I stayed up for the rest of the night having to lower my moon for my sister to raise her sun the next morning. I went to sleep and woke up having to raise my moon right after my sister lowers her sun to bring around the night. Wash, rinse, repeat for the next couple days until the day before the Crystal Fare, then I slept during the night so that I'd be up all day... I know, very riveting.

But those few days that felt like several eons payed out, for the next day, I was awake, hyper, and excited to see my best friend once again (I was so excited that I nearly forgot to lower the moon)! And by that afternoon, I was at the Crystal Fare with Celestia, Discord, and Uncle Starswirl (whom all wanted to tag along).

But more importantly, I met up with Princess Chrysi, who was more than glad to see me there. She greeted me with a "Hey!" and a hug as I noticed that she was just in the middle of a conversation with a certain somepony standing right beside her, Sombra. Who was, like everyone else, naked as we all treated this as just a regular fare, nothing to get all dressed up for. That is except for two...

"Hey Chrysi, hey Sombra! Um, what's with the fancy dress, I thought this was just a fun fare," I asked her.

"Oh, it is! But I am the princess of this place, so I kind of have to slap on at least a decent dress. Same goes for my mother."

I opened my mouth, about to pay her a compliment on her dress (it being the same one she wore to the Gala just a few years back), when I was interrupted by Sombra's voice. "Well, if it's any constellation, I think it's a lovely dress and it suites you amazingly."

"Aaahhh, thank you Sombra! Hey, how about I go get us all some corncarrots?" Both he and I just nodded our heads. Normally, I'd either offer to go get them instead or at least go with her, but I was so shocked at Sombra's ability to take the words right out of my mouth. Chrysi nods back and heads on out to go get those treats for us.

I watch her as she goes to one of the food stands when I hear Sombra clearing his throat. "So," he begins, "you enjoying the fare so far?"

I turn to him as I answered, "Oh, I haven't really gotten to enjoy the fare yet. As soon as I arrived, I came straight here to talk to you two!" Wearing a friendly smile, I think we both knew that I was partially lying. I didn't come to see Chrysalis and him, I came to see Chrysalis.

"Oh! Well I must recommend the Crystal Heart! It's so..." he then tenses up, "interesting..." His smile quickly turns itself upside down.

"Really? This is my first Crystal Fare, what about it is so interesting?"

"Well, historically, it's been used for defeating many enemies of the Crystal Empire, including a terrible dictator of this land (and this fare is dedicated to his defeat)."

"Really? A crystal? I mean, they can be pretty hard and very sharp, but I can't imagine one being that effective as a blunt instrument."

"See, that's the interesting part; the Crystal Heart has never been used as a regular weapon. It's said that looking straight into it can cause one into seeing their own future. So most of their enemies, after gazing into it, have gone on to either run away or commit suicide!"

"That's crazy talk! Why would anypony put something that dangerous in a fare for the general public?"

"Well, Queen Symfore has said that if one would look into it and see something ugly, they would skip the whole fighting part and move straight to running away!"

"Huh, I might have to look into that... wait, did you and Chrysi look into this 'magical crystal' yet?"

"I-" once again, he stiffened up as soon as I asked, "uhm, I did. But Chrysalis didn't, she said something about 'not believing in such nonsense.'" He said that last part in an over-the-top Chrysi impression.

"Hmm, in that case, what did you see," I asked, tilting my head in a curious fashion.

"Well... I, uh..." he stared up to his left at seemingly nothing but a patch of clear skies with a couple of clouds that were few and far between. "Saw, uh... a swimming pool full of bits. Yeah, a large swimming pool filled to the brim with bits and hot mares!"

"Ha! That, I know is not going to happen," followed soon afterwards, along with a short laugh, from a hot mare, Chrysi to be exact. "You surrounded by 'bits and hot mares,' that'll be the day," she stated in a joking way, this time imitating Sombra.

"I said that there's a swimming pool full of them, not that they're surrounding me! I probably just snuck into Hugh Hoofner's backyard," Sombra said with a grin.

"Eh, it's not completely out of the question. Let's ask a hot mare, herself! So Lulu, would you date Hunt For Red-Horn October here?"

I found the conversation quickly turning towards me as a few questions popped up from the back of my mind. "Lulu," was my first one.

"Hey, I can have a nickname for you too," was the only response I got.

"You think I'm a 'hot mare,'" was my second, this time coming with a Chrysi impersonation of my own.

"Sure, you have that goth look that I know so many colts are into nowadays. Plus, I've had more than a couple stallions ask me about you," I found that answer especially ridiculous. What stallion would turn against this beauty right in front of me for somepony like me.

"Okay, well where's our corncarrots?"

"Oh, they were taking too long, so I trotted away." Knowing her, that's something I can believe. Just as I thought that, I heard someone yell the princess' name followed by a, "Ooh, speak of the carrots," from the pony standing right in front of me.

She left and came back only seconds later, corncarrots in tow. As she magically hoofs me mine, she pipes up once again, "I'll take that as a yes, then!"

"What," was the only response I could think of.

"Well, you never answered my question. Would you date Sombra here?"

"Well, uh... no."

"Ah, you hesitated! That means yes! How about you Sombrero?"

His response was the exact same answer I gave just milliseconds ago.

"AH! That also means yes! Lulu and Sombra, sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G," even though I knew this was just a practical joke on her part (along with her smirk), I also knew that I would never hear the end of this.

"So," I said, interrupting her teasing, "how about we go check out that Crystal Heart?"

"Well," Sombra said, clearly knowing what'll ensue if we stay and listen to our tormentor, "we've already seen it. But I wouldn't mind seeing it again."

"AH!!! My shipping dreams are coming true! Lubra is best OTP!" Both Sombra and I gave her our best walled eyed stares that showed we didn't find this very amusing, even if I kind of did.

"Are you coming with," I asked her, in a deadpan voice.

"Well, I do need inspiration for my fanfiction. So I guess I might as well!"

So the three of us made our way to the heart, with Sombra in the middle after Chrysi insisted on it. Part of me thinks it's just so she could say he and I are dating at random moments, but another part of me thinks it might be for another reason (it's probably just that dream she had driving me crazy). It didn't help that Chrysalis wore a never ending smirk on her face the entire time.

We were talking about whatever came to our minds when we came up by Celestia and Discord. "Hey Cele! Hey Discord," I said as we passed them by, "Um, where did Starswirl run off to?" I then jerked my head every which way, wondering where he might possibly be.

"Knowing him," my sister started, "probably just over by one of the food stands. Why?"

"Just wondering."

"Hey there Princess," Chrysi butted in, "did you know that-" She was then cut off by the sound of Sombra and I simultaneously facehoofing our own faces. She stared us down for a hot second before she continued, "That Sombra and-" This time, she was cut off by me pulling her back with my front legs.

"See ya later sis," I stated as we continued our track, with me still having to pull her and Sombra following right behind us, waving away. As soon as we were far enough away from those two, I helped Chrysi back onto her hooves. I just had to know one thing, "What in Tartarus was that!?"

All she said was, "I thought it'd be funny," with that smirk that I'm possitive will never leave. My response back was a simple eye roll followed by a friendly smile. I could see Sombra do the same, minus the grin.

So we continued on our way, this time with Chrysalis in the middle after both Sombra and I refused to be. We talked on and on about whatever we wanted to talk about until we came up to the Crystal Heart. I looked upon it. It certainly lived up to it's name, it most definitely was a heart shaped crystal. The heart was completely light blue and didn't sport a single curve, opting to instead be very edgy. And I could've sworn I saw it sparkle in my sister's sunlight.

I averted my eyes to a plaque just to the left of the heart, I scanned it to only find that it didn't tell me anything Sombra hadn't already told me. So I slowly trotted up to the thing, letting out a breath I didn't even know I was holding in. I said, "Let's see if this thing really works," to my friends as I prepared to stare it down.

I guess I was kind of afraid of what I'll actually see when I looked into it. I knew what I wanted, my sister's throne as she happily sat in mine with Chrysalis lying on my lap, both smiling up at me (and for some reason, an almost evil smile on me). I was afraid that's not what I'll see when I look into it. But I still stallioned up and looked into the thing and got... I don't know. I saw a pair of angry red eyes shooting open followed by my moon rising in my beautiful night sky. Or maybe it wasn't my moon, there was a spotty silhouette of a unicorn on it. And it was probably not my night sky either, for there was not a single star up, just darkness, blackness, a never ending void that showed absolutely nothing. How can this possibly be my future, what can it possibly mean? I had no idea but it still made me scared for my life, it seemed lonely and sad and angry! Why!? I didn't know my life would end up like that! Who would or could possibly know that I'd be here!? Still on this Celestia-forsaken moon for all eternity!? I didn't ask for this, I don't want this! I miss Chrysalis, I miss Uncle Starswirl, I miss my-...

...

...

... Sorry, I think this autobiography may have gotten the the better of me for a second there. Let's just get back to the story at hoof.

I fell back onto my flank, wondering nothing less of, "What the?"

"So," I heard a familiar voice say. I turned my head to see Chrysi looking at me with an innocent smile, "What'd you see?"

I thought for a second, what did I see?, only to come to one conclusion... loneliness. I saw loneliness. But of course I couldn't say that, say my future is full of lonelilness, I'm sure that's a fantastic mare-magnet. So I quickly came up with something on the spot, looking at the ground, "N-nothing. I didn't see anything, it's just a scam."

I saw Sombra's half-lidded eyes shoot open even faster than the ones in my vision did, almost like he just remembered something he once forgot. I looked back to Chrysi as she begins to talk once again, "Well, that stinks! I honestly don't know why we keep this thing around, but whatever."

I switched my focus over to Sombra as he begins to speak, "Well, I guess you're right Chrysalis, this thing is just pretty junk." He then looked at me with a hard stare and a frown, quickly being replaced with a much friendlier look and smirk. After they both helped me up and onto my hooves again, he and I let Chrysi ahead of us as we go where ever she's leading us. Sombra lightly bumped into me and I hear him whisper, "We need to talk."

A couple hours pass and the fare is nearing an end as late evening is on it's way. Chrysi, Sombra, and I are just trotting around when, out of nowhere, Sombra opens his mouth, "Hey, Chrysalis. Can I speak with Luna alone for a few seconds?"

I look at Chrysi as her eyes slowly open wider and her mouth slowly turns into a smile bigger than what I've seen out of her all day. "Yes! I'll just get out off your manes as I go prepare your wedding!" She galloped away at break neck speed to go do Celestia-knows-what (as far as I knew, she could actually be preparing our wedding).

I turned to Sombra, "Please don't tell me you're actually going to ask me out."

I saw his eyes open wide, as he began stuttering, "Oh! I, uh, uh, I, n-no. N-n-not that I-I m-mea-"

"What is it," I cut him off, just wanting him to get to the point.

"R-right, um," I heard him clear his throat as he continued, "What is it that you saw in that Crystal Heart?"

Now it's my turn for my eyes to open wide and to start stuttering, "I-I, uh, uhm, t-told you. I saw a-absolutely noth-"

"Yeah, and I saw a pool full of bits," he said, not only cutting me off, but also in a sarcastic manner. "Cut the crap, what did you really see?"

"Well, um," I thought for a minute when a great idea came to mind, "Why should I tell you?"

"What," he asked, losing his serious tone, swapping it out for more of a genuinely confused one.

"Well, why should I tell you? I sure don't have a legitimate reason to. If I do tell, you could go off and tell Chrysalis or Celestia. So, I want to hear what you saw, just in case you do open your big mouth."

I saw his expression change just as quickly as it did before, this time into a more frustrated and angry one. "Okay, if I tell you what I saw, will you tell me what you really saw?" I gave him a nod before he continued, "Alright, I'm honestly not a hundred percent sure what I witnessed. There was a ghostly, black and gray fog figure going through a group of red and black crystals with an ugly black sky. Then the vision panned up to the sky where I saw the Crystal Heart falling and hitting some kind of invisible floor. It then broke into a million tiny little pieces. The entire thing just gave off this feeling of-" he stopped abruptly. Seemingly trying to find the right words to say before they finally spilled out of him, "pure evil..."

"Just like mine..."

"Huh?"

I then went on to explain my entire vision in as great detail as possible. We both agreed to never speak of this conversation with anypony else and finished off speaking just as we saw Chrysalis trotting back with cups of punch in her magic.

"You two lovebirds done," she asked, giving us each a cup.

"Yes, we're done talking," I said.

"And no, we're still not dating," Sombra quickly followed up.

"Well that sucks," Chrysi continued, "Sorry then, Lulu."

"Why," I asked in a both curious and worried tone, with my eyebrow slowly rising up.

"Well, I ran into your sister and Discord on my way back and told them both that you two are in love." Sombra and I facehoofed again. "But don't worry," she said, grabbing our attention, "I'm sure that in a few more months, you two will be inseparable!" Sombra and I facehoofed one last time as Chrysi wore nothing less than her now trademarked smirk.

In the distance, I hear Celestia calling for me, "Luna come on! We have to go do our jobs here soon!" I rushed back to my sister's side only to hear her say, "Hey, don't you want to bring your colt-"

"No. Just, just no," I say, interrupting her. I then hear both my sister and Discord give out a hardy laugh as I wave goodbye to Chrysi and Sombra. I realized something about a second later, "Wait, where's Uncle Starswirl?"

"Oh, he went back a while ago. Said something about his stomach hurting and spells. I don't know, but he left."

The three of us made it back just on time for Celestia and I to bring around nighttime. She and Discord went off to her room (bringing up both a visual and audible, "Ew," out of me), while I headed off to mine. After over an hour of tossing and turning, I finally fell asleep.

Author's Note

Hey look, a proper chapter! I honestly never thought that there'd be a chapter of this with a normal amount of words!

With that said, I am so, so, so sorry that's it's been this long since the last chapter! I've been so busy with life, school, & my YouTube channels, it's honestly been a lot. And my situation is not going to get much better. I'm working on a review of Fairly OddBaby right now, but I promise that as soon as that is out, I will go right to work on at least 3 more chapters of this! I swear.

Also, did you notice that my writing has gotten a lot better? Yeah, between my review series & a writing class I'm currently taking, I'm hoping that at least that'll be nothing but uphill.

I adore Chrysalis is this chapter! I looked back on her character in the past & realized that I didn't give her much personality this side of Fluttershy, Big Mac, & Marble. So I thought up of this personality for her & I think it really suites my take on the character. The inspiration came from myself (yeah, look hard enough & everybody in this story is based on me), & the fact that I will literally do this kind of shit to absolutely every friend I have. I am that guy who will randomly rickroll you in 2015, so that's what I made Chrysi!

I've been getting my shit together as far as titles are concerned. I took the first chapter's name (the only chapter not named after a song) & changed it to When The Day Met The Night, a fantastic song by Panic! At The Disco. Actually, the title of this chapter was originally Mind Games, but I changed it to Imagine because A.) Mind Games is a great idea for a chapter title, so I want to save it, & B.) I'm actually going to rename the story that! Of course, the change isn't going to be right away (I want a couple more chapters to tell anyone reading this story that) but it is going to happen at some point. Probably after the 3 chapters I do after my Fairly OddBaby review.

With Sombra, I wanted to make a guy who's both intimidating & fun to be around... so I did! I honestly don't know what I'm going to do with his personality, which is weird because I have absolutely every step of his character already planned out & we just took a trip into his psyche. Normally I'd just say, "Let's do a dream sequence with him," but I don't think it'll help much. Maybe I can do something about his romances...

I'm really liking what I'm doing with Luna's personality, especially that part where she completely breaks character. That was honestly a lot of fun to write. I hope I can write more scenes like that in the future.

I completely took the idea of the Crystal Heart from the comics! I really liked the idea, so I stole it & ran with it!

Don't expect too much of Starswirl. After Luna's training with him, I don't have too much to do with him other than having him show up & eat everyone's food. Maybe I can pull off a Mr. Miyagi kind of character & make him wise & intellectual, but I don't think I'm that good of a writer.

My favorite line this chapter is by far

letting out a breath I didn't even know I was holding in

because I see it come up a lot in bad clopfics, so I really wanted to put it in Worlds Apart! Actually, this is a very good chapter (at least compared to the past ones). I hope that the rest of this book will be just as good.

That should be everything, so thank you reading & I hope you've enjoyed! Please think about giving it a thumbs up, adding it to your library, or following me! Thank you, & good night!