Chapter 19: Surge of Emotions, Luna’s Lament

Hope: Day 4
Nightfall: Day 18

Nightfall’s POV (Alicorn Form)

After being with Twilight for several hours, I noticed outside the window that the night was just round the corner. Recalling that Celestia wanted to have a private talk with me and her sister, I decided that it is probably the best time to return.

Me, Twilight, Cocoon and of course Spike, had made some real progress today. Not a lot, but we made a good start.

That question that the changeling had asked earlier today, has been bugging me a few times. Knowing that it was probably something important, I decided to keep the thought to myself for the time being.

Anyway, once I had arrived back at Canterlot, I had my evening meal with the sisters. It has been a few nights since I had a meal with my princess.

We are having tomato soup with some breed, which is really delicious. You can’t go wrong with it. The meal was mostly quiet though, but I preferred it that way.

Noticing that Twilight’s brother and his wife wasn’t at the table yet, I asked, “Isn’t Shining Armor and Cadance not joining us tonight?”

Luna answered, “They had to journey back to the Crystal Empire, for some business that needed attending.”

Never heard of the place, I asked, “Crystal… Empire…?”

The elder alicorn, Princess Celestia, explained, “That’s right. During your first week here in Equestria, while you were working on your studies. Twilight was given a test, to protect the Crystal Empire and the future of Equestria. In the end, with her friends there to guide her, she ultimately succeeded in passing her test.”

Understanding everything she said. I asked, curiously, “If you don’t mind me asking. What was the test really for?”

Not wanting to explain its purpose, she replied, “That is only for me and my sister to know, at the present time. All shall be revealed later, for when she is ready.”

Knowing that it would be inappropriate to ask her, what she has planned for Twilight, I decided to drop the topic altogether. I’m sure Celestia knows what her student is capable of doing, so I know she will be fine under her hoofs.

During the rest of our meal, I noticed that Luna were having quick glances of me now and again. Each time she noticed me looking towards her, she gave a loving smile in return as I happily returned it.

As soon as we were about to finish, our evening meal, the elder alicorn asked, “Sister, may I have a private talk with you both in the next half-hour?”

Curious, the younger sister asked, “What is this about, my sister?”

Celestia paused for a moment. Not sure on how to respond, so I explained for her sister, “She’s just concerned about our… relationship, Luna.”

Getting suspicious on what her big sister was up to, she asked, while getting a little annoyed, “Sister… I’ll ask again. What is this about!?”

Trying to keep the situation under control, she answered, “Please little sister, just bear with me until then.”

Not happy about what her elder sister could be plotting, the younger alicorn spoke, “Very well then.”

Happy about being able to keep the situation under control, the elder alicorn took a reliving sigh. Then, leaving the dinner room, she headed to a nearby balcony to lower the Sun.

I started to get worried about the situation. So I attempted to calm my princess, “I think your sister is just being protective of you.”

Finishing the drink she was having, she replied, “I know. But I think there is more to it than that…”

It wasn’t long ago since her sister had already lowered the Sun. Once we finished, we began our walk down the corridor to our usual balcony. As we arrived, Luna did her thing.

Levitating herself into the air, with her front hoofs spread apart, her horn glowed a brilliant dark-blue aura. There, over the horizon, the great white orb itself was slowly welcomed into the night sky. Right behind the Moon itself, the stars took pursuit until they covered the sky.

Once she had finished performing her duty, she then slowly lowered herself back down on to the platform. Then, she took a deep breath.

Not being sure about something, she spoke, “I don’t know how my sister had managed to cope without me for a thousand years. Lowering and raising, both Sun and Moon must be tiring.”

Not sure how to respond to that statement, I spoke my thoughts, “I guess… after a long time, you kind of get used to it like a daily routine.”

She explained, “It may look easy for us. But it takes more energy out of thou than thou might think.”

Concerned about her well being, I asked, “Fancy having a rest in the gardens for the time being?”

Not having anything better to do, she replied naturally, “Why not…?”

As we lead on the grass for the next half-hour, my princess looked like she had fallen sleep. So I quietly called her name and gently nudged her, until she awoke, “Come on, let’s she what she wants.”

As we walked through the corridors, we noticed that the guards were just changing their shifts. I could tell that there was something troubling my princess, but I decided to stay quiet as I didn’t want to upset her.

Having an idea where her sibling wanted us to meet, we headed to the throne room and entered the royal room itself. There, waiting patently for us, was Princess Celestia on the throne. With it being a private conversation, the guards were immediately ordered to leave.

Once the doors were shut, Luna got straight to business, “Now what is this about, my sister?”

The elder alicorn explained, “After watching how things had progressed over these two weeks. I-…”

As Celestia hesitated, the younger alicorn asked, “Yes…?”

Gathering the courage, she answered, “I want you two to slow down, just a little, with your relationship.”

Just outside the throne room. Two Night Guards stood posted near the doors, ready to defend their princess from any harm that may come their way. Tonight though, they were not prepared on what was about to come.

As the guards stood their ground. A sudden powerfully-unmatched female voice came bursting through the doors, from the very room that we were in, “WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!!?”

The sudden blow had sent both guards trembling to their knees, utterly paralysing them in shock and fear.

Throughout the castle. The sound echoed throughout entirely, causing walls and windows to vibrate due extreme stress. Outside the very room we were in, small reasonable amounts of dust fell down on to the guards below…

As the fury of the younger princess’s Royal Canterlot Voice subsided. The guards slowly, but cautiously, stood back to their hoofs. Taking multiple deep breaths in the process to help recover from their initial shock.

Being very wise knowing not to enter, the guards remained outside and endured themselves for another possible outcome.

Back inside the throne room. I was on the floor, tightly holding my ears, while enduring Luna’s temper.

I was partly worried that the windows could shatter any moment. But because they didn’t, I imagined they were designed to withstand such punishment.

Meanwhile, I can see that the elder alicorn was still barely standing. To help withstand her sister’s voice, she covered her face with one of her own powerful wings…

Once the distortion subsided, I removed my hoofs from my ears and stood back on to my hoofs. The sudden shock had made me dizzy for a moment.

Still shielding herself. The elder sister partly lowered her wing to talk, while keeping calm, “Sister… the Royal Canterlot Voice thing.”

Luna, lowering her voice to a bearable level, protested, “I’m most concerned about our relationship! Do thou have any idea what it must be like! On the Moon! Alone! Nothing to do, but sleep, for one thousand years!!!? It is no different back then. When I brought the night, with nopony to see my hard work, as they all slept through it!?”

The dark-blue alicorn had started to show tears of her sorrow. As she directed all her fury towards her elder sibling, who’d imprisoned her on the Moon many centuries ago.

I think this was the very reason why I fell in love with her. She was lonely, nopony appreciated her night and she is beautiful. What I wanted more than anything, was to comfort her.

Celestia, tried to express how sorry she was as she lowered her wing, “Sister… I cannot imagine what you must had gone through… But know this. I tried my best to be there for you, just like any big sister would.”

The elder alicorn then started to change her tone from sad to increasingly annoyed, “Every day, I was forced to raise and lower the Moon during your absence. Every day, I had also had to lower and raise the Sun! Every time I did, I could only regret not trying hard enough to help you! It very emotionally upset me, dear sister.”

The younger alicorn then replied, trying to target her sister’s guilt, “Yes… I’m sure thou must have felt many emotions. Like thou ‘must had’ gotten laid a thousand times, with our guards, ever since I was locked away! I’ll would be surprised if thou had a list of each stallion that thou had sex with. While I laid lonely on the cold surface of the Moon with nothing! NOTHING!!!”

Looking towards the elder alicorn and seeing the expression on her face. The words that Luna spoke must be true. But I know that the co-ruler of Equestria needed some pleasure in life, but… where did that leave her little sister? But I knew better that I should keep my mouth shout in this conversation.

It started to become too difficult for Celestia, as she let a tear slide down her cheek, expressing her shame, “Sister, they… they meant nothing to me. It was just sex… Pleasure without any heartfelt feelings in it…”

Suddenly finding some hidden rage. The elder alicorn then protested back at her younger sister, increasingly getting furious at each sentence she spoke, “You have no idea, what it was like during your exile! You have no idea, what stress I had to put up with! If you think you can manage being the Princess of the Sun and Moon for a millennium, without any pressure, by all means try sister!!!”

Getting very emotionally hurt from her sister’s words and the memories of her past events. Luna had reached her limit, as she shouted with a loud heartfelt cry with tears flowing down her cheeks, “TIA!!!”

Hastily running back towards the doors, crying in agony.
The younger princess slammed the doors wide open by a powerful wave of her magic and ran out of the room.

Not bothering to glance at her elder sister, I quickly took pursuit of my princess and called out for her, “Luna!?”

The conversation had really touched me. All I wanted, at this moment and nothing more, was to comfort the hurt dark-blue alicorn. She had suffered enough, that it almost made me want to break into tears myself.

As she ran through the corridors, with tears clearly flowing off her cheeks, I ran as fast as I could to try and keep up with her. When she reached a balcony, she instantly took flight out of the castle.

Knowing that this was going to be a challenge to keep up with the heartbroken mare, I also took flight to pursue her. At this moment, I will make sure that nothing will stand in my way…

In the night sky, I flew with all my might to pursue my princess. I kept my eyes fixed on her at all times, making sure not to lose sight of her.

Minute after minute, she got further and further away from me. I tried to calling out to her, but sadly I was ignored in return.

Minutes had past, as we ended up flying past Ponyville. At this point, I was almost completely exhausted that I needed to land and rest.

The chase didn’t stop there though as she continued through the Everfree Forest.

I now had an idea where she was going. The Ancient Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters. Back where her sorrow took root, on the first two episodes that I’ll would never forget watching. The very place when I first started to feel for her…

As she landed at the entrance to the old castle, I landed right behind her, after catching up. The both of us were panting heavily from the exhaustion. Very concerned about her, I spoke, “*pant* *pant* *pant* Luna…? *pant*”

Not wanting to talk, she replied, “*pant* Please *pant* leave me be, Nightfall… *pant*”

Trying to show how much I care about her, I disobeyed, “I never leave you Luna, not even what had happened tonight… And I… don’t really know my way back.”

Luna didn’t respond or look towards me. She just proceeded to walk inside the old and abandoned castle with her head low.

After taking some deep breaths to recover from the exhaustion, I closely followed her inside.

At this moment, I just didn’t know what to say to her. But I figured that I should just be quiet for the time being. If she wants to talk, I’m always here willing to.

With it being the very first time that I have been here, I looked around and found that the place was in ruins. Even though, I had always wanted to come here and explore this old castle.

So far, I found that this castle was nowhere near as huge as the one back in Canterlot. The windows contained no glass, roofs had crumbled and the place was empty.

As we walked through the corridors, I thought she was going to the main hall where she had battled Twilight and her friends. But how wrong I was as she stopped at an old half-opened door, which I kindly opened with my magic before she could.

Appreciating me for opening the door for her. She spoke quietly, but loud enough for me to hear, “Thank thou…”

The tone of her words though, were drowned in hurt and sorrow. The expression of her words, clearly told me how really hurt she was at this minute.

Just after as she had just gone inside, I closely followed her in. The first thing I saw give this room’s secrets away. Finding an old unused-bed in the middle, I knew who this room must had belonged to. So I asked, “Is- is this your old bedroom?” I instantly regretted asking, as I momentarily forgot her condition.

She didn’t respond to the question that I regretted asking. Instead, she climbed onto the bed, rested on her stomach and then… she let loose the water-works. Crying heavily under her fore-hoofs.

It was breaking my heart, by just hearing her. So I quickly walked up to the side of her bed and put a hoof on her back, gently stroking her.

Noticing my actions. She quickly brought her head up to face me, which revealed the redness in her eyes from her sobbing.

I just couldn’t bare it any longer. Quickly, I got on the bed with her. Then gently, brought her to my chest to comfort her.

She didn’t reject, as she brought herself closer and warped her fore-hoofs round me. Leaning and sobbing her tears into my fur coat.

Trying to comfort her as much as possible. I began stroking her back again as I brought a wing out and warped it round her. I then brought my head close to hers and sat with her for as long as she needed…

-

I’m guessing that thirty minutes had pass, since I have lost track of what time it was. I believe that my princess had calmed down and had managed to get it off her chest.

Feeling a lot better after she took a relieving sigh. She snuggled up to me and said, “Thank thou, for being here for me *sniff*.”

Making me feel better knowing that she was, I replied, “I’m just glad your feeling better my love. I’m sorry if I had upset you in any way?”

Still snuggled into my chest, she answered, “You didn’t.”

I wanted to show how much I care about her and cheer her up, but I was afraid of what her reaction will be. We have known each other for over two weeks now. But she did say ‘relationship’ herself back in Canterlot. Hoping that this is the most appropriate time than any, I call her name, “Luna…?”

Wondering what I was calling her for, she brought her head up. Just at that moment, I leaned down to her and give her a full loving kiss on the lips.

Completely caught off guard. Her eyes open wide as she did not see that coming.

Once we broke the kiss after a second or two. She backed away for a moment, trying to put the pieces together on what just happened.

Coming to realisation, she smiled adoringly at my affection for her. Not wanting the moment to be missed, she brought her head forward and returned the kiss.

We both didn’t want to stop there. Because it was so sweet and tender, we closed our eyes and passionately made out with each other for a couple of minutes.

During the kiss. I felt myself becoming aroused, but tried my best to keep it hidden for the time being.

Once we broke the long and memorable kiss. She smiled affectionately towards me as I did the same for her. I then say, “You know, the kiss we had last night really meant a lot to me. It was my first ever kiss that I ever had with a marefriend…”

She then brought me into a hug and asked, “So I was thy first, as I was with thou?”

She then say, quite happily, while our heads were behind each other in the hug, “That makes me even more happy to be with thou, that I was thy first.”

After we broke the hug, I asked, “Do you fancy having a quick look around before we head back?”

Looking down depressed, she explained, “There isn’t anything here for me now. And I don’t think I’m ready to face my sister yet.”

I then say, as she brought her head up, “I’m sure your sister knows just how you feel. I mean, I know she really cares about you. When you both meet for the first time after that thousand years, I never seen her more happy to just have her sister back. So I’m sure all those stallions meant nothing to her, but… you did.”

Luna went in thought and then quietly said to herself, while looking down, “Tia… I’m sorry…”

“I’m sorry too… little sister.”

We both hastily, but very worriedly, looked towards the door. Standing there, was Princess Celestia herself.

We didn’t even know she was outside. She had probably been listening to us for a while though, as her eyes clearly showed that she had been upset recently.

Luna shouted out, naturally, “Sister!? H-how long have thou been there?”

She answered, as she walked in while trying to hide her recent emotions, “I had been here not long since you. I am not going to repeat my mistake from one thousand years ago. Performing my duties instead of tending to my sister first.”

Sitting on the floor in front of us. Celestia turned her full attention to her younger sister to apologise, “Sister. I’m very sorry for everything that has happened. I’m sorry that I wasn’t there for you, when you needed me most, all those years ago. Back at the castle earlier. I was only thinking about your happiness, but I see now that your other-worldly stallion-friend cares more deeply for you than I could imagine. I would be happy for him to be with you, like I couldn’t be.”

Luna jumped of the bed and ran up to her sister. Then… unexpectedly, that caught me by surprise, she managed tackle her elder sibling to the floor in a hug, “I’m so sorry big sister and thank thou… for trying to be there for me.”

Just watching them having another joyful reunion, almost made me want to happily cry. Like when the Element Wielders saw the Cakes kids for the first time, I could only think, ‘Awww.’

When Luna had finished dominating her sister in a huge hug. She moved herself off, allowing her elder sibling to get back up. Celestia then said worriedly, “I have to return to Canterlot, to check on things. You come back when you are ready little sister. I’ll always be there for you, when you need me.”

Before she left, Luna asked, “Can we-… can we fly back together, it’s been ages since we last flew together?”

She answered, in her motherly voice, “Of course, little sister.”

Just before we left the old bedroom, I asked, “Don’t go too fast. I could just barely keep up with Luna.”

The sisters looked towards each other and giggled. Then, we began our flight all the way back to Canterlot.