A Mysterious Moon

by LunaLuvestoRead

Rating: everyone
Tags: Dark, Alternate Universe, Nightmare Moon, Princess Luna, Princess Celestia, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Length: 2459

A long time ago, our land was shrouded in darkness. Until a forgotten princess arose from the shadows. It all started, with a mysterious moon...

If you think you know the grand princess Luna, The one that has appeared in dreams, and was Nightmare Night? If you think so, you're wrong. To find out the true nature of this princess we must find the truth and start from the beginning. It all starts here.

Published 2017-07-19 23:20:11 UTC
Last updated 2017-10-22 21:27:02 UTC

It all starts here...

Once upon a time in the land of Equestria there lived two ponies, Starlight and Moonlight. Starlight and Moonlight were both sisters. Moonlight would rise the Moon, and Starlight the Sun. Then once the last sun and moon had set, Starlight and Moonlight died, leaving their duties to their younger sister, who was just born, Luna. Luna was an observer and always kept quiet. She never bothered with socializing or parties. Aside from a few close friends, she was completely alone. And she liked it that way. She could have peace and quiet whenever she wished, and didn't have to endure the judgement of others. One day, she earned her wings and horn and she got the gift of rising the sun. She wanted to find out about her sisters who had left their legacy. She went to the library and came upon a book. It was old and worn, with a thick layer of dust on the cover. She opened the book and found the diary of her long gone sisters. After reading the diary she was able to delve deeper and went on to learn various spells to help herself and other ponies with her magic. She became a very well-read pony, well, more so than before. Then one day, Celestia was born. Celestia was beautiful, social, and extremely smart unicorn. Her talent was recognized everywhere. Ponies thought they should have a duel. The winner of the duel would become Princess and learn all the secrets of their opponents spells. The day of the duel, Celestia won. She became princess and carried on the legacy of Starlight and Moonlight. She stole the duties Luna's sisters gave her, and Celestia rose the sun. But without someone to raise the moon, she could have no daylight. Knowing that except for her, Luna was most learned, Celestia named her Princess Celestia riser of the sun, and Princess Luna riser of the Moon. To this day, everyone praises Princess Celestia and people are only allowed to see Princess Luna in their sleep. Princess Luna only comes out for special occasions. While Princess Celestia is Raising the Sun, Princess Luna, the sister of Starlight and Moonlight, is becoming restless inside her soul. Soon the inner Luna will be released and must be put back to her original duties.

The story goes on. Young and lively, Princess Luna & and Princess Celestia battle many battles, ones with Discord, King Sombra, and Queen Chrysalis but they won. The battles that were fought were not wars with bloodshed, but ones with magic and powerful spells.

One fine day, Princess Luna came across a book. The book was old and dusty like her sister's diary. Except it looked even older, and 1 page was torn. She started reading it and came upon various spells. One of the spells, timos chromos was a spell that allowed somepony to virtually control time. It went like this,
King of Timos Chromos,
Come to me and give me my bidding,
The holy offering I shall give thou,
Will fulfill time and destiny altogether.
The spell allowed the user to warp and bend time to their will.Some villains would kill to have this, Luna thought. She shuddered at the thought of some of her enemies. She hoped she'd never have to fight them ever again. She pushed the thoughts out of her mind and turned her attention back to the spell. The spell was practically impossible. It required the finest magical skills, possessed only by Starswirl the Bearded, and even so, It was extremely hard and needed many hours of dedicated studying. A spell works like this, you use your horn and don't usually recite anything. But you see, this book was special. It had different techniques and captured things that were even more powerful almost than using a regular horn.
As time went on, Luna learned many spells of this book that helped her with many things even twilight and celestia had difficulty on. Soon Luna was changing the gears of time and flying faster than light. But at the end of the book, there was a warning. It read,
If you have been reading this,
your time has come,
To surrender to me.
if you are reading this,
you know who I am.
Signed a friend.
Luna worried that this might be her permanent enemy, the thing she was fearing. The thing that had brought darkness into her world.

Celestia's Sister.

Celestia's sister Caireann was an evil enchantress. The day Celestia was born she had an evil twin. When Caireann was born, nobody knew. Only the mother and father knew. Knowing that Caireann wouldn't ever be able to be as good as Celestia, they threw her out into the dark streets. Cair grew up there, never knowing that Celestia was her sister. On her deathbed, Celestiaâ€™s mother revealed the tragic event that had happened to her twin. Knowing that it was very easy to turn to the dark side, Celestia rushed to find her sister. When Cair found this out, she was furious with rage.

She decided to turn over to the dark side, and be permanent enemies with Equestria. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna tried to strengthen a force field around Equestria, but Queen Caireann always found ways to attack. Whether it was Discord, or King Sombra she always tried. That never meant she was to succeed.
Meanwhile back in Canterlot, Princess Luna was deep in her sleep. Her dream was terrifying and vivid, and though she didn't know it, Princess Celestia was having the same dream. They both saw a beautiful dark figure approaching towards them. She had on a cloak and had a horn and wings. Her flowing hair was white and she had on a crown. Though the princesses are thought to be the most learned, something new was born. Every form of attack was confirmed to be something bigger. All the plots of destroying Equestria had different thoughts and ideals but only one pony knew that all of them were connected. This pony was once created to destroy all evil.

Instead, she was doing the opposite.
Plot by plot she was getting closer to her ultimate goal.
And in both their hearts, the princess knew that she was about to reach it.

Author's Note

I know this story drags on, but basically Luna has a different past, and she needs to throw out Celestia's Crown. She has learned many advanced spells. Read the Next Chapter to find out more. You probably are reading this because you liked the description or something. But do my a big favor and thumbs up this! Then we'll get right to the story.

new version of it all starts here...

Once upon a time in the land of Equestria there lived two ponies, Starlight and Moonlight. Starlight and Moonlight were both sisters. Moonlight would rise the Moon, and Starlight the Sun. Then once the last sun and moon had set, Starlight and Moonlight died, leaving their duties to their younger sister, who was just born, Luna. Luna was an observer and always kept quiet. She never bothered with socializing or parties. Aside from a few close friends, she was completely alone. And she liked it that way. She could have peace and quiet whenever she wished, and didn’t have to endure the judgement of others. One day, she earned her wings and horn and she got the gift of raising the sun. She wanted to find out about her sisters who had left their legacy. She went to the library and came upon a book. It was old and worn, with a thick layer of dust on the cover. She opened the book and found the diary of her long gone sisters. After reading the diary she was able to delve deeper and went on to learn various spells to help herself and other ponies with her magic. She became a very well-read pony, well, more so than before. Then one day, Celestia was born. Celestia was beautiful, social, and extremely smart unicorn. Her talent was recognized everywhere. Ponies thought they should have a duel. The winner of the duel would become Princess and learn all the secrets of their opponents spells. It was decided that it would happen, and that they would meet in the town square.

The day of the duel, Celestia and Luna had gathered in the center of Canterlot. They both stared into the other’s eyes, just waiting to spark her horn. Finally, Celestia’s horn ignited. She blasted her opponent with a powerful spell, only for Luna to block it at the last second. Luna countered her attack with several small blasts, almost all of which her adversary had avoided, except for two that had hit her very close to her heart. Celestia panted, then looked up at Luna with a look of hatred. Luna returned the glare. The two blasted each other simultaneously. For short periods of time, one would take the lead, but they were otherwise equal. Luna began to overpower Celestia. Celestia knew this, and she knew she would lose if she didn’t do something quickly. Then she decided to do something nopony expected. She put up a shield to block Luna’s attack. Her aura changed from golden to purple and green swirls. Luna’s expression changed into one of shock, and even a bit of horror, knowing what that was. Her attack stopped, and she let out a shriek as the blast of dark magic knocked her down. The magic on Celestia’s horn faded. She had won, she was the sole ruler of Equestria. Celestia became princess and carried on the legacy of Starlight and Moonlight. She stole the duties Luna’s sisters gave her, and Celestia rose the sun. But without someone to raise the moon, she could have no daylight. Knowing that except for her, Luna was most learned, Celestia named herself princess of the sun, and Luna became the princess of the Moon. To this day, everyone praises Princess Celestia and people are only allowed to see Princess Luna in their sleep. Princess Luna only comes out for special occasions. While Princess Celestia is Raising the Sun, Princess Luna, sister of Starlight and Moonlight, is becoming restless inside her soul. Soon the inner Luna will be released and must be put back to her original duties.

The story goes on. Young and lively, Princess Luna & and Princess Celestia battle many battles, ones with Discord, King Sombra, and Queen Chrysalis, but they won each time. The battles that were fought were not wars with bloodshed, but ones with magic and powerful spells.

One fine day, Princess Luna came across a book. The book was old and dusty like her sister's diary. Except it looked even older, and 1 page was torn. She started reading it and came upon various spells. One of the spells, timos chromos, was a spell that allowed somepony to virtually control time. It went like this,
King of Timos Chromos,
Come to me and give me my bidding,
The holy offering I shall give thou,
Will fulfill time and destiny altogether.
The spell allowed the user to warp and bend time to their will. Some villains would kill to have this, Luna thought. She shuddered at the thought of some of her enemies. She hoped she’d never have to fight them ever again. She pushed the thoughts out of her mind and turned her attention back to the spell. The spell was practically impossible. It required the finest magical skills, possessed only by Starswirl the Bearded, and even so, It was extremely hard and needed many hours of dedicated studying. A spell works like this, you use your horn and don't usually recite anything. But you see, this book was special. It had different techniques and captured things that were even more powerful than using chaos magic, or even alicorn magic.
As time went on, Luna learned many spells of this book that helped her with many things even twilight and celestia had difficulty on. Soon Luna was changing the gears of time and flying faster than light. But at the end of the book, there was a warning. It read,
If you have been reading this,
your time has come,
To surrender to me.
if you are reading this,
you know who I am.
Signed a friend.
Luna worried that this might be her permanent enemy, the thing she was fearing. The thing that had brought darkness into her world.

Celestia's Sister.

Celestia's sister Caireann was an evil enchantress. The day Celestia was born she had an evil twin. When Caireann was born, nobody knew. Only the mother and father knew. Knowing that Caireann wouldn't ever be able to be as good as Celestia, they threw her out into the dark streets. Cair grew up there, never knowing that Celestia was her sister. On her deathbed, Celestia’s mother revealed the tragic event that had happened to her twin. Knowing that it was very easy to turn to the dark side, Celestia rushed to find her sister. When Cair found this out, she was absolutely furious.

She decided to turn over to the dark side, and be permanent enemies with Equestria. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna tried to strengthen a force field around Equestria, but Queen Caireann always found ways to attack. Whether it was Discord or King Sombra, she always tried. That never meant she was to succeed.
Meanwhile back in Canterlot, Princess Luna was deep in her sleep. Her dream was terrifying and vivid, and though she didn't know it, Princess Celestia was having the same dream. They both saw a beautiful dark figure approaching towards them. She had on a cloak and had a horn and wings. Her flowing hair was white and she had on a crown. Though the princesses are thought to be the most learned, something new was born. Every form of attack was confirmed to be something bigger. All the plots of destroying Equestria had different thoughts and ideals but only one pony knew that all of them were connected. This pony was once created to destroy all evil.

Instead, she was doing the opposite.
Plot by plot she was getting closer to her ultimate goal.
And in both their hearts, the princess knew that she was about to reach it.

Author's Note:

I know this story drags on, but basically Luna has a different past, and she needs to throw out Celestia's Crown. She has learned many advanced spells. Read the Next Chapter to find out more.

Author's Note

let me give a big shout out to fluttercord4lyfe she helped me edit this to make it even better.