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The scene opens on the skies above Canterlot city, only something was different about them. Instead of the usual blue sky and white clouds, blackened thunderstorms with rippling occasional bursts of lightning overtook the entire sky. The camera pans down to reveal V/N's castle which still resided on top of the ruins of Canterlot High School. We see countless, mind-controlled people walking in groups and others walking in straight lines towards whatever destination was given to them. We pan up to one of the castle's windows and Cozy Glow can be seen peering through it at the people down below. The deranged girl shudders a little while still watching the servants.

Cozy Glow: Glad I'm not like them. I'd lose my mind if that happened.

???: ** Gee, wonder how you came up with that.

Cozy turns to the source of the voice to see Demon Shimmer walking in.

Demon Shimmer: What are you even doing up here, anyways? Didn't Lord V/N give you janitor duty or something?

She insults the curly haired girl whose face grows red with anger.

Cozy Glow: Hey! I'm far too valuable to be limited to that of a lowly janitor!

Demon Shimmer: ** Uh-huh, sure.

Cozy Glow: ** Where is he by the way? He hasn't been here all day.

The taller girl slaps the side of the smaller one's head in frustration.

Demon Shimmer: Weren't you listening? He said he was gonna go out and hunt down any non-controlled people potentially still out there. He said it a few hours ago when we had that meeting while you were busy looking at your reflection. Is there anything in that thick head of yours besides your ego?

Cozy Glow rubs her head groaning a bit before she gives a hard glare back at the she-demon.

Cozy Glow: Oh, I'm sorry! I have an ego?!

Demon Shimmer: As a matter of fact, you do! In fact, you've made that so abundantly clear that it's pretty much common knowledge at this point.

Cozy Glow: Well, I guess there has to be SOME people in this world who truly know their self-worth.

The she-demon was about to offer a retort before she took a deep breath and sighed.

Demon Shimmer: You know what? I'm not even gonna argue with you on this. V/N made it perfectly clear that he doesn't wanna see fighting amongst us or else we'll be as mindless as those people outside.

Cozy gulps at the thought.

Cozy Glow: Right... How about we just... forget this happened, so Lord V/N doesn't have to make my cutesy self mindless?

Demon Shimmer: As long as we don't fight again, then I'm up for it as much as you.

They shake each other's hands in a truce as a portal opens nearby, startling them and they stand straight. V/N steps through and greets them.

(V/N): Demon Shimmer. Cozy.

Both girls bow their heads respectfully.

Demon Shimmer & Cozy Glow: Lord V/N.

Cozy Glow: Sooo... how was the trip?

(V/N): The usual. I've found some more unwilling people and took care of them accordingly.

Demon Shimmer: Well, that's good. We'll just get out of your hair now, right Cozy?

Cozy Glow: O-Of course!

They wave goodbye and leave as V/N gives them a curious stare.

(V/N): Hmm. They seemed to be acting strangely. Probably from my presence, that's all.

He then walks out of the room and down several corridors. Turn after turn, he eventually reaches his destination which was a single door that stood out amongst the others due to it being at the very end. He walks through and smiles at what he sees inside. Inside the room was a large cage of sorts that had a dark (F/C) magical barrier around it. A prisoner can be seen inside this cage and they're revealed to be you. You sat with your back turned and with an emotionless, thousand yard stare in the other direction. V/N sighs and walks closer to the cage.

(V/N): Made a decision on joining me yet?

He asks, but you didn't answer as you continued to remain absolutely silent.

(V/N): You know, you can play the silent treatment all you want, but eventually, you've gotta say something.

You still said nothing. V/N's sighs and starts pacing back and forth slowly.

(V/N): I don't even see why you're so upset. People are finally getting along, there's no more disputes, no more fighting, and no more indecent behavior. Finally, the world is at peace.

That last sentence finally gets a reaction from you as you turn your head slightly to glare at him.

(Y/N): ** Under your heel.

V/N shrugs.

(V/N): Tomato, tomahto. The important thing is that humanity is finally getting along with each other like they should have for thousands of years. They just needed someone to push them in the right direction again. Luckily, I'm here to provide it.

(Y/N): That someone... shouldn't be a sociopath that caused the extinction of an entire race.

V/N scowled slightly at your comment before throwing it away for a smirk.

(V/N): You really should come around, Y/N. It's a paradise out there. People can finally shop at stores without some nutcase coming in with a gun intending to rob them and people can finally make sensible negotiations without either side thinking too much about betrayals.

(Y/N): Because you literally took away their ability to think for themselves. What good does that do for anybody other than yourself?

(V/N): ** You just don't see the bigger picture, do you?

(Y/N): No, obviously, because the actual bigger picture here is you treating everyone like slaves! That's what it is!

You walk up to the edge of the cage and glare daggers at V/N.

(Y/N): You're only doing this because you're pissed off at the world for taking away our family all those years ago. Really think about this, V/N. How would they react if they were here today? How would they feel knowing that you turned everyone into a zombie? Because the way I see it, they'd be horrified, traumatized even! Heck, they'd most likely never wanna see your face again!

This definitely struck a nerve on V/N as he shoots a small blast of magic straight at the cage that was aimed directly at you, but you dive out of the way just in time to see it explode on the bars.

(V/N): Speak that way again... I DARE you.

He spoke in between his teeth.

(Y/N): Deny it all you want, V/N! You know they'd be disgraced by your existence if they knew what you've done!

You turn away and sit back on the floor.

(Y/N): And as for your first question, no. I don't ever wanna join your side. I'd rather have all my teeth yanked out than do that.

(V/N): Is that so?

He snapped his fingers as Cozy Glow walked in with a pair of pliers.

(V/N): I can have that arranged.

Cozy giggles like a madwoman while opening and closing the pliers over and over again. Your eyes widen before a sigh escapes your lips.

(Y/N): Nevermind... forget I said anything.

V/N looks at Cozy and nods his head back to the door. She pouts and leaves with a loud groan.

Cozy Glow: ** Do I ever get to have any fun?

She says to herself. V/N turns back to you.

(V/N): You really have nothing else left to lose, Y/N, so you may as well accept my partnership while you're at it.

(Y/N): Anything would beat working for you, V/N.

V/N shakes his head before turning away from you and towards the door.

(V/N): Even losing those girls of yours?

He asked one final question before striding out of the room and slamming the door behind him.

Meanwhile, on the outside of V/N's castle, two figures can be seen sneaking beside the wall while trying to remain incognito. These two figures are revealed to be Shadow and O/N as they were trying their best to remain hidden.

Shadow Moonlight: There it is, dude. The new and destroyed Canterlot High School.

(O/N): Dang. Did they really have to destroy CHS for a place to put a castle? Couldn't they have just built it somewhere else?

Shadow Moonlight: Probably, but it was probably just to piss off Y/N.

(O/N): That, or to increase that ego V/N has. Bigger than what ego Rainbow Dash has if you ask me... or had, I should say.

Shadow Moonlight: Could be both. We don't know. What we do know is that V/N has got to be stopped.

(O/N): V/N? That cheater! He's trying to boost his numbers!

Shadow Moonlight: ** There's something else!

(O/N): ** What?!

Shadow Moonlight: ** Ook-ley in the ag-bay.

(O/N): ** ... what?

Shadow Moonlight: ** Look in the bag!

O/N looks around, but doesn't see a bag anywhere.

(O/N): What bag?

Shadow Moonlight: This one.

He lifts a duffel bag up with his hand as O/N glanced down at it for a moment and then back up to Shadow with a raised eyebrow.

(O/N): Where... did you even get that?

Shadow Moonlight: I went to the pawn shop to grab a couple things. It wasn't easy pretending to be one of V/N's brain dead followers, but I was able to pull it off.

(O/N): O... kay then. How exactly are we getting inside anyways? If you haven't noticed already, we don't look like any of V/N's companions. And I'd rather not lose my ability to think because of that.

Shadow Moonlight: ** Isn't it obvious, dude? This is why I brought the bag.

He reaches into the bag and pulls out a small speaker. O/N stares at it with a raised eyebrow before turning back to Shadow.

(O/N): Uhhhh, I'm pretty sure that a speaker is the last thing you would think to bring when it comes to being stealthy, dude.

Shadow Moonlight: Just trust me on this one, dude. I know this'll work.

(O/N): ** Drawing attention to us? Yeah, it'll be a miracle for this to work. ** For real, though. What's your REAL plan for getting past those guys?

Shadow smirks.

Shadow Moonlight: Live bait.

(O/N): Oh, good idea...

O/N nods his head before realization struck him.

(O/N): You son of a-

Shadow Moonlight: Come on, O/N. I just need you to create a diversion.

(O/N): What do you want me to do? Find my best dance moves and perform for the crowd?

Shadow Moonlight: I never said you had to be a street performer, dude. We just need a distraction.

(O/N): Okay. I guess it really doesn't matter who does the distraction.

O/N walks over to the front gates where two shadow creature guards can be seen blocking the entrance. O/N places the speaker down next to him and gulps. He switches it on and Shadow hooks his phone up to it and plays something on his phone.

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O/N starts to do a weird dance in time with the music and instantly gains the attention of the guards. They stare for a bit before one of them starts bobbing their head to the beat. Soon enough, it starts dancing while the second guard watches in confusion. It shrugs lightly before joining in on the dancing. Shadow takes this opportunity to sneak behind all of them and quickly bolts inside when he has the chance. Shadow makes it to an empty corridor and sighs in relief.

Shadow Moonlight: Okay, that's phase one taken care of. Now, for phase two.

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Shadow began walking back and forth between the left and right side of the corridor, looking through different doors to figure out where you were.

Shadow Moonlight: He's gotta be around here somewhere.

He mutters to himself while continuing to search the rooms. Hallway after hallway, room after room, Shadow's search bore no fruit at first. In fact, his luck was running so thin to the point where he was almost caught a few times by either a random guard or by one of V/N's companions. Not wanting to give up, he continued to check through each door, a little faster in order to scan the castle quicker. Once he was sure he had checked every door in the castle, he went back to check again to make sure if he missed something or not.

Shadow Moonlight: Geez, this place is like a maze. There's gotta be at least a dungeon somewhere.

He eventually makes it to the same lonely door that stood out from the rest and looks inside. His lips immediately curl into a smile when he sees you as well as the cage that imprisoned you. He walked inside and crawled a bit of a way to you.

Shadow Moonlight: ** Psst! Hey, Y/N!

You jump a little at his voice and you turn your head to look at him. However, instead of Shadow's expectation of you being happy to see him, instead, you frown and turn away.

(Y/N): ** ** Just another prank Chrysalis likes to pull. Typical. ** Look, I know it's you, you ugly bug queen, just leave me alone already!

Shadow Moonlight: ** Yeah, hello to you too.

You're a bit taken aback by his reply. Normally, Chrysalis would have revealed her true form by now. You stood up and walked closer to him.

(Y/N): S-Shadow? Is... is that the real you?

Shadow Moonlight: No, it's the grinch wanting to steal Christmas. Who else could it be?

(Y/N): B-But... but how? How'd you even get here?

Shadow Moonlight: ** Through lots and lots of determination... and a small diversion as well.

(Y/N): Diversion?

Shadow Moonlight: You don't want to know... look, the important thing is that I've come to break you out of here.

You blinked a few times before you gave him a slight glare.

(Y/N): I'd hate to be that guy, but... I honestly hope you're happy with yourself, Shadow. I mean, this is what you wanted, right? You said that you were willing to give up the stone just so you could keep this supposed "perfect life" for yourself, right? Well... look where that decision has brought us. V/N now controls everyone we knew and loved and is now setting his sight on Equestria as well. ** But hey, at least you get to keep your parents, am I right?! ** Even if they physically can't acknowledge you anymore!

You shouted at him. He looked to the ground sadly when you brought that up.

Shadow Moonlight: ** I know, I know. Look, I'm not gonna lie, I do want this life and I know you'd try to take it from us. I was really doing this to give your Shadow the respect he couldn't give himself by doing what he told me, but... I don't want anyone to live like this. I don't want YOU to live like this. So... I'm gonna help you get that stone back, Y/N. But first and foremost, I plan to get you out of here.

(Y/N): ** How? This is a magical barrier if you couldn't tell and the last time I checked, you had no such magic on you.

Shadow Moonlight: Pfft. Who needs magic... when you have science?!