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// The Role She Played 
// Story: The Moon On Her Flank 
// by RachanaRoxx 
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After dinner that evening, I headed straight to my room’s balcony to relax. The air was still and peaceful. I watched as the sun set and made way for the moon. The sky transformed from it’s pink and orange hue into a dark blue tinge. One by one, stars revealed themselves, until they flooded the sky above. It was so quiet. So peaceful. So boring.

My bedroom door creaked.

‘Luna, dear?’ called a familiar voice. Hooves gracefully stepped into the balcony towards me.

Mama stood next to me, looking up at the sky she brought. 

‘It’s beautiful, isn’t it?’ Mama asked, still looking up.

‘Yeah, I guess.’

Neither of us said a word. We just looked up at the deep blue night. 

After a while, I finally spoke.

‘Mama, why did you tell me to vow to protect the night?’

Mama frowned, ‘Because, as a Princess of Equestria, it is your duty to protect ponies during the night.’

‘But, nothing happens at night! Ponies just sleep. Maybe there will be a timber-wolf here and there, but for the most part, they don’t need much protection.’’


‘You may not realize, but your job in Equestria is very important. Even more important than Celestia’s!’

I looked at her, confused.

She giggled. ‘I’ll show you. Let’s go out for a moment.’ She held out her hoof.

I was about to take it, but then I hesitated. ‘B-but Father said that I wasn’t suppose to leave the castle.’

‘It will be fine. Now take me hoof’        

Slowly, I set my hoof on Mama’s. Mama held her head high, and her horn started to glow. We were being consumed by a white light. I closed my eyes and prepared myself for the worst.

I opened my eyes, but we were not in the castle anymore!