Midnight Rising

Horror. Grief. These were my first emotions when the news reached my ears: my dearest sister and best friend, Sunrise, had been taken. But, I had other duties to preform as the new leader of Equestria; I couldn't let my sorrow show. Yet, I'm no leader. the true leader of the two of us was Sunrise. sure, I helped guide my sister along and rose the moon each nght, but I'm a quiet pony. And this is why many think I had done it. In my opinion, the accusation was absolutely ridiculous. I'd proved in the past I love my sister with all my heart. Sadly, the citizens who do not believe in me also think my evidence for being a good pony was just an act. This problem has risen up in my lists of concerns to the point where I believe soon enough the numbers of disbelievers will be so great that they will drive me out of Canterlot itself.

Letting her pen drop slowly to the fold between the pages in her journal, Midnight softly murmured, "I think that's enough for now." At that moment in time, somepony knocked on the bedroom door. After wiping away tears of grief, the alicorn hopped off of her blanketed mattress and stomped to the door. the wooden thing almost  flew off it's hinges as it swung open with a magical aura.

"What do you wan-"

Midnight stopped herself from finishing as she realized the unicorn on the other side was friend, not foe.

The lunar princess nearly collapsed with relief. Since the accusation had fallen on her shoulders, royal guards had been knocking on her door to  announce the arrival of another angry mob at the castle gates. Right now, when the anger had stalled,  was a prefect time for a friendly face to show up, especially Silver's.

Silver Crescent was, as Midnight had stated many times before in her life(which, so far, wasn't very long), the best friend EVER. She was of no high ranking descent, with the exception of her great-great-grandfather, who was Captain of the Royal Guard in his time, which Midnight loved about her, because, around Silver, she was just like any other pony, and defiantly not a princess. The two had gone to magic school together, but, fascinated by Midnight's tales of stars, other planets, and the Moon, Sil had dropped out to study astronomy.

Because of this, Midnight leaned forward and gave the blue unicorn an enormous hug.

"Oh, Sil! It's been an absolute disaster," she cried. "I know, Mid. That's why I came as soon as I heard, Silver replied, hugging back.

After letting go, Midnight launched into a flurry of questions: "How is your sister? Is she here as well? Are you doing well in astronomy school? Do you need help? Tell me, what is the second biggest star within a twenty radius of our planet?"

Silver giggled. "Well, I was hoping we could talk in the castle gardens," she said, gesturing out the window towards the beautiful gardens. "But, I guess we can start with: she's doing just fine; no,  Amber is not with me; I currently have an A+ in all my subjects, so that gives the next question a big no, thanks to you; and the second biggest is the Alcor, while the biggest is the Marfik."

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In the castle gardens, the unicorn and the alicorn princess chatted merrily, yet all the peace was about to end, as they had reached the of the gardens and a shortcut the front of the palace, which they took without notice. Unfortunately, an entire pack of angry ponies were waiting for them.

"So let me get this straight: Amber has started her pest control business on the river?"

"Yes, Mid. I've told that five times al-"

Sil trailed off as she spotted the mob rushing towards them, screeching, "There she is! The betrayer!"

"Oh, no. No, no no..." she whispered. "What should we do? Run?"

Midnight took a deep breath and sighed. "No, Silver. we should stay here and see what they want, and answer whatever questions they have truthfully."

Sil nodded.

"I understand."

So, the two mares stood still, waiting for the angry disbelievers to reach them. The mob was lead by a unicorn that Midnight instantly recognized. He had previously been one of the sergeants in the Royal Guard, until he resigned due to an unfortunate accident, which involved hitting his head multiple times on a brick wall. The stallion was completely insane.

The stallion, whose name was Broken Blade, charged forward and came to a stop in front of the pair.

"Princess!  Explain your sister's disappearance!"

Midnight nearly snorted in disgust. "I've already told you all I know, Broken Blade. But if you wish, I shall repeat myself. I was heading to the throne room during the time Sunrise was setting the sun. I was watching the sunset through one of the windows in the hallway when, suddenly, the sun just... well, stopped going down. I knew something was wrong, so I ran to the throne room as fast as my wings and hooves could carry me. when I got there, the room was empty. All that was in there was one orange and red feather. I didn't know where she had gone, but soon I learned that she wasn't anywhere in the palace, so I knew she had been taken. It's not like Sunrise to just... stop in the middle of a sunset."

"Lies!" shrieked the stallion.

Silver began to speak before Midnight could reply. "How are you sure, Broken Blade? Did your little friend tell you that? Oh, wait, he doesn't exist," Silver spat.

Broken Blade turned to the young astronomer and snapped, "She's had plenty of time to think of a cover up, you idiot! Use that brain of yours, if it's even in there!"

"Someone needs to put you in a mental hospital, Blade. I'm thinking they haven't yet because they pity you. Well, fine. If you want to be so ignorant, I'll just show you the truth."

And with that, an image tinged with an purple magic aura appeared before Midnight, Silver, and Broken Blade. The image played the memory of Midnight's discovery of her sister's disappearance, just as she had described.

After the image had finished playing, Broken Blade looked just as unconvinced and disgusted as he had before, perhaps even more. He spat on the ground on front of the alicorn.

"Hmph! It seems you're so desperate to hold on the lies you tell us, you don't care that it's obvious you did it! Why did you do it, Princess? If you tell me the truth, I might pity you before I throw you in jail."

Midnight stood her ground, as did Silver. "You don't have that kind of power over me, Broken Blade. And I'm telling you, I didn't do it. You know I love my sister too much to do that to her."

Broken Blade sighed. "Oh, well. I guess we're just going to have to do this the old fashioned way." He gestured his mob towards them, and they surrounded both Midnight and Silver.

"Sil," the lunar princess said slowly and quietly. "Grab onto my waist."

Sil cocked an eyebrow. "What?! No!"

"Just do it!"

"Fine, fine," Silver growled, and did what she was told.

"Goodbye, Broken," Midnight said tauntingly. "Take care of the palace for me!"

And the princess took off into the air with one mighty beat of her wings.