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Beyond My Grave

by AnnEldest

Chapter 19: The Dark Side of the Morning part Three

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"Where have you been?!" It had been over a week, nearly two weeks since anypony had seen him. And now here he was right in front of me. It was strange but in a way, I was happy to see him.

"Oh, you know here and there. There and here. Here and here. There and there. And-"

"Discord!"

"What?"

"I mean specifically."

"I told you. I have been all over. You know I don't like too much of the thing at one time. I like to change it up a bit. Keep it on its tippy toes," he said.

"What?" I had no idea what he was saying. "Discord, I'm being serious. We all been worried sick about you," I said.

"You been worried sick about me? I haven't-"

"Discord don't even start that," I said.

"Hmm. Looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed," he laughed.

"For your information, I wasn't in bed," I said rudely.

"Well, that's hardly my fault. I haven't been around, remember? So obviously I have no idea what has been going on here," he said. He crossed his arm and closed his eyes. When he reopened them, he took a long good look at me. His eyes moving up and down. "But going by your appearance, I'm guessing it hasn't been well."

I felt really bad that Discord had to see me like this. And what hurt me more was that he had no clue of what I was doing in the bathroom. What would have of happened if he found me? I was glad he came when he did. I didn't want him to be the one to find me dead.

"What is that supposed to mean?" I asked madly.

"Well, it surely couldn't be that long since you looked in the mirror." It wasn't even ten minutes when I last did. When I decided to end it. He snapped his fingers and a large mirror appeared in front of me."Cause when I said you woke up from the wrong side of the bed, I should have said you woke up on the wrong side of the grave. Cause you did." I turned my head and looked away. I refused to look at myself in the mirror. Not after what I was planning on doing to myself.

"You're insulting me now?"

"No. I'm giving beauty tips. Rarity said it's very important these days," he answered. He snapped his finger and the mirror went away. "There's no harm in that."

"Forget what Rarity said. I am more worry about where you been for the last 2 weeks. Everypony has been wondering, nopony knew where you have been and Fluttershy has been really worrying about you."

"Why is everypony worry about me?"

"Cause you been missing."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Who said I was missing?"

"Fluttershy did. She has been looking everywhere for you and-"

"Wait, what? How do you know this?" he asked.

"She sent me a letter and she told me," I said. He stopped and looked at me. I could tell he was starting to get worried about something.

"What did she tell you?"

"Why?"

"What did she tell you?" he said, more firm this time.

I rolled my eyes."She said you told her that you were going to see me at the hospital. And saying how you were acting strange around her. She didn't say a lot to me. Just that I was the last known pony to see you."

He groaned and covered his face with his paw."But she said enough. I told you not to say anything, Fluttershy." He threw his arm in the air."Well, since she already screwed up my plan, I might as well say it. It's not the way I wanted to bring it up. But, oh well. What happened that night?"

I blinked a couple of time, confused."What?"

"That night at the cemetery, Luna. What happened to you? How did you get the broken wing?" It was the moment I was scared of. It was finally here. I knew it was coming. It took longer than expected but it was here. I didn't know what to say. I didn't want to lie to him. But I couldn't tell him the truth. He wouldn't believe me. He would think I was crazy. I couldn't tell him.

"I don't know," I lied. But he did have the right to know. But that was when I remembered. He lied to Celestia. So he had to know more than he was letting on, but I couldn't say anything. He would know that I was lying then.

"Luna, you been avoiding this question or just saying 'I don't know'. But you do know. Do you honestly expect me to believe that? Now I'm going to ask you again. What happened that night?"

"I just said I don't know. I don't remember a lot from that night. I don't even remember leaving. I remember waiting for you but that's it," I said. Just believe me. Please just believe me.

"Luna, you can spit though lies to Celestia all day but I'm not stupid. Not that I'm saying Celestia is stupid but she believes anything that comes from your mouth." He went up to me, very close to my face. Discord's demeanor had changed. He sounded angry, but yet desperate at the same time."What happened that night, Luna? Truthfully?"

"I don't know!" I yelled."Why must you know? Everypony wants to know. But I don't know anything. I have been through a lot. Just look at me. You can tell. Can't you just accept that? Why can't you accept that?" I begged. I couldn't be mad at Discord. It wasn't his fault. But I was. Maybe it was because he was pressuring me.

"First of all, I can tell you been through a lot. That's why I'm here. Whatever happened, it messed you up a lot. Secondly, everypony wants to know because clearly, something happened. But you haven't said anything. What do you accept? And NO. I can't except the point that you look like you been tortured. Celestia may let things slide. But I don't. Sorry for caring."

"I never asked you to care!" I yelled.

"I never thought I needed to ask you."

"I never thought you would care. You never did before," I screamed. "You don't care."

"Now that's hurtful. You really think I never cared about you anytime in your life?" He asked, madly. He sighed in frustration.

"When have you?" I asked."Tell me. When have you ever cared about me?"

He paused for a second. "Just because I wasn't THERE doesn't mean I never took concern about you, or Celestia for that matter, In my life."

"That doesn't answer my question?"

"But you never answered mine. So now we're even. Doesn't feel so good, does it?"

"You don't have any clue how I feel." I knew better than to say that. But I didn't want to admit he was right. At least, not to him. But I knew very well he was. Also, all I could think about was the pills in my bathroom. What would Discord have done if he knew what I was going to do in there? I hung my head low and sighed. I wanted to die. I felt like death was the only way to be free from this burden. That was how I felt.

"You're right, I don't. But I do know that what you're feeling isn't good. That's why I'm here. To find out what happened," he explained calmly to me.

"Why, though? Why do you want to know?" I asked.

"Because I hate to see you like this," he answered. I sat down on the floor. I couldn't even stand anymore.

"What? I don't understand. How you been spying on me or something?" I asked, sadly. I meant to say it cruelly but I couldn't even be mad at him. If anything I was more upset than I was in the bathroom. Why did you show up Discord? I would be dead right now. I would be free from this hell. I would be away from everything. But no. You had to come and ruin everything.

"Forget about that. It's not important. What is important is you telling me the truth."

"I don't know. I really don't know." I could feel my eyes watered. I tried to hold them in but my throat started to hurt.

Discord sighed."Luna...I'm trying to help. Really I am. But I can't if you don't tell me. Look, I'm not Celestia, Twilight, or Starlight. I'm not going to act like them. Whatever is going on, you can tell me." I looked up at him. He really did care. But still, I couldn't tell him. He wouldn't believe me. I knew he wouldn't. He may have been nice now, but the second I told him, he would have changed. I couldn't risk it. I didn't want too. Nopony ever did believe me, so why would he?

"Discord...I.." I didn't know what to say. He sat down in front of me and grab both of my hooves.

"What happened that night?" he asked. I looked at him. I wanted to tell him. I really did. It was hard not to say anything. I wanted to let it all out. But I couldn't. I knew what would happen if I did. So I said nothing. I pulled my hooves away from him.

"Why don't you tell him?" My eyes widened. Oh please. Not now. Please not now. I looked behind Discord and there she was. The same damn griffin. She was leaning on the wall, her arms crossed. "Just tell him."

"What are you looking at, Luna?" Discord asked. I looked back at him. He was looking at the wall where I was looking, trying to see what I was looking at. He turned and looked back at me."Do you see anything?"

"No. I see nothing."

"Of course you don't. That's why I'm standing here and why your friend can't see me."She smiled." Also for the record, you can't lie to yourself anymore. You knew very well who I am."

I don't care who you are. Just leave me alone.

"Luna!"

"What?"

"What happened that night?"

"Yeah, princess. What happened?" She walked up behind me and put her face close to my ear. "Tell him. Tell him what I did to you. Tell him what I been doing to you. Tell him what you saw. Tell him what you been seeing. Tell him what you been dreaming. Tell him who I am. Tell him what you know. Tell him. TELL HIM ALL OF IT. TELL HIM!"

I got up and turned around to face her. "SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP YOU BITCH! Can't you just shut up and leave me alone?!" I was crying at this point. Tears rolled down my face like a waterfall. "Why can't you leave me alone? What do you want from me?!" She took a few steps back, a little stunned. But then she smiled and started laughing.

"What's so funny?" I asked.

"Behind you, princess." I was confused at first but quickly realized my mistake. I felt my body shaking as I slowly turned around. Discord looked at me, frightened. I just stood there, feeling so guilty. Now I really wanted to take all those pills. Discord saw me. He now knew I was crazy. I exposed my secret and soon everypony would know about it. I failed once again. I tried so hard, only to fail.

"Discord, I can explain."

"Luna..are you...okay?" he asked."Who were you...what...were..." he was lost for words.

"I need to leave." I trotted past him to get to my bedroom door. But I wouldn't be able to leave. He quickly flew in front of me and grab ahold of my front hooves and held a tight grip on them.

"No, Luna. Not till you tell me. What happened that night?"

"I don't know," I said, still crying. I struggled to get out of his hold but I wasn't strong enough. I really was weak. I really couldn't do anything for myself anymore. Maybe die. But that was it. "Let go of me, Discord!" I cried.

"Luna, tell me. What happened that night?!'" he yelled.

"I don't know! Let me go!" The more I struggled, the tighter his grip became.

"Luna, please. I'm begging you. Please tell me!" he cried. "I need to know!"

"I don't know." I almost got out of his hold, but right before I could, he pushed me into my wall so I wouldn't have much room to move. I tried to push him away. I used all the strength I had but I wasn't strong. I lost my strength. I had none left.

"Discord stop! You're hurting me. Stop!"

"Tell me, Luna. What happened?"

"I DON'T KNOW" I screamed. This wasn't like Discord. He never acted anything like this before. I never was once scared of Discord before. But the face he made, the way he was shouting at me and the way he was acting scared me. It made me wondered what could have been happening to him. But I couldn't tell him. Not this.

"Stop! Let go, please."

"Luna!"

"Discord, please. Let go!"

"Tell me!"

"Discord, stop! You're hurting me!"

"Luna!"

"Discord!"

"Tell me!"

"Stop! Stop! You're hurting me!"

"WHAT HAPPENED?!"

"I CAN'T TELL YOU!"

The room fell silent. We both looked at each other, shocked. What were we doing? It was clear we were both scared. Of what, though? Something did happen that night and we were both paying the price for it. What was happening to us? What were we becoming? This was my fault. All of this was all happening because of me. I couldn't stop it. There was nothing I could do about it. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't fix it. I couldn't do anything. I couldn't do anything right. There was nothing I could do to stop it. I was a fool to think I could. I was worthless, careless, useless. Hopeless.

Discord was still staring at me.

"You wouldn't believe me. Nopony ever does."

Before Discord could say anything the door flew opened. Celestia ran in with two guards behind her. She gasped at the sight of seeing me being pinned against the wall by Discord, who still had his grip on my front hooves.

"Discord?!"

"Celestia?" he said, shocked.

"What are you doing to Luna?" she asked."What is going on here?"

Discord finally let go of me and back away from me. I fell to the floor and started crying. I didn't care who saw me. There was no point in trying to hide it. Not anymore.

"Nothing, Celestia. We were just talking," he answered.

Celestia scoffed. "Talking? The whole castle could hear you two. But what I want to know is why were you pinning my sister against the wall?!"

"Things got a little out of hand."

"A little! You were attacking her!" She yelled.

"I wasn't attacking her," Discord said.

"Then what were you doing?"

"Talking. I just said that, Celestia."

"I wouldn't call that talking," Celestia said.

"You don't know what happened."

"I know what I saw."

"Do you?"

"Stop it! Both of you!" I yelled out. They both stopped and turned their heads toward me. "Just please stop."

"What did you do to my sister, Discord?" Celestia asked.

"What? Me?" Discord cried."What do you mean by that?"

"Luna was finally doing better. She was well. She was fine. She was happy. But then she follows YOU to some old cemetery and all hell breaks loose."

That's one way to put it. I thought.

"You can't blame me for this." She got close to his face.

"Did you do it? Did you break her wing? Is that why she can't remember? Is that why you went missing? Is that why you're here?" she asked.

"No, I didn't do a thing to her. Do you really think I would do something like this to her? Do you really think I'm that cruel?!" he screamed. "Plus, I wouldn't believe her when she said she don't remember. Clearly, something happened to her. Just look at her."

"I know something happened."

"You think I did something?"

"I think you know something," She answered.

"Well, I don't. That's why I'm here. To get answers from Luna," Discord said.

"Is that why you had her pinned against the wall, crying?"

"Celestia, I just..." At this point, I wasn't even listening as two went back in forth with each other. I didn't care. I just wanted them to leave so I could be alone. I didn't want them here. They didn't understand. They would never understand. I didn't care if they did. It didn't change how much pain I was in. I covered my ears, trying to block them out. I didn't want to hear more yelling.

"You're so careless!"

"At least I'm doing something. You barely even notice anything was wrong."

"I just had a talk with her at like 5 in the morning."

Just shut up. Please just shut up you two.

"I'm trying to help."

"You think you're really helping?"

"You think YOU are helping?"

"None of you are helping!" I spoke up. I got up from the floor and looked at them. "Just stop. Both of you just stop. I don't need this. I have been through so much. You think pressuring me is going to help me?"

Celestia sighed."I'm sorry. I have just been worry about you."

Discord rolled his eyes."If you truly were, you would have done something sooner."

"I have been. I have been doing everything that I could do." she looked over to me."Luna, I just want to help you."

"Then stop. That would be pretty damn helpful," I said.

"Luna, I just want-"

"Discord, please. I don't want to talk. I want to be alone." Before either of them could say or do anything, I lit up my horn and I teleported away. I didn't want to deal with them. I didn't want to deal with anypony. I knew Celestia wouldn't be too pleased that I left the castle like that, but I needed to get away from everypony. I wanted to be away. I would deal with them later. I went back to the garden and laid under a tree. I didn't even know what to do next. I thought about resuming with my plan but I started to wonder if it was a good idea. Maybe I should wait just a little while longer. Just until everypony calm down a bit.

"You know, you could've just told him?" I looked up and saw her.

I was getting tired of this."You know, you could just leave me alone?"

"True, true." She sat right next to me."But then you wouldn't learn anything from this. And we wouldn't want that, now would we?"

"What do you want? Just tell me," I begged."Whatever is it, I'll give it to you. Please."

"If I told you, you would only just do it so I would stop bugging you. You need to figure it out on your own."

"I don't know how too."

"Tell him."

"I can't."

"Then good luck."

"Please. Just give me a hint or something." She looked at me for a minute. It looked like as if she was debating something. She got up walked in front of me.

"I guess I could. I don't know, though. Hmmm. Sorry. But I gave you one already."

"No, you haven't!" I yelled.

"Yes, I did."

"When?"

"Tell him."

"Stop saying that. I'm not going too. He won't believe me. Celestia never believed me. Nopony had ever believed me. I won't tell him. I'm sick of ponies of saying I'm crazy. I'm not going to say anything. It's better this way. So stop telling me that," I said.

"You really are a stupid bitch!" she yelled as a scowl spread on her face.

"I just said-Ah" She didn't even let me finish. Just all of a sudden she swatted me in the face so hard I fell to the ground.

"Get up. I dare you! I'm so tired of hearing your lies."

I struggled to stand back up. But I wasn't going to let myself get attack by the Griffin twice. "I'm not lying! Why don't -AH.." She slapped me again, harder this time, knocking me back to the ground. I never felt so helpless in my life. I just wanted this to be over. I didn't know what to do anymore. I couldn't fight. I couldn't stand up for myself anymore.

"Maybe I'm wasting my time with you. You're lucky I still have hope for you."

I wouldn't say it's luck.

"Also, if you try to kill yourself again, you'll regret it." She walked up and gave me a hard kick in my stomach. I groaned in pain as I laid there on the ground.

"Please, just stop this."

"I still have hope. Don't let me down. Please don't," she said calmly.

I closed my eyes. This can't be real. It isn't real. None of this is real. It's all in my head. Why won't this all go away?

"I see you need time alone. When you open your eyes, I'll be gone."

Please leave. Just leave me alone. Everypony just let me rot here and die.

All I was was sadness, every other emotion pushed from my being. Where there was the love, the light, the laughter was nothing more but an aching hollowness. I was honest and full of more love for you than you can ever understand. Sometimes I was a somebody, somebody in pain and sadness. But sometimes I was a nobody, and I didn't seem to feel anything at all. Now I don't seem to exist at all...

It just turned noon. The morning was finally over. But yet the day still seems so dark.

Author's Notes:

Yeah, not as short as I thought it would be. But hey...Discord was in it. ShadowstarEx helped me a little with this one. The next 3 chapters will be all about Discord. ShadowstarEx will be playing a big role with them. They're going to be a lot longer and better. Also, the newcomer, the one I mention chapters earlier, will also be in the next 3 chapters with Discord. It's going to be big, fun, spooky and funny. And very scary!!! It's a break from the dark and depressing stuff. Hopefully, if all goes as planned, they will be posted at the same time. So big things coming up.

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