Dear Diary,
It’s done. I am proud to announce the addition of three new Moon Knights. Silver Wing, Heartstrings and Swift. The transformations went almost according to book, aside from a few unforeseen occurrences, such as when poor Swift was stuck with only a single wing for about half an hour, or when Silver Wing’s eyes wouldn’t change. It all worked out in the end and I was happy to see that all three of them were pleased with the change.
Tia came to watch the ceremony, an act which I did not at all expect. She sat away from the proceedings, and even applauded once each pony had been changed and officially sworn in. I confronted her afterwards and demanded she explain her presence. Her infuriatingly simple reply of; “I felt as though I should be here” was not enough. I badgered her for a while longer; I did have a few hours to spare while my new guards were in recovery after all. Tia’s… lies, were always part of the way she talked to me. Even when we were fillies, she nearly always had to find some way of manipulating me through deceit or misdirection, and now the legends say that I am the bringer of lies and the master of deceit? How dare they! How dare SHE let that happen.
I finally got the truth from her and all it did was make me even angrier with her. Apparently, she did not trust me with my chosen ponies’ lives and had come to make sure that I didn’t kill them. After that, I-I just had to leave. I flew off into the night and headed as high as I could. Higher than any Pegasus or griffin can fly, where the very air itself struggles to maintain its integrity. I stayed there, under a night that makes me uncomfortable with its very essence and simply cried.
Why does she not see that I am trying? That I am no longer Nightmare Moon and that I have no wish to return to that awful prison of my own design?
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The dawn came about all too quickly for my taste, heralding not only a new day at school, but also another silent breakfast with Tia. I doubt that even my flying class today will do much to improve my mood. I honestly just hope Aurora is there today, I’d really like a… a friend, to talk to.