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// 1: An awaited return 
// Story: Can you fix the broken? 
// by Odes 
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Celestia P.O.V


Today...Today was the day, today Nightmare Moon will return with her, her dear little sister. Oh did Celestia long for this day over the past millennia, a thousand years of waiting, waiting while staring at the moon for what felt like countless nights, Yet, the Princess of the Sun kept count, she had stared at the moon for 365250 nights in a row counting today.

The princess stood still as the stars aligned and made way for her sister to return, she could feel her getting closer by the second, she could feel her overwhelming presence race across the large expanse of space between the earth and the moon....and soon she felt her behind her.

Taking a deep breath that puffed out her chest, she turned around shakingly, slightly at least, trying to gather whatever courage there was left to grab and to finally face her sister again. 

There she stood, standing proud with that smirk of superiority and triumph. Terrifying tooth grin from the monster she helped make, loneliness was the assistant in the creation of that look. She was talking about something, most likely about her breaking free and getting her revenge, whatever it was it didn't register to Celestia’s ears; it did not matter to the sun princess after all, she had her sister back and that was it. That was all she needed. To see her, to know she stood there. That..that broke the resolve that took who knows how long to conjure up. Tears that she didn't know were present started to stream from her eyes, burning over the other tear trails that scarred her face.

She saw her sister’s confusion at the falling river of tears, it didn't matter really. Without much thought Celestia rushed towards her sister and gave her a hug, her first contact with her sister felt like she reached heaven, she did not deserve to feel this good. Not this relieving bliss. Not after what she did, not with her being the reason her sister was like this or gone in the first place. Trapped alone on the moon, most likely spiraling slowly but surely into insanity. She continued the hug in silence while Nightmare M- No, while Luna tried to break it.


Nightmare Moon's P.O.V

The nightmare was baffled, just what was happening here? She just broke her imprisonment and now that she's back, that thing she has for a sister is just staying silent and giving her her back?! She was her greatest enemy and soon-to-be usurper and she was just ignoring her! The gall of that mare is unbelievable! She expected the so-called ruler of Equestria to be in full regalia and be ready for a battle that would dwarf their previous one, not whatever this is!

No, she will not let this ruin her mood, she will explain to this brain-dead buffoon if she needed to, to get her to understand the predicament she was in. 

With a smirk to mask the insult and anger she was about to demand that she turns around only for her to tense as she saw the other princess's body get ready and heard what was a deep breath, what was she preparing for? She was not building up magic as far as the horn indicated and she was too far away to be bucked by the extremely tall mare. Maybe a cue for something she couldn’t see? A trap perhaps? Readying herself for combat, Nightmare gets into position only for her to relax again as she saw Celestia turn around slowly, by Faust, she is shaking! The great princess of the sun was fighting herself just to turn around and face her!

Her mask soon turned into reality as pride got into her head. Well if the princess was scared then this will be easy.

“Well well, Celestia! Shaking in your boots are you? I have guessed that you feared my return but I never expected it to reach this–....what….why are you crying?”

Now things went full circle as Nightmare was once again baffled and confused. Why was she suddenly crying? Was she feeling guilty? Happy? Was she accepted that she was going to die? Just what was going on here?!! This was not the Celestia that she had known for thousands of years! This was not the Celestia that defeated her! THIS WAS NOT HER SISTER! No! She refuses to believe it. This is a fraud! The Celestia she knew would’ve been at her throat by now!! Not crying a river for who knows what.

Before she could develop that train of thought further she was interrupted by a sudden feeling of being pulled and having a body pressed against her own. At first, she felt confused..then she felt relaxed as she took the warmth of her sister….damn it. As much as she didn't want to acknowledge that this shaking and crying mess was her sister but..this warmth, this embrace..it was hers alright. No mistaking that strange familiar feeling, but why was she doing it? Soon her relaxation turned into panic as a thousand thoughts ran through her mind. Was Celestia about to pull a secret attack? Seal them both on the moon? Destroy them both? So many possibilities and so little time. 

Nightmare began to try and break the hug but Celestia wasn't letting go, eventually, she used magic and pushed her- No, threw her at the wall and took a couple of steps back. 

“J-Just what are you doing? What is wrong with you? Where is your fight? Where is the mighty princess that banished me? Where is the ruler that ruled this land and had everypony in it grovel at her hooves? Where is my sister damn you!” said Nightmare Moon while all but screaming with her own tears in her eyes. She expected to meet her sister when she returned, expected to fight and let all the frustrations of a thousand years on her. A battle that would change the land around them! But that was for her sister, not this pathetic mess of a mare. “I'll get back to you later. If I find you as this pathetic mess I'll kill you without a thought.” she all but growled before she flew away to the furthest town from this castle. 


She did not want to even see the look on Celestia’s face as she left. Broken and desperate for whatever she was seeking that made her scrunch her face into the ugly crying. She did not want to think about this…if her sister is nothing but a pitiful shell, she will make her go back to normal one way or another. Hell, if she had to beat sense into her before she got the battle she so so craved then so be it…she did have a couple of interesting spells developed on the moon. Maybe she should give forming the shadow army a shot?

Nightmare didn't dwell on her thoughts for long. She was far away enough and this town looked like it was having a celebration. Maybe it's time for a real welcoming for the Queen of the Night. She couldn't help but chuckle darkly to herself before she went to make her entrance.



Celestia’s P.O.V

She laid unmoving as her sister threw her at one of the walls breaking the hug. If Celestia was honest with herself, she couldn't blame her. Who would want to be embraced by the one who caused them such unimaginable torment and loneliness?

But…then she heard what Luna said…even as Nightmare Moon and even after a thousand years of torment she had it in her heart to call her sister?

Celestia could barely fathom that thought. Yet here she was, crying and yelling about where the sister she knew was…did she miss her? How can she miss such a monster as herself?? And she's even giving her a chance to get herself together and fight later on!

The sun princess’s mind was occupied by a thousand and one thoughts as she watched her sister fly away. 

M-Maybe there is hope for Luna? Maybe they can put an end to this without fighting again! Luna did not seem to want to kill her. Maybe just maybe…she can have her sister back without any drastic measures.

With a new goal in mind and with something to look up to, Celestia stood up and went to prepare herself. Not for battle, but to try and deal with her sister. She just hopes that Luna won't do anything drastic so soon. She could not fail her ponies AND her sister.


~3 hours later~


…..okay maybe getting ready took too long and the idea of it not working and her having to fight Luna again terrified her. The idea was so terrifying that she didn't even leave her chambers and tried to follow Luna till a couple of hours later.

Eventually (and in a panic as she realized how long it took) Celestia flew out of the canterlot castle and started the search for her sister. Of course, picking up on such a strong magical signal wasn't very hard after all.

Of course, whatever sense of calm and control the esteemed princess had vanished into thin air as she saw a dreadful array of colours shooting out and for her sister’s magical signal to almost disappear entirely. It brought too many bad memories from her fight with Luna long ago.

In a panic, the Princess immediately teleported to her sister’s magic signal with no thoughts or acknowledgement to the 6 ponies behind her, Celestia was desperately fighting the feeling of dread as she saw the outlines of a limp body in the dust. With fear and worry as fuel, she quickly used her magic to push the dust cloud around her away and the coughs of others behind her didn't even register to the Monarch's ears. Those don’t matter, not in the current position

“LUNA!” screamed the usually calm princess in a total break of character  and now with worry and fear evident in her movement and voice. She moved closer to the body only for her hoof to freeze mid-step as her eyes registered what she saw. Though all thoughts went to the side as she heard a voice that was as much of a relief as it was a painful stab in the heart

“T-Tia?” called out a weak, scared and breathless voice. Hearing it alone brought tears and for the second time today, Celestia cried at seeing her sister again. Only this time, it was HER her.

Before the other ponies knew it, their kind and benevolent ruler was hugging a young mare with a dark blue coat that had what can be described as tendrils of black over what can be seen of her body and coat, as the rest was being covered by the crying princess who was bawling her eyes out.