The Ruler of the Night;Equestria's True Queen

"Luna? Luna?! Luna!! What are you-" Celestia screamed. Luna raised her horn and screeched, "I have dealt with your overshadowing for too long!! Now you shall know the pain you brought unto me 1,000 years ago!!" There was a flash of purple light. Luna gasped when she saw what she had done. Celestia was gone. "Great job, my sweet," said Nightmare Moon. "Now we will take the crown for our own!!"

           Queen Luna looks back on that day all the time. The day she banished Celestia. She looked up at the sun. Luna has special eyes with allow her to look at the sun. She saw a Mare In The Moon type pattern on the surface. She sighed. "What's wrong my sweet?" said her alternate self, Nightmare Moon. "You've had what you wanted for 998 years! 2 years and then we have to return the crown. Why not make the sentence longer?" Luna was angry. "I WANT YOU OUT OF MY HEAD!!!" she screamed. Her daughter, a young mare around Cadance's age when she'd foalsat Twilight, came to see her mom out in the garden. "Are you ok, mom?" she asked. Her name was North Star. She was a faded blue and had a black mane. Her eyes were red and her cutie mark was the North Star. Luna had named her daughter after her favorite aunt, who'd happened to have a very similar cutie mark. Luna turned to her daughter and hugged her. "I'm fine, honey. Go tell your dad it's almost time for the ceremony," Luna told North. "Of course momma!" North said. She bounded off, all happy. North Star was the 2nd in line for the throne. Her older sister, Golden Globe, wasn't proud of her stature. Golden Globe was a goldish brown alicorn with a gold, purple, and green magic flowing mane. Her cutie mark was a globe with only 2 latitude lines and 3 longitude. The globe was golden. Golden Globe liked to stay in her room all the time. She isn't like others, her younger alicorn sister deserves the glory. She brings out the North Star during the Summer Sun Celebration. All Golden Globe does is fly in circles to create a golden globe shape in the sky to accent North Star's show. Luna knows that Golden Globe isn't accepting her role. Luna looked at the sky and sighed. "What do I do sister? I banished you, for no reason, and now, 998 years later, I'm asking for guidance. Please, sister. Help me," she said.

           Luna and her 2 daughters went to the host city for this year, The Crystal Empire. Cadance was waiting specially for Luna. Cadance had been careful around Luna since Celestia disappeared. All Equestria knows is that Celestia tried to kill Luna, so she was trapped in the sun for all eternity. Luna told nopony the truth. Today, she intended on telling Cadance. "Cadance? Can I speak with you in private after the celebration?" Luna asked her. "Of course Aunt Luna. And how are North and Golden?" Cadance said. "Oh same as usual. North being the perky self she always is, quite like Celestia, and Golden refusing to accept her role. I don't think they'll ever change," Luna sighed. Then, they heard the trumpets for the celebration. Luna hung her head and walked slowly to the stage. Then, she pretended to be happy and rose the sun, while her daughters put on a wonderful show. That's how it always went. But today was different. Luna was weak. When she rose the sun, she gasped and fell. She knew this. This was the feeling of celestial locks breaking. She looked at the sun. With teary eyes she whispered, "Are you coming home sister?" Then she fainted.

           Luna woke up in the royal hospital. She was hysterical. "Is Celestia home?! Where is she?! I need her!!" She screamed. The nurse calmed her down then told her, "Celestia was your foe whom you trapped in the sun for eternity after she tried to kill you, my Queen." Luna sighed, thinking of the day she had been banished and the day she banished Celestia. "Nurse, I need Queen Cadance in here. Now." The nurse nodded, bowed, then ran to get Cadance. When Cadance came in, she knew there was something up. Luna was laying on her side. She was quietly sobbing. "Luna? What's wrong?" Cadance asked. Luna muttered something, but Cadance couldn't make it out. "What?" she said. "I fell because I felt the celestial locks being picked. Celestia is in the sun because of me. I banished her because Nightmare Moon was in my head, tempting me. Celestia must be escaping because its been almost 1,000 years. Nopony knows the truth, Cadance. Nopony can know the truth," Luna said. Cadance was shocked. "But-You-" she stammered. Finally, she was calm enough to get the words out. "YOU BANISHED YOUR OWN SISTER FOR NO REASON?!"

           Luna nodded shamefully. "Cadence please keep your voice down. Nopony can know the truth. My friends are in danger now. With the Elements back into pony hooves, Equestria is facing threats from Everfree. The animals are threatening to leave the forest if Celestia does not return within 3 years," Luna said. Cadance smiled a little. "But Celestia should be back by then, right? If she was banished for 1,000 years, and it's been 998, she should be back." Luna looked at Cadance with teary eyes. "That's not always the deal. When you banish a celestial pony into their source of power, as mine is the moon and Celestia's is the sun, you make a bargain with the universe. The bargain is you lose power the closer it gets to the pony's return. If the pony is failed to be defeated, you either die or lose all power you ever had, making you an Earth Pony," she explained. Cadance gasped. She had no idea the bargain was that terrible. "Defeat? How can you defeat Celestia?" Luna sighed. "I would have to strip her of her power so she is like I was when I returned to Equestria. She would be young again. She could still raise the sun, yes, but not as quickly as she used to until she gets her power back. Cadance, can you call in Spike please?" Luna said. When Spike came in, he was about twice the size he was when she'd last seen him, which was in Ponyville the day Twilight died. He was still a baby then. But he remembers her like she was his mother. With Luna around as Queen, Spike forgot about Celestia not being there and took notes to Luna. He bowed. Luna only laughed. "Spike, my friend, you do not have to bow. I do not want you to. You may be my messenger, but you are still my friend," she told him. She sat up. "Spike, do you remember how to send messages to Celestia? You used green fire correct? Not the purple you use for me. Am I correct?" Spike nodded, very confused. "Why Queen Luna?" Luna looked at the sky. Spike looked. He looked with his special dragon eyes. And he saw it. "But Luna!" He was shocked. Luna nodded. "I need to you send a message to the sun, Spike.

           "My Dear Sister,

                 I need your guidance. You are escaping, I feel it. My daughter Golden Globe is refusing her royal stature. She thinks North Star, my other daughter, deserves every bit of glory the princesses get. Please, write me back. I need you right now. Please do this for Equestria.

                         Signed, Your Loving Sister,

                               Queen Luna Moon of Equestria"

           When Luna was done and Spike sent the letter, Luna dismissed Spike. He said to her jokingly, "If I could have a mustache..." He cocked his eyebrow at Luna. She threw her head back and laughed. "Spike when the doctors have cleared me to go home, maybe you can get a mustache," she said. Cadance came back in the room. She smiled at Luna. "The doctors are saying you can leave tomorrow, Luna. Get a good nights rest," she said. Then she walked out of the room. Luna looked at the sun and said, "Tia, I need you here... Help me sister..."