Starlight looked out of the train window, as the outside world flew by. She was fighting the urge to shut her eyes because she knew if she did, she would enter a deep sleep which would cause her to dream, and then she would see "it". The thing that's been tormenting her for the past 5 days. The thing that has caused her to loose sleep, and live in constant paranoia.

She was sitting at the back of the cart by herself. Her eyes were a light red tone, and dark circles were casted around them. Her purple mane was now a mess, as parts of it fell flat down, covering half of Starlights face. She was wearing a black hoodie that shes had since she could remember. It made her feel comfortable and strangely enough, even safe. As she stared out the window, she flinched at any tree or shadow that her eyes laid upon, not being able to differentiate what was real and what wasn't.

"Here you go" Trixie said while levitating a glass full of water towards Starlight. She took a seat by Starlight as she watched her gulp the entire glass.

"Thanks", Starlight said in a monotone voice. She put down the glass and looked right back out of the window.

"Hey Star, we'll get through this" Trixie said in a reassuring tone. She placed her hoof on Starlights and scooted a bit closer to her. Starlight could already feel comfortable as she took a deep sigh, and leaned up against Trixie. She rested her head on Trixies shoulder and closed her eyes for a bit.

"It's my fault that Luna's hurt". Starlight whimpered out.

"What? No it's not. They don't even know what caused it" Trixie said.

"It was that thing Trixie, I know it was, and it's all my fault".

"Starlight, you can't keep putting the blame on yourself for every bad thing, and don't you even say that this is your punishment or some shit like that". Trixie stared at Starlight, and placed a hoof on her face. The two mares stared intently at one another before they both leaned towards eachother for another kiss, until they were interrupted by the sound of giggling.

"No way, you guys are a thing"? Rainbow Dash laughed as she floated in the air. A blue aura surrounded her rainbow colored tail, and yanked her to the ground.

"Why Rainbow Dash, where are your manors"? Rarity Said, still holding Rainbow by the tail.

"Rainbow, I oughta teach ya some manors", Applejack said as she trotted beside Rarity and popped her hoofs.

"Ok ok, geez, I'm sorry. I just thought it was funny since it as a recurring joke that we constantly bring up".

"Wait what"? Trixie asked while tilting her head at the trio.

"Nothing sugar cube, we're really happy for ya, and hope ya two work out".

"Yea, if Starlights scary bogey man doesn't get her". Applejack brought her hoof down on Rainbows head with a hard smack. Rainbow turned her head towards the orange farm pony and gave a cheapish smile. "I was kidding".

"Why I'll show ya who the bogey man is". Before Applejack and Rainbow could rumble with another, they were interrupted by Twilight, Fluttershy, and Pinkie trotting down the cart and towards the group.

"So I've ruled out any threats that could almost kill a princess. Obviously none of our major threats like Sombra or Terek could've done this. Discords reformed and Chrysalis is way to weak to do anything". Twilight placed a hoof under her cheek as she pondered through all possible causes for Luna's state.

"Maybe someone drugged her, assassinations have been attempted on the princesses before", Fluttershy chimed in.

"No silly, Twilight said that Princess Luna had physical damage like cuts and bruises", Pinkie said as she swallowed a plate full of cupcakes that she had gotten from the desert cart.

"Which really only leaves..." Twilight nervously turned her head towards Starlight. The mare was still looking out the window through her tired eyes, not paying attention to the conversation.

"Starlight", Twilight softly called out. Starlight slowly turned her head to see everypony looking at her. "Did Luna ever go into these dreams that you have"? Starlight just stared blankly at the purple princess. She was about to open her mouth, but the sound of the trains horn filled the air, and the conductor called out "CANTERLOT, I REPEAT WE'VE REACHED CANTERLOT".

Both Twilight and Starlight stared at eachother, before hopping off their seats and exiting the train. Upon exiting the train, the girls were greeted by Shining armor and about seven Royal Guards.

"Twily, Shining cheerfully said as he embraced his sister in a hug. The two smiled at eachother, as Shining raised his head and smiled at the other girls exiting the cart. However, his smile turned into a frown upon seeing Starlight. He let go of his sister and trotted towards the mare.

"Starlight Glimmer, you are under arrest until further questioning". Shining said in a serious voice. The other Royal Guards levitated their spears with their horns and aimed them towards Starlight.

"WHAT"? All the other girls shouted together. One of the Guards trotted besides Shining, as he levitated handcuffs on Starlights front hoofs and a collar on her horn that was used to prevent ponies from using magic.

"Wait, under what circumstances"? Starlight said as she had a nervous look on her face.

"You were the last person Princess Luna interacted with before we found her in the state that she's in", Shining explained.

"Fuck, fuck fuck fuck" Starlight began quietly saying. She closed her eyes and banged her head on a nearby pole. "It was you then, I shouldn't have left", Starlight whispered to herself. Everypony stared at her with a concerned look, even Shining and the Royal Guards.

"Star"? Trixie tried to trot over to her mare friend, but was stoped by a guard.

"Shining, you and me need to talk right now", Twilight said with a menacing glare that sent chills up Shinings spine. "She didn't do anything Shining, she's innocent", Twilight said to her brother.

"I believe you Twi, Starlight isn't that kind of pony, but we just need to take her in for questioning".

"Then why all the cuffs and Guards"?

"Celestias orders".

"Well I need to talk to her too".

"She wants to see y'all anyways". Shining said, pointing at the castle. "I'll take you to it" . Him and the girls began walking, before Rainbow turned her head back at Starlight.

"What about Star"? Rainbow asked.

"We're taking her to the Royal Guard Station for questioning". The other girls stared at one another with concerned faces, before looking at Trixie who was hanging her head.

"It's ok sugercube, she's only going into questioning", Applejack said while wrapping an arm around Trixie for comfort. Trixie sighed, as she looked up to see Starlight being escorted

"Yeh...just simple questioning".

Author's Note

Ok so like, I still have that feeling that I'm rushing these situations and "character developments". Also, I can now confirm that romance is something that I'm terrible at (well writing in general probably) and is something I got to work on. Also I feel like I'm not staying loyal to the characters actual fucking personalities from the show. It's probably because I'm writing a "dark" story, so I'm probably changing up their personalities to accommodate for that reason. Which is a bad thing to do. I've read some really great and dark fanfics that really stay true to the characters actual personalities. Probably the writer that I can I think of that does this great is the myth, the legend, The Albinocron. Seriously, he can really stick to the characters core personalities, which is essential in writing a good and believable fanfic. Although to be fair for myself, this is like the first ever story that I'm writing, with the skills of a fucking pre-schooler, and The Albinocrons wrote like 15 amazing stories (I bet his first story was a masterpiece as well) But anyways, keeping these in my mind, I'll try to get the next chapter out quickly for anyone who's keeping up with this shitty story that I'm doing. (Seriously if you are actually reading this, it means a lot. Like even if you don't like it, it still means a lot).