“So, until such a time that Luna has recovered her power to the point that she—”
“So what are they saying, Twily?”
Twilight glared over her shoulder at where Shining Armor was standing behind her. “I don’t know,” she hissed. “You spoke up just as she was getting to the good part, but it was something about Luna.”
Shining Armor sighed his ears pinning back. When Princess Celestia had taken the small alicorn and Cadance away after breakfast Twilight and he had hurried after only to be stymied by a closed door. After a quick glare between the two, Twilight won the rights to to listen at the door.
Twilight shook her head and put her ear back to the door.
“What do you think about that, Luna? Is that alright with you?”
“Aye, we agree with thy decision sister; ‘tis the best choice, plus…”
“Plus?”
“This will give us the chance to get to know what Equestria has become.”
“Auntie Celestia, I’m pretty certain that Twilight and Shining Armor are at the door, should we let them in?”
Twilight pulled back from the door, her eyes wide as the door was opened by Celestia who was smiling down at her with an eyebrow raised.
“Twilight Sparkle, I would think that you would know better than to to listen outside of doors to private conversations.”
“I… It’s just you took my brand new friend, and I wanted to make sure she’d be okay!” Twilight looked up into Celestia’s eyes firmly.
Celestia blinked back a few tears as she smiled down at Twilight. So worried for my little sister that you would go against even me? “Twilight I can assure you that Luna is just fine. In fact, I was planning to come get you. Now, come on inside the room. You as well, Shining Armor.”
Shining Armor and Twilight looked at each other and shrugged before walking past Celestia into the small sitting room where Luna and Cadance were sitting on cushions. Twilight raced over to where Luna was and sat next to her as Shining Armor sat beside Cadance, catching her eye. Cadance smiled as Celestia shut the door.
“Shining Armor, my faithful student Twilight Sparkle, what do you know of the Mare in the Moon?” Celestia sat down across from the four ponies, a small smile tugging at her lips.
Shining Armor rubbed his front left foreleg. “Well, I mean, I was taught the basic myth in elementary. Long ago, the mare who raised the moon got angry at her elder sister, the mare who raised the sun, but that's all a myth, isn’t it?”
Celestia shook her head with a small frown before turning to Luna. “I’m so sorry, Luna. I never meant for you to be reduced into naught but a myth…”
Twilight’s eyes widened as her eyes flicked back and forth between Luna and Princess Celestia before standing up, “No way! It’s true, isn’t it! Luna is your little sister, isn’t she, Princess? But… wait a second, the pony in the story is a mare and Luna is my age!”
“That is correct, Twilight, on both accounts. Almost one thousand years ago, Luna was my younger sister, the Princess of the Night, the mare who rose the moon and stars. I… I was a horrible elder sister: I did not listen to her fears and feelings. I was far too full of myself I only cared for what ponies thought of myself… I-I… It was my fault Nightmare Moon happened. I never wished to send my little sister to the moon. Twilight, you did something I thought impossible. Last night, you freed Luna from the confines of the Nightmare. You brought my little sister home.” Celestia lay down on her belly to look into Twilight’s eyes. “Thank you, Twilight Sparkle…”
“I, um, yo-you’re welcome, Princess, but I… why is she so little? Did I do something wrong?” Twilight glanced down at the floor, her ears pinned back as she felt a wing wrap around her back. She looked over to see that the wing belonged to Luna, who was smiling at her.
“Nay, Twilight Sparkle, we hath spoken at length with our sister about what could have occurred and have decided the reason we are the size and maturity we are tis the fault of the Nightmare. It holds much of our previous strength and size within it. As we are now, we are little stronger than thee.” Luna smiled nuzzling her cheek against Twilight’s, who giggled.
“Luna is right, Twilight. We are pretty sure she’ll grow as a normal filly like you yourself will. Now I asked Luna if she wanted to retake her place by my side right away, but…” Celestia shook her head standing back up.
“We said no. We wish to learn more about this new time, so that we can become the princess we wish to be and the princess our ponies need us to be… Also.” Luna blushed glancing away her ears pinned back.
“Also what, Luna?” Twilight cocked her head. It must be super important if Luna chose not to be a princess!
“Well, we… I was hoping to spend more time with thee. Tia has suggested I take my lessons with thee so that we may become close friends. If you would not mind ou—my company?” Luna pawed at the ground, not noticing as Twilight seemed to vibrate a huge smile on her muzzle.
“Yes! Oh, wow, Luna! We are going to have the very best of times!”
Celestia smiled as Twilight started babbling to Luna about all the fun things she and Luna would be doing together. Welcome home, little sister, you just worry about growing up again and having fun. I’ll handle everything else.
Huurrrrgggg *Dies from cuteness overload*
Aww...so cute!
And nice way of handling the situation, though it does make me wonder what will happen in this timeline when Nightmare Moon is released.
7349198 Maybe the nightmare drags her back to the moon, and erases their memories?
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I have a plan of what will happen... I may even show it in a sequel, but that won't be for awhile. I do promise the Nightmare will be defeated though.
So cute I wish I could see little Luna and twilight together
Yay, Luna gets to be Twily's friend. Now, how long until the two of them get up to mischief?
<3 All the love!
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From my experience with kids that age? Roughly 3.7 seconds.
Part 3:
Twilight and Luna argue over who can eat the last cookie they stole from the cookie jar. When Luna decieves Twilight with a riddle, Twilight gets furious and in her rage accidently banishes Luna to the moon for another 1000 years.
Celestia goes insane from losing her sister twice, so she immedietly turns Twilight into an immortal alicorn amd forces her to disembowel herself with a wooden spoon for all eternity.
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Just a suggestion...
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Ummmm I think much more fluffy slice of light cutes, dark just isn't for this story.
Looking forward to the next chapter
7349198 while the elements might change they will still have to defeat Nightmare moon. Only other change will be at the moment Nightmare moon doesn't have a host unless there was enough of Luna's power to cover that left behind
Since Luna is a filly, it doesn't really make sense for her to take her place as the princess of the night yet. However, I would like to see what fun things Twilight and Luna will do together.
7349459 this is the funniest thing i have read all day thank you! I really needed that.
Cannot. Handle. Such. Cuteness!
Why un-edited?
Two words: book forts
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My editor is busy right now. So I decided to put it up now and replace it with the edited version once my editor is done.
7349246 That ... would be a horribly sad way to resolve the situation. Sure, Luna would eventually make friends with Twilight again, but to lose an entire childhood together (as well as losing all that time being back with her sister) ...
Well, certainly needs the touch of an editor, but I won't moan about that as you have placed the warning in the title.
A pretty sweet, albeit short, chapter. So Luna and Twilight will spend more time together. All the yays and squees!
Still, the Nightmare will eventually come. Let's see how this affects the known history.
Ah, but still, the immense joy Celestia must feel. Luna too, for that matter. Happy family reunions are always lovely to read about.
Now, how will the world react to finding about Luna? I think they'll probably keep it on a need-to-know basis so far. But they'll have to let the world know eventually.
too cute/alwsome for words. I look forward to more ch you make and what other troubles twilight might get into. or both get into. anyway please keep up the alwsome work and I look forward to more ch or storys.
Nice cover story for Luna. But we know Luna was the one that let Nightmare into her soul. It was only Luna's fault that ponies died. But thanks to Celestia her soul has been rescued.
Now this chapter was just what I needed to brighten my day. Little Luna is so cute, it should be illegal!
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What if the Nightmare becomes like a Symbiote and takes the first powerful pony it encounters upon release.
(like the Nightmare Rarity arc in the IDW comics)
7349250 Free from the modifying influence of Luna and possessing her powers, the Nightmare starts gobbling up ponies the instant it gets free!
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Then if it doesn't go after Pinkie Pie (who scares Discord), would probably go after the CMC (since they have been seen with minor reality warping powers, are closest to those who could have the potential to harm it, and the comics sucked with the NMR arc). But it'd also be funny if they went after Twilight. You have Eternal Parties; Eternal Crusades; and Eternal For Science! times.
7377051 I mean, I'm sure the host has to make an agreement, in classic fantasy fashion, to let the nightmare in. If you want to see an incredibly funny version of this idea that includes Nightmare Scootaloo, check out the first chapter of this story.
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It's practicaly the same scene from the last chapters, but your is much shorter.
No, Celestia. You weren't a bad sister.
Yeah, definitely next time I get money for a commission, Foals. *Evil grin intensifies*
Um, Twilight, that's not correct; she is still a princess (as is any female related to a king, queen, prince or another princess), just one without any active duties.
She still has the authority to control the Royal Guard, for example.
If you bring moony back as foal then I want... Dun dun duuuun THE NIGHTLY CRUSDERS!
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OH DEAR GOD SAVE US!!!!!
Oh... Smeg....