by Piefan » Mon Mar 16, 2015 3:09 am
((Sure, once she gets out of this intense battle. I can't think of a way to smoothly say "Nightmare, knowing the ponies could kill her at any time, caught sight of Sunny's cutie mark."))
Nightmare hissed, putting up a shield just before it touched her. The flame rippled around her, and she flew upwards, scowling at the Queen... Queen in no more than name, she knew. "Get out of my castle," she snapped. "You think a caste system is worse than death? Less than a hundredth of ponies dying (systematically) every year is worse than the torture methods I know the Capitol can think of? How kind of you, WhiteStar. (Also, I do keep some prisoners here, and you're breaking the ceiling. Did you know I have orders to kill them if attack ensues?)" Of course, that wasn't to say Nightmare thought of herself as doing the right thing, but she knew that these rebels wanted peace... and she knew that most were easy enough to manipulate.
((I chose to assume there were more than 4800 ponies scattered around the districts and outside NM's control.))
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