Eternity's End

I wake up in my comfortable canopy bed, staring at the elaborate walls: golden curls snaking across the ivory marble. Another long day of work ahead of me. I get out of my bed, slipping my regular royal slippers on and trotted over to my vanity. My hair is a mess. Not that I care, but I have to be “royal” material, so I brush my hair into its usual straight, unknotted self, slightly curling the bottom. I swiftly brush some mascara across my eyelashes.

I never understood why people put makeup on. It only upsets people. You don’t wear enough make up, you’re lazy. You wear too much make up, you’re a whore. Thats just how life works. Why are we this way? Why are we so quick to judge? It didn’t matter to me much when I was just another pony in Ponyville, but now that I’m a princess, now that I’m royalty, I have to look amazing or people would judge, I can’t afford to not wear makeup.

The door creaks open and my mentor, Princess Celestia, peeks in.

“Twilight. You’re friends came to see you.”

I smile brightly as my friends trot in and run to me.

“We missed you so much!” Rainbow Dash says. She flaps her wings weakly. It’s scaring me, because it means she was getting older.

“How are you, darling?” Rarity says.

“Oh, I’m wonderful! Being a princess is just amazing!” I lie. Being a princess is horrible. Everyone just kissing your ass because they’re afraid that you’ll banish them if they don’t. Will they ever learn?

After we all settle down, I notice their faces become less cheerful, and more dark. I wonder what was wrong, but then it hits me. Pinkie Pie isn’t here.

“Uhm... where’s Pinkie?” I ask, but I know the answer.

The group stares at each other for a moment, then seem to come to a silent agreement.

Fluttershy sighs. “We came to tell you that... she’s... in the hospital. She went on another sweets binge, and her diabetes got worse. She’s in critical condition.”

I feel my heart start to beat fast, and it seems like the world is closing in on me. I knew that my friends would die someday and I would eventually have to live without them, but it all just seemed surreal, like a sick dream. But now it was happening, and I feel the need to run away. From what, I don’t know. I just want to run. To run from this horrible nightmare that started the day I was turned into an alicorn. I want my life back.

After a moment of silence, and Celestia speaks.

“Twilight... I can take your royal duties while you go back to Ponyville, if you’d like...”

Still shocked, I stutter, “Y-yeah, th-that would be nice...”

“D-does Spike know yet?” I ask.

“No, we haven’t told him yet. Unless, of course, you want to tell him yourself.” Fluttershy says.

“Yeah, I think I will...”

After a few more seconds of silence, Rainbow clears her throat.

“Well, here’s your train tickets for tomorrow morning,” she says, handing me two tickets to Ponyville. “We’ll go, so you can pack...”

The other ponies hug me again, say goodbye, and leave.

Leave me wishing for a miracle.

I hear a knock on my door as I pack my clothes into my bag. I trot over to the door, but on my way, I trip on one of my suitcases and bang my head on the vanity.

“Agh!” I yelp.

The door bursts open, and Spike comes running to me.

“Are you okay?!” he says worriedly, taking my head in his lap and brushing the bangs away from a large bruise on my head.

“I’m fine, I’m fine...” I say, picking myself up.

Spike looked around.

“What’s with all the suitcases?” he asks.

I wince at the thought.

“Uhm, we’re going to Ponyville. Pinkie is, uh...”

“Her diabetes...?” he asks.

“Y...ye...” I try to get out the word, but I suddenly feel lightheaded. The world is spinning, and I feel as if I’m standing and lying down at the same time. Before I can fall, Spike catches me and lowers me slowly onto the ground.

“You need to lay down, Twilight. You look terribly pale.” He carries me to the bed as my vision starts to steady. “I’ll do the rest of the packing, you rest your head.”

He kisses me lightly, and starts to pack. He has grown alot since I became a princess. He’s become much taller and stronger, and much more attractive. Dear lord, he was attractive. I feel like the luckiest pony in all of Equestria to be married to him.

“What time does the train leave?” he asks.

“6am.”

“Damn!” he says, closing the last suitcase and climbing into bed next to me. “Could it have been any earlier?”

I giggled, scooting forward and resting my head on his chest. He wraps his arms around me and pulls me close.

“It’s going to be okay.” he whispers. “She’ll live.”

I look up at him, and he places his hand on my face.

“I love you.” I say.

He leans in and kisses me. The kiss is slow and intimate. He pulls me closer more, and I wrap my forelegs around his neck.

Pulling back, he says, “I love you too. Goodnight.” He gives me another quick kiss and closes his eyes, letting his head fall back onto the feathered pillow. I put my head on his chest and let his steady breathing lull me into sleep.

I wake up to my loud, annoying alarm clock. It scares me, and I accidently kick my leg, hitting Spike right in the crotch.

“AGH!” he yelps, falling out of the bed, his hands going straight to his crotch in pain. “Twilight, calm down!”

“Sorry!” I say, helping him up. I look at the clock. 5:30am.

“We’ve got 30 minutes, we should start getting ready.”

Spike groaned. “You will never understand how much being kicked in the balls hurts for a guy...”

“Get ready.” I say, trotting over to the vanity to go through my usual makeup routine. Usually, Spike would be at work by the time I got up, but now he wasn’t so I guess he decided this was his chance to do something stupid and cheesy.

He placed his hands on my waist and spun me around into his embrace, causing me to smear my lipstick across my cheek.

“Spike!” I yelp, tensing up and trying to pull away but he only pulled me closer.

“Come one, Twi, we’ve got 30 minutes, and we don’t even have to dress!” he says, laughing. “Have a little fun.”

I relax. “Fine.”

He smiles, and then our lips meet. I wrap my forearms around his neck, and he wraps his arms around my waist. My hooves drop to his chest. Dear lord, could he be anymore muscular? I can’t get enough of his amazing body.

I hear the door creak open, and out of the corner of my eye, I see Princess Luna standing awkwardly at the door. I step back quickly, my eyes darting to the floor. Spike looks at me weirdly, then looks behind him.

“Oops...” he whispers.

“Uhm... I was just making sure you guys were awake...” Luna says. “But I guess you are so... um... 15 minutes. Yeah.”

She looks down and walks out the door.

Spike and I stare at the ground for another few seconds.

“I should probably wash up the lipstick...” I say.

“Imagine what was going through her head when she saw that lipstick on your face...”

I giggled. He started laughing too, and we burst into a fit of laughter. Somehow, I ended up in his arms. We stood there for a minute or so, no words or kisses, just enjoying the feeling of each other. I pulled away and walked over to my vanity, starting to wash the lipstick off. Spike stands beside me, and places his lips on my neck.

“You don’t really have to wear makeup.” he mumbles into my skin. It sends shivers down my spine, feeling the vibration of his voice and his warm breath against my neck.

“I kind of do. I have to be ‘royal material’ for everyone else.”

“Come on, Twilight,” he says, slowing trailing kisses up to my jawline. “You’re thinking way too hard about this.”

I giggle, tilting my head towards him, but he keeps going.  He goes up to my ear and whispers, “You’re beautiful just the way you are.”

I close my eyes and giggle, whispering, “Goddamnit, Spike. Stop it.”

He chuckles, but doesn’t pull his face away from me. He goes back down to my jaw and slowly makes his way across my jawline until he reaches my lips. We kiss again, but it is less fiery as the last. It is sweet and intimate.

The door opened again, this time with all of my friends there to pick me up.

“Goddamnit!” I yell.

Fluttershy winced. “Are you okay?”

“Yeah, I’m fine.” I say, angrily pushing Spike away, a little too hard. He falls to the ground.

“TWILIGHT. How many times are you going to hurt me today?!” Spike yelps.

“Oh my god, I’m so sorry!” I say, helping him up.

“Are you going to fight or come with us?” Rainbow says impatiently.

Spike and I walk over the group and we all go out into the vast hallways of the castle. Spike goes ahead to talk to Shining Armor, whilst Rarity falls back to talk to me.

“So. I see you and Spike have gotten a lot... closer.” she says, winking. “How close?”

I gave her a look and said, “We haven’t gone that far yet.”

“‘Yet.’” she quotes.

“Rarity.” I warn.

She laughs. “Oh, I’m just teasing you, darling.”

She goes ahead to talk to Fluttershy, leaving me alone to my thoughts.

I remember why I am going to Ponyville today and suddenly feel woozy. My friend might die. It was going to be the first of a chain leading up to me being totally alone. I couldn’t take it. Why did I have to live for eternity?

It seemed like a miracle that I even got out of bed this morning. I wished that I could die. It scared me that even suicide wasn’t even an option for me.

But I have to carry on, hoping that someday, this eternity of pain and sorrow will end.