Soul's Requiem

Celestia sat up with a groan. Her head was swimming and it took her a moment to get her bearings. The room she was in was alien, stark white walls and a polished black floor of a strange smooth texture. A strange machine stood next to her beeping softy every so often. Celestia looked down and saw she was without her torque. She was instead wearing a light green gown.

"Where am I?" she asked out loud. No answer came as she pushed her covers off and tried to get out of bed. When her bare hooves hit the cold floor she stumbled. Celestia felt weak for the first time in her life. She reached out to her sun and felt nothing. She began to panic. She had never been without the sun's presence. The machine began beeping at a quickened pace as Celestia began to hyperventilate.  Suddenly a panel in one of the wall slid open to reveal a short lime green earth pony. She wore a white lab coat over a black pantsuit.

"I see you're awake?" she said as she carefully approached Celestia.

Celestia for her part pulled herself together. Thousands of years of control taking over. She calmed her breathing and looked down at the earth pony with a serene expression.

"Where am I my little pony?" She asked.

"You are in Genesis Techs main lab. My name is Gene Splice. We recovered you and two other alicorns from a ruin inside a crystal spire some time ago." Gene said, choosing to ignore being called little.

Celestia's ears perked up as it all came back to her. The windego attack on the Crystal Empire, the Elements failing and Cadence's sacrifice to take the Windigo's inside herself to stop their rampage. Celestia, her sister and Twilight had cast the spell to stop the errant magics from causing a rift in the world. They had succeeded  for the most part but at what they thought was the sacrifice of their lives.  Celestia closed her eyes as tears began to appear at the edge of her violet eyes. The machine beside the bed started beeping franticly.

"I can understand that you've been through some trauma recently but I need you calm down," Gene said.

Celestia looked down at Gene and nodded. She calmed the flurry that was in her mind. Gene breathed a sigh of relief.

"Good thank you," she said," I was afraid I may have to sedate you. Now then please can you sit on the bed."

"Where are Luna, Twilight and Cadenza?!" Celestia suddenly asked.

"I am sorry to-"

CRASH

"Attention all personnel this is a level three lockdown. There is a security breach. Attention all personnel."

Celestia was surprised at the sudden voice that seemed to come out of the walls. The room lit up with red lights as an alarm sounded throughout the room. Gene rushed to the door.

"I must ask that you stay here," she said as the door opened for her.

"What is going on?" Celestia said stepping forward.

"Stay here," Gene said sternly, surprising Celestia. She had never been talked to in such a way before. Gene looked to her right just outside the door.

"Keep her here," she said to somepony," I will have Temperance handle the situation."

"Yes Mother," came a rumbling reply.

Celestia watched in disbelief as a massive alicorn station a good head taller than her stepped into the room. He wore a dark grey jump suit that cover his entire body. It stopped just below a strange black mark on the side of his neck. His fur was gunmetal grey and his mane a lighter shade of grey. His eyes were light green and held a hardness to them. Secured along his sides just under his massive wings were a pair of strange tubes.

"You'll have to stay here for now until the situation is under control," he said as the door closed behind him.

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To say that Luna was angry was an understatement. She had awoken from her slumber to find a pony sticking some sort of needle into her foreleg. What's worse she was without her torque and crown and in a gaudy green gown. She had responded to the situation by shoving him into a wall. She then blasted a hole out of the strange white room, determined to find her sister, niece and friend. She did not know where she was nor did she care. All that mattered was finding her fellow alicorns. What she found curious was her lack of connection to the moon but her warrior instincts had kicked in. She raced down the hall with a pair of ponies holding strange tubes to their sides. Whirling around Luna lifted them in her magic and slammed them into the wall.

"You dare come at your Princess with malicious intent," She said, pulling one of them up to her with her magic.

"Subject is in panicked state. Authorization to use heavy sedation," He said.

Luna gaped at this ponies impudence,' This one is speaking to spirits. Forsooth he is indeed mad.'

Suddenly he raised a hoof and tried to fire a dart at her but it stopped inches from her face.

"You seek to harm your princess," Luna shouted," Treason!"

She slammed him on the floor and continued on. Suddenly the red lights went back to white and the phantom voice stopped . A door to Luna's left opened.

"Well what are you waiting for," a voice said from a small panel beside the door," Get in."

"Forsooth what are you," Luna said inspecting the panel," A spirit?"

"No I'm a penguin," the voice deadpanned.

"What madness is this?! How are you doing this spirit penguin!" Luna shouted at the panel.

"Thanks for making my ears bleed and I'm not really a-," the voice gave an exasperated sigh," You know what never mind. Wow you're dense."

"We are not dense," Luna defended," We happen to have a wonderful figure."

"No dense means-," a frustrated sigh erupted form the panel," Gah! Just get inside before they catch you!"

"How can we trust you?" Luna asked, her muzzle inches form the panel.

"Hey your fogging up the screen!"

Luna moved her muzzle away.

"Thank you," the voice said," Your friends are just inside this room."

Luna gave the panel a glare," If you lie to us strange penguin spirit. You will know our wrath."

She stepped inside the room and the door shut behind her. She was met with three ponies in strange armor.

"Sucker," the voice chimed.

One raised a strange tube at her and Luna felt something hit her foreleg. She looked down to see a small silver tube sticking out of her leg. She suddenly felt woozy and stumbled forward.

"Forsooth, these stars are most unruly," Luna slurred before falling face first on the floor.

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Twilight awoke to a strange blaring noise. She groaned as she sat up, a hoof going to her temple. Her head was throbbing and it felt as though somepony had placed her horn in a pencil sharpener. She opened her bloodshot lavender eyes.

"Easy," a voice said beside her," You've been through quite the experience."

Twilight looked to her left to see a purple earth pony with a bright green mane. He was wearing a black suit and had a pair of sleek glasses on. HIs bright green eyes showed concern that looked familiar to her. She looked around the room. The lights were red and the alarm proceeded to only make her head throb all the more.

"Where am I?" she croaked. Her mouth was painfully dry.

As if reading her mind the earth pony gave her a glass of crystal clear water. Twilight took it and took a sip. Her eyes widened at the taste. It was by far the purest water she had ever drank. She hoofed the glass back to him and he set it back on the nightstand.

"You're in one of my labs," he said," We pulled you and three other alicorns from the ruins of a crystal tower. Do you remember what happened?"

Twilight nodded. She remembered with painful clarity.

"Are the others alright?" Twilight asked.

"Luna and Celestai are but Cadenza," He sighed," She was dead when we found you."

Tears stared to flow down Twilight's cheeks. She buried her face in her hooves. She had lost another friend and a sister. Sorrow had come to make itself apart of her life, as was immortality's curse. First her friends and family die, then Spike goes into his hundred years sleep and now Cadence, her only living family, sacrifices herself for their kingdom.

"Who are you?" Twilight asked, looking up at the earth pony.

"My name is," he stopped his eyes flashing a hidden pain," My name is Ember Gem. I and my associates were able to pull you and the other two out of the crystal ruins. Twilight Sparkle you three have been asleep for over a thousand years."

Suddenly the lights turned white and the alarm shut off.

"Ah they must have handled the situation," Ember said with a chuckle," Come let us go see the others."