The Last Pack

Where am I? What happened……

“Sir! He’s waking up!”

……Oh that’s right……

“Drag this whelp to the lift for public execution.”

……I failed you Luna……

“But sir, weren’t our orders-”

……I am sorry……

“It was ordered by Celestia, do you dare go against orders from the queen?”

……I was your last hope, and I failed you……

“No sir, but I question her motives, he cou-”

……Now I shall pay for serving you……

A loud resounding crack filled the air from hoof connecting to lower jaw. “You there! Guard! Lock this traitor up in cell H17 and make sure he stays put until I return.”

……Luna, may my death not be in vain.

“He is secure in the chains, may his death be excrutiating and may many rebels be watching this as their precious second in command is slain publicly.”

Looks like I woke up in time for my execution……

“Looks like the whelp awakens in time for his execution Commander Bolt. Who will be doing the honors of beheading him?”

……At least the death will be swift……

“Beheading? Are you mad? They will want to see a show! A Spectacle! Not a simple execution!” The Commander Exclaimed. “My apologies sir! In what way are we going to make him suffer?”

……Of course I get the ones who want to torture me……

“Oh you’ll see sargent, oh you’ll see…” said the Commander drifting off into a malevolent grin as the platform started to move slowly upward and the ceiling started to part revealing the sun lingering high overhead.

You could hear the crowd chanting, “Death to Solstice! Death to Solstice! Death to Solstice!”, I felt truly hated finally.

“Mares and Gentlecolts! Please settle down!” said a familiar voice. I turned to try to see the pony from whence the voice had come yet I was stopped abruptly by a violent tug on the titanium color around my neck.

“You dare not gaze upon her you whelp!”

……Great it is her……

“You know, if I weren’t chained up as I am now, all of you would be dead, correct?” I said violently giving off more than a mere sound of hatred, but the sound of a being who has nothing to lose anymore.

The Commander Visibly shuddered then responded, “Oh yes Solstice, because we are so scared of, “The Lupin Demon”, that you possess. That’s why you were captured so easily, am I correct?”

I looked towards the ground as he said this, feeling the pain ring through my chest like a spear to the heart. I sighed and responded, “You may think that, “The Pack”, is done for without their second in command, Commander Bolt, but you are wrong in many ways. Those you have killed, will come back one day and you will pay.”

He swiftly turns around and bucks me right in the jaw resounding off the walls and reverberating into the crowd above sending them into a mad cheer for their so called, “Justice”.

“You dare speak to me that way whelp? Lets see how you speak once your pretty little tongue is out.” Said the Commander giving a glare that would make many colts turn away, but I glared right back until we were both brought back to reality with the lift finally stopping on level ground.

……I guess this is it, time to die……

“Presenting! Her Loyal Majesty! Queen Celestia!” an announcer had yelled out to the now quiet crowd.

I looked to see everypony bowing down to her. “Today, we are here to witness the public execution of Lost Solstice, the Second in Command of, “The Pack”, accused of treason, manslaughter, assassination attempts...”

I drifted off into mindless thought listening to the announcer say my crimes……

……This list is going to go on for hours...unless……

“And Last but not least, murdering the Element of Magic, Starswirl the Bea-” I cut the announcer off by thrusting myself upwards and the chains clattering causing the announcer to stop.

“That was getting quite tiresome, just get on with what they are really here for you useless announcer.” Everypony starred in silence only to be awoken by the sudden crack of a whip hitting my back.

“SILENCE YOU SCUM!” said one of the guards behind me.

“Lost Solstice, do you have any last words before your execution begins?” said the oh so “brilliant and vibrant” Queen Celestia.

“My last words? You would not care for them, none would listen, so why should I even try. No one respects a rebels wishes no matter if they fought for the better of a country because of tyrants like you. My life has no worth anymore to you or any of the other ponies living here today. You banished Princess Luna to the Moon the first chance you had on the field of battle showing no honor. You are no queen, you are no noble, you are nothing but scum! Your sister would have done anything for you to help you, but you turned your back on her and chose to go down the path of darkness. She tried to help you, yet when she insisted you banished her from the country in fear of her overthrowing you. That’s what has truly led us to make, “The Pack”, because she wanted what was best for Equestria, and she knew that you were a tyrant that needed to be dethroned. Kill me, maim my corpse, burn my corpse, drown me, do whatever fate you wish to me, but one day. One day, when Princess Luna Returns, we will be back. I will be reborn just as my brothers and sisters who fought alongside me. When that day comes Celestia, that day will be your last.”

Silence fell upon the crowd, few ponies started to clippity clop the ground not as a show of happiness, but as a show of honor. All ponies, good or evil who have fell in this colosseum have said their final words in this spot, no matter who they were, they always gained an aplaude from the audience.

“Lost Solstice, you are to be beheaded for your crimes, you shall be executed here and now.” said Queen Celestia in a monotone voice that rang out crisply.

“Looks like you’re getting out easily you whelp, I wouldn’t have had the same mercy as she has. You’re lucky to have had this “tyrant” as your queen” whispered the Commander as he carried me to the guillotine. He placed my head through the hole.

……Goodbye Equestria, I shall be back one day and when I do come back you will finally……

The Guillotine started to drop.

……be *free.***

The Guillotine landed with a solid thud on the neck………….