Meanwhile

We find the group continuing their trek through the Everfree passing by every single tree and wildlife on the path towards ponyville, they wasted no time as their main objective and destination was only a few minutes away. More noises can be heard through the horizon along with some panicking ans scream which indicated that they were getting closer into town,
one things for sure they knew that they needed to stop Twilight before it was too late.

"Do you guys think Zecora's ok?" Fluttershy asked.

"No worries Shy " Applejack asked. " She's at a family reunion remember? So she wont get caught up in this mess, so again you don't have to worry" The element of kindness breathed a sigh of relief after remembering that Zecora was heading out for a few days to attend a family reunion, so luckily their zebra friend wouldn't get harmed as well from Twilight's rampage. After receiving her explanation, the group continued on towards Ponyville which got closer and closer after each step.

Ponyville

Speaking of said town, we find a few of the buildings and terrain partially wrecked from the epic battle an hour ago between the element of loyalty and the corrupted purple unicorn. Many of the buildings were wrecked and a dozens of windows shattered with broken glass scattered everywhere, the statue from town square was completely destroyed with only the ceramic horn in tact, a few ponies were injured from the crossfire but luckily they only received a few cuts and bruises, but to make matters worse most of the areas were blocked off by walls of rubble from some of the foundations trapping most of the citizens in town square.

But most of theirs eyes were caught up on what was happening up above, there floating in the air was the corrupted Twilight Sparkle with the barely conscious element of loyalty in her grasp. Every one of the spectators had looks of pure worry written on their faces after witnessing the Pegasus's state after the fight between her and Twilight a while ago, her left wing was broken and bent slightly at an uncomfortable angle, a black eye, busted lip, cuts and bruises scattered all over her body, and her left flank had a huge gash that practically covered up her cutiemark. Every single one of them begged Twilight to stop and to release the poor mare before she kills Rainbow dash, but unfortunately these pleas lay on death ears to the mare as she surveyed the broken Pegasus.

“ Hehe I must admit Rainbow crash” She said in a gloating tone. “ You put up a better fight than I imagined, you even managed to land a couple of blows at me. I still can’t believe your still breathing after I practically tossed you through the windows of Sugarcube corner, heh when ya said that you could take anything someone throws at you when you and I first met you weren’t kidding”

“ Twilight please that’s enough!!!” Derpy Called out. “ You’re gonna kill Dash if you keep this up! Look whatever it was that she and the others did to you , I’m sure they regret their actions and are sorry. But they don’t deserve this and you know it. The Twilight Sparkle I know wouldn’t stoop so low as to attack someone over a mistake”

“ Mistake?” Twilight replied trying not to shout. “ You have no idea what I’ve been through back in Canterlot Derpy, what they did to me was the final straw. I thought they were my friends and genuinely cared about me but boy was I wrong, they never cared about me our friendship was a lie. They were only using and taking advantage of me all because I was that sun bitches prized student! Our friendship was just a waste of time and I was a fool to believe that I actually found real friends who actually loved me “ A small snarl formed on the unicorns face after making her statement, just then Comet tail stepped in to try and talk some sense into her.

“Twilight please, Derpy's right this isn’t the answer” He said. “ Look friends make mistakes from time to time, and i know it makes it seem that they don’t care about you but they do regardless of how many………………………………

“Shut the fuck up!!!!!!!” Twilight interrupted. “ You’re the last person to give advice about “friendship” Comet, I still haven’t forgiven you for how you and those asshole friends of yours treated me back in high school! I thought you actually wanted to be my friend, hell you even called me beautiful. But no, instead you were only luring me into a trap set up by you and those three jock friends of yours all because I was as you call it “ a bookworm and a nerd” . I can still hear the laughter of every single student in the gymnasium after you guys pulled that cruel prank on me, your a shining example of fake friendship”

After hearing her statement, a few of the citizens shot a few surprise looks at the yellow unicorn never expecting the town astronomer lover to have been a bully in his youth. Guilt riddled the unicorn after being reminded of his cruel past and messing with the poor unicorn all while wishing he could take back the damage that he and his friends caused to others back in their school days.

“You’re right” Comet said with regret. “ I was cruel to you Twilight, I was just jealous that you got the better grades than me and was the top student while I was above average. I was angry that you overshadowed not just me but my friends as well and I would have done anything to humiliate you. I know that’s no excuse for my actions, I can never erase what i did in the past Twilight. I was nothing but a bully as a kid and for that I am………………

“It’s too late” Twilight coldly interrupted. “ You had your chance to apologize to me comet, but now that I’m on my path of vengeance you now want to apologize for everything you did to me back in school? That is the definition of a coward and for that you deserve to be punished just like I did to those old lackeys of yours back in Canterlot earlier today” Twilight then charged up her magic as the red aura from the amulet fused together with her purple aura to create a devastating looking mix matched beam of energy. " Let this be a lesson to you, be careful with who you bully cause they will fight back" the corrupted unicorn then fired a deadly beam straight towards the yellow unicorn who just stood in place not even bothering to flinch as he felt that it’s what he deserved for how he used to treat Twilight.

The beam of dark magic soon landed on the ground in a devastating blow as the other spectators were quick to duck and cover as to avoid the blast, a devilish look formed on the unicorns face knowing that she completely took care of all 6 of her former bullies. However as the dust cleared, her devilish look turned to shock as she found the stallion completely unharmed surrounded by a shield spell.

“That’s quite enough Twilight!” Came a voice , the corrupted unicorn turned around to find the remaining Element bearers alongside the royal couple entering the town thanks to the stallions teleportation spell. Twilight snarled a bit at the sight of her former loved ones but her snarl soon turned into a wicked smile as she knew that the fun will now officially begin.

“Well , well, well” She begun. “ You finally arrives, took you long enough I was starting to get bored waiting for you 4 traitors”

“Twilight…………….”Cadence begun as she walked forward but was soon interrupted buy Twilight as the purple unicorn casts a magic proof shield trapping the princess of love inside and surprising the group especially her fiancé.

“This doesn’t concern you Cadence” She said softly. “ You didn’t ditch me like these assholes, so just stay in there and behave” She then turned her attention back towards the others in the group. “ Now that she’s taken care of we can finally as that pinkie would say get this party started” She then tossed the injured pegasus straight towards the group who landed with a loud thud, AJ was quick to run up to her injured friend alongside the others.

“Oh my god Rainbow are you ok?!” Applejack asked as she gently held her injured friend. “ Speak to me Rainbow please!” The rainbow haired Pegasus then opened her eyes slightly after hearing the earth ponies voice.

“A…………J?” She said in a quiet groan.” Is that you?”

“Yes partner I’m here and so is everyone else” She replied in a relaxing tone, happy that her friend was still conscience and breathing.

“I’m sorry about a few days ago” Rainbow apologized. “ I shouldn’t have slugged you, that was uncalled for. I don’t blame you if you hate me” The element of honesty however shook her head as fresh tears started to form.

“I’ll never hate ya partner” She replied. “ I’m the one who should apologize, my words were uncalled for. I shouldn’t have called you a coward, that was wrong of me. honestly i deserved that punch, no matter how many fight we get in your still one of my best friends and nothing will ever change that partner” A small tear fell alongside a smile from the element of loyalty after hearing her friends words, happy that she wasn’t upset at her after their small fallout a few days ago. Using the last of her strength, she wrapped her arm around the farmgirls neck into a small embrace to which she was quick to gently return as fresh tears formed in her eyes as well. Twilight however looked on in disgust before ending this little “reunion” to get back to business.

"Pathetic, its rarity all over again" She rudely interrupted earning the groups attention. " I said this once and I'll say it again, you'll tend to an injured soul but yet you wont tend to a friend in need? This is exactly what I'm talking about, friendship is nothing but a waste of time. But now that the "calvary" has arrived, now I can give all of you my definition of "friendship" Twilight once again rose up in the air to get the trapped citizens undivided attention.

"Back in Canterlot, I instantly knew something was amiss" She began. " When I first saw Cadence alongside that traitor I once called my brother" She then pointed towards the blue maned unicorn earning a look of regret as she continued on. " At first I was excited to see my old foalsitter again and even tried to do our signature dance that we used to do together, but to my surprise she stated that she couldn't remember the dance even though we did it in synchro. It's almost as if the memories of our childhood were practically erased from her mind"

"But I would soon learn of her true colors, these past few days while prepping for the wedding I noticed Cadence being all cold and rude to my friends, insulting every single thing that they were tasked to do for the wedding. She went about criticizing, telling them to start all over again, or to just not even bother to finish in the slightest. But when i went to check on those five traitors to not only comfort them but to ask if they've noticed Cadences cruel behavior, those idiots instead brushed it off as wedding stress and that i was just overreacting" The remaining elements hung their heads in shame after realizing that they never truly took Twilights warnings seriously during the preparations.

"And that's when the true downfall transpired. As I continued to survey Cadence's drastic change of behavior, I soon came across her performing some kind of mind control spell on my brother. That's when i knew that something was clearly off with my former foalsitter, so on the night of the practice rehearsal I was quick to rush in to warn everyone about her intentions and how she was brainwashing my brother and treating my "friends" like garbage. This only lead to the latter running away in tears, I thought that everyone would have taken my warnings seriously but no. Instead they "corrected" me that there was nothing wrong with Cadence and that the reason she was acting so cruel was because of some wedding stress and my brother stated that her "brainwashing" was simply a medical spell to help with his migrain"

"After that my brother was furious at me for making his beloved bride run away in tears , so he banished me his own little sister from the wedding and the others followed suit not caring the slightest about me. As I stood in the same spot crying my eyes out knowing that I lost all my loved ones, "Cadence" appeared and I was quick to apologize to her. But instead of saying that she forgave me I soon found out the truth, this wasn't Cadence, it really was an imposter. But before I could react I soon found myself teleported to the depths below the castle to which I spent the rest of the night"

"I figured that all hope was lost, that is until I found the real Cadence who was battered and tired. But our reunion had to be cut short as there was business to attend to, so we made our way through the caverns while fighting off the changelings that roamed down there. Eventually we made our way back up to the surface to stop the wedding before it was too late. We soon arrived at the wedding hall where the imposter identity was soon exposed , revealing to be the changeling queen herself Queen Chrysalis. To make a long story short we eventually well Cadence and Shining armor managed to blast her and her insect army out of Canterlot, after that I officially cut ties with those I once called friends and I intend to keep that for as long as I live. So now you all know the truth about what those 8 traitors did to me and how much they really "care" about me"

Shock and horror formed on the citizens faces after Twilight was done with her little tale, every single one of them had no idea that's what truly went down back in canterlot during the invasion. The fact that no one took the mares warnings seriously and that she was almost killed because of it broke each of their hearts, but non were more shocked and saddened by this news than Derpy and the CMC's after finally hearing the truth about her longtime friends depression and anger and the cause of it all. The others remained silent while hanging their heads in shame as the memories of the wedding rehearsal repeated in their minds, nothing but regret was painted on their faces as they all couldn't blame everyone who finally learnt the truth to be furious at them as it's what they knew they deserved for how they treated their friend and not taking her words seriously. After a moment Shining Armor stepped forward in an attempt to reason with his sister.

"Twily your right, your absolutely right" Shining armor jumped in. " We should have taken your warnings seriously I should have taken you seriously, but I didn't .You and cadence could have both died that day and it would have been all my fault since I instigated this whole thing, I don't blame you for being angry at me Twilight. I was the worst BBBFF in the world, but please I'm begging you stop all of this before it's too late. This isn't you Twilight and you know it, so please blame me not your friends, I'm the one who convinced them to follow suit. I know you'll never forgive me but please forgive your friends, I know that they truly care for you and wish to start over as actual friends so please twilight give them a chance to...................................

Shining Armors words were cut short as a blast of magic sent the stallion flying straight to a nearby fruit cart as splintered wood and various fruit shot into the air and landed with a loud thud alongside the Stallion who lay on the ground motionless as various debris and splattered fruit rained down on to of him.

"SHINY!!!!!!!" Cadence screamed as the others were just as shocked after seeing Twilight attack her own brother.

"It's too late "BBBFF", much too late" Twilight coldly replied. " You already dug your grave the moment you banished me from your wedding, so now you and everyone else will face the consequences of your actions. No more will I be fooled by you guys false friendships, and soon I'll insure no one else goes through the pain i went through" Twilight then surveyed the crowd of scared ponies and found the CMC amongst them as a wicked smirk formed on her face, Applejack was quick to notice this as a look of horror formed on the farmgirls face.

"Oh shit, GIRLS RUN!!!!!!!!!!" She called out and the CMC's were quick to do so, but Twilight was soon quick to snatch the three fillies with her magic pulling them towards her. The then released them for a second only to trap them in a magic bubble, The terrified crusaders huddled and embraced each other as twilight glared at them with a devious smile.

"Hello Cutiemark crusaders" She said wickedly.

"Twilight stop!!!!" Applejack pleaded. " They have nothing to do with this, let them go!!!!!" The corrupted unicorn then turned her attention back towards the farmgirl.

" Oh yes they do Applejack" She replied. " These three are another perfect example of fake friends, let me remind you all of that damn Gabby gums incident last year. If these three truly were someones friends then they should know better than to spread their friends and families secrets. Cause a real friend wouldn't do something like that to someone that they care about, and the fact that they did it as an attempt to get their cutie marks proves my point as these three are just as horrible as you five"

"That wasn't our fault , Diamond Tiara blackmailed us into doing it!!!" Sweetie Belle said frantically.

"Leave me out of this, I don't wanna die!" Tiara called out earning a death glare from the unicorn sending a chill down the rich fillies spine who was quick to hide behind her dad like a living shield. Twilight then turned her attention back towards the fillies.

"Regardless if you were blackmailed or not" She continued. " You could have done the right thing and told Ms Cheerilee about that bullies intentions, but no you chose the cowards way out and went along with it so that your own secrets don't get exposed. You three are just as selfish as your sisters" Twilight then concentrated her magic before turning her back to the four element bearers. " You all took away everything from me, I thought things were going good with us. But I was damn fool to believe that you were my friends, so now I'm gonna show you what it feels like to have something taken away from you" Within seconds the magic bubble soon began to fill up with water surprising the trio as they knew what was about to happen to them.

"TWILIGHT NO!!!!!" Applejack called out as Pinkie and Fluttershy rushed forward in an attempt to try and stop her, but Twilight without looking back was quick to conjure up a giant shield spell blocking off anyone who tries to stop her. The duo banged on the shield in an attempt to breakthrough all while pleading with Twilight to stop alongside the citizens.

"Twilight stop this please!!!!!" Fluttershy called out as she continued to bang on the magic shield.

"This is madness Twilight, literally!!!!" Pinkie pleaded.

"Twilight stop!!!!" Thunderlane called out.

"This isn't you twilight, please stop!!!" Derpy pleaded.

"Please Twilight, think about what your doing!!!!" Mr cake pleaded as his wife clung onto him alongside their kids.

"Their just kids!!!!!" Cheerilee called out.

"Leave them alone!!!!" Silver spoon unexpectedly called out alongside the crusaders other classmates and friends, even Tiara herself was starting to feel sorry for the trio.

"Don't do this Twilight!!!!" Comet tail called out.

"Twilight" Dash said as she slowly raised her hoof towards her friend as a single tear formed. " No , please"

"Twilight stop this now!!!!!!" Cadence called out.

"Don't kill my lil sister, please take me instead!!!!!!" Applejack called out as tears ran down her face. Twilight however ignored their pleas as her entire body began to slowly manifest into something utterly familiar as she watched the bubble continue to fill up with water.

"Sweetie belle, do something!!!!!" Bloom shouted as the water was now at necks length with the trio.

"I can't! I don't know teleportation magic!!!!!" Sweetie belle replied trying her hardest to keep the water away and breath as much air as possible alongside the others. Unknown to them however, Shining armor soon started to gain consciousness again. His vision was still a little groggy from the impact as he slowly started to survey his surroundings to find himself stuck inside a giant shield spell looking on as every citizen started to bang on it in an attempt to break it while also pleading to someone . He then lifted his head up slowly and found the most terrifying sight imaginable.

There floating up in the air stood the cutie mark crusaders trapped inside of a magic bubble that was quickly filling up with water as the three fillies struggled to catch as much air as possible as they were just seconds away from drowning. But what scared the stallion the most was his sister floating alongside them as a red aura completely surrounded her. He also noticed that something was happening to his sisters body indicating that a transformation was soon to transpire. Her teeth were getting sharper as a wicked smile formed on her face, her fur coat was beginning to turn into a dark purplish tone, the alicorn amulet also looked as if it was starting to fuse with her body ,the magic wings that she conjured up from the amulet were getting bigger along with her body, she was almost the same height as the sun and moon goddesses, and her retinas turned a evil looking red color as well and the elements of harmony floated around her as she began absorbing their power.

A look of terror formed on the stallions face as he knew that his sister was seconds away from not only killing three innocent souls, but becoming the next Nightmare. Tears of regret began to form at the horrific transformation that began to transpire towards his younger sister, and the fact that he had a part of this from the start. The dreaded practice rehearsal began to play out in his mind as his harsh words before leaving her alone repeated over and over again, his regret increased as he knew that this was his fault from the start as he continued to survey his sisters transformation. The young man couldn't even recognize her anymore.

This soon to be corrupted alicorn was no longer his sister, he knew that no apology or plea could go through to this corrupted mare as she was no longer the twilight Sparkle that everyone knew. She would soon become the one mare who shall destroy all manner of friendship................. Nightmare Sparkle the stallion continued to look on at his corrupted sister and the trio desperately trying to catch their breath as they were seconds away from drowning inside of the magic bubble, he wished so desperately that he could go back and stop his foolish mistake before it was too late, but it seems that it was already too late as he once again knew that nothing he could say our do could bring back his once happy younger sister back to her normal self.

Something then caught his eye as he spotted a metal pipe on the ground possibly left over from one of the wrecked buildings, the tip was also jagged and pointed as if it was ripped apart by force. The stallion breathed heavily as he surveyed both the pipe and his corrupted sister who was seconds away from drowning the trio, knowing that there was no other choice the stallion using as much of his strength as possible levitated the pipe off the ground . He positioned the sharpened end towards his target as his tears continued to fall down like rain water, after a moment of hesitation the stallion shut his eyes as he concentrated his magic .

"I'm sorry Twily" He said sadly as he shot the pipe forward at an incredible speed towards his target, Twilight was quick to sense something heading her away and turned around, but before she could react the metal pipe plunged into the corrupted unicorns abdomen sending her flying as the shield spell and the magic bubble trapping the crusaders dispersed as the skewered unicorn along with the pipe landed on the ground like a javelin pole, the crusaders were lucky enough to land on a nearby hay bale the second the bubble disappeared while the elements followed suit and landed into the town fountain with a splash. The trio breathes a huge sigh of relief after being free from their little torture chamber, after a minute they rushed over to the group as they got in Applejacks arms with the farm girl quick to embrace them relieved that they were ok. However their relief was cut short as they noticed the most heartbreaking sight which literally stood at the center of town.

There stood Twilight Sparkle still skewered and hanging to the metal pipe, the mare twitched and turned as her breathing became slower and slower. Her would have been Nightmare form soon began to vanish as her body reverted back into its normal state as the red aura vanished completely from her body with the shattered remains of the alicorn amulet spilling onto the terrain. The unicorn struggled a bit as she managed to turn her attention to the many horrified citizens alongside the Canterlot group looking on with pure sadness written on each of their faces.

" G...Gi.......girls" She said in a meek tone and then turned towards her brother. " Ssss.......Shiny" With her last ounce of strength the unicorn looked up at the sun which shown bright as the rays illuminated her body. " Cel........................estia" Was the last thing the young mare said as a single tear ran down her face before going completely motionless as her retinas returned to their original color. Everyone looked on as tears formed on each of their faces at the realization that twilight Sparkle, The element of magic, a lifelong friend, was gone, but non took it more than the remaining element bearers, cadence, and especially Shining Armor who let out a blood curdling scream after realizing what he has just done.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Sorry but like i said this story was gonna be pretty dark, I apologize to all of the Twilight Sparkle fans. I have nothing against Twilight and this fic wasn’t a way to bash her in anyway, I love Twilight as well. Also there has been quite a few Canterlot wedding fins where she or someone else dies so there are a lot of dark Canterlot AU fics. I’m not a cruel person I promise. It’s just that after seeing many other Canterlot wedding fics I always wondered how it would go down if the betrayal of her loved ones caused her to snap completely and abandon the word friendship completely after suffering so many setbacks throughout her life.

Also regarding comet tails part, I was actually inspired by this comic that I discovered on deviant art years ago where it showed Shining Armor chasing off a group of bullies who were messing with Twilight and I noticed that the head bully kind of looked like comet tail.

Epilogue is coming next week so stay tuned, and again I'm sorry everyone