Ch. 8: Epilogue: I Could Never Forget
As Princess Luna was bringing up the moon to begin the night, her older sister and her guardian were getting ready for bed. However, Celestia still feels uneasy. As Arceus brushed her mane, the princess's thoughts drifted back to that moment in her old home within the Everfree Forest…the moment she kissed Discord. His lips against hers…so enchanting…so magical…so romantic…
"Celestia?" Arceus asked, snapping her out of her thoughts, "are you feeling alright?"
"I…I am fine, Arcy," she answered as her guardian set the brush back down onto the vanity. "I just have a lot on my mind is all." The Alpha Pokemon frowned at the tone in her voice.
"You're thinking about Discord and the kiss, aren't you?" she asked. "I don't blame you; I can't stop thinking about Razenoid, when he stole my first kiss, and when I kissed him back at…"
"Arceus, I assure you," Celestia protested as she got up from her pillow and walked away from the vanity. "It was just one kiss; it did not mean anything." And yet, her guardian can see the sadness in her partner's eyes.
"Celestia…"
"Oh, who am I fooling?" Arceus watched with surprise as Celestia flopped into her cushiony bed without so much as removing her crown, necklace, and shoes.
"I can't even stop thinking of what Discord and I were all those years ago…" she then whimpered as her guardian lied down next to her. She then turned onto her back and looked down at her golden necklace with the diamond-shaped amethyst.
"I don't know if I had ever told you this, Arceus," she then said to the Lady, "but…he and I became engaged right after we confessed our love to each other." Arceus's emerald eyes went wide with surprise.
"You…you were?" Celestia nodded before she began her story:
"It was over a thousand years ago, back when the two of us were teenagers and best friends, and when Luna was just a little filly who has just gotten her Cutie Mark…"
*~*~*Flashback…*~*~*
Discord wrapped his arm around Celestia's shoulders as the two of them watched little Luna play with the butterflies from their cherry blossom tree. In reply, she simply rested her head into his cinnamon brown chest, the petals falling from the tree into her mane to blend in with it perfectly.
"She looks so adorable," she said to him, "does she not?"
"Yeah," he sighed, running his fingers through her cotton candy pink mane. "And soon, she'll grow into a ravishing beauty like you." Celestia blinked in reply and looked up at him.
"What?" Realizing what he just said, Discord looked away with a deep blush. Celestia then felt his heart thump rapidly in his chest.
"Uh…I mean…that is, uh…" he stuttered. She then arched an eyebrow at him suspiciously.
"Discord," she said to him in a tell-the-truth-and-shame-the-devil tone, "were you trying to tell me something?"
"Uh, maybe," he answered, rubbing the back of his neck. "I dunno…" Celestia then turned his head so he's looking at her.
"Discord, whatever you are thinking, you can tell me," she said to him. "You are my best friend…and practically a big brother to Luna." Discord smiled in reply.
"Now that I thought about it," he said to her, "you two don't have any brothers, right?" Celestia looked down sadly.
"Yes, it's true," she answered. Seeing her depression, the Draconequus gave her a comforting hug.
"You know," he said softly, "I can be Luna's big brother for life if you want...for both of you, but you most of all." Celestia looked up at him in surprise.
"What I'm trying to say is, Tia," he said, giving her his nickname for her, "is that I love you. You are the only one who could ever complete my heart."
Celestia felt her heart flutter like the butterflies playing with Luna. She had always been attracted to him because of his uniqueness and sense of humor. She had no idea that he loves her too.
"Discord, I…I don't know what to say but…" she replied with a smile, "you complete my heart too." Discord, feeling like the happiest entity ever, smiled more broadly than he was before. He then sat up straight and changed his position so that he's kneeling before her on one knee. Celestia's heart began beating faster as he took her front hooves into his hands.
"Celestia," he said to her, "I know that we have confessed our love just now, but I now have one question I wish to ask of you?"
"Oh, Discord," she begged, "ask. Please ask!" He then brought his tail out from behind him and held it out before her. In its grasp is a golden collar-like necklace with a diamond-shaped amethyst in the center and decorated with graceful swirls.
"This necklace is one I have made all on my own," he said to her, "forged from the purest flames, fashioned from the best gold, and blest with the most beautiful of gems. It is to be an engagement necklace that I will give to the one with whom I wish to spend forever. And so I ask of you…Princess Celestia…Will you marry me and be my bride?" Celestia's eyes welled up with tears. She knew he would propose to her, and she knows her answer.
"Yes!" she cried with a smile. "Of course I'll marry you, Discord." Discord then pressed his forehead into hers as he placed the necklace around her neck and clasped it to keep it on.
"Celestia…" he whispered before she placed her hoof on his lips softly.
"Don't speak," she whimpered, her tears flowing freely down her cheeks. "Just kiss me as if it were our wedding day." Obliging with her wish, Discord took her into his arms in a strong but gentle embrace and pressed his lips into hers for a long but tender kiss. Celestia then returned it, her front legs on his shoulders and wrapping her wings around him. Her happiness has truly begun anew…
"Uh-oh!" Hearing a familiar voice, the two betrothed pulled apart and turned to Luna to find her covering her eyes with her front hooves.
"Luna," Celestia laughed at the cute baby Alicorn, "what are you doing?" Luna then looked up at her sister sadly.
"I'm sorry, Celly," she answered timidly. "I saw you and Dissy kissing. I hope you're not mad." With a sly smile, Discord floated over to her and scooped her up.
"Oh, we're not mad," he assured. "We just don't like your frown…but I know just the cure for that!" He then began blowing raspberries into her tummy, making her scream with laughter.
"Celly, help!" she cried out to her big sister. "Dissy's tickling me!" Celestia laughed as she then joined her two favorite entities in all of Equestria in their play. Nothing will ever tear them apart…
*~*~*End Flashback*~*~*
"I should've known how wrong I was back then…" Celestia sighed, hugging herself and her necklace with tears flowing from her eyes. "This necklace was the engagement present he gave me, and I kept it always…even after darkness consumed his heart and forced me and Luna to seal him away in stone to stop his everlasting chaos. That event happened on the day before our wedding."
Arceus then hugged her in comfort as tears flowed down from their eyes. The necklace held so many memories for Celestia of Discord: their confession of love to each other; the games they played together; their first kiss…
"Celly…" her guardian whispered. "I'm so sorry…"
The Pokemon then began to recall what went on between her and Razenoid. When they first fought, she felt a strange attraction towards him through his determination, courage, and strength. She chose to ignore it because she knows that he's a hostile Bakugan. And yet through their kisses, she couldn't help but feel a small bit of affection towards him.
TAP! TAP! TAP! Celestia and Arceus turned to the window with surprise. Outside were Kaa and Mewtwo, tapping at the window. Getting up from the bed, they wiped their tears and opened the window.
"Kaa?" Celestia asked with surprise. "What are you doing here?"
"And you too, Mewtwo?" Arceus asked her fellow Pokemon.
"Our masters want us to give you this," Mewtwo answered, handing Celestia a rectangular prism-shaped package in pink wrapping and topped with green, blue, and violet ribbons. Feeling her face blush a little, Celestia took the package with her horn's magic.
"We hope everything isss alright," Kaa then said to them, sounding a little timid. The Princess and Lady looked at him in confusion and saw that he and his guardian are looking away, not wanting to look them in the eye.
"What do you mean?" asked Arceus.
"We…we saw you crying," Mewtwo answered with a slight gulp. "If it's about what our masters have almost done, we want to apologize for them…"
Kaa and Mewtwo, feeling bad for them? Perhaps there's a bit of good in Discord and Razenoid's new henchmen after all.
"Oh, it is nothing," Celestia assured him. "We were just…remembering the past. But could you do us one small favor in return for the package?" Kaa and Mewtwo turned to them in reply.
"Of courssse," Kaa answered.
"Please don't tell Discord and Razenoid that you saw us crying.
"Yes," Arceus stated with sad eyes. "If they find out about it, it would simply break their hearts…and we just don't want that."
"Our lipsss are sssealed, Your Majesssty," Kaa replied, bowing to her like a gentleman.
"We shan't say a word, Lady Arceus," Mewtwo concurred with a nod.
"Thank you, Kaa and Mewtwo," Celestia said to them with a smile. "But I think you better go now."
"If our sisters find you here," Arceus concurred, "they could launch an attack upon you at first glance."
"We underssstand," Kaa replied. "Thank you." He and Mewtwo then flew off to rejoin their masters Discord and Razenoid. After closing the windows again, Celestia returned to her bed with the package in her possession and Arceus at her side. She carefully undid the ribbon and wrapping so that they are each in one piece.
The gift turned out to be two books. One was crimson red book with golden swirls and golden letters that said I Could Never Forget. The other that's untitled is indigo with silver white stars. Curious, Celestia opened the red book and looked through the pages. Each page holds a picture created from the magic and memories that Discord held of her. And underneath each picture was a title to describe the picture: The Day We Met; Our First Game; My First Gift to You; Our Holding Baby Luna for the First Time; Our First Lessons to Luna…
Celestia and Arceus then felt their eyes well up with tears as they looked at the last four pages that have something inside of them.
The first of them was a picture of Celestia and Discord sitting under the cherry blossom tree together and watching baby Luna play with the butterflies. Under it was the title My Confession of Love to You.
The second was a picture of Discord proposing to Celestia with the necklace he had made for her. Under it was the title My Proposal to You.
The third was a picture of the two of them sharing their first kiss, exactly how Celestia remembered it. Under it was the title Our First Kiss.
The last page before the book fell to blank pages really got Celestia's tears flowing. It was a note written to her from Discord:
To my Beloved Celestia,
The Golden Arrow that struck me had more than made me fall back in love with you; it has made me remember our childhood together. The day we first met and became the best of friends; the times we've spent together and with Luna; our confession of love followed by my proposing to you…
Even the kiss reminded me of our first kiss. To prove to you that I remember it all, I've made for you this book of my memories with you. The blank pages after them are for you to fill in with your own memories with me or of Twilight and her friends. Just place your horn on the blank page and remember a memory of them or us. The book will make it into a picture of us together in that memory or of your little Ponies. All you have to do afterwards is write down the title.
And don't you worry. Razenoid and I won't cause your kingdom any trouble with our chaotic powers. Since there limited now, we'll rarely cause a little trouble. However, it doesn't mean we won't try to win you over. We'll find a way. And if we're lucky, your faithful student, her guardian, and their friends will find love as well.
Forever your number one,
Discord.
P.S. Razenoid wants me to tell you that the violet book is for Arceus. She can do the same thing with it, but with her front hooves. And she can also store the memories of Drago and his fellow Bakugan in it as well as her memories with Razenoid.
P.S.S. Thanks for the kisses.
Celestia smiled before turning to the first blank page, and Arceus took the lavender book. Can these books really turn whatever memories they have of themselves, Razenoid, and Discord into pictures?
Deciding to test hers, Celestia thought of a good memory and placed her horn on the blank page. She then focused on that memory and felt a strange aura emitting from the page. Opening her eyes and lifting her head up, she and Arceus saw that a picture had appeared on the page. It is of Celestia and Discord kissing at the ruins a few hours ago.
It worked! It really worked! Getting an inked quill with her horn's magic, Celestia then began righting down the perfect title for the picture.
Falling Back in Love with You.
Pleased with her gift from Discord, Celestia closed the book and hugged it.
"I hope my little Ponies find love as well, Discord…" she whispered softly before falling asleep with the book in her arms.
When her partner is asleep, Arceus looked down at her own book as she lied down in her own bed. Opening to the first page, she was astounded by the few pictures within it. The first (entitled Our First Meeting and Battle) showed her first battle with Razenoid outside the atmosphere of Vestroia. Another one (entitled Watching You All Those Years) shows her in the garden with his statue form in the background.
So that's where he was the entire time, she thought to himself with a smirk. She then came to the last picture that made her heart skip five to ten beats. Entitled Our First Kiss, it shows Razenoid kissing her after the Golden Arrow struck him. She couldn't help but smile at the photo. She hated to admit it, but she really loved it. Whoever said that nothing beats a first kiss wasn't joking around.
She then came to the first blank page and pressed her front hoof on it, thinking about the one memory that she has in mind for it. Feeling the page glow with magic, Arceus opened her eyes again to find a picture finish forming on the page. It shows her kissing Razenoid back at the old castle. She then got out a quill and wrote down the title.
Falling for You for the First Time.
"And who knows, Razenoid," she then said to herself as she looked out the window. "Maybe we'll be together for real after my Circle of Guardians have found lovers of their own…even if they must test the lovers of their partners in Courtship Battles."