As the Elements finished purging the recently returned Nightmare Moon, Twilight and her friends crumbled onto the floor and fell unconscious from all of that magical energy that they had used on the former princess of the night. They were the true heroes that had saved Equestria thanks to the use of the Elements of Harmony

As for the former Nightmare Moon known as Princess Luna, she was only barely hanging on to consciousness herself. The purging had free her from her darkness in her heart. She was finally free; free from Nightmare and it's creatures. Though she wanted to share the glory, she laid on the floor a bit and sighed heavily.

Now that she was back in her right mind, she needed to get back on track and find out just how much she had missed along with seeing the statuette form of her adopted son as soon as possible. Unfortunately, she was so weak, that 'as soon as possible' might not be for a few hours.

"I just hope he isn't mad that he was turned into stone... Rumi, Mama's coming back for you, my little baby boy." Luna couldn't help but cry while remembering the day that she and Celestia accidentally hit him with the spell which turned him into a stone statue. One of the contributions for her downfall into Nightmare Moon...

"Please, don't cry sister." Celestia said as she appeared in the room via one of her magic spells.

Luna saw her appear and immediately looked away in shame. She didn’t deserve to be pitied by her older sister – not after the things that had gone down. Luna had made mistakes that could possibly be uncorrected.

"Luna... whatever happened back then... I accept the lion's share of the blame. My hubris blinded me to so many things." Celestia sighed – her words were true.

Luna didn't speak but continued to listen to her sister as the apologies roared in without even slowing down for a minute.

"I shouldn't have brushed off your concerns about our people being thoughtlessly cruel to you. I should have been more careful with the Elements when we defeated Discord. There were so many little things I should have done differently. Yet I didn't, so I must ask for your forgiveness, Luna." Celestia pleaded.

Luna didn't speak still for the next couple of seconds but then spared her sister a small glance. "I should be the one to apologize..." She admitted.

"Luna…?" Celestia said questioningly with a confused expression.

"I caused you so much grieve... I felt nothing but pain thanks to me becoming Nightmare and nearly plunged Equestria into the darkness... my jealousy stemmed from the fact that I failed Rumi... he doesn't deserve me as his adoptive mother..." Luna was in tears again after admitting those words.

"We both failed, Luna. Neither of us are perfect. What do you say to us starting over and trying again?" Celestia offered as she extended her arms for Luna to accept her.

The Princess of the Night sent a nod and let her older sister hug her. "I missed you so much Celly..."

Celestia held her baby sister in her arms and whispered quietly. "I missed you too, Lulu..."

As they reconnected their old bonds neither of them saw the young boy and girl reappearing a little bit away from where they were thanks to a small light.

"Aw, isn't this cute?" Namine made their presence known after seeing the two sisters reconnect.

She was the only one conscious while Rumi remained unconscious – turns out the teleportation trick put him to sleep. An act that didn't escape Luna's gaze when she saw him and tears of joy streamed down from her eyes.

"RUMI!" Luna exclaimed as she rushed forward to their location.

"Easy Luna, easy! He's still getting his memories back together after the stoning!" Namine tried to calm her down yet Luna ignored her and immediately hugged her child.

"Ah, the love of a mother for her child." Namine quipped in a happy tone.

"It is… and you are…?” Luna questioned the blonde that came with her adoptive child.

"I'm Namine, Rumi's girlfriend. Long story, time travel nonsense, I'll explain later." Namine replied.

Luna's eyes widened. "A... a girlfriend...? But... How?" She questioned yet Namine raised her hands to get her to calm down a bit.

"Like I said, it's a very long story." Namine sighed.

Luna nodded but was still confused about how Namine and Rumi managed to become boyfriend-girlfriend while in a statuette prison.

"I don't mean to interrupt this... heartwarming moment but would anyone care to explain what's going on?" Celestia asked in a confused tone.

"To make a long story short, when the Elements activated I was able to snatch up a tiny bit of their energy and used it to break the petrification on Rumi." Namine explained.

Luna was astonished. "So... you managed to get my baby boy back?"

"I mean… I can't take all the credit. The enchantment was already weakening and it probably would've broken in a few more years on its own, but I did speed up the process." Namine replied as Luna sent her a thankful nod.

"I see... I don't know how to repay you though..." Luna trailed off.

"You could agree to not send me to the moon for daring to date your baby boy?" Namine replied cheekily.

Luna smirked at that. "Deal. You really want to date him don't you?" She asked softly while petting her unconscious son on the hair.

"Very much so, yes. While he was petrified, I was able to converse with him in his mind. I think I love him very much." Namine confessed as her heart began to beat very fast.

Luna sighed in a motherly love. "That's the power of love."

"Yeah, it is." Namine replied warmly as a soft groan came from Rumi who was stirring up and opening his eyelids slowly

"My head is pounding..." He groaned while rubbing his lids.

"That's a side effect of your memories finishing getting back into place." Namine replied and then posed a question. "Do you remember your time with Luna now?"

"Y-yeah... I do... where am I though?" Rumi wondered.

"The Castle of the Two Sisters, my child." Luna answered with a motherly smile.

Rumi saw his adoptive mother and hugged her immediately. "M-mom..." He whispered softly as tears streamed down his eyes due to the fact.

"It's OK, let it all out. We're finally together again." Luna cried as she held her child for the first time in over a thousand years.

"I'm sorry I wasn't a better boy to you, Mama." Rumi admitted after letting go off his adoptive mother.

"Don't be silly, Rumi. It's a child's job to make life difficult for their parent." Luna teased as Rumi began to blush in embarrassment.

"Mom! Not in front of my girlfriend!" Rumi protested and hid his face to avoid getting more embarrassed by his adoptive mother and mentor.

"Ah yes, the mysterious girlfriend you didn't have when you were petrified. Tell me all about it." Luna requested in an amused tone. She was going to have so much fun in teasing her child.

"Well... she- You!" Rumi was angry when he saw Celestia who looked away in a shame.

"Your anger with me is well justified, young Rumi. Forgive me." Celestia pleaded with her adoptive nephew.

"Hmph. I'm never forgiving you for that moment... and your aim sucked a lot." Rumi admitted.

"I can't argue with that." Celestia sighed – her nephew had every right to be angry with after the accident nearly a thousand years ago.

Luna snickered at how Celestia was being scolded. "You deserve that." She admitted with a grin on her face.

"Well, let us see to the new Element Bearers and then we can all have a nice, long talk." Celestia decided but Luna had other ideas.

"Can I... can I have some alone time with my baby boy though? Somewhere that's private." Luna requested.

"Of course." Celestia agreed.

“I’ll help out with awakening the new Elements. Give you and your son some privacy since you both have a lot to catch up on.” Namine told them as Luna gave her a thankful nod.

She then teleported herself and her child away to a seperate location.

"Forgot about that." Rumi commented with a grin after the teleportation spell.

"Judging by what Namine has said, your memories were quite damaged by the petrification." Luna noted as she hugged her son.

"They were... unfortunately." Rumi agreed with his mother and sighed heavily.

"Thankfully Namine helped piece them back together. They still aren't back to 100%, so I might be forgetting a few things that were obvious to me before, but I do still remember the day you adopted me, so the important bits are still there." Rumi added.

"The most important day of my life... and the happiest, baby." Luna pecked his forehead with a smile.

"I'm just glad to be back among the land of the living," Rumi said

"Same... but most importantly - I'm glad to have you back, honey." Luna replied.

"Thanks, Mom." And the pair embraced as mother-son once again.

“Stop it, Mom… it tickles!” Rumi giggled as his mother tickled his weak spots.

Luna couldn’t help but giggle. “You made me worry, young man… you don’t get to be a stone statue for a thousand years and live to tell about it.” She declared.

“Aww, you wound me Mother.” Rumi joked as Luna pecked his cheek once more.

“Definitely have a lot of catching up to do and to continue training you… you can still summon your Keyblade, right?” Luna wondered.

Rumi nodded and summoned Kingdom Key. “Completely untouched in the last thousand years.” He declared.

Luna ruffled his hair. “That’s my boy. Though you have a grasp on your abilities, you still have much to learn about the darkness… fortunately, I’ll be around. I’m not losing you again.” She promised him.

“I’m not going anywhere.” He assured her as the two watched the sun rising on the horizon.

No matter what lay ahead, with family reunited, they could face it together. Little did they know that a story had begun… one that would change Equestria forever.

Author's Note

Okay, so bad news - upon me trying to submit the story and prepare for the worst, I received a message saying it could not be submitted due to my protagonist not interacting with the cast... so, I fixed that in the third chapter. Hopefully, it should get approved.

Keeping my fingers crossed that it gets approved - hope you all enjoy it!

As usual, I don't own Kingdom Hearts nor My Little Pony - they are owned by their respective companies!