II.
Luna ruffled her feathers as she headed towards her chambers. The night court held that night in the throne room was as argumentative as ever. Many of the night citizens wanting to try and implement Thestrals into Equestrian life, without losing trust of a new species. Lunas captain of the night guard, Midnight Blossom, would sigh and nod her head to each of the citizens' concerns with her princess. Luna kept a stoic face through them all. All that was on the princesses mind was checking on her sister tonight and to make it through that barrier.
Luna blinked as she realized she had made it to her chambers. Two thestrals stood near her doorway and standing tall as she neared. Luna nodded to them.
"Thank you Nightshade, Jade."
The guards nodded at her.
"Your highness."
They both said in unison. Luna used her magic on her chamber door handle.
"I'm retiring for my dream walking session. But I must ask you two of something."
The guards ears would swivel toward her then their yellow slitted eyes as they gazed at her. Awaiting her order.
"Do not, under any circumstances, attempt to enter my room. No matter what you hear tonight. I have a serious private matter to attend to in the dream realm. Understood?"
The thestral guards clipped their front hooves together in attention.
"As you wish, your highness."
They say in unison once again.
Luna cracked open her door with a magical push of the handle. The princess disappeared inside as the door behind her closed and locked. Luna's eyes would meet her personal bedchambers, softly lit in a glowing seafoam white light from the windows. Blue ethereal candles in candelabras give the room an otherworldly glow to the room. A giant moon encased sleeping bed with long misty veils sat at the edge of the room. The princess walked along a giant rug in the chamber. Her eyes drifted along her personal bookshelves, old ancient tomes she's used to pass many a night and trial. Luna began to think to herself.
"First...let's freshen ourselves up from the evening. Gonna need to be as focused as I can be for this to work."
Luna took a soft turn on her hooves towards her personal washroom. She walked in and used her magic to turn on a heated waterfall inside a small pool. Luna stepped in and began to sigh in contentment. The soft warm water released her tight muscles while dealing with the night court citizens. She floated in the water as she let her wings rest out into the water. Luna let her head slightly submerged as her magic began to lather and clean her body. Luna's thoughts drifted to her sister as she relaxed in her bathing pool.
"Sister...I worry. For thee."
Luna opened her eyes gently as she let her hooves steady her on the bottom of the pool. She stood up, rung out her mane and tail while drying herself with a heat spell. Luna quickly began to brush her mane in her magic and tie it off into a loose side braid. The stars twinkled in her mane as she headed back to the bedroom.
"Alright, now let's commence the night's duties."
Luna stood in the middle of her bedroom as she closed her eyes. A white snaking line of magic traveled around her horn and off into a web of light. Luna began floating up in her room as her eyes began to softly glow. Her mind's eye is now forming from darkness into a blue and white fog.
A sudden crack of air was heard before a massive line of doors came racing towards the princess. The doors split into two even lines as they pass her. The sounds of ponies laughing, explosions, food eating and the like were heard as some of the doors passed.
"Ok...focus. Find Celie's door."
Luna said to herself as she concentrated. With the sound of gears and cards being flipped. doors vanished and realigned beside her. With a crank and a slight cock to her head. There it appeared.
A modest oak door with an ivory white door handle stood before her. A symbol of the sun etched into the wood on the upper door panel. As Luna stood before the door, she gently pushed a hoof forward. The sounds of chains would lash out from the door and click into locks with a hefty iron clang. Sigils of magic began to appear in ethereal circles going around the door and chains. A warding spell to protect any entrance to the door.
"I wonder. My sister must have put this up when I was banished. Maybe she feared that Nightmare would enter her mind and attempt to harm her while she rested."
Luna looked somberly down to her platinum shoes. Her sister must have been overwhelmed with everything. So it must be true. Celestia has to be feeling some sort of guilt. Luna's eyes return looking at the door. She closed her eyes as she used her magic to feel through the door's realm.
...Sobbing. Soft cries and whimpers coming from the door's passage. Muffled from it being closed but still heard the same to Luna's keen dream walking form.
"...I have to get in there. I must. For my sister's sake. She's done so much for me. I need to help my big sister before any damage she can inflict on herself. Even though I fear...she might already have."
Luna shook her head to steel her resolve. She must be strong for her elder sister. This is the only way to understand why Celestia has been acting so strangely. From the sounds, Luna already has a strong suspicion of what the cause might be.
The night princess closed her eyes, her magic beating in her chest with her heart as she focused on the locks. Like a tight knot of rope pulling and stretching against the chains. Her magic snaking over the locks and cracking into the magical metal. With a sudden hoof slam, The locks crack like glass and fall to the ethereal floor. The metal sparking into orbs and dissipating.
Luna sweated as it took alot of strength to break those locks, but finally. Her sister's door was open. Unlike all the other dreams in the realm, this door was dark. The sobs are now more clear and filling Luna's ears.
Luna flared her wings and dived headlong into the doorway. Her blue tail sinking into the void beyond the door.