It was a nice and beautiful day outside in Canterlot, though not a pony was on the streets. No today was the day of the trial for the three colts who tried to assassinate Princess Celestia. Two of the three had already been convicted and thrown into the dungeon, which only left one colt to be tried.
The court room was filled to the brim with ponies of every shape, size, and color. The pegasi were forced to float above the crowed to make room. Though the only spot in the room not filled was where the trial was going on. 12 ponies sat in the bleachers listing to every detail being said about the case. Princess Celestia sat in the highest seat above everyone else in the center of the court rooms red back wall. Next to her on her left, was the witness box and too her right was a mare writing down everything said in the case in a seat that rose higher than most but not as high as Celestias.
In front of them was two tables, the one on the left had four colts behind it, two white furred guards with golden armor on (both pegasi), one in a business suit that had navy blue fur and a brown main that was combed to look perfect, and finally a colt that had light red fur and an orange jumpsuit on. His eyes were a bright red and he had a scar on his right ear that looked like it had been slashed by a blade. The two guards were standing on both sides of him. That was the defendant table.
The prosecution table only had two ponies, a pegasus mare with yellow fur and a light blue mane that had a business suit on, and a gray with a red mane colt who also had a business suit on. They both looked calm as the verdict was going to be read soon. Everything had gone their way even though the evidence didn’t even put the light red colt on the seine of the crime.
“Before we say the final verdict does the defense have anything else they would like to say?” Celestia said in a very serious tone. “Yeah.” Said the light red colt with his not to deep but light sounding voice “ I didn’t do it! Those idiots you sent to the dungeon already were just my friends! I didn’t even know that they were going to try to assassinate you until after it happened, when the police arrested me to be more precise.” He finished saying with an angry look on his face.
“We keep hearing you say that but the evidence says that you are guilty.” Celestia said looking down at him. He just kept angrily staring at her.
“We have our verdict.” Said the colt at the end of the bleachers as he stood up with the paper in his hoofs. The room went dead silent as everyone looked at the colt waiting for him to say the verdict. The light red colt could only think Get on with it! We all know that you’re going to say guilty! He then pulled out the paper and opened his mouth to speak. He couldn’t say anything though due to his nervousness from the crowd watching him. He then leaned over and whispered to the colt next to him. The unicorn colt then used his magic and levitated the paper over to himself so he could read it. He read it for a minute then said “We the jury find him guilty.”
The crowd cheered at the news of the “villain” getting punished for what he tried to do to Equestrias ruler. “For being found guilty at the attempt to assassinate me, Princess Celestia I banish you, Crimson Flight, from Canterlot for ten years!” Celestia said in a serious tone after the crowd died down. She lifted Crimson up using her telekinesis and lifted him up too her. As soon as he was floating right next to her she whispered “Don’t worry I know you are innocent but due to my subjects believing the lies the defense has made I am forced to banish you. I am going to send you to a place I believe you should gain allies and prove you’re innocent. I shall send a letter later today to my student their about your true situation and not the lies the press has made. Be brave Crimson and try to discover your true self.”
During the time Celestia was talking with Crimson a window inside the court room was opened by the guards. Then before Crimson could say anything in response to what Celestia said she telekineticly tossed him out of the now open window.
Crimson Flight could only watch as he was telekineticly being tossed to where ever Celestia was sending him. Where is she sending me? He thought. What was she talking about and if she knows I’m innocent why is she banishing me!!? Though now that I look this is a sight of Equestria I’ll never get to see because I’m not a pegasus like my brother. Crimson looked at the view passing by him as he was flung thousands of feet above Equestria, only staying in the air by Celestias telekinetic grip she was throwing him with. He watched as he saw Canterlot get smaller and smaller as he flew away. Looking down he saw patches of forests pass underneath him and at one point he saw a Manticorn walking out of a forest that he started to pass over.
The forest the Manticorn came out of was different from any other forest Crimson had seen. It was dark and had an eerie fog over the ground of the forest. When Crimson looked up he saw clouds that were moving on their own and when he looked back to the forest he saw creatures of all shapes and sizes taking care of them self’s. Only at one point did it seem any pony had ever entered their as he saw some ruins of what seemed like a small stone castle jutting out of a foggy clearing in the woods. He then saw a trail that had lead to the castle and figured he must have finally been getting to his mysterious destination. He looked to his left where he started to see that at a very slow pace he was descending towards a small village or town. He looked back down in time to see himself pass the edge of the forest and pass a house that seemed to have become one with nature. The house looked like it was surrounded by animal houses but he couldn't tell because he was going too fast to see. After a small section of grass he passed over a small stream then saw house after house pass him by. All of them were different shapes and sizes but were all white with two by fours that were a very dark red seem to either slightly come out of the house or were the frame of the house.
Crimson felt himself start to slow down; as he slowed he looked to his left and saw a tree in the middle of the town that seemed to still be living even though it had clearly been hollowed out and been turned into a house or building for a local service. He noticed he wasn’t slowing down enough and desided to give a warning as he noticed he was bee lining towards one the trees windows. Tuning in a way to get the least amount of pain for the inevitable he shouted “LOOK OUT!!!”
*CRASH!!!* Crimson felt himself finally back on the ground but he was in pain from his body forcing the window open. “Who are you?” Crimson heard. The voice was very tomboyish, but didn’t seem to have an accent, though it did have a fast pace. Crimson got up and looked at his surroundings only to see six mares looking at him. Well technically five because as soon as he looked up a light yellow, pegasus mare with a pink mane hid behind a lavender unicorn who had a purple mane with a pink streak in it. Her eyes were purple and she had one big sparkle surrounded by six smaller sparkles for her cutie mark. She was the last one standing in a semi-circle and too her left was a white unicorn that had a curled purple mane and three blue gems for her cutie mark. Her eyes were blue and just by looking at her Crimson could tell she was very prim and proper like the rich ponies in Canterlot, but due to living in Canterlot all his life Crimson could tell that she wasn’t from Canterlot or had ever lived there. Next to her was a cyan pegasus who had a rainbow mane that seemed like it didn't have anything done with it and was allowed to blow freely in the wind. Her eyes were a reddish purple and she had a cloud with a lightning bolt of red yellow and blue. Then next to her was a light orange earth pony who had a blond mane and was wearing a brown Stetson hat. She had green eyes and three apples for her cutie mark, which Crimson figured it meant she worked with apples and/or was a farmer.
When Crimson looked to see the sixth one in the group he was surprised to see no one was there. He started to look around for her and was caught off guard by two light blue eyes staring right at him when he looked to his left. Crimson jumped back to see that the owner of those blue eyes was a pink earth pony, who had a darker shade of pink for her mane that seemed to be made of curls. Her cutie mark was two blue balloons and one yellow balloon in the center. “Hi there!” the pink one said in a high in energetic voice as she hopped around Crimson “Why did you come crashing through the window and what is that your wearing? Is orange your favorite color? OOOOOH! You’re new to Ponyville and I know everyone in Ponyville! I’m Pinkie Pie and we need to throw you a welcome party!!!”
“Wait Pinkie I know who he is and he is not good.” The purple unicorn said “He is Crimson Flight, one of the three ponies in the last attempt to assassinate the Princess. Why are you here?” she said the last sentence in a very serious tone while taking a defensive pose. Crimson then noticed all of them except for Pinkie and the yellow one take up defensive poses like the purple one getting ready to attack him if he did anything wrong. “Well” Crimson began “After I was found guilty I-“
“So you really did do it!” The rainbow one said and judging by the sound of her voice she was the one who asked who he was before.
“No i-“
”Den why were ya found guilty?” the orange one asked in her heavy southern accent.
“Because-“
”Because you really did do it!” The rainbow one said starting to look very angry.
“No one attacks the Princess and gets away with it!” As soon as she said that she sped over to crimson and punched him in the face. Crimson got pushed back a couple feet by the punch and before he could say anything the orange one started running towards him. Crimson tried to jump out of the way before she could attack him but he realized he couldn’t move. Looking at his legs he saw he was being magically held in place by a blue and purple aura surrounding his legs. Sometimes I hate magic. Crimson thought. As he tried to struggle out of the magic the orange mare ran right up next to him and turned around. What is she do- AHGH!!! Crimson thought as she used both of her back legs and kicked his left back leg.
*CRACK!* Well as far as I can tell from this sudden rush of pain from my leg she broke my thigh bone! Crimson thought as he tried to hold back a cry of pain. As he was writhing in pain from his now broken hip he fell to the ground then got the finishing hit from the rainbow one to his ribs braking at least two of them. Crimson knew this by the new pain in his rib cage and by the two snaps he heard when she hit him.
Crimson fell over and got one last look as the four ponies who worked together in attacking him were glaring at him. Then everything went black as Crimson fainted.
Ohh My everything hurts. Crimson thought as he started to wake up. Alright time for an internal scan. Lets see here… Using his internal magic Crimson scanned the places where he had been hit. I thought so. My thigh bone and two of my ribs are broken. Now that I think about it where am I? Crimson opened his eyes and saw he was still in the same spot he was attacked at. Now being able to look at his surroundings he saw he was in a big room that was filled with books. So this place is a library… then why were those six ponies here? In the center of the room was a round table with a wooden horse head carving in the center. To his right was a set of stairs that lead to an upper floor of the tree and under the stairs was a door.
Looking to his left Crimson saw a pile of books near the shelves. “Hmmm… Seeing as how this is a library someone must run it so ill just put those books away (Crimson is slightly OCD but it doesn’t act up much), look for a book on the courts in Equestria, and wait for the librarian to come back.” Crimson got up, the pain in his leg made it feel as if it was on fire but Crimson dealt with it. Besides he was use to being in a lot of pain and he had been in worser pain before. Crimson found a step latter under the center table then brought it over to the shelves. After looking through the shelves and the pile of books to see where they would go he went to work.
Half an hour went by before Crimson heard a noise come from upstairs, figuring it was the librarian Crimson put the last book from the pile away then started to look for the court book he wanted. “Spike ill be back in a little bit I have to go over to Raritys to help her with her new design!” Crimson heard from the top of the stairs. He looked over to see the lavender unicorn from earlier at the top of the steps with her head turned to look behind her. Turning her head back she saw Crimson standing on the step latter, supporting himself by pushing against the wall. *GASP* “Why are you still here and how are you standing? Your hip broke when Applejack kicked it!” she shouted while having a surprised yet angry look on her face.
“Well I saw this pile of books that needed to be put away and my OCD got the best of me. I also need a book on the courts of Equestria to help me know how to prove I’m innocent, plus I’ve never been to this town before so I need to ask the librarian about the town. Why are you here?” Crimson said in a calm tone.
“I live here and what do you mean by prove your innocent?” she asked in a curious tone.
“I had nothing to do with assassination attempt but because my two “Friends” were the ones who tried to assassinate Celestia I got framed into being a part of the crime. I wasn’t even at the scene of the crime! I was at home taking a nap!” Crimson explained in a frustrated tone.
“Then if you weren’t even there the day it happened and you had nothing to do with it why were you found guilty?” She asked as she started to climb down the stairs.
“The Prosecution made fake evidence against me, my “friends” confessed in court that I helped to get some years off their sentence, and some of my enemies rigged it so I got the worse Defense attorney while the Prosecution got the best lawyers in Canterlot.” Crimson said with a hint of anger in his voice. “By the way I am Crimson Flight, who are you?”
“I am Twilight Sparkle, I run this library and I am Princess Celestia’s number one student.” She said very matter-of-factly once she got to the bottom of the stairs.
“Oh have you gotten Celestia’s letter yet? She said she was going to send her student one about my situation before she banished me by tossing out the window and telekineticly tossing threw your window.”
Twilight stared at him with a dumbfounded look before saying “No I haven’t gotten any letters from Celestia today.”
“Oh well she’ll send it sooner or later today. Till then though I have to ask are you one of the six elements of harmony?”
“Why yes I am the Element of Magic, how did you know?” Twilight asked surprised by the question.
“I remember hearing it was Celestia’s student who became one of the Elements of Harmony and defeated Nightmare Moon. You being one of the elements must mean that the other five from earlier must have been the other element.” It also explains why they were here in her library. Crimson thought. “Which one of them was the element of honesty?”
“Applejack is. She is the orange pony who broke your hip earlier. Why? And now that I think about it how are you standing!!?” Twilight ask as she remembered the colt standing in front of her had a broken hip.
“Oh that makes going to talk to her a lot easier.” He said sarcastically.”Also because I have been injured so many times in my life I developed an internal magic that creates an internal cast around my broken bones to help them heal while still allowing me to use them normally, though it hurts a lot to still move the broken bone. Another good thing is that minor wounds like scrapes, small cuts, and bruises heal instantly, and big cuts heal in a matter of hours by the spell, but it hurts a lot.”
Twilight looked at him speechless. How does he have so much control over his magic? How many times has he been hurt to know that much about it? Healing magic also takes up a lot of magic yet he seems fine while he is using a healing spell as we speak! Is this why Celestia sent him here? Before Twilight could say anything Crimson said “Where does Applejack live? I have to go talk with her about how I am actually innocent.”
“She lives down at Sweet Apple Acres. You take a left as soon as you exit here and keep going down that path till you reach the farm.” Twilight said automatically while she was still going over what he said before.
“Thank you. I am going to head their now before it gets dark. I will see you tomorrow.” Crimson said.
“Wait why will you see me tomorrow and what are you going to do?” Twilight asked curious about what he was up too.
“As much I hate having too, I have to come back here tomorrow to continue looking for a book on the courts. I also have to go to see Applejack because she is the element of honesty and I need her to 'tell' that I didn’t do it. She then will also be able to tell all of your friends not to attack me as I walk down the street. Then once that’s all over I’m going to look for a nice tree out in the park to sleep under. If there is no park in this town ill go sleep under any tree I can find away from you and your three other friends who attacked me.” He said pointing at Twilight while having an angry look on his face.
“You hate being here, you’re going to go sleep under some random tree, and you’re trying to stay away from us!!?” Twilight asked.
“You guys attacked me before I finished explaining earlier and I don’t want to be attacked by all of you again. Also I have no money so I have no where to stay.”
“Well I have a spare bedroom, you can stay here until you’re able to prove you’re innocent.” Twilight said trying to make up for what she had done.
“Thanks but no thanks. I mean no offence but I don’t trust you and I don’t really like you, seeing as how you attacked me before I could explain. The last place I want to be at right now is around any of you but I have no choice because I’ll need your help to prove I am innocent. If you want me to trust you you’re going to prove it and help me.” Crimson said with an ‘I’m annoyed’ tone.
“Well I-I am very sorry for wh-what I did. What can I do to help?” Twilight asked, hurt by his last statement.
“For now just help me get this orange jumpsuit off. The zipper to it is on my back and I can’t reach it.” Crimson said as he pointed to the zipper. Twilights horn then began to glow as she used her magic to unzip the jumpsuits zipper. “Thank you.” Crimson said as he started to pull off the jumpsuit. When he carefully got it off Twilight could see his cutie mark and she gasped is surprise. His cutie mark was a blue kite shield with two wings inside of it and four wings on the outside. Before she could ask about it he was out the door and making his way to Sweet Apple Acres.
If he has a shield for his cutie mark he obviously wouldn’t of attacked Celestia. He was telling the truth! Ooooh I have to go tell the other girls he is innocent before they decide to attack him again! Right before she went out the door she stopped when she herd Spike shout “Twilight you just got a letter from the princess! It’s about that new colt that you knocked out!” I better read it then go tell the others. It may even have evidence to support me in telling my friends he’s innocent! With that thought in mind she turned around and went upstairs to read her new letter.
