Celestia descended the slick stairs under the bar, floating the unconcious body of the assassin behind her, both descended into the black maw of the earth. Celestia had been walking for about an hour before the captive mare started shrugging off the folds of sleep.

"Huh..where am i..." SHe muttered groghilly, still not entirely come-to

"You are coming with me, i'll free my sister and figure out what to do with you... But i have to ask...why? Why capture my sister! It's not like she ever hurt you, in fact she welcomed you!"

Philistine sighed, oh great another hero trying to convince her he way of life was worthless. "Celestia, tell me, have you ever live off the streets?
While in the government people eat whatever they damn want everyday, regardless to you? I have!"

Celestia pondered this, yes poverty was a real thing, nt very widespread but it existed. "That's just a background story, it doesen't give me much idea for why you do this..."

That elicited a barking cackle that echoed off the grimy walls of the tunnel, amplifying the insane noise. "No, maybe not. But i've got to live somehow Celestia, and Luna was a means to an end. Sure, she's an okay mare, but i need to live too!" She stopped, did she care for Luna? No... it was a lie, she never got too attached to her targets before now, so why would it happen now?

The other pony sensed this pause and pressed the attack. "Well if she's a nice enough mare and you made money from being a maid why stop? You could probably also help me stop poverty since you've lived through it. Maybe we can find your family and help them too..." She trailed off, hoping she had found a chink in her mental armor.

"My mother is dead... And I killed her" A reply in a monotonous, over practiced tone, whom was she convincing, me, or herself? Wondered Celestia. "Well surely you didn't mean to? Right?"

"I...I was payed to do it, try living destitute for a day. I knew my father would forgive me eventually, and 20 bits means the difference beteen life and death when your poor. And one less mouth to feed...I thought it was the right thing to do."

Oh, oh god, this poor mare. Why had she had to suffer like this. "Im so, so sorry! I can hel-"

"NO, NO YOU CANT! ALL YOU DO IS SIT THERE EVERY DAY SAYING YOU'LL HELP! WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I WAS STABBING MY MOTHER FOR FOOD MONEY! WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I WAS CAUGH STEALING FOOD AND WAS NEARLY FLAYED BY A WHIP! WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I WASFOR MY LIFE IN A CITY THAT WANTED ME DEAD-" She came to a crashing halt, oh, oh dear.

"But i can help you now! Isn't any help at all better then no help?"

"No, you can't help, im bound to my employer by means nothing can break."

Celestia saw a light at the end of the tunnel, after a hour and a half walking they had found their destination. And Celestia wished they hadn't. All around the walls were various trophies from several assassinations, a pelt from a mayor here, a ear from bishop or governer there. The objects ever appeared well cared for, like a beloved collector had spent many an hour down here keeping them in formaldahyde. It disgusted her.

The room was lit by a few scattered torches, sowing just enough light to show a rather well crafted iron door. Celestia ran for it, trying to get out of the room. But as she barged though she almost wished she hadn't. In the next room she found her sister, as well as Grimm, wearing a fully customized leather barding inlaid with threading and dotted with iron studs. He smiled wolfishy as she entered, a dark glint in his eye.

"Ahhhh... Its the queen and my bitch. And i'm surprised at you! You want a full hour without backstabbing somebody you know! Has the baby finally gone soft?" He chuckled at his own dark joke.

"STOP IT!" roared the princess. "she's had a horrid life and you capatalize on it, trying to futher your own goals. how did you ever get a spot on the council?"

"Because you were too blinded by your sister to realize who you had chosen terribly with me. You chose me because it seemed like whenever you went with my ideas you've come out on top,
you know why that is? I've hired her to murder ever opponent you had, and she made it look 'accidental'. It helped i payed off the autopsy specialist so he'd turn them up as natural causes"

Celestia paled, her rulership was based off lies and backstabs? No...no...her people loved her. Right? But, did they? They did bow whenever they saw her...was it because they were afraid that she'd hurt them if they didn't show respect. Nonsence, the only flaw in her years of ruling was...failing her sister. Oh, oh god...

Grimm knew the look on her face, despair, he had won. "No! Celestia your subjects love you!" Grimm snarled, and turned around quickly to see Luna trying to struggle free, "sister your universally adored! Everypony loves your day! Everybody loves you in general!" she stopped as she saw Grimm charge at her, preparing to knock her out. "SISTER I LOVE-" the room silenced with a sickening crack as Luna's head was jerked back sharply, the punch connecting and knocking her out cold. Time seemed to slow as her head slumped down and a thin trail of blood flowed from her muzzled, chances were she had a a broken muzzle.

Celestia exploded, her normally flowing mane stopped flowing and alit with solar fury, her skin, normally alabastor white, changed into a glowing orange furnace as flamed leaped and danced evilly around her. Her magenta eyes, usually full of mirth or serenity had a new emotion among them, rage.

Grimm's smile still had not faded, "Oh look Celestia has evolved into 'Nightmare Flare' +100 HP +200 power" He joked. Still not afraid of the solar regent. Quickly lighting his horn his body seemed to glide sideways in a fast jerky motion, his body slowly fading into aether as it glid. Celestia knew this ability, it was known as a fade step, one became virtually invisible after a quantum shift, allowing their atoms to quickly dissapate and reconfigure some distance away.

She quickly flicked her gaze across the room, stopping abruptly when his form phased onto her back. He sliced her back quickly with his knife, trying to score a few quick and easy hits. It only partially suceeded and she bucked him off before he scored too many a hit, he hit the cave wall hard; his breath leaving him in a sharp whoosh as he was knocked breathless. His compusure didn't take long to recover however, no doubt due to years of doing fighting like this, and he crouched into a jump; launching himself at his opponent.

Celestia pulled into existance a spear, her own personal spear she had comissioned to be made from a secret material that could potentially kill gods. She had it made for Nightmare Moon but since she wasn't coming back this would have to do. She was most likely rusty, not fighting since 1000 years ago,but she knew the cost of this fight and it would not end with her defeat. As Grimm thrust his dagger to cut her she batted it with the shaft of her spear, golden sparks shot off from the two weapons as they clashed, thrust, parry, slash, weave, thrust. The process went on for a time before Celestia knew she was tiring, she hadn't fought for a thousand years; being out of practice from giving up fighting after banishing her sister. As she tried one last time to cut Grimm he lazilly dodged the spear with contempt, as the weight of the attack pushed Celestia foward he managed to grasp the shaft and pulled it out of her hold, throwing it across the room. It landed in an unseen corner with a clang as she felt the cold kiss of metal at her skin; but not just any metal, the same material as her spear. He pressed it slightly foward, drawing a small trickle of red blood down her neck.

"You're finished, my pet over there shall kill Luna, i may kill you, or maybe keep you as a pet, and i'll rule equestria. Sounds good no? And even if i don't live forever i can still breed and teach my family my ways. Your rule is over, and now the world shall be a rather Grim place don't you think?"

Celestia bowed her head and clenched her eyes as he took a moment savoring his victory, she felt a faint splatter of liquid against her throat and the world fell to black.

The last thing she heard was a shout of, "!" from a rather familiar feminine voice.

A/N

Cliffhanger!I'll try to have second part out tommorow, and finish this, and how do you feel about alt endings? thery'll probably be one or two for this.

Also, you guys tell me, would you like Grimm's death to be brutal or should i make it tolerable? I'll probably delete this when part 2 is out so don't leave out input you got.

Till then.