After what it seemed to be more than a half hour, Luna wakened, and felt a searing pain that pulsed throughout her slender, yet delicate back. She looked at her back, and started to wail in anguish. She didn't know why her wings were gone, but was quite certain that the culprit was the malevolent and wicked Solar Flare, the mare that crowned herself Queen of Equestria. "Why must you do this to me?" Luna asked. "Where are my wings?"

"You don't need to know," Solar Flare retorted.

"You are not the rightful ruler of Equestria! Whatever you did was cruel and immoral! How dare you, Solar Flare? How dare you? You're much more evil than Nightmare Moon! I don't care if you corrupted Celestia! You really did twist her so that she could do this to me - um, wait! I don't think she would, right?"

"She doesn't care about you anymore. She hates you."

Luna's heart broke because of what Solar Flare just told her. "You're not saying..." She said.

"Ahahahaha! You're better off as a powerless unicorn anyways!"

Luna cringed at Solar Flare's spiteful taunt as she continued to hurt from the betrayal and the loss of her powerful wings. "No..." She whispered. "Celestia couldn't have done this, right?"

"She could have. We're one and the same," Solar Flare bellowed overconfidently. "She's better off as the evil sun."

Solar Flare used her magic to transform into Celestia, and smirked at Luna as she caressed the lunar alicorn's chin. "Oh, if there was only someone out there that loved you..." Solar Flare admitted while she tried to sound like a benevolent sister.

"Celestia! How could you do this? LEAVE US ALONE!" Luna shouted as more tears spilled from her cerulean eyes. She could literally feel the waterfall preparing to spill from her eyes. She felt so much pain, that she forgot to love her sister. Celestia had betrayed her!

Solar Flare morphed back to her usual self, and chuckled at Luna's pain. "I like it when you cry," She said.

"Stop!" Luna retorted. "Why can't you imprison yourself on the sun forever? Then I don't have to deal with a cruel monster like you!"

"Of course, I'm as heartless as the demonic centaur." Solar Flare arched her brow in a devious fashion. "I like when you feel angsty enough to shout at me. Do it some more!"

"I hate you! I hate you, I hate you! Celestia, why did I even love you?"

"Hahahahaha. No one loves you. Ask Nightmare Moon..."

"Ugh! Be silent!"

"You won't believe me..." Solar Flare clucked her tongue as she grinned evilly.

"There's others that love me," Luna replied.

"Like who? No one, right?"

"Oh, please! Equestria forgave me for Nightmare Moon. Twilight and her friends love me and they see me as a friend. Link and Zelda would want to be my friend because I'm kind, unlike you!" Luna stood up and attempted to lunge at Solar Flare, with her horn pointed at Solar Flare's chest.

However, Solar Flare evaded the attack, and challenged Luna to come at her. "You'll never stop me," Solar Flare taunted.

"Yes, I will!"

Oh, Luna! I'm terribly sorry for becoming Solar Flare! Please forgive me! I'll never betray you, but I deserve to be in the sun forever because of what I did to you, A voice echoed in Solar Flare's head.

"Stop," Solar Flare said to Celestia's voice. "You'll never gain forgiveness for what you just did to her."

No, Solar Flare. And Luna... I love you, please forgive me for my foolishness! Don't let this evil mare get to you... I really did deserve to be in the sun for what I did. I know you don't want to love me, and I'm okay with it because I'm such a monster... Celestia's voice continued.

"Were you talking to Celestia's voice again, because I'm so done with you! It doesn't matter whether you were Solar Flare or Celestia! This betrayal is the worst that I've ever experienced," Luna shot at Solar Flare. Her cheeks were soaked from her tears, and her eyes were all read from the crying.

"Hahahaha! Look at you now, fool..." Solar Flare taunted.

"Stop... Just stop..."

Solar Flare levitated a club, and proceeded to beat Luna hard on her legs and also her flank. "What is it like to be a powerless, wingless alicorn that was imprisoned by a rightful ruler? Huh?" She mocked evilly as she summoned the chains from nowhere. She wrapped the chains around her, and threw her at the left wall. "That's what it feels, right? To be in complete suffering and not able to stand up to the stronger evils?"

Luna groaned in pain as she landed onto the floor. Her heart raged against her chest, and her legs felt weak. "The throne is still mine," Solar Flare admitted. "It'll never be yours!" She chortled maliciously as she slammed the club on her chest. The powerful blow sent Luna into a seemingly endless bloodcurdling scream as more tears spilled from her eyes.

"It's fun when I make you suffer," Solar Flare continued. "You'll never win!"

Luna felt more fragile with each passing second as she struggled to get up. She locked eyes with the evil alicorn, and huffed heavily. "No... No... You have not completely weakened me yet," She said.

"Yes, I have!"

"No matter how you treat me, I'm still stronger than you! I would not back up any time soon, and I'm never going to have to sit on the sidelines! You're too weak and selfish to at least spare any of us... Too cowardly to stop tempting my sister... Too hateful to love someone..."

Solar Flare's magic became stronger as the flames surrounded the nocturnal alicorn. Luna only screamed in pain as the flames closed in. "You'll never be released anyways," Solar Flare taunted.

The flames disappeared after entering Luna's body. "By the time they enter the castle, you will enter a death-like sleep and never wake from it!" Solar Flare continued. "No power on Earth can change it! Only a true love's kiss will revoke the curse."

How could you, Solar Flare? You placed a curse on her! You're more heartless than any other monster. You're just like Tirek, for you have abused my sister. Why would you need to kill her if she deserved the throne? And why would you take away her power if she needed it to protect Equestria? You're just so evil that I can't take it anymore, Celestia's voice rang through Solar Flare's head.

"Oh..." Luna groaned in pain because the flames burned a portion of her heart. The pain coursed throughout her whole body, and felt so much heat getting worse with each second. She was in so much pain that she could barely move. She collapsed to the floor, and Solar Flare only looked on with amusement.

Solar Flare placed a hoof to her mouth, and chuckled softly. She sat upon her throne, and looked on from there. "Let's see what they're doing," She muttered as she activated her crystal ball. "They succeeded in rescuing Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy? And now they've infiltrated Sugarcube Corner. What's next, Sweet Apple Acres and Carousel Boutique?"

"Solar Flare! You're not so intelligent. Are you also going to reveal where Twilight is being held?" Luna asked.

"Whoops! I guess I shouldn't have allowed you to hear me. How about a spell that makes you go deaf?"

"No!"

"Accept everything that I give you."

"Never!"

"Say yes, or else!"

"Are you ever going to tell me where you imprisoned Twilight Sparkle? I hope that you didn't imprison her in an unreachable place."

"Too late. I have done so, already. Many monsters and beasts guard the entrance."

"Where?"

"I don't need to tell you!"

"Please tell me already! Twilight is Equestria's only hope in this darkest hour!"

"Darkest hour?" Solar Flare snorted. "You mean brightest hour, right?" And therefore, she used her magic to make the sun shine so bright that it would blind anypony who would dare look into it.

"It's too bright! You're going to blind the citizens! That's evil," Luna complained.

"I like to hear you gripe about the sun. The day will last forever!"

"You already said that. Unfortunately, it doesn't have the same ring as Nightmare's last words about the night."

"The night shall never come! The night shall be forgotten!"

"Forgotten? Without the night, ponies won't be able to sleep, and they won't be able to stargaze. And they won't camp out under the stars because the sun could give them heatstrokes and severe sunburns."

"Is that why they shunned the sun?"

"Of course, in the case of you being the terrible tyrant!" Luna's voice rose, and she found the strength to stand up once again.

"Stay down, fool."

"I won't back down!"

"Oh, please. I've had enough of the 'filly power' references from the media."

"There is such thing as filly power and mare power!"

"Ha."

"Not funny."

"It's funny because you were suffering!"

"The strongest suffered the most..." Luna concluded as she locked eyes with Solar Flare. "The most courageous fought the most fears... The most kind of ponies suffered the most cruelty... Apparently none of that stuff happened to you! You were cowardly, cruel, and weak!"

"Here you go again," Solar Flare said. "Boring..."

"Trust me, it won't be as tedious if you would at least act kind."

"Your words mean nothing. You'll never inspire me."

"I can inspire others!"

---

The group entered a dark basement, with Pinkie Pie locked up in a cell. "Can't you light up the place? It's too dark and lonely in here," Pinkie begged.

"Okay," Discord replied as he lighted up the room with his Chaos magic.

"Solar Flare is such a meanie beanie! She won't even let me go."

"At least she's not here," Zelda assured her.

"If she was, she'd burn you to a crisp," Rainbow Dash added in.

"Not helping," Fluttershy scolded.

They searched for a key, and one of them saw a silvered glint. "You always have something in your mane, right?" Rainbow asked Pinkie.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Pinkie replied absent-mindedly.

"Shake your head and see what happens."

"Here it goes..." Pinkie shook her head back and forth as a key fell out of her mane. The key flew towards the door, and fell to the floor with a loud clank.

"Good! Three more mares, and we'll save Luna in no time!" Link commented as he picked up the key and unlocked the cell.

Pinkie quickly grabbed an aquamarine gem and placed it onto her neck. "The Element of Laughter is achieved," She said.

"I got Loyalty," Rainbow added in.

"And Kindness," Fluttershy whispered.

The group rushed out of Sugarcube Corner and proceeded to arrive at Sweet Apple Acres. However, the farm seemed abandoned, as the crops were almost done wilting, and the barn was boarded up. There was a sign to the left that said "Out of business," and another sign that said "Unavailable at the moment." Everyone in the group became worried.

"What happened with Apple Jack and her family?" Pinkie asked.

"Let's search the place for clues," Zelda said.

"Good idea," Rainbow, Fluttershy, and Pinkie agreed in unison.

"What fun is there in making sense?" Discord asked.

"Don't try to make the world chaotic unless you want another stony imprisonment," Rainbow warned.

"Okay." Discord made the grey clouds gather over the farm anyways, and the clouds started pouring rain into the drying soil.

The sun seemed to shine with such intensity that the heat seemed to fight against the moistness of rain. "Was Solar Flare at it again? Dammit," Rainbow Dash complained.

"Possibly," Fluttershy replied.

"She won't let us enjoy summer," Pinkie said. "Summer has already ended, but we haven't seen signs of fall!"

"Well, well..." A voice echoed from the sky. "Look who's losing!"

Solar Flare landed onto the barren ground in front of them. "Let me tell you something..." She started.