Most individuals think it would be awesome to be a monster. Just doing whatever the hell you feel like and saying, "Screw you!" to the consequences... That's not how it works at all... Imagine a life of pain, suffering, and misery, where nothing you say or do ever goes your way... Where if something does go right for once and life seems perfect, It's probably just The Fates setting up something really big to take it all away and leave you with even less than you started with. Trust me, I know from experience...

~ From the Private Journal of RΔF ~

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~Three Days after the Crystal Heart Faire and the fall of the mad tyrant, King Sombra.~

Torches lining the walls cast flickering shadows along the narrow passageway, lighting the way for three figures as they followed the path into the utmost depths of the castle in the Crystal Empire. One was a white unicorn stallion with cerulean blue eyes, a sapphire blue mane with cerulean and phthalo blue streaks. His cutie mark was that of a blue shield with a six-pointed purple star on the face and three blue five-pointed stars above it. Next to him was a cerise Alicorn mare with purple eyes, a violet, rose, and gold streaked mane, and a cutie mark depicting a gilded crystal heart. The third pony that was leading the group was a sapphire crystal unicorn in armor with teal eyes and a blue mane. His cutie mark and mane were currently hidden under his armor and couldn't be identified at the moment. No words were spoken among them and only the echoing sound of their hooves traveled through the corridors as they approached their destination.

Both Prince Shining Armor and Princess Mi Amore Cadenza; Aka Princess Cadence looked worriedly at each other as they followed the crystal guard down the steps into the lower dungeons. They had no idea why they were being led there, just that something had been found during recent renovations that they had to see. “I am very terribly sorry for the secrecy your majesties, but given recent events it might be best just to show you what we found rather than say. After all, the last thing we want is word to spread and cause another panic or depression...” the guard explained.

As the group descended deeper the shading on the steps began to change from purple to solid black, which signified they were getting close to the part of the castle reserved for prisoners. Depressing as it may be, it was a necessary evil at times. Eventually the stairs ended as they came to a rather heavy looking black steel door. After reaching the door, It appeared both heavy and sturdy, with runes pulsing magically, enhancing it against blasts of all sorts. The sight of it would no doubt be quite intimidating for anyone destined to spend extended time beyond it, or those trying to break in.

“Here we are, your royal highnesses, beyond this door lies something that has not been seen in a thousand years. Not since that monster, King Sombra locked it away for eternity.” said the guard in an unusually chipper tone.

“Just open it already…” Shining Armor grumbled bitterly, clearly unamused by the secrecy of the situation. Princess Cadance merely pursed her lips as she tried not to laugh from his impatience.

“As you wish your highness.” the guard responded and placed the key in the lock causing the runes to immediately fade. Heavy turning of gears could be heard from the other side followed by three distinct loud clangs as the door was unlocked allowing him to open the door to the dungeon beyond with his magic.

The room beyond the door was large, dome shaped, and depressing. It would have been dismissed as bare if not for the heavy cobwebs on the walls and a solid black crystal statue in the center. The statue was that of a slender rabbit like creature standing on its hind legs with its forelegs crossed in a defensive position and a very expressive face looking like it was challenging all in front of it.There were chains wrapped around the body along with shackles, all marked with runes, binding the wrists, waist, neck, and ankles of the statue. All the chains tethered to the floor with heavy, inset rungs that were built into the very ground. Further still, there was a dark steel cage adorned in spikes and a circle of glowing, pulsing, blood red runes around the outside, giving off an ominous feeling of dangerous energies to further ward off anyone from approaching.

“Soooooo, you wanted to show us that King Sombra actually had an unusual artistic side that nopony knew about?” Shining hazarded a half joking guess as to the nature of what he was seeing.

“I think this is a prisoner dear…” The princess said softly as she stared at the unusual fortifications in front of them and the even more unusual reason they seemed to be there.

“But these are pretty extreme measures just to secure a mere petrified victim. Why would he go to such lengths to do all this just for this thing?” Shining questioned in utter disbelief that King Sombra could have truly been this mad.
"That is actually a good question, I wonder if Aunt Celestia and Aunt Luna could tell me something about this strange creature?..." Cadence thought to herself.

The guard spoke with a dark tone as his expression turned rather ominous. It was clear that memories were being recalled of something that he'd rather forget. “Because she turned out to be a threat to him and was winning…”

Had any of the three prismatic ponies been able to sense what was going on within the statue at that very moment, they would have noticed a very sleepy and sluggish mind briefly begin to stir before simply giving a mental shrug and slipping back into the dark, peaceful, dreamless, oblivion of its slumber.

(To Be Continued...)

Author's Note

Well that's the beginning, hoping to actually free her next chapter.

And here is a better pic of our heroine!

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