//------------------------------// // Epilogue // Story: Lunaverse: Galaxy Rangers - Magic School Zord // by Rixizu //------------------------------// Magic School Zord Epilogue by Rixizu Luna growled in frustration and crumpled up her sister’s letter. She had read the thing at least a dozen times and every reading infuriated her more. It was like she was being spat in the face. Trixie had suggested the letter might have a hidden cipher in it. Some message that pointed and laughed at them revealing Corona's true intent. But it had no such thing; it was just a genuine apology and wish to rekindle their broken friendship and sisterhood. What a laugh. Luna threw the scroll to the floor and smashed it with her hooves then jumped up and down on it a few times for good measure. It was quite cathartic. “Is everything alright mam?” A guard peeked his head into her office. He eyed his princess stomping on a scroll and froze. He stared at her more than a little baffled by her behavior. “I am fine.” Luna snapped. “Leave me. I require some time alone. I will call you if I need you. Understand?” She stared the stallion right in the eyes and he gulped and nodded before fleeing from the room. Luna flushed a little when the guard left. She didn’t mean to snap at him. He was just doing his job. She owed him an apology and swore to give it to him the next time she saw him. Light shined through windows illuminating the room and Luna turned towards the rising sun and frowned. It was a wondrous sunrise and her balcony gave her a perfect view. The way the red shimmering light shone through the light cloud cover took a pony’s breath away. It also wasn’t hers. For the last few days, Corona had been raising the sun. Somehow, the tyrant had wrested control of the Sun from her and no matter what she tried, she found it impossible to take it back. Even after a thousand years, Corona hadn’t lost her style. In the distant past, ponies wrote symphonies about her sister’s sunsets. Most were lost to time now and ponies wrote pieces about her sunsets instead, but it wasn’t the same. Somehow they both never managed to be quite as good. They didn’t touch the heart like Corona’s. Even after a thousand years, Luna had never come close to matching her sister’s mastery of the sun. This recent sunset proved this more than enough. It had a magic hers didn’t. She saw what Corona was trying to do. Already she had tainted Cheerilee and her class. Thankfully her student Trixie was too smart to fall for any of Corona’s tricks. Whatever happened, Trixie would always be hers. Luna looked down at Canterlot and the surrounding countryside from her balcony and scowled. Soon Corona would try to take this away from her like she always did. It didn’t matter if she used to be the pony equivalent of the personification of evil, known and feared by all for centuries. Corona would worm her way into their hearts like she always did. Once again ponies would love her sister over her. No! No! No! Luna refused to let it happen! Equestria belonged to her and her alone! She was the eternal ruler of Equestria now and forever! She would never hoof over her kingdom to that monster! Never! She needed to act before that monster could execute her plan. Thank goodness her sister failed in the first step. The bauble Corona placed inside her had no visible effect. In fact, her mind felt sharper than ever! The constant pain the thing provided only gave a point of focus for her thoughts and hatred. She would use that against the Tyrant Sun. Putting those Planetary Stones inside her was the worse mistake her sister had ever made! Luna forced herself to calm down. Getting angry and freaking out would only play into her sister’s hoof. She felt bad about getting so mad at Cheerilee and her class. They didn’t deserve it and Luna was glad the trip went so well, despite somepony butting their nose in where it didn’t belong. It filled Luna’s heart with joy to learn one of the foals got their cutie mark on her moon. Something Luna previously thought impossible. She never dreamed mortal ponies would even make their way to the moon. Could her sister ever say the same about her sun? She thought not! Luna planned to hang this over her sister forever. How would she fight against the monster’s plan though? Luna knew for a fact she could only at best guess half of it. Corona’s plots ran far and deep with subdue particulars that were hard to guess and understand. She would have to ruin it somehow. A wicked smile grew on her face for had the most delightful idea. --- Luna gazed down at the barren earth below her. It was hard to believe something lived down here. The land consisted of nothing more than rocks and hills, she couldn’t even see a single blade of grass. The only thing of note was the jagged piece of rock that rose high into the air. It looked like dead earth otherwise. She landed on the edge near some half-dead trees at the border and cleared her throat. “I know you are there. Come out!” Luna wore the guise of her sister. The illusion was perfect and even a skilled illusionist like Trixie wouldn’t be able to see through it. A moment of silence hung in the air and Luna waited patiently. She was rewarded when some nearby rocks morphed into two black insect-like creatures. They approached her with spears raised and Luna resisted rolling her eyes. Like those things could hurt her. These guards had not expected a princess of all things and did their best to hide how much it worried them. “What do you want pony?” One Changeling guard asked. "I want you to give a message to your queen," Luna said in her best regal voice, sounding exactly like Corona. “I want to make a deal.”