this isn't only a sadfic, it's a grimdark. "pinkie got serious, then we started having a series of really substantial conversations." goddamn this is terrifying!
Wow I love the monologue with Twilight about Pinkie Pie. I love the way she worded it; everyone was living a dream, but Pinkie was a lucid dreamer, able to control at will what happened around her. And I love how although she realises she's in one of many realities, it doesn't mean the one she's in is meaningless, and how she teaches that to Twilight. That's what helps her overcome fears of death (before she became an alicorn) as well as being blinded by grief from the deaths of others. It's just sad this didn't go through to Cadence.
If you loose someone in your life, it leaves a hole in your path. A great large hole in your future. It is a empty hole of sorrow, regret, loss, sadness, and ego. You either fall in that hole, or build a bridge over that hole and walk on. Remember, that person, animal, or thing, it would want you to move on.
😢This story was heart warming and really made me think of life is it just a dream does their lie another world that's more magical and beautiful then ours...... I used to be scared of death the thought of it creeper me out but now not so much I really love this story and I'm actually thinking of making a part 2 to it thank you so much this is one of my favorite story's💙😭😭😭😢
I love Pinkie so much, I can't even. I love her, I just love how she'll keep trying and trying to make someone happy. And she smiles, and has a positive attitude. I just, I love her personality, and her adorable and weird things.
I understand Cadance was grieved, but what an insensitive way to think of Celestia and Luna. Just because they've had to learn to cope with loss doesn't mean they feel no love or pain. By the way, Scribbler, you do a very good Cadance voice; I could hear the character speaking through your narration.
I can imagine a version of this fanfic cadence slowly loses the "love" in her heart and becomes cold and disheartened and becomes similar to chrysalis and it's hypotheses that chrysalis was made like this as created the changelings as way of copeing for her loss now that be a good little theory...what you all think
Well now we have coocoo sun goddess who was happy about her niece dying, just so she could spend eternity with an annoyingly adorable unicorn gone allicorn.
Wow...this is messed up. Cadence literally gave up her alicorn status to Twilight so she could die and be with Shining Armor in the afterlife. That is both beautiful and sad. I take it this is an alternative universe where Twilight wasn’t an alicorn at first, but became one.
Cadance and Shining Armor are going to have eternal life in Heaven anyways. Sooner or later, every pony in Equestria will take their last breaths and reunite as one in the afterlife.
Almost no story or book has ever made me cry, but when i do hear stories that can actually affect my emotions they always become my favorite. Again, thank you for taking the time to read this story, your incredible narrative abilities made the fanfic all the more better.
For Princess Mi Amore Cadenza so loved her sister-in-law, that she sacrificed her own immortality so that Twilight Sparkle shall not perish, but have everlasting life.
this is now my favorite story and most likely will be until the end of time. Wow this has such an unexpected beauty I was no ware even remotely able to see coming. I was so engulfed in the story I didn't even realize I wasn't actually watching it. Simply Amazing
damn it. even after all this time (and knowing how the show's cannon doesn't apply at all here) this reading is still so powerful in the emotions. I', pretty sure it's my favorite of all your readings.
That is one of the reasons I say love is a double edged sword, a very powerful sword indeed. A gift of happiness for the risk of a very painful heart. And since I’m very cautious I won’t take that risk thank you very much.
it's an alternate universe fic, so magical mystery cure never happened, and alicorns don't have the ability to create alicorns without killing themselves
I never cry and this video made me almost cry, but i didnt cry because its 1 am and i didnt want to have my mom wake up because she heard me crying. Great video
*Part 4 (Final)* “No, wait. Candence, stop!” Twilight begged, but to no avail. Cadence leaned her head in, and touched her horn to Twilight’s. There was a brilliant flash of blue light, and Cadence was gone. Her body disintegrated into luminescent dust that streamed out into the night breeze to be scattered across Equestria. Twilight was too stunned for a moment to realize what had happened. The first thing she noticed was that her aging body no longer ached. She felt young again. She felt better than young. She felt stronger than she ever had. She had become accustomed to always being tired, but now she felt tireless. Most of all, she could feel the Alicorn magic inside of her. It was so powerful she was terrified that it would burn her up from the inside. She began frantically turning her head every which way to get a good look at her body. She let out a stifled screech when she saw that she had a violet pair of feathered wings, tinged a dark purple near the edges. They were bigger than most Pegasi’s wings as well. Her coat, mane and tail once again had a youthful luster, and even a glimmering of the divine. Twilight looked up and saw that her horn was significantly longer than before, as well as pointier. The floor seemed further away than it had a moment ago. She was taller, almost as tall as Luna. Her legs were long and her body was sleek, changed from the short stout frame of a Pony. Twilight’s mind was racing, trying to take in her radical transformation and its consequences, when there was a flash of light behind her. Celestia had teleported into the room, no doubt sensing the powerful spell that had been used. The sight of Twilight as an Alicorn rendered her speechless. “I’m sorry!” Twilight said, tears streaming down her face. She was terrified her teacher would hold her responsible for Cadence’s demise. “I’m so so sorry! I didn’t know what she was going to do! I didn’t ask for this! I didn’t want her to die! I begged her not to! I’m sorry Princess! Please, please don’t hate me!” Celestia slowly sat herself down. She held out her forelimbs, and Twilight raced into them. They embraced each other tightly. As Celestia shushed Twilight while stroking her mane with her hoof, Twilight became aware that Celestia was crying as well. But they were tears of joy. “Don’t feel guilty, My Little Pony,” Celestia consoled her. “This was Cadence’s choice, and it was hers to make. She’s with Shining Armor now, and happier than she ever would have been in this world again. It’s far better this way. Your hooves are clean in this, do you understand?” Twilight nodded, wiping the tears from her eyes. “But promise me Twilight, promise me that you’ll never do what Cadence just did. Promise me that you’ll always be my most faithful student. Promise that you’ll stay with me forever. Promise me.” Twilight smiled at her teacher. “I promise Princess,” she nodded, and nuzzled Celestia's neck lovingly. The ancient Sun Goddess gently cradled the newborn immortal, as any mother would to her child. Her love for Twilight, which she had forced herself not to feel more and more as the Unicorn aged, suddenly overwhelmed her. She felt like a new mother, overcome with love and gratitude and awe over her perfect, precious child. She stared in wonder at the brilliant, beautiful, magical daughter that was now hers for all eternity. An eternity that now seemed considerably brighter. "I love you, Twilight Sparkle. I will love you forever," Celestia promised, smiling at her child. "I love you too Princess, forever and always," Twilight replied. And thus ended the mortal life of the Crystal Princess Mi Amori Cadenza, Goddess of Love, and began the immortal life of the Evening Princess Twilight Sparkle, Goddess of Magic, and Friendship.
You should redo this sometime, its one of my favorite stories and some of the audio is a bit weird. Cadence's voice is really loud compared to anyone else's and those little beeps always make me jump.
*Part 3* “Not all dreams fade, Twilight,” Cadence said. “Not all dreams seem meaningless upon waking. My love for your brother is transcendent and ever-lasting. Even in death my love for him is all-consuming. No matter what bizarre form his spirit may now take, no matter what strange reality it may now dwell in, I know he still loves me. And…I think your friends still love you too.” She tried to smile, but couldn’t. Another wave of despair overcame her, and she started weeping again. “Sometimes, cynical Ponies would say something to me about being married to the same stallion for eighty years, as if it were a long time. It really didn’t feel like that long. Why do you have to die so soon?” Cadence choked back another sob. “Twilight, I never wanted to be a Goddess,” she said. “I’ve always thought of myself as a Pony. I’ve lived my life as if I was a Pony. I was a babysitter when I was a teenager for Celestia’s sake! Now I am expected to live on until the end of time, without the one Pony who gave my life meaning? What happens if I do? Will I become like Celestia? Will the passing of each generation become nothing more than the changing of the seasons, then nothing but the rising and setting of the sun? Will mortal lives seem so brief to me that I am no longer capable of even forming the simplest of friendships? Then I would truly be alone in this world, forever. I can’t do that. How could anypony?” “Cadence, you won’t be alone,” Twilight assured her. “You’ll have Celestia, and Luna, and your daughter, and even Spike.” “Spike’s a plothole,” Cadence claimed. Twilight gave the grieving goddess a cold glare. “He is not a plothole,” she said through her teeth. “He’s a Dragon, and Dragons are usually solitary, so they lack the social skills of more gregarious species. Because of this, Spike can be a little insensitive at times, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a good heart.” Cadence sighed, and nodded apologetically. “I’m sorry Twilight,” she said. “It may be a good heart, but it’s still a Dragon’s heart. Dragons can endure millennia of solitude with ease. I cannot. I need to love and be loved, Twilight. With Shining Armor gone, there’s an agonizing void inside me that I cannot live with, and I do not believe anypony else can fill it. No mortal can fill it, for they will die and leave me alone again. Skyla reminds me so much of her father that I cannot even bear to look at her. Celestia and Luna are so ancient that they are as untouchable to me as they are to you, and Dragons are not Ponies! “I am a Goddess of Love, who must now face eternity without Love. Twilight, do you envy me my immortality, especially with your own end so near?” Twilight hesitated. “Please Twilight, answer me honestly,” Cadence insisted. “Yes,” Twilight said softly. Cadence’s face twitched with anger. “Why?” she demanded. “I…I love this world. I’ve spent my whole life studying it. I even saved it a few times. I have a lot invested in this world, and it’s all I’ve even known. I do miss my parents, and my friends, and now my brother, and I wish I could have them back. But I love Celestia like a mother, and Spike like a son. They must remain in this world for eons. I don’t want to leave them. I don’t want to forget them. I wish I could stay here with them.” “Celestia loves you as well Twilight,” Cadence told her. “She has loved many mortals, and over the ages has become numb to their loss. Nonetheless, I believe your passing will pain her. I wish to spare her that pain.” “You can’t Cadence. I’m going to die whether I want to or not,” Twilight said. She suddenly became aware that her body had been enveloped in the blue aura of Cadence’s magic. “And you don’t want to die,” Cadence said. “I’m going to live forever whether I want to or not, and I don’t. So, how about a trade?” “What are you talking about? You can’t make me immortal,” Twilight claimed. “I can’t share my Alicorn magic, but I can give it away,” Cadence told her. “Think of it as a magic transplant.” “What! Cadence, you can’t die! The Crystal Empire needs you!” Twilight claimed. “My daughter Skyla will make a fine Crystal Princess,” Cadence replied. “Perhaps she will have the strength to endure until the end of time, but I know I don’t. My heart breaks every time somepony I love dies, and I can’t take it anymore. I can’t bear to watch any more of you die.” “Cadence, please think of what you’re giving up!” Twilight pleaded. “You’re depressed now, you’re not thinking clearly! You’re giving up eternal life! I can’t take that from you!” “This life is worthless to me now without Shining Armor,” Cadence said. “The world is now grey and ugly and foul in his absence, and I cannot tolerate it one minute more. I would rather risk non-existence than to exist forever without him. If Shining Armor does still live on in some form on some plane of existence, then I must find him. If it takes me all eternity, I will find my beloved again. “Twilight, I didn’t choose you just because you happened to be here right now. I knew I was going to give away my Alicorn magic as soon as I lost Shining. I thought long and hard about who to give it to, and could think of no one worthier than you. You’ve become the most powerful Unicorn alive, but you’ve always used your powers for good. I know you’ll use Alicorn magic wisely. You’re more than just a good Pony Twilight, you’re a hero! You’re one of the greatest heroes in history. I was just born an Alicorn. You deserve it.” “Cadence, please, I don’t want to live forever if it means killing you!” Twilight exclaimed, struggling to escape the vice of Cadence’s spell. “Don’t you understand? I don’t want this anymore!” Cadence screamed. “I never wanted this! Immortality in a world of mortals would be an eternity of heartache, and that would be Tartarus for me! I am asking you to be my salvation. Every mortal you’ve ever loved has died, and yet you still find beauty and meaning in life. My immortality is wasted on me, but imagine what you could do with a thousand years of study and practice. Imagine how all of Equestria would benefit from your talents. You’d be a far better Goddess than me Twilight. “This isn’t just your gift Twilight, it’s a gift for all of Equestria, including its Princess. Celestia loves you dearly. She loves you more than she loves me, and I don’t blame her. It’s been centuries since she’s wept over the death of a mortal, but I think she would do it for you. But she won’t have to now. Instead she’ll have the immortal daughter she’s dreamed of for so many ages, a child to mold and raise and teach forever, somepony who will ease the burden of her godhood. Something I’ve never been, and could never be. “Good bye Twilight. Please don’t waste my gift to you. Make my aunt happy, and Equestria proud.”
Gorgeous tale. I wish twilight would have supported cadence .. but hey most don't understand or are unwilling to accept death as it is. So I suppose I can't blame her. In the end, celestia received the best gift of all. Too bad we never found out if cadence and shinning armour did indeed reunite after she passed. Sad missing detail there...
*Part 1* Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria, a valiant knight married a beautiful princess. They lived in wedded bliss for many years, but not forever. He was a Unicorn. Magic, but mortal. As the years passed he became long in the tooth, as equines do. His coat dulled, his mane greyed, and his body slowly but surely succumbed to entropy. She was an Alicorn. The casual observer would describe her as a winged Unicorn, or a horned Pegasus, but Alicorns were far more than that. She was a Goddess in equine form. She possessed magic beyond that of even the mightiest Unicorns, power enough to move the stars themselves. Such power kept her physical body eternally young and healthy, and that power would only grow with the passing of the ages. Entropy never laid so much as a gloved hand on her. Alas, she could not share this power with others, not even her beloved Shining Armor. She chose simply not to think of this. Thanks to her magic, he aged so gradually and so gracefully that she hardly even noticed he was getting older. Still, her spells only treated the symptoms of senescence, not its cause. One day, when Shining Armor was over a hundred years old… “Celestia!” Cadence screamed as she teleported into the Throne Room. She had brought her husband with her. He lay on his side, his breathing laboured. He was only semi-conscious. Cadence was frantic, with tears streaming from her eyes. “Celestia! Help me!” she screeched hysterically. Celestia immediately rose from her Throne and rushed to her niece’s side. “What’s happened?” she asked, examining Shining Armor. “I don’t know. He just collapsed. I’ve tried everything I know but he won’t wake up,” Cadence explained frantically. “What is it? What’s wrong? Why won’t he wake up?” Celestia looked upon her young niece with pity. Cadence was as old as Shining Armor, but for an Alicorn she was still just a child. Celestia had taken a mortal lover in her youth as well, and like Cadence she had been willfully blind to his inevitable passing. Refusing to acknowledge the inevitable only made it even more devastating. She wished she could have spared Cadence this pain, but she knew it was a lesson she would have to learn on her own. “He’s dying Cadence,” Celestia whispered, softly and sadly. Cadence stared at her in utter shock. “Do something!” she demanded. “He’s beyond all help now. Even mine,” Celestia said. “No!” Cadence wailed. “No! I can’t lose him! You have to save him!” “I can’t,” Celestia said simply. “What do you mean you can’t!?” Cadence demanded. “You’re the most powerful Pony in Equestria. How can there be nothing you can do?” “For millennia my subjects have asked me to prolong the lives of their loved ones, even resurrect them from the dead,” Celestia replied. “I tell you what I tell them. Even I have no power over death.” “No! You’re wrong! If Alicorn magic makes us immortal, then why can’t it do it for somepony else?” Cadence asked. “Your Alicorn magic is an intrinsic part of your being Cadence. You cannot share it with another any more than you can share your heart,” Celestia explained. “I have shared my heart!” Cadence told her. “Nearly all my life now, I’ve shared my heart with Shining Armor, and if he dies then I will never be whole again. Please Celestia! Save him!” “I’m sorry my child,” Celestia said, lowering her head. “There is nothing I can do.” “No! No!” Cadence screamed. Her horn began to glow with a ferocious light, and Shining Armor was encompassed with a blue aura as Cadence infused his body with as much magic as she could. “Please! Please Shining don’t leave me here. Don’t leave me alone forever.” Shining Armor’s eyes slowly opened, and he looked into the eyes of his beloved wife. She smiled at him, and he smiled back. “Mi Amori Cadenza,” he whispered. “My Love Cadence. “Goodbye.” And then his eyes closed, and his heart stopped. “No!” Cadence screamed. She cast spell after spell, but nothing brought him back. Finally she threw herself on the body and hugged it desperately. She started screaming as if she had literally been ripped apart. Her horrific screams were heard throughout the palace, bringing every member of the Royal Guard and everyone else within earshot to the Throne Room. “It’s all right,” Celestia claimed, holding back the crowd with her mere presence. “Just let her be for now. Just…let her be.”
If Princess Cadence is truly Immortal, then she made a bad choice: 1. The universe would expire due to entropy, she would survive.... 2. She would not be alone after a long but finite time, either by Poincare Recurrence Theorem, or by quantum tunneling and fluctuations, the universe would reform itself. So for her to see her true love again, she need to wait about 10^10^10^10^56 years.
😢😢😢😢😢 So sad and so beautifull. I thought it was just another fanfic, not something that would actually matter to me 😢 So wonderfully read and written.
OMG...I was bawling like a baby...So lovely written. Pastel colored ponies sure can cause such drama and inspire beautiful stories such as this. Amazing what a simple cartoon can do huh?
when the picture of cadence and shining armour appeared a thought appeared in my head, if an alicorn transfered there magic to a unicorn/pegasus would the alicorn no longer have there wings/horn wether they where born one or not? or would they still have them on death?
As much as I DESPISE the fact that my least favorite pony (Twilight) is allowed in this story, I LOVE the callbacks to the show. That was something you don't find in many fanfics so I give an B+ for that. :) I also like Pinkie's idea of the afterlife.
Ngl Celestia confirming Cadance’s belief Celestia loved Twilight more and would want her to live on instead - that kinda hurts 😭 imagine how long Cadance felt like that
I like to draw when I listen to these. I always draw ponies and they are simple pieces. Candace's scream frightened me so bad. Also Pinkie is a god confirmed. Though what Twilight talked about if similar to many things I have thought about. kinda. But it also it's a thought that could honestly put human civilization in chaos. Not only that but Pinkie just confirmed my whole 'everything is a game' thing is true and the next time a girl at my school is like 'No it isn't' I'm going to drop this stuff on her
Poor Cadence man poor Cadence the fact her love for shinning crosses worlds. But I believe they will reunite regardless of time. Time is an illusion and so is death. The body dies but not the soul.
That was beautiful happy ending over all and what pinkie pie suggested that there is a afterlife it will still be there still even at the end of time as they talked about so mlp’s universe will never die. It will just move on just like all the other greats.
So that's why luna and celestia didn't marry anyone ._. So sad. I wonder since twilight is an alicorn she will out live the other mane ponies!? But... But I can't imagine that. I couldn't bring myself to think that they would die. But they're not immortal also.... Pinkie is so strange but it explains a lot about her.... Heh heh............... This reminds me of friendship is witchcraft pinkies brew.
Great story. There are some flaws, but nothing less this story provides the understanding about the curse of living as the representation of the love "Eros".
WHY AM I CRYING!? I SHOULDN'T BE CRYING! THIS IS MLP! GAWD WHY AM I SO SAD!? WHYYYYYYYYY! OML, TWILIGHT'S GONNA FLIP! CADENCE'S SADNESS WILL NOT COMPARE TO TWILIGHT'S! There goes big-brother-bestfriend-forever... ;~;
Also, this should be The Bitterness of IMORTALITY... think about it. YOU live forever, but those you know and love all die out so... you basically live alone for all eternity... that sucks.
Poor Cadence! Committing suicide isn't the way to go but I understand it also being extremely hard to see your beloved, family,friends etc die and have no way to help them.
It's any consolation. She and Shining are about to be reunited. It was Twilight's destiny to become an immortal princess and future ruler of Equestria.
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this isn't only a sadfic, it's a grimdark. "pinkie got serious, then we started having a series of really substantial conversations." goddamn this is terrifying!
True XD
Night Star Pinkie is a god confirmed. My reality just got questioned.
Wow I love the monologue with Twilight about Pinkie Pie. I love the way she worded it; everyone was living a dream, but Pinkie was a lucid dreamer, able to control at will what happened around her. And I love how although she realises she's in one of many realities, it doesn't mean the one she's in is meaningless, and how she teaches that to Twilight. That's what helps her overcome fears of death (before she became an alicorn) as well as being blinded by grief from the deaths of others. It's just sad this didn't go through to Cadence.
If you loose someone in your life, it leaves a hole in your path. A great large hole in your future. It is a empty hole of sorrow, regret, loss, sadness, and ego. You either fall in that hole, or build a bridge over that hole and walk on. Remember, that person, animal, or thing, it would want you to move on.
Cadence died and gave up everything to be with shining armor and if that's not true love I don't know what is
😢This story was heart warming and really made me think of life is it just a dream does their lie another world that's more magical and beautiful then ours...... I used to be scared of death the thought of it creeper me out but now not so much I really love this story and I'm actually thinking of making a part 2 to it thank you so much this is one of my favorite story's💙😭😭😭😢
I love Pinkie so much, I can't even. I love her, I just love how she'll keep trying and trying to make someone happy. And she smiles, and has a positive attitude. I just, I love her personality, and her adorable and weird things.
I understand Cadance was grieved, but what an insensitive way to think of Celestia and Luna. Just because they've had to learn to cope with loss doesn't mean they feel no love or pain.
By the way, Scribbler, you do a very good Cadance voice; I could hear the character speaking through your narration.
I can imagine a version of this fanfic cadence slowly loses the "love" in her heart and becomes cold and disheartened and becomes similar to chrysalis and it's hypotheses that chrysalis was made like this as created the changelings as way of copeing for her loss now that be a good little theory...what you all think
You should check out “Remembrance”
@@jiannavega5642 mind sending a link to it or a vid of it?
Just so everyone knows,this is an alternate universe fanfic. Its says so in the description.
That moment when you realize Celestia cried tears of joy when Cadence suicided. :|
Well now we have coocoo sun goddess who was happy about her niece dying, just so she could spend eternity with an annoyingly adorable unicorn gone allicorn.
She wasn't happy that she died, she was happy that she would always have a friend in Twilight.
She was happy that Cadance no longer was in greif and that twilight will never leave her
I like how the question of an afterlife resuls in a forth wall break with philosophical tone
I had to turn my volume up bc I couldn't hear it, but when Cadence said "No!" R.I.P. Eardrums
Wow...this is messed up. Cadence literally gave up her alicorn status to Twilight so she could die and be with Shining Armor in the afterlife. That is both beautiful and sad. I take it this is an alternative universe where Twilight wasn’t an alicorn at first, but became one.
Cadance and Shining Armor are going to have eternal life in Heaven anyways. Sooner or later, every pony in Equestria will take their last breaths and reunite as one in the afterlife.
@@carleespindler3177 True
This story is very good and interesting it's so nice to see cadance is with shining armor in the end.
Sorry if this kills the mood, but Skyler is a wayyy better name than Flurryheart. Flurryheart sounds like some mary sue oc.
agreed
Flurry heart sounds like an icecream name xD
Yeah, that name spawned a whole bunch of "McFlurry" references....
Xerin Knightwalker You mean the story or what I was talking about concerning Flurry Heart?
Xerin Knightwalker ah ok. It didn't really get to me either.
Almost no story or book has ever made me cry, but when i do hear stories that can actually affect my emotions they always become my favorite. Again, thank you for taking the time to read this story, your incredible narrative abilities made the fanfic all the more better.
For Princess Mi Amore Cadenza so loved her sister-in-law, that she sacrificed her own immortality so that Twilight Sparkle shall not perish, but have everlasting life.
this is now my favorite story and most likely will be until the end of time. Wow this has such an unexpected beauty I was no ware even remotely able to see coming. I was so engulfed in the story I didn't even realize I wasn't actually watching it. Simply Amazing
Rot is mine.
damn it. even after all this time (and knowing how the show's cannon doesn't apply at all here) this reading is still so powerful in the emotions. I', pretty sure it's my favorite of all your readings.
I like how this is pre-alicorn twilight. i would like to see this person make a re-write
Your Voice acting was superb that your Mic couldnt handle it.
so it wasn't just me then... :\
Thought my phone was acting up at first
I was worried my headphones were breaking
holy celestia I am like slowly crying at the start cadence crying shining dying and the music. got damn the moosic is freaking sad
oh gosh! this fanfiction is so beautiful! i swear, the more i listen the closer i am to bawling!
Good job you made a 20 year old stallion cry his eyes out. 😢 thank you
Cloud Flare hahahhahah sorry if im offending you or anything but I just find that funny sory
LPSPRINCESS88 why do you say that?
hey! woah WOAH dude. I am only like 12 seriously I just have a thing for expressing my opinion okay sorry though man.
bro hoof?
LPSPRINCESS88 Brohoof, I was not offended I was just woundering why you thought that. No hard feelings though.
That is one of the reasons I say love is a double edged sword, a very powerful sword indeed. A gift of happiness for the risk of a very painful heart. And since I’m very cautious I won’t take that risk thank you very much.
Hands down BEST STORY EVER!
"Sadfic".
No freaking kidding! This is crushing!
So you're telling me that Celestia can make Twilight into a Alicorn but she can't do that to Shining Armor? Well, that's not my business..
and her hambion ,live with out her?
it's an alternate universe fic, so magical mystery cure never happened, and alicorns don't have the ability to create alicorns without killing themselves
D'oh here come the tears! I cant belive it! Now i feel Cadance's love for Shining Armor even MORE now!*sniffles*
Nothing can make me cry other than a well written story about a family member lost through old age.
I just question my reality over a pony fanfic...
XD me 2
Or is it reality? (Dramatic)🎶Dum-dum- dhha🎶
+Shining Star 0.o
+PatchyPony O.o indeed
saaaaame XD
I never cry and this video made me almost cry, but i didnt cry because its 1 am and i didnt want to have my mom wake up because she heard me crying. Great video
was it glitching out for anyone else, or was it a problem on my end?
It gliched 4 me too
that's good to know.
Me too
Mine to
*Part 4 (Final)*
“No, wait. Candence, stop!” Twilight begged, but to no avail. Cadence leaned her head in, and touched her horn to Twilight’s. There was a brilliant flash of blue light, and Cadence was gone. Her body disintegrated into luminescent dust that streamed out into the night breeze to be scattered across Equestria.
Twilight was too stunned for a moment to realize what had happened. The first thing she noticed was that her aging body no longer ached. She felt young again. She felt better than young. She felt stronger than she ever had. She had become accustomed to always being tired, but now she felt tireless. Most of all, she could feel the Alicorn magic inside of her. It was so powerful she was terrified that it would burn her up from the inside.
She began frantically turning her head every which way to get a good look at her body. She let out a stifled screech when she saw that she had a violet pair of feathered wings, tinged a dark purple near the edges. They were bigger than most Pegasi’s wings as well.
Her coat, mane and tail once again had a youthful luster, and even a glimmering of the divine. Twilight looked up and saw that her horn was significantly longer than before, as well as pointier. The floor seemed further away than it had a moment ago. She was taller, almost as tall as Luna. Her legs were long and her body was sleek, changed from the short stout frame of a Pony.
Twilight’s mind was racing, trying to take in her radical transformation and its consequences, when there was a flash of light behind her.
Celestia had teleported into the room, no doubt sensing the powerful spell that had been used. The sight of Twilight as an Alicorn rendered her speechless.
“I’m sorry!” Twilight said, tears streaming down her face. She was terrified her teacher would hold her responsible for Cadence’s demise. “I’m so so sorry! I didn’t know what she was going to do! I didn’t ask for this! I didn’t want her to die! I begged her not to! I’m sorry Princess! Please, please don’t hate me!”
Celestia slowly sat herself down. She held out her forelimbs, and Twilight raced into them. They embraced each other tightly. As Celestia shushed Twilight while stroking her mane with her hoof, Twilight became aware that Celestia was crying as well.
But they were tears of joy.
“Don’t feel guilty, My Little Pony,” Celestia consoled her. “This was Cadence’s choice, and it was hers to make. She’s with Shining Armor now, and happier than she ever would have been in this world again. It’s far better this way. Your hooves are clean in this, do you understand?”
Twilight nodded, wiping the tears from her eyes.
“But promise me Twilight, promise me that you’ll never do what Cadence just did. Promise me that you’ll always be my most faithful student. Promise that you’ll stay with me forever. Promise me.”
Twilight smiled at her teacher.
“I promise Princess,” she nodded, and nuzzled Celestia's neck lovingly.
The ancient Sun Goddess gently cradled the newborn immortal, as any mother would to her child. Her love for Twilight, which she had forced herself not to feel more and more as the Unicorn aged, suddenly overwhelmed her. She felt like a new mother, overcome with love and gratitude and awe over her perfect, precious child.
She stared in wonder at the brilliant, beautiful, magical daughter that was now hers for all eternity. An eternity that now seemed considerably brighter.
"I love you, Twilight Sparkle. I will love you forever," Celestia promised, smiling at her child.
"I love you too Princess, forever and always," Twilight replied.
And thus ended the mortal life of the Crystal Princess Mi Amori Cadenza, Goddess of Love, and began the immortal life of the Evening Princess Twilight Sparkle, Goddess of Magic, and Friendship.
My god!!! Pinky Pie is a god! She has ben a god all along has she. Great I owe my dad 20 dollors :(
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Star Galasyn Shes not immortal
That description ... Do I sense some reference to Elrond's speech to his daughter, in The Return of the King?
You should redo this sometime, its one of my favorite stories and some of the audio is a bit weird. Cadence's voice is really loud compared to anyone else's and those little beeps always make me jump.
I am pushed to belive in afterlife by the unarguable reasoning of the fact that if it did not exist, it would be TOO DEPRESSING
I cry so hard everytime i hear this, it's such a good one and such feels...
I love the freaky version of "who wants to live forever" at the beginning... It's freaky.
*Part 3*
“Not all dreams fade, Twilight,” Cadence said. “Not all dreams seem meaningless upon waking. My love for your brother is transcendent and ever-lasting. Even in death my love for him is all-consuming. No matter what bizarre form his spirit may now take, no matter what strange reality it may now dwell in, I know he still loves me. And…I think your friends still love you too.”
She tried to smile, but couldn’t. Another wave of despair overcame her, and she started weeping again.
“Sometimes, cynical Ponies would say something to me about being married to the same stallion for eighty years, as if it were a long time. It really didn’t feel like that long. Why do you have to die so soon?”
Cadence choked back another sob.
“Twilight, I never wanted to be a Goddess,” she said. “I’ve always thought of myself as a Pony. I’ve lived my life as if I was a Pony. I was a babysitter when I was a teenager for Celestia’s sake! Now I am expected to live on until the end of time, without the one Pony who gave my life meaning? What happens if I do? Will I become like Celestia? Will the passing of each generation become nothing more than the changing of the seasons, then nothing but the rising and setting of the sun? Will mortal lives seem so brief to me that I am no longer capable of even forming the simplest of friendships? Then I would truly be alone in this world, forever. I can’t do that. How could anypony?”
“Cadence, you won’t be alone,” Twilight assured her. “You’ll have Celestia, and Luna, and your daughter, and even Spike.”
“Spike’s a plothole,” Cadence claimed. Twilight gave the grieving goddess a cold glare.
“He is not a plothole,” she said through her teeth. “He’s a Dragon, and Dragons are usually solitary, so they lack the social skills of more gregarious species. Because of this, Spike can be a little insensitive at times, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a good heart.”
Cadence sighed, and nodded apologetically.
“I’m sorry Twilight,” she said. “It may be a good heart, but it’s still a Dragon’s heart. Dragons can endure millennia of solitude with ease. I cannot. I need to love and be loved, Twilight. With Shining Armor gone, there’s an agonizing void inside me that I cannot live with, and I do not believe anypony else can fill it. No mortal can fill it, for they will die and leave me alone again. Skyla reminds me so much of her father that I cannot even bear to look at her. Celestia and Luna are so ancient that they are as untouchable to me as they are to you, and Dragons are not Ponies!
“I am a Goddess of Love, who must now face eternity without Love. Twilight, do you envy me my immortality, especially with your own end so near?”
Twilight hesitated.
“Please Twilight, answer me honestly,” Cadence insisted.
“Yes,” Twilight said softly. Cadence’s face twitched with anger.
“Why?” she demanded.
“I…I love this world. I’ve spent my whole life studying it. I even saved it a few times. I have a lot invested in this world, and it’s all I’ve even known. I do miss my parents, and my friends, and now my brother, and I wish I could have them back. But I love Celestia like a mother, and Spike like a son. They must remain in this world for eons. I don’t want to leave them. I don’t want to forget them. I wish I could stay here with them.”
“Celestia loves you as well Twilight,” Cadence told her. “She has loved many mortals, and over the ages has become numb to their loss. Nonetheless, I believe your passing will pain her. I wish to spare her that pain.”
“You can’t Cadence. I’m going to die whether I want to or not,” Twilight said. She suddenly became aware that her body had been enveloped in the blue aura of Cadence’s magic.
“And you don’t want to die,” Cadence said. “I’m going to live forever whether I want to or not, and I don’t. So, how about a trade?”
“What are you talking about? You can’t make me immortal,” Twilight claimed.
“I can’t share my Alicorn magic, but I can give it away,” Cadence told her. “Think of it as a magic transplant.”
“What! Cadence, you can’t die! The Crystal Empire needs you!” Twilight claimed.
“My daughter Skyla will make a fine Crystal Princess,” Cadence replied. “Perhaps she will have the strength to endure until the end of time, but I know I don’t. My heart breaks every time somepony I love dies, and I can’t take it anymore. I can’t bear to watch any more of you die.”
“Cadence, please think of what you’re giving up!” Twilight pleaded. “You’re depressed now, you’re not thinking clearly! You’re giving up eternal life! I can’t take that from you!”
“This life is worthless to me now without Shining Armor,” Cadence said. “The world is now grey and ugly and foul in his absence, and I cannot tolerate it one minute more. I would rather risk non-existence than to exist forever without him. If Shining Armor does still live on in some form on some plane of existence, then I must find him. If it takes me all eternity, I will find my beloved again.
“Twilight, I didn’t choose you just because you happened to be here right now. I knew I was going to give away my Alicorn magic as soon as I lost Shining. I thought long and hard about who to give it to, and could think of no one worthier than you. You’ve become the most powerful Unicorn alive, but you’ve always used your powers for good. I know you’ll use Alicorn magic wisely. You’re more than just a good Pony Twilight, you’re a hero! You’re one of the greatest heroes in history. I was just born an Alicorn. You deserve it.”
“Cadence, please, I don’t want to live forever if it means killing you!” Twilight exclaimed, struggling to escape the vice of Cadence’s spell.
“Don’t you understand? I don’t want this anymore!” Cadence screamed. “I never wanted this! Immortality in a world of mortals would be an eternity of heartache, and that would be Tartarus for me! I am asking you to be my salvation. Every mortal you’ve ever loved has died, and yet you still find beauty and meaning in life. My immortality is wasted on me, but imagine what you could do with a thousand years of study and practice. Imagine how all of Equestria would benefit from your talents. You’d be a far better Goddess than me Twilight.
“This isn’t just your gift Twilight, it’s a gift for all of Equestria, including its Princess. Celestia loves you dearly. She loves you more than she loves me, and I don’t blame her. It’s been centuries since she’s wept over the death of a mortal, but I think she would do it for you. But she won’t have to now. Instead she’ll have the immortal daughter she’s dreamed of for so many ages, a child to mold and raise and teach forever, somepony who will ease the burden of her godhood. Something I’ve never been, and could never be.
“Good bye Twilight. Please don’t waste my gift to you. Make my aunt happy, and Equestria proud.”
Gorgeous tale. I wish twilight would have supported cadence .. but hey most don't understand or are unwilling to accept death as it is. So I suppose I can't blame her. In the end, celestia received the best gift of all. Too bad we never found out if cadence and shinning armour did indeed reunite after she passed. Sad missing detail there...
*Part 1*
Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria, a valiant knight married a beautiful princess. They lived in wedded bliss for many years, but not forever.
He was a Unicorn. Magic, but mortal. As the years passed he became long in the tooth, as equines do. His coat dulled, his mane greyed, and his body slowly but surely succumbed to entropy.
She was an Alicorn. The casual observer would describe her as a winged Unicorn, or a horned Pegasus, but Alicorns were far more than that. She was a Goddess in equine form. She possessed magic beyond that of even the mightiest Unicorns, power enough to move the stars themselves. Such power kept her physical body eternally young and healthy, and that power would only grow with the passing of the ages. Entropy never laid so much as a gloved hand on her.
Alas, she could not share this power with others, not even her beloved Shining Armor. She chose simply not to think of this. Thanks to her magic, he aged so gradually and so gracefully that she hardly even noticed he was getting older. Still, her spells only treated the symptoms of senescence, not its cause.
One day, when Shining Armor was over a hundred years old…
“Celestia!” Cadence screamed as she teleported into the Throne Room. She had brought her husband with her. He lay on his side, his breathing laboured. He was only semi-conscious.
Cadence was frantic, with tears streaming from her eyes.
“Celestia! Help me!” she screeched hysterically. Celestia immediately rose from her Throne and rushed to her niece’s side.
“What’s happened?” she asked, examining Shining Armor.
“I don’t know. He just collapsed. I’ve tried everything I know but he won’t wake up,” Cadence explained frantically. “What is it? What’s wrong? Why won’t he wake up?”
Celestia looked upon her young niece with pity. Cadence was as old as Shining Armor, but for an Alicorn she was still just a child. Celestia had taken a mortal lover in her youth as well, and like Cadence she had been willfully blind to his inevitable passing. Refusing to acknowledge the inevitable only made it even more devastating. She wished she could have spared Cadence this pain, but she knew it was a lesson she would have to learn on her own.
“He’s dying Cadence,” Celestia whispered, softly and sadly. Cadence stared at her in utter shock.
“Do something!” she demanded.
“He’s beyond all help now. Even mine,” Celestia said.
“No!” Cadence wailed. “No! I can’t lose him! You have to save him!”
“I can’t,” Celestia said simply.
“What do you mean you can’t!?” Cadence demanded. “You’re the most powerful Pony in Equestria. How can there be nothing you can do?”
“For millennia my subjects have asked me to prolong the lives of their loved ones, even resurrect them from the dead,” Celestia replied. “I tell you what I tell them. Even I have no power over death.”
“No! You’re wrong! If Alicorn magic makes us immortal, then why can’t it do it for somepony else?” Cadence asked.
“Your Alicorn magic is an intrinsic part of your being Cadence. You cannot share it with another any more than you can share your heart,” Celestia explained.
“I have shared my heart!” Cadence told her. “Nearly all my life now, I’ve shared my heart with Shining Armor, and if he dies then I will never be whole again. Please Celestia! Save him!”
“I’m sorry my child,” Celestia said, lowering her head. “There is nothing I can do.”
“No! No!” Cadence screamed. Her horn began to glow with a ferocious light, and Shining Armor was encompassed with a blue aura as Cadence infused his body with as much magic as she could. “Please! Please Shining don’t leave me here. Don’t leave me alone forever.”
Shining Armor’s eyes slowly opened, and he looked into the eyes of his beloved wife. She smiled at him, and he smiled back.
“Mi Amori Cadenza,” he whispered. “My Love Cadence.
“Goodbye.”
And then his eyes closed, and his heart stopped.
“No!” Cadence screamed. She cast spell after spell, but nothing brought him back. Finally she threw herself on the body and hugged it desperately. She started screaming as if she had literally been ripped apart.
Her horrific screams were heard throughout the palace, bringing every member of the Royal Guard and everyone else within earshot to the Throne Room.
“It’s all right,” Celestia claimed, holding back the crowd with her mere presence. “Just let her be for now. Just…let her be.”
Oh my Lord no matter how much I listen to this story I cry like a baby!!!!
This story hit me right in the Feels.
it went from sad enough to cry to a clopfic... I applaud and cry
If Princess Cadence is truly Immortal, then she made a bad choice:
1. The universe would expire due to entropy, she would survive....
2. She would not be alone after a long but finite time, either by Poincare Recurrence Theorem, or by quantum tunneling and fluctuations, the universe would reform itself.
So for her to see her true love again, she need to wait about 10^10^10^10^56 years.
Mortality is not the curse, imortality is the curse, but I would Tate the girt of imortality, but not from anypony
This made me cry, it’s really well done.
😢😢😢😢😢 So sad and so beautifull. I thought it was just another fanfic, not something that would actually matter to me 😢
So wonderfully read and written.
THE BACKGROUND MUSIC FOR THE END IS A MULON TYPE SONG! i so sad now....
She possessed magic beyond that of even the most powerful unicorns
Starlight:
the feels is strong with this one and they hurt right now, i cant handle the feels :(
OMG...I was bawling like a baby...So lovely written. Pastel colored ponies sure can cause such drama and inspire beautiful stories such as this. Amazing what a simple cartoon can do huh?
This reading was done very well. It made me tear up. You've earned yourself another subscriber.
Every other sadfic- Stone face :I
This sadfic- Crying like a baby :(
when the picture of cadence and shining armour appeared a thought appeared in my head, if an alicorn transfered there magic to a unicorn/pegasus would the alicorn no longer have there wings/horn wether they where born one or not? or would they still have them on death?
nevermind, i realized from the episode with the power eating centaur thing they still would have they're wings/horn
I cry every time I listen to this. It's so beautiful! It was sad, but I loved it! :-D
Sad death of her husband I almost cryed I've this guard pony
Dat constant clipping of the microphone.
when she said he was over 100 years old I was like holy shit he old
"I was born an alicorn!"
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I want to correct her but it's too sad and that would be annoying. xc
It took me way too long to realise this was written before Twilight was a princess. Somehow made it even sadder
Is this an early one? It feels like an early one for you.
Blazen if you're here then yeah that explains a lot. It's really sweet and I think I might just accept this as a head canon.
Brendan Madigan well the Pinkie part not the rest. I personally think that cadence and twilight will die in time because they weren't born alicorns.
As much as I DESPISE the fact that my least favorite pony (Twilight) is allowed in this story, I LOVE the callbacks to the show. That was something you don't find in many fanfics so I give an B+ for that. :) I also like Pinkie's idea of the afterlife.
Why does everyone hate Twy so much...? :( I really like her.....
Not everyone does, but those who do, often get hated on by Twilight fans, which makes the hatred worse....
Sarah Schuster :/
Your stories strike so many emotional nerves that it is almost impossible to laugh...or cry.
Got feels right at the end,That was beautiful....
Cadence was not born an alicorn
Ngl Celestia confirming Cadance’s belief Celestia loved Twilight more and would want her to live on instead - that kinda hurts 😭 imagine how long Cadance felt like that
Hahaha Spikes a plot hole !!!!'
I like to draw when I listen to these. I always draw ponies and they are simple pieces. Candace's scream frightened me so bad. Also Pinkie is a god confirmed. Though what Twilight talked about if similar to many things I have thought about. kinda. But it also it's a thought that could honestly put human civilization in chaos. Not only that but Pinkie just confirmed my whole 'everything is a game' thing is true and the next time a girl at my school is like 'No it isn't' I'm going to drop this stuff on her
That was the most deepest story I have ever heard from you!!!! Scribbler you are awesome. Thank you for reading this.👍😁
Poor Cadence man poor Cadence the fact her love for shinning crosses worlds. But I believe they will reunite regardless of time. Time is an illusion and so is death. The body dies but not the soul.
That was beautiful happy ending over all and what pinkie pie suggested that there is a afterlife it will still be there still even at the end of time as they talked about so mlp’s universe will never die. It will just move on just like all the other greats.
So that's why luna and celestia didn't marry anyone ._. So sad. I wonder since twilight is an alicorn she will out live the other mane ponies!? But... But I can't imagine that. I couldn't bring myself to think that they would die. But they're not immortal also....
Pinkie is so strange but it explains a lot about her.... Heh heh............... This reminds me of friendship is witchcraft pinkies brew.
Great story. There are some flaws, but nothing less this story provides the understanding about the curse of living as the representation of the love "Eros".
this makes alot of sence after listing to it alot. it actually helped me exlpain alot of lifes myteries. and ihave a new outlook at life and dreams.
Oh, so this was made before Twi became an alicorn? Well, this does not apply any more :/
What a beautiful ending 🥰
Just downloaded this into my mp3-player to listen later. Thanks for your readings!
Although this video was released after the episode where Twilight became an Alicorn, I assume this fanfic was written before then?
O MANE! I totaly start losing tears! I love to subscribe... I really get into its story utterly T-T
Man I cant stop crying... this story hits the heart l.
That "No" burst my eardrums 😂
Now this. This needs a reupload, with an updated cast. though of course this version is enchanting.
this is so sad but I keep watching why do I do this to myself oh yea because this fic is amazing
So .... Epic ....
I think this one is worth for adding to my "Listen again" list.
That is the first story that actually made me cry. Well done. :)
But, I thought Cadence was made into a alicorn, so she will die. Butttt nevermind then. ^~^
dino protection squad Alicorns in mlp are immortal gods and goddesses
WHY AM I CRYING!? I SHOULDN'T BE CRYING! THIS IS MLP! GAWD WHY AM I SO SAD!? WHYYYYYYYYY! OML, TWILIGHT'S GONNA FLIP! CADENCE'S SADNESS WILL NOT COMPARE TO TWILIGHT'S! There goes big-brother-bestfriend-forever... ;~;
Also, this should be The Bitterness of IMORTALITY... think about it. YOU live forever, but those you know and love all die out so... you basically live alone for all eternity... that sucks.
I would like it... kind of... I could study the world forever
Gabriel Vaillancourt Well, I wouldn't. XD
Imortality... but no one to love... no one to care about... no friends...
But all time to remember the beloveds...
I feel like how cadence felt but not for the same reason. But I won't commit suicide.... O.o
Poor Cadence! Committing suicide isn't the way to go but I understand it also being extremely hard to see your beloved, family,friends etc die and have no way to help them.
It's any consolation. She and Shining are about to be reunited. It was Twilight's destiny to become an immortal princess and future ruler of Equestria.
Almost like in anime movie sad happy ending
you keep on doing good readings like this and i will keep leving coments like this
I'm lucky I was alone home because I was crying like a baby, and It's not often I cry
lol
+venus demilo more like col (crying out loud)
Always worth a good cry, Sniff
This isn't called a sadfic for nothing. I'm crying so much right now.
I can't stop crying
help
The feels... I cried...