It was just another peaceful evening in Equestria. Not late enough for everypony to be asleep, but not early enough for them to be overly active either. It was the perfect time to take a break from the hustle and bustle of the day by going out with your friends or getting yourself comfortable with a nice book.
The moon floated high in the darkened sky as its pale light illuminated the world. Princess Luna had done a wonderful job as per usual.
Unfortunately, the peace and tranquility of the moment didn't last nearly long enough, as a massive magically-projected head of a pony manifested at the tip of the Canterhorn. It was, at the very least, ten times the size of the capital city. The pale apricot coat and red hues in the mane of the bespectacled unicorn mare lit up the night sky, overpowering the moon's more peaceful glow.
The projection bore an irritated look, causing the curious ponies who tried to take a peek at it flinch in surprise. The pony it depicted looked from side to side before she heaved a lengthy sigh.
"I've come to make an announcement."
The projected mare's amplified voice echoed throughout the lands. Startling those nearby and piquing the interest of ponies farther away.
"Twilight Sparkle is a stupid, silly, feather-flapper!"
Numerous ponies across Equestria gasped with wide eyes at the sudden profanity. Some covering the ears of their foals or outright fainting. How could... whoever this pony was talk about a princess in such a way?
"She didn't come to my party! That's right! She IGNORED my invitation and brushed me off like NOTHING!"
The entire nation went quiet as everypony who were awake and present took in the mare's words. Twilight Sparkle? Doing something so obscene? How could she?! It seemed like this mare had every right to be as upset as she was.
"She said she had thiiiiiiiiis many books to catch up on."
A pair of sleeved hooves appeared beside the projection. The mare gestured them as if she was measuring something as she continued her rant. Something that resembled a pebble levitated from below her and idly floated to the side.
"And I think that's a load of baloney. So I'm showing off what I'm capable of while calling her out!"
The 'pebble' floated over in front of her, bobbing up and down within her magic. The citizens of Equestria watched intently, wondering what will happen next.
"Twilight Sparkle, you have a TINY book collection! It's the size of this walnut except WAY SMALLER! And guess what? This is what my book collection looks like!"
The projection of her head fizzled out, and was replaced with a 'screen' showing rows upon rows of bookshelves. Each one neatly organized and lovingly maintained with clear effort.
"That's right, baby! Tall shelves, no stacks, no dust; look at that, it contains more knowledge that the entire Canterlot Public Library!"
The 'screen' dissipated and was replaced with the sight of the mare once more. Her furious expression now replaced with a cocky smirk.
"You ignored my party to study some stupid kiddy magic, so guess what? I'm going to show off MY OWN MAGIC!"
The mare's horn lit up brightly with pale purple magic. It made an audible buzzing noise to those nearby, flaring and crackling all the while. It was at this point that a few guards had been alerted and were already on the move, expecting this to be yet another villain attack.
"That's right! This is what you get! MY SUPER LASER MAGIC BLAST!"
An absolutely ginormous beam of magic was released into the sky, piercing through the atmosphere like a hot knife through butter. If it had been aimed lower it would have devastated everything in its path.
"Except I'm not just doing this for show. I'm gonna go higher! I'm going to BLAST THE MOOOON!"
Nopony realized until it was too late. The beam had been aimed directly towards the moon. The concentrated blast of magic crashed right onto its surface, shearing off an entire chunk and launching away large fragments of moon rock.
The looks of the once merely confused and inconvenienced ponies turned into terror as they saw the most recognizable celestial body of the night sky get obliterated at the blink of an eye.
"HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT, TWILIGHT?! I BLASTED THE MOON, YOU IDIOT!"
Right above the projection of her head, a timer that started at twenty-four hours flashed into reality and began to count down.
"You have twenty-four hours before the LLLUNARRR RRRROCKSS start to make impact with Equestria! Now get out of my sight before I blast you to smithereens too!"
And with those parting words, the projection disappeared in blinding flash. Leaving everypony in Equestria shaking in fear, wondering what would happen next.
Slowly, with blurry vision, Princess Luna followed a familiar soft voice as she steadily returned to the waking world. Though for some reason, everything felt very fluffy and looked very white.
"Luna! Oh by the sun, you're alright!"
Blinking away the bleariness in her eyes, she tried to position herself to sit. Thankfully, her sister was there help her raise herself.
"I... had the strangest vision... the moon... somepony tried to destroy it..." the lunar princess croaked out. She wondered why everything she did suddenly felt strained and weakened.
Celestia's eyes widened as she realized her sister's near-whispered response.
"O-oh, well, funny you should say that..."
"What... do you-"
Luna abruptly halted her question once she turned her head to look outside of a window. She saw the once calm streets of Canterlot filled with ponies running around in a panic, with the faint sound of screaming and yelling coming from the mountaintop city.
She looked up, and...
"Luna? Luna!"
Twilight Sparkle observed the projection of a timer that had stayed after... Moondancer's catastrophic announcement. She had been rendered virtually catatonic upon her balcony ever since the unicorn mare had began insulting her with a magically-amplified voice.
It was only when the moon had been shattered that she was finally able to pull herself free out of her reverie. The young princess turned to her number one assistant, who had also watched the entire thing from the start.
"Spike... what just happened?"
The baby dragon crossed his arms and breathed out a smoking sigh.
"I think ya done goofed."
He turned around with a tired expression and waved a claw, not bothering to look behind him.
"I'm sure you and the girls have got this all under control. Time for me to get some shut eye."
Author's Note
...
I have no excuses.
