Hypocritical
"Lifetime in Tartarus."
It kept ringing in her ears as she was carried away to the hell of Equestria. Sunset wasn't immortal like Celestia, or Discord. She would rot in Tartarus, and die. All she could think of was the horrors that would meet her and the devils stuck down there. Suddenly, her feet froze, and she broke down crying. She wondered if what she did was really worth being stuck in Tartarus for the rest of her life.
"I hope you learned your lesson." she heard Shining Armor say. She could hear the smirk in his voice. "Let's go!" They dragged her by her forelegs, unable to keep herself up due to shock.
Sunset felt numb. So numb that the guards on either side of her had to help keep her standing. Tears rolled down her closed eyes, lost in thought. However, a rattling sound caught her attention. Snapping her head up to the disturbing sound, she saw a cage, the size of a large pony, guards holding the door open...for her.
She started panicking, not knowing what to do. She stood up straight and attempted to pull her arms out of the guard's grip, the stitches in her shoulder's protesting against the sudden movement. She struggled and put every last ounce of her strength in pulling away.
The guards loosened their grip for one second, allowing her to get free. But she was immediately captured by Shining Armor's magic. She felt his grip on her, Shining Armor put her in the cage with as little care as possible. She tried to unlock the door, but her magic was blocked by the inhibitor ring on her horn. Thrashing and kicking and screaming, she tried her best to leave the small, constricting area.
But with every kick and punch, her hope faded away. She knew she was never going to escape. There was nothing she could do except wait for her doom. She leaned on the wall and tried to clear her mind of the dark thoughts. Trying to remember all the good times in her life, she broke down realizing she had none. There was nothing to live for, no one to remember her, no family to cry over her. Sunset would never have a chance to live a happy life and build her own family.
The panic in her rose with every second, and Sunset felt the world fade black around her.
Canterlot Castle was most of the time silent, with only the maids and butlers of the castle scurrying to get to their duties. At this time, however, nobles and other ponies murmured and spread rumors and gossip about the recent court sentencing. Nopony had been sentenced to death before, nor to Tartarus.
In their quarters, sat Princess Luna, raising the moon for the day. She showed no emotion on her face as she turned back around off the balcony. In a few hours she would enter the Dreamland, and stop the nightmares of ponies. All but one ponies nightmare. Luna grimaced at the thought of Sunset, but quickly shook her head.
There was a knock on her door, and Luna willed it open with her horn. Luna smiled as a lavender alicorn walked in her room, but Twilight Sparkle did not return the smile. Instead she wore a grim expression on her face, her head lowered slightly. Luna's smile faltered as she trotted towards Twilight.
"Twilight, how ar-" Luna began.
Twilight's head snapped up. "Don't."
"What?" Luna questioned, confused.
Twilight shook her head. "How could you do something like that?!" she screamed. "How could you sentence somepony to death and Tartarus!"
Luna blinked, fighting the urge to scowl. "Twilight, we already discussed this, Sunset had what was coming for her, she tried to kill you!"
"And so. did. you." Twilight responded coldly.
Luna lost her composure for a second, before regaining it quickly. "Twilight that's different, I am Celestia's sister, Princess of the Moon! Ponies need me."
"Oh, so other ponies are expendable then, right?" Twilight said incredulously. "Is that how you really feel about all this?"
The Princess in the Moon tried to stutter out an answer, but Twilight held a hoof up to silence her. "I'm guessing you know how hard it is to reverse a sentencing that big?! I'd have to convince those hard-headed nobles that Sunset deserves a second chance. Not only because she is a Princess or Celestia's little sister, but because she is a pony who made mistakes just like you did."
Luna stared into Twilight's eyes, and all she found was guilt. What she was guilty of was unknown to Luna. Twilight turned around without warning and began making her way to the door of the room. Luna went to follow her out, but Twilight's voice broke her train of thought.
"I thought you would learn forgiveness after I showed it to you that night, I guess I was wrong." Twilight said evenly.
Luna tried to follow Twilight out the door of her room, but before she could, Twilight said: "I'll walk myself out," she began, sensing Luna's desires. "I am very disappointed with you Princess."
Twilight Sparkle left without another word, and closed the door roughly behind her. Luna stared in shock as a pit in her stomach formed. Did she really mean what she said? Was her life more valuable then other ponies? 'Of course it is, I'm a Prin-' Luna stopped and recalled Twilight's words. The pit in her stomach going deeper.
She had sent a pony to life to the depths of Hell, like she should have been. Luna stumbled to her bed. She woul- should have been sentenced to death too. But she wasn't because she was more valuable. At least, that's what she repeated to herself as she closed her eyes, her breaths coming in short.
Twilight was beyond furious, but most of all, she felt guilty. Guilty that she brought Sunset here to have a better life, and to have a second-chance, only to have that opportunity snatched away by the other Princesses. Twilight imagined Sunset hating her for the rest of her life, cursing her name at any chance she got.
Although a lot of creatures, like Tirek hated Twilight, but he had more than enough chances to become good. Sunset never would get that chance. Twilight grimaced as a tear rolled down her cheek, she had to do something about this, she couldn't let Sunset rot in a jail cell. She wouldn't let any of her friends have that fate.
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Great update! I already want more!
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I might update earlier if I get ahead, but for now I think I'm going to stay on schedule.
oh, it's an AU, ponies are just different. Then how'd things stay the same up to this divergence point
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Was shooting for the more medieval realistic style. And hey! Don't be such a smart ass about it, thanks
Alright, this looks interesting so far, tracking.
Small nitpick:
Should probably be "by"
So this is all about Luna's self loathing? Okay, that makes more sense. I hope she cleans up her act before the end.
I'm curious to see where this all goes.
Bit of a continuity error though. Twilight should have beaten Sunset a fair bit before she ever met Tirek. He should be free right now.
I hope Celestia and Luna are taken down, and who ever does it be Tirek or Chrysalis rub salt in the wound on them.
Also hope Twilight rips into her brother, reminding him that Luna tried to kill her and her friends yet he so chummy with her.
I also wonder how this effect all of Equestria, will they be view as monsters, brutal cruel rulers or Power hungry as Luan was spared because she is Celestia's sister so they are allowed to do what they want.
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Thanks for the catch!
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Yeah, I know, I was hoping to change that up a bit.so he would be back in prison, everything is going to change.
By.
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Yup, keep forgetting to change that, thanks.
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Your welcome.
I like it
Amazing chapter. Can't wait for more. Is sunset going to have injury, physical or mental, after her time in tartarus? Like burns on her stomach and legs from fire or something?
Wouldn't this make more sense here?
I wonder if Shining will come to Twilight and (in his mind) reassure her that Sunset got what she deserved on the way to Tartarus. Thinking he did something good... Only to get the question;
''Did you and the guards treat Luna the same way when she returned? No?
Because she tried the exact same thing, to kill me and usurp Celestia.''
And Lifetime is in my mind just another way to say that she got a 'death sentence' just with more steps... and in this case with the possibility of torture.
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That does make more sense, thanks! But yes, I totally agree with you, a lifetime in prison is just a delayed death sentence. The next chapter is going to include more conversations between Twilight and Celestia, etc.
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You can expect some sort of mental damage, Sunset is going to spend a lifetime in Tartarus with the worst creatures of Equestria, it won't be easy on her.
As far as physical injuries go, remember the scars and gashes on her shoulders, without proper care, they won't heal correctly.
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I mean... that's always been the point of a life sentence... the "silver lining", insofar as there is one, is that if something comes up proving the innocence of the accused (or you need them for anything), they can still be reached and freed, whereas a death sentence, well, that one's kinda hard to reverse.
The fun part is that there is a full millennium that proves Luna is superfluous. Also the hope you learned your lesson part from Shining is incredibly foolish to say given the circumstances.
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Twilight gave Luna a good Reason You Suck Speech while calling her out at the same time.
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Indeed.
Holy mother of FAUST. You got right into it, didnt you!
Ah Twilight is so good, she really let Luna have it
Again obviously know this is a alt. Universe but if you are using the series as a template she has not faced tirek yet or even known him in a personal level no castle means no title which means she still lives in golden oaks library and while she might know of tirek because of history and going from books. No I repeat NO ENCOUNTER WITH HIM THUS FAR. Unless you have changed the past and how she has turned into a princess then she should not know and the fact that you have tagged cozy glow means you are vaguely following the series. Also you said that we will see about the dazzlings is pure I repeat pure bullshit. The fact that sunset tells them about the journal is a key factor even if they clear out her locker. Which I might add would not be their duty but the school's duty they would not look into her stuff unless they are nosy and even if and I say IF they are are smart enough to know it is a communication journal the rainbooms will not be notified and even if they are the other journal is in Clestia's pocession and if they read the previous entries they know it only goes to her and she is smart enough to not fuck with the portal. So your plans go into disarray and the EQG dimension is essentially screwed because the Dazzlings are tipped off.
P.s. if you call me a smart ass I know it seem like it but just know I am giving you the benefit of doubt I want to see your plans come to fruition even if I am being a hard ass about it I am not giving you useless criticism I am just warning you about these things if you continue. The portal can open in 30 moons but that is already to late the dazzlings can have their time to figure out that the portal is there by toturing the rainbooms and by analysis they can wait as long as they want they live far longer and they can wait a tiny bit more to get back to Equestria all I'm saying is they are basically a wild card to your plans in say two years story time when the portal opens they will have a bit of equestrian magic by the rainbooms so they wouldn't have to think about feeding as much they could learn how to force the portal open by different means they wouldn't need the journal but if they find it, it will make their work/wait on the portal easier. They didn't waste their time doing nothing they might have picked up a few things from living there. So again you have to take a serious look at your story from all angles not just one it would be foolish to do so and I might not have experience writing stories like you do heck I haven't even roleplayed in my life but what I do have is experience in reading stories. I will continue reading because I am interested and will provide insight hell this has been the most active I have been on this site other then reading. All I am saying is think on my words.
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Look man, I get where your coming from, I really do. And I like a good rant as much as the next person. But that whole entire comment was rubbish.
First of all, hard to read and understand a shit you were saying. Whatever I choose to do will not align to the series exactly, I'm sure that is obvious at this point. This here takes place before Tireks first attack, but this time with all the other villians.
Well technically Equestria needs Luna, Celestia can't walk in dreams or comfort ponies as well as Luna can.
It’s funny how there are people like this in real life.
Wasn’t luna possessed at the time?
Ok, I get that she’s the princess of friendship, but forgiveness isn’t always the answer. Also, just because you forgave her that doesn’t mean she has to do the same thing.
False, they went 1000 years without and twilight was groomed to be your replacement.
Just as you thought, you had learned your lesson when you were once Nightmare Moon from the past millennia. But you thought wrong.
Okay, Luna... greatly overestimates its usefulness.
Although life imprisonment for trying to start a real war, and this is exactly the point here, since... well, in principle, no one would care who sits at the top as long as they carry out their duties. However, what was Sunset trying to do? She stole an artifact that increases her personal power and gathered an army of schoolchildren in order to take Equestria by force, because... let's be honest, the Equestria army is useless meat, and Twilight is the only alicorn who poses a real threat. Discord is basically the only real defense Equestria has outside of the whole friendship magic thing, so Sunset still loses, but... she still does some serious damage.