Authors Note: A real turn off for a lot of readers is the way the characters are seeming actual monster like outside of their demon forms. This was completely intentional for a deep set up that now is about to pour out. Warning: Feels may be in danger.
Monster. It was a common word for Chrysalis, but why did it sting so much? Why was it that whenever someone even muttered it or when Blueblood would yell it between screams, it hurt her?
Because it's true." she thought. It rang clear in her mind and made so much sense that it was the answer. They let their emotions, their rage, their love, blind them. While blind, they became the one thing they tried to deny, the one thing they tried to defend against, the one thing that scared them to the core. Monsters.
"We're monsters." she stated. The entire table of ponies stopped eating and turned to her. She looked up from her plate and looked at them. "We ARE monsters." she stated, her eyes tearing up.
"Babe, what do you mean?" asked Trixie as she put a hoof on her shoulder, concerned.
"We let our emotions fog our minds and we became what we feared. We murdered, tortured, imprisoned, and so much more without thought. We became the exact things that were screamed at us every time the AC got near us. We became the monsters we oh so feared." said Chrysalis, crying. The others sat in a shocked silence, realization dawning on them.
Chrysalis' horn glowed a pitch black, lasting a few seconds, before fading out. She called out to the guards. Two armoured pegasi came in, each one unfazed by the call.
"The last cell in the lowest level contains mutilated and dismembered body parts. I want you dispose of all the remains and torch the cell. You are dismissed." They gave a sharp salute and trotted out the door.
"Isn't that..."
"Blueblood's cell? Yes, it was. I removed all the spells. He was able to sleep, die, and return to what he would look like without the healing spell." said Chrysalis, cutting off Rainbow. "Look at us. For decades, the royal family has been called monsters and tyrants. We keep denying the claims and yet here we are. We could have imprisoned them, but we slaughtered. We could have had a trial, but we had mass execution. We could have let Blueblood die, but I let him live hours after he was due to leave.
"We have been called monsters and tyrants but isn't that what we are after all we have done? Tell there is more justification than just 'We were blinded by love and hate.' because I would love to hear it." The ponies at the table lowered their heads.
"What do we do?" asked Twilight, still shocked at the realization.
"We do the only thing we can short of stepping down." said Celestia. "We destroy all evidence, destroy all records, erase memories if need is be. After all that, we can either wipe our own minds or live with our greatest foly and one of the darkest stains in our rule of Equestria." The table was silent. Rainbow stood up and placed her hooves on the table.
"We need to do it. I don't want my foal born into a life stained because we were stupid and blind. I want her to live in a world where she can always see a brighter side and a antigovernment group isn't trying to kill us." said Rainbow, catching everyone's attention. "You have to agree, Celestia, expecting your own. And Trixie, what about when you and Chrys have foals? Do want this life for them?" They nodded their heads in agreement to her words. Celestia stood.
"Alright, the spell I used when dealing with Twilight's faked death worked easy enough but we have to go on a larger scale by wiping the memory of that night from every guard in the castle and twisting the story to just a terrorist attack. Half of the army was killed when the unstable caves they were hiding in collapsed in on them. The rest were killed in all out war in the throne room." said Celestia.
"What about us?" asked Luna.
"We live with it. Rainbow lives with her twins death. Twilight her kidnappings, Luna her days of Nightmare Moon, Trixie her life when she was a hated showmare, Chrysalis when she invaded Canterlot, and I live with my own mistakes. This one is just another to remember and live with like we always have. We cannot forget. That is our punishment." They nodded in agreement. "Now let us begin."
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Vinyl Scratch sat across the table from her wife, Octavia Melody. She sat and ate her Scootscrunch cereal while bobbing her head to one of her own tracks, the bass pounding loud enough for Octavia to hear from across the tables despite the headphones.
Vinyl looked up at her wife to see her reading Equestria Daily. She gave the cover a quick look over, finding the usual bullshit that they usually had in there, until she looked at the headline.
Terror in Canterlot Castle: The story behind the royal wedding kidnapping Vinyl's breakfast was shot out of her mouth and Octavia found the paper absent from her hooves, finding it in her partners hooves.
"Vinyl, dear, I wasn't exactly finished with that, you know." she said, annoyed.
"I know, Octy, but they finally have what happened at the wedding. I was there when it happened and saw how they reacted." She directed her gaze back to the paper. "Just what the fuck did happen?"
During the reception of the two newly wed royal couples, Princess Celestia and Element of Loyalty Rainbow Dash were kidnapped from the reception while the party was under from the effects of knock-out gas.
Reports have can out that the guard was able to recover the two pregnant mares before the cave the terrorists behind the kidnapping were killed in a cave in.
Another force of terrorists were able to make their way inside the main castle and engaged in a full war inside the royal throne room. During this fight, Princess Lulamoon took a crossbow bolt to the chest and is currently in recovery.
The few captured from the attack committed suicide shortly after capture. It was later reported that former noble Prince Blueblood was killed during the raid. Details on his death are unknown.
Vinyl put down the paper and placed her hooves under her chin. She stared off into the distance.
"You know, Tavi, I always thought that ponies were crazy for ridiculing ponies for being gay. After awhile, I got over it. But this?" She tapped the paper. "That's insane. It makes me scared of what could happen to us just because we are together. Why is it no one cam understand and just leave us alone?" asked the white unicorn, crying silently. Octavia walked over amd wrapped her hooves around her wife.
"Nothing will happen, I promise. And if something does, we will get through it."
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It was done. One of the greatest secrets in Equestria was hidden and was in no way going to be revealed for centuries to come. For the second time in a decade, Celestia hid a dark secret. It hurt her to lie to her ponies but she had to. She could not let it get out.
"Now we wait for the dust to settle." said Chrysalis, laying her head against the back of her chair.
"Now it's just keeping it a secret." said Luna. "Holy fuck I feel guilty."
"We did commit mindless slaughter and hid it from an entire country." said Rainbow, laying down on her side.
"Just don't let yourselves forget. Let this be a reminder why we must always be careful." said Celestia. They nodded.