Revenge. Vengeance. Justice. Had you asked me a few years ago, that would've been my only life purpose. For centuries I prepared for that one moment, longed for it. Just to realize that my sister never was my real threat. Now, I would say it was my missing insight. The insight that everypony, no matter how small their task are, is special in their own, unique way. Too long I hung into my grudge and my thoughts of revenge. A little mare named Twilight Sparkle openend my eyes. She has shown me that there are things that are more important, like friendship, confidence and hope. Hope has many forms and ways to be expressed. You can hope the test you had in school.
Or that you see a dear person again soon. I simply hoped that my sister would forgive me. She didn't need me the last 1000 years at all. I would have totally understood, if she sent me to the moon again. But she welcomed me, like I was just a few days away. She embraced me softly, and whispered: "I missed you Luna.". In that moment I realized how much she suffered, from the fact, that she had to banish her sister. Together we returned to Canterlot, after celebrating the Midsummer night.
"It's been a while since this room was used, but I hope you'll like it.", said Celestia, as she showed me my new room, which was alo my old one. After onethousand years, it still looked like before. Everything were where it belonged, waiting to be used again. Of course it was littered with dust, but the gesture mattered. I turned around to my sister, nearly crying for happiness and hugged her. Why was all I could think of the last years revenge? I should have know that my punishment was her only way out.
"Well, Luna, I got thing to do, but when I'm finished I want to spend some time with you.", she said and looked at me.
I nodded: "Ok I'll be waiting."After Celestia was gone, I looked around. "It will take forever to clean this mess." , I sighed. Slowly I walked through the room, heading for my bed, when I saw a letter. Immediatly I recognized the writing style of my sister, adressed to me. Wondering how long it was laying there, I opened it.
Dear Luna,
I know how much you have to fight with yourself lately. Every night you give us such wonderful night skies, but everypony seems to ignore them them. But please be asure that I appreciate your work. I don't want to lose my sister, like so many of our friends were lost. I'm begging you, don't give up. It breaks my heart to see you cry. But even I can't think of a way out. So please Luna, let us find a way together. So many things we overcame, we will master that too. Remember when you told me, the folk of Equestria needs me, after we defeated Discord?
Luna, I need you. More than ever before. Please, stand by me as we finally unite this country, we love so much. Never I could imagine a world without you. My whole life would become meaningless. It doesn't matter to me, if our subjects love me or not, I want to be appreciated by you, my dear sister. It fills me with joy, when I think of the time we spent together. Even if we can't travel through the country anymore, so let us sing and dance again. Together. I would give everything I have to see you smile again. Don't let the darkness win over you...
Please Luna, come back to me.
I was speechless. This wasn't the whole letter, but I wasn't able to read the rest, tears were shattered all over it. Tia must have written this in the night before I was banished to the moon. How desperated she sounded. I sat down and started to cry. How foolish I was! All these years, I told myself that my sister only cared for our subjects and that my only task was to make her work easier. I was so wrong. The acknowledgment of some ponies, I don't even know, was more important to me than Celestia. Why didn't I see this earlier? Why did it take so much time to find this stupid letter?! Anger began to burn in me, only to make me cry more.
For a long time I sat there, shedding many tears, think about the last 1000 years. There was this one question that poped up in my head over and over again. "Did it have to come that way?"
"It wasn't your fault." Scared I sat up. Tia entered the room, and I didn't noticed it.
"It wasn't your fault.", she repeated, "I should have seen the signs sooner, should have take action. Instead, I watched you falling. Too late I saw the reason for your change. After using the elements of harmony to sent you to the moon, not a single day went by where I did not blame myself for doing that. I was so lonely without you."
The tears in her eyes were glaring. Never before in my life I saw Celestia crying. As I stood infront of her and seeing her like that, I hugged her: "I missed you too! I was so foolish! How could praise and recognition be more important than you?” Softly she touched my head. There was no need of words, we understood each other without speaking. After a eternity she looked down on me and asked: "It's time to raise the moon, will you help me?" Silently I nodded and followed her on one of the towers of the castle.
How much time has it been since I last stood here! Slowly she lowered hear head, her horn began to glow in a warming yellow. I did the same, and together we let the sun go down on the horizon. My sister colored the sky in a bright purple and orange. I admired her. When we were young, it needed the magic of us both to rise the sun and the moon, but now she can do that all on her own. My sorrows, to be out of practise were meaningless. With the help of Celestia, the moon soon shone above Equestria. But instead, like I was used to it, go to rest a bit, Tia sat down. “It seems we have quite much to talk about.”, she said with a soft smile. I went to her, snuggled on her and closed my eyes. It was just like before, like I've never been away....
