A Moon's secret

by LightShieldtheunicorn

Chapter 3 A dream and unlocking the past

Chapter 3

Luna awakes in a dark forest and instantly realizes it’s a dream. A chill comes over her as she hears Timber wolfs in the distance. She begins to panic when the moon turns a blood red. Luna backs up into a tree. All though the princess has had dreams before, she had never seen this one. She had no control over it, which terrified her. As she continues analyzing the dream, she hears twigs break and leaves rustle. Nightmare moon comes through the bushes and into sight. Luna stares at her confused “How… can this be? You were destroyed”

Nightmare moon cackles as she gets closer and closer to Luna, until she stops two feet away from her. “Luna you cannot possibly believe that. If you have any doubt or guilt in your mind, I will never be truly gone” she laughs

Luna backs up and prepares to fight nightmare moon. As she does this Nightmare moon backs up into the shadows. “its your fault he’s gone.”

Luna looks towards the voice constantly turning towards the hoof steps of Nightmare moon, and her voice. “he loved you and this is how you repaid him”

Luna whips around blasting magic at the voice. “ha-ha, you can’t silence the truth. If you didn’t love him, he’d still be alive”

Luna eyes begin to fill with tears, as Nightmare moon’s words cut deep. Luna starts firing magic in all direction. Soon she hears it “damn it”

Nightmare moon falls to the ground with a thud. Luna approaches her still with tears in her eyes. Nightmare moon laughs “you may have caught me, but the tears won’t stop. He was kind and gentle and you Luna are the reason he’s gone… ha-ha”.

Luna rears back and with in an instant destroys Nightmare moon. Luna falls to the ground, exhausted from the psychological battle she just experienced.

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Luna jolts awake, breathing heavily and sweating profusely. She looks around and realizes it was only a dream. Luna took solidarity in that fact, however the words of Nightmare moon weighed heavily on her mind. ‘she’s right I am responsible for what happened to him’ she begins to cry while her mind thought ‘he loved me, and I killed him’ tears began to flow at quicken pace. Luna didn’t realize how loud she became. In her state of distress, she attracted the attention of three small fillies who shouldn’t have been there. “Princess Luna?”

Luna turned around noticing the filly who said her name. In an instant she realized it was Scootaloo, Apple bloom, and Sweetie belle. Luna did not respond to Scootaloo and instead she stood up and wiped the tears away with her hoof. “Young fillies, what are you doing here?” Luna spoke staring right at Scootaloo.

Scootaloo felt the piercing stare of Luna. Scootaloo feels butterflies in her stomach. Scootaloo then hesitantly answers “well…Princess we were trying to get away from everything going on today”

Apple bloom gulps but musters out “Yup”

Sweetie belle remains silent but nods in agreement with Scootaloo. Luna looks at the three before speaking to the cmc “no need to fret, you fillies aren’t in trouble. In fact, I’m here for the same reason.”

The three fillies look at each other, confused on what Luna had just said. Apple bloom walks over to Luna “But you’re the princess, why are you here?”

Scootaloo nods as she follows behind Apple bloom. “yeah, you could've gone anywhere, why here?”

Sweetie belle walks with the follows the two. “you're super pretty, couldn’t you get any stallion?”

Luna slightly laughs at Sweetie belle’s question. “Apple bloom, even princess have things they want to get away from. Scootaloo, I came here because it feels like home and reminds me of time long forgotten.”

Luna pauses not knowing how to respond to Sweetie belle. She then sits back down and signals the fillies to come sit in front of her. The three fillies walk over and sit in front of her. Scootaloo sits right in front of Luna, while sweetie belle is on Scoot’s right side and Apple bloom is on Scoot’s left side. The three fillies stare up at Luna. Luna smiles “Sweetie Belle”

Sweetie belle looks at Luna with a concerned smile “yes, Princess Luna?”

Luna looks at her “Your right, I could get any stallion that courts me. However, I have no room in my heart for another stallion.”

The fillies stay silent and look at each other, before Scootaloo breaks the silence. “Princess Luna, what do you mean another stallion? Do you already have a special somepony?”

Luna only looks at Scootaloo before she sighs and looks towards an old tapestry. The Tapestry shows Luna and Celestia in front of the moon and sun. But below the two sisters is Light Shield and Star Swirl the bearded dueling. Luna smiles as she recounts it ‘I remember that day. Light Shield wanted to duel Star Swirl. Star swirl of course won, but that was to be expected.’ “Princess Luna?”

Luna looks towards the filly that said it. “yes, Apple bloom?”

Apple bloom stares at the tapestry that Luna had been staring at. “is that him, the one battling Star swirl?”

Luna paused as she realized the fillies had been watching her. ‘should I answer? Yes, Luna get a hold of yourself it’s time to remember him and stop running from my past’. Luna looks back at the tapestry “indeed it is Apple bloom. His name was Light Shield. It’s been almost two thousand years since I saw him last.” Tears form in her eyes

Scootaloo pauses “Princess Luna, could you tell us more about him?”

Sweetie belle nods “yes, please”

Apple blooms looks at her friends, before looking at Luna and noticing her watery eyes “of course, only if you want to Luna”

Luna doesn’t respond to the fillies. The fillies look at her unaware of the battle going on in Luna’s mind. After about a minute Luna finally speaks “I’ll tell you, but it will take a lot of time out of the day”

Scootaloo smiles “that’s fine”

Sweetie bell nods “yeah, tell us everything”

Apple bloom smiles at Luna and nods in agreement with Scoots and Sweetie belle. Luna sighs, but knows this will finally help her accept the past. “well it all started about 2000 years ago…

Author's Note:

Hope you enjoy this chapter! Next chapter will take a little longer, but will finally explain the history and past of Light shield and Luna through their perspective and jump between past and present. Hope you all enjoy!

Comments

[musoperatica]

To the author - very good chapter. only three errors in this one…
1. when says luna says to the cmc '' there's no need to 'fret' '' not threat.
2. scootaloo should have said '' you could've gone anywhere"
3. sweetie belle should've said to luna ''you're super pretty" over your pretty.
Please don't delete this comment! unlike the previous one, LOL

[LightShieldtheunicorn]

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Thanks and my apologies i tried to respond to the previous comment, but deleted it by mistake lol. Also sure we can talk more