A Story from the Sun
Sunset blinked several times, surprised at Twilight's last entry. She could feel a slight tinge of hesitation in her hand as she put the pen to paper.
Wait, your world doesn't have Luna? You know, Celestia's sister?
“A SISTER?!” exclaimed Twilight as she read those words. Her hooves drilled into her head in disbelief. “WHAT?!”
My world does not have a pony named Luna.
Twilight read over her the words she just wrote, her mind trying to understand the information she just obtained.
I think.
You think? Well, why don't you ask Princess Celestia? Maybe she hasn't introduced you to her yet.
'Well...that could be true.' Twilight glanced at her clock on the wall. 'Gosh, it sure is late. I probably would be bothering Princess Celestia if I went and asked her right now...'
I don't know Sunset. Its really late right now.
Then just ask her tomorrow. Its cool.
'Ask her tomorrow...' Twilight bit at her lip as she thought about that. 'Princess Celestia might have a sister?! Hmm...I've never seen that in any of the history books. Maybe I should go ask...'
Tell you what Sunset, can you stay up a little longer tonight?
Sure. There's no school tomorrow.
Great! I'm gonna go to Princess Celestia and I'm bringing the book with me.
Okay. Are you sure?
'Am I sure? Well...' Twilight paced around the room for a minute. 'One the one hoof, I could get in trouble...on the other hoof, I probably won't get a wink of sleep because I'll be thinking about this all night...' Twilight nodded to herself.
Yeah. I wanna know.
Okay. I'll stay up a bit longer.
Sunset put the pen down and pulled out her phone. 'Almost forgot that Celestia got this for me last Saturday...though I haven't used it yet. Guess I should try fiddling around with it while I wait...'
Meanwhile...
Twilight slowly exited her room, her filly head shaking nervously as she saw the dark night sky. The moon shined a bright light at the castle, showing the building could still be majestic even in the dead of night. Her tiny filly body slipped through the shadows, quickly shuffling down the halls. As Twilight approached the throne room, she noticed a pair of guards. 'Darn! Looks like I can't go this way...maybe...maybe I should try that teleport spell. But I couldn't get it right in today's lesson. Hmm...'
Twilight's ears stood straight up as she remembered something vital. 'Oh yeah! I could take the long way around. I just have to cut to the nursery and the lesson room. Those connect to the hallway where the princess's bedroom is!' The filly bent down to the floor, her belly rubbing the rug. She quickly moved down another hallway, trying to make sure nopony sees her. Soon, she found herself outside of Celestia's room. The filly came to a stop as she saw the door was only slightly open. She peeked inside with bated breath. 'Ah ha! There she is! Wait...what is she doing?'
Celestia was sitting there, looking a long tapestry that a picture of a dark alicorn and a symbol of the moon. But that wasn't the thing that caught Twilight's eye. It was Celestia, who just sat there, staring at the cloth. Twilight almost let out a gasp as she saw a small tear roll down Celestia's eye. 'Why is Princess Celestia crying?'
“Come in Twilight. I know you're there.”
A shock went down Twilight’s spine as those words entered her ears. Her body felt faint as she continued to just stand there, frozen in fear.
“I uh-er-um...”
“Just come in my faithful student. Don't worry, I'm not angry.” Celestia said in her usual calm voice. “Though I am wondering why you decided to sneak up to my room tonight.” Celestia's eye spotted the book poking out of her saddlebag. “Oh, does Sunset Shimmer want to ask me something?”
“Uh...not exactly.” Twilight said with a gulp. Her hooves hook as she slowly dragged herself into the room. “Sorry about coming here so late princess.”
“It's fine my faithful student, what is your question?” Celestia said as she put her wing over Twilight. “Though please make it quick, you need to get to bed.”
“Well...” Twilight began fiddling with her hooves, trying to find the words. “I...um...”
“Is something wrong? Please don't be afraid of me Twilight, just ask me the question.”
“Er...uh...you see, me and Sunset were talking and...she mentioned a name that was related to her world's version of you.”
“A name?” Celestia's head turned slightly in confusion. “May I see the book?”
“Sure.” Twilight said with a gulp. Celestia's horn shined as she levitated the book out of the bag. Quickly flipping through the pages, she found the latest entry.
“Let's see...” Celestia's eyes went over Sunset's entry describing her counterpart. “Oh...I'm apparently wonderful and nice and you think I'm the same Twilight.” Celestia turned and shined a smile. “Thank you.”
“That's not it princess...keep reading.”
“Okay...worlds are more alike...human and pony...” Then, Celestia stopped. Her mouth only said one word. “Luna...”
Twilight gulped again as she stuttered, “Uh...yeah. Do you know a Luna here in Equestria?”
“Yes.” Celestia's voice changed to a bitter, dry tone. “Yes I do, my student. She's my sister.”
“So...it's true.” Twilight said, her mind still in slight shock. “Um...”
Celestia let out a sigh and pulled her wing around Twilight. “It seems I have no choice here. Even though it is late Twilight, let me tell you a certain tale.”
“Well uh...you don't have to princess! I mean, if you don't want to-”
Celestia's hoof covered Twilight's mouth as her usual calm smile reappeared on Celestia's face. “Don't worry my student. I was going to eventually tell you this tale. Besides, didn't you write to Sunset saying you would find out?”
“Oh yeah. I did do that, didn't I...”
“You did.” Celestia said as she looked at the book again. “Tell you what Twilight, why don't I write down a small summary of the story to Sunset. It'll be easier and quicker that way.”
“That sounds good.”
“Okay. Let me just introduce myself to Sunset...”
Meanwhile...
Sunset was still sitting at her desk, tapping the touch phone with her fingers. 'Its weird. Why does this feel so foreign to me? I mean, I know I was a pony which means I had hooves instead of fingers but...this just feels really weird. Its like this touch screen is designed to be frustrating and make you question the design choices. Maybe I should have asked for a button phone...'
BZZT!
“Whoa!” Sunset yelped as she hopped in her seat. “Oh yeah...the book. Geez louise, talk about giving me a heart attack.” Sunset leaned over and opened the book, hoping to see some answers to her's and Twilight's questions.
Hello Sunset Shimmer, this is Princess Celestia.
'Huh? Why is she writing?' Sunset thought as she grabbed her pen.
Not that I mind but why are you writing? What happened to Twilight?
Celestia giggled as she read Sunset's words. “My my Twilight, seems Sunset is worried about you. I'm glad you two are such good friends.”
“Yeah. Sunset's a lot of fun to talk to princess. Though I will admit that she can be pretty depressing at times.” Twilight said with sheepish grin.
“I know.” Celestia said as she lifted the pen high in the air, her wings extending out. “Sit right by me Twilight. I'm going to tell both of you the tale in writing and I need you to be silent until I'm done, understand?”
“Yes.” Twilight said with a nod.
“Alright, let's tell Sunset what's going on first...”
Don't worry, Twilight is sitting right here beside me. I've decided to tell you both about my sister by writing into this book, is that okay?
'By writing in it? Huh. Works for me.'
Sure. Go ahead.
Very well. First off, may I be a bit selfish and ask you what your Luna is like?
'What mine is like?!' thought Sunset as she read those words again. 'How do I explain that one?!'
She's...hard to explain. The best way I can think of is: She's a nice kind forgiving person buried under a mountain of coffee. Does that make any sense?
“Pfft! HAHAHA!” laughed Celestia as she read the entry. “Oh my stars! That sounds just like her!” Twilight watched Celestia fall over, completely in stitches. A few seconds later, Celestia stood back, rubbing the tears from her eyes. She began to pat herself, trying to recompose. “Oh...that was a good laugh. Sorry about that Twilight.”
“No...its okay.” Twilight said in an awkward tone. 'What was that?!'
That sounds like her Sunset. My Luna was very similar.
Was?
Yes. You see, a very long time ago, I lost her.
'Lost her?!' thought Sunset as a lump appeared in her throat.
What happened?!
I'm going to get to that. If you do not mind Sunset, could you not interrupt me with any writing till I'm done?
'Interrupt? Oh yeah, don't want the words to mix with each other...'
Sure.
Thank you. Now, as I said before, I lost her. How I lost her is quite the tale. First off, the tale starts almost a thousand years ago.
'A thousand years?! How old is she?!' thought Sunset as she continued to watch the words.
We were the Alicorn Sisters, masters of the Sun and the Moon. I would raise the Sun everyday into the sky while my little sister Luna would raise the Moon every night. With this, we were the rulers of Equestria. However, things would not always be that way. You see, my sister got jealous of my Sun. In the Sun, the ponies of Equestria would play and loved the daytime while they only slept in the nighttime, not paying any attention to the Moon. This caused my sister to become more and more jealous until
A small tear went down Celestia's cheek as she wrote the next words.
her jealously turned to darkness. There, she became a being known as Nightmare Moon and threatened to never lower the Moon again. She wanted the night to last forever. Because of this, I fought and banished her to the Moon. She's been locked up there ever since.
'Whoa...that story is really out there!' thought Sunset as she read the words again. 'She locked her sister in the moon?!'
“But princess...isn't Nightmare Moon just a ghost story?!” Twilight said in a slight panic. “I mean, isn't it just the story behind Nightmare Night and why the Moon looks like it has a pony face on it?!”
“It slightly is Twilight. After all, there is truth in every story. How else would the story exist?” Celestia put her wing over Twilight, giving her a slight hug. “You will understand someday my faithful student.”
“Yeah but...hey! The book!” Twilight said as she pointed to it.
Could I ask you a few questions about that story?
“Seems she has questions too...”
“Indeed.” Celestia lifted the pen once more.
Go ahead Sunset.
'Okay...where do I start?!' thought Sunset as she tried to read the story for a third time. 'I wanna pick this whole thing apart scientifically but...ugh. This sounds crazy, even if I do consider magic into the whole situation.' She looked at the beginning of the story. 'Let's start there...'
First, what's an alicorn?
“She doesn't know that?!” Twilight said in a dumbfounded tone.
“She has amnesia Twilight and you've never written anything like that to her.”
“Oh...sorry.”
“It's fine. Let's respond.”
An alicorn is basically a pony with a horn and wings. Ponies that are alicorns are usually considered royalty and have great magical power.
'A horn and wings? Huh. Is that what I wanted to be before I lost my memories?'
So, I'm guessing its magic that allows you to move the Sun and Moon? Which sounds really crazy since that doesn't happen in this world. Am I right?
“WHAT?!” yelped Twilight. “HER WORLD'S SUN AND MOON ISN'T MOVED BY MAGIC?!”
“Calm down Twilight. Remember, she said magic doesn't exist in her world.”
“Oh...so, does that world have another method to move the Sun and Moon?”
“Probably.” Celestia said as she let out a yawn. “Good grief its late, let's answer a few more and go to bed. Sound good?”
“Sure.” Twilight nodded.
Yes. Do you have anymore questions?
Sunset looked at the question and leaned back into the chair. 'This Luna...sounds kinda like me in a way. At least, what this Celestia told me about what I was like in the past.'
You said her jealously turned her to darkness. What does that mean?
Celestia could feel a pin striking her heart as she read those words. A small sigh followed as her pen levitated into the air again.
It means I failed her. I failed to see what was troubling her while I was too busy ruling Equestria. Because of that, she accepted help from something she shouldn't have.
'Wow...' thought Sunset as she looked over those words. 'I didn't...I wish I hadn't asked that now.'
I'm sorry I asked you that. I'm sorry that happened to you.
Tears began to flow from Celestia's eyes as she read Sunset's entry. 'Oh Sunset...to think you would grow this much from the last time I saw you.' A shining smile grew on her face as Twilight watched her respond.
It's fine Sunset. Do you have anymore questions?
'Anymore?! Heck yeah I do! Like how did you get the power to banish her to the Moon?! Are alicorns really that powerful?! And...and...' Sunset's mind began to zoom, only to let out a yawn. 'Then again...should I really question any of this anyways? I mean, even if I start to ask a ton of questions, I'm betting magic will be the explanation for half of it...and I feel bad for asking that last one.'
Sunset looked at her bed, the sight looking more appealing every second. 'Yeah...let's go to bed. I'm betting Twilight can tell me everything tomorrow. She'll probably question that Celestia about all of this.'
No. I think I'll wait and ask tomorrow. Sorry, but I'm tired. Good night Princess Celestia and Twilight.
“She must really be tired.” Twilight said while a yawn escaped her mouth. “I am too...”
“So am I my faithful student. Let's both tell her good night and I will answer all your questions tomorrow, okay?”
“Okay. I will warn you princess, I have a bunch of questions though. Like, what spell did you use to banish her? And, how did the darkness take her over if she's a alicorn? And-”
Celestia interrupted Twilight with another hoof over Twilight's mouth. “In due time my student. Let's get you to your room.”
“But...” Twilight looked at the tapestry Celestia was looking at earlier. “Is that why you were crying earlier?” she said while pointing at it.
Celestia's eyes widened as she looked back at it and then to Twilight. “Yes...I was my student.”
“Oh...I'm sorry. I didn't-”
Celestia put her hoof over Twilight's mouth again. “It's fine my student. I just...I failed her just like I failed Sunset Shimmer. Don't worry about it.”
“But-”
“No. We will talk about this another time my student.” Celestia began to pet her student with a caring smile. “Now, let's get you to bed, shall we?”
“Okay.” Twilight weakly nodded. “But I still...” The little filly slumped over and began to snore. Celestia merely giggled as she levitated the filly onto her back. “Sweet dreams my student.”
Meanwhile...
Sunset laid in her bed, her eyes trying to be permanently closed. 'Ugh...I can't believe I'm getting used to this.' She opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling. 'Magic...alicorns in the Moon...how ridiculous.' She looked at the magic book one more time. 'Yeah...I think I'm done with answers for now. Again. All I wanna do is relax...I'll let Twilight flood me with questions Monday...'
Sunset's eyes closed once more as she drifted off into a land of dreams.
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Whoo! great chapter!!
6691457 Thanks.
Nice chapter.
6691488 Thank you!
YOSH!!! I loved this! Great work! Keep it up. I knew you'd come up with a good ending to this chapter despite you thinking it's dull. Not to me!
Keep up the great work bud!
P.S. Loved how Sunset described Luna and had Celestia laughing.
6691603 Thanks.
The next chapter will be a little follow-up to the Gilda/Lightning Dash stuff and then...I think you'll like the chapter after that.
6691610 Interesting!!
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I think you mean night.
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Also, the one thing I hate about touchscreens is that they're absolutely impossible to clean.
6691946 Okay, I fixed that, thanks. Also, I agree with you over the cleaning garbage. Ugh...I miss buttons...
This got emotional.
6692579
Amazing chapter, as always!
I'm interested in seeing what you do with the next one.
6693130 Thank you! Thank you so much!
6693150 You're welcome!
6693186
Unknown to everyone (except Celestia) Luna is actually a sentient golem made out of coffee grounds ...
6693526 I wish. Good idea though.
6694793 That's why I didn't like it. I thought it was too bare bones. And I'm always too hard on myself.
Wow this chapter just changed Canon drasticaly.
This time Twilight will grow up knowing about Luna, wonder how that will affect everything else.
Perhaps a certain Bacon-maned unicorn will even help her when the times to purify the nightmare comes up.
Loved the chapter, great work.
Also:
There are days when I complete agree with this feeling...
6692796 Not that I got a problem. It was actually kinda impressive!
Probably just because I suck at writing stuff. I dunno, I've never really tried.Aww, I didn't think the ending was that bad.
6695552 Thank you.
6695406 Thanks.
6694811 Yeah. I hate my new phone...
6697448 I'm glad you found that to be funny!
6697564
You changed your icon from Rilou to Shaymin.
6704598 My original avatar was this pic of riolu and for a challenge from one of the users on this site, we use our original avatar for the entire month of November. Since the challenge is done, I decided to make it something different.
This is good!^_^
A great fanfic!^_^
I like this!^_^
Just one thing...
Please, please, please, please, please don't have Sunset start dating Flash.
6719514 Thanks for being a fan! I'm glad you like the story!
Alternate scene.
NMM arrives, tries to start her B-Movie scene.
"My subjects! It has been so long since I've seen your sun-loving fa-"
"Before you take over the world, you should try this. Our friends from Earth call it espresso, and it is darker and more bitter than even you," smirked a lavender unicorn, levitating a steaming, aromatic cup before the startled villianess.
Three minutes later...
Luna smiled and politely asked for a refill. The celebration resumed.
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PERFECT!