The Fillycaust

Twilight Sparkle walked down the streets of Ponyville, her two Pegusi guards following her. The beautiful town was now silent and empty. Not at all a surprise since Ponyville was an Earth Pony town anyway.

They reached Twilight’s old residence, the library, and Twilight raised her hoof for the guards to halt.

After examining the structure Twilight turned to the guards. “I’m going to go inside." she said. "Can you two stand guard here at the door?"

“Yes ma'am!” The guards exclaimed simultaneously. “Hail Celestia!”

“Hail Celestia.” Twilight agreed.

She opened the door and walked inside.

The once vibrant library was now just a distant memory of past days. Cobwebs hung from the shelves and a unsettling silence gripped the empty room.

Twilight shut the door and walked further into her old house. Memories flooded her mind, images of her laughing with her old friends.

“Everything seemed so good back then.” Twilight said quietly to herself.

Fluttershy’s cries raced through Twilight’s head. Why are you doing this?

Twilight shook off the new memory, but it kept coming back. Guilt overcame her. “No!” she objected. “Fluttershy was a traitor! Princess Celestia is the ruler of Equestria, she knows best! I’m her student, her right hoof! I did the right thing! I did what had to be done!”

Twilight’s goal for her entire life had been to please and impress Princess Celestia. It had engrained itself in her mind as her sole purpose, but now that she had experienced friendship and then had it taken away she wasn’t so sure what to believe anymore.

The look of horror on her friends faces flashed before her. Twilight remembered the cruelty she showed to them. Her laughter as she murdered her friend. Their cries of pain and sorrow. Fluttershy’s lifeless body stained with blood. Twilight had changed with Princess Celestia, but a small part of her remained. A part that remembered the times that she spend with her friends in the very place she was standing.

“What have I done?” she whimpered as tear rolled down her face.