Night Caster woke slowly. The first thing she noticed was an aching in her right leg and a pounding headache. Slowly, sleep lost its weitht and her senses slowly returned. She heard the drip of water, like a rusty pipe or a cave.

Where am I?, she asked herself, WHO am I? I thought Luna said someone elses name, but it must be me...

The creaking of rusty iron forced open Night Caster's eyes. A tall stallion loomed over her. He adorned armor of pure onyx and obsidian. He was quite terrifying, but night Caster didnt have the strength to move.

The stallion bowed,"Your Highness. I apologize to be the one to greet you home, but unfortunately, you must be detained."

Detained? What have I done wrong?, thought Night Caster.

She groaned in pain instead.

The guard stood up and looked her over. He was gentle and soft, treating her like she really WAS a princess...

Night Caster stared at him, she mustered a small voice, barely a whisper, her voice was hoarse too,"Am I...a princess?"

The guard looked up at her then slowly nodded.

"For 10 years we had no ruler. Now that you return, the commanding generals had you locked up. They plan to kill you."

Night Caster couldn't even feel the pain of shock,"What is my name?"

"Princess Morta, but you know this. Or maybe not. I cannot tell. I'd like to say that you have the right to control me, but my officers said that you didn't. I cannot go against their word."

Night Caster nodded. She looked ahead again, focusing on her surroundings. She was in a dungeon of sorts. Leaky and rusty pipes dripping water. Her cell was cold stone brick with a iron gate locking her in. Pale light filtered in trough torches on the walls. Night Caster flinched as the guard touched a sore spot.

"Sorry, I'll wrap that", said the guard," You impress me, not many can jump dimensions so easily."

"You call that easily?"

The guard snorted," Yeah, most don't make it alive and if they do, they certainly don't have all their limbs..."

Night Caster grunted in pain," Tell that to my spine."

The guard finished checking her over and then did something unexpected.

"What are you doing?", asked Night Caster.

"Rubbing your back, usually, touching you would be a crime, but I want to relieve you of your discomfort", replied the guard.

Night Caster nodded then asked," If I'm a prisoner, then why do this for me?"

"You are royalty, and I intend to help you in any way I can."

Night Caster sighed and let darkness grip her again.

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"SHE'S GONE LUNA!", shouted Twilight as Luna frantically flew about the room.

Luna barely took notice. She gathered up magic and the room flashed dark but came back to light again. Luna shouted something unintelligible.

"I'll go get Celestia", stated Twilight.

"NO!", Luna shouted.

Too late, Twilight was gone. A few seconds later, Celestia knocked on the door.

Luna sighed, finally regaining some composure,"Come in."

Celestia walked in, as radiant as ever. Luna sat on one of her many couches and levitated over some chamomile tea. Celestia sat and took a cup as well.

Luna looked up at Celestia and sighed,"She's in her own dimension isn't she?"

Celestia nodded. Luna let her head drop.

"Morta didn't belong here anyways",Celestia stated.

"That doesn't make Night Caster any less my student", Luna stated.

"They were one in the same and you know it. Her father tried countless times to kill me and her poor mother died along side him. Alicorns live longer than ponies but they don't live forever. As the princess, I command you not to look for her, sister."

"Just because you're the bucking princess of this bucking dimension doen't mean you may command your own sister! Just because you were closer to our mother's sun doesn't mean you may command the one closer to our father's moon! You threw me from the throne! You took it away from me and never gave me back my moon! You are a monster, Celestia, and mother knew it as much as every pony in this bucking kingdom of yours!", Luna shouted, tears streaking down her face, darkness entering the room, surrounding her in darkest night.

Celestia stared at her, outwardly calm, inwardly fearful,"I'll send you back...."

Luna's eyes went black, darkness consumed Celestia and ripped into her being. Celestia felt the moon to her right, it pulled at her like it always had when she was around Luna. The pull became a tear and then it was gone, Luna had the moon back and she would have hell to pay for it. She felt the sun burn across her as she activated it's magic, Luna shrunk back but she still had the moon. Light reentered the room and Luna's hair had the moon's surface instead of the stars, that entered her crown and made it sparkle like the night sky. Luna was weak but she would give up her life before she gave up the moon again. Celestia sighed, her eternal calm destroyed.

"There, you have your means of travel, Princess Luna",Celestia stated unhappily.

Luna sighed with relief and Celestia left the room, the half moon in her royal regalia gone.

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"Get up you scum!",shouted a voice far off.

Night Caster's eyes adjusted to the light in the room as she woke. She turned to look out of the gate that barred her cell. A thick guard in the armor that she had come to recognize as the royal guards in this dimension pushed ponies out into the stone hallway. The ponies were thinner than her.

Here linger I assume, Night Caster thought.

One pony dropped onto his knees and begged,"Please I can get money, I don't deserve this! Don't take me!"

The guard kicked hime in the ribs hard and looked him straight in the eyes,"Get moving you bag of dirt!"

The pony scrambled to his hooves and got in line, now with a limp. The guard gave a mock bow to Night Caster,"Don't worry your Highness, I am not to dilever your sentence, another is. Everyone, bow to your princess, Princess Morta!"

The others groaned and gave bows and any that didn't got kicked in the knees so they fell into a bow. Night Caster sat in silence, resembling the eternal calm of Celestia, but inside, she was screaming.

They left in a line to an outer room, but that didn't stop the sound she heard, the chocked off screams of ponies dying. Night Caster wept for them until the guard known as Royal Blade, the one who bandaged her wounds on the day she woke in this dimension, came.

"I apologize for him, he has been taken off duty."

Night Caster stayed slumped against the ground, quiet and still.

Royal Blade approached her, she shivered slightly as he placed a hoof in her cheek. She looked up slowly into Royal Blade's eyes. His eyes were a brilliant silver. His body was lean and muscular, like a metallic dark grey, his tail and mane glistening blue-grey in the moonlight, his wings were close to his sides. He kissed her cheek and walked away, "accidentally" dropping a key and note on the floor as he left. Night Caster stood still, the warmth of his kiss still on her cheek. She got up and walked to where the note lay. She levitated the note and opened it, reading:

Dear Princess Morta,

I plan to help you. I have gathered troops within the guard to come and protect you. Your mentor, Princess Luna is here. She wants to save you. We have already left the other guard, led by the commanding officers. We took over the jail, but those ponies that....the guard was executed by us, he was part of the other guard. You need not to worry, we'll get you out. Take the key I left you and get out of here. Go down the hall where you saw the others go and take a left up the stairs. The door opens with the same key that opens your cell. When you get out, run. Head into the forest not to far from here, we'll meet you there.

Sincerely,
Your royal guard captain, Royal Blade

Night Caster smiled. She could get out, AND Luna was here. She levitated the key and opened the cell door. She looked into the hallway and saw two guard. The spotted her and shouted warning. Night Caster swore and charged them, levitating the key alongside her. The guards drew their swords, one was faster. Night Caster flung the key and guided it until it buried its teeth into the guards luckily unguarded neck. The guard stumbled and Night Caster grabbed his weapon, deftly bringing it down onto his head and removing it, she levitated both the key and the sword to her and looked at the other guard. The guard took one look at his fallen comrade and ran away, calling out that there was no threat.

"Thanks", Night Caster mumbled.

She removed the guards armor and adjusted it to herself, she modified it with her magic to fit herself and protect her body. He placed the helmet over her head, happy to see that the guard was an unicorn as well, so adjusting was easier. she cleaned off the blood on the blade and key and threw the dead guard into a cell, locking the door behind her.

Author's Note

Sorry for late update. I'm so happy to see people like my story. Leave a comment to tell me how you feel. I brought in some odd twists like Luna and Celestia fighting over the moon. They were supposed to be co-rulers of that dimension. Sombra will come back in soon. Thanks for reading my story!