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// Catching Up (Alternate Ending) 
// Story: Saving Princess Twilight 
// by StormLuna 
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Once they got down to the dining hall they were greeted by the chef.  He was shocked to see Twilight down there as Trixie had kept her confined to her bedroom for months.  He hugged Twilight, "Twilight, it is so good to see you again!"  

Twilight was still quite tired after having been under Trixie's control.  She yawned, "Yeah, it is good to see you too."

He asked, "So, what would you like to eat?"

Twilight replied, "I'm not sure....maybe a couple of hayburgers and some cider."

Everypony else requested the same thing.  While the chef headed back to the kitchen, they got Twilight sat down and gathered around the table.  Twilight asked, "You guys said we have a lot to catch up on.  What all do we have to catch up on?"

Celestia asked in return, "We have a lot but I want to know something, do you remember sending Starlight and Spike up to Canterlot?"

Twilight replied, "Yeah I do.  I remember that happened not too long after Trixie and I realized that we love each other."

Celestia asked, "What is the last thing you remember before coming to earlier today?"

Twilight replied, "Well I remember Trixie wanting to get me pregnant and I remember us having fun in the library but after that, nothing.  The next thing I remember is waking up in my room with you guys around."

Celestia asked, "So you don't remember Trixie casting a mind control spell on you?"

Twilight replied, "No."  She became more defensive as she continued, "Look, I know Trixie would never cast anything like that, she loves me and her magic is not strong enough anyway."

Spike interrupted, "Twilight, I remember before you sent Starlight and I to Canterlot Trixie was wanting to get Starlight to cast a fertility spell on her so she could get her pregnant.  You don't think that after she had you under her control that she had you cast a fertility spell on her so she could get you pregnant, do you?"

Despite being freed, this did not sit well with Twilight.  She snapped, "Trixie would never do such a thing!  Trixie loves me and would only do that if I consented!"

Starlight spoke up, "Twilight, during the early stages of her control, you likely still had enough ability to think for yourself and said yes."

Rarity added, "You probably said yes to her so she took that as you consenting to it."

Speaking about this caused that memory to come back to Twilight.  She gasped, "You know, now that I think about it, I do remember consenting to it.  I remember casting it on her, I remember us going to Starlight's room and I remember her ramming her horn in me."





As everything continued to sink in for Twilight she became angry, "Curse her, curse her!  She used me, she used me so she could get me pregnant and then tie me to her with a foal.  Ugh when I get my hooves on her, she'll suffer dearly."  Twilight then got a look of discomfort on her face as her foal was kicking her, "Oh, I guess I should spare my wrath until after the foal is born." 

Celestia gave her a smile, "Yeah, that would likely be for the best." 

Starlight cleared her throat and asked, "Twilight, I know right now your number one priority should be preparing for the birth of your foal but I do want to know something, do you want Trixie to be punished for her crimes?" 

The question irritated Twilight somewhat, "Well of course I do.  She impregnated me while I was under her spell, she kept me locked up, she kept me away from my friends and she treated me like a possession instead of a pony." 

Starlight and Celestia gave one another a smile before Celestia added, "Very well then, we will transport her to Canterlot and throw her in the dungeon while you tell us everything you remember so that we can get the proper charges pressed against her."  She turned to Starlight and asked, "Given the strength of your magic, could you get Trixie secured and haul her up to Canterlot?" 

Twilight asked, "Starlight, could you just teleport the two of you there because I do not want to have to see her." 

Starlight agreed, "That I can."  She then turned to Spike and added, "I need you to stay here because handling Trixie will be best done alone." 

Spike replied, "Yes I can."  He then turned to Twilight and asked, "Twilight, with you not being under Trixie's control anymore, can I be your assistant again?"

Twilight gave the dragon a smile, "Well that will be up to Starlight." 

Spike turned to Starlight and gave her puppy dog eyes causing her to reply, "Of course you can come back to being Twilight's assistant.  After everything she's been through, your help will be more important than ever." 

Spike exclaimed, "Yes!"  He went and hugged Twilight as he added, "I'm sorry for abandoning you Twilight." 

Twilight replied, "It is alright Spike.  I'm just happy you want to come back to being my assistant." 

Everypony was happy seeing this as it was a sign that things were heading in a direction where the whole situation would be at least semi-normal.  Starlight gave everypony a smile, "Alright, now to get Trixie secured and transported." 

Before heading up to take care of Trixie Starlight turned to Celestia and asked, "Celestia, I plan on taking her to the dungeon so we can hold her until a final punishment is decided.  Where is it?"

Celestia replied, "Pull out my throne and there is a doorway that will take you down there." 

Starlight nodded and headed up to handle Trixie while Celestia wanted to know exactly what happened, "Twilight, I want you to tell me everything you can remember about all of this.  It is vital so we can press the proper charges against her." 

Twilight began, "Ok, one night I joined Starlight and Trixie in bed and after that, Trixie wanted me and only me.  I think that might have been after Starlight told her no on the whole foal thing but I can't remember exactly.  Then she wanted me to have her foal and I told her no.  Then she suggested we have fun in the library so we went down there, she got on top of me and I don't know if I was imagining things but I think I might have seen her horn glowing as she was gazing into my eyes intently, and after that, I remember being in my bedroom with all of you surrounding me." 

Celestia sighed, "Well that isn't much to go off of but once we get Trixie interrogated and get statements from everypony else, we should be able to get this taken care of." 

The castle chef then brought their food in and Twilight became much happier, "Oh good, lunch is here!  I'm so hungry I feel like I could eat several of these!"   Everypony began to eat leisurely while Twilight was devouring hers as though she hadn't had a substantial meal in quite some time.  This caused Celestia some concern because Twilight had never ate like that before, she then began to wonder if Trixie was restricting what she ate to being just enough for her to provide food for her foal.

While everypony else was eating, Starlight headed up to handle Trixie.  When she arrived up to what was her old room, she heard Trixie trying to kick the door down.  When Starlight opened it she wound up getting kicked by Trixie, knocking her backwards but not down.  Starlight flared up her horn, grabbed Trixie in her aura and firmly stated, "Trixie Lulamoon, you are coming with me.  You shall answer for your crimes." 

Trixie yelled, "You can't do anything to the Hot and Dominant Trixie!  Trixie never committed any crimes!"

Starlight intensified her hold on Trixie and with one powerful bolt of energy, teleported the two up to Canterlot.  No longer were they in Twilight's castle but were in Celestia's throne room.  Trixie had never been in the throne room before and asked, "Where are we?  What are you doing with the Hot and Dominant Trixie?"

Starlight ignored the question and dragged Trixie up towards Celestia's throne.  She pulled it out and revealed a door.  She opened the door and dragged Trixie through.  Very soon they began to descend a stairway and began to go down it.  To make Trixie miserable Starlight was holding her in a way that caused her head to hit each step, striking her horn.  Each hit caused Trixie to cry out in pain. 

Once Starlight got her down into the dungeon, she dragged her down to the very back cell and threw her in.  She then cast multiple lock spells on the door.  She laughed, "Well now, that ought to keep you from escaping!" 

Trixie yelled, "Why did you do this to Trixie?  What kind of crimes do you believe that the Hot and Dominant Trixie committed?"

Starlight had a smirk on her face as she replied, "Well rape for one.  You did force Twilight into sex while she was under your control."

Trixie yelled, "She was not forced, Trixie would never force anypony into anything like that." 

Starlight continued, "And there is the mind control itself, false imprisonment and you did kick me so there is assaulting a princess as well."

Trixie continued to scream and deny all the accusations that Starlight had told her about and it was quickly getting under Starlight's nerves.  She stood in front of the cell and wound up striking Trixie with a relatively weak bolt of energy and yelled, "Would you shut up already?  You're going to have to face charges for these crimes and with the evidence against you, especially the foal growing inside of Twilight, I would advise you simply admit your guilt.  Maybe you can simply get time in Tartarus rather than time on the moon." 

Starlight began to head away from Trixie's cell and then one thing crossed her mind, keeping Trixie fed.  She knew that unlike how it would be if she were in Tartarus that she would need food.  She sighed in frustration, "Well I'll have to talk to Celestia about feeding her."

Once Starlight left the dungeon and pulled Celestia's throne back into place, she flared up her horn and teleported back down to Ponyville.  When she arrived the first to say anything was Celestia, "So did you get her taken care of?"

Starlight replied, "I did although we're going to have to do something about feeding her."  She paused before adding, "Unfortunately though we do have to feed her because it would actually be illegal for us to starve her." 

Celestia sighed in frustration, "I know.  Perhaps we should have just hauled her off to Tartarus so we wouldn't have to worry about taking care of her." 

Starlight nodded in agreement before turning to Twilight, "Twilight, I want to know something.  Do you want us to start the trial immediately or would you rather wait until after the birth of your foal?"

Celestia added, "Your testimony will be very important and I don't want something such as you giving birth to cause any delays." 

Twilight had a somewhat annoyed look on her face over the comment but knew that Celestia did make a good point.  She replied, "I think it would be best if we waited until after I give birth.  You're right about giving birth causing delays and I also don't want any unnecessary stress causing me to go into labor early." 

Celestia stated, "So be it.  We shall wait until after you give birth to start her trial." 

The overall mood seemed to be full of grim determination but one pony wanted to change that since Trixie was locked up.  Pinkie asked, "Hey everypony, we should throw Twilight a 'I'm finally free from Trixie's control' party!" 

Nopony particularly cared for the name of the party but they all agreed.  With Trixie being locked up where she belonged and her being free Twilight could finally eat enough to keep not just her unborn foal healthy but also herself.  Celestia and Starlight however, their focus shifted from Twilight to the upcoming trial and making sure that the prosecution could get a conviction and in the case of Starlight, hoping that Trixie would get sentenced to Tartarus for her crimes.