>Be Celestia
>For centuries you had ruled over your ponies with a firm yet maternal hoof
>You had watched countless ponies be born, grow old, and die
>The last time you had dared let your heart thaw and taken a stallion as your own was nigh half a millennia ago
>Of all the things you had grown used to pain was the most constant
>Your elation at Cadance ascending had been indescribable
>Centuries of loneliness forgotten in the first few years of her ascension
>She was the daughter you thought you could never have
>The foundation you hadn’t known you needed
>Her earnest and happy presence had made you once more rooted in the day to day
>For the first time in centuries the years didn't pass by in a blur, the days didn't flicker past like flashes of light
>As wonderful as your adopted niece was, she couldn't dull the ache in your chest when you saw mares with their husbands
>You had long ago resigned yourself to never knowing what it was like to truly share a life with a mate
>Perhaps that was why you so quickly abandoned all your morals when Anonymous appeared
>The poor man had been taken from his home, twisted into a creature not of his own species and left adrift in a strange new world
>You knew it was possible to undo what had been done to him
>A way to send him back to his home safely
>So you had lied through your teeth to the frightened man turned stallion 
>He would be returned to his true form
>He would be returned to his home
>All the while research was undertaken to find a way back you had comforted him
>Befriended him, made him laugh and smile inspite of his pain and fear, even as you sabotaged every step of the efforts to return him
>Ponies believed you had lost control of the elements after you banished your sister
>A belief you never discouraged
>The truth was you became selfish
>Self serving
>Bitter
>You took whatever you could to dull the ache of being the sole immortal in Equestria with little regret
>But now...
>Now you were committing the worst act you had ever done in your life
>As you held the sobbing stallion you whispered your false remorse into his ears
>As you rubbed his heaving back you gave empty apologies 
>As he wrapped his wings around you you told him it would okay
>As your horns brushed each you rocked him side to side
>As he broke down you rejoiced that you would no longer be alone
>You couldn't even pretend to feel guilt over your lies and obstruction
>A life you once thought denied to you for eternity was in your reach
>Even as Anonymous slipped into slumber in your embrace you planned the announcement of Equestria’s first true Prince
>He would be yours for eternity
>No matter the cost
>...Faust forgive you