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// Chapter 1: Matriarch 
// Story: Matriarch 
// by mili71 
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												Matriarch

Chapter 1



"C-Celestia! Why would you do this to m-me? I-I loved you!"
"I used to love you back" Celestia said," But you won't be apart of me anymore."
"CELESTIA!!!!!!!!"


Celestia's sister, Matriarch, another alicorn who used to live and play with Celestia and Luna.
But this was before her great betrayal to Equestria.
Twilight noticed something was off about Princess Celestia lately.
"Princess, is something wrong?"
"Hmmmm? Oh! No,Twilight, I just have a lot on my my mind today" Celestia said.
Twilight believed there was something else behind Celestia's smile.
She couldn't figure out what it was.


"AAAAAAGH!"
"What's going on?" Twilight demanded.
"Twilight, one of my men got attacked!"
She looked up from the brutally beaten solider, to see her brother, Shining Armour. 
"Shining Armour! What happened?"
"I-I'll tell you"
They looked at the solider.
"A strange pony, with no shine in her eyes, asked where Celestia was! I told the large pony I didn't know, then she used really creepy magic! Look what she did to my leg!"
Twilight and Shining looked at the solider's leg. It was bloody and twisted. Twilight and Shining looked at each other. 
"Twilight, we need to find out who did this"
"I can't agree more"


"Princess," Twilight said."There was a strange pony in the castle, any idea who she was? She was a pony with no shine in her eyes."
Celestia sighed,"I will tell you at the gala tonight."
Twilight had almost forgotten the Grand-Galloping Gala was tonight, but she wondered why Princess Celestia was waiting to tell her about the strange pony, but she knew Celestia had her reasons. It's not like Celestia is covering anything up. Is she?


Twilight was at the gala, with Rarity's new dress. The dress was a light blue, with glittering circles on the edge. The shoes were also blue, but they had glitter covering every inch of it. On the very center of the dress, lay a large blue sapphire. The gala was in full swing. Rarity was talking with AppleJack, who at the time was selling apple products. FlutterShy was with the critters of the castle garden. They couldn't seem to get enough of her. Rainbow Dash was talking to SpitFire, asking if she could join the WonderBolts. Pinkie Pie was playing a FloogleHorn for some crystal ponies who came to the gala. They loved it. Shining Armour was dancing with Cadance. Even Discord was there, providing refreshments. Twilight couldn't help but smile when she saw her friends having fun, comparing to the last gala. 
Twilight looked at Princess Celestia, who was greeting people in the gala. Twilight strode up to Celestia.
"Can you tell me about that strange pony now?" Twilight asked.
"Okay, that pony that was in the castle was my si-" Celestia was cut off because a large explosion had taken place in the room poor Derpy was in. She was sent flying across the room.


Where the fire was stood a large figure. A figure as large as Celestia. As the pony stepped out of the fire, Twilight could clearly see what she looked like. She was a bright orange mare, with a bright red and yellow mane and tail. But Twilight also noticed something scary about the pony: She had mechanical wings and a horn that was snapped in half. The other half was missing. The mare opened her eyes, they were blood red and shineless. She smiled. "Don't be afraid my subjects, I'm not here to kill you. Ah, you must be Twilight, how young, vibrant, and arrogant." She shot a beam at Twilight, knocking her against the wall."Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Matriarch", her gaze went to Celestia."Sister! How long has it been since we've seen each other? And how long has it been since you tried to kill me?"