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// Banishment 
// Story: Drowning in My Own Nightmare 
// by Cadence5 
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	Luna’s whole body was in pain. It was like somepony had just shoved another pony down her throat, which was kind of what had happened. She felt herself walking, but all she saw was darkness.

A voice spoke in Luna’s mind, “Do not try to tell anypony what has happened. I am in control of your body, not you”

Then Luna heard herself speak even though it was not her own mind commanding her body to do so, “Good morning sister, I was just taking a nice night stroll through the castle. Shall we go exchange night for day?”

Nightmare Moon spoke to Luna’s mind again, “I will allow you to see what’s going on, but do not try anything.”

Light snapped into Luna’s eyes, she saw her body as Nightmare Moon moved it through the castle with Celestia walking alongside her oblivious to what had happened. Luna looked the same as always, blue legs with her light blue mane just longer than her shoulders, wings folded neatly against her side, and the same ink blotch moon cutie mark on her flank.
The only difference was that she was not controlling her own body. Luna began to cry, or what she assumed was crying without the tears. She was trapped in her own body, being forced to watch as her worst nightmare came true, and it was all her fault.

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Nightmare Moon was a harsh ruler. Ponies began to hate the new Princess Luna, whom they were being forced to call ‘Her Highness Nightmare Moon’. Celestia tried to talk to her sister, but it seemed useless. Luna’s new attitude never wavered. Eventually, Celestia used the elements of Harmony against Nightmare Moon. 
As the Elements impacted her body, there was a blinding flash of light. When Luna opened her eyes again, she was trapped in a sphere. There was only one see-through wall, and it split the whole room in two. There was no way to pass through the wall, physically or magically. Then she noticed Nightmare Moon on the other side of the wall. Luna tried to walk closer, but she felt herself float across the room. There was no gravity in this place.

“Where are we?” demanded the other mare.

Without thinking, Luna replied, “Inside the moon, that’s why there’s no gravity. Celestia sent you here, and I was forced to tag along. We’ll be here for a thousand years, too.” 

She was unsure of how she knew the last part, but as she looked around her half of the sphere, Luna noticed a bed and a refrigerator floating around. She opened the door to the fridge, which was stocked with food. She removed an apple and closed and opened the door once more to find another apple in place of the one she was currently holding. 
Just then, a large clock drifted past her head. It showed what time it was in Canterlot, and at the same time, it was counting down how much longer she would be trapped in the moon. She pushed off of the wall careful not to run into the clock and floated towards a deck that was bouncing off of the curved wall of the moon. Luna grabbed some paper and a quill out of the desk and began to write.