//------------------------------// // Chapter 5 // Story: Twilight’s first Heart’s Warming Eve // by Miyukana //------------------------------// ~Flashback “ I almost forgot” Celestia point her hoof on Twilight’s flank.Twilight turned to looked at her flank and saw her cutie mark in there “I got my cutie mark” she hopped around the princess while screaming “yes,yes,yes,yes,yes,yes,yes” Princess Celestia put her hoof on her shoulder telling that she need to stop.The Princess looked at Twilight’s Parents. “I would like to transfer Twilight to the Castle to continue further her studies and she should be here by tomorrow.” With that she teleported back to her throne room leaving Twilight and her parents alone. Night Light looked at her wife sadly.He didn’t know that if a pony passed to a Princess exam, they will transfer in the castle with her.He looked at the filly who’s still admiring her new cutie mark.’She was only a filly,she doesn’t know how it hurts to be away from her family.Especially when she’s too focus on her studies’ he thought. Twilight Velvet called her daughter for them to go home early.Twilight jumped to sit at the back of his father while talking about her new cutie mark. ********* “You sure you want to do this? I don’t want to hurt Twilight’s feelings” Twilight looked at her her husband. “I will do this for her own good.” They walked inside Twilight’s room.They saw Twilight packing her things inside her saddlebag.Night Light called her to sit on her table to talk about something. “I want to ask you something?” “What is is father? Do you have a lollipop now!” Twilught walked towards him while inspectioning him if he’s hiding some candies.Night Light pushes her down softly while shooting his head. “No....I want to ask you why do you want to study with the princess?” “Well my classmates usually distracts me from studying and I think the Princess is the better to be my teacher, so that I can study alone anf I thinks she’s the best teacher than ever” she said happily. Night Light smiled at her and it changed into a serious looked which made her wife shivered. “I need you to choose Twilight” he said blankly.Twilight looked at his father expression.”You will choose between the princess or you will stay here and continue your study in a simple classroom with many students” Twilight’s eyes widen in shock. “W-what do you mean I need to c-choose?” She looked at her mother.”You mean that if I want to stay here and forget about passing the exam and the Princess?”she asked.He nodded. “I want to study with the Princess and to stay with you.That’s why you enrolled me there and take the entrance exam” She said simply. “We thought that if you passed your exam, it’s like the old schooling but this time with the Princess,but it’s not what it looked like.You’re just going home if there’s an occasion or emergency”Her mother shook her head.“And it’s difficult Twilight, you know that me and your father—“ she was cut off when she saw her daughter’s red face filled with tears. “That you and father are so busy because of your clients? That they are more important than me for you to spend time with me? That I am just only a disrtraction to you” Every word she raised her voice glaring at her parents.Tears rolling down to her face.Night Light stood up from the bed and slapped her daughter which it leaves a big scar on her forehead.Twilight Velvet looked at him in shock, she trotted towards her daughter to see that her head didn’t stop bleeding. “Why did you do that for Night Light?” She looked horrified at her daughter’s figure.She whisper to her daughter if she okay, but Twilight remained silent not wanting to be there anymore. “That’s for talking to us like that?” He glared at his daughter and he slapped her to the other side of head. “Stop it Night, you’re hurting your daughter.Do you want to kill her because of that big hooves of yours?” Twilight Velvet met his gaze.She put her hoof on Twilight’s head but Twilight shoved it away.She looked at her daughter with concern. “I’m just trying to show her that she didn’t need to shout to her parents.Such a disrespectful daughter” he muttered the last words. “But still you don’t have to hit your daughter especially when she’s just only a little filly.She doesn’t know what’s happening in her daily life.Her mind is only focus on readings and playing with her smarty pants” she said. Twilight snapped.She looked at her mother and back a Little away“So you treat me like I don’t know what’s going on? That I’m just naive to see this? Then why did you made me choose be tweet you and the Princess, if I’m only just a filly? I want to study with the Princess so I could learn all the thing in the wide of equestria, so that I could understand all the things that is happening in her.And I think she is my only hope.I want to study with the Princess because you barely spend so much Time with your so called daughter” Her lips quivered.She starts crying on her hooves again. “You want to study with the Princess?....Fine, go to your prescious Princess and don’t ever come back here and I don’t want to see your face.You’re the worst child that I’ve ever seen and I’ve ever own” he said.Twilight’s eyes widen in shock as his words struck her heart like a ton of bricks.She can’t believe that the words that her classmates bullied her will become true.Maybe they’re all right all along,Maybe I’m really Not a gifted unicorn.She looked at him, her body is trembling in shock and anger. “What do you mean you don’t want to see her?” Twilight Velvet asked. “She’s not welcome in this house and that I will never want to see her face again.Shining Armor is better than her for abandoning her family and to choose the Princess over from us” “I’m not welcome? I wish I never had a parents like you.That my classmates were telling the truth that my parents don’t love me” with that Twilight levitate all her belongings in her room without thinking to place it in her saddlebags.She get Spike from the sofa and walked outside the house.Teleporting herself in front of the castle. “What have you done Night Light? What are we going to do? First, your daughter hates you for the rest of her life.Secondly, what if the Princess know find out about this? You could lose your job” “That’s for not respecting us.I don’t care if she would be with her Princess.She will never get her dreams as much as she want without our help.Someday she’s going back here and telling that she don’t want to be with the Princess and that she miss us” he said walking towards his office to continue talking to his clients.Twilight Velvet looked at her Family frame tears streaming down to her face “ I never thought that we are kind of distant to her that made her feel so lonely.I hope you change your mind Night” she said.She walked downstairs to help the maids cooked for their dinner. “......I never thought that after that Twilight became more angry to us every time we see her” Night Light said. “That’s horrible, why did you do that to Twilight? She was like I dunno in grade school.That must be hard for her to experience that kind of thing” Fluttershy said. “I didn’t know that I love her mother so much for me to hit her like that and I didn’t mean—.” He was cut off by Applejack.He looked down at the floor sadly.If Twilight was here, I will tell that right in front of her face that I love her. “But That is not an excuse for hurtin’ our ol’ Twilight.I bet that time she was only trying to learn about Transfigured somethin’ what not” Applejack interjected.She know that kind of thing when her old friend in Appleloosa had the same experience to Twilight.And that she don’t want to happen to her friends ,especially to Twilight. Rainbow snapped“The buck!! You hit her not only once but Twice!! Is that what it is all about? I mean last week,when I crashed at her library and saw Twilight lying to her haunches while standing up.I tried to help her to get up but when I saw something in her head and when I tried to touch it, she shoved my hooves away.Her eyes looks terrifying like she want to eat my body and soul.And when I try to ask her what’s wrong with her head, the only response she gave me is ‘ Dont Ask if you don’t want to make your day miserable’ that or ‘ it’s the best you don’t know’ there.She experienced far worst than me and Fluttershy when we were just a filly” she said terrified about what happened inthe past week.She didn’t know that a type of pony like Twilight would be that scary.But she didn’t tell to them that she was scared, it might ruin her reputation. “Wow that is not the Twilight we know.She doesn’t use that kind of words and the staring thing? It’s not the real Twilight we are talking about here, she’s an IMPOSTER!!.The real Twilight is helpful and....I think she’s everything to us.Maybe she’s a Changeling,but then again we defeated Queen Chrysalis.Maybe her drones are here and kidnap Twilight and throw her in the dungeon ” Pinkie panicked.All of her friends including the couple glared at her.She laughed nervously. “Oh poor dear Twilight.You know That’s the worst.Possible.thing” Rarity said while trying to do her best drama acting .When all of them turned their attention at her with a raised eyebrow,she shrink herself.Her cheeks redden in embarrassment. “That is not the worst thing that happened if you asked us” He said while all of them turned their gaze towards him. “So you’re happy that you did something bad to Twilight again” Rainbow shouted at him.But Night Light ignored her. “I remember when it’s family day I think....and we were embarassed by our Twilight in front of the Princess especially the guests” they looked at him curiously.Twilight Velvet hold his hooves for support from falling asleep. “It is when the princess send us a letter for attending the event....... ”Princess you know that I didn’t like to come in an event like this” she gritted her teeth.’If you ever know what happened to me and my family you would understand’ She thought.When the Princess looked at her, she saw that Twilight isn’t looking at her. “I have my reason for you to come here.” she remember the letter she sent to Twilight’t parents to attend the family day inside her castle. “I’m going to take some drink” Twilight said, walking towards the banquet. When Twilight left the Princess, Celestia saw Twilight’s parents enter the room.She waved them as she walked toward the couple.”It’s nice for you two to come here” she smiled at them. “It’s fine Princess, how’s our daughter” Twilight Velvet sweatdropped.Celestia noticed how nervous Twilight’s parents is.Twilight Velvet looked around to see if there’s a trail of her daughter.She sighed in relief. “She’s fine.She didn’t want me talk about friends and especially about you two” the couple glanced at her more nervous about Celestia said.”Why don’t we find a sit and talk about things while we wait Twilight Sparkle to come” they nodded at her shakily and sit at one of the tables near the banquet. Night Light saw Twilught levitating some.....bottle of cider?....since when did Twilight drink a wine she’s below eighteen years old.He nudged her wife to his left who’s talking to the Princess.Twilight Velvet looked at him” What is it?” She whispered.”Look at Twilight she’s drinking cider” he whispered back.Twilight Velvet looked at Twilight to see that Twilight is really drinking wine.She turned to the Princess.”Uhmm Princess is it okay for Twilight to drink cider?” she asked the Princess. Celestia looked at Twilight and she seemed surprise at how many bottles Twilight drunk it seems like she just drink one pack of bottles of ciders.”She could drink only this time.She’s now at her legal age to drink a cider” she said calmly. “Legal age?” Velvet asked.She nodded.”Since when Twilight turned eighteen?” She asked her husband. “What do you mean when? Does my faithful student didn’t celebrate her birthday three months ago?” She asked wondering how Twilight didn’t spend her birthday in her home.That time she told Twilight to go home for her birthday and Twilight did leave at the castle with Spike. “Well since she passed her entrance exam, she didn’t showed up in our house or even sending a letter.And that’s why we didn’t know that Twilight is getting older now.Even her birthday I forgot about all of it until now” she looked down at her hooves.While her husband comforting her. “But every time she passed the test,assignments and Even competing the other student from the other School,I told her to send a letter to you for you to know what’s happening to your daughter.” “Well she just only sending her trophies and medals in our house.But letter about how’s she doing ? Never” she answered. Twilight walked up towards them.Her mother saw how drunk she was because of how sluggish her daughter could walk. “Oh hi there mom and dad.It’s nice to see my ex-parents” Twilight Velvet looked at her in shock.Night Light was about to slap her daughter again but he was stop by Twilight’s magic. “You’re going to hit me again? Well guess what? Not this time, the Twilight you love are long gone.The Twilight standing in front of you is more mature and more stronger than the Twilight you used to know” she said drunkily. “Twilight this is not like you.You abandon your family that’s because you were talking like this” Twilight Velvet said worriedly.Celestia is just sitting on her chair not wanting to interrupt.She thought that it’s best for her to do something, when something happened. “Not me.....not me.....NOT ME??!!!” she screamed making her parents shrink.”it’s your fault why I became like this......” the parents and foals are looking at them turning their attention to Twilight.”....it was you who’s fault in here.It was you who abandon me.Heck you just watch dad hit me that day.You just saying that you have concern to me so that the other ponies think that I’m pathetic....” she broke down as her tears streamed down “....my classmates were right all along that my parent doesn’t care about me.You know why? Did you ever find me since I left home.Did you ever send some letter that you were worried? I only send to you my award so that maybe you will come and ask me if I’m okay.I remember that time when I ask Spike to come and see if you okay.He told me that the other trophies that I just recently sent you, father tried to throw at him.And that day he was drunk.I hate to celebrate my special birthday with you because I know that you will ruin it” she gritted her teeth as she heard the other ponies gasped and whispering to each other.Even though she is drunk, she tried herself to think straight. “You know that your father will not do that on purpose.That time he was drunk” she tried to explain to her daughter but when she about to speak she heard her daughter laughed. “He’s drunk? Seriously?! That’s nice” she lost control with her magic and Night Light walked towards her as he hit her scar hard enough to bleed in madness.Ponies gasped and that time Celestia stood up from her seat and teleported herself between them. “STOP THIS INSTANT” ponies back away as they heard the Princess shouted. “See? How do you tell that you miss me or even love me when your father is the first one who will hurt you” she wiped her tears away and smiled at them “Thank you for being the worst parents that I’ve ever have” she channeled her magic to teleport herself into her chambers.As she let herself screamed in agony.”Why father?! Why?! Of all the Ponies you could hurt, why your daughter?” “You two May leave in the castle.Dont worry you’re still welcome but not now.I think your daughter need some Time to understand all the things you have done to her especially in front of the guests” she glared at Night Light.Both of them walked outside the castle feeling guilty for Twilight. ~end of flashback They remained silence ,but Pinkie break it.”That was insane” they looked at her like telling that ‘ look who’s the one who talking in here’.”Well not as insane like me but I think Twilight was broke that time” “Yeah I mean she of all ponies would drink cider THAT many? I think she’s going to win if we both going to do some drinking challenge........wait that Time you hit your daughter again and that time was harder than the last time you hit her? And you made it worse than before?!” She asked him.He nodded to her slowly.” Thanks for you that the princess didn’t accused you for foal abuse to throw you in jail for abusing your daughter” ‘by Celestia almighty how did Twilight end up with that and just get through with that like nothing happened? That’s one of heck terrible if you asked me.She’s touched than I thought she uses to be.She thought.It’s better than sexual harassment but even if he didn’t try to touch her,it’s still wrong for him to hit her especially in her head that’s foal abuse.And what age is she when her father hit her five? How in equestria Twilight survived?.”.....and thanks for you that Twilight didn’t became insane because she had some mental disorders for hitting her head” Rainbow glared at him. Fluttershy is now crying.Rarity excuses herself and Fluttershy for a bit to help Fluttershy calm down.They went outside and decided to look at their finished decoration. “We tried to tell her that we’re sorry for what Night Light had done but the guards in Canterlot always said that she’s busy and don’t want anypony else to talk to her especially her parents” “I hope this plan of ours will work.Ah have a feelin’ that Twilight is still on her basement doin’ her fancy dandy experiment.”Applejack looked at Her friends nervously. “I guess we all need some rest for now and see what happens tomorrow” Rainbow said and flew outside towards her house.I just want to get out of there to take some fresh air.Twilight is tougher than her.From experiencing all that, Twilight is still the most helpful and caring friend she had.She even want to trade her life just for our safety. Pinkie said her goodbyes to the couple and to Applejack and Granny Smith.She entered inside the Sugarcube Corner taking a short glance to the dark library ‘I think Twilight must be already sleeping,she’s going to have the best Heart’s Warming tomorrow” she thought.Her ears twitch,tail shaking violently,eyes blinking.’and I think it’s going to be great’ she click the button and slid herself down to her Secret Party Planner Basement. “Well I think both of ya’ll should take a rest for Twilight’s surprise tomorrow” the couple nodded and head towards their room.’I hope this plan work.I really hope that Twilight will find her true happiness’ she sighed and put her hat on the nightstand and let herself drift to sleep. “Do you think Twilight will be happy to see us” Velvet asked laying beside her husband. “I will do everything for us to be together.”she kissed his wife on her cheek and snuggled to each other ******* ‘Mom,Dad how are you doing? I hope you doing okay.I really miss you.I think your Hearts Warming Eve tomorrow is going to be great because I’m not there with you...’ as the thought popped on her head.She cried to herself all night wishing for the best on tomorrow’s holiday.She looked at her unfinished project and start doing the finishing touch. “One day this Rainbow will be my only hope.I hope my parents are still there thinking about me” a tear fell on the prism making it light brighter than before.When the light disappeared, she opened her eyes to see herself change. “WHAT HAPPENED TO ME?!!!”