Spiral of Hatred Part 6

Twilight never saw Spike read the book. She also never saw him run out the door. She also never saw the girls come over. She was too busy having a Nightmare. It only  Deepened her sadness and how she felt about what she said. But something told her she needed to know what happened next. But when she reached over to her nightstand where she last put it, it wasn't there. She got out of bed, she noticed a little dry blood on her knee, she knew it was Celestia's but not how it got that far. Then she heard something down stairs, "Is someone there?" Twilight edged down the stairway to find her friends sitting on the floor. They all looked awful. Rarity's normally kept mane was undone and messy (for Rarity at least) FlutterShy was hiding under Rainbow Dash's wing, not that Rainbow Dash looked any better. Pinkie's mane deflated as soon as she read the last couple of lines. Twilight ran over and closed the book. "wh-What are yo-you guys doing here?" Twilight trembled knowing now they felt exactly what she had felt before she realized that Celestia was kind. Applejack put her hoof on Twilight's shoulder and said, "i'm sorry-whoa! did she- she hurt you didn't she! that no good!" Applejack got angry pretty quickly, before Twilight said anything Rarity mumbled something a Rainbow Dash just kind of Glared at the picture of the Sun on the ceiling. FlutterShy got up and flew into the air and said  "How dare she!" and then got back down and hid. "girls-" before she could say another word Pinkie Pie said "Don't worry Twilight, we'll have a chat with her." and like that they left out the door, dragging Twilight with them, Spike came along. They dragged her to the path that she had trudged down the night before. Eventually they let her go, but she then only walked behind them, slowly but surely they began to see the force field. It was not around canterlot, but around the upper floor of the castle. The princess's chambers. It was a yellow sphere that had waves of Blue also swirled in it, Luna and Celestia's ora could be felt miles away, it was mixed with pain, a bit of melancholy, but mostly just fear. "Well, that's low, Twilight get's hurt , then they hide then themselves." Rarity uttered as they walked. It began to rain as they walked, the others hid up a Umbrella Rarity had  made, or made cover under some trees. But Twilight just walked on, the others followed her lead, even though it was pouring. "hey-Twilight, um... what did she say to you? if you don't mind"FlutterShy said in her usually quiet voice,"she didn't say anything." "oh, um ok." FlutterShy continued to stay under the umbrella. After hours of walking, they finally arrived at Canterlot. Twilight though, refused to go in, so she waited outside the Castle. The others could walk in as they pleased, the spell opened up as they were given a ID for Canterlot. Celestia was not in her throne room, nor was Luna. "where are the Princesses?" Rarity tried to sound polite, but it came out strange. "oh, they're in their room right now. I don't know if you should bother them, but I guess you should talk to them,but hey,maybe you can break some sense into them" The five mares walked calmly to chamber adorned with the symbol of a Solar Eclipse, the crescent Moon covered the Sun, that had been the symbol they stamped to Equestria ever since they ruled over it, unity between Day and night, that even the most different ponies could work in perfect harmony. Rainbow Dash knocked on the door to find Luna opened the door, her mane was it's normal blue, but she  did look worse for wear. Her mane was tangled and untidy, her he feathers that came from her wing were in desperate need of preening, her fur was also messy, Circles under her eyes ment she probably did not get enough sleep. "oh, hello. come here to make us feel worse do you? well my sister's over there, but I won't let you get to her so good luck." the mares before were confused at the sight of this occasion. Luna normally wouldn't speak this way, nor look this way when they saw her, so this was confusing to them. "Celestia's not in the best condition right now, neither am I-Twilight has done a number on her emotional strength as well I" Luna did her best to get in a stance ready, but she was too weak to do much, she fell over and stumbled around. Celestia coughed badly then in a small voice told Luna it was ok. She could go get some sleep. "I can handle myself." she tried to smile as warmly as she could, but was cut off by her own coughing, after walking like an old lady to the Door, the girls truly realized what she looked like. Her mane was neater than Luna's, but her body itself was in bad shape. a bit of blood had covered her chin, but her hooves and chest were also bloodied. "Celestia. We have something to say to you" Rainbow Dash was still furious with Celestia. Rainbow Dash got a bit to close though.... the Celestia spat up more blood and it got on Rainbow Dash's face "AHG EW EW EW EW", "erm, Rainbow, you ok?" AppleJack attempted to calm Rainbow Dash down. "Sorry, I didn't mean to...you know." Celestia fell over and her vision blurred, the faces of the ponies she once saw became almost like skeletons, but their souls looked exposed, their wills flowed from their souls, and Rarity's will came up to her horn, the walls and floors around them disappeared into blackness. Then she saw Akiklr examining them, fiddling with their "soul cases". "DON'T TOUCH THEM!" Celestia cried out, Akiklr got off of Pinkie Pie's back and walked over to the Mare. "sorry. I should have known you would detest me tinkering with their soul cases." Cestia shook her head and began to speak with the creature, "Akiklr, why do you keep trying to get me to kill my friends?" "I told you, they're either annoying or a liability." "And I told you that I love them, and will not kill anyone unless necessary." "pfft, Celestia dear, you're no fun." Celestia chuckled a bit and the two had a laugh. Over the years, Akiklr had generally lost some of his insanity brought on from the same feelings Celestia's had for most of her life. Celestia had somehow managed to lessen it, in fact she often thought that he was a bit like Discord. " I take it I passed out." "In it's basic form yes." Celestia sighed and finally said "Is there a reason you keep trying to connect with me?" "Celestia, I'm only trying to help, They treated you terribly for the things I did. They should know that it's not your fault, also What your student completely lost it with you. She deserves to feel bad" "Twilight was upset, that is all, I cannot blame her- I let you take control-" " You only did that because you thought you needed to! Celestia, tell them about what happened, tell them about it Really! If you let me out, I promise that I will not touch a hair on their heads" Akiklr lifted up his paw and put the other to his heart and stood on his haunches. "I, Akikilr of the fourth plane, solemnly swear That I will not come in any form of of physical contact, with the equine species of this planet, nor any living being either. I will not flee or steal your life force or anyone being's Soul in the process" " fine, but only in the right setting." "thank you, you are truly a wise teacher, I am honored to be inside of your soulcase." Akikilr then jumped back in, and Celestia woke up. Celestia would know if he was lying, because he is literally taped to her soul.  It's kind of like lying to yourself, Akikilr, though crazy, is truthful, well-to Celestia anyway, I cannot say that much for former 'hosts'. Celestia woke up in her bed, it was sunny and warm, a Blue alicorn slept besides her. "Lu-Luna?" the blue Alicorn's ears pricked up, her head lifted up and she then looked over at her sister only to be cuddled even further by her older sister. "Tia, are you ok?" "yes, I'm fine- WAIT WHAT TIME IS IT!" the White Alicorn leapt up into the air and Luna then stated "It's half past Three sister, in about half an hour until the Sun shall be set and the Moon will rise" Celestia let out a sigh of relief, she looked into the mirror to see she was cleaned up, she brushed her hair and walked to the courtroom. Many ponies had been surrounding her throne. Her advisors and court officials had been having a ruff time, Luna followed her sister after. The ponies in the court swarmed around Celestia and Luna. "we guess it is Court time." The five ponies paced around nervously. "wha-what if we scared her, she fainted as soon as AppleJack said we'd only wanted to talk!" "FlutterShy, she's been spit up blood, she must be feeling poorly, maybe that's why she was mean to Twilight"  Rarity did not speak sourly like she did before, more with concern-but not quite. "I dunno, but I do know that Celestia- I dunno, she seemed sycotic in the book." Rainbow Dash flew over head. The girls had waited in the parlor where Celestia and Luna often met in the morning. Applejack was stunned when Celestia's eyes had blood come out of them when she fainted, they'd thought she'd been poisoned or something, or as Pinkie put it "Ponies don't normally bleed out of their eyes do they?" emphasizing by pulling her lower socket down,Then they carried her to the nurse. And that was it. They were seated in the parlor and that's where they sat for the next two hours that Celestia had been sleeping. "Hey guys... should we tell any other ponies? If someone else finds out, it could lead to total anarchy." Rainbow Dash pointed out. they all then agreed that unless it became truly bad, then they would tell, as of right now though-they were worried about Twilight. She had been sitting outside in the garden after decided she should just wait there for the moment, she admired the hedges and the sculptures, the statutes covered with the purest of snow. She stopped to think, I never was able to tell them that she... no never mind. But still, how could She not tell me? or anyone for that matter! something as dark as this needs to be acknowledged! also... what she did is... is unacceptable! killing ponies like that is not ok! I know she's a kind pony at heart- but I don't know, how can I forgive her? Twilight pondered this for awhile, but sadly-like many before her- did not come to a conclusion, even as flurries whipped through the air, and the snow around her piled higher and higher, she did not leave that spot until a servant finally noticed she was outside. She warmed up in a spare room, but could not sleep- she had some thinking to do.