"Corrupted Celestia Oneshot for /sun/"
By BigBurd (https://pastebin.com/u/BigBurd)

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Created on: Saturday 2nd of June 2018 01:33:47 AM CDT
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Original post date: 20 Oct 2014
>I remember it so clearly.
>And yet, it is like a terrible nightmare that follows me in the shadows, never truly visible, but always there.
>Celestia had fallen to corruption.
>When the human, Lord Anonymous came to our world, he brought us many, many things.
>He brought us the gift of Fusion, an energy source his kind did not have the power to master, but gave us the knowledge to do so.
>He also brought a terrible weapon.
>'Rex Tremendae' he called it. A long, gleaming silver device held in the hand, and could deal swift, unavoidable death to the Six he so chooses.
>And finally, snaking behind him as he entered our world was the Corruption that took our beloved.
>A terrible demon whose name only Anonymous knew. 
>He believed the goodness of our world would snuff it's unspeakable evil.
>Instead, it crept into the heart of our nation, our queen.
>We watched in denial as Celestia's mental barriers began to fall.
>The Corruption used Anon's love and devotion to Celestia to tear at his once noble heart.
>Months passed. We watched.
>She grew weaker.
>More and more, the Corruption spoke terrible evils to her. 
>And more and more did she listen.
>Finally, Reckoning came.
>Celestia had broken, and Anonymous with her.
>They overthrew Luna, nearly killing her.
>The Crystal Empire was cast into darkness.
>And Twilight, and the Elements were sealed away in a terrible prison.
>We, loyal knights of the court could not stand by and watch this happen.
>We had to kill Celestia and her Knight.
>But what we didn't know, was that the Corruption could never truly command a human.
>The Light was always there. He merely lost sight of it.
>Something about that day brought the Light to his eyes once more;
>And he brought Rex Tremendae to Celestia's temple.
>It's terrible roar echoes across the land, and even still through history itself.
>Twice, it sung it's song of death.
>Once, to rid us of our Lost Queen;
>and again to silence her knight's anguish.