Darkness.
The world was full of darkness. Twilight stood on nothing, her hooves suspended by air. Dark swirls of wind danced their way around her. Then, she fell. The black walls rushed by. The bottom approached quickly.
Twilight gasped. She jerked awake, and soaked in her surroundings. She was in the round room, her head was resting in her arms, perched on the bed. Twilight glanced at Princess Celestia. She was sleeping, her breaths rapid, and raspy. Twilight looked up, and saw Princess Luna sitting nearby, gazing out the window. Twilight trotted over.
"So, Luna. When did all of this happen?" Twilight broke the silence. She had weakly stoned herself, unwilling to let her emotions go easily.
"About 2 weeks ago. My fair sister had traveled to Manehattan to check on the festival. About 3 days later, I realized that the sun's heat had intensified. I sent many guards down to fetch her. When they returned, Celestia had a high fever. She was in much denial. Saying how we are immortal! Illnesses should not be able to ail us! They cannot claim our lives.
"It was just yesterday that the effects of her sickness took hold. Her face caved in on itself, her cheekbones jutting out like mountains, and her eyes are bulging. Her rib cage sticks out at all angles. Her stomach sunk back, touching her spine it seems. and her legs are like twigs. Ready to snap under pressure." Luna's eyes started to flood. she choked on her words. "THIS ILLNESS IS GOING TO TAKE MY SISTER AWAY!" she screamed at the sky. "WHY? WHY HER?" She broke down, and collapsed into Twilight's arms, sobbing. Twilight softly stroked Luna's night sky hair.
Luna's sobbing turned to weeping, which then turned to slow, broken breaths. She slept restlessly. Twilight gently set her down on the floor and walked over to Celestia.
"Is this sickness really that fatal? Will you leave me? You can't leave me, Princess! You were like my mother to me!" Twilight's emotions broke through her weak barrier, pouring out her eyes in liquid form. "No! You can't!"
Princess Celestia stirred. Opening her eyes, she saw a blurry figure of someone she cared about deeply. She had raised her. Taught her all she could. Celestia could only fathom one thing. She was dying, and she was going to leave Twilight alone.
"T - Twilight. I'm - I'm sorry," Celestia moaned. Twilight looked up with glimmering eyes. Tears dropped onto the bed, darkening the colour.
"Oh, Princess! I will do everything in my power to come up with a cure!" Twilight told her.
"Twilight, my beloved, faithful student. You were like a daughter to me," she started.
Twilight shook her head furiously. "No. No. Don't say it. It's starting to sound like goodbye, " she started choking on her emotions. "Goodbyes are forever. You aren't leaving me forever!" She pushed Celestia's paling hair from her face, where it stuck firmly with sweat.
Celestia broke in. "Twilight. My time is coming." She paused, and swallowed some air. She laughed weakly. "I never thought I, the goddess of the sun, could even have a time." She clutched her throat as another wave of coughing cut her short. "I need you to be strong for me, Twilight. Be strong and don't lose your magic." Princess Celestia grabbed onto Twilight with her dazzling pink eyes, and clung to the sight of her beloved student until she faded into the darkness.