Luna wants to protect her little ponies too. It is her duty to step into their slumber and keep them safe from the horrors of the Dreamtime. But she has been away for a thousand years, and before she can help others face their nightmares, she must come to terms with her own. As she tries to transcend reality and enter into the sea of dreams, Luna remembers how she let hatred into her heart, and the price both she and her Nightguard paid for her fall.

Can she ever earn forgiveness for her crimes? Perhaps Equestria truly is better off with just one Princess to rule over the day and night. She is small, her body weakened by the Elements of Harmony, and this beautiful world her sister watches over has no need for her.

No. No, we will not be forgotten. It is our duty to guard the dreams of our subjects, and guard them we shall!

The two ponies I care for the most, my dear sister and most faithful student, have betrayed me. My most loyal guard says I'm just being paranoid, but what would he know that I don't also? I thought the nightmare was over, but now it's clear it never went away. In fact, it's only gotten stronger and more cunning, as evidenced by how it's turning all that I hold dear against me. Well, it won't succeed, and I'll do whatever it takes to make sure of that. Mark. My. Words.

Co-Written with Razalon
Edited by Razalon
Pre-read by Razalon

Do you remember being born? Torn away from everything that is familiar and cast out into the unknown?

I do.

It haunts my dreams.

Luna is a happy filly, and wants her sister to be happy too. She doesn't know why Celestia cries at night, so she's going to raise the sun and let her big sister sleep in.

Celestia watches her waiting to raise the sun from inside her chambers, torn between a love that she wants to acknowledge and the machinations of politics that have kept her from doing so.

What would a good sister do?

What would a good mother do?

Proofreading by Minds Eye

Cover Art: Then I Heard Your Heart Beating - Riz Cifra

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Written for AugieDog's Dec. 2013 Luna story contest.
The Princess of the Night walks her sister's dreams, bringing a peaceful night's sleep after her return from the moon.
A simple little pony tale that will hopefully relax the reader as well.

Luna spends her nights in painful torment, unable to escape the memories of her past sins.
Until one night, she is reminded that she is not as alone as she thinks.
And that someone out there still loves her...

Based on and inspired by Lullaby for a Princess.
Special thanks to TheOneBehindYou for proofreading and suggesting the titles for this little fic of mine.
Source cover art used with permission from the original artist.

Discord has been reformed— mostly. Still, Princess Celestia seems to have trouble controlling what appears to be a seething hatred for him whenever nopony else is around.

When the Princess approaches him one day before a royal ball, Discord begins to see the situation a bit better.

The Princess and I was easily my most popular fiction, tripling my watchers and gaining praise from authors who are actually really good making me think that I knew what I was doing. However as with every great tale there are some parts that needed to be cut out via the writer's discretion. These are the chapters that I decided to cut out, reasons for doing so will be explained in the Author's Notes. (There will also be 'extended cuts' of chapters that are still in the main story, you can tell me whether or not to include those if you feel that they were better that the existing chapter)
Popular stories list! 10-25-2013! (Thanks guys, that means a lot)

My name is Aedan and I'm your average run-of-the-mill guy from Missouri. I served in the Marine Corps for about four years, now I've been out for a year and I'm making a living on the edge of St. Louis. It's not the best of conditions for a guy like me to have to deal with, but I adapt and overcome. Then one Saturday morning on my daily jog I ran into something (well in truth she ran into me) I'd never thought possible. She calls herself 'Princess Luna'. She's alone and confused, but most of all, she wants to go home. And guess who the poor guy is that decided to help her.

rated Teen for talking like a Marine and some... 'Adult' situations...

For Celestia, living forever isn't her curse. If immortality only include eternal life, she could handle that. What she can't deal with are the memories, or lack thereof. When her past escapes her day by day as the centuries progress, what will she have left?

Story is dedicated to Nightamarus. Keep on keeping on, dude.

Thanks to my editors Selbi and Trials, along with my prereader Skeeter The Lurker for all their help!