Author's Note

This chapter was edited by Word Worthy. And yes, Word Worthy and Izanagi are the same editor.

Chapter 12: The One Who Doesn't Deserve Love-part 1

Celestia, Sombra, Luna, Twilight and Sunset Shimmer trotted towards the Crystal Castle. Cadance had invited them for lunch, and all of Twilight's friends were invited, but they were all busy and only Sunset Shimmer managed to come along.

Sombra and Celestia, the soon to be colt and wife, trotted closely to each other, touching lightly. Their wedding was only five days away, and this lunch in the Crystal Castle was something like a 'congratulations' from Cadance and Shining Armor.

Celestia and Sombra arrived in front of the Crystal Heart before the others.

"You know, Sombra, they say that the Heart reflects the pony's destiny," Celestia said. "But even though it may do so, the destiny you see in the Heart can be changed."

"I heard that before," Sombra said, then glanced at the Heart. He saw himself wearing a wedding suit and a red bow tie.

Celestia glanced at the Heart, and the reflection she saw nearly made her jump back in horror. She saw herself, wearing a wedding dress covered with big blood stains. The reflection began to switch quickly between her normal reflection with a normal dress, and her reflection with the blood-stained dress.

"Celestia?"

Celestia snapped out of her shock upon hearing Sombra's voice. "Wh...what? Sombra, you shouldn't tell me about what the reflection you saw was."

"Well, then I can just say that I liked what I saw and I don't wanna change it. How about you? Do you want to change what you saw?"

"Well...I..."

Luckily, Cadance and Shining Armor came and greeted them, saving Celestia from the answer.

"Aunt Celestia! Welcome!" Cadance greeted.

"Welcome to the Crystal Empire, King Sombra," Shining said.

"There's no need to call me 'King'. I was a king back in my Equestria, but not here," Sombra replied.

"As you wish, Sombra."

"Cadance!" Twilight exclaimed, galloping towards Cadance.

Sunshine, sunshine, lady bugs awake! Clap your hooves and do a little shake!

Shaking their flanks against each other, Cadance and Twilight finished their little unique greeting, making Sunset Shimmer stare at them in shock.

"So, Sunset, I'm so happy to see you in a non-villain status," Cadance said.

"I...I'm really sorry for what I've done before." Sunset blushed.

Cadance laughed. "It's okay, Sunset. I was just joking. Welcome to the Crystal Empire."

"Thanks!" Sunset smiled widely.

"Glad to meet you again, Cadance," Luna greeted.

"Welcome, Aunt Luna!" Cadance gave Luna a short hug.

The group trotted together inside the castle, heading to a big dining table.

"So, Cadance, I was wondering, what's your feeling now that you're becoming a mother?" Twilight asked.

"Oh, sure I'm overjoyed! But I'm taking everything easily, unlike Shining Armor. Yesterday, he stayed awake all night just thinking about names for the baby!" Cadance said, making Twilight laugh.

Celestia's mind was clouded with thoughts about the reflection she had seen in the Heart. She couldn't forget it no matter how hard she tried. But...what could it mean?! she thought. Could it be a warning about something that will happen soon? Or something that will happen years later?

"Celestia?" Sombra called.

Celestia snapped out of her thoughts. "What?"

"Are you okay? Is there anything bothering you?"

"Oh, it's nothing at all. No need to worry."

"If you're sure."

They all sat around the table. Cadance was beside Shining Armor, Twilight, Luna and Sunset Shimmer sat beside each other, and finally, Sombra and Celestia sat together. Many kinds of the most delicious food were served for lunch, and everyone immediately dug into their plates. Just a few minutes after they began eating, Sombra's stomach made a funny sound.

"Are you okay, Sombra?" Celestia asked.

Sombra blushed. "I...think I have to go to the bathroom...NOW!" He stood up and trotted in a fast pace towards the bathroom.

Celestia faced the others. "He ate too many sweets yesterday."

"I believe it was Pinkie's fault," Twilight said; everyone laughed.

In the bathroom, Sombra groaned as he finished.

"It's not my fault that Pinkie's cupcakes were very delicious!"

As he trotted towards the exit, the bathroom's door burst open, revealing someone that Sombra never expected to see.

"Wu...What the hay are you?!"

Celestia waited and waited, but Sombra didn't come back. She began to get worried. "I'll go check on him." She stood up and trotted away from the table.

"I hope he's fine," Luna said.

"Geez! I didn't know Pinkie's cupcakes could do that much!" Sunset said in shock.

"Sombra? Are you okay?" Celestia said, knocking on the bathroom's door.

The door opened forcefully, revealing Sombra.

"Is everything fine?" Celestia asked.

"What? Yeah, yeah. Everything is good," Sombra replied.

Celestia sensed there was something wrong. "Are you sure? You seem...uncomfortable?"

"No, no! I'm okay. It's just..."

"What is it?"

"I wanna tell you something. Just come closer."

Celestia moved closer to Sombra until her ear was at his mouth's level. Sombra wrapped a foreleg around her neck gently, then used the other one to stab Celestia in the waist with a knife. Celestia wanted to scream in pain, but Sombra punched her on the face forcefully, throwing her at the wall. He then grabbed her and slammed her on the floor face first. Sombra stepped back from Celestia, his horn glowing bright green, then a circle of green flames surrounded Celestia. The circle of flames began to fade slowly into the floor, taking Celestia with it, until the flames and Celestia were gone.

Sombra trotted down the hall slowly, his eyes green, wearing a wicked smile, then his form changed into Celestia's form with a flash of green glow.

After long minutes of waiting, Twilight began to get worried as well.

"Now, where did Aunt Celestia go, too?!" Cadance asked.

"Don't worry, I'm sure she's just...," Luna started, but was interrupted by a loud scream from outside the castle.

"HELP! Twilight! Cadance! Somepony help me!" It was Celestia.

Everyone around the table immediately stood up and rushed out of the castle.

What they found near the castle's base made them all gasp in shock. Chrysalis was standing there, with Sombra near her, his hooves glued to the ground with a green substance.

"Glad you came to help me, my little ponies." Chrysalis fired a blast at them, gluing them all to the ground just like Sombra.

"Chrysalis! Where is Celestia?!" Twilight exclaimed, struggling to free herself but to no avail. She felt that the green glue was much more stronger this time.

"Oh, Celestia? I don't think anypony will see her anytime soon." Chrysalis trotted slowly towards Cadance.

"You won't get away with this!" Sombra yelled. "What have you done to her?!"

"Oh shut up! The last thing Celestia remembers now is that you attacked her." Chrysalis laughed.

"Damn it!" Twilight cursed.

"And what do we have here?!" Chrysalis placed her foreleg on Cadance's chin. "A pregnant Princess? How adorable!"

"Keep your dirty hooves away from me, bug!" Cadance snapped back.

"Oh, hoho! You're so cute when you're angry. I can see why Shining Armor married you."

"SHUT UP!" Shining Armor shouted.

"Don't worry, my dear Cadance." Chrysalis said. "I won't hurt you. I haven't stooped low enough to hurt unborn foals, but when you give birth, we'll have a different conversation."

"Fuck you, Chrysalis!" Cadance snapped back.

Chrysalis laughed, but her smile quickly faded into a glare. "Do you know how many of my children I have watched die?! I was born to take care of hundreds of Changelings! I had to treat them like a mother even though I hadn't had a mother. I had to give them the kind of love that I myself never had!" At this point, a stray tear trickled down on Chrysalis' cheek. "Yes, I had to feed them love! But lately, do you know what have happened? Some of my children have left me! Why? Because they thought that living with you, ponies, is better than living with me, their true mother! After all that I've suffered for them, you come and take them away from me?! NO!" She stamped her forelegs on the ground, cracking it.

Sunset began to empathize, and decided to try and reason with Chrysalis. "Chrysalis, this doesn't have to go this way. War is not good for anypony..."

"SHUT UP!" Chrysalis snapped back, startling Sunset. She then wiped her tear and managed her wicked smile again. "You know? I was wondering why I felt a sudden boost in strength when I entered this empire." She trotted slowly towards the Heart.

"No!" Cadance said.

"This place is filled with so much love! I wonder were is it coming from?" Chrysalis placed her foreleg on the Heart. "Oh, silly me! Of course it's coming from this shiny thing! I mean, love is always related to hearts, right?"

"Stay away from it!" Twilight yelled.

"Yeah, like that would happen." Chrysalis' horn lit, then a blue glow began to flow from the heart and into her horn. The more Chrysalis drained the blue glow, the more the Heart turned gray. Very soon, the heart turned into a gray crystal and fell to the ground. Chrysalis laughed, her eyes glowing a bright green.

Twilight and the others watched in horror as Chrysalis took her next step.

"Say goodbye to your little heart!" Chrysalis stamped her right foreleg forcefully on the Heart, shattering it into small pieces.

"NO!" Cadance screamed.

Chrysalis laughed, trotting slowly from under the castle's base.

"What did you do to Celestia?! ANSWER ME!" Sombra yelled.

"CELESTIA IS GONE!" Chrysalis yelled back, gaining loud gasps from everyone. "And so will be your dear empire very soon! HAHAHAHAHA..."