Celestia towered over Chrysalis, grinning maniacally.
"Any last words, you rotten monster?" she hissed between her teeth, bending her head down to touch her horn to the Changeling queen's.
Chrysalis blinked gradually as she stared at Celestia, her eyes shining. She prepared to speak, but seized the words back and shook her head.
Celestia smiled and set off a glow of light. Chrysalis felt a jabbing pain in her head.
Her body was numb and her vision faded.
The last thing she saw was a white figure and gleaming pink eyes staring into her.
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It was so dark.
Fog engulfed my legs, cold smoke hovering above the ground. A forest loomed ahead, its trees rough and twisted. My mind swirled with thoughts as I continued forward, starting with a shivering hoof in front of the other. The ground was invisible, just darkness. The sky was just a black cape, too. No stars, mountains, what so ever. How did I recognize this forest?
I stared at the trees as I passed by, each one growing bigger.
And bigger.
Soon, the trees were just poles vanishing into dark shadows. I just can't stop.. I know this place..
Then, I heard a muffled cry.
Ahead of me was a little filly, slumping towards me, with her head low and mud splattered on her hooves. She had a long, katywompus horn, twisting this way and that. She had tears streaming down her face, dropping to the empty ground. I approached her, but receded when she didn't stop in front of me. She touched me.
But walked through me.
I stared at her trudge away, a tear path following her. I shrugged it off, and followed her back, the way I came in. She gradually turned her head around, staring back.
Oh my.
It was me.
Her emerald eyes were bloodshot- but shone green from the tears. Her mane was like a long blue drape with holes splattered at the bottom. Her body had fragile shell-like casings on it with large draping wings like her mane. She turned her head back, dragging her wings on the ground as she continued.
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It was odd. The forest didn't end. Oh well. The mini-me was still crying and slumping on.
I got tired after about ten minutes, so I rested. Apparently she was tired too, because she sat on her rump and wiped the tears. I stared at the mini-me as she pulled her muddy hoof down. Then, in the distance, I heard a thundering bellow. I could't make out what it said, but it was bad. I stood.
The mini-me jolted up to her hooves, staring down the slope. I saw a cart from far away on the only green hill making a thousand rikket-rakkets. It made a path of dirt appear in front of it. Mini-me screamed and collapsed onto her back, covering her face immediately. The two maroon earth ponies scraped the earth in order to halt the speeding covered wagon. The wagon tilted back as a white alicorn with a mane made of the space's purple and orange colors dotted with stars and a pelt whiter than snow stepped out. She turned her head to mini-me and approached her slowly at a slow walk. Staring down at her, she placed a hoof next to her head.
"I see you found somewhere to hide," she smirked, her amber eyes glowing with pride. The forest started to form. The ground was now fresh grass, the trees had texture, the sky was blue, and a path winded under our hooves. Mini-me's face was full of horror as she took her hooves away from her face. "For using Dark Magic and being daughter of Queen Vixol, you will be sentenced to death by sunrise."
Mini-me wailed and scrambled onto her hooves, sliding out from under the alicorn. The alicorn looked smug as she levitated mini-me with amber magic. She was paralyzed with shock and fear, her leaking eyes gazing at the alicorn.
After shocking mini-me with a spell that made her body limp and her eyes shut, she announced, "Get the wagon ready, we're going to Canterlot."
With help of a navy blue alicorn with a mane of space, the alicorn was escorted aboard the wagon, the mini-me vanishing along with her. The ponies pulling the cart bolted away, neighing before the action.
I wasn't going to leave her alone, so I hovered over the cart. My ears caught conversations from inside of a new filly, punishment, and more.
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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.
