The Meeting
The group sat outside of the cafe, each eating their preferred meal. It took a while for them to order something for Luna, who was unaccustomed to these sorts of foods and insisted on having the exact contents of each explained to her.
“So Luna, would you care to explain why Celestia might be so upset with you?” Rarity asked in a casual manner, “It sounds as though she was mad simply because you were in Ponyville; is there any reason that might be?”
Luna thought for a moment, “Well, we did have an argument beforehand, and I suppose it would be within reason that she would be concerned, even worried, about what I might be doing, going off on my own afterwords.” She reasoned. “But...she has often told me to come here and make friends, something I haven't done because I believed myself too mature for such a thing; I wanted to resume my position at the throne, ruling beside her. I suppose I could have listened to her a bit more than I did.” Luna looked disapprovingly at the pile of vegetables that had spilled from the back of her sandwich. “In any case, I feel that what she said was entirely out of character for her.”
“From what Applejack told me, it most certainly sounds out of character!” Rarity exclaimed, “I would really be quite surprised if she did not come to her senses soon.”
“Um, I think we should find some cover...” Fluttershy suggested; she had been anxiously watching the sky for a bit, but didn't mention anything because she didn't want to interrupt anypony. There were dark clouds covering the sky around Ponyville, and quickly moving in towards them. They were coming in at a much faster rate than usual; quickly enough that most of the ponies who were out and about had stopped what they had been doing just to watch the clouds race through the sky.
The clouds slid over their heads, making everything darker, and rain started pouring down. Everyone looked about as confused as they were irritated about the rain. “Now why in the world would it be rainin' on the day before the Summer Solstice?” Applejack wondered aloud.
The rain stopped falling around their table as quickly as it had began, though they still heard and saw the pittering of it around them. A pegasus descended from the clouds: “Now now, no need to thank me,” it said, taking a seat at their table. “although, would you happen to have any extra food? Today's a busy day, and I haven't had the chance to eat anything!”
“Rainbow Dash, is it?” Luna checked. “You may have what I have not yet eaten.” She pushed her plate over to rainbow dash, glad for an excuse not to finish eating such unfamiliar food.
Rainbow looked bemusedly at the mess Luna had somehow made of her sandwich. “Things are pretty crazy right now, we've got to have it rain right up until nightfall, and clearing stuff up before the Festival means we're going to have to work all night. To make things worse: apparently Celestia hasn't even returned to Canterlot yet, and all the higher-ups are getting worried.”
“So Rainbow, why exactly does it need to rain now? It's right before the festival and it's been so hot lately! It seems so...” Rarity paused, “...unfitting.”
“Don't ask me! Supposedly we decide the weather based on complicated mathematics and magics.” Rainbow Dash made a skeptical face, “If you ask me though, it just seems arbitrary.”
“It's more important than you might think that the weather is as it should be.” Luna said ominously. Everyone looked at her curiously, though they didn't ask anything more; suspecting it wasn't something she could reveal. “Ah, because the rain is necessary for vegetation to grow, as well as for erosion, of course,” she added, realizing that she had said something she ought not to have.
“Well, sure the weather's awful strange and all, but what's that about Celestia not returnin' to Canterlot?” Applejack wondered why everypony was so concerned with the weather; it hadn't rained in a while, so she was glad the plants wouldn't be drying out. “Surely she ain't been in Ponyville this whole time?” She suggested.
“Well I mean, where else could she be?” Rainbow asked. “If she had gone to any of the other cities then someone would have probably reported seeing her, but Ponyville doesn't have many officials, so she would be more likely to go unnoticed.”
“This is quite interesting.” Luna noticed everypony had finished their food by this point. “Do you suppose this might be related to the way in which she threatened me?”
“Don't worry 'bout it, Luna.” Applejack tried to comfort her. “Maybe she's like, watchin' you or somethin', so she'll see you ain't up to anythin', and she'll realize she was just bein' stupid.”
Luna didn't seem any less down. “But I do not wish for her to merely not punish me, I am becoming tired of her failing to take us seriously. I am practically happy that she is not simply ignoring me now.”
“Well, darling, I suspect she simply believes you need a break after all that time banished. You know, so that you can become used to the changes that have occurred during a thousand years.” Rarity guessed. “That, and because you're young, er, relatively so, I'm sure she feels you need some time to grow up properly, now that she's capable of running Equestria by herself.”
Luna still looked doubtful. “I suppose I could see that, but I was capable of co-ruling before I was banished, so how might I prove that I am currently equally capable?”
“W-well, maybe you don't need to,” Fluttershy suggested, “Perhaps you should just do what she wants and just enjoy yourself for a while, wouldn't waiting just a few more years be easy for you? I mean, considering you can live for thousands of years.”
“It would not be unbearable, however it would be quite humiliating to simply back down.” Luna was once again feeling irritated by the ponies she was forced to be in the company of, she did not wish to hear ponies taking her sister's side. “I am equal to my sister, and I do not wish to spend my time simply waiting.”
Applejack sensed Luna's mood was going further south. “Well sure, hun, but you need to understand her thinkin' too.” She said, trying to reason. “Then maybe you can think of a better way to convince her you should be involved.”
“Perhaps. Regardless, something is wrong with her at present.” Luna brought back the larger issue of the encounter they had the other day.
Applejack thought back to then. “No doubt something was wrong with her, but if I was you I wouldn't worry about it. Come tomorrow everythin'll be right as rain. If it ain’t, we'll deal with it when it happens; no sense worryin' about a problem that may or may not actually be, ya hear?”
“Very well, I shall not make an action until tomorrow comes.” Luna confirmed, feeling anxious with the thought. Celestia was not the sort to cause such an uproar and fail to have a reason.
Rarity stood, “Sorry to leave so suddenly, but I really must finish preparing the décor. I suspect some of what has been set up has been ruined by this downpour.” Rarity said, departing.
“Oh, are we separating?” Fluttershy asked.
“Well gosh, I hadn't thought of it, what with Twilight bein' so upset, but I really have gotta go check on the food preparations back at the farm!” Applejack said, rushing off. “I hope they didn't have any trouble while I was sleepin' over at Twi's.” She muttered as she left.
“It goes without saying that I'm too busy to stay any longer!” Rainbow said, before taking off back into the sky. The hole in the clouds sealed, and rain began pouring down upon the table once again.
Fluttershy looked at Luna. “Well, I suppose I had better go too, and make sure the birds are still all together...” She began slowly walking off. “I hope everything turns out alright for you, Luna.” She called back.
Luna was a bit surprised, she had been expecting she might have been stuck with company all day, and finally being left alone didn't leave her as pleased as she had hoped. She wasn't sure quite where to go at this point; it seemed best for her to next meet her sister the following morning, at the celebration, so she couldn't leave Ponyville. In the meantime, she decided to head back to the library. She knew Twilight would not appreciate it, but Luna had found herself unable to think of anything to do with the time remaining in the day, so just reading sounded fine.
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What's going on I wonder?
That or shes using the pinkie power of 4th wall spying. -looks around- im glad my room is small I know shes not here..
Good, really good. As I said in chapter four, keep it up. You're making a great story.
Dear Celestia
what are you thinking?
You know, I don't think Celestia is going nuts... I just think she is simply lacking in trust. plain and simple...
If I were in the horseshoes of the mane 6 (ouch! Nails!
)... I'd make the bold statement of simply ditching town (with Spike in tow) during the night preceding the sumer sun celebration and waiting for Celestia to notice... To notice that her closest subjects, the bearers of the Elements of Harmony, chose to not attend Celestia's own celebration. Then I'd Spike mail a letter right to her face 
, minutes before sunrise, possibly in front of everypony, telling her that somepony is not listening to her friends and family's needs and wishes. Somepony is ignoring her little sister who only seeks to earn her big sister's trust, and instead, is rewarded with vile distrust and humiliation. I'd point out that somepony needs to do a little soul searching, and possibly write her own friendship report to her student about what she has learned... and if she is not willing to make peace and learn the art of forgiveness and trust, then they will simply not be able to attend a farce of a ceremony. The dawn brings life giving sunlight anew to the world with each day, and forgets the night that came before. The dawn is a new start to the lives of every pony, and Celestia's actions are in effect, holding an eternal night on the friendship and love between the two sisters. 
If I were Twilight and her friends... I'd ask Celestia to end the eternal night between blood, and let dawn finally bring a sun rise on Celestia and Luna's relationship.
Well... That's me...
Twi will probably cower for 13 chapters instead!
And DANG IT FiMfic!!! add a friggin WOONA ponimoticon to the list!
I used to say hasbro gave Luna no love, but these days, even HASBRO gives Luna more love than your comments features!
FiMfic, U B trollin' us Luna fans or wat?
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Let's just imagine you can type...your commenting fails can be a secret, just between you and me
Teeheehee, I want you all to know, it took some serious self control not to make Celestia tell Fluttershy to grow some balls later in the final chapter.
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It also took some serious self control to make that statement a comment instead of a blog post.
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suddenly luna looks under a box and celestia is there smiling sheepishly with a exclamation point appearing over her head...
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spike whts happening.. Spike? SPIKE! SSSSSSSSSPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKKKKKKKKKEEEEEEE!
Keep em' coming!
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I really am glad to hear that! I personally hate stories where the bad guy is a bad guy 'Because you know why not.' I want the antagonist to have a good reason for what they're doing! People and ponies are never bad by nature!
Now personally, I think I made this story too biased towards Luna, even if...well you'll see.