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// Chapter 28 
// Story: I Just Walk Away 
// by madhat886 
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Celestia stared at the little filly in the garden from her window who she had chosen to be her new student. She wasn't going to make the mistakes she did with Sunset and Twilight. She was too close to Sunset and as for Twilight she simply look up at her too much. This one she'll won't teach or mentor as she did with either. Celestia turned around to see Sunset there standing behind her.

"Sunset?" Celestia asked staring at the little pony in front of her. She looks around and found that both of them stood in a abyss of shadows.

'So you found a pony in a place where the grass is greener.'
'And you jumped the fence to the other side.'
'Is it good?'
'Are they being somepony I could never be?'

Sunset sang as she stared at Celestia who looks down in shame.

'Well I hope you're proud of your big decision.'
'Yeah, I hope it's all that you want and more.'
'Now you're free from the agonizing student you had before.'

Sunset turns her back to Celestia before looking back with a fake smile on her face.

'And you say what you need to say to me.'
'So that you get to walk away from me.'
'It would kill you to have to stay trapped with me.'
'When you've got somepony new to replace me.'
'Well I'm sorry you had it rough with me.'
'And I'm sorry I'm not enough for you.'
'Thank God they rescued you from me.'
'Thank God they rescued you from somepony like me.' 
'Who only wanted to be your daughter!'

Sunset sang staring at Celestia as tears strained her eyes. Mirrored by Celestia who stared at the pony who wasn't her student, she was her daughter. She just couldn't see that till it was too late. 

'So you got what you always wanted.'
'A pony who won't see you as her mother.'
'So you got your dream come true.'
'Of a pony becoming an ailcorn.'
'Good for you.'
'Good for you, you , you.'
'Got a taste of a life so perfect.'
'So you did what you had to do.'
'Good for you.'
'Good for you.'

Sunset steps back fading in to the shadows leaving Celestia alone.

Twilight appeared stepping out of the shadows. She stared at Celestia also with tears running down her face.

'Does it cross your mind to be slightly sorry?'
'Do you even care that you might be wrong?'
'Was it fun?'
'To replace your daughter with somepony like me?'
'Somepony who will always do as you say?'
'Somepony who always see you as prefect?'
"Somepony who wouldn't see you as her mother?'
'Well I hope you had a blast while you dragged me along.'

Celestia step backwards as a puff of smoke appeared with Trixie appearing behind her. She wasn't crying just has a look of disgust on her face as she stared at Celestia.

'And you say what you need to say to them.'
'And you play who you need to play.'
'And if somepony's in your way.'
'Crush them and leave them behind.'

Both Twilight and Trixie stood together as they stared at Celestia both singing.

'Well, I guess if I'm not of use to you.'
'Go ahead you can cut me loose.'
'Go ahead now.'
'I won't mind.'

Celestia step backwards from the two ponies. Only for Sunset to reappear from her right walking forward, forcing Celestia to walk backwards. 

'I'll shut my mouth and I'll let you go.'
'Is that good for you?'
'Would that be good for you you you?'

Twilight appeared on Sunset's left as they walk and sang as one, forcing Celestia back.

'I'll just sit back while you run the show.'
'Is that good for you?'
'Would that be good for you you you?'

Trixie joins Sunset and Twilight on Sunset's right as they continue to walk forward as one, forcing Celestia back. 

'I'll shut my mouth and I'll let you go.'
'Is that good for you?'
'Would that be good for you you you?'
'I'll just sit back while you run the show.'
'Is that good for you?'
'Good for you.'

Celestia looks back to see she's been forced back to the edge of nothing, nothing but an empty abyss.

'All I need is some time to think.'
'But the boat is about to sink.'
'Can't erase what I wrote in ink.'
'Tell me how can I change the story?'

Celestia sang as she tries to think of something.

'All the words that I can't take back.'
'Like a train coming off the track.'
'As the rails and the bolts all crack.'
'I gotta find a way to stop it, stop it, just let me out!'

Celestia sang out as she couldn't think of a way to get the ponies in front of her to forgive her. The three ponies continue to walk towards her singing.

'So you got what you always wanted.'
'So you got your dream come true.'
'Good for you.'
'Good for you, you , you.'
'Got a taste of a life so perfect.'
'Now you say that you're somepony new.'
'Good for you.'
'Good for you.'
'Good for you.'
'Good for you.'

The three ponies horns glowed as they sang.

'So you got what you always wanted.'

With a blast of magic they push Celestia off the edge and down into the abyss.

Celestia awoke in her sweat strain bed and wipe the tears away from her eyes. She looks around seeing that she is alone, then she looks down. No she is alone, because of the path she choose to follow long ago.