//------------------------------// // Chapter 21: the end of friendship and the beginning of solitude // Story: Twilight sparkle lord of death // by Dark1777 //------------------------------// Back to the operating room Main Five, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Spike, and Shining Armor stood nervously looking at Twilight and Cadence. A few minutes ago they sensed a magical, dark, cold and powerful aura emanating from Twilight, it was even stronger than when she fought with queen Chrysalis. They didn't know what was going on in Cadence's dreams, they just knew that whatever was trying to swallow Princess Cadence's soul was something very scary and powerful. Confronting it was completely beyond their power, so all they could do was hope that Twilight could successfully save Cadence and hope they would both be safe. Magic from Twilight's horn slowly fades, the thread connecting Twilight's horns and Cadence's disappears, Twilight slowly opens her eyes, revealing icy blue pupils, when all ponies in the room are about to run came back and asked situation, a rustling sound was heard, princess Cadence slowly opened her eyes and sat up from the operating table, she was still feeling a little tired, but aches were gone, wounds were Her body also disappeared. Shining Armor rushed over to help her sit up "easy now, Cady! Let me help you". All ponies in the room except Twilight ran over and inquired about her. "Are you all right, princess?" Rarity asked worriedly. "Do you feel any pain anywhere?" Princess Celestia asked with concern and worry on her face. "Don't worry, I'm fine... Although I'm a bit tired, I'm fine... Besides..." Cadence turned her gaze to Twilight, she slowly got off the bed and walked towards Twilight. Shining Armor walked beside her to support her. She stood in front of Twilight, looking directly into Twilight's icy blue eyes, she got used to Twilight's death eyes, she smiled gently before hugging Twilight, she whispered with tears flowing long lines on her face "this is not a dream!... you really are back...", however Twilight didn't answer, she gently pushed Cadence away and looked at her coldly. "Twilight-" before Cadence could say more Shining Armor stepped forward and hugged Twilight, he said "thank you for saving Cadence, sister! I'm really sorry for everything I said at the wedding rehearsal! I should have known you cared about Cadence as much as I care about her, I should never have doubted you I don't expect you to forgive me, but please don't leave us!" Shining Armor wept, begging his sister to stay. "Oh,... shiney... Wait, did you just say she saved me? Did something happen to me?" Cadence asked confused. All the Pony in the room apart from Twilight looked at her confused, Princess Luna walked up to her and asked "you don't remember what happened?" She shook her head and replied "I just remember that I was in the throne room, and was thinking how to free Twilight from that curse,... Then... Suddenly I felt very tired, my vision started to blur,... Then I don't know what else..." Princess Luna and Princess Celestia looked at each other for a moment before Princess Celestia turned to tell her everything that happened to Cadence "you passed out, Cadence. We took you to the hospital, doctors said that you just exhausted with a few minor skin injuries, and just to be sure we kept you in the hospital overnight for observation... Everything was fine until you started having nightmares, doctors couldn't do anything to comfort you, so Luna stepped into your dreams to help you out of your nightmare..." Princess Luna continued, "when I entered your nightmare, it was unlike any I've seen before... Everything around was completely empty, only endless darkness existed in there,... I began to look for you, and then... I found you sitting on a dark puddle, tendons of darkness wrapping around your body, and flames of darkness burning around you,... I tried to call you, but you didn't listen, you started whispering curses to yourself for not being able to save Twilight,... Then I used my magic to try to rid you out of the nightmare, but it was so strong, it removed me from your dreams. After that I tried many times to enter your dream again, but that darkness blocked the entrance to your dream, and no matter what I do, I can't enter your dream anymore..." "Then Princess Luna told us about what was going on in your dream, we were terrified when we heard Princess Luna say that darkness is trying to swallow your soul, We thought you were suffering from the same curse as Twilight, so we tried to wake you up,Princess Celestia used magic and tried to wake you from your sleep, but she was defeated by the aura of darkness emanating from your horns." Shining Armor let go of Twilight and recounted in a trembling voice. Rainbow Dash continued "Then Princess Celestia and Princess Luna together with Shining Armor used magic to pull you out of your sleep, while we kept calling you, but all were blown away by the darkness was trying to swallow you up, and then your body started to get cold, your heartbeat got weaker, doctors took you to the emergency room to try and save you." Spike said, looking at Twilight "while we were waiting outside the emergency room, Twilight came running and bursting into the emergency room, she used magic to break the barrier that darkness had created to stop us from save you, and step into your dreams to save you" Cadence was horrified to hear Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Main Five, Spike and Shining Armor recount what had happened to her while she was unconscious, she shivered at the thought that her soul had been nearly swallowed by the curse, that swallowed all of Twilight's emotions if Twilight hadn't arrived in time to save her. "Thank you so much Twilight, you saved me twice,... And yet... there's nothing I can do to help you..." Princess Cadence said with regret. "It's nothing, and... I don't need you or anyone else's help, so don't feel sorry for me..." Twilight said coldly, she knew saying that would hurt them, but she didn't want any of them to be in danger, even though they had hurt her a lot, she also didn't want any of them to be in danger because of her. 'thinking about what Death told me about demons that betrayed Dark Queen, and what Dark Queen went through,... I consider myself lucky that at least they all didn't mean to hurt me, because they really regret it,... And because all my memories with them before I became Death Lord weren't fake...' Twilight thought. 'Do you regret, master?' Death asked '... I don't know,... I don't have any feelings left, so I don't know if I have any regrets or not... But I do know one thing for sure that even though I do regret or not, I can't come back, so I won't let them have anything to do with me...' Twilight said. While Twilight was lost in her thoughts, all the ponies in the room including Cadence were hurt by Twilight's cold and cruel words, they felt as if she was cutting them out of hers lives. "...Besides... There's one more thing I need to get done..." Twilight continued, she walked over to Cadence and began casting spells. A blue magic wire connecting Cadence's chest to Twilight's chest appeared. All the ponys in the room including Princess Cadence stared at the magic rope in amazement... Princess Celestia was the first to speak, "is this... A soul link?" Shining Armor confused turned to Princess Celestia and asked "soul link?" "Soul Link is known to be the connecting path from one pony's heart space to another pony's heart space, when the soul link was created, both ponys can feel each other's feelings, in addition, they will also be affected by each other's feelings, in other words, they share their feelings with each other" Princess Luna explained. "But to create a soul link requires a lot of magical power, even me and Luna can't create the soul link" said Princess Celestia while staring at the magic rope link between Princess Cadence and Twilight. "This thing... It's your creation, Cadence." Twilight looked at Cadence coldly and said. All the ponies in the room looked at Twilight in surprise, especially Cadence, she didn't remember she created a soul link, and she didn't think she had that ability "b... But, I don't remember i had used any magic like this" said Princess Cadence, confused. "You accidentally created it when you were trying to repair my heart before... You may not realize it, but your magic is really powerful" Twilight said coldly. "I know Cadence's love magic is strong but it's amazing that she can create such a soul link" said Princess Celestia. Cadence thought for a moment in silence and said "wait,... Auntie, you said a soul link between two ponies can share their feelings, right?... If so, can I also share my feelings with Twilight?" Princess Luna and Princess Celestia widened their eyes in surprise when they realized the meaning of Cadence's question "are you going to use soul links to repair Twilight's heart?" Luna asked. "Yes, if I can fill the void in Twilight's heart then the curse will be broken!" Cadence turned to Twilight and approached her with hopeful eyes "Twilight if so I can save you!" Twilight was silent for a long time, she looked coldly at Cadence, she said "... No... You won't..." Cadence's smile slowly faded, the hope in her eyes turned to worry. Twilight backed away from Cadence, her magic lit up, a swirl of gray fire appeared on the floor, a scythe emerged from the whirlpool of fire and hovered in front of Twilight. All the ponies in the room stared at the scythe in front of Twilight, Princess Cadence stepped back slightly, Twilight grabbed the scythe with magic and raised it in the air, Princess Cadence trembled as she asked "T... Twilight... W... What are you doing?" Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Shining Armor, Main Five ran in front of Cadence "Twilight what are you doing?" Princess Celestia gazed into Twilight's eyes for the first time, she discovered that deep in those eyes there was no light, only an endless cold, it made her feel hopeless look into those eyes. "...End it all" with that reply a gray flame flared up and covered blade of the scythe, before any of ponies could react, Twilight slashed the scythe and severed the magical bond between her and Cadence. The magical bond between Cadence and Twilight gradually disappeared, Cadence cried out in pain and collapsed, she felt as if her heart was being torn into a hundred pieces and burned in the flames of hell. All ponies in the room other than Twilight ran towards Cadence in panic, Shining Armor worriedly asked "Cady! Are you okay!" Princess Luna turned to look at Twilight with anger, she asked "Twilight Sparkle! what did you do with her!?" After severing the link between her and Cadence, Twilight removed the scythe, she coldly replied "don't worry, she's fine... I just cut off the soul link with her, this pain is a side effect of severing a soul link, but she'll be back to normal soon" Cadence weakly looked up at Twilight with tears in her eyes, she asked "w... Why could you do that?... If there's no soul link how can I save you?... W... Why won't you let us help you?" Shining Armor painfully looked at Cadence. "Like I said... I don't need your help or anyone else... This is the path I've chosen... And no pony can change it... Instead of worry about me, then take care of yourselves, from now on i will have nothing to do with all of you, Equestria, and the elements of harmony, the path that you all and I are about to take are two lines that are parallel forever can never intersect, so... My relationship with you all... Should stop here... Forget everything about me... This is the best thing i can do for you... for the last time" Twilight said coldly. All the ponies in the room cried when they heard all horrible words from Twilight, Twilight bowed to them all "so... Goodbye, saviors of Equestria, Princess Luna, Princess Celestia, Captain Shining Armor, and Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, hope we never meet again." with a final greeting, Twilight lit her magic, a gray flame enveloped her body, and then she was gone... Twilight Sparkle savior of Equestria, master of elemental magic, faithful student of princess Celestia, captain of royal guard's sister, sister and pony who hatched a dragon egg cut ties with all of them and Equestria. Princess Cadence cried in pain, she love Twilight like a little sister, but now that little sister only sees her as a strange pony princess... After today, Twilight and they walk on two different paths. On one side is a road full of light, joy with hope and happiness waiting for them at the end of the road, on the other side is a road full of blood and death, what awaits at the end of the road is only despair and lonely. Here's the link to Twilight's scythe: https://pin.it/3KaX95w