"There can only be one princess in Equestria! And that princess will be me!"

Nightmare Moon yelled as she began to battle who she once considered her sister.

So they fought. And she was winning. By the stars, she finally would become the one she who meant to be, a Princess who was appraised be her subjects. Somepony who would never again be pushed to the side like some doll that seemed interesting when bought, but was quickly forgotten. Her night would rule supreme and would be cherished by every citizen in Equestria, her principality. Maybe even her queendom?

Pulled out of thought by a strange sound she had heard before. Like wind-chimes, only louder. They vibrated through everything and everypony, but not her. They wrapped around her, like some blanket trying to squish her to mush. And there were signs appearing all around her, signs her darkness and anger overtaken mind could only begin to understand.

A curse.

Would Celestia truly curse her? Would she really remove the one she still saw as her own sister?

Apparently so, as she began to feel herself being teleported to some location. Every cell of her being was being cursed with supremely powerful magic. She remembers this magic, its feeling and its origin.

The elements of harmony.

Celestia was using them against her!

"NOOOOOOOOOO!"

She yelled before finally being teleported.

There was a pain in her abdomen and she awoke.

...

She...she was on the moon.

Celestia-like some twisted, evil blood-mage-simply cursed her onto her own mo-

Then she knew two numbers. Like something had put them there, at the forefront of her thoughts. It was odd, it didn't feel forced, it felt like something simply sowed the thoughts into her mind.

1000 and 3.

She knew what one-thousand meant, for some reason. It meant she would have to remain there for a millennium.

The thought made her rage, and kick up dust. She was so angry at her sister for everything she had done. Everything she had taken away and was continuing to take as she stewed where she currently is. She raged and raged for who knows how long. She tried looking at Equis to understand time based off of its rotation. Funny, somepony might think that if you simply let the earth and moon counter-orbit their planet, then you could time them perfectly to bring about day or night. Celestia must have planned this all along, to one day allow her to bring about eternal day.

Though, she is too prissy for something like that.

As she was staring at the planet, though, she realized something. Time was behaving odd, like it had slowed down for her body, but not her mind. She could somehow adjust to the odd perception, but with a reference for time it was obvious that something was wrong.

So she stewed and simply destroyed parts of the barren landscape.

...

A year later she had all the proof she needed to know that she was pregnant.......somehow.

She had never been like Celestia and attempted to have children, which are all long dead, due to being one of the more...standard races of Nightmare Moon's little ponies. She never wanted this pain or distraction-she tells herself-so she never attempted to have offspring.

"SO HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!" she yells to nopony.

"At least," she admits, "I will have a little one to help me destroy Celestia once I return."

One the word felt odd...

Something in her mind was telling her that she was wr-

"No!"

"No no no no no no no NO!"

And considering the fact that it was a year after doing.....anything really, that she saw the signs must mean that- "Please, isn't this banishment punishment enough?" she pleads to the universe.

"I have to bear three?! For nopony knows how many years?!"

...

4 years.

It took 4 years to be exact. (So...5 in total?)

One year was stretched into 5. Which may be a good sign, since it means that her body will only feel 200 or so years of the next thousand.

Right now she was feeling the pain of many thousands of years.

But it would soon be over.

Wha-......?

Where.....?

?

...

Alive.

?!

...

No...see(?).

...

A little later.

Where am I?

Who am I?

I tried to speak, but only an odd gasp came out.

I tried to stand, but understood none of....myself.

I tried to comprehend, but that task was fruitless as well.

I understood, however, that something I saw was my mother. She was holding me.....us.

There were others there. How many? I couldn't comprehend that either.

But they where there, only I should be near my mother.

A hiss, like a cat, came from somewhere.

From me, I realized. And that scared me. Some part of me.

Mother seemed happy, so I was happy.

And I fell asleep.

...

Later, at some point, I was able to walk. It wasn't that long, but how long?

I saw the others...my siblings.

Ok, plural, I understand that. What else can I think? Why can't I think linearly?

They looked....normal? What was normal?

That frustrated me, so I hissed at them again. One recoiled, the other puffed up and stood before the former.

Duality.

Two.

There were two of them!

Oh, this plan will be the grandest Nightmare Moon has ever devised.

When she can train the three, they will be her greatest assets yet. One in particular seems to be ferocious. A filly. She has already shown to be more primal than a normal foal, by hissing at her own siblings. One of which, also a filly, was more lanky and seemed to be more jumpy than the other two. And the third seems like his heart is in the right place already, ugh. He seems to be a colt, so they are not identical.

As they are proficient enough in...living to stand, she will begin their training. She doesn't have a second to lose...even if she has 1000 years mentally.

"Hello, Children," she states.

This gets the little ones's attention, despite them not being able to understand any of it.

"We are your mother, Nightmare Moon. And you three shall be the downfall of Celestia! We will name you once you have earned it! For now, we shall keep this introduction short, but once you are older, you shall hear it again and you shall memorize it!"

The three tilted their heads at her.

Expected.

"Well," she mused, "let's see where this leads us."

25 actual years later, felt like 5.

"Mother," I said, "I can't do this."

I was on the verge of tears again. I just can't do a fire spell.

"Thou knowst-"

I gave her a look.

"Until thou can't do this spell, we shall thou thee," mother simply stated, "Now, you know thou's magic is heavily linked to emotions, moreso than others's, think of something that enrages thee."

I hated that (which actually helps). I can't think of many things that enrage me. So I try to think of something, anything. I think about the fact that my brother Valiant Shadow already has his name, and that my sister is very close to obtaining hers. I think of the fact that my magic seems to do whatever it wants.

I think deep down.

There is nothing there, though. Like a big pit of something that was there, a whole late that simply dried up.

Maybe that would work? I think of the fact that we have been damned to stay upon the moon for an eternity, due to an aunt I never even knew. That it will be forever before I ever see a lake.

Mother even stated that most other ponies need water to live, another point against my aunt.

I dig as deep as it goes.

Something is there...

I try thinking of how unfair it is when my siblings beat me in a duel. Even my sister who has no strength to speak of. Only the odd amount of kindness that she throws at you until you basically defeat yourself.

She is taller. I try thinking of the fact that I am the smallest of my siblings, but my magic still doesn't respond.

Then I see it. Like a vision. I see a name, my scratching has been useful for something.

Dave.

Well, that isn't useful at all!

And a face.

A horrid face. Not only was it awkwardly shaped and looked like somepony took off its muzzle, but I hated something about it. I despised its joyous expression.

I felt my magic build.

Then...a large chunk of our practice crater was gone.

My mother galloped over to me and said something, but I couldn't hear her. I was furious. I snarled at her and tried casting something, but mother was quicker than I was.

I had done it, that was all I needed. Maybe I would now receive a name?

But a name isn't what I wanted, I wanted the blood of that face.

I lashed out more spells, before some spell hit me from the back and I was out cold.

I had done it.

But I had changed.

The last day of Princess Luna's punishment.

This is the day my sister would return.

Finally.

After all these years I will see my little Luna once again. But I will have to be careful about this. I will have to make sure I let everything play out like I had envisioned, so I must leave my student, Twilight Sparkle, and the other future bearers of the elements of harmony alone.

"Showtime," I whispered and wandered into the Everfree Forrest to hide.

...

(Quite the spectacle, I must say.)

I sighed and said, "Not now, Discord, go back to sleep."

(But I alweady swept fow weally weally long.)

Even when entrapped in stone, that spirit can be such a bother...

Either way, I came to greet my sister and entered our old castle.

And...she seemed weak. I could see that immediatelly. She was smaller, lighter and less spirited than she had been when we last saw each other.

So I began, "It has been a thousand years since I have seen you like this. Time to put our differences behind us. We were meant to rule together, little sister."

The bearers were, like expected, shocked at this fact, but I continued, "Will you accept my friendship?"

She seemed so happy and sorrowful at once and ran up to me replying, "I'm so sorry! I missed you so much, big sister!"

I was so happy.

"I've missed you too."

I had to settle some things with Twilight, and while I admit that it was sad to see her stay, it is safer to keep the element bearers together.

As we left, Luna under my wings, on our way to a celebration, one of the bearers and Twilight's friends (as well as our biggest supply of apples at Canterlot) pointed to the-still night-sky and asked, "Do any of y'all know wha t' Moon has strange markings on 't?"

We all looked up and I could feel Luna begin to panic and shake.

Then the markings lit up.

Author's Note

Well, it this whole story gets through moderation, then it will be released with two whole chapters!