Canterlot

Each official in the Canterlot castle was on edge. The disappearance of Twilight Sparkle, even if some nobles didn't particularly like her, was terrifying. The fact that a princess could disappear without warning, and with no leads afterwards. Conspiracies were thrown about not even a day after the incident. This caused some speculations to go too far, and turn into a game of pointing hooves at eachother, as if it was going to solve something.

Celestia and Luna were tired after days and days of trying to figure out what happened. This wasn't just a simple issue of losing a faithful student, but the fact that somepony in a high political status could simply vanish. That alone was giving their ponies to question the safety the authority gave them, and both Celestia and Luna questioned themselves. How could they tell their precious ponies that they were safe, if they couldn't even keep one of their own princess' safe?

Luna lay in her bed, asleep from the tiresome night before she had.

It was time for the sun to fall, and the moon to rise, just like it had for years on end. Yet, Luna was not up yet. Even with tiresome days years before, she was always up to take her moon down. Celestia, standing outside her sisters chambers, shook her head. The entire situation had certainly gotten to them both. It was a stressful time indeed, more-so than any other time.

How could that be? They've fought beings such as Discord and Tirek, yet times have never felt so on edge as it did now. Celestia questioned as to why, and came to the conclusion that Discord and Tirek were obvious villains. Cozy Glow had been the only special case. However, now, there was nopony to point a hoof to. There was zero leads, zero proof, and zero time for relaxation.

Celestia slowly opened the door, stepping inside the large room inside. Luna's chambers were quite the opposite of her own, though that was to be expected. Instead of a bright shining sun on the ceiling, a crescent moon was present. Instead of bright colors of blue, green, and white, the walls adorned dark purples and blues, and the darkest black imaginable.

She made her way to her sisters bedside, and with her hoof, lightly shook Luna's side.

Luna's reaction to this was a quick awakening, thrusting herself upright with a loud gasp. Celestia took a step backwards, the sudden reaction from Luna causing her to scare a little. With a couple quick breaths, Luna turned to Celestia and gave her a glare. "Why do you wake me up, sister?"

"Luna, you've slept in. It's time for you to put the moon in the sky, and for me to take down the su-"

"A couple of minutes past our required awakening isn't that big of a deal, sister. With all that is going on, all that surrounds us, we- I am not able to get a couple more minutes of sleep?"

Celestia gave a sigh, not interested in arguing with her sister so early. "Our ponies will see us as lazy. If we are not able to get up at a set time, how can we expect our ponies to do the same? Royalty requires diligence."

Luna groaned, getting off the large bed and floating a comb over to herself, brushing her hair. "With how things have changed, I thought you would've been the one to be a little lax on these things. You speak informal, you present yourself much more informal than before, and you are informal. Yet, sleep is what bothers you?"

"Luna, I understand you're not in the best moo-"

"You're doing nothing by waking me up right now. What did you accomplish? Did you really think ponies would line up in the streets because of a few minutes? Instead of worrying about how much sleep I'm getting, why don't you worry about your student?"

That, was a low blow.

Celestia groaned. "Sister, do not go there. It is stressful times as it is, and you shouldn't be saying such disrespectful things like that. You are better than that, Luna."

"Am I? Seems all I seem to do is stress you out, and try to kill you, huh?"

"What?"

Luna, finally finished with brushing her hair, levitated the brush to its rightful place. "You heard me."

"Is that what is troubling you, sister? You're still upset about what happened a thousand years ago? When you were banished? It's been a long time since you've come back, I thought you got over it!"

Luna laughed, though it wasn't one of joy. "Really? Celestia, I have no friends. I only have acquaintances, and you. Even Twilight and her friends can't be considered friends. They're more like coworkers than friends. You expect me to be happy when I have nopony to talk to? The most amount of interaction I've truly had, are these two weeks. And all it's been with is political figures, and the general. It's sad, for an Alicorn princess to be this way, don't you think?"

Celestia shook her head. "No! I would never think that!"

"That's what you thought when you banished me. 'Oh, my sister is nothing but a lonesome nobody.' I could see it in you, Celestia. I never had the guts to confront you until now."

"Luna, the stress has gotten to you. You don't mean any of this. It's been hard for everypo-"

Within a flash of light, Luna disappeared.

Author's Note

Wow, I know right, a lame chapter!

It didn't even break a thousand words!

Let me explain: recent events has caused me to slow down on writing. Mainly, my finger having.. well, a missing piece, and my hands being severely injured from an accident with glass. If you learn anything from me, its to never haul a pane of glass that's easily 80-90 pounds heavy alone. And, simply drop it, don't let it fall onto your hands.

Writing has been painful, but I thought I owed it to you all for a simple update. A tiny, little update. It's going to be awhile before another one gets written, or if I decide to push through the pain and continue writing.

Thank you, to everyone who hasn't forgotten about me or my stories.

I've mainly been reading other people's great stories, and commenting and helping with their writing, though I usually comment using my phone. It's less painful.

I'll see you all whenever I get better. Hopefully, that is. Have a good day.