Twilight never thought anything would come of her adventure in the magic mirror. She and her friends had saved Equestria again, period, end of discussion. It wasn't out of the ordinary, not for her.
Then, months later, a member of the Royal Guard arrives with Sunset Shimmer, broken, humbled, and ready to become Twilight's slave... forever.
Twilight's life suddenly becomes a myriad of new complications, not the least of which is explaining all this to her friends. Everypony has a different opinion, but one thing is clear: none of this will be resolved easily. And it may just tear the Elements apart before it's finished.
Chapters (6)
This is awesome. Can't wait to read more.
Good Lord! This is dark.
I LIKE!
Woah. Just woah. In a good way, so don't worry.
Yayy!
Next chapter soon?
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I just updated, so, probably in a few days to a week.
4174338 Yayyy!
Wow...
Going to continue reading this when next update comes.
I think you should continue cranking out these updates so fast. Nice chapter.
Great chapter!
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Sunset's gonna try to kill herself to get out this.
Yayy! New chapter, a really good one.
And so begins Sunset's long downward spiral into madness.
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You're quite a font of theories.
Oh hey.
This is pretty cool.
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Glad you think so.
Any questions, comments, complaints, or theories?
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Seems pretty straightforward so far. Little too early to really predict anything. I don't see a romance tag so I'm guessing Twilight just teaches Sunset to be a good person. On the opposite spectrum, maybe Twilight leads a revolution against Celestia or something.
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Well, there's definitely not going to be any romance, I'll tell you that.
You recognize sunset, but not your own colt friend?
*thoughtful face*
Why doesn't twilight just say Go back to earth, I don't want a slave?
I KNEW IT WAS GILDA!
so Dash is going to end up feeling that she was wrong if Twilight doesn't treat Gilda like shit
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She... can't. Celestia has set it up so that Sunset Shimmer is magically bound to Twilight for life. Period, end of story. For all intents and purposes, Twilight can't do anything about it.
Wonder what Lighting dust and Suri Polomare got?
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My headcanon is that Lightning Dust is doing "prolonged community service" under the Wonderbolts, while Suri Polomare managed to get off with a stiff fine, paid to both Rarity and Prim Hemline.
This is relevant to my interests.
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I am most glad to hear that.
Dis is gud. Like and fav for you!
If I was Twilight, I would be pissed that Celestia went over my head on this. It should be Twilight's right to have a voice in her punishment. What if she had wanted a slave who could use magic?
If someone steals from a store, do you cut off their arms and lags then make them work at the store? No. It would hurt the store more to have a person who can't do the work, at well, working there.
Celestia has said that Twilight is now her equal. So, I hope Twilight rips into her. A good princess should not go: "I had my fun. Now clean up my mess" to their equal.
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True. At the same time, to my way of thinking Sunset Shimmer is one of the most magically skilled unicorns in Equestria. And since this is slavery for life, it's probably--probably, mind you--safest to just remove the possibility of Sunset using magic altogether.
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4285361 I have to agree on that. The way I see it, Sunset Shimmer was a former student of Celestia, and as we can plainly see from Twilight, Celestia doesn't take just anyone under her wing. I don't think it would be difficult to assume that Sunset is not only one of the stronger unicorns, but may even be a solid match for Twilight in a one on one fight, assuming being an alicorn doesn't give you some sort of I don't know like a magic boost or something. And unlike Trixie, Sunset isn't dumb enough to fall for any tricks were they to fight. Honestly if I were Celestia I'd do the exact same thing. It might seem a bit over the top, but Sunset with magic is just too dangerous.
As for Twilight and Celestia being equals, I don't really think that has anything to do with it. I mean if you're a cop who commits a crime for whatever reason, it's not like your buddies on the police force are going to call you up and say "Hey! We're about to come arrest you, where would you like to go, the jail downtown or the prison up north?" I think the same kind of applies to Celestia. The fact that Twilight would be her owner doesn't have much to do with it. The laws the law and all Celestia really did was enforce it.
Then again maybe I'm just reading too much into this.
Well then... That's some harsh punishment, internment at a prison where she seems to have been beaten and possibly whipped, permanent body mutilation (horn removal) and permanent, irreversible removal of her magic and lifetime enslavement.
Less forgiving, indeed! That's some pretty hardcore justice Celestia's meting out, and I use the word justice lightly.
That said, this looks somewhat interesting so I'll give it a chance before I say Yay or Nay.
So, um... this story still alive?
I`d like to see more of this story. It`s an interesting premise and I REALLY want to see Twilight get mad at Celestia. A lot.
MUST...HAVE...MORE...
make more pls i wanna see where this goes mlp.bartstuff.eu/mlp-dlulz.png
Are you going to continue the story???
pls continue this!
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Even then It is hypocritical of Celestia to enforce that law when Luna have been even worse.
Sunset's crimes:
- Theft of ''The Element of Magic''.
- Attempting to harm Twilight.
- Attempting to conquer Equestria.
- Placing the safety of the Kingdom at risk.
Luna's crimes:
- Kidnapping of the ruler of Equestria and probably assault to. (If Luna was the reason Celestia didn't appear until the end...)
- Destruction of ''The Element of Harmony''
- Attempting to harm Twilight.
- Attempting to conquer Equestria on two accounts.
- Placing the safety of the WORLD at risk.
- Attempted world-wide genocide of 3rd degree through the effects of 'nuclear winter'
All of Luna's crimes are merely Sunset's own, turned up to 11, and then some.
So unless Celestia is a hypocrite, she should have laid down at least the same punishment for Luna.
Let it be marked that Sunset is set for life, and not just (lets say) 100 or 200 years. In which would in practicality mean for life, in Sunset's case, BUT this merely sets the judicial standard!
Please don't abandon this story! It's too good to be abandoned...
Someone needs to continue this.