The Death of Twilight Sparkleby Lucasnike123ChaptersAdagio's PlanKidnappingAssassination (Part 1)Assasination (Part 2)Ending 2 (Good)Ending 1 (Bad)Adagio's PlanNight had fallen on Equestria. Vizier Adagio Dazzle was sitting at her desk, scribbling some notes on a piece of parchment. She had been busy planning all day. That girl. Princess Starlight Twinkle. The spoiled young woman who had arrived at the palace that day, demanding an audience with the prince. She don't insulted Adagio more. But she knew... that girl's secret. And like everyone who stood in Adagio's way, the so-called Princess Starlight would fulfill her obligations. The great door to her dungeon-like abode creaked open. Aria Blaze, the main guard, a strong and sexy figure, was standing there with an obedient smile on her face. "Have you called me, Your Excellency?" Adagio nodded and put down the pen. "Yes, Aria... I need your services tonight". The guard nodded. "Absolutely" she replied "What do you need? Escort? Patrol? Arrest?" Adagio laughed. "I was thinking more in... murder" the vizier hissed, rising from her chair "I don't deny your strength at all, Aria... but what about your stealth? What if I told you that this job should be quick, clean, and quiet?" The guard hesitated. "W-Well... I suppose if it were for the good of the Palace, my lady. Do I have a goal...?" "Princess Starlight" Adagio spat "That young woman is not who she claims to be ... I saw through her little disguise the moment she entered the Palace. She has something, something that is rightfully mine ... you won't ask what it is, or why do I need it, and you certainly won't get it ... you'll just take care of her. Nothing else". The vizier approached Aria, rattling her staff on the cold stone floor of the dungeon. "You are a loyal warrior, Aria... but I'm not paying you to be smart. Consider this a test of your ability". Aria stuttered. "B-but it will be a scandal! That girl could really be a foreign emissary. W-what if Queen Celestia finds out-" "THE QUEEN?!. Pah. If all goes according to plan, in time we won't need to appease anyone. For years I've suffocated, starving under the Queen's oppressive thumb. It's about time I bite my way" Adagio barked softly in response, turning toward a small palace diorama on top of his desk. "That girl and Flash Sentry left the Palace some time ago. When she returns, she will be alone ..." Adagio growled, rubbing her crystal ball. A grainy reflection of the two lovers began to show within the smoky sands of the device. Aria cleared her throat. "And... how do we proceed from there?" Adagio let out a smile, lifting a set of heavy metal shackles on the table. "I have the perfect idea". Author's Note What is Adagio planning!? Kidnapping"THE BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE!" A flight in the moonlight, through distant lands, with the only boy she ever wanted. After saying goodbye to her new lover in the evening, the Magic Carpet plummeted into the Palace gardens, carrying Twilight Sparkle on top of it. With a low whisper, they landed on the silky grass. Twilight let out a soft sigh, losing herself as she stared out into the night. The light from Prince Flash Sentry's room was now little more than a smudge atop the tower's white walls. The girl folded her hands behind her head. Her smile was contagious, ticklish. "For the first time in my life... things are going well for me" Twilight snorted to herself. Life was really good. Being trapped in that cave was the best thing that ever happened to her. Things have never been better. Fame, riches... and the Prince Flash. Everything she had always dreamed of having. Everything was fine in front of her, ready to caught. She looked like a high school girl, unable to wipe the smile from her face. Tired of the long night and padded by her silky dress, her dazed eyes closed, just as-- "GOTCHA!" Twilight's eyes snapped open. Against the sky, she saw a great number of hands grab her from all directions. "What-" she stammered herself in shock as they suddenly lifted her from the grass. She quickly beat up four strong guards. "E-Eh! L-Let go me-!" she gasped, trying to break free from her relentless hold as each of them grabbed a limb. She blindly struck and kicked the air as they shook her, the big ruffians trying to calm her down. "Gag her, quick!!" the young woman sputtered in protest, as she was thrown onto the grass with a painful thud. Twilight was quick to get away from her before they could grab her once more, but she barely had time to blink before they crowded everywhere. "HELP M-OMPHH-" Twilight screamed, just as a thick white cloth was thrown around her mouth, gagging her. Twilight tried to rip the fabric, but two strong hands grabbed her by the wrists. "MLLPP-! G-GWWTT OOWFF!" she screamed in fear when the gag was tied tightly behind her head. Still pulling her and writhing for freedom, Twilight felt thick metal shackles that clicked her wrists together against her back. At the same time, her ankles were grabbed and shackled with iron. The entire ordeal had lasted just a few seconds. A horrible feeling washed over her stomach. This was real. Her eyes widened pleadingly, she frantically looked around her for any sign of help, any... she saw Spike, her former puppy still in her dragon form, hanging from a trap rope on a tree branch. Her friend only gave him a gloomy look of defeat. The Magic Carpet had quickly swooped down from under Twilight and she flew into the fight, but she was snatched up by one of the guards and tied around a tree trunk. There would be no help. Twilight tried to throw herself to get a better view of her attackers, but the palace guards held her in front. "WHW DW MW?!" she coughed in fear. She had to be a mistake. She hadn't done anything wrong ... still, she kept screaming as loud as she could. Clink A thin gold staff dug into the ground just before Twilight. She shyly looked up to see Adagio Dazzle's slim, clothed silhouette against the moonlight. "UDAGIU-!" The Queen's Vizier! A small hint of relief spread around her; it was surely a misunderstanding. Maybe a twisted joke of some kind. Adagio could fix it. But then... she then she saw the look in Adagio's eyes. "I never forget a face, girl" Adagio growled "You may have fooled everyone, but not me". Twilight was quickly brought to her knees, babbling in unheeded protest. She kept trying to free herself from the guards' grasp and squirmed as the vizier's slender fingers reached for her head. "W-WHHWT ?! UDAGIU! STWP-" "Did you really think I didn't recognize you the moment you arrived at the Palace?" hissed the vizier. Twilight's eyes snapped open, both in fear and anger, as the evil vizier pulled a golden lantern from her turban, almost treasuring with her gaze. "N-NO-OPH! NO! GWVIT BWWCK!" Twilight barked, her teeth meeting through the fabric in anger. Without the lamp, she would be powerless. This woman was supposed to represent the Sultana! Adagio raised the lamp to the sky, letting out a long sigh of relief. She was pleased with the reflection of her in the golden object. "At last... after all this time I scatter... the most powerful object ever forged in this world... is mine" Adagio whispered in amazement to herself, leaning into Twilight's face with a sadistic smile on her, taking her gagged chin between her fingers "And it's all because of you... Twilight Sparkle". The bound and gagged woman's eyes snapped open. Wait how? "WHYPHFF- GRBFHH! Y-YOU TRAWWTWR! NPH!" Twilight yelled, whose screams were silenced by her gag. She went to launch herself at Adagio, but her guards held her back, while Twilight continued to fight. The vizier struck the girl on the cheek of her. "Idiot. Look what you've done to yourself. Now you must be punished for your insolence" said Adagio "The path of politics must be walked with care, Twilight Sparkle" Adagio's cloak lashed across the girl's face as she turned toward the Palace. "NWFH! MMPH! G-GWT BWCK HWRE!" Twilight barked at Adagio as she backed away from her. She had so many questions! She couldn't just walk away! Just before leaving, the vizier gave one last order to her henchmen: "Make Sure She's Never Found" The guards laughed amongst themselves. Twilight's jaw dropped in anguish when one of the guards hit her in the stomach with a wooden stick. CRUMP! "OWFH-!" the 18-year-old screamed and collapsed to the ground, free from the grip. Her eyes narrowed in pain. CRUMP! Another hit. "O-OWHH! S-STWWP!" she screamed like a child as the guards beat her relentlessly all over her body. Her throat burned from the strangled screams. She looked at Spike with pain and despair in her eyes, praying, waiting for someone to come ... but the Palace was large. And the night was dark. This had been well planned; not getting caught was something these corrupt minions were good at. Twilightpleaded as the moonlight was blocked on her face. Aria Blaze stood over her, lifting a stick just above her head. "PLEAMMW..." BAM. And with that blow, Twilight Sparkle's world went black. Author's Note Twilight has been kidnapped!! What is the meaning of Adagio's last command? Assassination (Part 1)Equestria was nothing more than a blur on the horizon now. From the village, a long trail of footprints and wheel marks scattered over the endless sand dunes. The desert suddenly gave way to a high and threatening cliff. Below, a menacing descent into the ocean. Twilight Sparkle's eyes barely opened; oh, her head hurt so bad and her body felt bruised. She tried to sit up, but her chained feet were suddenly grabbed and pulled from the cart, landing in the sand. "UPH!" The guards roughly brought her to her knees. The icy air brought blows to her skin, erecting her arms. She tried to look around her, not noticing anything familiar; just sand dunes as far as she could see. Where was she? What were the guards going to do with her? He heard a clink of metal right behind his back, and his legs suddenly seemed to get very heavy against the ground ... but before he could look back, his head was tilted by heavy hands, and he found himself staring at Aria Blaze, with a threatening face. "Hold her tight, guys!" she ordered. Twilight Sparkle was grabbed by her arms and knelt. The young princess looked up just in time to... BAM. Aria hit Twilight's stomach with her wooden club as hard as she could. "AOWPHH!" yelled Twilight through her gag. Twilight fell to the sand, writhing and defeated. She tugged on the handcuffs, to no avail. Gasping for breath, Twilight saw the lights of Equestria on the horizon ... in blind terror and despair, she began to move on the sand, crawling toward the distant light. "Someone... help me... please..." Twilight moaned to herself. Her chained journey came to a hasty end, when a strong hand grabbed her by the ankles, dragging her back and bringing her back to her knees, once more at Aria's feet. Suddenly, the hard hands twisted Twilight to the other side; facing an endless and glistening body of water. "Adagio is grateful to you for your services, girl... but I'm afraid... you've exhausted your... WELCOME!" "UPH-!" Twilight coughed suddenly, when a strong kick hit her back, and she stumbled forward awkwardly. She began to fall. Her heart rose to her throat. Aria smiled from the cliff, watching as the defenseless girl fell into the water. Laughter echoed in the sky and faded for miles around. "HEHAHAHAAHAA...!" With the mission completed, the three soldiers began their long journey back to the city. Covering their tracks, they left no trace of what they had done. Now they could only let the girl's fate unfold. As Twilight tumbled down the high cliffs, a purple and pink patch was visible from a distance. Her eyes widened in horror above her gag, her long hair billowing over her in the wind. There was no time to think or even scream. She instinctively she braced herself for the impact. The chained and gagged princess howled as a heavy weight tugged at her feet. She didn't know where she was ... she couldn't tell if she was up or down. The air from her fall forced her to close her eyes. Her stomach churned. "Oh no... this can't be-" thought Twilight very scared BSHTUM! She was in the sea water. Everything around her shattered into bubbles, foam, and fear when Twilight was underwater. She flailed madly from the need for oxygen. Her heart began to race and she got goose bumps. Her hair flailed, trailing and whipping after her as she was dragged through the water. Her eyes snapped open with new alertness. "H-HHHPHH! MMMHH! " Twilight screeched out loud. The icy water bit into her skin from all directions. She tried to free herself from her bondage ... but the steel shackles kept her chained, while something was pulling her. Something heavy. She was sinking. The water began to rise above her eyes, and what Twilight saw made her gawk. Her heart skipped a beat: an iron ball, attached to the end of a long chain chained to her ankles. Towing her into the depths of the ocean. They were drowning her. "HOMPH-!" Twilight screamed, opening her gagged mouth, but it quickly filled with salty water, making her shut up. Her heart beat faster. The surface was receding by the second. She had to escape... she couldn't die like this. No one would know where she is. What would happen to her friends, with Equestria, with Flash...? She had to escape, she had to! Twilight did the only thing she could think of: fight with everything she had. "NGH-FFH-MPH!" She writhed in vain as the cold water burned her skin. She tugged and stretched her arms in blind despair; but she was in vain. Her arms ached and her wrists burned from the grip of the metal handcuffs that were too tight. She tried to kick wildly to free herself from the shackles on her ankles. She gave it her all. Twilight brought her knees up to her chest, kicking hard against the metal weight. But the steel ball was shown to be too heavy, as she kept pulling her chained ankles toward the bottom of the sea. "NGH-URMPHH!" The desperate 18-year-old pulled, twisted and stretched her arms and legs in every way possible, desperate and frantic. The water was ice cold and the pressure was crushing her. She had to do anything to escape her chains of steel. "UMFHH... MM-NOPH- HWWLLP-!" She arched her back and strained her slender chained limbs wherever they went. Even so, her chains only vibrated mockingly. Like a chorus, laughing at her petty, childish attempts at freedom. Her lungs began to burn horribly for air, screaming for what she couldn't give. She needed oxygen. Eyes wide and panicky, Twilight stared up at the surface to no avail. "MMPH-UUPH! NOPHH! OHMM..." Each call for help only created bubbles through her gag and her voice faded unheard underwater. A long stream of air filtered through her lips, leaving the gagged and chained princess, as she fought against her chains, hoping to break free from her ... Twilight's entire life began to flash before her. The stitches slid into her eyes. Her lungs gave up and began to fill with water. The air burn on her chest was now a raging inferno; a terrible pain, more and more intense, that did not go away. "The lamp... I need the lamp..." Nothing was working... Twilight wasn't ready for this. In the city, she was the acrobat, the artist of escapism. She could always evade the guards on the narrow streets of Equestria. Alleys, stairs, crowds, costumes... and every time, she escaped. But this... this was so different. None of his little tricks would work here. They had stripped her of her only defense: movement. She could escape from a horde of angry bandits, but not from Adagio's chains. Her fate had been decided and there was no escape from it. The long black outline of the cliff slowly dissolved into darkness. She could only imagine the lamp... her only hope... on Adagio's desk... "No... please... someone... help me..." But no one was going to help her. Twilight Sparkle was alone to face her danger. Gagged and chained, as she plummeted toward her eternal tomb of water. Adagio Dazzle was winning. The evil vizier returned to her office, a cunning smile of success on her face. Her goldenrod clinked as she leaned it against one of the stone pillars as she sat at her desk. Everything was working perfectly. The execution of the princess was underway, the lamp was in her power, and most importantly... no one would ever know her location. "Time for a bit of a show…" she murmured, turning towards her crystal ball and skimming the surface. The smoke inside her took shape, to reveal the hazy, watery silhouette of Twilight Sparkle, struggling pathetically against the chains as she sank to the bottom of the sea. Adagio let out a sinister laugh at the sight, leaning back in her seat and watching. Twilight Sparkle… her last obstacle… the only one that could pose a threat to her plans… Now a terrified and pathetic mess, sinking into the depths of the ocean. It was truly a show for the evil vizier. Bloodless and silent, but slow and horrible... it was the perfect execution. Twilight was nothing without the lamp. Adagio kept staring at the girl gagged and chained to the crystal ball, writhing and desperate to break free from her… as she slowly drowned toward her death. "Fight all you want, dear, there is nothing you can do..." Adagio said "With those chains it is impossible to escape, it is useless... but continue... I LOVE to see you suffer". Author's Note Adagio's plan is to drown Twilight in the ocean !!! WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO!? Assasination (Part 2)"UMPH!" Twilight gasped suddenly, as the iron ball chained to her feet, and herself, landed on impact with the bottom of the sea. The heavy weight of the ball crashed into the sandy ground, kicking up a large cloud of sand from the impact, as well as sinking. Twilight, from the speed at which she was being sunk, fell as well, knees bent toward her. Her entire body was thrown onto the sand, while her long hair fluttered over her head. "HH-HPH-BHLB-!" So... there she was. Trapped at the bottom of the sea. Twilight huffed past her gag as she settled into a hovering position. She began to quickly scan the area with her eyes wide and her hair flowing. Behind her was the base of the cliff, and in all other directions was an endless blue sea and sand dunes. Nothing could be seen that could help her out of this. "GGMMPPHHH" she growled. Her lungs burned with a mad desire for oxygen, and she could barely see in the dark. A blue hue of the sea faded to the distant surface, where the oxygen was. The area where Twilight had sunk was deep. Really deep. She had no time to lose. With half her face hidden by the cloth that gagged her, Twilight looked around her with wide, terrified eyes. Blind, empty panic etched on her face as she tried to see anything, anyone that might help her... But she couldn't see anything. Just endlessly sand everywhere. Her eyes began to roll giddily from the lack of air. Twilight's face began to blush a deep, sick crimson. This was horrible. This was no way to die... oh, she wanted the lamp... she needed it. Narrowing her eyes in determination, she gazed out at the distant surface. She just needed to keep trying. Clenching her fists and bracing her aching muscles, she clenched her body for a hard, challenging thrust... "H-HPPHH... UMMMPPHH!" With all her strength, she pushed herself through the water as far as she could. And once more… there was the tinkling. The horrible iron ball stopped her. "MMMMPHHH!" Her eyes widened and her hair flowed in all directions upwards. Her own knees, by her recoil, had been forced back into a bent position, with her chest touching her knees. Behind her, the weight of the great iron ball had held her back and she sank deep into the muddy sand pooled around her. Twilight's gagged face looked back at her sinking weight. "MMF…" she growled, as little bubbles passed through her gag, staring at the heavy ball. She saw how well she was stuck, as her shackled ankles tugged lightly on the iron ball's chains; trapped in the muddy sand. "UGH! UGH! MMMHH!" she howled in effort. His ankles burned, her shackles digging hard into her flesh. Her blood began to thicken with the salt water. Twilight's heart was beating in overdrive. "HNNGG! NO! NO! HMMPH!" she cried terribly. She shivered completely in horror, refusing to give up as the sea overwhelmed her. She hadn't signed up for this! This wasn't fair! She hadn't done anything wrong... She couldn't die like this. She had to break free, expose Adagio's plan, save Flash... She had to do it... The heavy iron ball dragged roughly behind her, splashing loudly as clouds of sand flew around it. Every time the young woman managed to lift it a little, instantly the weight of the iron ball pushed her back and she sank deeper into the sand. It was just… too heavy. Twilight made one last desperate move that would hopefully move the weight quite a bit. She lurched in one direction, with his own chest touching her knees, and then she pushed up with all her strength. "RRRRRRGGGGHHHH!" Her body jerked from the movement, but she dislodged the ball from the dune… and sank deeper into the sand. Twilight began to slow down. This didn't do any good. The handcuffs still bound her. Her gag still tightened around her mouth. The iron ball weighed her to the bottom of the sea. There is no escape. No hope. She had tried with all her might, but nothing would prevent her death. Her fate was sealed as soon as Adagio saw through her insignificant disguise. Slowly succumbing to nausea, she moaned with desire from the surface. "NO... N-UU-HUMPH..." His last bubbles of air rose from his mouth. She just couldn't do it. Twilight started to sink into the water. "GOMPPHH... UUHHMMMMPPHH..." Taking one last glimpse of the surface before her eyes closed forever, the last of her stale air bubbling away from her sweet lips and out of her gag. Her head and hair turned downwards. Twilight fell, collapsing onto her side, hips, even one cheek, exhausted. Defeated. Twilight's heart slowed and her eyes became blurry slits, rolling toward her skull. "Flash... I'm sorry..." And so... Adagio Dazzle won. The current gently rocked her chained body and her hair rippling and flowing through the water. She seemed calm, almost asleep. Twilight Sparkle would lie there, hidden in the depths, still attached to the metal that killed her. The palace guards would cover his tracks on his way back to Equestria. And the sea below the cliff would continue to ripple and shimmer, giving no sign of the cruel deeds that had unfolded beneath the waters. The dim candlelight cast a yellow glow on the stone walls. Adagio looked at the crystal ball with narrowed, relaxed eyes. Now there was no one to stop her. The girl had been pushed out of the way, and the lamp was now his. The plans he had worked on for so long could finally become a brutal and ruthless reality. Adagio turned to the golden lamp beside her, smiling as she gazed at her reflected face with a kind of sadistic pleasure. "It won't be long, my servant... prepare to meet your new master" she growled deep in her throat as she watched Twilight's body bobbing in the water through the crystal ball "Thank you for your help, Twilight Sparkle… now, I have everything I need". Author's Note Twilight has drowned at the bottom of the sea!!! If you want to know what happened next, pay attention to my two endings (one bad and one good). Ending 2 (Good)However... When Twilight's body first brushed against the sand dune... a lamp with a three-globe symbol appeared, which was hidden deep in the dune... Then, the lamp slipped into Twilight's hands, rubbing its surface. Suddenly... small bubbles began bubbling out of the mouth of the lamp, then a mass of bursting clouds of colorful bubbles pushed Twilight's unconscious body back into a floating position, as a new shape appeared within the clouds of bubbles... Like a pink-skinned woman with unruly pink hair, bathing at the bottom of the sea. She was humming a little tune unaware of her new surroundings. "My name is-" Then. she opened her deep blue eyes, surprised to find herself appearing around the sand dunes at the bottom of the sea. "What? Am I out of the lamp? I've finally come out!" the Genie said, while she expressed total happiness "But... this is the bottom of the sea, how is it possible that I...?" Before finishing her sentence, the Genie notices Twilight... and sees that she was drowned, gagged and chained! "HEY! ARE YOU OKAY!? What happened to you?" the Genie asked, as she removed Twilight's gag. Twilight's only response was just a small bubble, slipping from her lips as her limp body began to sink again, her head and hair spinning downward. The Genie caught Twilight before she landing on the sand dune. Then, she put her ear to the left side of Twilight's chest, hoping to hear even the slightest beat of her heart... She fortunately did. "Don't worry, now it's clear that I'm going to have to give you an emergency wish!" the Genie said, as she snapped her fingers. Then, the handcuffs holding Twilight's wrists, turning into cupcake handcuffs, which dissolved in the seawater. Then, she did the same with the shackles that bound her ankles, finally freeing Twilight from her watery grave. Finally, the Genie turned her head to see her lantern in the sand, picking it up, and soon she and Twilight rose from the dark sea abyss to the surface. BSHTUM! Twilight and the Genie were out of the sea, flying far and high, passing over the rocky cliff wall, and landing on top; where Twilight was thrown by Aria Blaze. The Genie carefully placed Twilight's body on the dry sand. "Don't worry, I know CPR!" she said, kneeling down next to Twilight's neck and shoulders. Placing her palms flat against the center of Twilight's chest, the Genie pushed hard, one minute. Then, she gently placed Twilight's head to open an airway for her throat. With her airways open, she pinches her nostrils together to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and covers Twilight's lap and mouth with her own, forming a seal. She breathes in and out and watches to see if Twilight's chest rises. When her chest rises, she gives her another breath. Suddenly...Twilight Sparkle came to life, as she began to move, and her sealed lips broke as she began coughing up seawater onto the desert sand. Twilight's eyes began to slowly open again as she coughed. "You really scared me..." the Genie told Twilight. After coughing one last time, Twilight slowly got to her knees and began to look around her. "I... I can't believe it. I'm... I'm alive... It's a miracle! Thank you! Thank you!" Twilight said, with a new burst of emotion and energy, as she pounced on the Genie who saved her life, hugging her deeply and tightly, as she began to break down in tears. "Oh, sure, I think it might be worth making a wish" the Genie replied, returning the hug and patting Twilight on the shoulder. “What? A wish?” Twilight asked, surprised. She stopped hugging her and began to wipe the tears from her eyes, as she stared in surprise at the look of her savior. "You're… a Genie" Twilight said. "That's right, my name is Pinkademia Diane Pie" the Genie said, finally introducing herself "But you can call me Pinkie Pie". "I'm Twilight. Twilight Sparkle" she said, offering her new friend a handshake, which Pinkie happily accepted. "Nice to meet you". Author's Note In this ending, Twilight is saved by a mysterious Genie named Pinkie Pie, whose lamp was at the bottom of the sea. With this, my story is finished. Ending 1 (Bad)And Adagio was successful with his plans. With the lamp, she was unstoppable. She took some time and a few more murdereds... but eventually, she became the queen of Equestria. Any attempt to overthrow Adagio's tyranny... was brutally suppressed, one by one. People would spread rumors about what had happened to the mysterious young princess who had visited the palace years before, and that she somehow possessed the power to stop the evil queen. Sure enough there were many searches... but no one could find her. And all these years, Twilight Sparkle's lifeless corpse lay at the bottom of the ocean, hidden from the world above. There she would lie... doomed to endure her solitary and watery fate for all eternity... along with many unnamed victims of Adagio Dazzle. She just... had died. THE END? Author's Note Bad ending where Twilight dies and Adagio wins.
Adagio's PlanNight had fallen on Equestria. Vizier Adagio Dazzle was sitting at her desk, scribbling some notes on a piece of parchment. She had been busy planning all day. That girl. Princess Starlight Twinkle. The spoiled young woman who had arrived at the palace that day, demanding an audience with the prince. She don't insulted Adagio more. But she knew... that girl's secret. And like everyone who stood in Adagio's way, the so-called Princess Starlight would fulfill her obligations. The great door to her dungeon-like abode creaked open. Aria Blaze, the main guard, a strong and sexy figure, was standing there with an obedient smile on her face. "Have you called me, Your Excellency?" Adagio nodded and put down the pen. "Yes, Aria... I need your services tonight". The guard nodded. "Absolutely" she replied "What do you need? Escort? Patrol? Arrest?" Adagio laughed. "I was thinking more in... murder" the vizier hissed, rising from her chair "I don't deny your strength at all, Aria... but what about your stealth? What if I told you that this job should be quick, clean, and quiet?" The guard hesitated. "W-Well... I suppose if it were for the good of the Palace, my lady. Do I have a goal...?" "Princess Starlight" Adagio spat "That young woman is not who she claims to be ... I saw through her little disguise the moment she entered the Palace. She has something, something that is rightfully mine ... you won't ask what it is, or why do I need it, and you certainly won't get it ... you'll just take care of her. Nothing else". The vizier approached Aria, rattling her staff on the cold stone floor of the dungeon. "You are a loyal warrior, Aria... but I'm not paying you to be smart. Consider this a test of your ability". Aria stuttered. "B-but it will be a scandal! That girl could really be a foreign emissary. W-what if Queen Celestia finds out-" "THE QUEEN?!. Pah. If all goes according to plan, in time we won't need to appease anyone. For years I've suffocated, starving under the Queen's oppressive thumb. It's about time I bite my way" Adagio barked softly in response, turning toward a small palace diorama on top of his desk. "That girl and Flash Sentry left the Palace some time ago. When she returns, she will be alone ..." Adagio growled, rubbing her crystal ball. A grainy reflection of the two lovers began to show within the smoky sands of the device. Aria cleared her throat. "And... how do we proceed from there?" Adagio let out a smile, lifting a set of heavy metal shackles on the table. "I have the perfect idea". Author's Note What is Adagio planning!?
Kidnapping"THE BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE!" A flight in the moonlight, through distant lands, with the only boy she ever wanted. After saying goodbye to her new lover in the evening, the Magic Carpet plummeted into the Palace gardens, carrying Twilight Sparkle on top of it. With a low whisper, they landed on the silky grass. Twilight let out a soft sigh, losing herself as she stared out into the night. The light from Prince Flash Sentry's room was now little more than a smudge atop the tower's white walls. The girl folded her hands behind her head. Her smile was contagious, ticklish. "For the first time in my life... things are going well for me" Twilight snorted to herself. Life was really good. Being trapped in that cave was the best thing that ever happened to her. Things have never been better. Fame, riches... and the Prince Flash. Everything she had always dreamed of having. Everything was fine in front of her, ready to caught. She looked like a high school girl, unable to wipe the smile from her face. Tired of the long night and padded by her silky dress, her dazed eyes closed, just as-- "GOTCHA!" Twilight's eyes snapped open. Against the sky, she saw a great number of hands grab her from all directions. "What-" she stammered herself in shock as they suddenly lifted her from the grass. She quickly beat up four strong guards. "E-Eh! L-Let go me-!" she gasped, trying to break free from her relentless hold as each of them grabbed a limb. She blindly struck and kicked the air as they shook her, the big ruffians trying to calm her down. "Gag her, quick!!" the young woman sputtered in protest, as she was thrown onto the grass with a painful thud. Twilight was quick to get away from her before they could grab her once more, but she barely had time to blink before they crowded everywhere. "HELP M-OMPHH-" Twilight screamed, just as a thick white cloth was thrown around her mouth, gagging her. Twilight tried to rip the fabric, but two strong hands grabbed her by the wrists. "MLLPP-! G-GWWTT OOWFF!" she screamed in fear when the gag was tied tightly behind her head. Still pulling her and writhing for freedom, Twilight felt thick metal shackles that clicked her wrists together against her back. At the same time, her ankles were grabbed and shackled with iron. The entire ordeal had lasted just a few seconds. A horrible feeling washed over her stomach. This was real. Her eyes widened pleadingly, she frantically looked around her for any sign of help, any... she saw Spike, her former puppy still in her dragon form, hanging from a trap rope on a tree branch. Her friend only gave him a gloomy look of defeat. The Magic Carpet had quickly swooped down from under Twilight and she flew into the fight, but she was snatched up by one of the guards and tied around a tree trunk. There would be no help. Twilight tried to throw herself to get a better view of her attackers, but the palace guards held her in front. "WHW DW MW?!" she coughed in fear. She had to be a mistake. She hadn't done anything wrong ... still, she kept screaming as loud as she could. Clink A thin gold staff dug into the ground just before Twilight. She shyly looked up to see Adagio Dazzle's slim, clothed silhouette against the moonlight. "UDAGIU-!" The Queen's Vizier! A small hint of relief spread around her; it was surely a misunderstanding. Maybe a twisted joke of some kind. Adagio could fix it. But then... she then she saw the look in Adagio's eyes. "I never forget a face, girl" Adagio growled "You may have fooled everyone, but not me". Twilight was quickly brought to her knees, babbling in unheeded protest. She kept trying to free herself from the guards' grasp and squirmed as the vizier's slender fingers reached for her head. "W-WHHWT ?! UDAGIU! STWP-" "Did you really think I didn't recognize you the moment you arrived at the Palace?" hissed the vizier. Twilight's eyes snapped open, both in fear and anger, as the evil vizier pulled a golden lantern from her turban, almost treasuring with her gaze. "N-NO-OPH! NO! GWVIT BWWCK!" Twilight barked, her teeth meeting through the fabric in anger. Without the lamp, she would be powerless. This woman was supposed to represent the Sultana! Adagio raised the lamp to the sky, letting out a long sigh of relief. She was pleased with the reflection of her in the golden object. "At last... after all this time I scatter... the most powerful object ever forged in this world... is mine" Adagio whispered in amazement to herself, leaning into Twilight's face with a sadistic smile on her, taking her gagged chin between her fingers "And it's all because of you... Twilight Sparkle". The bound and gagged woman's eyes snapped open. Wait how? "WHYPHFF- GRBFHH! Y-YOU TRAWWTWR! NPH!" Twilight yelled, whose screams were silenced by her gag. She went to launch herself at Adagio, but her guards held her back, while Twilight continued to fight. The vizier struck the girl on the cheek of her. "Idiot. Look what you've done to yourself. Now you must be punished for your insolence" said Adagio "The path of politics must be walked with care, Twilight Sparkle" Adagio's cloak lashed across the girl's face as she turned toward the Palace. "NWFH! MMPH! G-GWT BWCK HWRE!" Twilight barked at Adagio as she backed away from her. She had so many questions! She couldn't just walk away! Just before leaving, the vizier gave one last order to her henchmen: "Make Sure She's Never Found" The guards laughed amongst themselves. Twilight's jaw dropped in anguish when one of the guards hit her in the stomach with a wooden stick. CRUMP! "OWFH-!" the 18-year-old screamed and collapsed to the ground, free from the grip. Her eyes narrowed in pain. CRUMP! Another hit. "O-OWHH! S-STWWP!" she screamed like a child as the guards beat her relentlessly all over her body. Her throat burned from the strangled screams. She looked at Spike with pain and despair in her eyes, praying, waiting for someone to come ... but the Palace was large. And the night was dark. This had been well planned; not getting caught was something these corrupt minions were good at. Twilightpleaded as the moonlight was blocked on her face. Aria Blaze stood over her, lifting a stick just above her head. "PLEAMMW..." BAM. And with that blow, Twilight Sparkle's world went black. Author's Note Twilight has been kidnapped!! What is the meaning of Adagio's last command?
Assassination (Part 1)Equestria was nothing more than a blur on the horizon now. From the village, a long trail of footprints and wheel marks scattered over the endless sand dunes. The desert suddenly gave way to a high and threatening cliff. Below, a menacing descent into the ocean. Twilight Sparkle's eyes barely opened; oh, her head hurt so bad and her body felt bruised. She tried to sit up, but her chained feet were suddenly grabbed and pulled from the cart, landing in the sand. "UPH!" The guards roughly brought her to her knees. The icy air brought blows to her skin, erecting her arms. She tried to look around her, not noticing anything familiar; just sand dunes as far as she could see. Where was she? What were the guards going to do with her? He heard a clink of metal right behind his back, and his legs suddenly seemed to get very heavy against the ground ... but before he could look back, his head was tilted by heavy hands, and he found himself staring at Aria Blaze, with a threatening face. "Hold her tight, guys!" she ordered. Twilight Sparkle was grabbed by her arms and knelt. The young princess looked up just in time to... BAM. Aria hit Twilight's stomach with her wooden club as hard as she could. "AOWPHH!" yelled Twilight through her gag. Twilight fell to the sand, writhing and defeated. She tugged on the handcuffs, to no avail. Gasping for breath, Twilight saw the lights of Equestria on the horizon ... in blind terror and despair, she began to move on the sand, crawling toward the distant light. "Someone... help me... please..." Twilight moaned to herself. Her chained journey came to a hasty end, when a strong hand grabbed her by the ankles, dragging her back and bringing her back to her knees, once more at Aria's feet. Suddenly, the hard hands twisted Twilight to the other side; facing an endless and glistening body of water. "Adagio is grateful to you for your services, girl... but I'm afraid... you've exhausted your... WELCOME!" "UPH-!" Twilight coughed suddenly, when a strong kick hit her back, and she stumbled forward awkwardly. She began to fall. Her heart rose to her throat. Aria smiled from the cliff, watching as the defenseless girl fell into the water. Laughter echoed in the sky and faded for miles around. "HEHAHAHAAHAA...!" With the mission completed, the three soldiers began their long journey back to the city. Covering their tracks, they left no trace of what they had done. Now they could only let the girl's fate unfold. As Twilight tumbled down the high cliffs, a purple and pink patch was visible from a distance. Her eyes widened in horror above her gag, her long hair billowing over her in the wind. There was no time to think or even scream. She instinctively she braced herself for the impact. The chained and gagged princess howled as a heavy weight tugged at her feet. She didn't know where she was ... she couldn't tell if she was up or down. The air from her fall forced her to close her eyes. Her stomach churned. "Oh no... this can't be-" thought Twilight very scared BSHTUM! She was in the sea water. Everything around her shattered into bubbles, foam, and fear when Twilight was underwater. She flailed madly from the need for oxygen. Her heart began to race and she got goose bumps. Her hair flailed, trailing and whipping after her as she was dragged through the water. Her eyes snapped open with new alertness. "H-HHHPHH! MMMHH! " Twilight screeched out loud. The icy water bit into her skin from all directions. She tried to free herself from her bondage ... but the steel shackles kept her chained, while something was pulling her. Something heavy. She was sinking. The water began to rise above her eyes, and what Twilight saw made her gawk. Her heart skipped a beat: an iron ball, attached to the end of a long chain chained to her ankles. Towing her into the depths of the ocean. They were drowning her. "HOMPH-!" Twilight screamed, opening her gagged mouth, but it quickly filled with salty water, making her shut up. Her heart beat faster. The surface was receding by the second. She had to escape... she couldn't die like this. No one would know where she is. What would happen to her friends, with Equestria, with Flash...? She had to escape, she had to! Twilight did the only thing she could think of: fight with everything she had. "NGH-FFH-MPH!" She writhed in vain as the cold water burned her skin. She tugged and stretched her arms in blind despair; but she was in vain. Her arms ached and her wrists burned from the grip of the metal handcuffs that were too tight. She tried to kick wildly to free herself from the shackles on her ankles. She gave it her all. Twilight brought her knees up to her chest, kicking hard against the metal weight. But the steel ball was shown to be too heavy, as she kept pulling her chained ankles toward the bottom of the sea. "NGH-URMPHH!" The desperate 18-year-old pulled, twisted and stretched her arms and legs in every way possible, desperate and frantic. The water was ice cold and the pressure was crushing her. She had to do anything to escape her chains of steel. "UMFHH... MM-NOPH- HWWLLP-!" She arched her back and strained her slender chained limbs wherever they went. Even so, her chains only vibrated mockingly. Like a chorus, laughing at her petty, childish attempts at freedom. Her lungs began to burn horribly for air, screaming for what she couldn't give. She needed oxygen. Eyes wide and panicky, Twilight stared up at the surface to no avail. "MMPH-UUPH! NOPHH! OHMM..." Each call for help only created bubbles through her gag and her voice faded unheard underwater. A long stream of air filtered through her lips, leaving the gagged and chained princess, as she fought against her chains, hoping to break free from her ... Twilight's entire life began to flash before her. The stitches slid into her eyes. Her lungs gave up and began to fill with water. The air burn on her chest was now a raging inferno; a terrible pain, more and more intense, that did not go away. "The lamp... I need the lamp..." Nothing was working... Twilight wasn't ready for this. In the city, she was the acrobat, the artist of escapism. She could always evade the guards on the narrow streets of Equestria. Alleys, stairs, crowds, costumes... and every time, she escaped. But this... this was so different. None of his little tricks would work here. They had stripped her of her only defense: movement. She could escape from a horde of angry bandits, but not from Adagio's chains. Her fate had been decided and there was no escape from it. The long black outline of the cliff slowly dissolved into darkness. She could only imagine the lamp... her only hope... on Adagio's desk... "No... please... someone... help me..." But no one was going to help her. Twilight Sparkle was alone to face her danger. Gagged and chained, as she plummeted toward her eternal tomb of water. Adagio Dazzle was winning. The evil vizier returned to her office, a cunning smile of success on her face. Her goldenrod clinked as she leaned it against one of the stone pillars as she sat at her desk. Everything was working perfectly. The execution of the princess was underway, the lamp was in her power, and most importantly... no one would ever know her location. "Time for a bit of a show…" she murmured, turning towards her crystal ball and skimming the surface. The smoke inside her took shape, to reveal the hazy, watery silhouette of Twilight Sparkle, struggling pathetically against the chains as she sank to the bottom of the sea. Adagio let out a sinister laugh at the sight, leaning back in her seat and watching. Twilight Sparkle… her last obstacle… the only one that could pose a threat to her plans… Now a terrified and pathetic mess, sinking into the depths of the ocean. It was truly a show for the evil vizier. Bloodless and silent, but slow and horrible... it was the perfect execution. Twilight was nothing without the lamp. Adagio kept staring at the girl gagged and chained to the crystal ball, writhing and desperate to break free from her… as she slowly drowned toward her death. "Fight all you want, dear, there is nothing you can do..." Adagio said "With those chains it is impossible to escape, it is useless... but continue... I LOVE to see you suffer". Author's Note Adagio's plan is to drown Twilight in the ocean !!! WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO!?
Assasination (Part 2)"UMPH!" Twilight gasped suddenly, as the iron ball chained to her feet, and herself, landed on impact with the bottom of the sea. The heavy weight of the ball crashed into the sandy ground, kicking up a large cloud of sand from the impact, as well as sinking. Twilight, from the speed at which she was being sunk, fell as well, knees bent toward her. Her entire body was thrown onto the sand, while her long hair fluttered over her head. "HH-HPH-BHLB-!" So... there she was. Trapped at the bottom of the sea. Twilight huffed past her gag as she settled into a hovering position. She began to quickly scan the area with her eyes wide and her hair flowing. Behind her was the base of the cliff, and in all other directions was an endless blue sea and sand dunes. Nothing could be seen that could help her out of this. "GGMMPPHHH" she growled. Her lungs burned with a mad desire for oxygen, and she could barely see in the dark. A blue hue of the sea faded to the distant surface, where the oxygen was. The area where Twilight had sunk was deep. Really deep. She had no time to lose. With half her face hidden by the cloth that gagged her, Twilight looked around her with wide, terrified eyes. Blind, empty panic etched on her face as she tried to see anything, anyone that might help her... But she couldn't see anything. Just endlessly sand everywhere. Her eyes began to roll giddily from the lack of air. Twilight's face began to blush a deep, sick crimson. This was horrible. This was no way to die... oh, she wanted the lamp... she needed it. Narrowing her eyes in determination, she gazed out at the distant surface. She just needed to keep trying. Clenching her fists and bracing her aching muscles, she clenched her body for a hard, challenging thrust... "H-HPPHH... UMMMPPHH!" With all her strength, she pushed herself through the water as far as she could. And once more… there was the tinkling. The horrible iron ball stopped her. "MMMMPHHH!" Her eyes widened and her hair flowed in all directions upwards. Her own knees, by her recoil, had been forced back into a bent position, with her chest touching her knees. Behind her, the weight of the great iron ball had held her back and she sank deep into the muddy sand pooled around her. Twilight's gagged face looked back at her sinking weight. "MMF…" she growled, as little bubbles passed through her gag, staring at the heavy ball. She saw how well she was stuck, as her shackled ankles tugged lightly on the iron ball's chains; trapped in the muddy sand. "UGH! UGH! MMMHH!" she howled in effort. His ankles burned, her shackles digging hard into her flesh. Her blood began to thicken with the salt water. Twilight's heart was beating in overdrive. "HNNGG! NO! NO! HMMPH!" she cried terribly. She shivered completely in horror, refusing to give up as the sea overwhelmed her. She hadn't signed up for this! This wasn't fair! She hadn't done anything wrong... She couldn't die like this. She had to break free, expose Adagio's plan, save Flash... She had to do it... The heavy iron ball dragged roughly behind her, splashing loudly as clouds of sand flew around it. Every time the young woman managed to lift it a little, instantly the weight of the iron ball pushed her back and she sank deeper into the sand. It was just… too heavy. Twilight made one last desperate move that would hopefully move the weight quite a bit. She lurched in one direction, with his own chest touching her knees, and then she pushed up with all her strength. "RRRRRRGGGGHHHH!" Her body jerked from the movement, but she dislodged the ball from the dune… and sank deeper into the sand. Twilight began to slow down. This didn't do any good. The handcuffs still bound her. Her gag still tightened around her mouth. The iron ball weighed her to the bottom of the sea. There is no escape. No hope. She had tried with all her might, but nothing would prevent her death. Her fate was sealed as soon as Adagio saw through her insignificant disguise. Slowly succumbing to nausea, she moaned with desire from the surface. "NO... N-UU-HUMPH..." His last bubbles of air rose from his mouth. She just couldn't do it. Twilight started to sink into the water. "GOMPPHH... UUHHMMMMPPHH..." Taking one last glimpse of the surface before her eyes closed forever, the last of her stale air bubbling away from her sweet lips and out of her gag. Her head and hair turned downwards. Twilight fell, collapsing onto her side, hips, even one cheek, exhausted. Defeated. Twilight's heart slowed and her eyes became blurry slits, rolling toward her skull. "Flash... I'm sorry..." And so... Adagio Dazzle won. The current gently rocked her chained body and her hair rippling and flowing through the water. She seemed calm, almost asleep. Twilight Sparkle would lie there, hidden in the depths, still attached to the metal that killed her. The palace guards would cover his tracks on his way back to Equestria. And the sea below the cliff would continue to ripple and shimmer, giving no sign of the cruel deeds that had unfolded beneath the waters. The dim candlelight cast a yellow glow on the stone walls. Adagio looked at the crystal ball with narrowed, relaxed eyes. Now there was no one to stop her. The girl had been pushed out of the way, and the lamp was now his. The plans he had worked on for so long could finally become a brutal and ruthless reality. Adagio turned to the golden lamp beside her, smiling as she gazed at her reflected face with a kind of sadistic pleasure. "It won't be long, my servant... prepare to meet your new master" she growled deep in her throat as she watched Twilight's body bobbing in the water through the crystal ball "Thank you for your help, Twilight Sparkle… now, I have everything I need". Author's Note Twilight has drowned at the bottom of the sea!!! If you want to know what happened next, pay attention to my two endings (one bad and one good).
Ending 2 (Good)However... When Twilight's body first brushed against the sand dune... a lamp with a three-globe symbol appeared, which was hidden deep in the dune... Then, the lamp slipped into Twilight's hands, rubbing its surface. Suddenly... small bubbles began bubbling out of the mouth of the lamp, then a mass of bursting clouds of colorful bubbles pushed Twilight's unconscious body back into a floating position, as a new shape appeared within the clouds of bubbles... Like a pink-skinned woman with unruly pink hair, bathing at the bottom of the sea. She was humming a little tune unaware of her new surroundings. "My name is-" Then. she opened her deep blue eyes, surprised to find herself appearing around the sand dunes at the bottom of the sea. "What? Am I out of the lamp? I've finally come out!" the Genie said, while she expressed total happiness "But... this is the bottom of the sea, how is it possible that I...?" Before finishing her sentence, the Genie notices Twilight... and sees that she was drowned, gagged and chained! "HEY! ARE YOU OKAY!? What happened to you?" the Genie asked, as she removed Twilight's gag. Twilight's only response was just a small bubble, slipping from her lips as her limp body began to sink again, her head and hair spinning downward. The Genie caught Twilight before she landing on the sand dune. Then, she put her ear to the left side of Twilight's chest, hoping to hear even the slightest beat of her heart... She fortunately did. "Don't worry, now it's clear that I'm going to have to give you an emergency wish!" the Genie said, as she snapped her fingers. Then, the handcuffs holding Twilight's wrists, turning into cupcake handcuffs, which dissolved in the seawater. Then, she did the same with the shackles that bound her ankles, finally freeing Twilight from her watery grave. Finally, the Genie turned her head to see her lantern in the sand, picking it up, and soon she and Twilight rose from the dark sea abyss to the surface. BSHTUM! Twilight and the Genie were out of the sea, flying far and high, passing over the rocky cliff wall, and landing on top; where Twilight was thrown by Aria Blaze. The Genie carefully placed Twilight's body on the dry sand. "Don't worry, I know CPR!" she said, kneeling down next to Twilight's neck and shoulders. Placing her palms flat against the center of Twilight's chest, the Genie pushed hard, one minute. Then, she gently placed Twilight's head to open an airway for her throat. With her airways open, she pinches her nostrils together to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and covers Twilight's lap and mouth with her own, forming a seal. She breathes in and out and watches to see if Twilight's chest rises. When her chest rises, she gives her another breath. Suddenly...Twilight Sparkle came to life, as she began to move, and her sealed lips broke as she began coughing up seawater onto the desert sand. Twilight's eyes began to slowly open again as she coughed. "You really scared me..." the Genie told Twilight. After coughing one last time, Twilight slowly got to her knees and began to look around her. "I... I can't believe it. I'm... I'm alive... It's a miracle! Thank you! Thank you!" Twilight said, with a new burst of emotion and energy, as she pounced on the Genie who saved her life, hugging her deeply and tightly, as she began to break down in tears. "Oh, sure, I think it might be worth making a wish" the Genie replied, returning the hug and patting Twilight on the shoulder. “What? A wish?” Twilight asked, surprised. She stopped hugging her and began to wipe the tears from her eyes, as she stared in surprise at the look of her savior. "You're… a Genie" Twilight said. "That's right, my name is Pinkademia Diane Pie" the Genie said, finally introducing herself "But you can call me Pinkie Pie". "I'm Twilight. Twilight Sparkle" she said, offering her new friend a handshake, which Pinkie happily accepted. "Nice to meet you". Author's Note In this ending, Twilight is saved by a mysterious Genie named Pinkie Pie, whose lamp was at the bottom of the sea. With this, my story is finished.
Ending 1 (Bad)And Adagio was successful with his plans. With the lamp, she was unstoppable. She took some time and a few more murdereds... but eventually, she became the queen of Equestria. Any attempt to overthrow Adagio's tyranny... was brutally suppressed, one by one. People would spread rumors about what had happened to the mysterious young princess who had visited the palace years before, and that she somehow possessed the power to stop the evil queen. Sure enough there were many searches... but no one could find her. And all these years, Twilight Sparkle's lifeless corpse lay at the bottom of the ocean, hidden from the world above. There she would lie... doomed to endure her solitary and watery fate for all eternity... along with many unnamed victims of Adagio Dazzle. She just... had died. THE END? Author's Note Bad ending where Twilight dies and Adagio wins.
