More than a thousand years ago a great battle between the two pony sisters and the tyrant king Sombra took place. The battle was long and hard fought the tide of battle changing every attack. But the two pony sisters eventually prevailed but at a cost. Just before they struck down the evil tyrant he performed a spell making the entity of the Crystal empire and any traces of it even existing vanish into the frozen waistland in which it resided. The two sisters looked at each other and then to the empty tundra which used to be the the Crystal empire and returned to their home where they rule equestria as equals. At least that's what Celestia thinks.
Three days later.
"I shall see you in the morning dear sister. May you dream of happiness and pleasures" said Luna to her sister.
"I shall Luna, just please don't look at my dreams any more" Celestia responded.
"Dont worry Tia with the magic barrier around your room I am unable to do so anyway which I suppose was your intention " Luna said eyeing her sister.
"It was" Celestia responded again.
Later that night after the princess of the Sun had went to bad and her dear sister stood upon her balcony a dark clouded figure snaked through the jungle around the castle. The figure stopped outside of the castle and searched for an entrance. It took notice of the alicorn on the balcony but she wasn't his target, it wanted Celestia. After searching and finding an entrance it began its hunt for the Sun princesses room. When it found the room however it was unable to enter it, after a few tries it decided the room was magically sealed and its current magic was far from strong enough to break the seal. Realizing that however it remembered the pony on the balcony.
Snaking through the castle shifting through the shadows it reached the room of Princess Luna. Pushing itself through the door with its cloudy body it took notice that Luna was still on her balcony. While it couldn't break the seal on her sisters room it could render Luna in a brain dead state. After rendering Luna a nonfactor the figure began to retake its physical form. It's purple and green eyes began to show with their burning essence coming off of them. Along with its eyes its blood red horn and razor sharp teeth began to show as well. When its transformation finished the dark figure was the currently thought dead King Sombra. His original plan was to kill Celestia and leave the entity of the kingdom to be ruled by the inexperienced Luna and eventually take over later. However with his current predicament he decided he would have to do with Luna, but just before he did the dead a thought crossed his mind. The thought began to grow along with his enthusiasm, he wouldn't kill Luna instead he would do something much different. As he finished making up his mind the wanting of his body for the dead he was to commit began to grow and it was wanting.
The next morning.
"Luna, Luna are you ok LUNA please answer LUNA"! screamed Celestia wanting to know what is going on with her sister.
"Uggh huh wha what happen aghh my head " Luna said waking up dazed and confused.
"LUNA PLEASE ANSWER"! Screamed Celestia bursting through the door.
"I'm ok Tia I just have somehow fallen asleep. How how is the Sun up and where is the moon" Luna she'd recovering from what she associated with a hang over.
"I lowered the moon and raised the sun it was very tiresome and I ask of you to not have me do it again, I apologize for sounding rude as well " Celestia said comforting her sister.
"It's ok I will try my best to not do it again " Luna responded.
"Thank you Luna, now let's have something to eat" suggested Celestia.
"I would very much enjoy that, thank you Tia" Luna said rising to her hooves shakiy.
Over the next few weeks Celestia began to notice something....off about her sister. Celestia noticed Luna being more sluggish in the morning along with having pains, as well her usual orderly dining habits have all but vanished as she consumes just about any viable food source without hesitation or reason mixing and matching a variety of foods and condiments. After two months of this happening Celestia decided she'd had enough and ordered her sister to visit one of the royal physicians. While Celestia could easily use her own magic to check on her sister, the royal physicians were much more suited for the magic required. Once they were finally able to calm Luna down and get her in one of the chairs the physician began to ask various questions answered by both Celestia and Luna both.
Once finished with the questionnaire the unicorn lit his horn and began to gaze over Luna his horn changing in intensity the longer it went on. This continued for a few more seconds until he stopped dead, his gaze fixated on Lunas stomach his eyes seemingly growing as time went on. "So what is it" asked luna, the physician leaving his trance at the question and starred at Celestia and Luna.
"Uhm well how do I say this princess Luna your-your carrying a foal" said the physician nervously.
Celestia stood a statue looking at the unicorn in front of her hoping he would say something else or something that she could fix but he said nothing. As for Luna all the color seemed to have left her form as she sat mouth a gap fear in her eyes. Celestia lit her horn and fired at the physician and then teleported her and her sister back to her chambers. "Celestia why would you do that, what did you do to that poor pony" Luna managed to say with her still extremely pale.
"Dont worry Luna I only wiped his memory of the check up, I'm sorry I over reacted" Celestia said looking at the ground in disappointment of herself.
This trend would continue for the months to come Celestia would wipe the memories of any pony who realised the truth. At first Luna didn't want the foal and had no intention of having any for quite a while but at the time no magic was capable of ridding a mare of an unwanted foal, but as time went on her mood changed and she began to like the fact she would be a mother even having decided the name of her young one. Along with the foal and Lunas love for it something else was growing, a dark essence bent on taking over Luna and getting rid of her sister. However something was stopping it, something strong, powerful, and hungry very very hungry.
Soon the months went by and the idea that Luna was pregnant among the castle work ponies became ever more present as her 'baby belly' began to show more and more. Then one day it happened, 12 long grueling hours of pain and agony and torture took place before the foal came into the world. Luna looked into the eyes of her new foal. Her new daughter. She looked so much like her mother, the same dark coat and starry hair, along with it her eyes interestingly enough were a dark purple in one eye and a grean in the other. Luna named her daughter Lunar eclipse, after the event that transpired due to her birth. The weeks go by and on the surface luna cares for her young filly like any mother would, but beneath the loving exterior the evil presence grows ever more rapidly slowly corrupting Lunas subconscious, but something was still stopping it from taking over and yet not nearly as much as it used to. Sadly however one day the evil force took over turning Luna into the monster mare Nightmare Moon. The battle between Nightmare Moon and Celestia would go down in history along with the outcome, but what no one knows is what Celestia did after the battle.
Having thwarted Nightmares plan the first thing Celestia did was go and check on Lunar eclipse only to find the room she and her mother shared had been destroyed, no doubt by Nightmare Moon. Celestia looked and looked for the filly but could never find her, the only hint of her fate was the moon rattle her mother gave to her, shattered to pieces next to her charred crib.
1000+ years later.
"Umm Celestia we've gotten some more information involving the hospitalization of the 12 ponies last week" said an informant pony.
"Is it on the identity of the pony reslonsible, and if yes, any distinguished features ponies have mentioned".
"Uhh yes your majesty from what we've gathered they say the pony looks like, well looks like princess Luna".
Revolting. That was all she could think of while pushing her way through the crowds and mobs of ponies. She never understood why they all cramped themselves into this city and why they all looked at her strangely, not that she cared for the last part but nonetheless. All she cared for in this city was finding food and to be able to finish without being interrupted. Her last feeding was less the exemplary having been caught in the act, she'll be it that it was in the middle of the day in a busier part of town but that happened a while ago in a different town. Manehattan was the closest marked peace of civilization to where she was previously at so she reluctantly came here; and while the local wildlife animals, plants etc could sustain her nothing was as delicious as pony even if she was one herself. Luckily for her she had known a spell that would change her appearance enough to not be spotted should a pony recognize her actual appearance. What she looked like wasn't on her mind at the moment however, the only reason she still being here in this city was a mare she spotted departing off the train. She would make an excellent meal and would last her a while, the only problem was the mare had friends. Now she knew her strength and power and could easily take them but she didn't want to draw any unnecessary attention towards herself and knew starting a fight would do just that. In truth anypony would suffice her hunger but each one had their own taste and the mare she had decided to be her meal would no doubt taste exquisite. She had a pristine white coat with an extravagant lavender mane and she wore what she guessed was a hoof made dress for it matched her figure perfectly. She stayed a good distance away from the group of mares and small purple thing to remain as non-conspicuous as possible but even then with her extremely dark coat she stuck out like a sore hoof amongst all of these other ponies. It showed as well since the mares knew she had been following them, the one to first notice being the one she was after.
"Rarity theres no need to worry. Gals probably just heading to work or somethin" said the orange earth pony amongst the group.
"Yes that is true but I am more than certain I spotted her at the train station and she's been following us since" Rarity said shooting a quick glance over her shoulder to the strange unicorn following them. "Besides what normal pony goes around following ponies and ohh this heat its going to ruin this dress and i spent so much time on it" she said both worried about the stranger following them and her new dress.
The other mares laughed at her final comment but Twilight had to admit that if this mare had been following them there had to be a reason. luckily she would have some time to think it over since she and her friends had reached their destination; they all began to scale the massive building with their eyes, it reaching high into the sky.
"you sure Celestia couldn't have given us something less um...big" said the cream colored pegasus who was shaking in fear at the hight of the structure before them.
"I'm afraid not Fluttershy, Celestia said she would want us to have total privacy and not have to worry about anypony getting involved; thats also why she has us on the top floor" Twilight said trying to comfort her friend only to realize she probably should have left out the last part.
All Fluttershy could do was shake more as she stared up to the top of the building terrified out of her mind despite having gone to Clousdale on more than a handful of occasions. The group of mares entered the building having needed to drag Fluttershy with them and Rarity giving a glance to where she had last seen the strange pony only to find she had gone, as she let out a sigh of relief as across the street the mare chuckled to herself a bit at what she had done and contemplated toying with the mare a bit more but the rumbling of her stomach suggested other wise. Manehattan was called the city that never sleeps for a reason but she would be able to find a location to dine in peace once night fell, and it just so happened thats when the mars all decided to go out for some fun and see the sights so to speak while doing what had been assigned to them before any more ponies got hurt.
"Twilight darling when are you going to put down that news article and come join me and the girls for some fun" Rarity asked as she covered her face in makeup in the other room.
"I'm surprised your actually going out with the way you acted this morning besides I still can't figure out what pony could have done this these innocent ponies" Twilight responded reading the headline again for the hundredth or so time.
"I'll be the first to admit that this morning was a bit odd but as long as we stick together we'll be fine" she said walking over to Twilight and pulling the news article out of her face "now I hope youll join me and everypony else for some quality time in Manehattan" Rarity walked back into the previous room and began to finish her makeup.
Twilight looked towards Rarity and then to the article as much as she hated to admit a little fun couldn't hurt, and unlike rarity she was relatively ready at the moment anyway and gathered up a few bits so they could enjoy the sights. Once they were finally ready to go Twilight and her friends set off for a night of fun and in a chance to ask a few questions about any odd doings having happened anytime soon. The girls left their dragon friend Spike to maintain the apartment and the first thing he did was read the headline of the article Twilight was reading. In all caps and bold were the words TWELVE HOSPITALIZED, ONE NEARING DEATH. Deciding not to read any more he picked the article up and put it with Twilights things. Little did he or his friends know that the mysterious pony they were looking for was getting ready to strike upon his next meal.
