The rhythmic pip-plops of Princess Luna’s dark blue wonderfully shaped bare feet with glossy deep pink toenail polish echo in her dream palace's large stone throne room as she walks across the thirteen-inch gray leaf porcelain mosaic tile floor of this room. She impatiently waits for Miss Sunny Starscout to come to after she passes out after discovering the members of the prominent royal family of ancient Equestria.
At that same time, in the center of a separate sixteen by twenty square inch stone room with six stained glass windows depicting constellations in the night sky set in the wall. Was the older Queen Twilight Sparkle and the younger Princess Twilight Sparkle. Both were sitting in oversized wooden chairs facing each other with their magic blocked and their wings locked on their back with a magic lock spell put on them by Luna’s moon Knight Somnus Silverlight.
Both light mulberry-colored Alicorn mares are none too happy with their current situation as Somnus has taken their shoes from them, leaving them barefooted as both mares wear their shoes bare. To add even more anxiety to this situation, Somnus has covered the whole floor of this room all away to the only door that exits the room with many caltrops.
This little black metal tetrahedron-shaped device always had a point pointing up in the air. The two Alicorn mares have already experienced the consequences and know why Somnus took their shoes from them, leaving them barefooted. Due to their bare feet being so sensitive on the underside, the point sticking up hurts like the dickens went their steps on it, forcing them back to the only area free of these painful devices, the center of the room.
Watching from a balcony overlooking the room was Somnus; he was ordered by his aunt Princess Luna to do whatever it took to get those two Alicorn mares talking. Sitting on a small wooden table on the balcony with Somnus were Queen Twilight Sparkle high heel pumps and Princess Twilight Sparkle sandals that he seized from the magnificent long light purple bare feet of these two Alicorn mares. Soon the rhythmic pip-plops of Princess Luna’s dark blue wonderfully shaped bare feet with glossy deep pink toenail polish grab Somnus' attention as she walks out onto the balcony with him.
"So, how are you getting those two Alicorn mares to talk?" Luna asked as Somnus gestured his Auntie Luna to sit down on a chair on the balcony, which she happily did.
Once she sits down on the chair, Somnus reach for her dark blue, wonderfully shaped barefoot with glossy deep pink toenail polish and lifts it till it becomes straight; this act confuses his Aunt Luna wondering why her nephew wants the sole of her foot revealed. It confused his Aunt Luna even more, when he gently caressed her foot with his cold metal-clad hand. As Luna was about to form a question to ask her nephew; she felt a sharp poke in the center of the arch of her foot.
“Ouch!" Luna exclaimed as she pulled away her foot and rubbed the center of her arch with her fingers to alleviate the pain in the arch.
"What the…?" Luna stopped in mid-sentence went. Somnus reveals the little black metal tetrahedron-shaped device in his gauntlet-clad hand.
"A caltrop! Your devilry knows no bounds, my beloved nephew! I have taught you well." Luna said proudly as she kissed Somnus on his cheek, looking toward the table with shoes.
"So those high heels and sandals you have belonged to those barefooted Alicorn mares," Luna commented, looking over the balcony and seeing the room floor covered with caltrops.
“Have they tried to leave?” Luna asked
"Many times, Auntie! This only resulted in their tender, creamy soft, light purple soles being stabbed multiple times went they tried to get to the only door out of the room. Force them back to the center of the room where it clears." Somnus explains as Luna kisses him on his cheek again as she makes her way off the balcony and looks over her shoulder toward Somnus, who forces a smile.
"Please don't worry, my dear little Somnus; I’ll keep both my promises in the real world to you. Especially the one you couldn't do why I was hibernating." Luna said, reassured as the pip-plopping of her bare feet got lower and lower as she walked down the hallway back to the throne room of her dream palace.
(Back in the room with the two barefooted Alicorn mares)
"Your highness, you know as well as me, his highness will not let us go free unless we can come to an agreement. Plus, I am not going to walk over those caltrops again with my highly sensitive Alicorn mare bare feet." Queen Twilight Sparkle groans as she rubs her sore foot with her hand after her latest attempt to escape, resulting in painful foot torture for her susceptible Alicorn mare bare feet.
“Plus, your highness, even those you are the younger version. Your younger feet are just as susceptible as mine." Queen Twilight Sparkle said, knowing as Princess Twilight Sparkle began to chew on her lip.
“So now what, you’re Majesty? Continue torturing our highly sensitive Alicorn mare bare feet trying to escape or work things out between us?" Princess Twilight Sparkle asks as she begins rubbing her own sore feet.
"It took me killing myself…To finally realize that I was never alone went, my friends and family died…Imperial prince Justice Silverlight visited me often at the palace-like the friend he is." Queen Twilight Sparkle said, her voice cracking as tears ran down her light mulberry colored cheeks.
"I took my friends for granted…thinking that they will be there went I need them. So went they die I couldn't face that fact…So I closed my heart to everything I was supposed to protect as a Princess of Equestria." Princess Twilight Sparkle confesses as tears streak her light mulberry colored cheeks.
"So it seems that both of us are fools…Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight was right all this time. We could justify what we did for the good of Equestria…But the truth is we were so selfish.” Queen Twilight Sparkle said, ashamed, coming to terms with her decisions and the consequences that resulted from them.
A few moments later, Queen Twilight Sparkle hears the soft pip-plops of the younger mare naked feet on the concrete gray colored ceramic tiles on the floor of the room approaching her. As she picked up her head, standing in front of her was the smiling face of Princess Twilight Sparkle. Her moderate violet-colored eyes were brimming with joy.
“You want to merge with your older self! Your highness?” Queen Twilight Sparkle said, assertive and surprised as Princess Twilight Sparkle nodded her head.
"My time has long since passed, your Majesty. As good as I look with gray mane hair. Went I merge with you, you should get some of your youthful looks back. Besides, they still that matter of punishment from Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight. You being more susceptible, should satisfy Justice more than me. Good luck." Princess Twilight Sparkle said ominously as the sensation of a spider crawling up Queen Twilight Sparkle's back is felt, and the two Alicorn spirits merge into one being.
(Back in the real world)
"Auntie! The spirit of Queen Twilight Sparkle has entered the heart crystal!" A mare voice called excitedly as Sunny's moderate aquamarine eyes slowly opened.
"Can you hear me, Miss Starscout? Take it slowly; you been out for the last three hours." A gentle but motherly mare voice asked as Sunny's eyes could make out the shape of white with a hint of pink blur with a horn.
"Mommy…mommy," Sunny said hesitantly as large white with a hint of pink second blur joined the white with a pink blur with a horn, followed by tender giggling.
"I am sorry, Miss Starscout, but I am not your mother. My name is Princess Celestia Silverlight." The gentle but motherly mare voice said as Sunny vision cleared, and she found herself looking into the face of a breathtaking gorgeous white with a hint of pink older Alicorn mare with a golden blonde mane.
"The Princess of the Sun! The sun goddess! Celestia Silverlight!" Sunny exclaimed excitedly as she sat up to fast and got a terrible headache from being out for so long.
"Whoa! Miss Starscout, please lay back down! My foals told me to keep you calm and not allow you to get up. Till you are fully recovered from being out for so long." Celestia explains as she quickly lays Sunny back down on the cot with her Alicorn strength.
"But you are a mythical figure from ancient Equestria, a mare that controls the rise and lowering of the sun in Equestria." Sunny commented as Celestia blushed and nervously played with her shapely and delicately rounded not-too-long toes with emerald green toenail polish poking out from underneath the strap of her sandal on her crossed leg.
"My foals would disagree with that, Miss Starscout; I am a mother to them," Celestia commented as Sunny noticed that Celestia was forcing a smile, and she started chewing on her lips very nervously as if holding something back deep within her heart.
“If you would excuse me, Miss Starscout. Your friends have been waiting for you and want to visit you.” Celestia said as she stood up and left the tent to allow Sunny’s friends to visit her.
Sometime later, Celestia stands by the ruins of a sizeable cylindrical-shaped building with decorative pillars; the top half of the building collapsed in on itself many years ago. Since Sunny called her a mythical figure from ancient Equestria, doubt has crept into Celestia's heart.
Wonder if she is ready to remove her crown and fulfill her promise to her foals to retire from the rule. She has already seen that her adopted niece Cadence Sparkle, her daughter Flurry Heart sparkle and her sister Luna are willing to withdraw from the ruling. To add more doubt to Celestia's heart, her own foals are eager to remove their crowns and live like a typical pony family as the land of Equestria they knew has long disappeared into the mist of time.
"Mother…" Aurora said as she walked up to her mother, who was surprised that her elder daughter could sneak up on her without making a sound.
"Yes, Aurora, what is it?" Celestia asked as Aurora chuckled into her hand.
"Is something wrong mother?" Aurora inquired as she shook her head no before her mother could lie to her.
"I see our bond has reformed…So there is no need to try to lie to you, my lovely foal. I don't know if I am ready to remove my crown and fulfill my promise to my foals to retire from the ruling." Celestia's voice edged with tension as Aurora smiled at her mother.
"I know it is a huge change for us as the main royal family of ancient Equestria in this time of need. But this, not our Equestria anymore we are legendary Royal family from ancient Equestria who died out went magic was lost went the crystals shattered." Aurora explains that as she kneels beside her mother, Celestia feels her daughter unbuckling her sandals and removing them, leaving her barefooted.
"Now, Aurora, why did you remove your mother's sandals and leave her barefooted?" Celestia asked with a slight smile as Aurora floated her sandals in the air before making them disappear.
"Because my mother rarely wore her shoes when she cared for her foals. Especially after a very tough court session. She would remove her crown, and her collar hung on the bust of the unicorn head in the family room. With her crown, collar, and sandals removed, she transforms into mother." Aurora explains as Celestia wraps her wings and arms around her daughter, hugging her before kissing her on her cheek.
"All right, Aurora, you make your point…It will not be hard to change from Princess to mother as I thought…I did it all the time raising my lovely foals." Celestia comments tenderly as the two barefooted mares make their way back to the campsite.
Meanwhile, in a separate small square room at the Castle of the Royal pony sisters, a sixth newer rectangular frosted crystal sarcophagus nestled between two giant crystals formations begins to glow with intense light. A moment later, a low hissing sound as the lid of the sixth rectangular frosted crystal sarcophagus opens, releasing billows of puffy white clouds from inside the sarcophagus.
A slender light purple well-manicured five-fingered hand was reached through the clouds with clear blue nail polish. It is followed by a groaning sound from the figure inside the sarcophagus. Before the click of the heel on the stone floor is heard. As the clouds began to clear, standing in front of the sarcophagus was an older attractive light purple Alicorn mare with dark sapphire blue, medium purple and brilliant rose streak mane and tail.
Her slender and athletic 5ft 5in equine figure was attired in navy, an ivory-colored short-sleeve off-the-shoulder floral-print midi length fit, and flares dress that showed off her slender shoulders. On her magnificent pair of slender ten and one-third inch, long light purple bare feet with clear blue toenail polish were black mares Zest stiletto heel pumps. On her head behind her horn was a gold tiara, and folded on her back were her medium-sized light purple feathery bird wings. This older Alicorn mare was Queen Twilight Sparkle, the last ruler of Equestria.
Queen Twilight Sparkle’s heels click-clack lethargically toward the small table that has been set with fresh food as her stomach growls. She gracefully sits down at the table and begins eating her meal as her stomach knots, waiting for someone to arrive to administer her punishment for abandoning her subjects in Equestria.
Stress lines form on her brow as she takes a bite out of the apple she has in her hand. Queen Twilight Sparkle's skin grows clammy upon hearing the sound of boot heels on the stone floor approaching her. Walking up to the table she was sitting at was Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight; soon, Twilight's face flushed with happiness, but soon her eyes were transfixed with horror as he cracked his fingers.
"Welcome back, Your Majesty," Justice said friendly as Twilight stood up from the table and hugged him.
"Thank you, your imperial Highness; how long will the punishment be?” Queen Twilight Sparkle inquiries as her breath come raw in her’s throat.
“It will last for about one hour…But the pocket dimension I will administer the punishment on you will feel like one thousand years have gone by." Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight explains as Twilight's moderate violet eyes take on a hunted look.
"But don't worry Twilight…you know me, I will not physically harm a mare…At worst, you will be drenched with sweat and out of breath went the punishment is done.” Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight said reassuringly as the sensation of a trapdoor suddenly opened in Twilight's belly.
The two Alicorns walk toward a shimmering gateway in front of them and pass through it into the small pocket dimension. Emerging on the other side of the shimmering gateway, Twilight is standing in a small square stone room that looks like a dungeon to add more anxiety to Twilight's already fray nerves. Sitting in the center of the room was a large wooden table with a set of wooden stocks with holes big enough to fit around her ankles. Now Queen Twilight Sparkle knows why her younger self said she was more susceptible to the punishment.
Nauseating spurts of adrenaline course through Twilight’s veins as she accepted her wings being locked with a magic spell onto her back. And the disruptor ring being slipped over her horn blocking her magic. Twilight inched her way toward the wooden table with the stocks; she reached the table's edge.
Justice presents his hand to Queen Twilight Sparkle, and she's politely accepted it; he helps her sit down on top of the table. Her long shapely light purple Alicorn legs dangle off the table with her toes barely touching a few inches off the floor. She knows what will happen to her; she can help but feel a bit ashamed.
Even those she doesn't deserve the respect Justice is giving her because she abandoned her subjects; she motions him closer to her and kisses him on his cheek with deep respect. She swings her legs onto the table a moment later, resting her ankles in the lower half of the wooden stocks.
She spreads her arms out and lays down on the table, resting her wrists in two clamps as Justice closes the clamps around her wrists. Twilight's heart flutters in her's chest went she hears the soft bang of the top half of the wooden stocks closing and a metal door latch locking. At any other time, her equine face would be etched in desperation with her ankles locked in the wooden stocks, unable to protect her susceptible long light purple bare feet.
But this time, Queen Twilight Sparkle is unusually serene with the impending situation. She became even more tranquil, hearing the soft sucking sound of her leather stiletto heel pumps being drawn off her sweat covered, susceptible long light purple bare feet and the dull thuds of her pumps being dropped on the ground.
Queen Twilight Sparkle's eyes widened in alarm as she exploded with maniacal laughter as Justice wasted no time tickling her susceptible long light purple bare feet. The poor Alicorn mare was in hysterics in no time as the sensations shot up her legs and exploded in her mind. Twilight began to scream with laughter as his fingers tickled between her ticklish toes.
Went Justice moved to the balls of her feet. Twilight squealed and began to giggle again, pleading with him to stop. Went Justice targets her arches, Twilight starts to laugh and scream for him to stop as his fingers in her arches really tickle. Queen Twilight Sparkle cried in ticklish misery as her susceptible long light purple Alicorn mare bare feet were exploited for an hour as punishment for abandoning her subjects and her land went they needed her.