Although Sweetheart and Twilight felt it was against her better judgment, Tempest Shadow had reasons to believe that she wanted to see her sister again after ten years. She felt a sense of guilt and responsibility for destroying her family. A guilt that wouldn’t leave. So, as the morning neared, Tempest decided to pay her sister a visit, an unannounced one at that.
"What do you think you’re doing, Tempest?" The crown asked, as Tempest fashioned a silk ladder out her bedroom window.
"I'm going to see my sister!" Tempest firmly answered, looking over at the crown. "I know what Princess Twilight said about the time not being ready, but I can't wait any longer!"
"She only wants what is best for you, Tempest Shadow," The crown remarked. "And you know very well that you want what’s best for yourself."
"Being groomed for being a royal guard captain is one thing, but family has to come first and I’ve done just about enough damage to Equestria. So, nopony, not Twilight, not Sweetheart and not even a talking crown is going to stop me!" Tempest vowed, as she glared at the crown and let out a small huff as she climbed out the window. "Time to grow up and get wise," She whispered to herself. "Come now little one, open up your eyes."
Tempest climbed down the ladder, being careful to not make any noise. She landed on the ground, and quietly made her way towards her former home. With each step she took, Tempest felt her heart race with anticipation. Eventually, she wound up in the neighborhood behind the stadium. "This is it," She thought to herself. "Razzle Fizzle, I hope you can forgive me for all that I have done."
Standing in front of her childhood house, Tempest took a deep breath and walked up to the door. "Should I knock or should I not knock? That is the question." Tempest thought about her situation for a moment, and then knocked on the door, carefully and gingerly, but loud enough for the occupant inside to hear. Then, the door opened and Tempest faced her sister, nervously anticipating whatever response she was going to get. Razzle's face scrunched with anger upon seeing what was in front of her.
"So, here you are," Razzle Fizzle remarked, anger registered deep in her face and her voice. "After all these years, you’ve finally decided to show yourself!"
"Razzle, let me explain, I…" Tempest began, but, she was interrupted by Razzle in the form of a slap across the face!
"How can you possibly hope to explain to me what you did, Fizzlepop?!" Razzle Fizzle snapped bitterly! "What you did to our family?! What you did to our home?! Do you even realize the trouble you find yourself in?! How dare you decided to come home after all this time, thinking you can just ‘explain’!"
"Razzle, I know you are angry with me and you have every reason to be angry!” Tempest pleaded, trying to ignore the pain. “Look, what I did was wrong and I can't take it back!"
"Fizzlepop, I'm ashamed of you, and I am embarrassed to call you my sister!" Razzle Fizzle cried, stepping outside of the family home and slamming the door loudly! "In fact, I’m not even going to let you set foot inside this house, because you don't even deserve that right! Not after what you’ve done!"
"Why? Where are Mom and Dad? What would they say about this?" Tempest asked, seemingly ignoring her sister's rage as she continued to be pushed back by Razzle Fizzle.
"They're dead of broken hearts," Razzle Fizzle coldly stated, her eyes locked tightly on Tempest Shadow. "That you brought upon them!"
Tempest felt her eyes well up with tears upon hearing this. "No, no it can't be true! It can’t!"
"Yes, it is! They died looking for you!” Razzle Fizzle replied. “And if they were here right now, they would both be so appalled by you, a pony that came back and took all her anger out on Equestria! Putting ponies in cages, chaining them like animals and enslaving them against their will! And for what, all because you lost your horn to that Ursa Minor?!"
"Razzle I will confess that I reveled in seeing ponies in cages, but I regret it now!" Tempest pleaded. “Please, you must believe me when I say that I’m sorry!”
"It's too late for that, dammit!" Razzle Fizzle yelled, pushing Tempest away "It's too late to regret anything you did! I…I…don't even, I will ever forgive you for what you did! Not after what you caused!"
Tempest felt her heart sink with sadness upon hearing this. "Now," Razzle Fizzle whispered. "You'd better get out of here."
"How could you do this? It's so wrong of you to do this, Razzle!" Tempest shouted.
But Razzle shook her head. "Go! Now! You are trespassing!"
Tempest couldn't move, and this only made Razzle even more furious. "Vacate the premises, or I’ll get the royal guards and have you arrested!" She bellowed!
Defeated and deeply hurt, Tempest lowered her head and walked away in sadness, her only chance to save her relationship with her sister, had now been crushed.
"Razzle, I truly am sorry for what I did," Tempest thought, trying to keep a brave face. "Please, why can't you see sense? Please! I never meant for any of this!" Tempest continued her sad and melancholy march out of her former neighborhood, now seemingly defeated and having no hope of any reconciliation.
Finally, she made her way back to the Castle of Friendship and once she opened the door, she was greeted by a very confused looking Twilight Sparkle. "Tempest, where did you run off to?" Twilight asked. "You weren't in your room and...what happened to your face?"
Tempest knew that Twilight saw the mark from the slap that Razzle Fizzle inflicted on her, and knew she was going to have to explain herself for her actions. "Twilight," Tempest sighed, her voice filled with pain. "I…I know you didn't want me to do it, but I did. I wanted to talk to Razzle Fizzle. Please, I had to do it! You must understand!"
"Tempest, I'm not mad, but I am disappointed," Twilight said in an understanding voice. "You know that the timing wasn't right for you to reunite with Razzle Fizzle. Yet you ignored my warnings, and now you’ve made things worse. Why did you do it? Why did you think that now was the time to re approach your sister and ask forgiveness?"
"Because I had to, Twilight!” Tempest cried in between sobs. "I destroyed my family! My parents are dead because of me! They died of broken hearts!"
"Oh, Tempest," Twilight sighed, now regretting that she’d been so harsh, and she pulled the traumatized Unicorn in for an embrace. Yes, Twilight was still disappointed, but she really couldn't help but feel sorry for Tempest. After all, hearing this brought back memories of that painful moment before her brother's wedding when she thought she’d ruined her relationship with him. Wouldn’t she have given anything to make things right if they’d remained divided afterwards? “Tempest.” She softly sighed.
"Twilight, what's going on?" Sweetheart asked, as she came down the stairs and saw what was happening. "Tempest, what happened to your face?! Where did you go?!"
"She tried to visit her sister, and she learned that her parents are dead," Twilight explained, as Tempest continued to bawl her eyes out. "What are we going to do?"
But all Sweetheart could do, was look on in disbelief at the situation that went on before her.