Lovely Midnight's : Answers Never Sought.

by Lovely Midnight

Rating: teen
Tags: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Alternate Universe, Sad, Nightmare Moon, Princess Luna, Original Character, Mystery, Horror
Length: 1016

Nightmares are never forgotten. One child is ready to show Luna, That you try to forget the past. Yet you can never escape it.

A Darker Retelling of Seeking Answers. by Skye Mist.

A mother torn from her daughters.

A legacy born in hate and regret.

Luna must face her past before she can create her future. But how deep does sin stain the soul, can a true nightmare ever have a happy ending?

Characters belong to the sweet Skye Mist who was nice enough to allow me to write this. Though I'm a bit late to publishing.

Published 2016-06-26 17:20:01 UTC
Last updated 2016-06-26 17:20:01 UTC

A Thousand Years.

Everypony could see she was hungry for power.
Mother picked up on it right away.
Just by the way she always would gaze to her sister, with that cold silent stare.
Hate filling her very soul, Mother knew that hate was the key.
As I said she was so predictable.
Nights of sneaking into the castle, continued for what felt like a lifetime.
She would stay quiet within her room.
Mother whispering plans of a eternal night.
Reading the same books.
Planting the seeds of what should've been a true legacy.
Talking to the same ponies.
Years she would give my Mother info, the kingdom was ours to transverse.
Making the same plans.
Mother knew merging their souls into one.
But that is all they were, just plans.
Would be the only way.
Foalish little daydreams she would have, something to make her smile.
A ever lasting night, one where we would not have the fear the prejudice of the light.
She wasn't a monster.
Mother wanted this to be a clean takeover, no blood spilled.
Well...
But that would not be the case.
At least not yet anyways.
Her lack of experience worried Mother.
Wake up.
She thought of backing out.
Dream.
Yet she would bring her back in.
Go to sleep.
With promises of something we could only dream of.
It was her routine.
How could Mother refuse?
Then one night, she just snaps.
Pushing the plan ahead by years.
Going off and killing us.
Striking at her sister before Mother could properly train her.
She was predictable with that too.
When the dust settled, Mother was gone.
If you are going to kill somepony, at least make it a surprise .
All that was left was just my sister and I.
I didn't fear death, I wouldn't admit it then but...
I tried to hold on to her for dear life.
I had been dead inside long before she came along.
But much like time, she slipped away from me.
Sure afterwards she was did away with.
Soon I was alone.
But unlike us, they showed her mercy.
In a world that showed me no pity.
Locked away like a child throwing a tantrum for a Thousand Years.
Stripped of the only love I ever knew.
One day to be forgiven.
By a child greedy for power.
Welcomed back with open hooves.
And like a child, just given a slap on the wrist.
When that day comes.
Forgiven for a sin.
I'll come back...
Murder.
She thought, She knew what real suffering is...
My Mother.
Not yet she doesn't.
My Sister.
But she will.
Gone.
How will all this end?
Gone.
I bet you can figure it out, I'm not going to turn off the Light and let the Dark show you the truth for you though....
Gone...
A thousand years.
Luna.
I've waited long enough.
I'm coming for you.
Now you join us...

The darkness doesn't belong to you no longer, It belongs to me.

The crunching of dead leaves underneath her dark blue hoof echoed loudly. The night was pitch black and ever so silent, the calm sky above clear with not a single star.The moon showered a pale light onto the world below, protecting all with a serene aura.

Though not within the Everfree. The trees stretched so high into the sky, blocking out any light from entering within. The woods around damp, dreary and cold. Rustling within the bushes caused her ears to twitch, hooves walking ever deeper within the darkness.

Leaving behind the world as she knew it, the dreams were getting worse. The voice was getting louder, taunting or perhaps welcoming her ever closer. She knew if she did not put a stop to the madness it would surely drive her insane. A cold wind cascaded over her shimmering blue mane, bangs flowing back as pale blue hues narrowed to the abyss ahead.

"Luna" A calm feminine voice called out from beyond the dense flora of the forest.

The Alicorn slowly turned to face behind her, eyes glowing brightly in the darkness. Yet all that welcomed her was nothingness, leaves blowing in the wind, the sound of animal footsteps close by. Nothing that could've called her name, a small frown forming across her lips.

Even now the voices were getting worse, the lack of sleep was starting to make it harder to determine what was real and what was just a fragment of her weakening mind. Even with The Tantabus gone, Nightmares still plagued her soul. A stain of her sins, to remind her of what a true monster she could become.

Taking a deep breath she spun back around, walking elegantly down the narrowing path before her. The sounds around her dying out, growing fainter and fainter. What little light that protected her fading, fading and fading. Mist creeping upward from the vanishing trail below, forming a diabolic shroud around her.

In the distance a castle coming into view.

"Flash." The bright blue aura of her horn came into existence, the mist thick and freezing. The alicorn swallowed a growing lump deep within her throat, heart within her chest rapidly beating faster. This was it, the reason she had been brought here, would soon be made clear.

Calming her mind and her nerves, she pressed forward. The crunching of dead leaves once more the only sound echoing around her, she wasn't scared of what she would find ahead.

What she feared was...

What she'd find out about herself.

She had arrived.

The Castle Of The Two Sisters.

On this night we fail to rest.

Our inner strength we shall test.

Will we see what we fear.

The monster who stares back at us in the mirror.

Our sins keep us here.

To only ones to scream in fear.

To hate is so easy to blind.

To forgive is divine.

S.M.

Author's Note

I hope you enjoyed. Perhaps try reading Between the lines. For a little something extra. I'll post more soon. Until then I wish you all well.