//------------------------------// // Chapter one: Trying to escape from it // Story: Moon and Stars // by keam //------------------------------// We thought it would be a nice and calm night, but fate had to play us for fools. After our Night court, our sister wanted to see us, claiming it would be important. So we made our way to her personal chamber, knocking and going in. She sat by her desk, curiously sweeping through some letters before recognizing us. “Oh, Lulu! Good, you are here. I wanted to talk to you about something important,” she said, standing up and hugging us while nuzzling affectionately at our neck. We returned the gesture and turned our gaze to her, “Talking to us, dear sister? What is so important that thee are staying awake in the night?” “Lulu, I know that there is something wrong. You keep pacing around and acting nervous. Also, every time I ask you to accompany me towards Ponyville you quickly decline. Not to mention that time you were screaming as you were in your dreamsphere, and you refused to tell me anything. You really have to tell me what makes you suffer, little sister,” her smile was warm and honest, but we just couldn’t tell her, no matter how much it hurt us. “There is nothing to be afraid of, ‘Tia, we are feeling quite well,” we replied, trying to stay at a serious expression, but most likely failing miserably. “Please don’t lie to me, Lulu! I saw how you looked at Twilight during her coronation, so what is it that chases you, little sister?” she gently wrapped a wing around us, trying to comfort us. “There is something in our mind about her, ‘Tia, but it is something that you don’t have to worry about. Might we ask now what is so important?” Our sister looked disappointed at first, but quickly released that expression, “Yes, you might. We will await some delegates from Saddle Arabia next week, and Twilight will come here to support us in the royal duties,” Celestia said, smiling, “I can’t wait to see her again, she’s growing up quite fast.” Our mind stuttered. This was horrible news! How could we avoid her if she comes to Canterlot, being around us all the time. We guess this will not end well. "I really hope those things in your mind won’t affect your relationship to Twilight, we are all equals now. That was all, little sister. I will head to bed now. Good night!” With that and a last hug she went into her bed, we retreated outside as the door closed behind us. This will not be any fun for us... How were we supposed to not let this affect our relationship to Twilight Sparkle?  It was impossible. But if we kept acting strange, then ‘Tia would question us even more, and it was important that she stayed oblivious to this. ------ We felt panic rising inside us. We needed to keep Twilight so busy that  it'd be easy for us to avoid her. We just spent the last three hours arranging a special star occurrence that should keep her busy most of the night. Yet it felt like it wasn't enough. Still trying to gather our composure, we walked out the door and over to our sister waiting in the end of the hallway. Any minute now, Twilight would come up this hallway, then Celestia and us would have to greet her in friendly matter. Friendly...no, Luna, don't go into that! We were sitting with our sister in the courtroom, accepting the askings from the last ponies today. Usually we would have our own court at night, but today was planned with Twilight Sparkle, a fact we tried to avoid deeply. Time went by quickly and soon a guard announced Princess Twilight Sparkle before the door opened, revealing a seemly happy and beautiful princess. Wait, what are we thinking? Twilight walked forward and bowed in front of us, just to frown as our sister let off a giggle. “Twilight Sparkle, you don’t have to do that anymore,” she said, nuzzling Twilight’s back before pulling her up. It was the next moment, were the eyes of the purple mare met ours, causing us to avoid a heavenly blush. Something was obviously messing with our head. Why would she make us blush? To our relief, we avoided it successfully and gave her a cold nod back, which sadly caused her to back away slightly. “Princess Luna? I-is there something wrong? Did I something wrong? Are you mad with me? I’m sure, if you tell me I…” Twilight was sputtering with words like always before. She is always like that and we like it somehow.. Wait, no, this is bad! We have to avoid this! "N-no, of course not Twilight. Why would we be angry with you?" Except for that you dream about us at night… wait… we are not mad, but we have to… forgive us dear sister Sighing, we try to approach it a different way. “We just don’t like how the recent actions are taking upon our future,” we said, turning back and going to our chamber, just to be stopped by our sister. “Lulu stay here, we should talk about it,” she said, lowering her head slightly. Twilight, however, must have thought that this situation was about to end badly, so she quickly nuzzled our sister, sighing. “I may think I know what is up with your sister, Princess. I’ve seen a perfect opportunity on the tower nearby, which I want to research up.” "Twilight, I told you we are equals now, so please don’t call me princess anymore. What opportunity do you mean?” our sister giggled a bit, a sound she only made in private, never in public. “I think I might have seen a prepared stargazing point on the nearby tower. I will investigate it and join you later,” with that Twilight walked away, leaving our sister chuckling and us confused. “Looks like someponies will never change, not even after a coronation.” What? Oh she does speak to us. We are no longer upon Twilight for some time, Huzzah! “Uh.. oh yes, you are right, dear sister. She is indeed an interesting pony,” we said, quickly trying to gather our mind. “Not a pony anymore, Lulu,” and with that she left us, walking down the hall before disappearing. 'Tia was right. Twilight is now an alicorn. An equal. We stood there for a minute, thinking of what our sister possibly could have meant by this. It wasn’t obvious, so we decided to go to our chamber and wait for the delegates to arrive. Our way included a small path near the tower we prepared for Twilight, so we hurried, trying to avoid any noise. Sadly, we weren’t quite successful with that. “Princess Luna! You have to see this! Somepony prepared a whole tower for stargazing, but it seems like they abandoned it. This is so exciting, it is arranged precisely! Just as if somepony knew precisely that I would find it! You really have to…” Twilight tried to continue, but we couldn’t do much but to let a groan escape our throat, causing her to jump up. “We are very sorry Twilight Sparkle, but we are too tired and wish to go to our chambers now. Have a wonderful night,” we said, still not, but almost, using our Canterlot voice as her ears flattened themselves down. We moved along quickly, leaving Twilight in shock behind us. Seriously? We do not think we are making this better in any state. There is a possibility that we went to far, and then our sister will know it… Our mind still rumbling, we reached the corridor to our quarters, two of our guards standing in it, watching. Trying to pass them as quickly as we could, we nearly tripped, just barely holding on our hooves. Twilight is driving us insane “Oh buck it!” we shout out, causing the guards to jump and eye us in surprise. This does not suit us. We have to keep to ourselves! We picked up the pace and rushed into our room, closing the doors and adding various spells to it to keep everypony, even our sister, out. Sadly, we forgot the obvious again, and as soon as we laid down on our bed we heard the ruffling of some feathers. “Princess Luna!” Oh no, the balcony! Oh no... she only talks to us like this if she disapproves our behaviour. Our sister was standing on the balcony, not angry, but still a serious expression on her face. “Yes, ‘Tia?” we replied. “I tried to talk to you as family, but you leave me no choice but to continue this talk as the elder and also former teacher of Twilight. I will ask you one last time, Luna. What is wrong with you and why are you acting like this to Twilight?” our sister’s voice sounded strong, filled with the authority she used with her subjects. She knows that we always hated when she did that. It used to scare us as a foal. It still did. Realising we can no longer keep up this game , we sighed and prepared ourselves for telling our sister a part of the truth. We'd just let her hear what she needed to hear and then it'd be over. “We… we might be a bit jealous, dear sister” Celestia's anger fled away, leaving a confused look, “You are what?” “We are jealous. It has been always just you and us. We do not approve of this new situation, but Twilight… is a good friend. She rescued us and banished our hatred. On Nightmare Night she helped us make friends with everypony in Ponyville. She has her heart in the right place and does not deserve our actions,” we said, mentally wincing upon this lie. We are making this worse. Oh what shall we do now? "Lulu, you know you can talk about everything with me. Please try to stay friendly and open to Twilight, she only wants to help you and be your friend," our sister responded, unclear if she saw through the lie or not. It’s not a friend, she sees in us… “We will try it, dear sister.” “Is there something else you would like to talk about Lulu?” she asked us, an eyebrow risen. “We don’t think so, but we will inform you immediately if this circumstance changes,” we tried with a smile and she nodded, leaving over the balcony. This will become even more difficult now with our sister watching over us… Sighing, we layed down on our bed, making ourselves comfortable as a sudden knock on the door startled us up again. “We do not want any visitors right now! Guards! Send the disturbance away this instant!” we shouted towards the door, using our Royal Canterlot Voice. After some short moments, another knock broke the silence and we lost our patience. Jumping off the bed, we unfurled our wings and flew the few steps to the door, breaking our magic seal and practically ripping the door open. “What is wrong here?” we demanded, looking into the face of a seemingly worried Guard. “It-It’s Princess Twilight, your highness. She refused to leave and insists on speaking with you,” he said to us, his voice unsteady before he was shoved away by a purple aura. “Princess Luna, we have to talk!”  It was indeed Twilight. Oh for the pride of... what shall we do now? Before getting the chance to think, we stepped aside to let her in. Great work. Letting her in is only supporting the matter! “Princess, we have to talk about the things that were prepared in the tower,” Twilight started, barely looking at us. We just gulped before answering, “A-and what would that be, Twilight Sparkle?” “Your reaction surprised me, Princess. If I did anything wrong, I would like to apologize. It wasn’t my intention to hurt or offend you. But I also thought about it, and after speaking with Princess Celestia I came to the point that your reaction results in knowing who prepared everything,” the purple unicorn ended and smiled towards us while our mind trembled. Oh for the sweet of the moon, why did you have to talk to her dear sister? “We do not know why you would suggest that we know anything about this, Twilight Sparkle. Besides, this there is no reason to apologize, you did nothing wrong. It is just our mood, it is seemingly down today and we apologize if we took it out on you,” we said, trying to save as much as we could. “But this is your tower, Princess, you just must know who…” “Just because this is our tower, we do not know everything going on in it, dear Twilight Sparkle,” we interrupted her. “Then answer me a question, Princess.” Twilight asked us before her horn glowed. Oh what now? “What would that be?” we asked curiously. Her horn glowed more and a long telescope with various blue ornaments appeared in front of her. “Why is your name on this telescope? And why is it marked with your seal?” she asked us before levitating it in front of us. She was right, our name was on it with a royal seal. Oh no, no, NO! There it was. We could no longer keep it inside. Without thinking, we teleported away with a scream, not caring about anything at the moment.