Twilight sat in her new throne, the room was rebuilt around her. She was immensely bored and numb. Her mind could only replay the events of the last few days.
She leaned forward, staring at the ground, the room was cold. She looked up and only saw the magenta banners with her cutie mark on them hanging beside the doors.
The whole room was a lot more purple than before. It fit her, it was cozy for her, it reminded her of her. But she didn't want to be reminded of her. Everything felt so far away, and she was terrified. Numbly terrified.
All her colleagues had changed since the fight with the Elements of Harmony ten days ago. A lot had changed. Applejack and Rainbow Dash relatively stayed the same, but no one else did. Not even she was.
The whole castle was a lot darker in colors. Blues, purples, reds, and magentas covered every corner. It felt like her own kingdom, red spikes shooting up from the light purple balconies, every floor shined in a new purple. It was her in a kingdom form. Well, of course it was, she made it.
As she tried to revel in her new life, she was reminded once again of the ponies she felt like she knew. But she didn't know them at all.
She expected Rarity to be fine, but the mare locked herself in a room with all the fabric in the whole castle. She hadn't seen the mare in days. Not since the day after the invasion. She looked like a wreck, mascara stained her cheeks. Then, she was never saw again. Rainbow Dash tried to help her, but Rarity just wouldn't cooperate. So, they left her alone.
The Dragon Lord was no where around. He'd be there in the morning, pissed as all hell. Then, he'd just fly off. No one had no idea where he went, but he was always there in the morning. He didn't say anything, he didn't even look anywhere. He'd just walk around a bit and then fly off. He terrified everyone, so no one stopped him.
She expected Fluttershy to just hang around, like she did before. But now she had no idea where the pegasus was, no one could find her. It was like she went missing, Twilight actually considered that the mare just up and left the operation. She did say she wanted nothing out of it. But she knew the scaredy-pony wasn't that stupid.
And she couldn't even bring herself to think about Pinkamena. Every time she thought of the mare, she felt like she wanted to puke, she was guilt ridden. Just the idea of her happy made her think of all her mistakes. And she even nitpicked through her actions, thinking about every wrong word that just made her sick.
So of course, she tried to keep the mare out of her mind, but it didn't help that she just hung around like a ghost. She just stared at anything but Twilight.
And just as Twilight got reminded of her, she looked up and stepped up off the glass, magenta throne. She looked around frantically, just trying to think of something else. She became surrounded by those images of justice as the doors behind her slammed shut.
"Think... think," she bashed the sides of her head with her hooves. She told herself to replay the events of her world domination. She tried to think, she tried to remember the power she felt. So, she just walked back into her throne room, taking in the dark purple walls, the windows shining in an orange light of the sunset.
She sighed as she stepped onto the throne again, just trying to think about the events of a few days ago and nothing else.
"Okay," she told herself as she shut her eyes. "I-it was right after everything fell a-apart," she said quietly. Her whispers echoed throughout the room.
Her, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack were the only ones in the room. It was silent. Rarity and Twilight sat in silence, trying to make sense of what just happened. It didn't make sense. They both screwed up, but why did it hold such big conseuences?
Just as Twilight stood to leave the room, guards slammed the doors opened and stared at the mares. And the room. The walls and floor were covered in burn-like marks, and everything just had a dent in it from Rainbows duel. The windows were just empty holes in the ground, the glass shining in the bright sun that flooded in.
"Where are the princesses?" A guard walked towards Twilight, asking her. She was in no condition to deal with it, but she did. She decided it was better than then never. She smirked.
"Gone, they're safe though," she said bluntly. All the guards let out a breath of relief. "But they won't be coming back." She got a lot of looks of confusion, after the guards exchanged their own looks of confusion.
"You report to me now, Princess Twilight Sparkle," she deadpanned, the power rush not kicking in quiet yet. She was tired more than anything. "And when Day-... Celestia and Luna return, you report to me as the highest in command. Actually, just capture the two."
"Princess? Are you feeling alright?" One guard asked worriedly.
"Yeah, you're acting kinda strange. We'll report to you... but why above Princess Celestia and Princess Luna? And why would we capture them?" Another asked. The doors behind them slammed shut.
"Listen up," she stated loudly. "We are your new rulers. And if you don't like the idea of that..." she smirked, it finally getting to her. She grinned maliciously as her horn electrified with emitting a large sphere of magenta. "You'll be what this thing shoots at! And that's for any disobeyed rule."
The guards just stared at her, terrified. "Any objections?" She asked. One of the guards looked furious, he flew as fast as he could over to the windows. He was shot down and fell to the ground. Twilight looked to all the remaining guards in front of her, "Any more objections?" They all shook their heads rapidly.
Rainbow Dash flew next to her, standing beside her with a grin just as twisted. Twilight smirked down at her. She looked up at them, "That, or a personal visit with Mrs. Dash. And you don't want that, trust me."
The guards stood still, sweat rolling down their faces underneath their masks. "Tell that to all the other guards, and don't think about leaving. There's already a barrier around the castle, and if you touch it, you get electrocuted!" They all saluted with shaky hooves and ran off.
Rainbow looked up at her, "Is there actually a barrier around the castle?"
Twilight turned back to Rarity and Applejack, her horn turning magenta and returning to its original purple. "There is now. I'll put one up around the city tomorrow, once everypony thinks its electrocuted."
"So it ain't?" Applejack asked and Twilight simply nodded. Twilight walked towards the blankets and pillows that was the old throne. Her magic took hold of all the fabric and she threw it on the floor. Her magic built up a new throne, seemingly made of glass. Of course, the color was magenta.
"Hey! We're still rulers here too!" Rainbow yelled at her. The pegasus flew in her face, "and we're more probable leaders than you."
Twilight rolled her eyes. She used her magic to build three thrones on either side of the room. Each one color coated to the pony they belonged too. "Better?" She asked Rainbow and trotted past her. "Besides, you're doing more work than me."
Rainbow flew over to her throne, being one of the ones next to Twilight. As she sunk into it, she loved the cold feeling. She shot up, staring up at Twilight. "Hey! What's that mean!? Cause I'm not gonna be a maid!"
"Aww!" Twilight sunk back into her own throne. "You'd be precious walking around in a maid outfit! But no, I meant you get to do more ordering around than any of us. You know this stuff."
Rainbow flew up into her face with a smile. "Really!?"
Twilight rolled her eyes. "Maybe you'd be a better maid." Rainbow shook her head and flew down into her seat, a red lightning bolt forming on the back.
"Aw yeah! This is so cool!" She gloated with a smile. She heard the doors slam shut and looked to see that Rarity was no longer in the room. She didn't really care, she just sunk back in to the icy throne.
"I didn't think ruling a country would be this cool!" She looked to her right and saw the throne next to hers was orange, she looked over to Applejack.
She saw the orange mare just sitting there, staring at the ground. She rolled her eyes. "Hey AJ! Come over here and check out the cool thrones Twilight gave us!"
Once Applejack didn't respond, she was a bit concerned, but she didn't care that much. She hopped up off the throne and flew next to Applejack, waving her hoof in front of her face. "Uhhh, hellloooo? Anyone in there?" She asked.
Applejack jumped away from her, staring at her as if she scared her. "Whoa dude, you okay? You kinda spaced there, didn't mean to scare ya.
"Uh, yeah," Applejack said, her eyes frantically staring at anything else. "Uh, what did y'all want?"
"Uh... did you not hear me? Come check out these thrones! They're freezing!" The mare bounced with a smile. She hovered a bit from the ground with a childish smile on her face. She flew out of Applejacks sight.
Applejack just smiled motherly, she followed the mare and looked up at the throne. She felt icy, as if the room got colder. She even thought she could see her breath. She sat in and it felt like she was falling through a hole, just sinking into something warm and cozy, it felt like inviting hooves had wrapped around her.
She heard a flash and looked up at the back of the throne, an apple sitting there. She smiled and tried not to cry. "Reminds me of home."
"How?" Rainbow asked, laying on her back, staring at Applejack intently. Applejack just sighed with comfort as she sunk into it.
"For one, it feels warm," she smiled. "And a full apple just means a lot to me. Well, symbolized, I mean."
"Tell me about it," Rainbow said, ignoring the idea that Twilight was in the room. Applejack just stared at the alicorn, up on a high chair with a broken stare. She guessed Twilight couldn't eavesdrop, even if she tried.
"Alright," Applejack started, prompting Rainbow to sit up in her seat, faced towards Applejack. She smiled, "Flim and Flam, the ponies who take care of me, have cutie marks of part of apples.
"They always completed each other, they knew that's why that was their cutie marks, and cause they liked apples." She just smiled sadly at the thought of them. She didn't even get to say goodbye and now she's off ruining a peaceful civilization. She wished they could see her now.
"They said mom had a full red apple as a cutie mark. I can't remember, but they said they were friends with her. They came to her and dads funeral, Granny didn't like 'em, but she knew mom would want them there." She kept her sad smile, but she liked talking about it, it took off the pain. She didn't care what Rainbow thought. She tried not to.
"They didn't know her and dad had kids. So once they saw the three of us, they wanted to know us. Granny was against it, but she let them come over some times. They never stayed long.
"But once Granny passed, they shipped us off to the orphanage, of course. We were there just an hour before the they came and took us back home. They gave her a proper funeral and everything. Even when she didn't like 'em one bit.
"Anyway, the point it, I have three full apples, so they say I remind them of mom," she stated, remembering what happened to her sister and brother. She looked confused for a second, it felt so long ago for her. She shook her head and turned to Rainbow, who was just staring intently.
"Wow, that must suck, losing your parents early," Rainbow said. It seemed like all she had to say.
Applejack chuckled. "Yeah, but we were lucky. We got another chance to feel safe, we got another chance to be kids. So, it's fine."
They sat in a nice, comforting silence for a bit. Applejack looked to her. "Your folks still alive?"
Before she could answer, their heads whipped to the door as a black stallion walked through the doors in his guard uniform. He bowed before the three. "What do you want?" Twilight asked rudely.
He smirked up at her. "Waiting for your next orders, your highnesses."
Rainbow shot up from her throne. "Wait, really?"
He smirked at her, he found the three of them simply adorable. "Of course, guards are only used for rulers orders, after all."
"Gather all of the ponies in Canterlot for an announcement tomorrow, and don't worry about the barrier. It's just a shield." Twilight stated loudly, turning his attention back to her. He smiled at her.
He bowed again. "Alright ma'am. Consider it done."
They all sunk into their thrones with a knew feeling of power. Maybe ruling a country wasn't that bad.
The next events included Pinkamena, so she tried to skip to the announcement. She bashed her temples with her hooves again, desperately trying not to include her pink 'friend' any more than she had too.
"Announcement.., announcement... announcement," she muttered quietly to herself, fighting her pink friend mentally.
The announcement had most or all of Canterlot in it. The seven stayed distant from each other, but they were amazed by the amount of ponies that were there, all conversing amongst themselves. They felt such a rush, as if they had control of all of it. And they fell in love, forgetting the failure of the previous day.
Of course, the stallion from before cleared his throat, interrupting their marvel and making them take notice of who exactly they were next too. Most of them backed away, but Fluttershy sat near the edge, placing her hind legs through the bars and laying her chin on the top of them. She stared down at all of them, her marvel never-ending.
Twilight stared down at everyone and used her magic to fabricate a microphone. "Hello, dear Canterlot!" Just her voice got praise from all of Canterlot. Shouts and cheers were thrown up at her. She couldn't wait to tear it down.
"The seven of us has quiet the thing to reveal to you all!" She said happily, taking in all the cheers. She felt so important, she didn't even care that she felt Pinkamena's eyes on her. It all went to her head. She couldn't help it. None of them really could.
She smirked evilly with malice as a magenta shield surrounded Canterlot, causing panic and quiet confusion from the crowd. She grinned down at them, she was basically going psycho with all the power of thousands of ponies.
She controlled their fates, she had the choice. She was like a god. And that's how she saw it. "You're under our control! Gaze upon your rulers for the rest of your days!" She chanted loudly, screams and gasps followed and she couldn't help but laugh maniacally.
Ponies ran towards the edges of town. "Don't even try!" She yelled, the sky seemingly got darker as she stomped, the ground shining under a purple sheen. "You die the second you touch it!" They heard many screams of pain that followed screams of fear, Rainbow laughing above them all, rubbing her hooves together. "It's electric!" Twilight yelled.
Even the Dragon Lord looked over them all with an evil in his eye. He laughed at them all, he turned to Rarity to tell her by instinct. Once he saw her staring at him with hurt eyes, he turned back to the crowd coldly. He felt so stupid, but the confused ponies running around like ants helped. It reminded him of home.
"This is great!" Rainbow smiled to them all maliciously. "I've never had this much control!"
"It was like Ponyville when the banks crashed," Pinkamena said sadly as she looked down at all of them. "Just running around without a clue." She smiled down at them and licked her lips. "And they thought they could find food in the abandoned Cupcake shop."
She didn't even notice the freaked out faces of everyone. Applejack stood next to her, "It is like Ponyville, huh? Well, I guess without the magic overlord." Pinkamena didn't respond.
The magic shield put an overcast over the city, as if the skies were cloudy. The screams didn't stop. Twilight smirked down, her horn glowing magenta as everything around the seven changed. The floor of the balcony beneath them turned a light purple, stone cold. Red spikes shot up once the bars disappear. Fluttershy's chin sat right above one, any lower and it'd impale her.
The six looked behind them and saw the whole castle change. Deep purple shined all the way down, all the flowers turned to violets or roses, all the windows glistened with a magenta border. The roofs turned to a light purple as the flags turned to deep purple with Twilight's cutie mark sitting on it. She looked back at all the amazed gazes. She smiled.
"Just ask me if you want a change to it. I don't mind," she told them all and turned back to the crowds.
She grinned maliciously, staring down at her own dystopia. And it was all 'her' themed. She guessed none of them would have any objections, other than Rainbow, but not even she minded.
All of them were little hers. Being stared down by injustices. And all of that her reminded her of yesterday. The day she'd forever curse. But it did come second place.
She walked back inside, staring up at the throne room with it's original colors. Of course, she wanted them changed. As with the rest of the castle. Fluttershy trotted past her. "Play decorate. But keep the gardens and whatever room you have me in the same, kay?" Twilight just nodded, letting the girl go off on her own.
Everypony but Applejack and Rainbow Dash walked out of the room. Even the guard was dismissed. Of course, he was the captain of the guards, at Rainbows decree. And Twilight messed with her magic.
The walls became a deep purple, the windows bars turned magenta as all the plants became violets and roses. The banners on the walls were mostly hers, but any above her colleagues thrones, she designed to her taste. Of course, Rainbow got a torn light blue one with a lightning bolt imprinted in it. Applejack just got a cozy little orange with an apple pattern.
She made the floors sparkle with a light purple sheen, the carpet down the middle a blood red. The doors became a much darker brown, like chocolate. She turned to the two behind her. "Wanna change the rest of the castle to our liking?" She asked sweetly.
"Hell yeah!" Rainbow threw her hoof up, flying with it. Applejack walked over to her throne and sat down in it, immediately sinking into it.
"I think I'll stay here. I ain't know nothin' 'bout decoratin' anyhow." She shooed them off and the two had their fun.
Most of the halls were the same, the floors turning to a bright white, the walls turning a dull blue. She made the windows taller and wider, the bars a black. The two thought it was a great late night type thing. Chandeliers sat at the middle of corridors, but many hallways were lit by candles.
A whole wing of the tower became Rainbows. All the walls were a light blue while the floors were checkered from light blue and white. Another wing of the castle was left untouched, Twilight got too lazy. She walked into Celestia's old room, leaving Rainbow to her wing. She stared at the empty room, no one in it.
She guessed Pinkamena was in Luna's. She also assumed Fluttershy got a different room. She proposed Applejack fell asleep on her throne, and she thought of the idea that Rarity was off organizing everything she found. She fixed the room up like she did the throne room, just making it a mix of purples and reds.
She fell asleep quickly, the magic taking it all out of her. But all she saw were those violet eyes staring back at her.
And she didn't feel safe anymore.
And in the end, she ended up remembering Pinkamena and she had no way out of it. She was left crying to herself in her throne, tearing her mind apart. She couldn't believe all the sorrow the simple mare could cause.