//------------------------------// // Confrontations & Sadness // Story: Sweet Revenge // by StormLuna //------------------------------// Three days later as Sweetie and Twilight were returning to Ponyville, they rolled down their windows and Sweetie cranked her music up loud. The first couple times she rode with Sweetie, Twilight wasn't overly fond of the volume of the music or the kind of music she listened to. By this point she loved the metal Sweetie listened to and loved to blare it loud, and that was what she planned on doing with her music now, blare it loud. As they approached Twilight's castle, they noticed that there was a large group of ponies blocking the entrance. Twilight immediately began to scowl while Sweetie wasn't any less displeased. She pulled rather quickly in front of Twilight's castle, slamming on the breaks right before they hit the crowd. The crowd gasped and one pony yelled, "Watch it, you could have it us." Sweetie yelled, "Well next time get out of the way." The two got out of the pickup and were greeted by Twilight's former friends, Apple Bloom, Shadow Blast and her kids. Twilight gave the group a glare and asked, "What are you doing here? Why are you blocking the entrance to my castle?" Applejack was the first to respond, "Y'all should know why we're here, y'all should know we ain't one bit pleased." Shadow Blast was more sad than angry as she addressed Twilight, "Twilight, I just don't understand why. Why wouldn't you give her a pardon?" Given that Shadow wasn't angry and didn't have a disrespectful tone of voice, Twilight responded to her, "Shadow, I have said this many times before and I am going to say it again, your wife was convicted on three counts of murder and three counts of mutilating a corpse. Giving such a pony a pardon would make me look soft on crime." Sweetie 'Silver' Belle cried, "But why? D-don't you want me and m-my family to be happy?" Twilight knew that she couldn't go off on the filly the way she could the adults, "Sweetie, you have to understand, your mother committed some very horrible crimes and if I was to pardon her, Celestia may think I'd be too soft on crime and not let me take over." Sweetie again began to cry but Sunrise Gold was not one bit happy, "What? All you care about is whether Celestia will let you take over when she retires?" Pink Pretzel added, "You don't care anything about our family, all you care about is yourself?" Twilight sighed, "Look, this isn't about me. This is about me not being soft on crime." Sweetie Belle added, "And who would want somepony who would go pardoning ponies who commit multiple acts of murder in power? I certainly wouldn't." Shadow snapped, "You know what Sweetie Belle, I don't care how that jury ruled, I will always believe you killed them. Silver Spoon is not filled with the same hate you are and given your long history in law enforcement, doing this was probably beyond easy for you." Sweetie groaned, "Whatever, you just can't handle it that your wife is a murderer and Twilight won't just let her get away with it." Rarity then addressed her younger sister, "Sweetie Belle, if you did kill Silver Dime and his guards, just admit to it. You would have far more honor doing that than you would be......" Sweetie cut her off, "I was in Omareha, remember? The hotel records and my cell records prove that and you know I can't teleport over a thousand miles." Rarity then turned to Twilight, "I just don't get you, at one time you were so kind and caring and now you've turned into exactly what" she pointed at Sweetie and continued, "she has become. A ruthless, heartless monster." Twilight raised her voice and yelled, "Why the hay won't anypony listen to me? I'm not going to pardon a pony who killed three ponies! If I did that, she'd just kill again because she would know she could get away with it!" Applejack brought something up from the past, "Twilight, Ah remember when ya wouldn't forgive Silver Spoon for what she did when she was a filly, Ah remember when ya wouldn't give her a second chance." She raised her voice and continued, "Look, we gave ya a second chance after ya tried t' bring us down t' earth with yer schemes." This was something that did not sit well with Twilight at all. She flared up her horn in anger, "What the hay are you talking about? When I came here, I befriended the five of you and never once did I try to bring any of you down to earth. That right there is just as much of a crock of bullshit as that article in the paper regarding Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon was." The whole crowd went silent and despite him being very angry with Twilight, Spike came to her defense. "Applejack, never once did she try and bring anypony down to earth!" He paused for a moment before adding, "Yeah she made mistakes like using magic during that first winter wrap up and didn't assimilate easily but she never tried to bring anypony down to earth." Applejack stood there in silence for a minute before correcting herself, "Alright, ya didn't try t' bring any of us down t' earth, Ah'm just so mad at ya for not forgiving and now not pardoning Silver Spoon." Fluttershy spoke up, "Uhm Twilight, I know you think she did it but what if she didn't? She isn't any stronger than me." Pinkie added, "Yeah, you know she ain't all that strong. She never could have strangled her dad." Rainbow pointed at Sweetie and finished, "But she could have. For all we know, she left her cell phone in Omareha, drove here, killed her dad and his guards and found a way to plant the evidence there." She raised her voice and added, "Why didn't that defense attorney bring that up?" Sweetie laughed, "Wow, your conspiracy theories sound just as nutty as Silver Spoon's." Twilight added, "Agreed. Sweetie Belle and I neither one are the types to just go killing others like that and you know how Sweetie Belle is, she is about law and order. She is likely the last pony in Equestria who would break any law!" Apple Bloom approached Sweetie Belle with a look of hate, "Ya know what Sweetie Belle, Ah will always believe ya framed her. Ya were horrible with that letter ya gave me t' give her with the sperm, ya have turned against me fer forgiving and befriending her, I know ya hated the fact that she was happy and Ah know ya sought to destroy her when ya learned of what her inheritance would be!" Sweetie sighed, "Apple Bloom, I will admit, I was less than thrilled over her being happy in life but I would never frame her for murder. I would think that even you would know that I would have far too much to lose over trying to put somepony I despised in her place." She then put her hand up and finished, "Buck this shit, I'm done with you and your treasonous ways." Apple Bloom screamed, "Fine, Ah don't know why Ah stayed friends with ya fer so long t' start with!" Twilight turned to her friends and added, "And I would love to know why you all feel so bad for her? You know as well as I do that the article that was in the Ponyville Express was nothing more than tabloid nonsense. You know they will print garbage lies like that when it is a slow news day, it was all A LIE!" Her friends began to grumble as she continued, "Tell me, do you really think she could have changed just like that?" Sweetie Belle added, "Remember what she did to me in college? Remember how she cheated on me and don't you remember all the crap that Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara put us through together?" She paused before adding, "For all we know, those two may have been in cahoots in writing that and it was their plan to fool us all into trusting Silver so she could destroy the town." Shadow began to cry, "I-I can't stay here. Come on kids, let's go home." Apple Bloom added, "Ah'll come with ya, Ah can't stay here either." Spike and the rest of Twilight's former friends had looks of shock on their faces. They weren't sure what to think about what Sweetie Belle said. The first one to finally speak up was Fluttershy, "Sweetie Belle, but-but she could have changed." Rainbow added, "Yeah, look at you! You're nothing like you used to be!" Pinkie continued, "Yeah, you used to be nice now you're a meany-mean hooves!" Rarity put her two cents in, "Darling, I've seen your change the most. When you were betrayed, you pretty much forced yourself to change, for the worse." Applejack finished, "Yeah, ya are the ultimate proof somepony can change and prison changed Silver Spoon for the better. She learned her lesson" she then turned her attention to both of them, "and Ah wish both of y'all could understand that but y'all are so filled with hate that y'all won't!" Twilight groaned in frustration, "Yes, Sweetie Belle changed quite a bit but that doesn't mean Silver Spoon changed at all. You're talking about two different ponies here." She saw her friends roll their eyes and she finished, "You know what, forget it. None of you will ever listen so just go. Sweetie and I simply want to relax." The six sighed in frustration and left, allowing Sweetie and Twilight in their castle. Twilight sighed in frustration, "You know Sweetie, I don't get it. They're willing to throw away decades of friendship away over Silver Spoon of all ponies." Twilight began to cry, "I just wish things could return to how they used to be, I just wish they'd see the light and want to be friends again." Sweetie grunted, "Don't count on it. They bought into that stupid tabloid bullshit in the newspaper." She raised her voice and added, "At least the ponies in the rest of the country never saw that lie. Hell maybe you should see if Celestia could retire early, you could take over for her and both of us can forget any of them existed." Twilight knew how Sweetie Belle felt on the issue, she knew that she pretty much despised anyone who felt the slightest bit of sympathy for Silver Spoon and viewed those who support her and befriended her as traitors to all that is good in the world. Twilight rushed up to her bedroom and continued to sob, "I'm sorry Sweetie, I want to try to make amends even though they care about her. I just want some time alone." Sweetie grunted, "Whatever." As Twilight rushed into her room, she was feeling a sense of despair. She was beginning to see the irony in all of this. Here she was the Princess of Friendship but outside of Sweetie Belle and her fellow princesses, she had no friends. She cried, "Why, why, why? Why did this happen? What can I do to fix this?" Sweetie had followed her upstairs and stood outside her door and was disgusted by her crying. She sighed in disgust, "What can you do? You can get over it like I did. Ponies like them aren't deserving of friendship, traitors like them don't deserve to have a princess as a friend." Sweetie then went into her room and slammed the door. As she was laying on her bed, she began to think about her future. She began to wonder if a time would come when Twilight would ultimately betray her in one way or another, and maybe even ultimately Celestia. She then began to think about her life in general. Everything she had wanted in life ever since Silver Spoon betrayed her had come to pass. She didn't have to worry about money, Silver Spoon was locked up for life, she was working directly under a princess and she was in the process of sinking her other enemy, Diamond Tiara. She was definitely happy but then she began to get this nagging feeling that others may betray her in the future, maybe even Twilight. She thought about how Twilight was wanting to make amends with those who used to be her friends. She had her concerns that Twilight might even go as far as pardoning Silver Spoon if it meant that her friends would welcome her back into their lives. She let out a slight growl, "If she does that, there will be hell to pay and she will learn that betraying me is a fatal mistake." To Be Concluded?