Chapter 7
Why was I seeing this? What would make me have to see Twilight die in my own hooves with my very own eyes? I was still crying over the loss of my Twilight, crying alone in nothing but the dark void I was in. I was left alone in this little void I was in. I knew all of this was a mere dream - I really did - otherwise the world wouldn't have collapsed on itself like it did. It was all fake but it all seemed so real. I heard some hoofsteps coming from behind me and turned around, trying to wipe away my visible tears. Turns out that the hoofsteps belonged to none other that Princess Luna.
"Enough, my faithful pupil," Princess Luna hugged me, "none of this is real."
"I know," I said, wiping my tears away, "I know…"
"Then why are you sad?"
I was aghast as Princess Luna asked that. "I just saw my Twilight die in front of me by a pony I don't know!"
"'By a pony you don't know'?" Princess Luna repeated.
"Yes!" I exclaimed.
"That pony is in fact somepony you know, Prince Lunar," Princess Luna told me, resting one of her hooves on my chest.
"Who is that pony then?" I eagerly asked, that way I could protect Twilight at all costs from them.
"Well," Princess Luna trailed off before picking up again, "that pony was you in the not so distant future."
I was shocked and baffled by Princess Luna's explanation, so shocked that I couldn't even respond back with something.
"You are spiraling into the darkness very rapidly," Princess Luna told me, "I fear that what you just saw not too long ago will happen by nightfall tomorrow."
"Tomorrow!?" I repeated, sounds of being worried sounding in my voice.
"Precisely," Princess Luna ruefully said, "I alert you to stay away from your friends and loved ones as this takes over. The longer you stay with them, the more the darkness will rage and destroy you internally. I know that you are a strong pony, but even the strongest of ponies fall from time to time. I know you very well, Lunar, but things will not be the same after these events take place. I know you mean no harm, but the darkness inside of you does."
"What do I do then?" I asked, tears filling my eyes. "I can't just leave my friends abruptly like that…I just can't do that…"
"It has to be done, Lunar," Princess Luna hugged me, "it will be a tough choice to make and execute, but it has to be made."
"Can you promise me one thing, Princess Luna?" I asked uncertainly.
"What is it, my faithful pupil?" Princess Luna smiled.
"Can you promise me to watch over Princess Twilight for me while I'm gone, please?" I requested, tears filling my eyes.
"I…I will do just that…" Princess Luna agreed.
"Thank you very much, my reliable and elegant teacher." I replied.
The dark void had then started collapsing on itself and I knew that this meant that I was waking up. Princess Luna looked at me and told me that this was her work; that she was waking me up so that I could get a head start on removing myself from society.
"Go," she told me, "go as far away as possible and don't stop until you feel satisfied that you will not wreak havoc on these ponies."
"I will, Princess Luna," I replied, "it has been an honor to have had you as a mentor and a friend."
"And the feeling is mutual, Prince Lunar Nights." Princess Luna replied before I woke up entirely.
I looked around and noticed that I was still in the chair I sat down in originally, looking at Twilight rest her weary head of hers. I got up from the chair and quietly approached Twilight from the right side. I looked down at her, tears starting to fill my eyes. Some of the tears escaped from my eyes and started running down the side of my face as I stared at her beautiful face, which I saw was smiling with the moonlight that was shining in the room.
I thought back to when I became an alicorn, how Twilight was there by my side. I thought back even further than that to when I was being taught about the magic of friendship by Twilight. Those were some magical moments I've had in my life and I will always cherish them, even after I'm long gone from this world. I bent down and kissed my sleeping beauty on her forehead, right below her horn.
"Goodbye, my darling Twilight," I quietly cried. I tried my best not to let the tears fall from my eyes onto Twilight as I told her goodbye.
Twilight shifted and adjusted herself slightly, revealing all of her face to me, which was smiling even more brightly now. That smile will definitely fade to frowns of worry tomorrow once she notices that I am gone. But what she won't know is that this is for her own good and for the good of the entire kingdom. I will try my best to keep my evil self from harming the love of my life.
I stood back up, crying my eyes out as I made my way towards the window. Taking one last look at Twilight, I opened up the window quietly and flew out of it one final time, away from Ponyville, away from Equestria, and away to go face my biggest fear.
"Goodbye, Twilight…" I cried, flying over the Everfree Forest and further away from everypony.
Go, rang Princess Luna's words, go as far away as possible and don't stop until you feel satisfied that you will not wreak havoc on these ponies.
"I will make sure to do just that, Princess Luna…" I said, wiping a tear from my eye in the process.
I flew far, far away from Ponyville and continued in my pursuits to remove myself from society in order to protect everypony in Equestria.
