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// Is not easy being blue 
// Story: Lunar Replacement 
// by Pinklestia 
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"There once was a princess named Woona, who was stuck on the moon. But you know what? Everything turned out ok in the end." I said finishing telling story of Moonstuck to mini Luna. 

I did my best and she enjoyed it, but there was no way It was as cool as the blog had been. Not to mention I only remembered the highlights so I had to improvise a bit. 

And then of course the dream started to fade away. 





I had an annoying bug in my face, I tried to eat it. 

Mmm, crunchy and it tasted like wood. 

Wait a minute... wood?

I opened my eyes and saw that the bug I had eaten was actually the point of a long wooden stick. 

I spit the wood bits from my mouth. 

Celestia was holding said stick and looked amused. 

"You weren't kidding about biting."

"Lunch time already?" I groaned, at least keeping mini Luna happy had not been Dream Walking, but I wanted to sleep more. 

"Yes, I can let you sleep a bit more if you want." 

"No, is okay... " I said and I slowly got out of bed, then took a cold shower and used magic to fix my apparence from wet pony to 'actually looks like a sexy Moon Princess.'

I probably could use the spell because the real Luna had used it a lot. 

Not that I do not prefer being pampered, but the spell is faster.

"Done! First bids on the dessert!"

"What? But the dessert is chocolate cake with chocolate cream, small bits of sour chocolate mixed with the cream and a white chocolate cover with cherries on top and vainilla cream!" 

I just... stared at my sister. 

"Dear sister, you are aware that a lot of ponies will get sick if they try to.imitate you by eating desserts like this, right?"

"I will let you have the bigger slice." 

"Ah well... I do need to put on some weight."  'Plus if I do have an alicorn metabolism, might as well  take advantage of it.'

Hey  don't look at me like that, the energy to move the Moon, manipulate dreams and stars has to come from somewhere. 

"But this night we are both running around Canterlot, just think of how those stupid nobles will react. Think they will make bets about who is the faster princess?" 

"But Luuunaa! I have a lot of things to do." Yes really, Celestia did whime to me like a spoiled child. 

"Oh..  are you saying all that cake and sitting on your behind all day have make your slow? " 

"You are gonna regret saying that little  sister, I will make you eat dirt as I leave you behind with my amazing running speed!" 

"Boop, the last one to eat lunch is a loser!" I touched my sister nose an ran to the dining hall, but she got before me because she teleported there.  

"Loser." 

"Cheater."

"You didn't say magic wasn't allowed."

"Fine." I grumpily sat to eat lunch but soon cheered up because the food was fantastic.  

"That was fun." My sister admitted. 

"Yes it was. Also calling not it in buying a present." 

"A present for what?" Celestia asked.

"The next event we are both invited to that needs one." 

"Oh like a wedding? I have been trying to hock up Cadance, that's Twilight Sparkle former babysitter, with someony. But that pegagus mare seems immune to love or something..."

I almost felt out laughing considering that the show Cadance was the princess of love... and talking about that.. 

"I think I saw her in a dream, she is the pink pegasus with a cutie mark that looks like a crystal heart, doesn't she?" 

"Ah yes, now that you mention it her cutie mark does indeed look a lot like that thing we had to destroy to kill King Sombra so long ago." 

Wait... Celestia and Luna destroyed the Crystal Heart?

"A pity that meant all the ponies that lived in the Crystal Empire had to move away after that but... having an Empire in a place with hostile weather that only survives due to a magic artifact was not a good idea to start with."

"Yes.  And quite pretentious to call a single city an Empire anyway."  

"True but King Sombra ego was as big as a mountain."

After that we finished lunch and shared the cake, the thing was so sweet it would probably have given me a heart attack if I didn't have Luna's body

"Tia, did you kill your sence of taste while I was gone? This cake has so much sugar that magic must have been used to make that possible!"

"Too sweet then?"

"Next time an enemy invades, just invite them some cake, they might perish on the spot."

Celestia then stared at me "Oh come on, is not that sweet!"

"Oh really? Then call a guard and order him to eat a slice!"

"No, I am not sharing cake with anypony else!"

"Then I win!" I said sticking my tongue out. 

"Fine, more cake for me."





After lunch I have my sister a hug, supressing the inner voice that called me an impostor.  

Then I brushed my teeth and went back to sleep. 

I awoke in time to rise the moon, yawning. 

Then I took off flying into the night sky until I found a nice cloud and relaxed on it. 

Soon the sun princess joined me. 

"So... still want to run around Canterlot?"

"No... too tired." I yawned again and hugged my sister." Ummm.... I think I  like you being so big, there is so much of you to hug."

Celestia smiled "Not the first time I heard that, but usually is one of my lovers." 

"Ah just you wait, once Nightmare Night comes around I will be somepony best princess... Probably a kid but I can wait until he gets older...  ah no, too creppy."

"I could never have romantic  relationship with ponies I knew as kids, too. That means I tend to have trouble finding somepony since everyone wants to know me since young and kids love me." 

"Mm hum, and yet you are horrible with kids, while I am horrible with adults.  We really need each other a lot don't we? Also... I think I might find Applejack cute. That's the orange farmer mare... but  ugh... Don't worry I can find somepony else, maybe her brother? No, he seems fragile." Why was I rambling like a fool? Stop!

"Are you serious about these feelings?" 

"I don't know, maybe? When I see the other Element Bearers I see potential for both and bad in them. But when I see Applejack..." My face feel hot, was I blushing?  

I groaned "Sorry... she probably is not even interested in mares..."

"And will you let that stop you?"

"Yes. I don't want to hurt anypony... well save Discord... too bad his power far outstrips ours."

Celestia nuzzled me "You deserve a chance for happiness."

"Maybe but... if Discord gets out, those six will be needed again."

And then I started to cry, in fact I cried myself to sleep. 





I decided to visit Applejack dream but I ended in Applebloom's dream instead. 

As I saw the dream turning into nightmare I intervened.

"Is not really that of a big deal."  I said after I turned the dream bullies to stone. 

"Princess Luna? And you mean my cutie mark?" Thankfully the filly wasn't scared of me.  

"Yes. Did you know ponies are the only species that gets cutie marks?"

"What about Zebras?"

"Well, I am sure they do not, but you could ask the zebra that lives next to Ponyville just to be sure. I think her name is Zecora." 

"But they make fun of me because I don't have my cutie mark yet." The small filly whined. 

"And if you had it, they would make fun of you because of something else. Don't let mean ponies decide what's truly important to you." 

"But .. I still want to find what my special talent is."

"Then just try to find what you are truly good at. And don't let others make you ashamed if your talent doesn't turn to be something... I think the word is cool?" 

"But if I had a cool special talent no pony would make fun of me and everypony would want to be my friend."

"Tell you what, why don't you ask your sister and her friends what kind of ponies you end getting as friends just because you are popular?"

"Okay, I think I will." 

I smiled and have Applebloom a hug. 

"Good. Never be afraid to ask your family and friends for help. Now I have to go."

"Wait!" She said just as I was about to leave her dream.

"Do you need anything else?" I said sounding annoyed. 

"Do you know any shortcut to getting a cutie mark?"

Should I? Ah why the buck not.

"Cutie marks tend to appear when a pony realises what they are really good at or what they find really important in their lives. The problem is that sometimes they don't understand what that something is even after they get their mark." I paused and licked my lips, how do you even get dry lips in a dream? "And it can be confusing since sometimes the cutie mark design doesn't exactly match the talent. Take your sister friend Rarity for example, her cutie mark is a diamond but she is a dressmaker and actually got her cutie mark after making fancy dresses."

"Oh... and do you know what my special talent is?" 

"That my little pony, is something you have to figure yourself. Goodbye." I left the dream before she had me answering questions all night.  

My next attempt to enter Applejack dream ended with... well let's just say Bon Bon and Lyra must be really be good friends. I quickly left that dream with my face red as a tomato.