Rarity and Twilight were sitting with Macintosh trying to teach him how to talk in front of royalty. Since Macintosh was raised on a farm away from high society the results left much to be desired.

"First you must address her as 'your highness' or 'your majesty'" Twilight explained which Big Mac already knew but he didn't bother bringing it up.

"Eeyup." Macintosh said. He smiled a little at how hard Skullcrusher tried to get him to stop talking in his accent and he still talked in it anyway.

"And you absolutely MUST bow down when you arrive and before you depart" Rarity explained. "Now pretend I am Princess Luna."

"Eeyup." Macintosh said.

"Good evening Big Macintosh, welcome to Canterlot." Rarity said in a royal tone.

"Mah pleasure yer majesty." Macintosh said as he bowed down.

"Excellent Big Mac!" Rarity complimented. "You have this perfect! Now let us work on table manners."

"Eeyup." Macintosh said as Rarity brought out a plate with some grub on it and put in front of the stallion.

"Now, show me how to eat like a gentlecolt." Rarity said as Macintosh dove into the food and consumed it in seconds. His face was covered with food that failed to go in his mouth. Twilight began chuckling as Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash came in and saw Big Mac's dirty face while Rarity stood there with her mouth open.

"OH MY!" Rarity shouted without trying to be mean. "Big Mac you must not eat like that in front of a princess!"

"Why? Is there sumthin on mah face?" Big Mac asked as he brought his hoof up to his mouth and felt all the food covering his face. He felt extremely embarrassed as all the other ponies began to laugh.

"Haha he looks so silly!" Pinkie Pie laughed.

"H-here Big Mac." Twilight said in between laughs as she used her magic to give the stallion a cloth to wash off his face.

"Sgt Skullcrusher would of killed me if he saw that!" Macintosh said to himself. Once he was clean he walked back to Rarity.

"Very well, let us try this again." Rarity said as she pulled out another plate of food. It was gonna be along night.

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"This is a strong one indeed, he will not crack" A griffon said as he punched Shining Armor in the face again. Armor had been tortured for the past half hour and had not given up any info.

"You'll never get anything out of me!" Armor said weakly but bravely.

"Everypony will crack under certain circumstances" Claws Von Griffon said as he walked into the chamber. "No food or water for three days"

"Sir?" A griffon asked. The griffon did hate all ponies but even starvation seemed a little harsh.

"Are you questioning my orders?" Von Griffon asked evilly.

"NO MY LORD!" The griffon replied.

"Then get it done!" Von Griffon said as he walked out of the room.

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Princess Luna had spent quite a while making herself look presentable. Although she would not tell anypony, she had developed a secret crush on Big Macintosh and she wanted to look beautiful for him.

"Sister, how do I look?" Luna said as she stepped out of her room and waved her mane which had been styled so it covered one of her eyes and her coat had been cleaned completely, needless to say she looked quite beautiful.

"Luna you look absolutely darling!" Celestia said. "I swear you're gonna make me look bad."

"Do you think he will think I look good?" Luna asked.

"Of course Luna, I'm sure any stallion would drop dead for you." Celestia said. "Luna do you like him?"

"Well, its just he is the first pony who isn't you or a royal official who has spoken to me without fear of my past." Luna said. Celestia looked at her in the eye.

"Luna it's okay if you like him but you have to understand. You will live for thousands of years and he wont, he will die long before you do.." Celestia explained sadly.

"I know but- Didn't you ever like somepony?" Luna asked. She was eager to find out since she was gone for a thousand years

"Luna, i think it's time I told you something I should have told you a long time ago." Celestia said as he sat next to her sister.

1050 years ago, fifty years before Nightmare Moon

A long time ago, before Luna was born. Celestia's mother and father ruled Equestria. Her father, King Cosmos and her mother, Queen Starla had maintained peace in Equestria for hundreds of years. Their only daughter, Celestia was only a filly and was heading outside.

"Mama, papa I'm going out." Celestia called out to her parents.

"Celestia wait! I don't want you going by the Everfree Forest!" Queen Starla called to her daughter.

"It's okay I wont!" Celestia called back as she flew off into the distance. She saw a large plain which would one day become Ponyville and decided to explore there. She landed and began to walk around.

"It's so pretty here!" Celestia said as she was knocked to the side by a speeding ball sending her sprawling to the ground. She felt tears come to her eyes as she saw a young colt come up to her.

"OH I'M SO SORRY MISS! I DIDN'T SEE YOU!" The colt yelled as Celestia began to weep from getting hurt.

"Oh please don't cry!" The colt said as he went and picked a flower for her. "Here". Celestia sniffled as she sniffed the flower and her tears began to dry up.

"Thanks, I accept your apology." Celestia said. She noticed the colt had both wings and a horn like her. This must have the son of the rulers of Eastern Equestria.

"What's your name miss?" The colt asked.

"I'm Princess Celestia but you can just call me Celestia." Celestia said trying not to sound like a big shot as she pulled some grass out of her pink mane.

"You're a princess? WOW! I'm Prince Astro!" The colt said.

"You're a prince? Celestia asked. She was aware of other pony kingdoms but she didn't think a pony from another kingdom would be this far from home.

"Yup." The colt said puffing out his chest. "Hey wanna be friends?"

"I love too!" Celestia said as she walked up to Astro and poked him. "Tag you're it!"

"Hey!" Astro said as he chased after her. The two ran around for hours before they saw Queen Starla lowering the sun.

"Oh no! I was supposed to be home hours ago!" Celestia cried.

"Wanna hang out tommorow?" Astro asked.

"YEAH!" Celestia said forgetting about her worries about being late. "But I gotta go. I'll see ya later Astro!"

"See ya Tia!" Astro called back. Celestia smiled at the little rhyme he made. She thought he was cute and that they would be friends forever. She never thought she would one day have to imprison him to stop his rampage.

"Wow she was really pretty! I can't wait to see her tomorrow!" Astro said as he happily flew home.

Present Day.

"What ever happened to this 'Prince Astro'"? Luna asked.

"I don't know, one day he just- Let me continue the story and you'll find out." Celestia said as she resumed her story.

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As the years passed, Celestia grew up into a beautiful princess and her parents had another child. Astro had become a strong and handsome prince and the two had seen each other every day. It was only natural that their friendship eventually evolved into something more. There was also war brewing, an evil unicron had raised an army of darkness and was trying to conquer the entire world. Eastern Equestria was able to keep the dark army at bay but at a high cost.

"Father I'm going to see Astro." Celestia said to her father.

"This Astro sounds like a fine young stallion, I would very much like to meet him." King Cosmos said.

"I'll bring him over after we meet." Celestia said as she flew away. She flew to her and Astro's usual meeting spot in the plane where they met long ago. Celestia waited for five minutes but found he still hadn't arrived yet and she felt something was wrong. She flew overhead and she was a griffon on the ground.

"Sir! Are you okay?" Celestia asked the injured griffon.

"I-its him!" The griffon cried in stark terror before she passed out. Celestia turned around to see Astro with blood covering his hooves.

"ASTRO!" Celestia said she hugged him. She noticed he was much larger than the last time she saw him.

"Celestia." Astro said.

"Astro who did this?" Celestia cried as she pointed to the injured griffon.

"I did." Astro said without emotion. Celestia backed off with her mouth open.

"No!" Celestia said quietly before crying. "ASTRO HOW COULD YOU?"

"BECAUSE! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT IMBECILE'S RACE HAS DONE TO ME?" Astro yelled.

"THIS ISN'T YOU! YOU'RE NOT A KILLER!" Celestia cried.

"ASTRO GET AWAY FROM MY DAUGHTER!" Cosmos yelled as he and Starla flew down in front of their daughter.

"Get out of my way! She's mine!" Astro growled.

"I saw what you did to those griffons!" Starla yelled. "That was inexcusable!"

"YOU ARE ALL FOALS!! " Astro yelled as he fired a spell as Starla which stunned her.

"NOOOOO!" Cosmos yelled as he charged Astro only to be stabbed by Astro's unicorn horn. Cosmos fell to the ground injured.

"MOTHER! FATHER!" Celestia cried.

"Celestia let us go far away." Astro said.

"YOU MONSTER! WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?" Celestia yelled.

"I delivered justice! The griffons have done unspeakable horrors! Your mother and father are going to get you killed!" Astro said.

"THAT'S NO EXCUSE!" Celestia yelled.

"I KNEW IT! YOU NEVER LIKED ME!" Astro said as he powered up his horn, his eyes had now turned a deep red and his pupil became a black slit as evil completely overtook him. "DIE!" He screamed as he fired a killing spell at her. Celestia fired a spell back at her former lover. She fired a spell which overcame Astro's blind rage. Astro was thrown back and had changed. His coat was now pure black with red stripes, he had no mane and his tail became razor sharp, and his horn had broken.

"ASTRO WHY!" I LOVED YOU!" Celestia cried.

"I HATE YOU! YOU CONNIVING LITTLE SNAKE! I HOPE YOU DIE!" Astro said as Cosmos and Starla came back and fired another spell which encased him in glass ending his reign of terror.

"Come on Celestia let's go home." Starla said as Cosmos transported Astro's prison back to Canterlot. Later than night, Celestia looked at the imprisoned alicorn.

"I know something was controlling you Astro, I know the real you is still there" Celestia said as she rocked her baby sister to sleep.

XXXXx

"Y-you mean, he turned evil?" Luna asked.

"Yes." Celestia nodded crying.

"How? " Luna yelled.

"I don't know, that's why I'm convinced something powerful and evil took him over and gave him unnatural powers, the Astro I loved would have never done that." Celestia said. "I later learned that the griffons had allied with the evil unicorns armies so the griffons must have hurt him deeply."

"What happened to him?" Luna asked.

"He is still here." Celestia said.

"WHAT! WHERE IS HE!" Luna yelled angry at the evil pony who hurt her parents and broke her sister's heart.

"Frozen at the bottom on the dungeons, I know he was crazy but I just couldn't kill him." Celestia said.

"It's okay Sister, I understand." Luna said hugging her crying, heartbroken sister.