Luna walked through the streets of Canterlot. She was trying to calm done after a fight she had just had with Celestia. They had been bickering over a decision on what will be the fate of a convicted murderer. Luna believed the disgusting excuse for a pony should be put to death or at least life in prison to make sure they never harmed another innocent pony. Her sister however believed she could change how the pony behaved, without causing harm to him. Luna considered this as telling ponies that all they get for committing a terrible crime is a slap on the hoof and a "Don't do it again, have a nice day." She is always too soft on them. "She doesn't know how to run a kingdom properly."
Luna went on like this for a few blocks. She started to notice some ponies were giving her glares, and she wanted to know why. She stepped up to ask a nearby pony, when something on the other side of the street caught her eye. Luna went to check it out and it read as follows:
Princess Luna has been sentencing ponies to death, keep away. If seen, contact Princess Celestia.
"What mockery is this before Me? Thou will pay for this sister."
Luna flew back to the castle, but not to the throne room. She went to the barracks to meet with Shining Armor. Shining Armor used to be devoted to Celestia, but after hearing shouting from the throne room, he started to eavesdrop on the arguments the princesses used to have. Through those experiences, he came to realize just how wrong Celestia was with her thoughts on how to handle things. He and Luna have been discussing how to handle the situation since then.
Luna landed on a balcony and knocked three times, waited and knocked twice more, waiting for Shining armor to come answer the call.
"another long day of training." Shining Armor said as he lifted his helmet off his head. "I swear the trainees will never become soldiers at this rate." *knock *knock *knock.....*knock *knock
"The princess! I wonder what she wants." Shining Armor opened the door and bowed to Luna.
Luna walked into the room, locked the door, and turn down the lights. She looked at Shining Armor with fear, anger, and grief all in her eyes and told him very solemnly "Celestia is trying to squander my name to gain favor to the idea that she should be the sole leader of Equestria. I fear it is time to execute plan Fall of an Empire."
Shining Armor was shocked to hear this. He knew that Celestia felt she alone should rule, but he didn't think she had the gall to act upon making it happen. "Alright. I'll rally the guardsponies who are loyal to us and you go to the elements of Harmony, tell them what is happening."
"Shining Amor, get our troops away from Canterlot. Those papers and Celestia's influence is too strong for us here. Head towards Appleosa and I will meet you there."
Shining Armor bowed again and left the room swiftly. Luna watched him go and sighed. "Why must it come to this Celestia?" She then flew off towards Ponyville.
The dark figure hanging under the balcony listening in on the conversation flew away towards the throne room as quick as she could.
She knew Celestria would need to hear what was said as soon as possible.
"Lightning Hoof, tell your soldiers to be prepared for anything, now that those papers have been spread throughout the city, Luna may try to retaliate."
"Yes Celestia." Lightning Hoof said bowing to his princess. Suddenly the thrown doors were thrown open and a silver and black mare burst in.
"Princess, I have returned from the barracks as you asked."
"well, anything of value?"
"Yes princess. Luna is headed to Ponyville to talk to the element bearers and Shining Armor is a traitor who is trying to rally troops against you. Being the head of the royal guard, he may have some success. They are headed to Appleosa as soon as possible." The mare, nicknamed daisy the deceiver because she can make you believe you are alone and safe when in reality you aren't, finished while trying to catch her breath.
Celestria snorted in anger, but then became calm and gave out her orders. "Lightning Hoof, try to cut Shining Armor and the traitors off. Daisy, follow Luna, and see what she is up to."
"Yes princess!" both replied. As they left the throne room, leaving Celestia alone.
"You will lose Luna, as a nation we did fine for the one thousand years you were gone. Now that you are back things like King Sombra and Tirek coming back are almost a regular occurrence. With me as the only ruler of Equestria again, we will finally be at peace again."
Luna continued to fly to Ponyville, it had been awhile since she left and she could guarantee that Celestia was aware that she was gone. As she was passing over CloudsDale, she saw a shadow flying behind her. She became suspicious and changed her flight path several times. Everytime, something remained the same. The shadow was still behind her. Luns stopped suddenly in the air, and a mare flew right into her not expecting the sudden stop.
"ouch, what was that for?"
"Why are you following me? Did my sister send you?"
shit...shit...shit "uh no, I'm just on my way to Ponyville to visit some family hehe."
"oh, who is that?"
"Uh Berry Punch."
"What's her cutie mark?"
"a bowl of punch?"
"Wrong answer" Luna said as she punched the mare right into the jaw, stunning the mare for a few seconds. Luna soared upwards to try and throw the mare to the ground with lightning speed, but Daisy recovered and dodged to the right just in time. Daisy countered with a throwing knife she had hidden with her, but Luna saw it coming and stopped it with her magic and threw it right back at her. Daisy flew under it happy to avoid death, but what she didn't realize is that Luna never planned to hit her with it. Luna blasted the mare with a magic blast that sent Daisy soaring to the ground. She hit the ground and left a creator in the earth.
"Thou shall tell me all you know, or prepare to die." Luna said with her hoof pressed tightly against the mare's chest so she couldn't escape.
*cough *cough "All I know is that Celestia sent Lightning Hoof and his troops to intercept Shining Armor and the rest of the traitors before they could reach Appleosa, and that I was supposed to follow you and see what you were up too, I promise."
"You are telling the truth, so I shall reward you."
The mare began to have hope that she would live until Luna continued talking.
"You will be rewarded by being put out of your misery."
Luna in her anger first ripped the two front legs of the mare then grabbed the back two and threw her into the air. The mare was barely conscious since she had lost a very large amount of blood, but saw a blurry figure rapidly approaching. Luna grabbed her looked her straight in the eyes and said "I'll see you in tartarus." Luna then blasted her with so much magical energy that she disintegrated from the amount of heat.
When all was said and done. Luna continued on her way to Ponyville. "I must get there before my sister can manipulate them to join her and use the elements against me."
With that. Luna doubled her speed, expecting to reach Ponyville in a couple of hours.
Author's Note
Hey everyone, I've always wanted to try a SE vs NLR story, and now here it is. Let me know what you think and enjoy!
