Luna and I were now in the castle garden so we could reflect on what happened. I was crying a lot, Luna was trying to comfort me, but it didn’t work. I couldn’t think of anything than that it was all my fault.
“It’s all my fault, Luna,” I said to myself as I covered my eyes with my front hooves.
“No, sister. It’s not your fault.” assured Luna as she stroked my soft back.
“It’s my fault yes, Luna,” I looked at Luna, still with tears in my eyes. “If I hadn’t thought about making Twilight alicorn from the beginning, retired and passed the throne to Twilight, she would have been reunited with her best friends and Spike after death and she wouldn’t have become a tyrant ruler and Equestria wouldn’t be in this post-apocalyptic state.”
“Celestia, don’t blame yourself. You didn’t know this was going to happen,” said Luna.
“But I should have known it would happen. Since Twilight started living in Ponyville, she has become attached to the five mares,” I explained to Luna. “But what was my big idea? Making Twilight an alicorn because I believed she had the potential to be a princess because of her great ability with magic. If I really knew Twilight, I would know that Twilight didn’t want to be immortal from the start and that with the loss of her friends, it could turn Twilight into madness.” that said, I didn’t stop crying anymore. “But it seems that my worst idea was to retire. Because thanks to my decision, Twilight became corrupted and became a tyrannical ruler and now, it no longer has friendship in Equestria, only fear and tyranny.”
“Sister, don’t lose hope. We will find a solution for that.” Luna assured me, now with a smile
I looked at Luna, still crying. “Don’t you remember, Luna? The Elements of Harmony are broken and Twilight’s friends died several years ago.”
Luna’s smile fell at my words. That was true. She had forgotten these details.
I looked at the floor, sadly. “Because of me, I missed Twilight forever.”
I started to remember all the moments that Twilight and I spent together. Since she was a filly, until she moved to Ponyville. I remembered when Twilight was happy to be my student. Even when Twilight became an alicorn, she was still happy, maybe because her friends were still alive. But when Luna and I went to visit Twilight, and when I saw the new form of Twilight, I knew that all the motherly and student love that Twilight felt for me, died several years ago after the death of her friends. I couldn’t help denying that Midnight reminded me of Nightmare Moon, because Nightmare Moon was the manifestation of Luna’s negative feelings, and Midnight Sparkle the manifestation of Twilight’s negative feelings. I didn’t know what to do to get Twilight to stop it. I felt like I had done the same things I did before Luna became Nightmare Moon.
I started to worry. Do the ponies hate me now for passing the throne to Twilight? I mean, I knew that the ponies that lived at the time that Luna and I ruled Equestria together when Twilight wasn’t yet the ruler have died. But what if the ponies who lived in that time of the tyrant reign of Midnight found out that I had passed the throne to Twilight? I didn’t know what to do. Luna said I shouldn’t lose hope and find a solution. But what would be the solution? The elements were broken many years ago.
I wiped the tears from my eyes with a hoof and said, “Luna, let’s go.”
Luna was confused as she raised an eyebrow at my sentence. “Where are we going?”
“For Ponyville. I would like to spend time there to reflect on my mistakes that resulted in the fall of Twilight and Equestria,” I replied sadly.
Luna’s confusion changed to concern. Luna started to think that I had started to think that I was to blame for all this happening. And what Luna thought was true. I needed time to reflect on my actions that led to all of this happening. Sadly, I spread my wings and flew out to Ponyville. Luna, seeing this, spread her wings and followed me.
I looked down, and noticed that there was almost no one in Canterlot. Those who were walking on the street, walked with their heads down and without hope. Many of the stores were destroyed and closed, the windows of houses and stores were broken. I looked away, ashamed of myself. I felt tears in my eyes.
Twilight… I’m sorry…
“Sister, please don’t cry.” asked Luna, already heartbroken when she saw my tears.
I looked at Luna, still with tears in her eyes. “I can’t do it, Luna. Because of me, I lost Twilight forever…”
Luna just looked at me sadly. She didn’t know how to cheer me up. She hoped she could cheer me up, and we hoped to find a way to stop Midnight’s tyrant reign and make Midnight go back to Twilight. But for that, we would need a plan. We were going to stay in Ponyville until we came up with a plan.
“Where are we going to stay, sister?” asked Luna.
“In the old Twilight castle, Luna,” I replied, still saddened by what happened to Twilight and Equestria. Luna and I landed on the Ponyville road and we noticed that in Ponyville there were several purple Midnight Sparkle flags, the houses were destroyed, and the ponies walked in the same way as the Canterlot ponies: Sad and hopeless.
Just remembering the old Twilight castle, it reminded me of when she solved friendship problems throughout Equestria and didn’t rule Equestria with an iron hoof. Tears came back from my eyes, again. I knew I shouldn’t just be crying, but my sadness was much stronger than any other emotion I felt now.
I opened the door of the castle of friendship with my magic and entered with Luna. Then I closed the door with my magic without looking back. I noticed that the castle was covered with cobwebs and dust. I wasn’t surprised by this, since the castle had been abandoned for years and no one lived in it. Yeah. It looked like Luna and I would have to get the webs and dust out of that castle if we wanted to live here, at least until we came up with a plan. I just hoped it wouldn’t take as long as I imagined.
“The Twilight castle is all dusty,” said Luna, “and full of webs, too.”
“Yes. The Twilight castle looks like this because it’s been abandoned for years and no one lives here.” I explained to Luna why the castle was like this.
“Did anypony live here after Twilight moved to Canterlot permanently?” asked Luna, now curious.
I looked at Luna. “I don’t know, Luna. It’s a possibility.”
I opened a door with my magic and noticed that the map room was obviously full of dust and cobwebs. I wondered where Twilight kept the dust mop in the castle. Did she keep it in the closet? I think I would check there first. I started walking. Luna raised an eyebrow in confusion.
“Sister? Where are you going?” she asked.
I looked at Luna. “I’m going to go to the closet to see if I can find the dust mop.”
“If the dust mop isn’t in the closet, can I help you find it?” asked Luna, now with a smile.
I smiled back. “Of course you can, Luna.”
I started walking, and Luna followed me. If the dust mop wasn’t in the closet, I already had in mind where I would look: In the cleaning room. I mean, that if this room is in the castle, of course.
But even though I’m not crying that much anymore, I was still sad about what happened to Twilight. My ears went down. I started to remember when I noticed the new form of Twilight. I couldn’t get out of my head the mean smile that Midnight gave me when I saw her on the throne. I started to feel tears in my eyes again. But I wiped the tears away quickly with a hoof so that Luna wouldn’t notice it.
I opened the light blue cabinet with my magic and realized that inside there was no dust mop, but plates. I closed it straight and looked at Luna.
“The dust mop isn’t in the closet,” I said.
“But where would he be then?” asked Luna as she lifted a hoof confusedly.
“Maybe in the cleanroom?” I tried to guess with a smile of possible nervousness.
“But is there this room in the castle of friendship?”
“Perhaps, Luna. We will see.”
Luna and I turned and walked again. I wondered where Twilight’s cleanroom was. I noticed that there were several doors in the hall that we were in. I decided to open one to see if it was the cleaning room. And to my surprise, it wasn’t the cleanroom, but it was the library. Luna and I noticed a large bookcase. I closed the door with my magic and started walking again. I was about to open the door that was next to the library door, but when I saw a door in the back, I was curious, I decided to go to it and open it. To my happiness, it was the cleanroom. Inside was a broom, cloth and dust mop. I took the dust mop with my magic and looked at Luna.
“Luna, would you like to help me dust?” I asked.
“Yes, Celestia,” replied Luna. “Can I sweep the floor?”
“Sure, Luna.” I took the broom and handed it to Luna and closed the door. Luna took the broom with her magic.
I started dusting and cobwebs on the walls and Luna started cleaning the floor. My thoughts went back to Twilight and tears started to come out of my eyes again. I still felt guilty about everything that happened. I hoped that in the end, I would get Twilight back and could explain my reasons for making her alicorn.