Shh.
An MLP Fan-Fic by Jingiscool
I remember that fateful day as if it was yesterday. The day Twilight Sparkle, one of my sister's dearest friends, became a princess. It was many years ago, but Twilight is still royalty. Actually, Twilight became queen. It sounds exiting, right? But how, you may ask?
Celestia and Luna were marvelous leaders, but they had been beheaded. There was no definite reason, but many believe that they were planning to murder the other princesses. I believe that it was the other way around. No one really knows, though, the real answers were probably taken to the princesses' graves. After that, Princess Cadance became in charge, with Princess Twilight in high authority. Sadly, Princess Cadance died of a rare plague. After that Shining Armor committed suicide, leaving a heartbroken and lonely Twilight Sparkle. Her friends weren't of much help, considering they were all busy and couldn't really see each other.
Something snapped in her soon after that. Twilight was rarely seen, and when she was she was always gloomy. Twilight became a merciless ruler, beheading all that denied her anything. Twilight managed to become a queen, which hasn't been achieved by any other princess in Equestria, Princess Celestia hadn't even come close. To be a Queen you must be kind and loyal to your subjects, instead of the other way around. Twilight has been neither of those things since she had come into power, yet she was a Queen. Of course, many say those were just little stories that parents told their children so that they would improve their behavior, but everypony thought that the first Queen we would have would have those qualities and many other good ones.
Twilight ruled the land with an iron hoof. She expanded Equestria by destroying the other countries around us. She had at least 100 soldiers in every town to make sure everypony was following her strict laws. More than half of everypony's salary was dedicated to taxes. This queen was hated throughout the land. No one ever dared standing up to her, for her magic was the greatest magic ever discovered in the history of ponykind.
As for her friends; Applejack struggled to keep Sweet Apple Acres, with the taxes and all, and Twilight turned a blind eye to her, and her family's, worries. Sweet Apple Acres was torn down to make way for a summer home, for the Queen. Rainbow Dash continued her job but became less vibrant and more… dark. Rainbow dyed her mane and tail black and it seems to rain a bit more nowadays. Fluttershy is mostly the same, except she has been limited to have only 2 animals, which has also been neglected by Twilight. Fluttershy set all of her animals free, except for Angel, because she didn't want to make one feel bad by choosing the other. Pinkie Pie went back to her depressing state, even though she still through amazing parties. There is a law, probably especially made for Pinkie, which limits the amount of parties per year per pony to 3 parties per year. As for Rarity, my older sister, her shop got more business than ever. It seems weird, I know, but Twilight allows only a maximum of 2 different colors per article of clothing, and Rarity was the only pony who could make a dress that looked amazing which incorporated only two colors. All of these ponies are getting by okay, but they have completely disconnected Twilight from their lives, they rarely speak of her.
You may want to know what happened to us "Cutie Mark Crusaders". Well, Apple Bloom got a cutie mark of an apple being painted in with a red brush and wooden boards form a square around the apple. Apple Bloom became Rarity's apprentice after receiving her cutie mark. Scootaloo got a cutie mark of a scooter with wings. Scootaloo performs stunts on her scooter for a living. I, Sweetie Belle, got a cutie mark of a microphone on top of a music note. I am a famous singer and came out with the latest pop songs, such as; "Get Up and Fly" and "Raise Your Hooves".
We, here in Ponyville, are living nice lives, but we still have to follow the strict laws. I have heard talk of several different groups planning an uprising, but it hasn't been done, yet. I would sometimes sit and think of a life beyond Equestria, considering many ponies have already moved. Those of us who stayed have heard stories of creatures that stand on their hind legs and are twice as tall as us, but those are just old tales resurfacing.
I must leave now, I hear guards. After all, reading and writing are only allowed to those who have permits. Until I write again,
-Sweetie Belle