Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. -Mahatma Gandhi
The sun rose from the peak of the mountains with its beautiful glow. The rays of light reached inside the castle as the invited guests woke up from their sleep. Starlight stretched and gave an exhausted yawn.
"Is it morning already?" Starlight said with a weary voice.
But Pinkie Pie was wide awake for she smelled a delicious scent.
"Pancakes!!!"
Pinkie then headed for the door and ran as fast as she could to the dining table, knocking Flash over in the process. Apple Jack put her hat on and laughed, "That's Pinkie."
Pinkie Pie opened the door where the dining table was and saw her friend sitting on her chair. Twilight was reading a book while she waited for her friends to come in for breakfast.
"Good morning, Twilight!"
The queen was startled and dropped the book she was reading. Pinkie Pie laughed and jumped over to Twilight, "Sorry, Twilight! Hey, whatchya reading?"
The queen quickly picked up the book with her magic and hid it in her robe, "N-nothing, Pinkie! Just a normal book. Yeah, you know, science stuff."
The queen seemed nervous and Pinkie noticed it, "Are you okay, Twilight?"
"Oh look! Chocolate covered pancakes!" The queen exclaimed pointing at the pancake masterpiece. Pinkie gasped and ran towards the pancakes while the queen sighed and whispered to herself, "That was close."
The queen turned to the door behind her and saw her friends coming in along with Spike and Flash.
"Good morning. I took the liberty to make pancakes for you all."
Applejack raised an eyebrow, "Don't you mean your serva-"
Before Applejack could finish, Fluttershy came in with a worried look on her face.
"What's wrong, sugarcube?"
Fluttershy stopped in front of Applejack and responded, "Discord. I can't find him. He just disappeared!"
Twilight turned to Spike and nodded. Spike nodded back and walked over to Fluttershy.
"Don't worry, Fluttershy. How about I come with you to look for him?"
Fluttershy smiled, "Oh, that would be wonderful! Thank you, Spike."
The two left while the others sat down at the table. They all ate slow, enjoying their food, while Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich ate and ate and ate. Scootaloo chewed on her food and thought about how amazing this place was. Twilight really had everything. Scootaloo faced Twilight and said, "Wow, Twilight! This place is amazing! The room, the food, you even have the entire series of Daring Do books!"
Twilight laughed, "I thought you might like them. Wow, you remind me so much of. . . so much of. . ."
The others looked at her with worried looks as she slowly was lost in her own mind.
"Remind of . . . Rainbow Dash? Are you there, Rainbow?"
Twilight looked up and saw her friends who were even more worried. Twilight simply smiled and shook it off, "Anyways, how was your night?" Pinkie Pie was the first to answer and talked as she ate her food, "Well I had a dream that I was on a mountain full of candy and there were cotton candy clouds and candy ponies-"
As Pinkie Pie rambled on about her dream, Starlight thought about what just happened. So Twilight invites them to her castle after ten years, she has enough power to create a new earth or foretell the future, she's taking the credit for what other ponies do, and she's been acting very strange. Something was up with Twilight but Starlight couldn't just put her hoof on it. This wasn't the same Twilight they new before. She then asked her a question, "Twilight, don't mind me asking this, but do you remember what happened at the end of the Changeling War. I'm asking because no pony really knows how it ended."
The others turned to Twilight, awaiting her answer. The queen simply looked off into space again but responded to her former student's question. "Well, I remember it very well. The air was cold and the clouds above me thundered, rain pouring on my fur. I had to do it, she took them all away from me."
Ten Years Ago...
The sky roared with thunder and lightning as it rained upon Twilight and her army. The queen wore her armor which was gold and had her symbol on it. The queen sat still, staring off into space until the captain of the army came to her.
"Your Highness, we have news about the Changelings."
The queen turned to him, "What's the news, Flash?"
"Your Highness, the Changelings and their queen, Chrysalis, are planning an attack soon. They're planning on ambushing us. I have a letter from Princess Cadance saying we should retreat immediately!"
The queen simply took the letter and ripped it, "Retreating is for cowards! I will not be told by some Goddess of Love to retreat and not fight for what we stand for! Those Changelings took my family away, so I will return the favor! Do you understand?!"
The pegasus kneeled before her, "Yes your Highness."
"Besides," the queen continued, "We have a secret weapon that will end Chrysalis' reign of terror for good! Gather the army, we fight today!"
Flash bowed once more and ran off to gather the army to battle. The queen turned to her right and saw Cadance standing their with a look of disappointment on her face. Twilight simply looked at her with a serious face, "Don't look at me like I'm the enemy here, Cadance. I'm doing the right thing."
The princess nodded, "No Twilight. The princesses wouldn't have wanted this revenge"
"Well they're not here to tell me otherwise."
"Look Twilight! I know you his war must end and that the Canterlot incident has scarred us all! But Shining Armor, the princesses, and Rainbow Dash wouldn't have wanted th-"
"Shut up!!!" The queen kicked the princess over and looked at her with hate, "You have no right to talk about them! I am going to save this world from destruction! Even if it means getting rid of you!"
Cadance was angry as well, "Listen to yourself! Something has corrupted you! It's caused you to be filled with hysteria!"
The queen simply smiled, "Then that's what you will call me from now on."
The queen left to join her army and left Cadance on the ground. She joined Flash at the front of the line where she could see her enemy. Chrysalis. Princess Cadance watched from afar to see the battle. She couldn't do anything to change her friend's mind. When the queen of the Changelings saw Twilight, she laughed, "Well, well. If it isn't the Princess of Friendship. Come here to die like Celestia and Luna?!"
Twilight was so full of rage, she wanted to completely eradicate the creature that killed her family. Twilight looked up at Chrysalis and smiled, "How about a wager?"
Chrysalis was surprised by this as well as everypony who was there. The queen nodded, "Go on."
Twilight continued, "How about we do this: queen against queen? If you win, you get to kill me and takeover Equestria. But if I win, you will surrender and the Changelings as well."
The queen laughed at Twilight as well as her army, "I agree to your challenge Twilight. Now then, what are you waiting for? Let's fight!"
Twilight smiled with a grin of evil and said, "Go ahead. Make my day."
Chrysalis laughed and turned into Twilight using her power. Twilight simply walked towards her while Chrysalis charged. Twilight's army started to worry, we're they going to lose everything? Chrysalis took out her sword, preparing to kill Twilight. The alicorn chrysalis chuckled and her horn started glowing bright, "Night night, Chrysi."
Twilight then shot the beam of magic towards the Changeling queen and Chrysalis turned back to a Changeling. She couldn't move at all! "What's the meaning of this?! How did you-"
Twilight kicked the queen to the ground; Chrysalis slowly felt her powers draining. The army of both sides were absolutely stunned, even Cadance. Chrysalis panted and looked up to Twilight, "Alright! I surrender!"
Twilight simply laughed, "Oh, I'm not done. I still have to return the favor for that Canterlot incident."
The queen opened her eyes with shock as Twilight took out her sword and raised high in the air. The queen tried to escape from Twilight's grasp but it was too late. With all her anger, Twilight forced the sword through Chrysalis' neck, decapitating her. The Changeling's body then fell to the ground. There was silence everywhere, the Changeling and Equestrian army were shocked; more than that they were terrified. Twilight stood up straight and looked at the Changelings.
"Kneel before me!"
The Changelings looked at each other, they couldn't believe what she just said.
"I said kneel!!!!!"
They quickly obeyed and kneeled before Twilight. Twilight then looked around her and announced, "From this day forth, I will no longer be called Princess Twilight or even Queen Twilight. You will call me, Queen Hysteria! Any pony who dares to challenge me will be put to death and I will have order!"
The queen walked away to her army and saw Flash with a scared look on his face. The queen then spoke to Flash, "Kill them."
Flash looked up with disbelief, "What?"
"I said kill them! Kill every Changeling you see! Now!"
Flash walked ahead of the army and yelled, "You heard the queen. Attack!"
The Changelings quickly ran and flew away, but to no avail were caught and killed. Not one Changeling survived. Twilight turned behind her and saw Cadance with an expression of disbelief and shock. Twilight simply smiled and said, "Now that's how you govern a world. Making them fear you."
Present Day...
"Twilight? Twilight?!"
The queen quickly turned to her friend and saw all the ponies looking at her with worried expressions.
"What happened, Twilight? You just sat there for ten minutes silently."
The queen shook her head and said, "Sorry ,Starlight. I was just having a flashback. We should get going though, I want to show you all something."
When they had all finished with their meal, Twilight told her servants to clean up the table. The were then off to see more of Twilight's home. The queen smiled and turned to her friends and said, "Hey! I know someplace that Rarity will enjoy!" They all followed her into a room and were stunned. Covering the entire room was thousands of clothes hanging everywhere. Rarity gasped and screamed, "This place is absolutely marvelous!!! Twilight, is it alright if I take a look?"
The queen only laughed and nodded. Rarity ran towards the clothes wonderland as the others laughed.
"In fact," Twilight said turning to the others, "There are many rooms that I made for each of you specifically!"
The others were shocked to hear this as Twilight continued, "Yep! I have a room for the Cutie-Mark Crusaders to enjoy! There is a room full of apples for Applejack, a room to party all day long for the party duo, a room for Fluttershy were I have my pets, and a library for you, Starlight. And don't worry, I'll have my guards take you to them."
The guards then came and told the ponies to follow them. Everypony except Starlight left, "Starlight, I'll take you to the library myself. I have something to show you."
Starlight nodded and followed her former teacher. The queen led her to a door with the symbol of a book on it and opened it. Starlight was amazed, "Woah! There must be thousands, if not, millions of books here!"
The queen laughed, "Actually, there are 1,900,800,700 books in this room. Technically there are 1,900,800,701 books."
Twilight then took out the book she was reading. Starlight noticed it and was even more amazed. The book had a painting of a red crystal on it with gold surrounding it, the cover was reddish-brown and the pages were old but with a beautiful gold color.
"Where did you find this book, Twilight?"
The queen walked towards the fireplace she had in the library and responded, "I found it before the Canterlot incident. It's a book that holds many spells and power. It's so powerful that it even surpasses Starswirl's magic. He could have never imagined how powerful he could've been if he had this."
Twilight turned to Starlight with a look of excitement, "This is how I was able to defeat the Changelings! This is how I built that amazing room, this is how I will be able to bring Rainbow Dash back!"
Starlight was shocked to hear this, "Bring her back? But that's impossible!"
"Not when you have this." Twilight took her brace that she had around her neck to reveal another one. The brace had a red crystal on it and it glowed a supernatural glow.
"Is that the Alicorn Amulet?" Starlight asked, still looking at the supernatural jewel.
"Even better, it's the Crystal of Chaos and Dark Magic."
"Dark magic?!" Starlight exclaimed as Twilight shushed her, "Yes dark magic. But it was all worth it when I defeated Chrysalis. I knew that after I defeated Chrysalis ponies from all over the world would fear me. I became so lost for awhile after the war that I soon realized that my family was gone. My mom, dad, Shining Armor, Celestia, Luna, and Rainbow Dash. I mean, Princess Celestia and Luna were immortal, but still vulnerable. But with this beautiful gem I was now 100% immortal. Indestructible. A god if you would."
Starlight was stunned from what Twilight had said so far. Though she was a little terrified she let her friend continue.
"I soon realized that I was really immortal and that none of you were. I couldn't stand the thought of losing you guys too, so I closed the gates to my castle so that I would never see you again. I didn't want to feel sad anymore. But I then found a spell that would bring back Rainbow Dash and the others too! The only catch was that it took ten years to perfect it. What the spell needs now is the elements of harmony, but those are long gone, so the next best thing was-"
"The Bearers," Starlight said finishing Twilight's sentence. Twilight nodded, "I now need your help to bring them back. Will you help me."
Starlight shook her head, "This is insane, Twilight! Bringing back the dead? Creating worlds? We're not gods!"
Twilight's happy expression quickly turned to an angry one.
"Maybe you aren't. But I am."
"This is dark magic we are talking about! It's not something to mess around with! I'm sorry, Twilight but my answer is no!"
Twilight simply nodded, "Alright then."
Twilight suddenly hit Starlight across the face knocking her to the ground. Starlight's vision started to become blurred as she stared at Twiloght. The queen smiled and said, "I will have order."
Then it was dark.