//------------------------------// // The Kill // Story: Not Our Sunset II: Equestria // by YellowHornBrony //------------------------------// For such a long-distance trip, the train ride back to Ponyville was short. A lot of optimizations and advances in magical study helped with that. Still, the trip felt like ages. Constant tapping and anxiety helped with that. My leg shaking got to a point where they had to ask me to stop because I was shaking the whole train car. All I could think about my apology and what I was going to say. Even after leaving the train, I was distracted. The constant fear and anxiety almost help me back in a way. Yet somehow, hear I was, right in front of Twilight's doorstep. I froze a moment before knocking three times. Silence. Then a loud crash, some mild obscenities and finally the door was open. "Oh, it's you," the small dragon spoke, "So you've decided to come back." "Hey Spi-" I was cut off by a claw to my muzzle. Rude much? "Save the talk, pony," He spoke, "You should just leave. I think you made it very clear that you don't want to be here." "But Spike-" I was cut off again, another claw pointed at my face, this time much more aggressively. "No buts!" He stomped. He was still small, but he had actually quite grown in size. He was now stranding around six foot tall, and definitely had some power in his step. "Fine" I schemed, looking for possible weaknesses. Gotcha. His stance was powerful, but still weak. Sweeping his feet from under him, I pushed my way into the castle... and bumped muzzle to muzzle with a pink mare who was too focused on other ideas. "Ow! Watch where you-" She stopped and scrunched her nose, "Oh, it's you, Sunset." "What a warm welcome," I deadpanned, but quickly changed the conversation, "Hey, do you know where Twilight is?" "Do I know where Twilight is?" She mocked, "Of course I know where Twilight is. Away from your snarky ass, like she should be!" "Sweet Celestia, I do not have time for this," I rolled my eyes, "Listen, if you do not move your flank, I fucking will." "Try me" She snapped back. Both of our horns ignited, each a cyan color. I moved first teleporting out from underneath of her, and knocking her into a wall. Using this opportunity I began high tailing towards the map room, but Starlight was quick to recover, and lit up a barrier in front of me, causing me to slam face first into the translucent cyan colored wall. Turning back towards her, I fired off a flash spell, causing her to drop the wall, allowing me to again bolt towards the map room. Once inside, I was greeted by Trixie, standing tall and proud and intensely staring into my soul. "Here's a spell from my personal collection" As soon as she said this, the room faded away into pure darkness. "Well, well," Her voice cackled from the darkness, "What do we have here?" "Well, Great and Powerful Trixie," Starlight's voice followed, "It seems we have a new visitor to your land of illusions!" "Well let's see how long they last..." Trixie cackled. As soon as she said this, the room changed back to normal. Figures, I chuckled, Trixie couldn't up a spell that powerful to save her- I ran face first into a soft purple fluff. "Twilight!" My eyes brightened, "I'm so glad to see you!" "Sunset..." The mare laughed in my face, 'How dare you return to my castle." "Twilight..." I fell to the floor, "I'm so sorry. I really fucked up, I'm so-" I was cut off for the third time today, but this time, but a purple aura holding my lips together. "You shall not speak in my presence!" Twilight's voice boomed, "You're just a worthless, lazy and quite frankly rude peasant! How dare you ever come within meters of my castle. Why, I ought to banish you to the moon. Be grateful I have not!" "T-Twilight," I began to tear up, "This isn't like you! What's going on?!" "I will tell you exactly what's going on," Her voice got even louder, booming with magic, "You're a worthless freeloader who took advantage of me and my time when I could be taking care of all of the ponies across Equestria! How dare you even return here. You can't even take a hint and disappear. Why do you think I tried to fix the portal? Not to help you find your way to your friends, but to banish you to that dimension." Coming back here was a mistake. I didn't belong here. No, no! Sunset, you got to treat yourself better than this! I stood up defiantly. You can't let her put you down like this! You need to stand up for yourself! "Well, here's what I think, Princess!" I stomped closer, "You're a two-timing bitch who pretends to be all about friendship, but based on what I've seen here, you're no princess! You pretend to care, but in reality, you're a lying bitch!" "Stand back!" She snarled. But I refused to. I wasn't going to back down. Not now, not ever. "No, I'm not running from you!" I shot back, "You think you're so great and powerful, don't you? Well I guess even Trixie is more deserving of that title. Look into my eyes and tell me you're the 'Princess of Friendship' you pretend you are..." "Sunset, I-" This time, I cut her off. "You know what, Twilight?" I put my hoof down, "I should thank you. You gave me a chance and I found myself. And now that I know who I really am on the inside, I will tell you this one time and one time only; Princess Twilight Sparkle, all I really wanted was you, but now, I am finished with you." Twilight fell to the floor, sobbing. Trixie and Starlight quickly rushed to her side. "You need to leave" Starlight said, coldly. "That's fine by me," I replied. I left the castle that day, and I wouldn't return, no matter how loud Twilight sobbed. She got what she deserved. I had no time to dwell on my actions, I needed to find my own back to my friends. Back to my Twilight. I'm not making a mistake, am I?