Awaiting the Worst
Sunset and I stood at the entrance of the throne room ready to take on Tirek if he was to breach the castle's entrance. When we heard what sounded like an army attacking him we were shocked. I was wondering who in their right mind would bring an army into Ponyville and attack Tirek head on. I was also wondering why an army had marched on Ponyville to start with.
Sunset asked, "Twilight, who do you think that is out there attacking Tirek?"
I replied, "I'm not sure but it sounds like they brought an army with them."
We were very nervous as he continued to pound on the castle. We were worried that he may just smash his way through the wall but then it was what we would hear next that made us even more nervous. We heard a female voice yelling and actually taunting Tirek. Sunset asked, "Twilight, who the hay is that? How could they be so foolish to taunt someone as powerful as Tirek?"
I replied, "I don't know but I have a feeling that whoever it is, they must be over confident. You can't just go out and defeat Tirek unless you either have an immense amount of magic or you have something special, like the rainbow power my friends and I had."
The castle shook as something was slammed straight into it. At first both of us thought maybe Tirek had thrown a huge rock at it until we heard a voice laugh, "Not so strong now are you?"
Yes, we heard a laugh. Sunset shied back a bit and asked, "Twilight, do you think that whoever that is that they could be more powerful than Tirek?"
I replied, "Sunset, I don't think there is anyone out there who could actually take on Tirek in a physical fight when he is huge like this."
Sunset asked, "Well then why did it sound like he was thrown into the castle? It would have to be a physical fight since nopony has strong enough magic to take him on."
Suddenly we heard an agonizing scream, a scream that came from Tirek. His screams only became louder and louder until the very earth shook beneath us. Then there was the silence, a deafening silence. Sunset nervously asked, "What do you think happened Twilight? Do you think Tirek is dead?"
Personally I thought this was an incredibly stupid question but I did not want to make Sunset feel stupid so I calmly replied, "I don't know. I don't know what force could actually kill him. I don't think there is anything big enough to take him down."
What would happen next would scare us more than Tirek slamming his fists up against the castle. I heard the door to my castle unlock. I gasped, "How could anypony unlock the doors to my castle? Those doors can only be unlocked by a spell that only I know."
Sunset replied, "I don't mean to upset you Twilight but I do remember that when Starlight and I were in Celestia's school, she had a knack for unlocking doors. You don't think it could be her do you?"
Now this made me mad. The fact that she thought that Starlight Glimmer would be able to unlock my doors infuriated me. I smacked her and yelled, "HOW DARE YOU THINK THAT SHE COULD EVER BREAK ANY SPELL OF MINE." I raised my voice and continued, "I DO NOT EVER WANT TO HEAR HER NAME IN MY CASTLE AGAIN, GOT IT?"
Sunset yelled, "Look, I'm sorry ok. It just crossed my mind."
For the first time in quite a while, since my first trip to the human world, there were negative feelings between Sunset and myself. While I wouldn't say any hatred existed, we suddenly became very cold towards one another but we would have to put our anger aside for what was about to happen next.
Unwanted Visitors
After our argument we heard the doors swing open and suddenly all that anger between us melted away and was replaced with something equally as bad, fear. We were very nervous about what was coming and I'll admit, when I heard the sounds of many, many hoofsteps I was scared.
I said, "Sunset, I don't like the sounds of this."
She replied, "I know, it sounds like a whole army is marching in here."
Before we knew it we saw a large army marching down the hall towards the throne room. We backed into the center of the throne room and were soon greeted by two unicorns followed by a massive unicorn army. The male unicorn said, "Well troops, it looks like we are going to acquire what we came for."
The army began to cheer before the female unicorn yelled, "Calm down guys, we need to make sure these ponies are who we think they are." She glared at me and commented, "I take it you are Twilight Sparkle, correct?"
I replied, "That is Princess Twilight Sparkle to you........"
She replied, "Morning Glory. My name is Morning Glory and the unicorn to my left is General Yellow Star."
I asked, "I want to know something. Where are all of you from and what happened to Tirek? I want to know why he collapsed and if he did indeed die in battle."
Morning Glory replied, "We are from Fillydelphia...."
I screamed "WHAT? FILLYDELPHIA?"
She continued, "Yes, we are from Fillydelphia and regarding what happened to Tirek, I think it is best if somepony else lets you know about that."
She looked back and nodded her head, causing the army to split into two separate rows and what emerged from them would anger me greatly. It was her, it was an Alicorn that I had seen before. It was Starlight Glimmer. Before I could say anything she began to laugh, "Well, well, well, what do we have here?"
I yelled, "What are you doing here Starlight and why did you bring a whole army with you?"
She replied, "Oh, let's just say it was something involving your friends and the Elements of Harmony."
I had a strong feeling that they were captured when they went after the elements and that this is what this invasion was about. I asked, "Starlight, what have you done with my friends? Why are you invading West Equestria?"
She replied, "Well Twilight, your friends decided to invade my nation and tried to steal the Elements of Harmony. Because of that, they had to be dealt with properly and the agreement that was drawn up upon the separation of East and West allows for military action if citizens of one nation violates the other nation's border."
I sighed, "I warned them to not try to access the elements, I told them to not even try but obviously they didn't listen!" I then became angry and yelled, "You said that they were dealt with properly, what do you mean they were dealt with properly?"
She replied, "Don't worry. They are just in jail and have been equalized." She then began to laugh, "I must admit though, Fluttershy is a stubborn mare, very stubborn. I offered to give her her cutie mark back if she would do just one little thing for me but she refused....but I will admit, she is a good kisser!"
I yelled, "You kissed her?" I calmed down a bit and continued, "Oh and what did you want her to do to get her cutie mark back, become your lover? Become your wife?"
She replied, "Both actually but that is irrelevant at this point. The three of us have more things that we must discuss and then we have business to take care of."
I asked, "The three of us?"
She replied, "Yes, the three of us. You, that traitor Sunset and me."
I did not like the sounds of this and I honestly wondered what she meant by "that traitor Sunset." What she meant by that I was not completely sure but I couldn't help but wonder if there was a time in the past, the distant past when I was just a very young filly that these two actually got along and that Sunset did something to sabotage a plan that Starlight had. Perhaps once we discuss things over this "business" Starlight is talking about I will find out.