//------------------------------// // The Fall of the Light Kingdom // Story: The Light Kingdom // by Rakoon1 //------------------------------// Twilight, Blue and Shining were approaching the exit of the cave, with Blue carrying the yellow star seed. Twilight and Blue had finished telling Shining about the foal that was to come, something that left him very excited. "I can't believe what I'm hearing" Shining said, while they were walking. "My little sister is pregnant. It is… spectacular news!" "Yeah, I couldn't believe it when Cadance and Heartbeat told me" Twilight said. "I mean, it was Cadance who was suspected, but Heartbeat was the one that confirmed it, because of her empathy." "And I can't believe I'm going to be a dad" Blue said. "I always wanted to be a father." "Since when?" Shining asked. "Hey, we can get to know each other for many years, but you don't know everything about me, Shining” Blue replied. Twilight laughed. They arrived at the exit of the cave, where the Sphinx awaited them. Seeing them getting out, he stood up and bowed his head slightly to Twilight, Shining and Blue. "Any problem, Sphinx?" Twilight asked. "No, princess" he replied. "No sign of Fire Punch, dark ponies or any one of the followers of the Lord of Chaos." "Well, that’s strange" Shining said. "Taking into account that it was the yellow star seed." "Hey, we just have to give thanks for having achieved the yellow star seed without having to face Fire Punch and their dark ponies" Blue said. "Maybe" Twilight said, thoughtfully, thinking that the behaviour of their enemies had been premeditated. "Prince Shining Armor, what happened to you?" the Sphinx asked, repairing in Shining. "I had a little accident with the second defense" he replied. "Oh, I see" the Sphinx said. "It's no wonder. The General Golden Paladin has always been a big fan of chess. I think we better go to the Crystal Empire." "Does that mean you’ll take us to there?" Twilight asked to the legendary creature. "Just to the surroundings" he replied. "After that, we will say goodbye." Twilight waved and then the Sphinx cuddled up so she, Shining and Blue could climb to his back. Blue kept the yellow star seed yellow his saddlebags and then the Sphinx took off, heading north. Following through isolated paths, the Sphinx was running more than he could. The golden sand was replaced by solid ground and, after a few hours, the white snow appeared under the Sphinx’s paws. When they were some distance from the Crystal Empire, when the night was already falling, the Sphinx stopped and allowed Twilight, Shining and Blue to get out of his back. "Thanks for everything, Sphinx" Twilight thanked. "You were a great help." "You're welcome, Princess" the Sphinx answered, bowing his head slightly. "It's been a pleasure." "What are you going to do now?" Blue asked. The Sphinx didn't answer right away, but then he said: "I don't know, just the fate will tell me." And, having said this, he distanced himself in running. "Well, that sphinx really likes talking in riddles" Blue commented. "It's better to stop this" Shining said. "Let's go back to the castle to get the yellow star seed safely." They then advanced to the Crystal Empire. They entered in the castle and shortly they advanced to the room where the magic mirror containing the portal to the Mirrored Library was. It was still being watched by Mr. Teddy. They went through the portal, seeing then the splendid Mirrored Library. They advanced throught it until they reach the center of the library, where everypony was waiting. "I thought you'd never get here!" Rainbow exclaimed, while she and the others went to join them. "The Sphinx must be very slow." "Rainbow, the Sphinx has no wings" Twilight replied. "The only thing he could do was run and he runs much faster than a train. We got here as fast as we could. " "Shining!" Cadance exclaimed, going up to her husband. "But what happened to you?" "Well, let's just say getting the yellow star seed wasn't very easy." he replied, turning then to Heartbeat. "You were right in saying we could not escape alive from there, Heartbeat." "Please, it was more than obvious" she said. "But I assume that, how you three are here almost completely unharmed, you completed the mission successfully. Where's the yellow star seed?" Blue went to his saddlebag and pulled out the yellow star seed. Heartbeat used her magic to bring the star seed to herself and then invoked a small chest that she opened, revealing the other two star seeds collected by them, and kept it there, closing the chest. "Here, it and the others will be safe" Heartbeat said. "No one on Chaos’ side will be able to open it, not even the Lord of Chaos. This chest is soaked with the most powerful protection magic of the Order. It’s too bad that, along with mine, we only have four star seeds." "Hey, we don't have any fault that those dark ponies have attacked us" Rainbow Dash protested. "Rainbow is right" Applejack said. "We had just fac’d tha purple star seed’s defense and they were too many." "Hey, I don't blame you" Heartbeat said. "I'm just stating a fact." "Yeah, yeah, but Discord could have helped us" Rainbow Dash said. "But no, he had to be a coward." "Come on, Rainbow, he said he couldn't show up to Lord of Chaos’ minions, due to having betrayed him when he became our friend" Fluttershy said. "I think it's better you put quotes in that word, dear Fluttershy" Rarity said, combing her mane. "We both know that Discord likes to leave his clover hoofprints in almost everything that is treacherous." "And his footprints and clawprints" Pinkie added. That made everypony look at her. "What is it?" Pinkie asked. "He only has one hoof. Moreover, he just have paws and a claw." The others ignored her. Twilight then said: "We also haven't been successful in bringing the blue star seed. If Fire Punch hadn't shown up with huge dark ponies… If the Sphinx hadn't shown up, he would have gotten rid of us." "Ah still can't believe that scoundrel is still around here" Applejack said. "Yeah, I thought Chrisalis had finished him" Rainbow Dash added. "Chrisalis serves the Lord of Chaos" Heartbeat said. "If he didn't want her to destroy Fire Punch, so she couldn't do it. But that doesn't change the fact we still do not have what it takes to bring the Light Kingdom back to life... at least for now." "What do you mean?" Twilight asked. Heartbeat was momentarily silent, saying later: "I think I've said too much." But upon receiving the glares of all, she then said: "Ok, I’ll say it. I know... where the original star seed original... may be." "WHAT?!" everypony asked. "You made us walk through whole Equestria in search of your brothers and sisters’ star seeds and you already knew where the original star seed was?!" Rainbow Dash asked. "Hey, I don't know if you had listened right, but I said that I could know where it was" Heartbeat replied. "That doesn't matter, Heartbeat, ya should have told us" Applejack said. "Yes, we risked our lives to get all the star seeds that we have until now!" Rarity exclaimed. "Yeah, you lied to us!" Pinkie Pie accused. "Ok, ok, ok, it's better if we all relax" Heartbeat said. "I didn't lie. I just omitted some facts that could influence your motivations in getting the star seeds. Look, the star seeds can really locate the original star seed. Have you ever wondered if the Lord of Chaos could get his hands in them and managed to get mine?" "It would be catastrophic" Twilight concluded. "Precisely" Heartbeat said. "So, I had to make sure that doesn't happen. With four star seeds in our possession, the dark side will not be able to trace the original star seed, which gives us more leeway to act. " "Except for the fact that I almost died in a dammed magic chess of that older brother of yours" Shining said. "Yeah, and there was still Mirror Coat’s mirror labyrinth and the potions riddle" Blue said. "Not to mention that I and Applejack were almost drowned by sludge!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed. "Oh, you guys are exaggerating" Heartbeat replied. "You're here, aren't you?" But she got some rough and cold stares that made her shrink. "Please don't be mad at me" she asked, starting to squirm the face muscles as who was going to cry. "Guys, it’s better stop before she starts to cry" Twilight warned. “Twilight is right" Cadance said. "We'd better stop." "It seems that Discord was right ‘bout Heartbeat" Applejack said. "That's better" said Heartbeat, already calmer. "Now, more important issues." "Yes, as for example, where is the original star seed?" Blue asked. "All in good time" Heartbeat replied. "After all, what is the point of having the original star seed, if we don't have the Jewel of Life?" "The Jewel of Life?" everypony repeated. "Of course!" Twilight exclaimed. "It was in that jewel Princess Aurora kept all Light Kingdom’s star seeds." "Precisely" Heartbeat replied. "And, without it and the original star seed, we cannot restore the Light Kingdom." "And where is that jewel?" Rainbow asked. "On the way back, you don't know where it is." "Of course I don't know" Heartbeat replied. "I've had turned to stone when Princess Aurora hid the Jewel of Life. But is there a way of knowing it." "And that's..." Applejack said. "Hey, you haven't realized where are we, huh?" Heartbeat asked. "We're in the Mirrored Library, where there is the information about everything and everyone. We can see where is the Jewel of Life, if we see the scene when the Light Kingdom is petrified." "Well, show us that scene" Twilight said. "Yeah, about that" Heartbeat said. "I can only and I just want to show that to you, Princess Twilight." "Just me?" Twilight asked. Heartbeat nodded. "No way!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed. "Taking into account you fooled us once, we're not going to let you show anything to Twilight without us." The other Twilight's friends agreed. "Sorry, Heartbeat, but Rainbow has a point" Blue said. "At least, you can't let me out of it." "Of course I can" Heartbeat replied. "And you know that." "Let it be, guys" Twilight said. "I’ll go alone." "Are you sure?" Blue asked. "I can go with you." "Heartbeat won't do anything" Twilight said. "And we both know that." "I don't know, Twilight" Rainbow Dash said. "I think..." "If Twilight wants to go alone, so let's accept her request" Cadance said. "It's not true, Shining?" "Yes" Shining replied. "But who are we to refuse to Heartbeat." That made Twilight's friends exchange a few glances and then Applejack said: "Yeah, ya're right." "Great!" Heartbeat exclaimed, with a smile. "Twilight Princess, please follow me." And they began walking away through the queues of cabinets filled with books with Twilight following her. "Where are we going, Heartbeat?" Twilight asked. "You'll see soon" she replied. Then they arrived to a section full of books, not only on the shelves, but also in piles. Then Heartbeat stopped and said: "This is the History section. Every book that is found here, talks about major events of your world and others." "This is incredible" Twilight commented, watching the books. "That means all these piles of books contain the full story of all worlds since a thousand of years ago, right?" Heartbeat nodded. "But what does that have to do with the Jewel of Life?" Twilight asked. Heartbeat used her magic to get a book from a column of books without to disrupt it. Then she extended it to Twilight. She picked it up and read its title: Twilight and her friends defeat Nightmare Moon. "This book..." she started. "Yes, shows how you met your friends and together you defeated Nightmare Moon and returned her to her form as Princess Luna” Heartbeat replied. "There is still more. How you and your friends defeated Discord, how you helped to defeat Chrisalis and Sombra... and still one of the latest on the story of Equestria who talks how you and Blue defeated Dark Hole." "Wait, does that mean..." Twilight said. And so Heartbeat made book appear and extended it to Twilight. She picked it up and read the title: The Fall of the Light Kingdom. "In this book, it’s described what happened in that day where Sombra and his dark ponies invaded the Light Kingdom, forcing Princess Aurora to petrify whole kingdom and expel its own star seed and her Generals of Order’s, me included." "But, if so, why you insisted to be me to read what is here?" asked Twilight. "Because it not only says where is the Jewel of Life, but also says the original star seed’s location" Heartbeat replied. "Something that should only be known by just a few individuals.” "My friends are reliable." "I know that. But if Fire Punch or any entity of Chaos knows that they know where the original star seed is..." Twilight knew what Heartbeat meant. If her friends knew about that, they would be in danger. "Why me?" asked Twilight. "Why are you going to trust in me?" But Heartbeat not answered, doing it by signaling the book in Twilight’s hooves. She sighed and then turned to the book and, after a deep breath, she opened it and looked to its pages. Then she found herself in the foyer of the great castle of the Light Kingdom. She was so fascinated with what she was seeing. Every corner of that place was irradiating a slight but bright light that would change smoothly the tone every moment. The ponies running around were guards who were radiating the same type of light, but uniform. The light didn't prevent to see their colors, but, in the guards’ case, it was stepped up due to their armor. They passed through Twilight as if he didn’t noticed her. It was then that Twilight noticed that Heartbeat was at her side. "This is what I think it is?" Twilight asked to Heartbeat. "Yes, we're in the castle of the Light Kingdom" Heartbeat replied. "At a time when Sombra attacked us." Then they saw a guard with a different armor appearing and giving orders to the others. He had an old gold coat and a golden and mustard mane and eyes like topaz. All he emitted a bright yellow light. "That’s..." Twilight started. "Yes" Heartbeat confirmed. "It’s my older brother, Golden Paladin." He then started to move hastily to the main hallway. "I think it's better follow him" Heartbeat said to Twilight. They did so and then they saw him in some large gates and then they heard him saying: "Your Highness, King Sombra and the dark ponies are currently attacking the Light Kingdom. Our shield is hanging in there, but I doubt that will hold them eternally. He is quite powerful, especially with the Lord of Chaos supplying him with more dark energy. What are we going to do?" "The situation is quite serious, Golden Paladin" a female voice said that should be Princess Aurora’s. "I'm running out of options. If we can't keep Sombra of getting in, I'm going to have to take the most drastic decision." Twilight was terrified when she heard that voice and then approached and entered in the room. She was in the throne room that was decorated with lots of gemstones of various colors. But her look was fixed on the figure sitting in an uniquely ornate throne. It was Princess Aurora and the fact that transfixed Twilight was that she was just like her. The same coat, the same mane color and the same voice, despite Aurora being slightly bigger and with a more imposing air and a bigger horn. In her head, there was a beautiful golden crown adorned with rubies, emeralds, sapphires, amethysts and topazes, making her shine even more behind the light that she was radiating. "Your Highness, are you talking about..." Golden Paladin started. "Go call all the other Generals of Order" Princess Aurora ordered. "I want all of you in the Great Hall." "Yes, ma'am" Golden Paladin answered. He made a bow and then he headed to the exit, leaving. Twilight and Heartbeat were in the throne room, with the young alicorn watching the Princess of the Light Kingdom, stunned. "She's just like me" Twilight said. "Precisely" Heartbeat said, approaching her. "It was because of this that I've always had a huge fascination for you." "You never told me about the detail of I being just like Princess Aurora!" Twilight exclaimed. "To spoil the surprise?" Heartbeat asked. "Twilight, just keep read to understand." She gestured in front and Twilight then continued watching. She saw Princess Aurora standing up from her throne and down the platform stairs. After doing so, she advanced a few steps forward and then she turned to the throne. She closed her eyes and then her horn was loaded with magic. Even her magical aura was equal to Twilight’s. Aurora then launched a beam that struck the central jewel of her throne, and it began to glow and cast a beam of light to the center of the room and it was then that a circular hole appeared and a pillar appeared with a bell jar, where it was a translucent sphere of the size of a hoofball ball with a rippling golden glow inside of it. "That’s the Jewel of Life" Heartbeat said. "The ultimate defence of the Light Kingdom." Aurora approached the pillar and used her magic to remove the dome and then grabbed the Jewel of Life with the hooves. She observed it for a few seconds and then said: "I have no other option. I'm going to need your power, Jewel of Life." And, having said this, she drove up to the gates and left. The environment shimmered and then Twilight and Heartbeat had changed of environment. They were now in what should be the Great Hall. In the center, Aurora was in the circle with a six-pointed star centered, and the Jewel of Life was floating by her side through her magic. It was then that the doors were opened and then Golden Paladin entered along with five more ponies. Twilight recognized Heartbeat among them, emitting a red light. They should be all the other Generals of Order. Mirror Coat had a dodger blue coat and maya blue and majorelle blue mane with eyes like blue sapphires, with his body emitting a light blue light. Leaf Mane had olive coat and an apple green mane, bedecked with fresh leaves, her eyes were as bright emeralds and her body emitted a grayish green light. Purple Smock had an orchid coat and a fandango and red-violet mane, with eyes like purple amethysts and emitting a purple light. Melody had a pumpkin coat and an orange-red mane, with eyes remembering orange tourmalines and emitting an orange light. "Am I that small?" Heartbeat asked. "It can't be." Twilight couldn't resist giving a chuckle, then continuing to watch the scene. "Princess, Golden Paladin told us what you want" Mirror Coat said. "Don't you think it's a little hasty?" "Mirror Coat is right" Melody said. "Use the Jewel of Life is too radical." "Unfortunately, Melody, the radicalism is all we have left" Aurora replied. "Sombra and the Lord of Chaos managed to win this war. But we cannot let them win this world. The Lord of Order gave the best of him to create it." "Princess Aurora, I don’t to disrespect you, but I think we could fight" Purple Smoke said. "I'm sure we could win. We are much stronger. I personally could take a good portion of the fark ponies thanks to my shapeshifting capacities and my toxic gas form." "Yes, as a cocky like you could do it" said Melody. "I'm not the only cocky pony in this room, sis" Purple Smoke replied coldly. "Don't start you both" Golden Paladin ordered. "We are in a very serious situation. Sombra is in this possible moment trying to overthrow our barrier and will not last long he manage to do it. Princess Aurora decided to use the Jewel of Life because in that way we can save the kingdom and the light ponies. If we fight, we could lose one or both." "Thank you so much for your support, Golden Paladin" Aurora thanked, smiling. "Your support is very important." "I trust you blindly, Your Highness" Golden Paladin replied, doing a bow. "And I'm with Golden" Leaf Mane said. "Not only because I don't like to fight, but also because I know that we have to think in the Light Kingdom and in all those living on it first." "But we all know what happens if we activate the Jewel of Life" Mirror Coat said. "All the star seeds of the Light Kingdom will be absorbed by the jewel and we all will turn into stone." "Everypony but me" Aurora corrected. "As you know, the Jewel of Life will require all the energies of my body. My star seed will survive, but I won't." All were silent before that revelation. Princess Aurora filled her lungs with air and continued: "When the time comes and my star seed finding a new host, its light will release one of you so that our Kingdom can have a hope to resurface." "And which one of us will be?" the past Heartbeat asked. "The original star seed will know who it will release" Aurora replied. "But now, we must continue with our ritual, before Sombra can break our barrier." The six Generals of Order waved and then they placed themselves in their respective place in each one of the points of the star. Aurora put the Jewel of Life ahead of her and closed her eyes, beginning to focus magic on her horn. The Generals did the same. It was then that her aura intensified and she opened her eyes, revealing them completely white. The Jewel of Life began to glow with intensity and then it broke free from Aurora’s magic, rising up of Aurora. The gem then freed six energy beams that hit in the Generals’s heads and made the flowers containing the star seeds appear and open up to reveal them. The General’s star seeds began to shine and the beams of the spheres have adopted, one by one, the color of their respective star seed. Then, the Jewel of Life launched a beam to Aurora, which made her flower show up and reveal her star seed, the original star seed, which had the form of a lotus flower, whose color was equal to the aura of its possessor, with a brightness so intense that it blinded. The beam connecting the star seed to the Jewel of life gained its color and then the jewel freed several waves of energy that spread everywhere. It was then that a big show happened. Star seeds of white light appeared as a sea of light, coming from all sides: walls, pillars, on anything on the castle and also from overseas, starting then entering in the Jewel of Life. They should be all the star seeds that existed in the Light Kingdom, which gave light to the buildings, the streets, the plants, the animals and the ponies. When the last star seed entered in the jewel, the lights began to fade. Twilight went to one of the windows of the Great Hall, along with Heartbeat, and she saw the whole kingdom being turned to stone, from the outside to the inside. It was distressing seeing the beautiful plants and the gentle animals to be covered by a layer of cold, hard stone, but worse was seeing the ponies petrify, some in panic and others sad. "I know" Heartbeat said, approaching Twilight. "It hurts to see something like this." It was then that the castle itself began to petrify. Soon the interior of the Main Hall where they were began being turned into stone and it was then that also the two big towers also petrified. The entire Light Kingdom was turned into stone, with the exception of its Princess and the six Generals. "Listen to me" Aurora said. "When our star seeds were gone, the Jewel of Life will hide in this castle, and only you, my generals, could set it free in the presence of the original star seed. Search it, please, and protect it from the Lord of Chaos. Despite the Jewel of Life being inviolable, it is the only thing capable of bringing the Light Kingdom back to life, aside from my star seed, you hear? These two things are the most sacred things that can exist." The generals waved and then the Princess Aurora closed her eyes and her magic intensified and so the Generals’ star seeds were released by the jewel and they left through the windows, rising in the sky and then walking away as shooting stars to north, probably in the direction of Equestria. Without their seeds, all the Generals of Order turned into stone. It was then that the Jewel of Life went down and then introduced in the center of the star which was also the center of the circle. Aurora opened her eyes, turned to her star seed and said: "Come on, my star seed, seeks a new place for you. As soon as your light came to shine again, our kingdom will know the right time to wake up." And it was then that Princess Aurora disappeared and the original star seed issued a strong glow and also disappeared. When the last trace of light disappeared, they heard the sound of something breaking and Twilight and Heartbeat went to a window, founding themselves then on the streets near the border of the kingdom, and they saw the barrier that was involving the entire Kingdom cracking and then breaking as soon and, as soon that happened, Sombra entered, along with their dark ponies. "Finally, we..." Sombra began. But then he noticed the petrified kingdom. "No…" he said. "No, it can't be! The Light Kingdom is... petrified! That means..." The scene changed, returning again to the Great Hall and Twilight and Heartbeat saw Sombra coming in with a pair of dark ponies. He saw the Generals of Order petrified and shouted: "Those bloody petrified bastards! And I bet that damn princess expel the original star seed!" "Calm down, master" one of the dark ponies said. "Yes, we found this original star seed" the other said. "Idiots!" Sombra exclaimed, turning to them. "Don’t you realize that the original star seed will not appear until it finds a worthy bearer? It can take centuries!" "Centuries of waiting, something that I despise, when it comes to conquer a world" a voice said. Sombra shivered and turned, facing the Lord of Chaos, who appeared. "Master." "I think I told you to bring me the original star seed of that my brother's princess" the Lord of Chaos said. "I know, my Lord, and I am so sorry" Sombra apologized, making a bow, along with the dark ponies. "But Princess Aurora should have used the Jewel of Life." "And now we have to wait an indefinite time until the original star seed appears" the Lord of Chaos scolded. He then became pensive and then said: "Looks like I'm going to have to improvise during that time. I'm going to have to spread my darkness as much as I can, while the original star seed doesn’t appear. Sombra, I'll give you one last chance." "I’ll do whatever you want, master" Sombra said. "Anything." "Invade and conquer the Crystal Empire" the Lord of Chaos ordered. "Make the crystal ponies your slaves. Without love and light, their crystalline coat will fade and the crystal heart will weaken, which will give me more easily to invade Equestria with my darkness." "As you wish, master" Shadow said, preparing to leave. "And, Sombra, don't fail me again" the Lord of Chaos said. "I don't want to have another incompetent on my team. For that, I have Discord." And having said that, he disappeared. In the foyer, they saw Sombra heading to the exit with his dark ponies, saying: "I can't believe what happened! That idiot alicorn ruined my plans and my reputation before the Lord of Chaos! On top of that, he compared me to Discord. I mean, at least I made the Light Kingdom turn into stone, while Discord turned into stone for those Equestrian princesses." He then stopped and noticed the figure in relief of Princess Aurora and the Generals of Order. Seeing Princess Aurora’s smiling face, a growing anger appeared in Sombra and he loaded his horn with magic and cast a magic beam so powerful that it was able to break the indestructible stone and destroy Princess Aurora’s face. And after that, he left. Twilight and Heartbeat were taken out of the book, with the first aghast. "I can't believe..." she said. "I am…" "Princess Aurora’s reincarnation" Heartbeat replied. "So, I presume you understand where the original star seed can be." So Twilight realized what Heartbeat was saying. "No, it can't be... The star seed original is... " "The original star seed is your star seed" Heartbeat said, although Twilight be in denial about it. "Think, Twilight. You are Princess Aurora’s reincarnation and you're very much like her, in addition to the physical characteristics: both are intelligent, sensitive, you two love books and you are both unicorns from birth. And also… it was you who freed me." "Me?" "When I was turned into stone, I saw nothing but darkness. I slept a long sleep. Until a light came in and woke me up. It was the original star seed’s light. Of course, without my star seed, I've been lost for more than two decades, until you, Blue and your friends have helped me. But, do you know when I awoke?" Twilight shook her head and then Heartbeat replied: "When you were born, it was your crying, your light, what woke me up." Twilight still didn’t want to believe what was happening. "So… during all this time, the original star seed was... with us?" Twilight asked. "But, why didn't you say anything?" "I told you, the security of the star seed is a priority to all the Generals” Heartbeat answered. "But now, Twilight, we have other matters to worry about. We know where the Jewel of Life is. Now that we know, we have to go there. I know we can't get it without my siblings, but we can ensure the jewel’s protection and still trying to recover the star seeds that we don't have, although our chances are not very good." But Twilight was still dazed. "Twilight, this is your destiny. You have to accept it. Still more, you have a seed growing inside of you. It will help you to defeat the Lord of Chaos and Fire Punch, I'm sure. Use everything you feel good and save the Light Kingdom." Twilight looked into Heartbeat’s ruby eyes. She relayed her optimism and hope, something that made Twilight feel the same. "You really are the General of Affection" Twilight said, smiling gently. "I'm feeling more confidence." "That's because I have faith in you" Heartbeat said. "After all, you're Princess Aurora. And I know that we will win. Even if I fall and the Lord of Chaos get all the star seeds and find out everything about the original star seed, I know that you will defeat him and return the light to our kingdom." So Twilight smiled. Although she was still stunned by what she had just discovered, she could feel herself somewhat relieved for having discovered what was her destiny and that Heartbeat trusted her to return the Light Kingdom to its former splendor.