I can't believe it! Twilight's late to our meeting! And why is everypony else late too? I'm pretty certain I scheduled this correctly.
I grab the planner, and yes, today is the day for our meeting. It's also the correct time. Then why in Equestria is everypony late? I check my watch, and yes, it is 9:00 a.m.
There has to be an explanation to this! No pony is allowed to be late for my meetings! No pony at all!
"Princess Celestia!" Twilight begs, appearing in a magenta flash. "I'm super sorry! I slept through my alarm! Honest!"
I rise to my full height, "First, you can call me Celestia. Second, how did last night go? And, it's okay, no one else is here."
"It was nice," Twilight replies, "But I wasn't able to plan anything.."
"Why?" I question her, wanting to know how she reacted to the trap.
Twilight looks at me. "Since I lost track of time?"
"No traps?" I ask her.
"What do you mean," Twilight asks me, raising an eyebrow, "traps?"
"Nothing!" I quickly reply. How in Equestria could I be so stupid as to give away my plan? "I was just wondering if Luna had set any traps? I wanted to see if she had pulled any pranks yet?"
"Oh."
Phew. She didn't suspect me. But, how could she not have fallen into the trap? It was set so any pony who walked into the room would be instantly showered with black paint and various stars and moons. And I am the master at setting traps.
"Celestia!" another voice spoke behind me.
I turn around to face Luna. "Celestia! I can't find my bag of stars!"
"That can't be good," I reply, "But I do have to ask, why are you late?"
"I'm late?" Luna asks me, "I'm on time. You wrote here that the meeting was at 9 a.m., today. I'm not late. I'm actually on time for once."
"It's ten, almost eleven!" I shout, "You're LATE! And by a lot!"
"It's almost eleven?" Twilight asks, "It's a bit after one according to my clock?"
"No," I say, getting annoyed. I shove my watch into Twilight's face, "It says ten fifty-two!"
"Well," Twilight shouts at me, "MINE says one-o-seven!"
I glare at her. How dare she talk back to me. I notice Pinkie Pie jotting down something out of the corner of my eye, but I ignore her. "It's TEN-FIFTY-TWO!!" I yell.
Cadence appears in a flash of green/blue/whatever-color-her-magic-is. "Hello!" She notices us arguing, and backs up a bit. "Woah, what's going on everypony?"
"Twilight here," I explain, "Has gotten the time all wrong! And you are late!"
I hear Luna giggling, and I glare at her. "Is this a prank?"
"Sure is!" Pinkie Pie replies, "20 points for originality and hilariousness! Oh yeah, and ten points for removing your trap!"
Luna winks at me, and I glare at her. "But, but but-"
"No buts!" Pinkie cheerfully says, "I suppose you should get on with your meeting now! I'll be going!"
"Oh yeah," Pinkie continues, "I'll be keeping my eye on you!"
"I guess we'll have to get this meeting going now." Why did Luna have to beat me in everything?
When ponies say that I am the elder sister, they assume my magic is more powerful, that I am the leader. The truth, Luna's always been better than me. At everything.
She created the Sonic Starboom. I've never been able to recreate her feat. And she had correctly predicted Rainbow Dash would be the first Pegasus to do it after her.
Her imprisonment on the moon was entirely my fault.
"Luna!" a white Alicorn yelled, "Why do you have to be better than me? At everything?" The Alicorn paused for a moment, fighting back a flood of tears and rage. Years of jealousy pent up inside her, fighting to break free.
"I'VE always cared for you!" she raged, "I'M the one who taught you everything! Now you go and perform this "Sonic Starboom"? It's enough that ponies now like you more! It's time I told you the truth about your abilities!"
"What do you mean?" the younger black Alicorn asked tentatively, backing up away from her sister.
"You show off!" the older Alicorn continued, "IT'S time I told you the truth. Ponies shun you and the night. They celebrate me."
"Okay?" the black filly asked, her eyes wide and fearful.
"By disrupting this," the white mare whispered, "You will be the cause of Equestria's downfall. Every time you do something that catches peoples eyes, you loose yourself to your dark side."
"That is not true!" the black filly yelled, standing up tall. Her eyes glowed brightly, and narrowed. Her voice was deeper now, and raspier. "I am the Ruler of the Night. My powers are far greater than yours. Submit to me. Now."
"Never!" Six gems floated around the white Alicorn, each representing an Element of Harmony. "I will not fight you Luna!"
"Luna? I am Nightmare Moon."
No. It's too sad. It's too livid in my memories, too painful to remember. Luna's always had this dark-side of her. We all do. I was mad at her for becoming too independent, and I was mad at everypony for following her. I was the one who caused her to turn into Nightmare Moon.
"Celestia!" Twilight yells, snapping me out of my daydreams.
I look around at the other Alicorns, and wince. I can feel the wetness under my eyes. They all saw me cry.
"Sorry," I say, quickly wiping my eyes, "Spaced out there for a sec. Can anyone get me some water to rinse my eyes out? I think something got in?"
Luna and Twilight quickly hurry away, leaving me with Cadence.
"Princess Celestia," Cadence whispers, "don't lie. What were you crying about?"
"It's nothing," I reply, "Just a painful memory."
"Memories aren't nothing," she answers, her voice as calm and soothing as always. "Tell me about it. You must share it."
"I can't." It's too painful. I feel tears forming again.
"Please."
I shake my head, "No."
I wipe my eyes again, and Twilight hands me the water. I dunk my head in the cold water, and relax. That was only a memory. Everything will be fine now.
I lift my head out of the water, and shake my mane dry. "Thanks Twilight."