A Superb Case of Evil

For the record, my name is Princess Celestia, ruler of Equestria, and the alicorn that raises and sets the sun on its celestial course. I have done many great and regretful things in my life. I banished my own sister for a thousand years after she was over come by jealousy and corruption. I watched many ponies I grew close to over several generations live and die while I stayed the same. Being an immortal is not something to be blessed with. But this latest mistake will outweigh all of the others for years to come.

Yet, of all the mistakes i have made over the last thousand years, I suppose this one will be the greatest, if not the last. My friend and former protege, Twilight Sparkle, was the smartest unicorn that i ever had the privilege of teaching after her magic surge. She looked to me as a second mother, was instrumental in returning my sister Princess Luna to my side after purging the corruption that had taken hold of her. And was also responsible for defeating Sombra and reforming the Lord of Chaos.

But now, now she is traveling down a dark and most dangerous path. And it seems that there is no way I can help her at all. Not even Luna is sure of how to proceed with a matter like this. For Twilight to be responsible for all those deaths is one thing, but to hear from one of her own friends of the notes she kept, and brutal nature in which she executed her actions is beyond staggering. According to the notes Rainbow Dash read, Twilight had kept meticulous notes on everything she did. She recorded every procedure, and even claimed that is was for the greater good of Equestria, and in the name of Scientific Progress. How could i of not seen this coming?

All I have now are the memories of what she used to be. And afterwards the only thing that brings any sign of closure will be the sounds of silence that echo through halls of my mind.

"WHere did i go wrong?", i asked my sister Luna.

"You did the best you could under the circumstances,"She answered,"How could we of known Twilight would fall this far." That was not the most reassuring answer as far as I was concerned. My Faithful student Twilight was once the brightest spot in my life. She considered me to be a second mother to her. And yet I couldn't sense this darkness that has taken ahold of her as of late. For her to commit such a crime is unheard of, if not unspeakable. Her friend Rainbow Dash nearly became unhinged when she described how cold and uncaring Twilight sounded when she interrogated her the other day.

I wish i could go back in time and do anything to prevent this for even taking place. But that kind of magic is too dangerous , even for one such as myself. The castle in Canterlot is nothing but a monument to my ignorance, its halls echoing with the sounds of forgotten laughter, and the stirring voices of ghosts long since passed. Hello Darkness my old friend, those are the only words that seem fitting of the situation right now. Rainbow Dash came to me earlier and reported that Applejack is stable and conscious, but she seems distant now, especially after Dash told her that Big Mac was gone now. Family means everything to the Apple Family. AJ told Dash she'd be fine by herself. But Rainbow refused to leave her side.

The cyan coated pegasus felt responsible somehow. She felt as if she should of been there early on, as if she could of prevented something like this from ever happening. I told her that nopony could of predicted an event of this nature. That still did nothing to really easy her pain. And i could tell easily Rainbow Dash was suffering alot from this. How could she of known that Twilight would make a dangerous choice like that and commit those horrors. What i couldnt figure out though was that Pinkie would somehow tie into all of this. It wasn't until later that I had even heard of her arrest.

"Luna, the time may come sooner than we hoped that I might transfer the governing of Equestria to you, please be ready for whatever leads to it my sister", I confided to her. It wasn't something she was ready for, I knew that much. But, i knew in the end she would do the best she could.

"I will my sister, let us pray it does not come it", was the usual answer.

Dark times do tend to bring some closer together. I heard from a second hand source that Dash wrapped her hooves around Applejack and held her tightly. her friend was stunned by the action, until the farm pony learned that Rainbow Dash had planned to propose to her when she got better. I was told by this same source that the two friends stayed with each other through the night. Luna was busy preparing the Trial while all this was going on.

I was also informed that Pinkie Pie had been found and arrested for several more disappearances connected back to Twilight's gruesome experiments. That and she divulged the location of where the Ambassadors from Mareitania had been buried. Her and Twilight had killed them in an ambush and used their remains for ingredients for Pinkie's special Cupcakes recipe. Apparently Ms. Pie had been responsible for the disappearances of 20 ponies across two separate towns. How could I have been so blind as to not to see all of this happening under my rule? Is it time that i step down and hand rule over to Luna?