Friends in the Sky
The barren waste land that was the moon was soon graced with a puff a black and navy blue fog. The Friends watched with curiosity and excitement. Someone new to play with had just appeared. The figure behind the fog was begining to take form. Who was this mysterious guest? A pony. Unicorn, Pegasus, or Earth? the Friends did not know.
"A unicorn..." whispered one.
"No fool! 'Tis a pegasi." said another.
"'Tis both." said the one to silence the rest.
The Friends stopped the whispered chatter as the fog dispersed, only to leave a small, blue, royal figure, collapsed and weeping into it's hooves. The Friends felt pity for the poor creature, as they gave it space, and took their place in the sky. The pony looked up, eyes streaming tears. It's thick powder blue hair adorned a black tiara. The broad chest holding a black pendant with a cresent moon. It's cutie mark seemed to be painted on by a little foal, with black splattered paint and a moon to match the pendant. Powder blue horse-shoes with arabesque and detailed designs. Truly a graceful creature sent to accompany the Friends. The pony adorned both a horn and wings in a dark periwinkle coat, sniffled as it stood on all fours. It looked confused as it assessed it's rather sad situation. It walked, looking to the sky only to see black, stars, and the most depressing sight. Earth. If only she realized that those stars were more that just burning balls of gas. The pony lowered her head and began to trot as silent tears slipped from her eyes. It trotted to a decently sized crater and used it's horn to diminish any uncomfortable rocks. It laid itself down in the crater, shifting uncomfortably and readjusting it's posture. The Friends seized this a the perfect opportunity to comfort the poor pony.
"Aw poor thing..." came a whisper.
"Huh? Who goes there?!" shouted the pony as she stood up from the crater.
"Your friends fair maiden..."
"Impossible! The Princess of the Night hath none friends..."
"Please, your Majesty... What is thy name?" came the voices.
"We are Luna. Princess Luna. Princess of the Night! Reveal thyself!"
"Princess... we art thou friends... Please tell us the situation that is troubling thee...
Luna hesitated. "We said, REVEAL THYSELF!"
"But fair Princess, we have... Look up..."
"'Tis only stars. Art thou attempting to fool us?!"
"No dear Princess... we are the stars..."
Luna almost fell over. "Impossible. We created thee. How can thy speaketh?"
"Yes Luna, you did create us. You gave us life. You gave us soul...
Luna was silent. How is this happening? There was nopony here. Nopony except the stars. Was this a cruel prank Celestia added to banishment? Or was she already losing her sanity?
"Please... let us show thee what we can offer while thou stays here..."
The stars began to move, as if they were falling down a drain, then in a sudden burst, scattered over space in a different order than previously. "Please Princess... play our game..."
"What game?!" Luna shouted. She wasn't sure whether to be scared, confused, or angry.
"Do you see the brighter stars?"
"Yes."
"Can you make out any shapes?"
Luna studied the stars, following their patterns. "We see, a soup laddle, a dipper.
A big one!" Her horn filled with magic, connecting one glowing star to another, until the figure in the sky, the constellation, was clear.
"Hmph, your game amuses us! We shall connect more stars if you please."
"Of course, Your Majesty..."
Hours on hours, Luna spent all her time connecting the stars, naming the pieces of art and each individual star within them. Oh! How this game was fun! One star though, stood among the rest.
"That star... That star there. Please, make it glow, make it glow among all others. Please."
"As you wish, You Highness..."
The one star, began to eluminate brighter than the others in most glory and elegance. Luna had known Equestria as well as Celestia, and if she were at the balcony of her tower, she could see this star just North of Equestria. It would shine above the glorious Crystal Empire, if it was still there anyway. Luna had raised the moon one last time to see King Sombra and Discord sealed away, before she herself was banished to a body of stone.
"What shall the star be named?" asked the Friends.
"The Northern Star... It is a sign to my sister that We shall have our revenge!"
"If we may, Princess... Why exactly are you here among us?"
Luna stopped looking at the new glorious star, and sank her head. She hadn't thought about that since her new Friends introduced themselves. "We were banished for refusing to lower the moon, for jealousy of our sister's beautiful day." Tears trickled down Luna's cheek's. "We are stuck here for A Thousand days and Nights. Only then can I leave you. But I must find my own way to leave."
She was silent for a moment.
"'TIS UNFAIR AND UNJUST!" Now she was bawling. And angry. "SISTER'S DAY IS REJOICED AND CHERISHED BY PONIES EVERYWHERE! WHILE THE PEASANTS SHUN MY GORGEOUS NIGHT! THEY SHALL LOVE THEIR PRINCESS OF THE NIGHT!"
Luna stopped shouting.
"And once We are released from the wretched rock... There shall be no Princess of the Sun to love!
Luna began to pace, mumble to herself, as the Friends talked amongst themselves.
"She is obviously in need of revenge on her elder..." whispered one.
"Indubitably..." others agreed.
"We should give her that chance..." another said. "Strike her a deal..."
"Yes... But of what sorts?"
The Friends pondered as to what they could offer Luna. Gifts, treasures, unlimited happiness, none seemed to cross the idea of pleasing the Princess of the Night. Until one came up.
"She said she could only escape on her own... Why not help her?"
"Good, good plan... But how?"
"On the longest day of the thousandth year, we can aid her in ESCAPE, not make her wait for the end of her punishment, but end it earlier than scheduled!"
"Brilliant!" they all agreed. And the deal was plotted.
"Dear Princess..."
"What?!" she shouted in the middle of her mumbling.
"We believe that we can help fulfill your dream of vengeance..."
"Speak!" She then continued to her pacing and mumbling.
"We can end your punishment early, if you wish..."
She stopped in her tracks. "You can? How?"
"We have the power to help thee aid in escape earlier than your scheduled... On the longest day of the Thousandth year... We shall aid you to Earth..."
"The longest day of the Thousandth year? Why that's the Summer Solstice! Perfect! But sister. Surely she will notice my absence from the moon."
"Easily taken care of..."
"Really?! We give the royal Thanks to thee!"
"Thou art welcome... If only for exchange of one thing..."
"Name it... It is yours."
"That we shall forever stay as you have put us... For this is how you made us..."
"But of course."
"Then the deal... Is struck..."