When Twilight awoke, she hadn't an idea of where she was. She looked around, hoping to identify her surroundings. The room was made of crystal, there was a small window covered by bars... And her hooves were chained.

It seemed like a...cell. "W-what happened? Where am I?" Twilight asked herself.

Then she remembered everything. King Sombra had successfully taken back the Crystal Empire, killed both Cadance and Spike, and she didn't know what had happened to her friends or her brother. I hope he's still alive... And that my friends managed to escape in time and reached Princess Celestia...

She stood on the bed, looking out of the window at the Empire. "This is all my fault..." she whispered to herself. "This happened all because of me..."

"Hello, Twilight Sparkle," said a voice.

The mare turned to see none other than King Sombra himself. "You..." she scowled. "You monster! It's because of you that my sister in law and Spike are dead!" She tried to cast a spell, only for her horn to hurt. "Ouch," she said, putting a hoof to her head. Upon feeling metal, she asked, "What did you do to me? Where am I? Why can't I cast any spells?"

"What did I do to you? I did nothing. You're in my dungeons, and you can't cast any spells because there's a magic stopping ring on your horn. After all, I can't have you escaping now, can I?" He laughed. "You were sent here for a test, right?" When she didn't answer, he struck her with a bolt of magic. "Answer my questions, or I'll strike you again."

"Yes," Twilight replied, wincing as she rubbed the spot where the magic had hit. "Princess Celestia sent me here for a test."

Sombra laughed, "But you failed it. Surely the Princess must be..." he searched for a word. "She must be ashamed to have a student that failed an entire Empire. And you had all the Crystal Ponies hopes up."

Twilight's ears drooped down, but she said nothing. The King continued, "I wonder what Celestia saw in you. I mean, you just do things without stopping to think what would happen. And now, just because you didn't stop to think what would have happened, that mare that looks like Amore, and your dragon are dead." A tear rolled down the mare's cheek. "And the best thing is, it's all your fault. Your friends ran out of the Empire because they were ashamed to be friends with a mare like you."

"T-that's not true!" Twilight shouted.

"But it is, and you know that. After all, who would want to be friends with a mare that could get them killed any second?" Sombra asked. "Want me to show you?"

Before Twilight could say a word, the King's horn glowed as he cast a spell.

Twilight's eyes closed, and her friends stood there. Fluttershy asked, "Should we take Twilight with us?"

"Nah," answered Rainbow Dash. "Let's leave her here."

"Why?" asked Pinkie Pie.

" 'Cause it's her fault that Spike and Princess Cadance were killed. If she had thought before she doing whatever she did, then they would still be alive," Apple Jack said.

"But she's still our friend," Fluttershy said quietly.

"And she could have gotten us killed!" Rainbow Dash said harshly. When her shy friend took shelter behind her mane, letting out a soft 'eep', the cyan pegasus said, "Sorry, Shy. I didn't mean to scare you."

"I-it's ok," the shy mare said. "And when I think about it, I-I guess you are right."

Apple Jack looked up at the sky and said, "Ah think we all should go now, or we'll be trapped in here."

"Yeah! Let's go!" Rainbow said, and the five mares ran out of the Empire.

"I-it's just an illusion," Twilight told herself shakily. "Don't believe it."

"It's very real. Your friends abandoned you because they didn't want you. After all, who would want a friend that could get them killed any second? I know that I certainly wouldn't. Anyways, let's move on."

Without warning, his horn glowed, and the lavender mare found herself in a new nightmare.

Princess Celestia looked disappointed. "You call yourself my student?" Celestia scoffed as she narrowed her eyes at her. "Hmph. Some pathetic excuse for a pony who can't even do one thing right."

"Princess! Please come back! I'm sorry! I'll try harder next time! I promise! Please don't leave me!"

Twilight wailed on the floor. Crying out to somepony who wasn't really there. He grinned and put more energy into the spell. Twilight suddenly screamed.

"No, Princess! Please! Please don't kick me out! I'll try harder! Just give me another chance!"

Celestia narrowed her eyes angrily at Twilight and said, "No more chances, Twilight Sparkle. You are no longer my student! You aren't even close to being worthy enough! I made a mistake choosing you the first day I saw you. You are weak! Useless! You're nothing but a useless filly!"

"No!" Twilight screamed in despair as tears flowed from her eyes. She shot out her hoof in a desperate attempt to reach for the alicorn that wasn't even there.

Twilight found herself surrounded by her friends and family. Everypony she was close to. They were all giving her hateful and disappointed looks.

"Why? Why did you let me die, Twilight?" Cadance asked.

"You let that monster kill my wife!" Shining Armor appeared. "And to think that you were my sister."

"W-what do you mean, S-shining?" Twilight stuttered.

"What he means it that it was a mistake ever meeting you, Twi!" Rainbow Dash snapped harshly. "All you've ever done was get us into dangerous situations that could kill us!"

"Yeah!" the others agreed in unison.

"Rainbow...Applejack...Rare...Fluttershy...Pinkie..."

"Hmph! You only saw me as a slave! You just used me as an excuse to become Princess Celestia's student! Some mother you are!" Spike snapped bitterly. "And then you let me die, only caring about yourself!"

"That's not true, Spike!" Twilight cried. "If I could, then I would have-"

"You would have done what? Given me a much more painful death?" the dragon asked coldly.

"You're a terrible excuse for a student!" Celestia said as she glared hatefully at the unicorn. "I am better off with somepony who actually knows how to do things right! Even Derpy Hooves would’ve done better than you. All of Equestria is better off without you!"

Twilight gasped. Did Celestia really say that?

"I wouldn't be dead if you didn't messed things up at the Crystal Empire!" Cadance yelled.

Twilight suddenly felt something hit her. She gasped when she saw Rainbow Dash standing in an attacking position.

"That's for almost getting us killed all the time!" the blue pegasus hissed.

"R-Rainbow..." Twilight felt the tears finally fall. "I-I thought we were best friends..."

"You have no friends."

"No...No!" Twilight screamed in denial. "T-this can't be happening! It can't be real!"

"You see what I mean? I can't have a friend who acts like a lunatic!" Rainbow Dash snapped.

"She's a danger to us and Equestria." Celestia growled. "It's best if we just get rid of her. For our sake." she spoke with no remorse.

"I couldn't agree more." Shining Armor agreed.

"No..." Twilight whispered.

The group started to approach her. All with a deadly look in their eyes.

"No... stop...please...Stop!"

Twilight was shaking. "It's not real," she kept repeating to herself. "It's not real."

"It's very real, believe me. They hate you, and want you dead."

"N-no. That's not true!"

"It is. Your Princess hates you too. She thinks you aren't worthy enough to be rescued," Sombra laughed.

"Princess Celestia will rescue me!" Twilight said defiantly, with tears brimming her eyes.

"Sweet Twilight." Sombra crooned chillingly. "She's yet to even show up. What makes you think she would come to your aid?"

"Because I am her faithful student!" Twilight said proudly.

"Young, mare." Sombra chuckled, "I could teach you far more things than that pathetic excuse for a alicorn."

Twilight's eyes widened with anger. "Don't you dare insult the princess like that!" she roared.

Sombra saw the defiance in her eyes and sighed deeply. "It seems like we have a lot of training ahead of us." The king then grinned darkly. Sadistically. "Let's see how long it takes for a mare such as yourself to break."

Twilight could only scream as she endured her worst nightmare over and over. Seeing the disappointment on Celestia's face would forever embed itself in her mind. Sombra enjoyed seeing the younger unicorn cry and suffer. He focused harder. Making the nightmare seem more real.

Twilight covered her head with her hooves. Curling up on the cold, unforgiving floor and screaming at the top of her lungs while tears coursed down her face.

When he finally ended her nightmare, Twilight weakly opened her eyes and got on all fours. "I...will never...break..." she said weakly, "Princess...Celestia...will come for me... You'll see..."

Sombra smirked. He couldn't help but admire this mare's strong will. "I can assure you. The Princess will never come for you. If your friends can survive the frozen terrain, that is."

"M-my friends will get to her! You'll see! Princess Celestia and the Canterlot Royal Guard will come and stop you!"

"You make me laugh, mare. The Royal Guard is useless and powerless." King Sombra was about to leave when he said, "Before I forget, here's a present for you." Two guards came and put something purple and green on the floor.

Twilight realized it was Spike's dead body and screamed, "I hate you, Sombra! I hate you!"

And with that, she collapsed on the floor, exhausted. The King laughed and whispered into her ear, "I know that you hate me. But know this. One day, Twilight Sparkle, one day you will break. And only I would be able to mend you."

And with that he left.

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