You had it good. You know this, admit to it, yet do you ever really go back to think about it? On all the good times you missed out on. All due to your own hubris… although ignorance could be attributed to it as well.

Remember the good ol’ days? Oh, you sure do. You’re silently cursing yourself because of it. So many wasted opportunities, all because of one mistake.

Actually, there were several, but come on, who’s keeping count? You did the best you could, given the circumstances. You already know no one else could have done better. Really now, you did an alright job.

Well, other than abusing your power, of course, but come on, that was to be expected. Why it didn’t happen to her you still have no idea, but you do have your theories…

Sure, it wasn’t all dandy, and you know this. You could have been a better ruler. Envy surely didn’t help you in any regard. Then there was that jealously because of… well, her, again. Wow, you have more resentment about her than you first thought.

So what if you abused your power a bit… slightly… just a smidgen… of going completely over the line into tyrannical psychopath territory. Stuff like that happens with leaders all the time. You weren’t the first and you surely weren’t the last, so what gives if you got the worst end of the punishment for it?

You didn’t exactly deserve what she had thought had coming to you. Surely your actions didn’t require the Elements of Harmony to be used? What was it her business anyway, dictating what you were guilty of when she probably did much worse in her given elongated lifetime? It wasn’t fair, and she knew that, you knew that, and pretty much everyone knew that!

Oh, but nooooo, everyone sided with her and left you in the dust… rot in this unforgiving prison. Everyone you once trusted just up and abandoned you. Ironically enough even she did as well, although she’d never admit it. She had a conniving tongue, that much was given.

Mistakes were made, you’re honest enough about this. What could have turned out better actually went horribly, disastrously, near-apocalyptically wrong. It wasn’t all your fault, of course. She could have supported you better. Helped make the weight of responsibility less… claustrophobic and suffocating. But no, she had her own thing and left you to your own devices, where you could plot and scheme and have your way until…

You probably should have seen what happened next coming. But how could you? You had no idea the Elements of Harmony could be used against you, much less lock you away in this prison. And her actually using it… it never occurred. Not once. You thought she was closer to you than to use that against you.

Ah, but what a fool you are! Your overconfidence was swaggering! Your ignorance was thicker than boulders! After all you had done for her and she had done for you, just to end it like that… it was just so anticlimactic and wrong!

You knew why she did it, but was it really worth it? To her, for instance? You were gone now, and you knew despite her best efforts the pain was evident. This made you smile despite yourself.

Ah well, it’s all done and done. Lost to the past in ages and ages henceforth. You just wished it could have gone on longer. Having your own way was just so… so much fun. You were finally free to be who you wanted to be. You thought everyone would have loved it, or at least would have gotten used to it. Even her, but your best efforts were all in vain.

Despite everything, you never could have her join in your fun. Such a shame.

...Oh well, better luck next time!