Chap 12: borken of Harmony
At Ponyville
The royal horse-drawn carriage landed. Main Five, Princess Celestia, Princess Cadence, Shining Armor descend from the royal carriage. All residents of Ponyville are amazed to see that both princesses are in town. Mayor of Ponyville stepped closer and bowed to Princess Celestia and Princess Cadence.
"Please forgive me, princess. We haven't heard any announcements about coming here, so we haven't prepared anything to welcome you." mayor said anxiously.
"It's fine, Mayor. I came here for some urgent business. I am looking for Twilight, did you see her anywhere?" Princess Celestia asked while looking around. She tried to hide her worry.
"Twilight? Oh ... Um ... I think so ... But ... I'm not sure if it's her or not ... She looks ... A little ... Um ... Different ?" Mayor answered hesitantly.
"Are you looking for Twilight?" Cheerilee came from crowd and stood beside mayor.
"Yes, do you know where she is? We are looking for her." Main Five stands next to Princess Cadence and Shining Armor.
"Um ... Yes, I met and talked to her ... But ... She seemed more distant, darker and ... More terrifying, especially her horns and cutie mark. And even when I asked her about you, she answered that she didn't care and walked away ... Although I'm not very close to her, I've never seen her like that. … Did something happen to her, princess?" Cheerilee asked worriedly.
Princess Celestia sighed, lowered her head in shame and said "yes ... Because of my stupid mistake made her hurt ..." Princess Celestia tried to control her sobs. .
"That is not entirely your fault, princess. We are also at fault, we are her friends, we should have stayed with her instead of leaving to comfort the impostor ... we promised to take our friends seriously in the zero lesson. But we didn't live up to our promise ... I guess we didn't really learn anything about that lesson ... Because if we did, we wouldn't have left her on the wedding rehearsal night." Applejack walked over to Princess Celestia, and she took off her cowboy hat, lowered her face in embarrassment and spoke.
All Main Five walked up beside Applejack and began to confess their sins to the residents of Ponyville. All ponies in the village come and surround them, including their whole family.
"I am the Element Of Loyalty, but I was disloyal to Twilight when I abandoned her and went to comfort the impostor for my Sonic Rainboom show. I am a traitor, I am not an Element Of Loyalty" Rainbow confessed with anger and disappointment in himself.
"I was so selfish to leave Twilight that night ... Hic ... I caused a friend of mine to suffer just because of my selfishness ... I don't deserve to be an Element Of Generous. ... Huhuhu" said Rarity sobbing. Her mascara is stained with tears streaming down her face, but she doesn't mind it, after all she can always fix it, but maybe she'll never be able to fix Twilight and their friendship that she broke.
"Huhuhu !!! How could I be so cruel to Twilight ... Huhuhu ... She always helped me whenever I needed her ... Why could I leave her when She needs me ... I'm a bad friend! ... I never deserve the Element Of Kindness ... Huhuhu !!!" Flutershy burst into tears on Rainbow Dash's shoulders. Rainbow rubbed Flutershy's back, tried to comfort her but failed, and then her tears began to fall.
"I will never open any party again ... Hic ... Until Twilight returns ... There will be no party and I will not eat any more cakes ... Element Of Laughter will never laugh again." Pinkie Pie was completely shattered when she found out that her unicorn friend lost all her feelings just because she wasn't with her when she needed it most. Instead of bringing joy to the pony who needed it most, she brought that joy to an impostor and threw sadness at her friend.
"I was a liar ... I lied to myself and my friends when I said that princess Cadence was only stressed out before the wedding ... I lied to Twilight and princess that I learned lesson about seriously take care of my friends in zero lesson, and now, the truth is that I didn't learn anything ... I'm just a lousy liar. … I never deserved to be Element Of Honesty" Applejack shakily said with tears streaming down her face.
"Oh!!!!!!!!! Twily !!!!! I ... I'm sorry ... I'm very very sorry ... Please ... Please come back to us ... Please ... Huhuhu" in the end Shining Armor was unable to hold its ground. . He collapsed in his guilt. He screamed his sister's name desperately begging her to come back ... But it never happened. What was done was indelible, words had said were irrevocable, as well as time forever unable to return so that he could correct his past mistakes.
"I don't deserve to be her mentor ... Hic ... Whenever a threat comes to Equestrian ... I always put her and her friends in danger to deal with them. first pony that should stand out to fight must be me ... Huhuhu ... I should not have relied too much on Elements Of Harmony ... I'm coward ... And now, after all she did for me, after all the respect and loyalty she gave me ... I betrayed her, abandoned her while she was just trying to Warning me ... Huhuhu ... Because of my foolishness and arrogance, ... I almost lost Equestrian in the foot of Queen Changeling ..."
"Hic ... Even though enemy was finally defeated, my faithful students paid a heavy price for my stupid mistake ... Huhuhu !!! I no longer deserve to be the ruler of Equestrian!" Princess Celestia's calm mask was finally broken. She knelt down and sobbed like a filly, making all residents of Ponyville astonished to see the sun goddess, ruler of power, ... Has completely collapsed in front of them.
Main Five, Shining Armor, Princess Celestia sobbed in despair as she remembered how they had pushed their friend, loyal student, LSBFF into despair. And now, they understood feeling of despair Twilight had experienced when they left her, ignored her, and betrayed her. But, even if they were desperate now, suffering screamed her name and begged her to come back, everything was too late now. Just like what Twilight had said, they all had opportunity to choose to trust her, to stay and comfort her ... But, instead they chose to abandon her, turning away from her, betraying her beliefs ... And their wrong choice made her lose her feeling and become an empty shell. And now she was leaving them forever, and there was nothing they could do to bring her back.
At Everfree Forest.
Twilight is standing in front of the door of an ancient pyramid-like monument with strange ancient words engraved on the door. She stepped closer to read words carved on door.
"Hummm ... I have never seen this kind of character before. There are no books about it. Although Celestia had told me about some ancient relics that existed hundreds of years ago ... But, I had never heard of her about the ancient ruins in Everfree forest. …" Twilight read writing on the door.
'I don't think this belongs to your world, master' Death said
"What do you mean? Do you mean it came from another world? Do you know what it is and where it came from?" Twilight asked.
'Yes! My master. But I don't know what it is or where it came from. Because there are many parallel worlds in this universe, and not every one I've ever visited, my master' Death replied.
'But ... I can feel a stream of power coming from these ancient ... It seems these words are a seal, maybe owner of this ancient monument doesn't want to let anyone enters this place has sealed them up' Death added.
"So there's no way to open it?" Twilight asked.
'Not really, master. If it was normal then only owner of the seal could open it ... But, you're Lord Of Death so for seals like this you could easily open them. All you needed to do was transfer your power into the seal, which was too weak for you so it would not be able to withstand your power and would be destroyed' Death explained.
Twilight began to follow instructions of Death. She closed her eyes and concentrated her power, her horn lit up with dark gray magic, she opened her eyes, her eyes turned to icy blue again, she shot her magic at the door. Until the door glowed red ... And then the words on the door disappeared and the seal was destroyed, the door of the monument began to open.
Twilight drew back her magic, her eyes returning to cold gray. In front of her now was a dark passage leading to the inside of the monument. After a while staring at it, she began to walk into the aisle, darkness in the tunnel covering her. After she stepped deep inside, the door of the monument slowly closed behind her. But she paid no heed to it and continued walking. She decided to stay inside this monument and never return to Equestrian again. Now that she has no more regrets, she has given up everything including her home, all her friends, her family ... and her mentor, who she used to be very respectful, admired, loyal, trusting and considered her second mother... And now, She is Lord Of Death, she is guardian of the balance between life and death.