//------------------------------// // Chapter Eight // Story: Forbidden Love // by KingSombraTheTyrantRuler //------------------------------// Forbidden Love Chapter Eight Princess Celestia frowned as she tried to pronounce the words of a long dead spell. It was an ancient one and had been created long before the birth of her great grandad. That, she was able to tell by reading the date on it. At last she succeeded, and spoke it aloud. The air shimmered with a magical energy, as did both of her hands, and when she opened her eyes again, she smiled. It had worked. "But I've just gotta go to the bathroom! Come on, ya can't be so cruel as to keep me from that!" "But we've got a couple more places to tour! And we're almost at the place where we'll finally find that gem! " replies Sombra in the same tone as Shadowlance. "Couldn't you have chosen a better and more convenient time to find that gem?" whines the Vampire. "Hey, Mr I'ma Get Sixty Nine Cups'a Coffee Cause I Love Sixty Nine, it's not my fault that my gem finding senses went off now." "Fucking inconvenient…" "Dear Shadowlance, please do stop swearing. I wonder, was it the coffee that's caused you to swear so much? " Luna says. "Nah, when someone's desperate to go to the bathroom and someone else isn't letting them, and that someone doesn't even know where the bathroom is and no one else is telling them, you can't expect them to be on Cloud Nine about it." "Look, I'm telling you that it'll only take a few seconds for me to find these gems!" "Can't ya just magic one up?" "If everything in the world could be simply magicked up, then there would be no need for people to have jobs. Gems, crystals, pearls, emeralds, gold and silver are among the list of the many things that cannot be magicked up." "Well, is it possible for you to magic up a bathroom, then?" " ...Nope. Those need to be built. " "Ah, Tartarus! What did I even do to deserve this?!" " It's called fate. That's what happens if you order too much of something. " Luna states. Sombra chuckles. "According to my senses, the gems should be here. Shadowlance, Luna, would you two like to accompany me into this cave?" " If it means I can pee sooner, then sure, I'm coming with you." "Luna?" Luna looks at the cave. It's not really that big… Sombra notices her hesitation. "Don't worry, it's not big enough that we'll get lost in it. I've been here before. It's got the width of a quarter of the size of the corridor in my castle, but it's long. " "...I…" "You don't have to come if you don't want to. I wouldn't want to put you out of your comfort zone. It would be unforgivable, to put such a beautiful Angel as you through any kind of torment." "I… don't worry, I'll be fine… I think. I'm sure it won't be as bad as I think it is." "If you say so…" " Don't worry Luna, I'll protect you from anything that tries to harm you," says Shadowlance as he grasps Luna's hand. "Perhaps, I should protect her as well, just to be safe," Sombra says, narrowing his eyes. Shadowlance also narrows his eyes. "Are you trying to say that my protection won't be enough?" "There's no need to get defensive. I am merely saying that Luna would be safer with me." Before Shadowlance can retort, Luna says, "I'll feel safe no matter who protects me. Let's go in now, shall we?" As they walk in, Sombra casts a light spell to let them see, and says, "I'll protect you." " No, I will. Luna said anyone can do it, so I will. " "That doesn't mean that I can't." Luna facepalms as the two start arguing again and does her best not to look at the cave. Sombra wasn't joking when he talked about how small this was… Come on Luna, you can do this. Just don't look at how narrow the tunnels are… think of big open spaces, not small ones… Luna's breathing became heavier as flashbacks of years ago began to play. "Celestia, please, no! " a much younger Luna cried out as her older sister forced her into a room which was so small, only one person could stand in it. This retrieved no compassion from the older girl, instead eliciting a sneer. "You deserve this for being so pathetic. So what if no one gives a fuck about you? Who cares if no one wants or needs you? It doesn't mean that you need to just cry all day and become even more pathetic. Keep your issues to yourself. I don't want to hear or see you whining about it again." With that she pushed Luna into there and locked the door. The young Princess felt as though the walls were shrinking, and she would soon be crushed by them… Back in reality, the Lunar Princess stopped in her tracks, falling to her knees and muttering, "Celestia, no, don't leave me here, please…" This caused her companions to also stop and look at her with concern. "Luna, are you okay?" asked Shadowlance. "These tunnels aren't causing you distress, are they?" Luna didn't respond, still shaking as panic began to flood her brain. The walls became smaller… "Luna? Luna, please open your eyes and tell me that you're okay! Luna, please!" Sombra stood by Luna's side, holding her hand, while she lay unconscious on his bed. Shadowlance was currently sweating as his eyes darted between the Lunar Princess' form, and the bathroom. "You know, you can go ahead and use the bathroom if you wish to do so. I would prefer it if you didn't piss yourself on my carpet. " "I can't," groans the Vampire. "What if Luna wakes up while I'm in there? And what sort of a friend would I be if I just left her? " "I'll be with her to protect her." "But it's not the same as me protecting her." "I fail to see your logic here. " "Well, why don't you go and use the bathroom?" "Because I don't need to?" " Well, if you don't need to, then I don't either! " "But you were literally screaming to the heavens only half an hour ago about how you needed to go use the bathroom so badly." "Well, I'm sure there's nothing wrong if I use it later!" "...I guess I can't force you. But you must need to go really badly, because look, you're holding your hands over your-" "I do not need to go!" " ...Drama Queen. Perhaps I should get you to take the main role if there's ever a play in the Empire." "I thought you once told Luna that you love dramatics. " "Well," Sombra blushed. " There's nothing wrong if I do! " "Wouldn't that make you a hypocrite then? To call me a drama Queen when it is you who loves drama? " "Everyone's a hypocrite, whether they realise it or not. Except Luna of course. She's an angel. " "She's my angel." " Mine. " "M- Luna, you're awake!" " Where… Am… I? What… Happened?" Luna groans. "You're in my bedroom. You… fainted in the cave. You had a panic attack..." explains the King. "Oh…" the Princess sits up. " I'm..sorry. " "Luna, there's nothing you need to apologise for," says Shadowlance . "But I should've stayed out of the cave. Even after Sombra told me what it was like, I thought it wouldn't really be that small, and even though I'm scared of small spaces.. Thanks to her, I went ahead and went in there. I should have said something…" " Luna, you are way more important to me than some gems. It's not like they're going to go anywhere. If anything, I should have been more observant. " "B-" "I think I'm gonna use the bathroom now…" Shadowlance jumps up and steps forward...only to trip over his own shoelaces. "D'AAAH! Ouch…" While all this was occuring in the Crystal Empire , in the Canterlot Castle, Celestia stood in her room. Her head felt a lot lighter now, and when she thought of Luna, she no longer felt rage. "I think it worked," she said to herself. " Finally, after all these years, I can finally apologise to Luna for the things He made me do. And tomorrow happens to be her birthday… "