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// The Conclusion  
// Story: My Heart's Betrayal 
// by Zamairiac 
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I felt shocked...Celestia was here. She had found me.

She looked as beautiful as ever. Her coat was sleek and well groomed and her mane and tail were still as majestic as ever. Although she wasn't wearing her necklace or her slippers for some reason. Apart from that she was still the same Alicorn I befriended...and more...but...

But her eyes...it was like their light had gone out.

"Hello Sam." She said calmly...almost happily actually.

"Celly I...how did you find me?" I asked, too surprised to actually form a proper sentence.

The Alicorn just giggled musically and gazed at me happily. Yes she was definitely happy...at least now.

"Hello to you too Sam." She chuckled. "What? No bowing? No show of respect?"

I just stared at her for a few moments...I couldn't believe she was here...I'd could say that I'd almost forgotten what she looked like.

But I could never forget her...Nor the expressions she made during that one drunken night...

Or her despair as I abandoned her...No, that one lingers with me like a shadow.

"You know I don't do that Celly." I said, a small smirk etching its way onto my face.

"Mhmm I know, it annoyed Luna to no end." She replied, smirking ever so slightly.

I suddenly seemed to realise that not only was it cold, but it was also spitting rain...and she was standing in it.

"Uh come in, you're going to get soaked otherwise."

The Princess smiled appreciatively and walked past me as I stood to the side. I then closed the door and gestured for her to walk into the living room...well it has a couch, fireplace, rug and table, so it counts.

They don't sell televisions here and they don't have electricity either. I've had to keep sending letters to Twilight asking if she could send me crystals.

I'm not too sure how exactly they work, but they're filled with magic that can charge up anything it finds compatible.

My laptop for instance.

Anyway Celly...sorry, Celestia had pretty much made herself at home and splayed herself out on my couch. I saw she was still shivering and quickly walked over to my fireplace and turned it on. When I turned around, Celestia was still taking up all the room on my sofa. I grumbled a bit at this but pulled a chair over and sat down on it.

Her smile wavered a bit as I did this although I couldn't imagine why.

"So..." I said awkwardly.

"So..." She replied, just as awkwardly.

Well if she's here then I might as well ask the obvious question.

"Um lovely to see you and all but...how did you find me? I've been staying away from highly populated cities."

Celestia frowned at this but nodded and sat herself up on her haunches.

"Well you didn't make it easy to find you." She admitted, her frown deepening as she said so. "In fact I was about to send out leaflets containing your description. But it was Twilight who came up with an easier solution."

I cocked an eyebrow at this curiously and merely waited for her to continue.

"She was so eager to help me that she didn't rest for almost a week until she found something."

"Really? What was it?" I asked. I was actually genuinely curious now.

Celestia smiled at me and used her magic to levitate something out of her mane. I didn't recognise it at first but once I got a good look at it...

"My toothbrush?" I exclaimed. "How did my toothbrush help?"

The Princess grinned at me and used her magic to make my toothbrush glow. It instantly responded to whatever she was doing and morphed itself into a golden arrow.

Said arrow was pointing right at me.

"A very old and highly advanced tracking spell." She explained. "It become useless many centuries ago when the magic that all Equestrians carry within them evolved to such a degree that such a spell became unable to track anypony. But you're not from Equestria and whatever small amount of magic you've developed inside you is minuscule and devolved compared to even an Earth pony."

"Way to make me feel great Celly." I thought dryly.

"And well, I used it three days ago on your toothbrush. It lead me to you and here I am." She finished.

"It took you three days to get here?" I asked questioningly.

Celestia's expression became sheepish and she twiddled her hooves nervously.

"Well no. I got here an hour after I used it but...I couldn't work up the courage to knock on your door." She admitted, blushing slightly as she did so.

I couldn't help but smile at her as she said this. Celestia was rarely nervous and I had never seen her twiddling her hooves before.

In truth I found it all adorable.

"It's probably a good thing you didn't actually. Bluebell might have fainted at the sight of you."

Celestia raised an eyebrow questioningly at me once I said this, making me wonder if I should have kept the shy Unicorn out of the conversation.

"Bluebell? I've never heard of anypony called Bluebell before." Celestia said, her expression becoming curious.

"Well she's my...uh, friend. Well we're dating as well, but we're...friendly."

"Oh dear lord what was the fuck was that Sam?"

Celestia's expression fell somewhat as I told her this but she looked down at her hooves before I could see any emotion that came to her face.

"You're...dating somepony?" She asked tentatively.

I couldn't help but feel...horrible as she asked this for some reason. She sounded like she was in pain...like what she had to say, to ask...hurt her.

"I...yes. Yeah I am." I replied honestly.

There was nothing but silence for company after this. But after a little bit Celestia looked back up and me and smiled...it looked forced.

"Well I'm happy that you found somepony. How did you meet?"

I felt slightly uncomfortable as she asked this but figured there was no harm in indulging her.

"I met her the moment I came in the village." I told her. "She showed me around and then took me to this little shack. And then...I don't know. She just came to visit me whilst I was sorting it out, you know just to talk. Then one day we just...decided to give it a go. She liked me and I thought she was a sweet girl so I saw no harm in it."

I smiled awkwardly at the Princess but felt a sudden pang of guilt run through me at her...haunted expression.

Her forced smile just wasn't there anymore...she just looked...empty.

She shook her head suddenly and smiled a small smile at me.

"Um what about you?" I asked quickly. "You found your special somepony yet?"

Celestia looked shocked as I asked her this, insulted even. But she quickly shook her head and took on her calm smile once again.

"No. I...I'm not interested in anypony at the moment." She said quietly.

An awkward silence stretched on for what seemed like hours. Neither of us were looking at the other directly, although I did catch her looking at me from the corner of my eye.

"I should...I should be getting back to Canterlot." Celestia muttered. "I've most likely got a lot of work to catch up on."

"Right...okay." I replied...I didn't know what to say.

Celestia got off my couch and walked out into the hall with me following behind her. I opened the door for her and she stepped outside...it was raining quite heavily now.

She turned around and looked at me with a small sad smile. She didn't conjure up a barrier to protect her from the rain, choosing instead to just let it fall on her.

"I guess this is goodbye then." She said.

"I guess so." I agreed quietly.

Her forelegs twitched slightly for a moment before she shook her head and began to fly away. I closed the door a few seconds after and made my way back into the living room but stopped in the middle of the hall and put my hands on my face.

I could feel the memories that I had tried so hard to forget resurfacing rapidly...I could feel the caresses from that special night, the kisses, the deep reflexion of love that shined in her eyes just before I left.

The front door suddenly burst open and the next thing I knew a hoof hurtled into my face and punched me painfully. I blinked rapidly to clear my vision and swallowed audibly as I saw Celestia's angry face no more than a few inches from my own.

"No I'm not just walking away from this Sam! By the Sun I WAITED FOR YOU! YOU LEFT ME AND I CRIED INTO THE NIGHT, WAITING FOR YOU TO COME BACK AND YOU JUST ABANDONED ME!"

I had no idea what to do. Celestia's eyes were streaming with tears and she was literally heaving with each breath.

"Celly I-"

"WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME SAM? WHY DIDN'T YOU COME BACK, I LOOKED FOR YOU WITH EVERYTHING I COULD THINK OF BUT YOU DELIBERATELY AVOIDED ME!"

"I couldn't come back Celly. I just couldn't!" I exclaimed, my own tears building up in the corner of my eyes.

The furious Alicorn rounded on me and pinned me up against the wall with her magic. Unlike before where it was soft and gentle, this time it felt like she was trying to squeeze all the blood out of me.

"WHY? WE COULD HAVE TALKED! W-WE COULD HAVE WORKED THROUGH IT...but now you're seeing somepony else..."

I closed my eyes as she said this. Her voice sounded broken, shattered with hurt and loss.

"Was it that easy to just replace me Sam?" She asked, quietly this time.

At this question I felt my own anger building. How could she think to ask me that question?!

"Easy...EASY?" I yelled, startling the Princess so badly that her magic flickered off and let me go.

I walked right up to the Princess with so much anger burning within me that I was surprised she didn't back away from the sheer heat of it all.

"You think it was easy? Hmm? You think it was simple for me to just forget about you, to try and move on?"

Celestia's eyes were wide with shock and fear. But she didn't answer my questions, instead remaining silent and staring at me with teary eyes.

"Every day, every memory that I have had since I left Canterlot has been filled with nothing but what happened that night. Every dream I have is about you, every time I blink I see you. Hell every time Bluebell and I have EVER KISSED I FEEL YOU KISSING ME, NOT HER!"

I felt and heard my own voice breaking...Talking about this was so hard given all the effort I had put into trying to forget about it.

"Sam I-" Celestia tried to say...but I wouldn't let her stop me now. If she did...I would never be able to talk about it again.

"I never replaced you Celly...I just tried to do what I could to move on, to move past you." I admitted pitifully. "And now all of this is going to build me up all over again and I can't...I can't do it again."

I stayed silent after saying that...what else could I say.

Celestia began to slowly move over to me which I reacted to by instantly backing away.

"Sam...please can we-"

"No." I interrupted quickly.

I moved back from her as she continued to advance towards me. I didn't know what she wanted...but with her so close to me, so close that I could feel her body's heat practically touching me...I didn't know what I would do if she came much closer.

My back hit the wall and I knew I had nowhere else to retreat to. Celestia stopped just in front of me and merely stared at me with her watery eyes...burning into my soul.

"Can we at least...embrace?" She asked tentatively, her eyes searching my own for any sign of approval...or disapproval. "Just this once...please." She whimpered.

I looked at her with absolutely no idea what to do...or how to respond.

Celestia made the first move, sitting down on her haunches as she slowly put her forehooves around me and pulled me close, burying her face in my neck. My arms just lay at my sides...but before I could stop myself I put my own around her and rested my head on her shoulder.

We stayed like that for what felt like hours...I don't think either of us wanted to let go of the other.

I heard Celestia take a deep breath and slowly pull her head from my neck, looking at me searchingly...Her muzzle was almost touching my mouth.

"Celly...I can't. Bluebell..." I muttered quietly.

"I know." She whispered, moving closer to me none the less.

And there it was again. That tension I felt the night I left her. It was so powerful, so raw, emotional and sensual.

So impossible to fight.

Celestia claimed my lips with her own and started to passionately kiss me. I didn't kiss her back however, something she noticed straight away as she pulled back.

"Sammy?" She breathed passionately, her eyes gazing soulfully into my own.

She licked my lips affectionately...and I gave into my desires.

I lunged forward and began to kiss her fervently, something that she took great delight in as she moaned happily as a result.

I used all my strength to pick up the Alicorn and carry her into the living room, where we both collapsed onto the rug by the fireplace. Celestia wasted no time in attacking my clothes with her magic, rapidly pulling them from me and tearing them in her haste. I couldn't even begin to try and say something. But I didn't want to, I just wanted to give into my passion, her passion. Everything else just didn't matter.

I reached up and pulled her down to me, claiming her lips with my own and turning us around until I was leaning over her. Her mane was strewn over her face wildly and she was panting almost painfully as she stared up at me...

She looked so beautiful.

Before I could ogle her anymore she lit up her horn and dragged me as close to her as she could get with her magic. It was only as I felt her soft fur touching me that I realized Celestia had torn every piece of clothing off of me.

"I love you so much." She said lovingly, nuzzling my face softly as she said so.

"I never stopped loving you Celly." I admitted, smiling as she looked at me with a teary expression of pure happiness.

The image of Bluebell flashed before my eyes as I said this...but Celestia ripped it apart as she leaned up to kiss me.

"Then love me now." She whispered, putting her hind legs behind me and pushing me into her.

How can I describe what it felt like to make love to her.

To be put simply, I can't.

In all of my stories I was able to describe what I imagined it to be like in perfect detail. But when you make love to someone...somepony that you love so much...there is no simple way to describe it.

Her low moans of pleasure made me tingle all over with pride and love. That I was able to bring her to such a level of intensity, to make her lose all control...is there really any word I can use to describe that?

And so as she laid there, sprawled on her back with me pleasuring her...loving her with everything I had. I liked to imagine that she was only thinking of me, of how much she loved me and wanted to hold me.

It was all I could think about when it came to her...

After we both finished, we merely laid there in each other's embrace. Celly had buried her face into my chest and was kissing it every so often, humming a happy tune whilst she did so. Her mane and tail had enveloped the two of us like a warm blanket, something that Celly once told me she had to do when she was growing up.

Growing up as a Princess wasn't as fun as you'd like to imagine.

I had my left arm around her, holding her as close to me as I could. Celly seemed to like this a lot and had yet to move or leave my contact.

Who would have guessed that the immortal Princess was a cuddler.

Immortal...

I closed my eyes as this word flooded my mind. How could I have forgotten about it? That eventually Celly would be without me due to nothing more than time itself.

Celly seemed to know something was troubling me...she was always good at that.

"Sammy what's the matter? You...you're not going to leave me again...are you?"

I looked at her and shook my head, kissing her snout and watching as she smiled blissfully in response.

"It's nothing Celly. Just my mind annoying me as usual." I said, not lying but not being entirely honest either.

Celly just frowned at me for a few minutes, before she suddenly smiled and nuzzled her face into my neck.

"You're worrying about me being immortal...aren't you?" She asked.

I blinked in surprise at her question and could only look at her sadly as she drew her head back and looked at me with a small smile.

"You really shouldn't you know." She said chidingly.

"I'll try Celly...but I don't know if I can." I replied, sighing tiredly as my mind started to throw images of Celly all alone...me gone forever.

Celly suddenly broke my thinking tirade by laughing at me joyously.

"No I mean you really have no need to worry about it anymore." She told me, making me cock an eyebrow at her questioningly.

"It's why I was so desperate to find you, amongst all the other reasons." She said.

"What are you talking about Celly?" I asked, genuinely smiling as I felt her shivering with excitement.

"I've found a way to keep you with me...forever." She declared happily, smiling widely at my disbelieving expression.

"What? How?"

Oh God no, don't say I have to become an Alicorn or use the Elements Of Harmony. I mean I love her to death...But that's so cliché!

Celly moved her body on top of mine and hovered her face over mine, her eyes shining...almost bursting with excitement.

"Me." She said happily.

"Wha-"

"My lifeforce. I've found a number of spells that let me share it with you." She continued enthusiastically.

Okay...my mind...blown.

"You're lifeforce? But won't that, I don't know. Make you have less time to live?" I asked, not too sure if I phrased that correctly.

Celly just lidded her eyes and shook her head, nuzzling my cheeks soothingly.

"I'm immortal Sammy. Sharing my lifeforce will just leave me a little weak for a year or two." She answered.

A year or two? Risky. What if somepony attacked whilst she was weakened.

Celly seemed to guess what I was thinking as she bopped me on the nose lightly.

"Canterlot is well protected and Luna is as powerful as I am...just don't tell her that or I'll never hear the end of it."

Okay I admit it. I was almost convinced. I mean the main reason why I refused to have a relationship with her in the first place is because of the whole immortality thing.

But...what about going home? What about my family and friends...they're probably worried sick about me by now.

But as I feel Celly kissing my jaw and neck, I realize something...

I am home...and as for my family, I can just work on finding a way to send a note or something.

Selfish? Perhaps...but I really don't care.

"Sammy."

"Mhmm?"

"What about Bluebell...I mean what are you..." Celly just stopped talking as she seemingly couldn't figure out what exactly to say.

I cupped her cheek and stroked it tenderly, electing a brilliant smile from the Alicorn.

"I'll talk it over with her...She'll be angry, she might even hate me...but I think I'll get over it."

I felt guilty about the poor Unicorn, make no mistake there.

But Celly was always there when I pictured kissing or making love...my dreams and waking hours were strewn with flashes of her angelic face.

Celly looked a bit sad about what I had done...what we had done to Bluebell. But I think that for once the Princess was allowing herself to be selfish.

Heaven knows I was.

"So how will this lifeforce spell work Celly?" I asked curiously, thankfully changing the topic at the same time.

Celly just smirked down at me whilst she tapped her chin with her hoof contemplatively.

"Well there are two ways we can do it." She informed me. "The first is where you get numerous magical injections that I've read can be quite excruciating."

I paled a little at that. Needles and I...ugh, we have never agreed.

"Or..." She smirked down at me as she deliberately grinded her sex against mine.

"I can share my essence through the act of copulation." She breathed sultrily, bringing an automatic grin to my face.

"I'm all for copulation!" I exclaimed amusedly, causing her to giggle musically.

To my surprise however, she got off of me and started to magically summon more or less everything from my room into this one.

"What are you doing Celly?" I asked questioningly.

She looked back at me and winked as she spoke, a magical aura surrounding me as well.

"Well there's no time like the present." She said, grinning at my incredulous expression.

"And besides." She added, swaying over to me seductively. "If we're becoming immortal lovers, then you're moving in with me."

She claimed my lips with her own violently, almost making me fall back if it weren't for her magic keeping me steady. I returned it as furiously as I could, touching and caressing her body all over as I did so.

To be honest I was surprised she could still concentrate.

The magic around me got hotter and hotter, the teleportation about to envelope us all.

To think that I thought that this would never happen...especially not like it did.

I never got to finish typing why I had avoided Celly for all these months, I haven't told her yet either.

But the truth of the matter is simply this.

I was scared not of Celestia...but of myself giving in to temptation as it has now. To give in a love her, despite knowing that eventually my heart with betray us both...and leave her alone with nothing.

But now that fear has been laid to rest. Celly is going to share her lifeforce, her own essence with me.

I've made so many mistakes. I abandoned her because I was a coward. I ran from Canterlot and lived in the far reaches of Equestria because I did not want to be found.

But I'm glad she did.

She loves me...and I love her.

The glow around us all flashed brightly, taking us all away and back to where I belong...with her.

And I can only look forward to what the future holds.


End Of My Hearts Betrayal