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// Secrets Revealed, Part 1 
// Story: The Return of Unicornia 
// by StormLuna 
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It was a calm day in Canterlot and Celestia was sitting on her throne partaking in some cake that had just been brought to her.  Suddenly a bright flash of light appeared in front of her and suddenly seven individuals were present.  When she saw who it was she first addressed Discord, "Discord, were you able to get her to reverse the spell?" 

Before he could respond Twilight said, "Princess Celestia, he couldn't get in because Queen Starlight cast a spell on that dome to keep outsiders from using magic to get in."  Her eyes narrowed as she continued, "And speaking of Starlight, why did you lie to me?"

Hearing Starlight's name caused Celestia to tear up and begin sobbing.  Twilight knew at that moment that Starlight really was not lying about Celestia being her mother.  She approached the throne and continued, "Why did you tell me she was your protege when she is your daughter?"

Celestia continued to cry for another minute before calming down a bit, "Because, because the memories hurt too much and it took centuries for me to finally block out what happened and then Unicornia returned" she then began to cry harder again, "and you, you brought up her name."

Twilight stood there with a disgusted look on her face.  She couldn't understand how Celestia could simply block out memories of her daughter, a pony who she claimed to love so much.  Celestia looked up and saw the look of disapproval on Twilight's face and continued, "Look, I know it is bad I did that but nopony could understand what I went...."

Twilight cut her off, "You're right, nopony could but while she does seem a bit unpleasant and kind of scary, I feel for her." 

Discord spoke up, "She tore open the fabric of reality didn't she?

Fluttershy cut in, "Discord, Starlight told us about you.  Why didn't you tell me you have a daughter?  I'm your best friend for pony's sake!" 

Celestia then motioned for Discord to stand up by her at the throne before commenting, "I guess both of us were trying to hide parts of our past from those we care about." 

The six gasped in shock but Fluttershy wanted to know more, "But why Discord?  Out of everypony, you should know that I'd understand the most!" 

Twilight added, "And you too Celestia.  You have always claimed what a wonderful protege I am and it always seemed like we had a mother/daughter relationship but here I find out you actually have a daughter."  She paused before adding, "What, did you want to feel like a mother again and I was your outlet for that?"

Celestia sat there in silence not knowing how to answer Twilight's question.  Twilight was correct about why she was so close to her but she feared that telling the truth would anger Twilight but at the same time knew that saying no would be a huge lie, a lie that Twilight would quickly call her out on.  She looked up with tears running down her face and replied, "Yes Twilight.  After over a thousand years I wanted to feel like a mom again and then you came along.  We developed such a close bond and when Unicornia returned, I wanted the pony I love like a daughter to reunite me with my biological daughter." 

Twilight threw her hooves up in the air, "Oh and if I can reunite you two, would I suddenly not mean so much to you anymore?"

Celestia again began to cry, "No Twilight, it isn't like that at all." 

Most of Twilight's friends weren't sure what to think but one thought there was more going on here than Celestia was letting on.  Applejack approached the throne and asked, "Princess Celestia, you already hid this from Twilight.  Is there anything else you're hiding from Twilight, from all of us?"

Celestia's crying became harder, "I-I can't bring it up to be fair to Starlight.  I want to tell her and Twi-Twilight together." 

When Celestia said this, Twilight knew exactly what was going on and realized that what Celestia had been hiding was much bigger than Starlight being her daughter.  Twilight began to cry in agony, "You....you, how could you?"  She paused before letting an ear splitting screech, "She isn't your only daughter is she?  I'm-I'm your....." 

She couldn't finish her sentence before running out of the throne room and into another room.  Discord gave Celestia a slight glare, "She is, isn't she?"

Celestia nodded causing Applejack to add, "Ah think you really need to tell her, to be fair to her, to be fair to all of us."

Everypony could hear Twilight crying in agony in another room.  Everypony including Discord was giving Celestia an angry glare as Rarity spoke up, "Princess Celestia darling, you need to go and reveal everything to her." 

Rainbow added, "Yeah, what you did was cruel, deceitful and selfish.  How could you hide the origins of a pony you claim to love so much from her?"

Pinkie added, "Yeah, that was so mean!" 

Celestia held her head low knowing that everypony there easily figured out the secret she had been hiding.  Never before had she felt so ashamed of herself or so nervous.  She had faced off against enemies such as King Sombra, Tirek and Discord once he began to spread so much chaos but the very thoughts of having to face the pony she had lied to for so long terrified her.  She nervously replied, "I-I don't know if I can." 

Fluttershy spread her wings wide and approached Celestia with a glare, "Princess Celestia, do you hear that crying, that crying that you are responsible for?"  She became more stern and added, "You need to go talk to her, now." 

The tone of Fluttershy's voice shocked her.  It was not quiet and soft, it was louder and filled with anger.  Celestia gave her a nervous look and replied, "Ok, I'll go and talk to her."

Celestia got off her throne and headed towards the source of crying nervously.  While Twilight did not have her level of power, Celestia was still nervous because she was unsure how Twilight would be during this moment.  She had her concerns that Twilight's magic may be like her half-sister's, driven by emotion.  She headed down the hall and found the room where Twilight was.  Celestia tried to open the door but Twilight had cast a lock spell on it.  She knocked on it and asked, "Twilight, can we talk?"

Twilight cried angrily, "No!  I want nothing to do with you right now!  What you did is unforgivable!"  She paused for a moment and yelled, "Just go and leave me alone!"

Celestia replied, "Please Twilight, I need to reveal everything to you." 

Twilight screamed, "Don't bother Celestia, I don't want to have to look at you right now, much less talk to you."

Celestia realized that trying to talk to her at this moment would be impossible.   She then heard Twilight scream loudly and blast a hole in the wall with her magic as she headed back towards the throne room with a sick look on her face.  When they saw her Celestia began to cry again, "She, she doesn't want anything to do with me now, nothing." 

Rarity mumbled, "Well I don't blame her.  What you did is unforgivable."

Rainbow added, "How could you just hide this from her?  You pretty much raised her for pony's sake!" 

Celestia continued to cry, "I had to, I couldn't just disrupt her life like that." 

Applejack commented, "Well you've done worse than that now and you need to fix this." 

Celestia cried, "But how, she probably hates me as much as Starlight did when Luna and I encased Discord in stone." 

The very mentioning of being turned to stone caused Discord to glare at Celestia but he remained silent so that he would not stir the pot any.  As Celestia continued to cry one of Twilight's friends remembered how Starlight brought up Luna and decided to approach her over it.  Applejack asked, "Princess Celestia, does your sister know about this?"

Celestia had calmed down a bit by this point and replied, "No, she doesn't.  I kept that a secret from her as well because...."

Discord cut in, "Because she was banished to the moon?"  He paused before adding, "Who else, any other 'proteges' while Luna and I were imprisoned?"

This again caused Celestia to start crying, "I-I can't.....I have to go talk to Luna." 

Princess Celestia rushed off towards the royal bedrooms knowing full well that she needed to know that she has more than just Starlight as a niece.  She was nervous about this because she knew that when it came to family, that Luna had never been one to believe hiding secrets was ok.  She also knew that her sister and Twilight began to grow closer after that first Nightmare Night and worried about any anger she may express.