Twilight's Skepticism

As Celestia headed into Twilight's room the tension was so thick you would need a chainsaw to cut through it. Celestia smiled at Twilight and asked, "May I sit down next to you?"

Twilight nervously replied, "Yeah, you can sit down."

Celestia looked deep into Twilight's eyes and said, "Twilight, I am sorry for how I reacted in the throne room. I simply thought you said what you did because you were coming up with an excuse as to why you have been neglecting your royal duties." She scooted closer to Twilight and continued, "But as you know, my sister can pick up on many kinds of energies, whether they be dark, loving, caring, fear and many others. She told me of the energy that radiates from you. That is why I want to apologize."

Twilight was unsure as to whether she should believe or trust the white Alicorn. Celestia began to put her wing around Twilight but she shied back. Twilight asked, "Princess, I want to know what your real motive is here. I heard you and Luna talking. Are you only apologizing to me because you are scared of Luna yourself or is this really sincere?"

Celestia felt a great amount of pain within her as this was the first time Twilight had ever questioned her yet she could understand why she was doing so. Tears began to run down Celestia's face as she replied, "Twilight, I am really sincere. I feel terrible for how I reacted."

Twilight sighed, "Celestia, as you know I have always cared for you deeply and after what I said in the throne room you probably know how I have felt for a very long time but right now I don't know if I can really trust you. I don't want to be laughed at again."

Celestia knew that she may have lost the trust of Twilight for a very long time, perhaps forever. She felt a pain in her chest and she broke down crying, "Please Twilight, my apology is sincere. I just hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me and perhaps love me. I don't know if you know this or not but I love you Twilight. I truly love you."

Celestia was hoping that by her saying this that Twilight would return to normal and trust her again and love her. It did not have the desired results though as it only caused Twilight's suspicions to grow further. In a cold, emotionless voice she asked, "How do I know that what you are saying is true? How do I know what you are saying isn't just to placate me? How do I know you aren't simply trying to placate Luna? Before I can even trust you again, much less have feelings for you, I need to know this."

Twilight's cold voice truly crushed Celestia's heart. Her sobbing continued to get louder and louder. Soon she was crying harder than Twilight was earlier that day. She begged, "Please Twilight, you have to understand that I was just upset that you weren't fulfilling your royal duties at the time. I didn't truly mean any of it." She paused and put her wing around Twilight. Twilight did not care for this though and she swatted her wing away. This only hurt Celestia further. She continued to cry, "Please just give me time to regain your trust. Could you stay up here for a few days so we can smooth things over?"

Twilight replied, "Hmmmm.......let me think about this." Again in a cold voice she continued, "Ok, I'll stay here for a few days. This won't be easy but I do hope that I can trust you again."

Celestia nodded and rushed out of Twilight's room crying towards her own. Luna took flight and landed in front of her sister. She asked, "Big sister, why are thou crying like this?"

Celestia cried, "I'm crying because Twilight has suddenly become cold and skeptical. She has never been like this before towards me."

Luna rolled her eyes and replied, "Well after what thou said to her earlier today we do not blame her. Thou crushed her young heart with thy belittling rant." She got in her sister's face and continued, "Tell us big sister, how would thou feel if the roles were reversed. Wouldn't thou feel betrayed and devastated if thou were in her hooves?"

Celestia's sobbing intensified further as she realized what Luna was saying was the truth. She then began to think deeply about what if it were Twilight who did that to her. She asked, "Luna, can I tell you something?"

Luna's voice calmed and she replied "Yes big sister, thou may tell us something."

Celestia said, "Little sister, I have hid this from everypony but I do love Twilight. I have loved her ever since she matured but I knew that if I tried to hook up with her romantically, especially with her being my student, that it would make many ponies think badly of me."

Luna asked, "Seriously? Thou truly loves her?"

Celestia replied, "Little sister, you can pick up on many kinds of energy from just about everypony. I thought you would be able to tell that I loved her."

Luna said, "Big sister, yes we can pick up on many energies and yes we have picked up on thy energy of love towards Twilight yet being our sister we thought thy energy may be misread by us." She scratched her head with her wing and continued, "We would suggest thou give Twilight her space for a couple of days."

Celestia knew that Luna was right so she headed into her room to do some deep thinking while despite being dead tired and nodding off every now and then, Luna sat in on the throne in the event she was needed. She also realized that since she treated Twilight more like a daughter earlier that day, that the purple princess may come to her for advice, which she may not be prepared to give.