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// Whoever Lives by the Spear, Dies by it 
// Story: Twilight Sparkle Goes to the Dark Side of Science 
// by Brian Jacko 
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	With enough scientific research, the four ponies were able to finally prove that the outbreak that killed scores of ponies was genetically modified and that Princess Twilight and Princess Celestia had committed terrible treasons against the ponies. All the girls helped spread the word across Ponyville. Applejack was the most vocal and literally stood on roof tops shouting the news to ponies all over town. The media went wild with this story and it soiled the reputation of the Princesses. 

Many other towns ponies woke up and started planning some kind of revolt. 

It didn't take long for Twilight Sparkle to make a personal visit to Sweet Apple Acres. She was surrounded by many guards this time. The guards busted through the door and Twilight Sparkle walked in. 

Inside the barn, the four mares were working diligently with their science experiments. 

"That's the one. Get her," Twilight Sparkle said as she pointed her hoof out in judgment to the orange mare who was holding a test tube.

The guards ran over and grabbed the farm pony. 

"Let me go! I ain't done nothin' wrong!" Applejack cried out.

Applejack's friends ran over to try to aid her, but the other guards blocked them. 

The two royal guards held Applejack down to the ground. A third royal guard came close to her and said, "Do you want me to do the deed now, my Princess?" 

Twilight Sparkle looked down at the struggling earth pony. She then straightened her posture up and said, "No. I would like to do this myself."

The guardspony gave the Princess his spear. 

"What are ya doin' to me, Twi?" Applejack asked. "We used to be the best of friends!"

Twilight Sparkle looked down at the pony and said, "I told you to shut your mouth and you defied your Princess. You will pay for your crimes now." Twilight stepped forward and plunged the spear into the chest of Applejack.

Applejack's friends desperately tried to over power the guards, but it was no use and there were too many guards to get past. They cried out in anger and terror at what they were witnessing.

Applejack let out a holler in severe pain and laid there on the ground in shock at what her former friend had just done to her. 

Twilight Sparkle twisted the spear around inside Applejack's body, in order to make her moan out loud in pain and cause even more suffering. She then ripped the spear out of her chest and the guards let go of the orange pony.

Applejack looked up at Twilight and said her last words as she died. "They are comin' fer ya, Twilight. God told me that yer life will end soon and that yer never gonna repent, cause ya gone too far. Good bye, Twilight. I hope ya remember our special friendship that we once had. Whoever lives by the spear, dies by it." Applejack suddenly fell flat to the floor and died. 

Twilight Sparkle spat upon her corpse and looked at the three other ponies, who were sobbing over the loss of their best friend. "Guards. Carry them out of this barn." 

The guards did so and carried out the three mares. 

The girls were bucking and screaming at them. 

Twilight Sparkle watched her guards carry the mares out of the barn and when they were out of the way, she lit up her horn and casted a magical spell that set fire to the barn. She burned the entire barn down with Applejack's body inside and all of the science experiments and documents that were kept inside were now destroyed. She also had the land destroyed, so that the Flim and Flam brothers could take over the land and plant their poisonous crops.

Twilight Sparkle left the farm with her guardsponies. She had not one bit of remorse or sorrow in her heart. 



Twilight Sparkle watched the Princess pace back in forth in her room like a mad pony. 

"She is coming for me, Twilight," the Princess said. "I heard rumors and had terrible dreams that Princess Luna is coming back to kill me and to free the ponies of Ponyville."

"Relax Princess," Twilight said. "You're just being overly fearful again. We are safe now that I put an end to Applejack, and I'm sure Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity are going to be too scared to do anything now."

Suddenly, a royal guard had burst through the door. Whatever the matter was, it had to be super urgent, because she had ordered the guards not to enter this room. The guard dropped his spear and fell on his face. He picked his head back up and said, "My Princess, I am so sorry to break your command, but Princess Luna has gathered up an army and has attacked us from out of nowhere. I fear that we may not be able to hold up against her forces because the ponies from Ponyville and Canterlot are joining her side and rebelling." 

The Princess stood there in shock. "Don't just stand there you idiot! Gather up all the guards and defend this palace at all costs!" 

The guardspony saluted the Princess and quickly left. He was so afraid that he forgot to pick up his spear again. The spear had rolled over to Twilight Sparkle and it touched the tip of her hoof.

Princess Celestia rushed over to the door. Before she walked out she said, "Twilight, aren't you going to come with me?"

Twilight stood there looking down at the spear and said, "I will be with you shortly." 

The Princess nodded her head in approval and quickly ran out of the door. 

Twilight Sparkle opened up the drapes and looked out of the window. She saw the overwhelming army far in the distance, marching their way over to defeat Princess Celestia and herself. There would be no way that Princess Celestia's army could even come close to being able to win a battle versus an army of that size. A tear drop fell from Twilight's eye and hit the floor. She walked back over to the spear laying on the ground and used her magic to levitate it. She couldn't bear to imagine the kinds of brutal torture that she might face, if she was captured by Princess Luna. The words also echoed through her mind that Applejack said before she died. "Whoever lives by the spear, dies by it." Twilight Sparkle muttered her last words before she purposely fell onto the spear. "I will see you in Hell, Princess Celestia." Twilight fell onto the spear and she died quickly.