", Spike recalled
"Does this mean he has returned?", Twilight asked herself
Back at Canterlot castle
"J..Jon..my son…you've returned", Celestia said teary-eyed as she gave Moxley a tight hug
"Adoptive son", Mox corrected her, "But just "son" would also be nice"
"I'm so sorry", Celestia repeated as she thought of the day Mox had to leave due to the curse he had on him. The curse was from a higher power and she could not do anything to take it away.
"Don't be", Mox consoled her as he hugged her back, "I know you tried your best"
"Yes, sister", Luna told her, "It was unavoidable, don't beat yourself over it"
"I wished I could have done something", Celestia said. Everypony in the room had tears in their eyes because of the scene (well, maybe excluding Blueblood who was in a corner tending to himself), the forgotten son, the heir to the throne had returned
"You did enough. You gave me the best life an East Sea pony could ever have. Thanks", Mox said as the two broke their embrace.
"H..how did you know?", Celestia asked puzzled that Mox knew he was an East Sea pony
"I'll tell you that and all the things I did after I left, later", Mox smirked before turning to Blueblood, "Continue with the court, dear cousin", he said as they went towards Celestia's chambers.
Blueblood absentmindedly trotted towards his throne as he watched his foe leave the room. He thought he was gone for good, but under some unfavorable conditions, here he was, back and looking better than ever. "Sire", a guard broke him out of his train of thought, "Should we get you to a doctor?"
"I want some explanation when we get back", he ordered, still not believing the sights he just saw
In Celestia's chambers, the red alicorn happily bounced on Celestia's bed like it was the first time he was there. "Still bouncy as always!", Mox said as he sat on his hindquarters on the bed, "Care to join me? Mother?".
"Of course, Jon", Celestia replied as she got on the bed. Mox rested his head against Celestia and closed his eyes for a few seconds. "You know", Mox said, "I kinda wonder what the heck would've happen to me if you hadn't found me way back"
"How did you know you were an East Sea pony?", Celestia asked, wanting to flush out the horrible scenes that she saw around her when she found Mox. He wasn't suppose to know about the purging of the Scarlet Kingdom. The day before the massacre, she was invited by the ruler to visit their kingdom, however, when she arrived the next day, there was no kingdom to visit, just carcasses, ruined structures and fire all around. It was a horrible sight to behold. Along with 10 guards, they searched for survivors and found one. A little blue pegasus foal, barely 2 years old. She saw that because of the fire, the foal's wings were singed and most of the blue fur was burnt away, leaving only warm, red scars. Feeling absolute compassion and pity for the lone survivor, she decided to take him as his own, raise him like the son he never had. She had often thought what would've become of Jon, had she not been there?
"Mom", Celestia could hear Mox groan, "You're thinking about it again"
"Oh, sorry", Celestia said as she put a hoof on Mox's head, slowly stroking his mane, "It's just that…I love you and I care for you so much"
"I love you too", Mox hugged the white alicorn, "I found out about my origin from a wise old zebra", he added
"The two of you being together has always been a sight I wanted to see", Luna said making Mox and Celestia smile.
"I hope you'll have no more reason to leave home again", Celestia said, kissing Mox on the side of his face
"Come on, mom, I'm not a 7 year old anymore", Mox groaned
"It doesn't make any difference to me", Celestia shrugged, giving Mox another kiss
"Hey, you wanna know how I met Aunt Luna?", Mox asked, blocking a kiss
"Of course", Celestia replied, "I haven't got the faintest idea as to how your Aunt could've heard of you, knowing that I couldn't tell her anything about you"
"It was a few nights after Shining and Cadence's marriage", Mox said, "I heard of the attack of the changelings so I decided to have a little "talk" with them…."
"Did they hurt you?", Celestia asked, concern in eyes
"Nope, anyway…" Mox continued, "I got captured and they put me in a prison for two days…."
"I hope they didn't hurt you", Celestia growled. If she found out the changelings had harmed her son in anyway, she would immediately return the favor.
"Mom, stop interrupting", Mox said, annoyed
"Oh, sorry, please do continue"
"After putting me in prison", Mox said, Celestia growled at the word "prison", "I was face to face with their queen, Chrysalis. She tried to take my life but before she could do any harm, I transformed into an alicorn. After defeating her and her changelings, I escaped. With my new powers, I flew towards the moon. I had absolutely no idea why. Then, Aunt Luna noticed me and she talked telepathically to me, asking me who I am"
"And after he fell asleep, I entered his dreams and saw his memories of you and his curse which led to him being forced to leave home", Luna added
"And she's looked out for me, ever since", Mox said, "Even when I entered Tartarus and when I went to the human world"
"Tartarus? Human world?", Celestia asked, "Why in the world would you go to such places?"
"To become stronger", Mox smirked, "Besides, I'm pretty sure you remember how much of a trouble maker I was". Celestia laughed a bit at the memories of her trying to separate Jon and Blueblood almost every single day. No matter how small the cause was, it always led to a fight between the two princes.
"Indeed I do, Jon", Celestia said, patting her son
"Moxley", Mox corrected her
"What?"
"My new name's Moxley, it adopted it when I got into my first fight at Tartarus"
"Maybe we should call you Jon Moxley", Luna suggested
"Sounds good to me", Jon smirked
"Anyway, honey, I've already informed your friends of your return, I'm sure they'll arrive soon to see you", Celestia said
"Twilight? Spike? Shining? Cadance?", Jon asked in excitement, Celestia nodding at every question, "You're the best mom ever", he said as he hugged her
"Thank you, dear", Celestia returned the hug
"What about me?", Luna pretended to look sad
"Aww…you're the best aunt ever", Jon said, hugging the black alicorn
The next moment, a guard entered the room, "Your highnesses, your student Twilight Sparkle and her assistant have arrived and they are looking…", the guard was cut off when a purple unicorn and a baby dragon rushed towards Jon
"Jonnnnn!", the two said in unison as they hugged the red alicorn
"Well, if it isn't Twilight and lil' Spike", Jon said
"What took you so long?", Spike asked
"I did have to wait for 3 evil acts to be done", Jon replied, "And in a city this great, you don't come by those very often"
"Welcome back", Twilight said, "Sorry we couldn't remember the faintest thing about you"
"Not your fault", Jon assured them before putting a hoof on Twilight's head, "On the bright side, because of the curse, I was able to travel places I could've never travelled to before"
"I'm so glad you're back", Twilight said, letting go of him, "Hey, would you like to meet my friends?"
"Friends? Does this mean…?", Jon turned to Celestia
"Yes, she did make friends and they are all truly wonderful ponies", Celestia told him
"Princess Celestia is right", Spike added, "Twilight really did make great friends"
"Wow, good for you", Jon said, patting Twilight
"I have so much to tell you about…..", Twilight said
The two sisters looked on with a smile on their faces as they saw Jon, Spike and Twilight tell each other all about their adventures. A tear rolled down Celestia's face as she thought of how close this could all have gone away. "I'm so glad you told me to take at look at Blueblood's handling of court", Celestia told her sister
"Thank me later", Luna said, "He reminds me of Amber Rose"
"Amber Rose? In what way?"
"I watched every fight he got into ever since he entered Tartarus, from the first to the most recent. The way he never gives up hope, the way he always has his allies' backs, the way he always ready to sacrifice himself for the greater good. He reminds me a lot about Amber Rose"
"You have got to tell me more about his journey"
"So, out of curiosity, what exactly did Amber Rose do to gain your respect?", Jon asked
"He saved all of Equestria from being ruled by Roar Rinse, a wicked pegasus who turned into an alicorn and tried to destroy all of us", Twilight replied, still angry at how Rollins almost managed to trick them
"This Roar Rinse, he tried to destroy you, Spike, my mom and aunt Luna?", Jon asked again, Twilight nodding her answer, "Well, if I ever get a hold of him, even I would be afraid of what I might do to him", he added
Somewhere in a backstage area in an arena in New York
"What's wrong?", Jamie Noble asked as he saw Seth Rollins shudder
"I don't know, it felt like someone said something bad about me", Rollins replied
Back to Equestria
"Don't worry about him, we've already sent him back to his world", Celestia said, "By the way, how did you know Amber Rose, son?"
"I met him on my way to Ponyville, he accompanied me and helped me reach Ponyville", Jon replied
"Amber Rose is back in Equestria?", Celestia asked before turning to Twilight, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"I'm sorry, princess but my friend Pinkie insisted we should have a party to welcome him back and as a result I forgot to tell you", Twilight bowed
"Well, we should call him over as soon as possible so we can give him a proper thank you for his deeds", Celestia told Luna
"Yes, dear sister, it was a real shame that he had to leave in such a hurry", Luna said
"Well, what're ya waiting for? Throw me another party", a slightly drunk voice said from near the throne room
"Amber Rose, how are you?", Celestia asked as he greeted the blue unicorn
"I've been better, but thanks for asking", Dean smirked before noticing Jon, "Hey there, Mox, what're you doing here? I thought you were searching for your mother", Dean added.
"Celestia's my mother", Jon replied
"Wait, what? Celestia? Your mom?", Dean asked in shock, "But you didn't mention anything about him before, did you?", he turned to Celestia
"The curse, Amber Rose, the curse", Jon reminded him
"Oh yeah, I remember", Dean corrected himself, "Must've been a huge surprise to suddenly remember that you have a son"
"Indescribable", Celestia said, smiling as she put her wing around Jon
"Can I ask one quick, maybe stupid question?", the blue unicorn said
"Sure", Jon shrugged
"How did you get the curse anyway?"
"That's two"
"What?"
"You asked two stupid questions", Jon smiled, everyone in the room giggling, except for Dean
"Seriously", Dean raised an eyebrow
"Okay, okay, I don't know exactly when I got the curse but I do remember some lines I used to hear in my nightmares. It goes like this -
Three evil acts may succeed,
Unless you leave all;
Failure follows these deeds,
Then silence will fall"
The last line made Celestia and Luna shudder with fear.
"What's the matter?", Jon asked
"That last line", Celestia turned to Luna, "I hope it does not mean what I think it means"
"I'm afraid it does", Luna fearfully replied
Behind the group, a white earth pony wearing a suit stood in silence unknown to anypony.
Lexus : And that's the end of this chapter
Rainbow Dash : Those last few lines scared me a bit
Bo : It gave me gooseBO-mps
Rainbow Dash : You still try too hard, Bo
Lexus : See you later, please Read & Review