"Luna.... Luna my dear sister wake up, night has fallen." Princess Celestia entered her little sister's bed chamber. She had completed the task for a while now after her parents died protecting the kingdom from a couple of Ursa Majors when she was just a filly. Luna was a foal back then... Just born a few months prior. Which meant Celestia was the next in line to inherit the throne. Which meant that she had the task of raising the sun and the moon. Now that Luna is older, it's time she finally took on her role as princess of the night.
"Hnnh huh?... Five more minutes Tia.... Please?" Luna said with a yawn. "I was having such a wonderful dream... I finally got my cutie mark. Mommy and Daddy were there, and they were proud." She said smiling. Celestia smiled and used her magic to open the curtains to reveal a very beautiful sunset, probably one of her best.
"Now now sister. Remember what I told you. If you want that to be a dream come true, you must first complete the challenges set for you." Celestia remembered when she first got her cutie mark. It was the morning after her parents died. She studied for months and watched her mother do it with such finesse. But that morning her mother was not there.
"Come on.... You can do this Tia... You've seen mommy do it so many times, now it's time to make her proud!" Celestia closed her eyes as her horn started to glow with a soft golden aura, as she did she slowly rose to the air, the sky lighting up with the morning sun. As she reached her peak, she let go, falling back down and landing with a soft flutter. She did it. She had raised the sun. And she also got her cutie mark.
"I...I did it! I raised the sun and got my cutie mark! Mommy look I di-" As she looked around expecting to see her mother's smiling face and expecting to hear her say how proud she was. She realized in the heat of the moment that no matter how happy she should have been, she was sad. She didn't see her mother's smiling face. She didn't hear her mother say how proud she was. It was just her, in the castle garden, the sun shining over head as she cried. She missed her mom. But she knew deep down that her mother was proud even is she wasn't there.
"Tia?... Tia? Big Sister what's wrong? Are you okay?..." Celestia was brought back to reality as Luna was giving her a puzzling look. It wasn't until she looked in the mirror that she realized she had been crying. "Were you thinking of them again?..." Celestia nodded. Being five years older than Luna Celestia had spent most of her time with her parents until their deaths.
"Yes Luna... I miss them terribly... But I'm also very proud that you're finally doing what I've trained you to do..." She smiled warmly as she made her way to her sister and hugged her. "Now... Let's get started." They both went out into the garden, Luna now finally awake enough to focus.
"Do I have to do this every night Tia? Even the stars too?" The older of the two sisters smiled and nodded.
"Yes Luna... Every night... Except the stars... Those can be any time. Now... Are you ready little sister?" Luna hopped off Celestia's back eager to get started.
"Ready big sister!" She smiled and looked up. Celestia decided to have a little fun with her.
"Remember just like I showed you. Or should I do it for you?" She asked smirking.
"No you said I could do it!" She said excitedly. "But.... Can you stand next to me?" Celestia answered her sisters request and stood next to her. Just then, Luna closed her eyes. And her horn lit up with a periwinkle aura. As it did, she slowly rose to the air, the moon following her movement upward. Celestia teared up and smiled. She was doing it. Her little sister was raising the moon. As she reached her high point, she let go and dropped. As she did Celestia flew up and caught her on her back.
"Did... Did I do it? Is it there?" Luna eagerly asked. Celestia gave her sister yet another warm smile.
"Is what there? The moon? Or your cutie mark?" Just then Luna opened her eyes.
"The moon obviously! I don't have my cutie mark ye-" just as she spoke, she looked down and her eyes widened. There, on her flank, was a crescent moon. She had gotten her cutie mark. "Tia I did it! I did it! I got my cutie mark! I raised the moon too! Did you see? Did you see it? Huh?" Celestia giggled and nuzzled her excited little sister.
"I did. And you did great Luna... I'm so proud of you. With the flick of her own horn, the stars started to appear, one by one. As they looked up at the night sky, she knew her parents were up there somewhere. Smiling down upon their daughters.
"Tia? Do you think they're proud of me too?" Luna asked, tearing up a little. Celestia placed a wing around her sister and pulled her close, hugging her.
"They're proud of both of us Luna... They're proud and they love us..." She said with tears in her own eyes.
"Tia? Can you teach me how to make stars too?" Luna asked. Celestia stood up and put her little sister on her back, bringing her back inside.
"Some day when you're older Luna..... Some day..."