“N-no” whispered Solar Flare, her voice thick with emotion. “Lu-Lu…” and for a second, there was her sister, tears welling in her eyes. But as quickly as it had come, it was gone, replaced once more by the monster. “GET OUT!” she cried, clutching her head. She was flickering between Celestia and Solar Flare. “I SAID GET OUT!” bellowed Solar Flare. A large beam of light was cast from her body, falling far from them before flickering out. “Finally, now that we’ve gotten her out of the way…” trailed Solar Flare. Nightmare Moon laughed quietly to herself.

“Good” she said. “Now I can hurt you. Just you. Not my sister.” Realizing her mistake, Solar Flare growled and kicked with all her might. Nightmare Moon, who was expecting this, quickly tucked her wings and rolled, easily getting to her hooves and laughed more. A deep and cruel sound. All was quiet around them as they glared at each other, pure hatred and anger in their narrowed eyes. Solar Flare lifted her lip as she bent her long legs back and launched herself at Nightmare Moon, all in one elegant motion. Before Nightmare Moon could react, the two collided. A wave of magic spread out around them, caused by the collision of two massive bodies of power.

Nightmare Moon got to her hooves and grabbed Solar Flare around her waist, soaring far upwards before letting go of Solar Flare, who floated there for a second. Nightmare Moon turned and kicked her hard in the gut, much harder than most any other creatures could. Solar Flare flew downwards, trying and failing to slow her descent. Nightmare Moon followed close behind her. Solar Flare hit the ground, sending dust flying out. Nightmare Moon landed near her and reared up onto her hind legs, letting out a huge bellow that echoed around them. What would've made entire armies flee in terror caused but a slight flinch in Solar Flare. She, in turn, lowered her fiery head and released what seemed to be a beam of lava at Nightmare Moon, who rolled to her side just as the lava shot past her. A few feathers from her left wing got singed, but other than that, all Solar Flares attack had done was tire the caster. Which was exactly what she wanted. Nightmare Moon ignited her own horn and grew slightly, claws poking out from her hooves and large, pointed fangs protruding from her muzzle.

She charged at Solar Flare, who reared dangerously. The two collided once more. When they split, both were bloodied and missing patches of fur. Nightmare Moon had a trickle of blood falling down the side of her face. Solar flare had three large cuts just under her left wing. Both of them lowered their heads at the same time, both igniting their horns and shooting different colored beams of magic. Solar Flares was a blinding white. Nightmare Moons was a deep, dark black. They met in the middle and turned dark gray, before exploding back outwards, throwing back both mares, who skidded. Nightmare Moon, using her new claws, latched into the ground. Solar Flare, unfortunately, was blown back and tumbled, end over end, before finally rolling to a stop on her side.

Nightmare Moon used this to her advantage, flying high into the sky before diving down, crushing Solar Flare. A loud 'crack' followed by a louder whimper. Nightmare Moon was standing above Solar Flare again, growling in her face. Solar Flare had one of her front hooves held awkwardly and a wing bent at an unusual angle. A large bruise was forming where her leg was bent. She forced the tears back. Her once blinding coat was now matted and dulled by dirt and blood. Her mane was still flickering lightly, but had dulled as well. Nightmare Moons black coat gleamed lightly with blood. She craned her neck down and whispered deeply in Solar Flares ear.

"Nothing. You are nothing. Not compared to me. This is a dream world, but trust me. If you dare to show your face in my kingdom, try to hurt my ponies, I will finish this" she hissed. She bit down hard enough on Solar Flares ear to draw blood and make her howl in pain before glaring threateningly and turning back. Luna turned and walked away before glancing back and giving one last glare, spitting out a jet of dark red saliva before flying up to a large black square in the sky. This time, she flew through with no issue. She was back, standing in a field of white orbs.

"That was enough for tonight" she whispered to herself, gasping for air. She ignited her horn, and felt her body dissolving into thousands of tiny pinpricks of light and soaring up, disappearing into the blue sky.

***

Lunas head shot off of her pillow, sweat dripping down her face. She breathed deeply and glanced out her balcony. She felt a familiar pain as she saw her gorgeous moon sinking below the horizon with some difficulty. She lit her horn and the moon straightened itself out and sunk slowly but evenly down.

Even though she had been technically sleeping, it hadn't renewed her energy. Luna felt more exhausted than before. She shakily got to her hooves and exited the room, passing the two guards as she did so.

“Princess, is everything okay?” asked one.

“Yes, I am fine. I just need to see my sister. Thank you” explained Luna. The guards respectfully bowed as Luna turned. She made her way hastily to the dining room, where she knew Celestia would be eating cereal with bananas.

"Sister! What are you doing up?" She asked when Luna entered the room. Luna, in response, trotted quickly to her sister and examined the large, dark purple gem closely. Her heart sank. "L-Luna?" Asked Celestia shakily as Luna sat hard and let a few stray tears slide down her face. Celestia leaned forward and hugged her sister tightly.

"T-Tia... your gem..." whimpered Luna. Celestia gasped and looked down quickly. There, carved into the gem, was a small but deep crack.

Author's Note

So, I'm still not sure if I want to turn this into another full story, but I did leave it open in case I wanted to. If I get enough people asking, I will definitely continue with this. Thanks for reading, and be sure to read The Fury first, otherwise a lot of this wont make sense. Leave a like and comment if you enjoyed! Thanks!