''Goodnight, sister. We shall see you in the morning!'' Luna called to her sister, closing her bedroom door behind her. Slowly, she turned to face her bed...and was instantly hit with a huge wave if happy nostalgia.
''It's exactly the same!'' She squealed, running over to the half moon shaped bed. Climbing into bed, she snuggled under the covers and fell asleep almost instantly.
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Luna bit her lip, trying desperately to hide behind her hair as she stepped up to the podium. Ponies stared at her, faces showing happiness, curiosity and more commonly hate.
''H-Hello Everypony. W-We have returned, as you can pro-probably see.'' She stuttered out, forgetting the first thing Celestia had told her to do - hide her accent.
The effects of her slip-up were immediate.
''I knew it! I knew she still had that thing inside her!'' A brown stallion roared, stomping to the front of the crowd. A few ponies around him stomped their hooves in agreement.
''N-No!'' Luna squeaked. ''Y-you don't understand! We always speak like this! This is the royal we, yes?'' Luna's squeaky
answer only served as a fuel for the fire before her.
''Ha!'' A light pink mare laughed cruelly. ''You think you're royalty?! Never! You're a traitor, if Princess Celestia had an inkling of sense in her she'd send you right back up to the moon!''
''S-Sister would never do that!'' Luna weakly stomped a hoof down. ''She loves me!''
More cruel laughs from the ponies below, the whole crowd now laughing and taunting her. Luna tried to take a step back from the crowd, but tripped and fell. She lay there, not bothering to try and get up, tears streaking down her face.
''Luna?'' Out of nowhere, a hoof poked her in the side twice. ''Luna, wake up.''
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Luna opened her eyes, and the first thing she noticed was she was no longer lying on the cold, hard floor of Canterlot but in her comfortable bed in the castle. Looking up, she saw Celestia stood over her with a worried expression on her face.
''Celly, what's wrong?'' Luna asked, pulling herself into a sitting position.
''I think the question is, Luna, what's wrong with you?'' Her sister replied, bringing a hoof to her face to wipe away tears Luna hadn't realized were there.
Luna dropped her head, looking anywhere but her sister. ''Nothing, nothing at all dear sister! We are just fine.''
''Ponies who are 'just fine' don't cry in their sleep, Lulu.''
''We know.'' Was all Luna could say. After a brief silence, she slowly lifted her gaze to her sister. ''We know that far too well, sister.''
This time it was Celestia who dropped her gaze. ''I'm sorry, Lulu.''
''We know.'' Luna lifted her forelegs to hug her sister. ''We're sorry too.''
The two sisters stayed like that for as long as they possible could, sharing their first hug in over two thousand years.
Eventually though, they broke their embrace when a guard knocked on the door to remind Celestia that the two sisters needed to go out and address the crowds that were anxious to see their new princess.
Celestia smiled down at Luna in the most reassuring way possible, and took her hoof.
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Twilight, this time, was woken by sunlight streaming through her window. Rubbing her eyes and lifting herself out of bed, the lavender pony walked towards the bathroom. On her way she passed the mirror. Glancing sideways, she did a quick check to make sure everything was in order.
Mane, check.
Tail, check.
Coat, check.
Hooves, check.
Horn, check.
Black on the end of horn, check.
Nodding at herself in approval, Twilight trotted to the bathroom. Yesterday had been a long day, and Twilight was ready to take a nice long sho-
''What in the name of Tartarus?!'' Twilight yelled aloud, twenty seconds late. Running back to the mirror, she checked again, scanning the mirror frantically.
Nothing. Same purple, not-black-tipped horn.
Twilight blinked, feeling slightly embarrassed at her crazy reaction. It didn't. Shaking her head, she slowly made her way back to the bathroom and stepped into the shower.
''I just imagined it.'' She muttered to herself, then laughed aloud when she realized how dumb she must sound. ''Of course I imagined it!'' She said, more confident. She had big plans for today, and she wasn't about to let her runaway imagination get in the way!
Half an hour later...
''Come on Spike! We're going to be late for Princess Celestia's speaking, and she want's me to be there!'' Twilight tapped the floor in impatience, slowly growing more annoyed with her assistant. Her assistant had been looking around the kitchen for a gem to eat for almost ten minutes, and Twilight knew they would be at least ten minutes late if they didn't leave in the next thirty seconds.
''I'm sorry Twilight, but I've been taking care of the Gem for ages, an- Aha! there it is! Coming, Twilight!'' A few moments later, Spike ran out of the kitchen, a sparkling blue sapphire in his hands and quickly jumped up onto Twilight's back. He wasn't very fast, even compared to Twilight, and Twilight being late meant she was going to try and hit top speeds to prevent being late.
Twilight did exactly that.
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Luna didn't know when she had started shaking like a little filly, but the one thing she did know was she couldn't stop. ''Celly.'' She whispered to her sister. ''We're scared.''
Celestia looked at her sister, and gently nuzzled her. ''Please, Lulu. Try to be strong.''
''But what if they hate us? What if they think We are a traitor and should be sent back up to the moon?'' Luna started shaking harder at the memory of her dream. ''Wh-What if-''
''Lulu, think of it like this. Who's the one with the power to send ponies to the moon?'' Celestia's voice was almost stern.
''Y-You?''
''Are you sure it isn't the ponies out there?''
Luna shook her head, confused. ''Celly, what is the point in tha-''
''So why are you worrying if they can't do anything to you?'' Celestia now had a small smirk on her face.
''...'' Luna couldn't answer that.
''Exactly.'' Celestia laughed. ''Let's go, Lulu. And remember, Sticks and stones-''
''May break my bones, but words will never hurt me.'' Luna smiled and finished her sister's favorite saying.