In the days passed the events did Celestia, Luna and Starswirl began to undo the land of Discord’s chaos reign. They slowly turned all the ponies back to how they were meant to be, kind, harmonious beings. Unicorns started to help them cleaning up as well with their magic and in a matter of weeks, the land was returned to its original state.
The stone imprisonment of Discord was placed in the castle’s garden and placed under close eye of Celestia’s personal guards. The Elements of Harmony on the other end, took their normal forms again once the princesses undid them from their bodies. They were safely put away in a castle that was hidden deep hidden in the Everfree forest. There where they waited until they would be needed again.
Over the course of time did every single draconequus slowly pass away of old age. No new ones appeared because to Discord held the balance up by just himself. For he raged day and night in his stone prison, shouting out to Celestia. Calling her out, blaming her for everything that happened.
The princess of the sun stood in her bedroom while she gazed upon the moon her sister rose up. Her eyes fell down to the gardens where she saw the statue of her former love. A small tear ran down her face the more she looked at it and turned around, closing the curtain with her magic. “What have I done?” she thought aloud just before she dropped herself on her bed. “I just hope, just hope, that this is for the better.”
But on the small cabinet next to her bed under a glass bell it was being kept alive with magic. The very sunflower she had gotten from him so long ago.
While the night ventured forward Celestia was plagued by horrible nightmares of their former love, making her guilt and regret even bigger as tears started to run down her cheeks as she was asleep. If she only knew that her way of suffer had just begun...
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Meanwhile in the throne room, Luna made use of the opportunity to take a little nap as well. She laid down on her hooves and closed her eyes. It wasn't long after it that she slowly fell asleep.
In her dream had Luna walked around happily in a lovely field filled with lunar flowers. She lowered her head a little and sniffed one. “Just as amazing as always,” she said as she raised her head back up. But a noise behind her could be heard, a roaring thunder. She turned herself around and noticed the world was falling, falling in eternal darkness. “W-What in... N-No! Be gone!”
Out of the darkness a dark chuckle could be heard while it raced towards the princess. Luna could make out a figure in the darkness as it stopped just before her. “W-Who are you?” she brought out in fear.
“I? I am your worst nightmare of course,” the figure spoke as it erupted in a dark laughter while the princess began to shiver in fear. “Call me, Nightmare Moon,” said the figure. All of the sudden there were two green, cat-like eyes opened and stared at Luna. Luna was still shivering in utmost terror to the scene.