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The Confessor
🕑 Added 2019-03-27 13:01:02 +0000 UTCPain coursed through Blank Check's body as the inhibitor ring reacted to her unleashing her talent on Celestia in my Equestria dreamscape. The Cell
Unlike the bulk of the magic the unicorn performed with her horn her special talent, her stare, was directed through her eyes. When she used it she would close her eyes and visualize her target vanishing before her. As she focused on her target disappearing she'd feel a tension build behind her eyes. Then when tension became almost unbearable she'd opened her eyes. She'd see her target and suddenly it was as if will came pouring out her and hit her target. Then her will would obliterate it; physical armor or magic spells and force bubbles didn't seem to matter. She'd never encountered something she couldn't wipe from the world.
She saw the princess in her mind; then she visualized the pompous pony vanishing before her. Throwing her rage behind her talent she snapped her eyes open and felt her power hurtle from her body toward the alicorn.
And wash over her like a gently afternoon breeze.
Blank Check had just a fraction of a second to realize that for the first time in her life her talent had failed her before Celestia responded.
The pale alicorn's horn flared like a flash of lightning. Blank Check felt the princess's magic grab her and violently tossed her into the air. Then with even greater force Celestia slammed Blank Check down on the table they'd been sitting at. The legs of the table shattered and the tabletop cracked as it and the unicorn crashed into stone floor of the prison cell.
The pale pink unicorns vision whited out and her ears were ringing from the blow, but she still could hear this steady, throbbing, ominous, almost electrical hum. At the same time she felt a sudden intense heat washing over her. Finally shaking the cobwebs from her head Blank Check looked up.
And wished she hadn't.
Since she'd been a filly Blank Check had seen hundreds paintings, illustrations, and photos of Equestria beloved princess. In everyone she had projected an aura of the gentle, caring, matronly figure who had nurtured a kingdom.
What stood over her now was an elemental force of nature. Celestia normally beautiful, long, flowing mane was now waterfall of multicolored fire that frame the alicorn's face and licked around Blank Check's body. Celestia's face and body was bathed with a bluish light. Her soft amethyst eyes were now glowing white-hot coals. Gone was sweet smile that so often graced her face; in its place were clenched teeth filled with rage. Then with the full force of her royal voice she thundered.
"DID YOU HONESTLY THINK YOU COULD DISPOSE OF ME THAT EASILY!? I HAVE RULED THIS REALM FOR OVER A THOUSAND YEARS, AND IT'LL TAKE MORE THAN WHAT YOU'VE GOT GIRL!"
The alicorn slowly lowered her head toward the prone unicorn. Blank Check tried to squirm away, but she discovered that Celestia's magic was restraining her. The alicorn just stared at her for several seconds. Finally she spoke with a low voice that rumbled like distant lightning.
"I have study your dossier, and I have read the police reports about you. I've also interviewed several of your fellow Association members, and one thing has become apparent to me."
Blank Check's heart was hammering in her chest. She desperately wanted to close her eyes or look away, but it felt like the princess's will refused this. It seemed to be boring into her very being.
"You're nothing but a lazy pony!" Celestia spat the words out. "You have an amazing talent but all you've done is use it so you never had to learn how to truly work with or understand other ponies. You've never learned how to truly cooperate with anypony. Or to comprehend their needs and dreams. All you've done is threatened, beaten, and scared them into have your way. That's going to change starting now!"
Blank Check was sweating profusely now. Her skin was all prickly and tingly as the heat of the princess's surrounded her. The unicorn's lungs were burning as she gasped air as hot as any oven she'd seen.
"Please! Stop it! You're fucking burning me! I'll tell you anything you want! Just fucking stop it!"
Celestia laughter boomed off the walls of the cell. Then with a voice like crashing thunder she spoke. "STOP IT! SPARE YOU! WHAT MERCY DID YOU SHOW THE DOZENS OF PONIES YOU ERASED FROM THIS WORLD!"
In a softer voice she continued. "Besides it's only because of my magic and my will that you've not been reduced to smoldering ash! Look around my little pony."
Quickly glancing around the cell the unicorn's heart skipped a beat. The entire cell was a raging inferno of eerie bluish fire. Her cot had already been reduced to nothing but blackened ash. This was far beyond anything she'd seen Flash Point do.
Trembling she looked back up Celestia. "Look I'll tell you anything you want! I'll do anything you say! Just fucking spare me!"
The alicorn chuckled. "Oh you'll tell me everything. When I'm done with you I will know everything there is to know about you. Your deepest secrets, hopes, dreams, and fears will be laid bare for me to see. When I'm done I'll know you better than you know yourself. I'm going to be your confessor my little pony, and you'll tell me all there is to know about you."
Celestia looked her up and down. "And in spite of your laziness you are pony who could have great potential with some rigorous guidance and instruction. That's what I have in mind for you. I'm going to harness that potential in you! You're going to pay back the damage you've done to my realm and my subjects by finally putting your talent to a constructive use!"
Celestia lowered her head until her face filled Blank Check's vision. "I am going to teach you lessons that up to this point you've apparently have either never had or you've never paid attention to. I'm going to teach you discipline. You're going to learn just how fragile and precious life truly is! You're going to learn how to care something larger than yourself. I'll teach you what sacrifice really means. You'll learn how to care about the feelings and well being of other ponies!"
"Prophecy!" Blank Check blurted out.
Celestia paused. "Yes what about her?"
"I, I care for her! She's a very special pony, and I've been worried about her. Please tell me what the fuck happened to her?"
Celestia stared at the mare. "The mare you speak of is well and will be transferred to Canterlot soon for questioning and interrogation." The Gatekeeper
"Please! I beg you! Don't hurt her! She's, she's a rather sensitive thing. Please. I will fucking cooperate and do anything you want if you don't hurt her!" Prophecy
The alicorn raised her head. For several seconds she said nothing. "How she is treated will depend on her own behavior and her willingness to cooperates with the investigation. However so long as she's cooperative she'll be treated with the respect and courtesy relative to her status of a prisoner."
"I want to see her when she arrives!" Blurted out the unicorn.
"You are in no position to make any demands!" Growled the princess. After a moment she continued. "However if you cooperate, and live up to my expectations I might allow you to see her."
Celestia looked around the still raging inferno of her making. She closed her eyes and in a flash the flames vanished. As this happened the blue glow faded from her body and her mane and tail returned to their normal flowing nature. When she opened her eyes they were her regular amethyst violet. Although there was a fierce determination in them.
Slowly she stepped away and turned her back to Blank Check while dropping the silence bubble that she had maintained through all this. She approached the impenetrable darkness and spoke up.
"Sergeant. Please open the door and come in here."
After couple of second of hearing the fumbling of keys the door opened and the sergeant stepped through the veil of darkness and promptly halted in his tracks as he took in the destruction.
Celestia addressed him in a matter-of-fact fashion. "Sergeant. As you can see the prisoner will be needing to some new furnishings in their cell. Please see to it immediately. Also have the stockade doctor come down and begin administrating a standard treatment for exposure to my primal magic. The prisoner got a fairly hefty dose today. Understood?"
The sergeant nodded his head and then left. Celestia looked sternly over her shoulder at Blank Check.
"I will see you tomorrow at 4pm sharp for tea again. I expect you to behave better than you did today. I will bring papers that you will sign at that time. Tomorrow you begin your new life. Understood?"
Blank Check swallowed. "Yes, yes. Your Highness."
The alicorn nodded her head and left. Then the cell door closed.
To be continued.
Comments
Baron Engel
Prophecy has a strange effect on other ponies without even trying. You'll learn more about that later. And next week there will be a lot of Phoenix's back story revealed. Although it is not pretty. Even for her.
Dorian Inman
Interesting that Celestia was able to prepare for this. Makes one wonder if she’s meet with somepony with this talent in her youth that wasn’t a complete narcissistic bitch. I so wish I could make an insight check to determine if she was being honest about her caring for Prophecy...it could just be another ploy, or she could be telling the truth. Only time will tell as she begins her lessons as a potential Mare-in-waiting. Were all the others bad before? Wait, Phoenix wasn’t, she was a rescue, and I believe you mentioned Blood Feather was as well. So, no, not all the mares were bad ponies in the beginning.
McClaw
Depending on the effects, it would be rather effective at secure storage or smuggling.
Baron Engel
She hasn't demonstrated that abilitly yet. Although it has been explored.
McClaw
Blank Check "erases"? I wonder if she can also "restore"? That would be interesting...
MishaFox
Wow! Blank check finally learned what it means to go too far. She's lucky to be alive.
ColdSilverD
That's kinda what I was thinking, but wasn't quite sure. She will make a truly powerful one, should she survive :).
Baron Engel
What you're watching is the creation of a potential candidate for becoming a Mare-in-Waiting.
ColdSilverD
Holy crap! I wonder what Celestia has in store for her.
Louis Richards
Had Blank Check ever tried to erase a mountain? Now she knows that it wouldn't have worked.
Vet
Now that was a demonstration of real power.
