Total Nightmare

by Kalopsia

Rating: teen
Tags: Tragedy, Horror, Dark, Alternate Universe
Length: 755

Banished to the moon for 1000 years, Luna slowly goes insane.

After her defeat by Celestia, Luna finds herself isolated on the moon. She looks back on the events that lead up to her defeat and plans her revenge. She must also deal with the effects of solitary confinement.

*Contains a large amount of non-cannon backstory for Luna and Celestia*

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2017-04-16 11:46:13 UTC

Broken

Total Nightmare

By Kalopsia

I wake up. I can only feel pain, excruciating, burning, throbbing pain all over my body. I struggle to hold back from screaming but to no avail, the pain is too much. Tears of agony roll down my face. I am lying on my side on a cold hard surface. Where am I?

All around me is nothing but a dull grey empty surface and bitter cold. It takes me a few seconds to realize where I am. I am on the moon. The Elements of Harmony must have sent me here. I look up to see the earth and I am horrified as it sinks in. I really am on the moon, but how? Why? Why did the elements send me here? I feel a flash of pain and I decide now is not the time to ask questions. I finally manage to stop crying, but a few whimpers still escape me. My heart is pounding in my chest. I feel faint. The pain is unbearable, my entire body feels as though I am on fire. Worst of all is the extremely sharp pain at the base of my horn. My head feels awfully light but I am in too much pain to really care about that small detail. First I must see how bad my injuries are.

I raise my head and look around despite the pain in my neck. My eyes widen in horror as I spot a severed unicorn horn that lay a few meters away...my unicorn horn. I let out a horrible scream as the pain in my head becomes more pronounced now that its source has been revealed. I try to channel my magic only to be rewarded with even more pain. The Elements...the Elements did this. My magic. They took my magic. I feel a crushing wave of anxiety fill my heart. I'm feeling faint.

I slowly raise a shaky hoof to my head. My horn was severed at the base. I won't be able to use magic until it grows back. It will take hundreds of years for my horn to regrow enough that I will be able to use magic again. Alicorn horns grow very slowly. My hoof makes contact with where my horn used to be. I yelp from the touch. I withdraw my hoof to check for blood. Good, no blood. My hoof...it is broken. Pieces of the hoof are missing and what is left is badly cracked. It hurts. Why didn't the Elements of Harmony turn me to stone like they did to Discord? Why would they take my horn clean off? The pain is getting worse.

I check my other hooves and find the same thing, they are broken and cracked but no blood. I won't be walking long distances anytime soon. Then I realize the severity. Broken hooves means I cant use earth pony magic either. Not that earth pony magic is particularly useful here but I would find comfort in at least knowing I had that. I...I just noticed...my fur is a lighter blue than before I turned into the Nightmare. My power. All of my power has been stripped away. Another pang of dread and anxiety fills my heart. I begin to cry again. I am in my natural state. My mane is no longer flowing. It looks just like a normal pony's mane would. The pain is making it hard to think. I feel weak.

I am afraid to even look at my wings but I turn my head to peer at them anyway. I instantly regret that decision. All of my feathers are gone. the wings themselves are twisted and the bones are clearly broken. Pain is all I feel. The pain in my heart is just as bad as the external pain. At least I can still move. My wings, my magic, my strength...all taken away by Celestia. Damn her. I feel so...so weak. I feel a pang of hunger hit me like a needle into my stomach. How long have I been here? At least I will heal with time. A very long time.

I have failed but I will make a recovery and I will get my revenge.

I will...I...why does it have to hurt so much?

I...I just..I only wanted to be loved...

Why?...why couldn't they just have loved my beautiful night?

I think i will sleep a bit...yes...sleep. Then I will...I will make my...my plan.

I feel my eyelids getting heavier...I...the pain...it hurts...hurts so much