When you aggravate all four of Equestria's princesses then you have no real option as to what happens to you from there on in.
If you run away from said princesses and succeed, then you have no real option than to leave the country.

But what if you never got that far, but to the same effect?
What if you were held against your will? Do you beg for death or freedom? Some may argue that they are one in the same, yet when your sanity is separated from your physical self then… Well, what could be so important outside?