Flurry Heart talks to Rarity (vote chapter)

Rarity was being treated well, and she could count that among her very few blessings in this situation. She wasn’t chained anymore however, she was contained to a room in the cave cavern. It was no palace, nor even a home but it was about as comfortable as Zecora’s hut. Not at all Rarity’s style however what with the frayed rug, humble fireplace and an uncomfortable straw bed, it was a far cry from the friendship and crystal palaces she had grown used to. To be fair, however, Rarity had spotted Flurry Heart's room when she was escorted in. She had been **** to sleep on a simple rug so Rarity was being given better treatment than her future niece-in-law.

But make no mistake, Rarity was no guest of Flurry Heart. The room had been decorated with the same material as Chrysalis's throne blocking all magic from Rarity but that which Flurry Heart would permit. She also still wore the blindfold that had been placed upon her before, still enchanted to give her the illusion of sight, but no access to the Root of Magic. She had attempted to escape several times, but each time it turned out that Flurry Heart had anticipated her every move,

First, she had tried to **** the blindfold off, but it had been enchanted. Then she had tried sending a message to her friends, but Flurry Heart had cut off any means of communication no matter how creative. She tried to sneak out, but Flurry Heart was uncannily able to anticipate her every move. Perhaps her ability to predict the future was more than just thought.

Rarity had not given up attempting to escape but right now she was sitting on the bed, her hands on her lap, as she tried to scheme some kind of escape. It was here that the door to her room opened, where Flurry Heart entered. She was still draped in her patterned cloak though this time her hood was let down.

"You know my niece that cloak of yours is quite fetching, you'll have to tell me where you got it," Rarity said ever so insincerely.

"It was you actually. Another timeline version of yourself to be more precise, one who never pursued this path of creating this immoral fantasy. It's actually more of a poncho, to be honest. It's the only thing I can wear without triggering that little curse dear Uncle Spike put on my family... thanks for that by the way," she explained with an ever so slight tinge of anger, especially when Rarity let out a snort of amusement.

"So you can visit alternate timelines then? I'm guessing you can time travel as well?" Rarity said with a sullen tone, "you know Starlight and Twilight once tried time travel you know. It backfired on them, who's to say it won't backfire on you too?"

"Oh believe me I know," Flurry Heart said with a dissonant friendly tone. It was as if she was simply having a casual conversation with her friends rather than her captor. "I went to those timelines myself to correct them, time travel doesn't erase alternate timelines. You just have to correct them."

Flurry Heart made her way into the room and took her spot by her side. "So that's why I had to clean up Starlight's mess in those other worlds. Defeating Sombra's army, overthrowing Nightmare Moon, defeating Chrysalis even when she was filled with all that love magic... you know that's how I got them to go along with this little conspiracy."

"Conspiracy?" Rarity asked, her head turning sharply.

"Oh, right I forgot you didn't know," Flurry Heart said stretching back as she explained her conspiracy of villains and how she rallied them to stop Rarity and Spike. Rarity could feel her insides churning as she told the story, cursing herself for ignoring signs that were so obvious in hindsight.

"So I showed Sombra his alternate victory and told him that was his future and got him to join me, then I pulled the same trick with Chrysalis. With Sombra's help, I was able to get your Nightmare counterpart added to this little conspiracy. With Chrysalis I was able to get the anti-magic metal-" She gestured to the black materials etched into her room blocking out the magic, "-and some changelings to pull the old switcheroo with my past self. Can't let you two do anything past me."

"But why replace me with Nightmare Rarity? You don't honestly think you can trust her do you?" Rarity shot back, only receiving a gentle shake of Furry's head.

"She wants what you want... but she'll be the Mistress not the 'Diamond in the Horde'," Flurry Heart said, holding up two fingers in quotation marks. "She's betrayed me, but one of the benefits of being the Princess of Time is that you always know which butterflies to step on, which way the dominoes will fall and all the consequences. I see past, present and future, and one of the benefits of that is that I can take into account that which others will dismiss as chance."

Rarity was now watching her future niece with wide interest, hoping that perhaps some clue on how to defeat her would slip out of her lips. "So that's how I knew that she'll have Chrysalis join her. I may not have the precognition regarding free will, but I'm still a good judge of character. That's how I knew that Spike would walk in on them, and corrupt Chrysalis. But whilst he may have returned my mother to the way she was before, he hasn't made it so she can use the Root of Kindness without Chrysalis's permission and since she doesn't know she needs to grant it..."

"She can't use the Root of Kindness," Rarity gasped in fear, starting to put the pieces together now.

"Soon she'll do something similar with Twilight and that will deal with two of the roots, with Chrysalis's anti-magic material I can neutralize her root of magic, generosity is mine and laughter doesn't matter. That just leaves my dear Uncle Spike, whose power can be neutralized with a simple gag," Flurry Heart explained, and Rarity was starting to see it. "When your counterpart is exposed it will provide a distraction to swoop in and capture my dear Uncle.”

Then Flurry Heart turned to face Rarity with an almost pleading expression, “and then perhaps you’ll reconsider where you stand. You could the right thing when the two of you are here. And then perhaps I could have the family I was always supposed to have.”

“What do you mean?”

“I’ve been to alternate timelines Auntie, I’ve seen what our family should be, could have been. To have a fun, goofy Uncle rather than a Stud, and a generous, loving aunt rather than the perverted one here,” Flurry Heart explained her voice becoming longing.

Rarity could not prevent the pang of guilt within her. “If you can visit these timelines so easily why not simply move there?”

“As you would replace your Spike with an alternate one?”

Rarity sighed, “a fair point.”

Flurry Heart got up. “I’ll bring Spike here, no matter what. I really would prefer you two do this willingly because if you won’t I can and will take your power by ****. But I really would prefer if you reconsidered.”

Rarity said nothing, and Flurry Heart made her way out of the room disappointed. “You’re running out of time Auntie, I hope you’ll make the right choice.”

A/N: So I have good news and bad news, I’ll break tradition and start with the bad news. The bad news is that I’ve been noticing a drop in likes in this story both on Chyoa and Fimfiction, as well as feedback and votes in polls and I’m worried that people are not enjoying this story as much as they used to. Feedback here would be a help.

On a happier note, Nauth has uploaded my commissioned art pieces to derpibooru, I'll include links here. Sadly I can't afford any more commissions on my current budget. Hopefully, that'll change in the future.

Suggestive Version: https://derpibooru.org/images/3069154?q=my%3Awatched

NSFW Version (of the commission): https://derpibooru.org/images/3069159?sort[]=3069159&q=my%3Awatched

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