//------------------------------// // Confrontation // Story: Daylight's End // by SgtTex //------------------------------// On a balcony of Canterlot castle Luna confronts the now self proclaimed "Solar Flare". "Like me you allowed this dark power to twist your mind until now... Until now you have become the very thing you swore to destroy.", Luna said with a judgmental, yet pleading tone. What was once Celestia scoffed laughing and replied, "Don't lecture me Luna! I do not fear this power as you do! I have brought peace, order, justice, and security to my new Solar Empire!" "Your new Solar Empire?" "Yes Luna Join me. Together I can help unlock your true potential as I have unlocked mine!" Luna was in disbelief. It reminded her all too much of herself all those centuries ago. "I... I don't believe what I'm hearing. Twilight was right. You truly have have changed." Anger seemed to swell up in Solar Flare at the mention of her former student's name. "Don't you dare mention that name ever again! She is a traitor, and I showed her the price of her betrayal! Don't you dare betray me as well!" Luna's confidence and stern look seemed to disappear. Tears began to flow down her face. This was not the sister she knew. "You did what... I... I don't know you anymore... Celestia... Please... You're breaking my heart. You are going down the path that I once followed. Please come back!" A fight was almost certain, no doubt about that. What was once Celestia taunted Luna laughing reveling in her sadness and feelings of failure to prevent this. All the while not even seeing her as a threat. Luna's was looking down at the ground, but then looked up. Her face still had tears on it, but it was clear she was not crying anymore. "It's clear to now. You are no longer my sister, you're just what's left over of her. Her anger, frustration, lust for power... You did this thinking you could control it, but I've been in your place before. The power, it feels good. Like nothing can stop you. But in the end it consumes you, and soon all that is left is the broken pieces... The remains of what once was. I don't want to fight you, but seeing as the Elements have long since lost their power, I have no choice... I'm sorry... What I do now is out of mercy..." Luna struck first charging catching Solar Flare off guard, not believing she would attack. After a few hits and direct energy attacks from the both of them, Luna quickly realized that the fight here could very well destroy Canterlot, and the surrounding area. So Luna seeing that the damage was already extensive went skyward. "Running? What happened to that warrior princess spirit!" Solar Flare taunted. Luna soared as high as she could as fast as she could going all the way to the upper reaches of the atmosphere, Solar Flare giving chase. When Luna stopped and saw Flare approaching she prepared herself. This would not be a simple clean cut fight. It would a trial of endurance, stamina, and tactical wit. "If this be the end... Then I am ready.", Luna said to herself know that this could very well be either her last battle or her sister's. The fight lasted for hours and seemed to take them all over the planet. While what was once Celestia was more powerful she fought with the savagery of an animal rather than the precision, and tactical mind set she once had. Most blows Luna could not block or dodge, she could at-least shunt off to the side. Even with Luna's superior fighting style, it was still a hard fight. Luna had been fighting in a minimalist manner in order to conserve her energy, while this self proclaimed "Solar Flare" was throwing everything at Luna and not even bothering to block attacks, instead just taking them and pressing on. Solar Flare then tackled Luna and tried to bury her into a mountain side. Luna managed to flip Solar Flare around just seconds before impact, making Flare take the hit instead. They crashed through the mountain side causing the mountain to crumble, and crashed onto the other side plowing into the ground coming to a stop at a ravine which they fell into. Luna landed on a ledge on the side wall of the ravine, as did the corrupted Celestia, however she was hanging off the edge. Solar Flare's mane was no longer ablaze and one of her wings was broken, but she still showed some strength left in her as she tried to pull herself up. At the bottom of the ravine there were razor sharp rocks. Luna despite being beaten, bruised, and drained of most of her energy ran over to her. Luna pleaded with her,"Celestia! Take my hoof! We can still save you, it doesn't have to be this way! Sister... Please..." A few seconds passed, for a moment it seemed like Flare was going to accept Luna's help, but then... "I'll never give you the pleasure...", Solar Flare said with a snarl. Solar Flare let go and plummeted towards the razor sharp rocks below. Luna's energies being depleted attempted to lunge to grab Celestia's hoof, but to no avail. "Tia!",Luna yelled a her sister plummeted down into the ravine. Luna looked away as she heard her sister hit the rocks and she exhaled as the last bit of life left her body. Luna then hesitantly looked down at her. Celestia was impaled on the rocks below had reverted back to her old self. Luna sobbed to herself, letting out all the feelings she had pent up during the conflict. "I... No... I only wanted you to find peace... I only wanted my sister back..."