//------------------------------// // For the Good Of All of Us // Story: My Little Heartbreak: Heartbroken // by Jet_Black1980 //------------------------------// Chapter 14 For the Good Of All of Us. Twilight Sparkle looked concerned at the panicking pony in front of her. She had learned many things about her, but there was still many more things that were left open-ended. The tan pony kept walking back and forth in a weird way, like she didn’t know exactly how to walk. “And seeing that she wasn’t even a pony before all this.. That might explain quite a few things. But what was she, why doesn’t she want to tell us, and why is she so worried about seeing the Princess?!?” Twilight thought. “Right, when has Princess Celestia ever acted with extreme measures?” The cold icy blue eyes looked right at Twilight. She sits down and holds up a hoof. “Are you kidding me? Do you want your list in chronological order, scale of over-reaction, or alphabetically?” Heartbreak then looks at the hoof again and a momentary face of disappointment and sadness flickers in the flashing light and dark. “I.. Alright.” Twilight glares at the pony. “If there are so many, give me one example, Heartbreak.” The pony twitches and glares at Twilight, there is a seething rage behind those eyes. She snorts. “I see what you are doing. Trying to put me off. Mental games. Fine. Seeing that you are going for the hot buttons, if that’s the way you want play, alright then.” Her eyes narrow. “Nightmare Moon.” “She knows about Nightmare Moon? How could a ...being from another world even know about that?” Twilight shook her head. “Yeah what about her?” “Doesn’t it seem really odd that you, and your friends. Two pegasi, Two unicorns and two earth ponies were able to use the Elements of Harmony in defeating the dreaded Nightmare Moon? And yet Princess Celestia, an Alicorn of great magic and power had to banish her into the moon?!” Twilight blinks. Most of that information about that night they defeated Nightmare Moon was kept between Twilight, her friends and Celestia. “How could she possibly know? No pony else was there!” “Hey! Nightmare Moon had to be dealt with!” Rainbow Dash protests. “She wasn’t going to lower the moon and night would be forever in Equestria!” “Oh yes, of course, that made Nightmare Moon completely evil, a force to be dealt with.” Her voice is dripping with something unpleasant as she mocks a thoughtful look. “I mean it’s not like Celestia had to put her own feelings aside for the good of all Equestria and banish her own Sister into the moon. Wait. Yes. Yes she did!” Twilight shook her head. “Right, so you know this whole story, How exactly was that over reacting?” “You’re not getting it are you Twilight? If you and your friends could purge Nightmare Moon of her dark powers with the Elements of Harmony, why couldn’t Celestia?! She was there the moment that Nightmare Moon kinda came into being!” She exclaimed. “You see now why I am worried about this? If there is a Threat to Equestria, Celestia will Eliminate that threat!” “You don’t look like much of a threat to me..” Rainbow Dash said rolling her eyes. “Big things start out small Rainbow Dash! I might not be a threat to you, but Celestia might see things differently, she might see things about me that you don’t!” Heartbreak was rubbing her face frantically with her hooves in a wide eyed manner. Twilight took a deep breath. “Alright Twilight, do what Celestia would do. Calm her down and just explain to her that this is the only way.” The flashing light and dark came to a stop and the train exited the tunnel. “Look. What you said just can’t be true. Princess Celestia is the kindest, wisest, most loved and benevolent leader of all Equestria. With her help I am sure that we can send you back ...home.” Twilight said trying to cover any disdain she felt as this strange pony was insisting that for some reason Celestia could be evil... There was a tense look on her face and she crumbled. Heartbreak seemed to be living up to the name that she was given, so emotional, so unstable, almost bipolar. “You might be sure of that Twilight, but what will happen if she can’t?” Heartbreak asked. The possibility of Celestia failing hadn’t even crossed Twilights’ mind. “I’m sure that-” Twilight began. Heartbreak cut her off, a look of worried sadness worn on her face. “You might be sure, So ...so.. G-g-g-gosh Darn! Ugh! Sure, about that, but what if she can’t!?” She asked stumbling on her words and stomping her hoof on the ground in a frustrated and angry manner. “I know this isn’t the right time to think about it, but I wonder if she has a speech impediment of some kind...” Twilight thought. “What do you mean?” Twilight asked. If this pony knew as much as she did about Equestria and its’ inhabitants, she should know that when all of them were determined to do something, wouldn’t rest until something was done about it. Heartbreak looked up at Twilight, she sniffed hard and ran a hoof over her eyes. “What I mean is.. what if there isn’t a way back? What if the way back was … severed?” She asked looking at the ground. Twilight showed a wavering of a slight concern but brushed it aside. “Then we’ll make a new one.” She replied. “What if it doesn’t work like that Twilight? What if I was cut off completely?” She asks hinting at something much... darker. “What...What do you mean?” Twilight asked. “They took …everything... Twilight. I don’t know how they did it.. Or how they could even do it... But everything...” Heartbreak throws her hooves in the air and then drops them slowly. “As far as I know, on the world I come from.. I don’t even exist anymore.” “Um. Yeah, cause you were banished here.” Rainbow Dash says almost chuckling. Heartbreak on the other hoof, is far from amused. “No! You don’t get it! It’s not because I have been banished here! It’s because no-p-p-p...AARGH! None there Remember me! All traces of my life, of my actions maybe, of my very Existence have been wiped from the face of the planet! Papers, identification of any form, my interactions with others...even the very memories of those who I held intimate bonds with...” Her hooves drop and she just crumbles to the floor as if the weight of her own words are sinking in. She opens her mouth on a thought.. pausing as if she can’t comprehend something. “I-I.. I don’t even know if my own mother would remember having me as a child...” She sniffs hard. Twilight looks at Rainbow Dash. The both of them are in shock over this statement. Beings so powerful they could rip the bonds of friendship and even steal the memories of loved ones? “I mean... we never got along, her and I.. but she is my mother..” Heartbreak said. Twilight takes a deep breath. Wow. This is one mess of a pony. “When we get to Canterlot, we’ll talk to Princess Cele-” Heartbreak snaps her gaze quickly at Twilight. “I thought we talked about this Twilight.” She leans down on her left hoof in an odd manner and waggles her right at Twilight. “Those solar propaganda films must really pay off for her.” She leans forward with a condescending faux smile on her face. “Tell me again how wonderful, great, kind, wise, and loving Celestia is. I need write a little letter to all the beings that she’s locked away in stony imprisonments.” The shear cutting remark is enough to slash through Twilights’ resolve. “Hey! I am trying to help you here, HeartBreak. But if you keep this up, I just might do what Rarity suggested we do and just leave you with the Princess and have Her deal with you!” Twilight says not holding back any of the anger she feels. Heartbreaks’ facade breaks almost on contact and she looks panicked again. As if she was thrown off guard by that near threat. Rainbow Dash zips down. “Whoa! Whoa! Twilight... back down on the flame-o-meter here.” She eases Twilight away from Heartbreak. “Right, I know this is really odd coming from me, but I haven’t had any sleep in the past … I don’t know how many hours, so everything is kinda fuzzy. But. Just hear me out. Right. You remember last night? Cause I barely remember it. However I remember her calling Rarity a Marshmallow. Which, Despite not being nice was kinda funny.” Twilight looks as if she wants to speak. “Hey, hey, don’t interrupt me, I need to get this train of thought rolling and out.” She rolls her eyes. “Geeze I sound like Pinkie pie. Right. Remember what you told her? Heartbreak isn’t in her right mind. She might not mean what she is saying. Remember that?” Twilight glares at Heartbreak. “Fine. But we Are going to see Princess Celestia. And she will help handle this.” Heartbreak throws her hooves up. “AARGH! What part of “That is not a good idea” aren’t you getting Twilight?! I swear if you suffered from any more hero-worship you’d-” Rainbow Dash zipped up to Heartbreak and stuck her hoof in the pony’s mouth. “Right, see my hoof here?” Rainbow asked. “It is connected to a very tired pegasis. It’s giving you the chance to rethink the words that are about to come out of your mouth. And I know that’s strange coming from me, but I am really...Reeallly tired. I just might not know what’s coming out of My mouth.” Heartbreaks expression changes and she looks away from Rainbow Dash in a rather shamed manner. Rainbow removes her hoof. “Right. I’m sure my work here is done.” She says through a large yawn. She proceeds to jump back on a bed. Heartbreak sighs and then grimaces. “Bleh.. Yuck.. Fine. The point I am trying to to make is that I trust Celestia as far as I can throw her. I would trust Luna more. At least she knows the sting of her sisters’ wrath...” “That might be. However we are going to see Celestia.” Twilight said in an authoritative voice. Heartbreak looks like she finally doesn’t care. “Fine. Whatever..” She replies before staring off into space. The door to the train car slides open and Spike is standing there. Seeing her assistant Twilights’ mood only slightly softens. “Heh, Yeah, see you later Dusk Shine!” He says waving to some random pony. The dragon looks over the room. “Whoa. Talk about change of mood. Twilight..” “Yes Spike?” She asks her eyes nearly affixed to Heartbreak. He walks up to the snack cart and grabs a banana. “Om, Mmm Um you told me to tell you when we were about to get to Canterlot?” “Oh, yeah I did...” There is a screeching sound and the hiss of steam as the train comes to a stop. Everypony, Spike included is jarred forward before regaining their balance. “We’re here!” Spike says gobbling down the rest of the banana. Heartbreaks eyes go wide as the train doors leading to Canterlot slide open. Twilight shows a knowing smile. “You’ll see Heartbreak, Celestia will fix everything and everything will be fine. After all as I said, Celestia is-” “Uh Twilight..” Spike interrupts a breeze blowing past his spines. “Not now Spike, I am trying to help Heartbreak get to the “acceptance” stage of her grief. That’s what comes after anger right?” She asks looking up. “No, that’s bargaining and I think Heartbreak just made a break for it.” He says pointing out the blank space where Heartbreak once was...