Broken Harmony

by Heart 97

Epilogue: Priestess of Sorrow

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So... Disgusted.

Yes, disgusted was the best adjective that would describe Celestia’s expression in that moment.
She had a pale green face; she had her hoof shoved into her mouth, trying not to scream.

...or vomit.

The sight was someway sickening. Her sister had practically squirted on Twilight’s mane, now messy of sex juices and melted chocolate. Here and there on their coats they both had traces of the brown substance, along with messed up fur. Luna had a bite on her neck and had crossed every way of lust, just as Twilight. Her sister had done the most sickening things with her... personal protégé.

Trying her best to resist the urge of giving up her dinner, Celestia boomed, “What have you done here?!”

Twilight and Luna recoiled in fear hearing that voice.

Shivering in fear, the Princess of the Night tried to speak, while Twilight was utterly silenced by shame.

“Sister, I can explain everything...” blabbered Luna.

“I don’t need any explanations. Ugh... I’ve seen enough,“ hissed Celestia, not hiding her sadness-sickness.

“Twilight... Luna... now rest, we need to talk tomorrow...”

“No, we will talk now, when there isn’t anypony awake who could hear us.” said bravely Luna, hugging Twilight.

“Fine then, shameless sister.” coldly replied Celestia, deserving the deathly glare that Luna gave her when she heard the word shameless.

Celestia slowly left the room. The lovers were looking into each other’s eyes for some moments, trying to realize what had just happened.

“Twilight, are you sure that you want to hear what she will say to us? I mean, if you don’t have the nerves...” said Luna worriedly, kissing Twilight on the neck repeatedly.

“I want to listen to her too. That’s all...” whispered the unicorn, before exploding in tears. ”This is the end of our relationship... I can feel it!”

“Please, don’t think this... “ blabbered Luna, before starting to cry, silently.

They both followed the Goddess of the Day into a very quiet throne room. It was 3:45 am; obviously the room was completely silent, which was broken by the hoofsteps of the princesses and Twilight. Celestia sat on the throne and slowly started to talk, not hiding the bitterness in her words.

“Do you know what both of you have just done?” sentenced Celestia, whose words didn’t have an immediate answer. “You, Luna, you had sex with a mare you know how much times... A mare who is even my protégé. I should give her the best cues, and you ruined her in the worst way possible! How you explain yourself regarding this...this atrocity?

Celestia’s words surely hurt. Twilight was trying to hide herself from the sight, while Luna’s rage started to increase. Trying her best to be polite, the blue alicorn said,

“I am blessed to be her fiancée. Over a year ago we shared the best moments in our lives, and our bond is now extremely strong. I love her as she is. Her flawless body, her lovable behavior and even her way to make love to me is truly... Divine. Most of everything - she returns the feeling! Despite being the most powerful of friendship, do you think that loving somepony is a Sin? (1) Because I want to marry her...”

“E-E-Excuse me?” said Celestia, shocked at the words that she just heard.

“You heard right, elder sister. I want to formally marry Twilight Sparkle, under your blessing.” said Luna with pride, staring into the cold eyes of her sister.

“You said that you want to marry Twilight Sparkle? What kind of madness got you, Luna? I could never accept to do this! Do you know what consequences could have your wedding?” boomed Celestia with anger.

“YES, WE KNOW! WE WOULD BE TWILIGHT’S LASS AND SHE WOULD BE OURS. NO HIDING ANYMORE, NO ATTENTION TO PLACES AND TIME! JUST US AND HER TOGETHER, LOVING EACH OTHER UNTIL DEATH MAKES US APART!!!” shouted Luna with her royal voice.

“So you are yelling at me now? WHAT RIGHT DOTH THOU HAVE TO SHOUT LIKE THAT TO US?!” shouted Celestia in response.

Twilight had her heart broken by the raging argue of the princesses. They were nearly fighting because she loved Luna. Shivering but brave, the unicorn yelled in tears, “DON’T FIGHT OVER ME!”

Both of the princesses stopped yelling at each other and looked at Twilight. She was crying, but her expression was angry and the unicorn’s purple tear-filled eyes were staring at Celestia, mostly. The glare was full of resentment, because Celestia was practically refusing their love, stomping on their noble feeling.

“Twilight?” Luna said quietly, touched.

“I knew from the beginning that my love was an utter madness. However, princess Celestia, I really love Luna as she is. Gentle, caring and extremely pretty, she is the best pony who i could ever meet.“ replied Twilight, crying but with a brave expression, staring at Celestia, who now was glaring at Luna.

“What have you done to this mare, Luna?” hissed the princess of the Sun.

“I have done absolutely nothing, sister. We love each other and you will accept this, by hook or crook...”

“What are you trying to say? You will compel me to marry you?“ Celestia ironically asked.

“Yes, we will!” said both Luna and Twilight with a wide smile.

“Then I shall not have doubts about this decision. By royal decree, you Twilight Sparkle, are banned from visiting Canterlot, and forbidden to see Luna or me.”

In that exact moment Twilight’s heart completely shattered. The highest and wisest pony she knew banned her from Canterlot, forbidding her from seeing Luna.

“A-A-Anything els-se?” she replied, Blabbering.

“You are not my student anymore. You crossed the line, and I can’t accept you as a student anymore.” coldly added Celestia, ruthlessly shattering Twilight’s dream of becoming the best magician in all of Equestria. Crying like a filly, Twilight silently left the throne room, by now aware of the cruelness that Celestia could express.

“Sister... what have you done? You have broken Twilight! I hate you!” shouted Luna, crying for the rage.

“It is for the best. I-I know that would be an enormous scandal if the rumor about you and another mare spread, so the best that I can do for you is breaking your love. I know that is cruel, but it must be done.” replied silently Celestia with a careless tone.

“So it is, huh?” said Luna with her cyan eyes full of tears.

***Two weeks later, Sugarcube Corner***

“Ehy Dashie! How are you today?” said Pinkie with a wide smile.

“I’m okay, Pinkie. But Twilight isn’t, probably. It’s already a week, maybe even more, since she doesn’t allow anypony to enter the library. I tried to speak with her but she seems to avoid, or rather, hate contact nowadays, and this is unusually even for her. Spike was even kicked out... Do you have any clues?”

“I heard that sometimes from within the library, around 2 am, terrible screams can be heard. For curiosity’s sake I secretly went to the library yesterday and I realized the screams were real! They were scary and very sad, like someone crying. Do you think that Twi is...” Pinkie’s smile instantly transformed to a nearly-crying expression after seeing that the lavender unicorn was there. Her physical aspect was nearly perfect but the expression that she had could make everypony cry, and it did for Pinkie. Her purple eyes were full of red cracks, barely visible because she had them nearly closed. Her muzzle tried to give a little smile, but it was extremely useless.

“Who I am trying to fool... I can’t smile... not anymore.” whispered Twilight, with tears completely overflowing her eyesight.

“Twilight! For Luna’s sake, what happened?” said a worried Rainbow Dash.

“Luna...” whispered Twilight, “Our relationship... Celestia saw us fulfilling our love. It’s over, my madness is now shattered.” she said, starting to cry even stronger.

“Madness? It’s love, how could it be madness?” asked Pinkie Pie, alluring to her relationship with Rainbow Dash.

“It’s okay... Don’t worry about it.” said Twilight, not convincing at all.

“Would you like some chocolate? Anything to make you happy again!” said Pinkie, hoping to get up the moral of her friend.

“Chocolate...” that word hit Twilight like a thunder. The last chocolate she ate was from Luna’s hoof, for worshipping her majesty. Now that word could only hurt her more.

“I’m afraid that it would make me vomit, sorry. I don’t feel good either, I will return to my house now. Bye...” hissed Twilight with a very sad tone, leaving Sugarcube Corner.

Slowly trotting back into her house, Twilight saw the happiness of the other ponies talking and walking together with wide smiles, that made the rage take over her.

“Why you are so happy!?” shouted the unicorn. Her words full of pain and hatred echoed into a silent plaza, where everypony stared at her. The unicorn’s glare was terrifying, but over her cheeks, tears were descending plentifully.

“Poor thing, she surely is suffering very much...” said one of them.

“Why she shouted like that? I was about to kiss my beloved mare!” said a white stallion, drawing an angry glare from the ponies around him, and even from his girlfriend.

After that event, the unicorn silently trotted to the library. She wanted to eat sweets, but just the idea that it wouldn’t be with (or directly from) Luna, made her sad and very sick. She tried to eat something else but it was useless. She vomited everything almost instantly, the same routine over the past week. Trying not to die from hunger she ate some apples, before jumping onto her bed.

Around 1:20 am, something fell on the floor somewhere, what caught Twilight’s attention. She eagerly walked through her door, hoping to find some living being too tortured but the only thing she found was some kind of letter on the floor. It was sealed with Luna’s cutie mark on wax, so no one could read it before her. And probably nopony will in the future.

Dear Twilight,

The situation here in Canterlot has become extremely tense. Celestia has become very paranoid and has created some kind of barrier who keeps you from teleporting into the city. You can enter on your legs but she has disposed the most powerful unicorns around the town, with the order of killing you at sight. But that’s just the beginning. I’m sorry to tell you that my now former sister has cast on me a spell that will kill you if we touch, in any way possible. I’m really sorry but it’s over. Our love is now just a memory bound to be painful because of that ruthless bastard.

Your beloved Luna

Behind the letter there was a little sentence, “Delivered by Spike”. Twilight started to cry like never before. Within a second of containment she heard some quiet noises coming from outside.

“Who dares to disturb me? LEAVE ME ALONE!” Twilight shouted out of rage.

She didn’t know that somepony else was hearing her screams of sorrow.

***That morning, Twilight Sparkle’s birthday***

Rainbow Dash was flying around in the sky of Ponyville, clearing it from the clouds.
She was, however, distracted from the former night's events. Without acknowledging it, the Pegasus had a shocked experience by the impact with a thundercloud

“Ouch, that was a bit painful. But she... She is suffering much more than everypony in all of Equestria. I wonder if I can do something for her...”

Rainbow’s thoughts accompanied her daily work, until she landed near Sugarcube Corner.
Pinkie ran over her and eagerly said, “Good morning, Dashie!”

“Good morning Pinkie...” Rainbow seemed not much focused on replying Pinkie, anyway.

“Are you okay, Dashie? You seem sooo worried.” said the pink pony, trying to receive a reply from the Pegasus.

“About the screams that you said you heard around the library...”

“Y-yes?” said the party pony someway afraid of Rainbow’s answer.

“One of my friends heard them too. As she described them, they were piercing, terrible screams of pain but she managed to understand some of the words, ‘Bastard’, ‘Princess’, ‘Why’ but this is what chilled my friend the most when she heard, ‘My pain will end now!’ and after she heard the scream of somepony who is murdered atrociously.

“For real...? Oh no, no no no!! I have an extremely bad feeling about this! Let’s go to the library as fast as we can!!!” said the party pony pulling Rainbow Dash’s tail, heading towards Twilight’s house. When they were just some meters away, they saw Luna flying nearly as fast as Rainbow Dash when she made Sonic Rainbooms.

“Out of the way!” she said before entering the library, nearly crushing the door.

Some minutes later, Pinkie and Dash heard an extremely sharp scream and they did not dare to enter.

***A few minutes before, Canterlot’s throne room***

“Celestia! Your spell is broken, how could it be?!”

“Luna, are you sure of what you said?” said the Goddess of the day, a bit worried.

“Yes! I don’t feel it anymore. How the spell could be broken?” asked hastily the blue alicorn.

“Only by death itself...”

“Only...” Luna nodded completely shocked; her most terrible fear was coming true indeed.

“No, no, NO! Twilight, please, don’t tell me that...That...

Luna spread her wings to their maximum and jumped over the mosaic showing her and Celestia beating Discord, completely shattering it. Flying as fast as she could, she headed to Twilight Sparkle’s house, leaving a dark blue trail.

“Please, it can’t be happening...” thought the Goddess of Night, with her heart pounding so strong into her chest that it seemed to be making earthquakes. Nothing dared to stop her race against time to see Twilight’s actual condition, but when she arrived and entered the library the unicorn was nowhere to be found. On the floor, however, there was a medium shaped box with some kind of carving on it. The box was made of ivory and on it, with what seemed to be blood, was written ‘For my dear Luna’ Reluctantly, Luna opened the box. The contents were some little, yet very significant objects: a scroll, the Tiara of the Element of Magic, the blue, enchanted rose and... a purple horn.

“A... A horn? No... It’s... It’s hers!” Luna squeaked before starting to cry.

It really was Twilight’s severed horn, still spilling blood from the severed part. Luna touched it with trembling hooves, and the sensation was just the same one of the many times that she rubbed Twilight’s horn... In that moment, the princess was fully aware that what was waiting her somewhere in the house would destroy her completely. Slowly, Luna opened the scroll and started to read what she acknowledged to be the last message from her beloved unicorn.

Luna

If you are reading this, know that by now I am dead.

I’m truly sorry that you will now have to suffer because of me but I had no reason to live without you. I felt that my life was complete with you. You loved me much more than anypony in my life and you made me feel special. Luna, your kindness and beauty were second only to the way you kissed, cuddled and treated me. Every day of this year was just perfect, but... these two weeks gave me an unbearable and excruciating pain and I could not resist any second more.

Please forgive me this, and most of everything, forgive Celestia.

Goodbye forever, Luna, I love you.

Your beloved Twilight Sparkle

The letter was poured here and there with tears and some dry blood droplets, meaning that she surely severed her horn short before writing this last message. So it was mouth-written, no less.

“No... This can’t be happening.” slowly whispered Luna, before falling on her knees. The pain was just horrible, and she knew that the last thing she should do was trying to see Twilight’s body. Yet still, she had the nerves to search around the library for her beloved one’s lifeless body. A disturbing smell hit Luna’s senses, and she quickly turned to the direction where the smell was coming from.

“Vomit? Why vomit should be here? Twilight always cleans...*sigh* cleaned.“ thought the princess, approaching a big stain on the floor.

“I have the courage to find her? Yes, I must see her... Even if that would break me forever I have to see Twilight!” said Luna, desperately trying to courage herself for the trial. She slowly moved her hooves forward, heading up the stairs. “Surely she... upstairs.” tried to think Luna.

Despite the utter silence, the Goddess of the Night knew that upstairs a macabre sight was waiting for her.

She slowly opened the door and entered, as she was always thinking, the most holy room of all of Equestria, Twilight’s bedroom. But, despite seeing blood and executions, Luna could not bear what she saw and started to cry uncontrollably, before screaming only one word - ”Twilight!”

After the ear-shattering and piercing scream, Luna fell on the ground, motionless, but fully awake.

***

“Dashie!!! You heard the princess?!” whispered Pinkie Pie, tightly hugging Rainbow Dash.

“I have, Pinkie... Don’t hate me but it’s better for you to stay here, I will enter there alone. If she screamed like that there surely is a reason and I want to protect you. Please, don’t follow me.” replied the cyan Pegasus, caressing the pink pony’s bouncy mane.

Rainbow gently freed herself from Pinkie’s hug and slowly trotted into the library. It was a motionless, silent environment. On the floor there was a box that Rainbow did not dare to open, and paying attention she gave it to Pinkie Pie, saying: “Don’t open it, we have no right to do it. Nopony in Equestria has.

“The scream was coming from upstairs, I’m sure that Luna and Twi are up there. May I have enough courage?”

The last statement surprised even her, for the first time in her entire life Rainbow Dash had a fear of what was waiting just some meters away. She was right with being scared, because what she saw slowly made her eyes fill up with tears. Luna was motionless on the floor, crying and reacting stimuli. But Twilight was hanging from the ceiling, with her purple eyes full of red cracks and wide open, and with dry blood on her face and forehead, dripped from the stump where she once had her horn.

“Oh dear Faust, what happened here! ...Twilight!” said Rainbow Dash, forcing her eyes closed and gritting her teeth, trying to not to scream. She slowly tapped the body of the princess, trying to wake her from her near-coma.

“Please, stand up princess. Please!” whispered Rainbow, without getting any result.

“The best thing I can do is taking her out of this place with my own hooves.” whispered Rainbow Dash while putting Luna on her back. The Pegasus slowly headed to the exit with the “Royal package” on her back and when she arrived to the exit Pinkie looked at her with so much innocence that Rainbow started to cry again.

“Ehy Dashie! Is the princess okay? And Twilight? Why are you crying?” asked eagerly the pink pony, unaware of the situation.

“Now Pinkie, listen to me. Go to the nearest Post Office and send letters to Shining armor, Cadence and Twilight’s parents. They must arrive here before the sunset.”

“What happened? Answer me, Dashie!” insisted the earth pony.

“Please, just don’t ask me this. Just go to the bucking post office and do what I asked you, once in your life. Please!” said Rainbow Dash, trying not to cry in front of Pinkie.

“Please Pinkie, go way before you can see this mess...” whispered the Pegasus, now not containing her tears.

***Same day, 6 pm***

Rarity was dressing herself up to go to Twilight’s funeral. She had just discovered about her death, and she was crying very much.

“Sister, where are you going? You said that you would help me, Scootaloo and Applebloom with Crusading today.” said Sweetie Belle, unaware of the whole situation.

“Today you should go crusading without me. I have some important business to do.”

“Really?” replied the filly sadly.

“I’m sorry Sweetie Belle, but is important for me to be there today. Now I have to go, but one thing I have to ask you, do NOT follow me.”

“Why?”

“Better that you don’t know...” whispered Rarity, leaving her boutique, “I will not let you see that. You are too young for this.”

Slowly trotting away from her house, Rarity could not resist to leave some tears fall from her eyes. All the moments that she spent with Twilight slowly resurfaced. Two days ago Rarity finished creating a wedding dress and today it would be used as the burial garment of her friend. Every one of the bearers was extremely happy for the couple and now... Now they were sadly going to give Twilight the final farewell.

It started to rain, but there was no wind. The tears that shed from the sky were joining the ones shed from her parents, her brother and his wife, and her friends. The one who was crying less was, however, Luna. She already cried her eyes out that morning, but her pain was way bigger than the one of the others. The princess was going to marry her, and live a happy life with her beloved Twilight, but now... she was dead. The pain of her loss would forever scar Luna.

“Twilight! Why did you kill yourself? You were so kind, caring and you were so happy to be Celestia’s student... What made you do this choice?” Twilight’s mother squeaked in tears.

“Shining Armor... hug me...” Cadence whispered softly, before falling on the dirt.

“Cadance... don’t cry....” replied shining armor, not believing his words himself. Seeing her sister, dead, hornless and about to be buried was the very last thing he wanted to see. He was crying too, silently.

The ceremony was not attended by no more than 10 the most important ponies for Twilight, who one by one, caressed the corpse. The last one was Luna, who kissed Twilight on the lips, much to the shock of her brother, sister-in-law and parents. The corpse had a beautiful appearance, even with the dress that was made for her wedding. Her face was showing a calm expression. It had the same lavender scent that made Luna so happy just some weeks ago, and the blood was completely cleaned from her face and mane, now combed perfectly, as somepony would expect from Rarity’s doings. The alicorn slowly closed the coffin and asked the undertaker, a jet black pony named Grim Priestess, to start burying it.

“Thank you all for being here in this tragic day.” Luna started.

“Shouldn’t we say this?” replied Twilight’s and Shining Armor’s father.

“I’m the only one who has the right in these circumstances, trust me. I want to say this, even if this is painful, that I am responsible for Twilight’s death.” whispered Luna, with an emotionless tone.

Everypony gasped, Fluttershy and Cadance passed out and Twilight’s parents completely fell on their knees.

“What? Is this for real?!” yelled Shining Armor with a tone half angry and half shocked.

“Most of you probably don’t know this, but I was Twilight’s girlfriend from an entire year. Celestia discovered us and banished Twilight from Canterlot and forbade her to see me. Twilight was so desperate by the fact that we could not be together that her sorrow took over and she hanged herself, not before severing her horn.” explained Luna, trying to repress a huge amount of tears that forcibly made their way out of the princess’ cyan eyes.

“Is my fault that she is now there, I loved her. Please forgive me.”

“No... Why she fell in love with a mare? It’s so wrong!” blabbered Twilight’s father.

“Dad! Is your mind ok? She shouldn’t have loved Luna just because she is a mare? Before talking, choose your words wisely next time!” replied an angry Shining armor, glaring at his father.

“Thank you Shining Armor, but he is-”

“He isn’t right, Luna!” Yelled Rainbow Dash,” Do you think that your love killed her? Are you sure that Twilight’s blood isn’t on somepony else’s hooves?”

“Dash, I really appreciate your efforts but they are useless, it’s just my fault” said Luna, before spreading her wings and raising the moon, much earlier than usual.

She sat on a soft cloud for long and tearful hours, observing the starry sky that she loved to see together with Twilight Sparkle. But, Rainbow Dash’s words pierced her mind deeply.

“Somepony else... Celestia! She is the only culprit of this mess!” Hissed an extremely enraged Luna, before teleporting into Canterlot’s throne room.

“You! Monster! You killed Twilight Sparkle!” Yelled Luna, without containing her rage.

“Me? Pfft ahaha, that little filly ended herself with her own hooves, I have nothing to it!”

“You... You destroyed her dreams, hopes and forbade her to see me, the one who she loved the most in all of Equestria! How do you declare yourself?”

“Excuse me?” asked Celestia, unaware of what Luna was about to say.

“Us, Princess Luna of Equestria, with our self-given authority, declare you formally guilty for the murder of Twilight Sparkle. Our sentence of execution has already been passed down on you, prepare yourself!” declared Luna, formally declaring Celestia an executable and giving herself the role of the executioner.

“Never heard of a joke like that. Now, Luna, go to your room and think about something else than that useless, dirty little mare.”

Luna was dressing up the Tiara of magic, passed from Twilight to her. It started to shine an extremely bright magenta light, and was resonating with Luna’s feelings - rage, hatred, sorrow and love for Twilight. Suddenly a black shock wave completely shattered all the mosaics in the castle, and threw Celestia on the nearest wall.

“That’s impossible...you harnessed the whole powers of the Tiara?”

“Yes, we have. Behold my powers. We will crush you, as we should have when we had the chance one thousand years ago.”


Author's Note

(1) In Kamen Rider W, an evil character tries the worst things to help her lover to come back to life and his quote about this is: “Is loving someone... a sin?”

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