//------------------------------// // Celestia's Fault // Story: Mommy's Little Star // by Sillyponyme //------------------------------// Twilight ran back to the library and straight to her room and began fumbling through drawers and other things. “Where is it, where is it?” Twilight mumbled as she searched. Her friends who looked on with worry wanted to help but they couldn’t grab Twilights attention. “Finally.” Twilight grabbed an old looking notebook from beneath her bed and madly flipped through the pages. “This is it, this is the spell I’ve been working on.” Twilight grabbed a quill and some parchment and began to write. The world around her was quickly changing. She could tell from the sudden silence and some unfamiliar memories started to flood her mind. Twilight finished the note and sent it as everything around her changed including her. The last thing that Star saw was a blinding light; her eyes were still blurry a few seconds after the light vanished. She rubbed her eyes to try and regain her sight but it didn’t help. Hoofsteps could heard coming from somewhere, she couldn’t tell from where. Star panicked, turned around, and ran in the opposite direction she had been facing. No later had she started running did she bump into something or somepony. She tried to back up but tripped and hit the ground with a thud. She tried to see what or who was in front of her but the only thing she could make out was blurry stripes of black and white. She screamed at the top of her lungs and began backing up and then the blurry figure began speaking. “You poor little filly, what are you doing out here in the Everfree Forest all alone you silly.” Star stopped her screaming and could finally see the figure clearly. Standing high above her was a Zebra who seemed to speak in rhymes. “Where am I?” Before the zebra could answer, the sounds of hurried hoofsteps could be heard. Star just lay on her back too scared to move. “What are you going to do to me and who are you?” The zebra looked down at the filly with a smile as another zebra came up from behind. She was smaller and awfully happy. “That is my auntie Zecora, best zebra in all of Equestria and I’m her niece, oops got to go, bye.” Had it not bee for the smaller size, Star wouldn’t have been able to tell who was the niece and who was the aunt. Zecora watched as her niece disappeared into the forest and then turned back to where Star was and found her gone. Star ran and ran avoiding the pony guards as she went. She had been jumping into barrels, hay stacks, and other things large enough for her to fit in just to avoid contact. She had no idea where she was going but she didn’t care until she found the library, tears formed in her eyes. She heard a noise behind her and ran over to the library tree and jumped into the plants. She watched through the bushes and flowers to see when it would be clear to come out. Four hooves ran past the bush in a hurry followed by two more sets of four hooves. Once the sounds of running ended, she cautiously peeked out from the bush to make sure that no more ponies were around. Once she thought the coast was clear she stood up but quickly crouched again when she heard talking from inside. She stood up just far enough to be able to peek in through the window. There were two ponies, Princess Celestia and her mother. “What’s going on?” Star whispered and then put her ear up to the glass. “Twilight, we need to talk about your daughter.” Celestia took a seat on the couch followed by Twilight. “Twilight, because of what happened so many months ago, ponies questioned your integrity. Thankfully all thoughts were put to rest once things were explained. What I don’t understand is why everypony was so upset, surely they knew that pony would attack any pony anywhere. I digress though. There is a part of me that wishes you hadn’t kept her but the other part of me; I don’t think I could have gone through with an abortion. Just the thought makes me sick.” “I have so much to thank you for, clearing my name and letting me keep my daughter.” Twilight looked down at her daughter and hugged her tightly. “My little Star.” Twilight kissed the babies head and hugged her once again. She looked up at Celestia after a few seconds with a serious look. “What did you need Princess?” “It’s the baby that brought me here Twilight. I fear and have seen the effects the baby has had on you. You have been slacking in your duties and not just a few here and there but all of them.” Celestia saw the anger in Twilight’s eyes but didn’t show that she knew. “Don’t get me wrong Twilight, if you had a husband, this wouldn’t be an issue. I also see how attached to her you are which is good and bad, most of which is unfortunately bad. You must give her up Twilight, this isn’t an option.” Celestia said with an authoritative tone. Twilight stood up off the couch now in a rage but she kept calm enough to make sure that her little baby wouldn’t get hurt. She shot daggers at her former mentor and snorted angrily. “You will not take my baby away from me, how dare you suggest such a thing!” Twilight backed away from Celestia. Celestia lowered her voice back to a friendly tone. “Twilight please, you must understand that this baby will make things bad, for you mostly. Your subjects will not be happy; they are already becoming restless and angry with you. You have duties to them and you can’t do those duties with the child taking up all of your time.” Celestia tried to reason but Twilight was too angry. “I don’t care, take my wings away from me for all I care, I won’t lose my daughter regardless of how she came to be.” Twilight lit her horn with her magical glow and prepared to attack Celestia. Celestia stayed calm seeing what Twilight was willing to do. She frowned sadly and hoped that it would not come to this. “You will remember her the next time you see her Twilight, I’m truly sorry it had to be this way.” Celestia lit her horn and shot a small beam at Twilight who didn’t have time to react. Twilight stumbled backward and dropped Star who Celestia was able to catch before the baby hit the ground. Celestia covered the baby and then teleported away with the small bundle. Twilight shook her head and looked around a bit dazed. “What happened, what was I doing, oh right, I have a lot to do for everypony and not to mention a spell to work on but what happened these last few months?” Twilight shook her head and went to work but had a nagging feeling in the back of her mind. Just outside Star watched in horror seeing her mother forget about her so easily but at least now she knew why and now she felt awful for the way she had acted. Celestia had taken her away from her mother and on top of that, wiped Twilight’s memory of her. Star screamed into the air and then disappeared in a bright flash of light. Luckily for her, she had her eyes closed this time and she wasn’t blinded. She looked around and found herself in front of the library. Star looked inside through the glass to see if she had returned but something told her she hadn’t. She saw Celestia once again speaking with Twilight but Twilight looked different. Her stomach was considerably bigger which meant that she must be pregnant. That’s when it hit Star. “I’m still going backward in time.”