To Die a Hero...
When the first shed of light beamed over me, a mass of tears welled the empire as I walked through with many of my friends begrudgingly escorting me to my final end. Twilight with one chain in her magical grasp, tender and gentle with pulling me by the throat.
Celestia and Luna, Mom and Auntie, holding the chains to my arms whilst the tears they held back fell as shards of crystal. Not even the sniffle Aunt Luna gave made it to the crystal ground as what it should be, for the magic crystallized it within a blink of an eye.
As for Cadance and Shining Armor...well...
The skies were glum, grey and lifeless, a canvas of regret and sorrow as I watched the hearts of many break into agonizing torture of my bravery.
I suppose introductions would be fitting, but why give so when the end is upon me? I've lived a good life, a wonderful time of love, friendship, family, and many other things that I cannot detail.
I'd be a fool to lie about my untimely finish, death waiting at the doorstep of afterlife with his skeletal hand reaching out to me. His job is probably back into balance since my eternity is finally going to cease and desist.
But to save my betrayer for her unique power... I must lie.
I never wanted to be this man or to be in this rotten position that is out of Celestia's hoof. But to take upon the responsibility of an empire is something I cannot be an heir to, for it would destroy the power that protects it and its subjects.
My home, The Crystal Empire, is surrounding me with every loving subject regretting the laws that were made by the original Alicorn of this world. Cadance' mother, Queen Aphrodite, stood on the balcony of her prosperous kingdom with the High Council behind her.
Kings and Queens of many kingdoms watched as I slowly approached the ending of my day. The blade was sharp and stainless, wielded by the one that I once called a best friend...a brother.
His betrayal is my punishment and last resort to save The Crystal Empire from a tragedy that would destroy them. If I was to become the hero I have always wanted to be, then I have to step forward into the valley of shadows and endure the lies that are for the good of this kingdom.
The Magic of Friendship cannot save me this time, nor can the magic of The Crystal Empire, nor can the diplomatic powers of my mother and aunt.
And they know it...
"This isn't right!" I heard to my left. I turned away and watched the owner of the voice push herself through the crowd and lining of crystal guards. Her shades fell and broke in half, revealing the everlasting beauty of red, before she fell to the clutches of five guards holding her by her limps and midsection.
Vinyl, my first friend in Equestria. She never showed such emotion to me before, her eyes never becoming so red in horror of the actions I am taking in order to protect this world from probable darkness.
"You can't do this to him! It isn't his fault, it was her that betrayed us all!" she pointed at my former queen, my former wife...Cadance. "She deserves to die for this. He's just lying to protect her from-"
"Vinyl!" I regrettably snapped, causing her to go silent as guards dragged her back into the crowd. Her tears continued to pour while my lifeless breath whispered through the winds.
She whimpered, gritting her teeth while Octavia took ahold her. "That's enough Vinyl." I exhaled, my spirit to go on no longer with me. "What's done is done. It cannot be changed, nor will it because The Crystal Empire needs her. I cheated on Cadance, I had an affair, so stop trying to protect me when I'm the one at fault." I lied ever so boldly; everyone but most of the High Council knowing the truth.
"But...but you're not...y-you're-"
"Enough, Vinyl. Just go back to Octavia and be done with it!"
Celestia and Luna nodded in agreement of this, albeit rather slowly and regrettably. Twilight just stood in place with an even tighter grip on the chain, not to hurt me but to clench tightly onto what it is she can hold for the moment. Until my need to feel her connection one last time drove what little energy I have left to give one last show of love.
Twilight, my friend, a sister I never had, and yet...
"Twilight." I cooed to the sobbing alicorn, brushing my hand across her matted cheek. She threw herself onto me, nearly breaking my balance with the force of her tackle into my chest.
We stopped a few feet from the stage, holding each other so close that we practically matched a lover's embrace. He muzzle dug into my neck, forming a reddened imprint of her aggressive love for me. I stood in place with both hands free enough to comfort her, to hold her, to place my first and last kiss to her forehead.
The others, the element wielders, just stood around the stage with allowance from the High Council. And though they were stronger about this than Twilight, I could see tears in each and every one of them.
Even Rainbow Dash...My Most Loyal Friend and Sister.
"I can't." Twilight cried quietly, choking on her emotions. "Why does it have to be this way? Why can't the High Council change their mind? Why can't they just make you live as a peasant or slave?"
"It's their world to rule, their law-" I sniffled and wiped a tear from my eye, the shakiness now clear in my voice. "-And it is the only way to save Cadance and The Crystal Empire."
"But this isn't right! You don't deserve to-" I squeezed her harder into my chest, muffling the start of a long and treacherous cry that reverberated across the entire kingdom.
I didn't want to leave her like this, not after everything we went through as the best of friends. Salvation, however, meant sacrificing myself for the sake of others.
If I don't then Cadance will be executed, and The Crystal Empire will be without the one that can control the Crystal Heart.
As much as I want to see her die, my heart still beats with true love for her. And just thinking about the risks makes me tremble in fear of what could happen in the future.
Cadance, oh how I hope so much for you to learn your lesson in love. I hope that you have your true love again, your Shining Armor, and I hope that your betrayal to me will make you realize how your life has come with a price.
How love has come with a price...
"Please don't do this." Twilight whispered, begging as Aphrodite signaled the guards to make her resume the walk. "Please admit the truth, please don't die for us." she whimpered.
I wiped away her tears and stared into her majestic, purple eyes, finding the spark in her to be so strong that it hurts. "No matter what happens, now matter where I go-" I proceeded to cry with her while the guards tapped her shoulder. "I will always be with you, I will always be watching you, and I will always be your second B.B.B.F.F."
She hugged me one last time, before licking my cheek. "And you will always be in my heart." she said somberly.
Once again I was forced to stand and approach the upcoming kill, but not before I turned around and took my family into my arms for the last time. I held mom and Aunt Luna, allowing a long needed hug to be basked in one more time. I pecked their cheeks and allowed them to cry into my shoulders.
I traded them loving glances. "I'll always be with you both in spirit." I mumbled meekly whilst the frustration from the High Council forced Aphrodite to fly down and be sure that Shining Armor is ready to do the unthinkable.
The True Goddess of Love glared at her daughter, ashamed of her and the stallion that she chose over our marriage. Her cerulean eyes burned with a passionate fire of hatred for Shining Armor, a look that hasn't been seen since the day she caught me having sex with Cadance.
Shining Armor looked away with his own set of tears, his sword now shaking in his magic grasp, unfocused by the punishment he was being given.
"Aphrodite I am begging you," he whimpered, brave enough to still see me as his best friend by holding a picture of us in his hand. "Please don't make me do this."
Aphrodite snorted angrily and glowered; her mane deflated the same as Pinkie Pies.
She said in a whisper but for all on the ground to hear. "The High Council are forcing us to do this to him, so it is only fitting that you are punished as well, seeing as how he is lying about cheating on Cadance to protect you and her."
"Mother-" was all Cadance could say before I rose to the stage. I turned to the leader of the High Council and glared at him, knowing how much of a tyrant he can be at times.
I felt no love or care for him, neither did mom and Aunt Luna, and neither did his wife.
"Alright-" he stomped his hoof, causing everyone to flinch before they turned back to me. "Let us make this quick."
"Terra." I said vehemently, spitting in vain with a bad taste in my mouth.
He glared at me from his high position in the fortress, his voice booming throughout the empire with calm and collective inquisition.
"Does the offendant have anything to say before we commence with the execution?"
"If only you knew that it was Cadance that cheated on me." I mumbled, ghosting the truth for myself. I turned away and lowered to my knees, then allowed the guards to rip off my shirt as the alicorn I cannot hate leaned into my ear.
"Don't make him do this." Cadance pleaded quietly, hugging me and nuzzling my cheek; her growing belly now touching me. "For the love of Equus, tell him the truth, tell him that I betrayed you for Shining. Let me accept the punishment, let me-"
"No," I bore my gaze into the crowd, barely acknowledging said mare. "The Crystal Empire needs you, Equestria needs you...our unborn foal needs you."
"The offendant is charged with the act of lechery, adultery, and conspiring in an affair with a commoner." Terra started. He cleared his throat and continued, stopping all of what Cadnace had left to say. "Such things are not seen so roughly in the laws of nobles and lower class citizens. However, for being the former husband of Queen Mi Amore Cadenza and former king of The Crystal Empire, these are crimes seen as treasonous acts against Equestria. How do you plead?"
I looked up and pondered how things could have been if I had not married Cadance, if I had not been the one to comfort her when she divorced Shining Armor. The easy life I could have had is gone, never to be given a second time. The friends I made are now shaking their heads, even Applejack, and pleading for me to answer truthfully.
To their dismay...
"Guilty on all accounts."
"No!" The Mane Six shouted and tried to stop this, only to find themselves held back in Aphrodite's magic.
"Very well," I watched Shining Armor cry up to High Council King, eyes watering and lip quivering. "Shining Armor, you may proceed."
Thus I waited for my former brother to raise the blade to me. He grunted with each step closer to his mark, resisting in mind and soul to touch me with the sword I got him for his birthday last month. His helmet fell off after he leaned down and said the prayer I requested in the dungeons last night.
That much I can say is the most respect he's given to me, even if it is against his religion.
"God," he mumbled weakly, the blade now slowly rising. "Guide this spirit to your heavenly embrace, cast away the evils that await on the other side and guide him through the Valley of The Shadows. Help him find his way to you, make him see no evil, make him hear no evil, but m-most of all-" he started to crack under the pressure. "Make it so he, your returning child, will watch over Equestria as a guardian angel."
And on that note...I sang the song I made overnight, knowing the last note in my voice will be remembered and cherished by Vinyl.
I started with Twilight and others...
"Oh misty eyes of such sweet magic, staring into me with many things that I do not understand."
"Please guide me away from the loneliness, steer me from the shadows of hatred."
"Take me away from the bitterness, from the sadness, and show me a world that I cannot see in front of me. Give me a friendship that will forever last, give me a friendship that will never be destroyed."
I turned to mom and Aunt Luna as the blade rose to its highest point.
"And let the evil be pushed away before it takes ahold of me. Allow the light and the darkness to hold me, to keep me safe and secure in their hold."
"Hear me well, hear me good. Oh Sun and Moon...call me your own, call me yours before I am taken, and show me a love that will never die."
Everyone broke down to their haunches or bellies, drowning the crystal ground with their sorrows. I turned to Cadance and finally gave my last piece to her, believing that it will sink deeply into her mind.
"Oh misty eyes of sweet kindness, give me all these things, give me what I am so belittle of. And if you do then let me know what I must do to keep it close to me."
"I'm sorry...brother." Shining whispered.
"For I know that love...has a...price."
(SCHLICK!)
The End.
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The Story description explains NOTHING of what it is or what it will be.
Its more like a very long question than a descriptions.
This need a better description please.
while i thought this was a good story, i do agree the description provides no description of the story whatsoever. Twas a good story though.
Not bad.
As always, a tragic story... still it was good,
I'm not saying the story was bad, but i'm not saying the story was good either. I was confused through out the story if anything. This just seems more of a Mary Sue story.
What I'm getting at is that this human went to Equestria befriended one of the popular background ponies. He is somehow so close to Twilight and her friends that he considers them sisters. Cadence for some reason doesn't love Shining anymore and has divorced him to marry this guy. For some reason I don't quite understand, he is charged for cheating on Cadence, even though Cadence cheated on him with Shining of which she hates for reasons not quite explained. I think he sees Luna as a second mother while his first is there aswell. There is apparently other more powerful Alicorns including the mother of Cadence. It seems everypony knows what really happened but wont revolt against those imbeciles of ancients those other Alicorns claim to be. I honestly don't see why the mane 6 are surprised and against the idea that he dies in order for the Kingdom to live.
The reason I won't call this a bad story is how much the description made me think.
"Will you die in lies and become a hero...or save yourself with the truth?"
Aside from that I also have stories pop into my mind that won't leave after a while.
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Thats okay. It was just something I needed to get out of my head.
5317504 I know, like I said, "I also have stories pop into my mind that won't leave after a while."
damn this was sad but very beautiful. very well done, cant believe candece that slut
sad this is how it ends.
Soo... basically Cadance cheated on her husband with his best friend and he's not only not the slightest bit upset about it but is giving his life up due to her mistake just because he loves her and his unborn child? That's just fucked up, no matter how much you love her she still cheated on him with his best friend. If it weren't for the child I'd just say screw her and let her take the blame for her choices, she's your wife yet she still apparently had no trouble cheating on you with your best friend even though she's pregnant with your child.
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No, no, no. It is themed with what would happen to those that betray royalty, back in medieval times. She cheated but is the heiress of The Crystal Heart, and it only works for her.
So to ensure the safety of The Crystal Empire he is taking the sacrifice to ensure that The Crystal Empire has someone to control The Crystal Heart.
If they didn't, then how could the Crystal Ponies be protected??
Know what I mean?
You know you told me you were changing this from the human being an emotional weakling without a spine but with each new story and a new chapter for existing one's you keep making yourself out to be a hypocrite.
Thought you'd like to know that.
5582881 When did I say that about this One-Shot?
5583154 When you told me that I thought you meant all of them in general.
Evidently I was wrong in that regard.
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Seasons of Darkness, yes. The Princess' Sin, yes as well. Also Embracing The Sun, but my one shots will be random, and I'm thinking my next one will just be without romance.
Friendship, but no romance. Not sure yet
5583725 But lying down and taking it like that man? He might as well have been an abused slave taking it with a smile on his face at that point.
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True, true. But it does not say that he did.
And besides, the emotional torture from that is going to make it even better when Mayor Mare is brought back for the truth she speaks of about the Griffon Princess.
Now that is gonna be dark and twisted.
5584777 ???? That sounds like a different story entirely.
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No, it is part of the story where Sin is seen as a bad guy for two reasons. Not that he is, but rather everyone will be upset and disappointed in him.
5586919 Which comes back to bitch-slap them for I hope.
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Most likely...Seasons of Darkness.
5587539 I have a REALLY strong belief in Karma. Not a good thing for them. >_<
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For Celestia it's gonna suck. Thats all I can say about the next chapter. It's already done. My editor just has to finish it up.
5593301 Oh yeah you did get someone to do so just recently wasn't it?
It doesn't need Cadance, it needs its people to be happy, to love their situation. If everyone here is in tears it should have fizzled out a while ago.
The Crystal Empire and Equestria are each their own political bodies. Just because Canada is above the US doesn't mean it's an extent of the US and vice versa. Even if there was a law like this, Celestia and Luna could easily dismiss it since, as the heads of their diarchy, they get final say in what is and what isn't treason. And you didn't allude to them having superiors here, the 'council' sounds like the UN here, as they are acting mediators for an intercontinental problem in this case. Again, Celestia and Luna could waive the claims against this human. Just because Cadance is in Celestia's pocket doesn't mean they're one kingdom, yet.
I like feeling things, I wanted to feel something here, but when a story makes me feel something I scrutinize the hell out of it and let my feelings slip through the holes because I remember I don't like those particular feels. (Un?)luckily the holes are already here.
Would be better without the council, extra party alicorns, and Cadance's broken cutie mark. Those things are there for a reason, doesn't feel like it here, so she'd literally be unable to to conceive, let alone carry out, such a nasty triangle, it's just how she is. That goes against her existence's code.
An ancient rule forced to be carried out by a vindictive, heartbroken person, leaving all parties hands tied, under close watch by other countries for signs of inconsistent treatment (favoritism; although given their pull on things the princesses could easily explain it away) would make much more sense. Maybe someone who deluded themselves into thinking one or the other loved them. But something other than treason, because I told you how they could solve that.
Given a reason and time anyone can change in any way, but I don't see reason nor feel time has passed for them.
Oh well, just a one shot.
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Where is the second chapter?
What bullshit. Good story man.
Still sick bestiality fetish crap.
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I see. You’re one of those people.
Suddenly, the headless body jumped up. "Ooooh, I'm a rebel for kicks now, I been kickin' like it's 1986 now..."
It’s always in a way satisfying when the ponies see how their actions affect others and the world around them. This was a sad, honest, and beautiful story. In a lot of the stories the ponies never seem to know of the consequences on others and how they screwed them over but to find stories like these were the ones who caused said consequences see them first hoof and how they actually affect and impact the world it's in a way...beautiful it shows that the ponies are not children show ponies it shows anthropomorphism to what is basically blank slates that can do no wrong as this show was intended for the younger audience and thus to find stories like these it makes them realistic and allows us to identify with them in some ways rather than them just being perfect can do no wrong ponies. So I must say an amazing job and a beautiful story. Keep up the awesome and absolutely beautiful work my good author.
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Honestly before I made this account I was a guest here and throughout my tire reading of many many stories this one stuck to me like never ever before even now I ran into it again how funny is that when I see through the story suddenly I can find it this time was very good and sad. P.S thank you for making this :,-)
por una parte seria intereante ver lsa consecuancias despues de lo sucedido, pero por otra si se hiciera eso le quitaria prestigio a este por que ya todo se estaria enfocando en el segundo
I am ashamed to say (And not at the same time) That I cried like a bitch reading this.