Dreams
Chapter 1
The sound of the crowd was vastly heard across the land. The roar of the angry, the wails of the sad, the heat of arguments merged together to form one emanating sound that ringed in everypony’s ears. All eyes were on the stage in the middle of Canterlot. The public watched as their leader faced her doom.
Celestia was tied to a wooden stake in the middle of the stage. Her hooves were tied around the pole while her horn and wings were removed. Her mouth was also gagged from spewing more of her filth to the people.
Suddenly, the crowd fell silent as another pony stepped on stage. This pony wore a long leather jacket that reached to the floor and adorned a billed cap (much like the fashion of the S.S. of Equestrian War II). As they moved about the stage, they mesmerized the crowd with the words that flowed out like sweet poetry, but sank into the heart of the princess like daggers. Finally it was time for her reign to end.
The deafening screams of the crowd began again, but were slightly different. Instead of different emotions, excitement was unanimous. The crowd encouraged the display, welcoming it like a public performance. The princess was now in the spotlight, waiting for the hook.
On the mysterious ponies command, two guards wearing armor decorated with one purple flash on their chest, escorted Celestia into the guillotine. They positioned her body onto the bench and waited for further instruction. The leather fashioned pony nodded once and one of the guards took her gag out. As tears ran down her face, she looked up pleadingly.
“Why must you do this?” Celestia was trembling, hardly looking like the god she undoubtedly acted like.
“It’s simple. Your reign is now over and a new order shall be put in its place.”
“But…I…taught…you…” Celestia could barely keep it together. She began to sob, pathetically shaking like a scared foal.
“There is nothing you could possibly teach me! I am more powerful than you and have more knowledge than you could possibly fathom. You were nothing but a pawn to me.”
Celestia’s mouth was left agape. She could not believe her ears or her eyes. Was it true? Was she really used and was led astray by the façade of friendship? Is this what Twilight Sparkle planned all along? Her time was running out and she did not struggle. A smile replaced the look of pain on her face.
“What is so amusing,” barked Twilight, becoming antsy, wanting nothing more than to drop the blade.
“You will never know, and this is the knowledge that is more valuable than whatever your books can tell you!” The words hit Twilight like acid and stung her down to her core.
“I can’t stand to look at you. You filled these people with the falsehood of friendship as our savior. You poisoned the people with the filth you spread. I’m going to fill them with hope. You hid them from the dangers that lie within and have made the people weak. For this, you must die.”
With that said, Twilight raised her hoof and stomped hard on the wooden stage, signaling to the guards that it was time. The guards acknowledged the order and let go of the rope that held the oblique blade.
As the blade fell, the world around Twilight seemed to move in slow motion. She could analyze every inch that the blade fell as it neared its target. At the last second, time seemed to catch up with itself and returned to normal speed. Just before it found its mark, Celestia’s eyes widened and met Twilight’s. As their eyes locked, Celestia let out a shrill scream.
“TWILI- Grk!!!”
The razor-sharp edge ended her abruptly. The last sound heard was a soft “thud” as the head of the princess fell into the basket below. But Twilight didn’t hear it. She didn’t hear the “thud,” she couldn’t here the roaring crowd she couldn’t hear anything. All she could hear was Celestia calling her name, and it echoed in an unending loop until her eyes reopened and adjusted to the bright light streaming in through the window beside her bed.
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Twilight quickly gathered all of the information she could about her surroundings. She was back in her tree house library and nothing seemed to be astray. Spike was leaning over Twilight, seeming concerned about something.
“Twilight, are you feeling ok?” The baby dragon was genuinely confused as to why Twilight shivered and sweats at the same time in her sleep.
“What happened Spike? Is something wrong?” Twilight steadied herself in an upright position, keeping her hooves down on the mattress and behind her back so that she leaned a little on her headboard.
"It was you Twilight. You were mumbling something and started to thrash around in your bed.”
Twilight looked down for the first time at the bed she currently lay in. There was a sweat puddle that somewhat represented the contours of her body and the comforter was strewn about the bed, barely covering her body at all.
“Was I really acting like that?” Twilight had never experienced something like this before and it concerned her further about her current condition.
“Yeah but I bet it was just a bad dream. Do you want me to make you a cup of coffee or some cereal?”
“That would be great Spike. Thank you.”
With that, the purple dragon left out of his friends room and began to make breakfast, leaving Twilight with nothing but her own thoughts.
Was I really thinking about hurting the princess? What is going on here? Twilight dwelled on this thought for a while. She would not dare touch her teacher, let alone kill her. As she lay in bed her thoughts turned in her head like a swirling vortex of emotion.
On the other hoof, being leader wouldn’t be so bad. This thought made Twilight smile wickedly as her emotions escaped her grasp and insanity take hold. But as quickly as it came, her smile was gone. Though the thought still remained.
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Holy I can't imagine Twilight doing that to Celestia!
And Celestia screaming the name of Twilight remembered me of a scene of Harry Potter when he hears his mother screaming his name when the Dementors are near of him ( Book/Film 3 - Harry Potter and the Prisioner of Azkaban) .
Also that pic!
And I want to see this continue!
Looks great. cant wait for chapter 2
DUM-DUM-DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUm
and stuff
Seems promising, I'll probably read it if it doesn't turn too much grimdark. Dark is fine with me, too much is bad though.
Well... Ummm... Tracked?
I think the story shows promise. I'll follow it. I think your characterizations a just a bit off, though. Celestia's is fine so far, but Twilight is far too aggressive. She needs to get to the point of giggling at her dream far more slowly. She should go through a period of feeling awful for even dreaming it. Also, Spike's speech seems... odd. Not quite sure how, though...
585521 Well actually, her smiling at the end is more like a twitch rather than a full out smile. It happens for a split second and then it's gone. I wasn't sure how to fix that into the story but now you know.
OMGISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This pleases ApplePie
585476 grimdark is not my goal in writing this. I just wanted to write a fic where the most devoted follower and the one who is held in highest regard, is led astray by her own insanity, slowly losing that grip on reality.
interesting just hope celestia doesn't actually die
Hmm...will be interesting to see how this plays out. Keep it up and lets see where this leads up to.
Oh, as for the split second smile you mentioned, you could put it in as "made Twilight smile wickedly as the thought spread through her mind before it vanished".
The smile would be gone, but it would allow for the insanity to not seem so...sudden and OOC for Twilight. Madness like this for her I would think would be a more...gradual thing. Little bits here and there as the idea starts to slowly bloom and the tendrils of chaos creep their way into her mind, corrupting and twisting her thoughts...
You have permission to use that btw *looks at the above paragraph*
An interesting idea, if not for the fact that this almost completely contradicts Twilight's personality. I neither approve nor disapprove of a continuation, but if you were to continue, there would need to be at least a chapter or two on the reasons behind the usurping and Twilight's thought process.
Needs more background. I'm stumped at the abrupt change in Twi's character. Hoping for the next chapters to go deeper into Twi's inner battle, as well as provide some insight into the reasons why Celestia lost her loyalty.
Watching this story intently...
''barley covering her body at all'', Other than this there are very few problems, some of the sentences are places uncomfortably but I like where this seems to be going. I can't wait for updates
This is good. Can't wait for chapter 2
585908 Trust me this story is going to be massive in comparison to my other one-shots. I'm going to go deeper into her mind as we go along but that is all I can share at this moment. Just expect to be excited for each new update!
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My suggestion then is to call it a twitch. The way it's written, it sounds like more of a prolonged, rising glee at the dream subject.
585908
Agreed. More background is needed.
585979
When I read that line, I thought, "What, did she try to turn her bedroom into a beer brewery yesterday?" Ah, the joys of transposed letters... 
Make more or I'll be all sad.
More more more! This is really good so far! I could never write anything as good as this. Keep it up!
make some more my good sir
and i think this twilight right now
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On one hoof (heh) Twilight's insanity in the show was caused by her thinking how she will disappoint the princess, so one could say that her insanity leading her to betray the princess isn't logical, but its insanity so no need for logic
But Celestia trained her, she would know her weaknesses and i dont believe that without the use of the elements she would overpower Celestia.
That would require the other elements to go crazy of course...
Still interesting and good luck if you continue.Like others said still need a background.
This... This wasn't exactly what I was suspecting, hell, I don't know what I was expecting to be honest. Still well written like
Interesting so far, but I'm curious about what would trigger this specific insanity in Twilight.
We need to see more of this
NO, someone does not like it, (pause for dramatic effect) we are doomed to be story-less by him/her!
Awesome, can't wait for more
Promising beginning will love to see Twilight crack and become a tyrant. heehee.
Continue this please! The story is great, but it absolutely cannot be left as a lone chapter. I can't wait to see where this goes
CONTINUE IT. PLEASE. I WISH TO SEE HOW THIS PREDICAMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY TURNS OUT. PERHAPS...YES. THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO HAPPEN. YES, I SHALL BE WAITING. AS WELL AS WATCHING
The cover image is badass!!!
never read anythign like this before but it picked my interest,
looks good for now. But just me being nitpicky here. You kept labeling the crowd as "People". Last I checked humans didn't exist in Equestria. Not sure if that was intended or a mistake.
very interesting...would like to see how it is followed up...and facehoof with the harry potter reference...no offence to any hp fans...im just not one of them
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My vote goes to continue! Seems promising to me.
586463 twilight is the embodiment of magic itself, ergo she is the element of magic, though they need the elements to harness the power of the elements it would be possible that twilight might be capable of going toe to toe with the strongest pony in equestria .
587888 I used the word "people" to signify the crowd. They are of Celestia's people. I could see how this can get confusing but that's the way I see it.
588129 That hp reference is just a coincedence. I like hp, but would never try to cross it over to ponies.
593684 Couldn't have said it better myself.
587919 Haven't heard from you in a while! whats up?!
I really don't mind having the Dragon fall from grace, but my interpretation of Celestia's and Twilight's relationship doesn't strike me that this could EVER occur. Personally, i don't think Twilight would enjoy the power shown in her dream, but to each her own.
This. Is. So. Cute.
Sorry Magic but I couldn't take this seriously one bit. What I mean, it's like reading a baby version if an epic story.
Not saying it's bad, but picture a kid walking around in her daddy's shoes. I suggest reading some epic tales, or finding an editor that understands these types of stories.
And what exactly are you aiming for in this story? If not grimdark, then what?
626520 I'm not taking this story seriously either.
Not saying I'm not trying but I'm not trying to make a huge deal out of it.
Just got bored and made up a project to take up my time.
*shrugs* maybe I'm running out of that good stuff that made my stories decent if at all good.
This story was more targeted towards a kind of story that would make you think.
Of course you don't see much in this first chapter, so I have no clue where to take it.
I guess I'm just running out of good ideas. *sigh*
626615
Meh it's called writers block.
Maybe just stop writing for a while, it's not like you have to write.
Try to just enjoy other people's stories or maybe even help edit others.
But if you really want to write something, I suggest you go back to your old stories, and remake one of the first ones. Your writing skill is a lot better since when you first started and I think it would do some good for you to recreate your classics.
Or just go rewatch season one and two to jump start your love of ponies.
626664 You're right! I may be a little burnt out so all I need is some rest.
I would love to rewatch the seasons but I'm one of those guys where watching an episode more than once, isn't enjoyable for me.
Now about rewriting my erlier stories... How do I do that?
I'm not sure if I should add an epilogue to it or something.
Suggestions?
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I mean you should just literally rewrite a while story. Find parts you don't like and rewrite it. Don't change any of the plot but only your writing style. Or if your feeling a bit adventurous, rewrite a story only in 1st person. Try to experiment with your writing skill.
Or if your not up to anymore writing a try all, reread your stories. The fiction a writer writes, tells a lot about the writer himself.
626708 Interesting.
I'll try anything once!
This looks interesting! I look forward to seeing where this goes!
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hey update plzzz.
Sounds pretty cool. Hope for an Update soon.
seems cool
could you put more up soon?