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The Real Reason Princess Luna Was Banished to the Moon

By spu313
Yeah I know this is not canon. And doesn't make the opening episodes of My Little Pony make any sense. But who cares? Oh yeah, you do.

“Luna, it's time for bed!”

Princess Luna looked up from her toys and rolled her eyes. “No it’s not!”

“Yes it is!”

“Nuh-uh”

“Uh-huh”

“Nuh-uh”

“Uh-huh”

Princesses Luna and Celestia continued this way for a couple more minutes. Then Luna exclaimed: “Just cause you’re older than me doesn’t make you my boss!”

“Yes it does. And mom and dad said that I was in charge while they are away.”

“So?”

“So that means that when I say you have to go to bed you have to go to bed.”

“No it doesn’t. Mom and dad said my bedtime wasn’t until sunrise! And its only 10!”

“Well I’m in charge so I say you have to go to bed now!”

“No. I’m not gonna.”

“You have to! I said so!”

“So?”

“I’m in charge! You have to do what I say!”

“I’m the Princess of the Night! I’ve been sleeping ALL day! I only woke up, like, three hours ago! I’m not tired.”
“Yes you are.”

“No I’m not! You don’t know that!”

“Yes you are! Yes I do!”

“Since when did you know everything?”

“Since mom put me in charge!”

“That doesn’t make any sense!” Luna exclaimed indignantly. She finally got up from her game and looked her sister straight in the eye.

Or, rather, she tried to. Celestia was a few inches taller than Luna so she ended up glaring upwards. “You think you’re so cool cause mom made you in charge. Well, you’re not! You are just being a big meanie! I can stay up cause its my turn to stay up and theres no reason for you to make me go to sleep and you need to go to sleep night is my time and not your time and I intend to do with it what I want and you can’t tell me no cause its night and its my turn so there!” Luna inhaled deeply, having expended all of her breath on that one sentence.

“Fine, if you wanna stay up all night, you can. ON THE MOON.”

Princess Luna laughed. “You can’t do that.”

“Yes I can!”

“Thats stupid! You can’t do anything to me, I’m almost as powerful as you!”

“Yeah, well, I’m older! So you have to listen to me!”

“No I don’t! Its not like you can do anything to me anyways!”

“Yes I can. I can go get the elements of harmony.”

“You wouldn’t.”

“I will if you don’t go to bed now.”

“No.”

“Fine I’m gonna.”

“If you do mom and dad will just bring me back down and then you’ll be in trouble!”

“No they won’t.”

“Yes they will!”

“Fine. I’m going to go get the elements.”

Princess Celestia stalked out of the room in a fury. Luna rolled her eyes and went back to playing. After a few minutes, Celestia came back into the room with the elements of harmony.

“I have the elements. Will you go to bed now?”

“No. You can’t make me.”

“Fine. Then... I BANISH YOU TO THE MOON! FOREVER!”

Luna simply laughed as the whirlwind of blue smoke spirited her away.

“You are in SOOOO much trouble when mom and dad get home!” She called as she vanished from the room.

A few days later Celestia’s parents did return. That night, at sunset, Celestia both lowered the sun and rose the moon. Confused as to why she was doing her sister’s duty, Celestia’s parents asked: “Celestia, why are you doing Luna’s job? And where is our youngest daughter?”

“Well, you see, about that...”

Celestia wanted to stay out of trouble so she began to weave a tale that blew events way out of proportion. Celestia wove a tale of jealousy and stubbornness, a tale that today is known as the Legend of the Mare in the Moon.