Luna's Wish - Carbon Maestro

Chapters

My Day
My Night
My Wish

My Day

"Tia, how do you make the moon and so many stars appear?"

"Well before you were born Equestria was in total darkness, sometimes the light from the stars would allow them to see just not very much. So when I found it I trained with a powerful wizard named Starswirl the Bearded who helped me gain control of the stars, the moon, and now the sun."

"Will I ever be able to control the stars like you do?"

Celestia smiled down at Luna, "Of course you will and maybe someday you will be able to control the moon." Celestia could see that Luna was obviously falling asleep and tried not to disturb her as she got up. As Celestia walked out from underneath the tree she smiled at the thought "Luna, princess of the night".

Luna woke up to the sound of birds chirping and noisy construction as the sun shone through the tree above her. As Luna stood up she could see her sister working with some other ponies on a building while other were holding up blueprints with their magic. As luna galloped over to her sister a pony stepped into the way, "Celestia has informed me to tell you that you are not allowed in the construction area while there are workers here."

"Well, I'm a princess so I command you to allow me through."

"Luna! How many times have I told you that you can't treat others like you are above them."

"But I.." Luna was cut off by Celestia holding up a hoof and walking back to the construction area. Luna's eyes started to bulge as she turned around and galloped off in the opposite direction. After a while of running, she soon realized that she was in the middle of a gloomy forest. "Where am I," she asked herself as scanned the surrounding area. As she slowly walked through tall grass and bushes full of thorns with berries she soon had to create her own light to be able to see where she was going. The more she walked into the forest the more that she felt that she was being watched, "Hello, is there any pony out there?"

Not expecting an answer she turned around and began to keep walking but was stopped in her tracks by a voice from behind, "I am here but you should not be little pony."

Luna began to shiver a tiny bit in fear, "W-w-why shouldn't I?"

"There are monsters following you, other than me of course."

"Are y-you a monster?"

"Of sorts yes I am."

"W-what do you look like?"

"I can tell you this, I won't hurt you but the others aren't as pleasant as me so you're going to have to do something for me."

"And what is that," Luna said with a gulp.

"Run." Luna didn't hesitate to start galloping off deeper into the forest as sounds in the bushes behind followed her.

"Tia helps me," Luna shouted as she dodge and weaved through trees and bushes. Luna was about to shout again but was cut off by the lack of ground beneath her hooves. Luna took quick breaths as she fell through the air and into a small pond. She quickly got up the edge of the water as she stared up in fear from what was chasing her. She could only stare at the beast as it landed in the water a few meters in front of her, it was made of wood and sticks while its eyes glowed a bright green. Luna backed up into a tree as the beast slowly approached her. "Tia," she whispered as it jumped at her. After a few seconds of cringing in fear Luna opened her eyes to a jumble of sticks floating in front of her grasped in a field of blue magic.

"Are you alright filly?"

Luna looked up at the pony in awe, "Um yes uh w-who are you?"

"I do believe that for your age you shouldn't be talking to strangers."

"But you saved me and you talked first."

"Well if you want to keep having this conversation you can either tell me your name or I can take you back to Celestia."

"How do you know that she is my sister?!"

"I know a lot and I even know your name....Luna"

Luna jumped up in excitement, "How do you know my name?!"

"Well it's pretty simple for me I just assumed that Celestia is your sister because of how lost you got and how no pony came to find you. Honestly, the only reason that I trained her to control the sun moon and stars is because she was the only one powerful enough to do it."

Luna sat back down on the ground, "Yeah she hardly even pays any attention to me anymore and the only time she does is when she raises the moon."

"I'm sure if you train that some day you could control the night and day as your sister does. If you truly seek power then I must ready a challenge to see if you are even worthy but seeming that you ran away from your fear instead of facing it I don't know if you would be up to the challenge."

"What do you mean that I ran away from my fears?"

The pony smiled, "I am Star Swirl the Bearded and I created this forest for your sister. It is designed to draw out your darkest fears and it manifests them into a creature. The fear creature that I destroyed, your fear creature, it told me that you fear your sister."

"That's not true, I love Tia and she loves me."

"My magic doesn't fail I know that you are scared of her leaving you and I would even say that you fear her superiority, she could take away anything she wants, she could take your magic and wings."

"Don't tell Tia."

"I won't but if you want your fear to leave then you must complete my challenge."

"When?"

"Tomorrow go to the rock shaped like a pair of wings, it's just southeast of this forest."

"Um, so how do I get home?"

"I will take you." Suddenly the forest grew brighter, so bright that Luna soon closed her eyes to shield them from the light. When she opened them she was on the edge of the forest right where she had wondered in. When she turned around she saw the wizard return into the forest.

Luna looked up at the rock and gulped, "How am I suppose to climb this?"

"You don't need to climb."

Luna turned around to see Star Swirl the Bearded on top of a rock the size of herself, "So how do you or I make the creature appear?"

"I will summon it, are you ready?'' Luna held up a small dagger in her mouth that she pulled out of a small sheath that was attached underneath her wings and nodded. The magic surrounded a large rock behind Luna as it formed into a two-legged rock monster.

"Dis isn't da monster fom yesterday," Luna managed to say with the dagger still in her mouth.

"Of course not but you planned and going around your fear by killing it, to defeat it you must face it."

Luna looked up at the monster as its arm turned into a hoof and leg. It came down to the size of Celestia as its eyes turned white letting in an arc of pink. Luna dropped the dagger as she stared at the monster that had now become her sister. "Tia?"

The eyes began to emit purple smoke from each eye as the pink grew darker to red. "I do not love you sister and I never have."

"No no Tia don't leave me please I love you."

Star Swirl began to notice the same colors beginning to take effect in Luna's eyes, "I better stop this."

Star Swirl broke the monster into chunks as it whispered to Luna, "I will never love you."

Star Swirl trotted over to Luna as his magic pushed away the smoke from her eyes, "Do you want to try again tomorrow?"

Luna slowly raised her face that had numerous tears running down it to meet his eyes, "Tomorrow, again. You want to put me up against that thing again! I don't care about a small little fear but that thing is not my fear, it is a monster! I don't care about controlling the moon or the sun and I could care less about the stars. I'm going home."

Star Swirl watched as Luna trudged off, "Maybe she isn't ready for her destiny. I will find her again some day." In thought, he soon heard some noises coming from behind the broken rock monster. He approached it to find a single black crystal casting a shadow on the ground below it. "That doesn't make sense the sun wouldn't be casting a shadow like that."

Small whispers came from the crystal is it glowed a dark purple, "Of course it doesn't make sense but it is still there, what do you see wizard."

"What are you?"

"I am fear and darkness, I am power. Tell me now what do you see."

"How did.."

"What do you see wizard!"

"I see the sun and the moon fighting for or over something. I see a fire that I caused I." The crystal seemed to smile at him as he was taken over by fear. "Do you think I am stupid?" A giant magical barrier surrounded him as the fear went away. "I created you and I know how you work but I will not allow you to take control me."

"It's not true!" Luna slammed her hoof into the ground as she cried into the grass below her.

"Luna where are you!"

"She loves me right, she cares for me right?"

"Oh, Luna there you are. I was worried sick I couldn't find you and I didn't want to try to find you after I lowered the sun, your mane and coat match right into the grass at night."

"Tia do you love me?"

"What kind of a question is that of course, I do what would make you think differently."

My Night

Luna woke up in a cold sweat, "Just a dream." Luna swung her legs over the edge of the bed and gently stepped onto the wooden floor. She made her way out of the room and down the hall filled with multiple drawings and picture frames till she came to the living room. From there she went to the front door.

Luna took a deep breath of the cool night air as she walked down the steps and onto the grass. "Maybe ruling the night wouldn't be so bad." The second the thought entered her mind it was replaced by the thought from all of those years ago of Celestia leaving and saying that she never loved her. "No, I didn't waste all these years so I could change my mind."

"Well, it's never too late to try again Luna."

Luna turned around with excitement, "Star Swirl!"

Luna went to hug him but was stopped by his magic, "Please refrain from hugging me tightly, I am an old pony."

The hug was small and soft but it was enough for the both of them. "So how have you been these past ten years, I can't even believe it has been that long!"

"Well, I have done a lot of thinking and contemplating one that matter of my challenge."

Luna's smile quickly disappeared, "I told you my answer that day and it's not my choice anymore."

"What do you mean?"

"Whenever I think of ruling the night that nightmare comes back."

"I know about this, and I believe I can provide a solution to it."

"Well, what is it."

"I can take the fear from you and place it in an item but to take the fear from you I must make it into a real object."

"So you're saying that I need to do your challenge to get the fear into a monster and from there you can contain that monster in an item of your choice."

"Yes"

"Ok then let's get this done"

"What, no hesitation"

"It's a two for one deal, I face my fear but I will get rid of it and I can rule the night."

Star Swirl gulped as he said the familiar phrase again for the first time in ten years, "Are you ready?" Luna nodded. Star Swirl's magic took control of a different rock this time. Luna watched as it molded and morphed into a pony but it didn't look like Celestia this time, in fact, it looked more like Luna.

"Ok, Star Swirl go ahead." Luna took a brief second to look at him and take long to see the tears coming from his eyes.

"Luna I can't, I'm sorry you have to face it."

Luna looked back at the creature just as it finished forming, "So you are my fear, but what is it."

"Let me show you."

"Do not step near me, creature."

"But I must." The creature jumped at Luna spreading its wings while doing so.

Luna smiled as she grabbed the creature's forearm slamming it one the ground over her shoulder. "I told you not to touch me, and Star Swirl how dare you turn your back on me." Luna looked down to see the creature grab her back leg and bite it. Luna fell down and onto the ground while holding her leg, "How did that thing hurt me it's just fear?"

"You held onto this fear for a long time but it has changed and gotten stronger."

"How do I stop it?"

"By facing it"

"I am facing it and it isn't doing anything."

"No, you are fighting it."

"So you want me to let it kill me?"

"No just listen to it."

"Luna what the wizard says is true."

"What if I don't"

"Then I will have to kill you."

"Well stay over there if you want to tell me these things."

"If you wish, you fear that you are not being accepted by any pony, not just your sister. Considering you are one of two alicorns and you don't even have a cutie mark yet." Luna looked back to be reminded that she didn't have one yet. "That isn't all, you fear that if you train with the wizard that he will make a like image of you to your sister and that you will ignore others and not care for the young ponies of Equestria.

"I don't fear.."

Luna was stopped by the creature who jumped and pinned Luna on the ground, "I am your fear I have been with you for ten years and know every single thought that you possess. I know your fears. Do not lie to me Luna! Accept them, accept me your fears."

"Fine, do your worst demon." Star Swirl watched carefully as the creature grew a horn which glowed blue with magic.

"Hello, where am I Star Swirl?"

"Oh, Luna there you are. I was worried sick I couldn't find you and I didn't want to try to find you after I lowered the sun, your mane and coat match right into the grass at night."

"Tia do you love me?'

"What kind of a question is that of course not. What would make you think otherwise?"

"What do you mean I thought you have always loved me."

"Pssh you mean when I wouldn't allow you to work or when I took away the stars and the moon that you love so much or maybe all of those meetings that I would just let you sit outside how about those."

"But Tia we are sisters."

"You are no sister of mine and you aren't even close without a cutie mark.

"But."

"Luna are you alright."

"Who is that calling me."

Celestia laughed a tiny bit, "Who would want you?"

"Luna say something!"

"There it is again. Hello!"

"Luna oh goodness you're alright, what happened?'

"My fear is still here."

"But I can take it now and put it away." Star Swirl held up a small crystal and put a field of magic between it and Luna. Slowly Luna lied down as the magic took the fears away from her.

After a few minutes, Luna shot up from her sleep, "There is something in my mouth it's moving."

"Well open up.'' Luna did as he asked, "No um ugh just don't worry about it. If you want to start training tomorrow then we can."

"Really?"

"Of course and we'll get you lowering and raising the moon in no time."

"Before I go back can I see my fear."

"'Yep." Star Swirl held up an alicorn shaped rock, "This can hold great power but it is very dark and unstable."

"Hide it then."

"If you wish Princess Luna."

My Wish

Author's Note

Read Derpy and Carrot Top's Epic adventure book two to understand a lot of what this means.

p.s. Sorry for any bad grammar, I have a crappy computer until I replace my old one and this one runs super slowly and I'm not willing to edit with how slow it is.

My Wish

Three years into luna's training the tragedy in the crystal empire took place. Soon after that the death of Star Swirl the Bearded occurred.

Luna sat alone beneath the tree that she and her sister once slept underneath during the building stage of Equestria. "Why did he have to go and die, my sister doesn't even care about you anymore." Tears ran down her blue face and onto the grass beneath her. Luna took notice that the sun was going down which meant it was her time to raise the moon. Luna started focusing her magic on the massive rock that had been placed in the sky millions of years ago. Once the moon was in the sky Luna was brought back to her thoughts. As another drop fell from her face, she felt her magic tingle at the sense. Luna let her magic take control of the tear; she watched as the tear floated up in front of her face. Luna watched in awe as the now glowing orb raised into the sky placing itself next to the moon.

Luna raised her hoof up to touch it, but to her disbelief, she could not touch it. Luna got up and flew into the air trying to catch the tear. Then it hit Luna that the tear had become a part of the sky. Luna reached up into the sky but once again she could not capture it. Luna slowly lowered herself to the ground as she wrapped her mind around what just happened.

"How did that….," Luna was interrupted by a voice calling from behind her, "Luna what are you doing out so late, I thought you brought the moon up a half an hour ago?"

"Well I did, but I think I’m going to try to switch up my sleep schedule, it's probably for the better."

"How would it be for the better," Celestia asked.

“Well I don’t do a lot during the day, and with controlling the night and all, I might as well stay up to watch it just as you do with your day.”

“It’s your day too you know, and I need you to help during the day. With all this chaos that has been going on in the crystal empire and now Star Swirl is dead, besides I don’t even like the night all that much it’s dark and cold and the only thing good that comes from it is the ability to sleep.”

Something awoke in Luna as the sentence left Celestia’s mouth, “You only cared about Star Swirl because he gave you the ability to raise and lower the sun. In the crystal empire when Sombra took you down I swear I felt a connection between us all but I can’t be sure what it was because you abandoned my in that dream state as for you, he almost took you over. I have given you my all, and you treat it like it’s nothing.”

“Why is this my fault now, I didn’t kill Sombra you did. I didn’t force Star Swirl to release that monster to answer my questions, but you did, and I would even go to say that you are the one who is doing all that you can to hurt us, and guess what you can stay out here as long as you want because I don’t even want to see you anymore.”

Celestia turned to stomp away when she was stopped by Luna asking, “What about Snow Drop, how much effort did you put in to try and save her?”` Celestia stopped and looked at the ground for a minute before she retired from where she came.

As soon as Celestia was out of view Luna fell to the ground, "Why has she been acting so differently lately, is it really about what has been going on?" Luna broke into tears and concentrated her magic as she has done earlier and watched them float into the sky. Once they were stuck there she concentrated on one of them.

Luna opened her eyes and was immediately brought into tears at the sight. In front of her there was a long strip of highlight blue weaving in between a stretch of cobalt blue blankets that almost seem like they were moving. A wave of turquoise entangled itself above the ocean of stars sending the white balls of light closer to her sight. Luna herself was standing on a carpet of multicolored stars. Luna watched in awe as her tears mixed into a cluster of stars. From there they turned into stars after that transformation the stars in that grouping turned into a hallway of doors. Luna slowly approached them when she arrived at one of the doors she opened it as was quickly inside of a weird place. She looked around at the checkered room who had fish swimming in the air and ponies standing on the roof.

"I have been expecting you for a while, Luna."

Luna looked around the room but there was no one there, "Show yourself coward."

"I am no coward but I am not hiding."

"What do you mean?"

"Well you are in a dream but you don't know what I look like so you will have to make something up."

"I am dreaming?"

"No you are in a dream, an ability I perceive as dream walking. I can dream walk as well, but I have no form, so there is no way to show myself to others."

"Who are you, what are you?"

"Ugh well, lets just choose something random because that is what I like. Go capture a book and look at the first two words they will be my name and what I am, how about that?"

Luna didn't waste time in capturing a book, that was flying around the room, with her magic, "It says draconicus and Discord."

"How did I get this cutie mark by being in a dream Discord?"

"I have to say goodbye now but I guess it is what you were destined to do."

Luna woke up in a cold sweat on the ground, "Was that a dream," in a brief second she realized that it was not a dream and that her cutie mark was there. "I was made to rule the night, I was made to dream walk and now I know my purpose."

"So you got your cutie mark, I knew it would be the moon."

Luna turned around to see her sister standing behind her, "What are you doing out here I thought you didn't want to talk to me any more."

"I don't but I am struggling not to kill you along with your night."

"You will not touch my night and if you do I will.."

"King Sombra's magic is inside of me now you can't stop me now. His magic is making me stronger. I don't think you can harm me." Luna allowed her tears to run down her cheeks because she knew that they would end up in the sky. She knew that the years would allow her to dream walk.

"So what just because you have some fancy magic makes you think that I will allow you to destroy my night."

"I am doing it with or without your permission." Celestia staggered for a second before she fell into a kneeling position,"Luna run it's taking over me, King Sombra controls fear and its taking me over."

"How could that happen that's not even possible it was my fear I would even be able to latch onto you? Please Tia please stop this, fight it."

A voice came from inside Luna's head, "I'm sorry Luna, there is no time to explain. This is Star Swiril and I know you think that is your sister but it isn't, when king sombra banished the crystal empire his dark magic latched itself onto many different hosts two of them being you and your sister, you can't have that evil banished from you until you are hit by the elements of harmony from six different hosts. Celestia is going to try and kill you and I'm sorry but you're going to have to let her. I have to go now , good luck!"

Celestia's horn glowed yellow which then turned red as the six elements of harmony surrounded her, "Say goodbye to your night sister." Celestia cracked a crooked smile as she started lowering the moon and raising the sun.

Luna, in a second body, watched as the celestial plane started fading as the sun started rasing, "I can't let my night end, not the beauty, not the stars, not the peace or celestial bars." In a moment of hatred Luna shot a bolt of magic at her sister causing her to fall to the ground, she then proceeded to bring her moon back up into the sky blocking out the light of the sun. Black lines shot from what seemed to be the moon enveloping her in darkness. Luna breathed hard as she saw her sister lying motionless on the ground while the black webbing continued to surround her.

On that day Luna unknowingly started the first day of the Sun War. The action created an alternate universe in which nothing could return. Celestia exploited the new found power to rewrite history back to that day whenever she chooses to do so. A piece of darkness will stay in her heart forever more until a group of six ponies will use the elements of harmony to defeat her. Until that day comes Equestria is truly doomed to serve under an evil god that can and will change history to her advantage