Hi. I am Aurora Skywriter, or Little Luney, as some may call me. I have always loved the night, as it just calls to me, and I watch the starry sky every single night. There is a hill with long grass that blows in the wind, and an oak tree that I go to every time at the end of a hard day. The view is just breathtaking. Also, it's not too far away from the abandoned warehouse that I always hide in - I live there so I will never have to go to the orphanage.

You see, my dad left my mother before I was born, and my mother died a couple years ago from lung cancer. She is one of the only ponies that I ever loved, and who loved me back. She used to tell me so many stories about the stars and moon; about the wonders and mysteries that the night has to offer. I'm lucky that she saved me from believing the same lies like every pony else; about how the day is so wonderful, and Princess Celestia is a beloved goddess who can do no wrong. I know the truth, and I'm proud of that.

The stars are there in the sky, like testaments to the past. They give us wishes; wishes for a better life. They smile and laugh. And I can hear their music every time they twinkle. They are up there as a sign of hope - which I do desperately need. They just call to you, a call that makes you just lose all your cares as you stare at all the beauty the night sky has to offer. The stars do so many wonderful things; they tell us stories, and draw us pictures. They are always there for you, even when no pony else is.

And the moon... she is so big and beautiful in the night sky. Mother to all she surveys; the stars, her little children. She is calm and relaxed, like the lightest gale. So wise, here since the very beginning. The faint glow, bathing the world in soft moonlight. She is nothing like the sun who will blind you. You can look at her, and be comforted. The moon that shows the softer shades of the world, and the vast, endless, sea of stars. The night is here always, and it will never leave you. The mystery and wonder that cannot be comprehended.

The shadows lurk in the background. The crickets chirping and the owls call softly into the night. The breeze blows through the trees, rustles their leaves and branches, and you can hear the voice of the wind.

The voice, the feeling. All this will always be here, even when nothing else is. When ponies turn their backs on you, and the world laughs at your expense. All the shunning, loneliness, and tears that the world brings along with their mocking sun. It says that all is well, and happy is the world.

It lies.

It knows that I am not okay, that it will blind us eventually and burn the world to a crisp. The lying day is just like its ally, Princess Celestia, as it never truly cares. They only pay attention to themselves and only those who bow to them. They ignore and shun the rest; just like Princess Luna and I

But the night and moon will always be here. They, like their creator, understand what it is like to be ridiculed and forgotten.Luna is misunderstood, just like I am. She should be the ruler, and not Celestia. But all the rest of pony kind have been fooled by Celestia. And I am not very popular. I just don't know how to help them see things the way they really are. I wish I could though.

I wish a lot. I wish night after night on the evening stars. I wish that I could do something big and important. I wish that I could be more popular... I wish I could just help some pony for once.

But it seems, no matter how hard I try, I can't wish anymore. Even those big, bright, lovely stars seem to strain. Maybe I'm just wishing too hard. Sometimes, though, I can wish for something, and it will happen. I wish to find peace after another heartbreaking day. I wish to find relief after all the stress. I wish to find just on friend after all my pain that I have endured. The stars and moon seem to hear these pleas. I can be having the worst day, and as I go to view the night sky's beauty; they do send me peace, relief, and in a way, even friendship. I feel like all those stars up there might be all the souls that have gone through what I have, maybe worse. Even if not, the spirits they carry.lift me up as though I might - just might - be one of them

And one day, when it is my time, I hope to ascend to the night sky just like them, and find my place within Princess Luna's domain. And I will find eternal peace and happiness at last.

But, something awful has happened. I can't believe it, and at times, I have even thought that it might be a bad dream; that it can't possibly be true. But I know in my heart that it sadly is. That awful, cruel, cunning, deceitful, mean and manipulative witch, Celestia, banished my Princess Luna. The sun Princess imprisoned her sister upon her own creation.

I HATE HER!

I have always disliked certain ponies, but never to the point of hating them so much that my stomach hurts. But I do now. I loathe that low-down, attention seeking, selfish, lying Princess! This is one of those times where I have a million wishes that not even the stars can grant. I wish that I could just kill Celestia and bring Luna back. I wish that I could save my princess from a thousand years of imprisonment. I wish all the terrible things on Celestia that I can never, ever, do to her, even though I want to so badly, and all the terrible things that will never happen to that Sun Demon.

I wish that I had a chance to tell Luna how I feel. That I could have been Her true friend; just the two of us. I wish that I could have somehow helped Her bring eternal night, and maybe have even ruled beside Her. That we could've gotten rid of Celestia forever. I wish so many things that will never come true. But most of all, I wish that I could've just told Her how I admire Her, I love Her night, and how I will always be faithful to the end.

But you know what? I have always been .the type that just sits around, hoping that one day everything would be better without me putting in any effort; that things would just magically improve. I'm guessing that Princess Luna did the same. But no matter what was holding Her back, She finally took action - even if She didn't succeed, She still tried.

So, I shall try as well. No more just wishing things will get better. I will actually do something for once. Even if it takes the rest of my life, I will get my Princess off of the moon. I will help Her escape, so she can finish what she started, and She will be bathed in eternal glory forever. I will try... but knowing me, the fact that I've been involved will probably just confirm the fact that this is doomed to fail. That I might never be able to help.

Heck, knowing me, I will probably make things worse, like possibly killing, my Princess rather than saving Her.

But guess what? There is one last resource that I have not used up; and that is the Magical Wishing Star. I may have wished on the stars before, but I know something. I know this because my mother told me this secret before she died. She told me that no matter how much you wish, if you pull all your heart and soul together... wish with all your might... and you only use it once... you can have one super wish that the Magical Wishing Star will grant you.

But you only get one, so be careful for what you do wish for.

I have thought about this wish so hard. Even if I have had some rough times before, I never used this special wish. I saved it for when I would really need it, and this is it. It is time for me to use my once-in-a-lifetime wish. I close my eyes, and I wish with all my heart and soul.

I wish that I can help Princess Luna. Even if I can never find a way to free Her, I will at least have the chance to tell Her, face to face, all the things I have never got to say before. That She will know at last, the entire truth. Even if it takes a lifetime, I will get to do this one thing. Maybe this will help Her, maybe it won't. But that is all I wish for.

I open my eyes. I don't know if it will work, but only time will tell. In the meantime, I now dedicate my life to find any way possible to either free my Princess, or a way to finally tell Her all the things that I have wanted to tell Her, but only the stars know what will happen, and where events will lead.

Only time will tell.

100 years later ....

Here I am, on my deathbed. I have failed yet again. I, Aurora Skywriter, was not able to free my Princess. I've spent my entire life doing and using magic, science, hopes and prayers, and it didn't work. Even when I became old and worn, I did not stop, I did not stop. Even my encroaching Alzheimer's' could not stop me - I may have forgotten things in my life such as my birthplace, any possible family or friends... sometimes, even my own name. Yet I still retain certain things, and I always will. Even when I am gone from this life, and no pony remembers my existence.

I may have forgotten so many things that I no longer know much at all, and my reality has become warped and twisted, but, but a few things still ring true in my mind and heart: I love the night, I hate Princess Celestia, and I will always be loyal to the Moon Princess. I still remember the promise and wish I made on the night stars a hundred years ago; I remember talking to the moon every night after my Princess was banished, hoping She could hear me. And I'm crushed that I - yet again - was unable to do anything. I failed once again, and because of that, my beloved Princess will lie imprisoned for another nine centuries.

And my one heartfelt wish never came true; I never got to tell my Princess how I felt. But I have thought of the future, and I've even tried to write a few letters that express my knowledge and belief in the night and Princess Luna, and I have amassed a decent collection of them. It may be the one thing that I have done right in all my life. A preservation spell that will help these letters to last far longer than normal paper could... maybe even forever. And perhaps one day, when my Princess returns, centuries in the future, She will be the one to find them and know the truth at last. We'll see.

But, even if that will ever happen, I will be long gone from the face of Equestria. I will never know what was to be. At least not in this lifetime. Maybe I will in another form, but that is no certainty. For now I am exhausted, and I know that I'm not going to last much longer. At least I can pass away some place that I want to be in when I do die at last. I'm not in a hospital bed, or in the street. No, I am somewhere I actually want to be.

Even in the past one hundred years, this place has not changed. It is still the same hill, with the same long grass. It still has not been converted into the city, thank goodness. Even the old oak tree is still here too, surprisingly. It's nice to know that something I knew all those years had lasted this long, same as me. The letters are buried beneath the trunk of my childhood oak tree.

They will last for all time, even when I do not.

I don't have much longer.

I crane my neck one last time to look at the moon and stars in the night sky that I hope to go join. Maybe now that my time is up, I can finally join them up on high, and sing with them forever more.

I may even become a star that another little foal will one day wish upon as well. And then one day, they will wish upon a star as well. And then they shall pass on, and come join me. And we then will inspire yet another, and another, and even more still. And maybe in a little less than a millennia, all our inspiration will pass down to an individual who will be right here, in this same spot, and maybe they will be the one who can help my Princess finally get what she deserves. And then, little foals everywhere will know all the wonder, grace and beauty that our princess and her awe-inspiring night sky have to offer

I feel a last cool breeze rustle the leaves on the oak tree. I know it is time. I catch a last glimpse of the beautiful night sky, the stars, and the lovely moon that my dear Princess is imprisoned on. I finally close my eyes for the last time, and I feel myself drifting away.

This is it. The end. I tell myself.

But something isn't right. I feel the breeze that I just left behind. I also can still breathe. Is this what lies after death, in the world I should've just left? I still have not opened my eyes, in fear of what I may see. But I feel a presence. Something, or someone is watching me.

"Arise," A firm voice commands.

I'm confused. Is the ruler of the afterlife calling for my soul?? But despite all my questions and confusion, I do as I am told. After I stand, the voice speaks again.

"Look at me."

And I do. What I see is too unreal to be true; It is my Princess! I finally get to meet Her! I wonder if this is just a dream, and if I'm actually still alive back in the waking world. Dream or not, this is happening, and I will finally be able to tell Her how I have felt face to face. I also look at myself. I am no longer an old fragile mare, but the young filly who made that one wish all those years ago.

"Come," She speaks. And with that She turns around and walks down a hallway. I hadn't even been paying attention to the surroundings, but it seemed to resemble Canterlot Castle, with all the halls and rooms. And there is fresh lavender hung up on the walls everywhere. I take note of all this as I follow her. She doesn't speak for a long time, so neither do I. I wonder where She is taking me. My unspoken question answers itself only moments after. She takes me to a large ballroom, and up a long flight of stairs. Up at the top is a balcony overlooking the ballroom, two chairs, and a small cedar wood round table.

"Sit."

I did. The chair was a cushion one covered in dark red velvet. The outline, arms, and legs were made of the same fine dark cedar wood that the table was. A teacup floats down into my hooves.

"What type of tea do you like?" my Princess asks me.

"Rosemary and peppermint," I reply politely as my cup begins to fill up with the requested tea. "Thank you, Your Highness." I say.

I can't help but notice she seems to look a little uncomfortable. "Is everything alright?" I ask.

"Sort of. It's just... It's just that I don't understand how you are here. You are the first visitor that I have ever had here. I haven't seen a pony in over a hundred years. Do you know how you are here, or why for that matter?"

"I... actually don't, but I'm glad I am," I answer honestly.

"Wait. You are glad to be here? Are you sure you don't have any possible idea on what has happened to get you here? Why would you want to be here in the first place?" she pushed, maybe a little desperately.

"Yes, I am glad to be here. I have as much a clue as you do. All I know is that I was an old fragile mare that passed away in Equestria not too long ago. And somehow I am now the young filly I was when you were imprisoned in the moon. So if this is what comes after death, I'm not complaining. I would rather be here than in Equestria under the rule of that fake, lying, deceiving, cruel Celestia. Or Molestia as she should be known. This is where I've always wanted to be," I started.

Now that I was here explaining everything to my Princess, I could not stop in fear that I may not have unlimited time to tell Her everything in my heart. My wish to talk with Her face to face had somehow come true, but I knew with certainty that it would not last forever. Once the words started flowing, they would not stop until everything was revealed, and every inner feeling uncovered.

"And so a couple of nights after you were banished, I wished upon the Magical Wishing Star that one day, somehow, I would get to tell you face to face. And here I am. So maybe that is how I got here. In fact, now that the idea has been brought up, I think that is exactly what happened. I can't believe Celestia did this horrible thing to you. I hate her! No matter how hard I tried, I could not find any way to free you, and I fear that I will never get to see you become free. I love the night, and I always have. The stars, the moon; everything about it. The sun only blinds us, and it lies, just like Celestia. I hope that somehow, when you return to Equestria, you get rid of Celestia, and all the generations thereafter will know the truth and not believe the false lies that every pony does these days. Also, when you return, there is a lonely hill in the outskirts of Fillydelphia with an oak tree that has a crescent moon with the Magical Wishing Star and two others carved into the trunk. It will still be there because I have cast a spell on it to make it last for all eternity. Beneath the tree is a stack of letters; they will explain much more than I am able to speak now. It will flourish, because I have placed a Prolonging Spell upon it that will extend its' life for many millennia. The Tree and hill also have this spell, so the place should still be upon the face of Equestria when you return. I don't know how much longer I have to keep speaking, but I wanted to let you know that you have been, are still, and will always be My Princess," And with a final breath, I finished.

I had done it. My wish had come true at last. I told Her, and now I don't care what happens. She looks like She is thinking, and I wonder about what She may be thinking of. It is a long moment of absolute silence before She speaks again.

"So, after my imprisonment, you wished on the Magical Wishing Star that you would get to speak to me? What do you know about the Magical Wishing Star?"

"I know that it grants the most powerful wishes, but it will only grant you one. And you need to wish, with all of your might and heart, and know exactly what you want. And even then, only the pure of heart can sometimes reach it," I answer solemnly.

"And where did you learn this from?"

"From my mother. She told me before she died. She told me she knew because the knowledge had come to her in a dream. I don't know if anyone else knows, but I also left some letters explaining the truth about Celestia, you, the Magical Wishing Star, and everything about the night. Just like I did for you when you return," I explained.
She did not speak for a moment. Then She explained something that I somehow had known from the very moment that I saw Her.

"The Magical Wishing Star does indeed do that, and more. It made it so that you could speak to me after a normal mortal death. Even returning you to the age you were when you wished upon it. But even the magic of such a wonderful thing can't last forever."

"I know. But I have told you, and that is all that matters. I don't know what will happen after this, but I am not afraid," I answer.

"I know you're not," She replies with a kind smile.

"What was your mother's name?"

"Her name was Wishing Heart," I tell Her.

She smiled again in a sort of smirking, but sad rememberful way. "I suspected so."

"Did you know her?" I asked.

"In a manner of speaking. Tell me. Is there anything you wished for after death?"

"Well, I wasn't sure sure what came after death, but I always hoped that I would become a star in the night sky. That even after I was long gone from Equestria, I would still be there to inspire others who knew the whole truth of the night. That I could be one of the stars that comforts others and can grant wishes. To be there for another as all the others were for me. And so I could be with you and the night forever," I admitted

"Your mother wished for the exact same thing. She knew her health was declining, and she was worried about you. I met her when she too was a small filly in a dream. I did not know why I was in her dream, and I did not show myself at first, but instead observed. In that dream, Celestia was being portrayed as the monster she truly is; Your mother cowering in fear. When I saw this, I had to do something. I drove away the nightmare, and comforted her for a while after. She was terrified, but there was a hint of curiosity as well. I asked her what had happened in the waking world that would inspire such a nightmare. She explained that since her father could not pay his taxes, he had been thrown into jail by the order of Celestia. The reason he couldn't was because of his health and her. She was a secret, but he loved her anyway. But since that Celestia took him away a few days prior, he had died in his prison cell. Princess Celestia had not cared that he was dying, and she let him. Wishing Heart hadn't even been able to say goodbye. And she broke down crying again," my Princess told me. And I could tell this was only the start.

“I was furious at my sister! It was one thing to hurt me, but to hurt such an innocent foal was quite another! I became her friend thereafter and told her the entire truth concerning Celestia and the cursed day. After her father died, she knew the truth: Celestia was a monster, and so was anything she created. She was now free from all lies, and we became close, but we lost touch. Celestia was getting suspicious, so we called it off. But we had both changed. And we were now a little better because of each other,” She continued.

"I had not heard from her in many years. But a couple of days before she passed, I somehow stumbled into her dreams once more. This time they were filled with sorrow. She knew her health was declining, and she worried about the young foal she would leave behind. I met up with her, and we caught up with each other over all the years we had been out of touch. And she had a wish. and I knew it, but I asked anyway. She wished that she would also be in the night sky so that when you looked up, she would be there for you always, and any others that might follow. So I told her I would do my best. I spoke with the moon after I had left her dreams. And that is when I used my wish upon the Magical Wishing Star. I wished that Wishing Heart and any others like her would have the chance to join the night sky when they passed, as to truly become part of the night and belong there forever. So this that you wish is possible. I know you do not have much longer, but I know now, and I will do everything in my power to bring the truth to others when I return to Equestria," She finished.

I was ecstatic. This was amazing. As my heart rejoiced, I felt something strange come upon me. It was the most peaceful thing I had ever known, and I knew at that moment I was only moments away from rejoining my mother, and we would be together forever where we truly belonged for always.

"Thank you," I whispered. I see Her smiling, as I slowly fade away into the beyond. It is my time now, and I am finally at peace.

Author's Note

I hoped you enjoy reading this, as much as I had writing it. So this is just something I thought might've happened. Maybe it did. We may never know. But I do know that it sure is fun to imagine.

The "She" a lot to refer to princess Luna because at this point she is both Luna and Nightmare Moon. So it is not neither. "She" is a reference to the fact that Aurora views Luna/Nightmare Moon as a divine being, beyond her and all mortals.