//------------------------------// // The Message! The Warning! // Story: Civil War: Light vs Dark // by PonyJoel //------------------------------// Twilight zoomed out of Paradise. The spellbinding protection circle broke which allowed her Cutie Mark to return. She turned back to her normal self but right now her friends are on her mind. Being the Princess of Friendship is important to her but in her conscious, she knows that she's not a real Princess. Not even an Alicorn at the very least. It bothered Twilight throughout the flight heading to Canterlot. Sotnas and Cadence had a discussion right before Twilight were out of reach. "Sotnas is Twilight an actual Alicorn?" Cadence asked. "No. She should be facing the concepts of reality and the love of Celestia screwing her mind. She's nothing more than a Unicorn, to say the least. Twilight will have to make a choice for the matter. Only then she'll see the truth behind Celestia's lie." "Then why was she shown as an Alicorn here?" "Celestia's magic has an impact here. Only the truth will set things right." "If you say so..." Sotnas and Cadence headed down to Shining Armor along with the rest of the Crystal Ponies. Twilight flew faster than Rainbow Dash. She can tell by her determination and willpower to make it back to Canterlot. On the way there, Twilight saw the millions of ponies getting themselves ready for war. In a few minutes, Twilight is in Canterlot. She headed towards Celestia's Castle. From there, she went up to one of the guest rooms to talk with her friends. "Girls, we need to talk." "What is it darling? Can you see that we have to prepare ourselves against the ruffians Celestia told us about." "There's more to this war and I need to tell you all about it." "Whatever it is Twilight, I'm sure they can't handle the awesome power of the Wonderbolts and I when creating the Sonic Rainboom against them." "Girls, let's not jump into conclusions. Twilight is our friend and I think we should hear her out." The others nodded in agreement. "Thanks Applejack." "My pleausre Twilight." "After taking some notes on the whole situation...I think it may be best that we should back off from this war." Everyone looked confused after hearing Twilight saying that. Rainbow burst into laughter. "Good one Twilight. That has to be the best joke I've heard all day." "Rainbow Dash, I'm serious. I believe there is more to this than anypony can think! Why you think I came all this way for?" "To tell us that you came up with a plan to take down Celestia's most hated pony in her life..?" Twilight didn't even bother to notice Pinkie Pie after hearing that. In her mind, she's seeing what Sotnas would have seen if it were him explaining everything. Twilight is having a hard time to cope and decided to try again but not leaving any crucial facts. "Alright...I'm going to say this and please...all of you be honest here. No laughter, no tricks, none of that. I need all of your honest opinions here. It's all I ask you..." They nodded in agreement once more. Pinkie Pie zipped her lips preventing any laughter to come out whatsoever. Rainbow Dash put on her serious face. Fluttershy just remained quiet. Not wanting to make a peep. Applejack and Rarity remained silent. Waiting to hear Twilight. Twilight sighs. "I went today with Starlight and Spike to seek out Sotnas. He basically showed everypony what real magic supposed to be for everypony. Some of my friends...our friends are there with him as we speak. They sought to see the truth and found it. I believe there is a connection between Sotnas and Celestia. It's basically the foundation of Equestria we're talking about here. I think...I" Twilight is cut off by Princess Celestia. She had a stern look on her face looking down at Twilight. Fluttershy squealed quietly. "Girls, please leave. I need to speak with Twilight alone." Just like that, everypony ran out of the room. "Were you eavesdropping Celestia?" "I wanted to see what you found about Sotnas but now I'm worried that he may have corrupted your mind with lies and false reality." "He mentioned that but it was you that created all of this..." "Twilight, Sotnas is pure evil. Why would I try to ruin all of Equestria and the good of its true nature?" "Possibly to hide it from the rest of us..." Celestia sighs. "I know how the truths of reality can leave a heavy scar once finding out the truth but believe me Twilight, Sotnas is not the pony he says he is. I know him better than anypony. Why else would he live in darkness?" Twilight remembers what Sotnas said about Darkness... "Darkness is not dark at all. Darkness is a special word that brings us together. In the Dark, you're not alone. It's quite beautiful actually. You see the world clear as day. Darkness is harmony and Light is Disharmony. Celestia would switch the terms meaning that Darkness is evil and Light is good. She used it and then others started to follow her in the wrong direction. Never to be seen again." Twilight remembers those words pacifically. The quote that remained in her mind for a while now. It's all that replays in her mind. Is she being consumed by darkness or is she reverting to it? Being on the right side or not. Twilight remained silent. She's in a trance. Celestia got up. "Think before you react Twilight. Chose the right side. Then you'll see why good will always triumph over evil." Celestia left the guest room heading into her war room. The others came back to check on Twilight. "Are you ok Twilight?" "Perfect." "Do you want to continue with what you were saying?" "Would it make a difference even if I were to finish what I was saying?" "Honestly Twi, no. It wouldn't make a difference to me. My family is on the line along with everypony else here in Equestria. I'm with Princess Celestia and we need to take down Sontas." "I'm with Applejack on that part Twilight. My Pinkie senses don't say anything good or bad about Sotnas. Maybe he's using his magic to repel my senses from judging him." "My mind was already made up darling. Sorry, but I can't trust somepony who wants Princess Celestia dead." "Same goes for me." Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie, and Rainbow left the room. They need to prepare themselves once more for the upcoming battle in a matter of days. They would be meeting up with Princess Celestia in the war room. "I believe you Twilight." Twilight's eyes beamed wide open. She never expected Fluttershy to believe about Sotnas. "If you have good reasons to why you think Sotnas has a legitimate reason then I'm all ears. You were like that when I was with Discord." Twilight looked down. She had her moments of not trusting Fluttershy with the Lord of Chaos. Now she can redeem that moment. An hour passed by as Twilight explained all she can with Fluttershy. She even told her about Discord which made her cry but furious. How a lot of Sotnas said can be accurate to her. "So what are you going to do now?" "Wait until the two sides are here and show everypony who I side with." "Well, whatever may be your choice Twilight, just know that I'm right there beside you." "Thanks Fluttershy. If you excuse me, I need to get some shut-eye. I'm pretty sure Princess Celestia would want me in her war room privately." Fluttershy decided to meet up with her Friends as Twilight went to her room in the castle. She decided to hear all she can and report to Sotnas and at the same time, she wants to tell Celestia about Sotnas and the Crystal Empire. Twilight fell asleep and now starting to have a twisted nightmare...