Her majesty did not at all look pleased to see Sunset Shimmer. Her dark glare was proof enough of this.

"I knew there was something strange going to happen. I had no idea that it would be you."

Sunset Shimmer gulped. Her plan of self redeem wasn't even in effect, yet things were going down the wrong way.

"So you're back to steal the dark magic you possessed with the crown," the princess stated darkly.

Sunset Shimmer's eyes widened. "N-No! I didn't even know that's what that was!"

Celestia glared at her. "You knew well that's what that was. You almost ruined the crown with your magic! With all the darkness coming from you when you stole the crown it nearly turned the element into a destructive weapon!"

Sunset stared at the alicorn with her mouth hanging wide open. She had not known that. Twilight never said a word about that. She just thought the crown was just a tool, like a pencil. A pencil is a writer's tool. It isn't the pencil that creates beautiful works of literature, it's the writer. The tool is just what is used in order for it to be written.

But this crown was a lot more advanced than any tool she's seen.

"There was a reason I gave the crown to Twilight. With her pure magic, the crown will always be used for good. But once you stole it and used its power for evil, it corrupted it and nearly rid itself of the pure magic it contained. If that crown had fully possessed dark magic, it could never be used by those who were good. It would have drained them of their power and made itself stronger. The crown would become a weapon for all evils."

Celestia took a step toward the mare who moved back in horror.

"And if that happened, there'd not be a way to destroy it completely. The dark magic would find a new host to reside in. And if the crown had to be destroyed, the elements of Harmony would be useless!"

Another step was taken toward her.

"And if the elements of Harmony were useless, Equestria would be doomed!!!"

Celestia flapped her enormous wings furiously causing Sunset to shield herself from what she thought was an attack.

"You caused so much trouble, that I have no choice."

Celestia's horn lit up and the mare cowered. She backed up into the case containing the vial.

"No, please! I just came to make things right!"

"And yet, you've made things go oh so wrong. Sunset Shimmer, you will forever be bound to the human world! I will rid you of ALL magic and you shall remain the rest of your days human. No longer will you be a unicorn or any pony. I will erase the Equestrian gene from you and rewrite your past, and you'll forever and always be human!"

Forever and always human?! No more a unicorn?? She'd be cast away from who she knew was her kind, but could no longer be proven. As the light on the princess' horn grew Sunset's legs shot toward the door. She did not want that fate.

But it was just as the skies predicted. They knew she would fall from greatness.

They knew.

The skies knew.

A huge burst of white magic shot and completely destroyed the door. Twilight, Shining Armor, Cadence, and the guards jumped in shock and fear. The blast happened so fast in front of them that it knocked the breath out of them. They just arrived in the hall where the artifact chamber was and now stuff was shooting out of it.

Along with the blast came a cry of pain and an orange mare came flying out of the room onto the stone floor.

"There! That's the intruder!" a guard yelled and they motioned to grab her.

Twilight blinked. That mare...She looked like--

"Sunset Shimmer!" a booming voice cried. Princess Celestia stepped out the room with fury in her eyes. " I, princess Celestia, with the power vested in me, forever banish you to the human world and erase your Equestrian gene!"

Her horn lit up brightly as she powered up to blast her again with a spell. Sunset was on the floor sobbing. There was a long, bloody scar across her left eye and the iris in that one was a pale green instead of the dark green her good eye was. The blast had missed her but hit her eye.

"Please! Don't take my magic away! Please! I only came to apologize and make things right! I panicked when the guard saw me. Please, princess Celestia!"

The princess wasn't going to listen and she kept summoning enormous lengths of power. Twilight couldn't believe what she was seeing. How could Sunset Shimmer be here? What was Celestia banishing her for? What could Sunset have done to cause this when she was reformed?

A million questions raced through her head. But before she knew it she screamed out Sunset's name.

"Sunset Shimmer!"

The mare blindly looked around in frantic movements.

"T-Twilight!" she responded desperately.

Sunset reeled around and moved her head everywhere. Twilight took a step forward but Celestia angrily called out.

"No, Twilight!!"

The magic Celestia had summoned was so powerful it made the princess quiver as she struggled to wield it.

"Sunset Shimmer!" Twilight shouted.

The mare turned to face her and Twilight knew instantly something was wrong. The eye Celestia had scarred looked at her but stared through her.

Celestia had made her go blind in that eye.

"Twi--" Before Sunset could finish her sentence, Celestia shot her with the magic.

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