//------------------------------// // Nightmare Over Equestria Part 2 // Story: Nightmare Over Equestria // by Creative Charmer //------------------------------// Luna ran to the throne room, where Celestia was waiting for her, "Princess Celestia! We are here!" she shouted. Celestia turned towards Luna, "Luna, there you are! We were wondering where you were. It's about time for you to lower the moon so we can raise the sun, so you just—" "No, sister. The lowering of the moon shall not occur tonight," Luna said sternly. Celestia looked perplexed by Luna's words and her tone, "It shall not? Why do you say that, Luna?" she said in a partly commanding tone. Luna recoiled a bit in hearing Celestia, thinking to herself that speaking against her may have been a bad idea, "Well, umm...it's just that we were wondering if...maybe you didn't raise the sun today..." "What are you talking about, Luna?" "Well, you see, the ponies always play in the daytime, but when the time comes for the night to come forth, the ponies all sleep right through the entire night." "Yes, I know, Luna. Why does this suddenly bother you?" "Well, actually, the bothering has been with us for some time now. Every night we stay awake instead of going to sleep because we cannot get these thoughts out of our head. Please, dear sister, I implore you: Won't you let the moon stay up this day?" "We are sorry, Luna, but that cannot be done. The sun is very important to all. We cannot go a single day without it." "But that isn't fair at all!! Ponies should be able to spend at least one day marveling at the wonders of our night!!" "Well, it just cannot be that way, Luna. Now please, do your job and lower the moon so we can raise the sun. It is almost past the time when the sun should have already risen." Luna looked down for a few moments, and then she said in the most serious tone, "No." Celestia looked shocked, "What was that?" "We said no! We are sick of having to do everything your way and not doing things the way we want to do them!" Celestia was shocked, "Luna! How dare you speak to your older sister that way! This isn't like you at all!" "You are wrong, sister! This is us to our fullest, and we aren't going to listen to you anymore!!" Luna then blasted a magic beam out of her horn at Celestia. Celestia flew up in the air to dodge it, "Luna, stop! Have you completely lost your senses??" "No! Our senses are more keen than ever, which will be useful in getting rid of you!" Luna then flew up at Celestia to attack her, and Celestia flew away from her, "You shall not get away from us that easily!" She then proceeded to chase Celestia all around the throne room, trying to shoot her down with her magic, but Celestia was too fast for Luna to get a hit on her. "Please, Luna, stop this at once! We don't want to fight you!" "We shall never stop! Not until we have gotten rid of you for good!" Celestia could see there was no changing Luna's mind. As much as it pained her to do it, she knew she had to stop Luna, or else the sun would never rise again, "Luna!! This madness will stop now!!" Celestia then fired her own magic beam at Luna, whom had fired one back at Celestia. The two beams collided, but Celestia's magic was more powerful than Luna's, so Celestia's beam blasted through Luna's, and blasted Luna right out the window, where she fell and crash landed in the Canterlot sculpture garden. Luna struggled to get up on her feet, "How could we forget how much stronger Celestia is??" As she got up, she could feel that she sprained one of her wings in the fall, so she could not fly, "Our wing! It has lost its power of flight!" Then, she saw Celestia come to the window Luna crashed through, so Luna ran off into the hedge maze to hide from Celestia, since she could not fly away. Celestia then flew over to the hedge maze to try and find Luna, "Please, Luna—be alright...I didn't want to hurt you, but I had no choice..."