Celestia was in the castle. She was playing ball with her little sister Luna. She was so energetic today, so full of life. Everything was perfect, the sun was shining, the birds where singing. But then the sky started to turn black, the walls crumbled, bird’s song turned into shrieks, and the room was filling with bright red fire. Celestia tried to reach her sister, but something else had her. The black smoke seemed to be alive; it enveloped Luna’s body wile she screamed and cried. Just behind her, Celestia could here a voice filled with utter hatred for her…
You Caused This!
Celestia shot up strait in her bed; her pillow was wet with tears and sweat. She had another Nightmare about her sister again. She had been having them for months now, each time getting worse and worse. At first it was just a memory of the day she became Nightmare Moon and was banished to the moon. She shook this off since the time when she would return was only a few short years away, but then they started to get worse. Simple memory’s becoming twisted and dark, and they would all somehow involve three things, her sister being taken by black smoke, fire that would burn everything, and the voice that would always curse her very existence. She knew that she should tell somepony about these nightmares, but the last thing she wanted was for them to worry about there princess.
Princess.
How bitter that word felt to her this morning. She picked up her crown and looked at it in both her hoofs. To anypony else it was a thing of beauty, an exotic golden band of elegant’s that only the most beautiful could wear, but to her on this particular morn it was just a piece of metal, a symbol of the lifestyle that took her sister from her. The crown made her angry, it was this title, this responsibility that caused her to be alone for all these long years.
She threw the crown at the wall causing it to bounce of and hit the edge of the roof of her four-poster bed, causing it to come loos and fall on her head.
Celestia opened her eyes to two figures hovering over her.
“Are you OK your highness?”
It was a guard pony and a maid; it was the guard that had asked her the question.
“Yes, I’m alright, I just had a little…accident”
“I apologies, but I couldn’t find your crown”
“That’s alright” she said, somehow she felt it wouldn’t be able to look at it again, let alone wear it on her head. The maid past her something made of paper.
“This came for you princess, it just appeared on your throne this morning?”
Celestia crawled out of bed and looked at the thing in her hoof. It was a letter with the words ‘Tia’ written on it, in blue crayon. Tia she thought, it had been a lifetime since anypony called her that. She nodded at the pair.
“Thank you, I will be fine now”
When the two had left the room Celestia looked at the letter again before opening it. A minuet latter the maid came back in.
“You majesty, what would you like done about the…”
But there was nopony there, and the window was wide open.
Miles away from Canterlot, Celestia was landing on a green hill. She found a tree and sat down under it to read the blue crayon letter again…
Dear Tie
How are you doing, I am fine, I’m waiting for you here in Ponyvill, you know the place all those apple ponies went to live, remember? Anyway, I’m here now, but I’m very lonely here all on my own, please come and play with me soon :3
Love
Luna
XXXXXX
P.S. something scary is with me here, please hurry!!!
Celestia read the letter over and over again, how could this be? It was her handwriting all right, but how could she be here when. Celestia looked across the green meadow to see the faint outline of Ponyvill in the distance.
“Could you really be they’re…waiting for me?”
A part of her said that this was stupid, she couldn’t really be there, but Celestia decided that if there was a chance to see her sister again it was worth the risk of disappointment. Celestia spread her wings and went back into the air; she was almost to the edge of town when the sky started to turn black. There was a flash of white, an explosion of sound, and a sudden strike of pain in her back. Then the ground suddenly began to get closer and closer, then everything went black. All was silent, and then the voice of her nightmares called to her…
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