Christian Mayers

2/9/12

Celestial Pandemonium

Chapter 1:

She stood within the brinks of madness and despair. Voices trail around her, clawing into her mental stability and tearing her apart piece by piece. Lust and ambition cloud her judgment; she approaches Celestia to claim what was rightfully hers. This is the end of friendship; this is the birth of Pandemonium.

Celestia and Luna start out their day as any royal maiden would. Their eyes catch the gleaming elegance of Canterlot, the strength of Ponyville, and the advancements of Cloudsdale. The towns were advancing and growing into strong unified social groups, bringing a smile to Celestia's face as she glanced over her accomplishments. Turning away from the window, she stared down to Luna while patting her back.

"I am so proud of you Luna." Celestia said as she put her hooves on Luna's shoulder. Luna turned her body, hanging her head down depressingly.

"Sis..." Luna said while half staring at the slightly confused Celestia.

"Is everything alright Luna?" Celestia said with confused, yet sympathetic eyes. Luna tried to bring herself to speak, but her frail voice barely made an imprint, leaving Celestia perplexed.

"Luna… if there is anything you need from me, I will always be here to help you." Celestia said as her pupils stretched widely with concern. Luna gave one last look at Celestia, but ran away splashing her inclined tears on the cold floor below her. Celestia tried to run for her, but held back and let her sister be.

Luna sprinted across the various halls, passing by the many different ponies smiling and laughing. She spurted tears upon tears, washing her eyesight with layers of liquid misery. She shook her head, letting the buildup of teardrops flow down rigidly across the calm breeze. She reopened her eyes, but tripped and hit her side on a pillar, rolling over in pain. She felt so emotionally distraught, she couldn't compare which pain hurt more.

"Why do I have to hurt?" She screamed, rolling around in her wallowing pain.

"Why do I feel so miserable, why do I hurt?" She burst aloud, wiping the tears spread across her cheeks. She picked herself up, fighting off the pain from her side after the impact. Luna walked to her room, laying herself down from the impact as she deteriorated sanely with her happiness nowhere to be found. Her room was a dark magenta theme with black walls painted with small white dots. The ceiling contained a picture of the moon, quarter covered by the drapes hanging off her bedframes, painted an elegant dark blue lined with silk. She stalled her emotions to stare at the imprinted moon, wiping the tears of sadness once again watching her photo home in its shining elegance.

"Oh I bet you miss it don't you…" An eerie voice emulating the damp dark echo of the caves. Luna jumped up from her resting position, grabbing her side in pain as she swiped her focus cleanly across the room. She could not see any type of entity, but felt its presence.

"Who are you lingering spirit, haunting my presence." Luna said as she grabbed a pillow, guarding it in front of her as she slightly shook in fear.

"There is no need to fear me Luna, I know what you want." The voice said, feeling ever so close to the poor frail Luna.

"I don't know who you are or what you want, but this is my personal space do you hear me?" Luna yelled assertively, trying to put her place out visibly for the entity to see.

"I told you Luna, I mean you no harm, I am only here to help."

"Alright you… thing, if your truly here to help me then I need to know a few things as well." Luna said as she still glanced around the room.

"Persistent are we? Alright then Luna, continue." The entity said with a sly swing in its voice.

"Let's start simple, who are you and how do you know me?" Luna said as she tried to position her ears to the sonar of sounds emanating from the entity.

"tsk… tsk… tsk…" The entity spurred as its clicks ran down the hall of the open door. Just then a group of various shadows grouped together, forming one giant glowing bundle of darkness. The various glistening points within the shadow encumbered Luna with a fierce glow. There the shadow that haunted her for thousands of years levitated in front of the door, blocking all incoming light and dimming the room. Luna tried to fight off the shadow and escape, but it threw her to the ground fiercely as it slowly approached her.

"You should know who I am Luna, I am a part of you!" The shadow said as it slightly increased in its luminary state. Luna put her hoof around her eyes, trying to block off the intense light.

"NO! NO LEAVE ME ALONE, I DON'T NEED YOU!" Luna screamed as she threw her right arm spastically in all directions to fend off the monster. She sporadically threw her right arm away from her eyes, only to find that Celestia was there instead. Luna gasped in shock at the sight of her sister.

"Luna… I came here to help you, but all you did was harm me and accuse me of a monster." Celestia said with a slight grudge in her expression.

"But I, You, We… huh?" Luna sputtered, leaving only small bits of contextual literature that Celestia could piece together into actual words. Celestia closed her lids softly, shaking her head at Luna with traces of doubt.

"Luna, I have no idea what is going on here, but I need to know." Celestia said as she reopened her eyes to the shaking and disturbed Luna. She gracefully set herself on her knees, rubbing her head against the stunned Luna.

"Don't take this harshly Luna, but I don't think this transition of yours is going so smoothly. We can get you help I…" Celestia said as she paused herself, staring down at her star struck sister. Luna didn't look once at Celestia, only glanced slightly while still thinking about what happened.

"If that is what you want Luna…" Celestia silently trotted away with slightly scraping hooves and her head down to the ground. Luna snapped out of her stun, noticing Celestia walking away and closing the door.

"Celestia WA-" Before she could complete her sentence, 2 claws made of shadow like matter grabbed hold of her mouth and muffled her shut, leaving her breathless.

"Oh we don't want to cause any more trouble than needed my dear. Now, about that conversation of ours?"