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- >"Forced Changeling Mutations, Murder of innocent ponies using hybrids known as 'hunters', invasive and experimental surgeries, pony augmentation without consent of pony, Brainwashing, Augmenting of Foals for military use,"
- >Your face grew pale at that.
- >Ponies in the crowd around you started shouting in outrage but you couldn't find your voice.
- >It wasn't because your anger had dissipated.
- >You've never been this angry at a pony in your life.
- >It was the implications of what was happening.
- >Manos, the Lord of Fate read on.
- >"execution of subjects deemed 'unfit' or as 'failures' most commonly foals..."
- >The rest of what your lord said was lost to your own breakdown.
- >He couldn't have...
- >Looking at the accused, Copper Coin, you could hardly believe it.
- >You didn't think Copper ever had a malicious bone in his body.
- >You grew up with him.
- >You trusted him!
- >And your trust gave him the ability to experiment on foals.
- >Your stomach lurched and you had to push your way through nearly a dozen ponies to get to a damned trash can.
- >None of it got on your Black Hand uniform but it hardly mattered to you at the moment.
- >You needed to leave.
- >To be anywhere but here.
- >Nopony would notice you over what was happening on stage.
- >As you get past the last of the ponies crowded around the square you look back for... you aren't really too sure why you did that.
- >However, if you hadn't, you wouldn't have caught sight Honor Bound up on stage.
- >He was looking straight at you.
- >You pretended not to notice his eyes opting to turn tail and head to your home.
- >Maybe a nice shower would do the trick.
- >You stumbled through the door entering into your darkened living room.
- >You fumbled around the wall for a minute searching for the light switch.
- >How the heck do you forget where the light switch was anyways?
- >You lived here.
- >You eventually find it and obviously, you flip it.
- >"SURPRISE!!!"
- >You poked your head out from behind the couch you dove behind when your wits come about you.
- >A banner hanging near the ceiling read, 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRYSTAL NIGHT!'
- >You stared blankly at the scene.
- >You forgot your birthday?
- >You picked yourself up put on a winning smile and hoped it was convincing.
- >The truth was that any other day you would have welcomed this.
- >But not today.
- >Not after what you learned.
- >A pony like you didn't deserve a party.
- >However no pony could know so you played the part.
- >"Hey, you got me!"
- >Your brother trots over to you and drapes a wing around your shoulder.
- >"Sure did get you. Should have seen the look on your face. I'm sure ponies would line up for centuries to see it.
- "I'm sure you're just exaggerating, Malachite. Anyways you think mom would mind if I slipped away for a shower? I could really use one but you know how she gets."
- >"No no. Go ahead, I'll cover for you."
- >With that you, made your way upstairs.
- >You couldn't have gotten away from them faster if you tried.
- >Your chest felt so heavy it felt like you were being crushed by the judgement of Manos himself.
- >You uniform found itself scattered across the bathroom floor.
- >Normally it would be on a hanger on the door but you couldn't be damned to care right now.
- >With shaky breaths the water came on and steam filled your little bathroom.
- >Your throat started to burn as you tried desperately to hold back sobs.
- >But try as you might, you failed.
- >First came the tears, then you body shuddered and heaved as you lost all of your composure curled upon the floor of your shower.
- >But you were silent in your grief.
- >Or at least you were close enough to it that the running water drowned it out.
- >The faces of fillies and colts flashed before your vision making you curl up tighter.
- >Nopony could ever know you were the pony that made this tragedy possible.
- >Slowly you gathered yourself and threw on your uniform and headed down to the party you didn't deserve.
- >With that winning smile of course.
- >Nopony could ever know...
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