Daylight's End

by SgtTex

Rating: teen
Tags: Princess Celestia, Dark, Alternate Universe, Sad, Princess Luna, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Princess Cadance, Shining Armor, Tragedy, Twilight Sparkle
Length: 1752

What if Celestia felt she had to use the forbidden powers Sombra used and Luna once used to protect Equestria? It doesn't matter who it was that caused her to go this far, this is the story of what happened after she succumbed to that power.

What if Celestia felt she had to use the forbidden powers Sombra used and Luna once used to protect Equestria?
It doesn't matter who it was that caused her to go this far, this is the story of what happened after she succumbed to that power.

This is a short story that leads into a larger sequel.

(Special thanks to The-Lonely-Art for the great cover art).
https://www.deviantart.com/the-lonely-art/art/Solar-Flare-598540517

Published 2016-05-19 02:40:01 UTC
Last updated 2016-05-19 02:40:01 UTC

Confrontation

On a balcony of Canterlot castle Luna confronts the now self proclaimed "Solar Flare".

"Like me you allowed this dark power to twist your mind until now... Until now you have become the very thing you swore to destroy.", Luna said with a judgmental, yet pleading tone.

What was once Celestia scoffed laughing and replied, "Don't lecture me Luna! I do not fear this power as you do! I have brought peace, order, justice, and security to my new Solar Empire!"

"Your new Solar Empire?"

"Yes Luna Join me. Together I can help unlock your true potential as I have unlocked mine!"

Luna was in disbelief. It reminded her all too much of herself all those centuries ago.
"I... I don't believe what I'm hearing. Twilight was right. You truly have have changed."

Anger seemed to swell up in Solar Flare at the mention of her former student's name.
"Don't you dare mention that name ever again! She is a traitor, and I showed her the price of her betrayal! Don't you dare betray me as well!"

Luna's confidence and stern look seemed to disappear. Tears began to flow down her face. This was not the sister she knew.
"You did what... I... I don't know you anymore... Celestia... Please... You're breaking my heart. You are going down the path that I once followed. Please come back!"

A fight was almost certain, no doubt about that. What was once Celestia taunted Luna laughing reveling in her sadness and feelings of failure to prevent this. All the while not even seeing her as a threat.

Luna's was looking down at the ground, but then looked up. Her face still had tears on it, but it was clear she was not crying anymore.
"It's clear to now. You are no longer my sister, you're just what's left over of her. Her anger, frustration, lust for power... You did this thinking you could control it, but I've been in your place before. The power, it feels good. Like nothing can stop you. But in the end it consumes you, and soon all that is left is the broken pieces... The remains of what once was. I don't want to fight you, but seeing as the Elements have long since lost their power, I have no choice... I'm sorry... What I do now is out of mercy..."

Luna struck first charging catching Solar Flare off guard, not believing she would attack. After a few hits and direct energy attacks from the both of them, Luna quickly realized that the fight here could very well destroy Canterlot, and the surrounding area. So Luna seeing that the damage was already extensive went skyward.
"Running? What happened to that warrior princess spirit!" Solar Flare taunted.

Luna soared as high as she could as fast as she could going all the way to the upper reaches of the atmosphere, Solar Flare giving chase. When Luna stopped and saw Flare approaching she prepared herself. This would not be a simple clean cut fight. It would a trial of endurance, stamina, and tactical wit. "If this be the end... Then I am ready.", Luna said to herself know that this could very well be either her last battle or her sister's.

The fight lasted for hours and seemed to take them all over the planet. While what was once Celestia was more powerful she fought with the savagery of an animal rather than the precision, and tactical mind set she once had. Most blows Luna could not block or dodge, she could at-least shunt off to the side. Even with Luna's superior fighting style, it was still a hard fight. Luna had been fighting in a minimalist manner in order to conserve her energy, while this self proclaimed "Solar Flare" was throwing everything at Luna and not even bothering to block attacks, instead just taking them and pressing on.

Solar Flare then tackled Luna and tried to bury her into a mountain side. Luna managed to flip Solar Flare around just seconds before impact, making Flare take the hit instead. They crashed through the mountain side causing the mountain to crumble, and crashed onto the other side plowing into the ground coming to a stop at a ravine which they fell into.

Luna landed on a ledge on the side wall of the ravine, as did the corrupted Celestia, however she was hanging off the edge.
Solar Flare's mane was no longer ablaze and one of her wings was broken, but she still showed some strength left in her as she tried to pull herself up. At the bottom of the ravine there were razor sharp rocks. Luna despite being beaten, bruised, and drained of most of her energy ran over to her.

Luna pleaded with her,"Celestia! Take my hoof! We can still save you, it doesn't have to be this way! Sister... Please..."

A few seconds passed, for a moment it seemed like Flare was going to accept Luna's help, but then...

"I'll never give you the pleasure...", Solar Flare said with a snarl.

Solar Flare let go and plummeted towards the razor sharp rocks below. Luna's energies being depleted attempted to lunge to grab Celestia's hoof, but to no avail.

"Tia!",Luna yelled a her sister plummeted down into the ravine.

Luna looked away as she heard her sister hit the rocks and she exhaled as the last bit of life left her body. Luna then hesitantly looked down at her. Celestia was impaled on the rocks below had reverted back to her old self. Luna sobbed to herself, letting out all the feelings she had pent up during the conflict.

"I... No... I only wanted you to find peace... I only wanted my sister back..."

Aftermath

Three months had passed since the ultimatum between Royal sisters. Canterlot was being restored since the initial battle with Solar Flare, and Twilight was recovering. Although she had lost a her right front limb when she confronted her former teacher, she gotten a new one made out of high grade metals with a little bit gold and silver in the mix as well.
Luna oversaw the funeral of her sister, and designed her coffin personally. After the funeral Luna became distant. She stopped socializing, and would only really leave her bedroom to eat at night, all the while keeping the sun and the moon going.
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Twilight, Cadence, and Shining Armor all came up to Luna's bedroom door.

"Luna... Are you there?", Twilight asked.

There was no response.

"Auntie Luna... Please. We know this has been hard on you. It's been hard on all of us. We all know you didn't have a choice, and we would have never wished this on you.", Cadence said trying to reassure her aunt.

Quiet still.

"She has been in there for three days. Luna are you there? We just want to make sure you are alright okay.", Shining Armor said starting to become a bit concerned.

No response.

"Now Luna don't make me smash down that door now. You know I have an awesome right hoof now, and I can hit pretty hard.", Twilight joked trying to lighten the mood.

The silence was starting to become awkward for the three of them.

"Guess you're not in the mood for jokes then... Which is understandable.", Twilight said with the smile she had leaving her face.

"Luna if you are in there, I'm letting you know we're coming in."
Shining Armor said as he took a key out of the pocket on his uniform unlocking the door opening it slowly.

"Luna? Are you in here?", Shining Armor asked.

He looked around. The place was a mess. It looked like Luna hadn't tidied up her room in awhile.
The three noticed a bulge coming from underneath the covers of Luna's bed.
Twilight approached it,

"Luna I know you're upset... We all are... Believe me when I say we all..."

Twilight had stopped mid sentence because she noticed something. She had an eye for these sort of things. There was something... Off about the bulge under the covers. So she moved the covers back to reveal that it was just pillows.

Twilight's eyes widened as she said,"Oh no..."

"What!?!", Cadence said in mixture of surprise and confusion.

"Cadence! Twilight! Over here!", Shining Armor yelled calling them over to corner of the room.

Shining showed them some of the books discarded throughout the room. They were books on theories. Time travel, alternate dimensions, universes, timelines you name it. If had something to do with space and time it was there.

"Do you think she intends to... What if she's already...", Cadence said as several thoughts of what Luna could possibly plan to do entered her mind.

"She can't be! The sun and moon are still going.", Shining Armor reasoned.

"All the same, we still need to find her.", said Twilight.

"Agreed. I'll gather our fastest pegasi. ", Shining Armor said as he went off to organize a search party.

Twilight saw tears welling up in Cadence's eyes and went over to comfort her.

"Hey. It will be alright okay. We will find her. You will not lose your last blood relative, I promise I will ensure that.",
Twilight said hugging Cadence and reassuring her.

They all knew what had to be done. They had to find Luna before she did something that she would regret.
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Luna stood upon the tallest mountain peak in world. She had been waiting here for a little over two days. Waiting for something to arrive.
Then it happened.

"There you are." Luna said seemingly expecting this to happen.

A swirling vortex of energy appeared. Luna had read about this event. This energy release only happened once every decade. It was part of the reason their world was the way it was. It was the excess energy of other universes, and if one knew how to use it, they could change the very fabric of reality.

"Now...", Luna said to herself. "Now I can set things right."

The end... For now...

Author's Note

I had an absolute blast writing this, and I intend to write a sequel for it in the future.

I would like to give thanks to everyone who inspired me to write this, and special thanks to The-Lonely-Art on Deviant Art . A link to the account is here http://the-lonely-art.deviantart.com/

Like I said it is not over. I shall return with a full story, this is just a prelude.