The sunset cast a glow of gold onto the ocean surface, the waves gently caressed the pale sand as the princess strolled across the beach.  
“Ooh! There’s a pretty one!” she awed as she scooped up a colorful seashell. She wiped the access sand off the surface revealing a bright purple color.  
She smiled happily, putting the shell in her bag along with the others. This was so much more fun than sitting at the boring meeting. It wasn’t like she was gonna be queen anytime soon anyways, there was no rush.  
She picked up a large chunk of sea glass, it was almost shaped like a heart. Giggling gleefully, she held the pale yellow shape up to the setting sun letting the rays glimmer through it. She’d have to do something special with this.  
The sun was suddenly blocked out, a fierce boom of thunder caused the young hippogriff to jump. She looked back to where the castle was, only to have it enveloped in rain clouds and a large airship mere miles from it.  
The Storm King  
The young princess flew back to the castle as fast as she could, her bag forgotten in the sand. The city was quickly filled with soldiers in black armor. They had started blocking the exits, pushing the people back and chaining them up.  
She landed in the castle, running as fast as she could before getting to the throne room. She had to get the queen out of there, they had to escape.  
As she entered the throne room, her heart dropped. The queen, her mother, was lying lifeless on the floor in a pool of her own blood. The princess’ eyes overflowed with tears as she looked over her, unable to look away.  
“Skystar… is that you…?” the queen choked.  
“Mother!!” she knelt next to her, choking a sob. “Mother I’m so sorry I knew I should have been here! I-I didn’t want any of this to happen! I’m sorry I’m sorry!!”  
“Shh.. it’s alright…” the dying queen coughed red. “Please, you’re the only one to save them now… protect them, get them out of this… you need to be their leader now…”  
“I-I will Mother… I promise…”  
The great queen smiled once last time, closing her eyes for good as she took her last breath. The young princess hugged her one last time.  
A cruel chuckle echoed through the room “Ah I thought that old crow would never leave,” the princess jumped up and looked behind her. The all too familiar electric eyes stared coldly. The form of the Storm King emerged from the shadows, his staff dripping a bright crimson.  
“You! You killed her!!” the hippogriff snarled through her tears  
“Oh please, this was your fault. Your selfish actions killed her, not my blade,” he sneered im a matter of fact. “You could have simply taken her and some others, gotten help, but you didn’t. You caused your kingdom’s demise,”  
Her anger quickly morphed into guilt and pain. His words were true. She collapsed on the floor defeated as she sobbed quietly. She didn’t flinch when her mother’s killer strolled across the floor next to her, grabbing the crown from atop the lifeless body and gingerly placing it on the mourning filly’s head.  
“All hail the Queen,”
 
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Another installment of “Things couldn’t possibly get worse!” People actually interested in these stories I thank you tons!
 
Friendship is Dead AU// TeVeeHead thehappiestgolucky and I