And Fall So Hard...
One step is all it would take...
It would be over...they could be happy again. Happy as just them, nothing to hold them back. There were rumors that all it would take is a fall... seven weeks, she was starting to show...and all she needed to do was to step forward. There was too much tension between them after she said the truth, she knew it would be over if this continued...she couldn't lose him. Not after working so hard to hide her feelings from the world, not after falling in love...
What choice is there?
The phrase echoed in her mind, it sunk into her very blood that coursed with the poisonous touch of Nightmare Moon. Luna understood the need...the spirit was right. In her folly, she is driving away the only thing that ever loved her; so she needed to make sure he would never need to leave.
Lifting a hoof in the air over the staircase, she hesitated...tears ran down her face as she gazed down the sinking hallway. How could she keep going if he left...it was bitter irony that she remembered the look Celestia gave her what felt like a lifetime ago...her sunken eyes and utter depression.
To fall apart for love..
That why she had to do it...she needed to make sure the timing was better, when they had reason or want... but not now. It was impossible now..
I'm so sorry...
"Sister!"
_ _
72 Hours Earlier...
"Acrylic! I missed ye so much!" Luna said,wrapping the stallion in a warm and crushing hug the second the door was surely closed.
Evenfall returned the embrace and leaned into Luna, letting her go after a moment and smiling brightly. Luna's mood was infectious, she was so happy to be well again...
"Princess...thou are glowing like the moon today." He said truthfully.
Luna blushed a little and smiled, kissing Acrylic on the cheek before taking a step back. Letting out a content sigh, she looked around at his room; scattered papers and sketches litter the desk and the floor around it, the bitter sweet smell of the castles coffee was the more dominating feature...it gave Luna an idea.
"I thank thee...but thou do not have to bolster our mood today. Are ye free at the moment?"
Acrylic's eyes lit up and he nodded.
"Then follow us." She said with a mischievous air...
They exited the room, Luna striding down the hallway and making sure Acrylic was behind her. Today's court was over, the sun was sinking into the ground...but Luna seemed to have another plan for tonight. The stallion started to get confused when she took him to the west wing...he never went there. Running into Celestia one day proved very hazardous, she began picking away at the half-truths and dodged questions; thankfully the captain took her attention before she could pull apart his real reason for being at the castle. Like clockwork, Luna found her sister walking the halls; the sun goddess's eyes bearing down on them as they approached.
Celestia kept a unreadable expression and looked at both of them in question.
"Sister, I wanted to let thou know that we plan to treat The Royal Craftsman to an evening out of the castle. After all the work he has done for us, I see it unfair to not occasionally show our thanks for such a deed. If thou wishest to join us..."
Luna kept the grin down, her plan was already going well and Acrylic was keeping quiet and as out of the conversation as possible. If Luna was right....she knew that Celestia would never be able to miss a nights sleep; too strict and boring to enjoy the nightlife...but as Celestia took more time to respond, Luna became a bit nervous as to how strong her plan really was...
"...No, no I do not think I will join thee. Tonight I plan to catch up on some literature, a book I borrowed from thine collection...I hope thou does not mind."
Celestia was still unreadable, but her plan worked...so she smiled kindly and laughed a little.
"Tis fine, sister. Enjoy then."
With that, she turned around and exited the wing as quickly as she could...without looking like she was in a hurry. Acrylic hesitated leaving for just a moment, bowing to the princess and trotting a bit fast to catch up with Luna. Once they crossed into the East wing, Luna quickly lead Acrylic to her room, bringing him in and shutting the door; a small click signaling to Acrylic that it was locked...
Acrylic looked back at the door and raised an eyebrow.
"Luna-..!"
The princess nearly tackled him to the ground and begin quite the forceful tongue wrestling session...
Stunned...would be a weak way to describe the look on Acrylic face the moment he did fall to the ground. The stallions face flushed red when he started feeling Luna very purposely bump and rub between his legs.
Acrylic managed to get his head away to breath, panting out and eyes heavy..but mind ablaze with questions.
"L-Luna..now is not the time!" He whispered.
Luna didn't care...the only thing on her mind was the blazing heat that she just couldn't ignore. Where it had come from was the nagging question at the back of her mind, but she kept up her teasing assault, Acrylic squirming to try and get out from under her...he knew how risky this was. A guard could hear the noise, he could end up getting caught by one..or worse...caught by Celestia.
The door knocked lightly.
Oh buck... They both said silently.
"Sister?"
No way...
"Sister...please tell me thou are not..." I can't believe I'm saying this.. "Enjoying me time...when ye needs to raise the moon..."
Are we cursed?!
Luna flushed red and got up as fast as she could, picking Acrylic up by the scruff of his neck with a blue wisp of magic and tossing him into the washroom, shutting the door loudly to make it seem she was simply using the little fillies room again..
Luna quickly walked to the door and opened it, Celestia not bothering to hide the way she rapidly scanned Luna's room the second the door opened.
After looking to confirm a hunch...and she smiled and sighed in relief that she was wrong.
"Don't be ashamed, Lulu...I went though it just as ye are." Celestia said with a chipper tone...Luna realized that her sister would deeply enjoy this opportunity to tease...
"Tia...we swear if thee continues this conversation..."
Celestia laughed softly and thought of the first story that came to mind to help ease the tension...
Acrylic was doing his best to remain unnoticed in the washroom..until he realized that Luna...by the stars was still messing with him! Suddenly a blue feather left on the tile lifted in the air, washed in blue magic wisp its way around him...circling lower and lower down his frame until...
Celestia laughed a little louder when Luna was able to recall the very old and..very embarrassing tale of when Mother first stumbled upon Celestia's 'Secret Spot' in the woods. Mother refused to talk to Luna about it but a young Celestia spilled all the details after a little peer pressure from Luna...
"I did't use that!" Celestia said, trying to hold back her laughter.
Luna smirked and rolled her eyes, Celestia would never tell the truth about that detail. A stifled guffaw came from the door to Luna's bathroom, catching Celestia attention...
"Did..-"
"Tia.." Luna whined. "I think we've reminisced enough, is it not time to lower the sun?"
Acrylic was on his back in desperation, biting his hoof hard as his face sweat cherry red and eartips burned like a fire, using his free hoof to swat as hard as he could at the feather...
"Oh..yes, I do apologize." Celestia said, turning her attention to the sun.
With a slight effort, Celestia focused her power and brought down the flaming ball of light, Luna exerting her own powers to bring forth the silent moon...the celestial bodies switching place seamlessly and bringing the calm dark that the ponies needed to find peaceful sleep.
Luna strengthened the spell slightly before Celestia opened her eyes again. Luckily Acrylic was still able to keep quiet...it sent a rush of adrenaline though Luna; to have so much fun with her lover and slip right under her sister's nose. Luna made a mental note to make this a regular game...
"Goodnight, sister." Luna said, trying not to smile too much..
Celestia nodded and left, the door shutting with a brush of golden magic...and locking again with a flick of blue.
"Oh Lover.." Luna chimed musically.
The bathroom door opened when Luna pushed against it, she nearly burst out laughing when Acrylic was nearly passed out on the ground, sweating profusely and from what Luna could see...very much enjoying her bewitched feather.
"Make it stop..." He said between breaths.
Luna's horn flashed blue and the feather dropped on his chest. Acrylic let out a long sigh and lifted his head up, trying to catch his breath.
"O-Okay...I think see thine point.." He managed meekly.
Luna shook her head and laughed a little...sad fact is, Celesta's visit had killed the mood...and her assumptions had made her a little embarrassed that she let urges dictate action. Acrylic lifted his head back up and looked at her curiously...
"...I don't mean to sound anxious."
Luna laughed even more, not that she was laughing at Acrylic...more the situation itself was making the princess laugh.
Poor stallion...
_ _
It was a sweet summer evening...the moon hanging in the sky and casting its glow down on the empty the restaurant. Luna picked a fine place to enjoy the night, Thankfully it didn't take much convincing to get the cooks to stay behind for a few hours to prepare this meal. The food was mouth watering and wine bearing a good year to accent the meal. Unfortunately..Luna declined to partake in the drink, Acrylic was shuffling in his seat nervously as they picked at the food...
Luna sighed quietly as she stared into her glass of water...Acrylic was looking at her concerned, it had been a one sided date this entire evening. Acrylic did his best to bring Luna to the moment and enjoy the together time, but she was focused on something else all evening. Sighing and setting down the fork, he lifted the wine glass in the air and smiled brightly; a last try before he asked her directly...
Luna looked up and smiled weakly, raising her glass with a blue field.
"To us, aye? The things we went though to get to this part..."
Luna nodded and sighed..she knew there was no longer time, no more stalling, no more avoiding...now was the time.
"The wedding is tomorrow night.." She rushed.
Acrylic gagged on the wine he was drinking and coughed..
Luna grit her teeth and lowered her head ashamed..expecting a onslaught of questions or an argument on his part for some strange reason. Acrylic simply regained his composure, setting the glass down and smiling warmly at her..
"I understand...Sorry I didn't sound as excited as I really am, it was surprising the way ye suddenly said it." He said with a quick laugh.
It was a little reassuring...to know that Acrylic was just as ready to take that step. Often she found herself thinking of how Acrylic will handle being a father, would he be strong enough to raise a demi-god...or goddess...Luna felt a warm spark when that thought crossed her mind. The wizard was right, Acrylic smile was hope shining in the darkness of the night, his confidence and kind spirit would indeed be enough.
"We had an idea...a wedding by the lake, twas enchanted a long time ago by our sister; The Still Waters of the Sky...The Midnight Lake..."
It was a bitter-sweet memory, it was the place where the young goddesses buried their mother...
Acrylic had no idea what the place meant to her, frankly he didn't even know a Midnight Lake existed. If it meant making Luna happy, he would always agree,Acrylic nodded and the light returned to her eyes, a soft smile growing as the candle between them burned though the last inch of wax..the moon high over the city watching over the two as they stood up and drew closer to each other...
Luna swore she heard a piano in the background...slowly chiming out a soft tune.
Just as the light of the candle flicked out, they crossed horns with a turquoise spark glowing the second they locked lips once again...
Celestia was speechless....rare was it that she was so shocked that she had no words to give meaning to her feelings. Utter shock and terrified worry screamed into every part of her mind. It started out simple...just a night of reading, all she wanted was a stress free evening to read and take a step out of her own world.
Dragon's Wrath was the title, a straight forward tale of adventure, a simple book she could delve into..
The sun will fall
Written in ink and taking up an entire page with its chaotic style and fury dipped quill. It was on the next page as well...and the next. Soon Celestia found an entire page repeating the phrase
Give way to eternal night!
Like an anthem...a sick cheer of battle. Celestia was slack jawed as the pages flipped frantically, words spilling across the pages at random places but all reading the same battle cry. Eyes watering...she slammed the book shut and threw it across the room like a living demon, breathing rapidly and the pain of worthless strife sinking into her skin...
"Luna...what have I done wrong..."
48 Hours...
Luna took a deep breath, it was nearly morning...Acrylic lie sleeping in his chambers and Celestia would soon open her door and allow the princess of the night to sleep. By this afternoon, she would fake another vision and get out by perhaps three o' clock, track down Starswirl and enlist his help in getting ready for the wedding. Evening, the dress would be ready and in her closet, Celestia would lower the sun and leave Luna alone for the night; hopefully the whole night would remain uneventful so as to keep the wedding unhindered.
Now that her plan was thought through, checked and rechecked...time was the last step; to wait until moonrise and begin the last step to starting a new chapter in her life. Soon, as she lingered in thought...it seemed more like a goal that was just out of reach, closing into her grasp inch by inch as each hour passed. The nagging voice of doubt worked its way into the front of her mind and started making her worry...
Celestia will find out...
It was impossible..
She will forbid the love...
Luna refused to allow that..
She will take the child...
Luna's eyes broke wide; that was not her voice. It may have sounded like her, but that voice held the same darkness of her festering dream, the infection was growing stronger...Luna remembered that she had yet opened that door and faced the demon that dwells inside.
No...leave the door closed, conceal the pain, let it grow...
Luna felt sharp pain work into her stomach again...but this was not an expected pain...this felt like a dark threat.
Luna took a calming breath and opened her mind to the world, letting to soft breeze of the night flow around her; taking her mind to the realm within. It took a moment a falling..falling in the darkness with the same stars flashing by until she slowed the decent, landing gently on the onyx floor of her dream realm. Plague...it seeped from every inch of the door in a vile green fog, the door that now dominated her dreamscape with its foreboding thorns and overgrowth holding it in place. The monster on the other side had damaged the door, yet the vines holding it shut were undamaged; meaning sooner or later, she would have to deal with it...
Luna looked up and noticed a new moon in the sky...suddenly her heart sunk and fear poured into every fiber of her being when she realized that it was not a new moon...but the dark side of the moon. The one vantage she could never present to the world, like it was cursed to remain unseen and unknown...now her mind flooded with burning fear.
The door grew in size..creaking and splintering as new frame jetted out and made way for the ever present demon growing in strength.
"Celestia!!" Luna shouted...
"Sister!"
Luna shot awake and gasped sharply, coughing when she inhaled the acids that had bubbled up. The moon clung to the low sky, dripping in sweat, Luna felt panic rush her mind.
She will take away the child!
It echoed over and over, maddening in its tone and meaning, Luna jumped up and looked behind her..
"No, get away from us!!" She cried.
Luna cast a shockwave as a warning, the books on her shelf falling to the ground and Celestia only just barely getting a defensive shield up in time to stop the blast in its tracks. It still sent her stumbling back with the sheer force behind the spell, Luna was panting, her stance not wavering or mind able to rationalize...she had the same serpent eyes again.
"Luna!" Celestia shouted, hoping to get though whatever possessed her to act so violently.
The sound sent the dark voice back into the recesses of her mind...letting her see the situation for what it really was. Celestia snapped Luna out of the nightmare and she nearly hurt her only family...and it tore apart her heart.
Celestia watched as her sister fell to the ground in exhaustion and began sobbing helplessly. It was all falling apart...her plan, her secret...her one chance at happiness. All she could do was let the tears flow while Celestia watched, stuck in fear stricken indecision. Suddenly, Starswril burst into the room, sweating frantically and looking more disturbed than Celestia had ever seen the quiet scholar...
"Your majesty!" He shouted as he tore past the solar princess. "Why didn't ye tell me..?" He asked softly as he helped her upright.
Celestia couldn't stop thinking of her mother's words...
Love her...no matter what happens...and be there for her.
Celestia felt the emotions and confusion mix violently, the wizard was doing his best to bring Luna back down...so why couldn't she move.
It was fear...
For the first time, Celestia felt fear for her sister...and it was strangely mortal for her fear to turn to anger, lashing out at the only thing she could...
"Luna! What did I do wrong?!"
The hatred in the book was nothing compared to the sun goddess's blazing fury. All the work she did to make sure her sister was happy..just to be refused and now loathed; what would mother think if she could see how spoiled Luna had become. Celestia walked over to her sister and loomed over her, glaring down and just holding back her ear shattering Canterlot voice...
"What am I doing that upsets thee so much?! Just tell me!!!" She screamed.
Luna looked up with the venomous eyes again..tears still streaming down but fury taking the place of her sorrow.
"It is thine EXISTENCE that angers us!! If ye would just leave us alone, but no..." Luna got up...and Starswril realized he might be in the middle of a very deadly argument.
"No, ye must be everywhere! Stealing our light and being the selfish child ye always were! Mother's death has taught thee nothing about growing up, has it?!"
The room was shaking with the radiating power pouring off the princesses, the scholar felt like he was between a frozen tundra and scorching desert...but that was it...that was the one chord that she would not stand for being touched. Celestia took a deep breath and stood straight, turning around and unable to even look at her sister...
"Sister...I am going to leave, but I want ye to think about what thee has just uttered."
Celestia was shaking with rage, her eyes nearly burned with her fury; but now that Luna had just used their mother in an argument...anger can wear off, but disappointment left a lingering touch. The door shut with a slam, Luna breathing unsteadily...she wanted it to be over, to just crawl into bed and ignore the world and her feelings for just a few hours...but the moon sunk into the ground and gave way to the sun; all without her permission.
Luna turned around and watched..slack jawed as the sun sent the moon back into darkness and rose in the sky. The one thing she had left...the only thing she could call pride...was just taken and shattered right before her very eyes.
Luna could only scream in bloody fury...
36 hours...
What is left when thee strips away family? After that, what remained after thou takes away friends, freedom, courage, hope? What I saw that day haunts me..it permeates my mind and plants weeds of fear. The roots break down my foundation, they crawl in my skin, creeping slowly and distorting my body with their agonizing corruption; only one thing could stop this madness, one pony who could shine a light in this darkness that the castle is suffocating in. Please...Please let this be part of thy grand plan for us, let this light wash away the darkness....and not drown in it just as we have.
Luna stood in front of her closet mirror...
The pearls hugging her ear were lovely, the white dress; a light gown that fit comfortably loose and flowed down her body to rest on the ground. It shimmered under the moonlight that flowed though the balcony. The sheen that came from the eye shadow was enchanting, the wizard was indeed one of many unexpected talents...
Luna took another look at the rose color adorning her lips; it took hours to find the right shade of red, not wanting to look too vain and leaving the color to dominate the dress...yet not wanting to make the color too dark and send off the wrong signals...and even though it took all day to calm down and take her mind away from the betrayal...she managed a weak smile when she looked at how beautiful she was in the dress.
"Are ye sure tonight is right..?" Starswril asked.
Luna nodded, nothing could stop what was happening tonight.
"Then allow me to make some preparations..."
The princess turned around but he was already gone...of course she told him where the wedding was going to be, but what could he do that required such immediate attention...?
Acrylic looked in the mirror with a sullen face...his mind refused to leave the past where it was; thoughts of his brother still lingered and even took what was going to be the happiest moment of his life...and turned it into what felt like the greatest sin. With a deep breath, Acrylic fixed the royal blue tie and looked up to make sure his mane was still in its presentable fashion.
Exiting the room,the clocks in the castle rang out ten times...it was time.
Acrylic trotted quickly though the halls and was careful not to catch the attention of a patrolling guard. Turning left, he entered the grand dining hall; ducking though to avoid a sentry posted at the door, he snuck his way all the way to the exit..the long foyer. Walking slowly so his steps did not echo; closer..closer he got to the doors. Sweat began rolling down his head as chatter echoed from another part of the castle and sent a spike of alarm into his body. Acrylic picked up the pace, smile growing wider until he grabbed the door and...
"Craftsman!"
...So close.
Acrylic turned around and put on a false smile...changing suddenly to confusion when the ghastly sight of the court wizard was looming over him...as if he followed him the whole way...with an oddly warm smile.
"I wanted to wish thee a fine evening.." His horn glowed its pale color. "...Are thee going to see thine brother at this hour?"
Acrylic looked left and right..backing up to try and get away from the conversation as he tried to come up with a good excuse.
"Or perhaps ye have a fine date this evening...judging by how thee are dressed."
Now it was getting disturbing how this pony was picking apart Acrylic's thoughts...
"...Y-yes! My brother! He...asked to see me while he was in town."
The old pony nodded and looked over Acrylic...gaze going empty while his horn glowed brighter.
"I see..."
Acrylic turned around and saw only the door, when he looked back...the wizard was gone.
Acrylic was looking frantically for the stallion, only to hear more guards talking as they grew near; it was now or never. Acrylic tore though the doors and rushed out into the streets, hoping that he would not falter in his step and ruin the suite..or worse, get the directions to the Midnight Lake wrong. Acrylic winced when his head began to throb, stress was starting to get the better of him...or did it have something to do with that wizard and the way he read into his mind...
Either way, he had put it behind him. Now was the moment he had worked for, for the past few weeks he had skated a line around Celestia and her captain; now though was the time for all his work to pay off...now was when she would run away with him.
_ _
Luna walked slowly into the clearing...a mass of bushes and trees would hide the clearing from the ground, but the enchantment placed on the area made it invisible from the sky and impervious from any magical interference. It was a place locked in the moment of its creation. With a deep breath, Luna walked forward, parting the growth with her magic to keep her dress clean until she broke though the spell and found the clearing...
It's perfect...
Somehow, Starswril had managed to set up an alter with its own archway covered in climbing roses, butterflies float in the air and cast a luminescent blue and white glow as they flutter, the grass shifted from the gentle breeze and the singular tree hanging over the lake swayed its ivy branches that almost touched the ground...Equestria's sorrow given form of a lush weeping willow to mark the grave that lie under the still water of the lake. The moment Luna took a step forward, fireflies burst from the tree and began to dance around her, she had to stop just from the wonder that was a thousand lights fluttering around the lunar princess and suddenly dispersing into the air, leaving one light on her chest like a shining jewel. Luna felt warmth breaking into the cold barrier of her heart and soon, she stepped forward again and looked at her love from under the veil...just how she imagined it... and it was a moment that Luna could say, was breathtaking.
Luna breathed slowly once she stepped unto the alter made of grass, doing her best to calm her racing heart. Starswril just smiled calmly and closed his eyes to gain his own calm while Acrylic stepped to be right next to his love.
Starswril opened his eyes again and looked at both of them.
"Princess...Stunning as the full moon in an apex of light.....Shall we begin?"
They both nodded...
_ _
"I swear he said this way!" Tome whispered.
Hope rolled her eyes and took off in the opposite direction. Tome turned around and stammered out his frustration as he ran, disagreeing the whole way until she saw what looked like light. Tome took off the second the lights began and sprinted though a wall of brush; Hope following quickly. The stallion stopped talking and smiled warmly when he saw the two dash into the open of the clearing, Uncle turning around with confusion...turning to awe when he saw the two. Luna looked worried but when she noticed the slight smile on Acrylic's face..
"Uncle! How could ye not invite us!?" Tome said with a laugh.
Silent Hope nodded in agreement, making Acrylic just let out a soft chuckle.
"I didn't think...thou wanted to come." He said with a noticeable edge of depression.
"Frankly, I didn't"
Acrylic felt his heart stop...
Wintered Tail walked out of the brush with a few others, a grey stallion with haunting purple eyes; another stallion who looked whiter than snow and a mare...the light brown mare had another with her, a cyan counterpart with golden hair tied up in a bun. All of them entered the clearing and had a formal air about them...the stallions were in suites and mares in dresses, all but Tail it seemed was prepared for the evening. Luna looked at Starswril with an incredulous look of shock.
"Who are all of thee?" Luna asked the moment she turned back around.
The grey pegasus stepped forward first.
"Honor Knight." He said and then bowed.
"Pure Heart..." The snowy one added..
"Ace Winds..and Sleight Winds..." The brown mare said.
Luna couldn't hide her slack jaw when her suspicions about the mare's were confirmed..
"I'm Ancient Tome! And this is Silent Hope and my dad."
"Wintered Tail..." Acrylic said quietly...
Tome jumped to the front of the group when it seemed no one was able to find the words to explain for the couple now put in the spotlight.
"The wizard pony said to come here at night, he said that it was where the wedding was..." Tome suddenly lost the courage he had before when all eyes fell upon him. Knight cleared his throat and took it up to finish the story.
"He said that if we ever wanted to show how much the princess of the night has done for us...and thank her. Then we needed to come here."
Luna looked back at Starswril, simply smiling as the fireflies danced in the air again and started a flurry of a light show. Looking back at the small group of guests, then at her son to be husband...and he was calm. Acrylic looked back to her and turned back to the alter, putting a hoof over Luna's and digging a small box from his coat.
"Tome..take this."
Acrylic levitated the box in the air and let it fall gently before the colt. Tome opened it up and couldn't help his eyes widening to an almost comical point.
Starswril cleared his throat again and opened a book from behind the alter...
"Dearly beloved..."
_ _
It took a long time...nearly the entire ceremony before Tail relaxed. While he was furious that his foals would sneak out to see what he thought would be a dark travesty...he felt more guilt overbearing that anger. Under-dressed, late and unwelcome; who was he to show up unannounced..? As the reading continued on he realized that the lunar princess was not the nightmare that everypony claimed. Perhaps his brother was right...in the way she held herself, the way she looked, even the way she said "I do." ...She was far more equine than any goddess he had ever seen. I begged the question...did he let his emotions and the judgment of others really cloud his own opinion..?
It felt bitter to realize he might have just lost a brother and a life long friend to pettiness.
Tail actually felt water build up on his eyes when he saw his colt timidly walk to the alter with the ring...
Later on, the group had began dancing under the moonlight; surprisingly, Honor Knight was a talented musician, all it took was the help of Starswril to get a few instruments and a quick enchantment. Once the first dance was over, Luna took some time to be by herself and think by the lake, Acrylic understood and took this moment to talk to the wizard about the significance of this spot.
"I see...Though i'm still surprised she would pick this lake then..."
"I holds deep meaning to the sister's. It is the place they hold more dear than any." Starswril affirmed.
"Brother...may we speak?"
Acrylic felt his body tense...the wizard caught the hint and departed. Now was the time to make amends...Tail knew he had one chance to make peace before the rift would grow too large. Acrylic turned around and took a deep breath to calm himself.
"I thought...ye never wanted to see me again."
Wintered looked around ashamed, lowering his head in penance.
"I didn't think thee were so serious about thy love...and when it became apparent that ye would not stop...I was afraid. I was afraid that I would lose a part of my family, thou knows family is everything to me...and now...Luna is apart of that family. While I was rude and outright wrong at the start...I just want to ask for forgiveness."
Acrylic lowered his head and turned away...it wouldn't do to let Wintered see the water in his eyes.
"I'm not family...remember?"
Tail felt his hopes plummet...
"All but in blood! Please, I made the mistake, just let me make it right."
Acrylic looked up into the sky, letting out a cool sigh and looking back at what was once his brother. Did he not read the note...? Did he not see that he was a danger to the foals? The life he must live is one away from the normal, he tried to escape that fact by coming back to his adoptive family...it ended with bruises and scars; and he wouldn't make the same mistake again.
"I can't come back..I don't want to hurt anypony else...ye shouldn't have come."
Acrylic walked away before Tail could come up with a counter, resigning to join his new wife by the lake in content silence while the small group still enjoys the night. Knowing that nothing could hope to lift his mood now. Soon, a soft piano tune rang in the clearing, a slow dance for the mare's to enjoy so for just a song, they could have the dance floor all to themselves. Luna looked up and saw him sitting next to her, her mind going over the right words she had chosen to tell her husband that he was to be a father...
"Acrylic..."
He looked up and managed a small smile..
"What would ye name a foal..?"
The question made him think...his brows furrowed in thought and soon he rubbed his face with his hooves. Wintered had all but exhausted Acrylic's ability to find happiness, even he had a limit to what he could overcome with a good nature and joyful heart. Luna felt a cold fear take her hear when Acrylic looked distantly back out at the lake.
"Oh..." Was the last thing he said that night...
And the next day...
_ _
That's why she had to do it, after she opened the door..it made sense of why the spirit told her to do it; because the spirit was her...it was her own feelings given form of an understanding protector. All it wanted, was to see Luna rise to her full potential and help her bring a sinking relationship back to steady waters. It wanted to help...
Don't let her take the child away from us...
It cared just as much as she did about her child...but it was stronger, it helped Luna make the decision no parent wants to make. In order to save them, she had to do it. It was obvious to her that Acrylic did not want a child...not yet, Celestia would find out undoubtedly during the later months. Leaving the option she just couldn't bring herself to admit out loud.
I'm so sorry...
"Sister!!"
The sudden voice forced her decision, Luna leaned forward and felt tears wash down her face and fly into the wind as she fell. Past the first step and tumbling freely.
It felt like hours before Luna came to a stop on the hard stone, blood freely flowing down her head and one eye shut from the rapid swelling. Strangely, she couldn't feel her left rear leg properly..yet it was done. The feeling in her stomach that started those weeks ago had ceased. The sound of guards rushing to her were muffled by the pain, tears still flowing like a river and mixing with the blood that began to pool on the ground.
Luna gave in...her will broken and her want to live no longer existent.
"No...Luna!!!" Acrylic shouted the moment he shoved though the guards to see his wife...eyes empty and body twisted by the fall down merciless stone.
"What have I done wrong..."
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...Luna... the baby...
-10 score for Luna :(
Some authors decide to pull the heart strings, toy with them and see how we react. You, however, grab them and viciously rip them out of our cheats while were forced to sit there watching, horrified! Good job.
I think I subconsciously killed my feelings in a dream, symbolized in the form of my friend who I grabbed, forced to the ground, and then i forced the blade into his throat until the halfway point and almost severed his head.
My mind didn't spare me any details; I almost threw up in my sleep. I could feel the blade going deeper, it's sharp edge digging into his throat, through weak bone and soft skin.
And I have felt no emotion since.
4160492 Good yo knpw thats the reaction, my writing idol is Jitterbugjive over on tumblr for the way he so easily plays with emotions, people call him a feelmancer. So it makes me proud to start on that same path of good writing.
Thats some heavy stuff...did I really hit that deep?
4161163 eh that dream happened a few days before the chapter was posted but I felt a shred of emotion reading the story so you hit deep but rest assured you didn't break me.