Dear Diary

Luminous was crying all night till she fell asleep.

It’s morning now and she’s awake. She didn’t want to do anything today.

She hears a knock.

“Come in”, she said.

A maid came in and said, “Morning Princess”.

The maid opens the curtains and the red rays shines the room. Luminous moaned and put her pillow on top of her head.

“Come on now Princess. You’re not eating breakfast here today”.

Luminous moved the pillow above her head and turned to the maid. “What do you mean?”, she said.

“The king wants to have breakfast with you today”.

“Oh”, Luminous said.

It just had to be today, out of all the days, it just had to be this day. After reading the third page of her mother’s diary, she didn’t want to talk to her father.

Why would her father want to have breakfast with her anyways? It’s been awhile since she had breakfast with him.

After she got ready, she went to the dining room. And there, her father was sitting at the end of the dining table.

Luminous walked to her chair. A guard near the chair pulled out the chair for Luminous. She sat down and the guard pushed it back and went back to the door.

“Good morning father”, Luminous said.

“Good morning Luminous”, her father replied and they started to eat.

It was quiet for a minute or two. Luminous got tired of it and started to speak.

“Father, did you want something out of me?”, she said.

King Sombra was shocked. “Can’t a father have breakfast with his daughter?”

Luminous rolled her eyes. “I’m sorry father, it’s just, it’s been awhile since we had breakfast together.”

“And I’m sorry for that sweetie, I’ve been very busy.”

“Very busy? Very busy all day?”

“Well . . . I am a king”

Luminous groaned.

Sombra raised a brow. “Anyways, one of my guards caught you going to the West Wing. What were you doing there?”

“I knew it!”, Luminous said as she banged the table.

“Princess Amorevole Cuore Luminoso”, Sombra said firmly.

Luminous settled down and lowered her ears. She didn’t like it when her father say her name like that.

It is actually her real full name. Her mother gave that to her. But since it was long, she likes being called Luminous.

Luminous knows if her father calls her by her full name, he’s getting upset, and the last thing she wants is getting locked in a tower.

It’s actually true. She did get locked into one once, but she doesn’t like talking about it.

“You didn’t answer my question”, he said.

Luminous sighed and said, “Me and Dark Night were just bored and we thought it would have been fun if we explored the West Wing”.

“Dark Night was there too?”

Luminous nodded.

“Luminous, you’ve always been obedient, and why would you disobey me now?”

“Maybe it’s because you’re always busy”, Luminous said quietly.

“Excuse me?”, Sombra said.

The twig snaps.

“Maybe it’s because you’re always busy to the point that you don’t catch me doing mischief”.

Luminous sighed.

“Daddy, why can’t we just have some real actually family talk?”

Luminous started crying.

“Luminous please calm down”, Sombra said.

“I’m sorry daddy but . . . I’m just confused. How can we be father and daughter if you’re never there for me?”

Sombra didn’t know what to say. He just looked at her daughter’s eyes.

Luminous then got off her chair and ran away from the dining room.

“I’m sorry”, Sombra said but, it was too late.

It was a tiring day for Luminous. Her morning was bad due to her father. And the rest of her day was awfully boring, due to the boring lessons with Ms. Shard.

The red moon is setting down and Luminous is laying on her bed. Staring at the ceiling wall.

She didn’t want to read the diary, she’s too scared to read what will happen next. But at the same time, she wanted to know. She wanted to know how her mother dealt through all of this.

She inhales and exhales and takes the diary out from under her pillow.

Flashback

Flurry was in her room with King Sombra. The sun was setting down in the Crystal Empire.

King Sombra broke his spell and freed Twilight and Cadance from their curse.

“Before we go, I should tell you. You may be a light creature here but, once you are in the Shadow Realm, you are one of us”

Flurry nodded and asked, “Can I bring my diary?”.

“Of course”, Sombra replied.

So Flurry took her diary and hold on it tight. “I’m ready”, she said.

Sombra put out a hoof for Flurry.

Flurry put her hoof on his.

Sombra then used a spell that suddenly made purple smoke surround the room.

The everything went black.

Flurry opened her eyes, she felt like she went to sleep. She was in bed, looking around.

She got off the bed and went to the window. In the sky there was a red moon. And below, there was the kingdom. All around the kingdom were red crystals. Weird.

Then, a knock was at the door. Flurry turned to the door and said, “Come in”.

A unicorn walked in. Her magic is levitating a silver tray with food on it. She bowed to Flurry and said, “Hello Lady Flurry Heart”

“Oh, hello. Where is King Sombra?”

The unicorn placed the silver tray on the nightstand and said, “The King is attending to his royal duties while setting up the preparations for the wedding”

“The wedding?”

The unicorn nodded.

Flurry Heart got light headed.

“Are you okay Lady Flurry Heart?”, the unicorn asked.

“Um yeah, everything is just moving so fast”, Flurry said.

“I agree, but you should be honored. The King chose you to be his Queen out of every pony in the Shadow Realm.”, the unicorn said as she hides her hidden frown.

“Right . . . the Shadow Realm, because I’m a Shadow Creature”, Flurry quietly said while remembering what King Sombra told her.

“You should eat Lady Flurry Heart”, the unicorn suggested.

Flurry Heart nodded and started eating.

The unicorn took out a scroll and said, “You have a tight schedule. You have a lot of things to do. But we’ll get through them, after all, your wedding is in two day.”

Flurry almost choked. “Two days?!”

“I thought you knew”, the unicorn said.

“I knew I was going to get married but not in two days!”

Flurry was breathing rapidly.

“Lady Flurry Heart, please calm down”, the unicorn said as she was patting Flurry’s back.

Flurry stopped and calmed down. She took a deep breath and let it out, like her mother taught her. And then she was telling herself, ’This is for The Crystal Empire’, in her head.

“Thank you”, Flurry said to the unicorn.

The unicorn nodded.

“So who are you?”, Flurry asked the unicorn.

“I’m your maid”, the unicorn replied.

Flurry chuckled and said, “What I meant was, what’s your name?”

“Oh”, the unicorn said in a surprising tone. “My name is Crystal Shard”

“It is nice to meet you Crystal”

“You as well Lady Flurry Heart”

“Please, just call me Flurry”

Crystal Shard nodded and said, “As you wish”.

When Flurry finished her breakfast, Crystal Shard showed Flurry Heart around the castle for an hour.

After the tour, Flurry had to go to a wedding dress fitting which lasted for three hours.

Then, Flurry Heart had lessons with Crystal Shard, learning about the royal customs for an hour.

And for the rest of the day, Flurry was in her room, reading.

“Are you sure you don’t need anything else Flurry?”, Crystal Shard asked putting a book on the nightstand.

“No thank you, that will be all.”, Flurry replies.

“Then good night Flurry”

“You too Crystal”

Crystal Shard bowed to Flurry and went out of the room.

Flurry was reading about everything about the Shadow Realm. She was amazed to learn that in the daytime of the Shadow Realm, there was no bright yellow sun like the one in the Light Realm but instead, a Red Moon. And in the night, there is no moon, instead, there are red crystals that surround the kingdom that glow in the night as light for the Shadow Creatures.

Flurry loved reading, she guessed she got that from her Aunt Twilight. It made her feel safe, especially in this situation.

After she finished reading the books, she took out her diary from under her pillow. She flipped to the next available page and got a quill. Then, she started to write.

“Dear Diary,

Today is my first day in the Shadow Realm. It was nicer than the stories I’ve heard. The glowing red crystals in the night are beautiful. Also, today is one of my last two days before my freedom is taken. Actually, I feel like it’s already been taken ever since I got here. Unlike where I was going from Lady Flurry Heart to Princess Flurry Heart in the Light Realm, now, I’m going from Lady Flurry Heart to Queen Flurry Heart in two days.”

Flurry stopped writing and sighed. She was spaced out for a second. She shook her head to regain her focus and started to write again.

“But hey, at least I made a new friend. Her name is Crystal Shard. Hopefully, she can make me feel like home in this foreign place.”

Flurry stopped writing and yawned. She closed her diary and put it under her pillow.

She turned off her lamp and looked at the window. She was amazed by the glowing red crystals that shine throughout the kingdom. It is beautiful.

She went to sleep, knowing that the light will protect her.

Back to the Present

Luminous was surprised. She’s amazed on how her mother kept being positive. She’s also surprised that Ms. Shard knew her mother.

Luminous decided that she was going to ask Ms. Shard about her mother tomorrow.

She closed the diary and put it under her pillow.

She turned off her lamp and looked at the window.

Luminous is starting to appreciate the glowing red crystals that shine throughout the kingdom. It is beautiful.

She went to sleep, knowing that the light will protect her.