Joy of hidden Love and the Wrath of Lust.
By. Nightmare Moon
CH. 31
Disclaimer- Arthur's note at end. My little Pony Friendship is Magic belongs to Hasbro and Lauren Faust.
Rarity and Spike stopped in front of the welcome to Ponyville sign, Spike gently patted Rarity on the neck to tell her he’s with her. Rarity let out a sigh and trotted into town, her movement tempo made Spike bounce up and down repeatedly rubbing his scales against her neck. “Hard has diamonds but yet soft to the touch.” Rarity quoted in her mind.
Spike meanwhile placed his nose near Rarity’s beautiful mane. Discreetly he inhaled the purple beauty, causing pleasure to fill his mind. He enjoyed the little things before he finally sets his feet in the wooden floor of the library.
“Well, here we are S-Sp-Spike.” Rarity said in way which one can tell she is obviously masking any sort of dismay.
Spike jumped off of the Rarity’s back, stood in front of her just looking at her, and placed a hand over his shoulder wound.
“Oh dear! Spike I completely forgot about your shoulder wound, what are going to do if Twilight sees your shoulder.” Rarity asked franticly.
Spike turned to his wound. His lips puckered while he closed his right eye and fired a stream of green fire into the wound. Rarity just watched in awe in seeing the green fire heal his wound.
Once done Spike patted his shoulder to check if he missed any spots. “Born from magic allows my fire to heal myself because I have magic in me.” Spike smiled at the end of his sentence.
Rarity started to scratch the ground with her left hoof…the hard part is leaving the purple dragon. But before she can leave him she had to warn him about a certain thing Twilight might say. So Rarity plopped down on her rump and took Spike into an embrace. Softly she whispered into his ear. “Spike you will hear things that are not true. You will sense anger and will want to carry out retribution but I ask you to please ignore what you hear. I want you to think so your mind can be clear and right.”
Spike became confused. “What things are you talking about Rarity? Please tell me.” Spike asked.
“You will find out, soon enough if time permits.” Suddenly Rarity licked Spike on the cheek causing a line of red to streak across Spike’s face. “Consider that a farewell gift. Visit me whenever you want Spike.” Rarity whispered before letting go of him. She did not wave goodbye because her hoof is heavy, she did not look back because she had nothing to look back at, and she did not shed any tears because it will sting her eyes.
Spike went inside the library to burn the bowtie Rarity made for him. He doesn’t need memories of the past to reopen his shoulder wound. The left part of his chest glowed again with each heartbeat. Spike placed a hand over his heart to feel it. He sank his claws deep into his flesh stopping millimeters away from his heart. “How does that feel, huh? You can’t be a part of her because I learned to let go.”
***
Applejack’s chest rose back up to its correct posture. Her bones fused back into place and aligned themselves into their sockets. Her collapsed lung restored to breathing function, while her windpipe allowed breath to flow in and out. Fully healed.
Applejack got up to check herself in the mirror just to make sure her strong body is normal, it was a stroke of luck that she accidently swallowed a drop of Gold Sky’s blood when she tried beating him to death. Its taste was something she had never tried before. It was as if her taste buds couldn’t make out anything.
*Poof*
Rarity teleported outside the door of Applejack’s home, she came to check on how the orange Earth pony is doing.
*knocking*
Applejack’s ears quickly perked up in high alert along with an accelerating heartbeat. Cautiously Applejack approached the door to peer through the key hole. She saw a white coat on the other side, this caused so much relief to enter Applejack that she almost fainted.
“Hello there sugarlove, how you been? Please come in.” Applejack trying to keep herself from just hugging Rarity.
So Rarity walked in. She felt Applejack nuzzle her but it felt like a gesture that is completely empty of meaning, she still thought of Spike and her mind reminded her of every moment of Applejack’s slight facial twinge whenever she told her I love you.
Applejack felt no affection in return from Rarity, this isn’t Rarity. “Is there something wrong?” Questioned Applejack.
Rarity walked over to the couch and lied down with her back legs slightly on top of each other and her left front arm placed on top of her right arm so she can rest her head on the joint of the left arm. She got in this beautiful position for a reason. Rarity watched every detail of Applejack's facial and eye movement. Applejack’s eyes scanned Rarity’s body moving up from the flank to the head while a slight contempt grin began to form on her lips.
The same grin Twilight had…
This is all Rarity needed to know.
Blind.
Ignorant.
Used.
Rarity became so lost in being with Applejack that she never noticed that look on Applejack’s face, she now understood why Applejack only says I love you after drinking two cups of rough apple cider. Applejack is only dating her because she is the most beautiful unicorn in all of Equestria, after nights in bed together, rejecting many close physical advances from the orange mare, being interrupted when she talked about marriage, and feeling Applejack rub her flank so many times even though it made her feel extremely uncomfortable. Her eyes are finally opened.
Applejack became hostile because somepony touched her precious gem, Rarity.
“Applejack.” Rarity finally breaking the silence and breaking Applejack out of her trance.
“Huh, wha oh yes Rarity?”
“Do you love me?” Rarity flicked her mane out her face in a seductive way.
Applejack’s face twanged at hearing those words.
***
The door bell to the Sugarcube corner rang as Bon Bon came in to buy her normal routine amounts of candy. Mr. Cake smiled warmly at her but his smile turned upside down when he saw that she had a black eye.
“Bon Bon did you get into some kind of a fight?” He asked in great concern.
Bon Bon’s eyes darted back and forth and she immediately denied ever being in a fight.
“Can you please give me some kiwi lime pie please?” Requested the cream colored mare.
Mr. Cake’s right eyebrow shot up with suspiciousness. Whenever Bon Bon came to the Sugarcube corner she will always ask him to fill her saddlebags with candy but never will she ask for kiwi lime pie, this is completely out of her character.
“Bon Bon, are you alright? Is there anything wrong?”
The cream colored mare laughed nervously while shaking her head and ears dropping. So Mr. Cake placed the kiwi lime pie in her saddlebag and watched her lay a couple of bits in front of him. She quickly walked out of the restaurant with a look of fear in her eyes.
Bon Bon slowly sat down next to Lyra Heartstrings in the park. “I got you the pie you wanted my l-love.” So Lyra raised a hoof causing Bon Bon to flinch while shielding her face. But Lyra’s instead patted Bon Bon on the shoulder. “Thanks sweetheart.” Lyra commenced chowing down on the pie.
“I hope she won’t hit me tonight.” Bon Bon prayed.
***
Below the bowels of the tree library a lavender Unicorn levitated a sparkling spearhead underneath the lens of an electron microscope she created herself. She made herself burp before starting her work along with asking Spike if he wanted to help her but he locked himself in the spare room with a do not enter sign taped outside. She is still rather upset that Fluttershy took so long to eat a simple breakfast cake. But that is over, now comes the scientific joy of looking into the world of genetics.
Twilight zoomed in on the spearhead. “Ok, 2000, 4300, 6510, and 9780…I’m just going to zoom in until I can see all of the deoxyribonucleic acid, I hope it’s in double helix form and not mRNA.” A note book, quill, and bottle of ink appeared next to Twilight, she dotted down everything she is doing because she found it rather ridicules to use a tape recorder.
“Hmm, heart shaped red blood cells how cute. Zooming in more soooo I should be seeing the nucleus right about. About, about YES! And its heart shaped too…can it be that love isn’t just an emotion alone? Love just isn’t an emotion one feels through kind acts that leads to affection, attachment, breeding, giving birth, and teaching a new generation that cycle. But love can have a physical form? Love is not matter. Since matter cannot be created nor destroyed, so how in the world can love have some kind of a form? That is scientifically impossible! Love is just a simple emotion that this Alicorn has plenty, so if I can make a rough estimate here I can say that the love Gold Sky has in him combined with his vast magic. Somehow allowed the symbiotic creation of love in a physical form…ha I guess the laws of matter do not apply to emotions. AH focus Twilight! DNA remember, huh!?” Twilight felt a hoof tap her on the shoulder, so she turned to see Fluttershy.
Twilight’s right eye twitched but she had to control herself because allowing any sort of negative feeling to overcome her will spell out failure.
“Fluttershy, what do you need?” Twilight asked after taking a deep breath.
Fluttershy looked at the electron microscope. She has never seen anything so technological before, so this what Twilight must have been creating in her free time.
“Hey Twilight I just heard you say DNA? Can you please tell me what it is? It sounds pretty important.”
A small smile formed on Twilight’s lips. Finally she gets to be a teacher.
“Well Fluttershy, I’m glad you asked. DNA is an abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid, which is in your genes.”
“Genes?” Fluttershy asked.
“Genes is genetic material that reside in the nucleus of your cells, it contains DNA. Which is the main stuff, you know like the bossmare or the big shebang! DNA makes who you are. Not personality wise but appearance wise, like your pink mane, if your DNA had different base pairings then your mane could have been a different color like rose, blue, or jet black. DNA also dictates what race you are. Like I said before if the pairings were different then instead of having wings you could been a Unicorn or Earth pony. Any other questions?” Twilight hoped Fluttershy had more questions to ask.
“What are pairings and can I see DNA?” Fluttershy noticed Twilight’s smile getting bigger.
Twilight’s horn glowed. She retrieved a pair of lens from a shelf next to the electron microscope she then placed the lens inside a port next to her pair of viewing lenses. “Come. Look as I am going to zoom in more so you can see chromosomes which contain the DNA. And while we’re zooming in I will explain the pairings. The pairs are a joining of two nucleotides called adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine, and uracil. But uracil is only present in RNA because it takes the place of thymine, any who forget about uracil alright and just focus on the main four. OH! Look Fluttershy! We can finally see the chromosomes!” Twilight placed the second pair of viewing lenses before the yellow Pegasus.
“These chromosomes look like crooked Xs’.” Fluttershy exclaimed.
Fluttershy lost herself to awe. These genes have always been inside her body and now she gets to see a whole new world within her. This is mind-blowing!
Twilight zoomed in more until finally a perfect double helix strand of DNA shined before them.
“Here it is…DNA!! You see the bases? Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine all four bases before or, or…what is that…?” A look of bewilderment took over.
“Why is there a glowing base, Twilight?” Fluttershy too became surprised.
Twilight lips moved but no words came out of her mouth. This isn’t uracil, this base is different from the rest. For one it’s glowing, two it has no specific pairing pattern like Adenine pairs with Thymine and Cytosine pairs with Guanine and three it’s abundant.
“A fifth base or sixth if I include Uracil. Fluttershy this is a ummm, a fifth base in DNA!”
“So what is it called, Twilight?”
A little rut. Twilight searched every part of her mind to find the answer. “Fifth base? But how if DNA only has four bases…Gold Sky’s DNA is stran… son of a mare! Of course! LOVE! The fifth base is LOVE! Ha ah hah ha, this is extraordinary how an emotion created a fifth base in his genetic code. This will change everything about the laws of genetics, so if he has this fifth base in his DNA and after having sex with Octavia his twenty three chromosomes combined with her twenty three chromosomes will equal forty six. But out of those forty six his twenty three chromosomes have the fifth base. His child will be unique, no not unique I’m the unique one. His child will be a whole new being, a being with an Epsilon yeah epsilon sounds good. A being with an epsilon code because of love, so instead of A, T, C, G. He and his son or daughter has A, T, C, G, and L.”
“Let’s just call it L for right now ok Fluttershy. Now I think I’m done explaining everything you wanted to know, so can you please leave me to my research.” Twilight removed the second viewing lens so Fluttershy can no longer view the DNA. Fluttershy on the other hoof slapped Twilight on the flank with her pink tail. “I’ll be upstairs waiting for you and I will take care of Spike now that he is back from wherever he and Rarity went.” Fluttershy went back upstairs to the library.
Twilight went back to work. Her horn glowed in using magic to separate the bonds in the double strand. She sighed at knowing right here starts the hard part, she needs to write down billions of bases and fifth base. To filter out the Magic and Strength parts of the DNA while getting rid of Love, Flight, and Immortality. So she pricked herself to get a drop of her own blood to place it on a separate slide. “Ooooooooooooooooooook! I am going to brew some tea infused with seven hundred CCs of caffeine at around eight so that should keep me up all night long .” But before starting to filter out strength and Magic she stopped to think about the morality of this.
This isn’t right.
What will Celestia say if she were to find out.
Taking the DNA of a dead innocent stallion so she can infuse it with her genetic code. Her strength will multiply, while her magic will go and stay off the charts thanks to the infusion of Gold Sky’s vast but untapped magic.
There is no turning back now. She can have Rarity by her side, keep Fluttershy away, study the epsilon code from Gold Sky’s child when it’s born in eleven months, and become equal in power to Celestia, Luna, and Cadance.
The lavender unicorn's magic removed some chromosomes from the spearhead and placed them on a slide.
Twilight finally traced down strength and magic from DNA. She ignored the fifth base for the time being but she will have use for it later on.
Telepathy is cheating
***
*Poof*
Princess Luna and Octavia arrived back at the palace. Luna wished she can do more for Octavia but she will have to wait if Octavia makes contact with her, it seems high that Octavia will be giving her the silent treatment.
Then out of nowhere. “Why were you scared Luna? How can you, the Princess of the Moon ever become afraid of anything causing you to send somepony else to deal with your fear instead of dealing with it yourself?” Octavia inquired.
Luna figured her question had double meaning. It’s an insult and real wonder, but of course Octavia is still angered.
“I guess you won’t stop insulting me even when I’m done telling you why I felt scared.” Voice Luna.
Octavia tilted her head and blinked once.
Luna sighed. “I got scared because when I felt him become something totally different but completely identical to my corrupted side; Nightmare Moon. I, wanted to confront him myself so I can try to change him back to who he really is, but at the same time I didn’t want to go because what if this whole different Gold Sky were to somehow release my corrupted side. That’s when I became afraid. If I went I risk becoming a threat to Equestria again, on the same token I couldn’t leave Gold Sky in the state he became. So I telepathically read his mind but the only thing I can find is massive anger and you, no other alternative came to mind. So I did what I did because my duty comes first before anything else. Your sadness is… I’ll be going now.” Luna turned and left Octavia.
“I understand Luna, but why couldn’t you just used your telepathy to force sleep upon him.” The gray mare said to herself.
Princess Celestia thought about how she can be close to Octavia but in the same way she was close to Gold Sky when he was a foal and not in the way Cadence talked to her about. Celestia got to her balcony, to see her kingdom go on with it normal mortality of set days. Everypony below going about their set motions of daily life to life cycles, but each one of them seemed so happy to be up everyday doing the same thing. Why? Obviously Celestia asked herself a question that she knew the answer to in the first place.These ponies how somepony to love, they have a wife or a husband. Along with children to hug them whenever they got back to work. Celestia had all of that. She fell in love with most charming and intelligent stallion. Together they lived in total happiness like in the stories she’ll read to the fillies and colts that came to tour the palace.
Celestia remembered her wedding ring Starswirl the Bearded gave to her when he proposed, but of all the wonderful things he’s done for others. Star swirl’s proposal is the most romantic thing she has ever experienced. Her loving husband with a long beard to provide loving tickles when they cuddled close to each other every night. Unfortunately a perfect life will have one little shade of unhappiness. Princess Celestia talked about starting a family, like having a son Star Swirl can get out of his study room to enjoy the beautiful sun and Celestia can love the colt with all her heart. Or have a daughter so she can have a deep bond with her and Star Swirl will have the normal protective fatherly spirit. But Star Swirl had one little dark secret to tell his lovely Celestia…he’s infertile.
“I won’t blame you if you no longer desire to be with me your majest, err, Celli. I should have told you that I’m sterile but I thought if I did you will not marry me. I’m sorry my dear!” Star Swirl’s words played in Celestia’s mind.
Celestia felt her world shattering around her but she held up the pieces so she can comfort her husband. "I will always desire to be with you my dear husband. If we cannot have a family then at least we have each other and that's all that matters, come here." Celestia used her magic to bring him close to her so she can embrace him.
"Celli, you talked so much abou..." Celestia stopped him .
"I said it's alright Starswirl lets just drop the subject and move on with our lives." In reality however, she never moved on, she used her skill of concealing her emotions to make Starswirl think that she wasn't affected.
As the months went by she will look at mothers' and fathers' with a frown on her face. But as the years went by the wrinkles on Starswirl's face became longer while his strength drained away. A beautiful Celestia will stay up all night looking at her aging husband who struggled to breathe.
The day came... Celestia didn't want to to accept the truth, she will not leave his side despite her servants telling her to call the undertaker. Celestia ordered everypony to leave the room, once everypony was gone Celestia sealed the door shut with a spell.
Celestia fell to her knees. Her faith became more than the size of a mustard seed. She prayed to the Great Spirit to bring back Starswirl with the promise that she will let go and move on. She prayed and she prayed asking the Great Spirit to please hear her plea.
The Great Spirit heard Celestia's prayer with the remembrance of a previous prayer he answered a long time ago.
"Fifth-teen years should be more than enough time, so you can learn to let go." The Great Spirit smiled down upon Celestia and with one swift stroke of his hand Starswirl's wrinkles disappeared and he breathed in a breath of life.
"Thank you, lord!" Celestia screamed with tears of joy running down her cheeks. She hugged Starswirl tight.
"I was before the Archangel and the Son...Celestia! I love you! I love you!" He heard her words as he traveled through the light.
A second chance to love and to learn to use her immortality to help her move on when the fifthteenth year comes.
Princess Celestia came back to the present time, not having a family with Starswirl affected her still but now at lesser intervals. Luna and Cadance are family, but not the kind of family that can only come from marriage. Until she met Sylvia a talented Unicorn student of her's who will later give birth to Gold Sky.
On her deathbed with Silver Wind, Sylvia made a last request to Celestia. "Please watch over my son... teach him your morals, help him through life, and love him. P-please love him."
Celestia noticed Nurse Redheart frowning at hearing those words, she read Redheart's mind and found out that Redheart wanted to adopt Gold Sky.
After Sylvia and Silver Wind were buried, Celestia stood by a young Gold Sky and told him to follow her to his new home and Guardian. Celestia sent a letter to Nurse Redheart informing her that she will be Gold Sky's primary and only healthcare provider.
One stormy night she sat in front of the fire place reading a book.
*Knocking*
Celestia looked up to see Gold Sky run in trembling as a leaf on windy day. "I-I'm scared! AAH!" The thunder scared him.
"It's alright the thunder is not going to hurt you Gold Sky. You can sleep here if you want, I am more than sure that will make you feel better." She lifted up a wing which on instinct Gold Sky darted under and got close to her. She covered him. Soon he fell fast asleep.
"Sweet dreams my son." She whispered.
Celestia thought about Octavia's heart staying true to Gold Sky. Is it right for her to fall in love with the wife of a stallion she took care of once? Celestia only wanted to help Octavia but at hearing Cadance telling her that denial can only go so far struck her odd. She didn't have any doubt in her. Only the satisfaction of enjoying a nice kiss from Octavia.
First the Husband and then the Wife both of whom she kissed. Some will call her lucky but she called it wrong place at the wrong time.
Octavia softly knocked on Princess Celestia's door.
"Come in."
The gray mare walked in. Celestia smiled at seeing her.
"How did it go with Luna?" Asked the white mare.
"She asked me to forgive her." Octavia stood in front of Celestia and lifted her head to look up at her.
"So will you forgive her, Octavia."
Octavia broke eye contact. "I have a lot of time knowing that I will always have the opportunity to forgive her, not now but later on."
Celestia understood that Octavia will not forgive Luna, she wanted to press the issue but decided that now isn't the right time.
***
"Applejack, please answer me." Rarity asked.
The earth pony forced the words out of her mouth. "Rarity, you know that I do."
Rarity got off of the couch. "You do, what?"
"C'mon now Sugarlove we've been together for two years now why are you asking me this." Applejack's body heat rose up rapidly. More importantly there is no rough apple cider around.
"Why can you tell me that you love me Applejack? I have always said those words to you every chance I got, so please tell me that you love me."
"Rarity, Ah..." A white hoof covered her mouth.
"Unless you only see me as your precious gem!" Rarity's voice now became serious as the edge of diamond.
Rarity removed her hoof from Applejack's mouth so she can speak. Rarity waited but Applejack did not speak, Applejack cannot lie and the to tell the truth will hurt Rarity.
"Ah can't... Ah'm sorry Rarity I can't say it, Ah can't." Applejack admitted.
Rarity's horn glowed.
"We're done."
She teleported back home.
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My beloved subjects please don't fret over this not so long chapter because I got writer's block, luckily after some pushing and sharing of ideas plus more pushing with FoxofRarity I felt that maybe my writer's block is gone.