It was a lovely night. She lay down on the grass as she looked up at the night sky. Back in her world it had been her mentor, Princess Celestia, who had controlled the stars. Princess Twilight had told her the story of how she and her friends had used the elements of harmony to free her teacher's sister from darkness, and how she had returned to her post as the guardian of the night after having been banished to the moon for 1000 years. But even without the powers of either of the royal sisters, she thought the stars in this world were just as beautiful as those of her original home.

She thought back on the time she had last seen the majestic white alicorn. Although it hadn't been under the best of circumstances, she had returned to Equestria a short time ago. When Twilight had suggested that they seek the help of Celestia she was reluctant. She quickly realized however that Twilight was right, and that she would be able to help her in her quest to fix her friends.

Celestia's forgiveness, and then assistance, had meant a great deal to her. She would have to repay her old teacher's kindness someday. But that was something she could think about later.

If she was being honest, she was a little surprised that she had been forgiven so easily. Before then, the last time they had seen each other had been before... everything else. She snuck into a restricted section of the castle library without permission. Celestia had showed up and relieved her of her position as her pupil, something she could now see that she had completely deserved. But then, she thought it was in injustice. She had demanded that Celestia make her an alicorn. When Celestia refused she assaulted the guards escorting her out of the castle and run to a mirror that Celestia had shown her earlier that she had found out to be a portal to another dimension.

Since the portal only open for a period of three days approximately once ever two and a half years she had become stranded in this world. She had nopony to turn to, nowhere to hide, she had a strange, new body that she had no idea how to work, and on top of it all, she had no magic. All she had was a small bag of bits she had always carried on her in Equestria.

Once she had gotten used to moving around her new body she had found a place to hide out. It was an abandoned factory she had found after roaming the town for a few hours. She had lived there for only about a month. After selling the bits she had brought with her, had which turned out to be worth significantly more in this world, she had used almost all of the money to buy a small apartment for herself. The job she had taken shortly after arriving paid enough for her to buy food, with a little extra left over, but not much.

Once she had purchased the appropriate forged paperwork she had gotten herself enrolled in the local high school, CHS. From the first day she had set foot at the school as a student she had begun manipulating everypony, or rather, everybody, she had quickly learned, into doing her bidding and she very quickly gained the reputation of being a girl who could ruin your life in moment if you crossed her. She was the queen of the school.

But that wasn't enough.

She had wanted more. She had begun planning. She learned a month after coming to Earth that if you pressed your head to the portal you could sometimes see what was on the other side. She had heard Celestia talking about the elements with Luna shortly after Luna had been reformed and had returned to Canterlot. She had also heard the name "Twilight Sparkle" and had decided to keep an ear open in case she heard it again.

The things she heard. She had heard of Twilight and her friends not only defeating Nightmare Moon, but also Discord, Queen Chrysalis, and King Sombra. Unfortunately for her, the mirror had been moved to a new location soon after that last one.

It didn't deter her though. On the 30th full moon since she had left Equestria she went through the portal prepared to spend the whole day in Equestria if that was what it took to find Twilight's crown, which she knew to be holding the element of magic. To her great surprise, she didn't have to wait long, for Twilight was sleeping just down the hall. If Spike's tail hadn't tripped her and woken Twilight up, she very well might have been able to make a clean getaway.

When Twilight had showed up on Earth soon after she had fled back through the portal. What confused her was when Twilight had mentioned having returned to be and leaving through the portal the next morning. From the Earth side, she had come through only minutes after Sunset had. They had just shrugged it off for the time being as "inter-dimensional time weirdness," but she still wanted to know what had happened, but again, that was something she could think about later.

Her plans for sabotage had failed once Flash had come to rescue and showed the cutouts from the original photos of Twilight, so she had to resort a more, extreme approach. She grabbed the sledge hammer she had kept from her time in the factory and stuck it in her bag as she hopped on her motorcycle to head for the dance.

Once she found Snips and Snails and tasked them with bringing her Twilight's dog she readied herself. Sure enough, only minutes later, Snips, holding Spike, ran up with Snails right behind him. She really didn't know what she was thinking, threatening to destroy the portal. She hadn't even considered that the hammer might just fly through the portal, leaving her weaponless. She was glad she hadn't embarrassed herself by trying to use the hammer.

After a quick skirmish she had gotten her hands on the object of her desire; Twilight's crown. As soon as she had it she had placed it atop her head. She had thought she was prepared for the power it would give her.

She was wrong.

It burned. It felt like a wave of fiery pain had been unleashed upon every inch of her body. She had never felt pain like that before and she still hoped never to feel it again.

After the pain had faded, she felt different, both mentally and physically. Her body felt bigger and stronger, it felt amazing. Her mind however, did not feel so amazing. At the time it seemed like all of her thoughts were cloudy, and she also felt a surge of anger. She didn't really know what she was doing, but it didn't really feel like her doing it.

Then came the rainbow.

The one thing she could compare the pain of being overpowered tainted friendship magic to, was the pain of having said magic ripped away from you in a deceptively colorful blast of power, only to be sent crashing down into a crater. From the moment she came to she could remember everything. The anger, the power, how she had blown up the front of the school and brainwashed all of the students at the dance, and how she had tried to kill the six girls standing above her. Being in the crater had been the worst moment of her life.

The magic forced her to see all of the pain she had caused over the years. All of the people she had hurt were now front and center in her brain and she couldn't get away. All she knew at that moment, was that she had been a horrible person and had done terrible things.

Things got better from there at least. When the girls had pulled her out of that crater it marked the beginning the next chapter in the story of her life.

Author's Note

Hey people, aweirdassguy here, but you can just call me "Red." This is the first story I have ever written for this site or any other, so I know it probably isn't the best, but I hope you enjoyed it anyway. For those wondering, no this is not the end of the story. I'm not sure when I'll get another chapter out, but I'll get around to it eventually.

Constructive criticism is always welcome.