Nighttime's Begun

by A Mysterious Pony

Rating: everyone
Tags: Slice of Life
Length: 644

The story of the Two Sisters. Told by one older sibling to another.

Have you ever heard the story of the Two Sisters?

Yes?

Well… have you ever heard of how the Moon Princess fell victim to her anger?

No?

Well… it went a bit like this…

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2015-01-17 15:19:37 UTC

The Two Siblings

The only thing we have to fear is itself...-Hoofsevelt ...until we become it...-Unknown

Have you ever heard the story of the Two Sisters?

Of course, I have! It's the very first story I've ever read!

Yes, yes, I know, but did you know how the Nightmares got hold of our Princess?

"Princess Luna was sad that all of the ponies basked in her sister's Day while they slept through her beautiful Night. She grew resentful and bitter. Princess Celestia tried to mend her sister's broken heart, but it was to no avail. An evil presence came about and captured the vulnerable Moon Princess in her own envy and anger while in confrontation with her older sister. Princess Celestia was forced to banish her to the moon for one thousand years. The Sun Princess mourns every day and wails as every year adds on to her younger sister's torment and punishment.

Hmm, you know a lot. Bu-u-u-ut, I think I know more than you do about it.

You're on!

So, the story of the Two Sisters began a bit like this...

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In a castle faraway, over one thousand years ago, was two Princesses, one of Sun and one of Moon.

The elder princess, her name Celestia, rose and set her Sun. She was a benevolent, kind-hearted ruler. Her counterpart, Luna, the younger of the two sisters, rose and lowered her Moon. Together they ruled Equestria in harmony for many, many years. And together they were strong and defeated any evil that dared to bring harm to each other or their ponies. And, for many, many years, everything was right. But, as everypony should know by now, all good things come to an end.

Two Sisters

"Luna, where are you? You're not playing another game again, are you?" Celestia walked through the castle walls she and her aforementioned sister shared. She wore a small smile as she knew her sister's motives. "*Ya-a-wn!* Well, it's pretty late, I should get to my quarters. Oh, well," the Alicorn let out a faux-yawn and stretched out her back.

"Awww!" a majestic voice almost matching her older sister's whined.

Celestia swooshed open a silk curtain to find her sister, or what seemed to be her sister. Luna was sat on the velvet carpet holding an Ursa Major mask in her hooves. "Oops! Just pretend that thoust had not seen thy, Celestia," she smile sheepishly and pulled the curtain shut.

"Luna, thou art most amusing, but I had already caught you in the act!" Celestia swiped the curtain aside again, "Where did thou go?" The space where Luna had been was empty!

"Allon-sy!" Something knocked Celestia onto the floor.

Luna and Celestia laughed as they crashed on the floor together. The Sun rolled over on top of the Moon, squashing her with the unexpected weight. "Get thyself off! You are crushing me!"

"Oh, don't be so dramatic, Luna. Besides, you asked for it. What was it you said? 'Allonsy'?" Celestia rose from the floor and held out a hoof for her sister.

"Oh, just something thou had heard from an old friend," Luna smiled reassuringly to her sister.

"Princess Celestia! Princess Celestia! We need your assistance, immediately!" A young mare's voice echoed through the hall as a Cloppity-Clop-Clop became louder and louder. A Unicorn mare turned the corner of the long hall of the castle. She was average-build with a red-orange coat and green mane and tail.

Celestia and Luna met the mare halfway; the former spoke first. "What is wrong, Paperclip? *Gasp!* What happened with the treaty?!" Celestia popped Paperclip's 'space bubble' as she met her face-to-face.

The fight between the Saddle Arabic and Griffin races had been going on for over one hundred years. Equestria intervened in the last twenty to prevent a battle in their territory and to protect the ponies.