This is a story about Luna's and Celestia's memories with their parents, and how present day Luna is coping with the present day Equestria.

Warning: Third memory is a bit... violent. No horrendous descriptions though.

One thousand years.
For one thousand years, Celestia remembers the day she banished her sister, the worst day of her life. Though she's learned to hide her agony well, she still can't stop her great regret.
Every day is harder, but she has to suffer through this.
She must keep her subjects happy.

Shortly after the defeat of Nightmare Moon, Celestia comes to Luna with a question, one that has haunted her for a thousand years. She wants a full and honest answer, no matter how hard the words are to hear.

Of course, sometimes words just aren't enough. Some things in life can only be seen.

Cover art: Forgive me by ElkaArt on DeviantArt. Used with permission.

Conceptualized pre-season 4.

This is a fic of Celestia and Luna talking shortly after Luna being cleansed on Nightmare Moon. I don't like how most fics portray it though, with Luna begging for forgiveness, when she wasn't the only one in the wrong, so I wrote my own. I hope y'all like it.

Lullay (verb): To calm, to make peace. Military (command): to stay arms, to disarm.

1,000 years ago, Princess Celestia had to make the single hardest decision of her life: harmony or family? Luna was given every chance to listen to reason, but still she persisted, forcing her sister to unleash the Elements against her to preserve their kingdom. Luna now wears black spots on her cutie mark, a stain left on her soul from the spirit of the Nightmare. But what was Celestia's penance?

Having to live with what she'd done. The brunt of that force came at the worst possible time: the first night after Luna left.

This is a pretty simple "Celestia struggles with banishing Luna" fic I found sitting in my GDocs that seemed alright, so I rolled with it. There are many like it, but this one is mine. Preread and edited by iisaw. Comments are worth more to me than anything, though I certainly appreciate favorites and likes as well. Have at me, friends!

Cover art source

Princess Celestia will always regret that she could not do more to save her sister from the Nightmare. Until the day she finds some way to save her, she refuses to sleep. But one thousand years is a long time to honor a love that was destroyed by jealousy.

This story is a sequel to Soarin's Comfort

Audio reading by Scribbler Productions

Nightmare Moon rules Equestria. Celestia has been banished, and your friends have been locked away, but you were spared to become a lowly servant. For the past few weeks, you did your best to serve her dutifully, until, one sunless day, you are mysteriously invited to the throne room. Why is she calling you, of all people?

Now with a reading by Agent Fluffy!

Unsettling dreams are starting to worry Princess Luna. She is positive these dreams hold an ominous portent for all of Equestria, but there is only one stallion who knows for certain the answers she seeks. King Sombra has been imprisoned again in Shadow since his defeat and the shattering of his body, but he is no less cunning and ruthless. And as Luna tries to interrogate him over time, she finds there is a softer side to the unicorn king, one nopony has seen before. But Celestia fears for her younger sister, warning Luna against Sombra's advances. Is the once-tyrant truly starting to court Princess Luna...or is she simply being used as a pawn in his plans to regain power?
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Cover art by the amazing MickeyMonster, who has permitted me use of it for this fanfiction, as this image inspired me to write this story in the first place.
Edited and proofread by my girls TheOneBehindYou and LabyrinthineMind.

8tracks playlist: https://8tracks.com/yoru-the-rogue/lingering-shadows

While she is stuck on the moon, Luna begins to beat herself up over how she let Nightmare Moon take over her actions. But help from an unknown source allows her to gain just enough confidence to begin to fight back once again. Although, Nightmare Moon is not ready to give up very easily. Will Luna be able to overcome her darker half? Or will she forever be a prisoner of her own self?

Nightmare Moon. It was, is, and always will be a name that invokes fear and terror in the hearts of all ponies. But for Princess Luna, it was, is, and always will be a terrible stain on her past. Unable to bear her guilt, and haunted by the memory of being Nightmare Moon, discover the terrible self-inflicted punishment Luna endures, and what ultimately lead her to creating the creature that houses her personal nightmare: The Tantibus.