Equestria

Griffonstone

In the kingdom of Griffons, the massive predatorial birds were relaxing around their homes as they had whips in there claws as their pony slaves went around and did their bidding and the occasional sound of a whip would shriek through the air and put everypony on high alert as the yelling of one of their own filled the quiet air with pain and sorrow.

“Move it pony!” A griffon yelled angrily as he whipped a unicorn filly as he yelped and hit the ground as his back stung like needles as several hard lashes left several bloody racing stripes across his back.

He was skinny and hasn’t fed enough as his brown coat was covered in dirt and dried blood as his chocolate mane was wild and strewn all over the place. His horn glowed weakly in a yellow aura as he focused on lifting the heavy barrel of raw meat into a wagon as it wobbled in the air a little bit but he managed to put it gently on the wagon.

This was Theo-Adam but he mostly went by the name Theodore as the manacles on his hoofs dug into his flesh which would no doubt cause some more scars on his hooves and before long enough, his hoof bones will show.

The griffon behind him didn’t care about any of that as he brandished his whip and gestured to the ten other barrels that needed to be loaded into the wagon.

“GET GOING!!!” The griffon ordered as Theodore nodded with tears in his eyes before lifting another barrel and his strength gave out as the barrel fell down and toppled over as raw meat spilled out in front of him as he collapsed.

Hunger overwhelmed him as he crawled forward and gnawed on a piece of meat as he chewed desperately before the griffon yanked on his chain and pulled him away from it as he raised his whip to lash him as he closed his eyes but then a scream was heard in front of him as Theo opened his eyes and saw that the griffon was replaced by a royal pegasus in golden armor as more of them flooded the town as the Griffons tried to fight back but the guards subdued them and imprisoned them in magical domes.

Soon the enslaved ponies were being tended to by the guards as one guard came to Theo and began to gently take off his manacles as the filly had no strength before Theo saw the Princess of Equestria land at the center of town.

Princess Celestia was there in all her glory as she walked forward and glared at the Griffons who looked at her fearfully.

“Enslaving ponies… I never knew that Griffonstone would fall this low to harm my subjects.” Princess Celestia said coldly as one Griffon spoke.

“What can I say? They make good servants.” He said gleefully as some male griffons chuckled as Celestia’s eye twitched and her horn glowed threateningly as Theo noticed movement out of the corner of his eye and his eyes went to the house that was beside the Princess and saw a Griffon holding a bow and nocked an arrow.

“Hrgg….” Theo tried to say but his throat was dry and he had barely any energy as the guard unshackling him talked to him.

“It’s okay kid, I got you.” The guard replied, oblivious to what was happening.

He tried to get somepony or anypony’s attention but they were all oblivious to the danger the Princess was in as the Griffon aimed at the Princess. Drawing upon everything he had left, Theo’s horn glowed an angry yellow before he yelled as a beam shot from his horn and hit the Griffon in the chest and missed his shot as the arrow landed beside Celestia’s hoof as she looked up and used a knock out spell as the mercenary fell to the ground.

The last thing Theodore saw was the Princess approaching him as he blacked from the pain and the hunger.

Canterlot

Theodore woke up shakily as he found out that he was in a bed or more specifically, in a hospital as there was a doctor tending to his injuries as he saw the doctor enter his vision and he blacked out again.

When he woke up again, he was now sitting up and was being fed by a fellow doctor as she had a soft face and her horn glowed a gentle yellow as she fed the filly who unknowingly opened his mouth and ate the whatever it was. Theo’s mind was hazy as everything around him blurred as his throat was so dry he couldn’t swallow properly as the food dribbled out of his mouth before he looked back at the doctor only to realize that it wasn’t a doctor…. It was Princess Celestia.

Theo double taked as he widened his eyes drastically at the warm face of the Princess as he tried to think of words but Celestia hushed him as she levitated a canteen of water.

“Drink child.” She gently chided as Theo immediately grabbed the canteen out of her grasp and chugged it down as some water leaked out before he finished the container and reached for a next one and began chugging that one down as well as Celestia widened her eyes at how severely thirsty he was.

After he was done, Theo sighed happily as he finished four canteens of water and Celestia levitated a tissue and wiped his mouth as she looked at him warmly.

“What is your name, child?” She asked.

“Theo-Adam.” Theo replied as Celestia tilted her head.

“Interesting name.” Celestia replied.

“You can call me Theo.” Theo offered as Celestia chuckled.

“I want to thank you for saving my life, very brave for somepony your age.” Celestia said as Theo blushed embarrassingly as he played with his hooves.

“S-sure.” Theo said shyly as Celestia looked at him and then at his horn.

“I sense you have powerful magic at a young age, how about you become my pupil?” Celestia offered as Theo stared at her.

“Y-you’re p-pupil?” Theo said, wondering if he heard her right.

“Why of course, a young unicorn like you is very advanced and with the right teachings, you could go very far, so what do you say?” Celestia asked with a smile as Theo nodded excitingly before hugging her as Celestia returned the hug.

Fifteen Years Later

Ever since that day, Theo has learned many things from Princess Celestia and all kinds of cool new tricks that he can do with his magic but five years after becoming her pupil, she found another one known as Twilight Sparkle.

Apparently the unicorn mare caused an accident during her exam and that caught the attention of Princess Celestia as she went to investigate who exactly did it. Finding Twilight Sparkle as the culprit, the Princess offered her to become her pupil to which the latter accepted and began to study along with Theo.

But as Twilight studied with him, she noticed that the Princess was extremely fond of Theo and instantly felt jealous but kept it hidden from her mentor and her pupil before she made her move.

The filly found her target in the library as he was about to concoct a potion which was assigned to the both of them as an experiment. Right before Theo dropped the last ingredient, Twilight grabbed him with her magic and flung him to the side right as Celestia came in and saw that Twilight dropped the last ingredient within the bottle and completed the experiment.

“Very good, Twilight!” Princess Celestia complimented her as the young filly beamed as groaning could be heard from the side as Theo stumbled out of a pile of books that fell on him.

“Theo, what have I told you about playtime and education?” Celestia spoke to him sternly as Theo shook his head confused before he looked at Twilight and glared at her.

“Princess, Twilight flung me into the w-” Theo started to say before one glare from the Princess made him stop before she turned around and left the library with Twilight following her as the filly smirked at him as Theo sighed sadly.

This continued on and on over the years as Twilight took credit for all of his work as Princess Celestia continued to fawn over her and hardly spoke to Theo if not at all. He still tried to get her attention as to what Twilight was doing but she paid no attention to it at all.

As the years passed by, Theo felt more and more isolated than ever as Princess Celestia now completely ignores him and Twilight doesn’t even look at him at all no matter what he does.

He felt more alone than ever… until she came along.

It was nighttime and Theo was thirsty as he walked down the empty hall for a glass of water and he was looking at floor sadly as he didn’t notice he was about to bump into somepony until his head hit something and emitted an OW! From both him and the pony.

“Sorry, about that.” Theo spoke monotony as he still didn’t look at the pony until she spoke.

“It’s fine.”

Theo’s head immediately shot up as he took in the sight of her, she was pink and more importantly she was an alicorn, probably a few years older than him, perhaps five years older?

“H-hi.” Theo greeted nervously as the alicorn filly giggled.

“Hi there! My names Cadance, what’s yours?” Cadance greeted happily.

“Th-Theo.” He replied nervously as she helped him up.

“Where are you going?” She asked.

“Needed some water.” Theo replied as she smiled warmly which made his heart flutter.

Since that day, the two of them hung out and talked about themselves as Cadance told him how she was Twilight’s babysitter and how she was made into an alicorn by Celestia. They had fun together and became best friends over the years as Cadance became more and more beautiful which made Theo’s crush on her increase more and more until he finally worked up the nerve to ask her out to the school dance his school was having.

As a coincidence, Cadance was also attending the school along with Twilight but Theo didn’t care about her at all. As Theo was walking down the hallways of the school, he looked all over for Cadance as since school was over, he was hoping now was the best time to ask her since the dance was a couple nights away.

Theo had a rose in his teeth as he trotted outside and into the courtyard before he finally saw her sitting at a bench alone… perfect. Theo made his way over there before he noticed that a white unicorn approached her and had a rose of his own which made Theo stop.

“Cadance, we’ve been friends for awhile, will you be my marefriend and accompany me to the dance?” The stallion asked as Cadance squealed in happiness.

“Of course!” She replied before tacking the stallion and kissing him on the lips.

Theo’s heart shattered into a million pieces as his mind felt numb and his head ached in depression as his pupils narrowed and became small before rain began to fall around them as he watched that stallion and Cadance ran to find cover.

Drenched in water but didn’t care, Theo walked through the rain slowly as his eyes strayed to the ground as his vision swirled with numbing colors and before he knew it, he was back in Canterlot Castle as a few maids and a few guards looked at him with concern.

Opening the door to his room and then closing it, Theo threw the bundle of roses into the wall before plopping face first onto his bed before he began crying loudly as his life was swirling more and more into the dark abyss.

After that day, Theo never spoke to Cadance again as the alicorn fell for Shining Armor who turned out to be Twilight Sparkle’s Brother which fucking annoyed him as another one of that unicorn’s family ruined his life. Turns out Cadance was the Alicorn of Love and when Theo found out about this, he was pissed, so pissed that he destroyed his room in rage before fixing it as she knew that he had feelings for her but just toyed with him.

A couple dozen times over the years, Princess Celestia invited Princess Cadance and her coltfriend Shining Armor to have a dinner with her and Twilight Sparkle. There were five seats but only four were filled as Cadance herself was worried for Theo’s health but the other didn’t seem to care.

Curious, Cadance went to Theo’s room and discovered that he was in deep study and when she tried to reconnect with him, Theo gave her the coldest glare he had ever done which made the alicorn leave him and never spoke to him again.

A few more years later, Princess Celestia finally talked to him only for it to be that he had to go with Twilight Sparkle to Ponyville for the Summer Sun Celebration. Theo despised The Princess of the Sun while he admired her younger sister, Princess Luna that lost to history.

During preparations for the event, Twilight met up with five new ponies named Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy. Like some random fucking disease, Rarity, Applejack and Rainbow Dash ignored him while Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy actually talked to him which lightened him up a bit.

To the fucking point, those six became the Elements of Harmony and vanquished Nightmare Moon aka Princess Luna and the two sisters reunited which resulted in Twilight staying in Ponyville and she still didn’t address Theo at all. After many friendship lessons for Twilight, she learned a bit more about Friendship while Theo, on the other hoof, made many friends.

Some friends he made were Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Big Macintosh, Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Zecora, Trixie, Starlight, Fleur De Lis, Granny Smith, Ember, Gilda and surprisingly Princess Luna.

Now, fifteen years later since he became Celestia’s pupil, Theo now found himself on the Friendship Express with the Mane Six on the way to Canterlot for a wedding between Shining Armor and Princess Cadance.

The rest of the girls were discussing what they hoped to do while Theo isolated himself from the group and was in a completely different train cart as he looked outside and into the clouds.

“Why is my life so bucking difficult?” He questioned aloud.

After a few more hours, Theo now found himself in front of a couple of doors with the Mane Six behind him as Princess Cadance stepped out and looked at them. Almost immediately Theo noticed something was off with her, she didn’t flinch when she looked at him, she looked bewildered like she didn’t know who he was.

Twilight, on the hoof, got excited and did some stupid dance.

“Cadance! Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake! Clap your hooves and do a little shake!” Twilight cheered as Cadance just looked at her confused and with a bit of disgust before leaving them hanging which confused the unicorn.

“Ah wouldn’t worry Twilight, she probably is frustrated right now.” Applejack comforted the unicorn as Twilight looked down sadly.

“She’s right darling, most likely its the Wedding Jitters.” Rarity commented before they all went inside as Theo just rolled his eyes at their stupidity.

“Wedding Jitters, my flank.” Theo mumbled before disappearing. Secretly stalking the pink alicorn, Theo observed her actions and she wasn’t moving how he’s seen her move and this continued until nightfall as Theo was trotting to a nearby tower and looked up to see that Princess Luna was keeping watch which made him smile softly before teleporting again and this time he reappeared outside Shining’s door as he peered inside.

“Oh don’t worry dear, you’ll be just fine.” Cadance spoke before her horn and eyes glowed green which made Shining’s eyes glow green as well and twirl around circles which made Theo’s eyes widen and teleport away.

The Next Day

Princess Celestia sat on her throne as the practice ceremony had begun and Twilight Sparkle stood to her right as Shining’s best mare as the stallion himself was standing to the right of the Princess.

“Steady movements girls, no need to rush.” Celestia chided softly as the mane five walked down the aisle with giddy faces.

“Then Cadance will walk through.” Celestia announced as Cadance appeared at the doorway which Shining drool at her look as she walked and stood across from Shining.

“Then the vows will be spoken and th-” Celestia was interrupted as Theo slammed the doors opened and glared at Cadance.

“Theo, what are you doing?” Rainbow Dash asked with a glare as Theo walked right past her and looked Celestia dead in the eye.

“I’ll tell you what I’m doing,” Theo spoke coldly before pointing at the bride. “That… is not Cadance.” This made Shining glare at him and move in front of Cadance protectively.

“Wh-what?” Cadance faked confusion.

“The aura of your horn was green instead of light blue and your eyes glowed green, not to mention the spell that is currently on Shining right now.” Theo stated coldly as Cadance began fake crying.

“Why… why do this to me on my special day?!” Cadance yelled before running out of the hall with tears in her eyes as Theo glared at her retreating form before turning around and smacking straight into Shining who glared at him.

“Do you wanna know why there is a spell casted on me?!” Shining yelled angrily, “It’s to keep my energy up so I could maintain the barrier spell that surrounds this kingdom!”

“Barrier spells are not in green aura,” Theo spoke darkly. “And that is not a stamina spell at all, I can see it, its draining you instead of sustaining you.”

“That’s because most of my energy is being as it is given so she has to cast it over and over!” Shining yelled angrily before walking past him, “If you’ll excuse me, I have to comfort my bride and don’t even bother showing up to the wedding… in fact, don’t even come back to this castle at all.”

Theo glared coldly at Shining before turning around to see The Mane Six and the Princess Celestia looking at him.

“Girls come on, we have to check on Cadance.” Twilight spoke before they all passed him and giving him cold glares as Theo paid no attention to them at all as he looked at Princess Celestia who was walking towards him.

“You have a lot to think about.” She said coldly.

“Why?” Theo asked.

Celestia stopped and looked at him coldly as Theo walked right up to her and spoke.

“Why did you ignore me for all these years?” Theo asked coldly, “Have I not given you everything I had?!”

Celestia was emotionless before she turned around and walked to the doors before she spoke one last line, “I shouldn’t have saved you from those griffons.” Before shutting the doors as Theo’s world shattered around him and his cold state cracked as tears welled up in his eyes as his mother-like figure, his own teacher, wished she hadn’t saved him when he was a slave.

Author's Note

DAMN, TOUGH LUCK FOR MY HOMIE, CAN'T WAIT FOR THE BLACK ADAM MOVIE THOUGH.