Justice Done

I was more than a bit surprised when we started going toward Canterlot, rather than back to Ponyville.

"Where are we going, Princess Celestia?" I asked.

"To Canterlot. I promised that Justice would be done, and so it shall."

We flew onward, and I fell asleep along the way.

I was at the Grand Galloping Gala. In the crowd of dancing Ponies, I saw my parents, Could Kicker, and Featherwing. What was weird that Arabesque wasn't nearby.

"Hello, father. Hello, mother," I said approaching them.

"Who let this freak in here?" my mother said giving me a dirty look.

"Probably the same stupid wretch who lets just anypony attend. Social events such as this should only be open to ponies with class, and prestige." said my father.

"Then they should throw you two out on your rumps."

"Look Cloudy, it's trying to speak! It thinks its sentient!" said my mother, laughing in a mocking, and condescending manner.

My father laughed with her, and then he glared at me, as he got up close to me so that our muzzle were less than an inch apart.

"Get out of here you abomination! My father said. "You're a monster, and no one loves you! You should just do all of Equis a favor, and kill yourself. Ponykind would be better off if you had never been born!"

Suddenly Arabesque showed up, and at first, I thought she was going to defend me against this unwarranted attack, but she spat in my face instead.

"I can't believe I'm actually related to you!" she said. "You're an aberration, and a mistake of nature. My parents are right, you should kill yourself!"

Then she turned, and kicked me in the face with both back hooves. I heard the sickening crunch as my jaw was broken. Slowly, I got back to my hooves only to have all four of my legs knocked out from under me. By now everypony was staring, pointing, and laughing. I could hear the horrible things they were calling me even though I was covering my ears with my forehooves to try to block them out.

"You're a pathetic useless worthless undesirable unwanted unloved unlovable waste of space, skin, oxygen, and life!" exclaimed one mare, stomping down on my back legs with her forehooves, shattering the bones.

I cried out in pain, only to be kicked in the face by my own mother.

"Shut up you sissy foal! Nopony wants to hear your pathetic whining!"

I was lifted by several pairs of hooves, and tossed outside, landing muzzle first in a deep mud puddle where I began to cry.

I must have stayed like that for awhile, because the next thing I knew, I was being lifted out of the mud by a magical aura, and set back down onto solid ground. When I looked up, Princess Luna was standing there. I couldn't even bear to look at her, because I was so ashamed, so I lowered my head again, my ears drooping. Her wings wrapped around me, and held me close just letting me cry.

"You need to wake up, Nimble. we will be arriving in Canterlot in about five minutes, and when you do, please let my sister, and Twilight know about your nightmare."

I nodded painfully. and as I did, I could feel warm hooves touching me, and the far away sounding voice of Twilight.

"Six String. We're here. Wake up."

With a sudden jolt, I opened my eyes, and sat up, looking first at Celestia, and Luna, and then at Twilight.

"Are you okay?" asked Twilight.

Cautiously, I touched the side of my muzzle with a hoof, just to make sure that my jaw wasn't broken. When I was satisfied that it wasn't, I let out a sigh of relief.

"Not really," I said. "There's something that I have to tell you about what happened when I fell asleep."

"A nightmare?" asked Celestia looking over at Luna who nodded.

"Yes," I replied.

The three of them listened as I told them about my nightmare. When I had finished, Celestia, and Twilight were shocked by what they had heard. Of course Luna didn't react, because she already knew what had happened. All three of them hugged, and nuzzled me as the chariot came in for a landing within the walls of Canterlot Castle. The three Alicorns, and I disembarked from the Chariot, and went inside, while the team of Pegasai that had been pulling it unhitched themselves from the harness, and took a well earned break. Celestia, Luna, Twilight, and I went right to the throne room where the Celestia, and Luna ascended the Dais, and sat on their thrones.

"Pardon me gentlecolts," she said to the guards standing in our side of the doors. "But I have a special mission for you. Would you be so kind as to join us over here?

The two Unicorns nodded, and made their way over to us. When they got over to where we were, they bowed.

"What is your command, Your Highness?" one guard asked.

"Find the camp where ponies who are deemed to be 'different' are taken too. Shut it down, and bring everypony there before us. Take as many soldiers as you might need."

"Any idea where it is?" the second guard asked.

"About a three week journey from Equestria's western border," I told them.

Luna stood, and began to speak.

"We also need you to find the parents of any ponies who are being held there, and bring them before us as well, so that they too may be judged according to their misdeeds."

"Yes, they are," Twilight added. For sending their foals to such a place, they are just as guilty as the ponies who run that camp."

"It will be done, Your Highnesses," the first guard said, as he and his companion saluted, before turning, and walking out of the throne room.

"Don't worry, my little pony. Those nightmares won't be plaguing you for much longer," said Celestia comfortingly.

"Indeed. The only reason that they have, even in spite of my efforts to stop them from happening, is because those who had harmed you had not been made to pay for their crimes," Luna said. "But they most certainly will be."

"With your permission, I would like to return to ponyville with Twilight."

"Of course," said Celestia. "Since it is going to be quite some time until the ponies who run that camp, and the ponies who forced their foals to be there are found, and brought back to Canterlot for trial."

"Thank you," I said bowing to Celestia, and Luna, and leaving the throne room.