//------------------------------// // Some Things Are Not Meant To Be Seen // Story: Unbecoming // by RepentInReprise //------------------------------// Unbecoming Chapter 2: Some Things Are Not Meant To Be Seen Written by: Nathan Richard Stuckwisch (Julius Ulysses Icarus; penname) 7/2/2015 I had seen the Sun and now I can’t see it anymore… or… am I always seeing it, unable to unsee it? Some things are not meant to be seen, as Twilight and I both saw something that was not meant to be seen... Twilight just wrapped her hooves around me, hugging me, and kissed me deeply. I returned the kiss, letting myself be held in her hooves. She… she was catching me from falling, in this abysmal darkness. Whether I now looked up or down, she was there, holding me. She whispered in my ear: “There’s nothing you can do to make me stop loving you, Dashie.” Again we pressed our lips against each other. She nuzzled me. Each touch of her hoof, her brushing her muzzle against mine, her rubbing against my fur, or licking my ears and, uh… cheeks, each started to become a reminder and resemblance of who I knew Twilight Sparkle to be… all of her mannerisms and demeanor became unquestionably real to me, through her touch, voice, and even smells and, uh… tastes. I felt her move away from me, but still held me in her hooves, I only snuggled myself further into her embrace, sighing and letting myself be caught from falling. “T-Thank you, Twilight, I… I love you too.” I threw my hooves around her, or, at least the best I could, feeling her mane and her soft coat, I nuzzled her neck in solace. “I… I can’t help but wonder Twilight, how did I get here?” I heard Twilight sigh, and heard her hesitate and stumble over her words. “Well, I uh… it’s... “ I heard her take a breath, and she began again: “I was the one who saved you, Rainbow.” “Oh…” I was dumbfounded, and in agony, for I had caused her this tragedy.. “I’m sorry” was all I could mutter. “I was flying, on my way to see the Princesses on an urgent matter that they had requested my presence for… then I happened to see you, flying in the distance, above me, over the clouds. I had called out to you, to get your attention, but you… you weren’t responding, so I flew after you, but… you just kept flying higher and… faster and faster… until I... “ Twilight paused. I heard her wince audibly in sheer pain… “Until I saw you fall…” She began crying uncontrollably, and I cried with her… this time I felt around in the darkness, and wrapped my hooves around her, and coddled her as best I could… I kept whispering “I’m sorry” to her, in guilt, even though she seems to have already forgiven me and said that nothing I could do could make her stop loving me, it was clear as day this hurt her… traumatized her, perhaps… I had imagined that she was deeply hurt, not because she had thought that I had hurt her, but that I had hurt myself in such a way... “... seeing you fall was the most heartbreaking thing I have ever seen, Rainbow… I… I raced as fast as I could to catch you, and I did… just before you hit the ground, you had landed in my hooves, and I had cried out to you…” “Rainbow! Rainbow! RAINBOW!” I heard her calling my name, but... she wasn't speaking... but I had heard her, elsewhere. “W-wait… Twilight…” I felt her shift in my hooves. “I… I remember, Twilight. I remember. I remember hearing your voice. I remember you crying, and holding me, and you flapping your wings as you rushed me to where I assume was here… and then, nothing.” I hesitated. I had pondered whether to disclose to what I had to say next to Twilight... she would understand, of course, but… but I… I… I’ve no way to deal this on my own! I'm alone enough in this darkness already... “There’s something I need to tell you, Twilight…” “Anything, Dashie…” she said with a concerning and caring voice. “Thank you, Twilight… This may sound crazy, but… I can’t see anything… anything but a damn vision of a bright light! Whether it’s white, or red, or orange, I… I can’t tell! When I’m awake, all I can see is darkness, Twilight. But… when I’m asleep, all I see is the blinding light! I… don’t know what I want anymore, Twilight! Whether to sleep or to stay awake, I feel like I can’t tell whether I’m sleeping or whether I’m awake, and I don’t know that I want either! This… this feels like a nightmare gone on too long, and I want it to end! I just… I don’t know!” I began crying again, not knowing what else to do… Then I had felt Twilight hugging me tightly, and kissing me, giving me a sensation of warm lips, and cold tears, something sweet and something bitter… and then it hit me that I was indeed awake, and what I had thought was nightmare, of dreaming, was real… I cried more, muttering under my breath that I was sorry, sorry that I had caused her to see such a sight… I clutched her tightly and returned her passionate and yet bittersweet kiss… guilty of my own undoing... “Some things are not meant to be seen, Twilight… some things are not meant to be seen..."