The Rise of Starlight Glimmer

"What... What have you done?"

Moonlight's gasp troubled Starlight.

"I... It's and experience..." she murmured, feeling ashamed for some reason. Why should she feel like that? It's not right for some pony like her to feel embarrassed and ashamed.

"You... killed him!" screamed Moonlight, backing away.

"W... Wait! Moonlight! Its for a good cause! Please listen to me!" screamed Starlight back.

"No... NO! I... I have to go warn mom and dad... You..." her sister looked up at her and Starlight saw fear. "You're dangerous!"

Her scream echoed through Starlight's head, ringing in her ears.

Dangerous... Was that really what she was?

But... It was science! Ponies would be happy about what she had done... Right?

Starlight started to doubt herself.

No... This is right! I can't let her opinion bother me! She never understood me anyways... It's... It's for Leafgray!

"I'm sorry sister..." mumbled Starlight. "But I can't let you tell the truth to anypony... You... You'll just have to..." Starlight gulped as she looked directly in the eyes of a member of her own family, "You'll just have to disappear."

Moonlight's eyes were only showing horror now.

"You can't...You wouldn't... I'm your sister! We love each other!"

"Yes but..." Starlight's face was now frightening as a small smile appeared on her lips, "... you just know too much."

Moonlight turned and ran.

Starlight didn't bother going after her, she knew a teleportation spell after all.

She appeared in front of her terrified sister and created a force field around her.

"H... How??" Moonlight's voice was heard beyond the pink wall.

She fired at it but nothing happened. "How are you stronger than me?!"

Starlight didn't answer and concentrated.

She started to hover a few feet in the air and some wind blew her mane in every direction...

Moonlight's eyes got watery again.

"No..." she murmured, feeling her cutie mark become tingly. "No... I'm your sister..."

The last thing she ever saw was her cutie mark being ripped from her flank.

Starlight pushed one last time at the limp body of her sister and it fell over the edge of the cliff just as the sun was rising.

Starlight felt weak and powerless so she quickly walked back home before her parents would wake up.

She snuggled into bed and fell into a deep sleep.

That night, she had nightmares.

Darklick was crying and her sister was looking at her with disappointment.

They looked so... sad!

But the worst part of her nightmare, was when she was stuck in a cave.

The walls were closing over her and she was suffocating in the darkness, trying to find a way out.

But when she finally did, six hooded figures were waiting at the entrance, pushing her back into the depths of her prison...

Starlight awoke with a jump.

Why am I having nightmares? What I did was good... All... good...

She closed her eyes.