Deep in the depths of Tartarus, Cozy Glow was sitting with a cockatrice, discussing an escape attempt.
“Twilight was a fool to let me be turned into stone! And even more of a fool to put me back in this dump!” Cozy shouted. “I swear! When I get out of here I’ll make her and her friends suffer a miserable fate when they die over and over and over.”
“I understand that you hate them for imprisoning you, I do too. But why did you try to take over Equestria in the first place?” The Cockatrice asked.
“You really want to know?” Cozy asked. The Cockatrice nodded. “Celestia killed my parents!”
“NO!”
“Yes!” Cozy confirmed. “I was four when it happened. Me and my family were visiting Canterlot, and we were staying in a four star hotel. And by golly, it was a great place. My parents and I had tons of fun, we ate at fancy restaurants, played Buckball, and we even met a magic student. I think her name was ‘Moon Dancer’ or something like that. It was the vacation of a lifetime, that is until our 5th night in Canterlot.”
“What happened?” The Cockatrice asked. Cozy sighed.
“I was in bed, and it was about 10 PM. I started hearing screams of pain, so I got out of bed and headed toward the living room. I was shocked at what I saw: my mommy was lying on the ground covered in blood and tears.”
(Flashback)
“Mommy!” Cozy screamed before running to her mother. She tried to get her to wake up but Cozy’s mom wouldn’t move. She put her hoof on her mother’s chest. No heartbeat. She was dead. Suddenly, the sound of glass shattering was heard in the kitchen. Cozy rushed in to see Celestia with her father.
“Sir Theodore, you stand accused of theft, false advertising and threatening a colts life! How do you plead?” Celestia asked.
“Y-You don’t understand! I had no choice! I was doing it to help my family.”
“You were actually going to kill that colt weren’t you!?” Celestia demanded.
“That little shit caused my daughter to get lost in the woods and almost starved!” Celestia responded to this by punching Theodore in the face.
“SILENCE!!!” She said in her Royal Canterlot voice. “I now place my judgement upon thee!” Celestia pulled out a pocket knife with her magic.
“YOU BITCH!!!” Theodore yelled. “If you were a good leader like your mother Lau- AAAHHHHH!!!!!” He began but was interrupted when Celestia stabbed him in the chin. Theodore fell forward.
“I’M TWICE THE LEADER MY MOTHER EVER WAS!!!!!” Celestia shouted, pulling out an axe.
“DADDY!” Theodore turned his head to see his daughter and reached out for her.
“C-Cozy… run!” Celestia swung the axe down cutting Theodore at the back of the throat and lifted the axe. “S-SAVE YOURSELF!!!” Celestia swung the axe down one more time decapitating the stallion. Cozy shrieked in shock and fear and looked at Celestia.
“No...” Cozy cried.
“Sorry little one. It had to be done.” Cozy opened her eyes at this and looked at Celestia. Something inside her snapped. Cozy screamed and flew at Celestia, attempting to choke her. Celestia grabbed Cozy and threw her towards a wall. “You miss them that much already? Don’t worry then. You’ll see them again soon.”
(Tartarus)
“After that I ran away. I was lucky to get out of there, but not before getting zapped by a guard.” Cozy lowered her left ear to reveal a small scar. The Cockatrice was shocked to say the least.
“No wonder you tried to gain power. You wanted Celestia gone for taking your family away.”
“Yes. And my chance finally came when I became penpals with Tirek. But you and I both know how that ended.” Cozy said.
“I’m very sorry Cozy.” The Cockatrice said. “Maybe you can just tell Princess Twilight what happened?”
“Are you insane!? Twilight would never believe that.” She was about to diss the idea further but the other creatures started mumbling. “What’s going on?”
“It’s Twilight Sparkle!” A Bug Bear said. “She’s in Tartarus and is heading this way! She already killed Cerberus!”
“What!?” Cozy said. “All of you go and stop her.” Most of the monsters ran off and Cozy turned to the Cockatrice and Chimera. “You guys follow me!” Cozy and the two monsters took off.