Starlight stood with pride and a menace smile upon her face. Celestia and Luna glared.
"It has been far too long, Tia. Don't you think so, Lulu?" Starlight said, fixing her gaze on her youngest sister.
"Not long enough," Luna spat.
Starlight laughed. "I see. You must be grateful for one thing I did for you. Isn't that right?"
Celestia bit her lip hard enough to draw blood. 'Come on, Tia. Stay strong. Don't lash out on her yet.'
"And what is it that you did, sister?" Luna spat the last word out like it had poison on it.
"Why, I made you into Nightmare Moon! I fulfilled your dream of being loved. I granted your wish!"
Celestia and Luna's jaws dropped. "How dare you be the cause of our sister's nightmare!" Celestia shouted, her irises tinting a hint of red.
"Oh, tsk, tsk, Tia. She chose us when we offered her to take your spot. I told Luna she could destroy you, and she agreed. And I'm here to ask her a question."
Starlight walked over to the dark blue alicorn with pride. Luna turned her head away and used her wings to cover her face from seeing the menace smile.
Unfortunately, Starlight used her magic to move the wing out of the way with ease. The dark alicorn rolled her eyes at her younger sister's attempt.
"What do you want, Starlight?" Luna asked, her eyes still shooting daggers.
"Oh Luna, it's really more of what you want."
Luna's eyes tinted red for a moment. "W-what?"
"Don't you want ponies to love you?"
Luna had a confused but stern expression upon her face. "They do love me."
Starlight shook her head. "Sure, a few maybe. But not as many as Tia."
Luna sat on her hunches and stared at her armored hooves. The navy blue alicorn held back some tears, but other than that they fell freely.
Starlight stood in front of her younger sister and lifted her head with her hoof. Luna stared into her eyes, which showed sadness to her.
"You can become Nightmare Moon again, and join me. Together, we can defeat Celestia and rule Equestria!"
Luna's eyes became red. She was still crying, but a smirk came upon her face. She did not notice however, that her fur was turning black and her armor becoming that of the Nightmare.
Celestia did, however. Her eyes widened and galloped over to her younger sister. "Luna! Don't do it! She's just trying to make you become Nightmare! Think about the love you have just gained, and how you will lose it!"
"But I will get even more in return! They will love me! ... No!.... Must resist... Tia! Help..... I will gain more love than you will ever dream of!"
Celestia panicked a bit. Twilight and Dash finally trotted out of the shadows and tapped their aunt. Celestia nodded at them to do what they wanted to do.
"Mother! Think about what else you will lose! Us! We finally know that you are our mother, and do you really want to lose that?" Twilight called.
"Yeah! And guess what!" The young sisters nodded at each other. "We accept it!" Dash exclaimed.
That made Luna break free from Starlight's grasp. Her eyes returned to their normal teal color. The black fur disappeared and became navy blue again.
"Thank you, my little stars, if it weren't for you I would be Nightmare Moon." She turned to Starlight. "And will never join you."
Starlight rolled her eyes and shrugged. "Whatever." She trotted up to Twilight Rainbow Dash. "So, these are your daughters?"
"Like you care," Celestia grumbled.
"Stay away from them!" Luna exclaimed, stepping in front of her daughters.
"Mother, relax. We saved Equestria like, a dozen times," Dash said.
"Not to mention we are the Elements of Harmony bearers," Twilight agreed.
Starlight rose an eyebrow. "You guys have the Elements of Harmony?" She stepped back.
"Nah, we may be the bearers but the elements are in the Tree of Harmonys" Dash replied.
Twilight shoved a hoof into her sister's mouth. "Dash! That's too much information! She can use that against us, you know?"
"No, not really."
Twilight facehoofed. "Never mind."
Starlight shook her head and stepped forward again, knowing that they didn't have much of a threat. "Well, Luna has daughters, where are yours, Celestia?"
Celestia looked down in shame. "I... I, uh... never married somepony," she murmured, almost as if unsure of herself.
"What was that?"
"I said I never married somepony!"
"What? How is this? The ruler of Equestria doesn't have a special somepony? Oh dear!" Starlight exclaimed sarcastically.
"Oh be quiet, Starlight!" Celestia shouted.
"Oh Tia, getting under your fur is so wonderful."
"Enough!"
Celestia's eyes were red. She marched up to her older sister and slapped the smirk off of Starlight's face.
Starlight just stood their with a stupid expression. "How dare you smack me!"
She was about to shoot a magic beam at Celestia when the dark alicorn remembered something. 'Of course! Shining and Cadanza!'
"Oh Shining, Cadanza, you can come out now."
She smirked when she saw the expression on Twilight's face. "Shiny?! Cadance!?"
She laughed when she watched her niece fall down, jaw dropped at the sight of her 'brother' and newly found cousin.
"What have you done to them?!" Celestia ran up to her sister and their horns clashed together.
"I did nothing, Tia. They chose on their own to join me," Starlight said like she did nothing.
"Like Luna totally almost joined you on free will," Celestia said back sarcastically.
"Oh Celestia, you are just saying this because you jealous."
Celestia's eyes widened and she lost her balance. Starlight pushed her down and pinned the white coated alicorn to the ground.
"You know that you will never be able to have my power."
Celestia's eyes tinted red again. "No!"
"Don't listen to her auntie!" Dash shouted.
Celestia smiled and pushed forward, flinging her sister to the ground. "I will never join you, Starlight. We will defeat you and bring Starry Night back to Equestria."
"So be it then, sister."
"Yes, so be it."