Lunar Eclipse

Celestia was both excited and sad about learning how to rule the kingdom, she was excited because this meant she was growing up and that mother trusted her to take on a new responsibility as big and leading all of equestria, but it also made her sad because even though Luna got her cutie mark and she wasn’t able to see her anymore.

Luna copied her father at everything because she knew ever since Celestia got a cutie mark to take over the mothers someday that she would be able to take over her dads. She followed him acted like him and copied his daily routine. The only time Celestia would be able to spend time with her little sister was at dinner and a little after and that would be it. Celestia was snapped out of her thoughts when a knock came at the door.

“Tia! you in there?” Came the little voice of Luna

“Come in Lulu!” Was her sisters reply. A blue blur ran in and almost less than a second Luna was bouncing on the bed.

“Guess what sis! Guess what!?” She practically shouted, But Luna didn’t wait for an answer as she was too excited to wait. “I got my cutie mark!! I got my cutie mark!” She sung as she bounced around her sister.

“Oh Lulu! I’m so proud of you!!” Celestia said as she watched her sister. “and i was impressed when you lowered the moon all by yourself!”

“Yea it was really hard and I was really tired afterwards, daddy says it took too much magic and the more i grow the more magic I get and it’ll get easier to move the moon.” She sat down next to her sister and let out a sigh.

“I’m thinking about starting to sleep during the night like you and mommy, you know because I got my cutie mark and I know how to raise and lower the moon but it takes to much power and I heard you got in trouble for falling to sleep in class.” Luna sighed again. “I’m sorry.”

Celestia looked down at her sister and moved closer. “For what?” she asked.

“F-For getting you in trouble I-I didn’t mean to I-I-”

“Luna!” Celestia interrupted, she put a hoof on Luna’s chin and lifted her head she they were looking eachother in the eye. “You did not get me in trouble, I chose the help you at night, you didn’t make me help you I could have easily declined, but I wanted to help you, I wanted to spend time with my little sister. But now that I’m caught I can’t sneak out at night, I bet moms going to put a guard or two at my door to make sure of that.”

Luna gave a weak smile and giggled a little. “Thanks Tia.” Luna gave her sister a hug, when she let go she looked down at the bed. As soon as she realized something she immediately perked up. “Thats why I’m going to start living like you and mommy so I can spend more time with you!” Luna by now had gotten on her hooves and started bouncing around once more. “I may not go to the same school as you, my night tutor is going to started home schooling me but we could still hang out after were done with homework!”

“Wait why can’t you go to school with me?”

“I’m still a Princess of the night Duh! they don’t teach the other ponies about what I need to learn about the the night.”

“Oh ok, you got me there.” Celestia giggled when she realized something. “What are you doing up this early during the day?”

Luna looked at her sister puzzled. “It’s four thirty. We’ve been talking for about thirty minutes.”

Celestia then realized how long she had been thinking for. “Wow time really flies by.” She sighed. As if on queue a voice came from the kitchen.

“DINNER!” Their fathers voice boomed through the castle.

“Honey is it really necessary to use the royal canterlot voice in the castle?” Their mothers sweet voice came, quieter than their fathers but still loud enough to hear.

Luna and Celestia looked at each other in silence before falling on their back laughing. “Race you to the dinner table!” Luna challenged as she flared her wings.

Celestia did the same. “You’re on!” And with that they were off.

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“Luna I will not fight you! You must lower to moon, it is your duty!”

Luna gave her sister an unamused look. “Luna? I am Nightmare Moon.” She paused. “I have but one royal duty now! TO DESTROY YOU!” Luna’s horn started to glow and a powerful beam of magic was about to hit Celestia until she flew out of harms way.

Celestia hear her sister yell something but couldn’t quite make it out. Celestia turned around only to see her sister following not to far behind. She shot another beam of magic which Celestia easily dodged, she flew through the all too familiar kingdom as she dodged five other beams of her sisters deadly magic. Celestia flew up hoping to escape her sister but instantly felt a sharp pain in her chest. The pain was too much, the elder sister fell through the hole created from the first strike. She was just about to hit the ground when-

“LUNA!!” Celestia screamed as she bolted out of bed. She looked around the dark quiet room before falling back down into her pillow a sobbing.

It had been three years since Celestia had started her lessons for ruling the kingdom, each year she got a new color in her hair. One morning it had been one year since she started, she woke up to find she didn’t have a solid color mane anymore but there was a big streak of light blue. Nopony knew what it meant but then the next year, she found not only pink and blue in her mane but a green stripe. By then they found out that the new colors stood for her maturity, her getting more grownup, more capable of ruling equestria.

Today is the day of the third year, it was also the last day of her training. Her parents weren’t going to be around much longer and she would have to take on the kingdom. She quietly got out of bed and looked in the mirror. She looked through her mane and found another blue strand but this one was darker than her first.

She heard a noise come from the other side of the room, she turned around to see her father walking into the room. He looked tired not from lack of sleep but from old age, Alicorns only last for about 10,000 years until age caught up with them. Her dad looked at her and nodded his head over to the bed. They both sat down in silence until Cosmo spoke.

“Last year huh?” he said with a slight chuckle in his voice.

“Y-Yea. I already have a new color in my mane.” Celestia sighed. “Its getting a little wavy too.”

“Well thats a good thing isn’t it?”

“N-No!” She sniffled.

“Well why not me dear? doesn’t it mean you're taking on your role as a Princess? Your leading all of equestria for Galaxia’s sake!” He said in a stern but soft voice.

“W-Well yea that parts good but… You guys won’t be here to watch me rule.” Celestia sobbed into her fathers chest. She felt something on her chin and soon she was forced to look at her dad.

“Don’t you say that. We won’t be here, but we will always be watching you. As long as you don’t forget us we will always be there when you need us.” Cosmo wiped the tears away from her eyes and pulled her into a big hug. “We’ll always be there.” He whispered.

Cosmo got up and started walking towards the door when he heard a voice. “Where are you going?” Celestia asked.

“I’m going to lower the moon you’re mother should be waiting for me.”

“Ok night father.”

“Morning Honey.”