A Fractured Tale

Riven Specter walked, avoiding the reveling throng in the city square. On the outskirts of the city. Looking down at the cliffs and moutainside on which Canterlot was built, gazing at the view over all of equestria. He silently walked to his small apartment, locking the door behind him. All day of working in the sewers tired him, and leaving the painful sign that his cutie mark had not come, nor did he believe it would ever come, after 19 years of ridicule and failed attempts at finding his niche in life, he was done, and just was about ready to give up.

" I'm done," he said to himself,"i give up." He lied down on his bed, and, realizing where he had been all day, stood up quickly, hoping no sewer gunk had gotten on the covers. "crap." the bed had questionable liquids  and mush all over where he touched.  He gathered the nasty blankets, and carried them to his washer machine that had broken a long time before, and stuffed them in. Pouring the soap and water in the machine, he left to take a shower, giving the sheets an opportunity to soak. In the middle of his shower, he heard a loud knock on his door, probably a salestallion. Riven ignored the knock, and finished his shower. Stepping out, he shook himself, efficiently drying himself to some extent,  and stepped out, and started cranking a makeshift handle on his washing machine that steadily washed the sewage out of his work clothes and blankets. After thirty minutes, the clothes were all clean, and the tired stallion flopped on his bed, promptly falling asleep.

Riven was awoken from an acute, dreamless sleep by a loud banging on his door."Open Up! Castle guards!" Groggily getting out of his bed, he opened his apartment door, do see a dozen armed stallions, all of which were bearing the Princess' crest.

"There he is!" a large, green and yellow pegasus in the silver armor of a captain." That stallion was the only citizen not in the gathering! He assassinated princess Celestia!!"

"What?! Celestia? Dead?? Why would I kill princ-"  Riven was cut off when a large stallion knocked him to the ground.

"Stay down,"The pony growled,"and quiet." A large pegasus, apparently the captain, began to bark orders as he cuffed Riven.

"The remaining three princesses wish to see the culprit and issue the punishment. So move this piece of crap off to the castle for the trial."

"Move!" A large unicorn said, lifting Riven onto his hooves rather violently with his magic. Riven trotted with them, hundreds of thoughts racing through his mind.  Who killed the princess? Why did they think it was him? what was going to happen? As he thought about the  circumstances, a pit in Riven's stomach began to grow. Murder was usually punishable by banishment, or death. What was going to happen to him? The group arrived at the castle, and Riven was forced into the castle. The captain kicked Riven over, stating,"Kneel, you scumbag. The princesses are a little upset about Celestia's freaking MURDER!" The pegasus spat out the last word, and backed up, looking expectantly at the front of the great hall. Riven looked too, and saw three ponies walking towards him. He knew who they were. He knew why they were coming. And he was scared. "Princess Luna, I didn't do anythin-"

"Shut up, fool, I do not wish to listen to lies." The princess of the night growled. "You killed my sister. I am going to kill you."

" I had something better in mind, dear Luna," The lavender princess known as Twilight Sparkle stated calmly, words dripping with malice,"We should banish him. The savages will give him death, but slowly."

"Don't you think all of this is a overreacting?" The pink princess, Cadence, questioned,"Couldn't we just give him  a sentence to life in prison, or something?"

"No, Twilight is correct. This murderer is now banished from Equestria, from now on until forever more,"Luna commanded, "Take him away." That was the last thing Riven Specter heard before feeling a hard object smash down hard on his temple, knocking him out.

Riven faded back and forth, hovering between consciousness and oblivion, vaguely aware of a sense of travel, and the earthy smell of the forest, then a dry, arid aroma drifted up from around him, and he felt the brutal sun shining down on him. Later, Riven found himself getting dumped off of something, and onto hard ground. He sat there, all night, and what felt like all morning as well. As the sun started past the middle of the sky, Riven regained full consciousness, and sat up.