The Legend of Solar Flare and Nightmare Moon

Twilight gazed up from her Book of Eternal Legend. Her eyes twinkled as she and her friends watched as half of the Equestrian sky turned a blue violet, with stars all coming to form a crescent moon. The clouds of the sun caught to a firey red from the sun, all coming to cover the sun as the stars had the moon.

The eight highest ponies glanced from one another, never leaving more than five seconds to keep watch on the stars and clouds. They had been waiting days to let the two out of their prisons. Every night, Luna could feel Nightmare glaring at her from the moon, begging to be let out. This was also true with Celestia as Flare yelled and sometimes cursed at the royal to let her out soon. Sometimes, even though it wasn't their place, they would yell at the opposite sister, like Flare yelling at Luna or Nightmare screeching to Celestia. Sometimes they would gang up on one sister to be free. They would sleep eventually, but not for long. Only about ten hours. Celestia would have nightmares about Nightmare Moon when she slept at night. 'Out...out...OUT!' Nightmare Moon would beg and scream to Celestia, even waking the Solar Princess most evenings. When Luna was slumbering during the period of the day, Solar Flare would be in her dreams, even though it was not her place. 'Out or else! Out or else. OUT. OR. ELSE.' Solar Flare would yell to her.

"Well, ladies, this is it," Celestia spoke as she turned to Luna.

They gazed at each other, then nodded. Uniting their magic in the center of Canterlot, they opened two giant portals. Luna opened a flaming red and orange portal, while Celestia let a blue violet swirling hole open in front of them. They gazed at each other, almost as if they were talking with their minds.

After seconds that seemed eternal, they heard booms, loud cracks of thunder and lightning; though there was no cloud in the sky. Nor the sun. Nor the moon. Everypony fixated their gazes on the sky, then heard the growls of determined mares. The ponies' looks cast a glare of fear on two ponies, mares. They were tall and thin. One, red and a mane of flames, stood with a grin, the sun rising behind her.

"We are Solar Flare," the burning mare boomed, in the royal Canterlot voice. She made a peculiar call and a bone pheonix came to her side. With a similar call, it turned to dust, presumed dead. Though most knew it was the nature of a bone pheonix. Solar Flare glared at the civilians, a cartoony smile with sharp teeth that came to a fine point in a grin.

The other, a blue mare with flowing blue violet hair, stood, the opposite of the other, a face with anger, not fiendish happiness. Her hair seemed to be rushing water, though who were brave enought to venture forward caught that it was just the stars in her mane, screaming to move out of her mane, and back into the sky.

The one called Solar Flare nudged her with a boney elbow and the mare used a similar voice. "And we are Nightmare Moon," She spoke with a sigh.

"Sisters," the royal good princesses spoke, "please, follow, unless you wish to leave, banished to your homes for another thousand years. On your planets of either burning sands or barren rocks."

The two taller mares, presumed to be bad, stepped forward and bowed their heads in perfect synch. "Princesses, we live to please. We wish not to return to thine own body, no more than two beings." They spoke in equal tones, sounding as beautiful as Chrysalis' doubled voice. The original princesses smiled, and bowed to the others.

"Our subjects, please leave us be, we wish to return favors of stories to thines princesses and magic users. The Elements, we mean," Flare spoke.

They called the other Nightmare.

The ones called by the four beings of higher power indicated for the Elements to follow. After cantering in silence behind the walking taller beings, they stopped. Celestia walked in front, then Luna, the Flare, then Nightmare, then Twilight and friends. They walked into a royal sitting room. Everypony, well, every royal pony sat elegantly, while the lessers plopped down rudely.

They all exchanged glances as if to say, 'Shall we begin?'

Once everypony was done with intro's of the new beings on their planet, the tallest mares started to speak, but were interupted first.

"Oh! Sorry! Well, I was wondering... how do you all relate exactly?" Twilight asked, apologzing.

Flare sighed and glanced at the other royals, then spoke. "We are parts of Celestia and Luna's souls. They once held resentment in their hearts, once for ponies who ignored the beauty of the night, the other neglected by ponies who loathed the sun. We broke off from their souls, becoming evil beings. We whilst talk about that subject later, my little ponies. We, we were evil. We wish not to recall it now, instead talk of the wastelands we t'were banished upon." Flare indicated.

Twilight giggled, then spoke again, "Uh, that kind of does not answer my question, and the royal we and stuff...."

"Sisters, this is a home where we no longer use that voice and language." Celestia said cheerily.

"Ah, we- I, see. well, Twilight. These two became us. Then since we frightened the ponies we love and cherish to have, we rised against each other. We were still evil, Nightmare and I, but when banished by our twins if you will, we had years to think. Centuries. We return happy to serve them in any way possible," Flare ended with a hard stamp of the hoof.

Nightmare started to speak up. "How about a story, my little ponies?"