A Thousand Year Nightmare

by Lux Rune

Memories

Day 14

Dear Diary,
I think it’s been about two weeks since sis sent me here, the only thing I can really do here is sleep; it makes time seem to go by faster, and I guess I’m going to be here a while. Honestly, I can’t really blame it all on her; actually, I don’t think I can blame her at all. I overreacted to something and may have gone the teeniest bit crazy. I just wanted to be noticed by everypony, as if I meant nothing, or didn’t even exist.
I felt unloved; uncared for.
But now I just feel like an idiot, I was loved, I was cared for. Tia loved be and she showed her love, but I was too blind, too angry to see it, and now she’s gone, and I feel alone, cold, and abandoned.

Day 30
Dear Diary,
Last night, at least I think it was night, was a full moon, and even while on the moon, it was beautiful.
I also had a dream, or rather; it was a memory, from when I was just a filly. It was one I had forgotten about long ago; it was about me, Tia, and mom and dad. Dad was teaching Tia to fly, and he and mom explained to us that one day we would take over their jobs of raising and lowering the sun and moon, and how essential that it is that we work together:
“I did it! I flew, I flew!!” She cheered as she landed.
I smiled and cheered with her, “Yay! You rock Tia!”
“Did you see me mom, did you see me?” Tia asked as she ran up to mom who was still holding me.
“Yes sweetie, I saw you, and you flew wonderfully; didn’t she dear?” She gestured towards dad as he landed.
“Of course she did, she flies just like her mother.” Smiling at Tia as he said it.
Tia’s face lit up like the sun, “You mean it, you really mean it?”
He chuckled, “Of course I do Celestia, now come on over here, there’s something your mother and I want to talk to you and Luna about.”
I just stared at him, wondering what he was going to talk about, “You mean we didn’t just come out here so you could teach Tia to fly?”
Mom interjected, “No Luna, no we didn’t”
“So why did we come out here?” Tia asked.
Dad hung his head a little and let out a sigh, “Your mother and I thought for a long time as to when we would tell you this, and we both agreed that we should do it now.” He looked at mom who smiled and nodded, “Luna, Celestia, the truth of the matter is, your mother and I aren’t going to be around forever. Together we’ve shared a long, long life together, but just as the seasons change, and day becomes night, the time will come for us to move on to the next world, where all living beings must go eventually.”
I could see tears in Tia’s eyes, and feel them in my own as mom spoke, “Girls, wipe those tears from your eyes. We’re not telling you this to make you sad, we’re telling you because we’re about to start a very important stage in your lives.”
Celestia wiped her tears, “What do you mean; what important stage?”
Dad pulled her closer to him, “Listen girls, once your mother and I are gone, it will be up to the two of you to raise and lower the sun and moon, just as we do.”
I wiped the last remaining tears from my eyes and looked at mom, and then to dad, “You mean I’ll be in control of the moon?”
He smiled, “Yes, and I’ll teach you how to control it, as well as the surrounding stars and constellations.”
Tia looked at mom, “And you’ll teach me to control the sun?”
“Yes sweetie, and how to control how hot and cold the weather will be, now come over here so we can start.”
I looked up at mom, “You mean we’re starting now?”
She looked down at me and nudged me towards dad, “Yes, now head on over to your father, I know he was a lot to talk about.”
I walked over to dad, and sat down. He chuckled pulling me in and wrapping his front legs around me, “Luna, do you know why your mother and I created the sun and the moon?” I shook my head, “We created them so that the ponies everywhere could prosper in the warm and bright day, and rest easy in the dark cool night, and for the many creatures to do the same, live and play in the day, and sleep at night; and vice versa for the nocturnal creatures, and do you know why we did that?” I shook my head again. He laughed and held me a bit closer, “We did it to create balance and harmony in the world, without which the world could not thrive as it does. Without the sun, food would not grow, and without the moon, those who work would not be able to rest. Are you beginning to understand?”
I nodded, “I think so.”
He smiled, “Good, but Luna, there’s something important that you must remember.”
“What?”
“Being in charge of the moon will not be easy, the hardest part will be the fact that you will be overlooked by many ponies, and they will take for granted what you give them. This is unavoidable, but you remember that no matter how they act towards you, or your night, that Celestia will always be there for you when you need her, just as your mother is there for me. Many times I have felt down, unappreciated by the masses, and sometimes angry at their ignorance towards me, but your mother has always calmed me down, and shown me that it’s just part of their nature to forget about me sometimes. Whenever you need somepony to talk to, she’ll be there for you, and don’t you ever forget that; promise.”
“I promise dad.”

That’s where my dream ended, and now I feel even worse than I did when Tia first sent me here, I broke my promise to him, I forgot all about her for a while and focused on what he told me was inevitable; that I would be ignored, and now it’s too late to change things, too late to go back.

Credit for the pic goes to Egophiliac from DeviantArt