Author's Note

A hour or so after the pilot episode.

Long Time No See

Late at night on a amazingly beautiful night, Princess Celestia flies the smaller, younger Princess Luna towards their home in Canterlot. Celestia's student Twilight and her new group of friends was able to stop Nightmare Moon, returning her back into her beloved sister, while also earning a bit of thanks from the now complete royal family for the first time. The small blue alicorn sleeps soundly on the back of her stark white sister, the older sister's powerful wings flapping hard and quick until hooves touch down on the ground of a small landing pad. The air was still, all is calm after the calamity of Princess Luna being turned back to herself, even if she was clearly dazed and confused, even memory-less, in the smaller form of a filly.

While the big sister carries her filly sized sibling towards the bedroom that has been saved for Luna, the night alicorn begins to shake and whine within her sleep. A dream seems to be bubbling up under the surface and getting to her. Moments later, the smaller princess begins to wake up, obviously frightened with sharp, hasty intakes of breath. Those diminutive hooves quickly wrap and her sister's neck in a tight hug, the smaller body unable to exactly do any damage. With a bit of a soft squeak from Luna, she begins to speak, "W...Was that real? Did I...."

The young filly, who is quickly growing to catch up to her actual age, is sniffling a bit with how a dream shown her what she has done before and after her banishment to the moon. Hiding her face into that aurora of a mane the white alicorn had, she begins to get back on track with her train of thought. "Please say it wasn't real..." the high pitched voice begins to whimper into the warm, flowing mane.

Celestia, slowly easing the quickly growing foal onto the soft queen sized bed, begins to speak softly, showing the sympathy and care she still has for her sister even after everything. "Luna," she begins, "What did you see? I'm here for you, Luna, like always." A bit of hesitation comes with this line, the thoughts of if she was truly always there for her sister begin to come into question in her mind. Setting those thoughts aside, Celestia continues, "Would you like to talk about it? Talking... could help you."

The soft voice is only met by a tight hug from a now ten year old foal's body, barely longer legs reaching around to hug the princess as soft whining still fills the air. Luna's voice has shifted with this new slightly more grown body, "I-I... I saw... I was hurting others... was I evil...?" That sweet, innocent and familiar voice strikes a cord deep within the older mare's chest, slowly coming to terms with what to say and how to be honest with this. This is her sister, the one she loved like no other, surely she would know that?

"You... you were, Luna." The hard truth the mare says is met by a bit more of a whine and some whaling, long white hooves wrapping around the growing filly. "And I know you aren't anymore. I loved you then and even more now, I missed... having you around." This coming from her sister begins to get Luna to tear up, no longer in sadness but in a bit of a happy revelation of being forgiven!

The small foal wraps those hooves tighter, squeezing her sister tight with a bit of a sniffle. "Do you... really mean it?" the younger sister asks. With a nod and a soft lick on Luna's cheek, the sweet action making Celestia's answer is clear; she meant it now more than ever.

The lick causes a soft blush to come across Luna's face, steadily easing away to lay down in that bed while speaking softly, a bit more confidently now. "Sister, will you... stay here with me? In case I have another..." she begins, but quickly stops with the point of being scared of the nightmares coming across. They may be her window into memories she lost when the Mane Six "woke her up," but that doesn't mean they're less terrifying. This request is met by another soft lick on the other cheek from Celestia and a kiss placed directly onto Luna's snout.

A smile and a silky smooth delivery from Celestia, "Of course I will, Luna. Sleep well, okay? And don't forget how much I love you, sister. Even if we... haven't been together for that long of a time again." Easing her larger form onto the bed, the white mare lays down with enough room for her sister to cuddle up to her body. Luna complies with this little thing, nuzzling that small form up close to that warm, sunny belly. Hooves easily glide over that smaller form, the older sibling embracing her sister tight, giving the moon a nudge to keep going and to keep this full moon night moving forward to the rise of a new day.