//------------------------------//
// Sisterly Love 
// Story: New Moon 
// by MistyShineStar 
//------------------------------//

       Luna slowly walked into the castle, afraid of what Celestia would say.
Se had told her sister she was sorry so many times, during the reuinion party and before. Even if her sister has forgiven her, she felt different than when other ponies have been around. They were alone.
As she walked and admired the castle, Luna had noticed something. The castle looked much different. So did the ponies who represented the Elements of Harmony.
As she walked, she was soon stopped by a royal guard.
"HALT! Who goes there?" He asked, staring her down.
"WE ARE LUNA, THOU PRINCESS OF THE NIGHT!" she said, in the royal Canterlot voice. But inside, she was unsure of where her hooves have taken her, and very confused. She was scared of what would happen to her.
The gaurd replied, "Last time I checked, Celestia controlled the night. And Nightmare Moon is just an old mare's tale. What are you doing, trying to get into her bedroom?" 
Luna realized that her hooves have taken her to the door of Celestia's room. After all of those years, she couldn't believe she still remembered where everything was. She had no idea why she was there, as she has never been in Celestia's room. Even as a filly, she was afraid to go inside. Instead, Celestia would go into Luna's room.
She pondered the gaurd's question in her mind, rolling it around in her head. She sighed. Luna hoped that the answer she came up with would work, even if she knew it probably wouldn't.
"We- we don't really know," she said, in a voice much meeker than the one she had been using. She tried to sound bold, but it felt as if her voice was stuck in a choked whisper.
The young mare's suspicions were right. "SECURITY!" the gaurd bellowed.
"No, wait! You have to believe us!" Luna shouted desperately, as two other gaurds tried to carry Luna away. Luna felt warm tears going down her face, and went limp as they carried her away. She had to accept that she wasn't welcome there. She knew her sister would still be upset.
Celestia opened her bedroom door, and said, "What's going on in he-" She stopped in mid sentence and smiled a warm, welcoming smile. "Luna! What a nice surprise! Come in my room, I'll make some tea. You are always welcome here."
The gaurds unsurely let Luna go, and gave eachother strange looks.
Luna ran towards Celestia and hugged her. She let out a sob as her tears went into Celestia's white coat. She was crying tears of joy, as she thought she would never see her sister again.
Celestia gave the royal gaurds a gesture with her hoof that said they should give them some privacy. The gaurds were confused, but obeyed the princess and went to help gaurd the outside of the castle.
Celestia said, "Now, lets go inside."
Luna stared up at Celestia. "You really mean it?"
"Of course!" Celestia said, with a small smile. "I've never lied to you, now have I?"
Luna smiled a small, unsure smile and slowly trotted into Celestia's room. She looked around, and saw it was actually very casual. There were wrappers and laundry scattered on the floor. It was also very unorganized. She chuckled to herself, as she had never dared go in her sister's room before, and imagined it to be very grand and clean.
Celestia seemed to know where everything was, though. She took out two teabags, and boiled some water on a mini stove in her room. She let it be, and flopped down on her yellow bed. She tapped the spot next to her, and Luna slowly sat down.
Celestia asked, "So, Lulu, what is it you want to talk about?"
Luna was surprised. It has been a long time since she called her that nickname. "Well, I just wanted to say, I am truly sorr-"
Celestia cut her off. "Luna, you've told me this enough times already. We need to leave the past behind us sometimes."
Luna jumped up and exclaimed, "But Tia! I don't feel like I am really sorry enough for what I have done. It was simply horrible, envy is a horrible thing." She was surprised she had called Celestia that nickname. That was another instinct she had, along with knowing where everything in the castle was. She had remembered these things better than she thought.
Celestia just put her hoof up. "Lulu. You are sorry enough, I can tell. You have been punished for your actions. Now, lets change the subject."
Luna said with her eyes welling up a bit, "Okay. I'd like to know...why didn't those gaurds recognize me?"
The mare had suspected it was because Celestia didn't want her coming in, even if she knew her kind and fair sister would never do that. But, she had to know.
Celestia sighed and closed her eyes. "Well, Luna, when you were Nightmare Moon, I knew you would come back one day, reformed from your evil state. I didn't tell many ponies about it, as I wanted to protect your reputation for when you came back. But, a greedy and nosy pony that found out about it wrote a book about it and published it for money. I told anyone who asked it was just an old mare's tale, and they believed me. Luna, I love you, and I always have. It tore me apart when I had to banish you, trust me," She said, welling up a bit herself.
Luna was shocked and a bit scared to see her sister on the brim of tears. She believed her to be a big, strong pony, and has never seen her cry before. Surprised, Luna just stared up at the princess with big eyes, the way she did when she admired her sister as a filly. and that admiration turned into envy, she thought to herself. But she decided to change to another question she wanted to ask Celestia. "Okay then. There's another question I've been dying to ask you."
"Yes?" Celestia asked, still recovering from her tears. She poured the water into cups and dipped the teabags in, listening to what she had to say.
"Wh-what happened to everypony?"