Chapter 10:Royal Slaves
Twilight walked through the streets of Canterlot, avoiding the roaming timber wolf gaurds. Ponies were not as she had remembered. They trotted around
in dirty clothes, and Twilight even passed by kids fighting for a scrap of food that they pulled out of the trash.
As Twilight aproached the castle doors a group of timber wolves came out from behind her. But Twilight had expected this. She whipped her head around
and blasted them with her magic engulfing them in flames. Twilight watched them burn savoring the moment. After a minute she turned back around and ran through
the castle doors.
As she entered she saw no sign of more gaurds. Argenta was expecting her. It may have been eighteen years since Twilight had been here, but she knew
where she was going. The throne room doors were closed. Twilight opened them slowley, peaking in.
"No need to sneak." The voice came from behind Twilight. "Remeber me?"
Twilight froze for half a second before being thrown through the doors. Twilight landed next to a white stick. Twilight stood. It wasn't a stick. It
was Cadances bones. Twilight hurled at the sight of it, tears springing to her eyes.
"Ah yes. I kept your friend for you to return to." Argenta neared closer to her. "Never felt like moving her though."
Twilight, out of rage and saddness turned around gave a blast of magic so powerful it would have disintigrated any other pony. But Argenta just flicked
a spark at it and made it dissapear. "Why should I have expected a good fight." Argenta lifted Twilight in the air and slammed her back on the ground. "Especialy
from you." Argenta threw Twilight against a wall. Twilight's back right leg hit the wall first and Twilight felt a snap. Twilight landed on the ground bitting
back her shriek of pain. Twilight got up on her three good legs. Argenta blasted more magic at Twilight, but this time Twilight was ready. She teleported behind
Argenta and blasted magic at her. Argent flew forwrd into a wall.
Argenta stood up and brushed off the attack like nothing had happened. "You're going to have to try a lot harder than that." Argenta picked Twilight up
again and slammed her into the entrance doors. Twilight landed on the marble floor, and somthing in her chest cracked. This time Twilight did scream. Twilight
tried to stand but Argenta shoved her back to the ground. "Pathetic."
Twilight lifted her head to stare at the towering figure in front of her.
"You were never going to be anything of a real threat to my rule."
Twilight just stared, bitting back tears.
"I mean really, what did you think would happen when you came here?" Argenta took another step towards Twilight. "Were you going to save the day, or save
Equestria? Like you saved it from Tirek?" Argenta came closer. "Let me tell you something," Argenta stepped on Twilights ribs. "I'm more powerful than Tirek would
have been with all of the magic in Equestria." Argenta put pressure on Twilights ribs.
Twilight let the tears loose.
Argenta took her whoove off of Twilight. "Do you want to see what I'm capable of doing?"
Twilight never wanted to see what she could do.
Argenta opened the entrance doors, and a pack of timber wolves herded in the last ponies Twilight had expected to see. Celestia and Luna, their whooves in
chains. And trailing right behind them was Spike, a glassey look in his eyes. "This is your future Twilight. To be bound in chains."
Twilight stared. Clestia and Luna looked sadly at Twilight, and Spike paid her no attention.
"Another princess in shackels." Argenta trotted over to Spike. "Oh and this one, so loyal to family that obeyed his wifes last request. To not tell me where
the elements of harmony were, resulted in the untimly death of his wife."
Twilight tasted copper in her mouth.
Argenta turned back to Twilight. "Fate can be cruel. So many people know this, Luna, Spike, Celestia, that white pony I killed..."
In a flash Argenta flew clear across the hall and skidded across the ground.
"I'm pretty sure that white ponies name... was Rarity." And standing in the frame of the entry way, was Argenta.
End Of Chapter 10