Luna sat upon the throne as she watched the ponies crowding into the court. The nightly court was just beginning, and she smiled proudly at the subjects before her. She then remembered an invitation to a party. She cleared her throat and captured the attention of the ponies. "I must cancel the Night Court tonight. I am invited to a party, so I'm not sure when I'll be coming back. You can go back home," Luna announced.

"Aww. I was gonna meet the princess," A filly said.

"Aren't we going to miss out on the night?" A colt added in.

"The princess means well. We must leave," A stallion said.

"That's fine," A mare said.

Luna gracefully trotted out of the castle, and proceeded to fly into Ponyville. The lights in Ponyville turned on, allowing for the ponies to see through the darkness. She landed onto the ground and searched for Sugarcube Corner. "Is Celestia going to be the next Nightmare Moon?" A stallion whispered.

"I don't know. She didn't seem like she could snap," A mare replied.

Luna wondered why Celestia wouldn't stop acting so different. Celestia used to be calm and open-minded, and now she was temparamental and secretive. Luna sighed with worry, hoping that Celestia wouldn't go rogue as Luna once did long ago. She hoped that her dream wouldn't become a real-life situation. She could say that her sister wouldn't try to set off an eternal day and summer everywhere, but that would be a part of denial.

She entered Sugarcube Corner, and the ponies cheered at her arrival. "It's Princess Luna!" A mare exclaimed.

"Hi, Princess Luna!" Pinkie exclaimed. "I wonder why your sister was angry at the night."

Luna paused, and frowned for a second. Suddenly, Pinkie pushed Luna's lips back, making a smile. "Turn that frown upside down! You'll have fun tonight," Pinkie said.

"Okay," Luna said as she smiled sadly. She hoped that her sister wouldn't snap within a second, as Luna once did before becoming Nightmare Moon.

"We're watching Silent Ville first. Look, the movie's going to start! Time for the lights to go off," Pinkie babbled.

"Yeah," Rainbow Dash said as the movie started playing on the television.

Luna sat down, and proceeded to watch the movie. "What happens in the movie?" Luna asked. "I've seen a few plays back then, and this is my first time watching a movie."

"You'll see. It's a horror movie, and I've watched it a few times," Rainbow replied.

"Is it old-fashioned horror or modern horror?"

"It's modern," Pinkie said. "Some of those were more like slashers."

"I'm not sure if I can handle watching one, though."

As the scene focused on a little filly looking down into the chasm, the room went quiet. Luna thought that the scene was a bit eerie and suspenseful. "I've never seen a movie, either," Zelda said. "I've only watched a few plays, too."

The group watched the movie for a few hours, and as the movie ended, Pinkie took out an Ouija board and placed it onto the floor. Luna seemed concerned about the Ouija board, as the board would be more than just a game. Once somepony spoke to a spirit, the spirit would invade the world of the living, and potentially destroy lives and even injure the ponies that spoke to the spirit.

Luna started to speak to the ponies before her. "The Ouija board could house a few spirits, so have caution when speaking to them," She warned.

"Okay," Rainbow Dash said. "But, there is no such thing as spirits, right?"

"They could be real," Pinkie Pie said.

A young mare named Paintbrush approached the group with excitement. "I can't wait to play this game," She said.

Paintbrush had a tan coat, a dark brown mane, and copper eyes. Her cutie mark was a paintbrush with blue paint dripping off. She was an unicorn, but her magic wasn't very good.

"Ready?" Pinkie asked as the mares placed their hooves onto the Ouija board.

"Of course," Rainbow Dash replied.

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Celestia was tossing and turning in her sleep as she tried to deal with a nightmare. However, her efforts were futile, as a mysterious entity was trying to make her give in...

Celestia was strolling through the courtyard, when suddenly, a wall of flame surrounded her. Everything spun around her, and the scene switched, revealing her dream self and Luna's dream self. The ponies were surrounding them in the Canterlot Ballroom, cheering and smiling as Luna allowed for the moon to rise. Nopony watched the sunset, which made the dream Celestia upset and furious to no end.

"Nopony likes your sun!" A mysterious voice crooned. "Once we merge together, the sun shall be fearsome and worthy of stealing all of the glory! That way, Equestria shall be ours once more! Luna doesn't deserve to be a ruler... You do! She thinks that she can protect the ponies with her 'gentle' moonlight, and she thinks that she could absorb all of the glory just by fighting the nightmares."

The dream ponies cheered louder as Luna's dream self waved at them and smiled. "Thank you for coming here tonight, citizens of Equestria! You have seen the moon rise, and this marks the founding of the Autumn Moon Celebration," She declared proudly.

"Princess Luna! I'm glad to see you again... Wait, why is your sister giving me a cruel glare?" Midnight's dream self started as she approached the dark blue alicorn.

Celestia's dream self glared even more as the flames threatened to escape her horn. The ponies backed up with fear, and the scene switched to when the sun blocked out the moon, marking the beginning of her evil half's terrifying reign. Luna's dream self entered the throne room, seeming concerned and worried for Celestia. "Tia, I won't fight you. Lower the sun," She said. "I won't banish you, either. There's still ponies out there that love you more than I know..."

The evil mare chuckled in response at Luna's words. "Celestia? Haha. I am no longer Celestia! I am Solar Flare, and I shall shroud the whole universe in an eternal daylight and the cruel heat," She started. She flashed a malevolent grin at Luna as she blasted the fiery magic at her.

Celestia gasped at the scene before her, and covered her mouth for a moment. "No... I won't betray my sister for the sake of power," She denied.

"Yes, you will," The mysterious voice objected. "You don't need your sister, your niece, or your former student anyways! You shall be the sole ruler of the whole wide world! There is no need to share the land with others. You can have everything to yourself!"

"Wouldn't that get me banished into the sun?"

"That would be possible, but if that happens, we must immediately have revenge on those that would banish us!"

"You're tempting me."

"That doesn't matter, you weakling. They never saw past your 'benevolent and wise' facade, had they? Of course not! They think you're their goddess, even though you can be a tyrant like me! Let's rule together, as dictators of Earth!"

Suddenly, everything fell silent around Celestia as the world became dark. The mysterious figure glowed in the dark like a bright fireplace, and grinned down at the alabaster alicorn. "You have met your match," The figure said.

"You're Solar Flare, right?" Celestia asked.

"Yes, but you must know that I'm the only one that understands you. Nopony else would! Not even the weak sapling of your foolish little sister, or the cowardly former student of yours!"

"Why did you call them that?"

"Because your Luna and your Twilight Sparkle are not meant to rule! Cadence is not meant to rule, either! You're the only one that's meant to rule!"

"Okay, but why did you not speak hate about Cadence?"

"You mean that cowardly damsel-in-distress? She is also overrated like Twilight anyways. Steal the spotlight from the three alicorns, and make your sun stay in the sky forever!"

Celestia lost all of her confidence for a moment as she thought about Solar Flare's words. Yes, she could be outshined, and maybe she would need to take back all of the spotlight. "I give up on trying to resist the Dark Flame," She finished with no emotion.

"Good... Good..." Solar Flare praised as she stroked Celestia's mane as an adult would do to a foal.

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Luna watched as the other ponies fell asleep. She used her magic to enter the dreamscape, as she sensed that something was bothering Celestia in a dream. She entered the dreamscape and looked around, searching for a door with the sun symbol. "Celestia?" Luna asked. "Tia?"

She found a door with Celestia's cutie mark, and went through the door. She saw a wall of flame forming before her, and gasped. "Tia! Don't let the Dark Flame consume you," Luna exclaimed. "Get rid of jealousy!"

Luna flew deeper into the dream, and saw a fiery mare praising Celestia. "Stay away from my sister," Luna shouted.

Celestia gave Luna a death glare, and said nothing. "Tia, what's gotten into you now?" Luna asked. "You didn't give in, did you?"

"You don't see anything," A voice boomed behind Luna, causing her to flinch for a second.

Luna turned, and was startled to see how huge the fiery mare was. The mare was bigger than Celestia, to be exact. "Get out of here. This is a secret, weakling. I am the cruel sun... I am the cruel sun!" The mare started.

"Uh..." Luna stuttered.

"Go away! This is Celestia's secret, not yours. You shall never know! You shall never tell Twilight and her friends to halt Celestia's plans in ruling the world."

"Wait, what?"

"That's right. You don't belong on the throne!"

Luna gasped in horror as the mare stared her down with an intimidating stare. Solar Flare flashed out her wings, and grinned evilly as she saw Luna's reaction to her stare. "You think you know fear? What about now, when you're trembling before me the very second you look into my cruel eyes? And what about when Celestia's lies were giving you nightmares?" Solar Flare bellowed.

Luna tried to find the courage to stand up to this intimidating alicorn that was standing before her. However, she couldn't find any words to say, as she felt very small in the alicorn's gaze. "Don't you think, that even though your needy subjects see you as courageous and noble, that you are actually a shriveling little coward? Don't you think, that even though the children of Equestria adore you, they want to hold on to you, believing in the assumption that you have the valor of a true ruler and queen? How can you be courageous, if you were trembling before me? I can sense your cowardice and your tendency to lean on others for protection," Solar Flare concluded as she levitated a scythe near Luna's neck.

Luna gulped loudly, and stared at the blade. Her heart thundered against her chest wildly as she dared to stare into the alicorn's eyes. She tried not to show fear, but she was sure that the alicorn could see the sheer terror in her teal eyes. "Tia..." Luna squeaked. "How could you do this to me? Why did you allow this villain to intimidate me?"

The scythe pressed against Luna's slender neck as her breath became shallow with fear. "Celestia has betrayed you, fool..." Solar Flare finished. "She doesn't love you anymore."

Luna gasped in shock as she backed up from the towering mare. She then remembered her concern for Celestia, and her fear melted away from her heart as she stood tall. "Leave Celestia alone, or else!" Luna asserted.

"Bring it," Solar Flare demanded.

"Okay!" Luna flew into the air, and conjured a magic beam to stop Solar Flare. Solar Flare shot a fiery beam, pushing the magical beam towards Luna.

"Ah!" Luna screamed. She felt the heat overwhelm her as she got pushed out of Celestia's dream. She soon found herself in the dreamscape once again, and looked around. She saw that the door with the sun symbol was locked up and couldn't be opened at all. She wanted to save Celestia, but how can she do that if Solar Flare was powerful and intimidating?

Luna got out of the dreamscape, and she was in the real world right now because she didn't want to get killed by Solar Flare. She also didn't want to fight Celestia if Celestia ever went rogue. She was sure, that after getting out of the dreamscape, she heard an apology echoing across the dreamscape. That voice probably belonged to Celestia. Luna thought about going back to her duties, and just as she got up, she heard cheering outside the door. She walked out to see what was the commotion about, and saw a familiar unicorn creating a few illusions.

"Princess Luna! This unicorn was very cool. She's just so dazzling," A mare told her.

"Dazzling?" Luna asked. She wasn't sure about the unicorn. The unicorn failed an entrance exam last year, and as a result, the unicorn's last words were resentful and jealous towards Midnight Glitter.

"Hey, Jade Star. I was wondering why you are taking the glory," Luna started as the unicorn glared at her.

"Princess Luna... It is you who chose Midnight over me! I felt so angry about that," Jade retorted with hate. "Where is she now, that glory hog? I want her now!"

The crowd gasped in shock at Jade's harsh words. "Midnight Glitter took your interest, and nopony saw my illusions that night when you were there, watching me with boredom! You chose that nerdy introvert over me," Jade concluded. "Well, I chose to be somepony else's student anyways, but it was not Celestia... Instead, it was the Nightmare."

Luna gasped at Jade Star's words. "I am appalled by your words and your decision to join the Dark Side. You can't stop Midnight Glitter just because she was very nice and intelligent," She admitted.

Jade Star grunted as she looked around. "You lied, Jade! You're allied with Nightmare Moon!" A stallion heckled.

"SHUT UP!" Jade bellowed as she glared at the stallion. Her light purple mane flinged across her face as her ruby eyes glinted with spite.

The onyx unicorn glanced at Luna, and then she glanced at the path to the Everfree. "Why, you'll see how much I detest the sunny sister of yours!" Jade finished as she turned towards the Everfree. She ran off, allowing the crowd to chase after her with pitchforks and torches.

Only one of the citizens remained near Luna. "So, she lied to us the whole time. She lied about being good at any kind of magic, and she was trying to take the glory... Princess Luna, is that true that she tried to become your student?" The mare asked.

"She tried, but failed in an exam and shouted resentful words at me because of that. She promised that she would destroy Midnight Glitter, who was currently my star pupil," Luna replied. "And just call me Luna. There's no reason to be formal right now, young mare."

"It would be nice if Midnight Glitter destroyed Jade Star in battle anyways. I would love to see that happen."

"I'm not sure if that would happen. You have watched too many plays about rivalry, haven't you?"

"Actually, I saw a movie about a similar kind of rivalry where the two characters fought over the same goal. The hero gets to defeat his rival that was the villain, while the villain would be punished and scorned."

"Well, Jade Star will get punished if she ever attempts to exact her revenge on my faithful student."

Luna turned her head to the left, and proceeded to fly to the castle. The moon would set on the horizon very soon, but the ponies were probably not willing to wake up, as the daylight would exhaust them to no end nowadays. She entered the castle, and to her surprise, Celestia was already awake. She had dark circles under her eyes, and she was scowling. She seemed grouchy and moody. "Celestia... If I got into your dream, then... Perhaps you didn't want me there. I must have entered the dream at the wrong time, because Solar Flare was bullying me without any hesistation," Luna started.

"No, it's nothing, actually... I'm fine. You just got into the dream because you were too concerned with me. Shouldn't you be concerned about your unconcious ability to steal all of the glory?" Celestia retorted.

"I'm not trying to steal all of the glory. Just calm down, Tia..."

"Go away, Luna!"

"Fine, but you won't need to give in to Solar Flare's lies at all."

"Nightmare Moon..."

Luna flinched. She couldn't believe that Celestia would treat her like that right now. Luna knew that she was not evil anymore, but was Solar Flare causing Celestia to bully her? Luna couldn't fathom the fact that Celestia was changing from a sweet mare to a cruel tyrant. Celestia's pupils changed to cat-like pupils as she grinned darkly. "You think you know how to be a true ruler, fool... Well, you don't!" Celestia shouted in a voice that wasn't hers. "Get rid of the useless night already and make way for my ever-glorious sun!"

"Celestia! Stop," Luna begged. "It's not dawn already. It's only four thirty in the morning."

"So that marks the time for the sun to rise! The sun rises... And my sun is not that bright a light!"

"It's brighter than the moon."

"The moon may plead and threaten, but the sun will stand her ground!" Celestia stomped on the floor with her front hooves as she lost her temper.

"Celestia! Are you corrupted?"

"No! I want them to see the sun's true glory! However, while the ponies may awake during my day, they toil hard and complain about the day as they hide their fragile eyes with sunglasses! And they lather on loads of sunscreen to keep from being warmed by my sun!"

"They're being smart, not afraid!" Luna felt like raising her voice, but reminded herself that she was not the older one, but the younger one.

Celestia shouted with anger as she quickly made the sun rise, blotting out the moon and the stars as a result. She breathed heavily as a result as she felt more resentful than ever. "Tia..." Luna murmured gently, as if to soothe her sister into a state of calmness.

Celestia's eyes returned to normal, and her mane rippled gently once again. She simply sighed, and looked out the window. She was staring directly at the sun, never intending to look away from the bright daystar. "You kind of messed with the ponies' sleeping patterns. You're going to set off a prolonged summer with constant heatwaves if you continue like this," Luna reminded her. She felt the heat of the summer day enter the room quickly.

Luna never saw the sun shine even brighter than before. Now this room seemed pale and saturated because of the excess sunlight. "Whoa, tone it down," She finished.

"Never," Celestia muttered.

Luna sighed in defeat, feeling helpless in this situation. She wondered how else to help her sister steer away from the Dark Side. She had pleaded, reasoned, gave advice, and even warned her... But, nothing would work on her dear sister.

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Author's note: What do you think of this story so far? And the ending scene in this episode was somewhat inspired by the scene from Frozen. It's hard to create episodes sometimes when I'm focused on other things or when I couldn't find inspiration. This season may have 13 to 15 episodes, or maybe a bit less. I will focus more on the others in the future.