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// Princess Luna 
// Story: Hatred 
// by Letsmlpbro 
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After her meeting with her friends yesterday, Dashie was starting to feel a lot better. Her nerves seemed to calm down letting sleep come more easy. Although her past worries were directed at Fluttershy, she was glad that she saw them all.
“Please Princess, she’s been really busy the last couple of days. She needs to be left alone.” The nurses please became louder as she got closer to the room.
“She shouldn’t be left alone. Ever. I’m seeing her now and that’s a royal order.”
Rainbow’s heart picked up pace as the door opened. She knew this voice; it was someone powerful. “Who’s there?”
“Hello Rainbow Dash.” Princess Luna said politely. “Twilight said you are able to see people now so I think we should talk.”
Kiteflyer cocked her head at the princess. “Sunshine? Who is?”
“This is Princess Luna. Why don’t you go with the nurse. We need to be alone. . .here.” Dash gave Kite her sketchbook and a pencil. “You can draw in here. But don’t draw over my sketches okay?”
The girl nodded, walking over to the employee with a huge smile on her face. “Sunshine nice.” she whispered before leaving the room.
Luna closed the door seeming overjoyed at the chance to be alone with Dash. “This is all my fault Rainbow Dash. I started this and I need to end it.”
“What are you talking about Princess? It was King Sombra who turned Celestias mind.” Dash moved over on the bed, patting the soft mattress for Luna to sit next to her. “Please sit Princess. You’re making me nervous.”
Luna sat, her royal personality fading. “I told her I hated her.”
Rainbow’s face went blank. It wasn’t surprising that Luna had uttered those words to her sister. She did try to take over Equestria after all. Dash took a breath and let it out slowly. “Luna, she knows you didn’t mean it.”
“She said it back to me.” the Princess of the night looked down at her hands. “Sombra’s hate was in her at the time. All it needed was a spark for it to ignite the hate inside of her. I. . .I was that spark. If I hadn’t said that I hated her she wouldn’t have snapped.”
“You don’t know that.”
Luna shook her head. “It’s the only logical explanation for what has happened.”
Dash let the information sink in for a moment. “Why are you talking to me about this? Shouldn’t Twilight be the one to help you? I’m not an egghead like her.”
“Did Celestia take over her body or yours? Twilight doesn’t know anything about Celestia’s true power. . .she showed Twilight dark magic once, before she went to save the Crystal Empire. It’s been in her the entire time; It’s within everyone. But Celestia had it worse than any person I’ve ever met. Sombra placed it there when we defeated him the first time.”
“And she’s just been suppressing it?”
“Yes. And so have I.” Luna looked Dash in the eye. “Nightmare Moon was my evil self. My ego got so big I couldn’t hold it back any longer. Celestia has been holding on to so much hate. . .it was only a matter of time before she turned.”
“Is there a way to defeat her.” Dash asked.
The princess nodded. “We have to kill her.”
LIES!! She’s lying. I am invincible. How could you even get close enough to me to make the final blow? The voice was quieter than before. Do not listen to her Rainbow Dash.
Dashie pushed the voice aside. “That’s treason.”
“Do you think Equestria will care about treason? No, we must kill her.” Luna stood up, suddenly determined. “I can do it, but I will need your friends to help me get close enough.”
“Who will raise the sun? Who will rule us?” Rainbow Dash stood as well.
“I have been raising the sun for the past months, have I not? I will rule. . .but if the people wish for someone else then it will be Princess Cadence who will take hold of the crown. Rainbow Dash, you must trust me in this. I have done months of research with Twilight within my castle's library to figure out how to deal with Sombra’s hate. Only death will destroy it.” Luna made her way over to the window, placing her hands behind her back. “The King may have been able to survive by transferring his hate into another being, but he cannot do it a second time as he is not in his own body. I will take what is left of Celestia’s magic before her last breath fades so as to not lose the knowledge that she holds.”
“Is it even possible to hold that much magic?” Rainbow Dash made her way over the Luna, her curiosity aching.
The princess sighed. “If shared between Cadence, Twilight, and I then yes. It won’t be easy but it can be done.”