Chapter One
Princess Luna sat down on her throne, anger and hate in her eyes and darkness in her heart. She cursed to herself.
"Did my sister really think that I'd sit idly by while they all bask in her precious light."
Unknown to her, her daughter, Princess Songbird had been woken up from her nap and was peeking out from behind the door.
The princess of the night, then stood up and her horn began to glow.
"THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE PRINCESS IN EQUESTRIA! AND THAT PRINCESS, WILL BE ME!" She screamed with a mighty rage.
Luna's horn glowed brighter as she ascended up. The five year old Songbird watched in horror as the moon outside began to cover the sun. And when it did, a dark shadow enveloped around Luna. Then with a loud explosion, Luna emerged.
But she had changed, instead of her dark blue coat and sparkly blue mane and tail like the night sky, Luna was jet black, her mane and tail were the same colour; only larger, her once soft wings were armoured and metallic, sharp teeth had grown in her mouth and her once loving eyes were reptilian and cold.
This new version of her mother scared Songbird, but it didn't stop her from running out.
"Mommy!" she cried, but a strong hoof held her back. Songbird looked up and saw her Aunt Celestia, The Princess of the Day.
The majestic alicorn held her niece back as she spoke to her corrupted sister.
"Luna! I will not fight you! Don't you see what your doing! You must lower the moon, it is your duty! Think of your daughter!" she cried, trying to hold her young niece back. Songbird looked up at her mother, a pleading look in her silver eyes.
The mare of darkness scoffed.
"Luna? I-AM-NIGHTMARE-MOON!" she shrieked. "I have but one Royal duty now! TO DESTROY YOU!"
Nightmare Moon then fired a spell at her sister, Songbird yelped as her aunt pushed her out of the way before dodging the blast herself. The blast from the spell shattered the ceiling above to pieces, seeing the opportunity, Celestia took to the skies.
"And where do you think you're going!" cried Nightmare Moon, flying after her sister.
Songbird wanted to help, spreading her little wings and she too, took to the skies after her mother and aunt. The young alicorn caught up with her aunt in combat with her mother. The sisters were firing spells at each other, Songbird wanted to do something.
Her small horn lit up with the spell that her mother taught her and fired. However, the spell was too weak to take any damage, so neither of the sisters noticed. Songbird tried again and again, until she was drained of her magic. She then floated back down to the ground and hid, watching the fight. Why would her mother do this?
She didn't understand why her sweet, nurturing mother would do this to her own sister.
Then something shocking happened, Celestia and Nightmare Moon had fired a spell at each other, at the same time.
The spells hit mid strike, soon there was a wrestling match with the spells and then, Nightmare Moons spell shot out at Celestia, blasting her to the ground. The Princess of the Day was sent plummeting to the ground, crashing through ceilings and floors, until she came to a stop.
Nightmare Moon laughed like a maniac, believing she had defeated her sister.
Songbird ran straight to her aunt and cried into her sparkly mane. Celestia stirred and got back onto her hooves, hugging her niece in the process.
"Auntie, why is Mommy doing this?" asked Songbird, she still had some tears falling down her face. Celestia didn't answer her question, instead she turned around, hiding a broken heart.
"I'm so sorry Luna, but you have given me no choice." she said, lighting up her horn and levitating a secret stand out of the floor. Sitting in the stand were six finely cut gemstones, one orange, one green, one blue, one pink, one red and the last one was a magenta star cut. Songbird recognised them and began to tear up more.
"NO AUNTIE! YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO MOMMY!" she cried, streams of tears were flowing out of her eyes. Celestia began to do the same, she hated seeing her niece like this.
"She has given me no choice, sweetie. I have to do this." she said, biting her lip. The magic from her horn levitated the magenta star out of the stand. The other gems followed.
As if on queue, Nightmare Moon burst through the window.
Celestia fired up her horn, Songbird screamed for her aunt not to use the Elements of Harmony on her mother, Nightmare Moon lit up her horn and tried to break through the Elements power, a force of light emitted from the Elements. The force hit Nightmare Moon, square in the chest, sending her screaming to the moon.
"MOMMY!!!!!!!!" cried Songbird, running to the broken window. The filly stared up at the moon, she had never felt so broken, her mother was gone.
The Elements had done their trick, Celestia was now crying. She had just banished her own sister to the moon, what's more she had also broken her nieces heart.
The five year old filly was crying hysterically. Songbird used her magic to grab her alicorn doll, Pixie Starlight. Her mother had given it to her on her first birthday. It was now the last thing she had to remember her mother.