The Death of Princess Celestia
Chapter 6
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Upon arrival Princess Luna immediately noticed the increase of royal crystal guards around the entire empire. Her own royal guards would join forces with the crystal guards, while she attends to Princess Cadence.
Luna was shocked at the shear destruction of the Royal Crystal Castle. Most of the left wing was burnt to the ground. Tents were laid across the land, as the citizens tended to the many that were wounded.
Luna's heart sank as her hoof caught something that was lying on the ground; it was a small doll, its face half burnt. There was a pile of dust that lay next to the doll; it took the princess a while to realize that the pile of dust was in fact the dolls owner.
She had to be strong for these ponies, and she could only imagine how Princess Cadence was handling the situation.
By the time she entered the crystal throne room, she knew the situation was much worse than she had anticipated. Cadence was in disarray, her eyes were red from the lack of sleep, and her hair was much paler than usual.
"Princess Cadence, my child…my dearest apologies for not arriving sooner" Luna said as she moved towards Cadence.
"It is alright Princess Luna, most of the situation had been handled, by the time I had sent out those letters" Cadence said as she moved off her throne nearly falling over.
"Guards!" shouted Luna assisting Cadence back to the seat of the throne.
The Royal Crystal Guards arrived as quickly as possible, nearly a full army with weapons in hand.
Princess Cadence waves them away.
"It is fine I'm just tired, but that can wait." Cadence begins to stand once again, but with betting footing than before.
"It can wait" replies Luna moving to assist Cadence.
"No it cannot" Cadence looks into Luna's eyes, horror was spread across her face. "No it cannot"
Twilight walked around the Canterlot castle halls wondering why her mentor was acting really weird, since the letters she had received from her sister in law.
"Maybe it's just a simple meeting on expanding the Crystal Empire" Twilight thought as she made her way to the Royal Canterlot Archive room.
"Princess Twilight how are you today?" asked Writingmare the royal archive clerk.
Twilight smiled and ask the clerk if she had anything on old Canterlot dialect.
"Yes there might be some…hello…may I help you?" Writingmare was addressing a pony that was dressed in a dark cloak.
"An Alicorn? Are you sure?" asked Luna staring at Cadence.
"Yes, I am sure of it"
Princess Cadence now slightly rested, walked with Princess Luna to the chamber where Princess Celestia's old armor was being kept.
"Oh my.." Luna gasped at what was with in the hidden room.
Shadows of ponies left against the wall, as if a huge solar flare blasted the guards against the wall incinerating them in an instant. Only one pony had the power to do that yet to Luna that was impossible.
"How?" Luna asked Cadence, Luna felt her whole body shaking.
"May I help you?..." was the last words out of Writingmares mouth as a large bold of magic slammed against her killing her instantly.
Twilight was shocked at the sight of Writingmare being killed, by the mare that stood before her.
The mare removed her hood to reveal herself as a white alicorn, something about this alicorn seemed firmiliar to Twilight.
"Princess…." The white alicorn said in a hollowed voice, as it began to charge up its horn for another attack.
Twilight just stood there looking at the mare unable to move, her body was shacking as tears began to fall from her eyes.
"Twi…light…" The white alicorn said as its eyes began to grow dark.
Luna walks towards one of the shadows against the wall and places a hoof against it. Within seconds memories flooded her mind, the last memories that were on that ponies mind before they passed on.
The cloaked pony walked up to the hidden door and was stopped by the Royal guard name Blue Lightning. The cloaked figure removed its cloak, ignoring the guards questions, it charged its horn with magic and blasted the door with large enough heat that vaporized the guard instantly. Luna couldn't believe who the cloaked figure was.
Twilight ran down the hall, the white alicorn running right behind her. She couldn't believe that she was able to escape; luckily a royal guard had opened the door just in time for Twilight to get out of her shocked state and dodge the blast, which tore through the old archive room engulfing it in flames. The royal guard then attacked the white alicorn, but was defeated with quick haste.
Twilight called for help, as she ran towards the grand hall. She stopped near the entrance shocked by what was in front of her, as tears began to fall even more now than the did before.
"Why is this happening?" Twilight says as the white alicorn touches her shoulder, the two were both in the grand hall filled with shadows of what was once the Royal Guard.
"REVENGE" said the white alicorn as it spreads its wings and covers Twilight with them, both ponies disappearing in an instant.
"Princess Luna!" a Crystal guard rushes towards them.
"Yes?" said Luna with worry in her heart, knowing the identity of the killer couldn't possibly be true.
"Canterlot has been attacked by a cloaked figure" said the Royal guard with deep remorse.
End of chapter 6