My Little Heretic: Friendship is Erased

by Used_Panncake

Rating: teen
Tags: Gore, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Original Character, Tragedy, Adventure, Derpy Hooves, Princess Celestia, Twilight Sparkle, Main 6
Length: 4017

Twilight Sparkle writes a letter telling Celestia that she doesn't want to write letters anymore. Celestia is offended, and puts a price on Twiley's head. Everyone wants Twilight dead.

Twilight Sparkle writes a letter telling Celestia that she doesn't want to write letters anymore. Celestia is offended, and puts a price on Twiley's head. Everyone wants Twilight dead. Twilight Sparkle must defend herself on her way to Canterlot, and assassinate Princess Celestia, for she must pay the price of heresy.

Published 2013-01-07 12:10:01 UTC
Last updated 2013-01-09 18:04:30 UTC

Introduction

One day, in the magical land of Equestria, Twilight Sparkle had decided that she was tired of sending letters to Princess Celestia about the magic of friendship. So, she sent a letter to Celestia that read as so:

“Dear Princess Celestia,

I’ve decided that I don’t want to keep writing letters to you anymore. I hate you and your stupid shenanigans. I’ve also run out of lessons to learn, as you might have seen in my past few letters that said that I ‘didn’t learn anything’.

Your newly unfaithful student,
Twilight Sparkle”

About a week later, Twilight Sparkle received a letter that read:

“Dear Twilight Sparkle,

I’ve been your mentor for as long as you can remember, but you seem to have grown sour. You are dead to me now, and because you are dead to me, you are dead to everypony else. I have already branded you a terrorist from Las Pegasus to Manehattan. There is no hope. There is no mercy. There is no escape.

Your former mentor,
Princess Celestia”

Twilight’s heart sank into her stomach. She stepped onto the balcony of her library to see how ponies were behaving. She spotted Big Macintosh reading the Ponyville bulletin board. He turned around, spotted Twilight Sparkle, and barged into her library.

1 - An Honest Mistake

Big Mac ran up to the balcony where Twilight Sparkle was. Twilight had taken refuge under her bed. Big Macintosh, shocked to see that Twilight wasn’t there anymore, began breaking everything in sight. He eventually got to the bed, and knocked it over, revealing a petrified Twilight Sparkle. Twilight nervously asked,”C-can I help you?” Big Mac, being as brutal and weak minded as he was, threw a powerful strike of solid hoof upon Twilight Sparkle’s face, knocking her unconscious.

Several hours later, Twilight awoke in a dark room that smelled strongly of fresh hay, with a single bulb in the middle of the ceiling. “Well well well...” Twilight heard in a familiar voice. “Who?” Twilight thought. Applejack slowly stepped into the light and walked towards her, holding a branding iron in her mouth. ”Look who finally woke up.” she said. Twilight, tried to ask where she was and what Applejack and her family were planning to do to her. She could not, as she looked down and realized she was gagged with a filthy rag. Twilight, in a desperate attempt to escape, tried to use her unicorn magic to resist.

Applejack noticed, and swiftly whacked Twilight Sparkle across the face with the branding iron, cold steel impacted upon flesh, breaking Twilight’s nose. Big Macintosh walked menacingly towards Twilight, carrying a steak knife. Twilight struggled fiercely to free herself but quickly realized that her hooves were tied together as well. Big Mac got closer. The closer he got to her, the more obvious her fear became.

Big Mac cut the rag-gag that was on Twilight’s mouth, deliberately cutting deep enough, so as to leave a small cut on her face. Twilight winced. Applejack yelled,”Now SPEAK!”, in a loud, authoritative tone of voice. “I don’t know what you’re talking about”, said Twilight. ”LIES!” Applejack hit the injured unicorn once more with the iron. ”Don’t you try to lie to us now. I’m the element of honesty, and I cannot be deceived!”

”Come closer, and I’ll tell you...” Twilight said. “I’m not falling for it, heretic scum.” Minutes passed with both mares staring each other down. ”Approach me, or you’ll never get to the truth.” Applejack turned towards Macintosh and nodded. Big Mac approached Twilight Sparkle, and put his head near hers. A sudden, powerful force, conjured by unicorn magic, burst out of virtually nowhere, knocking out Big Mac and cutting through Twilight’s bonds. Applejack retreated into the darkness, and Twilight gave chase.

Twilight ran into the next room, where she found Applejack sitting next to an open fire. Her aggressive vibes flooded the area. Twilight levitated the dirty steak knife and slowly approached Applejack. Just as Twilight was about to stab, Applejack turned around and whacked her with the same branding iron which, at this point, was red hot, and left Twilight with a severe burn. Applejack, carrying the superior weaponry, had corralled Twilight into a corner. As this was Twilight Sparkle’s last stand, Twilight Sparkle plunged the steak knife into the delicate, mortal flesh of her attacker!

Applejack was deeply cut, and had a jagged blade stuck in her leg. She dropped her weapon as she was writhing in pain. Then, Twilight Sparkle levitated the branding iron and unleashed her revengeance upon Applejack, clubbing her head rapidly and relentlessly untill it was a sizable pile of mashed bone and tenderized brain, mutilated beyond recognition. The battle seemed to be over...

Suddenly, a furious Big Macintosh begins to strangle Twilight Sparkle from behind. Twilight struggles, but cannot break free. Big Mac then throws Twilight to the other side of the room with tremendous force! The impact was so hard, that about half a pint of blood had gushed out from the various wounds on her body... but Twilight still had no quit in her!

The branding iron fell into the fire, and the knife was still in Applejack’s leg. As Twilight was getting back onto her hooves, Big Mac began to charge at her like a berzerker, and pinned her against a wall by the neck. He was choking the life out of her. Using what life she had left, Twilight levitated the branding iron out from the heart of the fire, and flung it straight into Big Macintosh’s back. The heat and impact were so intense, that the iron had penetrated Big Mac’s spine and cooked his vital organs, including his heart. Big Mac then released Twilight, and dropped dead.

Twilight Sparkle had exited the building, which she immediately discovered to be a barnhouse on Sweet Apple Acres. Twilight walked slowly, trying to get over the fact that she murdered the two most important ponies in Ponyville, and that Ponyville will be without it’s primary food source for years to come.

3 - A Laughable Victory

Twilight Sparkle was walking into Ponyville, when she remembered that Pinkie Pie had previously stached various items all over the place. Knowing this, Twilight began searching every nook and cranny for something to wear. She was lucky enough to find an eyepatch, as well as a tablecloth.

Twilight felt rediculous wearing all of this garbage, but it was a worthy price to pay for her survival. No-one seemed to suspect her dress-up, but her various wounds were questionable. Random ponies came up to Twilight, asking what happened to her. She said she fell down a long, steep staircase, then went with it. Everypony told her the same thing,”You should get to the hospital, see a doctor.”

Twilight was about half-way through Ponyville, then came nightfall. Twilight passed the local nightclub, The Plot-Twist, which was rumored to be one of the loudest, kinkiest clubs in Equestria. As Twilight passed by the Plot-Twist, Rainbow Dash came stumbling out, and was clearly drunk, and a little messed up. Two security guards then assumed their positions in front of the building, loud house music and colourful lights blasting behind them.

Rainbow Dash then was the second pony to recognize Twilight, and in a drunken, depressed voice, greeted,”Hay dere Twailaht Spawkull!” Twilight, alerted by the sound of her name, used her magic to shut Rainbow Dash up. Twilight then told Dashie,”Don’t call me that!” As Twilight stopped using magic on Rainbow Dash, Soarin, a member of the Wonderbolts, comes out from the Plot-Twist, and approaches Rainbow Dash. He then says,”That was one helluva night, eh colourful pony?” Soarin then flies away into the darkness.

Rainbow Dash then tells Twilight,”Ya knoh, AHM hungreh. Letz hav sum kupcaixSsss...” Twilight tries and refuses, but Dashie puts her hoof over Twilight’s back, and forces her into Sugarcube Corner. Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash both take seats at the front counter inside the bakery. Dashie orders a large cupcake, while Twilight just orders a small cupcake and grabs napkin, which she uses to clean herself up. Pinkie Pie came out of the kitchen to deliver the sugary treats.

Dashie procedes in quickly and messily consuming her cupcake, as Twilight examined hers closely and carefully. As the examination was under way, Pinkie Pie comes out from the kitchen again, and approaches the counter with a mischievous smile on her face. As Pinkie reaches the table, Rainbow Dash suddenly falls unconscious. Twilight sees this, and begins to panic. Pinkie Pie then quickly draws a strange, blue, gun-like device, resemblant to the party cannon, out from her large, bushy mane. When Pinkie pulled the trigger, a sudden, violent force burst out of the device straight into Twilight’s face, knocking her out.

4 - Pinkie Pie's Psychopathic Pastry Party (Probably the least original chapter here.)

Countless hours passed, untill Twilight Sparkle awoke in a dimmly lit room, strapped to a slanted table with legs spread out, as if for a dissection of some sort. This time, Pinkie Pie was standing right over her, with an extremely creepy, almost psychopathic smile. Pinkie then said,”Somepony just came back, and just in time.” Twilight had no idea where she was, nor what was happening. So Twilight asked Pinkie,”Just in time for what?”

“What I do best...” Pinkie said, followed by maniacal laughter. Then she asked,”Are you ready for the party?” Twilight took a good look around the room. There were various blades and intruments of torture. There were the heads of various victims hung on the walls, including cows, donkeys, goats, griffins, as well as many, many ponies. There were only two living ponies in the room besides Pinkie and Twilight. There was Rainbow Dash, who was strapped up simularly, but she was also blindfolded, and her wings were sticking through, and kept in place by hooks that went through the wings. Then there was Trixie...

The “Great and Powerful” Trixie was in a claustrophobic cage. There was a strange mask-like thing covering her mouth, it had a showerhead on it. There was also a hose going from a tank labelled “ADREDALINE” straight to the back of Trixie’s head. Trixie was just regaining consciousness, when Pinkie Pie came up to her and said,”Anything you can do to me, I can do worse... and now it’s time to suffer!” Pinkie then begins to turn the valve on the adredaline tank, and Trixie begins to hyperventilate. Trixie then reached the point of breathing inachievably fast, as her heart was beating over 800bpm. Trixie tries to scream, but gallons of blood start flying out the shower head on the mask. Blood flies everywhere, and Trixie dies of extreme blood-loss.

”BURN IN HELL, YOU CRAZY BASTARD!!!” yelled Twilight Sparkle. When she said that, Pinkie approached her and said,”You’ve heard my backstory? I’m one craaaaaaaaazy bastard!” “Like hell you are...” muttered Twilight. Pinkie began to explain,”My mother died giving birth to me, and my father hung himself that night, or so I’ve heard. I was taken and raised on a nearby rock farm, endlessly harvesting rocks. It was soul-crushing labour, and I eventually got depressed. Then, one dark and gloomy day, a unique occurance occured. A sonic rainboom! I hadn’t seen such a burst of wind, colour, and nuclear energy before in my life! It was then, that I saw a vision...”

“Everypony I’ve ever met has laughed at me like my life, hopes and dreams were all a big joke. Some have even shunned me like some sort of freak. That sonic rainboom made me realize all of this, and I wanted to see the world burn. I wanted to see everypony suffer. I wanted to make them feel pain worse than I’ve felt, something I still haven’t achieved yet to this day. I invited everypony on that rock farm to a party in one of the empty silos. About half of the ponies showed up, including the corruptive stallion running the place. That was my first party, and it had blades, and torture, and balloons, and blood, and cake, and death, and lots of beautiful pain! It was much like this party, and how I got my cutiemark.”

“The rock farm was surrounded by a twenty foot tall, electrified, barbed wire fence. Nopony could have ever left the farm, as the farm was populated exclusively with earth ponies. I hunted down everypony who didn’t attend the party, and made them each suffer a different painful fate. None were spared, not the greatest stallion, nor the youngest filly. I then spent the next six years digging my way under the fence, feeding on the bodies of the ponies I’ve killed.”

“I eventually escaped the farm, and moved to Ponyville. I used my still-existing youth to get adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Cake. I’ve been playing nice ever since to earn everypony’s trust... untill now.” Twilight then asked,”Why are you so messed up? Why can’t you put the past behind?” “My past was too harsh, and I’ve caused too much pain. If I can’t perform my special talent, I’ll be broken. I’d just be waiting to join those I’ve ended. No-one has seen my pain yet.”

“That should be enough lore for you,” said Pinkie,”Oh, and by the way, my real name is ‘Pinkamenta Diane Von Slashinhooven’. I’ve adopted the name ‘Pinkie Pie’ from one of the long-gone fillies back at the rock farm. I did this because the name was believable, and it was an existing name in the Canterlot indentification archive. Now you know, so now you must die.”

Pinkie then said,”I’ve waited ages for this day, Rainbow Dash!” This was said right as Rainbow Dash was waking up. Rainbow Dash gave out a big yawn, which turned into a yelp when Pinkie hit her in the stomach. “Who just did that? Where am I? What happened last night?” yelled Rainbow Dash. Pinkie replied, “Just a distant admiree, in her favourite place.”. Dashie then said, “Why Pinkie Pie? I thought we were closer than that!”

Pinkie Pie said, in a softer tone of voice, “You thought I’d ever be in you, huh. I was more into Big Mac. He’s just like me: lots of work, strong of body, indetructible spirit. Or at least he WAS...” Pinkie Pie then took out a large hammer, and smashed Twilight’s back-left leg with it. Twilight’s leg was crippled beyond quick recovery, and she was beginning to cough up blood and fade out. Then Twilight Sparkle’s attention was drawn towards Trixie by a high pitched noise...

Twilight looked in Trixie’s direction, where she saw 3 ghostly ponies. There was Applejack, with half her head missing, the other half bloody and beaten up. There was also Big Macintosh, back broken open, vertibrae broken and exposed, eyes jet black and bloodshot. There was an ALICORN! A grey stallion, black mane, glowing eyes, wearing a black cowl and glasses. The grey pony looked down upon Trixie’s corpse and said, “Sad, so sad...” As he said this, his glasses cracked and he began crying blood. Then, a ghostly Trixie, eyes jet black and bloodshot, mouth missing, hole in back of head, joined the herd of ghosts.

Then, the grey pony looked over at Twilight, and said, “Oh, Twilight Sparkle, is it really over for you yet? No! Your time has not yet come.” Twilight was puzzled, but before she could ask this phantom any questions, he yelled, “Cousins, Brothers, and Sisters! Join us in our eternal search for TRUE purpose!” Then, out from the heads of Pinkie Pie’s victims, came the floating ghostly heads of the victims, all dark-eyed and bloodshot. They all swarmed around the grey stallion, then they all faded away. Pinkie Pie didn’t seem to notice this event at all.

She was too busy beating up Rainbow Dash. Dashie was screaming and crying and struggling and coughing blood as Pinkie was amputating her wings with a chainsaw; when suddenly...

A massive wave of ponies comes flooding into this room, with the Mayor of Ponyville leading the charge. At first, they all are shocked at the sight of this torture scene. Then, they all rush towards Pinkie. Pinkie Pie, in a rush of panic, finished detaching Dashie’s wings and, in a quick motion, decapitates the Mayor before being trampled under thousands of hooves. Twilight blacks out.

Author's Note

-Yes, this chapter is mae to be resemble 'Cupcakes'. I couldn't resist.

5 - The End of Generosity

Twilight Sparkle comes to, but when she does, she is still underground, but in a prison cell. Fortunately, there were a few splints sitting in the back corner, with some bandaging and a note attached. The note read:

“For You.
-Grey Shepherd.”

Twilight applied the splints and the bandages to her busted leg. After doing so, she looked out her cell at the cell across from hers. In it was a familiar friend. “Why would Derpy be in there?” Derpy looked over towards Twilight and asked, “What are you doing down here, Twilight? What am I doing down here? I JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT WENT WRONG!”.

Derpy also had a cellmate, Lyra, who was sitting in the back corner of the cell crying, wearing a straight jacket. Twilight asked Lyra why she was in there, and she responded, “I’ve been studying the science of anthropology for years. I know humans exist, oh yes, but I just get called a madmare whenever I try to tell anyone!” She continues crying.

Twilight looks around her cell for some stuff, and finds nothing that isn’t attached to the wall. She then notices a dark figure in the back corner. She can tell by the shape that it’s not a unicorn. It leaves the corner to reveal it’s face. It looks like... Fluttershy! Fluttershy is furious, and proceeded to tackle Twilight with surprising amounts of force. Twilight was amazed to see Fluttershy gather so much rage and strength. Twilight uses her magic to lift Fluttershy off of herself, and throws her into a wall.

Fluttershy is stunned by this impact. As a battle-scarred Twilight Sparkle approaches her, she transforms. Turns out Fluttershy was an anonymous changling. This changling begins to cower. Twilight stopped to think to herself that her luck may have turned. Twilight proposes an offer of friendship to the changling. The changling submits itself, and Twilight wispers a plan into it’s ear and the changeling nods.

The changeling shapeshifts into Twilight Sparkle. Derpy looks over, and says nothing. Twilight teleports Fake Twilight through the jail bars, and a guard notices it. The guard yells, “ESCAPEE! GET HER!”. Fake Twilight flees, and several royal guards chase her. With the guards out of her way, Twilight Sparkle warps herself, Derpy, and Lyra out of their cells, and places Lyra on Derpy’s back. They then leave through the exit which the royal guards were guarding, leaving Fake Twilight behind because she was beyond saving.

Twilight, Derpy, and Lyra were headed down a hallway, at the end of which were two royal guards. They noticed the three escapees, and flew at Twilight, Derpy an Lyra getting into cover. The guards pinned Twilight down, and were punching the hell out of Twilight with their hooves. Derpy put Lyra down and flew recklessly into this mess, incapacitating one of the guards. Twilight used her magic to push the other guard into the wall as hard as she could, knocking him out. Derpy picked Lyra back up, and followed Twilight through the door out of there.

Just out the door was the stage in front of Ponyville town hall, where Rarity was giving a speech, wearing a beautiful hat. Rarity said, “Now, I can assure all of you that you’re safe here in Ponyville. That murderous... ruffian, Twilight Sparkle, is now in custody, and there’s no way she’s getting out!”. Twilight peeks around the corner to find Spike in the front row. Spike looks around and spots Twilight. Spike opens his mouth to yell something, but Twilight begins to use her magic to bash Spike’s head against the edge of the stage rabidly and rapidly. Twilight kept doing it until Spike’s head was smashed open and blood and brain bits flew everywhere. Everypony did nothing but watch in awe. Rarity cringed in disgust.

Out the corner of her eye, Rarity sees Twilight and screams. As she did this, Derpy puts Lyra down and pounces again. Rarity ducks in time to avoid this attack, causing Derpy to overshoot into a bush. Derpy did, however, directly hit Rarity’s hat, which was concealing a revolver, which was engraved with various fancy patterns. Rarity levitates her revolver and points it in Twilight’s general direction. Twilight dives to her right, Rarity shoots, and hits Lyra’s leg. Lyra is stuck on the ground, screaming in pain.

“I was hoping it’d never get down to this...”, Rarity said in a hesitant tone of voice, “I’m not even sure if this thing is for shooting, and even so, I know what has to be done.” Tears are now visible in Rarity’s eyes, and as she’s about to fire again, she is thrown into an inconsolable emotional breakdown, laying on the floor and crying uncontrollably, followed by suddenly pointing the gun at her head and shooting herself, blowing her brains onto the floor.

There was no pity, remorse, or moral sentiment of any kind to be found in Twilight’s face as one of her few remaining friends committed suicide before her very eyes. Everypony else was shocked at this event. Everypony was slowly closing in on Twilight, when she picked up Lyra with her magic. Derpy sprung out of the bush, swooped Twilight into the air and began to fly away.

A large group of unicorns lined up on the stage, and began shooting balls of magical energy into the sky. With such a terrible lack of precision, these shots never did hit Twilight or Derpy. However, one shot hit Lyra in the face, causing head to burst into a thick splotch of blood, which spashed all over Derpy and Twilight. Derpy, in a shock of panic, lost all control and crashed into the Everfree Forest.

“Yep. They’re goners,” said a stallion. “Good riddence,” said a random mare. Little did anypony know, this crisis was not quite over...

Author's Note

If you are reading this, and you are not Used_Panncake, give me feedback. I'm not exactly sure how I did with this chapter.

2 - The Price of Defiance

She looked at the infernal building she was just held in. She then noticed a flyer on the side of the barnhouse with a picture of herself. She went up close to read it:

“WANTED
DEAD OR ALIVE
*Sketch of Twilight Sparkle*
Name: Twilight Sparkle
Race: Unicorn
Colour: Purple
Cutiemark: Purple 6-pointed star
Reason: Heresy against Canterlot Royalty
Prize: 10,000,000 bits”

Twilight’s heart grew colder than ice as she read this. She needs to eliminate Celestia, an impossible-sounding goal. Twilight and Celestia had gone too far for any forgiveness to happen.

Twilight Sparkle needed to get all the way to Canterlot if she were to accomplish her goal. She would need a disguise if she were to go anywhere. Knowing this, Twilight Sparkle began to search the farmland. She found a pair of round glasses, and wore it with Applejack’s hat for a quick disguise.

Twilight then began to leave Sweet Apple Acres. As she was on her way out the gates, she ran into a familiar pony. No-one knew her real name, but everypony just called her “Derpy Hooves”. Derpy, despite being cross-eyed, immediately recognized Twilight Sparkle, and greeted,”Hi Twilight Sparkle!” Twilight, remembering that she was a wanted mare, assumed a defensive position, but Derpy just asked,”What’s wrong with you today?” Twilight paused for a few seconds, then asked,”Haven’t you read the bulletin board?” “I don’t read the bullettin board, mainly because I can’t.”, Derpy responded. Twilight said goodbye and walked away with a sigh of relief.

Twilight Sparkle proceded into Ponyville, unsure as to whether or not her disguise would fool anypony.