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// Forgiveness  
// Story: The Lost Alicorn 
// by RainbowFlash96 
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"Don't worry, Twilight, we'll get you out of here as soon as possible." Celestia said.

"I guess I'll see you all when I wake up then?"

"Actually Equestor and I have to leave and pick up little Dream Charmer. Don't worry though, we will visit again."

"You're leaving so soon?" Twilight asked.

"I'm afraid so." Lunesta said. Twilight's face fell slightly, and Lunesta went to give her a hug.

"Twilight, I am so glad I was able to meet you and grow closer to you. I am happy I am able to call you my friend."

"Me too." Twilight said as Lunesta let go of her.

Equestor walked up to Twilight, and patted her on the head, "You're alright kid, you know that? I'll see you soon... and learn to lighten up sometimes." He said with a smile

"We will see you soon, Twilight." Luna said as her horn began to glow.

And with another flash of light, the four alicorn were gone, leaving Twilight in her nightmare. Her pupils dilated as she heard the faint sounds of giggling that began to get closer and closer... 





The four alicorn regained control of their bodies, and stood up. The bandaged Twilight was still unconscious in the hospital bed.

"Well, I think it is time for us to leave." Lunesta said.

The alicorn family came together for one last hug.

"Promise you'll visit again soon." Luna pleased.

Equestor grabbed her in a headlock and rustled her mane. "Maybe you need to lighten up too."

"Will you be able to retrieve the little filly?" Celestia asked.

"Most likely, yes. I am just wondering how much energy it will take to get her back."

"What do you mean?"

"We were able to get Twilight back because she had strong ties to the Elements of Harmony. Dream Charmer is another story. How will we get her back?"

"Oh. What are you going to do then?"

"I think I might have an idea." Equestor said, "Since Celestia once wielded the elements, if we can somehow get a passage from our world through her to Cadence, that might just work."

They all stared at him with their mouths open. The room stayed silent for some time until Equestor walked out of the room.

He went out into the hall and made his way to the waiting area. Cadence and Shining Armor were sitting next to each other while the rest of Twilight's friends were scattered about the area. They all got up when Equestor came into view.

"Did everything go alright? Is she okay?" Cadence asked.

"Everything is fine, but could you and Shining Armor follow me?" 

They got up and followed Equestor to Twilight's room. When they got there, Celestia, Luna and Lunesta's mouths were still open wide. They soon snapped out of it, and gained their composure.

"Well, we entered Twilight's dreams and had a little chat with her." Equestor said, "She was given the opportunity to become a princess once again, but refused. She instead insisted that Lunesta and I do a favor for her."

He looked Cadence in the eye and spoke softly, "She asked us to give you your foal back."

This took both Cadence and Shining aback. Shining couldn't believe his sister would do something like that for him after everything he had done to her. Cadence began to cry, and leaned into Shining for support.

"Oh thank you!" Cadence said.

"Do not thank me. Twilight should be the one you thank, but she seems to be unavailable at the moment."

Lunesta went over to the crying couple and explained to them Equestor's plan. Shining seemed a bit worried, but Cadence was just excited that she would get her foal back.

"I guess this is goodbye." Lunesta said.

"I guess it is." Celestia said, while giving her parents another hug.

"Promise you will visit soon?" Luna said.

"Yes, Luna, we promise... Better yet, I Pinkie Promise, whatever that is. Can somepony tell me what that is?" Equestor asked.

"Did somepony say Pinkie Promise?!?!" A voice cried from the hall.

Celestia and Luna's eyes widened, "Hurry. Go. Now." 

Lunesta's horn lit up immediately, followed by Equestor's. One spark later, and they were gone. Pinkie Pie rushed in the room almost instantaneously after they left.

"Who made a Pinkie Promise?"

"Nopony." Celestia said, with a nervous smile on her face

Pinkie's eyes narrowed as she slowly began to levitate and float out the door, which closed behind her.

"What?" Luna said.

"Pinkie, what Ah tell ya 'bout goin into other pony's business?"

They could all hear Applejack's voice from the hall.

"Not to."

"Exactly."

Luna decided it was a good time to let the rest of the ponies back into the room. She walked to the door and opened it, only to have three ponies fall flat on their faces.

Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Rarity all looked at Luna with sheepish grins.

Luna raised an eyebrow to this.

"Hey, Princess Luna, we weren't spying or anything." Rainbow Dash said, which got a facehoof from Rarity.

"Good job, Rainbow Dash." Rarity said.

"Ah just told Pinkie how you shouldn't spy, then y'all just do it anyway?"

"You have no proof!" Rainbow Dash yelled.

"Ah sure do have proof!"

"Girls.." Fluttershy whispered 

"No you don't!"

"Um girls..."

"Yes Ah do!"

"GIRLS!!" Fluttershy yelled completely out of character, "Maybe we shouldn't be arguing."

"Fluttershy is right." Luna said, "I have to go speak to the doctor, but Celestia will tell you everything that happened."





The doctor and Luna walked in shortly after Celestia finished telling them what happened. They all turned to stare at the doctor who had a syringe in a magical grip.

"When she wakes up, she will be extremely groggy and will probably be in an immense amount of pain. Don't make sudden movements, and somepony please dim the lights. Her eyes will be extremely sensitive."

One of the nurses dimmed the lights and closed the curtains. The doctor injected the syringe into one of Twilight's IV tubes.

"And one more thing. Don't be too loud." The doctor said, and every single pony, and dragon, in the room turned his or her heads to Pinkie. She just gave a huge smile in return.

They all turned their heads back to Twilight when they heard a groan. Her eyes began to slowly open and Twilight took in her surroundings.

"Miss Sparkle," the doctor said, "you are in the hospital. You suffered a broken nose and a fractured jaw. You are alright, and making a great recovery. You won't be able to speak for some time, but you can use magic. Here is a notepad and quill to write down whatever you need." The doctor hoofed her the quill and notepad, wished her a speedy recovery, and headed back out the door.

"Twilight, how are you feeling?" Celestia asked.

The notepad and quill were levitated and Twilight began to scribble away. When she was done, she turned it around.

"Like crap."

Her sarcasm seemed to lighten the mood. 

"Twilight." Shining said. She turned her head to look at her brother.

"King Equestor told me what you did for Cadence... for me. I can't thank you enough. I had no right to treat you the way I did. I'm so sorry. Your the best little sister somepony could have. I love you LSBFF." Shining began to cry, and so did Twilight.

"Don't worry BBBFF, I forgive you."

"If it means anything, sugarcube, we would all like to apologize too. We were not being fair to you. If you could find it in your heart to forg-" Applejack was interrupted by the notepad in her face.

"Shut up. Of course I forgive you. All of you. How could I not? You all had a right to be mad."

"But we were so terrible to you." Dash said.

"Yes, but that is in the past. I forgive all of you, and I hope you all can forgive me."

"Why of course we can, darling." Rarity said.

"Oh!" Celestia said.

"What is it, sister?"

"I think they found the foal. Are you ready Cadence?"

Cadence nodded, and went to stand next to Celestia. There was a small light illuminating from her horn. She gently bowed her head and lightly touched the tip of her horn to Cadence's stomach. The light eventually subsided and Celestia picked up her head.

"Did it work?" Luna asked.

Cadence sat down, and Shining rushed to her side. She put a hoof to her stomach and smiled. Cadence grabbed one of Shining's hooves and placed it on her stomach. He felt a small little kick.

Shining and Cadence cried tears of joy. Soon everypony, and dragon, were crying.

The notepad nudged Celestia who turned to look at it.

"You didn't tell her it was a filly?"

Celestia shook her head.

"What happens later? I mean your mother said she was a little filly. Will she still have the memories of The Land? Will she know her name?"

"I don't know Twilight. We'll just have to wait and see."





Twilight woke up the next morning feeling better than ever. She felt refreshed, like she could take on the world! 

Shining and Cadence spent the night in Twilight's room. Cadence was on the couch, while Shining got the floor. Twilight smiled at the scene.

Smiled? Wasn't her jaw broken?

She tried to move her jaw, which probably was a bad idea, but it didn't hurt. Twilight raised a hoof to her face. She began to lightly poke at her jaw, but felt no pain.

What was going on?

She ripped the bandages off, and began to play with her muzzle, trying to induce some sort of pain. It felt completely normal. 

Twilight began to freak out, and ran to the bathroom. She looked into the mirror and saw her reflection. It was perfectly normal, there were no cuts, no bruises, nothing seemed wrong. 

Except for the feathers behind her head.

Twilight turned her head and was shocked to see what was now attached to her back.

A huge pair of lavender wings.

Twilight screamed, and Cadence and Shining rushed to see what was wrong. They both stared at her in shock.

"Twilight? What happened?" Cadence asked.

"I don't know! I woke up and my jaw didn't hurt then I ran in here and see these things on my back!" Twilight yelled.

"How is that even possible?" Shining asked.

"I have no idea, but maybe we should see the princesses about this." Cadence said.





Applejack woke up early that morning. She got out of bed and went to the bathroom. She splashed some water on her face, and looked into the mirror.

"What in tarnation?" She said as she poked the thing that was now protruding from her forehead. 

She turned her head to see more appendages sticking out from her sides.

Before Applejack could think about these things longer, she heard Rarity scream from the room next to her.

Applejack ran out of her bathroom and made her way to Rarity's room. She didn't bother to knock; she just bucked the door down and ran inside.

"Rarity!! Are ya alright?"

Standing in the middle of the room was Rarity. Horn, wings, and all.

"No! Just LOOK at me! What happened?"

"Ah don't know, but Ah think the same thing happened to me." Applejack said, and Rarity turned her head to look at Applejack.

"Oh my!"

"Girls, it's early. Why are you screaming? This is so not cool." Rainbow Dash said from the doorframe.

Dash gave a huge yawn before blinking a few times, and got a good look at her friends. Her eyes widened, and she slowly raised a hoof to her forehead.

She touched the horn on her own head, and screamed.

"Rainbow Dash! Shhh!!!" Applejack yelled.

"What happened!?"

"We don't know, but if my assumption is correct, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie should also have become alicorn." Rarity said.

"Maybe we should go and check, then go and see the princess. Maybe she knows what's goin on." Applejack suggested.

They all nodded in agreement before running out the door.





When Princess Celestia woke up this morning, she expected a nice day, maybe enjoy a piece of cake.

What she didn't expect was for seven alicorn and a very confused Shining Armor to come bursting through her door.

"PRINCESS!!! WE HAVE AN ISSUE!!" Twilight yelled.

Celestia was in shock at the scene before her. Overnight, six different ponies had transformed into alicorn.

"Twilight? You're alright?!" Rarity asked.

"You all turned into alicorn too!?"

"Yeah! Isn't it super duper funtastic?" Pinkie Pie asked.

Twilight rolled her eyes, "Princess, what is going on?"

After the initial shock wore off, Celestia was able to speak.

"You all are ready."

"I beg yer pardon?"

Celestia sighed, "When my sister and I first wielded the elements, we were transformed into alicorn. Now that you all have discovered the true meaning of friendship, you yourselves have become alicorn."

"What is the true meaning of friendship?" Twilight asked.

Celestia chuckled, "Forgiveness."

"Forgiveness? That was it?"

"No, you had to all discover the true meaning of forgiveness. Twilight, what you did was something very few ponies could forgive. All six of you learned how truly hard it was to forgive a friend, but in the end you let true forgiveness into your hearts. That is why you have become alicorn, and now you will never have to fear losing each other ever again."

The six new alicorn all came together for a hug.

"Now we'll never be apart. I love you girls."

"We love you too."


*****Epilogue:  Charming Your Dreams*****


"What are you going to name her?" Shining asked.

"I've had a name in mind." Cadence said wearily, "Can you bring Twilight in here?"

Shining was confused at the suggestion, but left his wife and new foal to go and get Twilight.

There in the waiting room were eight princesses, a King and Queen, and the family of Twilight and Shining. All of them had looks of worry on.

"Is she alright?" Twilight asked.

"She's fine, don't worry. She and the foal are perfectly healthy. Cadence asked for you."

Twilight followed her brother into Cadence's room. When they entered, the room was all cleaned up. Cadence was lying in the hospital bed with a little foal. The little filly was wrapped up in blankets and being caressed in her mother's forelegs. Cadence smiled when Twilight and Shining entered the room.

"Twilight... thank you."

"For what?"

"For her... for little Twilight Star."

Twilight stood there shocked. Cadence had named her foal after Twilight.

"T-Twilight Star?"

"Yes, I named her after you. She would never have been here if it wasn't for you."

"I-I don't know what to say."

Cadence giggled.

"It's an honor, really, but I can't let you name her that."

"What do you mean?"

"She already had a name." Twilight sighed, "When you had a miscarriage, she went to The Land. Queen Lunesta told me that she was a filly during her time there. She had a name... it was Dream Charmer."

Cadence could not believe what Twilight had just said.

"Dream Charmer..." Cadence looked down at her little alicorn filly.

A few tears escaped from all three ponies eyes.

"That name is perfect. Ever since I lost her, she had always been in my dreams. I dreamed of a life with her. She charmed my dreams.... my little Dream Charmer." 




THE END