Trapped Within

Chapter 1

As the sun set along the horizon, the sun goddess’ duties had end for the day. It was now her sister’s duty to guard the night. However her sister had not arrived yet. Celestia started to worry for her sister until she saw a flash of indigo in the red-orange sky of the sunset.

“I am here sister. Rest while I guard the night.”

“Thank you.”

As Celestia walked towards her chambers she thought of Luna. Her sister had only been freed from her curse recently. And her sister was having trouble mingling with her subjects. They still feared her no matter how many times the lunar goddess explained that she had changed. But Celestia had noticed certain moments when Luna would just stop talking and then start again in a different voice. However when her sister’s normal voice came back she could not remember what she had said. Recently those small blackouts were growing in severity. First it was when she would be walking then the blackout would happen. When she came to, she was at the other side of the room, not knowing how she got there. Then it was when she would be reading. The blackout would happen but she would still keep reading. When she came to she would be maybe 20 pages ahead of when she blacked out. She would have to go back and read it again. But now it had gotten to a level where when she blacked out she would talking to Celestia one second and the next she would be standing over her with her sister on the ground, bruised and battered. The solar princess was worried for her sister but she did notice that even though the blackouts were growing in intensity, they were diminishing in amount. So Celestia didn’t worry too much. When she arrived at her room, she removed her crown and boots and got into bed and fell asleep.

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As Luna was watching over the night, she started to hear a voice. A voice that was locked deep in her mind when she was freed. The voice was the voice of Nightmare Moon. Luna would hear the voice before a blackout.

“Luna.....”

She knew the blackout was coming and she knew she couldn’t stop it. All she did was hoped that it didn’t lead to something bad.

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When the indigo-coloured alicorn awoke, she was on the floor beside her sister’s bed. Oh no, she thought to herself, what could have happened during my blackout? Celestia was still sleeping peacefully so Luna thought that nothing had happened. She walked over to one of the multiple windows overlooking Equestria to find that it was almost dawn. She decided to wake her sister to be ready. She walked back to the bed and nudged her sister’s hoof. Nothing happened. Her sister did not stir, she just remained asleep. Luna tried again. Nothing. She started to panic. She thought to herself what would happen if she never woke up. She paced the length of the bed listening to the clacking of her hooves against the stone hoping it would calm her down. She walked over to the door and found a white guard stallion keeping guard down the hall. She trotted nervously up to him and asked him if he could find a doctor.

“Who is in need of medical assistance, Your Majesty?” bowing to the princess.

“Princess Celestia.”

The guard stood up shocked.

“The princess?!”

“Yes. Now would please hurry.”

“Of course, Your Majesty.” said the guard as he rushed off down the stairs at the end of the hall.

A few minutes later a doctor was beside the sun goddess’ bed checking her vital signs.

“Is she going to be alright?” asked the lunar princess.

“Her vitals are all normal however...”

“Yes?”

“She is in a coma.”