"I want you to give yourself up quietly and face DEATH himself, STEED REAPER. He'll reap your soul, We'll revive Applebloom and Granny Smith so they can both have their lives back, Granny will have her body rejuvenated back to a young mare's so she can have the life you stole from her as is fair. We'll take you to Tartarus to be judged by Tirek and from there your sentence will be carried out." "Being merciful as I am, I'll suggest a proper punishment that doesn't involve torturing or burning in Tartarus or whatever goes on there." said HEART bluntly. "You'll remain a ghost afterwards and what happens then is up to you. Whether you try to make peace with your victims or whatever as long as you don't try anything again." added HEART.
She sighs and hands over her saddlebags which are bulging with something. "Here..just take them. They're useless to me now." Said Shining Mirror.
PRINCESS HEART looks at the bag and inside. "I take it these are the unicorn horns you stole correct?"
"Yes, over two hundred of them, all but ten gathered from battlefields in the distant past." replied Shining Mirror.
PRINCESS HEART thinks a bit. "...I see. These will need to be returned to their rightful place later." *she grabs the bag and gets up* "Ready to go Shining Mirror? DEATH awaits us with Twilight and Applejack."
"Very well then princess." said Shining Mirror reluctantly as she trots along by the Changeling Princess through the stairs in the basement of Sugarcube Corner and the door. Sweetie Belle comes up to her smiling. PRINCESS HEART sees Sweetie Belle as they exit the sweets store.
"Hello there Sweetie Belle." she says smiling. Sweetie Belle bows politely.
"Where are you taking Apple Bloom?" she asks.
"Back to the library. I had to confront her about something, and if you wish to know, this isn't actually Applebloom. Her body yes but not her soul. I'm apprehending a criminal who for centuries switched bodies with others and desecrated the dead. She took Applebloom's body this time and I've convinced her to surrender so DEATH can reap her finally. Afterwards We'll revive Applebloom and her granny who recently died." said HEART explaining the situation bluntly.
Sweetie Belle glares at Applebloom angrily. "How could you do such a thing?" she asks her.
"What happens next is up to her and how it goes down. If she's lucky she'll get a chance at reincarnation to help make up for her crimes. And she did it because she was afraid of dying." says HEART.
"Well...I'm afraid of dying too so I can see why she did it." said Sweetie Belle.
"Now I'll never get my latest cutie mark" Shining Mirror says with a deep sigh.
PRINCESS HEART glares at her and retorts. "You have more to worry about than a stupid cutie mark that's not even yours. You still have to face the consequences of your actions. And when Applebloom returns to life she'll gain hers soon. Now come, we can all discuss this more in the library." They get to the libarary where Applejack and Twilight are waiting for them and Applejack can barely contain her anger.
PRINCESS HEART looks at everyone and acknowledges them. "I've got her to surrender everyone...I see you brought Celestia here too...Where's DEATH at though?" DEATH comes out from around a bookcase with Princess Luna. "Princess Luna's here as well? Huh this universe doesn't mess around when it comes to justice. Nighloks better not ever stupidly attack this universe if they know what's good for them. Now down to business." said HEART. Shining Mirror starts to cry knowing how deep she's in now. PRINCESS HEART Sighs a bit and starts. "Shall we proceed everyone? Thoughts on Shining Mirror before DEATH does his job and we head to Tartarus?"
"She violated the dead, condemmed large numbers of people to a horrible death,and murdered Applebloom-she deserves to be turned to stone." Princess Celestia says angrily.
"Please, let me live,I'll be the best Apple Bloom ever." Shining Mirror begs.
"It's too late for that," Princess Luna says.
"You are nothing like my b....my sister," Applejack snaps. Twilight just shakes her head.
"You have anything to say Twilight and Spike and STEED REAPER before we proceed?" asked HEART.
Twilight says "I hope there is a special torture in Tartarus for someone as low as her."
Spike simply says "Me too."
STEED REAPER looks at her, red eyes glowing in his skull. "You've evaded me for centuries....times up. Do you have anything to say for yourself? Any regrets for your actions or remorse?"
"I regret that I got caught." Shining Mirror says and cowers in a ball.
PRINCESS HEART speaks rather dully to her. "Smooth like you aren't in enough trouble as it is. What did I say about trying to help your case here? You do understand the severity of your actions and what may happen to you right? Tirek's not the most pleasant of wardens after all and knows how to use a battleaxe expertly." "Do you need to be turned into a monster and tramatized before you start feeling remorse like one sunset Shimmer?" said HEART angrily.
Shining Mirror sighs. "How about freezing her in ice and never letting her see sunlight again?" Princess Luna suggests.
PRINCESS HEART looks at Luna unamused at the suggestion. "You're really suggesting freezing Applebloom's body in ice to punish Shining Mirror, Princess Luna?" "Smooth as if DEATH overthere has to wait more to reap her soul and bring Applebloom and Granny Smith back. I have a better idea." HEART says. DEATH gets his sycthe out ready to use. "This is your last chance Shining Mirror. If you have any true regrets before your soul is reaped by DEATH, speak them now or eternal torture in Tartarus awaits you and you already expressed fear from that possible fate. We'll all be jury in Tirek's court as he lays down your sentence. I suggest you don't make things worse for your case." Said HEART with extreme seriousness on her face as the time for games was over.
"I...wish there was something I could do to make amends." "There are a lot of ghosts waiting to take revenge on me." "I don't want to die," she wails. "Take pity on me, I haven't even earned my cutie mark yet!" said Shining Mirror begging now.
PRINCESS HEART looks at her with pity on her face. "You never will now. You casted aside your body long ago. any cutie mark you would've earned wouldn't even be yours to begin with."
"And beside you've had a lot of cutie marks," Twilight points out. DEATH raises his sycthe high.
"Agreed." Muttered HEART. *looks at Shining Mirror* "you should just beg for forgiveness and be willing to do anything. We can all use that in your case with Tirek. Or do you wish for a horrific fate?"
"What do you want me to do?" she asks.
"How about for starters apologizing to everyone here formally and then to the hundreds of souls you condemned? HEART suggested.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm really really sorry, I'm Sorry MacSorryson" she says, sounding rather like Pinkie Pie.
"Good, that's a start now go on." says HEART. "I was wrong to condemm hundereds of ponies to an early grave so that I could live on as if I was an alicorn." "And I suppose my death is deserved." Shining Mirror says.
PRINCESS HEART nods and speaks. "Especially if you factor in that your time came centuries ago." "Now that you apologized..oh I know since you pretty much will do anything, and we could use a few kicks after this, hmm..hit yourself with this rubber chicken...repeatedly and this do a clown routine." Said HEART smirking at Shining Mirror's expense.
"...You gotta, you said anything and things have been rather slow lately. I could use a chuckle or too." Said STEED REAPER as he lowers his scythe a bit.
".........oh fine lets just get it over with." Says Shining Mirror as a rubber chicken and a few pies and clown stuff appear and she goes to work humiliating herself gaining quite a few chuckles from everyone as HEART has this all recorded.
"Tirek should see this too." chuckled HEART. *Soon we go outside to see more of the routine til a mishap with the balancing ball juggling trick happens involving a few apples and a bowling ball disappearing from the air and landing far away from them on a cabbage cart*
".....MY CAAAABAAAGGGGEEEEEEESSSS!! NOOOO!! NOT MY CABBAGES! WHY WHY!? MY CABBAGES IT'S ALWAYS THE CABBAGES" Screams the cabbage vender as the destruction of his cabbages happen for the 10th time in his life. Seems he can't get a break as a human or a pony.
PRINCESS HEART'S ears flicker as she speaks. "Anyone hear someone crying over their cabbage cart like it was universally destroyed again to humor someone? Everyone nods a bit.
"Um...somepony please tell me I don't have to add that to my list of crimes too now possibly if I was somehow responsible." Asked Shining Mirror smiling sheepishly. The cabbage vender gallops up to them just as STEED REAPER reaps Shining Mirror's soul*
"Let's Roll." says DEATH raiseing his scythe and cuts her life-cord removing the soul from the body. Shining Mirror's soul leaves Applebloom's body without a scratch on the body as everyone watches.
"Lets go everyone, to Tartarus."says HEART. The soul is sucked in first and PRINCESS HEART heads through the portal to Tartarus that just opened up followed by everyone else including the cabbage vender as we all enter Tartarus.