Title: The Seventh Element
Rating: T (violence)
Chapter: Chapter 12 Wrath
AN: Well, I got a few reviews. Better than nothing. :) Btw, I call COMPLETE BULLSHIT that there HAS to be such a HUGE difference in size between Celestia and Luna. I get that Celestia is the big sister of Luna, but SERIOUSLY? She’s like the Tokyo Tower next to Luna! Idk about you guys, but I got a theory…
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“So tell me why you were found in my daughter’s bed.”

Beau had shifted from foot to foot, trying and failing to come up with an excuse. Celestia just stared at him from her golden throne, her face showing a glowing smile. But her eyes showed a different side, they burned with anger and contempt. Beau was truly frightened at the moment, he had never heard of their princess ever growing angry. Truly angry.

So Beau was the first to really piss her off.

That’s gonna be something to put in the history books.

Beau took a deep breath, “well Princess… I had no idea who she was until this morning. When I met her at the gala, I thought of her to just be… a random female-”

“So you are saying that my daughter is no different from other females?”

Beau screamed inside his head, “No your highness! I meant, I was unaware of her… standing…” He took mental deep breaths, “I meant no harm to her, honest! I just wanted to-”

“Have a meaningless one night stand?” Celestia ground out. Twilight, Rarity, Big Mac, Apple Jack and Butterscotch all cringed at her tone. Twilight had never heard her mentor this angry before. Lunar was seated on a slightly smaller throne made of black minerals and platinum. He had been leaning on his arm, which was propped up, unconcerned about the matter. This really is a bunch of nonsense, he thought to himself, She is a fully grown female, and can lead her own life the way she wants to. He snorted, But Celestia just has to be in charge all the time. Typical. His eyes wandered from Beau and onto Twilight, who was watching the case with her hands clamped together.

“No! I just wanted to get to know her better! She’s the one who practically dragged me to her room!” Beau mentally cursed himself, that wasn’t something good to say. He had been going over what he was going to say to the Princess, but now, he forgot every word. He tried to wing it and crashed and burned.

“Are you making the assumption that my daughter is no more than a common harlot?” Celestia’s face was now contorted with anger; her normally pink eyes now a blazing red.

Beau dropped to his knees, “NO! I meant to say, it wasn’t just my fault! She had as much to do with this as I do-” He lowered his voice to a whisper, “shit, that wasn’t something I was supposed to say!”

Celestia stood abruptly, “I have no further questions! Beauregard Apple, I hereby banish you-”

Lunar scowled, “Celestia!”

She stopped and glared daggers at Lunar, “this has nothing to do with you Lunar!”

He growled lowly, “oh? Trinity is my niece. And I believe I am your flesh and blood brother. Therefore my word should be taken into account as well.” He stood, “Beauregard Apple, you are to serve community service hours, a total of sixty, for Canterlot, The Celestial Palace, and Ponyville. Failure to complete community service hours will result in imprisonment for all hours left uncompleted. Do you agree to these terms?”

Beau nodded quickly, “y-yes your highness!”

Lunar nodded, “good, your hours start now. I suggest you run along and get to work.” Beau nodded and got to his feet and practically bolted out of the throne room with Big Mac and Apple Jack, who cheered in happiness, knowing their brother wasn’t going to die or be banished.

Twilight smiled, thanking whatever deity she could think of, that Lunar had been merciful enough to let Beau go. Lunar slightly smiled when he saw Twilight’s happy face, making his decision, at least to him, that much better.

Celestia was seething with anger; Lunar had let the male that had mated with her daughter unwed get away! She turned to Lunar, “What is the meaning of this!?” Twilight cringed slightly when the room shook from the tremendous power Celestia’s voice had on the throne room. Butterscotch and rarity had ushered Twilight to get up and leave before something else happens. Lunar stayed quiet, waiting till Twilight was out of the room before he retorted.

When the doors closed, Lunar glared at Celestia, “I see you have not changed since you were a little filly.” Celestia flared up, getting ready to throw her words to Lunar, but he stopped her, “enough. I already know what you are going to say. You throw tantrums whenever things don’t go your way.” Celestia clenched her hands into fists.

“Take that back!”

Lunar sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, “honestly. Stop acting like a filly. Trinity is old enough to make her own decisions.” He then crossed his arms, “If she makes a bad mistake, she makes a bad mistake. Simple as that. And don’t pull that whole, ‘I’m her mother, and I can do what I want’ attitude with me. You can’t baby her and keep her hidden forever. You’re going to have to face facts and just let her grow.” Celestia just rolled her eyes.

“I don’t see why you can act all high and mighty. I’m the ruler of this land.” Celestia regretted her words as soon as they left her mouth.

Lunar’s eyes narrowed, “don’t you dare. I am a ruler of this land as well, and I wish to be accounted for. Just because you are the Princess of the Sun, does not mean you are to be the one to take all the glory. Father had treated us fairly and equally, even after our mother had disappeared.” He straightened up, making himself the same height as Celestia, “I am the Prince of the Moon. And you will not make me your lesser. I wish to be your equal.”

Celestia stared at him silently, but she eventually unclenched her hands and let out a small sigh, “I’m sorry.”

Lunar smiled, “I’m happy to hear you say that.” He turned away and stepped down the steps and onto the ground, “I shall retire to the library. And I shall see you at dinner?”

Celestia nodded, “Lunar?”

He stopped, and turned to her, still smiling about her apology, “Yes?”

Celestia sighed, “I know about you and Twilight.” Lunar’s smile faded, “I know you haven’t made progress with your pursuit of her but…” She took a deep breath, “I cannot allow you to pursuit her.”

Lunar lowered his gaze, his mouth hung open as he took in the information. Twilight was the only thing in his life that made sense.

And now Celestia told him to forget her…? “Lunar, our bloodline must stay… pure… I’m not saying Twilight is unfit as a mate, but, she isn’t royalty. I’m sorry, but it’s the same with Trinity. She was born from a non-royal, so she will never inherit the throne. She’ll forever live life as an outcast inside her own palace. Never letting the populace know she is their princess.” She shook her head, “I know I’m not the best to tell you this, but we can’t afford to continue like this. All rulers after us will be powerless. Please see this in my eyes, I don’t want to do this, but it is the royal law. We cannot go against a law that has been set for thousands of years.”

He let out a shaky breath, “you…” Celestia stared at him.

“Please Lunar, I don’t want this either.”

“You… To hell with apologies…” He lifted his gaze as his eyes changed to icy blue, his hair dyed to the night sky, and this dark aura swirled around him. Something inside him just snapped with her words. As soon as she told him to forget about Twilight, he ignored the other words after. “You arrogant, self-centered, hypocritical bitch...” Lunar’s voice had deepened. He looked and sounded like he was someone else.

Because he was.

He fully turned, he flexed out a hand, and his horn glowed with dark magic, forming the shape of a sword in his hand, “You got pregnant with an Earth Pony’s foal. Don’t you dare lie to me! I KNOW YOU DID!!” He breathed deeply and shakily as Celestia formed her magic into a rapier. “You little fucking hypocrite… You tell me not to go and sully our bloodline, when you have done the exact same thing!! You try and take away the only thing in my life that made sense, you treat me as a lesser being… And you make me apologize…”

“You are not better than me! We were born together, on the same day, at the same time, and we were raised the exact same way! And you have the gall to make me your inferior?”

“You have made me the object of hate, fear and scorn, you have banished me to live a life of solitude and loneliness on the moon, and you take away my happiness.” The sword in his hand shone and solidified. He raised it towards her, his eyes shining with hate, “with me, Dark Night, as the lone witness, I will make you pay for your crimes. DIE!!” He dashed forward and slashed at her stomach, but was intercepted by her now solidified rapier. She pushed back, making him skid back. He immediately dashed again and swirled around her, slashing and hacking wildly.

Celestia blocked every blow he threw, even sometimes throwing a few slashes at him, but they were quickly blocked and pushed back with double the force. Celestia’s eyes tried to keep up with Lunar’s movements, but he was proving to be much faster.

He stabbed downward to her legs, she jumped and slashed to his face. He was too slow, and couldn’t block the hit.

But her rapier didn’t land on him. It was stopped by a dark shadow gripping the edge of it. It pushed her rapier back, making her drop it. Lunar kicked the rapier away from her, just as guards and others came into the throne room. He didn’t care.

He wanted her dead.

He kicked her brutally in the stomach, making her double over in pain. He brought his knee up and into her face as the butt of his sword hit her back. He heard voices approaching them, but he didn’t care. He just waved a hand, making a shadow wall surround them, making sure no one would interrupt their battle. He smirked in pleasure as he kicked Celestia to the ground, “Taste that dirt. That’s how I felt all that time on the moon.”

He kicked her again, making her spit up blood, “Blood! That pleased them so much!” He grabbed her by the hair and pulled her face close to his. His face had plastered on a psychotic smile, his eyes widened, and pupils dilated. “You condemned me to live a thousand years there! You were the one to make sure I suffered at the hands of the shadows!” He laughed hysterically, “You knew they were there! You knew the shadows would eat me alive! You knew the shadows would tear me apart and make me feel the pain. The endless pain!!” Celestia charged a magic blast in her horn and blasted Lunar away from her.

He was blown back, and his sword was sent spiraling over the shadow wall, clanking to the ground then dissolving into smaller and smaller dark bits until it was nothing. “Lunar! What are you talking about?” Celestia commanded as she wiped her mouth, getting rid of the blood that was seeping out. “Stop this at once!”

“No! You should die! Die!!” He charged a small concentrated magic blast into his hand, “I won’t let you take the only thing I want away from me! I’d rather kill you then let her be taken away!!” He swirled around and threw the ball towards Celestia with blinding speed.

She brought her hands up and made a triangle formation with her fingers, “Exhaurire Scutum!” A large magic shield had appeared before her, taking the magic shot and draining it completely. “Lunar! Please! Stand down!”

Lunar roared, “You evil bitch! I’ll kill you!!” His eyes flashed red for a second, then back to icy blue as he brought his hands up, fingers pointed towards her, “Celeri Ignis!” From his fingers shot white hot flames, in the shape of bullets, rapidly shooting towards Celestia.

Celestia kept her shield up, “Confirma! Confirma! Confirma!” She yelled the spells out, strengthening her shield. She knew she couldn’t just stand there absorbing the blows, eventually, the magic holding the shield and strengthening it would be too much for her, even if she was recovering mana with every absorbed hit. “Cogita!” Suddenly the shield curved inwards, causing the blows that were thrown at her to be reflected off.

Lunar saw the blows coming back, so he waved a hand and made a thick shadow shield, which stopped the blows and disappeared them into nothing. Celestia dropped her shield, trying to conserve whatever mana she had left at the moment. She breathed hard and deeply, unbelieving that her body could tire out this easily when using this much magic. She peered to where Lunar stood, his body was of course battered from the continuous use of magic.

But she widened her eyes as she assessed his mana levels.

He wasn’t even putting a dent into the mana pool he had. What happened to him? Where did he get that power? And why is it surfacing now?

Lunar lifted the shield away and stared coldly at Celestia. “Lunar…”

“The pain… The shadows! The evil beings that made me experience the unimaginable horrors!! The ones who twisted my mind and fed upon my flesh! The ones who sucked my blood dry every day in that hellish prison you sent me to! YOU MEANT TO MAKE ME SUFFER!!” He screamed at the top of his lungs. The ones outside the wall heard nothing, because the wall was sound proof. All they saw was a being clothed in darkness fighting their princess.

Celestia shook her head, “Lunar, I didn’t know there was anything there in the moon! Really!”

Lunar laughed, clutching his head as he stood back up, “You knew! I know you knew!! You wanted me to die in there! You wanted me to die by the hands of those beings! You wanted me to die by the hands of those things called the Lost Ones!!” He laughed and continued to screech, “The Lost Ones!!!” Over and over again as he charged dark magic balls in his hands and threw them to Celestia.

Celestia blocked charge after charge, sending over her much stronger charges. They hit Lunar, but they didn’t faze him. He just continued to shriek as his movements became more hysterical then coordinated. She sent out long vines of light magic, making them snap at him, making large gashes appear on his body. He just continued to grow into more of frenzy. His magic balls not even making towards her.

“NOOO!! NOT AGAIN!! Please! I beg you! Stop eating me!! STOP EATING ME!!!” He fell to the ground, into his own blood and shadows, twitching as he chanted to the invisible shadows with red eyes. “PLEASE! NO MORE!! Leave me alone! I don’t want it! I DON’T WANT IT!!” He burst into tears as the wall around them fazed into nothing, letting sound and the others outside the wall in. His hair and eyes changed back to their normal colors, the shadows and dark aura around him finally gone.

He lay on the ground as he twitched. “Please… Stop… No more…”

Celestia fell to the ground from the pain, her body ached from the beat down it received, but now, her heart ached.

What had she done to her brother? What had she done to Lunar?

The guards all rushed to Celestia to see if she was alright. She saw that no one seemed to care that Lunar was lying on the ground as well. She rasped put, “help Lunar as well,” as the guard picked her up, and started to carry her to the infirmary. Some guards came to Lunar and hesitantly picked him up as well, doing the same to him as they did to Celestia.

Twilight had seen the fight herself. She had seen a dark entity fighting Celestia. She couldn’t hear anything, but she saw their mouths moving. He looked angry at Celestia… He beat Celestia… He looked…

He looked like a monster.

Twilight had then seen him turn into Lunar. She gasped as his body shook, not only from whatever was said, but from the gashes all over his body from the magic that was thrown at him. She wanted to go and hold him while she healed him, but at the same time, she wanted to run. Run away from the dark magic that had literally seeped from him.

But if she did, she wouldn’t be able to live with herself, knowing she would be committing another unforgivable sin.

In the cavern with the seal…

The seal on the wall pulsed as the word, “Wrath”, spelled out in smoke letters rushed through the linear tunnel and collided with the seal. Another crack formed onto the wall, and behind the wall, the shadows squealed and shrieked in delight.

“Yes…”

Back in the palace… The west side of the palace… Potions lab…

Venom Mix gasped as he clutched his face.

He had felt a tremor in his being, a tremor he felt not too long ago, at the gala. “Solaris… We don’t have much time…” He sat himself upon a stool, taking out a small black notebook. He scribbled onto it and sighed deeply, “according to my calculations… at this rate…” He groaned as he slammed a fist against the table. “I don’t have much time…

Infirmary…

Celestia and Lunar were being attended to. The healers did not wish to touch Lunar at all, but Celestia had made it clear that she wanted him treated exactly like her.

They shut up then.

When they were both dressed and laying in the beds, Celestia had turned her head at Lunar. He was asleep at the moment, but with tear stains on his cheeks, and his hair a rattled mess. They both had their wings folded as they lay down, with bandages filled with mana salves inside, wrapped around their horns.

A nurse had told Celestia that she had a visitor, and Celestia agreed to let her in. A few moments later, Twilight Sparkle had rushed to the princess’s side, “Princess Celestia! What happened? How did the fight break out?”

Celestia patted Twilight’s arm, “Twilight, calm down. I am fine.” She winced slightly as she felt her wounds for the first time since the nurses left. “Please, don’t ask about how the fight started.”

“But Princess-”

“No Twilight. Not now.” She sighed, “I have had no idea how long Lunar has had that power, but one thing is for sure…” She furrowed her brows, “it has something to do with the Lost Ones.”

Twilight cocked her head slightly, “The Lost Ones?”

Celestia nodded, “Yes, he screamed about The Lost Ones.” She shook her head, “I don’t know what happened… But I can say this…” She turned towards Lunar, who was still asleep, “…When he was banished to the moon for a thousand years… I had caused something to happen… Something terrible… Something that had made him go through constant pain and suffering for the whole time.”

Twilight bristled slightly, “Princess…” She couldn’t find any words to say at the moment.

Celestia continued to stare at Lunar, “He wasn’t himself Twilight… He was something else… Something Darker… Something… Evil…”

“Nightmare Moon?”

“No.” Her gaze hardened, “something worse.”
DONE!
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