"Ponies ask, "what is self?". "What is life?". "What is space?". They all die with these questions unanswered. That's the fate of ponies" Twilight spoke, looking upon Equestria from high in the clouds, a frown present on her face. Such was the pain of an immortal, to know that in the end, their friendship was worthless. Her friends had aged, old enough to get families now. Yet Twilight was stuck in a state of perpetual youth, too young to have a family. She would never admit it, but she was envious of their mortality. They could grow, see life's wonders, she could not. Among the other problems that plagued her was that the so called "Friendship Powers" she and her friends had received against Tirek had remained with them, letting them transform as they pleased. But she now knew the truth. The power of friendship was limitless...and that scared her. The rational alicorn liked everything to have a strict hierarchy, but friendship tore that apart. No natural force could do what friendship and love did. For that reason, it was an offense against magic itself, the fabric of the universe. It was a thankless job, but someone had to do it. Friendship and love had to be destroyed, at the very least suppressed. Then, she could remake the world, create a utopia. But she needed to clear out the old management first. This was why the land of Equstria below her was scorched and in flames, Celestia and Luna flying towards her.

"CEASE AT ONCE, SPARKLE!" Luna bellowed, teal energy crackling around her body as her rage took form. Celestia followed, her own golden aura more circular.

"We can talk things over, Twilight" Celestia said sagely, keeping calm unlike her frothing sister at her side. Twilight looked up at them, smirking.

"And when ponies are trampled on, someone always shows up to rise against the hoof, not even knowing this hoof is saving them," Twilight sighed, her body flashing purple as she transformed. Her mane was now flowing like the sisters' and her wings had grown, making her considerably more regal.

"Thou art mad!" Luna spat, gritting her teeth and creating a blue hammer of magic.

"I'm sorry Twilight" Celestia said, eyes misty before steeling herself and creating twin golden katanas.

In their hearts was hope

A golden sword flew through the air, just barely missing chopping a purple wing off.

The hope of love and friendship existing.

A crash of lightning and the smell of ozone as a purple figure rocketed away.

With enormous strength, they fought

A purple beam blasting out of the skies and engulfing a blue shield

And she learned of despair

The sky turning red as a flaming alicorn let out screams of grief and rage, her golden magic now red as she viciously tried to tear apart the one who had killed her sister, flames quite literally shooting out of her and setting the air ablaze.

"Ponies ask, "why do you fight?" Twilight mumbled, looking upon the smoking land, rain cooling the fires..but not the ones in ponies' hearts. From Canterlot, there were golden flashes and explosions. Twilight giggled a little at the sight before continuing her musing, pawing the soft ground. "Ponies ask "why do you kill?". "Why do you destroy?". They die without knowing the answers, that is the the happiness of mortality." Twilight breathed, her purple body disappearing into the mists. She had enlightened someone to her way

"Foolish ponies! Tremble before my might!" Celestia bellowed to the skies, swallowing her sadness and regret in her blood stained throne room. She was doing what was best for her little ponies, it was the only way to keep them safe. "Break down your cities and never advance, stay in your villages as I command!" Celestia decreed to a shaking messenger. She had to hurt ponies, it was her existence now. A miserable one.

"For I am Celestia! The Sun!" she cried out, inviting to her throne room new creatures. A lanky draconequus who had lost his typical smile and was now embittered with anger and grief. A black centaur with a red face and arms, along with huge horns, who was smiling in sadistic glee as he sucked a pony near him dry of magic. A blue pony with red eyes and red magic, sitting at Celestia's side and having a cat like grin on her face while one hoof protected a necklace. A pink teen age foal with a tiara, covered in silvery armor and snickering as she took her place at Celestia's sides. Then a black pony with holes in its legs, a crooked horn, and bug like features flew though the window, perching on Celestia's throne. This was to be her new council, the five generals. Celestia sat on her throne, flanked by these fiends, holding in her disgust. "I'm sorry, my little ponies"

From on high, in the mountains , far away from any ponies, five ponies slept inside of tubes, dormant forever. Twilight looked upon her preserved handiwork, a pale unicorn, a buttery pegasus, a rainbow speedster, a pink earth pony, and a hat wearing farmer. They wore an oxygen mask along with tubes connected to their bodies, monitoring their vitals while they floated in the green goop of the stasis tube. Purple magic flickered across the screens showing diagnostics as Twilight checked up on them

"Good night, my friends, stay in your dreams. I should get rid of you, you're dangerous...but I love you too much" Twilight whimpered, running a hoof across the stasis tubes wistfully. Hardening her eyes, the purple alicorn created a ball to show her what was happening in the cities and smirked.

"That is your fate, it is the way I'll save you" Twilight chuckled to herself. "Stay underground, never ever, use friendship again" Next Chapter: A New Time Estimated time remaining: 2 Hours, 23 Minutes