Fate is a Cruel Mistress

by zoruatrainer66

Rating: everyone
Tags: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Other, Shining Armor, Tragedy, Princess Celestia, Alternate Universe, Twilight Sparkle, Sad, Princess Luna
Length: 2339

Loss of life is tragic.

The loss of a life is a tragic thing...

Such loss can change the world, or go unnoticed by the universe. Creatures of all kinds fight for it and die for it every day.

But to Twilight Sparkle, what she lost is more important than life itself.

Please tell me in a PM why you dislike my story.

Past Sins belongs to Pen Stroke. As do any OC's from that story.

Published 2014-03-06 07:10:02 UTC
Last updated 2014-03-07 06:17:48 UTC

The Unfortunate News

Twilight Sparkle, daughter of Night Light and Twilight Velvet, sister and half-sister to former Guard Captain Shining Armor and Princess Mi Amore Cadenza(Cadence), surrogate sister to Spike the dragon, student and unknowing surrogate daughter to Princess Celestia of Equestria...

Was crying...

She was crying because what just happened had shattered her heart like a delicate glassworks ballerina bumped off a table by a child, and had crushed her soul as a hoof crushes a pebble.

What she had been told just a bit ago shocked her to her core.

She was in shock, it would be hard not to be after what she had just been told, her world was now ripped to pieces, turned upside down and assembled like an attempt to solve a jigsaw puzzle in a pitch-black room.

The pony who told her knew she was in shock, they tried to console her but, she couldn't hear them... Her mind was still repeating those last few words...

~

Mumbling speech"- I am sorry Miss Sparkle but she is dead." those few simple words cracked her world like a mirror, now all she could see was disjointed and broken, uneven and jagged. To Twilight the world was now grey, stony, and cold.

Twilight sat there not moving, not blinking, barely breathing. Four minutes she sat staring at the void, killing time with her unmoving gaze. The pony who told her the horrible news was growing concerned. Sure they were used to shocked victims of bad news but this was like nothing they had experienced before. The pony slowly moved foreword, careful in their movements, as not to scare the mare in front of them.

The pony was in hoofs reach, slowly they reached out, anticipating a loud rebuke stating the news was a lie or maybe even getting hit for joking about something so cruel.

What happened was not what they expected... Twilight broke down crying, groveling at their hooves to say it wasn't true, to say it WAS a cruel joke so she could go about her day. Twilight stumbled foreword, getting close to the news-bringer.

"Please, please tell me it's a lie, that this is all some cruel joke. Because without her I don't know what I'll do..." "What do I do if she is gone?... What do I do about losing her? She's not dead she can't be!" Her fear and anxiety quickly turn to anger, "tell me it's not true! Tell me!!" She shouted as she shook the pony."Please just tell me she's ok, that she just playing a cruel joke on me, please!" Her voice cracked as she broke into tear filled hysterics.

"I am sorry Miss Sparkle, but it's the truth." The pony said in a monotone voice."I am sorry for your loss, we send our condolences and we will be contacting you within the next few days to work out the funeral and the burial place." "We also offer our sympathy to your family as well, we will notify their workplaces of their loss and acquire lodging for them in the nearest hotel." The pony continued, not heard by Twilight, who was in shock after the first response out of the monotonous pony.

"But... B-but... How did she... How did she die...?" She asked quietly.

It was a simple question, but it was a question Twilight didn't want to know the answer to."she died by asphyxiation. It was a daffodil sandwich"The pony said with a hint of sadness.

"Oh Faust."She broke down again as she heard how she died.

"I understand that that was her favorite meal, I'm sorry that this happened." The pony said. They bowed their head and exited the room.

"Wait! Gentle Soul, please, tell me... Tell me she how she looked when she died?" she pleaded.

"The coroner told me she had a smile on her face and what looked like tear marks on her face." Gentle Soul said as the pony walked toward the door once more."She died happy, no doubt about that." With that the pony with the ash grey coat, the Snow White mane, and sky blue eyes walked out the door.

Twilight smiled a hollow smile, she was glad that she died happy, but she was infinitely more sad that the thing that had been their favorite meal in the world and Her first meal had also been the one that had taken Her out of it.

Twilight walked to her bed, laid down, and sobbed into her pillow for all she was worth, which was to her, half of what she used to be when She was still alive. She was half of a set, without her other half, she was useless, broken and hurt, twilight cried herself to sleep.

~

Twilight awoke to the sound of hooting, next to her head.

She turned to see Owlowiscious perched on her headboard. "Hey there, what are you doing here?" She asked with mock happiness. She looked to the corner of her room, Spikes basket was empty... "Spikes still not back from Canterlot huh?" She states seeing the empty basket.

Owlowiscious hooted and pointed next to twilight, where an extra pillow and small blue fleece blanket with moons and stars lay next to her."Hoo...?" He said in a questioning tone.

Twilight cringed upon seeing the smaller blanket and pillow,"she's not living here anymore Owlowicious..." She said with a sob."she left after eating a sandwich." Twilight started to openly cry now, thinking about the loss of Her was to hard, she couldn't hold back the tears anymore than she could change the tide.

The round owl flapped down to twilight head and nuzzled her and hugged her neck in a feathery embrace, making cooing noises on an effort to calm his friend.

It was no use, the tears flowed down Twilights muzzle and dropped the owls head, gleaming like crystals as they fell.

"Nyx!! Why!? Why you...! Nyx why did it have to be you...!?" Her voice cracked from the anguish of a mother losing her child.

Twilight cried out the agony in her soul the entire night, for those who watched the moon they would have noticed it drop a few tears of moonlight, appearing to cry. The timberwolves howled with Twilights anguished cries creating a sorrowful symphony as Luna cried in her room as she watched from the moons perspective, as she learned of this news, she ended her spell and got up.

Author's Note

This just popped into my head, and I wrote it without hesitation.

It's kinda similar to what recently happened to my cousin and her son.

Her Despair

Author's Note

Well damn, I just got told that my uncle who has cirrhosis, is getting let go tomorrow, I lost another uncle to the same disease two years ago...

He can't keep going any more... His stomach went first, then his kidneys. Now his liver just went out. Dammit, life just shoveled some shit at my family, last week my grandpa EagleHunter just got the news he's terminally ill, I just lost my nephew last week. Now I'm losing my uncle.

I'm sorry if I don't upload much of anything.

I'm gonna have to be here for my family, and ima need them too, me and my uncle were close. He was always the fun one out of my uncles. Dressed like a cowboy, and acted like a gentlemen, he had started to hit the bottle at 21, living on the Rez can be hard on people, it got to him, held him in a vice grip until now, he has cirrhosis, one of the more common killers on a reservation.

After what had happened to my uncle Ben ChasingHawk, I swore I'd never drink and this only strengthens my resolve.

My moms crying in her room as I write this. I'll finish writing this chapter and leave to go comfort her.

3/6/14
9:45 P.M.

Her Despair

Twilight sat there in bed for hours until the dawn greyed the autumn sky. Going over how much her life was now changed. Going over how much she had just lost, and how empty she now felt. She started to droop her head as she looked away from her reflection in the full body mirror, it had shown bloodshot and baggy eyes, but the most evident thing was how dead they looked now, there was no bright shine of happiness and a fulfilling life now. Just dull, dark, and dead eyes staring back at her.

Twilight had done many great and wonderful things, but to her they all paled in comparison to one thing...

Becoming a mother...

~

As Twilight enters the library, she yells to Spike not to dare breathe out. He complies, offering to serve supper instead. She agrees but states that she is tired and dirty after a trek through the Everfree and the storm that had happened on her way out. What she didn't tell spike is that she had found a little black alicorn filly, one who had a purple mane and tail and draconian eyes.

Twilight took the then sleeping filly to her bathing room, gently nudging the filly awake. When she awoke and looked to Twilight, who felt anxious under the gaze of such eyes. Twilight told her to get off her back so she could clean up. After a nice bath, Twilight drained the tub and filled it a quarter of the way. She then proceeded to clean the fillies wounds as she bathed, earning slight winces so small they were barely noticed. After the bath and bandaging of the more serious wounds, Twilight took her to her room and placed her on the bed. She then told the filly to wait, going downstairs where Spike was just finishing up another pot of celery soup at Twilights earlier request. She grabbed a bowl and a sandwich, which she took to her room to the filly.

Twilight then left to give spike the news.

After a long argument and a nearly sent letter, she explained to Spike why the filly should be allowed to stay. After a bribe and a thank you, she returned to see a empty bowl and plate, and a patiently waiting filly.

Twilight then proceeded to ask the filly questions about generalities of Equestria, she was answered with nods and shakes of a little black and purple head, it took Twilight a little bit to notice that each question accompanied a small welling of tears. It nearly broke her composure but she had to continue, if this filly was who Twilight thought she was... she needed to ask one final question...

"Do you know your name?" It was a simple question, with a simple answer, an answer that is as much to most ponies as their lives. And the filly had no answer as she shook her head hard and quietly broke down into sniffles and small sobs.

That broke Twilights heart... Seeing a filly cry due to what she had done, she quickly went to the fillies side and hugged her.

After half an hour, of quiet sniffles and sobs, the filly calmed down and was nestled against Twilight as she had moved to her position to one that felt safe and warm. "Feeling better?" Twilight asked the filly.

"Y-yes" the filly replied with a beautiful voice Twilight didn't expect.

"That's good" Twilight said as she looked at the time. "It's getting late, we should get to bed." She had started to move off the bed.

"C-can I s-sleep here?" The filly asked with hopeful eyes tinged with doubt and worry.

"Are you sure?"asked Twilight, unsure as to whether or not to let the filly sleep with her. She debated this until the filly nodded with a shy expression.

"Yes, Miss Unicorn. I want to sleep here... If it's ok with you..." She said as she shrank and her voice demurred.

At that twilight realized she hadn't told the filly her name."It's Twilight Sparkle, and yes it is ok with me."she said as she prepared a place for the filly. After completing the task, she gestured to the small blue blanket with moons and stars on it along with the smaller pillow that had small purple stars adorning its surface."You sleep here, next to me" she said patting the bed next to her.

The filly squirmed under the warm blanket, after awhile twilight was almost asleep when she heard the melodic voice of the filly call her name...

"Miss Twilight... D-do you want m-me to leave in the m-m-morning" The Filly asked scared of the answer.

"Wh-what of course not!" Twilight snapped awake at the question."What makes you ask that!?" She asked bewildered.

"It's just that when you saw me in the bush you were really angry at me." The filly said as she pressed against Twilight."I just thought that if you were angry with me then I should leave in the morning."

"No! Of course you can stay, I just thought you were some pony else is all." Twilight answered quickly.

"Really! I-I can stay,?" The filly asked hopefully.

"I already said you can didn't I? Twilight said matter-of-factly.

"Thank you! Thank you for letting me stay!" The filly exclaimed.

"Of course, now come on let's get to sleep." She chuckled.

"Um... M-miss Twilight?"

"Yes?"

"C-can you tell me a story? Please? I can't get to sleep. Maybe a story would help." The filly asked, unable to sleep after having slept on Twilights back for three hours.

"Oh, that's a good idea, I have the perfect story too!" Twilight stated. Hovering over a book called 'Nyx of the Night'.

After reading half the book the filly fell asleep against Twilights side."Nyx, I like that name... Maybe I should name you that" she said as the filly on question shifted her head into the crook of Twilights forelegs."Yeah, Nyx is a good name for you and it fits you perfectly too!" Twilight exclaims quietly.

Twilight tears up as she remembers that first night...