Love You to Death

By Dilectus Noctis

Special thanks to my proofreaders/editors: Fluttershy3_66, RDopeth and Shysoldier94

Disclaimer: I do not own the My Little Pony Friendship is Magic franchise, Hasbro does.

Prologue

The moon rose on the horizon, and the orange lights of the sunset had been overtaken by

various shades of dark purple and blue on the sky. The stars began to appear one by one

as time passed by; together with the moon, they illuminated the night in beautiful shades of silver.

Luna, one of the princesses of Equestria, was standing upon her bedroom balcony as she has always done when raising the moon that she created to bring the night upon the land, so all ponies could rest at night to have energy for the next day. It was something that she loved doing, she made stars to beauty the dark sky for anypony's appreciation, with the stars she created constellations so the ponies could guide themselves in the night.

It was a great feeling, putting her own self in something that would be seen by all the ones who inhabit the land of Equestria.

She finished working her magic and went back to her bed feeling tired. After all, being imprisoned for a thousand years without being able to use her magic made such a task difficult, resulting in a loss of strength.

"Don't worry dear sister, you'll be back in shape in no time," Celestia said when entering Luna's room.

"We hope so dear sister, we hope..." the princess of the night said with a sigh.

"All you need is time; after all, time heals all wounds."

"It may heal wounds, but it leaves a scar to be reminded every day of your life."

Celestia noticed Luna aura fading to grey slowly, she knew what the problem was, but it was something she didn't want to remember.

"Are you..."

"Yes, sister. Maybe... you could stay here with us for a while? We would like to talk to you about what has been troubling us since our comeback. Something that we ought have forgotten but we can't stop thinking about it."

"Of course I can Luna, but, are you sure you want to touch in this subject? I know it's hard for you and I understand if you don't want to talk about it."

"We have to, sister. We must take this out of our chest once and for all." Luna said now sitting on her bed.

"Very well," the sun princess said as she sat beside her sister on the bed, "I'm all ears."

"After living all these years... have you ever felt love?

"W-what? Uh, why this so suddenly?" Celestia asked, surprised with the unexpected question.

"We don't know, since we were gone for a long while, but we never heard of anything coming from you in this subject. So we were just curious, that's all."

"I... I'm afraid I haven't had the time to think about such things sister, being here, oh you know... alone for so much time was hard for me too, but I had to deal with so many things and..."

"And?" Luna insisted.

"And him as well."

"Oh..." Luna looked to the window in front of her, seemingly trying to find something to say. "Why don't you tell me what happened while I wasn't here?"

"I knew you would ask this sooner or later..." Celestia left a sigh, her expression turned from a caring sister looking to help, to a sad and reluctant one. "If you really want to know I can't do anything but tell you then. But first...let's go somewhere else," Celestia said as she got up from her sister's bed.

"Where?"

"I think the gardens would be a better place, fresh air, and no one will be around at this time, so what do you say?"

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The Canterlot Castle garden was surely the most beautiful garden in all of Equestria.

Plants from every corner of the country, critters of various kinds, and fountains with clear water contributed to the ambient with the constant sound of the water flowing. Both sisters were sitting side by side in front of one of the fountains.

It was peaceful, and no place was better to go to for going back in time to revive wounds that never existed, unknown to those who were far away and haven't seen anything of what happened.

"Luna, there's so much to tell you and... well you were away when all this happened so it may be hard to get everything at once," Celestia put a hoof softly on her sister's shoulder.

"We understand sister, but it is time for us to know, it is better than keeping doubts for the rest of our lives."

"Yes, I guess you're right sister. As your mind may have forgotten several things, why not let me tell it to you from the beginning?"

"You mean, like, everything?"

"Well, if I'm going to tell you all that happened, then why not have everything fresh on your mind? It's a long story after all. And if you want these doubts to stop mourning you, then we must go to the deepest part of the facts."

"Okay then, do what you think is right sister, we appreciate your help very much."

Luna's teal eyes met the dark purple of her sister; Celestia looked thoughtful, deep in her thoughts, trying to find the exact way to begin. They broke the eye contact as Celestia took her hoof off of Luna's shoulder and began, "Then, here it goes..."