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// Elytra’s Lullaby 
// Story: Rival Chitin 
// by PactOfSkyranger 
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Fate had been cruel, and order unkind
It was I who sent them away...
The blame fell to both, and both vilified
The harmony's silent today...
Now into the stillness I bring them a song
And we will their company keep
'Till their tired eyes, and my lullabies
Have carried us all into sleep...

Once did the pony who shines like the sun
look out on the kingdom and sigh
She smiled and said, "Surely there is nopony
so lovely and so well beloved as I!"
So great was her reign, so brilliant her glory
that long was the shadow she cast,
Which fell upon Luna, young sister she loved
And grew only darker as days and nights passed...

Lullay, diarchs, goodnight sisters divine
Rest now in light's warm embrace
Bear up this lullaby, winds of the earth
through cloud and through sky and through space...
Carry to Luna the peace of the night
And bring Celly's sorrow in kind...
Luna, you're loved so much more than you know
Remember these clouds of wan light...

Soon did Celestia notice that others
did not give young Luna her due
And neither had she loved her as she deserved;
She watched as the nightmare's reality grew...
But such is the way of the limelight; it sweetly takes hold of the mind of its host
And foolish Celestia did naught to stop
the destruction of Luna, who needed her most

Lullay, diarchs, goodnight sisters divine
Rest now in light's warm embrace
Bear up this lullaby, winds of the earth
through cloud and through sky and through space...
Carry to Luna the peace of the night
And bring Celly's sorrow in kind...
Luna, you're loved so much more than you know
Strifes far from your minds, end the fight...

And remember the clouds of twilight...

The years now before me, fearful and unknown
But with her great visage, I face them on my own...
Now those thousand winters, Snowdrop's seen them pass
I fear them, revere them, comfort that young lass...
(Moondancer takes up the song.)
May all their dreams be sweet tonight
Safe on beds of sun-and-moon's light
And know not of sadness, pain, or care
And when we dream, we'll fly away and meet them there
Sleep...
Sleep...
Sleep...