"Sorry about this," you smile. "But I've got to kill you."

"Why?" She jerks away as you slash at her with the dagger.

"Because you're going to end the world!"

"Can't we talk about this?"

"Sorry. Not really," you say, stabbing at her heart.

"We could hug it out?" she suggests.

"Nope."

Her horn starts charging with magic. You thrust forward and stab her before she can do anything real freaky. Blood blossoms around her chest.

"I-I'm-I'm slain."

You watch her collapse, vomiting blood.

You have slain the princess!

Not wanting to revel in the gore, you head back to the stairs and the door... which is shut. You pound on the door. "I did what you want, but I can't get out of here."

You yell and you spit and your claw, but the door does not open.

"Oh," the narrator's voice reverberates. "There's a bit of a problem."

"What?"

"The Princess isn't dead."

"What?" You turn back and the Princess' magical horn is fully charged and crackling with magic.

"It's a lot harder to kill an alicorn than you might think," she says. "You stabbed an illusion. I'm over here."

"But--your chain."

"Your dagger sliced the chain--surprisingly. It really was sharp enough. But now... I need to go. Please step aside."

She throws the dagger to a side and trots up the narrow stairs, then bumps you slightly with her rump to push you back down the staircase. You totter, fall, and sprawl at the bottom.

"Excuse me," she knocks at the door with one hoof. "Excuse me, I'd like to get out--oops," she slips on your spittle and sweat that had dripped and decorated the landing at the top of the stairs. She teeters and falls, striking her head, falling unconscious and landing on top of you.

You huff and puff and struggle to breathe your last.

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Author's Note

It isn't over!

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