Amethyst was extremely angry when she stormed out of the palace, so angry that she was crying. Very rarely did she ever go out of the palace on her own so when everypony saw her out and about, they were wondering what was going on. When they heard her angry cries they knew better than to approach her, especially given that she is a powerful Alicorn and is the wife of Colgate, who is even more powerful.

A few minutes later she arrived at her parents' house and knocked on the door. Golden Harvest opened the door and a sobbing Amethyst ran into her mom's hooves. She cried, "Mom, it is so good to see you."

Golden Harvest asked, "Amethyst honey, what is wrong? Why are you crying?"

Amethyst replied, "It's Colgate mom. She seems like all she cares about anymore is going out, abducting ponies and torturing them to death. I feel like she doesn't even care about me or our marriage."

Golden* said, "Come on in honey and we can talk."

Golden never has liked Colgate and was hoping that perhaps this would cause her daughter to leave Colgate. She hugged her daughter and asked, "Amethyst, how long has she been into this torturing ponies to death thing? Has it just been a recent thing or has she been doing this for years?"

Amethyst realized that she finally had to tell her mom what she had been hiding since rising to becoming an Alicorn. She sighed, "Mom, there is something that I have to tell you. This has been going on for years and both Colgate and I have been involved in it, it was a job that Luna issued to both of us. It is part of what we have to do in our role as heads of the Equestrian Dental Association."

Golden interrupted, "What is part of your job?"

Amethyst replied, "Well back when Colgate and I were transformed into Alicorns by Queen Luna, she made Colgate the head of the EDA (Equestrian Dental Association) and since we had been in a relationship for well over a decade, she made me her assistant. Part of our job was to hunt down problem ponies, ones who don't take care of their teeth and torture them to death."

Golden gasped, "Seriously? You've been doing this with her for well over a decade and it is just now that you are upset with this?"

Amethyst replied, "I'll tell you why I am upset now. Yes, for a very long time Colgate and I would hunt down these ponies and torture them to death but all of a sudden Colgate decides that rather than kill ponies who refuse to take care of their teeth that she wants to kill the bakers and candy makers."

Golden shrieked, "What? Candy makers?"

Amethyst replied, "Yes mom, candy makers."

Golden ranted, "Now I know she was up to no good when she was sneaking around Twist's house a while back."

Amethyst remembered how Colgate said that she woke somepony up when she was erasing the trail from the castle to Twist's house. She remembered how she had said that it was Matilda and Cranky that she woke up but what her mom said proved to her that Colgate had lied. She asked, "Wait a minute, Colgate woke you up?"

Golden replied, "Yes, she did. She seemed kind of nervous when I asked her what she was up to. She was claiming that she thought she saw someone sneaking around when in reality I'm betting she did something to Twist, especially since Twist went missing right after I caught her sneaking around."

Amethyst shouted, "THAT LYING BITCH!" She slammed her hoof on the ground and continued, "She lied to me. She said that it was Matilda and Cranky who she woke up when she told me she woke somepony up after abducting Twist. I should have listened to my gut when it said she woke you up."

Golden shouted, "She abducted Twist? Did she kill her?"

Amethyst replied, "Yes she did. I refused to take part in it because I thought so highly of her. It was her general that assisted her in that murder."

Golden had become very upset. She was not upset about what Colgate had been doing at this point, she was upset that her daughter would not go to the authorities over this. She asked, "Amethyst, why didn't you go to the authorities? Why didn't you make sure Colgate was punished for it?"

Amethyst began to cry, "Mom, since I am Colgate's assistant, I would have been blamed as well and besides, it wouldn't even do any good. Luna would clear her of all charges and say that she was just doing her job." Her sobbing only intensified as she continued, "Luna loves Colgate to pieces anyway. She thinks of Colgate as almost like a daughter so I would be the one who could lose everything if I did that."

Golden sighed, "Ok, I can understand that but that still doesn't change the fact that she was lying to you. I wonder if she has lied to you about anything else? I wonder if she has ever cheated on you?"

Amethyst replied, "Oh I doubt she ever cheated on me. I can see her lying about the number of ponies she's killed in her lifetime but engaging in extra-marital affairs is something she wouldn't do. Her thirst for blood seems endless, but she is a very loyal pony."

Golden shrugged her shoulders and realized that Amethyst would likely never believe that Colgate cheated on her, but then again she still questioned that thought herself. She just wanted to plant doubt in her daughter's mind. Just as she was getting ready to say something the door opened and in came Written Script, Amethyst's father.

He saw Amethyst, ran to her and hugged her. He said, "Amethyst my daughter! It is so good to see you!"

She embraced him and replied, "Dad! I am so happy to see you too!"

Written Script noticed that Colgate was not with her and wanted to know why. He asked, "Amethyst, where is Colgate?" His voice became more worried as he continued, "You two didn't have a fight did you?"

Amethyst replied, "Well, sort of. It seems like she is putting her job ahead of me."

While Golden was upset with what Colgate had been doing to her daughter, she still wondered why Amethyst would engage in such activities with Colgate to start with. When Written Script, a pony who tends to be more analytical than emotional, would not be quite as angry with Colgate.

Golden interrupted, "Amethyst, I think you and I need to tell your father what you told me so that he will know this whole situation better."

The three sat down and Written Script listened to everything that Golden and Amethyst told him. Once he heard all of this, he asked, "Amethyst, you are complaining about this yet you have been torturing ponies with her for eighteen years?"

Amethyst replied, "Well yeah, it is just because she has changed who she targets."

Written Script asked, "What is the difference? You're still torturing ponies to death. It is just that she is having you two go after different ponies now?"

Amethyst broke down sobbing. She cried, "What has me so mad is that she is going after the Cakes while they are visiting their children in Fillydelphia! She is going to KILL an entire, loving family solely because they make sugary treats."

Written Script replied, "Well that doesn't really surprise me. How she will pull it off, I'm not sure but I'm pretty sure she'll succeed. I've never known that pony to fail at anything she does."

Amethyst asked, "Mom, dad, can I ask you a question? Could I stay here for a while? I just need to get away from Colgate, her lies and her blood lust for a while."

The two were thrilled when she asked this. Golden replied, "Of course you can! You can stay as long as you like!"

Amethyst said, "Thanks. I gave Colgate an ultimatum. I told her that when I returned it was either me or her bloodthirsty desires so I don't know if I will be returning to her or not."

The two comforted her after hearing this. While she showed concern and sadness on the surface, on the inside Golden was hoping that Colgate would choose her bloodthirsty desires. She was thinking that perhaps this marriage she has opposed for so long may finally come to an end. Written Script however, hoped that they could work things out because unlike his wife, he did not hate Colgate.

Author's Note

*After this point Golden Harvest will be referred to as Golden as it will make the story flow more smoothly, well in my opinion anyway.