//------------------------------// // Burning Mare (not really it's all burning) (Panic!) // Story: Cara's Collection of Curious Curios // by Esalen //------------------------------// “Suppose I just let it all burn?” Celestia took a sip of her tea. “What?!” Luna cried, spraying her coffee across the table. “Sister what meanest thou?” “Scorch the earth,” Celestia gestured. “All this, just ash.” “I seem to remember someone banishing me to the moon when I tried to do the same thing.” “Oh no, I banished you because our little ponies would have slowly starved as their crops withered and died. I could just wave my hoof,” Celestia flicked her fetlock. “And woosh. Gone. No suffering.” “But why?” Luna surreptitiously took Celestia’s tea and sniffed it. “‘Tis not something in the tea that’s causing this momentary loss of reason.” Celestia sighed and took her tea back. “Nothing of the sort. I have simply grown bored of the nobles' complaints.” “So you would wipe out everything to remove the nobility?!” “Well, not everything. But picture it!” Celestia waved her hooves. “Boom! Fwoosh! Colors! Fire!” The castle rumbled, then the glass imploded, flames creeping in through the now empty slot. Celestia shot a sheepish grin towards Luna. “Oops?” Luna facehoofed.