Twilight Part 9

Twilight ran after Celestia, but Celestia was too fast. She called after the Princess, "Celestia wait!" She came to a fork in the corridor, well, more like a branch that split into six. Celestia had gained a lot of ground on the young mare, Celestia turned a corner and then she disappeared into a gloomy light. Twilight did not chase after her. She already understood that her mentor wanted to be alone. So she sat down in the gleam of the last of the Sunlight that creeped in through the cracks and holes in the wall. She had grabbed the book containing the hurtful information that was sitting on the floor wide open, some random pony looked over to read it but Twilight quickly snatched it, she did not want a whole rebellion against Celestia and Luna- that would be total anarchy. She opened up the book, and read again, this time she knew no matter what, she would love her mentor- even if The old Celestia was just as cruel as Twilight had thought she might be. First though, she examined her surroundings. She saw that the six branches actually had most sort of ancient writing on the arch that led to the broken doorways that led down to who knows what, some was either scratched out or covered in vines. On the floor a crystallized galaxy symbol adorned the floor. on the walls it had writing, but also pictures, stories lost in time. There was one on a lion-like creature, she had guessed it was Akikilir, another one next to it was a pony that looked almost like a Kirin or sorts, but a bit more Equine like, It had a horn and a beautiful set of wings, another creature that also looked like Akikilir was there too, then what looked like two dragons chasing the SUn and Moon also came on the walls. Twilight was amazed by all the information these walls had stored on them, writing sprawled from floor to what's left of a ceiling. She began putting things together, spell after spell every block was back in it's place. she had fixed the room, and sealed it all with a simple but effective spell that held everything in it's place. It was still cold in the room, but soon it would most likely be hot and stuffy as she spent her night there, she had to finish the assignment, even if no one actually gave it to her.

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Finally, now we can fight, Celestia has become a monster like no other- she will scare her precious ponies with fear as they are burned alive Nightmare Moon smirked as the Flaming mare stepped towards her. "So, will you finally speak to me now,Akiklir" The beast said nothing for it could not, only almost silent whispers came from it's helmet, barely making a noise from the roar of the flames and the song of the Sun, it was mostly like static- but also a gurgling noise of sorts. The flaming mare's horn glowed a deep crimson red and a spell shot towards NightMare Moon, "that all you got?" a shield spell went up and stopped the bolt of Sunbeam. Then the Mare cried out in pain. "AGH- WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME!?!" glowing red swirls appeared on NightMAre Moon's body, they hissed and almost steamed. It was a trick, while the Ebony Black alicorn was too busy taunting The flaming one, she did not notice that LightMare Sun had also laced the spell with a thorn spell of sorts;  when NightMare Moon had used her magic to protect herself, the coiled wires also flowed through her soul case and attached themselves to her, She could have detached them right away if she noticed what LightMare Sun was doing, immediately stopping these wounds. NightMare Moon cussed a bit after pulling them off, it is very painful to remove a spell like that. "heh, guess I should pay more attention next time" NightMare Moon at this point was quite arrogant, she had gotten what she wanted without much effort, "it is quite easy to forget that when you're winning a fight not to gloat- but then you almost get impaled" -Unknown NightMare Moon then charged the creature, while LightMare Sun prepared and readied a Shield spell, this one however was highly advanced so no thorn spell would hurt the flaming mare. Her plan was to wait until the very last moment and then release her own spell; a Teleportation spell, using this she could wait until the last second and then teleport behind LightMare Sun, LightMare would be thrown off guard and have no time to block or move her shield spell, let alone her own legs. NightMare Moon ran faster and faster, the weight of anticipation that would weigh most ponies down made her go faster, finally her horn glowed and she teleported right behind the Flaming Mare, NightMare Moon expected her to at least flinch, but no, there was absolutely nothing. the Armor clanged and vibrated, this blow would have instantly killed anything else, but instead the Mare turned her head slowly at NightMare Moon's fading smirk, "Is that all You got?" The voice echoed around the helmet. NightMare Moon stepped back quickly, but not quick enough- The Flaming Mare slapped NightMare Moon at least three hundred feet back. NightMare Moon was powerful, but her head was not in the right place. LightMare Sun flew quickly over to the ebony black Alicorn and kicked her into the air, she soared higher and higher, and LightMare Sun flew after her. The Eventually caught up and then proceed to kick the Ebony Alicorn down with the strength of a thousand Stallions. NightMare Moon fell into the earth with a large explosion of dust, wind rickashaying off from the sight of the seemingly fallen Dark Mare. When the Dust settled though, The mare was standing up, head down feet apart, LightMare Sun landed in front of the Ebony Mare, also creating a large explosion. They then Charged each other, no spells or anything just charged to see who's armor could endure to most damage before cracking, Just as they were about to make contact, a Ray of light appeared from the sky, The Aurora Borealis, this only meant one thing; Auroria had either come to stop the fight or pick sides

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Auroria landed with an equally large explosion, what was once fertile soil was nothing but dirt, the dirt was peeled off the earth like the peel of orange. Large Boulders covered in time had been exposed. Water started to seep into the area, but it turned to steam around LightMare Sun, and Ice around NightMare Moon. The three ponies flew up, "Thy Sisters, stop this insanity!" Auroria was not much of a fighting pony, but she was as just as good as her sisters, if not better. The flaming one slowly looked over at the silver and yellow mare. NightMare Moon charged Auroria, only to be deflected by a star shaped shield spell. The two fought, kicking and punching violently- these blows would easily killed any other creature that got in the way. But The shield spell began to crack as NightMare Moon channeled the left over Life-force from her fallen guards. But Auroria quickly flew up before NightMare Moon could attack again. In the royal voice she again said, "STOP THIS NOW!" LightMare Sun quietly walked over, unlike NightMare Moon's armor that clattered and clanged as she walked, LightMare Sun was almost completely silent, only the sound of hooves tapping the ground came from her. NightMare Moon teleported not even a yard away from Auroria, LightMare though walked and a slow pace, "Is that armor of yours too heavy?" NightMare scoffed at this, LightMare Sun immediately raised her enormous wings up and flew faster than an arrow toward the spot where her sister met under a jagged rock. She landed silently also, even though the earth rumbled when she landed. The two took off their helmets, NightMare Moon's face was much acceptable than the Flaming mare next to her.

The face was dark grey, but small cracks like most of her skin glowed, the mare had no eyes, and it's mouth was that of the guards around her, the cheeks were gone- it was almost if she had a smile stuck to her face for eternity. Auroria and NightMare Moon were horrified, even if NightMare Moon was evil and had done many terrible things, she could never imagine that Celestia could ever look like this. Auroria had known the crushing feeling everything is bigger than her, even her own stars are larger than her, although she never really had the crushing feeling of what Celestia really looked like on the inside. This mutilated burning form was all the emotions she had felt during her reign with Luna, but also the feelings she gotten when she was betrayed. This husk of a pony was but a flicker, even though she burned bright as the stars. "Shall we discuss this in a manner that doth not show barbarism?" LightMare put her helmet back on as did NightMare Moon, but she could still picture the mangled face that was inside it.