//------------------------------// // Chapter 9 // Story: The Curse of the Princesses // by SuperSassyGassy //------------------------------// I wake up again.. I am in my castle..I look up and Discord is stroking my now clean, light pink mane. I look back down at myself and I am completely white and I have stitches in my coat. I wonder where everypony else is. For some reason, I don't care anymore. I feel very comfortable...And then I remember all the trouble Discord caused to not only me, but to everypony I love and care about. I start struggling. "Oh my dear, Why struggle? We can live happily in the kingdom, with nothing to worry about!" I jump to the ground, then I realize that I am clothed with jewels and gold.. this doesn't look like some ordinary dress... this looks like one of Rarity's! Rarity is here! I think all the other ponies are here too! I got to get out of here without Discord...harming me or anypony else. "I just uh.. have to go to the wash room....... my lord." I nearly choked when I said my lord... actually.. there-it-is "Something wrong?" he says in a deep voice. I shake my head and a guard follows me to the bathroom, the guard is Shining Armor.. He is still brain-washed but I know how to fix that. Once I step in the bathroom, I grab the towel rack and when I step out, when his back is turned to me, I smack him really hard in the back of his head. He falls to the ground and rubs his head. He re-opens his eyes.. their normal... I am so happy I nearly screamed.. but I can't do that or else that MONSTER would come in here.. All I do is hug Shining Armor really tightly and cover his mouth, "Follow me" I whisper. We walk down the hall. I hear a lot of noise coming from a room... I've been to Rarity's enough to know that it is the sewing machine. I slowly open the door, Rarity jumps and falls off her chair. She runs up and tries to hug me, but her back hooves are chained to the table, so she trips before she gets to me. Shining Armor used his strength to get the chain off and we go running down to the dungeon room. I spot all the ponies in there! I run up and they are all gray. Then I hear humming.. deep humming.. and footsteps.. "Discord is coming!" I shout quietly. "Let me take care of this" Shining Armor says as he chains my and Rarity's legs together and takes us up the stairs using his magic. When Discord spots me there, I could actually feel that he was hurt.. I don't know why or how.. "My Lord, I found these two down here." "Were they trying to help the ponies escape?" "No, I don't believe so. They were just watching them suffer..." Discord starts smiling. "Good, now let's get them back up. Rarity, you get back to work, and Celestia.. we'll see." Shining Armor walks behind discord, and puts rarity in the room and pretends to chain her up. And he sets me down on the palace floor. Sadly, I still can't use my magic or wings.. I think he gave me restricted access.. or I am still too weak and powerless.. "My dear Celestia, where has the time gone? When it was just us, and we ruled together, then your sister came along and ruined our relationship. You spent time with only her, and I got ... Jealous, to be honest. That is why and how I turned evil. And then you and your sister turned me into stone and rage boiled up inside of me. All I ever wanted to do was rule with you, nopony else to steal you away, like Luna did that day..." My eyes start tearing up. Is that really why? Is this all my fault? or Luna's fault? "And now.. we can do that. If you will only promise that nothing can take you away" Either live my life with him, ruling Equestria and making everypony's lives miserable.. or not do anything.. still make pony's lives miserable.. but making myself miserable too... I turn around, facing Discord. I take a step towards him. "I'll do it." He picks me back up with magic and turns me back to normal.. I feel the full power again..Now I can end all of this madness.. but.. I promised.. I can't be a princess.. if I would only break a promise.