Dark Monarch's Rising

Two Days Later

Its been a long time since I came out of my room or even talked to anypony. All I did was lay in bed and stare into the ceiling. I finally felt a little better after what happened at Saddle Arabia, so I decided to go out of my room. I walked outside my room and walked straight to the main entrance to Celestia’s castle. I opened the doors with my magic and then closed them after I was out. I looked around at everypony. So much happiness, so much love for each other. It made me sick… I kept walking until something caught my eye. It was Time Turner. He had a contraption and he was rambling on about to people that have absolute no idea whats going on.

“This can change everything! We can finally go back in time!” Said a pony from the group. I thought about it…

I could go back and save Sky!

“Excuse me! Time Turner!” I yelled directly towards him as I flew.

“Please call me Dr. Whooves.” He said fixing his tie.

“Sorry, I overheard some of the crowd. So this can take me back in time huh?”

“Well yes, yes it can but...”

“I want to be the first to use it.”

“Well uhm there's a few things you should...” He said as I walked into the contraption which was made to resemble a phone booth.

“Just take me back 1,980 years to Fluttershy’s house.”

“Well okay there mister impatient!” He said as he went inside with me. The crowd began to chatter about the contraption. He pressed the numbers on the keyboard as they showed up on the screen. He then pulled the door shut and then pulled a lever on the side of the control panel. He turned, smiled at me and said:

“Now watch the magic begin!” A flash of bright white and rainbow light filled my eyes. I saw nothing and felt weightless for a little bit. Then boom, I was back at Fluttershy’s house. I looked at myself. I was unaffected by the time travel. I walked out of the machine followed by Dr. Whooves.

“Here you are. You’re here.” He said checking his machine for any sort of damage. I watched him look over every square inch of the thing. A little overkill but better safe than sorry.

“So what was it you came here for?” He said as he turned to me.

“Nothing really i…”

“You what?” He said making a questioning facial expression.

“I-I'll be right back…” I said as I ran to the house.

I looked into the windows to see me and Sky on the couch with Fluttershy tending to Angel. I walked to the door and went to knock on it. I thought for a short amount of time, but then gained the courage to knock. I answered the door.

“Um, Hello. I haven’t seen you before WOAH!” My past self said as I pulled him outside.

“I am you that’s why! Listen, in a few days a group of Saddle Arabians will knock on your door.”

“That’s okay, they are afraid of me.”

“No, they aren’t. They are rebels. They will kill anypony who stands between them and you.”

“What are you talking about?!”

“Im talking about the death of Sky!” I said as I showed him my necklace.

“Wait… you are me…” He said touching the necklace.

“You have to kill them before they kill Sky. Got it?” I said as I started to tear up. “Now go!” I said as I shoved him towards the door.

“What do I do though?” he asked.

“Do what you tell yourself to do. Don’t think about what will happen other than Sky's life being taken.”

“How do I know?”

“Know what?”

“Know whats right.”

“You'll tell yourself whats right when the time comes.” I said as I put my hoof on his shoulder. “Just make sure she lives, okay?”

“O-okay.”

“Now go save Sky so you don’t end up in the life of misery.” I said as I walked away. I went back to see if Dr. Whooves was still there, and he was, still playing with buttons or so it seemed.

“Back so soon?” He said.

“Lets just go back. Now.” I demanded. I wanted to see how life would be if Sky would’ve lived. Maybe I wouldn’t be so damn miserable the whole time.

“So demanding…” He mumbled as he pulled the lever again. Light overwhelmed my eyes the same as before. This time I was ready for it and shut my eyes. I could see it now. My past self saving Sky and the rebels getting what they deserved. This was gonna be great! The machine landed back to Ponyville. I opened the door in excitement to see… Where was everypony?

“Uh oh…” Said Dr. Whooves.

“Where is everything! Why is everything so dark now?!”

“We must have done something to the past to effect the future. Tell me, what did you do?”

“N…Nothing!” I said trying not to show I was lying.

“You did something sir!”

“I…I did do something… I prevented my girlfriend from being killed…”

“Oh… I'm sorry… but… we have to go back.” We turned to go back and we saw that the machine had been vandalized and stripped of parts.

“What?! Who would do such a thing?!” Said Dr. Whooves.

“Wait… we can't go back now?! We are stuck here?!” I looked around at Ponyville. It was turned into a wasteland. Buildings crumbled in the wind leaving only piles of rubble where they once stood. I began to realize how royally fucked I was now.

“We have to change this back!” I said while pulling on Dr. Whooves’ tie in distress.

“Now, now there Monarch. If I can find the parts I need we can get back.”

We began to look over the ruins of whatever happened to ponyville. We walked to the castle. It was drained of its color. It was now a dark and gloomy tower falling apart before our eyes. I pushed gently on the door but It just fell off its hinges and on to the ground.

“Oh my sweet Celestia!” I said as I covered my mouth to keep from throwing up. There was Celestia and Luna's rotting corpses lying together.

“They must have protected themselves longer than anyone else. Look. They’re not as deteriorated as them. He pointed to skeletons with bits of flesh hanging onto the bones. I threw up then. Not only because it was gross… It was because I caused this by changing one thing from the past, but how did this change the future this drastically?

“Should we… burry them?” I asked Dr. Whooves.

“Well it’s the right thing I guess.” He replied. He went to pick up Celestia but he didn’t want to touch her. So I guess I played funeral service then, picking up both Celestia and Luna with magic since I'm a little squeamish with dead things. I carried them outside and looked for a spot that looked like we could bury the bodies. I decided to start digging at the foot of the castle. It took long enough to dig just one bone using our hooves like a dog to pull the dirt up then push the dirt back on them the same way. I decided to arrange rocks in the shape of a sun on Celestia's and a moon on Luna's just so they had some sort of headstone. I backed away to stand by Dr. Whooves.

“Well…” I said holding back tears.

“I just don’t know what went wrong…” Said Dr. Whooves as he started to shed a tear that fell at the foot of the princesses’ graves.