The shocking death of Princess Celestia came and all of Equestria mourned. None could explain, either scientific, medical, or magical, could explain the utter failure of her body and her demise. After her passing, Twilight Sparkle finds herself plagued with answers of how and why this happened. In order to find out what happened, and prevent such a thing from happening again, Twilight use the same potion Zecora gave her during the vine incident to step into the past and find the answers she seeks.
Yet the answers are nothing she ever expected, and what she learns will shatter everything she has known about Princess Celetia and her thousand year rule since her sister's banishment.
Co-Written with Black Hailstorm
Edited by Roker12
Chapters (6)
Celestia dies in my story too! 😄 By her own sister. XD
But this a cool idea so far. 😊
A mission? Interesting.
Alright, you have my interest. Let's see where this one is going.
Alright, you have my attention. Please keep going
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You have my attention.
This was a very depressing beginning. But, you have my attention and I hope to see more of this.
I cried along with all of equestria.
poor sunset never even got to say goodbye :(
I wonder what her mission was and why she accepted it?
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Just this chapter gave me the chills. But of course, I knew you were conspiring with aircons all over the world!
But seriously, it did give me the chills. Any attempt I make now – especially with my limited time – to describe this story will fall short of what it deserves, and what I think it will deserve. So I shan't try.
This is really good, but I'd recommend some proofreading. There are a lot of small grammatical and typographical mistakes here. Not enough to ruin the story, but enough to be somewhat distracting.
Twilight needed that sleep I bet. So Twilight how are you going to have a hoof in Celestia's ultimate demise I wonder?
Jeez Twilight is running herself ragged more than usual
. Thank Faust that Starlight and Spike were there to stop her
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Shouldn't that period in the middle be a comma?
That being said, I eagerly anticipate where this story goes! Can't wait for the next chapter!
Edit: Just found out that you're the one who wroteThe Assassination of Twilight Sparkle. *looks through your other stories* You sure do like to write them dark stories, don't you? And I can't say anything against that, seeing as they're great.
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Well, to try to stop her.
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An interesting thought, an interesting thought.
Time travel makes everything complicated, doesn't it? But the potion itself shouldn't affect the past, unless... unless Twilight brewed it wrong, but I can't see that happening this early in the story (assuming this isn't short).
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Yeah that too
Holy throne...
Wait, in three days
?! At the beginning, it took over a thousand years for this dark magic to kill Celestia! How could she have survived this long if it was meant to kill her in three days?!
Also, nice introduction of the first captain of the Solar Royal Guard, and Celestia's advisor
. I'm looking forward to what happens next
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Wow how did Celestia prolong her life? I think Celestia is going to make a major sacrifice to make sure everything is ready when Luna returns.
I don't want to be that guy, but in the very last line the first "she" should be deleted. I wouldn't have mentioned it but it did notably detract from my immersion into the tale that you're creating. Still, good story.
Why do I get the feeling that Twilight never met the real Celestia?
Wait, wait, WAIT! If she was supposed to die in 3 days, then how...?!
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The title is a spoiler — simulacrum is a word that has a meaning
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Figures
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Simulacrum; imitation, or in this context, homunculus. an artificial being, or golem, created with the memories and essence, or soul, of a specific individual with the intent of forging a near perfect copy, or doppleganger.
I'm not crying, your crying
If this Celestia was a clone, I wonder what Luna will think if she finds out that she caused her sister's death.
Wow just wow. I wonder what Luna knew when she got back and how Twilight will be able to prevent this from going public?
I think it's the second one
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Like how they reacted in the actual timeline....balistic
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Indeed it was
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It would be like before the two Princesses even ruled
. Only this time...they won't be coming back
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So much preparation for the inevitable...so little time
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You haven't...the Princesses have ruled for so long that it's led you to believe you wouldn't have to prepare for this
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Yeah, I don't think they're gonna be around for this
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Doubt it
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True that
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It wasn't just that
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...Wow...
...that would actually partly explain how Luna became so withdrawn from everypony, and why they feared her
!
Which was the beginning of the end for the Ruler of the Night...
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True, but she was not the only one who was supposed to rule...why do you think there are two rulers Thundrabolt
? because they're meant to rule together
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For some reason I knew that'd be her response...even the wisest and kindest, and most humble of rulers can get caught up in the fame and glory they get form their subjects
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For a time she was...but ever since the spread those rumors...well, Celestia already told you
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Another version of Luna, only darker...more sinister...
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Like the Dark Queen
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And by the time you realized it...it was too late
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...the title of the story
!
Wait...Grogar?! The red-eyed ram of Hearth's warming eve
?!
Guess Nightwish's ancestors had some pretty unpleasant memories of Grogar
?
CLONE
?!?!?!
Twist-tacular!
Uhh....whoa.
Well, there it is. The question is what to do about it. At least in the present they have a few alicorns to spare, so the situation shouldn’t be as bad as Archmage Poet and the Pendulum described, but it will still be rough enough whether or not the secret gets out.
Though it also sounds like things have gone a bit more roughly even before this than I remember from the show- Twilight wasn’t in that much danger in “School Raze”. To say nothing of Cadence.
And, four chapters in, we have gotten to the title sequence. :P
Let's hope that they don't have to use the spell again, and can fix this version of her. Of course, the book will of course be missing and not have a solution anyway, and Celestia will probably have to accept her faults (I doubt she's forgiven herself, given Luna's little reaction later on) and attempt to move on to survive. Alchemy being all about individual solutions and all that. My guess is that this is something the opposite of a ghost, where you need to fix the lingering issue to live on? She even said that alicorn magic is all about balance...
The characterization is so generic, and yet, I still wept. You are good!
Holy Emperor.....
Ouch. I think Twilight is going to take a long time to recover, if ever.
And from overwhelming grief, comes mind shattering madness
Ouch, that must break Twilight's heart. What is she suppose to do after this?
Oh no there is now a chance that Twilight could become corrupted now.
Well... Shit.
Ayyyy it got posted. I knew I shoulda checked last night. Looking forward to the last one bro!
Oh Twilight
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That...actually makes sense. I mean, he did have them see their greatest fears in Fall of the Crystal Empire, and he did show them that, despite being Alicorns, they're anything but invivcible
. Even Alicorns have their weaknesses regardless of how long they've been living, and Celestia and Luna are no exception
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There's also the fact that Celestia and Luna are the Goddess of the Sun and the Moon, and they move them over their journey through the sky every single day, so if they were to die...Equestria would suffer greatly
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Even the impossible can be possible
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Is that a new kind of oath
?
She's not going to last much longer...
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Damn...what an advanced spell
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Soon, the Sun will set on the Solar Queen
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And thus, the Sun sets on it's Queen...
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Farewell Celestia...may you be taken into Faust's embrace and taken to her Holy Kingdom where Eternal Peace awaits
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WHAT
?!?!
He must not have been able to handle the guilt
And thus there is a willing soul
. (also, missed a quotation mark there at the word soul Rated
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Don't make this any harder than it already is
!!!
No...no, it's not
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She's going to break when she sees it
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Uh-oh...
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Not yet huh
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Oh Faust...she's seen it now
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She's slowly breaking...
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So many secrets and lies...all revealed in one massive wave
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And the Princess of Magic's star dims out...
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Sunset needs to hear this! What is Luna going
Sunset needs to hear about this! And what is Luna going to think knowing that she killed her sister over a 1,000 years ago?
Well, then....
We pretty much knew what had happened. The real mystery is where things are going to go for Twilight and friends from here, and just what they will do with this find.
Here's hoping we get clarification on Thundralot's instructions at some point. It's not like "Celestia" has been anypony's puppet for a millennium, after all.
Such as sad ending. I wish the truth had come out as it was in my opinion preferable. I agree with Twilight Equestria was founded upon lies and I am very surprised Discord wasn't in on the truth.
Okay, that ending was a complete depression. Twilight went completely off the deep end. I am not sure I like how it ended. By that I mean no offense to your writing at all, it is great as usual, just not something I personally enjoy myself.
I liked this ending, although I wish there was an alternate one where the truth was revealed.
It is extremely rare that a story's ending makes me wish I never read something but this story has managed it.
The Endings just so dark depressing and unpleasant it just ruins the rest of the story for me.