Luna sat on the cold, dusty surface of the sad and barren moon. She fought back tears as she stared at the planet below. She was suddenly overwhelmed with anger. She how dare Tia had done this to her! She was supposed to be her older sister!! She wasn't supposed to do this sort of thing to her younger sibling!!! Luna shook her head, causing the anger to leave in a purple mist that was all to familiar to the young princess.
"Hello, Nightmare." The black alicorn formed from the mist next to the young princess. "How are you?"
"Hello, Luna. and I'm fine. Would be better if we weren't stuck here." Luna turned her head to the dark being, who seemed to be deep in thought and staring at the planet below.
"Maybe you shouldn't have tried to bring about nighttime eternal." Nightmare seemed to shrug the comment off, as if it didn't matter.
"It would have worked if those blasted elements hadn't banished us." Luna glared at her. "What?"
"It's your fault we're even here! If you didn't do that, we would be in the castle with Tia, protecting the pony population instead of sitting in a wasteland for a thousand years before we can return!!!" Nightmare snapped her head away from the sky to look at the younger pony.
"My fault?! What do you mean MY fault?! If anything, it's your stupid older sister fault!! she's the one who sent us here after all!! Or did you forget that?"
"NO!!! IT'S YOUR FAULT!!!!!" The two glared at each other before Luna sighed and sat down. She couldn't win against the black alicorn. It was impossible. She closed her eyes before staring down at the planet. Her home. Her real home. Not just a rock.
"Fate has been cruel and order unkind." Luna stiffened at the all to familiar voice of her elder sister. She looked behind her and her eyes widened with shock. There stood a faint image of her sister. The white alicorn seemed to be crying. Luna stared at her sister and felt tears well up in her eyes. "How can I have sent you away? the blame was my own, the punishment yours. The harmony's silent today."
"NO! IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, TIA!!!" Nightmare rolled her eyes. Luna ignored her and kept yelling at her elder sibling.
"So great was her reign, 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. Lullay, moon princess. Goodnight sister mine. Rest now in moonlight's embrace." Luna walked up to her sister and reached out to touch her, only for her hoof to go straight through, proving her sister was not really there. Luna sat down and started crying.
"Carry the peace and the coolness of night. And carry my sorrow in kind. Luna you're loved so much more than you know. Forgive me for being so blind." The tears were falling in vast numbers by that point and there was no way to stop them.
"I do! Tia!! Please stop blaming yourself!!!"
"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 lime-light, 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." Luna kept crying as she listened. Tia couldn't hear her. But she just couldn't give up. She kept yelling at her sister.
"Bare 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."
"Tia...." Luna stared at her sister in complete shock. How was this possible? How could Tia blame herself so much when it was Luna's fault for believing what Nightmare had said.
"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 these dreams be, sweet tonight. Safe upon her 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..." Luna stared at the image of her sister as it started fading. Luna snapped out of it as it began to disappear.
"NO!!! TIA!!!! COME BACK!!!! DON'T LEAE ME HERE!!!!!! TIA!!!!!!!!!" Luna watched as the sun princess completely disappeared.
"Looks like she left you alone again."
"Shut up..."
"At least she reconized it was her fault. This was just a lame attempt at an apology. She doesn't really care. She ju-"
"I SAID SHUT UP NIGHTMARE!!!!!!!" The dark pony blinked at Luna's sudden outburst. "YOU DON'T HAVE ANY RIGHT TO JUDGE HER!!!!! SHE CARES ABOUT ME MUCH MORE THAN YOU DO!!!!!!!!!!!" Nightmare blinked a few times before Luna's words sank in.
"So you're going to push the only one who was there for you away? Fine. But she doesn't care. If she did, don't you think she would have stopped this from happening?" Without skipping a beat, Nightmare disappeared, leaving Luna alone once again.
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I really enjoyed reading that. I could almost hear celestia's voice.
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wow you should totally wight luna's reply Lyrics:
How my deeds pain me as time stretches long
How could I have hurt them this way?
So rest easy now, my punishment's mine
The weight of my crimes are my own
But into that stillness you brought me your song
With your voice my company kept
For your tired eyes and sweet lullabies
In exile I pay you my debt
Once did a pony who gleamed like the moon
Look out on her kingdom and sigh
Dejected she cried, "Surely there is no pony
"Who loves me, or finds any love in my night."
So great was her pain, she rose in rebellion
Against those who cared for her most
She let the Nightmare fall on those she ruled
And threatened to grip them in permanent cold
Lullay, dear Tia, good night sister mine
Rest now in starlight's embrace
May this cool lullaby reach you in dreams
And ease you your passage of days
May my apologies find you this night
Tia, you loved me much more than I knew
Forgive me for being so blind
Soon did her sister do what was demanded
And gave to the Moonlight her due
Breaking the Harmony; she saved her ponies
And banished her, as a wise ruler must do
Such is the weight of the crown that we wear, sister,
Duties we always uphold;
May you forgive me that foolishness mine
And live on with no burden upon your soul
Lullay, dear, Tia, good night sister mine
Rest now in starlight's embrace
May this cool lullaby reach you in dreams
And ease you your passage of days
May my apologies find you this night
And may my sorrow in kind
Tia, you loved me much more than I knew
May troubles be far from your mind
And forgive me for being so blind
The space now before us, empty and forlorn
I never imagined we'd face them all alone
May these sunless seasons swiftly pass, I pray
I love you, I miss you, all these miles away
May all your dreams be sweet tonight
Safe upon that bed above the lights
And know not of heartache, fear, nor, gloom
And when I dream, I'll fly away to meet you soon
Sleep, sleep,
Sleep...
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mightmare moons "luna's" SoliloquyLyrics:
Fate has been cruel and order unkind
How could you have sent me away?
I sit here and gaze into stillness alone,
The darkness and silence pervade
But here in my prison, my thoughts they won't fade
Of power, and glory, and praise
Till your blinded eyes, can see your own lies
The stars will recount my last days
Once was a pony whose moon shone so bright,
The stars were in awe at its glow.
She smiled and said, "Surely, there is no pony
who'd dare be asleep through this marvelous show"
Yet where were they all, her subjects she never
Caught sight of once shadows did fall
Their laughter and joy was but a hopless dream
Which grew into nightmares as sun rays charmed all
Wait now, sun princess, The night will arise
So keep not my moon in its place,
'Tia my judgement was not yours to give,
And soon now we'll both meet our fates.
Carry my rage, oh you shadows of night,
And carry my sorrow in kind
Sister, your deed hurt much more than you know
The time for my vegeance is nigh
The beams of another cast brightly on others,
whose love and affection it drew
And there that moon princess watched, shunned by the world,
as hate filled her heart and unhappiness grew
"Why don't they adore me?" she thought
to herself, as the other had no right to boast
And that selfish pony did nothing to stop
The destruction of I, who had needed her most
Wait now, sun princess, the night will arise
So keep not my moon in its place,
'Tia my judgement was not yours to give,
And soon now we'll both meet our fates.
Carry my rage, oh you shadows of night,
And carry my sorrow in kind
Sister, your deed hurt much more than you know
May guilt plague you for your great crime
For the time of my vegaence is nigh
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
My pain grows, I can't know
Are you still the same?
May all your dreams be sweet tonight
Safe behind your veil of sunlight
You know not my sadness, pain, nor care
And as you dream, I'll break away and meet you there
Sleep...
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I started crying and had to take my glasses off. Lullaby for a Princess made me cry when I first saw it, still does sometimes, and this story captured all the emotions I felt as I heard it for the first time. :') Amazingly well written. Great job.