Rainbows. Most ponies will always associate them with beauty. They can’t imagine them in any other way. But not I. All I feel is terror. I know I cannot hold out much longer. In just a few moments, the rainbow will envelop me, but it won’t be pretty. This rainbow is not a thing of beauty; it is a weapon. And a powerful one at that. Yet this proves just how weak Celestia truly is. If she was really as strong or as skilled with magic as she claims to be, then she wouldn’t have had to turn to the Elements of Harmony.
Equestria would be much better off if she had given in like the pathetic little foal she is and always has been. Under my rule and the eternal night, Equestria could thrive and I would have gotten the love and respect that I deserve, but was taken from me by everypony’s beloved Celestia. I am ashamed to have ever called her a sister. At the very least, I would hope that she knows how I feel about her and that I blame her for every single thing I’ve done today. Whatever pain she might have to endure will be all because of her, and I sincerely hope that she will know that as well. If she had been more aware of what she was doing to somepony she called a sister, then she could have stopped all this from happening.
The agony is nearly unbearable now that the rainbow has reached me. It feels like it’s tearing me apart. I know that I have lost and that the Elements will keep me prisoner for as they can manage, but they will not and cannot break me. I am stronger than their power and better than Celestia. No matter how long I must wait, I will endure and reemerge stronger than I was today so that I can finally defeat Celestia, Equestria’s perfect little Princess.
Every whispered warning that was thrown my way failed to get through to me. But oh, how I wish they had. I can see the truth in all that she said so clearly now. Yet, sadly, there is no escape for me. Not now that I have succumbed to the power of my much darker side. A side I did not know that I possessed until I gave up trying to fight my true emotions.
Don’t punish yourself too much for one mistake. This was not entirely your fault.
What do you mean? Who are you?
Merely somepony who wishes to help you set things right once you have a chance.
Do you know what I can do to fix things with Tia?
Fix things? Ha! You’ll never get a chance! Even once we return to Equestria, I will still be in control. Never again will your dearest sister see you again, Luna. At least, not the Luna she thought she knew. I am stronger than you, and I-
Don’t listen to her! You are capable of fixing your mistake. Your sister will forgive you, as long as she sees the side of you she once knew.
Are you sure that she will? I…I’m afraid to see her again. Although I don’t know where my body is, nor how long it has been there, I still get the feeling that it has been a long time.
Your body is on the moon, and will still be there for another four hundred years until your darker half can manage to return it to Equestria. A large portion of the six hundred years that it has been there already have been taken up by this conversation, at least, that is all you can actually feel.
A thousand years? But, how can Tia forgive me if it will have been that long, and even longer since she truly saw the real me?
She can’t. You’re a weak foal for thinking that there was ever even a small chance of her forgiving you. You let me take over, and that will be your fate for the rest of time.
No! Stop it! Stop tormenting me like this! I should never have stopped fighting you! I can still remember what it was like when I didn’t know of your existence. That was the time that I was truly alive. But once I started to get even the slightest bit jealous of Celestia, you came to the surface of my mind. I thought you were my savior from those feelings. But instead, all you are is a curse. The worst thing about me. Thanks to you, my sister saw me as a merciless monster.
I can still remember how you slowly got me to trust you more and more by showing me my dreams and making me believe that they could become a reality. You promised that if I trusted you, then I would be loved just as much as Celestia. But you broke that promise! You’d been deceiving me the entire time. Not one word you said, not one thing you showed me was ever true, or could ever be real.
I could never see your true intentions, as dark and monstrous as they were, until it was too late. And now, you’ve destroyed my relationship with the one pony I love the most. No longer will you have control of my body. I know that we are not on the moon at this point, and as soon as I can, I will force you back to the deepest depths of my soul where you belong. And where you will stay buried forever.
See? You didn’t even need me to tell you what you could do to fix your mistake. Already, you are well on your way to taking back the control that you’ve lost.
I couldn’t have done it without you first mentioning that it was possible. So, thank you. Even though I don’t know who or what you are, I am forever in your debt.
No! No, this can’t be! How could I have lost to these ponies? They are just weak mortal ponies, nowhere near as powerful as I, an immortal alicorn.
They beat you because you are weak. And thanks to them, I can reclaim my body from you, and show Celestia that the little sister she used to know was never completely gone. Merely lost due to a moment of foolish impulsivity.
No! No…no…no…no…
Remember Luna, no matter how weak you may feel, you do have the strength to keep fighting. You’ve proved that now, and I’m sure you’ll prove it time and time again. For a thousand years, you were a fallen angel.
But even a fallen angel can rise above life’s greatest challenges.
