Transference

Luna was standing beside the two now sleeping mares on the ground.

She had cleaned them with her magic and was likely altering their memories of what had transpired that night as well in the process.

I doubted they'd remember my little interaction with them even without her interference, though. But better safe than sorry, I suppose.

She hadn't been there from the start, so I told her what had happened with Fluttershy and who I was now. Until the end, it was impossible for me to deceiver what she was thinking until she started speaking her mind.

"I can't believe you are capable of doing such atrocities," she said with a disappointed look directed at me. "I had been aware of your deranged mind, but that you actually had the will to commit to these thoughts was beyond my imagination."

I looked away from her, up to her stars. "I suppose I crossed a line there... but it's not that bad, is it? I mean they were already a known couple, right?"

Luna only gave me a look filled with unspoken accusations as an answer.

"Don't look at me like that!" I lashed out at her, my voice becoming louder and my eyes teary. "This is your fault too, you know?"

Anger visibly formed in Luna's expression. "Human, are you accusing me of having an active part in all this?" She pointed to the two on the ground. "You are the monster here, not me!"

"Don't call me human, my name is Medley!" I cried out. "And you, calling me a monster? The one that killed her sister out of sheer insecurity and envy?" I laughed at her. "Right, I think we are done here."

I stood up and walked away from her down the hill, not looking back.

"Where do you think you are going?" Luna spoke out loudly, following me close behind.

"Doesn't need to concern you, my little princess," I said with the most disrespect I could manage.

Luna stopped in her tracks behind me, mumbling, "I... I can't help you." She teared up and sat down.

"What did you just say? I asked unbelievingly while turning around. "Can you repeat that for me, please?"

"I have failed you," Luna said while looking to the ground. "You are beyond my help now."

Shaking my head, I answered, "Wow, it's a bit late for that, don't you think? Besides, it's fine. I'm happy with what I have now, so you don't have to worry your pretty little head about it any longer."

I turned around again to continue on my way when I realized that my hooves had become a lot heavier than before.

Looking down at them, I saw that they were already fully encased in stone. And I could feel the magic slowly traverse up the rest of my body.

"You wouldn't dare!" I screamed back at Luna, who was just sitting there, looking at me with her horn engulfed in magic.

Luna looked me directly in the eyes as she stood up and came up close to face me. "There is no possibility of me letting you roam free. You are a danger to us, you have proven this to me tonight. I warned you not to threaten the peace we have achieved. I could not have imagined a worse outcome."

I wasn't able to do anything but watch myself become a statue. I didn't have the same powers as Discord to defend myself.

"You... fucking cunt!" I could feel the hatred flame up in me. "I'll get back to you for this, you hear me? This isn't the last time you see me. And just so you know... I'm pretty damn sure it was mostly Twilight who achieved your dream for you!"

With delight, I could feel that my last remark hit a spot, as Luna looked at me through half-closed eyes with a disapproving glare.

I bared my teeth at her like a wild animal as I slowly turned to stone.

This was the absolute worst.

Soon after I had become stone, Twilight showed up with Pinkie and Rarity in tow. Luster Dawn was there, too, with her own group of friends.

Luna told them all a fabulous story of how Discord must have used Fluttershy to bring an evil human into this world and how she managed to save Aj and Rainbow before any harm could come to them as well.

She made it an important point that it needed to be passed down the generations to never let me out of my prison, as reformation was impossible for a being like myself.

Luna even used Celestia's old statements about humans to further reinforce her point in her name. And Discord of course, as his reformation had failed, once again.

Unbelievable.

I think Applejack noticed something as well when Luna told her little story, but she didn't say anything at the time.

At least I could be certain now, that Luna was not even considering bringing me back in the near or far future.

They placed me in the royal gardens after that for everpony to look at me. A monument to Luna's heroic achievement. What a joke.

I was aware of everything around me. There was no rest. No sleeping.
Just being a stone statue, damned to witness how time passed without me, once again.

The laughter and cheer of the ponies around me made me so mad. I wanted to physically hurt them. And so much more... darkness shrouded my mind more often lately.

During my time in stone, I realized how terrible ponies truly were. They were even worse than humans. This punishment was the worst I could imagine, and in the show, they even did this to a little foal in the end.

As weeks and months passed I was slowly becoming insane, more than I already was. How did the others in their stone prison fair? Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow? They must have gone mad as well.

I could see their statue. It wasn't placed that far away from me.

Only Discord would manage something like this. It probably only fostered his chaotic nature back then, before the laughable reformation attempts. But I couldn't take it. This would definitely break me for good in time.

I felt anger and desperation steadily grow inside me. My hatred for Luna grew immeasurably, with every day that passed.

And then one day, something came to me. A dusky fog, promising me power.

I wasn't entirely sure, but I had some idea what it was, thinking of Nightmare Moon and Sombra.

It didn't ask for anything in return, it seemed to me as if it knew exactly what I craved, and it only wanted to nurture that emotion.

Needless to say, I welcomed the darkness and let it consume me fully. I had been hoping, no... begging, for something like this to happen ever since I had turned into a mere statue.

They wanted me to be a villain so desperately. Who was I to deny that wish?

In the middle of the night, the stone encasing me started to fall off slowly, piece by piece. I waited patiently.

I opened my eyes, slightly illuminating my surrounding from the dark shimmer they gave off.

Looking over to the other statue with the infamous trio, I noticed that my power had increased, as I felt three connections that were close by. One was just a faint signal.

My dark aura extended over to the statue, slowly freeing them as it had freed me before.

Tirek and Chrysalis were mere shadows of their former self. Their eyes showed no life, nothing. I wasn't sure they'd ever recover. They were practically useless to me in their state.

Cozy Glow just lay there, and I knew she was dead. It had been all too much for the little filly to handle. She must have died of shock upon release.

I wonder if that was my fault. Would it have been different if one of the princesses had freed them in the future? I doubted it in my mind.

Tirek went over to gently pick up the little body. He showed no expression while doing so. He was but an empty hull moving without life. And it scared me. It remembered me of my time in Luna's dreamscape.

I didn't dare touch their minds. I had already witnessed what it was like to be imprisoned this way. I had no intention of experiencing how they felt after all this time, as I feared it would affect me negatively.

They both looked at me and nodded in a way of saying thank you, probably too exhausted to speak. Without asking any questions, they went on their way. Cozy was gently placed on the back of Tirek.

This wasn't quite what I had expected. But maybe they just needed time to recover. It was unlikely to me, though. The two gave off a weird vibe and I wondered if they'd hurt themselves later. Might be better to check on the two when I had the chance.

Sitting in the garden, I took a moment to gaze at the starry night sky above me.

I'd come back here to Canterlot last. Just so Luna had enough time to witness Equestria fall apart around her.

It was time for her to experience a nightmare of her own.

"Ha, ha, ha!" I laughed awkwardly into the night at the thought.

I had to work on that laugh. It was embarrassing and I was glad nopony was around to witness it.