Hello?

by Nightfury78

Execution and Escape

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As mini-me was dragged by her front hooves into the castle by two unicorns, a gray and a green both wearing orange and black armor, I followed close behind. As I looked around, I saw ponies staring from the entrance of the castle. One filly pointed her hoof to mini-me and laughed. That little brat. I wish I could touch these ponies...

Mini-me was taken to a park outdoors, where in the center was a cobble platform with an oddly-shaped wooden block. My eyes averted to the stadium. It was packed with ponies sitting on seats about ten to forty feet off the ground. They all wore odd cloaks, capes and armor. The crowd screamed with joy as mini-me opened her eyes and heaved a sigh. Her neck was placed gently on the bloody block, her hooves still levitated behind her back. The crowd hushed as the female alicorn came from the castle onto the balcony to speak.

"Welcome, my faithful subjects of Equestria. We bring to you today Princess Chrysalis. She is sentenced for death due to the act of talking to Changelings, using Dark Magic against others, and being daughter of Queen Vixon. Chrysalis, do you have anything to say for yourself?" she boomed in her royal voice down to mini-me. Mini-me burst into tears.

"I'm sorry!" she whined as loud as possible, rearing up onto her knees to face the Queen. Tears streamed down her face.

"You can not apologize for what you did," she hissed. "You caused danger to us all. You will not be missed when we bring the axe down. Amadex, come out!"

With that, a giant lumbering unicorn with a black mask across his face to only show his amber eyes and a robe covering his whole body entered levitating a shimmering axe. He approached mini-me.

He whispered as he brought the axe to her face to see, "See that? You get a clean cut. See what I did there?" He cackled and backed off. The alicorn watched carefully. Mini-me was still locked down by the guards. She wailed and cried, trying to yank away. The magic force was too strong.

"May you have a good afterlife," the alicorn called as the executioner raised the axe and brought it down.

Everyone averted their eyes from the axe to a voice that called, "WAIT!!!" and a young princess with a pink mane dashed into the scene. The executioner pulled his axe away from the neck of mini-me and gazed at the princess.

"Celestia! What are you doing out here?" the alicorn bellowed to her. Celestia caught her breath and smacked her lips.

"Chrissie is my friend," she murmured to her. "She is my friend," she then called. "I know there's a good Queen Galaxia inside you. Can't you see? It's not her fault she's a Changeling princess."

Queen Galaxia stared down at her. In that awkward moment in silence, Celestia bolted to mini-me. I stared from a distance, but then approached the two. Celestia cried and grabbed her. The unicorn guards instantly stopped their spell and let Chrissie's body droop. Her eyes were blank and frightened, with tears dripping from them. She lay in Celestia's hooves.

"Tia?" mini-me sighed, and grasped Tia's neck. The sun shone in mid-sky, making a gorgeous gleam on her tears as she jumped up and grasped her harder, her eyes squinted shut and running. Tia embraced her and hugged her back, patting her back and humming.

Queen Galaxia stared down at the two fillies. She scowled, and stomped her hoof, vanishing into the room behind her. Everypony in the stage "awwed" and "booed" as they left the park angrily.