Chapter 11

Chapter 23 – It's all coming back to you

Your legs make quick work of the castle's stairs up as you bring yourself to the entrance of the throne room.

However, you're brought to a halt all the same as you look over the slightly gathered ponies that stand in front of the throne room's closed doors.

Your nostrils have started to become stuffy, with what you don't know either way you now try to slow your breathing that expels from your mouth as you quickly move to the light purple dragon that stands outside of the door, "What's wrong?"

"Twilight said she needs us out for a minute and now she won't let anypony in." Spike shakes his head as he looks to you with a slightly rushed tone, "Is everything alright?"

You turn your head to the door and then to the few ponies that mutter around you as you look them over, there not all guard ponies and the ones who are, are not unicorns. But the thing they all have in common is that they all still look to you as they wait for you to speak up, "Tell StoneGem not to come in."

The ponies blink to the comment but they nod all the same as you close your eyes and just bring up the sight of the throne room to your mind. The rush of your magic and poof of your spell only last a second as you teleport inside of the room.

"There you are."

Twilight's voice brings your eyes open and your head to her as you look over the lavender mare sitting in the tiered open throne.

Your eyes drift to the bright green amulet around her neck as you pause not knowing how to proceed from here.

The pause in your response brings Twilight’s voice up as the lavender mare cocks her head to one side as her mane slightly droops down, "Quite now I see?"

You can't bring yourself to speak, both from your tightening throat and because of the fact you don't want to even give a thought to the lavender mare in front of you. However you bring your voice up as you clear your throat, "Twilight... Take the necklace off."

A little giggle rolls from the mare as her still soft purple eyes hold to you, "I think it looks good on me. Don't you?"

The mare's voice has not changed and it does not have the formal tone your not use to... Instead it's the same voice you've heard every day and every morning, you speak up again a little lower as you turn fully to her, "Twilight you need to take it off."

Twilight straightens her posture as she shakes her head, "No."

You clear your throat again as you take a step closer towards the throne, "Twilight I-..."

Your voice is cut off as a quick bolt of magic slams into the floor in front of you.

"That's Princess Twilight..." Her horn still holds the purple glow to it as her eyes slightly sharpen to you, "OR at least it would be Princess Twilight."

The angry tone from the mare doesn't annoy you and it doesn't make you mad, instead you just stare to the love of your life as you just listen to her angry voice continuing, "...I worked my whole life for Celestia's school. I did everything asked of me, and I did everything for the greater good of Equestria."

Twilight's horn sparks up a little more to her racing tone as the rant continues, "But nooo... I just had to try and make Equestria safer...I just had to find that spell."

The lavender mare shakes her head as the glow to the amulet continues to rage on, "I-I just had to meet you!" Her hoof raises as her eyes harden to you.

Your breathing and muscles continue to weaken, both physically and mentally as you just stare to the lavender mare, knowing that you could never do anything to hurt her.

"...You. Everything. Gone. Just gone, thrown away." Twilight slams her hoof back to her as she shakes her head, "A-all of my hard work and dedication."

Her own voice starts to shake as she continues, "...I would have been a Princess, I would have been what I was destined to be. B-but you and-and Violet had to ruin it!"

You stare to her as you notice a slight tear coming to her eye, but it's not anger. The glistening water in her now puffing eyes is simply disgust to her own words. But the green raging necklace continues to drive her on as she speaks up, "...And it never was enough for you. Even when I threw away my crown and wings it wasn't enough. Oh no."

The sight of the struggling mare to her own words starts to quiver your lips as you watch her forcing herself just to speak, "...Y-you just had to ruin my life more, with Aerolight."

Your own building weakness runs rampant to the sight of the red puffy eyed mare as her voice like the building spell to her horn rings out, "You were never happy. That's why when Celestia asked us here I knew oh I knew! My last chance to fulfill my destiny. But you just had to ruin it again..."

Twilight's body starts to tremble as she continues, "You never loved me, tell me, was last night better than Rainbow?"

Your silences finally pushes the lavender mare over the edge as she speaks up, "WHY don't you say something!?"

You shake your head as you no longer try to hide the tears in your own eyes as you speak up, "I never stopped loving you... Now please Twilight don't cry anymore."

The words send a whimper from Twilight's mouth as the amulet to her neck now almost rings out with it's own magic, "You know...She said what I had to do." Her lips quiver as the magic to her horn chimes out, "She said I had to kill you."

You give a little smile as you realize the numbness already building to your legs, "I'm already dead then." You close your eyes as you strengthen your posture.

Twilight's head trembles as her horn slowly starts to lower towards you.

However just before her spell is sent to you, you collapse to the ground no longer able to stand.

Twilight yells your name as the amulet around her snaps with a loud and powerful chime of magic. The spell that was building to her horn is dropped as she jumps from the throne and gallops towards you.

But the sound of her hooves starts to echo out of your mind as you just stare up to the ceiling as your eyesight starts to fade in and out with every pulse of your heart.

End of chapter 23