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// Chapter 2: Memories, Dreams and Blur 
// Story: The Day Equestria Changed for Me 
// by Th3D4rk0n3 
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Dusk had failed the Princesses again. This had been her fourth failure this week. A tornado and a blast of blinding light had thrown her days off course. Ponies had lost their lives because she could not deliver the warning in time. Once Princess Twilight showed up though, Princess Celestia told her to leave. That day was cold to her like a breeze from yesterday's winter:

Years ago, The Princesses Throne Room

I stood terrified and merely watched Princess Celestia shake her head. She disapproved as I knew she would. Her voice made me shiver as she spoke, "The Princesses in our council have decided. You are to blame for the faults and loss of many ponies, as such you will be left banished from Equestria."

Princess Luna, Twilight and Cadence just nodded in agreement with as little care as a blade of grass under hoof.

I shook my head and turned to leave, "Its fine. I know my crime. I have no magic and no way to fly fast enough to get the distances you will. So I hope you realize your mistake, you will not always have magic. When you don't, I will know." My storming flight left as fast as I could push myself. I never looked back that day or took my things. The actions that I now took were to be my own, without their magic...

End of Flashback

My new time was spent flying place to place till I could leave Equestria's limits. It was too vast so I took the only step I knew was left. I flew to an old ruin that I found as a filly and trotted into the entrance. Inside the ruin was a statue of an old unicorn, she was wise and all-knowing. She was the judgment of whether you lived in this world or not. So I came to her for her judgment.

I stood in front of it half shaking with fear and sadness. My time was precious so I spoke up with a louder voice, "Great and ancient magics, I ask that you give me judgment. My time in Equestria is gone and I stand banished. Give me a way to another place before I am punished further for a crime I know is my fault and yet another's."

The statue moved and twisted. Writhing as if morphing, the statue walked forward with a glowing horn. It had laid my life in images and short memories around us. Its eyes glowed a very real yellow that turned dark green and black. The statue's voice was cracked and deep, "You have committed crimes, and this is true. Your crimes equal the punishment put upon you. This time your leave is certainly best but what world, I believe my choice is best."

Lungs crawling into my throat, I swallowed and then stood adamant. I have created my grave so its time I own into it. My voice was steady now, "I understand. Please help me see what punishment of existence may suit me now."

Its horn glowing green and black with a burning intensity. Within seconds, I found myself in a world of water with no breath in my lungs. I flailed for a few seconds till I realized this was the equal punishment. I waited to drift to my eternal sleep but it never came. I looked around me once more to realize the true punishment.

I am to live drowning in my choices forever more. My memories flashed in my eyes consistently as I choked on water only to feel air once more. The cycle continues for eons as I had given my will to the judgment of the unicorn. I doubt I will ever earn her guidance to come back. My crimes outweigh my punishment until the day I can atone. So for now I drown, breathe and drown in an endless cycle constantly watching every failure in my life flash in front of me as a reminder.