Art of a Sun's Love Volume 1

Not all stories have happiness in them; sometimes, there can be some confrontation and heartbreak. One of the deepest tragedies is the broken bond between sisters. In order to understand how this happened, we're going to have to back up a bit...

As you may remember, Celestia and Sombra had married, which that meant Luna would now be the only child left at home. Needless to say, without an older sibling to prank, Luna grew very restless and bored.

"It's not the same without Celie around," she pouted, "how am I supposed to spend my free time without her?"

"Don't you have any friends at school?" asked Artemus, looking over his newspaper.

"Well, yeah, but-" Luna began

"Well then, why don't you go hang around with them?" asked Artemus.

"Sometimes they're too busy for me," complained Luna.

"Well, have you tried making some newer ones?"

"Many of them just don't notice me."

"Haven't you tried to get their attention?" asked her father.

"Not when all they talk about is Celestia," pouted Luna, "isn't it time people started talking about Luna?"

"You must be more patient, Luna," said her father, "you shouldn't have to feel so jealous of Celestia."

Luna didn't know how to respond to that, so she said no more. Little did Artemus and Harmony know, however, that this was only the beginning to Luna's inevitable downward slope...

JANUARY 7, 1995

One night, Luna was having a hard time sleeping. Earlier that day, she and some friends had gone to a coffee shop and Luna had apparently not gotten the coffee she wanted.

"Of course it's caramel white chocolate," she muttered to herself, impersonating the waiter at the coffee shop as she trundled into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator door. "Stupid waiter. I should have snubbed him when I had the chance!"

She grabbed a carton of milk and walked over to the stove. Placing a pan on one of the burners, Luna turned the stove burner on, intending to make herself some warm milk. Unfortunately, her elbow bumped the carton and it knocked over.

"Stupid milk!" snapped Luna. She reached over and grabbed some paper towel from a roll on the side of the counter. Unfortunately, Luna slipped on some milk that had spilled on the floor and fell, stretching the paper towel over the stove.

"Ohhh, botheration!" Luna exclaimed with frustration as she got back up and stormed off to the utility closet. "Where do mother and father keep the mop?"

Then there was trouble. Luna was so flustered over her misfortunes that she'd forgotten to turn the burner off. As many of us know, if the burner on a stove is on, you should never set your eyes off of it. To add to that, paper towels were right over it...

As Luna rummaged the utility closet for the mop, a funny smell caught her nose.

"Strange," she said to herself, "I could swear I smell smoke." Suddenly she looked back and gasped. The burner had set the paper towels alight and the counter (we should point out it was made of old fashioned wood) was now on fire! Without another thought, Luna raced towards her parents's room as fast as possible.

"Mother! Father!" she cried, "The house is on fire!"

"This isn't one of your tricks, is it?" Artemus muttered in his sleep.

"No, it's not a joke, honest!" said Luna, "The kitchen is on fire! Call the fire department!"

Artemus called 9-1-1 and soon, the fire department came to the rescue. Luna and her parents watched from outside as their neighbors came up as well to see what was the matter. When the reason of the fire was revealed, Harmony and Artemus were not happy with their younger daughter.

"I'm very disappointed in you, Luna," scolded Harmony, "leaving paper towels by an open flame? You're sixteen years old; you should know better than that!"

"She's right," said a nearby smart mouth, "kerosene would have been more effective."

Everybody just gave him a stern look.

"Are you insane?" asked another neighbor.

"You're not the only one to ask that," said the smart mouth.

"It was an accident," Luna insisted.

Because of the fire, their home would need some repairs and a repaint which could take several weeks. For the time being, the family needed somewhere to stay.

"I guess this means we'll have to check into a hotel," said Luna, "we do have the money, don't we?"

"We could always ask Celestia if we could stay with her for a while," suggested Harmony.

"But she's married," said Artemus, "we shouldn't bother her."

"Don't be silly, dear," said Harmony, "families are supposed to look out for each other." So Harmony used her phone to call Celestia and Sombra, explaining the situation.

"Of course you can stay with us for the time being," said Celestia.

"Thank you so much," said Harmony, "you have no idea how much it means to us."

"The pleasure is mine," said Celestia.

Celestia had to prepare the house before Luna and her parents arrived. Thankfully, Sombra was more than happy to help.

"We're going to be quite packed," said Celestia, "so sorry if it bothers you, darling."

"I don't mind it," said Sombra, "perhaps it could give us a chance for the family to spend a little more time together."

Before long, there was a knock at the door.

That must be them, Celestia thought eagerly. She opened the door, and there stood Luna and their parents.

"I'm so glad you all could make it," said Celestia.

"Hey," said Luna quietly.

"I'm so sorry to hear about the fire," said Celestia.

"It was an accident," said Luna, "but for some reason, everybody thinks I did it on purpose."

"Oh, come now, Luna," said Celestia, "I doubt they'd purposely do that."

"Yes, they would," Luna pouted.

"Why don't we all forget about the incident with some lunch?" suggested Sombra.

"Oh, I'm all for that," said Artemus.

"So am I," said Harmony, "moving sometimes makes me a little peckish."

So, the quintet decided to go to a local Italian restaurant for lunch.

"This place is quite nice," said Harmony, "and the food is delicious, but are you sure it's not too expensive?"

"It's quite alright, mother," said Celestia, "nothing's too much for my family."

"I suppose."

A couple of hours later, their lunch was over and the family made their way for home.

"Thank you for lunch," said Artemus.

"It was our pleasure, dad," said Celestia.

I'm sorry to say that Luna's fire incident didn't just affect her and her parents' living arrangements. When Luna returned to school, she would hear other students talking about her.

"'Ey, look who's comin' 'ere now," one of them said.

"Little Miss Pyro," snickered another.

"What was that?" snapped Luna.

"You heard us," said the second student.

"Must have taken guts to burn your house down," said the first student.

"It was an accident!" objected Luna.

"So you say... Celestia's shadow," he said with a sneer.

"What. Did. You. Say?"

"It must be tough knowing you'll never be as good as your hot sister," said a male student. Suddenly, without any warning, Luna grabbed the obnoxious student and smashed his face against a locker! He screamed with pain as he felt his face begin to bleed.

"Luna Faust!" came a stern voice. Luna turned around and saw the principal looking crossly at her.

"Principal Remus?!" gasped Luna, "I- It's hardly my fault, sir! That little snob was mocking me, saying rude things about my family-"

"Office, Ms. Faust. Now." Luna did as she was told.

When Harmony and Artemus heard about what had happened, they were not happy, and nor was Luna; she'd received three weeks worth of detention.

"It wasn't my fault!" protested Luna, "That student purposely provoked me!"

"Two wrongs do not make a right," corrected Artemus.

"Luna," said Harmony, "you are grounded for the rest of the week."

"That's not fair!" objected Luna, "Why are you doing this to me?"

"It's for your own good," said Artemus.

"My own good?!"

"You need to learn not to take your anger out on others," insisted Harmony, "it can affect not only you, but those around you as well."

I'm sorry to say that this didn't do good for Luna's temper, and it wouldn't stop there. For the next two months, she kept hearing her classmates talk of nothing but Celestia, as though she wasn't better than her older sister.

Then one day, Luna was walking down the hall when another student accidentally ran into her from behind, knocking both of them to the floor.

"Hey! Watch where you're going, bub!" snapped Luna.

"Sorry," said the student as he tried to use his hand to steady himself up. But he missed the ground and instead ended up with his hand on Luna's rear.

"Oh!" Luna cried as she blushed.

"S-s-s-sorry!" said the student, blushing as he took his hand off Luna's backside, "It was an accident!"

"It's quite alright," Luna giggled in embarrassment. This had been the first time someone had touched her backside, after all. Maybe, she thought, this incident could turn my fortunes around.

"I'm Luna," she said, "and you are...?"

"Clerk File," said the student, "I think we have the same history class."

"I'd never noticed."

"Guess that means I wasn't handsome or important enough to be noticed," said Clerk, feeling rather dejected. Luna felt sorry for Clerk. She knew how it felt to feel not so important as somebody else.

"I'm sorry you feel that way, Clerk," said Luna.

"Thanks."

"You're welcome," said Luna, "say, if you weren't doing anything this Friday, did you want to catch a movie?"

"Sure," said Clerk, "which you wanna see, Man of the House, or Major Payne?"

"How about Major Payne," suggested Luna, "I hear it's a military comedy."

"Like the sound of it," said Clerk, "plus, it's opening date's on the 24th."

"Great," said Luna, "see you then." With that, the two parted to their next classes.

MARCH 24, 1995

It was Friday; by this point, the kitchen had been repaired and Luna and her parents were allowed to live back at their mansion.

"Well, I'm off," said Luna.

"Have fun at the movies," said Harmony.

"Hold on a second," said Artemus, "I wanna meet this boy."

"Come on, Dad," protested Luna, "don't embarrass me."

"It's the father's job to make sure his daughter's not being taken advantage of," said Artemus.

"Ugh! Dad, Clerk isn't like most of those boys."

"You never know," said Artemus.

Just then, there was a knock at the door.

"That must be him," said Luna.

"Let me get it," said Artemus, walking towards the door.

"No, I'll get it," said Luna. She quickly got to the door before her father and opened it.

"Hey, Luna," said Clerk.

"Hi, Clerk," said Luna.

"So you must be Clerk File," said Harmony, "it's so nice to meet you."

"Hi."

"We just never would have thought it," Harmony went on, "our little Luna's got her very first boyfriend."

"Moooom!" Luna whined in protest.

"Boyfriend?" asked Clerk, blushing a bit with embarrassment.

"Clerk and I are just friends going to see a movie," Luna insisted, "it's not a date."

"Are you sure?"

"The first time your mother and I met up was a date," said Artemus.

"We'll be back later," said Luna, not wanting to be embarrassed by her mother and father any longer. With that, she grabbed Clerk's hand and pulled him off with her.

"Wah!"

Eventually, the two made it to the movies.

"Two tickets to Major Payne, please," said Clerk. As the ticket lady handed the two their tickets, Luna's fell to the ground.

"I'll get that," said Clerk, reaching out for it just as Luna reached her own hand out for the ticket. Both went red.

"Sorry," said Clerk, standing back up quickly.

"Think nothing of it," said Luna.

Over two hours later (Luna and Clerk went for the earliest time they could), the movie was finished.

"Well, that was rather fun," said Luna.

"You said it," said Clerk, "we should hang out again some time."

"That would be great," said Luna. For the first time in a while, Luna felt as though her life was getting back on track. But all that was soon to change.

As the two were crossing the road, a car swerved out, with the driver looking intoxicated, which didn't help matters.

"Luna! Watch out!"

Quickly, Clerk pushed Luna out of the way just as the car hit him. It drove off without even stopping.

"Clerk!!" cried Luna as she rushed over to her friend, "Speak to me! Please don't die! Why is fate doing this to me?!"

She got out her cell phone, a Nokia 100, and called 9-1-1.

"9-1-1; what service do you require?"

"The Emergency Service, please!" cried Luna, "A friend of mine has been hit by a car and we need an ambulance right now!"

Within minutes, an ambulance arrived to take Clerk to the hospital.

At the hospital, Clerk was being looked over by doctors. Luna was in the waiting room, anxious for the doctor to tell her what was going on so she could see her friend.

"Why did this have to happen?" she asked herself, "Here, I finally thought my life was going to be turned around when I meet a great guy, but now he's in the hospital because of some drunk idiot!"

Presently, the head doctor turned up.

"How is he?" asked Luna, jumping instantly out.

"A little banged up," said the doctor, "but he's doing okay. Would you like to go visit him?"

"Yes!" said Luna instantly. Luna followed the doctor to Clerk's room. His mother and father were also there.

"Clerk?" asked Luna as she approached her friend.

"Hey Luna," said Clerk.

"I'm so sorry that you got hurt," said Luna, "it's my fault!"

"Don't be silly," said Clerk, "even if you hadn't been there, chances are I would have gotten hit anyway. All that matters to me is that you're safe."

As much as Luna wanted to believe Clerk, deep down inside, she felt as though it really was her fault he was hurt. Eventually, they had to leave and let Clerk get some rest. Luna began to think back to all the troubles she had gone through. And with her recent trouble, that was the final nail in the coffin.

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"For the past few months," she said to herself, "I've been going through nothing but trouble. But when I finally meet somebody to help me feel better about myself, he almost gets taken away from me! I can't take anymore of this!"

At last, Luna made her way home.

"Luna! Where have you been?" exclaimed Harmony, "We were worried sick!"

Luna told them about Clerk's accident.

"Oh, I'm so sorry to hear what happened to that poor boy," said Harmony, "I hope the police capture that drunk driver."

As soon as Harmony and Artemus went to bed, Luna began packing her things.

But before Luna left, she had one last thing to do. She wrote a letter and made a trip to the hospital. When Luna made it there, she handed the letter to one of the nurses.

"Could you please give this letter to Clerk File when he wakes up?" she asked. The nurse was surprised, but agreed to it anyway.