//------------------------------// // Entries 16-20 // Story: 1000 Years // by pixelbit5 //------------------------------// Entry sixteen: Bloodied past I may still be able to control this darkness however. I could unleash its power on to those who have transgressed upon me. To hear their screams, to see their fear as I show them no mercy. And then I shall turn my sights to Celestia. Oh, she will pay for her actions, standing high and proud in the limelight while I, her 'dearest sister', her 'best friend' wasted away in the shadows. Locking me from the world and keeping my glory from ever truly coming to fruition. Her lust for glory and admiration drove her to seal me away while she took credit for my lovely night sky, making sure that nopony in Equestria even knew of my night. You have done some terrible things to me, Princess, happily watching me waste away, well NO MORE. I will come for you, and rectify your mistakes, erase you from history. Nopony will ever love you again, sister, and your legacy will die with you. My past not forgotten, my hate unbridled. I'm coming for you Celestia. Entry seventeen: Taking hold NO. I WILL NOT TREAD THE PATH OF NIGHTMARE MOON AGAIN. I KNOW THAT THESE THOUGHTS ARE NOT MY OWN. THEY ARE THE TWISTED REALITIES OF A WICKED WITCH THAT LIVES ON THE NEGATIVE EMOTIONS OF A JEALOUS MARE. I HAVE CREATED HER, BUT I WILL NOT LET HER CONSUME ME, FOR I AM A PRINCESS OF EQUESTRIA. THE ONE AND ONLY GODDESS OF THE NIGHT. I CONTROL THE STARS AND SPACE. I AM THE PROTECTOR OF THE DREAM REALM. I AM THE ONE AND ONLY PRINCESS LUNA. I will not let you control me anymore, Nightmare Moon. I will not be a vessel for your selfish ends. Let me tell you one thing, Nightmare. One simple thing. If you even think about hurting my little ponies, well… I will make you wish that you could die. You may be a bad dream, but I, I am something much worse. I am your best nightmare. Entry eighteen: Remembrance This darkness, I feel as if it is hiding the positives of my past just out of my reach while bringing the negatives into focus more than they ever needed to be. I seem to be able to remember quite clearly all of the times that my dear sister has made me upset, for the last hundred or so years… I have to fight this. I can remember the many birthday parties that we have shared, or the way she looked at me when I first got my cutie mark, or the first time I raised my moon! I remember how she used to move one of my stars just enough that it drove me crazy. I remember running into my sister's room during a storm when I was a foal, and how she sung to me while I cowered under her sheets. Or time after time being caught with my muzzle buried deep into the cookie jar. I remember how I would play hide and seek in the massive castle or nights spent together by the hearth as she read me my favourite story for the thousandth time. And of course the time when she carried me onto the highest point of the tallest tower and we watched a meteor shower together. When I learned to fly or use my magic for the first time… I… I wish things could go back to how they were back then… I'm sorry Celestia… So, so sorry. I realise now what I have done, and the pain I must have caused, not only for the citizens of Equestria, but for you. I could see it in your eyes. To see your little sister, whom you loved so deeply, fall from grace as I did. I have broken your heart Celestia… Now if only I could mend it… Entry nineteen: Forgiveness does not come easy The things that I have done are unforgivable. I would understand if after I return back to the land I used to call my home, nopony would let me forget what I have done. I am already finding it hard enough to forgive myself for my actions. I may have been under the influence of nightmare, but that is no excuse for all of the pain I have caused to the ponies of Equestria, Princess Celestia or myself. I created that beast, and I will live with the weight of that failure upon my shoulders for the rest of my immortality. It is no monster, it is a part of me. I created it. It is me. If it is a monster, a dangerous entity that endangers the ponies of Equestria, feeding off hate and jealousy, slowly infecting the mind of its host, then I am no different. If it is a monster, then I am a monster. I can only hope that I can live with myself after this whole ordeal is over. Entry twenty: All alone You would think that a pony would get used to the solitude after a while. It surely cannot be that bad, could it? A little alone time, just to relax and take in the scenery. Just a few things though. One. The scenery is boring. Like, REALLY boring. It is LITTERALLY all grey and rocky. That is IT. Two. I got over relaxing a few hundred years back. The solitude really starts to get to a mare. It's that one, small, itchy feeling in the back of your brain that tells you that you are truly ALONE. No fillies and colts running in the streets, no friends to keep you company and tell you that it's safe, no family to tell you that they love you, or that they missed you or to stroke your mane at night or read you bedtime stories or… I… I miss her. I don't want to be alone, I just want to be back with you… In your arms… Under the stars… Celestia, I'm sorry. I want to be with you again. I want to be your little sister again. I don't want to be alone anymore. I want to be alone with you…