A Thousand Years Later...

I entered the dungeons the next night, when Dusk was at Breakfast. I met glances with Celestia, who looked terrible. She hadn't slept, crying most likely. It was clear with just one look. She turned away sorrowfully when she realised who her visitor was. She couldn't look at me.

"Luna... I'm so sorry..." Was all she could say, and all she wanted to. I bowed my head respectfully.

"I imagine you would like to meet the newest member of my family."

"You would let me?"

"Yes. I am not inhumane." Her eyes filled with happiness, and she nodded quickly. A dark power unveiled on my horn, and a hologram of Dusk appeared.

"Is he yours?"

"I adopted him. I found him abandoned, part of an unknown race."

"The bat ponies..."

"You know of them?"

"Yes. They have been in several wars over the past fifty decades. The changelings, the Griffons, and the Dragons have all have fought against them. The reason is long lost. There has been some rumours that all three are planning to join forces to extinguish the race." I was quite taken aback by this... It was frightening. My horn illuminated and I thrusted a gorgeous and mouth-watering dish in front of her.

"I repeat, I'm not inhumane." She smiled.

"Your still in there, Luna."

"It is Nightmare Moon!" And with that, I galloped out.

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I trotted to the court, it was so all could recognise me as the heir to the throne, and to make me Empress there. A blue and white pony sat on the seat opposite me.

The Royal Guards stood, surrounding me. "Greetings, Nightmare Moon. If you would stand, we will begin the court session." I nodded, and did so, "Captain Shining Armour of the Royal Guard..." The blue and white pony stood.

"I, Shining Armour, Captain Of The Royal Guard, hereby swear eternal loyalty to you, Empress Nightmare Moon, and will serve you with my life, as I did with her highness Celestia." The last word made my eye twitch, but I ignored it.

"Is there anything you wish to declare?"

"As Empress Of  Equestria, I decree that the royal family will be no more. Though the following alicorns, The honourable Twilight Andromeda Sparkle and Mi Amore Cadenza, may keep their wings and horns, they shall have their magic stripped to the same levels as a normal unicorn. Their titles will also be stripped, and I wish that you recognise my son, Dusk, as the prince of Equestria. His authority is second to my own. That is all, you are all dismissed."