The conversation that split the world.

Princess Luna looked up at her work, a small smile playing at her lips. She always enjoyed seeing what she could do to make the night sky more beautiful and this was probably one of her better works. The sky was an almost inky, midnight blue, the stars twinkled neither bright nor dim and the moon shone as if it had been polished by a master. Yes definitely one of her better works. she wondered if anypony would notice the new constellation she had added.

"Your highness"

She turned to see a member of the Lunar Guard. He looked like a mixture of a bat and a pony but in fact it was just a spell on his armor that changed his appearance. That was why all Celestias guards looked the same, although Luna had personalized hers a bit to make them better fit the night.

"Yes what is it?" Luna asked.

"Your sister would like to see you in the throne room. She said it was of the utmost importance that you come immediately" The guard replied.

Luna sighed, not wanting to leave the balcony and her night sky. But she knew Celestia wasn't to be kept waiting nor did she have any inclination to stay away from her sister. Indeed Celestia had been rather distant from Luna recently, something the Lunar Princess was becoming increasingly worried about. Perhaps tonight she would find out why.

"Very well, I shall go now" The guard simply nodded and walked off, supposedly back to his post.

Luna walked to the throne room, trying to think of what might be so urgent. she was sure it had something to do with her sisters recent distance but wasn't sure what it could possibly be. that question filled her mind as she arrived at the doors to the throne room, not even noticing the odd lack of guards that should have been their. She used her magic to open the doors and walked in to find Princess Celestia sitting on her throne and looking very somber. Luna opened her mouth to ask what was wrong but Celestia cut her off.

"Luna" Celestia looked at her as though judging the wisdom of what she was about to say. "I am afraid I have have done something I promised I would never do. I kept a secret from you. But now i believe it is time for you to know. My sister. Do you know how our government works?

Luna was surprised by this but nevertheless she felt she should answer the question.

"Of course sister you and I have a monarchy over these lands. Our word is the ultimate word. Below us are nobles who have some authority over the citizens but still have to answer to us."

Celestia nodded "And do you know why this?"

Luna frowned at this question. "Because we are the most powerful ponies in Equestria and it is our duty to help the inhabitants of this land and keep peace both between them and for them. the nobles are their to help us as we can't be everywhere it once"

Celestia smirked "Right, little sister." she said. "And wrong. Oh, so very wrong." Celestia got up and started to walk towards Luna. "We are indeed the most powerful ponies in Equestria and that is indeed why we rule. But not to help those inferior ponies. We rule them because it is our divine right to rule them. We, as the only natural born Alicorns ever, were clearly pre-destined to do so."

Luna looked on with shock in were face. "But what about when we saved the ponies from Discord or King Sombra?"

"We weren't saving them!" Celestia laughed. "Oh Luna you can be so naive sometimes! We took out Discord and Sombra because they threatened our rule, our empire! That is the only reason."

Luna just stared at her sister aghast. "Our empire" She repeated.

"Well my empire at that point. I kept you in the dark because I wasn't sure is you were ready for such a responsibility. But I think it's time for you to join me on the throne sister"

Luna hesitated. Part of her wanted to trust in Celestia but could she really do that after hearing of these lies? She decided on a question that would cement her decision. "But this is all still for the good of the ponies isn't it?"

"Of course it isn't." Celestia snapped "Those ponies we call our subjects are just there to provide us with all our luxuries. And if they dare speak out against us we silence them. Now join me sister and bask in the glory of the Solar Empire, or rather, the soon to be Empire of the Royal Sisters!"

Luna looked up at Celestia and tears filled her eyes. She didn't want to believe Celestia but at the same time...

"No"

Celestia looked down at Luna and cocked her head to one side. "What did you say"

"NO" Luna put as much emphasis as she could on the two letters. "I will not be apart of this madness. I'm sorry sister, I don't want to go against you but you have walked down a path I cannot follow."

Celestia sighed. "If you are not with me, then you're my enemy."

"I'm sorry sister, but that's the way it has to be." with that Luna turned and ran as Celestia called for her guards.