It was a calm day in Canterlot, everypony was out and about doing their business. Photo Finish was hosting a photo shoot for a few prospective models, Fancy Pants was hosting a fancy party in the Canterlot Gardens and Twilight's parents were walking through the city noticing that everypony seemed to be happier since the events of the day were bringing a sense of normalcy back to Canterlot.
They looked off to the east and saw an Alicron flying their way. Twilight Velvet said, "Oh, great. Here we are finally having a normal day here and Twilight has to come ruin it. I'm surprised she isn't bringing her precious army with her."
Crescent Sparkle said, "That isn't Twilight. I think it is her friend Rarity. I hope she isn't going to cause problems too."
Rarity saw Twilight's parents and flew over to them. "Hello dahlings, how are you doing today?"
Twilight Velvet asked, "You aren't here to enforce some law against elegant parties that Twilight created are you?"
Rarity replied "Why no. I'm here to flee from her. She locked me up in her dungeon for thirty days and once she released me she threw me out of Ponyville."
Crescent Sparkle said, "That doesn't surprise me. She used to be such a refined pony, now she has turned into an unrefined tyrant who feasts on oats and bacon."
Rarity looked shocked and asked, "How do you know about what she eats?"
Twilight Velvet replied, "Well when we saw that green eye scanning the world atop her tower we decided to go and try to tell her to deactivate it. It gives us the creeps. She tried to feed us that mess hall swill. We left before we had to eat too much of it."
Rarity smiled and said, "Wow, now you two are the types of ponies I would love to be around!"
"Likewise," said Twilight Velvet "why don't you come up to the Canterlot Gardens with us. I am sure you are just starving for some real food!"
"Oh you bet! Thirty days in the dark and swill have been so awful!" said Rarity
They headed up to the gardens where they were greeted by Fancy Pants. "Twilight, Crescent, it is so good to see you two. LADY RARITY! It seems like it has been forever! How have you been doing?" said Fancy Pants
Rarity replied, "Oh things have been awful. Twilight has been stealing things that aren't hers, she threw me in a dungeon for thirty days and forced me to eat mess hall swill. My little sister and my cat hate me and want nothing to do with me! Seeing you makes things better!"
Fancy Pants replied, "Well come on in, you must be dying for something good to eat. Oh my, I didn't notice this at first, but you have been transformed into an Alicorn!"
Rarity replied, "That is the only good thing that Twilight has done recently. Just as soon as she did that to me, the rest of her friends, her brother and three other ponies down there she made us take part in these stupid military exercises."
"What did you do when she did that?" asked Fancy Pants
Rarity replied, "Well I refused to listen to her and I sassed Commander Colgate so she threw me in the dungeon."
"Who is Commander Colgate?" asked Fancy Pants
Rarity replied, "Oh she is a dentist who wrote a spell for a pain free root canal down there. She is fiercely loyal to Twilight and since she has powerful magic, she put her in charge of the levitating and accuracy/power exercises. Basically Colgate is Twilight's lap dog."
Twilight Velvet said, "Wow, Twilight has pretty much everypony in her service now."
Fancy Pants said, "I have heard that the dark queen is horrible. Enough of this talk about her evil highness, let's go mingle and enjoy some good food!"
Rarity had the finest meal she had had since Twilight became a princess. She started thinking that she needed to get away from Twilight's realm entirely.
Twilight Velvet asked, "Rarity, don't you worry about Twilight coming here with her thugs and doing something awful to you?"
Rarity replied, "She said she would not do anything unless I started a rebellion but I don't believe her. I really wish I could get to Alicorn Island, but I don't know the way and it is a horribly long flight."
Crescent Sparkle said, "I know how to get there and I know where a ship is that we could take there. I really fear Twilight coming and punishing us in many horrible ways. With us just being regular unicorns I don't know if the royal family would let us live there or not."
Rarity replied, "Oh I'm sure Celestia and Luna could talk their parents into letting you stay there. I know they aren't thrilled about what Twilight has done."
Twilight Velvet said, "It is a long walk from here to the coast and it could take us days."
Rarity replied, "Well I can levitate things. I could levitate you while I fly out there. I think the time has come to leave Equestria entirely. I think the safety of all of us depends on it."
Fancy Pants said, "You know, you are probably right. I don't know what Twilight has in store for Canterlot, but I don't think it would be bad since she grew up here."
Rarity replied, "I have a feeling she would save her worst wrath for Canterlot. Since becoming a dark queen she is always talking about how she hates the Canterlot elite and loves the working class ponies of Ponyville."
Fancy Pants asked, "Do you think Alicorn Island would be a safe place for you?"
Rarity replied, "For now, it will be. Twilight wants to rule the whole world and I think that Alicorn Island would be the one place she could never take."
Twilight Velvet said, "I hope so, but I'm not so sure. She is constantly learning new magic and since she took every last bit of information from Faustica she is capable of anything."
Fancy Pants looked stunned and said, "She took all the materials in their libraries?"
Twilight Velvet replied, "Yes, she did. She also stole the jade Alicorn and the emerald plate it goes in. That is why she has that green eye that watches everything."
Rarity said, "I have even heard that she stole LaurFa's bed. Is that true?"
Crescent Sparkle replied, "Yes, it is. Since LaurFa is completely under her control now whatever Twilight wants, she can go and take it and face very little if any resistance. The resistance she does face she just crushes it."
Fancy Pants asked, "Do you think that the royal family in Faustica would allow my wife and I to relocate there as well?"
Rarity replied, "Your wife is Fleur de Lis, right?"
Fancy Pants said, "Yes, she is and I can't imagine allowing her to have to face more of Twilight's wrath."
Rarity said, "I am betting they would. Queen Galaxia is a very elegant and sophisticated pony from what I understand. I am certain that with her you two would be able to get exile there easily."
Fancy Pants replied, "Well we will have to join you. I am not so worried about myself, it is Fleur de Lis that I really worry about. Such a beautiful pony should not have to deal with stress like this.
Twilight Velvet said, "I do know that Twilight holds a great deal of contempt towards your wife. She is a supermodel and Twilight hates anypony who is elegant. Whether it is because she is jealous of her beauty or she just hates elegance I don't know."
Rarity said, "Given that Twilight discarded the elegant crown and chest plate for that ugly iron crown and body armor, I am guessing that she simply hates elegance and wants the whole world to be unrefined, like she is."
After finishing their meal in the garden Rarity and Twilight's parents headed down to the courtyard to discuss things further. Twilight Velvet and Crescent Sparkle are hoping that Rarity will want to leave soon but they do not want to ask her so that she will not think they are pestering her.
Rarity said, "I really think we should leave tomorrow morning. It is a long flight to the coast and considering I will have to levitate you it will take a bit longer."
Twilight Velvet asked , "Will it be too much trouble for you to take us?"
Rarity replied, "Not at all dahling, I know you two are genuinely scared of Twilight and I want you two to be safe."
Crescent Sparkle said, "Well we are scared of Shining Armor as well. If anything happened to Twilight, he would ascend to the throne and probably be worse than her just to punish everypony for something happening to Twilight."
Rarity replied, "Nopony could be worse than Twilight."
Twilight Velvet said, "Well she does treat her remaining friends good, she treats her army like they are gold and even the other ponies in Ponyville she treats very well. She loves Ponyville and trust me, she could be worse. She could treat Ponyville like dirt too and overwork her army."
Rarity said, "Fancy Pants, you and Fleur de Lis meet us here tomorrow morning at nine. From there I will levitate us all to the coast where we will set sail."
"You can count on it!" said Fancy Pants "I know Fleur de Lis will be terrified of what Twilight might do but she will be happy to be able to escape her wrath."
Rarity and Twilight's parents headed back towards Twilight's parents' house. They did not want to be out and about with the eye staring directly at them for too long.
Rarity asked, "Twilight, is it just me or does it seem like that eye is staring straight at us?"
Twilight Velvet replied, "Oh I'm sure it is just pointed this way right now. Twilight isn't the type of pony to waste resources on one little thing."
Rarity said, "Well she knows that I came here, so it may be focusing on us. I don't trust Twilight one bit. I am thinking we should get inside before her and her thugs come here to punish us."
Rarity and Twilight's parents got into their house and pulled the blinds, hoping that the shades will keep them out of the green eye's view. They do their best to avoid even being near the windows with the shades pulled. While Twilight's parents are glad to have Rarity with them they know that Twilight will be keeping an even closer eye on them. They finally went to sleep that night and Rarity had the best night's sleep she had in over a month since she had a real bed to sleep in and warm blankets as opposed to a cot and a thin blanket.
Rarity was woke up the following morning by Twilight Velvet. "Rarity, we need to eat some breakfast and then get going!"
Rarity replied, "Ok mom....let me brush my mane...OOPS! Did I just call you mom?"
Twilight Velvet smiled and said, "Yes, you did call me mom but I don't mind. You are how I wish Twilight would have turned out."
Rarity said, "But weren't you happy when she became a princess?"
Twilight Velvet said, "You bet I was, but she hadn't changed at that point. Yeah she didn't like being called your highness, but at that point she was just a new princess who was nervous. If you ask me you should have been the one who was crowned as a princess."
Rarity blushed and said, "Oh, I wouldn't go that far!"
Crescent Sparkle said, "Come on, let's eat so we can get going. I think we should set sail before the evening arrives."
"Ok honey. Just give us a second." said Twilight Velvet
They ate a good breakfast and then headed down to the courtyard where Fancy Pants and Fleur de Lis were waiting.
"Lady Rarity, Twilight, Crescent, I am so happy to see you. Let's get out to the coast so we can escape this place." said Fancy Pants
Fleur de Lis said, "Honey, we are unicorns. How are we supposed to get there. I don't think Rarity could carry us all on her back."
Rarity said, "Don't worry dahling, I've got it covered. I will just levitate all of you while we fly there!"
Fleur de Lis replied, "You won't drop us will you?"
Rarity replied, "Of course not! I can levitate heavy things when I want to, and this is an absolute must moment. Let's get going!"
Rarity levitated the four ponies and they flew west towards the coast. It was a longer flight than Rarity expected but they landed at the coast around two in the afternoon. Rarity was tired carrying four ponies that far but knew that the results were well worth it.
"Well, we should find something to eat before we set sail." said Twilight Velvet
Crescent Sparkle replied, "I think those small apples on those bushes would make for a good meal. I remember one time Celestia talking about apples along the coast and how good they are."
Fancy Pants said, "Well if Princess Celestia said they were good, then they must be!"
Fleur de Lis added, "Princess Celestia is a wise pony and if she says something is good, then it is very good. What all will we have to eat on the way to Faustica?"
Crescent Sparkle said, "It is going to be tough and not as refined as what we are used to but it will probably be those apples. This is one of Twilight's ships and I doubt if there is any food on board."
Twilight Velvet added, "We will just have to take some apples with us. It is ether that or we starve."
Rarity said, "We will have to take a lot of them with us. I don't know much about the Pegasus Ocean but I do remember geography in school and how far out Alicorn Island is from Equestria."
Twilight Velvet replied, "You must have paid good attention in school. I sure don't remember that!"
Crescent Sparkle said, "Let's load a lot of these up and set sail. We have an easterly wind right now which will push us along. I want us to get as good of a push as possible."
Fleur de Lis looked back as they set sail and said, "Farewell Equestria. I will miss you but the dark queen has left me no choice but to leave you."
Fancy Pants said, "It is ok honey. Maybe the dark queen will fall someday and we can return. We will have the royal family in Faustica on our side."
From Ponyville Twilight could see them setting sail. She slammed her hoof on the floor and yelled, "My parents have betrayed me! They will pay dearly for this!"
Shining Armor came running into the throne room and said, "What is wrong little sis? Why are you yelling so loud?"
Twilight replied, "Big brother, our parents have stabbed us in the back. Rarity took them along with Fancy Pants and Fleur de Lis to the coast and they have just stole one of my ships to go to Alicorn Island. In a couple of days they will wish they hadn't done this to us."
Shining Armor asked, "What are you going to do? Do you know any spells to cause a nasty storm to hit them?"
Twilight said, "Not yet, but give me a couple of hours and I should be able to write one. I have went through plenty of material from our raid on Faustica and ran across books on weather spells. I don't care if it means sinking that ship, they will pay dearly for this!"
Twilight stormed down to the archives bound and determined to stop Rarity and her fellow traitors from reaching their destination, even if it meant killing them. Twilight thought to herself, "NOPONY STABS ME IN THE BACK, even if they are my parents!"