What does fate mean to me? Rejection!

by Sand Storm


Luna's dive to the heart

"How is she?" Asked Celestia the nurse.

"Doing fine." The castle nurse nodded. Luna has been place hospital bed, she has been placed there after the encounter.

"How long she going to be here?" Celestia asked worried. The nurse looked slightly nervous as the sun princess kept asking questions.

"Well it's unknown if she might ever woke up as this has never happened before. All we can do is hope for the best." The nurse said before walking to the right side of the unconscious night princess checking for any sign of response the breathing. Celestia walked over to the other side of Luna, worried about her well being. After checking the nurse left the room, leaving the princesses to themselves.

"Luna, if you can hear me please wake up." Celestia asked. A sun guard appeared from the hospital's doors.

"Princess, you are needed in the throne room of friendship" He said to her.

'Twilight should have thought of a better name.' Celestia thought to herself.

"Show me what's wrong." Celestia said as the two walked out the room.


Luna was falling down in a deep dark abyss, it felt like she was slowing sinking in water. Luna's wasn't sure if she wanted to open her already closed eyes as she fell into the abyss. The only light was above her but she was downing deeper into the abyss, the light was slowly fading as she descend.

Suddenly she felt the gravity the this world she's in shifted, Luna slowly landed on a flat surface. Opening her eyes; Luna saw nothing but darkness. Looking up, she saw a small bit of light. It doesn't seem to be big enough to be able to light this place but she could see slightly but not enough.

"Where....where am I?" She thought to herself. As she takes a step on the flat surface, the dark flat surface began to fade away. Luna covered her eyes as the floor light up brightly. After a second, she lowered her arms and was greeted by doves flying around her. The doves flew from under her uncover an image in such Luna wasn't looking at. Luna watched as the doves flew around her, after the last dove join the dole*. Luna watched as dole of doves flow of into the abyss leaving only feathers. It was beautiful and strangely hopeful.

Luna looked down as the ground, light was emitting from under her. Luna looked down and was greeted by image herself well her young self. Young Luna was smiling, above her was the moon. Three were shown, two were crescent moon but they were facing to the opposite of each other, and the last one was above her young self's head. Luna looked away as she know what it was.

Nightmare moon's image on the moon.

Luna looked away from it, noticing the stars surrounding her. On the bottom was her Sister, Celestia. Luna looked around some more hoping to found an exit, but found none. Luna did notice that she was stand near the edge of what seems to be a pillar, right in front of the image of her older sister.

"So much to do," Spoke a genderless voice. Luna almost jumped at the sudden voice. Luna up and down, she couldn't find where it was coming from.

"Show thy self!" Luna yelled to the voice.

"So little time...." The voice once again spoke. Luna looked around again.

"Take you time." The voice said to her.

"Don't be afraid." It said again.

"I'm not afraid!" Luna yelled back.

"The door is still shut." It said, ignoring her comment. Luna decided to not even try to talk to this being.

"Now, step forward. Can you do it?" It asked. Luna felt insulted by it question.

'Does this being think I some new born foal?"' she thought to herself. Luna walked forward till she reach the middle of this pillar.

"True power sleeps within you." It told her. The pillar raised from the ground as light, Luna turned around as a small pillar (chest height). Luna looked and shield. It is pentagonal and its bottom three corners are rounded. It has a red border and the top and bottom two corners all sport a silver bolt or pin. Most of the face of the shield is black, save for the prominent what seems to be a mouse symbol in the center. This symbol is red and has a pale yellow outline.

"If you give it form..." It told her. Next to show was but was what appeared was a strange rod with the same mouse shape tip. Both ends of the rod's handle are tan, while the handle itself is predominantly green. There is a wide, brown disk on the tip of the handle, which the head of the staff is connected to. The staff's head is a blue mouse head.

"It will give you strength." It spoke again. Luna turned to look at a sword with the same mouse symbol on the halt. A generic short sword with a black mouse symbol on the hilt and a blue handle. The pommel is simple and golden in color.

"Choose well." It sated. Luna didn't take a second thought as she walked towards the sword.

'Like who wouldn't chose a sword as their first weapon?' Luna thought to herself.

As Luna pick up the floating sword, the voice spoke again.

"The power of the warrior. Invincible courage: the will to stand against anything.. A sword of terrible destruction." It told her like it was a warning.

"It's this the power you seek?" The voice asked.

"Yes." Luna answered. As she did the sword disappeared in a flash of light.

"Your path has been set." It said to her. Luna looked up hoping to leave this place, as it was starting to creep her out.

"Now, what will you give up an exchange?" It asked as Luna looked towards the remaining weapons. Luna walked over to the Staff, as she picked it up the voice spoke to her.

"The power of the mystic. Inner strength is spirit: power the eye cannot see. A staff of wonder and ruin." It told her. Luna lets go of the staff and walks over to the shield, picking it up the voice spoke again.

"The power of the guardian. Kindness to aid friends. A shield to repel all." It told her.

'Strength and Magic is my specialty. Being a guardian....' Luna thought.

"You give up this power?" It asked her.

"Yes." Luna said to the voice.

"You are sure?" It asked sadly. Luna looked back at the shield.

"Yes." Luna told it, the shield shattered in her hands.

'I can't save anyone, being a guardian like my sister.' Luna told herself, frowning.

"You chosen the power of a warrior." It told her before the small pillar sunk into the floor. Luna quickly jumped off, but as she did the entire pillar she was on began to shatter. Luna watched as her young image broke into pieces; Luna then fell into the abyss again. As she did, she watch the shattered pieces of the pillar spread around her like stars. Luna fall for a second before being greeted by her older self.

It was the same but dark blue, with bats than stars. Luna was gentle place on this new pillar. Before Luna even move a muscle, the sword she chose appeared before her, on her right hand.

"You've have the power to fight." It told her, Luna did a horizontal slash to the right.

"All right! You got it." It said happily.

"Use this power to protect yourself and others." The voice said to her.

"There will be times you have to fight," It told as a strange shadow appear from the floor. Luna looked at it with curiosity before it raise off the floor like it was a getting up.

"Even when you wonder in the darkness, don't let your light burn out." The voice told her. Luna felt like smiling at the comment like it was something her mother would to her.

Luna focused back to the shadow creature but noticed there was about seven of them. They were as tall as her.

The shadow looked humanoid body structure, pitch black skin and spherical, glowing yellow eyes. It's crooked antennae are quite long and fall back behind it. It seems to be rather muscular, and its hands are very large, each one sporting five clawed fingers. Its feet, are long and lack digits, it resemble boots. Its body is also lined by several faint, blue veins of color.

Luna ready herself as one of the shadows dashed at her. Luna side jumped out of the way before doing a down slash as it passed by her. It was slammed to the ground from her slash, before it could got up Luna jabbed her sword into it's back. It burst to dust leaving odd green orbs that went into Luna. Luna glowed in green fire a second, feeling slightly better. Unknown to her, a shadow moved behind her.

"Behind you!" The voice yelled. Luna quickly ducked as the shadow tried to jab her with it's claw. Luna then did a horizontal slash to the right hitting the shadow's side. It is throw to the side. The other shadows dash at her as she turned to face them. Luna tried to cast a shield spell but nothing happen as a result, she was hit in chest before being butt-headed by another one. Luna was then thrown across the floor, her body bounce a few times before she flips over and landed on her feet. Looking up, Luna show the six shadow sink into the floor and rushed towards her.

"Come out and fight!" Luna yelled at them. They responds...jumped out cause a shock-wave, making Luna's body shake. The shadows used this to their advantage. Two of them jumped at her as the other four surrounded her. Luna tossed her blade at the shadow in front of her before rolling out of the way. The blade stuck itself into the shadow's chest, the shadow looked at it's chest.

The other shadows were shocked at her action but dashed at her as she rushed to her blade. The shadow that had the blade in it's chest quickly thrust its claw at her but Luna grabbed her blade and pulled her blade up causing the shadow to follow it's motive. The shadows that were coming at her but were then hit by one of their own as Luna tossed the jabbed shadow at them.

The shadows were thrown back before being slashed at. Luna watched as they turn to dust, looking around she didn't she any other shadow. After the coast were clear, Luna exhaled her her breath that she didn't even noticed she was holding. Looking below her, she noticed black spots on the floor. Noticing this, Luna quickly ready herself as she thought more of those were coming but instead the black spot spread further covering the happy image of herself. Before she called even move, the pillar was entirely cover in black. Luna began to sink into it, flapping her wings she tired but was soon sucked in. Before she even noticed tentacles coiled themselves around her legs, Luna tried to pulled them off but soon more tentacles wrapped themselves on her waist before pulling her down.

"Let go!!!" Luna yelled as she grabs the tentacles on her waist trying to pry them off but then her arms were tied by the tentacles. Luna slowly struggled as she descends into the pillar. All Luna can do, is watch as the light slowly faded from her vision.

Luna struggled as she tries to break free from her bounds. Shutting her eyes as she tries to break free till she open her eyes noticing she was no longer bound nor trap in the dark. Luna looked around before getting up, as she did she noticed the image on this pillar. Luna frown at what was shown.

"I can never escape you, can I?" Luna said to herself. The image was Nightmare moon laughing in victory, scattered piece of the elements circled her, Twilight was at the bottom with a disbelief look. Luna lowered her head as she notices her sister's stern glare at Nightmare. Luna felt her regret memories of her time as Nightmare moon. As she stood there, she didn't noticed the ten shadows creatures that reappeared.

"Look out!" the voice warned her. Luna was brought out of her thoughts as a shadow jumped at her. Luna quickly side slash at it, before changing the blade and cast a magic slash at another shadow. Both shadows faded as more showed up. Luna quickly took a fighting stands before dashing at remaining shadows. Quickly, Luna slashed diagonally upward from her right leg before , then slashed from the left leg , lone rush forward before ending it with a down slash. Four shadows burst to dust before casting several magic missiles, destroying the remaining enemies. Luna waited for a moment to insure there wasn't any more of those things. After a few seconds, Luna let out a sigh of relief.

"At least is over." Luna said to herself. After saying that Luna noticed as the light above shined far in front of her. A door appeared, it looked odd as nothing kept it up.

Luna walked over to it as she assume it was the way out of the place. As she walked over to the door, she halted as the voice speak again.

"A power foe awaits you." It told her with grave danger. Luna took note of that before the open all by itself. The door open slowly as a bright light poured out of the creak as it was about to open all the way it sudden closed on itself and faded. Luna nearly jumped as it closed shut in front of her. After it vanished, Luna frowned as she was nearly out of here. The voice speak again as the light above her shined on her, making her shadow look taller than her.

"The closer you get to the light," The voice said as Luna turned to face her shadow.

"The greater your shadow becomes." It said as Luna's shadows began to move away from her. Luna watched her shadow began to come off the ground.

Luna's shadow took her form before it changed and took the appearance of wearing armor. The armor was black and midnight blue, with moonlight white torn cape, it waved in a non-existing wind motion. The armor itself has an overall unique model, and is decorated with small silver chains, intricate and ornamental designs on the boots, lower torso and gauntlets, two sets of shoulder guards underneath the initial armored spikes mounted on the shoulders, and even several large fasteners located all over the body that link each piece of the armor together. Several other spikes protruding from various parts of the body as well as six large horn-like spikes on the very top of the helmet to accompany the large eye-like sockets in the front, the eye-like sockets had a mist of shadows coming out of it.

"Who are thou?" Luna asked before she could get an answer, the armored being rushed at her at the speed of the a train. Luna quickly jumped to the side as the armor shadow dashed past her. Luna turned and quickly cast as magic bream at the figure but the shadow raised it's hand and a shield appeared seconds before the bream hit. Smoke followed after the bream hit the shield, Luna cursed to herself. She couldn't see her opponent as the smoke gave it making it hard to know when it would attack.

"Better be safe than sor-!" Luna didn't finish as she ducked from a magic missile.

Looking turned the fading smoke, the armored shadow stood with its right hand aimed at her. Before she could even decide to attack; the armor dashed again but it whole body change with violet with black in it's core. Luna cast a shield spell in front of her as the armored shadow rushed at her but it proved to do nothing as it just went straight through it. Luna felt the electricity go through her as it's metal collided with her. Luna's body was high resistant to magic but only to a few like Ice and dark but lighting is not one of them. Luna was thrown on her feet but was then grab on the foot before being thrown up in the air. The armored shadow summoned it's scythe before jumping up towards Luna. Luna tried to move but her body wouldn't listen as her opponent slammed to the ground chest first. The armored shadow cast a few dark energy blasts then four dark firaga which were aimed at Luna. Luna bounce of the ground before being bombard by magic missiles. The bombardment created a smoke cloud, the armored shadow entered the smoke and kicked Luna.

She skipped across the ground but nearly at the edge of the pillar. Luna get back up and glared at the armored shadow. The two stared at each other before both ran straight at each other. Luna changed her blade which had a black and dark blue hue surrounding it as the armored shadow had a black and red aura surrounding it. The two neared it other before clashing, the two went from blow to blow. Trying to lay a hit on each other but their weapons blocked the other attack. Both jumped back before casting dark missiles at each other. The missiles collided with each other creating a fog of smoke. The armored shadow dashed forward before Luna could even counter, it strike and made Luna lose her grip of the sword before teleported behind her. Luna got knocked out as she was then grabbed by the armored shadow. It looked at her before walking towards the edge of the pillar.

It places a keychain in Luna's right hand; Luna mumbled something inaudible. The armored shadow stopped inches from the edge before tossing her into the abyss. It watched as Luna fell into the unknown darkness, it turned and walked towards the center of the pillar. It then sat down waiting for it's opponent to return.

As Luna descended into the abyss, a portal with a keyhole opened as Luna drew near. Luna entered that portal as it closed.


"While today is getting more and more interesting." A young teenager said as he looked at unconscious blue mare. He cocked his head in confusion as he never seen something this before. He looked at her left palm.

"Not a player then same as Sora." He said to himself.

"Ah-Miss pony? Hello?" The boy shook the mare's shoulder. The mare's eyes slowly opened a bit before noticing the creature in front of her.

"Who are thou?!" Luna said before jumped back. The teenager looked at her confused at the way she is talking before answering.

"I would like to ask you the same question." He said crossing his arms sounding bored. Luna looked at the young clot.

He is a rather lanky teenager. He has distinctive spiky orange hair and blue eyes. Wearing a pair of purple colored headphones, with the tube-shaped white audio player hung around his neck. He wears a sleeveless, purple-grey shirt with a high collar that has a purple stripe going down the middle, with the stripe outlined in yellow with white shorts, held up by a loose-fitting black belt. The shorts haves two large pockets with purple stripes on top, the stripes also outlining a pair of yellow buttons on each pocket. His shoes match the design of his shirt, purple-grey with a purple stripe outlined by yellow. The shoes have four yellow buttons with white straps that replace shoelaces. The clot sports a yellow sweatband on his left wrist.

"I'm an Princess Luna, Princess of the Night and who are thou young clot?" Luna asked him. The clot looked at her oddly before shaking his head. Luna got up and noticed that she was slightly taller than this clot.

"Neku Sakuraba. One of the few players in a game called Reaper's game." Neku said to the princess. Luna cocked her head at the word 'Reaper's game'

"What is this Reaper's game, Sir Neku?" Luna asked him.

"It's a game where those who died battle to win a second chance." He said to her. Luna was shocked at how it is done.

"Why would a being play with which an act as death?" Luna asked him shocked. Neku shrugged not knowing himself.

"All I know is that I being timed." He said before his left hand which had a timer. 54:20 and counting. Luna found this very odd.

"What happens when it hits zero." Luna asked him raising a brow.

"I die." Neku said with a sorrow in his voice. Luna's mouth nearly dropped before she composed herself.

"A-anyways, where an I?" Luna asked him. Neku looked around for a second before looking back at Luna.

"Well, I would like to welcome you to Traverse Town." He said happily...sort of. Luna around noticing how weird this place is.

"Thank you but my I ask you one question." Luna asked him. Neku nodded.

"What is the creature next to you?" Luna asked pointing towards the odd creature behind him. Neku turned before jumping back.

"How long was that there?" Neku asked while in a fighting stance. Luna looked at him confused.

"Not long, but why is thou frighten by this?" Luna asked him.

"That's a Dream Eater, one of the two types, a Nightmare and Sprites. That one is a Nightmare." Neku said to Luna.

"Nightmare? Why would this be a nightmare? I think it's cute." Luna looked at the little nightmare creature.

The top half of its body is black, and the bottom is pink. It has white bands wrapping around its legs with black paws, and the Nightmare Emblem is located on its chest. The spots are purple in color, as are the tips of its ears. It has red round pupils and a mint green tongue, as well as white muzzle and pale blue horn on its forehead. And lastly possesses a white tail and a black nose.

"That may be so but that doesn't mean it can still be dangerous. It's called a Meow Wow." Neku warned. Luna looked at him like he was joking.

"Seriously? The name makes it even more cute." Luna said looking at him but he suddenly gasped. Luna looked at him before turning to at two giants beasts.

"Now that's a Nightmare." Luna said readying herself.

It had large brown body with an orange streak going down the side of it. It has a blue belly, and on its shoulders it has turquoise purple ridges. On its legs are four dots, going from light blue to purple, and it has large pink and purple claws at the end of its feet and hands, which are brown and blue. Its large tail has colorful, blade-like ridges. It had the Nightmare emblem on it's forehead.

"Luna, we need to leave." Neku said her.

"Thou shalt leave while I handle them." Luna told him in a seriously tone. Neku's eyes widen at her.

"Are you crazy?! You don't have any weapon nor a sprites." Neku told her. Luna thought about it before raising her right hand and aimed at him..

"Then I'll just use Magic?" She said before snapping her fingers but nothing happen. Snapping again but still nothing. Luna looked confused at herself as well as they Nightmares and Neku.

"What are you doing?" He asked her keeping an eye on the Nightmares.

"Trying to cast a magic spell." She told him snapping her fingers at the nightmare again. The nightmares looked at each other confused at to what's she doing.

"Hate to tell you this but Pegasus can't use magic. Unless they have a horn." He told her. Luna turned to look at him.

"I'm an Alicorn, a mixed breed of earth pony, unicorn, and pegasus. I can use magic." Luna told him. Neku rubbed the back of his head.

"Uh might want to check that." He told her.

"Why?" She asked. Neku pointed at his forehand.

"You don't have a horn." He told her. Luna raised her hand to her forehead, she place her hand were her horn should be but felt nothing. Rubbed the area and still nothing.

"Where-where's my horn." She asked herself.

"You never had one, when I found you." He said to her. Luna stopped as she realized what going on.

"Discord!!!!!" She yelled to the heavens.