Luna walked towards the large, sterile doors. Ever since she was a foal, Luna had hated hospitals. It was where she had seen Uncle Starswirl bleed out, right here on one of these beds. It had been awful. They claimed that it had been some wild animal, but only she knew the truth. Wasn't it convenient that Discord took Equestria just a day after Starswirl died? And wasn't it coincidence that Starswirl had been rambling about a mismatched creature, or chaotic magic? Part of Luna had never forgiven Discord for this. Part of her never forgiven herself for having feelings for him. She took a breath and pushed through the doors. Right away, many ponies bowed. Luna nodded her head in acknowledgement and continued on through the halls.

Her face was hot and sweaty, but it felt like the rest of her was frozen. She quickly turned down a small, abandoned corridor and sat. She ruffled out her wings to cool herself down, which did work. It only made her already cold body colder. She quickly stopped and wrapped her wings around herself. She grabbed a water bottle from the basket of them and chugged it down. It took all she had not to pour it on her face and in her mane. She settled to pour a small amount into her hoof, and to rub that onto her face. It helped quite alot. A crash was heard from the room behind her, a room that was supposed to be empty. Luna stood and tried to right herself. Her vison was swaying. She shook her head and opened the door. She stopped abruptly.

"Twilight?"
Inside was none other than the purple alicorn. She was covered in toiled paper, a large box on her head.

"Oh! H-hi princess! Sorry, there were so many reporters out there, and I had to hide, and then I tripped and knocked down a box. Oh, thanks" she said as Luna helped pull a hoof out of a roll of toilet paper.

"Reporters?" She asked calmly. Oh dear this was not good. If they posted about Celestia being 'weak' or 'powerless' then, somehow, the story would fall into the wrong hooves. A changeling in disguise. King Sombra hiding out in the Crystal Mountains. Angry yaks looking for a reason to start a war. Maybe some beast from the Everfree. It somehow always happened, and then there would be a full out invasion. And this isn't just Luna being paranoid. Remember the wedding between Shining armor and Cadance? The only way Chrysalis knew about it was because of a reporter, posting about how 'the weak princess Cadance is to be wed to her weaker boyfriend and she wouldn't be hard to trap in crystal caves or take the place of'. Yeah, the dumb-ass really posted that. Unbelievable. Luna winced at the memory. He was quickly dealt with.

Luna quickly cleaned Twilight and the two walked out the door. They walked to the large clump of reporters and Luna spread her large wings regally. They all turned and bowed.

"Be gone, all of you!" She boomed, her voice echoing around the halls. All the reporters scattered, dropping cameras in the process. She quickly stomped all of them, reducing them to piles of dust. The two silently walked through the heavy doors. Posted inside were 7 guards, three on each side as well as Twilight's brother, Shining Armor, standing in the center. They quickly bowed when not one, but two princesses walked through the door. Twilight stopped to greet her brother as Luna walked to her sister’s bedside. Celestia cracked a groggy eye and smiled, sticking out her tongue playfully. Luna giggled. The fact that through all of this, Celestia still found time to be happy, made her feel happy as well. Luna leaned down and hugged her sister tightly.

"Don't ever scare me like that again" whispered Luna.

"Like what?" Replied Celestia. "Like this?" She added thrusting her head forward, licking Lunas cheek. Luna, in response, shrieked and fell backwards.

"Tia! Gross!" She yelled, wiping at her cheek. Celestia laughed and stood, despite the protests of her doctors. She assured them she was fine and the three princesses, trailed by seven guards, made their ways to the different locations where they were needed. The guards-who-shall-not-be-named trotted to the barracks, Shining and Twilight headed down the northern wing, saying something about Donut Joe’s. Luna and Celestia walked down the hall of the royal sisters. Large, stained glass windows decorated the hall. Each one depicted an event in the sister’s lives.

When they first appeared in Equestria, when the Elements were created, when they were crowned, when Sombra was defeated, when Discord was defeated, when Nightmare Moon was defeated, etcetera etcetera. The hall was very long and could be magically enchanted to grow larger without appearing so from the outside. Luna and Celestia sat in front of the one of Discord. Luna was lost in thought, wondering how she could have feelings for a monster. Celestia broke the silence.

“I, when I passed out earlier, I thought I heard Discord” she said casually, glancing sideways at Luna.

“He was there” she said bluntly. Celestia raised an eyebrow.

“Why?”

“To check your safety” she said, a sarcastic undertone in her voice. Celestia laughed and stretched a wing around her sister.
“You know? I think he has a thing for you” she said lightly. Luna blushed furiously.

“W-why would you think that!?” she squeaked, only making Celestia laugh harder.

“Careful, sister. You’re making me think you might like him back!” she said with a giggle. Luna’s blush quickly fell away, leaving her looking pale.

“Never” she whispered. “I could never love him back”. A tear slid down her cheek. Celestia looked at her, concern evident on her features. Celestia held her young sister tighter and whispered to her.

“Sister, something has clearly happened. Let’s discuss this, but not without a big bowl of your favorite Moon-berry ice cream and a funny movie”. Luna laughed wetly and nodded, brushing at a tear. The sisters giggled together before heading to the kitchens, not knowing of a draconequuis watching from the window, a tear streaming down his cheek and wishing he could make Luna smile like that.

Author's Note

Happy day-after-Nightmare Night! I'll probably have a short story up soon just for that reason. Sorry this took so long, and I'll try to start writing longer chapters. Thanks for reading and leave a like and comment if you enjoyed Thanks so much guys!