//------------------------------// // Forbidden Secret // Story: Rose's Broken Soul // by MorningRose //------------------------------// Rose and Twilight nodded to Gleaming and hurried to the throne room. As they entered the throne room they noticed that Celestia and Luna were worried. Celestia was the first to speak, “I know what you want to ask Twilight. However that will have to wait until after you follow us.” Celestia upon finishing her speech cast a spell on the throne room floor.  Once the spell was cast the floor shined brighter than the sun and all four princesses phased through the floor. Everypony except Twilight knew what was going on as they landed softly on a gorgeous ornate statued hallway. Twilight was scared and trying not to panic asked, “Wh-Wh Where are we? I didn’t know this was here.” Luna looked at Twilight and said, “My dear Twilight. There is no need to be scared. This place is sacred. Only Celestia, Cadance, Emerald, Rose, and myself know about this place. We wanted to tell you  about this place but we couldn’t. For there is a spell on this place that forbids revealing it to any pony outside the Galaxia family. This place is called The Hall of Heritage and Immortality.” Twilight’s eyes widened in shock as she said, “Celestia, Luna, and Rose, though I have never been here I know of this place. You see, a couple years ago I acquired Starswirl’s personal diary. It had all these stories in it. However I could only ever read one of them. It explained this place but not its location since this is suppose to be a secret I will personally deliver it to you.” Celestia looked at Twilight with a confused look and said, “You came across Starswirl's diary. Are you sure you could read it?” Twilight having never seen Celestia like this answered, “Of course I am Celestia. I examined the hoof writing myself.  Why, what’s wrong?” Celestia looking relieved said, “Twilight, Starswirl  only had one diary. He enchanted it so that only one pony could read it. Anyways enough of that. About your request for a wedding in the dream realm I approve. But you must know that after you are married in the Astral Plane you cannot fall out of love with the one you married. As for the reason I’ll let Luna explain.” Luna stepped forward and calmly said, “The reason you won’t be able to fall out of love is because once you marry in the Astral Planes the love between you will be amplified. If you do some how fall out of love you will be killed painfully by a curse. That is why if you marry you mustn’t fall out of love.” Twilight knowing her love for Rose is infinite walked over to Rose and after giving her a wing hug said, “Luna, I accept the danger. For I know my love for Rose is infinite.” Celestia proudly said, “I am so proud of you, Twilight. By the way, have you tried to read that diary recently? I only ask because now that you are marrying into the family you should know that I had one other daughter. She was born a unicorn and she was my protege before you. However she left under some not so good terms. Her name was Sunset Shimmer and she left to another world through a portal. I just hope one day she will return and we can be a family.” Rose shocked at this information said, “ Grandmother, are you saying that I have an aunt that is a little older than me? Why didn’t you tell me sooner?” Celestia with tears in her eyes said, “My dearest granddaughter yes you have an aunt. However there is a reason I didn’t tell you. The reason is that at first I thought she was the one to save Luna. However as it turned out I was wrong. I didn’t push her away but I didn’t stop her either. The truth is I always believed in her and I still do. I wanted to tell her she was my daughter. However she ran through the portal before I could tell her. By the way I know you are wondering why we can't lie in here and the reason is because of an ancient enchantment.” Everypony followed Celestia down through the hall. As they neared the end Twilight saw a door of solid diamond blocking the way she looked at Celestia with confusion and asked,“What’s on the other side Celestia?” Celestia looked at Twilight and said, “That Twilight is the way we make you truly immortal. You see even though you became an alicorn you still age. It’s just way way slower than others. Once we pass through you will see the true price of immortality.”