//------------------------------// // The Choice // Story: What is Friendship Now // by Narcissistic Writer //------------------------------// ''Please Celestia please tell me there's another way,I can't possibly choose between my friends'' Twilight wailed "I'm sorry my faithful student but you must make a choice the Pegasi, the Earth ponies or the Unicorns" "But I......I...I want to be with all my frie-" she was cut off by a rather angry sounding Celestia "NO!, you must choose it has been ordered by the residents of Equestria". "But....but you are the princesses you should be able to control this problem its seems simple enough for a princess to solve" she whispered not wanting to upset them anymore "I am sorry I really am but the entire fate of Equestria lies in the hands of this decision it is crucial that we defend ourselves". "From what, the tribes that live in Harmony and make Equestria as wonderful and beutifal as it is today" "No we are defending from tribes that ''used'' to live in harmony, Twilight we are at war" she had never wanted to say that word ever again and Twilight could tell from her strong facial reaction. "But what if you princesses confront each other in the war" she slumped down not really wanting to know the answer. "I....do not want think the worst but if it comes to that then so be it" Soon after her Sister had said those lines of speech Luna started to tear up it only took a few seconds for her to disappear from everyone in the throne room's line of sight, Celestia only realised this when she heard the ear shattering sound of the of the about two metre door slam shut, sounding similar to an explosion, even Cadence had shed a tear at Celestia's decision. It was quite clear everyone in the room could tell Celestia was already regretting her decision and even Twilight was trying to convince her not to do this she replied by saying. "I'll......I'll........I'll consider it" she took a long pause before speaking again "No I....I cannot let a war break out I can solve this thank you Twilight for convincing me and......oh wait no I'm sorry I said I could help this situation but I remembered the threats the tribes are putting against us Princesses I'm sorry this must be done" as she turned away from Twilight she felt sorry for the poor mare having to be separated from her friends and now her mentor had said a war must go on even though the Princesses had all the power in Equestria she felt pathetic she had to do something. Suddenly she had an idea but she had to wait. The Princesses meant to rule together about to slaughter eachother horrible just plain awful. Others thought this could be resolved but Twilight knew this would end in death, she had already been separated from the five mares that gave her life meaning,what else could the world throw at her. Just 20 minutes or so as that thought passed her mind the doors of the room flung open standing before them were the Pegasi,Earth ponies and Unicorns stood in perfect orderly lines with Luna leading the Pegasi ordering that Celestia and Cadance take their place too Cadence took place but Celestia refused and Luna puzzled why she did not take her place. "sister why do you not stand by your Unicorn Allies" Luna stared confused at her sister. Celestia knew it was time to put this plan into action so she did. "because I have come to a different decision, the Tribes may have declared war, but I the ruler of Equestria has not, Twilight told me that it was my choice but I did not believe that because of the amount of threats coming from the Tribes, so I have come to different and final conclusion: war is not an answer the Tribes declared war but I am not going to let one break out". " Bravo my sister Bravo, but there is a reason you have called off this war you said war was the only answer because of pressure or threats and now suddenly its come back to you that instead of starting a war and ending a war you think a simple demand from a princess who lost power and succumbed to friendship and thinks that friendship solves everything well here's a news flash for you it doesn't and certainly doesn't solve a war and you may not believe anything that I say but one thing is true, you started this, but the trouble is you can't end it" everyone in the room stood silently waiting for the aftermath of Luna's surprisingly long speech that caused Twilight's jaw to drop "You have brought this war on yourself my sister and you will suffer the consequences of your decision" Terrifying silence stood,Twilight knew how this would end but she had to let it happen she just hoped Luna's magic wasn't strong enough what was she saying of course it wasn't. (she hoped). Two words broke the silence that stood two dreadful words "First Hand" she then flew up into the air then diving downwards causing the ground to explode in one area of the room. The devastating repulse of magic caused one area of the floor to explode. The explosion knocked Celestia off her feet after a very quick recovery she sighed as she stood high and gave her sister a common but rather threatening stare she knew that that was not Luna that stood before her but instead simply a beast overwhelmed with heartbroken rage a beast she had to slay. "I am your sister and you betray me like that,Disgusting,outrageous but most of all Evil." As Luna's rage continued her horn began grow darker and the expression on the three princesses faces was sadness especially Celestia who was still staring not wanting to hurt her little sister but deep down she knew that wasn't her sister but even with that thought she could not fight her, she instead turned away and let her sister's horn grow darker. As her power increased and the tribes waited for a blast Cadance screamed at Celestia to fight back or move out the way anything to protect her from impact once she saw the Princess had planned to do nothing she started weeping along with other members of the tribes even the Pegasi started to quietly cry this was one of the most shocking things that had happened in years all three tribes would never expect Celestia's loved sibling to do such a thing like this especially Twilight who had been frozen in shock ever since Luna had lit her horn the slightest. Her sister had inside she knew their was a high chance she would lose her life if this what was sure to become a battle Cadence tried protecting Celestia but was held down and her magic disabled by a magic wielding staff but she also had to be stunned by Pegasi to prevent non-magical protection they couldn't believe what they were doing As the two Tribes watched heads down but it was the Unicorns who felt the full effect of the guilt and they knew they had the right to feel it. Hell of a team they were not even able to save their leader before the war even started pathetic they were covering their eyes not wanting to experience any of this madness , all they could do was watch as their leader, was about to be murdered. As soon as the Blue Mare's rage had turned her horn dark as the night sky, with one powerful blast she sent Princess Celestia flying across the room landing diagonally into the base of her throne. "NO!" Twilight shouted as the Princess connected with the steel. Twilight gasped followed by the mocking of Luna. " Not quite as powerful as the the ruler of Equestria should be, so sad it had to end like this you know that I think about it we should get some fresh air" a smile appeared as she dragged her older sister across the cracked floor spreading her wings for take off before coming to a sudden stop of realization, a spark of hope hit Twilight but soon faded as it was a realization of a flaw in her punishment. "Oh silly me forgot there's no open windows better fix that" she said she asked for two Pegasus ponies to step forward and hold her sister in place as she prepared her two back hooves for a brutal kick to the abdomen. she waited until her sister had regained consciousness, and then as fast as lightning Luna's two back hooves connected with Celestia and sent her flying at least ten feet across the room. She crashed through the hard layers of the the window pane causing glass to scatter all around the throne room floor Celestia was pulled back into the building by Luna's levitation only to be thrown across the floor once again but this time used the wall as a springboard to jump into flight she stayed in the air staring downwards towards her sister something bad was going to happen She viciously swooped down firing magic from her horn to break Luna's defense then swooped down viciously and tackled her sister they both clung onto each other while flying through the air before Luna got the upper hand and threw her sister through the roof landing on the fragile glass roof the battle continued. "Get them out of here this is between me and her but keep Miss Sparkle she must witness the destruction of Equestria's most worthless leader" the Pegasi obeyed and forced out the tribes in actual fact the only reason they left calmly was because of the ruthless actions they had witnessed committed by Princess Luna and did not wish for the same punishment to be placed upon them, but worst of all the Princess they thought they all knew and loved now was about to murder her only sister. Nobody was there to help the ruler of Equestria not even Twilight in fact Twilight had curled up into a ball covering her eyes staying silent ever since Luna shot her first magical blast.At this point Celestia had many cuts and bruises and every time she was slammed into the ground she would get weaker and weaker she believed Luna needed her to be weak to finish the job nobody else could. Luna blasted her sister into the ground and prepared the finishing spell when they suddenly heard a cracking sound the roof was cracking they both fell god knows how many feet to the ground Luna managed to fly to the armory and find a dagger and pointed it towards her prey as her sister desperately tryed to crawl away from the psychopath that used to be her sister corrupted from pain and sadness and the thought of war. The Princess managed to crawl to her throne before another blast sent her through the wall causing her to fall a few feet before landing on a watchtower followed by her sister still holding the dagger ready to strike again. While all this was happening still inside the throne room sat Princess Twilight still curled up thinking about the horrors of her mentor being smashed to pieces probably right in front of here well what did she know she was too scared to stop her own friends being separated from her what could she do for her mentor but then Twilight thought about her decisions in life then she remembered she was the element of magic, she had defeated Nightmare Moon,Tirek,Discord she might not be able to save her mentor but she can do something. Luna slowly walked towards her prey just as she lunged for her sister her name was called in a rather quiet voice "Luna why do you take all of this rage on your sister, she called the war off you wouldn't of need to fight each other"Twilight thought in some way she could lower the amount of Insanity infecting Luna's thoughts. "Listen Princess Twilight the reason this has to be is the fact that my own sister that I thought cared about me would even consider somewhat of a war where we sisters would kill each other but now I've started this war and after the death of the only pony that has a say of stopping this war nothing will stop it" "But why are you upset about you two killing each other if your'e about to kill her now" "Because......because.......BECAUSE SHE STARTED A WAR AND I NEED TO END IT" Her voice shattered the window panes surrounding the throne room she turned from Twilight and back to her victim but instead met head to head with a rainbow mane pony who's eyes dripped with water in the rain some tears some raindrops but the sadness soon turned to anger earlier than expected and Celestia finally with the upper hand charged at her sister it took no time at all for the younger sister to be tackled by the older sibling sending them straight through a wall and back into the throne room the older sister still stunned from her previous injuries extremely vulnerable Luna took the opportunity and charged at her sister through the already broken hole in the throne room wall causing them to fall. But before they both met their certain doom Princess Luna managed to cling onto the ledge with one of her forelegs the other stopping her sister from falling to her death even though her main objective was to do so she felt she couldn't let her go because.....because..because she must spill her sister's blood. She let go of the ledge but also at the same time flapped her wings viciously to pull up her and her sister's added weight. Sweat rolled down from her head slowly coming to a stop on her cheek as she reached a nearby platform dropping her sister onto another thick glass roof while in the air Luna prepared for a powerful plunge into her sister's stomach but Celestia with some life left rolled out of the way of her sister's deadly finish though the speed that Luna hit the glass caused a small crack in the middle of the roof the sisters did not notice this and resumed their battle. The older sister's spells much more advanced than the younger sibling but the young one's rage gave her spells unbelievable power Twilight urging to help shot a laser like beam towards Luna,she remembered she had a knife so searched desperately for the silver,shiny object eventually realizing it had fallen into the abyss when they had been clinging onto the edge Luna defended herself by shooting a beam of her own but since her rage was driven to Celestia her magic was no match for Twilight's magic she quickly overwhelmed Luna's laser and left her incapacitated long enough for Celestia to once again recover she started to repeatedly blast Luna with her magic Celestia realised the crack had grown so far it had reached not just maximum length but also maximum width the roof was going to fall apart Celestia getting ready for take off with her student but before lift off Luna's rage kept her alive not resting until her sister met certain intentional death. Celestia trying to fly with her sister clutching her leg was too much she barely made any altitude before dropping but their weights were too much the fall broke the window roof they were falling. Not knowing their fate the sisters thought the smartest thing to do was open their wings but every time a sibling opened a wing it was stopped by the opposite sister it was only going to be a few more seconds until impact and finally CRASH! Twilight tried to fly down to find her mentor but all she could see was two Alicorns lying side by side no movement no sound just......silence.