After walking for a bit Nightmare Moon reaches her chamber and collapses on her bed. The entire ordeal during the conference exhausted her.
"Why can't those fools just work together. Just look at how far we have already come." She whispers to herself as she looks though her window. Outside she can see Canterlot. Nightmare Moon can't help but reminisce about the events leading up to her transformation.
3 years ago
Luna is determinedly galloping through the hallways towards the dining room holding a rapport firmly in her magic. Luna's heart is beating so fast it could burst out of her chest. She has just read the content of the rapport and she must share this with her sister.
Inside the dining room Celestia is devouring a large stack of pancakes like she hasn't eaten in days when Luna bursts through the door. Luna tries to speak but she is too much out of breath that she can only pant and point her hoof at the rapport.
Celestia smiles at Luna. But when she sees Luna's distressed expression it immediately falters, if Luna is upset then this must be important.
"Breath Luna. Calm down and tell me what's going on, I have all the time in the world for you." Celestia speaks calmly.
Luna takes a couple of deep breaths and begins to speak.
"Sister, have you read this?" Luna speaks sadly and she places the rapport on the table.
Discrimination of batponies in Equestria it says on the title.
Celestia sighs. She had tried reforming Equestria's society to be more inclusive towards batponies in the past and made several laws banning discrimination, but batponies are still looked down upon by the majority of ponies. Celestia had also tried to really integrate batponies in Equestrian society but these efforts had failed because many of the nobles feared it might cause a rift.
"Batponies earn 30 percent less than regular ponies working the same job and that is if they even are accepted, because batponies also have a lower chance of being accepted for jobs even if they fulfil all the requirements. They also suffer more harassment than re-"
"I know Luna." Celestia interrupted sadly.
"If you know then why aren't you doing anything about it!" Luna answered surprised.
"I have tried Luna, I have tried so hard. But I just can't seem to make it work, everything I tried failed. I simply can't fix this problem Luna."
Celestia is holding back her tears when delivering that final line. She doesn't wan't to break down in front of her little sister. But suddenly she feels something warm around her. Luna embraces Celestia with one of her wings.
"I know sister. You would never allow such injustice to exist willingly. But now that I know this I can't sit by and do nothing and unfortunately even if you don't wan't it you are correct in you observation that you failed. So please, allow me to try and solve this." Luna continues with determination in her voice.
"Maybe I will fail just like you, maybe Equestria is simply not ready to accept batponies as an equal species. But maybe I can also succeed maybe I can bridge the gap. Regardless of the outcome tho I simply can't live with myself if I didn't atleast try to solve this problem."
Celestia looks Luna in the eyes and can clearly see the determination burn within them. She has never felt so proud of her little sister. She always worried about Luna not being able to fit in. But perhaps now is the time for Luna to really take her place at Celestia's side as ruler of Equestria.
"Ok Luna. If you really wan't to do this then I will let you. But I won't have you go on this adventure on your own. You will need someone to stand beside you, someone who knows the modern world. I am sure that the Elements of Harmony will be willing to help and it certainly won't hurt your chance at success to have some celebrities standing beside you." Celestia speaks.
Tears of joy start to form in Luna's eyes. Finally she can really contribute something to Equestria. She hugs Celestia tightly.
"Thank you sister. Thank you soo much." Luna squeals with joy.
"Whatever happens Luna know that I could not be more proud of you." Celestia answers with an equal amount of happiness.
After this intimate moment Luna goes back to her room and grabs a piece of paper, quill and ink and vigorously begins to write a letter to Twilight Sparkle, asking her if she or any of the other elements would be willing to help her with her reforms. After a couple of minutes the letter is finally finished. Luna picks up the letter with her magic, focusing on where she want's to send it and suddenly the letter is engulfed in a fire and disappears.
Luna spends the next several hours nervously waiting, first just laying on her bed but later she starts to pace around the room. After what are just a couple of hours in reality but to Luna felt like a thousand years, a green flames appears in the middle of the room which quickly extinguishes leaving only a letter floating in the air before gravity finally manages to get a hold on it and it falls down.
Before it can reach the floor however, Luna catches it with her magic and quickly floats in towards her. She then rapidly opens it and happily starts reading. After reading the first few lines however her smile begin the falter and her expression becomes more serious
"I received your letter princess Luna and passed the request to my friends. Rainbow Dash says she can't come because she is busy training for the Wonderbolts, Fluttershy informs me that she really can't leave her animals behind, Pinkie Pie really wanted to come help you but she has to babysit for two foals, Applejack is busy working on the farm and I can't help you either. Rarity however want's to help you, apparently she has made enough bits that she can close her shop for at least a couple of months. She will come see you tomorrow."
When she reads that last sentence Luna's smile instantly comes back bigger than it was before.
"Tomorrow we shall lay the groundwork for a new and better Equestria." Luna whispers to herself, her smile not leaving her face.
Back in the present
Nightmare Moon happily looked out of her window thinking back to happier times. Her smile disappeared however when she realised she hadn't magically traveled back in time and was still in the present. She got out of her bed and wen't to the door. There was somepony she had to see.