Twilight stood there, stunned by the news. She stared at Nightfall for a whole second, and then two until it became the awkward silence that was hovering above them. Twilight's hooves were shaking by this sudden proclamation, her mind was racing with questions.
Nightfall hasn't made eye contact with Twilight after she had delivered the news. She was looking at her side as she was biting her lip. She opened her mouth a couple of times to break the silence but no words came.
The two were standing in the middle of a void in silence. Twilight felt the need to say something, she felt like this pony here was just misunderstanding something or maybe the pony here was traumatized when she was a kid. But the way she speaks, the way she stands, heck, even the way she looks are something Twilight is familiar with. She felt like she knew this pony, but had no memory what so ever. She frowned.
Twilight took a deep breath, which caught Nightfall's attention. Twilight closed her eyes and then again, took another deep breath, "L-look," She started, "M-maybe I'm just s-somepony that looks like your sister..." Twilight managed a fake chuckle to lighten up the mood.
Nightfall was taken aback by Twilight's words. Her eyes shot from the side and finally made eye contact with Twilight. She took a step forward scanning her sister for any damage. Then she backed up, "N-no, I'm not wrong..." She looked down at the floor then back at Twilight, "Twily?"
That word hung on Twilight's ears. She only knew who called her that. She stared yet again at Nightfall, eyes widen in shock. Her expressions were everywhere, she was turning angry and then sad then happy. She wanted to yell at her, no, she wanted to reason with her that she wasn't the pony she was looking for, but no words came, "H-how do you know that?"
Tears started to form from the corner of Nightfall's eyes, "Y-you don't remember me?" She started to pace around the room, "That's what I and Shining Armor called you," She stopped and looked back at Twilight with a tint of hope in her eyes.
"I'm sorry..." Twilight looked down, "But I really need to get out of this place before my friends will worry over--"
She was cut off by a voice that called out her name, "Twilight!"
Twilight quickly turned back and her eyes were greeted by a familiar stallion. She backed up, fear ran over her. Shining Armor was smiling at her as he runs towards her. She hesitantly looked away as she started to cry without her noticing until she saw her tears drop from the tip of her nose.
Nightfall saw Twilight's reaction seeing this stallion that had called out her name. She scanned him from afar and she lightened up to see him. She was about to run towards him but given to Twilight's reaction, her body moved differently. She stood in front of Twilight and extended her wings as she shot a glare at Shining which sent shivers down his Spine.
Shining Armor stopped when he was meters away from his little sister. His eyes widen to see her protector, "N-Nightfall?" He backed up. His voice wasn't it's original, he had a husky voice like he had been crying and been beaten up badly. She dismayed her thoughts and focused on protecting Twilight.
"What have you done to Twilight this time, Shining Armor!" She shouted at him, grabbing the attention of Twilight making her curious and listen to their conversation. Nightfall took a step forward then another, now she was only a few inches away from punching Shining in the face.
Shining Armor only stared at Nightfall. He had called her name but it seems like she did not hear him say it. His tears started to form again as it started to stream down his face. He wanted to hug her but can't, he thought that this was some illusion Luna had brought for him, "Luna if you're making me dream my dead sister for what I have done to Twilight, Stop!!" He shouted at the top of his lungs with anger. He looked down as tears started to drip from his chin, "Please... stop... Nightfall..."
Nightfall and Twilight's eyes were as wide as dinner plates after he said about Nightfall being their sister and her being dead? Twilight was the one who is really confused now, first, a pony claimed to be her sister which she had no recollection whatsoever.
"What do you mean I'm dead?!"
"What do you mean by Sister?!"
Both shouted in unison, confusing each other and Shining Armor. He looked up and saw the confusion present on both eyes as they stare at each other in shock, "Just like the old times..." He said under his breath. He cleared his throat and wiped his tears away making him look presentable which caught the two's attention, "Twilight... Nightfall's our sister... remember..? She died when she saved you from the train... remember..?"
And with that, a figure appeared right next to the siblings. A golden shining little filly appeared. She had no eyes and its light was bright but was not that bright that can't be seen and cannot hurt one's eyes. She looked around the room and then rested her eyes on the siblings all faces soaked in tears. She smiled at them warmingly, "I see you guys are having a little get together," Her voice was deep and vibrated in a million octaves.
The filly sighed, "Well, I guess you all are here... Let me show you what you're looking for..."
And with that, the four disappeared in the void with a flash of golden energy. And the vision started to play.
~~~
"Father! Father!" Nightfall whispered as she jumped up and down at her father's bed slowly waking him up. She stopped jumping when she heard her father groan in annoyance, she checked if her father's eyes were wide awake. She smiled when she checked, she saw the aura of her father's red eyes and was satisfied with what she had seen.
The pony sat up as he rubs the sleep off of his eyes, "What is it, Nightfall?" He looked at his side to check what time it was, "What is it so important that you woke me up at four?" He looked at his daughter with a deadpan face.
A pony beside her father groaned and then sat up, "Keep it down, Dear." She looked at her husband, eyes closed and yawned, "I can't sleep," She blinked a couple of times clearing her vision and when it did, she did not stare at her husband but stared at the filly sitting right next to her husband, "Nightfall? Where are your siblings?"
"Asleep."
"Why are you awake at..." She glanced at the clock, "4:43?!" She exclaimed, shock.
"I-I just wanted to make sure if we are still going to continue our trip?" She asked them with a tint of hope in her eyes. Her eyes shifted from her mother to her father.
The two grown-ups looked at each other with deadpan faces. They communicated with each other by scanning through their eyes. They had stared at each other for a minute or two before they turned back at their daughter who was still looking, no, begging at them.
The mare sighed, "Of course we are," She said with love in her voice as she looked at her daughter motherly. She offered Nightfall to cuddle with her by opening her right hoof, which Nightfall happily accepted. She snuggled close with her mother as she was caressed on her back and relaxed, "Why would you think we would cancel our trip?"
"Just a hunch..." She said with a yan.
The mare stared at her daughter with shock. She looked up to her husband to see the same expression. Tears were starting form from the corner of her eyes as she stared at her husband.
The stallion climbed off of their bed and walked to the mirror, "Sombra..." The wife called, "No... don't do anything... please..."
"I-I'm... just going to check it." He hissed the last word like it was some kind of venom. He slowly walked to the mirror, hooves were shaking as he got closer and closer to the mirror. He could feel the weight of the earth trying to bring him down before he got to the mirror.
He looked at himself and stared. Sweat formed on his face as he started to activate something inside of him. Something that was rotten. Something that he locked away for years. Something that kept him away from his family. He took a quick glance at his wife before activating.
The house flooded with dark matter.
Sombra looked at himself, he saw the monster he once was smiling at him with a devilish grin on its face. Half of his body was engulfed with dark matter and what seems the other side of him. He took his right hoof and touched the mirror, tears running down from his eyes. He snapped back to reality to hear a voice coming from behind him.
"Father..?"
He turned around. The filly didn't flinch as she examined her father more as he turned his attention to her fully. She took a step closer as Sombra took a step back. His mind and heart started to rise as he felt his other side trying to charge at his daughter and probably kill her. He took another step back to prevent the thing to go anywhere near her, "T-Twilight! No! Don't come any closer!"
"N-no..." Twilight replied.
"Twilight, don't take another step! Listen to your Father!" Her mother said to her. She saw that Nightfall was inside her wing as she watched her sister took another step closer, "Twilight, your father can't control his other side! Don't go any closer!" Her mother pleaded her to stop walking towards Sombra.
Twilight ran towards her father. Her mother quickly teleported to her as Nightfall ran to her sister. The time slowed down for Sombra as he watched his daughter run at her with tears in her eyes. He felt his heart tightened as he recalled a memory in which Twilight learned to run for the very first time and it was not at her mother but it was at him, his daughter ran at him for the very first time.
He cried and cried as Twilight got closer. He could not hold back is other half any longer when Twilight was approaching fast. He saw his wife teleported right next to Twilight and grabbed her with her wings, but unfortunately Twilight dodged it and ran faster to her father. Her sister did her best to stop Twilight but she too was not successful.
Twilight jumped to her father and everypony closed their eyes.
A few moments have passed and the silence was still inside the room. They did not want to look at the corpse lying on the floor, they did not want to see the dead body of a family member.
Then they heard it. Their eyes shot open when they heard Sombra's cry. They both looked at the direction and stared for a couple of seconds. Twilight was glowing? Twilight was hugging Sombra and Sombra hugging her back. They both shared their moments before opening each other's eyes.
Twilight hugged her father again but tighter, "It's gone!" She shouted. The light surrounding her slowly dimmed as she wailed on her father's shoulder.
"Twilight... H-how did you do that..?"
~A little Later~
"Only bring those you needed the most! We don't want to bring a dozen of bags with all of your toys inside!" Their mother called from downstairs as she was too preparing for their trip.
She walked inside their living room levitating a bag with a galactic design imprinted on it. She placed it down on the coffee table in front of Sombra. She checked if her husband is doing the thing she asked him to do and smiled warmly at the stallion. She pecked the stallion's cheek as a reward for his behavior and walked upstairs to check on the girls.
She sighed when she saw the mess these two had caused. She quickly levitated and teleported most of the toys before those two hurt each other. She saw the twins toppling each other as they exited their bedroom with Nightfall on top and gave Twilight a raspberry spitting her saliva all over Twilight. Twilight disgust and pushed her sister letting the action do its thing as they rolled together until they stopped with Twilight on top.
Their mother cleared her throat which sent shivers down both of their spines. The two slowly looked at the mare standing tall over the two. They quickly stood up and fixed themselves before saying sorry, and they all did those things in unison that made their mother chuckle under her breath.
"What did they do this time?" A voice made itself noticed coming from behind the girls.
"Shining Armor!" The two ran at their big brother and tackled him.
"Nice of you to wake up, son," The mare said as she watched her children tussle over each other.
"Stellar! We're ready to go! Is Shining Armor awake?!" Sobra called downstairs as he set the bags down to his back and placed wore a cap that said 'Best Dad Ever'.
"Yes, Honey! We'll be down in a minute!" She called back. She looked back at her children and saw that they had already gone back to their room and get their bags. She saw how Twilight and Nightfall raced downstairs and saw her son teleport down which the girls didn't appreciate him doing.
She sighed and headed downstairs, This family is full of surprises... She thought.
~~~
Twilight shot up in her bed panting and sweating. Her eyes were red from dryness. She looked around the room to find water for her to drink but found none. She felt somepony coming inside the room. She stood on top of the bed and prepared a spell.
The figure walked inside the room and then she cast a powerful fireball in that direction. She saw the figure fly up and she cast another fireball then stopped when she heard a familiar husky voice.
"What the hay, Twilight!" Rainbow Dash appeared behind Twilight and tackled her. She was now on top her the alicorn, "You could've burnt me to death, Egghead!" She said as tears were streaming from her eyes.
Twilight's expression changed, "Rainbow..?"
"Yes, this is Rainbow Dash! Element of Loyalty!" Her voice was shaking. Not in fear, but in sadness? What? Twilight gave her a puzzled then worried look as she examined her crying friend, "You're awake..." She whispered under her breath as the tears started to drip on Twilight's face. She sat beside the alicorn and Twilight followed.
"Rainbow? What's wrong?"
Rainbow looked at the alicorn and then climbed down as she wiped her tears away, "N-nothing..." She said as she walked outside of the room, "Get some rest..." She took a moment a cocky grin spread to her face, "Egghead."