//------------------------------// // Chapter 5 // Story: Even Luna (The Princess of the Night) has Nightmares // by Creativa-Artly01 //------------------------------// The next morning, after a glorious night of sleep, Celestia, Luna, Starswirl, and Stygian go out to the old fountain in the midst of the town, and together, they rebuild it. "This is nice, doing something to help the townsponies," sighs Luna with a smile on her face. "And that spell you let me use definitely helped slow down the nightmares. They're almost completely gone." "That's good," responds Starswirl with a smile. "I'm glad to hear that my little star glow." "Oh, you kept that nickname for me after all these years, that's sweet," responds Luna with a smile. "Yeah, I still remember both of your nicknames, my nickname for you, Tia, was little sun drop." "Yeah, I remember that nickname fondly," responds Celestia. After about twelve hours, they finish building the fountain and then they move on and rebuild the well also. They then go on to rebuild the rest of the village together over the next few days. The sisters couldn't be happier. After all, the reason they became rulers in the first place was to help ponies and this was a great way to remind them of that. Once they are done in the town, the four go and enjoy a nice walk through the valley and down to the falls, where they enjoy a nice moonlit picnic. As they enjoy the food, the four talk, chat, and share laughs and jokes. Luna is having a blast and Celestia can see it clear as day. She's glad her little sister is happy. She'd honestly have it no other way. Around noon the next morning, the two sisters return back to Canterlot and their thrones and relieve Twilight of her duties. "So, was the getaway good? How are Starswirl and Stygian doing well?" asks Twilight ecstatically. "It was great, very much needed," responds Luna with a smile. "And they are doing well. Starswirl said for us to tell you hello, by the way, Twilight." Twilight's eyes widen and she goes over and embraces Luna in a hug. "I'm glad he is finally not being mean to me and is starting to care about me enough to send me a hello," responds Twilight with a smile. "Yeah, we helped him rebuild the village from our childhood," sighs Luna. "It was great." "I bet," responds Twilight with a smile as she lets go of Luna. She, Celestia, and Luna then go off to Sugar Cube Corner for a nice lunch. There, the three talk and Luna tells Twilight about the spell that basically cures her nightmares she's been having. "Well, that's good. Who knew there was a spell for that? Seems like there's a spell for everything nowadays." "Yeah," sighs Luna. "Who knew? I sure didn't until recently." After a few hours, the three return back to the castle where they have a nice dinner with several dignitaries. All the while, Twilight feels uncomfortable as always while the regal sisters have the time of their lives laughing it up with the dignitaries. Eventually, Luna notices this and dismisses Twilight back to her comfort zone, the library to Twilight's relief. Around two hours later, Celestia and Luna part ways with the dignitaries and Celestia turns in for the night while Luna delves back into the dream realm. While there, Luna takes an at ease breath before she jumps into the first dream of the night, none other than her own sister's. "Awe, she dreams about us playing together as foals and hanging out together before my banishment, that's so sweet," sighs Luna. She lingers in that dream for a few moments before going into the next dreams, which is Twilight's and of course, she's dreaming about books, books, and more books. After several hours, Luna leaves the dream realm and turns in for the morning and Celestia goes out and starts the sunrise. As she sleeps, Luna sleeps calmly with no nightmares whatsoever thanks to Starswirl's spell. Luna couldn't be more satisfied. Hopefully, this spell will remain in her system for awhile without needing to be recast. She can only hope.