Prism and Glimmer

     The sensation in the back of Celestia's head screamed for her to lower the sun, even though she knew it was impossible.  Since her rise, Solar Beam has made it clear of the destruction she would create.  She kept the sun up all day long and brought it closer to the earth.  This created 24/7 extreme heat that would soon kill off the world.  In Celestia's eyes, she was more evil than Nightmare Moon, though she could never get rid of the fact that she was her daughter.

     She sat in a magically cooled room with her sister, lover, and three grandfoals.  Scootaloo stared off in the distance as she stroked the manes of her crying siblings.  Chrysalis sat cuddled up next to Celestia while Luna looked out the window.  Celestia closed her eyes and tears escaped.

       "I know what to do." she said quietly, but enough for everyone to her.  All eyes were turned to her. "But it will haunt me for the rest of my life."  Everyone but Luna raised their eyebrows at her.  Luna stared at her with wide eyes.

      "Tia, you can't be suggesting-" Celestia stood up, causing Chrysalis to almost fall over, and glared at her sister with watery eyes.

     "I have no choice, Lulu!  It's the last thing I want to do but I have to.  She is not even alive any more!  She lost hope and died.  Solar Beam is nothing but pure chaotic emotion in an empty shell!  I can't sit back and watch that."  Celestia sat down and cried.  Luna sat down next to her and stroked her mane.

     "I understand.  Just promise me that you will not mourn too much over her once this is done."  Celestia took a shaky breath and nodded.  She thought a moment before turning to her sister.

      "Is it possible to summon forth Solar Flare from grief?"  Luna's eyes went wide.

      "Yes, but are you sure you want to use her?"  Celestia nodded.

      "Wouldn't be the first time.  And I could use the help."  Celestia looked up torwards the sun, it's rays beating the earth in pure heat.  "I'm sorry, Twilight." she muttered.

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      Celestia walked out into the courtyard and looked up at her castle.  It's white walls were a dirty color from the abuse of the sun.  It had an empty look and feel to it, making it alien to her from the castle she remembered being in for over a thousand years.  How could a single threat unleash the next apocalypse?

      Celestia focused deep on her grief and hurt, feeding into an entity that she used only once before and was afraid of using ever again. Her mane started to start on fire while her regalia turned soot black.  She opened her eyes to reveal two completely white spheres.

      She took flight and headed towards her old chambers, the current hiding place of Solar Beam.  As she got closer, her stomach turned in knots, knowing full well what she had to do.  Her heart was torn in half.  It was screming yes and no, not sure what should be done.  Celestia landed on her balcony and entered to find Solar Beam waiting for her.

     "I was wondering how long it would take for the two of us to meet." said Solar Beam as Solar Flare walked through the front door.  Celestia walked up behind her.

     "So was I". Solar Beam stiffened and whipped around to face her.  She was met with something sliding through her chest and a sobbing sound.

     "You should have never taken control of my daughter.  You destroyed her and now live in her empty shell."  She twisted her horn in the wound.  Solar Beam cried out in pain, causing Celstia to wince and cry more.  "Now, I must free her......even of O have to kill her."  She bared her teeth and looked up to see what she could of Solar Beams face from her postion.  "I hate you for making me kill my own daughter."  There was a flash of light and Solar Beam was launched across the room, going through Solar Flare's illusion and hitting the hallway wall.  Smoke rose from the hole in her chest.  Solar Beam the. Started to shrink then her coat and eyes gave way to lavender and violet.  Her mane back to its original colors and Twilight lay on the floor, looking up at her terrified mother.  She smiled warmly at her mother.

      "Thank you."  That was the last thing she said before she closed her eyes and slumped forward onto the floor.  Celestia walked back to the balcony with tears in her eyes.  She opened her wings and summoned her magic.  The sun lowered down the horizon and returned to its proper place in space.  The moon rose after a few minutes.  Celestia gave a sad smile and walked back to her daughters corpse.  The wound was no longer smoldering and she looked almost peaceful besides the gaping hole in her chest her Celestia impaled her and casted a fire spell while her horn was still in her body.  She fell over top of the body and cried.

       "I will meet you soon, my daughters."

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         Luna left the the three filly's with Chrysalis while she went to Celestia's room to see how she was holding up.  She got worried about how hard she was taking it after five hours.  She walked down the halls and stopped when she found her at the end of one.

        She was propped up against the wall in front of her door and was stroking a purple and pink mane.  Once she got closer she saw that the mane belonged to Twilight who currently had a hole in her chest.  The tissue around it was burnt.  Celestia didn't look up at her and kept her gaze on the wall ahead of her.

       "She said thank you."  Luna stopped in her tracks.  "I killed her in the most horrible way possible and she says thank you."  She turned to her sister.  Her eyes were red from crying and tears flowed down them.  "What the fuck did they do to my wonderful daughter to turn her into this?" she asked in a pleading voice.  Luna sat next to her sister and held her in an embrace.

     "I've killed plenty of AntiCelestia members to protect my daughter and this one time I failed.  I failed BOTH of my daughters.  My grandfoals will now grow up without their mothers, Scootaloo will have to take up her mothers job and deal with losing two pairs of parents withing the eighteen years of her life."  She looked back up at her younger sister.  "Why do they have to keep taking away my family?"  Tears formed in Luna's eyes.

      "I don't know.  But hey,  you still have Scoots, Prism, and Glimmer.  You still have Chrys, your wonderful marefriend.  And you still have me, your awesome younger sister."  Celestia smiled and nuzzled up against her sister.

     "I think we have one hell of a press conference tomorrow."  Luna laughed.

     "Don't worry.  You will clear Twilight's name.  You said it yourself, that wasn't Twilight in there.  That was a shell of Twilight being take over by raw negative emotion.  She is still the kind and loving mare with more than enough room in her heart for the world."  Celestia leaned her head against Luna's chest.

     "Let's hope they see her the same way."