Some of the ponies carried rotten fruit; others carried placards and signs, words crudely scrawled upon them, "GO HOME!" and "EQUESTRIA IS FOR PONIES!"
Earth Pony, Unicorn and Pegasus; no matter who they were all were furious. "Go home, Go home, Go home, Go home...!" all cried, despite the Sisters' attempts to quell the mob.
Shoulders heavy with defeat, I nodded my head; then as all cheered I slowly turned and walked back into the Dragon Weyr. Shortly thereafter, the mighty Protoss Nexus ascended into the sky, followed by more than a few hurled fruits and bolts of unicorn magic. When at last the reviled pyramid was gone - once Celestia had gone to resume her life - a thoroughly furious Luna turned toward the quietened mob and inhaled a breath.
For a moment there was silence, save for the world that continued to move and live around them--before Luna roared,
"THOU. ART. ALL. IDIOTS!"
Then, overcome with a soul-deep sadness - sniffling, struggling to contain the sobs threatening to burst forth even as her eyes misted with tears - Luna turned and fled into the Palace, to her Quarters. Therein, finally, she wept, wept, wept for the loss of perhaps one of her greatest friends.
* * * *
One year later...
By the combined might of the Minotaurs, Griffons and Changelings, her beloved sister had been slain; even as the enemy pounded upon her doors, Luna watched sadly as the withered husk of her sister was paraded down the main street of her once beautiful city, to demoralize what little was left of her ponies. "It is over; Equestria is no more..." she uttered, softly.
The time had come. Warily, she looked around her room. Within a shielded circle stood she, as well as two of every pony race; two Earth, two Pegasi, two Unicorn, and two Thestral ponies all equipped with saddlebags--ponies who had believed in her, believed in her human friend. "You all know why you're here," Luna spoke bluntly in the modern tongue. "We go to find my friend. We go to find David. Hopefully he... he will be able to help us. This is your last chance to back out."
As the pounding upon the doors of her quarters increased - as the enchanted wood began to crack - nopony said a word. With that - very carefully, as though it were the most fragile thing in existence - Luna gently withdrew from her saddlebags a golden box, and upon seeing it the ponies with her gasped for it was made of psi-steel, the metal of David's wondrous machines. When Luna opened the box - upon seeing what she withdrew from it - all of the ponies stared in wonder and hope.
The object Luna withdrew from the box was a warp beacon! It was a miracle that Luna had it for all the ponies with her had thought that all of David's technology had been retrieved by him. The beacon - resembling a tiny, old fashioned kerosine lantern attached to a sterling silver chain - glowed softly with brilliant cyan light, a shard of the power of the Dragon Weyr contained within. Gathering what remained of her ponies close, the former Princess of the Equestrian Night carefully slipped the Warp Beacon over her head such that the lantern rested against her chest.
Luna bowed her head in prayer to Faust, to Adun. Then, softly, she recited, "Adun protect us. Khala guide us. Weyr shelter us. Take us home." At first, nothing happened and Luna despaired--but then, a muted cry of happiness escaped her as from the Warp Beacon there came the familiar tones of the five note sequence she knew so well - "Re Mi Do Do So" - as the Warp Beacon began to glow, brighter, and brighter... before Luna and her ponies vanished in a blaze of cyan light--just as the leaders of the Triumvirate smashed their way into the room.
The Griffin, Changeling, and Minotaur Queens howled with anger; they were a moment too late and all could do nothing except watch as a cluster of cyan stars ascended into the sky, before vanishing altogether. Luna's final, desperate plan had succeeded; she and her ponies were on their way to their new home in the stars.