A Horrid Day
My day started out normally like every other one would but I had a long to do list and my loyal assistant, like always, was there to help me get through it. I saw Spike frowning at the long to do list we had and obviously I was not thrilled. Does he not know what would happen if I didn't do this? Celestia might make me move back to Canterlot if I'm not busy 24/7! She might make me move back in with my parents and that would be horrible! It would be so embarrassing to be her protege but also have my parents watching over me. So after a bit of persuasion, Spike and I headed out to do what we have to do.
After doing a bunch of normal things I always do, we headed to Sugarcube Corner to pick up some cupcakes and everypony knows how anal I am when it comes to everything being perfect, Mrs. Cake gave me 13 cupcakes instead of 12. Yeah an extra cupcake would be nice but I don't want somepony to get more cupcakes than somepony and I didn't want the same to be true with the icing, which some was getting on another cupcake. Eventually I took care of the problem and then we headed home.
So far I thought this day was going quite well until I realized I haven't written a letter to Princess Celestia! Oh this is just dandy, if I don't get a letter to her by sundown I'll be tardy and I don't think she likes tardiness. What if she was to banish me to the moon? What if she was to send me back to magic kindergarten? Well I decided none of that would happen because I would find a problem no matter what!
Naturally my first thought was to see if any of my friends had any problems and unfortunately they didn't. What really shocked me was seeing normally scared to death of everything Fluttershy trying to kill a bear and none of my other friends had any problems and to make matters worse, my friends didn't even take my problem seriously when I told them about it. Here I thought they were my friends and they take me like I'm some sort of joke. I had to do something to get a letter to the princess so I decided to cheat and cast a want-it-need-it spell on my Smarty Pants doll to cause the Cutie Mark Crusaders to fight over who wants her but in the end the whole town started fighting over her and then the worst possible thing happened,
"TWILIGHT SPARKLE!"
When I heard Princess Celestia shout my name like that I knew things were not going to go good for me. I wasn't sure if she was mad over me being tardy with the friendship letter or if my casting a want-it-need-it spell on my Smarty Pants doll had her upset but I knew I was in trouble.
She cast a spell which ended the fighting but she landed and said, "Meet me in the library."
I knew I was in serious trouble when she said this. I looked back at my friends in despair and said, "If you care to visit, I'll be in magic kindergarten, back in Canterlot."
I know they were saying things about me as I headed to meet what may be a very serious punishment. All I could do was hope for the best.
So there I was in the library with Celestia wondering what she was going to do. While most of me was certain that she would likely punish me, one small part thought that perhaps she would spare the rod and just make me give her a friendship report right there. Sadly that was not the case, she told me that because I failed to get her a friendship report on time, that I was a horrible student! Even worse, not only did she drop me from being her protege, she kicked me out of school entirely, she took Spike away from me and she kicked me out of the library.
This brought out two reactions from me, sadness and anger. I was sad because I had no clue what my future would hold in store for me and I was angry because she just kicks me out of my home not caring where I would live. I talked to my friends and luckily for me, Rarity let me move in with her. Yeah she did not have an extra room nor did she have an extra bed anywhere so I wound up having to sleep on that pouting couch of hers in the front room. Well at least I had a place to live but I was not pleased. I knew that life with Rarity would not be perfect and who knew what she had in store for me.
Now living with Rarity was ok but part of her requirements to live with her was that I would have to not only try on her dresses, but that I would have to take part in fashion shows. This did not make me one bit happy because I am no fan of too much attention. Why can't Rarity just model her clothes herself instead of making me do it? The longer this went on, the angrier with Celestia I got. Eventually I decided to do something to get back at her for this, something that she may not like.
A few months passed and I finally had it. I was sick and tired of modeling dresses for Rarity, I was sick and tired of having to sleep on a couch and my resentment towards Celestia had grown greatly. Because of this I decided the time had come to punish Celestia. One night after Rarity fell asleep I sneaked into her kitchen and grabbed one of her sharpest knives and my saddle bags. I quietly left Rarity's place and took the late train to Canterlot. I couldn't help but smile as I began to think about my plans. Of course I would have to hope that Luna was out on her patrol and not at home or this would be impossible.
Once I arrived in Canterlot I headed straight to the palace. Of course there were guards but luckily I can teleport so that is exactly what I did. I tried teleporting into Celestia's bedroom but I wasn't overly familiar where it was given that I had only been there once when I took care of Celestia when she was ill so I had no choice to walk to her bedroom from the throne room which has its threats. That area is often heavily patrolled but I was in a state of shock when I headed that way and noticed that there were no guards present at all so getting there would not cause me any problems.
Once I got to the door I opened it hoping that she was not awake, after all unleashing my wrath upon her would be much easier if she were asleep than if she were awake. I walked over to the slumbering princess and saw her in a peaceful sleep. Yes, this should be a piece of cake! I levitated my knife out of my saddle bags and began to wonder, where should I stab her. Should I simply slit her throat and be done with it or should I start ramming her in the chest and maybe drag it out? Despite her having powerful magic, I thought that maybe she would be in such a state of panic if I didn't kill her right away that I could drag it out and enjoy this.
I stood over her realizing that soon that I could exact my revenge. I levitated my knife over her and began to ram it into her chest, causing her to cry out in agony.
Celestia screamed, "Owww! Owww!"
I continued to ram my knife into her chest and yelled, "This is what you get for kicking me out! This is what you get for punishing me over a stupid friendship letter! This is what you get for not caring if I have a place to live or not!"
Her screams became more agonizing as I continued to ram the knife in her throat. When she finally saw that it was me I stopped momentarily and she yelled, "Twilight, what are you doing here?"
I laughed, "Punishing you for dropping me just because I was late with a friendship letter."
Celestia yelled, "But that......"
She began to cry out in pain again as I rammed her with the knife some more but then something crossed my mind. What if her cries were to alert the guards so I decided to finish this off. I slit her throat and laughed as she let out one final gasp. Finally, I got my revenge. I was able to punish her accordingly for what she had done but I would not be able to celebrate for long. Her cries alerted the guards and caused them to rush into her chambers and capture me. Yes I have powerful magic but so do they and unfortunately, they grabbed me in their aura and I was unable to escape.
Well this is just dandy. I have been captured and who knows what will happen now. While Celestia would likely only banish me to the moon or something, I could easily see Luna handing down a death sentence given her nature and her desire to keep order in this land. All I could do was hope that I wouldn't be put to death but I did know one thing, I would likely never be a free pony again.
After killing Celestia I was captured and hauled down to the dungeon. I never once imagined that I would go from being Celestia's protege to being locked up in the dungeon. This is all Celestia's fault! Had she just let the friendship letter slide I would still have my freedom and she would still be alive but oh no, she just had to screw up the lives of two ponies! Well it is too late for that now, what is done is done.
The following morning arrived and the guards came down to get me and lead me to the throne room where I was greeted by an extremely angry Luna. I have seen Luna angry before but if looks alone could kill, I would be dead.
She yelled, "Twilight Sparkle, how could you just kill my sister?"
I yelled back, "Because she kicked me out of school solely for being late with a friendship letter. She didn't care where I would live and she took my friend and assistant away from me!"
Luna levitated me to her and growled, "Well Twilight, you killed my sister and now you must answer for your crime."
I asked, "Wait a minute, don't I get a trial? You can't just punish me without a trial!"
Luna snapped, "Wrong Twilight Sparkle. You were caught by the royal guard in Celestia's room, over her butchered body with a knife. Normally a crime such as this would be followed up with a trial but given the royal guard caught you AND you killed my sister, your guilt has already been proven and now you must answer for your crime."
Well this is not good, not good at all. Here I thought that killing Celestia for her tyrannical actions would be something I could get away with but I guess this is what I get for allowing raw emotion to dictate my actions. Now I stood in front of not just Celestia, but the guards who had caught me the night before. Before Luna would make a decision on what she would do to me, she did want to get some information from the guards.
She asked one of them, "I know you caught Twilight with a knife in my sister's bedroom standing over her blood soaked body. Besides that, what else did you see?"
The guard replied, "Well that is pretty much all we saw. We did not arrive soon enough to see her stabbing her."
Luna asked, "What caused you to go check on my sister to start with?"
The guard replied, "I heard screaming coming from her bedroom and I was wondering what was going on. When I saw Twilight with that knife standing over your sister, I was horrified."
Luna developed a scowl on her face and turned to me. She asked, "Twilight, I want to know exactly why you would do such a thing. I want to know why you killed my sister."
This was something that I really didn't want to answer but I thought that perhaps if I am truthful with her, that perhaps my punishment will not be as harsh. I yelled, "Just like I said before, because she kicked me out of school because I was late getting her a friendship report! She kicked me out not caring where I would live. She tossed me aside over something trivial and menial! Wouldn't you want to do the same if you were in my situation?"
Luna replied, "No Twilight Sparkle, I would not and I especially would not kill my sister." She approached me and continued, "Twilight Sparkle, what you did was completely unlike what I would think you would do. This was an act of irrational emotion on your part...."
I interrupted, "Wait a minute. Ponies are often forgiven for crimes the commit when they are emotionally distraught!"
Luna snapped, "Not for murder Twilight and the fact that you not only killed the ruler of all of Equestria but were caught in the act of doing it, this emotional thing you bring up does not apply here." I tried to respond but she continued, "And because of what you have done Twilight, I have no choice but to punish you."
This really pissed me off and caused me to answer in anger, "So, what are you going to do? Kill me the same way I killed your sister? Have me executed in the town square."
Luna stood there in thought before replying, "While that would be what I would want to do, I have decided that execution would be going easy on you. Instead of that I have decided that an eternal banishment to the sun would be a far better punishment."
She grabbed me in her aura and dragged me outside to do this. I should have known that something like this would happen. I should have known that I would get caught and be punished in a horrible way. She said that execution would be going easy on me and I think she is right. An eternal banishment on the sun will be far worse, not to mention uncomfortably hot.
Luna cast the proper spell and now here I am stuck on the sun. It is horribly hot and horribly bright. I honestly think that this is likely the worst punishment that could be given to anypony. I do remember one thing though, Celestia claimed that she banished Nightmare Moon to the moon forever and stars eventually aided in her escape. Perhaps if I am lucky a total solar eclipse will free me and I can return to Equestria. If that does indeed happen, I will likely have to hide out in the Everfree Forest because I know Luna would send me right back if I were caught.
