The True Nightmare

by Blue Turtle

The Book Part %i%

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The Book Part 8

Celestia walked into the throne room, she ignored the stain in the carpet as best she could-not necessarily well,  she then sat down at her throne alongside Luna, and they shuffled through the papers sent in by anyone really, of course however they were tested before they touched them, who knows what ponies are up to these days, especially with the Griffons "beating their chest", though the last Griffon against Pony war did not end so well for the Griffons, their new leader is wise enough to know it would not be the best to attack now after three years of fighting had weakened their forces but not only that, but their moral also when they just didn't seem to win, that however did not matter now, the great war had ended and neither side wanted another one. Luna had been shuffling through her papers when five ponies came in, "Princess!" Pinkie Pie Jumped onto Celestia "You're ok!" Pinkie pushed her hooves against the Princess's face, "Pinkie Pie dear- can you please get off of me" Pinkie Pie hopped off and bounced around her friends. Applejack tried to say something, but Pinkie Pie had duck-taped down first. "Princess- I' wanted to say ah'm sorry if we upset you, we didn't know that y'all weren't feeling good" Celestia looked over at Luna who had sighed with relief, "it's alright, I was feeling a bit under the weather yesterday, sorry Rainbow Dash" Rainbow Dash looked down uncomfortably, but smirked. Celestia paused to hear an answer from any of the other ponies but none came, "I wanted to say sorry" a mysterious mare uttered from the door, her voice quivered with fear, the cloak on her was black mostly wet from the snow outside, the guards lifted their weapons, But Luna had them lower them, Luna stepped closer to the pony, who backed away- She's afraid of Luna? Celestia thought as she looked at the Mare. The mare looked down and said "I'm sorry, Luna- I was cruel" Luna's eyes widened with fear as the mare pulled up the hood of her cloak, It was Twilight. She lowered her head, Luna sniffed but would not cry, not in front of everypony at least. "Hello... Sparkle." she had said those words cold as the north, almost like poison. "I'm sorry Luna!" twilight wept, and Luna then saw how hurt Twilight was, she had cried for the friendship they had, the emotion they shared, but most of all, of what Luna had said, "ME AND MY SISTER ARE NOT THE MONSTER TWILIGHT! TIS' YOU! YOU AND YOUR WORDS FULL OF POISON!" those words rang inside their heads, Luna did not feel bad for saying them, but she believed that Twilight had got the point of them. Twilight repeated her apologies again and again and again. Celestia left though, she could not face Twilight, not with Akikilir saying,Celestia. She was cruel and plain violent, *Kill her and get it over with*** "NO!" Celestia yelled as she sprinted down the corridor, many ponies chased after her, But she was too fast- After All, she held the record for most sonic Rainbooms in one go; nine, eventually she found an old, seemingly empty place, it was a dead end- used to confuse attackers- But she used it to cry most of the time. Every time she had no shoulder to lean on, she went here, a dark and damp place, one of the wall outside had broke through, although no one ever saw her like this, She was the ruler and had to be strong, even though her country had no enemies or threats, she still could not feel as long as Luna was gone- she would be incomplete. With Luna back- her faults stood out, she had put little effort into the stars, She couldn't manage her time well, she had trouble avoiding any news pony that walked up to her, but most of all- she had her past in front of her, inside her really. All the ponies she had knew, Discord,their parents had left her and Luna to rain over Equestria, but the pony she missed most was Levier, she had been kind, wise and calm as Celestia could remember, but she was gone now, not dead necessarily, but forgotten, gone. Levier had always been there for Celestia, but when she was needed most, Celestia turned her back on her, and she wilted like the flower she was. Celestia had felt the heartache of losing someone before, but not when it was her own fault, and she could not take her actions back. And now Levier was but a fleeting Memory, some pony who had been lost in time- forever forgotten even though she was loved. Celestia fell to the ground and wept. She had no one. Akikilir was in another phase, he had gone mad and basically tried to egg Celestia on, but she couldn't. She had no one, losing the ponies that had tried to understand her would be the worst plan to cope with herself. Luna was there and so was Discord- but what she had done could not be forgiven, she had caused so much pain and suffering- It really hurt her to know she basically killed innocents just to save one pony, It was selfish- she loved Luna, but Celestia could only think; I could have done more, thought through it, Luna proved this by yelled at the shell of a mare known as "LightMare Sun", Celestia vowed to Luna and herself, she would never, even if she thought it was necessary, Use this form, but she had- she lost herself again when NightMare Moon had tricked her into believing her sister was back, she was so angry- all the years of pain had came out at once. It was Terrifying. Celestia sat in silence, looking down at the ancient sign for her mother and father's seal, it was a Galaxy- just a Galaxy, It was beautiful though as it glimmered in the Sunlight, she looked at her Sun out of the broken wall, it was almost time to lower it, she had to go back but she could not. WIth Akikilir constantly rambling on about things that no pony should hear, she could not face them- especially Twilight. Celestia loved Twilight with all her heart, she put all her love and time to take care of her, put now The pony had no Kindness to give back, her eyes had told Celestia enough on that night. Celestia did not want to hear Twilight fill her words with hatred and only to shoot them towards Celestia. She also did not want Luna to get hurt again. Luna cried into Celestia's mane for so long, mumbling and blubbering about how Twilight was so mean to her elder sister, she knew Twilight was upset, but this was uncalled for. Eventually she fell asleep, still cuddling her sister, Celestia remembered what it was like to take care of her- she understood what Levier felt when she took care of the Princesses. It was such a deep love, it reached even to Akikilir,who had started to go into another phase, but was pulled out by them.

Love is a powerful thing my fillies, don't ever forget that. It can heal even the darkest of hearts,save the most lost of souls and even heal the brokenhearted"

-Levier Aldona

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