"Their conditions are stable and they should awaken soon." explained the medical doctor to Cadance and Twilight. Both mares looked through the observation window to see both Trixie and Luna unconscious in their respective beds.

"I wonder how Luna would react when she hears that her sister is dead." mumbled a concerned and worried Cadance to herself.

"Cadance! Twiley!" exclaimed a grateful voice. Both mares looked over to see Shining Armor who stood before them.

"SHINING!" happily yelled the princess who ran up to her husband. Apart from a few bruises and a faint rope mark around his neck, he survived unscathed. The couple happily hugged and kissed each other.

"Is the baby okay?" asked the stallion.

"The baby is fine...I was just more worried about you!"

The happiness was cut short when Shining took a good look at her sister. A look of shame formed on his face. Twilight looked guilty in return.

Cadance knew what was going on. "Oh Shining...please go easy on Twiley, she has been through so much." she pleaded.

"She knowingly sided with a monster hun, how can I forgive that, she betrayed us!" Shining was still heartbroken over what his own sister did.

"Please Shining." spoke his sister. "What I did was horrible and stupid, I know, but it wasn't supposed to end like this, he assured me that one one would get hurt!"

"Sombra said a lot of things Twiley!" stated the stallion. "He said those things so he can pull your strings and use you as nothing but a toy!"

"HE LOVED ME!"

"HE MADE YOU THINK HE LOVED YOU!"

Awkward silence quickly fell between the siblings. "I thought you knew better than that Twiley...you had friends, a mentor, you were even a princess! But you blew it all away for some cheap thrill." Twilight felt felt even more ashamed of herself.

Cadance got in between the two. "Listen you two, this is not the time or place to start an argument, Equestria needs unity and stability more than ever."

The siblings both turned their attention to the princess and silently agreed with her. With Luna unconscious and Celestia dead, it meant that Cadance was now in charge, and they must focus on supporting her in anyway they could.

"Now, as soon as Luna awakens, I'm sending a force to find the other members of that sisterhood and put them on trail for their crimes." stated the princess.

"What about Kage?" asked Twilight who was still worried about the stallion.

"We hold him until we are certain that Sombra is completely gone from his mind and then imprison him down in Tartarus." answered the alicorn.

"TARTARUS?! WHY?!"

"For his own protection Twiley...for his own protection." explained Cadance. "There are ponies out there that want to string him up, ponies out there that want to punish him severely for all those years of mistreatment and to use him as a scapegoat for Celestia's death...they don't care if Kage was even aware of his actions, they just want to kill him." she continued. "Which is why, in order to not only protect him and to satisfy our subjects...I must send him off to Tartarus."

"BUT THAT WASN'T HIM WHO DID ALL OF THAT! IT WAS SOMBRA!" protested Twilight.

"There are ponies out there who also want YOU to pay for your involvement with him Twiley...they see you as guilty by association." added Shining.

"WHAT?!" her eyes went wide in shock. "NO!"

"They're naming you a traitor." continued Shining who was concerned for his sister's safety. It pained him to hear ponies say that kind stuff about his little sister.

The lavender mare was too stunned to say another word, her life will never be the same, her reputation will never be the same. But there was something else that concerned her the most. "Will my friends forgive me for what I have done?"

"Burn baby, burn." laughed Tirek as he watched his cage and the Cerberus that guarded it engulfed in flames. Beside him, the cloaked alicorn watched with disinterest. He turned to her. "So what now?" he asked.

"We bide our time until an opportunity presents itself." explained the alicorn.

"And when am I going to get the magic you promised me?"

"When the time is right Tirek..." she turned to leave.

"Oh no!" snarled the centaur, "I want that magic as soon as we're out of this forsaken place!"

"Why?" was all the alicorn mare said without turning around.

"We had a deal."

"Says the one that breaks them."

"We...had...a...deal!" he angrily boomed. Suddenly, the alicorn used her magic to smash Tirek against a rock wall.

"You want magic...FINE!" walked up to him and placed her horn near his neck. "I can give you so much magic that your body will explode! How about that?!" snarled the alicorn through her teeth.

"Uh..." Tirek did not expect this to happen at all.

"You're NOTHING in your weakened form." she spat one last time before she let him go. Tirek dropped to the floor.

"Well...before I go with you...there is something I need to do." said the centaur as he brushed himself off.

"And that is...?"

"Unfinished family business." he bluntly answered.

The alicorn gave Tirek a glare. "Let me guess...your brother?'

"I refuse to recognize him as my brother, he doesn't deserve to live especially after what he did to me. So many years of my life wasted because of his cowardliness, and he dares call himself a warrior following in the hoof-steps of the heroes bred in battle!" he snarled. "All I ask is for enough magic for me to find him and kill him like the coward he is!"

"That can be arranged." calmly nodded the mare. "But I must take you to our den first, nopony will ever find us there, you can stay there until the perfect opportunity comes." she instructed.

"And when will that be?"

"Why duh! The funeral!" smiled the alicorn as she turned to leave.

The sun finally set on an extremely long day for every pony involved. In the dungeons of the Crystal Palace, Kage sat in a cage, hind leg shackled to the floor with eight guards at attention. His prison was meant to not only prevent him from escaping, but also to protect him. He felt guilty for what his evil side had done, he just wanted to find a way to make people forget about what happened.

"K-Kage?" said a female voice. Kage looked up from the floor to see Twilight herself in front of the cage.

"Twilight?" he gave a smile of disbelief. "What are you doing here?"

"I was worried about you, especially after they told me what they'll do to you." she awkwardly walked up to the cage.

"I can assure you Twilight, that evil monster is dead, he died the moment he killed his creator to save you." explained Kage as he looked into the mare's eyes to show that he was being honest.

"I believe you Kage...I really do...I-I just want to know something that has been bothering me since this morning." she assured.

"What is it?"

"Was your love for me real? Or was it just tick by Sombra to get closer to me? Because I don't want to be his toy, I don't want to be anyone's toy, especially since I really do have genuine feelings for you Kage." pleaded the mare with a look of concern. She did not want to feel used like that.

Kage gave her one hard look of guilt and shame. He sighed. "I really don't know anymore Twi, I really don't know..." his heart broke.

Twilight's heart also broke, she felt ashamed of herself, she felt used like she was nothing but a tool to further the goals of a monster, did Sombra really wanted to treat her as an equal? Or did he just want her as a concubine? Tears started to flow down her cheeks.

Kage could not bear to see the mare he loved cry. "Maybe I do deserve to rot in Tartarus...every time someone get close to me, they either get hurt or die." he sighed.

"Kage...I'm sorry."

The stallion just turned his back on the mare. "I should be sorry for ruining your life." he mumbled to himself.

Twilight sadly turned around and left the dungeon. Tomorrow her friends would arrive from the fake mission that Celestia sent them on and the unicorn did not look forwards to that meeting at all, especially after all that had happened.

Author's Note

I have decided to do two chapters per week.

So tune in around then for the next two chapters.