//------------------------------// // Luna- (The Reign of the Night) [Part 1] // Story: Today, I Became A Princess Because..... // by JessVA //------------------------------// "Alright Luna, just focus on picturing the moon rise.." My sister always got the glory, taking whatever respect I had for my night.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My name is Luna Moonlight Equis, but you can just call me Luna! I was born about 12 years before my mother's death, and 5 years before my father's. I was raised mostly by my sister, Celestia. She was always praised for her sun. She was also, the most powerful pony in all of Equestria. She could withhold the Elements of Harmony, all at once. She was loyal, honest, generous, silly when need be, kind, and magical. I, however, was childish, immature, fun, nice, and a bit of an outcast. I didn't socialize much, and when I did I was very bad at it. I would get nervous, shaky even. I would stutter at every word and I wouldn't know what to say. "Tia?" I asked, galloping wonderfully around her legs. "What is it Luna?" she replies. "Why do you have wings, and I only have a horn?" "Luna, you have to earn your wings..." "How do I earn them?" "By doing something extraordinary." I smiled widely. "How do I do something extraordinary?" Tia laughed softly, my mispronunciation of extraordinary must have been humoring to her at the time. She started walking towards her room. It was painted with symbols I didn't understand. "Have a seat..." she said to me, her voice calm and collected. "I'm going to tell you something, and you have to promise not to be mad at me, okay?" I looked up to her with eyes filled with wonder. I nodded my head up and down furiously. "Mother gave me my wings." she said. I gasped. She gave my sister wings, and not me?! Why? What did I do wrong? Am I not special?! I felt a rush of anger more powerful than plain emotion. I looked Tia in the eye, then turned around. Her hoof reached out as to pet me for comfort, yet I ran out of her room and locked the doors to mine. KNOCK KNOCK! "Luna? Can you please come out..?" she opened the door. I was face-in-hooves, crying my eyes out. I could hear her hoofsteps come closer to me. I got up and turned around quickly. "TIA! GET OUT OF MY ROOM!" I yelled. I could swear that my voice echoed around the entire castle. Her face has a look of distraught plastered on. "Luna... Stop this behavior at once!" she demanded. "Make me!" I shout back. "You're grounded!" she yelled back. My eyes filled with more tears as I used my magic to slam my doors shut. I could feel a rush of anger in my head, but I quickly guarded it. I felt upset, sad, and angry. I levitated my empty spell book and started writing profusely. Spell after spell after spell and nothing added up. Five hours seemed to pass by rather quickly as I finally get a spell working correctly. My mind became foggy, but there was a small vision inside my head after it was cast. "Luna, I am tired of your reckless behavior!" Is that Tia? "Well, I'm tired of you getting all the glory!" Did I just say that...? "Luna you know very well everypony appreciates your night." Celestia looked a bit worried, as the look on Luna's face became dark and grim. "They will appreciate it for an eternity...." My mouth copied the words from the vision, my eyes closing and the spell being activated in the real world, instead of the vision. I am awoken from a sudden CLANK! I open my door to see nothing is broken. I go over to Tia's room to check and make sure she is alright. I see she is lying on the floor, unconscious. "Oh no..." I whisper. I look at my surroundings, for water, something... just SOMETHING to wake her up. I go to the kitchen as fast as I can and get a glass of ice cold water. I teleport back to her room, glass wrapped in my magic of levitation. I turned it and the water splashed on her face. She is a very light sleeper, so the smallest noise woke her up.... but why isn't she waking up...? Why....? I get a larger glass of water, and try this over and over again, hoping it would work each time. After about 5 attempts of this, I fall to my knees, head resting on her chest. "Please... don't be dead..." I pray. I bury my head into her chest deeper, using my levitation to wrap her hoof around me as a last hug. Tears start to roll down my face. "I just killed my sister....." Buh bum.... buh bum.... My ears perk up and clear every sound out except for one... Buh bum.. Buh bum.. 'Heartbeat!' The tears roll down my face even more, a frown turning into a smile in mere seconds. "I didn't kill you... You can't die... Not yet.... Not for a long time..." I manage to get myself up on all fours again and levitate her to her bed. Thank goodness she raised the sun already. I head back to my room to look at my spell book again, and see the spell I wrote has a few words in O'l Equestrian that makes somepony fall into...... Eternal sleep... I had to find a way to reverse it! I couldn't stand to see her lifelessly asleep for all eternity! I started flipping through textbooks and not finding anything to reverse the spell. But then it clicked. I wrote it in anger and destruction. That's how she almost fooled me into thinking she died... If I write the spell in purity and happiness.... My eyes shimmered against the sunlight, as I started to work.