Chapter 2: Ghost of Hearth's Warming Past
Cadance and Shining just enter their room.
"Twilight will be better when Nightmare Moon is lock up for good." Shining said.
"And when she is, she'll thank us." Cadance said, agreed with her husband.
Suddenly, the wind blow in the room.
"Who let the window open?" Shining asked.
"Princess Cadance? Shining Armor?"A filly voice call out, waving her arm or leg through the wardrobe doors.
"Who's calling us?" Cadance asked, look at the wardrobe.
Coming out of wardrobe, is a little filly ghost that look like the filly version of...
"Twilight! What has that monster done to you?" Cadance asked as she run to hug Twilight...
Which Cadance's arms went through filly.
"Easy. I'm not Twilight." 'Twilight' said.
"We can see that. What do you want with us?" Shining asked.
"Very much. I'm the Ghost of Hearth's Warming Past. Your and Nyx's past. I'm come to guide you two through the past." Past said.
"Sorry. Don't believe it." Shining said.
"And why not?" Past asked.
"Because we are dreaming or I might be. You're not real." Shining said.
"Whatever you say. It's time to go." Past said.
With that, the filly like ghost light her horn and with a big flash, the ghost, prince and princess are now in Shining's old home. Shining's parents are getting ready for the night out.
"You two remember this?" Past asked.
"Remember? This is the day I first foalsit baby Twilight." Cadance said.
"I remember that too." Shining said.
Just then, young Shining enter the house with young Cadance. They walk through Real Shining and Cadance, not seeing them.
"Why didn't they see us?" Cadance asked.
"These are the shadow of past. They can't hear or see us." Past said
"I'm home." Past Shining said.
"Oh, Hi Sweetheart. You must be Cadance? Shining told us so much about you." Velvet said.
"MUUUUM!" Past Shining said in embarrassment.
"Oh man." Shining said as Cadance giggle.
"Shining Armor told me you going out for the night." Past Cadance said.
"That's right. We just need to find a foalsitter for Twilight since Shining has plans." Night Light said.
"Well, I'm great with kids. I'll foalsit Twilight." Past Cadance said.
"Will you? Great! The list is on the fridge. We'll be back on midnight." Velvet said.
With that, the parents went off.
"Want to meet my baby sister?" Past Shining asked.
Past Cadance nodded and follow her friend with real Prince and Princess and ghost follow them, to baby room. They quietly walk through the room to the crib where there sleeping, is baby Twilight Sparkle.
"Awe. She's so cute and so tiny." Past Cadance said.
"And on that day, I foalsit her a lot of time and grow to love her as a sister I never had." Cadance said with a smile.
"And then you two fall in love together. Soon in years time, you were planning to marry each other, but didn't go as plan, did it?" Past asked.
"No. Queen Changeling ambushed me and took my place." Cadance said with sadness.
"And you, Shining Armor, haven't noticed of what's happening of you soon-to-be-wife. And when Twilight did noticed and try to protcet you..." Past said.
Shining's eyes widen as he know what the Past going to show them.
"Oh no! Don't show us that!" Shining said.
The ghost said nothing as her horn glow again and with a big flash, the ghost, prince and princess are now in hallway in the castle of Canterlot, where fake Princess Cadance run through them. the Ghost, Prince and Princess slowly head to the door, watching past SShining shouting that his sister; Twilight.
"You want to know why my eyes went all? Nuh! Because ever since I started having to perform my protection spell, I've been getting terrible migraines. Cadance hasn't been casting spells on me. She's been using her magic to heal me! And she decided to replace her bridesmaids because she found out the only reason they wanted to be in the wedding was so that they could meet Canterlot royalty! And if she hasn't been on her best behavior with your friends, it's because with me being so busy, she's had to make all the decisions about the wedding!" Past Shining said.
"I was just trying to–" Twilight was cut off.
"She's been completely stressed out because it's really important to her that our big day be perfect! Something that obviously wasn't important to you! Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go and comfort my bride. And you can forget about being my best mare. In fact, if I were you, I wouldn't show up to the wedding at all." Past Shining said before he went off.
"This action Twilight did, is the same you two did at Twilight's house, thinking Nightmare Moon will bring fears to all. Twilight try to save you and you didn't believe her." Past said.
"But Twilight was right, in the end." Shining said.
"But sometime, doing the same thing isn't truly the same. Now, I'm going to show you somepony's past." Past said.
With that, the ghost's horn glow again and with a big flash, the ghost, prince and princess are now in Everfree Forest. Twilight slowly walking to the bushes.
"I remember what's going." Cadance said.
"Me too. This is where Twilight found Nyx." Shining Armor said.
Indeed it is. Twilight found black filly and brought her home.
"Then Twilight and Nyx starting to love each other as Mother and daughter." Past said.
"Yeah. They have." Shining said.
"Sadly, few months after that day..." Past said.
The ghost's horn glow again and with a big flash, the ghost, prince and princess are now outside of library of Ponyville. They look through the window, watching Princess Celestia carring Nyx as Nyx try to get to Twilight.
"Twilight! TWILIGHT! Please, don't let her take me, Twilight! I don't want to go! Please, I want to stay here, Twilight! If I did something bad, I'm sorry! Please, I don't want to go! Twilight! TWILIGHT!" Nyx call out in fear.
Princess Celestia with Nyx just left the library and stepped into the chariot. the chariot took of with Nyx's last scream...
"MOMMY!"
Few seconds after that, Twilight rush out, try to rescue her daughter, but it was too late...
"NYX!" Twilight call out in sadness.
"Oh. poor little filly." Cadance said with a little tear from her eye.
"Awe. Are you crying?" Past asked.
As Shining comfort his wife, Cadance answer...
"N-no! I'm not! Aunt Celestia is doing the right thing. She must protcet Ponies from Nightmare Moon!" Cadance said.
"And yet, she broken Twilight's heart to do so." Past said.
"Shut up. Just shut up and leave me and my wife alone!" Shining said in rage.
With that, Shining Armor release his wife and charge at the ghost, only to hit the wall. The Prince and the Princess look around. They are back in their room in Crytal Empire.
"That was odd." Cadance said.
"And painful." Shining said, rubbing his forehead.
(One down, two to go. Shining's past is in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1 and Nyx's is in Past Sins writen by Pen Stroke. The next ghost will appear next. See you all soon!)