Nightmare Moon was sitting at a table in Donut Joe's. Hoping that something sweet would take her mind off of the fight she'd just had with Luna. Not to mention the serious scolding she gave Luna's champion.
"That guy. Something about him just stinks." Nightmare Moon grumbled to herself before taking a bite out of a donut. "He just seems to give off a bad feeling. And Luna named him as her champion?"
"Thinking out loud about our frustrations, are we?" Celestia asked as she walked into the shop. The whole place had their eyes on her. "Back to your business please. This is between princesses." And just like that, everyone went back to what they were doing. "Is this seat taken?"
"Nope. Go right ahead." Nightmare Moon said with a shrug. "So. What brings our beloved leader out from her castle? I can understand getting some fresh air. Or maybe the donuts here are just that good?"
"Your plate seems to be substantial evidence for the latter." Celestia said with a giggle before adopting a more serious expression. "Luna told me about what happened earlier today."
"Are you going to say I should've tried to talk her down?" Nightmare Moon asked with a slightly irritated tone. "I can't lie, that would've been what I'd have done if she wasn't ready to just blast the sirens with magic."
"I was going to say you should've called me." Celestia replied. "I probably would've made the same argument you did about her being forgiven. Unfortunately, it looks like my little sister is unwilling to forgive herself. She keeps looking at you as the embodiment of her past sins. And yet, you were forgiven and accepted in time. If she still views you as a part of her, then can't she see that she already has paid enough?" Celestia let out a sigh. "It just hurts so much to see her like this. And here I was thinking she'd improve a bit after finding a special someone."
"Wait. Luna's dating?" Nightmare Moon asked. "When did this happen? Shouldn't she have been dancing through the halls of the castle with unbridled joy?"
"That's what I thought would happen." Celestia said. "But it appears Blitz Surge prefers her to be a bit more subdued with her emotions. Luna apparently finds his sense of justice attractive."
"Hold up." Nightmare Moon said with a serious look in her eyes. "Does he wear his hear spiked and slicked back carrying a sword at his hip at all times?"
"Yes?" Celestia answered with a curious tone. "Have you met him?"
"Met him?" Nightmare Moon asked with a scowl! "That's the bastard who talked bad about Burst Stream for dating me! And he didn't even care that Burst is no longer with us!"
"Calm down Nightmare Moon." Celestia advised. "While hearing someone, Luna's champion of all people, speak ill of the dead does upset me greatly, I think everyone would appreciate enjoying their donuts in peace."
"I-I'm sorry." Nightmare Moon said with a sigh. "It's just, I got really used to people calling me a monster or thinking ill of me. But to think someone was less for believing that I could change for the better? To call them less of a person for loving me? That's just something I can't take lying down. For a person to say something like that? It's THEM who are lesser."
"But that's not what hurt you the most, was it?" Celestia asked with a sympathetic look on her face. "Am I right?"
"More than you could ever know." Nightmare Moon said sadly. "Blitz Surge said Burst Stream wasn't a true hero because he sacrificed himself to try and save us all. What Burst did? All that he's done? That's the actions of a hero if I've ever seen any."
"He had no right to say that." Celestia said with a glare, but it soon faded as a small smile crept across her face. "It looks like Burst Stream was your hero?"
"He was also so much more for me." Nightmare Moon said with a fond smile. "My darkest moment during my reformation was when some witch of a woman came knocking on Burst's door in the middle of the night. She said that Burst had to 'send me back to the Everfree Forest where I belong and eliminate the disturbance to the peace'. My heart was racing at the moment, and I was afraid Burst would actually drag me back to the ruins that used to be yours and Luna's castle. But then Burst Stream levitated one of his blasters over to him, and pointed it straight at the witch! The look on her face was priceless when Burst Stream basically told her to shut up and go to sleep!"
"He really did that?" Celestia said with a musical laugh as she listened to Nightmare Moon's story. "Oh, I would have paid to have that moment on instant replay."
"Yeah. It was pretty hilarious." Nightmare Moon said with a chuckle. "But it was only a few seconds later that I was nearly in tears at what Burst did for me. For someone to care that much about me? That was something I'd never known before. And at that moment, I could've sworn that he had this glow about him when he smiled at me. That smile shined in what I consider my darkest hour. It's why I call him my precious light."
"A light that shines in the dark is one that shines the brightest." Celestia said with a warm smile. "Can I. . . make a confession?"
"What is it?" Nightmare Moon asked.
"When I confronted Burst Stream about housing you. . . part of why I showed up was because I was a bit jealous of you." Celestia said with a blush. "I could only spend so much time with my boyfriend. And even when we could meet, we would always have to part because he'd need to go back to his house back in Unityville. It just hurt me the least bit to know that I would always be kept from Burst one way or another. And there you were, spending almost entire days with him while the time I spent with him would barely make up an entire day combined. So I thought that if I had moved him into the castle, it would both put my fears to rest and give me what I always wanted. I probably sound pretty selfish, don't I?"
"With all that you've given your subjects, I'd say you've more than earned the right to want a little something for yourself." Nightmare Moon said with a comforting smile. "I don't think anyone could really fault you for wanting to spend more time with the one you love."
"Thanks." Celestia giggled. "So, you told me how you found your first love. Shall I tell you mine?"
"Please do." Nightmare Moon said with a smirk. "I heard Burst say that he promised you that he'd save Luna during my first return. Or are you going to tell me about how you and Mirror Sombra became a royal pair?"
"I'll save that last one for another time." Celestia replied with a serene smile. "As for how I first encountered Burst, he was just a child when we first met. He was crying his eyes out after telling his whole class about the promise he would make to me to save Luna. I saw him sad, and went to comfort him. Call it my motherly tendencies. I asked him why he was crying, and he said it was because his whole class made fun of him for his promise. He was so young, and yet he pieced together the truth behind your legend."
"So he did his homework." Nightmare Moon said with a giggle. "Please continue."
"Right." Celestia said with a nod. "He said he would 'give your sad story a happy ending', and I told him it was very sweet that he'd make such a promise. And all the while, he'd never guessed that I was who he was looking for. After he finished, he gave me a plushie of Optimus Prime and told me to give it to myself. And I never once went to sleep without it."
"Awww~! That's so precious!" Nightmare Moon cooed! "If that moment was any sweeter, I'd be in a sugar coma."
"Care to see if another plate of donuts would produce that result?" Celestia asked with a smirk. "Of course, we'll need to work it off."
"Says the princess who can demolish a whole cake in a few bites." Nightmare Moon retorted with a chuckle. "Plus, we both know it goes to ALL the right places."
". . . We just became friends, didn't we?" Celestia asked with a knowing smile.
"Exactly as planned!" Nightmare Moon said with a grin! Both goddesses erupting into laughter over a fresh plate of donuts.