//------------------------------// // chapter 6 // Story: The Moon's Special Star // by lightningflare1 //------------------------------// The Moon’s Special Star "I’m so sorry, Luna! I’m so, so, sorry! I should I have told you everything from the start! None of this would have happened, if I wasn’t so stupid!" Twilight cried with tears dripping on the ground. Oh…. Twilight…. I can’t bear to see her like this, Luna could feel her heart breaking into two; she was a little bit mad at Twilight for lying to her and not willing to trust her, and yet heart she wasn’t able to hold her anymore. Not many ponies have seen her cry like this, tears following down none stop, her eyes red, and her body shaking as she desperately held herself back from running towards her. "Twilight, please stop crying, please," Luna beg, unable to see Twilight cry any longer. The moon princess knew if watched Twilight cry for a second longer, she would be rushing over to her, "Please…" "I really want to hug you, Luna… you have no idea how badly…." Twilight said and whip some tears away with her hoof. "I'm pretty sure I have a general idea, love," Luna replied with a sad smile on her muzzle, "We haven’t been able to see each other for almost two weeks." "Luna," Twilight mutter. She sat up and slowly walked towards Luna, her teeth clenching together as she attempted to ignore the pain within her chest. Luna turned her head away and pushed Twilight back with her magic, "I…. I want to be with you so badly! This is all my fault, Luna." This is all my fault, Twilight sat down on the floor, her head hung low with her ears pinned back, this is all my fault, she kept repeating to herself. "Love, this isn’t your fault, alright? You just made a small mistake but…. But we can fix this." Luna said and muster up, the best fake smile she could, "Well find a way to cure you. I promise! I’ll find a way…" "I love you, Luna, I love you so much," Twilight said as she lifted her head up and stared into Luna’s teal eyes. The moon princess felt her cheeks becoming warm, she smiled at her and wished she could kiss her right now, "I love you, even more, love," "Luna…" Twilight simply said. Luna looks back and saw Crepusculum Coruscent shining brightly in the sky, she smiled and turned back to her marefriend. "Love, look at Crepusculum Coruscent," Luna said with one wing opening and pointing to the night sky, "This star will shine until the end of time…. Just like my love for you. Please don’t blame yourself for what has occurred. I will always love you no matter what." "I really do love that name," Twilight said with a smile on her face; the first smile since this cursed started. I don’t want to leave her…. But I must go back, Luna closed her eyes with a deep sigh leaving her mouth. She looks into Twilight’s eyes and gave her a fake smile. "Come to Canterlot tomorrow, love, we’ll find a way," she said. Twilight sniff and nodded her head in response. "What’s wrong Spike?" Rainbow asked while she tossed an apple in between her hooves, "Why did you call us so late?" "And to the farm too? Why isn’t Twilight here?" Applejack said. Spike quickly look around outside before shutting the doors of the barn shut. He sighed and looked over Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Starlight. They all bore a worried and confused expression on their faces. "It's about Twilight," the baby dragon said and sighed some more, "Haven't you guys notice she’s been acting weird lately?" "Now that you mentioned it…… Twilight does seem lost in thought lately," Applejack said and tap her chin with her hoof, "I mean more than usual." "Yeah… I’ve caught Twilight’s burying herself in books too," Starlight said, "I asked her what she was looking for, so I could help her, but she didn’t answer me. Well, she kind of did, but avoided my question altogether." "That’s not like Twilight," Fluttershy said and sat up from the hay "Indeed, this behavior reminds me when we first met her? Don’t you think? When she first arrived here, she was all suspicious about us, wanting to do everything by herself." Rarity said turning to the others, who all mumble in agreement. "But why would Twilight go back to her old ways? She’s the Princess of Friendship, she knows she can trust us." Starlight said "Something differently up, ya’ll! And need to ask her about it!" Applejack said and stomp her hoof against the wood floor. The six friends entered Twilight’s castle and look around for her. They eventually found Twilight in her bedroom, her head down, ears pinned back, with small sounds of an audible crying. Spike pushed the mares to the side and ran towards Twilight. "Twilight, what’s wrong?" he asked while the others walked over to her. "I messed up girls…." Twilight whispered. Twilight looked at her friends and started to explain what had occurred. She watches as their worried reactions turn into confusion, shock, and slight anger. She couldn’t really blame them for being mad at her. She had kept such a huge secret from them and didn’t seek out their help when she needed it the most. "Twilight, why didn’t you tell us about this?" Applejack asked and look at the others "I didn’t want to worry anypony, but I quickly realized it was a mistake…. I made it much worse than it could have been." Twilight said as she shamefully looks down at her hooves, "I’m sorry everypony…. because of my actions…." "Well, we aren’t too happy you didn’t trust us, Twilight," Rarity said and sighed, "But we can kind of see where your motives came from." "You were more worried about us than yourself, right?" Fluttershy asked with Twilight nodding in response, "You didn’t want to worry us." "I thought this sensation I was feeling was so minor…. I didn’t want to worry you guys if it turns out it was nothing." The princess of friendship said, "I thought I could handle it myself." "Well, it looks like we have to hit the books and find this spell," Starlight said with a smile, "Right guys?" "We’ll have you make this up to us later, Twi," Rainbow said and punch Twilight’s side, "Like the latest Daring Do for example?" "OH! And then we can have a super doper party! Celebrating our victory! Yay!" Pinkie shouted and fired her party cannon, "I’m going to start planning!" "You guys are amazing. I let you all down and yet…. You’re all ready to help me. Thank you all so much." Twilight said quickly taking her friends into a hug, "Thank you all so much." "That’s what friends are for, Twilight," Starlight said Celestia walked to her sister’s room after she failed to show for the lowering the moon. She loved her sister dearly, but she didn’t want her sister to ignore her duties like this; this was the third time, her sister was late on lowering the moon. She was knock on her sister’s bedroom door before entering. She looks around the dark room and saw her sister lying on her bed. "Sister, you’re late again," Celestia said and placed her hoof on Luna’s shoulder, "We have to get the day started." "Please just go away, Tia," Luna said with the pillow muffling her voice "Sister, you can't ignore your responsibilities," Celestia said and sighed some more, "I understand you can lose track of time when you’re with Twilight, but you should be more careful." "Celestia. Please. Leave. Me. Alone!" Luna said with her voice getting agitated "Luna," Celestia said. The solar princess stopped when something in the corner of her eye caught her attention. She looks around the room and saw it was ransacked, furniture was flip over, books were thrown apart, and whatever wasn’t bolted down to the floor were scattered everywhere. "Luna… are you alright? What’s going on? What caused this?" Celestia asked turning back to her sister. Luna look at her sister with tears pouring down her cheeks. She wraps her hooves around Celestia’s neck and cried into her coat. Celestia looks down confused as she wraps her hooves around her sister. She started to fear the worst. Did Twilight break things off with her sister? Or maybe Luna broke up with Twilight? What could it be? "Sister…. Tirek…. Cursed Twilight’s heart…. I can't even touch her……" Luna managed to say through her tears. Celestia’s ears perk up at Tirek’s name, she knew how serious this was now. Now she had wished that Twilight or Luna had broken up with each other. A break up was way better than Tirek. "Sister, you must tell me exactly what happened," Celestia said and held her sister’s face with her hooves, "Right now." "That wound I healed on Twilight…. It was a spell to lure her to Tartarus, she was afraid to tell me about it. She didn’t tell me or any of her friends, and now Tirek cursed her heart. Whenever I get close to her… this spell will attack her heart… and if…. I hold her…. Too… long…. It. w-will…." Luna explained with more tears to flow, unable to finish the last word. "Luna," Celestia wrap her wings around the small alicorn and brought her into an embrace. She sighed and gently nuzzled her cheek and tried to calm her sister down. She couldn’t believe all of this was happening. Why would Twilight not seek her help? Anyone’s help for the matter of fact. "We’ll get through this, Luna, I promise you," Celestia said and simply held her sister in her hooves, "I’ve never seen you this happy after you started to date Twilight. And I couldn’t be any happier for the both of you. We’ll find a way sister, you’ll hold Twilight in her hooves once more." "Tia…. I’m so scared… I’m so scared of…. hurting her" Luna said as she tightens her grip around her sister’s torso, "So scared of losing her…. I don’t know what would happen if I caused her death…. Just because I’m not able to hold myself back." "Have you tried her dreams?" Celestia asked and whip some tears away with her wing tip, "Maybe there’s a loophole?" "I haven’t…. I didn’t even ask about it…. But I doubt Twilight would know any more than me. I’ll try it when she goes to sleep." Luna said with a small hopeful smile. "We’ll find a cure," Celestia said and kissed Luna’s forehead, "But first you must lower the moon before ponies get worried." Luna looked down and took a deep breath. She nodded her head and followed Celestia to their balcony. The two celestial sisters lowered the moon and rose the sun, respectively. When night finally arrived, Luna stood in her room with her eyes closed. A white glow swirled around her horn with her surroundings fading away. The lunar princess opened her eyes and look around the dream realm. "Twilight," she whispered. She smiled and stood in front of the door which leads to Twilight’s dreams. She wasn’t certain if Tirek’s curse would effect Twilight’s heart in the dream realm, but she had to give it a try. She opened the door with her magic and entered Twilight’s dream. "Love?" Luna stops and saw Twilight’s dream. Her lover was in her castle being surrounded by her friends, Celestia, and herself. They were all yelling at her for lying to them; her true fear, her nightmare. "How could you betray us!" dream Applejack shouted "You call yourself the princess of friendship?! And yet you don’t trust your own friends!" dream Celestia said and laugh, "Pathetic!" "I’m so sorry!" Twilight cried with her hooves covering her ears in a fetal position. "I’m done with you Twilight! I never loved you!" Dream Luna shouted "LUNA!" Twilight desperately cried; she wasn’t crying because of dream Luna’s words. She was crying because she wanted the real Luna to save her. The lunar princess felt her heart sink, her horn quickly lit up with a bright flash. Twilight soon opened her eyes, she was no longer at her castle being yelled at, she was on a cloud with the night sky watching over her; she was back at the location of her first date. "Love," Twilight slowly turn her head, a smile quickly appeared on her muzzle with her eyes lock on Luna. The navy-blue mare smiled at her lover, "Twilight." "Luna…," Twilight said with tears of joy starting to form. Luna stood at the edge of the cloud as Twilight stood across from her; the lunar princess wasn’t going to take a chance with that curse on her beloved’s heart. "Do you think…. The curse effects you here?" Luna asked and look down slightly "Let’s try it…" Twilight said and took a deep breath, "Slowly," Luna nodded and slowly walked towards Twilight, her eyes fixed on her lover’s chest, anxiously waiting for any signs of distress. The two kept staring at each other until they finally faced to face, inches away from each other. "Are you…. Alright?" Luna asked with worried eyes lock onto Twilight, "Your heart?" "Nothing…." Twilight said smiling big, "I don’t feel a thing!" As soon as Twilight finish those words, Luna quickly took Twilight in her hooves and embraced her tightly. She buried her muzzle into Twilight’s mane and started to cry softly; she wasn’t holding Twilight in real life, but this was good enough. Twilight hug back tightly and cried as well. "Love, I miss holding you…. I miss you so much," Luna said with her wings wrapping around the lavender mare, "This isn’t in the waking world…. but I don’t care." "Luna, I-!" Twilight’s eyes widen and felt millions of knives piercing her heart. She shouted in horrible pain and clenched her chest. Her heart started to beat rapidly with a burning sensation making the pain even worst. Luna gasp and quickly back away from her, she returns to the edge of the cloud and saw Twilight slowly releasing her chest. "Twilight!" Luna cried out. She looks away from her with tears following down once more, "I’m…. I’m so sorry! I’m so sorry Twilight! I just wanted to hold you so badly…. I’m so sorry!" I can’t…. I can’t do this! I almost killed her! Luna cried as her horn started to glow. "L-Luna… w-wait…." Twilight muttered. The pain from her chest had stopped but her body was still reacting from the sudden pain. Luna couldn’t bring herself to look at her lover, she simply performed a quick spell to make sure Twilight was alright; once she was certain Twilight’s life wasn’t in danger, the lunar princess left and returned to the waking world. "Dammit..." Luna mumble. She fell to the ground and just cried her heart out. She was seconds away from killing Twilight, seconds, in just a few seconds…. She could have lost Twilight forever. "Twilight…," Luna whispered through her tears.