"Who is Princess Celestia?" Twilight grew angry.

"She is the princess of all of Equestria! She is! You have committed treason for taking hold of the throne!"

"Guards! Take this pony to the dungeons! She is mad, and I sentence her to death for accusing me of usurping the throne from an imaginary pony!" She sneered down at Twilight. Two royal guards grabbed Twilight at her hooves and heaved her into the air. She flapped her wings hysterically, attempting to escape, and kicked the guard on her right side. He began to bleed, and a Unicorn on the side cast a paralyzing spell. The lavender Alicorn went stiff.

Twilight looked around the damp, slimy dungeon. A stale piece of bread sat upon a rickety old wooden table in the corner. It was the only furniture in the room. The stench was of lives long past, sorrow, and hopelessness. She had read about this room before. Princess Celestia had never told her about it, of course, but a young Twilight had read everything about the castle she could. She knew that there was no way out except to wait for them to come haul you to your death. She could not teleport away, as the guards had clamped a magic inhibitor on her horn.

And so, Twilight Sparkle waited.

It had been hours. The cell was pitch black, as the old exhausted light bulb hanging from the ceiling had gone out a while ago.

It's like a cave.

All of a sudden, the door swung open with a clang. It let floods of light in.

"F'llow me, kid." The stallion grinned horrifyingly. Twilight got up obediently, fearing the consequences if she didn't follow his orders. She followed him all the way outside, where the blinding light targeted her eyes. A huge crowd stood in front of the stage she walked onto.

They were here to watch her execution.

Time seemed to drag on. The executioner sharpened his axe. Guards held her in place. Eventually the green Pegasus stallion was done with his axe, and he walked over slowly to Twilight. When she was properly positioned, the guards let go.

"Twilight Sparkle. You are here for your crimes as listed- assaulting the princess, attempting escape, and injuring a guard. Do you object?" The lavender mare thought for a moment.

"No. However, I do have something to say."

"Ms. Sparkle, I'm afraid that's not something you can really-" he was cut off by Twilight.

"Everyone, listen closely. I have something important to tell you. Your current princess is not the ruler of Equestria. Princess Celestia is." At this, murmurs flooded through the crowd.

A mare called out from the back, "You mean to say that Princess Blossom is not our ruler?"

"She is not. I have a story to tell." The executioner attempted to stop her from talking, but the magic inhibitor had been taken off of her horn. She froze him.

"Once upon a time, there were two regal sisters." As the story went on, the crowd grew more and more restless. A blue Earth pony even called,

"Why should we listen to you?"

"That is a good question. Why should you? Because I know what the difference between my Equestria and yours is. And I can say that without Princess Celestia and Luna there is no order. I have seen it in all of you." Twilight's gaze drifted to the back of the crowd, where a solitary white mare stood. Her dark pink eyes bore into the Alicorn's soul. When she noticed Twilight staring directly at her, she turned tail and fled.

"And how do we know these two ponies are even real?" called a stallion from somewhere around the middle of the crowd. Twilight got up from the executioner's block.

"Because I am telling you they are, and in the way you all look at me, I can tell you want to believe. From what I know, Equestria has fallen into chaos without them. " With this, the ponies in the crowd changed. They stood up straight. Their eyes took on a fierce glow. Seeing she had convinced them of what she knew, Twilight charged up her horn, summoning arcane energies to teleport away.

Twilight had been sitting on the roof of a building for a while when the white Unicorn came up behind her. Her pale pink mane whipped around in the wind that was inevitable when you were so high up.

"Your speech was lovely. Did you make that up on the spot?"

"Well... yes, I suppose. Usually I would have allotted a time span of at least three weeks to properly write a speech, but if you hadn't noticed, this time it was a little bit different." The Unicorn drew closer and lay down beside her.

Twilight spoke. "I have seen you several times now, but I still haven't the slightest clue of your name. You know mine. Perhaps... perhaps you could tell me yours?" The white mare breathed sharply, giving an evident sign that she didn't completely trust the lavender Alicorn next to her.

"It's alright, you don't have to tell me..." The mare relaxed, before getting up. She smiled at Twilight and walked towards the setting sun. She turned her head to look again at the Alicorn.

"Celestia... my name is Celestia." With this having been said, she climbed down the fire escape ladder.

Author's Note

I hope you, dear reader, are enjoying my story. You help bring this world to life.

Twilight may seem a bit out of character, but there is a reason. She is confused. Her home has disappeared seemingly without a reason. As she adjusts to this reality, she should return more to the warm Twilight Sparkle we all know and love.