Solar Child: The Original Chapters

Solar Child

Chapter Eleven

Written by Bakmah Genesis

                                                                        Guard Outpost #594 - Abandoned

       Guiding Spear sat behind an old mahogany desk.  On it sat a series of reports, info, and various photos based around Twilight Solar.  The fourteen year old daughter of Princess Celestia herself.  She has shown a great amount of magical talent and seems to study under Celestia.  While she is high in the views of nobility, she has no friends except her foal-sitter Cadence, her half-brother Shining Armour who was currently enlisted in the Royal Guard training grounds, and her mother.  She also had a dragon which she called her brother.

      Guiding Spear rubbed his temples as he tried to think of a way to get to her since she was under more protection after their last attempt to use her as leverage.  Spear was placed as leader after their former leader was arrested and reportedly killed, in a very brutal manner, after Celestia found wounds on the filly.  Guiding Spear was a former board member and was placed leader under chain of command since he was next under Gleaming Shield.

     Spear looked at the reports from their worms a second time.Twilight spent most of her time in three areas of the castle.  The library, Celestia's study for lessons, and the gardens.  She went there sometimes to study in a more calming setting or just to relax.  For him, however, it was an opening.

     The guards located around the gardens were more spread out then in the castle and the hedges would make a perfect place to ambush and escape to the castle walls easily.  If all went correctly, they could get in and out without Celestia knowing until they were already on the other side of Equestria.

      He smiled in triumph as the plan came into view and showed itself in its glory.  It would work and he had no doubt.  The only problem was Celestia herself.  He saw the outpost after she got done with it.  It wasn't pretty.  He wasn't going to make the same mistake.

     Shield used her as leverage.  He is going to use her as an advantage.  He would kidnap and murder her.  Once Celestia finds the body she would break down and will open herself.  He then would take that moment to attack and dethrone her then and there.  Equestria would be free of the tyrants rule and he would be crowned as the true king of Equestria.

      He looked out the window towards the direction of Canterlot.  Soon he would have his chance at taking what is his.  Tomorrow, change will come and Celestia will fall.  He laughed to himself.  She will fall.

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      Celestia tapped her hoof on the marble floor as she looked at the window over the gardens.  There was on the knock on the door and Cadence walked into the study.  Celestia sighed in relief and hugged her niece.  Cadence gladly returned it before turning serious again.

     "Now, Tia, why did you ask me to come here?" she asked as she sat across from her.  Celestia sighed and looked out the window.

     "I think we have worms among the staff and guards." she replied.

    "How do you know?"

     "They caught a guard sending a note via magic to an unknown location.  They couldn't track the notes location sadly.  When they tried to ask the guard where he sent it, he ran off.  He was cornered and committed suicide.  If that doesn't scream worm I don't know what does."  She shook her head and looked out the window.  She spotted her daughter walking through the gardens.

       "It has been eight years since their first attempt and I'm afraid they will try again or try something worse then just kidnapping her."

     "Like what?" asked Cadence, she watched along with Celestia as Twilight made her way to one of the fountains.  Celestia turned and looked her dead in the eye.

     "Murder."  Cadence's eyes went wide.

     "They couldn't be that desperate.  They know what her statues among us is."

    "That's exactly why they would do it." snapped Celestia.  "She is my daughter.  She is my weakness.  If I were to lose her, I would fall apart and they know it.  They will use that advantage if they need to."  She placed her head on her hooves and stared out the window.

     "We will just have to watch out for her until this worm problem is figured out.  I will have a te-"

      "What is that?"  Cadence followed her gaze out the window towards Twilight.  The shadows seemed to shift slightly behind her.  Cadence made out the faint sign of magic as a green aura shown out of the shadows.  She swore and stood up.  Before she could react, Twilight slumped forward and was caught by a green aura.  The figure then ran towards the wall which was only thirty feet away.

      There was the sound of shattering glass as the windows were blown outward.  Celestia jumped out of the window with her horn glowing.  A force field started to expand from the center of the castle.  Cadence watched as the figure was only five feet from the walls when Twilight was teleported away in a wisp of magic.  The figure just made it past of the wall and was about to teleport when a bolt of lightning struck the back of his head, sending him face first into the cobblestone.  Gore covered the area around him, marking the spots where his brains exited his skull.

       Celestia landed and let out a piercing scream.  The remaining windows in the study shattered under its force.  Cadence covered her ears.   Celestia collapsed and started to sob as memories from eight years ago came flooding back.  Now time was against them and she was more then aware of it.

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        Twilight groaned in pain as the side effects of the spell started to wear off.  She squinted her eyes shut and brought her hooves to her temples.  It was then she heard the rattling of chains.  She opened her eyes to find her hooves shackled to the wall behind her.  She panicked and casted a spell to realease herself.  Her horn fizzled out before she could properly cast the spell.  She brought her hooves to her horn and groaned as she felt a ring on it.

        She started to take deep breaths to keep her anxiety at bay as she felt it rise with every passing second.  She started to scan the room she was in and instantly regretted it.  She emptied her lunch as she saw the blood stains that covered the walls and shackles.   Wherever she was, she wasn't liking it.

      She heard the sound of approaching hoof steps.  She thrashed about against her restraints, trying to break free.  She froze when the sound of keys were heard outside her door.  Her heart rate increased ten fold and her eyes baca me pin pricks.

     No!  Not here, not now!  Stupid anxiety.  She stared at the door as a dark grey stallion with a jet black mane walked into her cell.  He sat across from her with a smirk.

     "You have a good fight in you, don't ya?"  She didn't say a thing except stare at him.  She was frozen in place.  "Hey, what's wrong with her? She won't even talk."  The guard by the door turned and faced them.  He looked her up and down then shook his head.

      "You triggered her anxiety.  She is having an anxiety attack and is frozen in place.  Unless you got her medicine in your back pocket you can do nothing except let her calm down."  The grey stallion shook his head.

      "Damn.  Shield made this harder, didn't he?  Oh well.  I didn't expect you to talk much anyways."  He smirked again and leaned closer.  "You are going to help us dethrone your mother.  All you have to do is die.  Simple.  In an hour we will take you out in the front and mount your head.  So be a good girl and stay put until then."  Twilight turned to the side and emptied whatever was left in her stomach.  She was now shaking uncontroably.

     "Until next time, Miss Solar."  He stood up and walked out of the cell.  As soon as he left she fought against her restraints harder, trying to get away before they did Faust knows what to her.  The shackles cut into her skin and caused her to bleed.  Despite this, she pulled harder, wanting to break free.  She had to escape.  She will not let them take down her mother.