A Moon's Student

by DrawLight

Rating: everyone
Tags: Nightmare Moon, Original Character, Adventure, Princess Celestia, Slice of Life, Twilight Sparkle, Main 6, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Alternate Universe
Length: 7961

During the late arrival of Nightmare Moon, the one trying to bring her back to life has a twist that may change her mind.

During her late return, a mare is planning on setting Nightmare Moon from her prison before time. But there happens to be a twist in her life that may change her mind.

Cover art by Lavandeer.

(I'm not English, so there may or may not be a few mistakes on my writing.)

Published 2018-11-27 12:00:01 UTC
Last updated 2019-02-22 18:38:26 UTC

Chapter 1: Appearence

In the castle of the two sisters, it was always quiet. The abandoned castle never had a sign of movement, no sign of life. Always silent, soulless and empty. It had many spider webs in corners, plants growing in the castle from the Everfree forest, the forest the castle was located in. And so, the castle was like that for 1000 years. Well, until an unexpected arrival.
Bright light was spreaded across the entrance. It was very bright and powerful, that nopony could possibly see. The glow was there for a few moments, until it finally started to form a pony. Very slowly, the light faded and a mare fell to the floor. She laid there, cold and tired.

She was a unicorn mare with light blue coat and black mane with a streak of green in it, along with short bangs. Her cutie mark were 3 black circles. Each circle was a different size than the other. She laid there for a while, until she finally woken up. She slowly opened her lime green eyes, so she, blinking, lifted her head up from the floor. She was confused.

She looked left and right, then she asked herself:

"W-where am I?"

She stood up and put a hoof under her chin, looking a little bit closer around the room she was located in. She immediately recognized where she was.

"The castle of the two sisters?" She asked, expecting to get no reply.
She heard hoofsteps in front of the entrance. She flinched. Why are there ponies in the castle, if it's so destroyed and old? She ran off into a room that appeared to be a study. It had a wooden desk, chair, and a few books on the shelves. She walked up to the window, looking through it to figure out who is near.

She saw a lavender alicorn princess, many ponies and a few other creatures.
"Hm. Didn't expect visitors today," the mare thought to herself. "I better get out of here before they see me.."
She tried to work her magic, not expecting to work, since many things might've changed. She used her green coloured magic aura, trying to form a spell, and it certainly worked. She only used a glow at first.

"Looks like magic still works with ease. I kind of expected for a new magic use," the mare thought, powering her horn and teleporting away.

The mare teleported into an unknown city. She looked left and right. Right away, she knew what place is this, since she was a foal. And that was certainly a while ago. Ponyville, the city of hope and care, is the place she was at. Well, at least that is what the town used to be. This one is more... colourful.
The first things she spotted are the ponies. All kinds of neon colours the mare hadn't seen for ages.

"I assume Ponyville didn't change as much," she said to herself.

"There certainly was a change 'round here," the mare heard a voice from behind her. She turned around seeing an orange mare with yellow mane, wearing a brown hat and having 3 apples as a cutie mark.

"Apple?" The mare smiled, offering an apple.

"Oh, sure," She replied, forming a smile. "Thank you."

"No problem! Well, ah'm gonna assume y'all new here. My name's Applejack. What's yours?"

"Oh, nice to meet you. My name's... Black Moon," she replied.

"Nice to meet y'all aswell. I'm headin' to Sweet Apple Acres. Where do ya need to go?" Applejack asked.

"Well... uhm, I don't really have a plan. I'll just stay around checking Ponyville," Black Moon smiled as she replied.

"Well, if ya ever wanna visit, y'all can come to Sweet Apple Acres. Now I gotta get these apples shipped off. Bye!" Applejack waved her hoof and smiled, Black Moon watching her as she trotted away, pulling her cart.

"Bye!" Black Moon said, waving back to the mare.

"Well, I just gotta think of what to do now," she thought to herself, walking up to a café.

She looked around Ponyville. She met a few ponies, chatted with a few, even got some cake!
But she loved restaurants, cafès, and other public places, and she still does. After a long time of checking the today's Ponyville, she had decided to visit a near place named Sugarcube Corner. I mean, why not?

Black Moon opened the door, entering the shop, looking at the many customers around the place. She walked up to a table and sat on a chair. She looked around, having a blue mare with pink twirly mane approach to the table.

"Hello dear! Is there anything I can get you?" The mare asked nicely, smiling.

"Hmm... I'll take.. two... cupcakes?"

"Okay. Is there anything else?"

"No, that's all," Black Moon said.

"Alright, coming up!" The mare said, walking away to the kitchen.
Black Moon looked a more closer look to the menu.

"Lot of new food names eh?" she thought to herself.

While Black kept looking at the menu, she got startled by a sound of a bubbly voice coming from the doors that had opened.

"I'm baack! I've got all the supplies you needed!" Said the mare, smiling.
She was a bright pink mare with darker pink mane with a shade of red. She had a cutie mark of 3 balloons: two blue, one yellow.
Black noticed the blue mare walking up to the pink pony, thanking her for bringing it back. The blue mare walked with the supplies over to the kitchen, having the bubbly mare following her.
While the pink mare walked-- no, bounced her way there, she stopped when she had seen Black Moon.
She stood next to her table, starting to speak:

"Hey there!" The pink mare greeted.

"Oh, hello there," Black replied, turning her head away from the menu over to the mare that spoke.

"Are you new in Ponyville?" The mare asked.

"Well... um, yes, I kind of am," Black Moon answered.

"WHAT? WHY DID NOPONY TELL ME? I GOTTA HURRY!~~" the mare said loudly before running off through the doors, closing them. Black Moon just raised an eyebrow while looking at the pink mare that ran through the doors with impossible speed.

The blue mare walked up to Black and said:
"I apologise about Pinkie. She just always gets excited when there's a new pony around."

"Huh. Well, that's fine." Black Moon said, smiling. "What's her name again?"

"Pinkie Pie. Oh, and here are your cupcakes," the mare said, putting the cupcakes to the table and walking off to the kitchen once more.

"Hm." Black Moon said, taking a bite of a cupcake before going back to her thoughts.

Black Moon trotted her way through the city, carrying a cupcake in her left hoof. She was in Ponyville for only an hour, but still hadn't checked many places. She looked around, and stopped when something caught her interest.

She was looking at a big castle with a spark on top of it. She noticed a school not so far away from it, seeming similar to the style of the castle she looked at.

"Didn't know there's a castle here. Maybe it's the lavender princess'?" she thought to herself.

She wanted to know who does this castle belong to. She wished to walk up to it and knock, but hesitated. Not all places are very welcoming; thinking so from experience. While thinking, she was just standing on that one spot. She was surprised to see Applejack--the mare she met this morning-- going there. She watched as she knocked, having the big doors opened by a purple winged dragon with green chest and eyes. Applejack entered the huge castle, doors being shut behind her. That made Black less nervous.
She ate the cupcake she held, then approached the castle doors, still hesitating to knock. She took a deep sigh. She lifted her right hoof, about to knock, but doors being open before she could do so.

"Oh, hello there! Can I help you with anything?"
She looked at the lavender mare which had spoken to her. Her hair was dark blue, with a streak of purple and pink in her both mane and tail. She had purple eyes and a smile on her face. Black replied to the mare after a few moments:

"Uh... hi. I was just wondering... who's castle is this?"

The lavender alicorn raised an eyebrow.
"Well, since you don't know, this is my castle, or, specifically, Twilight Sparkle's. And I'm Twilight Sparkle in case you haven't known," the alicorn princess spoke.

"Oh, okay. I was just asking because, I wasn't in Equestria for... a long time," Black Moon told Twilight, trying not to use the year amount.

"Oh! I didn't know so!" The mare said."What place were you at while not here?" Twilight asked a question that made Black cornered. Still, she was a quick thinker.

"I was back... there! Next to Equestria." She couldn't name the place, since it might've changed it's name.

Twilight just raised an eyebrow, tilting her head a little.

"Well, do you need a place to stay while here?" She asked, smiling.

"Well, I do, but I can't ask it from a princess. And, you must be busy so--" she was cut off.

"No, it's no problem!" Twilight said, opening the doors wider. "Here, you can come in."

"Oh, well, thank you very much!" Black smiled and started to enter the castle. "But wait, weren't you heading somewhere?" Black stopped and asked.

"Yes, but my assistant here can help you out. I'm gonna be back in a few minutes," Twilight said, showing her a dragon -- that must've been the one that opened the doors of that mare, Applejack.

"Okay, as I've said, I'm gonna be back soon. Bye!" The princess said, waving to her and flying off into the sky.

"If this is her castle, that must be her school. I'll ask to make sure when she comes back," Black thought, looking at the school before fully entering and closing the doors.

Chapter 2: A New Place

"So, you're new here in Equestria?" The young purple dragon asked, leading Black Moon through the halls of princess Twilight's castle.

"Indeed... haven't been here for a tho-- I mean, long time," Black chuckled as she spoke.

"I wonder about how you haven't heard of Twilight." The dragon said, opening a door that led to a kitchen. "This is the kitchen; you know, where the food is made?" The dragon joked.

"I know what a kitchen is," Black said, being a little bit annoyed.

"Heh, I know, I was joking," the dragon said.

"Oh, I didn't ask. May I know what's your name?" Black asked, looking at the dragon.

"The name's Spike." Spike replied. "I'm well known back in Crystal Empire."

"Really?" Black asked.

"Uh uh!" Spike said excitedly.

"That's nice," Black said, stopping as Spike did so too.
He opened a door, which had, apparently, led to a bedroom.

"This will be your bedroom. If you want, you can switch into a different one." Spike spoke.

"No no, it's fine," Black said. "Thanks," she smiled to the dragon walking into the bedroom. He smiled back and waved, closing the door behind him.
Black took a better look at the room.

There was a wooden desk with a few books on it, along with a wooden chair right ahead of the desk, both being on the left corner of the room. There was a window with turquoise curtains, located in the middle of the room, being wide open. There was a bed on the right side of the window, with a white pillow and covers, along with a bright blue blanket. The walls were all white, having a few pictures in frames of ponies she hadn't seen; not including that pony Pinkie Pie, Applejack and Twilight.
There were 7 ponies, so she didn't know 4. Spike was on them aswell. And nothing but all of that.
Black stood in the room for a moment, then looked outside her window. She saw the entire Ponyville, but her main focus was the school.

She watched as many ponies walked out of it at that very moment, only a few creatures other than ponies. She noticed as Twilight walked out of the school, with the other ponies she saw on the pictures. A blue pegasus mare with rainbow hair flew up to the clouds, faster than that Pinkie pony did today. But she just bounced her way out and went in the direction of the Sugarcube Corner. Applejack, that was there aswell, walked in the direction of the apparent Sweet Apple Acres. There was also a white unicorn mare with purple and curly hair. She walked alongside Pinkie Pie, but heading a different way that the bubbly mare did. There was also a yellow pegasus with pink mane, and she flew next to Applejack, but flying more closer to the forest that was near.
There was also a lavender unicorn mare with dark purple mane with a streak of turquoise. She walked next to Twilight, following her into the castle.

"HEYY!"

"Gahh!"

Black fell on her back, getting startled by the bubbly voice that sounded like it was Pinkie's.

"Hi there!" Pinkie stood in front of Black's face, helping her get up.

"Oh, uh, hi there... Pinkie, was it?" Black said.

"Yep indeedy! What's your name?" She asked.

"Black Moon." She replied.

"Ooh! Are you staying at the castle today? Or two days? Three! Four?..." the pink mare kept asking.

"Well, I'm not so sure for how long, but I'll be staying for some time," Black said.

"Oh, cool!" Pinkie said. "Have you met any of my other friends?" She asked.

"I think. Is Applejack your friend?"

"Yeah! And so is EVERYPON-uh, EVERYCREATURE IN PONYVILLE!" She jumped.

"You're friends with everypony in this town?" Black asked, curiously.

"Yep! Oh wait, I've got a class to teach! See ya!~" Pinkie said, before running infinitely.

"Wait, she's a teacher there?"

Black yawned after an another long day in life. She laid down in her sheets covering herself with her blanket. She closed her eyes, and fell into a deep sleep. In the afternoon.
It was midnight when Black woken up from her sleep. She was waken by the darkness that filled the bedroom she was in. She opened her eyes, standing up onto her hooves, leaving her bed. She opened her window wide open, walking over to it. She pulled up the chair to the window, going forward to sit on it.
She looked up into the night sky, filled with many stars across it. There was also- the mare in the moon. That made Black think.

"I miss the old lessons..." she thought to herself.
Her ears twitched. She heard a loud thud, not so far away from her bedroom doors. She stood up from her seat and walked over to the doors. They were slightly open, so Black peeked through them to see a book.
After she fully opened the doors, she saw the alicorn princess trotting over towards the book. She stopped when she saw Black.

"Oh, hello!" She greeted.

"Hey there," Black waved her hoof.

"Sorry if I woke you up. I was reading a book that princess Celestia sent me, and I don't sleep until I read it," Twilight chuckled.

"...Celestia?" Black asked.

"Yeah, you know, the princess that raises the sun and the moon?" Twilight said.

"...And moon?" Black asked.

"Yeah. Have you heard of her?" Twilight questioned.

"Oh I've heard of her alright," Black said, seeming annoyed.

"Oh! I thought you haven't for a second!" Twilight replied.

"Wait, I was going to ask you today... is that your school?" Black asked, pointing at the open window.

"Yeah, it is!" Twilight answered.

"Oh, okay. So...-" Black started.

"Sorry, I really need to finish this book. I can answer your questions tomorrow though!" Twilight smiled.

"I usually stay up all night, and it's not needed. I'll just go continue looking at the sky...," Black said, before waving to the princess.

"Bye!" The alicorn mare said, before waving and trotting back to the apparent library.
Black closed the bedroom doors. She went back to her chair next to the window, taking a seat and a piece of paper. She took a feather, starting to write...

To princess Celestia...

Chapter 3: Alert

~1 week ago~

Celestia was sitting down on her chair at the balcony. It was sunset, one of her favourite times to be out in the open. She took a sip of her tea, that was on the table in front of the princess. She took a deep breath, smiling as she looked at the sky.
Nothing could ruin the privacy she had at that moment. But, she was indeed wrong.
She lowered the sun, putting the moon up into the night sky. Right at that moment, she noticed a 'shooting star'. Celestia would usually be happy because of this event. But she broke her smile into a worried face. She gasped.
The star was glowing more than any other, like it wasn't a star. She noticed it landing where her old castle was located at. She stood up from her chair, walking closer to the edge of the balcony. She watched as it glowed, and it faded. At that moment, she didn't know should she be excited or worried. Instead, Celestia just stood there in confusion.

"Could it already be time?" she thought to herself.

Celestia didn't know what to do. Should she go at the old castle? Should she stay? Should she order the guards to see what is it? Ask Twilight? No, she didn't do anything. Just stood, and watched.

"Ponyville isn't that far. I'll see if I can find you soon...," Celestia thought to herself, starting to walk inside her bedroom, closing the balcony doors.

~today~

Celestia was getting ready to go to bed. She lowered the moon a longer time ago, taken her crown off, made her bed, then laid on her sheets, covering herself with her blanket. She turned off her lamp, starting to close her eyes. But right before she did, she received a letter. It appeared in front of her face. She quietly groaned. Why would Twilight send letters at this time?
She powered her horn, lifting the piece of paper. Unwrapping it, she used her horn to create light and read the message, that she thought was Twilight's. But her eyes were wide open when she found out who had written her the message.
It wrote:

To Princess Celestia,
I have noticed you've started to raise the moon instead of your sister. Sure, you have done so back then, but really? Why didn't you do the spell? If you think I'd forgive you after that, you must still be like you were. But of course, we all have to move on and those things. I was thinking that you've freed her by now! But yeah, you're Celestia. You want it to go naturally. Well, I don't care. I'm going to do what I've planned long ago, and you won't stop me. Good luck.
Sincerely,
Black Moon.

Celestia lowered her ears. "She'll be there in no time..." She said to herself. "I better act fast."
She opened her balcony doors, spreading her wings, about to fly. But there was a problem: where did she need to go?
It could be too late. Although, she decided to wait until morning to visit Twilight. She closed her wings, walking back in. She laid back onto her bed, going to sleep.

"I'm going there tommorow. She can't do such a spell without an another power of alicorn magic. Unless..." She gasped. "I'm going this morning. The faster, the better." she thought to herself, going back to sleep.

Black yawned from her long sleep during the night, which only happens when she's too tired. She jumped out of her bed, levitating a brush, starting to brush her mane. She looked outside her window, and noticed that the sun was up too early.

"Since when does she do that?" she thought to herself, her eyebrow raised.

She opened her doors, leaving her bedroom. She walked down the halls, passing by the library, where she had seen Twilight.

"Hey Twilight!" She greeted.

"Oh, hey. I just got a letter from princess Celestia. She sent it to you," Twilight said, levitating the letter to Black. She taken it with her magic, starting to read.

To Black Moon,
I see what you're trying to do. And I've noticed your letter came from Ponyville,
so you've probably staying at somepony's house. You should know, I'm going to~

She stopped reading when she heard the knocking at the castle doors. She gasped, teleporting away to her bedroom, along with the letter. She closed the door shut, opening the window, trying to be as secretive as possible. She saw Celestia: the white alicorn mare with flowing mane. She watched as she entered the castle. She used a spell that made her invisible, going off to look why is she here.
She ran through the halls, while Spike didn't notice, who was; standing next to the library.
She saw Twilight speaking to the elder princess. She hid behind the corner, although she didn't have a reason to do so.

"I've been wondering if you've seen a blue mare with... Black mane?" Celestia asked the younger alicorn.

"Well...," Twilight began to speak, being interrupted by Spike. Black let out a huff as a sign of relief.

"Twilight!" Spike called.

"Yes, Spike?" Twilight answered.

"You know how Pinkie was making cupcakes this morning?" Spike said nervously.

"...yeah?"

"Well, I may have added too much frosting..." Spike scratched his left arm.

Twilight let out a huff. She teleported Spike and Celestia off to the kitchen, being followed by Black.
There was a mess. There was frosting in every corner of the kitchen: the counter, the cupboards, and all over the cupcakes.
Twilight sighed, looking over at a big pile of frosting.

"This is DELICIOUS!" There was a voice coming from the pile.

"Pinkie?" Twilight asked.

"Yep!" The pink mare hopped out of the frosting, eating a bit of it.
Black slightly chuckled, trying to remain quiet.
Twilight sighed, getting ready to clean.
Black wanted to help out, but she couldn't be in front of Celestia. Instead, she walked away to her bedroom, shutting the door tightly. She walked towards the window and looked into the sun. Her eyes could've hurt, but she was used to it.

"You think you can find me huh?" Black thought to herself. "Think again."

Chapter 4: Alone

Here came an another day. Black woken up from her sleep, not caring about Celestia at all. The morning is the time she could not think at all, be free from all of her worries and concerns, all while laying on her soft bed. She streched, yawning. Opening her eyes, she got out of her bed and stood up. Watching through the open window, she looked at Ponyville and the school. She took a deep breath, while the small wind was entering into her room. She closed the window with her hooves, starting to leave her bedroom. She stopped.

All her worries got back to her and made her nervous. Still, she used the same spell that she used yesterday; when Celestia was here. If she was still here, she had to remain invisible.
She opened her bedroom doors with her magic, closing them when she walked out. She teleported off to the library, since she thought Twilight could be there. But no; it was all empty.

"I wonder where she is?..." Black thought to herself.

She teleported again, off to the kitchen.
The mess was cleaned, and she only saw Spike inside it, eating a chocolate cupcake with blue frosting and sprinkles.
Black looked around the room, in case there was any other pony around. When she checked, she stopped using the invisibility spell.

"Hey Spike," She greeted.

"Ah!" Spike flinched. "Oh, it's you," Spike continued.

"Well, hello. Do you know where is Twilight?" Black asked.

"Yeah, she's at the school," Spike said.

"Ohhh. Okay," Black said as she walked out of the room.
She walked her way to the library. When Black came, she opened the purple doors, walking inside.

There were many bookshelves filled with all sorts of books; from advanced spell books to stories of well-known heroes. There was a wooden table nearby, with a few books placed on it. There were a few quills on it aswell.

She heard talking on the other side of the library. She used the invisibility spell once more and walked off to see what is it.
She walked up, seeing a lavander pony.

Her name was Starlight Glimmer. She was a unicorn mare with lavander coat and dark purple eyes and mane, with a streak of turquoise in it. She was reading a book, but speaking to an another mare.

The other mare was a unicorn aswell. She was blue with her mane being brighter shade of it.

Black walked backwards, removing the spell she was using. She walked up again, greeting.

"Hey there."

"Oh, hello Black!" Starlight said.

"Hello," The other mare said.

"I'm pretty sure you haven't met Trixie yet," Starlight said.
Black assumed that Trixie was the blue mare in front of Starlight. She greeted her aswell.

"Trixie and Starlight were practicing spells now," Trixie said, to Black's suprise, in third person.

"Oh, um, okay," Black said. "I won't interrupt you. I'll just go to my room..." Black said, walking away. She closed the library doors. Trixie and Starlight just looked at eachother and continued reading.

Twilight walked out of the school along with her 5 friends, each going in different directions. She walked up to her castle, entering it. Black watched as she did so, closing the window.
She walked out of her bedroom, going off to Twilight.

Black walked to the entrance of the castle, seeing Twilight along with Trixie and Starlight. The other two mares walked out, leaving Twilight by herself, soon to be approached by Black Moon.

"Hey Twilight," Black greeted.

"Oh, hey Black!" Twilight waved her hoof.

"So... where did Celestia go yesterday?" Black nervously asked.

"She went back to the castle because I needed to clean the frost-covered kitchen, and she didn't want to bother," Twilight replied.

"Oh, um, what happend?" Black asked, pretending to not know.

"Long story short, cupcake attempt with Pinkie and Spike," Twilight let out a small chuckle.

"Ohhh, okay. So, will she be coming back?" Black asked.

"She said she'll probably come back in a week," Twilight answered. "Or two."

"Oh, okay then," Black let out a huff, being relieved.

Twilight was heading to the library, stopping to ask:

"Oh, and if I may ask, why did you teleport away when Celestia knocked?" Twilight asked.

"I was afraid she would ask that...," Black thought to herself. "Um, well, I just, had... to go read... that letter!" Black lied.

"Oh, okay." Twilight said, continuing to walk away.

When Twilight left, Black frowned. She wished to ask for help, but she couldn't let anypony find out about her secrets, her plans, her personal life. She was all by herself in this, no matter who would ask to help. She walked back to her bedroom, her head being lowered. Opening the doors, she entered the room, closing them behind her (with her magic). She opened her window once more, looking up at the blue sky, filled with clouds, having a few birds passing through. Black closed her eyes, letting out a heavy sigh.

~It's okay.~
~I'll be here.~
~You'll be fine~

All of the encouraging words couldn't help her, they could only make her cry. But Black was a strong mare, so she closed the window, taking an another piece of paper, taking a quill and writing again.

To princess Celestia...

A day has passed since Celestia's last visit to Ponyville. She was back to her castle in Canterlot, doing everything she usually does at this time; signing papers, helping out ponies, all kinds of things.

At noon, Celestia was getting ready to have lunch. She walked up to a table, filled with all kinds of foods. She sat at her usual chair, levitating a fork. At that moment, Celestia recieved an another letter. Letters that she recieves these days worry her a lot, so she always expects something suprising, or at least the pony who had sent it.
Celestia levitated the letter, unwrapping it. She started to read the letter:

"To princess Celestia,
I know you are worried about what I will be doing. And I know, it's dangerous. But I'm not somepony that wants to bring harm. I'm trying to help.
I wanted for everypony to be happy. I know what you think. But I'm not like that.
All I want is to free somepony that was imprisoned by unjust. I was hoping you'd help, but even today, you still refuse to do so. And you're right, I am in Ponyville. Finding me could be a problem, but you were close.
Anyways, I'll be sending you letters often. Informing you with what I do will be okay, right?

Signed,
Black Moon

Celestia frowned when she read the letter. She levitated it back on the table, starting to think, and starting to eat.

Author's Note

Yeah, not sure if this is the right title for the chapter. Eh, I guess it works :derpytongue2:

Chapter 5: Letters

"...I hope it'll be fine.
~Black Moon."

Black finished the letter she was writing, putting the quill off to the table that was at her left, using her magic to send the letter off to Celestia.
Black let out a sigh, while she kept to look at the window she was in front of. It was nighttime, almost midnight. She gazed at the night sky having stars scattered all across the area, with a full moon glowing the brightest of all of the stars. Black lowered her ears. Sending letters to Celestia wasn't a smart thing for her to do, and she kept saying that to herself. According to the letters she sent to Moon as replies, she was trying to help out, but Black always has her doubts.

"Celestia was the one that sent her own sister at the moon," Black thought to herself, "I just... can't trust her."

She didn't know should she believe for her words, and she had something to keep telling her the opposite.

"Don't you think you should trust her?" Black heard a familiar voice.

"You shouldn't ever do so!" A more sinister voice replied.

"It can be helpful..."

"Of course not..."

"Trust me..."

"Trust me!.."

Black kept hearing these voices in her head. She put her hooves on her head, hoping it could stop.

"It's not possible!..."

"It can be!..."

"STOP!" Black thought to herself. She was suprised to see that the voices have stopped arguing. She let out a sigh of relief.

"I'll do what I want," Black said, " and when I want it."

In the morning, Black woke up from her sleep. She got used to getting up at this time, and it's a fact she didn't like. She opened her eyes, turning herself around to the right side of the bed, opening her eyes. She looked at the sunshine that was reaching into her room from the window, that was closed. She noticed there was a paper on the floor. She assumed it was Celestia's, so she streched, levitated the blanket off of her, stood up and took the letter with her magic.
Unwrapping it, she read:

"Black Moon,
I understand. It's... never easy to figure what you've done wrong. All that we do can be wrong or right at the same time. I've made many decisions that were wrong to do, and one of them is my sister.
Hopefully, those that were not okay because of the wrong you've done, are abled to forgive. Everyone has made mistakes, right?
And, I used to see you as a threat. That part is true. But if my sister knows if a pony is good or bad, I trust her. I never had any intentions on sending her there.
But, it's never late to forgive, right?
Oh, I need to get to work. Goodbye for now.
Sincerely,
Princess Celestia."

Black frowned at the letter. She knew she had to respond, but didn't know how. Instead, she just placed the letter on the desk, walking out of her bedroom.
Closing the doors, she walked through the hall, from where she noticed Twilight, Pinkie and... a white mare with purple mane. Black assumed it was her friend that lives near Pinkie.

"Heyyyyy Black!" Pinkie said, bouncing over to her.

"Hey," Black greeted.

"Did you meet Rarity?" Pinkie questioned.

"Um.. I don't think so," Black replied.

Black watched as Twilight and the white mare, that was probably Rarity that Pinkie mentioned, approached her.

"Oh, um, hello," Black greeted, waving her hoof.

"Hello! I don't think we've met before. I'm Rarity," Rarity spoke.

"Well, my name's Black Moon," Black said.

"Oh, Pinkie mentioned you a few days ago," Rarity said.

"Yep!" Pinkie cheerfully bounced.

"Well, it's nice to meet ya." Black smiled.

"Uh... Pinkie?" Twilight said.

"Yeah?"

"Supplies for Monday?" Twilight reminded her.

"Oh, RIGHT!" Pinkie said, running away through the castle doors within barely a second.

"Right, need to help Pinkie out. Bye!" Rarity said, walking normally and waving to Twilight and Black.

"Bye!" Twilight waved her hoof.

Twilight and Black stood in the hall, when Twilight began to speak:

"So... Breakfast?"

"Gotcha," Black said, following Twilight as she walked through the hall into the kitchen.

Black took an another bite of the sandwich she was eating, enjoying herself.

"This is delicious!" Black commented.

"Thanks! Spike always help me to make it though," Twilight replied.

The two mares smiled, and while taking an another bite, Spike burped, a letter appearing in front of him. He spreaded his wings, flying off to Twilight and unwrapping the letter he held.

"Oh! Must be from Celestia," Twilight said, levitating the letter from Spike, beginning to read. She stopped when she red who was this supposed to be sent to.

"Wait... This seems to be for you, Black," Twilight said, levitating the letter off to Black. She taken it with her hoof, starting to read.

"Since when has Celestia started to send letters to you?" Spike asked.

"Not so long ago. The week that I've came here," Black answered.

Black started to read from the top. It wrote:

"Black Moon,
I'm suprised that you haven't answered during the night. Either you got used to the current time, or you didn't know how to answer."

In Black's case, it was both.

"I'd just like for you to make the right decision about the plan you've got..."

She frowned at that.

"I just... Don't want anypony hurt. If you get this, I'll probably know if Twilight knows you or not."

Black rolled her eyes.

"If somepony else gets this letter instead of you, I'll be glad."

She raised an eyebrow.

"I hope that you won't recieve this letter,
and there is a low chance for you to get it. I just want to say that..."

Black got worried. She didn't even know why herself.

"I haven't ever trusted you. Sure, my sister makes good decisions, but you were too suspicious from the day I've met you. Since Nightmare's banishment, I knew you wouldn't just sit down and do nothing. I expected for you to act. And you've certainly went too far, so that's one of the reasons you've got almost the same punishment. I still don't believe your words. I have to be understanding and nice to my subjects... Although you aren't supposed to be one of them."

Black narrowed her eyes.

"Still. I'll wish you good luck aswell.
Sincerely,
Celestia."

Black was furious. Even after she thought she might trust the mare, she was wrong.

"I told you," the more evil voice told Black, nopony else hearing it.

Black wrapped the letter and placed it on the table. She knew how to control her anger. Mostly.

"So, what did she tell you?" Spike asked.

Black sighed. "Nothing important..." She said, going back to eating her sandwich she enjoyed.
Twilight and Spike just looked at eachother with confusion and continued with what they were doing.

Chapter 6: Memories

Black Moon sat alone in her room on her bed, thinking. She was suprised of the letter she received from Celestia.
She hated her. So did she. Black hated her for so long and had not stopped. She took away the one pony who cared about her. She couldn't just sit there and do nothing. She needs to take action. She levitated a piece of paper and took a quill. She closed her eyes for a moment to remind herself of her past before she started writing.

Black Moon was a young, innocent foal. She lived in an orphanage in Ponyville since both her parents had died. She was quite lonely. She had no friends at all. Although, she didn't wish to have any either. She didn't know why herself.
She wouldn't be awake during the day so often. She would rather be up at night. The beauty of the night is the one thing she had always admired. It was simply beautiful to her. She wasn't so social either. Until a Princess opened a new school.
The Princess of the night, named Luna, had opened a school. It was a school for unicorns and pegasi, to teach them all they need to know about protecting themselves and others.
Princess Luna walked into her school. It was quite darkly coloured. It had some decorations on the entrance, and a lot of windows. The doors were dark blue as the night sky, much like her mane and tail. It had a small tree next to the entrance.

Luna walked into her new school. She was smiling, although it slightly faded of the sight of no students. She quietly walked to the classroom that she was supposed to teach. Nopony was in it.
The classroom had a teacher's desk on the left side of the classroom doors. There were about 20 desks for each student on the right, each having a chair to sit on.

She sat at her chair and looked out the window. It was sunset. Her classes start at this time now. They used to start at daytime, but nopony came either way.
She waited for 30 more minutes, and decided to give up.

"Nopony was going to show up today anyways," she thought, before standing up from her chair. She started to walk towards the opened doors.

"Wha? Huh?!" Luna heard a voice. She walked out to see a foal running through the hall. She was light blue. Her mane and tail black with a stripe of green. Her eyes were lime green. It was Black Moon.

"I-I'm so sorry!" Black said as she accidentally ran into the princess, dropping a few papers that she brought with her.

"It's alright," Luna politely said, levitating her papers and giving them to her.

"Oh, um, thank you!" Black thanked her. "M-Mind telling me where could my first class be? I'm really late..." Black asked.

Luna smiled. "It's alright. Right here," she leaded her to her classroom. They entered the room, both taking a seat.

Black looked around, noticing that there's nopony around her. "Um... Miss?" Black asked. "Why is nopony here?"

Luna sighed before answering. "I'm not sure. They must not wish to attend this school. I cannot blame them," Luna said.

Black looked at the princess, slightly tilting her head. "Why? Aren't they supposed to attend?" Black asked.

"It was optional," Luna said, looking out the window.

"Oh," Black said. "Okay then."

" Did you wish to come?" Luna asked.

"Yes! As soon as I found out!" Black said, smiling.

Luna smiled aswell, starting to ask questions.

As Black finished writing her letter, she levitated the quick onto the table and used her magic to send the letter away to Celestia. She watched as it flew away and faded in the air. She took a deep sigh when it was gone. She stood up from her bed and walked out her bedroom.
Closing the door, she saw Twilight speaking to Spike, who held a paper, writing down with a quill. She walked up to her to speak.

Hey Twilight," Black greeted.

"Hey Black!" Twilight greeted back, waving her hoof.

"I... need to talk to you," Black said.

"Oh, sure! What is it?" Twilight asked.

"Uhm... I was thinking somewhere more private," Black said.

"Oh! Then let's go to the library. Spike, you stay here and wait for Starlight and Rarity," Twilight said to Spike, when he answered with an okay.

The two mares entered the library, Twilight closing the doors behind her. When she did so, Black spoke up.

"So, I needed to ask you to do something..."

"Okay. What is it?" Twilight asked.

"You see, I've known Celestia for quite a long time..."

Twilight listened.

"And, well..."

"...yeah? " Twilight said.

"I need you to not tell Celestia that you know me," Black exclaimed.

Twilight raised an eyebrow.
"What? Why?"

Black was silent for a few, moments, then she finally spoke up.
"I can explain later. But right now, I'm pretty sure you're really busy... right?" Black asked.

"Oh, right! I've gotta hurry up!" Twilight said, running towards the library doors in a hurry. "We'll talk about this later, Okay? " Twilight said, and Black just nodded. After she left, she sighed again. She walked up to the shelves of books. Stopping, she levitated a book from the top shelf. It was dusty and old, so she cleaned the dust off of it. It was coloured pale blue, but it would probably be just pale if it wasn't so old. It had a blue star on it.
Black opened the book with her magic. She sat on a near chair, getting in a comfortable position, starting to read.

As Black Moon was crossing through the pages reading the book, the clock on the wall tocked. Black looked up towards it, looking at the current time. It was almost midnight. She lost sense of time. She quickly stood up from her chair, levitating the book with her out of the library to her room.
She opened her bedroom doors, entering it and closing the door shut behind her.
She placed the book onto her desk before she got into her bed, sighing and quickly falling sleep.

Author's Note

A small backstory of Black childhood :ajsmug:

Chapter 7: The Beginning Of The Search

Black woke up from her peaceful slumber, odd dreams being dreamt. She slowly opened her lime green eyes and yawned. She sat at her bed, putting her back hooves on th-

"BLACK!!"

Black fell back to her laying position of the sudden call of her name.

"Celestia is visiting, today!" Black looked up and saw Twilight immediatly. Mostly because she heard the name 'Celestia'.

"What? Why?" Black asked her, raising her eyebrow. "Princess stuff maybe?"

"No, she said...," Twilight took a small pause before continuing. Although she could've said that faster, considering Black interrupted.

"What did she say to you?" Black said, getting off her bed onto her hooves.

"She said... NOTHING!" Twilight said loudly.

Twilight recieved no reaction from Black, other than her blinks.

"Nothing? " Black questioned.

"N-O-T-H-I-N-G!" Twilight said loudly, but this time it could've been considered as yelling.

"Okay?" Black said, confused. "Why is that bad? "

"Because that's not like her! She always explains things! I need you to tell me why don't you want Celestia to know you're here."

Black huffed in defeat, and pointed her hoof to her chair, gesturing for Twilight to sit on it. She did as she showed and sat on the chair. Black stood where she was standing the whole time, and started to do some explaining.

"You see, I don't really have a... pleasant past with the princess. " Black told, leaving Twilight confused.

"Possibly explain why?" Twilight questioned.

Black sighed, and continued. "We had... some disagreements... that just may sound silly if I say this, considering everypony loves Celestia," Black mocked.

"And well, I might sound silly as this story..."

"Ooh! Whatcha talkin' about?" Pinkie appeared in front of Black, while she didn't even notice her entering the room.

"Something ... about something ... that's something," Black spoke, still confused of Pinkie's random appearing in the room.

"Ooh! Sounds interesting! Can I join the something story?" Pinkie said cheerfully.

"I, uh...," Black stood in wonder if she should share it to her aswell.

The three mares were startled by the sound of knocking doors of the castle.

"Celestia?"

"Celestia."

"Oh! Celestia's here?"

The other two mares nodded to Pinkie that said "Yay!" as an answer.

Black powered her horn and teleported away, somewhere that'll Celestia definetely not come at today.

Hopefully.

Twilight walked out of the room and opened the castle doors. As expected:

"Hello princess!" Twilight greeted her ex-mentor.

"Hello, Twilight." She greeted her previous student aswell, walking into the castle.

Twilight grinned and closed the doors.
She took flight towards the princess.

"So, you didn't mention why you were coming in the letter," Twilight pointed out.

"Yes, I reckon doing so after I sent it away. I can send letters, but not get them back," Celestia said back. "And, you see, I'm here because I'd like to inform you about a specific blue unicorn."

Twilight put her hoof to her chin. "Trixie?"

"No, not this time, I was talking about a blue unicorn with black mane," Celestia said to Twilight.

"O-oh! I have definetely never seen a pony looking like that! No, not me!...," Twilight spoke nervously, chuckling awkwardly afterwards.

"Oh, brother..," Unbeknownist to them, Spike faceclawed behind the two of them.

"Oh, okay then. Just let me know if you see a pony looking like that. It's... very important for me to discuss something with her."

"heheh I will certianly let you know if I do!" Twilight said to the princess, while she smiled and gave a small nod.

"Do you mind if I look around Ponyville for a short while? Since I'm pretty sure the mare I'm looking for is here," Celestia questioned.

"heh Of course! Why not? heheh," Twilight said nervously.

"Oh, but Twilight! I thought you two need to fill out some paperwork?" Spike entered the room.

"Right! Gotta do royal stuff! Don't you too, princess?" Twilight asked, chuckling.

"Oh, yes Twilight. I fear I don't ever have time to do normal stuff," Celestia said sarcastically.

"Huh. She is a good actor." Twilight thought, thinking back at the time Celestia was supposed to act at her play.

Spike chuckled at the princess' sarcasm.

" I have a few minutes to look around. I'm going to be off to Canterlot later when I'm done. Since you're busy, I'll go on my own," Celesia said and went off to leave the castle.

"Ahh...Black better have a good hiding place while this lasts..," Twilight said, going off outside to follow Celestia and make sure she goes the way she's supposed to.
The opposite way of Black's location.

Author's Note

Next chapters will be longer, considering I'll make some search chapters.
Also, I'm sorry for the delay. I don't have much time to write these days. Hopefully you'll understand.