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// Everything exlpained 
// Story: The Forgotten King 
// by Ghost Writer 
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	They could see the castle perched on the side of a mountain in the distance. They would have to walk through Canterlot to get to the castle. It took a while to get to the castle but eventually they made it. The entire way there ponies were constantly giving Eclipse strange looks. Some were disgusted, some were scared, some were mad. A few times a snobby pony would be giving Eclipse a disgusted look and he would turn towards them n go “BOO!”, then laugh as they were shocked and ran away. Lately Eclipse had enjoyed being a bit meaner than usual, but he didn’t notice.
When they arrived at the castle Eclipse suddenly had an extreme feeling of nostalgia. It felt like he had been there many times before, like it stirred an old long lost memory in the back of his head. But he had never been there before so he pushed the thought aside.
They walked up to the door of the castle and Twilight pushed it open.
“You’re just going to walk into Celestia’s castle without knocking?” asked Eclipse.
“Yep. I come here a lot and this is what I normally do.” She replied.
The door opened and the group went inside. The castle was lavishly decorated with fine floors, walls, paintings, curtains, and everything imaginable. There were large red velvet curtains hanging down from ornate stained glass windows depicting some history of Equestria. There was one showing Nightmare Moon on the moon. And one showing Discord being turned to stone by the elements of harmony, that one must have been put up recently. 
They walked to a large door at the end of the main room and Twilight pushed it open and walked in. It was Celestia’s bedroom and she was standing on the balcony watching over Canterlot.
She turned around and said “I see you’re finally here. But hey, Twilight, next time you bring guests I think it would be polite for you to knock on my bedroom door before you barge in here. But now that you’re here where is Eclipse?”
Eclipse stepped out from the group and faced Celestia. “Here.” He said. He made eye contact with Celestia and suddenly he felt a deep burning hatred wash over him. He wasn’t sure where the hatred for her came from but it made him want to lash out and attack her.
“That doesn’t look good.” said Celestia as she walked around Eclipse scrutinizing him. 
"Do you know what's happening to you?" asked Celestia
"No." replied Eclipse.
"How far back can you remember?" she asked.
"The first thing I remember was waking up in Ponyville, I had no idea who I was or where I came from. But that memory seems to become more and more blurred." he said.
"I see." said Celestia.
"Do you know where I came from? Do you know what's happening to me? If you do I'm begging you to tell me." pleaded Eclipse.
"I invited you here to tell you everything. It's not a pleasant explanation, but unfortunately there isn't much choice." sighed Celestia. She cleared her throat and began. "First of all what's happening to you is that you're being taken over."
"Taken over?!" gasped Eclipse.
"Yes, that's why you're changing. First you'll change physically then he'll take over your mind and become you, or rather you'll become him." said Celestia.
"Who is him?" asked Eclipse.
"He is Atrox. Atrox was my brother, but he was an evil ruler and I ended up having to banishing him to the stars." said Celestia.
"So that's why I only change when I look at the stars?" asked Eclipse.
"Yes." said Celestia. "When he was banished he was banished differently than Nightmare Moon. Nightmare moon was merely sent to the moon, but Atrox was too powerful for that. When he was banished he had to be split among the stars by the use of magic. When it becomes nighttime he is able to gain strength and prepares to break free from the stars. That is why there is day and night. I have to bring the sun up to weaken him and keep him trapped. He found out what I was doing to keep him trapped and he knew he couldn't break free the way things were going. So he decided to help Nightmare Moon escape. That is why the prophecy for Nightmare Moon said that the stars would aid her escape. It was Atrox helping her break free."
"So how come I've never heard of Atrox?" asked Twilight.
"When Atrox ruled he had the entire world under his control. He didn't let the ponies learn to read or write. He made them all slaves and had them work to death for his own amusement. After I banished him I helped the ponies of Equestria learn to read and write and let them wrote their history books directly from my personal record. However, I kept the parts about Atrox hidden. I didn't want anypony to remember him, I also wanted to forget him, to push him out of my mind and move ahead. The ponies I taught to read and write agreed with me and the legend of Atrox was never recorded." said Celestia.
"That still doesn't explain how I came to be." said Eclipse.
"I was about to explain that when somepony interupted me." said Celestia, giving an unprincesslike look to Twilight. "When Nightmare Moon escaped she kept it nighttime for over a day. That left enough time for Atrox to build his strength and Escape the stars. But the six of you used the Elements of Harmony to turn Nightmare Moon back into Luna. Atrox saw what had happened and manifested himself in this world while he could. The idea was that he would lay low and draw the rest of his power from the stars before confronting me. When he came back to this world he was incomplete, he only had a portion of his power and his soul. I found him and confronted him. We fought and he was a match for me even in his weakened state, but in the end I was able to defeat him and sent him back to the stars. But after I beat him and banished him, you showed up." said Celestia, pointing to Eclipse. "I had banished Atrox and where there should have been nothing I saw an unconscious pony. I thought it could have been Atrox, but that would have been impossible. You also looked different from him. I'm not sure how it happened but I think you're like the good side of Atrox. I think you split from him when I cast the spell to banish him, I can’t be sure thought, it’s only a guess. I didn't know what to do with you. I considered killing you to be safe. But I could never kill anypony, that's only the kind of thing Atrox would do. So I took you to Ponyville and put you in a vacant house. Then I cast a spell to wipe your memory.”
"Why didn't you just keep me here? I would have found out what was happening to me sooner." growled Eclipse. He was angry at Celestia, but he didn't quite know why.
"Right now you’re angry at me because of Atrox. He is part of you and you feel what he doe. You're right though. I should have brought you here to the castle and monitored you. I had no idea that Atrox would funnel his power into you and take control. If I had known I would have kept you here and made sure you didn't see the stars at night."
"Is there a way to reverse the effects?" asked Eclipse.
"I'm going to try casting the banishing spell on you." said Celestia.
"What?!" exclaimed Eclipse, Won't that banish me? That doesn't help me! I'll be worse off than ever!"
"Nope. It should just banish Atrox from you. After that you should return to your normal self and be free from Atrox as long as you don’t look at the night sky.”
“I’ll be completely free?”
“As long as you don’t go looking at the stars you will be.”
“So then what about the nightmares? I had nightmares in which he would talk to me and I would end up sleepwalking outside and looking at the stars.”
“When I banish him again they will go away and you’ll be free to sleep whenever you feel like it with no fear of nightmares.”
Eclipse was now smiling. Finally he had some good luck. He was almost beginning to lose hope that he would even make it past the week. “Princess if you turn me back to normal I will love you, FOREVER.” 
Celestia's face turned slightly red and she said "Ya, let's wait until after I fix you to congratulate me."
"I'm just so happy that I'll actually ever get to be normal again." said Eclipse.
"It's going to take a day before I can cast the spell. I'll need to make some preparations. In the mean time the seven of you can stay here in the castle and do whatever you feel like." said Celestia.
"I'll have the bagpony escort you to your rooms"
When she finished her sentence a scrawny looking pony came through the door. He looked at the group and made a not too well hidden look of disappointment when he saw Rarity. He said "If you follow me I'll escort you to your rooms."
They all picked up their things and Rarity had the bagpony carry hers. The luggage seemed almost too much for the bagpony to carry, but he held on the way to their rooms.
They came to a row of six doors and the pony said "Alright these will be your rooms while you stay in the castle. Hopefully you find everything to your liking."
"Excuse me, but there are only six rooms and seven of us." said Twilight.
"Sorry these are the only rooms that are all bedrooms this close to eachother. Two of you will have to share a room." he said. Then he turned down the hallway and was gone after he went around a bend.
"Well who wants to share with who?" asked Twilight.
"I guess I'll be with somepony." said Eclipse. "After all I'll probably be sleeping during the day anyways. So who wants to share a room with me?"
"I need to have a room to myself." said Rarity.
"I wouldn't mind sharing." said Rainbow Dash. In truth she had hardly talked to Eclipse at all. After he saved her from the bullies in Cloudsdale he had taken off. She never got to thank her for helping him. She also never got to get to know him. See had seen him once when Twilight dragged them out to Everfree Forest to help him, but he was injured then and was unconscious most of the time.
"That settles that then." said Twilight, "Eclipse will share a room with Rainbow."
The seven of them nodded in agreement and picked rooms. Then they went to their rooms to drop off their things.