[copied from https://pastebin.com/ntiUj2JU ]
[ original writer NighlyTwilightStorie ]
"Self-Inflicted Misery (OS feels)"
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"What do you mean you told her she was 'bad at flying'?!" You shouted at a certain cyan pegasus.
>"That's how pegasus foals are taught to fly. Same concept." Rainbow replied with a shrug.
"She's not a foal, for Christ's sake! She's too heavy to be just randomly hitting the ground!"
>"Geez, sorry! I didn't know you were that far up her flank to be insulted FOR her!"
"You almost fucking KILLED her! I have every goddamn right to be angry!"
>To say you were furious was a simplification of what you were feeling at the moment.
>The rainbow-maned pony just rolled her eyes and huffed, before just flying away from you.
"This isn't over, you blue CUNT!" You roared, taking personal offense.
>The two of you had butted heads before, but not like this.
>Rainbow Dash and Twilight had just 'finished' a flight training session.
>Her first.
>Twilight had nearly been killed, as Dash had simply shoved her off a cloud without any instruction.
>It was a 'learning experience', according to Dash.
>According to what you had just seen, it was a creative form of murder.
>Twilight had broken a wing trying to get herself level, that alone should have told the pegasus something was very, very wrong.
>You had only barely caught the Alicorn, leaping into her to force her downward momentum into sideways momentum.
>You pulled Twilight close, taking the brunt of the bruises and aches.
>The only thing you think Twilight had learned was to stop trusting Rainbow Dash for anything.
>Twilight had run off, crying in both shame and pain.
>You tried to stop her, but she was too ashamed to even look at you.
>Instead, you took your completely justified anger out on the source itself.
>You still didn't feel better.
>You tracked the alicorn to the library.
>Wasn't hard, to be fair. There was only one place she would go.
>A chair launched itself out of a library window, landing in a broken pile some fifty feet away.
>Twilight had left the door ajar, which she never did.
>Twilight was curiously eying a sliver of glass, held in her magical grip.
>Tears were still streaming down her face, and she hadn't noticed you.
>"Twilight Sparkle, the tardy." She started.
>"Twilight Sparkle, the screw up." The alicorn continued, twirling the shard around.
>"Twilight. Fucking. Sparkle. Such a spectacular failure at being an Alicorn, and at life in general."
>The last line was said with so much venom and hatred you had a hard time believing Twilight had said it.
>Especially to herself.
"Twi...?" You began, easing yourself into her field of vision.
>"Go away, Anonymous." Twilight said, glaring at you.
>You held your ground.
"No. If I walk out, I know exactly what you're going to do."
>"Oh? You do? Please, tell me. That way I can add 'predictable' to the list of things WRONG with me!" She shouted. The magical field brought the glass closer to her wings.
>"These things have been more trouble then they're worth! I'm constantly being insulted or teased. This...flight training with Rainbow was just the last straw!"
>She brought the glass shard high, before bringing it down in a slicing motion.
>You lunged.
>The glass caught you on the top of the wrist, point down.
>It practically impaled your wrist, but you were willing the pain away.
>Your pain was secondary right now.
"Stop." You said, tone low and voice shaky. "Please."
>"Why?" She asked solemnly. "All I do is mess up or do the wrong thing. I haven't made a right choice all my life."
"You chose me."
>Twilight went silent, refusing to look at you.
"Of all the stallions that went for you out of either lust for power or fame, you chose me as your date to the Gala."
>She still wasn't looking at you.
"...and you chose me to be your first."
>Now you were starting to cry.
>You just couldn't hold it together.
"What about your other friends? They'd be horrified to find out you did this."
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>"They don't care. Pinkie and Applejack avoid me. Fluttershy is...Fluttershy. Rarity is too busy with clients from Canterlot, and Rainbow is too busy ACTIVELY TRYING TO KILL ME." The alicorn raged. "Am I that bad of a friend, that everyone I know wants to get away from me?"
>You made damn sure Twilight wasn't pulling the glass out of your arm.
"Twilight, I never told you something." You began after a moment, reaching back into your memories.
>"What."
"Back on Earth, I had a friend. She was bubbly and happy all the time, pretty much a human version of Pinkie Pie."
>You took a deep breath. This memory was...rough.
"She was always happy, and never missed a day at school. She loved making others happy too, and was a party hostess at a local bowling alley. I'd be lying if I told you I wasn't in love with her."
>"...I'm sensing a 'but'..."
>Smart mare.
"One day, she didn't show. One day turned into a week. A week to a month."
>You hated this part.
"After that month, someone pulled me aside after class. It was a police officer, and he had some...news. Her father had torn her down so often and with such brutality she just...ended it."
>Twilight sat in stunned silence.
>"You mean..."
"I never knew she was in this kind of pain, she never let me see it. I don't want HER to be YOU. I love you far, far too much to let something like this happen again. Not when I can stop it."
>Your grip on her shoulders tightened. You'd be lying to yourself if you said you weren't slightly angry.
"I can't let you do this to yourself, Twilight. Please, TALK to me when you're in pain. I'm not just here to get laid, and I'm not just here for the attention dating a princess brings."
>She laid her head into your shoulder, and sobbed.
>You patted her back, gently stroking your mare's mane.
>The injury on your wrist twinged, but you ignored it. Any damage you did could just be reversed by healing magic, you weren't too concerned about yourself.
"C'mon Twi, we're going to the hospital. You need to get that wing set, I need stitches."
>The mare nodded silently, and you began the long trek there.
>You made a vow to protect her back when the two of you first made love.
>That never changed.
>Even when she was being a danger to herself.
>Every princess needs a knight, according to fairy tales from Earth.
>You were hers, and not even the flames of Hell themselves could change that.