Chapter 10: Celestia's Fault

The last thing that Star saw was a blinding light; her eyes were still blurry a few seconds after the light vanished. She rubbed her eyes to try and regain her sight but it didn't help. Hoofsteps could heard coming from somewhere, she couldn't tell. Star panicked, turned around, and ran in the opposite direction she had been facing. No later had she started running did she bump into something or someone. She tried to back up but tripped and hit the ground with a thud. She tried to see what was in front of her but the only thing she could make out was blurry stripes of black. She screamed at the top of her lungs and began backing up and then the blurry figure began speaking. "You poor little filly, what are you doing out here in the Everfree Forest all alone you silly."

Star stopped her screaming and could finally see the figure clearly. Standing high above her was a Zebra who seemed to speak in rhymes. "Where am I?" Before the zebra could answer, the sounds of hurried hoofsteps could be heard. Star just lay on her back too scared to move. "What are you going to do to me and who are you?"

The zebra looked down at the filly with a smile as another zebra came up from behind. "That is my auntie Zecora, best zebra in all of Equestria and I'm her niece, oops got to go, bye." Zecora watched as her niece disappeared into the forest and then turned back to where Star was and found her gone.

Star ran and ran avoiding the pony guards as she went. She had been jumping into barrels, hay stacks, and other things large enough for her to fit in. She had no idea where she was going but she didn't care until she found the library, tears formed in her eyes. She heard a noise behind her and ran over to the library tree and jumped into the plants. She watched through the bushes and flowers to see when it would be clear to come out. Four hooves ran past the bush in a hurry followed by two more sets of hooves. She cautiously peeked out from the bush to make sure that no more ponies were around. Once she thought the coast was clear she stood up but quickly crouched again when she heard talking from inside. She stood up just far enough to be able to peek in through the window. There were two ponies, Princess Celestia and her mother. "What's going on?" Star whispered and then put her ear up to the glass.

"Twilight, we need to talk about your daughter." Celestia took a seat on the couch followed by Twilight. "Twilight, because of what happened so many months ago, ponies questioned your integrity. Thankfully all thoughts were put to rest once things were explained. In a way, I wish you hadn't kept her but on the other, I don't think I could have gone through with an abortion."

"I have so much to thank you for, clearing my name and letting me keep my daughter." Twilight looked down at her daughter and hugged her tightly. "My little Star." Twilight kissed the babies head and hugged her once again. She looked up at Celestia after a few seconds with a serious look. "What did you need Princess?"

"It's the baby that brought me here Twilight. I fear and have seen the effects the baby has had on you. You have been slacking in your duties and not just a few here and there but all of them." Celestia saw the anger in Twilight's eyes but didn't show that she knew. "Don't get me wrong Twilight, if you had a husband, this wouldn't be an issue. I also see how attached to her you are which is good and bad, most of which is bad. You must give her up Twilight, this isn't an option."

Twilight stood up off the couch now in a rage but she kept calm enough to make sure that her little baby wouldn't get hurt. She shot daggers at her former mentor and snorted angrily. "You will not take my baby away from me, how dare you suggest such a thing!" Twilight backed away from Celestia.

"Twilight please, you must understand that this baby will make things bad, for you mostly. Your subjects will not be happy; they are already becoming restless and angry with you. You have duties to them and you can't do those duties with the child taking up all of your time." Celestia tried to reason but Twilight was too angry.

"I don't care, take my wings away from me for all I care, I won't lose my daughter." Twilight lit her horn in her magical glow and prepared to attack Celestia.

Celestia stayed calm seeing what Twilight was willing to do. She frowned sadly and hoped that it would not come to this. "You will remember her the next time you see her Twilight, I'm truly sorry it had to be this way." Celestia lit her horn and shot a small beam at Twilight who didn't have time to react. Twilight stumbled backward and dropped Star who Celestia was able to catch before the baby hit the ground. Celestia covered the baby and then teleported away with the small bundle.

Twilight shook her head and looked around a bit dazed. "What happened, what was I doing, oh right, I have a lot to do for everypony."

Just outside Star watched in horror seeing her mother forget about her so easily but at least now she knew why. Celestia had taken her away from her mother and on top of that, wiped Twilight's memory of her. Star screamed into the air and then disappeared in a bright flash of light. Luckily for her, she had her eyes closed this time and she wasn't blinded. She looked around and found herself in front of the library.

Star looked inside through the glass to see if she had returned but something told her she hadn't. She heard a voice that sounded just like Rarity's and it was. "Twilight, are you sure that you don't need us darling?"

Star looked into the air and saw Rainbow Dash flying above Twilight and the others. "Yeah, we don't want you getting hurt by that creep roaming around town. If you were to get raped because we weren't here, we wouldn't be able to forgive ourselves." Rainbow Dash said with a voice full of worry and concern.

That's when it hit Star. "I'm still going backward in time."

A/N: I hope you enjoyed and please review, thank you.