Twilights nightmare

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// Chapter 5// Story: Twilights nightmare// by mimnim//------------------------------//

"Tia!"

*groan*

"Tia, are you all right?"

"I'm okay, Luna, but from now on we must proceed more carefully." Celestia looked around.

"What-"

"-Sis, I'm sorry, but I had to use my magic. Do you want me to heal the wound? It's not as if Sombra doesn't already know we're here"

"No, Twilight's friends have done their job well. The wound on my physical body has been treated, and you need your strength."

A large, balck mass appeared before them.

"Well, who do we have here? Two alicorns? Perfect! I can use you." Sombra's horn glowed.

"Do come in.  Oh dear Celesta, you're hurt. I must send you to a cell to heal up then," He said maliciously.

His horn glowed again. Luna was tethered to a secret cage. Celestia was levitated through a one door, and Luna through another. They both knew that magic would be usless and that this might be their chance to find Twilight.

Suddenly, the air around them grew hotter; Twilight's tempature had gone up.

Luna was placed in an empty room, with no windows. A door opend and in came Sombra.

"What have your done with my sister?!" roared Luna.

"Temper, temper. Ah well, one must discipline his children," he mocked her.

"I am no daughter of yours."

"You seem to have inherited my stubborness,"

"I have inherited nothing from you,"

"Of course you have. Why we even look somewhat alike. Though you have your mothers mane, Celesia has her coat. Surely you don't remember. You were such a little foal."

Luna remained silent. How had he known? Of course he  knew. He was the one responsible. Still, if he was going to talk, why not let him. She wouldn't say no to some free answers. Could she trust him, even though he was her enemy?

"I sense your curiosity. Has Celestia never told you? Of course if you joined me, there would be no secrets. You should know all, and who knows? With the combination of our powers we could rule Equestria and find her!"

So that was his game. Well, it would not work. It was a lie anyway.

"I will never join you and you can keep your lies," She snarled.

"I undestand. You don't want to be harrassed by the mother who abandond you for five hundred bits. The same mother who made your life diffcult."

Luna tried to block him out. Lies. That was all they were, right?

Sombra sensed her change of mood.

"You would be a fool to want one such as her. You want love, not tolerence. You know your siser hates you. Why else would she banish you for a thousand years?"

"I was guilty of hatred towards her, but I have forgiven her, and she has graciously forgiven me of all my wrongdoings. We love each other as sisters should."

"But aren't you jealous? Your sister gets all the praise and attention, while everypony is scared of Nightmare Moon's return? If you joined me, you would be adored by them all. All hail the Princess and King!"

Sombra's words tempted her. For a moment, she entertained the idea of casting her lot with him. But then, she remembered. She remembered the tears in Celestia's eyes the night that she had been banished. She remembered the cold, desolate years on the moon. And she remembered Celestia's loving embrace when she had once more returned to her true form.

"Once, I would have joined you in the blink of an eye. I've gone down the road you now tempt me to join, and all it leads to is pain. I have learned a harsh lesson, and I will never join you. You could promise me Equestria, galaxies and even the entire universe, and your words would still mean nothing. I am not the bitter mare I once was, and I refuse to become her again. Plead all you want, but know that your case falls on deaf ears."

Her words enraged Sombra, and the last thing she saw before falling to the floor was a ray of light coming from his horn.