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// Royal Ties 
// Story: Dead Silence 
// by Silence 
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Celestia shuttered for a minute, then gained a very stern tone as she spoke to Comet," This is the pony that resides within Ponyville? The pony who they say has lost her hearing?" Comet could only stare blankly for a minute, pondering how to answer the question. The whole time this was happening, Silence had stood quietly, looking at Celestia and hoping that she had an explanation for her transformation. She could see a look in her eyes, a look that she had known all too well; a look of deceit, a secretive look. She was beating around the bush, she was keeping something to herself and this angered Silence. If she had known something about Silence's transformation, why wouldn't she say it? 

Silence, trying to hide the sheer anger in her voice asked the princess," What am I? Don't lie to me or beat around the bush like you have been doing with Comet. You know good and well what I am and I want to know!" Celestia reared back at the power in the voice of the allicorn that spoke to her. She immediately realized the sad truth; the truth that she had been longing had not been true since she felt the presence of the allicorn step into Canterlot. She cleared her throat, trying to from the words in her head to tell the pony that stood in front of her. 

"Silence, I know this may be hard to understand, but you are not you anymore. You are the evil allicorn that dwelled within' Equestria when Luna and I were but fillies. You have been pos-sessed by an allicorn that had been only known as Revenge. The pony had ruled over Equestria, conquering any and all that stood in her way. She laid siege upon any of the kingdoms and towns that had once shunned her, seeking revenge upon them. She ruled with Discord and Chaos in those days. She was so misguided, she believed herself to be the "eyes" of Equestria. She had thought of herself as a goddess and believed that she had to watch over all the world and lay judgment upon those who wronged her. It was only when a new pony, an allicorn which nobody knows to this day arrived in Canterlot bearing the only item stronger then the Elements of Har-mony, the Tiara of the Goddess, banished her from this world. She has since then, never been seen or heard of, until this day. You, my dear, are Revenge, or at least a part of you is." 

Silence stared at Celestia, trying to get a hold of the situation that had just been revealed to her. She could not believe that she was some evil, harsh ruler, or that part of her was. But then she remembered the deal she had made, the trade for the eyes, the pony who has addressed herself as "The Goddess of Sight." Then she felt it, the sudden emptiness, the others could see it. She was being thrown from her own body, yanked out of it completely. Any control that she had once had over any part of her body was stripped away from her as she watched in horror at her own body being controlled by the very one who had given her the eyes. She watched as the lovely cloud was changed, the gold leaf transformed into a red trim and a mark emblazoned on the back, a symbol she had drawn once as a filly, one she was punished for. It was the symbol of a burning diamond, as if symbolizing the corruption of power. Then she felt herself being exiled to a dark land that she had never known. She was herself again, with her cow like fur, and her deafness back. Her eyes felt like they had before the deal, gentle and loving. But the place she was in was much different than that, it was dark and gloomy, and also filled with an evil feel. She had no idea where she was, but she needed to escape. She needed to reclaim herself and severe the bond between her and Revenge. She had to severe her royal ties.