//------------------------------// // Epilogue // Story: Lullay Moon Princess // by Queen Sanguine Dreams //------------------------------// **** 999 years, 11 months and 29 days later **** Celestia stood for the last time outside of Canterlot, looking to the sky and her sister's moon. No matter how many nights she had to raise and lower it herself, she would never claim ownership of it. Her sister was coming back today, after all. But there was one last thing she had to do before her sister returned. Sing her a Lullaby. ***** Fate has been cruel and order unkind How can I have sent you away? The blame was my own; the punishment, yours The harmony's silent today But into the stillness I'll bring you a song And I will your company keep Till your tired eyes and my lullabies Have carried you softly to sleep Once did a pony who shone like the sun Look out on her kingdom and sigh She smiled and said, "Surely, there is no pony So lovely and so well beloved as I" So great was her reign and so brilliant her glory That long was the shadow she cast Which fell dark upon the young sister she loved And grew only darker as days and nights passed Soon did that pony take notice that others Did not give her sister her due And neither had she loved her as she deserved She watched as her sister's unhappiness grew But such is the way of the limelight, it sweetly Takes hold of the mind of its host And that foolish pony did nothing to stop The destruction of one who had needed her most Lullay moon princess, goodnight sister mine And rest now in moonlight's embrace Bear up my lullaby, winds of the earth Through cloud, and through sky, and through space Carry the peace and the coolness of night And carry my sorrow in kind Luna, you're loved so much more than you know May troubles be far from your mind And forgive me for being so blind The years now before us Fearful and unknown I never imagined I'd face them on my own May these thousand winters Swiftly pass, I pray I love you; I miss you All these miles away May all your dreams be sweet tonight Safe upon your bed of moonlight And know not of sadness, pain, or care And when I dream, I'll fly away and meet you there Sleep... Sleep... Sleep... ***** "A thousand Winters, sister. A thousand summers without your light, so much brighter than my own." Celestia looked up to the moon that held her sister, four stars like points of a compass steadily approaching it. "Tonight, I hope to see you shine again, Luna." The stars struck the moon, and Luna's sillouette vanished. "I will make certain that you are loved, Sister."