Torn Part 12

"Celestia never truly healed that day, although her subjects had faith in their princess, she still had a whole in her heart, one I could not fill"

-Levier Aldona

Twilight closed the book, hoping this would be the last time. After eating a small snack, she realized that her friends were probably getting swarmed by newsponies. Darn it Twilight! you let all your friends get swarmed AND managed to make Celestia mad! CELESTIA for horse shoes sake! Twilight ran to the throne room to find it absolutely packed with ponies of all sorts, the blur of the crowd, questions mixed and the whole room just became a swirling mass of blabber, all eyes turned to the Twilight though,

"Princess Twilight! is it true that you were attacked by Celestia!"

"Celestia attacked her?"

"Princess Twilight where were you!?"

"Celestia attacked her?"

"Princess Twilight are you ok? you seem shook up!?"

"Celestia attacked her?"

"Princess Twilight- What are you doing here? you need to harness the elements and-"

"QUIET!"

The blur left the room, "Now, let's have some order. We're all decent ponies here aren't we?" a wave of nods and 'mhm-ing' filled the room and then pure silence,"Raise your hooves and I will answer them in an orderly fashion, do not ask the same question twice please."  a fiery coated Pegasus raised his hoof, Twilight picked him of course. He had a strong build, a glossed orange mane and nicely preened feathers, "Phoenix Feather from the Hoofington Post, where's Celestia! she's been gone for over four days!" his tone was somewhat annoyed but a tinge of guilt when Twilight's eyes seemed to sink into her head. "well, You see" Twilight had to think fast, the eyes stared at her, looking for an answer but she had none to give, " Celestia is at an Important meeting" "Not even a good lie" a cold chill went up her spine as some pony uttered those words. She felt like running, but she couldn't, she had to defend Celestia's honor as long as she could, another hoof raised up, then another, then another until almost every pony in the room had their hoof in the air. Noise filed the room, the bliss of silence in the room turned once again into utter chaos. then a stranger sound filled Twilight's ears. Static. It got louder and louder, it drowned out the noise. It became so loud it hurt, the pain stretched down from her head into her body, then to her hooves, her vision began to blur and morph into stranger shapes and forms. Voices around her were only slightly recognizable, they were muffled, the only things she could pick out were emotions, most were either confusion or disappointment. Either that or anger. Twilight felt distant, and scared, Alone almost, even though her friends were a few feet away, and possibly a hundred ponies filled the room. But she still felt a cold feeling that weakened her every second. Fear filled her like a glass, but it was already brimmed. She tried to tune it out, but the static only grew louder, it shrieked and cried out, it only grew louder, her heartbeat pounded through this though, it was loud. But also normal, not too fast, even though she expected it to be. It pounded along with the static, while something else screamed behind it. The voices became clearer, but also almost fuzzy at the same time.

"She's a liar."

"What's wrong with her?"

"Why her eyes like that?"

"Is she even paying attention?"

"I can't believe she would lie!"

"Is she ok? she looks so cold"

"She's sweating,gross"

But one stuck out to her.

"She's terrible. I hate her, she's a liar. How could she lie about Celestia, and yell at us! where's Celestia! Tell us!"

Twilight felt like the ground beneath her disappear, and she fell into blackness, unable to move let alone even blink. Then she hit something. She was back. There was no static, the loud beat of her heart stopped, and the voices grew quiet. she realized she had raised her hoof, this meant everyone was to be quiet. "Celestia is at an Important meeting, that is all I know. I will alert all of you if I get any word whatsoever. As of right now, I am in the same boat as you. Celestia only told me she was leaving for a meeting. I am sorry if I upset you." many eyes blinked, many hooves wrote, but no words were spoken. The bliss of silence had filled not only the room but her mind. Peace. Cadence was right, I just need to breath. a heavy sigh came from the mare. As ponies filed out, only one remained. A grey colt stood there, writing down something, but he failed to notice the others leave. When he noticed this, he ran right up to Twilight, his smile was huge compared to to his size. He fluttered his small wings. "Ehm, Princess Twilight! can I ask you a question?- Silver Heart from Sunnysprings! the little school house down from here!" Twilight paused for a moment, "Go ahead". "You seemed scared for a moment, did the other newzies scare you? I know they can be overwhelming" His tone was concerned but beaming none the less. "Yes, I was a bit frightened by the other News Ponies, also it's a pleasure to meet you Silver Heart" Twilight answered with a true smile, she didn't need to lie. "okey-dokey Princess! er- I gotta go, my mom's here to pick me up- it was nice meeting you" An elegant Alicorn stepped in the door way, she was tall and had a pure white coat. Her snow white mane and long tail added to her beauty. Her piercing blue eyes and kind looking exposure hid a large scar across her face. He ran up to his mother, an excited voice echoed "I met Princess Twilight! an actual Princess mommy!" Silver Heart jumped up and down in his mother's face, she smiled as warmly as she could, but pain hid behind it. As she left, a Mechanical leg was made visible after she walked back through the doors, her tail had hid it for her. A pang of guilt waved through Twilight. She stood there on her own four feet, without a mark of battle across her face. Not a hair out place, she was not pretty or elegant like many others, she thought she was boring. But this beautiful mare in front of her, who most likely provided for her son, had a mechanical leg, and a defining scar across her face but she still managed to look absolutely gorgeous. Twilight walked calmly up to this mare, "Hello miss-" "Psychí̱, your highness- Did my son bother you?" "Not at all! I just wanted to say that he's a very polite colt, and it's a pleasure to meet you by the way" "My- son? Your highness, I don't quite understand why'd you talk to us, you're a princess-" "yes, but your son juts showed me a great kindness, most of the others didn't seem to care whether or not I was ok, but your son understood this and stayed after to ask me if I was ok, and also finish up some notes." Psychí̱ had a warm smile on her her face, the pain before had left, replaced with love. She nuzzled her son, who beamed more than possible, he fell over soon after. "It was a great honor to meet you Psychí̱" "As was to you, Twilight- Ehm I mean Princess!" "It's quite alright" Psychí̱ and Silver Heart left. Twilight did not know if she would ever see the two again, but she did know that she would remember them if she did. As she walked back her friends looked at her with mostly confusion, except for FlutterShy, who understood what happened. She understood that Twilight was exercising kindness, but also humbleness. Twilight was just a pony with a fancy title, not at all the pony she had seen before her. Psychí̱ went through something, and that had connected with Twilight. While other ponies may have looked down on her, or be rude because she was different, Twilight had stepped down and talked to Psychí̱, also not because she felt bad for her, well maybe a little, but also because Silver Heart did truly show kindness as well. And that's all that counted in the end.

"Kindness is one of the most amazing gifts you can give to somepony, But also humility. Remember this my little fillies- a princess may deserve her stature, but even through this, she's just a pony with a fancy title, although I may be a bit bias because I did at one time be the spirit of Kindness"

-Levier Aldona