My Anger Is Red, Whilst I Feel Blue. But No Matter How Weak I Am, I Will See Through!

                     "Luna..........Luna...." a wispy called out. It was a hair-prickling voice, almost like a snake slithering the old remains of an empty building.

"Go away! Leave me be!!"

                 Nightmare cackled, amused at her glass cased hostage. To Luna and Nightmare it was an empty blackness of infinity. The same blackness that had engulfed the entire city of Canterlot and by now nearly all of Equestria. No matter what, there was nowhere to run, and nowhere to hide.

                  To everyone else Luna stood dumbstruck in the transparent glass case, staring to the distance, where her cries would never be heard.

               "Oh don't be like that" her eerie voice taunted "You and I are one in the same, always alike, always have been and always will.

                 "We are nothing alike!" she cried, screaming at the vast 'area'.

                "Ah but we are. The only difference between you and I, is that I am hidden, I reside within you. Those horrible feelings that you feel I represent them all. The hatred and the jealousy, sadness and the loneliness. "

                             Luna opened her mouth to retort.

            "And don't bother fighting back, because you know it's all true. Save everyone the trouble and stop lying to yourself. I am the true you. The true you who hates her sister as everypony frolics in her sunlight, whilst your precious subjects curse the night wishing for it pass!! Without me you are weak and useless, you'll never get anywhere. Your sister will always be better than you! You can't even beat her at a petty peasant's game.

                 Luna's mouth remained open, but this time as a sign of shock. She wanted to give Nightmare a befitting reply, one that would make all this stop. But that wasn't going to happen. She loved her older sister, she really did, definitely. Why wouldn't her mouth speak?.

               "Accept your fate and together we can both get back our lost respect, our lost right to rule over Equestria and the entire world!!, You think they like you, that they'll protect you, but that's all for now. Soon they'll get rid of you as they did to me!! We shall take back what we own, become unstoppable, the night will last forever..."

                She was suddenly entranced, frozen. She felt paralyzed, gradually the darkness began to fade and clear as if it were never there, instead what lay before her was something she thought she'd lost forever.

                "Canterlot...? H-how....?"

                  The blackness appeared again this time in the shape of a swift ball, swerving in and out of buildings, hiding and reappearing. It floated around a bit before charging at Luna. She flinched, squeezing her eyes shut and lifting her arms in defence, waiting for impact. There wasn't any. She opened her eyes cautiously, darting around, wandering if it would attack again. Instead she found the ponies of Canterlot, smiles on their faces. What were they so happy about? Each of them, Luna assumed, were staring in one direction. Her own.

                Missing her home very much, her first instinct was to run after the ponies, planning to embrace them with a greeting. Her plans were foiled as the citizens' attitudes seemed to change. An invisible barrier sent her welcoming hug back in the form of a push to the ground. "Get lost!!" A pony from the other side yelled. Confused Luna looked around, they were smiling a minute ago. Why this sudden change in mood.

               A long figure of a shadow towered over Luna, the crowd began smiling again but this time at what was causing the shadow. Looking up she saw it belonged to her sister....who wore the same disgusted expression on her face that the ponies had a few minutes ago.

                 "Celestia!" re-attempting to hug, this time her dear sibling. Her the greeting was interrupted again. She felt dizzy for a few seconds, that time the barrier's push felt stronger. It was almost as if she were still encased in the glass, but there was more room, more freedom.

                 "Luna, don't...move.." Celestia moved slowly, her hands filling with magic. "I never wanted to do this but it's safer for the country."

               "Tia what are yo-"

                 "Don't make this any harder! You've brought it upon yourself! Turning your back against good, in cahoots with the very monster that destroyed our city and almost took our lives! You leave me no choice."

                "I can explain! Wait!" Luna now dodging her sister's hateful attacks. The sky couldn't be used as an escape route. She'd tried and it had ended terribly, the barrier now showing itself to be a dome, only visible when hit before becoming invisible again. She struggled to stand, Celestia filling her hands once again. Pulling them back intending to make this once count, she focused on the target putting more force into this last blow and once again fired, the blast nearing her face. She could almost feel even just a spark of it landing on the side of it as she flinched. As she opened her eyes again, she found Nightmare in her full human form standing in front of her, the invisible dome now slightly visible. The people were still there, each of them shocked. Celestia's emotions behind the barrier. Furious. Shocked but most definitely furious. Everything that Luna might've wanted to prove, couldn't. She certainly could not explain this one, and even if she did who's to say that anyone would believe her, or that Nightmare would sit back and watch them believe her. The hole would just be dug deeper.

               Shivering with fear, Luna tried to process what'd just occurred. Everything had happened so fast.

"You see, THIS will be your future if you do not heed me, I brought you back to Equestria, since you were so adamant. But it looks like your people have had their suspicions on you. This is what I was trying to explain! But you thought your subjects couldn't do such a thing.. Even your beloved sister does not trust you!! And just within the time that you were gone and back they've judged you and decided your fate!!! Stay with me and I'll protect you, give you power. You'll be the ruler!!"

                The ground shook, cracking and tearing in different areas. Pillars arose and deep holes were created. The cracks surrounded where Luna was sitting. Soon she too were on a pillar high above the ground, except this one was shaped differently, smaller pillars uprooted themselves from the original pillar, each arranging themselves. Luna now found herself sitting on what resembled a chair...no....a throne.

                 "This....is your future with me"

                  She looked at the ground below, everybody had fear in their eyes. Now they looked up to her, and literally. Her sister among them all, sad and disappointed...

                "No....I don't want this!" Luna shouted "Not if my sister can't rule with me!!"

               "Even after the way they treated you!?"

                 "They may have been bad, but you aren't any better!! For me to accept your request, wouldn't make me any better than them...or you!! In fact they'd hate me even more!!"

                "Very well..." NIghtmare was not pleased.

                 The ground shook once more, reverting everything to its original spot.The world once again disappearing to black. Staying black.

                She was again back in her never ending encasement of darkness.

                A sudden gust of wind passed by her. It came again, bearing Nightmare's cackles. The swift ball of purple darkness was back. It flew past Luna one more time speeding away, coming back again like lightning. It morphed, growing larger and taller than Luna, growing sharp fangs. It was like an enlargement of Nightmare, except in a more terrifying form. It pounced on Luna, only managing to grab her leg, as she'd fired a shot. Though something wasn't right.

               She'd thought she'd be a gonner right now. It wasn't supposed to be this easy, she may have been an alicorn but if she were that powerful, she wouldn't be in this mess in the first place.

               The head of Nightmare loosened its grip, turning its attention to somewhere else, disappearing.

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          The sound of shattering glass filled the room.

            "NOOOO" A shrill scream. "How dare you!!"

                 "NOW!" yelled Commander Hurricane as each holder, put their Element to use. Sealing away Nightmare and destroying her once again.

                 "Luna!! " Celestia cried. She scrambled towards Luna, dropping the gem and hugging Luna now that the battle was over. She sobbed loudly, all that she had been through was enough. Now she wanted to return home.

                "Tia-...." Her voice was weak and she was drained. She smiled softly, before drifting to sleep

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