Luna slowly made her way to the balcony and put her two front legs over the railing, examining Canterlot.
“Look at you my little ponies, sleeping away my beautiful night. You embrace the light my sister brings forth but you forsake the night, fearing what lies in the shadows...”
Luna's eyes narrowed over the different parts of Canterlot, between the rich district with a massive statue and the slums where young ponies sleep in boxes and wrecked blankets. Leaping down from the balcony Luna stretched out her wings and slowed her descent into the city square and landed without a sound. Looking to the moon and using her magic she swept away the clouds and made way for a full moon; lighting the entire town in the eerie glow of moonlight.
Smiling at the results, Luna concentrated her magic into the celestial body, and slowly glowing moonbeams fell on various places within Canterlot into all different sections: in through the windows of the rich and posh, and onto the young homeless foals. Luna's gentle voice echoed through them,
“my children, the time has come to play. We will have so much fun, I'll take you away into a land of enchantment.”
Slowly, the beams intensified with Luna's magic young ponies peaking their heads out the windows and from the allies of the streets listening to the beautiful voice coming from the moonbeams. Gathering towards Luna the young ponies of different types, colours and sizes slowly approached Luna, all mystified by her tranquil voice.
“There you are my little ponies, are you ready to see my wondrous garden and play the night away?”
Luna smiled over the crowd when they all gave a quiet collective cheer of approval; using her magic, Luna slowly enveloped each of them and began lifting them into the sky. Stretching her wings, Luna took off in flight first in the glowing mass of young ponies.
“Will I see my sister again?”
One young unicorn pony asked as Canterlot grew smaller and smaller, Luna stopped in mid-flight turning to the pony who spoke.
“Of course you will, but don’t you want to play first?”
Luna asked with a smile and a small charge of her magic and the young unicorn nodded enthusiastically,
“I cant wait to see your garden Princess Luna! It sounds like fun!”
Luna returned to the front of the pack, her eyes narrowed and her irises flashed like a cats. “It will be so much fun my little ponies. You will never return...” Excited giggles gently came to Luna's ears as they flew farther and farther from Canterlot, until the massive city was only a speck in the distance. Luna turned back to the children, a broad smile across her face, pointing down to the forest below.
“This is my garden, and my own castle! Can you see it?”
Slowly they descended into the forest and towards the castle. The excited giggles of the children made Luna's smile even bigger as they put their hoofs to the ground. The castle stood proudly above them, lit by the moon with the aid of fireflies around the entrances. Leading them into the castle, Luna lead the herd directly to her garden where dozens of other young fillies worked the ground, doing all manner of work from digging up the ground to placing bricks around the castle's wall.
“Luna! You came back to play with us!”
“You are so wonderful Luna! Thank you for bringing me to your garden!”
“I love Luna! She takes good care of us!”
the majority of ponies gathered around Luna, all wanting a gentle touch from her, she gave them each of them a genuine smile,
“Thank you my little ponies! I love you so much and you are doing a wonderful job! Look!”
Luna pointed to the new fillies she had brought saying,
“I brought you new friends to play with! I want you all to meet your new brothers and sisters!”
They all gave a quick cheer and they all mingled together, exchanging names and their fondness for Luna. She smiled at her handy-work and left the group and made her way into the castle and passed through various halls until she came across a large chamber, filled with moonlight. In the middle of the round room was two pedestals and on top of them were spheres roughly large enough to hold one pony each; walking quietly to the spheres, Luna peered into the white ball.
Inside was a pegasus pony with a grey coat with this eyes wide open, taking in the moonlight, his eyes had turned into a cat's eye with gold irises. The traditional feather wing of a pegasus had been replaced with a bats wing with purple accents for the top of the wing. Luna smiled at her handy-work, inspecting the other sphere and finding the same results.
“With my own subjects I will rule Equestria and the Kingdom of Darkness will reign supreme!”
Luna laughed madly as she felt the power of the moon surge through her body, making her taller, her wingspan greater, enlarging her mane and tail and changing her eyes to that of a cat's.