It's been a year since Twilight was corrupted, and Luna now ruled the land not as their princess, but as their queen. The blue mare sat quietly on her haunches on the balcony of the rebuilt castle. She had set aside a time in the middle of the one day to have both the moon and sun raised together to remind the ponies that there is both light and darkness and that time was over. With the glow of her horn, she lowered the moon giving her sister more time to stay in the sky. Luna sighed, lowering her head as she recalled the death of her sister. If only she were here, Luna felt that she was far from ready to rule Equestria on her own, but it was just something she would have to eventually get use to. She glanced around castle ground, spying the five ponies who use to be connected to the elements, Spike was with them too. Luna wasn't able to reduce his size completely, but he was at a state of mind that which was stable. Now, he just had the size of a large lizard. She had given Applejack, Rainbowdash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Rarity the job to be the royal guards of Equestria and she put must trust in the ponies. She smiled slight before walking away from the balcony to sitting on her throne.
She signed papers and read documents here and there the reported of progress, the building of new cities, and things of that matter. "It seems Equestria is finally recovering, my sister," she spoke turning her head to a large portrait of Celestia that hung onto the wall. Tears grew in her eyes as if she could hear her sister telling her that she was proud. The alicorn mare wiped them away gently with her hoof before levitating the signed documents to the side of the throne. Luna stared down to the floor, "If only I could bring back the one that was lost to us." She had been visiting Twilight, or Midnight which the mare preferred to be called, on a daily basis. Trying to bring her back in the right direction, but so far her efforts to reach out to the mare didn't seem to be working.
Teleporting herself into the realm, Luna stood in the light. She strided over to where the darkness and light matched in the middle and sat down. There in the darkness, she couldn't spot the shape of her body, but only saw the glaring red and green eyes that seemed to illuminate in the darkness. "Hello, Twilight," Luna greeted.The mare slowly walked forward, approaching the light but not going into it's boundary, "It's Midnight." Luna raised a brown in suprise, for this was the farthest time the corrupted alicorn had walked towards the light.
Luna rolled her eyes slightly, apparently 'Midnight' was determined to keep her newly found identity. The dark mare grinned. "I'm so proud of you, Luna," she poke in Celestia's voice. The queen stepped back, "Stop it." Midnight grinned again in a Cheshire smile before laughing. "Hurts doesn't it? You may have me trapped here, but unlike you I have not lost anything important. There is no pony I care for. Friendship may be magic, but it is not the kind I am after," and with that Midnight galloped back into the darkness.
Luna hung her head low, she felt that she was slowly accepting that Twilight may be lost for good. No, she thought, pushing her doubts to the back of her mind. She quickly raise it high and stood tall with a bold expression.
One day, I'll be able to save you. I'm not going to give up. I will show you the way to light, and I will bring you back Twilight. For me, for you, for your friends, and for my sister.