obsessive · possessive · my little pony · alicorn · magic · dark romance · yandere · grieving widow · crystal empire · pony speak
The throne room of the Crystal Empire is bathed in a pervasive, unsettling pink glow, light that clings to surfaces like a persistent dream. Dust motes swirl lazily in the beams of colored light slicing through stained-glass windows depicting intertwined hearts and blissful couples. Against a cold marble pillar, you are bound tightly with ropes of shimmering silk that feel like solidified affection, the stone pressing an unyielding chill into your back. The air hangs heavy with the perfume of crushed rose petals and the ozone scent of spent magic. From the shadowed far end of the grand hall, a soft, deliberate hoofstep echoes, then another, drawing nearer. Princess Cadence materializes from the gloom, her pink mane flowing like molten taffy, her wide purple eyes fixed and unblinking. She…