The Unfriending of Twilight Sparkle

Back in Ponyville Twilight was just laying on her bed with a numb, empty feeling flowing throughout her. She was still trying to figure out if her time with Celestia was real or if it was a dream. She finally decided to go outside for the first time since before Celestia visited her. She was confronted not too long after she got out the door.

Spike saw her in a daze walking around town. He ran up to her and hugged her. He asked, "Twilight, are you ok? We were all so worried about you!"

Twilight was in no mood for her assistant's hug. She shouted, "I AM FINE! DON'T TOUCH ME, ONLY CELESTIA CAN TOUCH ME!"

Rarity heard Twilight screaming at Spike She ran over and asked, "Twilight, why are you yelling at my Spikey-Wikey?"

Twilight growled, "Well you can keep your Spikey-Wikey. I just want to be alone."

Rarity would not just take that as an answer. She got in Twilight's face and asked, "Twilight, we were worried about you. Where have you been and why are you in such a bad mood?"

Twilight was about to explode. Finally she got her wits about her and she replied, "I'm sorry for yelling Rarity. I just don't feel like myself. I just feel a great sense of emptiness inside but I don't know why."

Spike asked, "Well we could always go to Sugarcube Corner. Maybe something sweet will make you feel better?"

Rarity added, "Yeah, everypony else is already there waiting for us."

Twilight rolled her eyes but decided to go with them. She figured it would make the time pass faster until Celestia returned. Finally they got there and as they walked in Fluttershy asked, "Twilight, we were so worried about you! Where have you been?"

Twilight grunted, "Does it matter? I'm here now aren't I so there is no reason for you to worry anymore."

Rainbow said, "Twilight, no need to be so defensive about it. We were worried about you and want to know where you were."

Twilight shouted, "WOULD YOU ALL JUST DROP IT! I'M FINE AND I'M HERE SO JUST DROP IT!"

Pinkie had a stunned look on her face. She decided to try to lighten the mood. She asked, "Twilight, what are you hungry for? I've even made donuts with extra sprinkles just like you like them!"

Twilight shouted, "I SAID TO JUST......" Twilight realized that Pinkie was simply asking her a question about what she wanted to eat. She continued, "Yeah, that sounds really good. With the way I am feeling I think extra sprinkles will make me feel better."

Applejack asked, "So Twilight, did Flash Sentry ever find you? He said something about Princess Celestia going missing and that Luna thought she may have come to visit you."

Twilight got a dreamy look in her eyes and said, "Princess Celestia, the pony of my........" She then realized Applejack mentioned Luna and Flash. She shouted, "LUNA SENT FLASH TO TRY TO FIND CELESTIA?" Without thinking she continued, "HOW DARE SHE TRY TO GET FLASH TO TAKE MY CELLY AWAY FROM ME!"

Everypony looked stunned. Rarity asked, "My Celly? What do you mean by 'My Celly?'"

Twilight gave them all a dirty look and stormed out of Sugarcube Corner. They all looked at each other and Rainbow asked, "What was all that about? My Celly? Something weird is going on with her."

Applejack replied, "I don't know. She acts like she is in love with Celestia or that Celestia is a possession of her's. I'm wondering if maybe she wasn't ready to be a princess?"

Rarity said, "I don't know but I do know that I am really worried about her. Right now isn't exactly the best time to try to interact with her but I do think we need to keep an eye on her from a distance."

Spike added, "When Rarity and I first saw her I ran up to her and hugged her. I told her how worried we were about her but she yelled at me."

Rarity continued, "Yeah and when I asked her why she was yelling at Spike she told me to just keep my precious Spikey-Wikey and that she just wanted to be left alone."

They just sat there in silence trying to take all the information in. Finally Fluttershy spoke up. She said, "You know, even though she hasn't had any royal duties yet or had any royal business fall on her yet maybe this is going to her head."

Applejack asked, "Maybe so but I still don't get why she is so obsessed with Celestia and calling her 'my Celly?' She acts like she is in love with her. Y'all don't think her and Celestia were in the library together all that time when Flash was looking for her do you?"

Fluttershy replied, "You know they could have been. I don't know what they would do together in the library for so long though. I don't think they could just talk for that long."

Rarity said, "Fluttershy dahling, they could do plenty of things. They could study together, they could play games, they could plot on how they would remove Luna from the throne, they could hug and kiss......oops, did I just say hug and kiss?"

Rainbow replied, "Yeah you did and you also mentioned removing Luna from the throne. The way Twilight is acting I could actually see that happening."

Applejack asked, "Which one? Her and Celestia plotting to remove Luna from the throne or the hugging and kissing?"

Rainbow replied, "Both. I think we should try to sneak over to the library and see if we can hear Twilight saying anything or see her doing something odd through the blinds."

Spike and Twilight's friends headed over to the library and could hear Twilight crying from outside. They heard her crying, "Please hurry back Celly, please come and take me away from all these prying eyes."

Applejack asked, "Prying eyes? What the hay is she talking about?"

Fluttershy replied, "Look, one of her curtains upstairs is open. Come on Rainbow, let's go see if we can see anything without being seen."

Rainbow and Fluttershy flew up to the upstairs window and looked in. They saw Twilight looking at a picture of Celestia crying, "Please Celly, please come save me. I hate them Celly, I hate them. Please just come take me away and ask me to marry you."

Fluttershy and Rainbow flew back down with shocked looks on their faces. Fluttershy said, "Well, Twilight was staring at a picture of Princess Celestia and was crying."

Rainbow added, "And she was saying 'Celly, please come save me. I hate them Celly, I hate them. Please just come take me away and ask me to marry you.'"

They stood there in stunned silence. Rarity then asked, "She did what? Who does she hate?"

Pinkie replied, "You don't think she's talking about us do you?"

Rarity said, "I don't know, but I want to find out. I'm unlocking that door and we're going to confront her over this."

Rarity walked over to the door and unlocked it. She sent Spike in first. Spike went in and began to walk upstairs. Twilight saw him and fired a powerful bolt of energy at him, knocking him backwards. She screamed, "HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE?"

Rarity ran in when she saw this. She stood in front of Spike and yelled, "How dare you hurt my Spikey-Wikey Twilight. We want to know what is going on with you, NOW!"

The rest of her friends ran in and this sent Twilight into a rage. She shouted, "You guys broke in, you're spying on me! What are you?, SPIES FOR LUNA?"

Twilight began firing powerful bolts of energy at her friends, striking them and burning them. Applejack managed to get out of the way and finally Rarity was able to fire back, stunning Twilight. She fell to the floor and found herself surrounded by her friends. She shouted, "You guys can't even trust me? What, do you think that Celestia and I are in love and I want her to marry me?"

Twilight finally went quiet when she realized what she had just said. At first she was thinking of apologizing and asking for forgiveness but then the thoughts of them maybe being spies for Luna took over. She shouted, "How dare you just break in here and spy on me! It is none of your business what I am doing. Get out, all of you. I want nothing to do with any of you!"

Spike asked, "Does that mean me too Twilight?"

Twilight screamed, "YES, IT MEANS YOU TOO! I WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF YOU!"

Applejack said, "Well alright then, I don't know about the rest of you but Twilight ain't my friend anymore."

Spike along with everypony said the same thing to Twilight, that they don't think she is a friend anymore. She fired bolts of energy at them chasing them out of the library, leaving a burn mark on Twilight's back. She slammed the door and could be heard in there screaming and yelling about how she thinks her former friends are nothing but backstabbers and was cursing Luna and Flash Sentry.

Spike looked up at Applejack and asked, "Do you think she will ever return to normal?"

Applejack replied, "I don't know sugar cube but I think we need to get up to Canterlot and let Princess Celestia know about this at once."

Fluttershy asked, "Are you sure Celestia is the one to talk to about this? What if she is in the same mindset as Twilight? I think Luna would be the one we should talk to."

Rarity replied, "Well for right now I think we should just wait and see what happens before we go talking to either of the princesses."

Everypony agreed with Rarity and they headed to Sweet Apple Acres to discuss things further. For the first time in his life Spike was truly afraid of Twilight. This caused him to break down in cry but he had a strong support system which would help him through this hard time.