It was midnight. All of Equestria was asleep. Everypony was in their homes sleeping, waiting for the day to rise so they could begin another ordinary day, but one pony in particular didn’t want to sleep. It was Princess Luna, she felt so much pain in her heart that it hurt. A thousand years banned, a thousand years without seeing the ponies that she and her big sister created. She couldn’t live like that forever, it was so much sorrow to fight back, she didn’t want to go through that again, she felt helpless, unloved and unappreciated. She fought the loneliness since she was a little baby. All the ponies stayed awake in the day, and they slept through her night, she felt like nopony even cared for her night, her moon, and her beautiful stars.
Sure her night was calm, peaceful with good cold weather, but… why didn’t anypony care about her night? She expended so much time creating the night, so much time that only she knew about, still… she felt empty, why so much sorrow? Why did she deserve that? Her sister was always appreciated by everypony, and every creature in the world enjoyed her sister’s bright sun. She could see when they waked up and stretched their legs and arms in the bright sun, What hurt the most was that they smiled when they awoke, she blamed herself, she thought her night was awful, the world didn’t deserve it. But she still had to lower and raise her moon, it was her duty. She remembered the old times when their parents slept with them in the empty space, created supernovas, meteors, asteroids and such, she remembered the sky being so dark, she thought it was empty… Just like her.
That’s why she created the stars and her beloved moon, it took ages to make it. Sure it was hard, but it was indeed worth it, to fill the empty skies and to illuminate the dark night. She remembered every name she gave to her stars, it was a old habit of hers. She’d never been close to her parents, only Celestia, but that was okay. She only felt happiness one time in her entire life, for once in her life she was happy. But it was the only moment she was happy. Every second of her life she wallowed in sorrow. She thought nothing would hurt her, nothing would upset her. She was wrong. Her sister created her masterpiece, the Sun. she felt humiliated, she wanted to cry… she wanted to die… she just wanted to disappear.
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”Mom! Dad!” a Filly’s voice was speaking in a dark sky.
”Yes, dear?” an Old voice began to spoke. The voice was calm and it was weak somehow, like death was almost at its door. Soon his time would be up.
”Look! Look what I made!” the filly was white and her mane was pink. She was indeed very happy with what she did, she wanted so badly to her parents see it. They would be so proud.
”It’s… beautiful.” Another old voice said, but it was more feminine. ” “I’m proud of you, Celestia.” they were staring at a big ball of fire. It was warm, it filled their souls, but pride had already taken place in their hearts.
”Thank you so much! It was so hard to do it, I’m glad you liked it.” the filly said in its cheerful voice, she was indeed happy. ”Oh! I got a mark that you and mommy have! Look!” her flank had the symbol of her own creation. ”Where is Luna? She NEEDS to see this!” she exclaimed happily. ”Luna?” the filly began to search for her sister. When she found her she had been… crying? Why she was crying? ”What happened? Something hit you?” she asked concerned, of course she would be worried; it was her little sister after all.
”It’s… nothing…”the other filly replied. She was only a baby, but she was slowly growing up. Her coat was Grayish purple with a light blue mane, she was alone crying, staring at her own creation. Celestia noticed that she had gotten a mark too; it was just like her creation.
”Look! You got your mark too, sis!” she exclaimed happily, “I’m sure mommy and dad will be proud…” she looked back to her and gasped. Tears began to appear in her eyes.
Luna only found herself crying and crying. She felt empty as ever, everything is going bad, she was having a headache; it was too much for her. But she only stayed in the fetal position and began to cry more.
”LUNA! HELP ME.” she yelled out loud, had her parents passed out, asleep? They didn’t wake up, something bad was happening. ”LUNA, HELP.” she yelled more and more desperately crying, her parents were dead… ”LUNA!” she cried more. “LUNA” she could barely breath it was too real it was hurting her! ”LUNA”. Why is this happening? Why does this hurt?
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“Luna?” asked a soft and sweet voice. With concern in its voice, she knew the owner of this voice, it was her Big sister, she didn’t want to turn back and talk to her, not now, She felt like she didn’t have enough courage to talk with her sister. She knew that she always talked with her when she was feeling bad, she was like a protector to her, but she was far from safe, she feared another thousand years locked in her moon. Her moon. It was supposed to illuminate the night sky… not be… a prison… her Sister was behind her, she knew that she always cared about her, and vice-versa, but the painful memories were not making it easy.
She didn’t respond, she was too paralyzed, it was too real, she could feel the sun burning her, it was way too painful, just like that awful night, where she lost everything. The power to control her stars, to control her moon, and her calm night. Waves of cold air were hitting her face, she was cold, she was standing, in front of the window all night long, she couldn’t sleep, that heat was overwhelming her, painful memories, that’s all she had left. She lost count of how much time she was staring out the window, wondering if things would ever be the same again, nothing was fair with her, not a single thing, her sister had a lot of friends. Everypony loved her, but they feared her sister, she knew that what she did was wrong, and Celestia didn’t have a choice, now she was feeling lonely, and she has being feared by everypony.
Celestia was trying not to cry, it was so painful to see her sister like that, since she was a filly she never wanted to see her little sister alone, everyday was like that, her sister was always quiet, she barely eat anything, she just stay in her room playing with her abacus, and in the night she stared through the window. It broke her heart to see her sister like that; she promised her that she would never leave her again. But… things are not so easy, she barely talked to Luna, she found herself crying, and sobbing, seeing her sister like that… her heart melted, she could see sorrow in Luna’s eyes. She blamed herself for the Nightmare Moon incident although it wasn’t her fault. But she kept blaming herself, she was possessed by that… monster… She tried to talk with her about that, but Luna didn’t want to open her mouth, seeing her crying instead of talking was just too much, she had to do something.
Celestia sighed softly. ”Why this is happening?” she thought to herself, a tear shed before her eyes, she wanted to help Luna, she had to help her, she tried her best but somehow, she seemed to always fail at that, she tried to bring Luna on a walk, she tried to play games with her to see if she would smile, but she hadn’t smiled for years… She would do anything to see her sister smiling again, even violating some royal rules, she didn’t cared about that, she made the rules, and she was willing to see her sister happy, she needed to do something, she didn’t want her sister to be evil again, she didn’t want…
“Luna… talk with me… please,…” she said as she saw her little sister staring at her night sky. She began to cry softly now, it was like the days before she turned into Nightmare Moon. Those days were too painful, but it was so far to be the worst of all days…
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“Celestia…” a soft voice called. It had some fear in its voice, but not only fear, sorrow and emptiness filled that voice. She could sense it, she knew that her little sister has been sad for those last days, it was odd, but she thought she was going to be okay. She guessed she would open herself now… she was wrong.
“Yes, Little sister?” she replied, she wanted for sure to know if her sister would open herself, any talk would be progress. ”You need something?” she smiled. ”But be quick, I have a important meeting with the king of the Dragons, They need somewhere to live, so I thought I would sell them a part of Everfree Forest. This could be a major boost to Equestria Economy!” she said happily ”So, what do you need?” she asked.
“Um… I was wondering…” her voice was trailing off, she had fear in her voice. She feared that something would go wrong. But she kept speaking. ”Um… It’s about the day and… um…” she was shivering, she was cold, it was hard to proceed, but she had to do it or she I’ll never know the answer. ”Um…about the night…Can you…” she was too nervous, she wasn’t sure if she could continue, but she had too. ”C-can you…” she stopped again. And took a good breath.
”Tell me what is it sister, or I can’t help you, besides, I don’t have much time!” she said it in a frustrated voice, she hadn’t slept well that night, and she was constantly having nightmares, awful nightmares that she doesn’t want to share with anypony.
”Can you please not rise your sun tomorrow? I-I’ll let you keep it there 2 days-s!” she said, she was more worried than ever. ”P-Plea-“
“ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!” she exclaimed angrily as she put a hoof in the desk. ”Seriously sister, what’s going on? Are you crazy? You know I can’t do that, bad things could happen to Equestria, it would be total CHAOS There is no way I’m letting you do it!” she placed a hoof on the desk one more time.
”B-But… I…” she was crying softly, did her sister yell at her? Why did she do that? She was feeling anger; she didn’t want to see her sister ever again.
”NO. BUTS.” she interrupted. ” I don’t want to talk about that again, please, why don’t you act like a Princess once in a while?” she finished, and began to walk towards the carriage that was waiting for her.
Luna was feeling every ounce of hate she had in her body, she’d never been this angry before, she hadn’t ever gotten angry in her entire life, all her life… ignored… ”I HATE YOU CELESTIA.” she yelled as she flew over the window, crying, she only left a trail of tears behind her.
”LUNA, IT’S DANGEROUS TO GO OUTSIDE!” It was too late, she lost the sight of her sister, was she safe? She could only pray for her, she hoped that nothing happened to her sister, there were things out there that could easily do a lot of evil to a pony, that’s why she panicked about her sister. Especially if The Miasma was out there lurking and waiting for an Alicorn to fall into it’s trap.
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Luna was flying around Equestria ”I Don’t need stupid Celly, she is just stupid, if she doesn’t want me around, well…”she shed a tear and frowned. ”-Too bad for her. I don’t need to stay with her, she doesn’t need me…” she stopped and landed on a cloud and sighed. ”I Hate everything… I want to die…” she began to cry and sobbed heavily. ”Dumb Celestia, mommy and daddy always liked her much more than me.” she cried more, her lungs hurt from such intense crying. ” ‘Oh, mommy, daddy come see my sun it’s so awesome.’ ” it was painful for her, too painful for her, she knew she had been rejected her entire life by her parents, and the ponies.
”Shhhhhhhhhh.... It's alright…”
”What was that noise?” she thought to herself there was something out there. ”Is somepony here? Hello?”
”nyaaaaaaaah GRAWH” the mysterious blue fog attacked Luna suddenly, she couldn’t scream. That power… it was so strong, she couldn’t fight back, it was too powerful, she gasped one more time, she paused for a moment, and the creature was gone, she had a large grin on her face, like “Everything is Going to be okay.”
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Celestia heard a big bump in her sister’s room. She began to trot quickly to see if she was okay. She opened the door, and saw her sister sitting in the bed looking blankly at the wall. ”L-Luna, are you okay?” she didn’t respond, she kept staring at the wall. She sighed softly and began to trot slowly to Luna. ”Did something happen?” she was worried, seeing her sister like that was just scaring her. ”Luna…” she sat next to Luna. And began to look around the room, the window was broken, there was glass all over the place, she could see feathers and a little trail of blood leading to Luna. “ Luna…what happened? Tell me, please, I’m sorry I-“
” ‘Sorry’ so… you are ‘Sorry’ aren’t you?”
Celestia could feel a negative tone in her sister’s voice, something had happened to her. Her voice was filled with fury, sorrow, jealously and hate. Celestia placed a hoof on Luna’s shoulder but something zapped her hoof.
”Don’t touch me.”
”Luna…” Celestia tried to reason with her sister, but she didn’t listen to her. ”It’s time to bring the moon down… I have to raise my Sun.” she spoke, she only saw Luna still looking blankly at the wall, she was making a strange noise, she was… giggling? ”Luna, I-“ Another zap hit Celestia, but this time it was to hurt.
”Raise your Sun?” she laughed with a Dark tone. ”I don’t think so.” she laughed again, but louder. “From this moment forth… big sister…” She grinned widely this time, her body began to grow, and her mane began to turn dark, dark as the night. She threw a lightning bolt towards Celestia, but she evaded it. ”The night… will… last… forever…”
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Luna was sitting alone in the dark watching all of Equestria sleep in her wonderful night.
“Luna…” the voice called her name once more, but Luna didn’t want to look back. She was not feeling so well that night. She feared that she was feeling the same hate she felt that awful night, she couldn’t be all alone again, she needed her sister more than ever.
“It’s alright Luna, I will always be here for you. You can talk to me.” Luna looked behind her and saw her sister with a concerned look on her face with tears streaking down her face. Still, she didn’t feel like talking, she only turned back again and began to look through the window once again, her heart was tearing inside her, still, it was unbearably painful.
Looking back at the wonderful view of Equestria, she could only imagine what the world would be like without her precious moon, her beautiful stars and the peaceful darkness of the night sky. Could equestria survive without the night? She knew that day was important; she learned that lesson the hardest way she could ever imagine...
Celestia sat by her side trying to make some contact with her sister, but she hadn’t looked so… sad since she banished her for a thousand painful years… She felt like she needed to talk with her, it was her little sister, she had to stay by her side all the time, she loved her, she needed her…
“Luna… I care about you. Are you feeling… sad?” Celestia was concerned about her younger sister. She always was, since that day she returned to Equestria, she promised to never leave her again, that she’ll be at her side all the time. She only saw her sister looking through her night again, she needed to do something. “Luna… please…” a tear coursed down her face. “Are you feeling sad?” she asked again.
Luna only nodded.
“Is it possible for me to help you, Luna?” Celestia asked with sorrow in her eyes.
Luna didn’t say anything or move, but only shed a single tear, it was too much for only her heart to take, all the pressure of sadness, she needed to open herself, she never did that in her entire life. It seemed that this was the right time to do just that, in a thousand years even knowing that she had been banished to the moon, she could still love her big sister, she had to open herself, she could trust her.
“Please, Luna… I want to help you.” Celestia was about to cry when her sister began to speak.
“It… it… hurts…” Luna sadly spoke these words, it was hard to say it, she’d never felt that empty before, she just wanted her sister for now.
“Where does it hurt, my dear sister?” Celestia asked, almost crying herself.
Luna only moved her hoof to the middle of her chest.
Celestia began to cry after that.
“Sister…” Luna began.
“Yes?”
“I love you. Thank you… for taking care of me. Thank you for being my friend.”
"Oh, Luna… you are my very best friend and you know that.” Celestia nuzzled her sister’s cheek and gave her a warm hug. “Want to sleep with me tonight? Like the old times when we were young, remember?” she smiled warmly, she couldn’t be more happy, her sister was opening herself up to her, it was a victory to her. Now she just wanted to see her smile, and she was picking the right road.
“I remember.” She replied.
“Let’s have a sleepover! Oh, it used to be so much fun!” Celestia said, her voice sounding like a little filly’s.
Luna smiled. “Yeah… I remember you used to be scared of my stories too.”
She… she smiled! She almost cried herself, but she had to keep talking, she was happy about Luna, and the only thing she wanted, was to see Luna happy. “Who wouldn’t be scared of the Alfalfa Monster? I’d hate to have my leg pulled by him!” Celestia said with a warm smile.
“But I taught you how to defeat him.” replied Luna smiling weakly.
“I know sister, always run to our parents’ room.” She laughed softly
“No, that was plan B!” Luna chuckled “I’m talking with her!” she thought to herself happily.
“Oh, so plan A was to sing a beautiful lullaby so we could sleep and he would be gone forever. Well, until you wanted to tell me stories about him again.” Celestia smiled.
“I like to see your face when you’re scared. It’s funny.” Luna grinned at her sister “Ah the good times... I loved to see your little face scared.” She thought to herself and giggled.
Celestia hugged her sister again. “Now let’s go, Luna. It’s getting really late.” It was indeed too late, having a good sleep would be good, for both of them, it had been a long time, she wanted a sleep-over with her little sister again, she used to sing lullabies to her.
“Yes… it is late.” Luna sighed. “Sister…” she breathed softly.
“Yes, Lu?” asked Celestia back to her sister.
“Do you think there’s somepony who really enjoys my night?” she asked with a little of sad on her voice, but she was feeling quite alright inside her.
“Well… yes.” Celestia smiled.
“Besides you, of course.” Luna chuckled.
“Well, sister, that’s something you’ll have to discover for yourself.” She said warmly, she was planning this for over a year, she loved reading Twilight’s adventures, she thought that if Luna had an adventure, she would smile more than ever.
“But… how?” Luna looked to the floor with disappointment.
“If you stand here doing nothing you will never find out, right?” Celestia gave Luna a warm smile. “You can always go outside. You know?” she grinned to her sister and nuzzled her cheeks.
The last time Luna did get out was… she didn’t want to be reminded of these bad moments again, she just wanted to be happy, something she’d never actually tried with her heart. “Can I… can I go outside?” Luna gave Celestia a confused look.
“Of course, dear sister, Equestria is not mine alone. It is yours too. You can see the world we both created.” Celestia smiled, and hugged her sister.
“Oh.” Luna smiled happily. “Can I go now?” she wanted to jump for joy, what is going on? Is this happiness? It’s… cool… she laughed inside.
“Yes, sister, but don’t stay out for too long.” Celestia said with a little bit of worry in her voice, she always wanted the best for her little sister. “Do you want to have some guards with you?” she asked gently.
“Same old Celly…” Luna smiled “No. I don’t sister, I’m alright and…” she hugged back her Celestia tight, she was feeling happy. “Thank you, sister.” Luna said before spreading out her wings and flying out of Canterlot Castle.
“You’re welcome…” Celestia smiled as she watched her younger sister flying away.