Twilight and Clear Mind sat in a comfy, lounge-like room. The only thing that made it appear any less like a lounge was his large wooden desk in the center of the room. Twilight and Clear Mind sat in chairs on either side of the desk. They had been talking for hours, at some points nearly arguing. Twilight insisted that she was from another world, Clear Mind informed her she was wrong. Nothing seemed to change in either argument until Havoc strolled in.
"I keep telling you, I'm not from here! I was sent here by a great lord of chaos! He wanted me to come here to, to become this!", Twilight pointed at herself.
"Were you...something else before you came here?", Clear Mind played along.
"No, I mean, he sent me here to become a villain! He wanted me to become evil or something," Twilight huffed as she crossed her forelegs.
"You know he's lying. You aren't from here. You're from Ponyville," Havoc whispered in her ear.
"I know! But he just won't listen!"
"I'm sorry?", Clear Mind asked.
"I wasn't talking to you," Twilight looked from him to her right, where Havoc stood.
Clear Mind followed her gaze and saw an empty wall.
He's trying to pry into your mind. Don't let him!", Havoc whispered to her.
"Yeah! And he just keeps insisting I'm not me! So what do I do?! How do I even know I can trust you?! Who can I trust?!", Twilight screamed.
"Please, you must come back to us! This figment of your imagination is not helping you. Obviously it's hindering you. If you trust him, you may never return to normal," Clear looked genuinely concerned.
"I am normal!", Twilight screamed at him.
"You only have one enemy here, and I promise you it isn't me."
Twilight looked, genuinely hurting, at where only she could see Havoc. "Is this true?"
"No! Please. He's trying to get into your head! You mustn't listen to him!", Havoc yelled at her.
"Don't you shout at me!"
Clear looked at her. "You created this imaginary being subconceously so that you needn't face yourself. Your skull took multiple blows in the beginning, and then at the battle at Canterlot, you took more. And when you add the extreme damage Rarity's flames did to your face that day, your mind broke. Please, please remember!"
"How bad is my face?!"
"It is only as bad as you let it be. If you let it heal, and take care of your wounds, your face should have minimal scars in the end. Your body should be the least of your worries. Your mind needs mending, more so than your body."
"But why is my mind broken?! Why can't I just be normal?!", Twilight began to tear up.
"Because you chose this route. You chose for this to happen. You're at war because you chose to. And it's far too late to back down now," Clear Mind appeared calm. He knew he had to show as little aggression as possible.
"He's lying to you! You don't want to go down this road!", Havoc shouted from across the room at her.
"But why did I choose this?! I would never hurt my friends! They've never done anything to me!", Twilight ignored Havoc.
"Do you not remember?", Clear rubbed his chin with a hoof.
"Remember what?", Twilight looked at him, genuinely confused.
"Your amnesia is worse than I thought. It appears you have forgotten everything. Your friends are not innocent. You are against them for a reason. Try to remember."
"I am! All I can remember is being happy with them and being great friends."
"I see. It appeared your mind has kicked out your entire memory past the point of...what was the last thing you remember?"
"A being named Havoc appeared and sent us, me and my friends, spiraling into different dimensions. I woke up here yesterday. But I have no memory connecting the two periods of time."
"I see. So I would like to bet your apparition, your spirit guide is Havoc?"
"Yes! He's right here!"
"You and the other elements killed him. You sent him into the great abyss of Tartarus. That was the last thing you and your friends did together before...all this started. Are you ready to hear the truth, to become whole again?", Clear Mind looked at her.
Twilight looked at Havoc.
"You must not give your mind to him! He is here to destroy you! I am here to protect your mind from harm, that is why it summoned me.", Havoc pleaded with her.
"My broken mind summoned you. My mended mind will banish you!"
Clear Mind looked under his glasses at her. "Does that mean you're ready? I believe I know what needs to be done to fix you. You must remember what started it all, and I know what that was. Are you ready?"
"I am ready," Twilight looked over at Havoc, who looked defeated. "Leave. I do not need you anymore."
Havoc dissipated.
"Now, Twilight. What started this whole mess...Rainbow Dash had an affair with your husband, Flash Sentry. You had been married for two years when it happened."
Twilight's eyes went wide. Sweat began to form on her brows. "No! Rainbow Dash would never-she couldn't!", she paused, clenching her eyes shut. Every muscle in her face tightening. "She did." A tear fell from her left eye.
"I'm sorry you have to re-live this. It must be ha-"
Twilight continued. "I can remember catching them in the act. She and I were supposed to meet for flight training, but when she sent me a cancelation letter, I didn't get it in time and still went. Then I found them together. In an act of pain and extreme anger, I banished them both. Celestia was not happy with me, she said I had acted out of line, especially considering I was still newly a princess. She took away my title, telling me I could reclaim it through honor. She gave Rainbow Dash her citizenship back. We elements of harmony were to become great knights, protectors of Equestria, and I 'wrongfully' banished Rainbow Dash before we could go through the training. After we trained long and hard for years, I had Flash Sentry assassinated, and attempted to have her killed as well, but was caught and would have been killed for my crime, but I escaped. And since then I've been attacking here and there, always trying to be a step ahead of them."
"Very good! You remember! Do you remember what happened to you exactly, what made you lose yourself, why your face is bandaged?", Clear questioned her.
"I was in a battle with them at Canterlot. I fought all five of them at once, and they beat me. That will be the last time they beat me!", Twilight shot up from her chair so fast, it flew into the wall behind her and shattered.
She lit her horn and shot a purple fireball at the wall, obliterating it. She grabbed the desk in her magic and threw it behind her with a fury. The desk shattered against the wall.
"Yes! Who are you? What is your name?"
"Me?! I am Twilight Sparkle, rightful ruler of Equestria!"
"Yes!"
"Tonight, I control thousands. Tomorrow, millions!"
One Month later
Twilight walked out of Clear Mind's office after her weekly checkup. According to him, her mind had nearly healed completely from her mental breakdown. Her face had also healed a bit, and she didn't have nearly as bad of headaches as she had months before. She never really was happy, but she did find herself in a chipper mood today. She made her way to her room and looked in the mirror.
"I hope my face is healing as quickly as my mind.
She lifted her bandage and any trace of her chipper mood disappeared. The burn damage had gone down considerably in the past month, but it still hurt her emotionally to see it. She just couldn't look at it anymore, so she decided to go to sleep.
It was getting late, at least by her usual standards. It had just turned ten o'clock and her usual schedule had her in bed at 9:30. She had vented to Clear Mind, her therapist only for as long as it took her to completely heal, and she had been longer winded than usual. She fell into her bed, snatched her covers up over her, and sobbed herself to sleep.