Struggles

by Monochromepony

Weakening

The next morning, Celestia paced back and forth in her throne room, sipping coffee out of her “1# Princess” mug. She wasn’t sure what to say or even think about what she saw last night. She still couldn’t believe that after all they've been through Discord had the nerve to do that to her sister. He was going to pay.
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Luna waited, surprised her sister hadn't bothered her yet. It had been about half an hour since six o’clock. Finally, she got and slowly opened her door, for some reason thinking her sister would be right there in her face. She let out a sigh of relief to see empty space in front of her, and trotted to the royal kitchen, where a fancily dressed unicorn stallion with a grey coat and black mane was eating a bran muffin. She caught sight of him and tilted her head, wondering what a “peasant” was doing on the the east wing of the castle, which was where her and Tia slept, ate, and of course, argued.

Who is this?

She used her magic to levitate a broom nice and high, read to swat him on the back of the head. “Just who are you?” Said the overreacting alicorn, ready to attack him with her broom.

As soon as the the broom was about to hit him right in the head, he ducked, dodging the wooden stick by an inch. “Woah!” He backed up, “Calm down, I’m just… Eh... Celestia’s assistant!” He used his own blue tinted magic to keep the broom from hitting him again as she dropped it.

“Celestia’s… assistant?” Luna stared at him, dumbfounded. “I didn't know she had an assistant…” She said in a tiny voice.

“Well… she does.” He placed the broom down, resting it on the wall beside him. “So, Luna, I've heard you and Celestia have been in quite a fight lately.”

Luna sat down and scratched her head as the stallion began pouring batter into a pan. “... H-how do you…”

“Oh, It’s everywhere, ya know! Celestia complains about it all the time to me, it’s quite annoying, really.” He said, pouring milk from a glass pitcher into a glass cup for her. “Everypony is talking about how you treat her like rubbish and how much more amazing she is than you..”

Luna looked shocked. “She… did?”

“Eeyup… Sorry to tell ya....” He said as he took a pan off the stove, that somehow, within a minute, filled with about six pancakes that came out of nowhere. He put three of them on a plate and offer it to her as well as the glass of milk.

The princesses eyes began filling with tears. She levitated her breakfast with her magic and slowly went to her room with it. The Stallion grinned widely as she did so and with the glow of his horn, he was gone.

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S...sister… you love me… don’t you?

Luna sobbed into a pillow, feeling her sorrow overwhelm her. “Tia… You wouldn't…” She looked over to her nightstand where a framed picture of the two sisters as fillies rested. she used her magic to bring it over and held it in her hooves.

Maybe Discord was right…
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An hour and a half later, Luna heard a knock on the door.
She groaned and glanced up at the entrance.

Celestia.

“Sister? May I come in?”

“No.” Luna growled, pulling her covers over her head.

Celestia sighed and looked to the floor. “Look, I’m sorry if I upset you last night, I guess I did kinda not really treat you like a sister… but you must lower the moon.”

“Go away,” Luna muttered, trying her best to ignore her sister. “Your ‘royal assistant’ told me everything.”

“... Assistant?” Celestia rose her head with a concerned look. “I… don’t have an assistant.”

“Sure you don’t.” Luna mumbled under her breath. “Just as true as what I thought was sisterly love…”

Celestia stood there at her sisters door for a moment, thinking who she could be thinking of. Having a very faint idea, she galloped back to the throne room to see an old and well known foe sitting there on her throne.

“Well, well~” The draconequus said, looking up at the sky through a large window in the ceiling. it was eight in the morning and the moon still wasn’t lowered.

“Discord! What have you done to my sister!” Celestia said furiously, stomping a hoof to emphasize her seriousness.

“Oh, just gave her a little encouragement. Seems we have much in common… Oh my… that sentence... déjà vu much?” He put a talon to her chin and moved away before Celestia’s hoof could swat him.

Celestia grimaced, and arched her back as if she was ready to pounce on him. “S... shut up!”

“Oh dear! That doesn’t sound like the appropriate language for a royal princess~” Discord said, crossing his legs and laying back in the cushions of the royal seat.

At first anger was the only emotion in the princess’ eyes. The draconequus was staring back, a wicked stare with an evil grin, but soon his grin slowly faded when he heard the mare softly sobbing as she collapsed to the floor. He craned his neck and watched her, surprised. “...Tia?”

The monster you took me for was the monster I became....

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“Luna, you must lower the moon! It is your duty!”

“Ah!” Luna woke up in a cold sweat. She had the most horrible dream… but that’s not what bothered her. The only thing she could think about was her hatred for Celestia. She looked up at the sky through her window. The sun was up.

I suppose Celestia did this...