"What... What is this, Twi?" Apple Jack asked in fear.
Twilight lowered her head. She turned to the frightened earth pony with heavy remorse. "When I rushed down the tunnel I came to this room. I noticed that you and the girls were not behind me. To my surprise, I saw The Princesses here. They told me... They told me that....
Celestia raised a hoof to Princess Twilight and stopped her explanation. The tall, white Alicorn stood in front of Apple Jack. "We led you and the rest of the Elements of Harmony here to your eternal resting place."
Apple Jack was taken a back by what was revealed to her. Her eyes widened and she shook her head in shock. "What?! NO! Your... Your Killing us?!"
Luna approached the frightened earth pony. "You and your friends poses the core spirits of harmony. My sister and I have lived for eons. Twilight Sparkle will soon take our place as Canterlot Monarch. We will give her our life force to live long and prosper the Lands of Equestria and beyond."
Celestia nodded her head and continued; "This is why we needed Discord magic, to help with a 'gentle'... passing, for the elements of harmony ponies and ourselves.
Apple Jack started to cry. Her emotions quickly snapped to frustration. "BUT WHY DO WE HAVE TO DIE!?! AND, and why trick us.... WHY?!"
"Your not dying spiritually. Your spirit will be alive within the elements, but only the purest essence of it. The rest of your soul shall pass on to the after life. We needed to harvest the strongest parts of your spirit that give the elements their power." Celestia answered.
"Hence the deception, Harmony pony." Said Luna.
"STOP CALLIN' ME THAT, DAMN IT!" Apple Jack screamed.
Princess Twilight rushed to her friend, trying to comfort her. "Apple jack..."
Apple Jack shakes her head, looking back and forth between the Canterlot sisters."I have a name! Apple Jack! I have a family! I have a past.... And... and I thought I had... a.... future..."
"We do not know what enemies shall try to have their way over Equestria in the future. This is the most important thing you can do for your Country... Your family... Your legacy. And you know as well as I do... it is the truth..." Celestia said.
Twilight stomped her hoof to the floor. Her eyes filled with tears. "No! there has to be a different way!"
"Your other friends have already passed on..." Luna said coldly, looking at the portals.
"NoOoO!!!" Apple Jack screamed.
Princess Twilight and Apple Jack looked at the viewing portals and saw their friends bodies, laying peacefully, but with no life. In the corner of her eye, Apple Jack saw the Elements of Harmony glowing with a soft strength as if it was just born.
Twilight cried; "Oh... Oh, Apple Jack... I'm so sorry....."
The purple Alicorn dropped her head in sorrow. Tears fell from her eyes like rain. Twilight felt her remaining friend's hoof on her back. Apple Jack looked down at Twilight. She smiled softly, with her eyes filling with tears. "I understand now... It's alright, Twilight... I can feel the draw of them. I can feel their spirits."
Princess Twilight lifted her head to Apple Jack, both of their faces wet with tears.
Twilight slowly shook her head. "Nooo...."
Apple Jack backed away from her tearful friend. She smiled lightly as her spirit was gently pulled away by the element stone that represented her.
"NOOOO! NOOooooo!" Twilight screamed.
"We will always be with you. We love you. And thank you. Thank you for the magic of your friendship." Apple Jack said weakly.
Twilight's voice became sore and jumpy. "I-love-you Apple Jack. PLEASEssss!" the little princess forced out.
A lion paw and eagle claw held back Twilight, as she kicked and struggled trying to stop Apple jack's sacrifice. Apple jack's body fell to the ground softly with Luna's magic. The room filled with blinding light. The light was sucked back into the Elements.
Twilight looked at her friends body. Her eyes widen and glossy. "Apple Jack...?"
Discord sighed. "She's gone...."
The little purple Alicorn screamed and kicked her way from Discord's hands. She fell to her friends cold body, soaking Apple Jack's orange coat in tears.
Twilight stayed there for a time before Princess Celestia came to her. Before she can put a hoof on Twilight's back, she snapped around to the tall princess and clopped her with her front, right hoof as hard as she could. Princess Celestia was taken a back by the angry action, holding her wounded face, wide eyed and laying on the floor. Celestia's eyes filled with tears.
Luna and Discord went to her side. Discord kept his hands together, looking pass Celestia, at the floor. His head too heavy to lift.
Twilight breathes heavily as she looks at the trio. "MURDERER! All of you! Murders...."
Discord breathes out heavily; "Twilight-"
The Alicorn Princess starts to cry as she interrupts Discord "And you do not say a cursed thing to me. you, you, Turn Coat!
Discord turned is eyes away, sighed sorrowfully as tears dropped from his eyes.
"Fluttershy, Fluttershy-LOVED-you.... TRUSTED YOU!!! She believed in you. And you...! My teacher...my second-mot-ther...
Twilight Sparkle raised to her hooves and walked slowly with a weakened knees, to Princess Celestia.
"I love you, twilight... So-much..." Celestia cried.
Twilight looked at her mentor with anger. "Is that why I'M SPARED?! This... This CURSE?!"
Celestia shook her head, then set her eyes on Twilight. "You will lead Equestria. Yes, you are the chosen one. And the truth is... I never met to love you, so much..." The white Alicorn princess started to cry. "I was looking for a good leader, since natural Alicorns are barren."
"What is done, is done Twilight Sparkle. Be strong, for not only yourself, but for the world." Luna added.
Celestia shuts her eyes as tears drop from her face. "Do you not think... for as long as I lived... that I have not loved anypony?!"
"Sister-"
Celestia interrupted the concerned Luna. "I might have lived long. But my heart is the same and any other mare."
Celestia raised to her hooves. She looked at Discord and raised his head with her muzzle. "I'm sorry, for not getting to know you the natural way two ponies usually would, my dearest."
"Celestia..." Discord said in a shaky voice.
Celestia lightly shook her head and smiled softly. "We will meet for the final time and forever, on the Fields of Gold."
Luna looked down and away. "Sister... I'm, I'm frightened."
"I shall hold you for the process, little one." Celestia replied.
"What now?!" Twilight snapped avidly.
Celestia deeply, sorrowfully, kissed Discord. Discord and Celestia embrace for a moment before she pulled herself away, unwillingly.
Discord shook his head negatively. His eyes widened and became glossy with tears. "Celestia... You have always been..."
"...The other half of my soul." Celestia completed.
Celestia went to her sister and embraced her tightly. Their spirits start to leave their bodies and go into Twilight's. She felt her body filling with knowledge, power and enlightenment. She then fainted.