The Forever Burning Embers of Love

After what had just happened, Luna started feeling less sadness, and more, much more anger. She diverted her gaze to the moon. She thought of how she had been there, alone, for 1,000 years, and what she had become.

"It's just not fair... IT'S JUST NOT FAIR!" Luna yelled, throwing her black crown across the room, sending it scraping across the floor and making a chip in the paint as it hit the spotless white wall of her bedroom. Luna sat back down on her bed, burying her face in her hooves. As she lifted her face, she brought over a mirror with her magic, and could hardly believe what she saw.

Her dark blue, prominent cheeks were stained with many tears, and her large eyes were reddened from her crying. She also noticed how her carefully curled mane was now plastered to her face in an ugly mess. She lowered the mirror, not wanting to believe what a mess she now looked like, and in desperation, tried to recall the last time she had been truly happy.

She knew exactly when it was. It was before she was sent to the moon, 1,000 years ago. Just the thought of him made her long to see him again. What had made her feel truly loved and happy was her long dead love, Velocious Blaze. Thinking of him, his sleek black coat, flame colored mane and tail, his rich orange eyes, and amazingly strong wings made her heart beat faster and she began to perspire as she remembered what it felt like to kiss him. Even though he had been dead for 1,000 years, she still got excited thinking about him, because of how long it had actually been. Her sadness had made her temporarily forget about Velocious Blaze, though she knew in her heart she could never let herself forget him entirely.

He had been the only pony who seemed to love Luna no matter what. Even when she promised to shroud the land in eternal night, he still stood by her side. In fact, she remembered as she was being banished to the moon by her sister, he flew towards her, screaming for Celestia to stop, but when she ignored him, he knew what was about to happen. Even though she had transformed into Nightmare Moon, he said "Luna, I know you're still in there, and I want to let you know, just in case we never see each other again, I will always love you with all of my heart!" And that's the last thing he ever said to her, she remembered it as she was alone on the moon, memorizing it, and after her initial anger had subsided, she started to long for him, she had actually started to wish she had never become Nightmare Moon, just so she could have stayed with him.

But he was long gone, and she wished that there was some way she could see him again, even if it was only for a short while. Right then, a dark thought had come into Luna's head, and she found herself smiling slowly. She knew of one solution, and she didn't care if it had been banned from use by anypony in all of Equestria for as long as she could remember. Her solution was simple; Necromancy.

If she couldn't be happy with the living ponies, maybe she could be with one that was dead for a millennium.
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It must have been about two in the morning, and Luna knew exactly where she was going to learn the spell, the Royal Canterlot Library, the most complete collection of books with every subject in all of Equestria. She strapped on a pretty navy blue saddlebag with her cutie mark on the center, a gift from Celestia. It was pitch black outside, and there was almost no light from the moon since it was in it's "new" phase, but it didn't matter. Luna knew all of the castle by heart, since she had lived there for over 1,000 years.

The drowsy guard guarding the Royal Canterlot Library was suddenly awoken from his half-asleep state when he saw a long shadow slowly moving along the wall opposite to him. Normally nothing out of the ordinary happened on guard duty, so he wasn't sure what to expect. His heart rate quickened with anticipation.

"Halt, show yourself!" he said, brandishing his barely used silver spear.

He suddenly felt his spear being lifted from his hooves by an unknown magical force, and before he knew it, he was looking right into the deep blue eyes of his princess.

"Sorry if I frightened you." Luna said, returning his spear to him.

"No, princess, blame me for acting the way I did towards you, but yes, I was a little bit frightened, I didn't know what to expect, my lady." he said shamefully, bowing his head.

"You are forgiven. I request entry to the forbidden section of the library." said Luna.

"Of course, my lady, anything for you!" said the guard, stepping aside.

Luna nodded her head in thanks as she entered the slightly lit collection of literary work. She barely took notice of all the regular old books she passed, such as "The History of Equestria" written almost 500 years ago, rendering it almost useless, and other ancient books which she wondered why were even kept on the shelves. She reached a magically locked solid diamond gate, that only could be unlocked by high ranking members of the Royal Guard, or of course the two princesses themselves. Her horn glowed as she used her royal magic to unlock the gate, and as she walked inside the enclosed section, it automatically closed itself, another security measure implemented into the magic gate to keep out anypony who didn't belong.

Since this section of the library was seldom used, layers of dust had settled on the shelves and exposed parts of the books. Luna thought she would start at the end of the furthest isle, and work her way to the center from there. As she quickly walked over to her determined starting point, she began to notice how dark it was getting since the lights were dimmer here, so she used her magic to act as a personal light.

She could quickly see why the books were in the forbidden section. Books like "The Most Efficient Ways To Kill Another Pony" or "How To Transform Into Another Pony, Without Being a Changeling!" were definitely not something she'd want everypony to have access to!

After searching for another twenty minutes or so, Luna finally found it. "An Alicorn's Guide to Necromancy" by Silver Dagger; even the name of the author wasn't very welcoming. She removed the somewhat small book from the faded wood shelf, and dropped it with a thud on the nearest table. She took a good look at the very interesting front cover. It had the title in blood red, with an illustration of a rotting pony's hoof protruding from the ground, with a grinning alicorn standing nearby. Luna wasn't expecting anything pleasant, however, so this didn't surprise her.

She quickly skimmed through the pages, most having a heading, such as Part III, Reforming The Entire Body with a stylish line underneath on the left page, and then a detailed illustration on the right page, depicting what the process, if done correctly, should look like.

After examining the book for a little bit longer, Luna decided that it was getting pretty late, and that, as much as she wanted to learn how to perform necromancy, she knew that she needed sleep. Luna used her magic to lift the book into her saddlebag, and began to make her way back to her bedroom. As she removed the rest of her royal clothing, hid the book in the bottom shelf of her drawer, and climbed into her warm bed, she did something she hadn't done in a while. She smiled at the thought of being with Blaze once again, and also dreamed of making love to him, making her happier than she could remember being in a long time. Tomorrow, she would be made whole again.