It Is Always Best Forgotten

(I'm breaking all chains on this one. Warning: Explicit content at the end. lets just say the heart gets what it mostly desires. Its not to the point where its a clopfic but a romance novel. No graphical contents like stating out the actual "process" or any pony anatomy "bodily parts". Just the romance addition to the story. I finally chose. Be happy with it!)

Everypony stared at Celestia with a look of utmost astonishment. Her voice was grave and as she had said it, no one denied it. Fluttershy and Luna sunk back into their seats as they somehow understood this more than anyone else. This was serious news. The fact that Celestia knew of his father to such an extent was even more surprising. Ever since the concurrent attacks of the corrupted versions began, it had been much harder to keep a stable mind, so much knowledge had he obtained secretly from the everlasting visions that haunted his every night sleep all seem to be related to what Princess Celestia was saying, everything fit perfectly.

There wasn't a mistake in his mind, nor in that of Fluttershy's and Luna's. After he'd gotten that absurdly inconvenient power of being able to read the two mare's minds, it'd grown as a custom not to try. Whatever was in there, he could never be able to comprehend it. It was a mixture of thousands of things that let him in such a mental fatigue that he'd rather go about his business and think of something more efficient for his energy as well as distractions of any sort. He'd catch himself wondering why the floor tiles where in that sort of particular order and shape or why he wasn't eating a bagel since he was starving. Of course, the dining hall had no floor tiles and he had just eaten so that left him with the only choice but to listen to Celestia. He didn't like it either.

"You are a Lumineciant, descendant of King Sol of Elven himself."

Whatever that meant, he had no clue other than the strange fact the name seemed so familiar to him in so many ways. Everyone stood silent for a while, Princess Celestia looking grimly towards Illuminous as he put his loaf of bread down slowly. His abrupt sarcastic cough gave Celestia a sly smile to her face; he'd done good to keep the mood up before this conversation turned everyone into a pony without an end to its silent dementia as they thought of what to make of him.

"What does it mean?" Twilight said as she broke the giant ice sculptor of a metaphorical elephant that sat as a main disturbance in the middle of the room. Illuminous was slightly pleased as he guessed that he wouldn't have had to ask anymore.

"The Old Kingdom formally known as Elven was an old and brutal time period in history eon before the Equestrian Rule. When the Elven rule ended, there was never a single trace of it, not even the land it was said to be held on. Pony myth tales of its destruction by a ferocious battle between two opposing forces that fought for freedom and power. How the rumors and stories of Elven even spread is a mystery. It only suddenly arrived a thousand years ago through an ancient book, a book that your father gave me." Princess Celestia looked over Illuminous, his heart beating even harder than anyone else's combined. He knew this... like the back of his hand... what he didn't know was that about his father.

"A thousand years ago my father... but... how?" he began.

"Sir Levan came to me the day Luna was born into the world, he too, caring a small child with him on is back. I was a filly then, I didn't understand this strange new pony. He had an unnatural aura around him, it seemed like he was glowing. Mother and Father accepted him and the young colt into our lives, we all lived as a family until Mother and Father had to take their role as the Servants of Chaos, descendants of Nyx, leaving the once peaceful land to be ravaged by the Ancient and powerful spirit of Discord, leaving Sir Levan to protect us from the spirit to train and raise our powers to one day stop him. He placed us under some sort of spell. It was odd though, Sir Levan had always been an earth pony and how he managed to pull of such a powerful unknown spell at the time was out of question that he was no regular earth pony. The spell he had put us under was a sort of time manipulation. I could not see a day pass but we grew older. Then he presented to me and Luna an ancient book. The Book of Elven. "

Everyone in the room was speechless as Princess Celestia recalled her every last bit of her life to everyone, Twilight in particular was having mental problems trying to uphold all the new knowledge well everyone's mind just breezed the information by. Illuminous knew how Twilight felt, for he too tried his best to keep up. The book foretold of a secret power called the Elements of Harmony that only the greatest of friends would be able to create and manifest. Princess Celestia and Luna where able to harness the extreme power within the hidden magic with their undying friendship. Luna was in pain, he could sense it, not from emotional pain but from mental pain as she was trying endlessly to remember the events. Something was odd here...

"When we had prevailed, the world began a new era of peace. The Equestrian Rule." she swayed her head, her long beautiful mane tracing behind her, towards Illuminous who was looking down into oblivion as his thoughts were filled of his father and the events from thousands of years ago... that small colt... who could that have been? As if Celestia had read his mind, she gave him the answer to his question.

"At that time, Sir Levan served us loyally, the small baby colt who he had from the start had grown into a stallion. Side by side they protected this kingdom as father and son. Then a new threat arrived to our humble rule. Nightmare Moon."

Luna flinched as if like she had just been struck hard, everyone turned to stare at her. Illuminous looked over to her, meeting his gaze, instantly comforting her. He could feel everyone looking at both of them but it was plainly obvious now that whatever was gauging the memories from her past were caused by The Nightmare. He didn't care at all, he just wanted to comfort Luna, he understood those feelings... it had taken everything he knew and loved, the same must have been done to Luna when she was transformed and banished for a long time not being able to see her own family or sister hoping inside that maybe one day the curse would lift. Illuminous felt the same way and no one could know him as much as she did.

"I couldn't use the elements of harmony because..." Celestia stopped, trying to clear her throat and find the words to say... "Because I had lost my best friend..." she said as she nuzzled to Luna and a single tear dropped."Sir Levan took his final stand then and there when the time came forth to stop that villain..." her voice even more choppy than before. This was a hard conversation, for the princesses, for Illuminous, for everyone. It wasn't easy at all. "He somehow made the elements work even without Luna. When the deed had been done, Sir Levan lied down on the floor, battered and beaten. Whatever he had done it had taken a force greater than the elements themselves. It had weaken his body far beyond repair, he was surely going to perish... he asked me then to grant him a little more time in this world, to remove the curse that haunted him eternally. 'I don't have much time, the only thing I regret is that she took hold of both of you before I could end all of this... now he must finish it... I'm sorry... son.' he told me, I didn't know what that meant, and I didn't know what to do, I only remembered casting a strange spell that I had no power over it just... happened, the stallion appeared suddenly running towards his beaten up and hurt father. And then..."

Princess Celestia took a deep breath, her eyes becoming foggy and teary as she thought of the past. This was easily becoming a horrible time, you'll never see a Princess like Celestia cry ever again, this was true grief upon the deepest levels.

"Sir Levan was transformed back to a baby colt, his cutie mark had disappeared..." she stopped, trying to continue on again."The stallion... he... he had died then... his body disappeared slowly in the sunlight... like if he had never existed. I-I don't know what happened." Illuminous walked over to the Alicorn who seemed deeply in pain, he had to do something... even though it pained him just as badly... he couldn't stand seeing anyone like this... especially Celestia, he had a deep abiding connecting that he didn't realize. Suddenly, Illuminous placed his forehead to the Princess. Everyone stood silent in an emotional mess of astonishment, worry, sadness, shock, grief and everything else that you can picture. Eons of memories and thoughts washed over him, it was unbearable, a gasp of horror escaped him as he saw everything, that colt she talked about... it looked like him... Everything was true... he now understood why Celestia knew so much about his father, so much about himself. How could one pony ever hold so much pain and suffering...? Celestia truly was the leader she'd become.

Princess Celestia smiled warmly at him as he took his forehead away and turned to look at her. "I used to treat you like my own child." she said quietly to him. Everypony else was in as much as an emotional pile of a mess as Illuminous was. It was just too much in such a short conversation... he didn't expect to go in deeper than where he wanted to be... leaving now would be impossible... Princess Celestia loomed over him and kissed his forehead lightly.

(A holy crap factor. :| I can assure you, in your life, you will never get a kiss to the forehead by a goddess princess EVER.)

"So what happened to my father afterwards?" he asked.

I raised him until he was old enough to leave. I asked him to write the tales and stories of his adventures. Suddenly, when he began writing about his discoveries with the past, I began to shun them... shunning him completely too. It was painful when he would visit me... and after a while, he had found someone... to love him..." somewhat of disappointment could be heard from her voice, she had just shown the weakest part of her to everypony so there was no need to hide the uneasy feelings anymore.

Illuminous could see from Princess Celestia that she had some sort of... relationship with his father once. It's hard to say for certain but that surely ended when he was transformed back. Losing the colt was like losing a child to her, she couldn't read his mind before, and she was being driven on pure instinct. This was all too much. He had never known his mother, but this was as close as it got to him.

"It kept happening until one day, he vanished all together. A few years later, I met Twilight when she had shown her power at the academic test for Canterlot's school of magic." she said stating the purple unicorn who later blushed at her tone of praise. "I foresaw Nightmare Moon's escape but without your father... and the elements without a user, I turned to Twilight in hope that she would find truly wonderful friends to aid in this last act to freeing Luna."

Everypony lowered their heads in appreciation to the Princess's praise of everyone.

"I never thought it true... he spoke tales of Elven, something his old self never did, never even mentioned his abnormal powers. The book of Elven had vanished on the fight against Discord, but it was brought back to me by your father before he truly vanished from Equestria. I could still feel his presence although, but one day... it vanished. Then that's when you appeared." she said as she slowly hugged Illuminous again, wanting the comfort of his embrace.

"So am I like... one thousand years old or something?" he said with a weary and cheerful smile, similar to that of what he used to give his little sister to cheer her up after a long day of having something bad happen. Usually only seeing their dad sick since he would get sick often.

Everypony began to laugh at his silliness.

"I'm serious, I'm curious to know!" he added, in turn increasing the laughter.

Illuminous spoke softly in quiet words. "My father... he was being attacked." he said as this quickly caught his attention.

"He was being attacked by the same thing that overtook Luna... it called itself... 'The Nightmare'. I saw it... in one of my dreams. It was a vision, a vision of the past I knew nothing about. He was younger, and he was running from flames through a thick forest. He was running with another pony...the mare held a small pony" He could feel Celestia's heart drop. "The fire surrounded them and the nightmare nearly got them both but he cast a white light and escaped... I don't know... afterwards he just... gave that power away."

"In one of the letters, your father spoke to me about the powers itself. It told that he had the capability of passing on his entire will onto an offspring. At the time though, he didn't realize who he truly was..."

"So he gave it to me..."

"That is what all Lumineciants do, the book tells little of the kind of ponies you come from. The only thing I managed to decrypt was that... they are able to use the power of life itself and wield it as light." she wearily shrugged her shoulders and walked out the dining room. "I have no time to lose, I must continue researching that book... or it might be the end of us all. The prophecy foretells great destruction, there is no time to lose."

He walked slowly through the empty corridors of the castle towards the balcony, stars sparkling outside and the moonlight casting the shadows of the window borders. He sighed as he tried not to think of all the stuff that went on that day. It really was way too much for him to handle.

A yellow Pegasus appeared before him out of another hallway, gaining distance to him. Illuminous stopped to be able to speak to Fluttershy.

"Crazy day wasn't it?" he said calmly, trying to sound as loose and worry free as he could.

"I had no idea what to think or say..." she said quietly.

"Was it me or where you tickling me on purpose?" he said trying to lighten up the mood that instantly made its way through the first things they had said.

She smiled and giggled as she blushed. "I don't know..." she took a step closer to him and leaned onto him."I've been a bit busy in trying to figure out how this will turn out... and I know... something's come along the way that change everything... but it doesn't matter now." she said with disappointment. He knew exactly what she was talking about.

"Fluttershy I..."

She shook her head and stopped him from talking as he closed his eyes trying to avoid the conversation at least mentally. "It's okay... you can't really hide anything from me you big goof." she said in a sad playful voice that made him feel both happy and sad. "I just... want you to be here... if not in the way I want you to... but at least be close... close enough for me to reach out to you..." and before Illuminous could answer, Fluttershy kissed him and what seemed like an eternity passed by as he was swept away by the moment.

Tears began to roll down her cheeks and she buried her face onto his chest, Illuminous trying to comfort her. "I will."

Fluttershy looked up towards him wiping away the salty tears. "You promise?"

"I promise."

After the yellow Pegasus pony finally said her good nights, Illuminous began walking back towards his original destination, onto the balcony. He had just added more pressure to himself by promising her that he'd always stay... he just wished endlessly he hadn't made a mistake.

To his surprise, he found Luna watching the stars. She quickly turned around embarrassed by the sudden approach.

"I came out here for a breather... it's just been so much lately." Illuminous began. Luna just nodded. "I really don't know what to do anymore... I'm more confused than I was before."

Luna made her way up to the white stallion and nuzzled against him as she leaned her head against his. "I know how that feels. When Tia was saying all those things... it hurt... because I didn't remember any of it... I knew it was because The Nightmare took all of them away from me... it took everything I loved..."

"I wish I would have been there to save you, my princess. . ."

Luna giggled and blushed as he remarked that, and whispered into his ear. "I know why no one else had ever been as close to me as you are. I could never find someone who cared... but you showed up, and you gave me hope. I believe in you... I... I.... I love you..." Luna said as her face began to glow in a deep blush. Illuminous gently lifted Luna's head towards his and kissed her, sending the Alicorn blushing up a mad man.

"I could never understand you, but I know you can understand me, you know what I feel..." he said quietly as he kissed her again, this one lasting longer."When I'm with you... I know who I want to be... what I want to do... there are no doubts in my mind... I love you Luna... I want to protect you with my life... I want to spend my days with you..."

Luna dug her face into his chest in his embrace. "I love you..."

The moments after was pure bliss as he spent his night with Luna, sharing each other's presence in a storm of feelings of lust... This was truly A Heart's Desire. To entrust your soul, mind and body to the one you love is to live a happy life. His feelings were clear now; he knew it more than he had ever dared to dream. He loved Luna, and sharing this magical interaction with her was more than his heart could desire. Here he was, with the one pony who would entrust both heart and body to him. The one pony he truly wanted to spend his life with. The one pony he wanted to have a family with. Luna was his; there was no other joy in the world greater than knowing that.

He could feel her small, warm panting of her breath onto his chest, both their bodies in fatigue, lying down upon a soft bed. She lied down tiredly on top of him as he hugged her, enjoying the warmth between them.

"I couldn't be happier... I love you Luna... and even if I have to repeat myself a thousand times, I love you with all my heart. You're so wonderful and so kind... cute too. I love you, I really do." he whispered quietly into her ear that made her blush a lot more. She snuggled deeper onto him and gave him a long kiss good night before drifting tiredly to sleep.

Illuminous gazed at her, sleeping quietly and even more cute. He placed his forehead against hers and fell asleep along with her.

He would protect her... with his life.

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Author's Note: SOMETHINGS SOUND FAMILIAR HUH?!?! :D Repeating arts of style. To those who read through this loyally would know what I'm speaking of.

Okay I just have one thing to say here.... I'm going to start crying a lot.... I barely realized that this series is coming to a close and... this has been one of the best experiences I've had in a long time.

I'm going to share something personal to everyone, A little about me. Why I do some of the things I do and why I'm writing this story in the first place.
Long ago, around 4 years now, I met this wonderful girl by the name of Rose.
She was beautiful, amazing, kind, and gentle. an angel in her own way.
She had problems though, she wouldn't attend school since she was so fragile.
She was put under Home schooled because she had lung cancer and it was to the point that.
It could not be risked to send her to an actual school.

I got the pleasure of meeting her when my mother signed up to become her provider, a nurse that tends to
elderly and children with problems. It was a lucky stroke too, her father was a lung surgeon.
My mother got hired mostly because she is a legend among providers here where i live.
She has taken care of the meanest elderly people the provider companies had. Not only took care but made friends with them. My mother has the heart of gold and I think thats where I get it form, I love everything thats nice and wonderful.
On her first day, I followed my mother to her work job. I got to meet her there when I had abruptly and accidentally played a meaningful piano song of mine on a grand piano she had in her room, which woke her up. She kissed me on the cheek to thank me for playing that song however. Even though she didnt know me she still thanked me that way. She was my first and only, most meaningful kiss I'd ever gotten. 3 years passed by and we became more than best friends as I'd go to visit her house constantly. I loved her more than anything else.

I was her eyes and ears, I would tell her of the things she would miss in school and be there for here when she needed comforting. She saw the world through my eyes, but she could only see herself. She was my world.
around the third year it had been too much for her... and destiny caught up. Although it pains me heavily to tell share this... it still makes me happy... I got to see her go, in the hospital, before she took her final breath.... she told me thank you... because I had made her happy... And right now I'm teary eyed because I'm a softy at heart but.... that truly made me happy, even death cannot break love. I can only truly love her and no one else.I've dedicated my life on her steed. And even if people say that is foolish, they haven't experienced what I have.

So now I just spend my days trying to perfect myself as a human being to make a better difference in the world. Through words because thats my # 1 specialty. I love writing, I love making up stories. Even though I might dedicate my stories to good friends that help me, my entire being, my heart and my stories. Will always be for her.

Thank you all for taking your time to read this about me.
Although the eminent truth that this series is coming to a close is true.
I'll continue writing if not on this story but on another.
This story has gone a long way actually, I never expected for anyone to actually like it.
But prove me wrong right? You've all been the best moral support of my life up to now.
To my family and friends who didn't know they were helping me through depression.
To everyone reading this story and enjoying it.

Thank you all