History TearJerker / TheAssassinationOfTwilightSparkle

* The fate of Diamond Tiara's nanny, Strawberry Star, as well as anypony else who tries to take a job that doesn’t involve ones special talent. Arrested on charges of Fraud. Let that sink in for a moment. Until Twilight posthumously made it legal, ''wanting to expand ones horizon was a felony!''

* Seven months into Twilight's princesshood, and she has lost most of her enthusiasm and has begun to seriously doubt herself. The vitriol of Equestria is clearly taking it's toll.

** The inscription on the engagement ring? “''TS x FS Till Death Do Us Part''.” ''AAARRGH!!!''

* Seven months in to Twilight's princess hood, and she has lost most of her enthusiasm and has begun to seriously doubt herself. The vitriol of Equestria is clearly taking it's toll.

* Trixie attends Twilight's funeral to find proof that that [[HesJustHiding Twilight is still alive.]] It's not until she sees Spike mourning her death that she realizes the truth. It even gets her to stop talking in third person!

** Celestia's reaction to Sunset revealing that she had intended to kill herself when she was bullied after the fall formal, and would have if not for Human Twilight's intervention. While this is mostly a sad fanfic, it is HeartWarming to know that Celestia cares for Sunset as a daughter as well as Twilight.

** The day before Twilight's death, she and Rainbow Dash got into an argument over her recommending that Rainbow not be immediately put on the Wonderbolts due to her HairTriggerTemper. The last words Rainbow ever said to Twilight was that she hated her. This is the main reason she turned to alcohol.

---> '''Blueblood:''' I'm sorry... Candy...

--> '''Celestia''': How... how could you think such a thing...? Did you ever stop to think that maybe I would miss you?!” She took me into her forelegs again and rested her head against mine. “Did you never once think that I missed you all those years you were gone? That I didn’t sit by that mirror day and night when it was open, hoping you would come back to me? Twilight wasn’t the only daughter figure I had in my life, you were one as well! I love you, Sunset Shimmer, no matter what! I lost one daughter, I don’t want to lose another!

* Poor Regal... Ever since his uncle conspired in the plot to kill Twilight, he and his family have been subject to SinsOfOurFathers something ''fierce.'' Between the constant bullying from his classmates and Cheerilee's efforts to help Regal either fail or make the situation worse, [[spoiler:it comes as no surprise that he eventually commits suicide in front of the class.]]

* Flash Sentry and Twilight had a SecretRelationship between the two of them. Despite this, Flash had plans to propose to her, and even bought an engagement ring. Unfortunately, the day he planned to propose was the day Twilight was killed. After her funeral, he resigns from the royal guard [[spoiler: [[TogetherInDeath and kills himself to be with Twilight again]]]].

* Maud's chapter reveals that Granny Pie killed herself due to HearingVoices that drove her insane. Making it worse is that Pinkie Pie and her family walked in on her swinging on the rope. Making it much worse is that Pinkie suffers from that same condition and is constantly at risk of doing the same thing. Making it even worse than that [[spoiler: is the revelation that the metal that became the swords used to kill Twilight came from the Pie Family Rock Farm.]]

* After the events of the Fall Formal, Sunset Shimmer was constantly bullied for her previous actions. On a good day, everyone would just ignore her, on a bad day, she'd end up in the nurses office. Unable to deal with the guilt of what she had done, she eventually went to a bridge to throw herself off. [[spoiler: Thankfully, this ended up being a HappilyFailedSuicide as Human!Twilight saw her and convinced her not to jump. They even became lovers after the event. Aww.]]

* The first part of Pinkie's chapter confirms her worst fears. [[spoiler:A member of her family (Marble Pie) was the one who gave the metal that became the swords used to kill Twilight.]]
** The second part of Pinkie's chapter reveals that [[spoiler:Marble was seduced by Prince Blueblood into giving away the location of the Pie Family orichalcum deposit. Poor Marble... ignoring the unwitting betrayal, she genuinely believed that somepony loved her romantically, only to find out that she was being used to commit regicide. The kicker? She's now pregnant with Blueblood's child.]]
* Peewee becoming Spike's familiar means that he senses all the emotions Spike experiences. This has the added effect of him feeling the pain Spike feels after Twilight dies. Even worse is that unlike the other ponies who get better over time, (except, obviously, Flash Sentry) Spike is ''completely'' unable to come to terms with Twilight's death [[spoiler:and eventually runs away from home.]]
* Big Mac's chapter reveals that [[spoiler:Applejack]] was in love with Twilight. There's something forlorn about someone being in love with someone else and never telling them, [[spoiler:let alone a one-sided love due to IncompatibleOrientation.]]

* Shining Armor's chapter where he learns that [[spoiler: Gallant Heart was actually trying to SAVE Twilight by infiltrating Blueblood's cabal on orders from Luna...only for Amadeus Blueblood to discover his status as a mole and blackmail him into going through with the assassination or else he'd kill Gallant's brother]].

** Two weeks after that do we find out the main reason why Mystic ran away: [[spoiler: The school was bombed by a terrorist attack from Equestrian's First and Maplewood was one of the victims, but Mystic's parents didn't even ''allow'' her to go to the funeral.]] THAT was the final straw.

** The build-up to this is no better. The reason Aquilina is spilling out her life story to [[spoiler: Spike? She is [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling him out for running away from his problems because when he had to deal with his murdered mother, he at least still had a perfectly good group of friends and family to turn to, a luxury she herself didn't have aside from her own uncle.]] Spike is too stunned and was left to stew in his own thoughts:]]

--> And with that said she walked away. Leaving me alone to my thoughts in silence. [[spoiler: I felt Peewee land on my shoulder and start to sing to make me feel better, but it didn’t work.]] I just stared at a retreating Aquilina and felt sorrow not just for her, but for some reason every island inhabitant in Erebus.

* Spike's [[InnocenceLost behavior]] in the wake of his mother's death. Best shown that when having a pony at his mercy after the latter tried to rob and kill him, he nonchalantly asked Marc to make it quick. No forgiveness or arrest, just death.

** The build-up to this is no better. The reason Aquilina is spilling out her life story to [[spoiler: Spike? She is [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling him out for running away from his problems because when he had to deal his murdered mother, he at least still had a perfectly good group of friends and family to turn to, a luxury she herself didn't have aside from her own uncle.]] Spike is too stunned and was left to stew in his own thoughts:]]

** The build-up to this is no better. The reason Aquilina is spilling out her life story to [[spoiler: Spike? She is [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling him out for running away from his problems because when he had to deal his murdered mother, he at least still had a perfectly good group of friends and family and even a home to turn to, a luxury she herself didn't have aside from her own uncle.]] Spike is too stunned and was left to stew in his own thoughts:]]

* Spike's [[InnocenceLost behavior]] in the wake of his mother's death. Best shown that when having a pony at his mercy after the latter tried to rob and kill him, he nonchalantly to Marc to make it quick. No forgiveness or arrest, just death.

** The build-up to this is no better. The reason Aquilina is spilling out her life story to [[spoiler: Spike? She is [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling him out for running away from his problems because when he had to deal his murdered mother, he at least still had a perfectly good group of friends and family and even a home to turn to, a luxury she herself didn't have aside from her own uncle. Spike is too stunned and was left to stew in his own thoughts:]]]]