Author's Notes:

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The creature had a wide smirk as it looked at Twilight. “Don’t blame yourself… It’s all because of you that all of this is happening. You’re a lot like a mother… only more incompetent.” It grabbed the weapon and had a hard time holding it. “Hmm… It’s surprisingly heavy… must be from all the sins you’ve committed along with those pathetic friends of yours. I wonder…” It put the scythe near Twilight’s neck as it asked, “Does it work against its owner too?” It noticed the fear in her eyes. It’s smirk grew even wider. “It’s a lot more terrifying being on the receiving end of the reaping, isn’t it?”

It threw her weapon at her, just barely missing her as it grabbed a photo of Spike and Twilight in it. After doing so, it crushed it with its claws. It walked closer to Twilight and with no hesitation, grab her by the neck and grinned.

“H-How did you get in here?” Twilight asked.

It maintained it’s grin and let go of her. “I would love to catch up with you on old times, but I have an important task to take care of. Something concerning royal affairs… But don’t worry, I came bearing a present.” It shot it’s ooze at her to which Twilight barely evaded it but not without a part of it sticking onto her horn. “Enjoy.” It dissolved away in a cloud of smoke.

Twilight knew exactly where it was going to and wasted no time in leaving her room. She attempted to teleport to her teacher but for some reason, she was unable to. She noticed her horn was covered in the ooze so she decided to run to her teacher’s location before it was too late.

. . .

Meanwhile, it walked closer to Celestia's location and had a huge grin on her face.“Now… After all this time, I’ve finally found it. To think I would resort to such a tactic… No matter. Even if I had found it, I would be unable to get in. Thanks to her weapon, she’ll senses me as an ally…” It transformed into its old self and walked closer. “She made this far easier…”

As it walked closer, Celestia turned around to see who it was. “Oh Twilight. Back so-” She stopped mid sentence as she saw him. The one individual she hadn’t seen since the time he left Ponyville. Before he became corrupted. “It… It can’t be… I’m so glad your okay! I… I had thought you were dead...!” She ran towards him to hug him. ”Oh, thank the stars you’re safe. Spi-” Before she could finish her sentence, a visible slash could be heard and a wound was present in her abdomen. “S-Spike…?”

He laughed as his claws dripped with her blood, his face slowly changing along with his voice. “Oh wow! I can’t believe you actually fell for that! Still the same naive princess of Canterlot, I see!” He continued to laugh as he morphed into his dark form.

Celestia placed a hoof on the wound and specks of blood were dripping out. She backed away from him to keep the blood from gushing out. “But… why… why would you…”

“Is that fear echoing from your voice? Have you forgotten about what it felt to be afraid? He’s not the same ‘Spike’ you once knew…” It said in this demonic, warped voice. “Yet, you thought he was… almost like he was still your little pet… but did it ever occur to you that something felt off when he suddenly came back with no explanation!?” It asked.

Spike slowly started to walk towards Celestia. He was growling really low and he had bloodlust in his eyes.

“I… I thought you were-”

“Dead? You’re even more deluded than I thought! He wasn’t dead... He was reborn!” It slowly transformed back to its monstrous form as it added, “You know, for a Princess who’s so loved and divinely worshipped, you couldn’t even save one measly life…”

Celestia was horrified and panicking. She had no idea what to do now. She couldn’t even glow her horn. “N-No! I didn’t-”

“You claimed to love him and pretended that he meant the world to you. But once he was gone, you barely had a tear to shed! I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised, considering that you valued your faithful student more than your own son…”

Celestia was nearly in tears as she saw what use to be her adopted child. Now he has become the very thing she protected Equestria from time and time again. She was now completely helpless. “I never… valued Twilight more… I was only-”

“You left him to die!”

It was at that point she couldn’t take it anymore. She didn’t care about Equestria anymore. Not even her own student. All that she wanted now was Spike back.

“To be honest, I almost thought you would come to his rescue… But you left everypony… You ran off and for what? A couple of worthless flowers? When everything went south, you did nothing to stop it… you didn’t even try… In the end, you’re not fit to rule Canterlot, let alone Equestria…” It said coldly.

Celestia didn’t respond to him after hearing that statement. She was completely cornered like a rabbit about to be eaten by a jackal.

“You seemed pitiful to leave alone... but honestly, I have no reason to spare your life anymore…” It’s claws were unsheathed as it walked closer. “But now, you can step off your throne... With you gone, I’ll be able to strike fear into those ponies you treasure so much. I will reap Equestria of everypony that you love… Until it is no more, but an everlasting ocean of malice and hate… I will never be opposed as its King!” It grabbed her by the neck, making no attempt to fight back as it lifted her up. “But don’t worry… you won’t be alone for long. Once I’m done here, I’ll make sure everypony you cherish will join you… Goodbye… Princess.”

With one swipe, Celestia was no more. After he killed her, he dropped her body like it was a ragdoll. But before he left, he cut off her head to display it in front of its people. It didn’t take long for everypony to notice that Celestia was gone. It hit them like wheels on wheat. Life as everypony knew it, changed their views forever. The one shine of light was no more. As anguish has affected everypony, Princess Luna was affected by this the most. Tears poured out of her when she felt her essence disappear. She could not have imagined her own sister perishing at the claws of the monster.

Twilight had also felt this presence. But unlike everypony else, she refused to acknowledge her death. She rushed over to see if she was still alive. She kept telling herself that it wasn’t true. That it was all a ruse but that hope soon vanished when she spotted her lifeless body. Her scream of anguish and her overwhelming emotions shook Equestria as everypony else sense her tremendous anger, guilt and shame. And with that, all hope was lost…