Twilight ran in the castle corridors very quickly so as not to be late. The reason she ran so fast was because she had an appointment with Luna this afternoon. Luna decided she was going to take a break from Twilight class to have a tea party for Twilight. Although Twilight doesn’t understand why Luna did this. Why Luna thought she was innocent, as she was the one who attracted Nightmare because of her anger. Since in her mind, she thought she was the culprit and villain of the story, not Chrysalis. Twilight stopped running, opened the dining room door with her magic and went inside while closing her door with her magic.
“Finally you’re here.” Twilight looked ahead and saw Luna standing looking at her. At the dinner table. On the table were cakes, biscuits, two lavender teacups and a lavender teapot.
Twilight Sparkle approached the table and sat next to Luna as she was worried. “Am I late, princess?”
“Imagine, Twilight. You arrived ten minutes early. I was going to call you to come here,” replied Luna with a smile.
Twilight smiled as she went to the table to sit. Luna sat on the right side of her student. Twilight took the teapot and put some tea in the cup. When it was over, she drank some. Luna did the same as Twilight.
When they finished drinking some tea. Twilight looked at Luna. “Princess Luna, I don’t understand. Why did you make this tea party?”
Luna looked at Twilight Sparkle, still smiling. “Twilight, I decided to have this tea party so that you could talk and vent everything you felt so that I could help you not feel so guilty and accept that what you did didn’t make you a bad pony.”
“But Luna, I got mad at them,” said Twilight Sparkle, “and I tried to dominate Equestria.”
“Twilight, it’s okay. You just made a mistake. Everypony makes mistakes in life. Just because a pony made a mistake, it doesn’t mean the pony is evil,” said Luna.
Twilight Sparkle looked to the side. Tears started to come out of her eyes. She didn’t want to be crying, but she kept thinking about what she did during the wedding as Nightmare Sparkle. “But... but... I was so childish...”
“Twilight. Look at me.” Twilight Sparkle looked at Luna, still with tears in her eyes. “You weren’t childish, Twilight. You were just angry. Feeling angry is normal.”
“But Princess Luna, I wanted to dominate Equestria,” said Twilight Sparkle.
“Yes, Twilight. I know that. I also tried to dominate Equestria like Nightmare Moon,” agreed Luna as she looked to the side in a guilty way. “But I was forgiven by my sister and subjects,” she returned to look at Twilight Sparkle now with a smile. “And I’m sure everypony has forgiven you for what you did.”
Twilight looked uncertain. “I don’t know, Luna. You think?”
Luna continued to smile. “Yes. I think, Twilight. Your friends, your brother and your teacher were very sorry, they even apologized to you and you forgave them easily.”
“It’s because I could see on their faces that they were sorry.” explained Twilight Sparkle, now with a smile as she took a cookie and bit it.
Luna was in doubt. “Twilight, can I ask you a question?”
Twilight Sparkle swallowed the piece of the cookie. “Sure, princess.”
“I know you’re having a hard time forgiving yourself, and I completely understand you. But I wanted to know something,” continued Luna.
“I’m listening, princess.”
“What is keeping you from forgiving yourself?”
Twilight was quiet. Her ears went down and she looked at the table before looking at Luna. “Do you really want to know, Luna?”
“Of course I want to know, Twilight. You’re ours… I mean, you’re my best friend. You can tell me how you feel,” replied Luna as she approached Twilight.
Twilight Sparkle started to cry. “I’m scared, princess.”
“Afraid of what, Twilight?” asked Luna.
“I’m afraid to become Nightmare Sparkle again and end up hurting those I care about most emotionally again!” whined Twilight Sparkle.
Luna hugged Twilight Sparkle with her hooves. “You’re not going to become Nightmare Sparkle again, Twilight. Nightmare left your body, remember?”
“B-but, but what if Nightmare Sparkle is living inside me from now on? What if at any time I felt a negative feeling, Nightmare Sparkle manifests itself?” Twilight Sparkle hugged Luna with her hooves while she cried even more.
“Twilight, this isn’t going to happen. I promise. I will be by your side helping you through difficult times,” said Luna.
Twilight Sparkle looked at Luna. “But what if I become Nightmare Sparkle during a moment of anger?”
“Twilight, do you remember me and your first Nightmare Night?” asked Luna.
“Yes, Luna. I remember. It was when we made friends,” replied Twilight Sparkle as she wiped tears with a hoof. “Why?”
“Do you remember what happened when all the ponies started running away everywhere?”
Twilight Sparkle looked to the side, still sad. “Yes. You lost your temper. And you said you would cancel Nightmare Night forever.”
Luna caught Twilight Sparkle by the cheeks. “Now answer me that question: Did I become Nightmare Moon just because I was angry?”
“No, Luna,” replied Twilight Sparkle.
Luna removed the hooves from her cheeks and smiled. “Then believe me, Twilight. If I didn’t become Nightmare Moon at that time because i was angry, then you probably won’t become Nightmare Sparkle when you’re angry.”
Twilight Sparkle was surprised by this. She hadn’t thought that way. Since Nightmare had taken Luna’s body in the past. But after Nightmare Moon was defeated by the Elements of Harmony, Nightmare Moon never appeared again. Well except during Nightmare Night when the foals were putting candy on the Nightmare Moon statue, but at that time, it was just an illusion spell. If Luna didn’t become Nightmare Moon when she was angry while saying that Nightmare Night would be canceled forever, then that would mean that Nightmare Moon was no longer part of Luna. And if Nightmare Sparkle was defeated, resulting in Twilight returning to her original form, that would mean that Nightmare Sparkle was no longer part of her. She was nothing more than open-mouthed while thinking rationally and how what Luna said made sense. She looked at Luna happily while crying.
Luna was surprised. “Twilight? You’re…?”
But there was no time for Luna to finish speaking, as Twilight hugged her with her hooves. “Thank you, Princess Luna. Thank you for helping me to forgive myself.”
Luna smiled and returned the hug. “I’m happy with that, Twilight.”
As they came out of the embrace, Twilight said, “What about my forgiveness classes, Luna? How are they?”
“Well, Twilight, you’ve already managed to forgive yourself. Which is a good start,” replied Luna. “Now, to answer your question: Will you have your last class will be about challenging yourself to do good.”
“How will it work?” asked Twilight Sparkle as she was excited to learn.
“Tomorrow I will explain to you how it will be,” replied Luna.
The dining room door opened, revealing Celestia, who smiled and waved when she saw the two mares at the table. “Hi, Twilight! Hi, Luna! ”
“Hi Princess!” waved Twilight Sparkle as she smiled.
“Hi sister!” Luna waved, also smiling and waving.
Celestia approached Luna. “So, Luna? How are the Twilight forgiveness classes?”
“They are doing very well, sister. And I have good news: Twilight managed to forgive herself,” replied Luna. “And I am very proud of her.”
Twilight Sparkle blushed with the last sentence. It was a long way for her to forgive herself, but at least she did. Now only the last class was missing, and then she could go back to Ponyville to see her friends and Spike again. She missed them. How would they be? Would they be okay without it? Well, even if her class ended on the same day, she intended to return to Ponyville only the next day after her last class.