“What?” Twilight asked in a confused tone.

“Uh… Twilight?” Pinkie asked.

Twilight turned towards Pinkie in an even more confused manner. Pinkie, in a scared manner, helpless pointed at Princess Celestia. Realizing what she was clarifying, Twilight raised her head up and saw Princess Celestia’s eyes. They were fiery orange and her eye pupils were jagged. Seeing this, Twilight slowly backed away from her, but Princess Celestia slowly went towards her.

“What is the matter, my faithful student? Are you not happy to see me again?” Princess Celestia with a scary tone in her voice.

Just then, her mane and tail slowly started to catch fire. As Twilight tried to escape with Pinkie, Princess Celestia sealed the doors shut. Looking at her closely, Celestia started to grow fangs out of her mouth.

“N-No, I’m-”

“Oh? Lost for words? That’s too bad. I believed you had much more to say, my faithful student. How utterly... Disappointing.”

Flames started rising everywhere in the room as she kept walking. Twilight and Pinkie had no idea what they were in for. But when they looked closer, they noticed that Princess Celestia’s skin started turning paler than usual. The color of her eyes took on a more fiery-orange the more she got closer.

“I don’t understand! The spell worked! How is this happening!?!?” Twilight shouted, trying to keep away from Princess Celestia.

“You still did not answer my question. It did work, but did you ever consider what would happen if somepony was brought back? If there could be any negative effects?”

“Why? I destroyed my weapon to bring you back! We had-”

“First correction: you used a weapon to revive me. But you didn’t realize that it was the wrong choice to make. Second correction: your weapon was made to harvest souls. And third correction: you never hesitated.”

“You don’t understand! Twilight was trying to-”

Just then, Princess Celestia cut Pinkie off mid-sentence and said,

“Be quiet, clown. The adults are talking. I know about your little affairs, Twilight Sparkle. Every soul you took. Every small ounce of Corruption you smuggled into the Crystal Empire. Every little agenda you kept hidden because it suited your selfishness. I also know about Spike.” Princess Celestia said as the flames intensified.

“Y-You do?”

“How could you have been so weak and selfish to allow this! I taught you everything you needed to know about friendship and you chose to squander it! Exploiting and selling the world to fuel your research!”

“I was doing this to save Equestria! Yes! What I did was unforgivable and deceitful, but I did what I had to do to keep everypony safe! Where were you when Equestria has fallen? Where were you when-”

“SILENCE!!!”

Twilight was scared out of her wits when Princess Celestia shouted. Suddenly, flames started surrounding Princess Celestia.

“I was always there, Twilight. But you were too blind to see it.”

Suddenly, the flames engulfed her as she started undergoing a change. Cackling madly as her skin started melting away, her eyes changing into cat-like pupils, her teeth growing more jagged and pointier. Her crown started changing shape into more warlike and were completely pointed to the tips. Her chestpiece and even her shoes started converting with her appearance as her eyes started glowing. Twilight glowed her horn to prepare for an oncoming attack as the flames dimmed. But for some reason, she was turned into a crystallized statue.

“What in the…?” Twilight said, moving closer to the statue.

Pinkie backed away from the statue, not wanting to be burned by the mighty Alicorn. Upon getting a closer look of the crystal inside, it was what appeared to be a more terrifying version of Princess Celestia.

“Do you think she’s gonna attack us?” Pinkie asked, terrified of the chrysalis.

“I’m not sure. But we need to destroy it. There’s no tell-”

Just then, a crack appeared in the crystal, startling Pinkie and Twilight. Twilight glowed her horn back up in response and waited for an attack to occur while Pinkie waited in the very back. A slight flame popped out of the seems. Twilight jumped back and got in a position of attack while spreading her wings out.

“Twilight?” Pinkie asked in a nervous manner.

The cracks started increasing as the flames grew wilder. Just then, they heard a laugh echoing across the room.

“Who’s in here!?!?!? SHOW YOURSELF!!!” Twilight yelled.

The laugh grew louder and louder as the crystal finally started to crack. With the flames being replaced by a heavy light, the crystal finally started to break apart. Like a volcano erupting, the crystal finally shattered and there was nothing but a thick cloud of smoke.

“Princess Celestia…?” Twilight said, feeling nervous.

Just then, a huge mass of flames appeared out of nowhere and pushed back Twilight and Pinkie. Getting knocked back against the wall, they fell down and struggled to get up.

“Pinkie?” Twilight asked, turning towards Pinkie.

“A-… okay.” Pinkie weakly said, straining from the impact.

Suddenly, they heard a laugh from across the room. Turning towards the front, their mouths dropped as they saw “Princess Celestia” walk out of the smoke. When she saw her emerge, it wasn’t the same Princess Celestia they knew and love. She was wearing a much golden crown with jewels adorned to it. She wore an amulet with a purple jewel attached to the center. Her mane was not riveting nor flowing, but it was replaced by flames along with her tail. Her eyes were now completely fiery-orange with her pupils now slit and cat-like, her teeth were now jagged and sharp unlike any beast Twilight has encountered, and there was a demonic presence surrounding her.

“Princess Celestia…?” Twilight asked, trying to keep away from her former mentor.

Hearing this, Princess Celestia used her magic and grabbed her by the throat. Slamming her against the wall, she said,

“Princess Celestia is dead. You shall come to know me as DAYBREAKER!!!” the monstrous Alicorn screamed before hurling two fireballs at Twilight and Pinkie.

Twilight created a barrier for both herself and Pinkie to defend themselves, but they were so weakened that it barely kept together. Twilight fell to the ground, having fully exerted herself from reviving Princess Celestia.

“But if you excuse me… I have a certain acquaintance to fix.” Daybreaker said before teleporting out of the room with the flash of light blurring their vision.

Having rubbed their eyes from the flash, they got off the ground with a speechless expression on their faces.

“What have we done?” Twilight said, looking at the scythe in horror.