A small mouse slips in and drinks water from a puddle. Then the mouse ran, climbed on a small trunk and sniffed. Afterwards, the mouse ran down and pauses momentarily to preen and then climbs up a grass stem and scrambles up some rocks.

The mouse crawls over to what looks like a pony bed and sniffs. He then climbs up a stool and finds what appears to be a bowl full of seeds, as if someone had left it there. The mouse began to feed on the seeds.

Until, suddenly, a unicorn mare with dark orchid-colored fur appears from the darkness, her mane was a moderate pink with lighter edges and her eyes were a moderate opal color. What was shocking was that this unicorn had a broken horn, was wearing black armor and had a scar across its right eye.

This unicorn was Tempest Shadow, Celestia's eldest daughter and Twilight Sparkle's older sister.

She had been promised to rule Canterlot when her mother passed away, but all that changed when her younger sister was born. Tempest was upset when the filly was born, and now she has to wait for her to die as well so she can be next in line to the throne.

"Life isn't fair...is it, my little friend?" Tempest asked coldly.

The mouse turned towards her and quickly jumps off the stool to slide and hide.

"While some are born to celebrate..." Tempest said, as the mouse hid behind a book on the floor "Others spend their lives in the dark, begging for leftovers".

Tempest then pushes the book away and the mouse runs off again.

"The way I see it... you and I are exactly the same" Tempest said, as the mouse hid behind a basket "We both want to find a way out".

Then, Tempest swatted the basket away, causing the mouse to run away, but Tempest lunged at it like a lion, and caught it with his magic.

"But you, in any case, will never see the light of another day..." Tempest said, as he prepared to vaporize the mouse with his magic "Bye".

"Haven't they taught you that it's not nice to torment the weak?" a familiar voice said, stopping Tempest.

Tempest turned to see Rarity expressionless and standing close to her.

"And now what do you want, Rarity?" Tempest sighed, as he put the mouse under his right hoof.

"I'm here to inform you that Queen Celestia is coming here" Rarity said "I hope you have a good excuse not to have attended the ceremony".

At that moment, Tempest saw the mouse break free and run away.

"Oh, Rarity. You made me lose my toy" Tempest said, in mock hurt.

"Ha, you will lose more than that when your mother is here" Rarity said "She is more furious than a yak without snack".

"Oooooooooh... I tremble with FEAR!" Tempest rasped, as he crouched down and flashed Rarity a toothy smile.

Suddenly, Rarity started to get scared by the way Tempest was looking at her and she started to back away.

"Please, Tempest. Don't look at me like that…" Rarity said, before starting to run "HEEEELLLLLLLPPPP!"

But Tempest already pounced on her.

And then, just as Tempest was about to damage the white unicorn, another voice was heard.

"Tempest!"

Tempest looked back to see her mother, Celestia, who looked quite angry.

"Yes?" Tempest asked, cheerfully.

"Drop her" Celestia ordered.

"Always so timely, Your Majesty" Rarity said, feeling relieved, before Tempest let her up, huffing annoyed.

Tempest then approached Celestia, sarcastically overjoyed.

"Wow... my beloved mother comes down from heights to mingle with the commoners" said Tempest.

"Luna and I haven't seen you at Twilight's presentation," Celestia said, as she frowned at Tempest.

"Oh, that was today?" Tempest gasped, feigning desperation dramatically. "Oh, what a shame…"

Tempest then scraped his broken horn against the wall, making a horrible screeching sound that made Rarity flinch.

"I hadn't remembered…" Tempest said, as he stopped and examined his broken horn.

"Yes, but no matter how clueless you are..." Rarity said as she got close to Tempest's face "As the Queen's daughter, your duty was to have been in the front row!"

Then, Tempest snapped her jaw at Rarity and she took cover in Celestia's paws, but glanced sideways to taunt Tempest.

"I was front row… until that hairball was born" Tempest said, as he knelt down and looked at Rarity, scaring her again.

Suddenly, Celestia lowered her head to look her daughter in the eye with an annoyed expression.

"That hairball... is my daughter. Your sister. And your future queen" Celestia stated.

Then, Tempest looked bored at her mother, while they both raised their heads again, without taking their eyes off each other.

"Oh, I'll have to rehearse my curtsys…" Tempest taunted with a smile, as she turned and walked away from her.

"Don't turn your back on me, Tempest!" Celestia said, warning her.

"Oh no, mother... It's you who shouldn't turn you back on me..." Tempest said looking back.

Celestia was furious and magically teleported in front of Tempest, and she stared at her, as she gritted her teeth and charged her horn with magic towards her daughter for the first time in a long time.

"ARE YOU CHALLENGING ME?" Celestia demanded.

For once, Tempest flinched, but then she recomposed herself.

"Temper, temper..." Tempest said, before caressing her scar "I would never dream of challenging you..."

"Shame" Rarity said "Why not?"

"In terms of intelligence, I've got that part... But when it comes to brute force..." Tempest said looking at Rarity and then at Celestia, as she began to walk away grimly "I'm afraid, in the genetic inheritance, I have lost..."

As they watched Tempest walk away, Rarity walked over to Celestia.

"Oh, there is a black sheep in every family" Rarity sighed "In mine there are two... and they always manage to spoil special occasions".

"Oh, what am I going to do with her?" Celestia sighed to herself.

"It would make a nice rug" said Rarity in a mocking tone.

"Rarity" Celestia scolded, with a smile.

"And the best thing is that when she gets dirty, you could take her outside and shake her" Rarity said.

Celestia couldn't help but laugh at Rarity's joke, and together they began to walk back to Canterlot Castle.

(Stop music at minute 0:54)

Hours later, at night, there was a huge storm that swept across Equestria.

All the resident creatures were in their respective havens and sound asleep.

However, a zebra seemed to still be awake inside a cabin in the woods.

Inside the cabin, Zecora was completing a drawing of an Alicorn filly.

"Hmmm... (laughing)" Zecora laughed, as he added the finishing touch to the painting, drawing a crown on the Alicorn filly's head.

"Twilight Sparkle..." Zecora said, with another laugh and admired his painting.

Author's Note

Introducing, in this chapter, Tempest Shadow, Celestia's eldest daughter, Twilight Sparkle's older sister, and the main antagonist of our story.