Twilight turned her head toward Canterlot Prison as she walked away. She just let herself get violated so that her daughter could stay. When Star began to disappear, Twilight knew right then that her daughter did indeed travel back in time. Luckily for Twilight, she was able to make everything look like an accident in the prison. Besides herself, Celestia, Luna, and the royal guard Flash Sentry knew about the earlier events. It wasn’t a surprise when Celestia chastised her for even going near the awful pony inside the prison. Still, it hurt but not as much as what her daughter had said to her. The words repeated in her mind like a broken record. “Don’t you love me, I am your daughter?” Those words, that sentence gave her enough reason to do something so stupid.
A cold wind blew through Twilight’s mane and sent a shiver down her spine. It was getting late and there was no doubt that she wouldn’t be home until late. Twilight was so embarrassed about the night’s event but only because she was found out by her former teacher and she knew, regardless of Celestia’s ability to hide the truth from her, Celestia knew it wasn’t an accident. There were a few words that rung in her ears from her chastisement. “Twilight, why would you do this, why would you go there?” There were words after that but it had been obvious what Celestia had meant. The thousand year old princess was right to question what Twilight had done but she was very wrong as well at least in her current state of mind. Twilight refused to let that get her down though and it didn’t, it was only, that she had done this at all that bugged her.
Twilight walked through the streets as she made her way to the train and she was received with smiles and waves which she gladly returned. It didn’t help her thoughts though, her daughters’ words still rung in her ears. For whatever the reason, those words still haunted her. She finally arrived at the train station and took one last look back at Canterlot before stepping on. There was only one thing on her mind now as she took her seat, her daughter. Celestia’s words had drifted from her mind now leaving only her daughters. There was nothing that she wouldn’t do for her little girl, that was obvious now. The pain and fear in Stars eyes were still vivid in her mind. “Princess Twilight.” A voice from a pony on the train snapped her out of her daze; she turned to see who had spoken to her. The conductor had a worried look on his face. “Are you all right your highness?”
“Oh yes, thank you. I’m just a bit tired, it’s been a rather long day.” Twilight lied through her teeth but the conductor nodded as if he had believed her and left Twilight alone. It had most certainly been a day to remember but it wouldn’t be pleasant memories. No sooner had Twilight fallen asleep had the train stopped in Ponyville and she had been woken or at least it felt that way. The conductor had been pleasant about it and patient with her. Twilight thanked the kind stallion and made her way off the train but not before tipping him. It wasn’t until the train took off that she realized that she had no idea what the conductors name was. She didn’t have time to worry about it though as her friends came running over to her. “Girls, what are you doing here?” Once she could see the worried faces of her friends, she knew that Celestia had told them something that happened.
“Twilight, what is going on, why would you go to such a dreadful place?” Rarity grabbed onto Twilights face and looked in her eyes but was pulled off by Applejack.
“Now hold on there Rarity, don’t be getting up in her face like that.” AJ received a calm nod from Rarity and then returned the gesture with a nod. “Tell us though, why did you go there?”
Twilight could tell her friends were worried about her and they had the right to be. She would be worried if they weren’t worried. She knew that she would have some explaining to do, she just hoped it wouldn’t be so soon. She breathed in slowly, held it for a second and then let her breath go. It would either be now or she would be bugged all night. Twilight wasn’t going to beat around the bush though, it would only make things harder and so she bluntly came out with it. “I let that sick pony violate me, now if you don’t mind.” Twilight tried to push past her friends but they refused.
“Whoa, what?” Rainbow Dash grabbed onto Twilights tail and pulled her back. “What the hay would you do something like that for?”
“Yes Twilight, it does seem a bit odd and worrisome. Tell us why you would do something so stupid as to let that ruffian freak do that to you?” Rarity asked being the only one other than Rainbow to feel like she could speak. The others were in shock at hearing the news. Applejack dropped her hat, Fluttershy let her mouth hang open, and Pinkie Pie did the same along with her mane and tail going flat. This wasn’t like Twilight and it confused them.
Twilight glared at her friends and pushed Rainbow and Rarity to the side. “That is none of your concern but if you must know then fine. I let this happen to save my daughter, she would have disappeared and I couldn’t let that happen. I already let her down once or I will let her down, something like that. My point is that I will not hurt my daughter. This is the first step, by making sure that she lives. I will keep my daughter and not let Celestia or anypony take her away from me, SO BACK OFF!” Twilight walked off leaving her friends gawking and confused. To be honest with herself however, she didn’t really believe she did the right thing but it was too late now.
“I can’t believe that she yelled at us like that.” Rainbow flew off sadly and the others returned to their homes. None of them wanted to speak with Twilight when she was angry. They would have to wait until morning before they dared to speak with her.
When Twilight took her first step into the library, Star tackled Twilight happy to know that her mother returned. “Star, ha ha, you should be asleep.”
“I know but I missed you, I don’t want to leave you again.” Star hugged Twilight tightly and smiled. “I love you mom.”
Happy tears formed in Twilights eyes and ran down her cheeks. “Star, I love you too and I’ll never leave you. I think it’s clear that I will never give you up.” Twilight hugged Star but in a bright flash, Star disappeared. “I’ll see you again Star, you and I will be together.”
Star opened her eyes, yawned and wondered if it had all been a dream. Had she really gone back in time, she couldn’t remember. A light shone in through a window. She stood up off the bed she was on and looked out the window but something wasn’t right, it didn’t look the same. She could see buildings too small to be Manehattan buildings. She then heard talking coming from below her, so she went to see who was talking and then in walked Applejack and the others. Star smiled, turned and ran downstairs to meet the ponies. “Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie-” In front of her were faces that were not so kind. Star became frightened and backed up.
“No thanks to you, Twilight’s life was ruined thirteen years ago you selfish little brat!” Rarity yelled causing Star to flinch and back away. All of Twilights friends blamed Star for what happened. After all, if Star hadn’t run away from Twilight, Star never would have been transported through time and she wouldn’t have convinced her mother to save her.
“No thanks to you, Twilight never got married and is hated by most of Ponyville.” Rainbow flew over to Star and invaded her personal space. Her wings were flared and her face was red with anger.
“Once everypony heard what Twilight did, ponies turned against her and us as well. It wasn’t just Twilight’s life you ruined.” Applejack commented more calm then the two others.
“You’re just a big meanie pants.” Pinkie turned away.
“You’re lucky Twilight is our friend because two of us would seriously hurt you if we weren’t.” Fluttershy turned away as well.
“You don’t deserve Twilight as a mother, she risked everything for you and I can’t say that you were worth it.” Rainbow wanted nothing more then to throw Star into the bookshelf. Actually if she could turn back time, she would and get rid of Star but that wasn’t possible.
“Applejack dear, it wasn’t just us, you forgot Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadance and all of Twilight’s family. All those lives were ruined because of that little selfish brat who doesn’t even deserve to be alive.” Rarity stomped her hoof on the ground.
Star was crying now and did the only thing she could think of, she turned to Spike who didn’t say anything. He turned his back on her. Just as Star was ready to run off, Spike did speak. “Do you have any idea what you’ve done to everypony?” Spike turned back around angrily and glared at Star who froze in place unable to move so much as a hair. “The Elements of Harmony, anyone who is close to Twilight has been shunned. Applejack and her family had to sell their farm just to live. Rarity hasn’t had a single customer; Fluttershy can’t even get food for her animals. Pinkie Pie, was kicked out of Sugarcube corner and lost all credibility, we all have. Everypony who has any relation to or with Twilight is an enemy. Princess Celestia and Luna have had to resort to secretly sending us food so we can live. Ponies think that we supported Twilight in her decision and that our anger is toward them but that’s not true at all. Of course nopony would believe anything we said. If killing you would help, I would do just that but that won’t change the damage caused by you. Do you realize that Discord has gone back to his chaotic ways because he lost his best and first friend? I wish that killing you would mean something, but it won’t and despite what has happened, Twilight loves you to death. That has been the only thing keeping us from hurting you.” Star couldn’t take it anymore and ran upstairs with rivers of tears flowing from her eyes.