//------------------------------// // One Moonless Night // Story: Sister Dearest // by SuchAFoal //------------------------------// Dear Princess Celestia, If you wanted to see me broken, then you've succeeded. Here we go again, you've ripped apart my mental process. I've lived this way for far too long. A side of me is speechless at this excess. Even when things got rough, we stood strong.....Together.....We were the ones that ponies turned to, when times got tough, when they got knocked to the ground. We showed them how to get back up again. Now we can't even stand each other. I'm just a lie built for you. I would rather be anywhere all alone, because I know; the very worst part of you, is me. Yet, the more I push the more you pull me back. So let me go....Let me take back my life. I'm so lonely and you're so cold to me, my hollow hero. I can't make sense of these feelings anymore. You treat me like a stranger whenever you're around. I don't want to live this way, waiting for the day you finally love me again. This darkness...I'm so alone.... Why does it feel like night in the day? It's like whirlwind inside my heart, is this pain real? When I call and nobody responds at all? I can't stop this tempest inside my head and it seems like my sun has finally set....I feel its light inside me fading.... I need you now more than ever...Please...Please.... I'm so alone.... Your loving sister,                                 Luna      Celestia read the tear stained letter and wondered if the tears where hers or Luna's. She sobbed softly, letting the tears fall freely onto the parchment. The aching in her heart only grew with every sentence she read from Luna's letter's. Celestia opened the next letter slowly, fearing what awaited her aching heart next. Dearest sister, I have some wonderful news. Oh! I'm so excited I can hardly contain it. I think... ...I think I'm in love... I met her, that's right HER, when she visited our royal court a few days ago. She was so beautiful, I never thought I could feel this way about somepony else. She kept looking at me and blushing, it was soooooo cute. ("I can practically hear her squee." Celestia thought, smiling sadly) I decided that this may be my only chance to say something, so I invited her up to my room for some tea so we could "talk". I know you wouldn't approve, but she understands me. We spent our time together talking about how wonderful the night sky is and how life in Canterlot can be such a choir. We even talked about you for a bit. She thinks very highly of you, which surprised me quite a bit. I asked her "Why?" "Because, she is the kindest, gentlest, and most beautiful pony I know."   If only you where that way to me, I suppose I could share her opinion. I just don't now anymore ..... And I don't think I want to. She came by again today and we had some more tea. She commented on the state of the guards lacking..."Civility" I will have to look into this. She said they kept bumping into her in the hall and muttering things like "Fillyfooler"and "Slut". Those guards are going to feel the never ending pain of a moon goddess after tonight. We talked for some time about the weather, but eventually opened up about ourselves. She loves Orange tea and long nights of star gazing. She admitted that she loved staring at the moon because it is " So beautiful". Her blushing made me blush, we just sat there for a bit just staring at the floor. She finally looked at me and all I could think was how much a loved those beautiful purple eyes. The single pink stripe in her mane and the way she seemed to comfort me no matter how upset I am. It was in that same instant I did what I've wanted to do since I first laid eyes on her. I kissed her... It was the most wonderful thing I think I have ever done. Her lips were soft like a marshmallow and her mane smelled of  tea leaves and parchment. I lay here writing this now, because I want you to know why I'm leaving. I have decide to move in with the love of my life, Twilight Sparkle, and I hope this may comfort you more then you have ever comforted me. I still love you, my sister, and I always will. I hope you find your happiness too. Yours truly,                         Luna Celestia gaped at the parchment for several seconds rereading the final lines again and again. Her heart froze in her chest and a deep chill filled her soul. Her sister was going to leave her, but that wasn't the part that scared the princess the most. What truly terrified her was who. Twilight was not a bad pony in any way that caused the fear rather, it was something far more sinister. The guards had just returned with a report that Twilight Sparkle had been reported "missing" from her library. Her body was found dead just a few days prior too these letters. Celestia hadn't known of the guards obvious disapproval of her sisters relationship. Celestia shakily opened the last of the three scrolls she had received that night. Dear Princess Celestia, I know its not your fault, but you had to know. I need you to understand....I need you.... It seems the guards had other plans for my love, or maybe it was you. It really doesn't matter anymore you got your wish, I am all alone once again. She is gone....Forever..... Now these thoughts are taking over, I can't live, I can't breath. There's no sunshine since she's gone and this house is just no home. Only darkness everyday and I can't seem to find any light. Love its such a beautiful lie, it's nothing more then heartbreak. I'm just left here waiting for a hero I can't believe in. I'm left here wide awake will you're sleeping. I'm still alive, but she has her freedom. This will be my last letter to you, my dearest sister. It's been so long since I could hold my head up high. Since I could stand on my own and everything I could remember wasn't just a fading dream. I can't go on without her, I just can't. I wait for her to come through those doors every night, why do I still wait? In the end everypony ends up alone... Now, I'm lost and insecure, where are you? WHERE WERE YOU? I've become so numb and tired of being lost and alone all the time. I'm tired of living up to you, forced to walk in your shoes. Can't you see that everything you wanted me to be is falling apart right in front of you? I now you are just like me........So disappointed in you....... Now I will tell you what I have done for you, bleeding and breathing for you. I don't need you anymore....A thousand tears I have cried for you. I'm going under, drowning in this sea.......Falling forever........ Over and over, I feel this ache in my heart, but I won't be broken again. I would rather feel this pain, than nothing at all. Looking back I see now what I should have a thousand years ago. What YOU should have said a thousand years ago. "I'm sorry for the way I am. I never meant to be so cold. I never really wanted you to go......" Pain. Without her love. Pain. Without your love. When the sun comes up, you'll thank me. This is no place to try and live my life, in the shadow of you. If you had cared you might have learned....Learned how to save a life. I love you sister, Yours forever Prin---* Blood soaked the lower part of the parchment obscuring Luna's signature. Celestia let her tears flow freely now, it didn't matter anymore. She had not only lost a sister and her dearest friend, but also the one thing she had left of her. The fond memories they had shared. They had all been a lie, a brave smile and a fake laugh meant to please her. She stared at the moon for a long time and said the thing she should have said a century ago. "I'm so sorry my sister. Please, don't go. I love you." She sank down on the ground, sobbing into the grass before her. The moon illuminated the grave in front of Celestia. it stood tall and regal, almost dwarfing the moon behind it. It bore Luna's cutie mark and the lines, "Here lies her royal highness, Princess Luna. She will forever be in the hearts and mind of all her loyal subjects. May she rest in peace." Next to her grave sat a smaller tombstone. It had a cutie mark of a star with small sparkles all around it. It bore the lines, "Here lies Twilight Sparkle, protege of her royal highness Princess Celestia and beloved librarian and philanthropist. She is remembered by her loving wife Luna. May she rest in peace."