It was a nice and sunny day when she awoke feeling as lonely as she ever felt before, despite her sisters best attempts. There was a hole in her heart that had appeared and nothing could ever fill it. She sometimes fell asleep humming that lullaby though it only made her more sad and depressed, but it reminded her of her lost lover. For it's been three months since their battle with the creature.
"Luna?" A voice full of concern called, and when she looked she saw Twilight looking at her. "Princess Celestia sent me to see if your ready. Are you alright?" Twilight's concern really showing for her.
"Yes i am ready." She answered but avoided the question Twilight asked.
"Luna you know you can tell me how your doing, i know it's been a rough three months but we're still here for you." Twilight said putting a hoof on her shoulder looking into her eyes.
"I'll tell you how i feel after the event," This got an understanding nod from Twilight.
"Okay, now let's get going." Twilight said not pushing it.
She hadn't forgotten what day it was for it would have been their one year anniversary after all, and her sister thought it would be a good time to give him a memorial today. Her sister had thought it might be good for her, but also told her that she thought he deserved as much for what he did for over two hundred years. Which she agreed, though neither one of them would ever betray his trust and tell everypony that. So they agreed to let the citizens know all they needed to know.
As they started to head out of her room she stopped, and went back to her dresser and opened a secret drawer that she had installed. In this drawer was a small black box, just looking at the box made her remember him proposing to her. What was inside the box though made her think of him laying broken on the ground, tears threaten to break free so she closed the drawer. She couldn't afford to cry before the ceremony.
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"My dear citizen's of Canterlot we have called all of you here to inform you of what caused the tremors three months ago. There was an unknown enemy that had manage it's way into the mountain our fair city hangs on." There was a massive collective gasp of shock, and murmuring through out the crowd. "Do not be concerned as this enemy has been neutralized, as there was a battle that raged inside of the mountain. Which caused the tremors."
The crowd cheered a little when they heard that they wouldn't have to worry about the threat. Her sister let them have their moment of cheering. As she did she looked back at her with a concerned look, she just nodded for her to continue and that she was alight.
"But..." The crowd grew quiet. "As all of you know my sister had found herself a lover." The crowd seemed to nod in unison of agreement. "Him and my sister were the ones who faced this enemy and it cost him his life. Though he was not a royal guard and had no vow to do so, he gave his life for the one he loved most. So today on what would be their one year anniversary i decided to honor his noble sacrifice by holding a memorial for him." Her sister said, a sad silence fell upon the entire city. "I would also like to give him two things as a token of my gratitude. The first is i'm opening a restaurant called Baker Song's Night Kitchen, and the second is a statue of this great unicorn for all he's done for us. For as it turns out he had been defending this city from this enemy long before me or my sister knew about it." With a nod two royal guards flew down to something covered up.
When they reached it they quickly pulled the cover and flew away, revealing a statue of him. This brought tears rushing forward as she looked at it, she quickly looked away. The now painful memories also came rushing back, the way he smiled at her when she smiled, the diners they had, their time spent together. Though one of the most painful memory was singing him into eternal sleep, knowing she would never be there with him.
"I would like all of us to take a moment of silence for his great deed and his even greater sacrifice." At this everypony bowed there heads and it seemed that even the birds and insects had gone quiet for respect. She silently let out a few more tears. "From this day forth, on this day i will call all of you here for a moment of silence in remembrance of this great and unicorn. That would be all, unless my sister has something to add." Her sister turned to look at her, but seeing that she'd been crying said. "Then that will be all."
With all of it done she walked back inside and went straight to her room. As soon as she got to her bed she laid there letting out all of the tears she had been fighting. She hadn't even notice that there were seven concerned eyes looking at her until she heard one of them clear there throats.
"Luna, we are very sorry." Twilight said.
"Y-you have nothing to be sorry about Twilight, i'm the one to blame for his death." She said calming down though her voice ringed with anger.
"Sister did you not tell me your promise to him?" Her sister scolded her.
"Yes, i know my promise but if only i would have paid attention then i would have..." She was interrupted.
"Would have let the creature live and endanger the entire kingdom?" Her sister asked.
"That's not what i mean." She snapped. "But if i would have noticed then maybe i could have done something to prevent his death."
"Listen Luna, from what i heard part of his soul was fused to the creature. You and Celestia should know that kind of magic can not be undone, and that's because it's lost ancient magic. I know you two are immortal but i also know that those spells were created way before your time, and was even lost by then. Though probably on purpose if you think about it." Twilight intervened.
"I know, but still..." A hoof was put on her mouth.
"No there's nothing you could have done, if you let the creature lived it would have escaped any containment you put it in. I think the reason why it was so easy to beat was because it was still adjusting to having a physical body and could not access it's true power." Twilight said making sure to look her in the eyes, and she nodded and Twilight's hoof fell. "Good, there is nothing wrong with blaming your self for a loved one's death. But the best thing to do is to be around others who love you and will help comfort you. Even being with friends will help, that's why we all came here."
She looked around seeing Twilight's five friends who she could now connect with, she looked down in shame as she thought about what she had just talked about. Tears starting to run down her face again and she felt all of them surround her in a big comforting hug. They let her cry while in there embrace and stayed that way until her sobs quieted.
"Thank you." She whispered.
"Think noth'n of it princess." Applejack said in a soft tone.
"Will it make you feel better if i do a sonic rainboom?" Rainbow asked feeling a little uncomfortable.
"No, i think i really will be fine know. But i would like to be alone." They all gave a nod and started to leave her room.
"Oh and Luna?" She looked up and saw Fluttershy looking at her shyly. "I just wanted to tell you that i'm sorry for your lose." This brought a small smile to her, she knew that the yellow pegasus was very shy and timid.
"Thank you, now go catch up to the others." With that the yellow pegasus walked out of the door.
She got up and walked over to her dresser again and opening the secret drawer. This time she levitated the box out of the drawer and walked back to her bed. Opening the box, inside was his family ring which was known as his family's engagement ring. In the middle sat a small Night Gem that his great grandfather had found, it had a small star directly in the middle of the gem.
"I will keep my promise to you my love and smile." She said to herself hoping that he was watching her in the after life.
She levitated the ring out and while looking in the mirror, she placed it on her horn. Seeing it there had brought small comfort to her as it seemed to fit perfectly. Putting on her best smile she walked out of her room to go meet up with her sister and friends.
"Oh her Luna." Pinkie Pie called out. "So you feeling any better? Are you up for a party?"
"Pinkie, please try to with hold yourself." Rarity said. "Sorry about that Luna, she can sometimes be a little uncouth. So how are you holding up?" Then Rarity's eyes shot up to her horn and noticed her ring. "Oh my, that's a gorgeous ring. Can you tell me where you got it?"
"Don't worry i'm perfectly fine now, and i think a party would probably help. And as for the ring, it was his family ring that he proposed with." She answered her smile faltered a little.
"Oh, i'm so sorry for asking then." Rarity said with a tone of regret.
"No it's fine. The ring is actually over four hundred years old. It belonged to his great grandfather who found the gem and placed it in a ring, then proposed to his great grandmother. And ever since all of the colt's in his family used it for an engagement ring." She said.
"That sounds so romantic. Do you mind if i look at it?" Rarity asked, and she nodded her head and levitated the ring over to the white unicorn. "Oh, a Night Gem, those are the most rarest gems."
"I know, it took him all two centuries to find just five of the gems in my necklace." This made Rarity's jaw drop a little, and she pointed to the necklace around her. Though how somepony like Rarity not notice was beyond her.
"Oh my gosh that's so beautiful." Rarity squealed.
"Yes, he had the gems be put in the necklace for our one month anniversary. Though we only celebrated that as friends." She smiled at the memory of that night.
"Wow, he sounds like he was a good guy. I mean giving somepony a necklace like that when they're just friends and all." Rainbow said.
"Rainbow!" Applejack yelled.
"No it's alright, he was a good friend and a good special somepony." She smiled warmly now.
"I'm glad to see you smiling again. Now would you like to join us in a small party?" Her sister asked.
"Yes i would." She answered hoping that the party would take away what was left of her depression, though she knew that would be impossible sine there was only one who could do that.
The party was to celebrate his heroic actions, though it still pained her she made herself talk to the others. She made sure to push any and all sadness that tried to creep up on her were suppressed. For the most part though she was having a good time, that is until a slow song came on that she recognized.
"This was the song we danced to for the first time at the Gala." She said letting a little sadness in her voice.
"I could ask them to play something else?" Her sister asked.
"No it's fine." She said closing her eyes remembering every time they danced together, and she swayed a little to the music with a small sad smile.
The rest of the party went by in a blur, it was now night time and everypony was heading home to rest. When everypony else had left the only one's left were her, her sister, Twilight and her friends, her niece, and lastly the newest addition to her family Shining. They talked a little, mostly just catching up on things.
"I think i'm gonna go look at his statue. I never really looked at it." They all nodded in understanding..
"Are you sure your gonna be okay though?" Twilight asked.
"Yes i think i'll be fine. Thank you for your concern though." Twilight nodded, and she walked away heading outside.
When she got to the statue there were flowers and notes at the foot of it. All gifts of gratitude, though she knew that some of them were out of grief from his friends at the restaurant he worked at. She turned her attention to the statue and studied it for a little while.
It looked just like him with his kind and smiling expression that he always put on. Reminding her a tear once again rolled down her cheek. Though her attention was torn away when she heard somepony walking behind her.
"Hi." Said Song's friend from the restaurant, the one who had humiliated them. "Look i know it's been awhile, but i wanted to apologize for what i did back then. I also wanted to say i'm sorry for your lose. I know that you two must have loved each other very much, and judging by you wearing his family ring he must have proposed to you." Waits looked away in shame though.
"It's alright, i accept your apology. And though I've suffered greatly i know that he and you were close friends. So i know it must have hurt you as well." She said softly.
"Yeah it did." Waits looked at her a tear rolling down his face. "You know i was the first one at the restaurant he told? I was shocked about it, but i thought it was cool that he was immortal and all. But i guess even immortals have to die sometimes right?" He asked.
"Yeah, sometimes they die." She nodded, though she wished she could eventually join him. But Equestrai needed her, and he would not want her to die because he left her alone.
"I think i'm going back to my place, i just came to drop this off." Waits said walking up to the statue placing a note around it. "It was his favorite recipe that he created, in matter of fact he made it for you a lot."
"He did, and i loved it." She answered.
"Look, i know it won't be as good as his but their still serving it over there. They even named it The Song Special." She nodded to him, and he walked away.
She stood there for a few more minutes and let her sadness wash over one last time. As she broke down in front of the statue and balled she didn't even notice the light that seemed to be admitting from both the ring and her necklace. It wasn't until she felt her magic at work when she took note of it.
"W-what's going on?" She asked her sadness quickly replace with confusion. The last thing she remembered was her shooting a blast of magic at the statue, and then everything went black.
"Hey, are you okay?" She heard a warm and kind voice that she recognized.
Though she knew it had to be a dream, she had cried herself to sleep in front of the statue and was hearing his voice in her dream. That's what ran through her mind, but she was aware of a concerned hoof on her face. She knew that you couldn't feel anything in dreams and she slightly opened her eyes.
"Oh thank goodness your awake..." He was interrupted by her jumping up and giving him a kiss.
"How are you alive? Where have you been? Oh i don't care as long as i have you back!" She said kissing him again.
"Hey there miss friendly, do we even know each other?" He asked, and she gave him a confused look. "And if we don't i hate to say this but i would like to get to know you better before we go down that road."
"Y-you don't remember me?" She asked the sadness seeping back to her voice.
"No, i'm afraid i don't. I don't remember much about myself besides my name." He gave her a sad look. "In matter of fact i woke up not to long before you, and when i saw you laying there i got concerned. Though if we did know each other then i'm sorry, but you do look very pretty."
"W-what..." She looked over at where the statue had been, she slowly clicked everything together. "But that's impossible!"
"What is? And wait a minute did you ask me how am i alive a minute ago?" He asked.
She just stared at him in complete shock, though she knew who was sitting right there but she knew something was different. Though she knew he had no memory of himself she couldn't help but feel like she was looking at somepony completely different. He had the same kind and caring smile, the same twinkle in his eyes, even the same facial expressions.
"Umm, why are you staring at me like that? And are you gonna answer my questions?" He asked showing his discomfort.
"Of course, sorry." She said. "But can i explain tomorrow? If you come with me i can give you a place to rest if you don't have one already?" Though her sadness was obvious.
"I can't think of anything. But first can you tell me who you are since you seem to already know me?" He asked looking at her curiously.
"You can call me Luna." She said, and for a moment she thought she saw a spark of nonrecognition in his eyes, but then it was gone.
"Well that name sounds familiar, but it's nice to meet you Luna. You know you look better if you smile?" He said giving her the smile that she longed for the past three months, though now the pit in her heart somehow got deeper. She did her best to give him a smile. "There you see..." Grabbing his head and let out a painful moan.
"What's wrong?" She asked concerned.
"I-it's nothing to worry about. Just a headache, though it felt like i was about to remember something." He said slowly lowering his hoof. "But hold on. i think i did remember something brief. Your smile." Thought this made her happy, and a spark of hope she knew that things would be different by the time he remembered everything.
She knew there was a memory spell that she could use but decided not to unless he wanted it. Though the reason why she hadn't bought it up was because she didn't want him to remember his past life and the torment he went through. But what mostly consumed her mind was, how was he alive? He had died right in front of her eyes.