Celestia's Justice

A notebook flipped open and a pen floated by, scribbling contents into the book. The white alicorn was sitting in her bed chambers writing. She sat at a desk near her large, royal bed. Celestia lifted the pen, thought for a momemt, then scribbled some more. It seemed she was writing a diary.

But this was more than documenting the days events or her emotions. Celestia organized sheet after sheet of character files. She documented every pony she could think of and filled in all the information she knew about them. She wanted to have everypony documented in case one of them decided to act out harshly. She would check the citizen archives and fill in other ponies she missed soon.

The Goddess knew she would need to make sure all the stories of her victims were in order, lest she get caught. She wrote in everything for Shadow Haze and Lemon Grass, though Lemon Grass was still alive.

Celestia knew every pony's treatment would be different. Some she would experiment on, others torture, and some she would mentally break. She was sure to leave plenty of room in each page for each different treatment. All the while, Celestia was smiling and filled with excitement. She couldn't wait to catch more criminals and show them her justice. No matter what the offense, Celestia knew they had to be punished.

When she had filled out all she could, the white alicorn sealed the notebook with an old spell forgotten by many, so no pony could open it. She labeled it 'Diary' and stowed it under her mattress.

She then went to the window of her room and activated her magic, lowering the sun. Today was very draining for the alicorn ruler. She yawned as the sun set and made a blank canvas for the moon princess to fill.

Celestia layed in her bed, tucked herself in, then closed her eyes smiling.

***

The Solar princess awoke slowly, another good night sleep had come. She stretched her legs and jumped out of bed. She quickly raised the sun, snatched up her 'Diary', and sped out of her room.

The white alicorn figured she should check up on her latest victim. She smiled as she sped down the hallway, seemingly busy with royal duties to her guards. Once out of sight of the guards, she quickly decended the stairs to the dungeon.

Upon hearing the large hoof steps decend, Celestia heard the unicorn start breathing heavily.

"H-hello?" He called out. Celestia could see him in the dim light but he could not see her. His coat was matted and dull. His lower body was stained with blood and his mane was unkempt. The wound on his leg had clotted and was, surprisingly, not infected.

Celestia smiled, that meant he would last longer. "Good morning, Lemon Grass." She called in a cheary voice. She heard a small sob escape his throat as he heard the voice of his tormentor.

Celestia set down her book on a table near her victim to record todays fun. She had written down the colors of the contents in each syringe the previous night and left some space next to each for a description. So far she had 'bright green: boils skin and blood, will cause injected portion of body to explode' and 'murky blue: freezes blood, slows victim.'

Celestia smiled, she felt like a scientist with these records. Lemon Grass panted heavily as he heard the alicorn place something down. "Wh-what was that?" He asked in a shaky voice. "Pl... please... let me go princess... i swear i... i wont ever do anything like this again" he choked out the sentence, sobbing in between words. He couldn't take the pain much longer. The white alicorn smiled, she was beginning to break him.

She was silent for a moment, pretending to contemplate his words. She enjoyed giving him a false sense of hope. "Well, if you promise you won't..." she falsely inquired. The stallion gasped and she almost chuckled at his ignorance.

"Y-yes! Yes i swear on my life!" The sparkle returned to his eyes as he stared into the dark where he believed the princess to be, eyes determined. "Please princess, i won't let you down!" He stated.

Celestia could barely contain her laughter.  She used a hoof to cover her mouth. She cleared her throat. "Very well. I shall release you." She tried to sound as serious as she could as she lied to the stallion. She heard him sob in joy, his eyes shut tight and his head hung to the ground in relief.

She figured now was the time to break his last strand of hope. She entered the dim light, visible to him now. The red shine in her eye had returned, she looked as evil as Sombra. The yellow unicorn flinched, eyes wide.

"You stupid fool. You believe that I, goddess of the sun, ruler of Equestria for centuries, would suddenly feel sympathy for one tainted criminal? I have seen much in my time. Horrors you wouldn't believe. I know I'm doing my world a favor by ridding it of YOU." She spat the last work spitefully. The pony looked her in the eyes pleadingly, and for a second, she almost looked back with empathy.

The stallion just stared at her, shocked and horrified. His eyes slowly lost their hope, his mouth trembled. "I'm sorry, princess. You are right. I don't deserve life." He whispered quietly, just barely loud enough for Celestia to hear. His head hung and he went completely limp, giving in to his fate.

Celestia's smiled only grew at this. She chuckled darkly, summoning a quill and lifting her journal over to her. She weote down some things on Lemon Grass' section about breaking him finally, then set it down once more. It was time to end his life. She was sure testing the last few chemicals on him sould kill him, so she sprung into action.

***

The next few hours were filled with hopeless screaming, vomiting, and blood loss. Celestia cleaned the vomit as she went on with each test, annoyed by the scent of it. She had tested four more syringes on this helpless pony before her, and finally she was on the last one. The unicorn, on the brink of death.

He could not keep his eyes open anymore. He was sweating heavily, his sopping orange mane hanging over his face. Celestia's tests had uncovered a pink substance that paralyzed, a dark yellow substance that rotten flesh in small areas, a black substance that appeared to have an effect similar to poison, and a cream colored substance that caused loss of muscle control.

Celestia had never seen mixtures like these before, so her research was very valuable to her. All the while she had not even used a fraction of each of the mixtures, saving them for future use.

Celestia sweeped her aurora like hair out of her face as she raised her head and turned to the dying unicorn with the last syringe to test. This one was bright red. She had to be quick, he would die soon. She injected the last part of his body that hadnt been touched by needles yet, his right forleg.

He didn't even wince at the pain, just kept heavily panting. Celestia sat and observed patiently. The stallion's silence turned to slight groaning as it began to take effect. Celestia noted how he was unable to even scream in pain anymore. As the effects started, Celestia noted them down as well. His sweating grew more intense and he wiggled slightly as if struggling to escape his bonds. But without the strength and energy, he just looked like a worm drying in the sun.

Celestia's eyes widened as her victim suddenly burst into flames. She quickly backed up and levitated her journal away from the fire as if it were a precious baby. Despite his lack of energy, Celestia heard Lemon Grass' shrieks of pain emitting from the fire. Burned flesh assaulted her nose. She quickly flipped the book open and write down the effects under the red substance. 'Spontaneous combustion'

Celestia waited a few minutes until the shrieks died down into silence, then extinguished the fire. She winced slightly as she looked at the charred remains of what used to be a pony. He was not at all recognizable as a life form anymore.

Celestia waited a few minutes before unstrapping the charred pony from the table and levitating his remains over to where Shadow Haze's body was still laying. Celestia's nose scrunched up at the smell, but she wanted to keep the dead criminals to remind her of her cause. She casted a spell that locked them in a smell proof bubble.

The alicorn smiled as she grabbed her research and syringes, turned them invidible, and headed back up the stairs. More princess duties awaited her, and she knew by now it would have to be at least mid day.