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// A Walk at Twilight 
// Story: New Moon 
// by MistyShineStar 
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        Twilight sat, lowering her wings a bit to her side. "Um....yes?" She seemed a bit nervous.
"Twilight, I've just given Luna this talk, and..."
"Um, Princess? I've had this talk long ago when I was a filly. And I do NOT really want to hear it again." She laughed nervously, while blushing a bit.
The princess let out a small, stale chuckle. "Well, this isn't that kind of talk. This is more of a talk only alicorns get. I really should have told Luna long ago, but I didn't want her to worry...." She looked up a bit, her eyes clouded with pain.
Twilight listened respectfully, and waited for Celestia to speak again.
"Twilight....please. Do not worry too much, but.... Alicorns do live forever."
Twilight didn't know where it was going, but she said, "Well, of course. I have many books on the study."
Celestia carried on. "Yes, I know you know that. But this is different, something that no ordinary book has the study on. I didn't want to scare my little ponies, so I put such books in the depths of the castle..."
Luna smirked, "Which is really just the back of Celestia's closet."
Celestia rolled her eyes, but smiled when she saw her sister was back to her old self again.
"ANYWAY," she said, flashing a glance at Luna, " This is something I must say. Regular ponies....don't live forever."
Twilight looked shocked. She said, "Not even....the Elements?"
Celestia's eyes clouded. "No. Starswirl the Bearded was the first Element of Magic before he died, and another took his place." she sighed, remembering her old friend. "More elements were added on, and it made them more and more powerful. Although they do live about three times as long as regular ponies," she added, trying to make Twilight more enthusiastic.
But Twilight did not look enthusiastic. "I...I gotta go." Twilight ran out the doors of the castles, tears streaming behind her.