Luna was sobbing heavily. Her heart felt like it was about to explode. It was too painful. Nopony could feel her pain or understand what she was going through. She wanted to just make this sorrow go away. She was the Goddess of the moon and night, but since that… thing possessed her… nothing was the same. Luna had a thousand years to think about her. She wasn’t sure how or why that had happened to her. She could barely remember. Since that day, jealously, anger and sadness filled her once happy, content mind. She loved Equestria and she loved her sister, but since that day…
“Shh… I’m here.” Fluttershy spoke with a soft and calm voice. It was almost a whisper, but it was so calm. Luna knew that she could trust Fluttershy. She could feel safe. She was in good hooves, but since she had been granted reprieval from Nightmare Moon, it seemed like all she was capable of feeling was sorrow and loneliness.
Luna began to wipe the tears from her face and took a deep breath before speaking to Fluttershy. “It’s not fair…” She said as she sobbed. She was feeling nauseous. She felt her despair overwhelming her…
“Most things in life aren't fair, Luna…” Fluttershy began as she looked down. “I never met my mom…” She continued. She needed to help Luna. She needed to protect her new friend. The friend that understood how she felt, how grateful she was. She needed to stay by her side whatever it took. Fluttershy sighed. “I’ve been alone for almost my entire life…” she began to shed tears. “My dad… he was evil…” she said as she clenched her teeth.
“Fluttershy…” Luna began, but she was interrupted.
“My fillyhood was a nightmare…” Fluttershy began to cry harder. “My dad used to beat me up…” Her heart was begging her to stop saying these things, even if they were true, but she felt she had to tell her new friend the truth. “He enjoyed it. He almost…” it was hard for her to continue, but she did anyway. “…he…almost…killed me…” She was crying harder and harder as she continued.
Luna was crying just as hard as Fluttershy. She hadn’t realized how badly she had been hurt. She did not deserve to be treated that way.
“In flight school, everypony made fun of me because I couldn’t fly as well as they could…” Fluttershy was clenching her teeth again. It was painful to think about these things. Those horrible things. “The doctor said I couldn’t fly well. She asked and asked me what happened to my wings, but I never told her the truth. I never told the truth to anypony…” Luna could feel her heart beating quickly. It was too much for her. Her own father did such horrible things to his own daughter… “He broke my wings in seven places…” She began to sob anew. “That was the day I escaped from him. I was bleeding, I didn’t know where I would go. I just knew I couldn’t stop or he would find me…” Her sobbing became louder. “It was so painful… I… couldn’t run anymore.” She looked to the portrait of her and her friends. “But Rainbow Dash helped me…” She smiled weakly.
“Fluttershy, I… please…” Luna was weeping by this point. She couldn’t bear to hear any more of this, it was too painful to her. “Please, stop…” She began to cry on Fluttershy’s shoulder. “I know it must have been very painful for you, but please… don’t say any more…”
“I… I’m…sorry…” She cried along with her. She had made her best friend cry. Because of her. Because of her awful past. That’s why she didn’t want to talk about this with anypony. She didn’t want to share what happened to her back in those days. She cried more and more. She began to feel nauseous. She cried for what seemed like hours. Her eyes were tired, but she wanted to cry more. “I didn’t mean to make you cry too.” She said in between sobs. “I’m sorry…” She shed one last tear.
“There, there…” Luna nuzzled her cheek in a gesture of affection and gently kissed her tears to remove them. But she realized what she had done. She shouldn’t have done that. Not at all. Luna couldn’t say anything, she just watched Fluttershy in front of her crying. Luna felt she had to apologize. “Fluttershy, I’m s…“ But she was interrupted.
“Thank you.” Fluttershy said as she snuggled close to Luna. Sure the sofa wasn’t as big as a bed, but it was big enough for both of them. Luna snuggled her head next to Fluttershy’s. They just wanted peace and to get some sleep.
___________________________________________________________________
“Good morning, sleepyhead.” A soft voice next to Luna’s ear said softly. She recognized that voice, it was… “It’s morning already. I guess we overslept.” It was the voice of her best friend. Luna gave a soft yawn. She needed to be at the castle, but she didn’t care. She just wanted to stay with Fluttershy for now.
“What time is it?” Luna asked as she realized she was still cuddled close to Fluttershy on the sofa. She blushed heavily. She was embarrassed she slept with her best friend on the same sofa. “Oh, I’m sorry, for sleeping, um… sorry.” She gave Fluttershy a weak smile.
“Oh, it’s okay. I guess we were tired.” Fluttershy chuckled softly. She knew she would never do such things with the Princess. She was a Princess after all, but she knew she enjoyed the night. She’d never had somepony to sleep with her. She felt safe that night. “So um… you want some tea?” She asked Luna.
“That would be lovely.” Luna smiled warmly at her.
“Okay then, um… I’m gonna make some tea for us.” Fluttershy said weakly, blushing.
Fluttershy entered the kitchen and realized something. “I can’t believe I forgot…” She sighed. She looked over to see a partially eaten pan of lasagna and an empty plate where her salad was supposed to be. She sighed again. “Angel.” She said, a small amount of aggravation in her voice. She looked around and saw him asleep nearby with his paws resting atop his stomach. Fluttershy sighed again. ”I guess I’ll make some tea…” She thought to herself.
Back in the living room, Luna was staring at the portrait of Fluttershy and her friends. They looked so happy in the picture. She smiled. ”She must be a very happy pony, but I don’t understand why she feels so… sad…” She thought. ”At least…” she looked to the kitchen and smiled ”…she is happy now.”