Princess Celestia focused on the gaping wound that Twilight had suffered. She knew she was very vulnerable doing this, but she had to trust Pinkie Pie. With Twilight now dying, she really had no other choice, but she hadn't been killed yet, so Pinkie must be doing something to keep her sister occupied. She knew what she had told Pinkie, but it was a hollow couragement. A medical pony could heal her, she could only extend Twilight's time, whatever little that was. She could close the gash, but there was no way she could replace all the blood she had lost, but she would use a different life giving substance.

Magic.

Celestia knew many things from her long existence that most ponies would never learn in their entire lifetimes and things that not even her now sadistic sister did not know. She would sustain Twilight with her own power, her own magic, at least long enough until she could get help for her. Celestia saw the world much different from all other ponies, for she saw what bound life together and what really sustained it. She saw the magic in the world. It was a constant flow and system. A system that took many years for her to understand and eventually manipulate. Every pony had magic in them, but only unicorns could utilize and control it, while pegasi and earth pony's couldn't. She could see the connections, as if another set of veins, in a pony's body, intertwined with each other and with their own special aura that radiated from it.

Celestia had her eyes closed to keep her focus, but she could still see Twilight's body. Her magic was not just for her deemed purposes, but also an extension of her senses. She could feel and see with it. She could feel Twilight's broken flesh slowly come together and see the connections that ran through her body. A light purplish magic flowed through them, but they were dim and much slower. She could seal the torn flesh and she would give some of her own magic to Twilight to strengthen the flow of her magic, and would buy her dear student some more time. She had her worries though. This was actually her first time performing this type of healing. She has healed others before, but they were only minor injuries, or injuries that she knew a pony would survive. This was much different. It was now Twilight who needed help, hanging by a thread to life. Celestia was going to infuse her own magic into her student's own. She was an alicorn, meaning her magic was much stronger than any type of other pony. It would have enough power in it to sustain her student longer. Celestia's only worry was what the effect, or if any effect, this would have on Twilight, but did it matter? She wasn't going ot let her Twilight die, and whatever came from it, she would help her. She wouldn't abandon her again.

Celestia continued pouring her magic into Twilight's body. Her only concern was keeping Twilight alive. She felt It was her fault. Her own sister had done this to her, and she let it happen. Celestia knew in her heart this could have been all prevented, someway, somehow. No matter what happened or who did it, she was the ruler of Equestria, and she had to take responsibility for this. Just another regret now piled onto her lengthy list.

She continued focusing, but something was creeping in her mind. A memory, not a bad one or one that would make her lose focus, but one that only pushed her to save her student even more. One that ripped into her heart and produced a single tear from the regretful alicorn....

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"Can I bring Smarty Pants with me?" the small lavender filly asked. Celestia looked down into her big glowing purple eyes and smiled warmly at her. Celestia loved how innocent she was. She actually adored small filly's and how innocent and curious they always were.

"Of course Twilight. We wouldn't want to leave him now would we?"

Twilight beamed and ran to get her precious doll. Celestia watched as the small Twilight grabbed her beloved doll and put it in her saddlebag.

"Smarty Pants is ready!" Twilight exclaimed to her teacher, reinforcing the fact that they were actually now both ready.

"Very well then, shall we go?" Celestia asked warmly as she began to lead the way. Twilight nodded and followed her adored teacher. Celestia had a tough lesson planned for her student, but nothing that she couldn't handle. She knew Twilight was an extraordinary unicorn, and very advanced in her level of magic for her age. She wanted to test just how advanced.

Celestia entered her personal chambers with Twilight following close behind her. Very few got to see Celestia's room, but this was normal for Twilight. She had brought her here for many lessons, and this was no different.

"So what do I do today Princess?" Twilight asked eagerly. Celestia knew she was always looking forward to learning something new.

"Something simple. You see those two cups?" she said as she motioned her hoof towards a table with two clear glass cups and one of them was filled with water. "I want you to take the water from the filled glass, and levitate the water into the empty glass without spilling a drop of it."

Twilight looked at her confused. Celestia knew her student's thoughts by giving her such an easy task. Twilight could levitate many things already, though it was still pretty advanced to levitate a multitude of objects at her age.

"Princess, with all respect, but, I have done this before. I mean, I appreciate you teaching me, but I have done this before."

Celestia chuckled a bit inside. Twilight was completly right. This was actually one of her first tests when she first began teaching her to levitate things with her magic.

"It is alright my dear Twilight. I just want to see you do it again. Just to make sure you understand how to do it completely." Celestia knew that Twilight could do this easily, if it was normal water. She had taken the liberty of taking the water and enchanting it, making it immune to unicorn magic. She really wanted to test her student today.

"Alright Princess." Twilight said half-heartily. Celestia smiled at the filly. She knew that Twilight was disappointed. She was probably looking forward to learn something new. Little did the she know, she was learning something new.

Twilight levitated Smarty Pants out of her saddlebag and sat it beside her. It couldn't be just herself, she wanted Smarty Pants to learn also. "Ready?" she said to the doll. Moments later she nodded, and Celesta figured that Smarty Pants had answered her.

Twilight's horn started glimmering lightly and progressively started to shine brightly. A purple aura took hold of the clear liquid but she couldn't lift it. Twilight stopped, now even more confused than before. She tried once again to no avail. Then again and again again until she finally became way to frustrated to continue. She looked over to her now amused teacher.

"I can't lift it!? Why can't I lift it?? I had done this so many times! I'm sorry, I studied real hard when we did this, but I failed. I'm sorry please don't be mad." the small filly pleaded. Celestia was taken back. She didn't expect Twilight to act this way and now she only felt guilt in her. She wasn't looking for Twilight to feel like she had failed. She looked into the lavender unicorn's eyes noticing that she was holding back tears. Celestia laid on all fours to now be on Twilight's level.

"My dear student, I know you do your best with everything that I give you, and you exceed my expectations every time. I couldn't get upset with you for that. You have not failed Twilight, only when you give up and stop trying something, is when you fail. I have given you many tasks that most unicorns would not master until later in their lives, but you have mastered them at such a young age. You can do this."

She hoped these words were of guidance for her, not just for this lesson, but for her future. She hated to see Twilight be so hard on herself for everything she did or couldn't do perfectly, but it was also what drove her. Her drive to be the best at what she did is what makes her stand out from the rest. She had an incredible talent for magic, testament to her cutie mark, but Celestia felt even Twilight's cutie mark was not enough credit to her talent. She even ventured to think that Twilight could be more powerful with magic than she ever was one day.

She watched as Twilight smiled at her. She had got the message. Celestia knew she was a fast learner. Twilight turned back to the glass cups with a new determination. Her small horn shimmered once again and became increasingly brighter. Twilight grunted as she focused her mind on moving the water. Celestia watched as Twilight's magic took hold of the water and began to slowly move it out of the glass. She didn't show it, but inside she was astonished. The very fact that Twilight was actually moving the water out of the glass was amazing in itself. She was just a young filly, but she was performing magic that took even Starswirl the Bearded years to master. To perform magic and have it work against something that was immune to it was hard for almost all unicorns, with the exception of a few, now including Twilight being part of those few. She watched as Twilight now had the liquid in midair floating slowly to the empty glass. Twilight now had droplets of sweat coming down her face, and grunting a bit louder trying to maintain her hold on the water. Celestia now watched as Twilight slowly put the water into the empty glass, not spilling one single drop.

She was blown away to say the least. Not only had she been able to move it, but also move it to the other glass and not losing her hold on one particle of it, just as she said. If her eyes weren't wide open before, they were now. With only a few tries, she was able do it. It would have taken other unicorns years to master something this hard, especially dealing with a magic immune item, but this young filly had did it in only measly minutes. Celestia's heart swelled up with pride for her student. She was truly proud of her.

"Oh, I can't believe that was so hard. I need to study more on this. I must have missed something..."Twilight trailed off, lost in her own thought, not realizing how much she really did. Celestia laughed quietly to herself, trying to be discreet, but Twilight took notice quickly.

"What's so funny Princess?" she asked, hoping she wasn't laughing about how much trouble it took her to do something that should have been simple.

"Twilight, you never cease to amaze me. What you have done was simply amazing." Twilight gave her another look of confusion.

"What do you mean? It was just water, and it took me forever just to get it to budge."Celestia chuckled softly again, seeing how her student was so naive of what she had just accomplished.

"Twilight, do you know there have been many unicorns that have taken years and sometimes lifetimes to do what you just did? Very few in Equestria's history could do what you just did at such a young age."

Twilight only became more confused. "But all I did was just move water? There are have been plenty of ponies who can do that." Celestia smiled, knowing what she was about to tell her would throw her off.

"Not every pony can move water when its immune to magic..." The lavender filly's eyes became wide, now realizing finally what she had done. She had moved water with her magic, when it shouldn't have been able to move at all.

"I..it...magic...shouldn't have worked?"

Celestia loved to see her student's astonished expressions sometimes. "Magic shouldn't have worked on it at all, but you made it work. You tried again, and did it, and only in a few tries."

Twilight instantly let a giant smile come across her face and started bouncing around," I did it! I did it! I did it!" Celestia felt herself go warm inside, seeing how happy Twilight was.

"I did it! I can't beleive it! Thank you Princess!" Twilight exclaimed still bouncing around the room. Celestia let out a small laugh.

"Why are you thanking me? Your the one who did it my dear Twilight."

Twilight stopped bouncing and looked toward her teacher still grinning as wide as ever, still ecstatic inside about what she had just done.

"You told me to keep trying." Celestia heart melted. This little filly was thanking her for such small advice. Or was it? It might have been small to her, but maybe the biggest for her student.

"Ow," Twilight yelped, wincing at the pain that was now apparent in her head. Celestia thought maybe she had pushed her a tad bit too hard.

"Are you okay Twilight?"

"Yeah, just my head hurts a bit and I feel cold." Celestia deduced that Twilight had used much more magic than she expected. She looked over her body and saw the magic that flowed within her small body slightly slower than usual which was probably causing the chill to her young student. The headache was probably simply because the amount of focus she must have had to use.

"Come lay next to the fire Twilight. It will help warm you up."

"Umm, Princess, could I just lay,um, with you?" Celsetia was taken back once again. She was her teacher, but she treated Twilight as if she was her own daughter. Was Twilight viewing her as some type of mother figure now? She would not deny her.

"Of course Twilight."

Twilight walked over to her mentor, and laid next to her, snuggling into Celestia's side. Celestia felt the young filly's body against hers, and it filled her heart with a tender,warm, happiness. She watched as Twilight made herself comfortable.

"Thank you Princess" Twilight said quietly. Celestia looked over to the lavender unicorn, and saw her laying on her stomach with her eyes closed. Sleep would be good for her, to get rid of the headache. She watched as the innocent filly slowly let sleep take her before one last whisper.

"I wish I could be like you Princess," and Twilight succumbed to well deserved sleep.

Celestia bowed her head down hearing that last whisper from her pupil. She had wished to be like her, but she only said that based on the side she would show her. Celestia knew what Twilight meant, but something struck her heart. The fact that she wanted to be like her plunged her mind into her past. The war against Discord, and the war she fought with her sister's alter ego, Nightmare Moon, which resulted in her own sister's banishment.

She stared at the now sleeping filly, lost her in her happy dreams. She smiled with sadness in her heart and whispered a response to the now dream lost pony.

"I hope you don't become like me my dear Twilight. You are a magnificent unicorn, and you only deserve happiness and life. Don't become filled with regret and pain as I have in life." she said thinking of the night sky she would have to raise soon.

A reminder of her past yet again....
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Twilight's flesh closed itself with Celestia's magic guiding it. She felt herself waning, but she had to continue just a bit longer. She would not let her die. She would not allow it. She knew if she continued longer, her own life will be drained to supplement the lost magic she was using for Twilight, but it did not matter. If she died in the process in order for her to live then so be it. She wasn't there for her for the past ten years, but she was here now when Twilight needed her.

Celestia split her mind, one part still focusing on Twilight, and the other thought now to when she was done healing her, how she would get her out of Canterlot. She needed to get out of here along with Pinkie. This was not their fight, and she could not let Luna continue down her dark path of power. She will fight her and hold her off until they both made it out of Canterlot and to safety. The necklace would have to wait. Right now, Twilight's and Pinkie's safety was of the up most importance to her right now.

She knew General Blaze should be in Canterlot now evacuating citizens, but there was one she needed to contact. The only one that could make sure the two leave safely. She needed to find him for her sake, and for Twilight's and Pinkie's. Someone who would get Twilight to a hospital immediately without fail. Who better than Twilight's own brother..

Shining Armor...

(A/N. Well, I was very much contemplating putting this chapter up. After Pinkamena and to now switch over to this. I really hope I didn't ruin the flow of the story with this, but I also felt I had to explain what was happening with Celestia doing this, considering she is now at the mercy of Luna should Pinkamena fail, and completely vulnerable. A lot of things will be happening at the same time as Pinkamena fights Luna, but do not worry, I will be going back to her soon to see how she is doing. Anyways there is Part 15. Concerns, comments, questions if any, is encouraged. Also, I would like to know if you, the readers, would want to continue having updates almost daily, or I could do major updates being like, the rest of the chapters for Dark Descent that will take you to the end. Tell me your thoughts on this in the comments. Cheers my good fellows!)