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// 07 - Return 
// Story: Alicorn Origins: Legends of Disharmony 
// by lunabrony 
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	The alicorns couldn't fly. Not with the pegasi magic their wings would naturally channel. They could fly with the assistance of artificially feeling unicorn spells. But this was the moon, who needed wings where you could bound? Silently they swept across the rim of a crater. The quiet was deafening. Luna could hear the blood flowing through her veins and her own heart thumping. Tears threatened to spill down her face, she had so many nightmares of this place. Celestia was right at her side. 
"You don't get to appreciate how noisy Equestria is until you come here," the elder sibling remarked. 
Luna forced a smile. "Yes, it is rather unusually quiet until you get used to it. But I pray, dear sister, that you should never have to get used to it. It's not something you want." She sounded sad. "It's so dark here, Celly."
A lunar dust ball hit Luna square on the back of her head. The dust quickly settling, she turned her head and she saw Celestia whistling, no sound apparent, holding another dust ball between her forehooves. Silent movie comedy.
If it was meant to amuse her, it warranted not even a smile from her. Luna just shook her head. It was not that she was depressed, she was happy Celestia was here. But she did not like being on the moon, it held too many unpleasant memories. But for the sake of her sister, she had returned. "This is not the place for games, Celestia."
Celestia sighed "I didn't think we could heal all the wounds between us so quickly. I'm sorry being so close to the moon has become a bitter thing for you. However... I'll make you return here as often as possible. Yearly if you can't stand quarterly. Just as I'm going to retell the past with you. I don't expect you to heal overnight, or any time soon. Being Nightmare Moon hurt you deeply, but I'm going to make amends for my failures in this."
"Nightmare Moon is not your fault." Luna insisted. "She left deep scars and terrible things behind, but she was not your fault. I'm sure you exhausted every alternative option prior to banishment, it was the only way." She said quietly. "I love you, Celly. Always have."
"No, this is all my fault." Celestia hadn't said it then, she disliked admitting it. But they were both at fault. Where had Luna heard that before? It had been a much younger Celestia. This one, more mature, instead said "I know you do Luna, I think I've forced you to return here for long enough. Let us retire back home.. I think you could help answering the scrolls of questions I'm sure have piled up in my absence."
Luna smiled faintly. In comparison with their current situation, a bit of work was highly agreeable, as well as perhaps once again returning to the past.
"I think I can do that."
The two sisters touched horns once more, as if to simply nuzzle, but it was more than that. They sensed each others magic, each others aura. A bright light enveloped the two, and in a flash the moon was once more left in peace.