Robotic Busts: Chapter 10
"Princess Twilight!" grunted Luna, dragging an agitated Twilight into her room.
"Let me go!" She yelled, trying to break free of Luna's magical grasp.
"Calm down!" Luna panted, trying to help defuse Twilight's mood.
"What's going on here?" asked a voice.
Luna turned her head and saw that it was her older sister, Princess Celestia, whom the voice belonged to. Princess Celestia walked into the room and noticed Princess Luna struggling to contain Twilight. She aided her younger sister, but Twilight's magic was evolving at a rate that surpassed her mentor and friends.
"Let go!" Twilight screeched, breaking free from both Luna's and Celestia's grasp.
Twilight managed to break free from their grasps and sent them both flying backwards towards the other end of her room. Celestia looked at her former star student and shed a tear. She knew that Twilight was spiraling out of control and time was running out for saving her from a terrible fate. While Twilight blasted her way out of her own room, destroying everything that was in her way, Princess Celestia looked over towards Princess Luna sternly, asking her what caused Twilight to break like this.
"Sister," Princess Luna mumbled, looking down.
"What happened to Twilight?" Princess Celestia asked again.
Princess Luna sighed, but refused to look at her older sister. "It has something to do with Prince Lunar and Discord, sister."
"What happened?" Princess Celestia said.
"We have evidence to believe that Discord freed Tirek from Tartarus and came here to try to end Prince Lunar." Princess Luna explained.
"How could that be?"
"We are not sure," answered Princess Luna, "but when Tirek came to steal Princess Twilight's magic, he engaged in combat with Prince Lunar. It wasn't a quick fight, but it did result in Prince Lunar to...to..."
"To what?"
Princess Luna started crying. She didn't really answer Princess Celestia's question, but Princess Celestia started to understand. She didn't say anything in response, but she thought to herself that something catastrophic happened to her younger sister's star pupil. As Princess Luna mourned over the loss of Lunar Nights, Princess Celestia comforted her as best as she possibly could.
Discord, eavesdropping from the hallway, felt his heart sink as he started feeling regret and guilt for everything that has happened. He knew that gaining trust was a difficult thing - just ask Sunset Shimmer - and felt as if he was now traveling backwards down that path. He looked for Lunar's body again and tried to see if there was anything that could be done.
Meanwhile, Twilight Sparkle was becoming more and more of a corrupt pony, falling to the likes of dark magic. Dealing with a broken heart, she felt her anger enpower her further and lost all sense of thinking and reason within herself. She began attacking innocent ponies and shelters, destroying everything in her path yet again. She smirked evilly as homes were destroyed and ponies ran for their lives, running from a pony they all thought they knew very well.
Princess Celestia, watching from the castle window, sighed heavily as she witnessed everything that Twilight was conducting. She knew that this was the result of bottled-up anger and emotions and that Lunar's death was the bursting moment. Princess Luna watched as well as the pony who fought to fight for everything she stood for was now turning on her own subjects. Something had to be done - and quickly - but the two princesses couldn't do anything themselves, even though they were very powerful; their conscience forbade them from hurting a close family member.
Princess Celestia turned away as she saw the Wonderbolts fly in in an attempt to stop Twilight's wrath. Princess Luna joined her, not wanting to witness the Wonderbolts inevitable outcome against a powerful pony that is Twilight.
Back outside, Discord ran to Lunar's body and grabbed everything that he could - the body, wires, screws, chips, you name it. He tried grabbing more, but was limited as to what he could hold. He ran around frantically, trying to find a pony who could help save the wounded Prince, but couldn't find anyone over the destruction Twilight was causing.
Mere moments away from giving up hope, Discord got the idea that he could help revive Lunar himself. The only problem he came across however, was that his magic wasn't strong enough to help the cause. He thought of asking Twilight, but knew that he was the last being she wanted to see at this time, so he ended up going back inside her castle, looking for Princess Celestia and Princess Luna.
He ran inside as fast as he could, unfortunately dropping a few bits and pieces of Lunar along he way. He yelled out Celestia's and Luna's names, hoping to get their attentions, wherever they were now.
Princess Celestia heard the call and stepped out of the room through the destroyed doorway. She saw Discord running up with Lunar's body and covered her mouth with her hoof. She figured Lunar was beaten up heavily, but didn't figure that he would literally be ripped in half. Discord stopped in front of Princess Celestia and asked for her help. Princess Celestia looked at him awkwardly.
"What can I do to help you?" She wondered.
"Both you and Princess Luna need to trust me on this one." Discord replied.
Princess Luna walked out into the hallway, joining her older sister. "And why should we trust you?"
"Because," continued Discord, "we are going to try to revive Lunar."
"Revive him?" Celestia asked. She seemed very skeptical abou the idea.
"There isn't a lot of time," claimed Discord, "and my magic isn't strong enough to do this on my own."
"We cannot revive a robot." Luna spoke.
"We can try." Discord insisted, listening to the ponies and destruction going on outside. He sighed, "It's one of the few things we can do if we want to stop this from escalating into something worse."
Princess Celestia, still skeptical about the idea, decided to give it a try. She wanted to at least attempt something before having to resort to drastic measures for Twilight, so this was her only attempt.
The three characters were going to rebuild and revive Lunar Nights.