The Endless War of Fate

The Crusaders follow Chatty Gossip to the prison entrance, finding it much easier than trying to lie or sneak their way into the prison. They stop outside when Applebloom says, "Well ah would like ta go with ya ta see him, but it would draw a lot of attention if we all went with ya. So unfortunately, this is where we must part ways Star Light. We hope ya git the answers yer lookin' for, good luck BFF."

Star Light stops, turns around and then smiles saying, "Thanks for helping me get this far Crusaders, it means so much since you came to Canterlot with me. I wouldn't have been able to make it this far on my own, I will meet you all back at the clubhouse after I am done talking to him. I will see you all later BFF Applebloom, BFF Scootaloo, and BFF Sweetie Belle, thanks again." She waves a hoof at them as they turn around and start to make their way out of the castle to return to Ponyville, then turns back around to continue following Chatty thinking, 'I sure hope my mother doesn't notice that I am here without her, she will be so mad that I came here to this place.'

I sigh and finish eating my lousy meal, then set the empty tray into the slot for the guard to take yelling, "Guard! I am done eating, the tray is in the slot for you whenever you decide to take it!" I make my way to the sink to wash my hands and look in the dirty mirror, get my hands wet and then clean it off so I can see how much uglier I have gotten lately. I wash my hands, and then shake the water off of them and look into the mirror. Seeing a tanned Caucasian with green eyes, long black hair, a beard and a mustache look back at me and then say, "My face looks like shit with this mustache and beard on my face, I hope they will allow me to make myself look better than this when they remove my head." I then return to my bed and lie down, hoping to go back to sleep and make the day go by faster. I place my arm over my eyes, hearing the door open and watch the hall through the glass to see who is coming. Noticing that it is Honor Trail, and then just ignore her and go back to trying to fall asleep.

Honor Trail takes the tray in her magic, takes a breath, then coughs saying, "It smells back here, you really need to take a shower." She looks inside the cell and watches him for a little bit, actually feeling guilty for how mean she was to him.

I then continue lying on the bed and then rudely answer her, "Well, there is only one pony at fault for that. I wonder who that could be, do you know who it was by chance? Oh wait, why am I asking you such a stupid question. You don't have a heart, therefore you can't really give two shits about some fucking monster who murdered an alicorn."

She hangs her head and then sighs saying, "I'm sorry that I treated you so badly, I guess that I still am angry about that scar you gave me when I tried to get those thugs off of you."

I then chuckle and sarcastically say, "Well hell has frozen over ladies and gents, did you hear that? She said she's sorry. I guess the wicked witch does indeed have a heart, but I don't need or want your pity. So you can just take it and shove it up your ass, so take that tray and leave me alone witch."

A tear worms its way out of her eye and down her chin as she starts to head for the main door, then stops and says, "I just thought that you would like to know that you have a twelve year old daughter, I will bring her by some day soon so you can meet her. For her sake, please clean yourself up and make yourself look somewhat respectable."

I then roll my eyes and say, "Uh huh, sure, I'll get right on that. Like anything you say to me has any value to it after all the bullshit you put me through, I will not take anything you say seriously."

Honor Trail shakes her head and then sighs regretfully, wishing she wasn't quite so mean towards him. She then walks through the gate and heads into the prison's kitchen that is through the door between the two cell blocks, handing the tray to one of the staff members before preparing to walk the fenced and warded yard outside.

Chatty Gossip passes through the last gate, then makes her way towards the cell the guard told her that belonged to the criminal she is looking for. She stops outside their door and then looks into the room through the glass and says, "Excuse me, are you Carl Knoxx?"

I lift my arm to look through the glass and see a grey unicorn with a bright copper mane, deep blue eyes behind narrow librarian glasses and then answer her saying, "Is there anyone else here in Death Row, if not, I guess it is pretty obvious that I am indeed Carl Knoxx. If you are going to ask stupid questions, save your breath and just get out already."

She then giggles and says, "Ya are quite a feisty one, aren't ya? My name is Chatty Gossip, and I am here to interview ya for the Equestrian World Herald, do ya mind answering a few of my questions?"

I then sit up with a sigh and then say, "Of course I mind, but the fact that you are a press pony intrigues me miss Gossip. So ask your questions, and I will answer them honestly and truthfully. Don't worry about the possibility that they may be lies, because I have nothing to lose since I'm gonna die in two months."

Chatty begins asking her initial questions, starting from when he first found himself here. She pays close attention and writes down what he says word for word, then continues to ask her other questions. After writing the responses down to each question she asks, she then asks, "Now for the big question... Why did you kill Princess Flurry Heart?"

I look at her through the glass, shake my head and answer her, "I Pinkie Promise that this is the whole truth, just to make it official..." I start to go through the motions to make an official Pinkie Promise and then say, "Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." I then resume where I left off and say, "I did not kill Princess Flurry Heart, she killed herself. I was there and I witnessed the whole thing from the start..." I then go back to that day and recount the days' events for her to write down.

Flashback recount to 9 years ago

I am just exiting Twilight's castle after a nightly social call when Derpy slams into me ass first, causing me to chuckle and then say, "In a hurry there Derpy? I have a wonderful view from up here."

Derpy blushes and then chuckles in embarrassment saying, "Umm...yeah, sorry about that. I tried to slow down but my hoof caught on the edge of a building and sent me tumbling through the air, thanks for catching me. Can you please put me down, or are you looking to have a little more fun? Is Twilight and Starlight not enough of a workout for you?"

I give her a swift lick and a nip, getting a slight moan then an exclaimed 'ah!'. I then set her down on her hooves and chuckle saying, "There you go, you are welcome. Do you have any mail for me today or are you just being a naughty pony?"

She smiles and giggles some more then says, "I do have one letter for you from Princess Flurry Heart, it is marked urgent." She digs it out of her bag and then says, "I would stay and continue, but I have other deliveries to make. See you some other time, lover boy." She then takes off into the sky, trailing her tail across his face.

I open up the letter and then look at it, reading what it says, 'My dearest friend Carl, my life is suffering from rather troublesome and sensitive matters at this moment. I demand that you come and see me at once so it can be dealt with, be on the next train to the Crystal Empire. Make sure to burn this letter after reading it, lest it come to light and draw unwanted attention to reveal a scandal, bringing ruin to the empire's royal family. Always yours, Princess Flurry Heart.'

Flashback recount interrupted

Chatty Gossip interrupts the tale and then asks, "Wait wait, so you and Princess Flurry Heart were special someponies then? Why did she request you destroy the letter she wrote you, don't you treasure each and every item you get from them?"

I stop and then answer her, "No we weren't special someponies. She did only have eyes for me I admit that, but with her being close to 19 and me being 33... My relationship with her would be as you say, frowned upon and greatly discouraged by many ponies. I was about to get to that point, if you would just listen and not interrupt me. She was a royal princess and an alicorn, so if she gave me an order or requested something of me, I would obey it to the best of my ability. As for that other question, would you treasure a shopping list written by your special somepony on some toilet paper? During my time here, I may have had relations with a few mares, but I always made it known to them that I did not have eyes for any mare and have not yet been able to adjust my state of mind to taking a pony as a wife or a girlfriend instead of a human."

She then continues to write it down in her notebook, getting a really big story and new facts to spread around to the populace saying, "Okay, my apologies mister Knoxx. Please continue with your story, I just had to know a couple of facts first."

I then nod and continue on telling my story saying, "Now where was I... Oh right, I read the letter..."

Flashback recount continues

I then pull out my zippo lighter and set fire to the letter as requested, making my way back to Twilight's castle to inform her and the other elements of a potential issue. As I walk swiftly to her home, I look up and see the beautiful full moon in the sky tonight and say, "It's another gorgeous night sky Princess Luna, the clouds don't cover the moon's beauty on this night. May your watch be without any troubles, and sometime I shall pay you two a visit when I return, Your Highness."

Twilight is just getting out of the shower now, feeling nice and refreshed after the exercise earlier. She pulls out a vial of Carl's fresh semen, then puts it through a series of tests to determine if it is possible to procreate with Carl. After a few minutes of tests, she finally gets a positive reaction. She then studies the reaction time and gets the results back exclaiming, "Finally a positive answer after studying Carl, these results do indeed prove that it is possible for Carl to have foals or 'children' as he calls the young humans back on Earth. I can't wait to inform him of the results when I see him again, I look forward to our next encounter to get a fresh sample to run further tests on!" She hears somepony knock on the front doors to her castle, then makes her way to find out who it is at this hour of the night.

I stand in front of the double doors to her crystal tree castle, looking at the sleeping town of Ponyville during the final hours of Hearth's Warming Day. Looking at the beautiful decorations the citizens used to decorated their houses reminds me of the hometown I came from. I smile as snowflakes begin to slowly fall, showing that a light snowfall was planned to begin tonight and last through tomorrow night. The light, slow snowfall inspires me to hum a song from Earth called Silent Night.

I finish humming the last notes of the song when I hear one of the double doors open, creaking in protest from the cold temperature. I turn to see Twilight on the other side with a curious look on her face saying, "Hello Twilight, I got a letter from Princess Flurry Heart, can we go inside and talk?"

She then nods and opens the door wider for Carl to come inside out of the cold, wondering what the letter said replying, "Come on in Carl, I just finished running some tests after taking a shower. I hope you will be delighted to hear that you can indeed procreate with ponies! In order to know more details about it, I will need to take another sample and run a few more tests."

I then walk through the doors as my eyebrows rise in surprise and then say, "Why would you want to breed with a being not the same species as you? Are you some sort of mad scientist that would do anything to get new knowledge, or do you just really enjoy our exercises that much?"

Twilight then giggles and closes the door saying, "A girl must have her secrets, don't you know that Carl? A princess like me needs to hold a few secrets of her own as well, but please tell me what my niece's letter said that has you coming here at this time of night?" She then leads him to the friendship table and takes a seat in her chair to listen to what he has to say.

I follow her to the table and sit on the edge of it then say, "Well from what I read in the letter, there seems to be a potentially big problem that needs to be handled carefully. Even though she asked for me to come, I thought of coming here to bring the issue to the Elements of Harmony, as you are better at friendship problems than I am. I am sure you remember the debacle in Appleloosa between the tribe and the Apple clan, it took you a week to get the mess cleaned up after you sent me there on a friendship mission."

She then giggles nervously and then says, "Umm...I do indeed remember that particular nightmare. Okay then, what do you need the Elements to go with you to the Crystal Empire for?"

I then sigh and then say, "I would just like to have you all there to find out what you can, so nothing is missed when I talk with her to find out why she wanted me to come."

Twilight then smiles and nods saying, "That is a great idea, let me send Spike to notify the girls of this development. We will get a chance to catch up with Flurry Heart on how things have been." She then calls for Spike to come to her, quickly writing letters to all the other girls.

Spike arrives downstairs yawning and then says, "What did you need Twilight, is there some emergency?" He then listens to what she tells him and then says, "So there is something going on in the Crystal Empire and you need me to deliver these letters to the other element bearers?" He then sees her nod her head, confirming the request and yawns once more then takes the letters. He then puts on a warm sweater that Rarity made for him last Hearth's Warming Eve, then quickly goes on his way to deliver the letters.

I then look at Twilight and then chuckle lightly and then say, "Do you mind putting on some coffee, Twilight? I think that the others are going to need it when they get here, don't you think so with midnight being an hour away?"

Flashback recount briefly stops

I then sigh and say, "Well after that, she put some coffee on and we waited and talked about the experiment until the others arrived. We then talked the plan over and shortly after the discussion, we set out for the Crystal Empire." I then think back on that day and get lost in remembering the train ride.

Flashback being remembered

After the train leaves the station, I sit apart from the girls. I kick back on a small mattress to catch some sleep when Rainbow Dash joins me on it, causing me to then ask, "I am not in the mood to scratch your itches on a train Rainbow, you are too loud and can't stay quiet to save your flank." I then hear a few giggles and snickers as the others hear what is said, then turn to look at her and see a blush on her face.

Rainbow Dash looks away and then coughs saying, "I am not here for that reason, I was just thinking that we could cuddle because you know I have trouble sleeping on trains."

I then roll over and then be the big spoon for her and then sigh saying, "At least you don't bite like somepony I know, but can't seem to place a finger on the name. Say Applejack, do you know the pony I am talking about?"

She then lays down next to him, with her back facing him. She then feels the heat from his body beside hers and then sighs and then lays her head down on the mattress, her rump being in front of his knees and her shoulders matching his shoulder height saying, "Goodnight and sweet dreams Carl, thank you for doing this."

Applejack then glares up at where he is sleeping and then says, "Sorry pardner, ah can't say ah do. It's a 8 hour ride to the Crystal Empire, ah suggest we catch some shuteye."

I then hear a couple more snickers at the exchange between us and then slide my arm underneath her head and then whisper, "Not a problem Rainbow Splash, just don't get an itch while on the train alright?"

Pinkie Pie then joins Carl and Rainbow on the mattress and then says, "My hooves get really cold at night, can I cuddle with you two?"

I then chuckle in amusement and then say, "Sure you can Pinkie, you can be behind me. Snuggle up into me, then place your back hooves between my legs."

She then laughs and says, "Of course I will place my back hooves between your legs, I learned from that silly mistake the first time we tried to cuddle. I nearly tore a hole in the blankets to escape the stench when you farted, I will never forget the smell of rotten eggs thanks to you!" She then bursts into a fit of giggles at remembering that night, then snuggles into position behind him underneath the covers.

I then laugh, then wrap my other arm around Rainbow and hold her close as Pinkie snuggles in beside me and then say, "Goodnight girls." I then drift off to sleep, finding myself inside of a peaceful dream. I wander around the town of Ponyville and then visit Canterlot via train ride, having some tea with the two Princesses as we discuss what things were like back home. I am woken from my dream at the sounding of a whistle, and a pony sucking on my ear. I look to see if it is Rainbow, seeing only a blue feather laying in her place. I then presume it is Pinkie Pie, then chuckle and turn around when I feel her hooves sandwiched between my legs. I then her a pop as my ear lobe is pulled out of her mouth, situating myself on my other side facing towards her as she then continues to search for the lobe she was suckling on. I chuckle and then place a hand behind her head and then pull her in for a kiss, when she latches onto my lower lip and then continues sucking on it. I then grip her mane lightly, forcing her mouth to release my lip. I then take her ear in between my fingers and lightly massage it, then kiss her nose and release her mane.

Pinkie Pie then sneezes at feeling something touch her nose, then opens her eyes to see Carl in front of her. She then feels him massaging her ear and then giggles saying, "You sure know how to wake a sleeping mare mister Knoxx, thanks for keeping me warm through the night." She then hops out of bed and returns to the floor, following the others to the station platform. She stops when she reaches the door and looks back saying, "Well are you coming sleepy head, or do I need to come back there and wake you up some more?"

I then chuckle and then sit up, slowly getting my bearings before standing up saying, "Oh I don't think that would help at all Pinkie, you know that I wind up exhausted after entertaining you. I think we better get heading to the Crystal Empire to take care of what this issue is, you girls will be searching the town for any clues while I go talk to Princess Flurry Heart about what is going on. I will then come back to you girls and then tell you about the problem we are facing."

She then grins widely and then pronks on out of the train car saying, "Oki doki loki!"

I then make my way out of the car, shaking my head while thinking, 'I may just end up having a heart attack trying to keep up with a crazy nympho like you Pinkie, your current record is 20 times to my 4!'

Flashback remembered ends

Chatty Gossip then blinks a couple of times irritably and then says, "What happened after you all got onto the train to the Crystal Empire, Carl Knoxx?"

I then shake my head free of the memory and then chuckle at first, then sigh sadly saying, "Sorry, got lost in the past is all. After the train ride, we all got off the train and then the girls started to look around the town for any information that they can find while went to talk to Princess Flurry Heart..."

Flashback recount continues

I then make my way through the halls of the Crystal Castle, then head up another flight of stairs towards Flurry's room at the top of the castle. I arrive after several minutes of walking and knock on her door saying, "Flurry it's me, Carl. You wished to see me, I got your message."

Flurry Heart sobs and then rushes to the door, opens it and then says, "Hurry up and get in here you idiot!"

I then hurry through the door, seeing that she has been crying due to the redness of her eyes and then say, "What's the problem you are having Flur?"

She shuts the door quickly and then looks up at him with tears running down her face still and then says, "What's wrong you ask? I will tell you what is wrong Carlton, YOU ARE THE PROBLEM!" She then casts a silence barrier around her room so their conversation can't be overheard by others and then continues screaming at him while tears continue to flow down her face saying, "YOU KNOW HOW I HAVE FELT ABOUT YOU SINCE I WAS 16, YOU PROMISED ME THAT YOU WOULD BE MY FIRST AFTER I TURNED 18! WHEN I TURNED EIGHTEEN, I CONTINUED TO WAIT FOR YOU! BUT YOU NEVER CAME, NOW I AM FOREVER RUINED BECAUSE OF THE PROMISE YOU BROKE!"

I then hold my hands up in a placating manner saying, "Now hold on Flur, how am I the problem when I don't know why you asked me to be here? I promised you that I would consider being your first. I told you that you should find somepony your own age, I am 15 years older than you. I am almost old enough to be your father."

Flurry's voice goes up an octave as she bellows, "DON'T YOU EVER MENTION THOSE BUCKING DISGUSTING WORDS TO ME YOU BASTARD, I WANTED YOU HERE SO YOU CAN MAKE THINGS RIGHT!"

I then scratch my head in confusion and then say, "What went wrong, how did I screw up. I don't understand what you are saying, please explain it to me Flur."

She then hangs her head and sobs and then quiets down quite a bit and then softly says, "You are such a totally ignorant guy, you don't understand a mare when it comes to feelings. You are even worse at connecting the dots when you are given plenty of hints, how did your species even survive if every male is as dense as you? I will help you understand what happened because of you breaking your promise to me, you remember how I told you that my father began taking an odd interest in my activities ever since I turned 14?"

I then chuckle lightly in embarrassment and then say, "We get by...somehow, not all males are as dense as I am. I am smart in other areas though, so I make up for what I lack in that area with my wits in other areas. Yeah, I remember that you told me how he used to watch you in the shower, and when you changed clothes."

Flurry then cleared her voice of the anger that is building inside of her at how ignorant Carl is being and says, "Okay well, after I turned 16, things escalated to him starting to casually brush against me inappropriately. Then after I turned 17, he started to grope me when nopony was around. Then things got even worse a few months after I turned 18, I was in the shower one morning and he joined me in the shower." She then struggles to keep her anger in check and then huffs and then says, "While he was in the shower, he...he...HE MOUNTED ME AND FORCED HIMSELF UPON ME! A week later, it happened again! Two weeks later, he did it again. It continued happening until two months ago, do you know why he stopped?"

I then stare on, completely dumbfounded at what her own father put her through. I then blink as my brain fails to come up with an answer and then dumbly ask, "Why?"

She then glares daggers at Carl and then stomps up to him and then says, "He stopped because I became with foal...I AM CARRYING MY FATHER'S FOAL INSIDE OF ME RIGHT NOW, AND YOU ARE GOING TO FIX THIS!" Tears overwhelm her eyes and she then collapses to the floor bawling saying, "I don't want to carry this foal to term, it will destroy what good my parents have done for the empire. I wanted you to have my virginity, NOT MY FATHER! I WANTED YOU TO TAKE MY CHERRY, NOW BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T UPHOLD YOUR PROMISE, I AM FOREVER TAINTED BECAUSE MY FATHER TOOK BOTH OF MY FIRSTS TO BE A GROWN MARE YOU JACKASS! THAT IS WHY I WANT YOU TO HIT ME, TO HIT ME SO HARD THAT IT CAUSES ME TO LOSE THIS FOAL! THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND BURDEN TO BEAR FOR BREAKING YOUR PROMISE TO ME!" She then rears up and flaps her wings to hold her upper body there, waiting for him to obey her order.

I then stumble and fall back against the door, floored by what she told me and then struggle to find words. After a couple of minutes of silence, I then finally say, "I-I can't...On Earth, every life is considered precious. It is a sin and against the law in some places to kill an unborn life once it is created, regardless of who's child it is. How can you be sure that you are pregnant?"

Flurry gets closer to him and strikes him with her hoof and then says, "You are not on Earth anymore Carl, I have read numerous books on the causes of being sick at certain times of the day, going to the bathroom every few hours, an annoying headache that won't go away, and my teats are hurting! Every single book I read points to one conclusion, that those signs mean pregnancy. If it is one thing that I know for sure, it is that foals always share traits from the mother and the sire of the foal. You look nothing like Shining Armor, so there is no possible way for other ponies to believe that you are the sire. That fact, leaves only one possible solution. I don't know about the rest of Equestria's view on incestual pregnancies, but I know for sure that it is not allowed in the Crystal Empire. SO HIT ME AND FIX THE PROBLEM THAT YOU CREATED!"

I then move away from her, trying to calm her down and then say, "There can be another way around this, I can hide you away for a few months until you give birth. I then can take the child and leave it at an orphanage, saying I found it on my doorstep"

She then makes a buzzer noise with er mouth and then says, "Errr...Wrong, because 1. All births must happen in a hospital by law, no exceptions whatsoever, and 2. Try all you can, but there is no way in Equestria to fully conceal the presence of an alicorn giving birth! Any other bright ideas, Carl?" She then goes up to him and then strikes him harder and then says, "Come on and hit me you coward!"

I take the hit and then raise my hands to block her attack and then say, "Stop it, this isn't the Flurry that I know." I continue to try to move away from her as she strikes me harder and harder with her front hooves while telling me to hit her, calling me various names like twat, pussy, coward, pansy, yellow belly, and chicken.

Flurry continues to follow him around the room, wailing on him with each of her front hooves. Causing a few cuts and gashes to appear on his face from each of her strikes as she desperately tries to get rid of her father's foal, starting to openly cry with how badly she is hurting the one she cares for just to save the Empire from being ruined. She then turns around and bucks him with both her back hooves to the head, trying any means necessary to get her way. The strike sends him flying across the room into a bookshelf of hers, breaking it from the impact. She then hurries over to him and continues to strike him with her front hooves, continuing her efforts.

I pick myself up off the floor and then cough up some blood and then wince as she continues to smack me with her hooves when something snaps inside of me, causing me to stand up and then glare down at her yelling, "Stop it you stupid whorse, are you trying to kill the one you love? That is what's gonna happen if you don't stop attacking me!"

She then smiles manically and then shouts, "Yes, thats it my love. Get mad and defend yourself from this desperate mare, this room is magically locked so there is no way out of this room but through me." She then rushes at him, continuing her attack against him.

I push her away from me as hard as I can, watching in horror as she crashes through her bedpost and slams into the wall. I watch cracks form in slow motion as she then collapses to the floor, with time returning to normal and then back myself up against the wall and wrap my hands around my head and then say repeatedly, "Oh, what did I do... Why did I do that, I just wanted her to stop... Why wouldn't she stop..."

Flurry coughs and then pushes herself up off the floor, immediately feeling a painfully deep cramp in her lower abdomen. Her eyes dilate watching dark blood pool underneath her rump, then softly starts to giggle and then says in a seductive tone unnatural to her soft and sweet voice, "Oh Carl, you did exactly what I wanted you to do. Now I am no longer tainted, we can be together and have a big, happy family. So come here and give me a big hug and kiss me deeply." She then starts to saunter towards him with blood running down her legs, leaving a trail from the wall towards him.

I then sob and then shake my head and then say, "I don't know who you are anymore, get away from me you monster!"

She stops right in front of him, jerking back suddenly as she hears him call her a monster. She then backs further away from him and then says, "I-I don't understand, you-you don't like the way I look? I can fix that, just give me a moment." She then looks for a letter opener and then begins hacking away at her left wing, intending to damage it enough to destroy her ability to fly so he likes her. She then stops hacking at it as it hangs limp and laying uselessly on the floor, connected by some muscle, bone, skin, and a few nerves saying, "Do I look better now my love, I rearranged myself now. I hope you like what I have done for you, please look at me and tell me what you think."

I continue to sob and lift my head to look at her and, seeing her bloodied wing lying uselessly on the floor in a growing pool of blood and then say, "Oh my god, what have you done! We need to get you help, I am going to go get a guard right now!"

Flurry Heart backs towards her balcony, tossing the letter opener aside and then yells, "Don't you dare do that and leave me alone, if you do I will jump off the balcony!"

I then start to walk towards her and then say, "I need to get you help if you have any hope to fly again, please let me go get help for you!"

She then throws the balcony doors open and backs out onto the railed platform saying, "Y-You don't ever want to be with me, is that what you are saying?"

I then hold my hands up, trying to negotiate with her and then say, "I never said that I didn't want to be with you, I want to get you healed first. Then later, after you recover, we can talk about it alright?"

Flurry then gets up onto the railing, balancing herself precariously on the edge and then yells, "You either want to be with me, or you do not want to be with me. You will not string me along anymore, so which will you chose?"

I then walk further towards her as tears form in my eyes as I then say, "Please listen to me, I do care deeply for you. This is something that can't be decided lightly, let's talk about this in a safer spot away from the ledge. If you were to fall before hearing my decision, wouldn't it upset you if I do want to be with you but couldn't tell you?"

She then looks at him and then glances around her at other things, desperate to hear there is still hope for her to be together with him and then shifts her hooves nervously while saying, "Oh...okay...I guess...that it wouldn't hurt to just talk some more..." She then shifts her weight a bit to get down from the edge when her back hooves loose their grip and slip off the edge, leaving her to start falling off the edge towards the ground below.

I then watch in slow motion as her back hooves slip, sending me into action to catch her and stop her from falling to the ground below. I race towards the edge, barely making it in time to grab hold of her damaged wing that is within reach. I then yell, "Look at me so I can grab your horn, your wing is not going to hold your weight alone!"

Flurry Heart's pupils return to their normal size as she then screams in fear and pain and then looks up to him and then says, "Grab it, and don't let go!"

I latch onto her horn with my other hand, then wrap one leg around a support rail and then begin to pull her up and then say, "Cancel the silencing spell so you can get the guards in here, it is taking everything I have just to hold you like this!"

She focuses hard on canceling the silencing spell and then says, "There, the spell is gone. I will call for the guards now, so do not let go." She then takes a deep breath and then screams for the guards to help her.

I hear the door fly open and two guards rushing in towards me, when I start to hear a slow cracking sound mixed with a popping sound. My head then turns to look in Flurry Heart's direction as I then try to pull her up as the guards are just outside the balcony doors, when the wing tears free and her horn snaps off. I watch in horror as she looks me straight in the eye and then blink slowly as she begins to fall.

Flurry feels herself start to fall in slow motion and then says, "Don't blame yourself for my death Carl, I don't." As she continues to fall towards her doom she thinks, 'I will miss you Carl, may we meet again some day.' She then strikes something hard as her vision goes black.

I watch as her body strikes the ground, then back away from the ledge as tears form in my eyes while I say, "How can you say that I shouldn't blame myself for you dying, it is my fault that I drove you to take your own life." I then turn around to see two earth ponies aiming their swords at me with angry looks on their faces, instinctually raising my arms in surrender with a sigh.

Flashback recount ends

I then wipe a few tears from my face as I remember my greatest failure of my entire life and then say, "I do hold myself personally responsible for being one of the reasons she killed herself, and that is the whole story of what happened that day. Do you have any other questions for me to answer, Chatty Gossip?"

She then closes her notebook and puts her quill away and then smiles softly then says, "I am sorry for you losing a friend like that and for making you tell the painful story of how she died, that is all the questions that I have for you. There is a little filly here that would like to talk to you though." She then steps aside and then looks back at Star Light saying, "Alright little one, it is your turn to get the answers to your questions."

Star Light then steps forth and then clears her throat and then says, "Umm hello mister Knoxx, I heard my mommy say your name and mentioned that you were my father. I would like to get to know you so I can have a role model in life, do you mind if I ask you some questions dad?"

I then look at her and see a few similarities between us and then say, "Well I have two months for you to ask questions, what is your name and who is your mother little filly?"

She then looks up at him through the glass and then says, "My name is Star Light, and my mother is a guard here. Her name is Honor Trail, do you know her mister Knoxx?"

I then let out a groan and then say, "Oh so you are her little one, yeah I know her. I thought she was lying about me having a daughter with her, but it appears that she was indeed telling the truth because you do share some of her looks. She takes her job seriously, I assure you of that. I can tell that you are definitely my daughter because you have a smaller nose than most ponies, you also have my green eyes with a darker green ring around the outside. With the way your mane and coat look, it appears that you also inherited the naturally oily skin and hair from me as well as my black hair color. Before the death of Princess Flurry Heart, I had to shower every day just to keep myself from getting that light oily feeling on my skin. Do you do the same as me?"

Star Light then sighs and slightly hangs her head and then says, "Ugh...yes I do, it is such an annoyingly icky sensation. So do your friends visit you here at all?"

I then sigh and then say, "Nope, they don't. They hate me for the things I have said about Flurry Heart, and want nothing to do with me because they just can't bring themselves to believe that she would take her own life." I then hear the door slam shut and wonder who it might be when I hear angry hoofsteps coming towards my cell.

Honor Trail stomps her way towards the inmate's cell when she spots her daughter standing next to somepony and then yells, "Star Light, what in Celestia's name are you doing here talking to that death row inmate?! Get over here now little filly, you are in big trouble for coming here without my knowledge!"