My Little Maleficent

by KidatHeart5

The Curse is Fulfilled

In despair, Twilight galloped all the way to the castle. She knew she couldn’t go back to the cottage where she grew up or the forest she had come to love dearly. Thus, the only thing she could do was to return to the castle where she had been born. There, she was met by palace guards and escorted inside, though they were doubtful of her identity. They brought her to the war room and the lead guard said, “Your Highness, a young unicorn has arrived. She claims to be the princess Twilight Sparkle.” Twilight emerged from behind the guards and said, “Your Highness, do you remember…?”

She trailed off when she saw the figure in front of her. She had never seen a pony like this. The pony had wings and a horn like an alicorn, but the wings were insect-like and the horn was crooked. She had holes dotting her hooves and a hard, translucent midsection and back. She was very dark gray with a dark cerulean mane reaching down to just below her chest. Her most striking feature was her eyes: they were moderate harlequin with dark grayish opal pupils surrounding her slits.

Queen Chrysalis hovered in enthusiasm and cried, “My niece!” She flew to hug the unicorn and continued, “It has been too long since I last saw you as a foal!” She inspected Twilight’s face and remarked, “You resemble your mother very much. You’ve got her eyes, the purple and rose streaks in your mane…I could go on, but that would be too mushy. Why are you here a day early? Have your incompetent guardians misheard what your father told them?”

Twilight shook her head, “Oh, no, no. They’ve taken good care of me, but when I learned about the curse, I decided to come here on my own.” Chrysalis sighed, “Ah, yes. That dreaded curse, the one that horrible monster Discord has placed upon you.” The unicorn began to differ, “But he…” The queen interrupted, “Oh, let’s not bring him up. Today’s your special day! I’ll have my maid escort you to your room while I plan a surprise for you.”

She clopped her hoof twice and ordered, “Autumn Harvest, take my niece to her room.” She smiled at Twilight, “I’m very certain you’ll adore it. It was once your mother’s room.” Though Twilight was slightly uneasy about the queen, she was excited when she heard that her room had belonged to her mother. When the unicorn exited the room, Queen Chrysalis turned toward the table and quietly chuckled menacingly, “Wait till I have the other surprise prepared for you.”

Meanwhile, the three Breezies flew their way across the land. Sweetie cried, “It’s so good to be small again! Oh, I just love my tiny hooves!” Apple Bloom turned back to Sweetie and said, “Pay attention, Sweetie Belle! We have to find Twilight before the curse is complete! I sure don’t want the king getting mad at us!”

Back at the castle, Twilight took in the room around her. It was beautiful, complete with some portraits of a young pink alicorn, others with a majestic white alicorn, and some with both ponies. Twilight surmised that the pink alicorn was her mother. She read the plaque of one portrait of the pink alicorn and it was engraved “Mi Amore Cadenza”. She read another one and it was imprinted “Princess Cadance”. She took a closer look at the plaque at the bottom of the portrait with her mother and the white alicorn and it read “Queen Celestia with Princess Cadance.”

Twilight’s eyes widened with amazement as she thought, Is this her? The legendary Queen Celestia? My mother knew her? I need to talk with my aunt! However, when she tried to open the doors, they wouldn’t budge. Twilight thought, Well, whatever my aunt’s planning, she sure wants to keep it a surprise.

Just then, she heard whispers in the room. She tilted her ears in every direction until she found where the sounds were loudest. She went towards the tapestry and the voices whispered, “Twilight…” Soon, she found the edge of the tapestry and pulled it back to reveal a door. She pounded on the door and shouted, “Hello?!”

The door opened and Twilight saw an earth pony with a moderate cobalt blue mane with very light fuchsia stripes and a light apple greenish gray coat. The unicorn rushed by her and into a hallway, ignoring the maid, who was crying, “Wait! Princess, where are you going?!” In worry, the maid turned to face the opposite direction and whimpered, “Ooh, the queen’s not going to like this…”

In the Everfree Forest, Flash Sentry was still trying to find his way to the castle. Suddenly, he heard a voice shout, “Halt!” Just as soon as the voice startled him, he saw a stop sign hanging from a branch. Flash skidded to a stop in mid-air and asked, “Who put a stop sign in the forest?” Discord slithered into the open in police attire and answered, “I did.”

Flash asked dubiously, “And just who you might be?” Discord replied, “I happen to be the guardian of this forest.” The Pegasus’s eyes shrunk and he whispered, “You’re Discord.” The draconequus scoffed, “Well, of course I am. What do you expect?”

Flash cried alarmingly, “Then Twilight’s in trouble! What have you done with her, foul beast?!” Discord looked at him in surprise and defended, “Look, I did nothing to her! I need to find her!” The Pegasus scowled, “You will never harm an innocent mare, you monster!” He charged at Discord, only for the latter to dodge into the brush and reappear again in another nearby spot. Discord said, “Look, it’s not like that! I…” Before he could finish, Flash flew towards him again and Discord dodged once more.

When Flash saw him near the stop sign, he growled and flew at him again. Discord pulled the branch back and apologized, “I’m sorry I have to do this, but…” When Flash drew closer to him, the spirit released the branch and…

THWACK!

Flash was out cold on the forest floor. When Discord landed next to him, he remarked, “Huh. I guess stop signs do make for good defense mechanisms. I might have to use it again someday.” He lifted the unconscious Pegasus from the ground and called out, “Oh, Spike!” When Spike flew in, Discord grinned, “We need a ride.”

Out of the Everfree Forest galloped a purple earth pony with a green mane bunched in humps representing a dragon’s head scales. Spike was pulling a chariot, which was being driven by Discord, in charioteer clothes. In the back was Flash Sentry, still unconscious and strapped to a car seat. Spike panted, “Why couldn’t you turn me into a roc? I could get us there faster in that form.” Discord answered, “The king and his guards will be expecting an aerial attack, so if we want to save Twilight, you had better HYAH!” At the last word, Spike ran faster than he ever did in his life.

When she had reached the bottom of the stairs, Twilight noticed that her right hoof began to glow yellow. Just then, she heard her name again and turned towards the sheets hanging from the clothesline. She walked past them and into a stairwell that led her to a dark part of the castle. This must be the dungeon, she thought. When she came upon a door, the voices whispered her name again and a yellow light opened the door. She gasped at the sight before her.

There were hundreds, maybe thousands, or spinning wheels all stacked up on each other and in ruin. She let her mind trail, So many… Then, she realized that her parents must’ve loved her very much if they went to extreme measures trying to protect their daughter. She walked amongst the broken spinning wheels and saw yellow light enclosing the pieces of a spinning wheel. They levitated and connected each other until it created a whole spinning wheel. Yellow light remained on only the spindle now and Twilight suddenly became entranced with it. Multi-colored rings developed in her eyes as she drew closer to the spindle.

The yellow glow on her right hoof intensified when she raised it near the glowing spindle. She could hear the words first spoken at her christening.

“She will prick her hoof on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into a sleep-like sleep. No power on Earth…A sleep-like sleep.”

Discord felt as if he had been punched in the stomach. He was overcome with sudden dread as he unconsciously pulled back the reins. When the sun almost set, Discord knew what had happened. “It is done,” he whispered breathlessly. He put his arms and head on the chariot as he choked, “Oh, Twilight…”

Bon Bon, the maid Twilight had passed, found the princess lying still on the floor. The earth pony collapsed in sobs at the unfortunate revelation: Discord’s curse had finally been fulfilled.

Author's Note:

Ta da! I've posted this chapter in honor of Friday the 13th. If you're getting anxious, I can assure you that the next chapter will be posted on Valentine's Day. Since there were so many of you who like my stories, I'm just going to say "thank you" this way. I am very grateful that my story has gained this much popularity. I feel very loved already. Stay tuned!

Comments

[KidatHeart5]

5622318 In the trailer for Villaintine's Day, it was "sleep like sleep". However, in the movie, it was "sleep like death". I went with Hasbro on this one.

[LuluCalliope]

5622545 I haven't seen the trailer for Villaintine's Day!

[Godslittleprincess]

Okay, I was wrong. I was definitely wrong. The surprise villain is DEFINITELY not Tirek.

[KidatHeart5]

9555685
Congrats! *Claps hands*