"I don't wanna go." She muttered.
"Too bad." The princess answered, "You're going."
"But I can just talk to my friends!" Twilight argued.
"Not good enough; and it's also unfair to burden them with all your troubles. You should go to a professional who knows how to deal with such matters."
Twilight groaned and put her head in her hooves, shooting a glare at the blue princess beside her.
"That glare will not suddenly change the reality that you need therapy Miss Sparkle." Luna said still looking straight ahead.
Twilight smiled despite herself.
"It was worth a shot." She joked.
"Indeed, but you are not Fluttershy and do not possess "the stare", so really quite a fruitless effort." The Princess smirked.
"Maybe I should take lessons."
"Never, Twilight Sparkle with the power of The Stare, unstoppable!" Luna laughed.
"So, who is this "professional" you want me to see? Go and talk about feelings to them?" Twilight asked sarcastically.
"Her name is Doctor Star. Frozen Star to be precise, but you will call her Dr. Star, she will be your doctor to help you handle these emotions, as you clearly are not doing well handling them on your own. She will also be assigning you a therapist, so yes you will be talking about, as you so nicely put it "feelings". You are troubled Miss Sparkle. I've seen ponies destroyed by less than what you've been through. And though I know you told me vengeance was unacceptable, I have decided to stop chasing away the nightmares of those who harmed you. Their guilt and shame is their own doing, and now they must live with it."
The carriage stopped and Twilight began shaking.
"Twilight, be calm, she only wishes to help you. She will likely put you on some medication that will help you recover."
"Am I broken?" She asked Luna beginning to tear up.
"No Twilight, you are hurting, you have been through much, and Frozen Star is going to help you heal yourself. Now go."
"So, you have never been on a medication such as an antidepressant before?" Frozen Star said glancing at the chart she'd been given. "It says here you... tried to poison yourself."
"Yes ma'am." Twilight whispered with her ears lowered in shame.
"None of that Twilight, there is no shame in seeking help. I only wanted to confirm to not give you a medication you could easily poison yourself with, as it was clearly already a viable method to you."
The mare scribbled something on her paper, and then tapped at her computer.
"Now Twilight, I'm sure you know, no matter what I give you, you will not be recovered immediately, and in fact, the medication cannot heal you, which is where your therapy will come in. But, Wellbutrin, the medication you shall be receiving, will help you by alivating your depression. However, it can also cause insomnia and raise blood pressure, so for the next two months you will need to come in weekly so we can be assured this is going to work for you. If you start having tremors or an irregular heartbeat, I want you to inform Princess Luna to take you to a hospital, as these are very serious. Do you understand?"
"Yes ma'am." Twilight repeated.
"Just Star is fine, I want you to be comfortable in my office."
"Yes, Star." Twilight corrected.
"That's better. Now I want you to take this prescription to the pharmacy as soon as possible. They will give you the right medication and instructions for incremental doses, this is not a medication you want to just start full strength. I wish to see you again in another week."
"Okay." Twilight grabbed the paper and made to leave.
"Make sure you talk to the receptionist to set up your therapy appointment." The blue pegasus reminded her.
"I will, thank you Star."
Maybe it was all in her head, but standing beside Luna in the warm spring sunlight felt wonderful today.
"Luna, I'm sorry I worried you." Twilight apologized.
"Twilight, I always worry about you, so don't apologize or you'd never be done."
"Twilight!" Celestia yelled.
"Princess!" Twilight exclaimed jumping back.
"Luna has informed me what happened, and kept me away from you." She glared at her sister.
"She needed to get started on recovery before you began to badger her Sister." Luna sighed.
"Twilight are you alright?" Celestia asked.
"No." She answered truthfully. "But hopefully I will be."
The solar princess gave a sad smile.
"I think, you deserve some rest after all that's happened so quickly to you Twilight. I will take you home and stay with you for awhile."
"Twilight!" Someone called her name as she and Luna approached the door to the library.
Twilight and Luna both glared at the white unicorn, Celestia glanced at both of them, wondering what had happened to these friends.
"What do you want? To degrade me some more?" Twilight spat.
"No." Rarity answered hanging her head. "I wished to apologize. I thought of losing you Twilight, and I was so scared and so angry and I did not think of how you must have been feeling to be driven that far. I lashed out because I was terrified of losing my friend. And I was angry at myself for not seeing you were in so much pain. We live so close and I completely missed all you were going through, and I am so sorry."
Rarity was sobbing by the end of it and Twilight fought the urge to hug her. She'd attacked her for feeling so bad.
"Miss Rarity, perhaps give Twilight some time to recover? An apology does not simply undo thoughtless words."
"I...I'm so so sorry Twilight. You know where to find me if you accept my apology, though, I understand if you don't, what I said was terrible." Rarity sighed and walked past Twilight.
"What happened?" Celestia whispered to Luna.
"Rarity was horribly upset and blamed Twilight and degraded her for her attempted suicide in the hospital. The others, baring Rainbow Dash who also blamed Twilight, ganged up on her. She must be feeling terribly alone."
The princesses realized Twilight was no longer between them as they headed to the library.
"Wait! Rarity!" Twilight called, running the opposite direction.
"Twi-?"
Twilight slammed into Rarity, embracing her in a tight hug.
"I'm sorry I worried you Rarity, I understand why you reacted like you did. I forgive you."
The two mares embraced each other and sobbed together, while the princesses watched with sad smiles.