Princess of Deception.

“Princess Luna,” a familiar voice spoke, gaining the attention of the princess of the night who turned her head to find Twilight Sparkle standing a few hooves away. Princess Luna had chosen to wear her favorite cloak this night. Midnight black and with a crescent moon on the center of the back, in color and design it was one of the few pieces of clothing she had kept upon her return from banishment. She had worn it many times before her banishment because of its design and ability to block the weather and keep her warm. By the moon what does my sister’s pet want from me?

“You should be in bed young Twilight Sparkle, it is past midnight,” she pointed out, hoping the young alicorn would go away. She did not hold anything against Princess Cadence, however Twilight Sparkle was a whole different matter. When Luna first found out that anyone could gain the title of Princess or Prince depending on what they did Luna wanted to murder her sister, of course she didn’t but she still wanted to. Her and Celestia had been born under Discord’s rule, it was a fact however that the two Alicorns were pure blood royalty, their parents being the previous monarchs of the land before the arrival of Discord. Luna and Celestia both lived in poverty for sixty-two years until finally one day Celestia discovered the Elements of Harmony as she named them. On the walls where the elements were found was writing that explained their function. They required those who bared the elements to work together, they could not be used by those who wished to use them for ill intent however. Celestia compared them to friendship and explained that the bearers must work together like true friends, or in their case sisters.

Luna immediately wanted to return them to where they had found them, she had explained to her sister that power like this could still be used by evil and that they were much too powerful. Celestia however disagreed and after many hours of debate she convinced Luna that they were their only hope in ending the tyranny that controlled Equestria. The two sisters had defeated Discord, however there was another problem at hand for both the sun and the moon would not move, even after a full day. Deciding to use their alicorn powers as a resolution Celestia moved the sun while Luna lowered the moon, bringing upon a beautiful day that had not been seen for years. This is where it all went wrong and everything very slowly began to crumble away.

During Discord’s reign it went from being either extremely cold to extremely hot. Discord brought the sun closer to Equestria whenever he wished for day which caused all crops, ponies and tree’s within a certain area to burn rapidly. Lakes boiled and ponies died. Whenever night came, he would bring the sun far away from Equestria, causing the entire planet to freeze. Blizzards wreaked havoc across Equestria and many species became extinct. When Celestia brought the first ever normal day in over a couple centuries all the ponies rejoiced in happiness at the beauty and actual pleasant warmth of the daylight sun, for it was not an object of fear, it now provided life for crops and warmed them pleasantly. However, when Luna brought upon the night, the cold of the night reminded the ponies of Equestria about the bitter cold Discord had brought upon them and due to the lack of light, many ponies could not see; therefore, they slept till morning when the sun came back up and warmed them once more.

Now many ponies in Equestria would argue if these facts came up that there were many ponies awake in the night and that all ponies loved Luna. Luna knew it was nothing to even discuss. Whenever ponies got a accomplishment who did they thank? Celestia, What did ponies say for a reaction? ‘by celestia’. It was always Celestia and it had always been Celestia. Normal fillies or younger sisters may get punished by maybe doing extra housework or not being allowed to see their friends for a day etc. But when Luna who was just wanting to be loved like her older sister lashed out what did she get? Exile, and no not a month of banishment or even a year, a damn millennium! A millennium filled with loneliness, filled with boredom, filled with sorrow, regret and most of all...hatred. What had her ‘loving’ sister done while she was gone? Did she sink into a depression? Did she gain a sorrowful personality or weep? No, none of those things ever happened and she knew, oh she knew well for she could see her sisters dreams, and you know what? the majority were positive and happy dreams. While she was gone, her ‘loving’ sister had built a civilization out of Equestria with all of her colors and all of her symbols. Upon Luna’s return, the vast majority of all ponies never even knew she had existed! She was simply a legend before that day three years ago. Her sister had not even confirmed that she had a sister, she had not done anything in her honor and she had not even spoken her name to anypony since her banishment.

Her sister did not love her, her sister may believe that she loved her, she may think she had done nothing wrong and that she was very fair and wise; to Luna, she was (b and u)blinder(b and u) then a (b)bat(b).

Twilight Sparkle was confused, one moment Princess Luna was sitting with a perfect posture and looking into the night sky while she thought. The next she was hunched over, her hooves planted on the stone of the balcony while she breathed quickly through her clenched teeth which now appeared very slightly sharper to the new princess. Tears ran down Luna’s face from her eyes which seemed to be flickering between blue and green. “P-princess?” Twilight spoke hesitantly before Luna shot up with a shocked gasp, her hood falling back off her head and her eyes shooting wide open and no longer flickering. She completely forgot about Twilight Sparkle, she had almost changed back into her more fitting form of Nightmare Moon.

“O-oh! Twilight Sparkle... I... u-um...” Luna said quickly, trying to think of an excuse, the new princess before her still staring at her.

“Princess Luna, are you ok? Would you like me to get a servant? You seemed to be in pain or something,” Twilight offered, concern in her eyes for one of her mentors.

“U-uh... i-it’s ok Twilight, I’m... just bothered by something personal...” Luna said, looking away from the purple princess and to the stars in the sky. “I... request that you leave my presence Twilight... I am sorry,” Luna requested, still not making eye contact.

“Its ok Princess, good night,” Twilight said nervously, turning around to get back to her room as quick as possible. I will be sure to....

Twilight’s thoughts were interrupted by a hard figure crashing into her from behind before she could reach the door leading back inside from the balcony. Twilight was forced down against the stone floor brutally and gasped in terror before looking back over her wing to find Princess Luna but she no longer looked like the princess. Her coat had turned midnight black and her mane had grown lighter with a violet trim and she had gained armor. She was no longer Luna, but Nightmare Moon. Twilight felt panic shoot down her spine before turning to the door and going to scream, it never left her mouth. Her lips sealed shut faster than she could exhale, fusing her lips together with her flesh to appear that her muzzle never possessed an opening which caused her to go into a full fledged panic. My mouth! What happened to my mouth? the panic stricken purple alicorn thought.

Nightmare eyed Twilight like a jaguar would eye its prey, she smiled when the alicorn looked back to her, baring her razor sharp teeth which glittered in the moonlight. “Thou ist a fool, following my sisters every word and desire, doest thou thinketh she cares for thee? Doest thou believeth that we are corrupt?” Nightmare asked, holding Twilight down by digging her armored hoof into a pressure point Alicorn’s and Pegasi had between their wings, her being an alicorn she knew exactly where it was on Twilight. Twilight did not respond to Nightmare’s question, instead she kept trying to scream for help which came out only as a muffled pathetic noise. “Ever since thou becometh a princess we hast despised thee on a cellular level, thou ist filth!” Nightmare growled, spitting down into the purple alicorns streaked mane as a signal of disgust.

Twilight shot up in her bed quickly, her breaths quick and panicked which got the attention of Spike who still was up reading a book on Dragons. “Twi? Yikes, what’s wrong?” Spike asked, running across the room to his oldest friend and climbing up on the bed.

“Spike? Oh... nothing... it was just a dream, I think,” Twilight responded, thinking about her dream before turning her head to face her concerned dragon friend once more. “Have I been here all night?” Twilight wondered, bringing a nod from Spike.

“Yeah Twi, since the moment you laid down... did you have a nightmare?” Spike wondered, bringing a nod from his friend.

“Yeah... a big one...” Twilight responded believing it had all been a dream, which it had not.