Part 2: Chapter 9: Every Utopia is a Dystopia
The sky was black as the night began. Tonight was one of those nights where the moon was not present, which plunged everything into darkness. Alpha didn't mind, instead, he loved the darkness. It gave him cover, he could see clearly in the dark while others were blind in it. He practically walked past the guards that were guarding Twilight's castle and entered through the front door, closing it behind him.
His ears picked up numerous sounds as his sight began to slightly fail due to the lack of light and him not knowing where to go. He could hear the sounds of the guard's hearts beating in the room to his left and right. He could hear the laughter of a guard, the sound of cards being laid onto a wooden poker table, the clink of a pool ball hitting another ball before sinking and rattling in the corner pocket. He heard the sound of beer bottles clinking and rolling on the smooth-rock floor. His right eye was glowing red, his left blue.
He walked forward and up the stairs, searching for Twilight's room, making as much noise as an owl does while it flies in search of food. He walked past door by door; listening for the sounds of an Alicorn mare's breathing patterns. They always breathed quieter than other ponies, which were supposed to make it harder for whoever wanted to find them, but instead it singled them out of the countless others. Eventually, after 15 minutes of wandering about, Alpha found her room. The door was wooden, like the others, but had the symbol of a giant pink star with smaller white stars around it. He started to move his hoof towards the door but Beta stopped him.
"What?" Alpha whispered.
"Listen."
Alpha fell silent and slowed his breath so it would not interfere with his hearing. After a few seconds he heard the conversation.
"….Must not listen to him." Said a voice behind the door.
"Why?" Said the other voice.
"He will attempt to turn you against me."
"And if he fails to turn me?"
"He will kill you."
"Celestia." Alpha muttered to himself as he recognized her voice.
"What should I do if I encounter him?"
"Do not trust what he says. He will attempt to show you memories of his death, in which he had modified them to show me torturing others. He successfully turned my sister, Luna."
"So that's where she went!"
"Exactly. Now my sister is a traitor to Equestria."
"What does the other want?"
"Revenge on me."
"Why?"
"I do not know. The scars you have been asking me about on my flank, the burn mark on my underbelly and my broken leg was the result of me trying to make peace with him."
Beta had silently teleported Alpha into the room, already cloaked and invisible. Alpha stood on the top of Twilight's wardrobe, watching and listening.
"If you ever encounter him, call the guards and tell me as soon as you possibly can, even if that means you have to leave your friends behind to defend themselves against them to tell me."
Twilight's eyes widened before slowly nodding to Celestia.
"It's great to see you and I wish I had more time to chat, but I have to leave."
Twilight nodded quickly. "I understand. It's nice to see you again."
Celestia nodded and smiled before teleporting off to her castle. Alpha was still watching, patiently waiting for the right time to speak. Twilight began to walk aimlessly in circles as she processed what she was just told.
Charlie and Delta appeared next to Alpha, cloaked and invisible as well. Although invisible, Alpha could see a shimmer move as Charlie and Delta nodded to them. Alpha and Beta returned the greeting and turned their attention to Twilight. He placed his left wing on Charlie's back, allowing Beta to talk to Delta without speaking.
"What are you doing here?" Beta exclaimed.
"Here to help. Luna said where you two went and told us that you might needed some back-up."
"Right, well to get you two up to speed, here's what you missed: Celestia was just talking to Twilight about I and Alpha, claiming that the injuries that we did to her was us being aggressive as she 'tried to make peace with us.'"
"Wow, so she does lie all the time. Why are you two originally here?"
"Earlier on today, Alpha modified, with my help, his old welding torch so it could be used at extreme temperatures to repair his wing and/or use it as an improvised weapon, considering how much damage it did to Celestia during the fight. I modified the spell of fire to be used inside the torch's fuel box as a replacement for the propane, for the spell of fire can burn at much hotter temperatures. As Alpha tested it out, the fuel box, made of metal, heated up at the use of the flame and slightly burnt Alpha's leg. He told me that he wanted to gain Resistance to Fire, in which I responded that-"
"Dragons are the only creatures known to be Resistant to Fire. The closest one near us was Spike." Delta interrupted Beta's thought.
"Exactly. However, we are caught in a situation. Twilight will call the guards and contact Celestia immediately if I or Alpha speak, but now that you are here, there may be a way to talk to her."
"Sombra…"
"Exactly."
Delta nodded as he understood Beta's idea. Alpha removed his wing off of Charlie, bringing Beta back to him. "Did you tell him?"
"Yes, he knows what we are trying to do now."
Twilight had already stopped walking in circles and was now writing in her journal and studying for another exam.
A dim sphere of light appeared out of nowhere, (it actually came out of Charlie's chest) and flew down to Twilight. Twilight looked at the sphere and squeezed her eyebrows together; confused.
"Evening, Twilight. How are you?" Sombra asked.
"Sombra, what do you want?"
"To talk."
"About?"
The sphere began to grow as it transformed into a ghostly Sombra. "I understand that you see me as an Enemy. I can see why but I hope you can put that aside for now."
"Why?"
"Celestia."
"Did she send you here as a test to see if I would contact her."
"No, Beta sent me."
She drew a sharp breath and begun to teleport.
"Wait! Just hear me out!" Sombra exclaimed.
Twilight wanted to leave and contact Celestia, but her curiosity overcame her orders. "Fine." She said as she nodded. "But any tricks and I will leave at once."
"As you wish." Sombra said as he sat down. "As you may have heard from your Teacher, Beta was supposedly a bully."
"Not just a bully, but the bully. He killed millions with dark magic for entertainment before attacking Celestia herself! She only survived after using the Elements of Harmony against him! All the chaos that have been occurring recently is because Beta has returned, his darkness has disrupted Harmony across Equestria!"
Beta's rage began to rise.
"I know that he himself has told you differently but you believe that he was lying, correct?"
"He was lying. He is a liar and a traitor. He deserved to be obliterated. Celestia gave him a quick death on accident."
Beta's hatred and rage was too much for him and Alpha to handle. He jumped down, uncloaking himself and locking the door. "If I was a traitor, you would be dead years ago. If I wanted to disrupt harmony, I would have done that before I met Alpha. If I was a liar, I would tell you to 'keep listening to Celestia, because if it comes from her mouth, it obviously has to be true. She would never lie to her subjects, especially her pupil, she would have nothing to gain from lying.'"
Twilight began to teleport in fear but Beta's rage allowed him to restrict her teleporting abilities.
"I DID NOT KILL MILLIONS FOR ENTERTAINMENT!"
"Then what happened, huh? Tell me what happened to all of those other ponies that died during your time."
Charlie jumped down and uncloaked as well. His right eye was glowing blue while his left eye was glowing red. "The Battle of the Victims happened."
"And you are?" Twilight demanded.
"I am Beta's friend, and the General of the Mutant's Guardians. I am Delta."
"There is no such thing as that in any of the history books."
"Because Celestia made it illegal to write anything about it! Have you noticed yet that there is not one good thing about Beta? That all of what is said of him is Evil? He is said to be a dark mutant pony with an endless bloodlust. If that was so, you and all of Equestria would be in ruin, flooded with blood." Delta cried out.
"Prove it!"
Several balls of light flew out of Charlie as each deceased King and Queen of Equestria appeared in front of Twilight. "WE ARE THE DECEASED RULERS OF EQUESTRIA, AND YOU HAVE BEEN LIED TO. YOU HAVE BEEN USED WRONGLY, AND TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF." They all spoke at once.
Alpha walked up to Twilight and placed his hoof on her shoulder in an attempt to calm her.
"Celestia is a murderer. She is more power-hungry than Tirek and more deceiving and clever than Discord can ever dream of being. She is makes the Rainbow Factory look like a daycare, and Nightmare Moon a foal who is just beginning to learn magic. Celestia is much worse than The Legend of Beta says of Beta."
"EQUESTRIA IS A UTOPIA THANKS TO CELESTIA! WITHOUT HER WE WILL BE IN UTTER CHAOS AND RUIN." Twilight screamed as she forced herself to overcome Beta's rage and teleport. However she heard one last thing from Beta that made her begin to doubt Celestia.
"Every utopia is a dystopia. No matter how perfect it is, it will always be cruel. It will hide itself in plain sight from the public, and show itself to those who defy its ruler. If you don't believe me, ask Zeta and Gamma for a tour in where she used to work, ask the librarian at the Museum of History about Nova, listen to the forbidden disk in Vinyl's music shop, talk to the Diamond Dogs after dark by yourself, or ask Discord about Nova's wife, Nebula."
Twilight disappeared as she teleported to Celestia. Beta looked at Delta and nodded to the basket next to Twilight's bed before teleporting away, Delta and the others following suite. And once again, the castle was silent throughout the night. Twilight teleported back seconds after Delta left to grab Spike and gasped at the missing basket next to her bed.
The Canterlot Castle alarms began to whine.