Her black wings unfolded and spread out, showing off it's black majestic feathers. Her coat was a dark lustrous gleaming black, and her armor glowed eerily. Her teal eyes were still present, but her pupils were now slits. She blinked her light purple eyelids and looked over to the shocked white alicorn that laid on the floor that she recognized all too well. Her hooves were covered in a sparkling light blue armor, and her long horn protruded her helmet and her tail and mane flowed of the night sky.

"Well, this is definitly unexpected. I was truly hoping that I could control Luna to hold out a while longer before revealing myself, but considering the circumstances...

Celestia couldn't believe what she was seeing, but it was standing looking at her. Nightmare Moon had returned, but Celestia couldn't think of how she could be back. The Elements of Harmony had destroyed her and freed Luna from her bitterness and hate that was Nightmare Moon.

"Ah, Celestia, it certainly has been a while hasn't it? I think the last time we have seen each other was a few thousand years ago. Where has the time gone?" She grinned at Celestia and started to walk towards her.

"How are you here Nightmare?! You were destroyed by the elements?!" Celestia didn't mean for herself to blurt out the question, but her mind was completely lost. She had thought that Nightmare Moon was gone for good.

"Ha! The all knowing Celestia is confused? Your losing your touch dear. You actually believed that your pitiful ponies would actually be rid of me so you could have your precious Luna back?"

That's exactly what she believed.

"I was just pushed back deep back into Luna's mind by the elements. They never destroyed me."

Celestia gathered her strength and stood up, wanting to face Nightmare Moon, not on the ground laying down before her.

"They should have...they were supposed to free my sister from you..."

Nightmare Moon laughed at her.

"Free your sister? I am part of her Celestia, you can never free her from me. It's sad that your just learning this, I mean, you really thought that I would be destroyed? If that's what you were hoping for then you should have had your subjects kill me instead."

Celestia narrowed her eyes towards her old foe.

"One was about to kill you until I stopped her." Nightmare Moon lowered her head, glaring at Celestia.

"Well maybe if your sister's frail body was stronger, I wouldn't have been beaten so easily. She is lucky that I hadn't changed to myself earlier, or I would have had her head hanging from the ceiling."

Celestia's exhaustion subsided as she felt anger rise in her at hearing her comment about Luna.

"What have you done to my sister?!" She stomped her hoof in anger." What have you done?!"

Nightmare continued walking towards her, but Celestia would not have it. She summoned her little reserve of magic and threw a slicing blot right before Nightmare as a warning.

"You do not come any closer. Answer my question! What have yo done to Luna?!" She had to know what had happened to Luna. This was nothing like last time. Luna harbored feelings of jealousy and bitterness, and took on the form of Nightmare Moon many years ago, but this was much different.

"Now Celestia no need for temper. Your precious Luna is mine. She has been mine ever since she retrieved that necklace," She winked at Celestia,"You and I have been together for a long time dear sister."

Celestia gritted her teath. Her former weakness was being renewed by anger and hate for Nightmare.

"The necklace? The necklace that took the elements essence? What about it?"

Nightmare Moon flashed her white teeth in a wide smile. "Oh yes, that necklace was quite a show. It's a shame what happens when one lets their desperation get the better of them."

Celestia put one of her front hooves in front of her. She wanted to take a go at Nightmare. She had caused Luna to kill but it was really Nightmare Moon who had been pulling the strings.

"Speak sense Nightmare. The necklace is to absorb the elements and harness and channel their powers to the wearer. What had the necklace done to Luna?"

"Maybe it's better that I show you, and maybe your feeble mind can understand." Her long black horn glowed a black aura around it and a thin beam shot into Celestia's head. She didn't even know what hit her before it was too late and her mind spun, until she appeared in Luna's chambers.

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Luna laid on her bed reading Equestria's Finest Minds. She had been gone a long time and she never had the time to really read. She was busy helping her sister set up for the wedding that was coming up in a few days between Celestia's Captain of the Royal Guard and Princess Cadence, and during the time she thought that she had never knew everything that had happened during her banishment, so why not read up on some history and find out? Now that she had some down time, she wanted to know everything she could.

Chapter 14: Starswirl The Bearded: The Greatest Wizard to Ever Live Luna's eyes brightened, seeing one of Celestia's former student listed in this book. She remembered him back when he was just a young colt. He was very stubborn and reckless but she would have never thought of him growing up to be such a powerful unicorn. It was unfortunate she couldn't see him one last time...if she wasn't banished....

Luna shook her head, trying to shake the thought away. She was still adjusting to life now, and though Twilight and her friends have helped try to fit in, other ponies still saw her as Nightmare Moon. They would always look at her with fear, and she just wanted to be treated like any other pony, but none saw her as just another pony. It was Nightmare Moon or The Mare in the Moon, never just Luna. Ever since her former self was defeated, and her feeling of bitternes towards her sister left, she had felt free but thoughts of her past still haunted her.

Her fight with Celestia....the ponies she slaughtered out of anger...and being banished. She would see the images haunt her in her dreams, and she hated all of it, cause she knew it wasn't really Nightmare Moon, but her behind Nightmare that drove it. She had done terrible things, but it was in the past now, and she just had to forget it.

She continued reading her book until a knock came to her door.

"Thou can come in."

Princess Celestia entered, and Luna smiled at her.

"Why hello dear sister, what brings thee here to our tower and chambers?" She was always happy to see Celestia, especially since she had been away from her so long from her banishment. She enjoyed every opportunity she could get to see her now.

"Really Luna, I must get you to move away from the Royal speech, ponies sometimes have a hard time understanding you," Celestia said teasingly.

Luna frowned. She knew that her speech was wierd to other ponies, but this was all she knew. Granted Twilight had tried to help her, but she had done it for so long that it was very hard to break.

"We know that sister, and we are trying," Luna snapped, showing her short temper. She quickly realized that she had lost her temper once again.

"We apologize sister, but we are still a bit sensitive...about our banishment." She looked over to Celestia, and met her eyes.

"It is alright Luna. Does it still bother you?" Luna knew it still bothered her, but she wasn't going to burden her sister with her feelings.

"No, just reminds thee of ourselves as Nightmare Moon." She remembered when she changed into her, and how she loved it. She remembered all her hatred and bitterness that surrounded her when she assumed the form of her more powerful self.

"Alright then. Well I came here to see how you are doing and thank you for the help for the upcoming wedding. With the recent threat and everything, it's been pretty hectic, and I know you have stayed up during multiple days when your supposed to sleep, but I really appreciate all your doing Luna."

Luna's heart glowed from the praise she was receiving from Celestia.

"Do not think anything of it sister. We know thee is busy with thy courts and duties, we thought only to help thee lessen the burden."

Celestia went over to and put one of her forearms around her, embracing Luna. Luna returned it, feeling the warmth of her older sister once again. They broke away after a few moments.

"Well, I better go, I see your reading,"She said laughing softly,"and I know how much you love to read."

"Will thee need help tommorow with more wedding plans sister?" Luna didn't know why she had asked, it just kind of came out on it's own. Celstia walked back to the door and turned her head.

"Do not worry about it Luna. I have the court dismissed tommorow for my own sanity, so I will be fine. You need to get some sleep anyways. You look absolutely exhausted."

Luna heart dropped inside. She wanted to help more, but her sister seemed to have it handled...as always. Luna put on a mask of a smile on her face.

"Very well then sister. We will see thee tommorow." Celestia nodded and shut the wooden door behind her, leaving Luna to her book once again. She suddenly felt alone...just her and her book...in her tower...under the night sky...alone.

Oh poor Luna, alone once again...

Luna's eyes went in shock as she heard a familiar voice in her head. She hadn't heard it since after the Elements of Harmony had been used on her.

W..What? Thee can't be...

But I am.

Luna froze on her bed hearing Nightmare's voice. How was this possible? That form of her was destroyed, gone, finished, never to return, but she was speaking in her head.

How can thee be in our head? Thou was defeated by the elements??

Oh Luna, you can never get rid of me. You are me and I am you, there's no escape from that.

Luna walked over to her mirror, worried that since she was hearing her voice, that she may have now started to look like her. She still saw her face and everything seemed normal until it started to meld into the visage of Nightmare Moon. Luna backed away from the mirror seeing her cat eyes staring into her.

"What are thou doing in us?" Luna didn't want Nightmare Moon back, but she couldn't wrap her mind around how she was back.

The image that was Nightmare Moon in the mirror spoke back to her, "I have always been in you Luna. I know your regrets, and how these other ponies reject you. I know your dreams that haunt you. You feel alone."

Luna's legs trembled. She didn't want to hear this from her.

"Silence! Thou dost not know us! We no longer need thee. We are happy now!"

"Do not lie to yourself Luna. You and I both know that you are from happy. You watch as Celestia slaves the day away, and you just sit there and do nothing. She never needs your help Luna. Look at what she had said earlier. She did not need you."

"We said silence!" Luna's heart hurt to hear what her former self was telling her. "Celestia is ruler of equestria, and thee can handle thyself. Thee would ask us if thou needed help. Lies only leave your tongue."

"Are they lies Luna? Have you ever wondered why she was ruler of equestria and not you? It's because she knows she has power. Power over you and her subjects, and that is why you are no help to her, because you have no power. You are weak!"

Luna shook her head as her temper flew out the window.

"WE SAID SILENCE!" She thew her hoof to the mirror and shattered it, and watched as the shards of glass fell to the floor, and the image of Nightmare Moon disappeared. She felt her hoof stinging and looked to see that it was bleeding. She quickly summoned her magic and mended her cut that seeped blood.

Her body shook with fear, now knowing that Nightmare Moon was in her. She didn't understand how it was possible though. Her ability to change to Nightmare Moon was gone, so how was she now hearing Nightmare in her mind?

"Princess Luna, we heard a yell coming form your chambers, are you all right?"

She heard the voice beyond her door and knew it was only one of her guards.

"We are fine. Thou can return to thy post."

"As you wish Princess."

Luna went towards her bed and laid down. She was frightened about what she just experienced and was afraid She had been trying hard to fit in and rid her name of Nightmare Moon but now it was speaking to her. She closed her teal eyes, and let sleep take her, hoping that this fear she had now would disappear, and she would never hear that accursed voice again....
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Next Day...
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"Luna, what are you doing here? I had told you that I have it handled today. You need to rest so you have enough strength to raise the moon tonight."

Luna had come to the hall that the wedding was supposed to be held in a couple of days to see if she could help with anything, much to Celestia's dismay.

"We are fine sister, we only wish to help."

"Luna please, you have done enough already. Go relax. Go out and make some friends or read your books if you choose not to sleep."

This was not the answer that Luna was looking for. She felt a pit in her stomach as Celestia was denying her help.

"Very well sister," she said sadly, walking slowly out of the hall.

Do you see now Luna?

Luna's body went into alert as she heard her voice again. She quickly exited the castle and flew to her tower. She hastily opened the wooden door that led to her chambers and locked it behind her.

"Get out of our head!" Luna yelled alone in her room.

You can't get rid of me Luna...I will always be here.

Luna flung herself on her bed, and shoved her face into her pillow and spoke withiin it, "No! We do not need thee anymore! We have changed!"

But not to others, they still see you as me.

"Be quiet!"

The truth hurts Luna. . Luna thrashed her head around trying to shake her out of her mind.

"We will get rid of thee! Thou is not us!"

Do you really want to get rid of me Luna?

What kind of question was that?

"Yes!"

Then try.

Luna trembled in her bed hearing Nightmare Moon challenge her. There had to be a way to get rid of this haunting voice in her head.

"We will!"

You cannot deny me. Luna noticed the calmness in the voice, but she would get rid of her. She refused to repeat her mistakes.

She climbed out of her bed, and went through her library of books. She knew there had to be one about a pony's mind and how to repress voices. Maybe there was some medical tyoe of science that could help her. She looked through book after book but couldn't find anything. She desperatly wanted to be rid of Nightmare Moon's voice in her head and the hallucinations that she was afraid to come after seeing her own mirror last night.

She thought to herself. Maybe she was going about it all wrong looking for one about the mind and medical practices, but maybe she needed a certain spell or magical artifact that could help her and knew exactly where to find one: Starswirl the Beareded Wing.

Luna transported herself to the wing, and appeared right next to the hourglass that stood in the center. She looked at the tons of shelves that were littered with old tomes and spells. This would be quick for her, as she knew the layout of the wing and what information was where. Her horn lit up with a blue aura and ten different books and pieces of parchment floated before her. She noticed a tome with the title of Magical Artifacts for a Pony's Mind. It sounded promising. Celestia didn't need her help, but she now had something more important to do...
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That night..
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Luna had found the perfect item for her. She laid on her floor studying the book and she now stared at the page that showed a necklace with a gold chain and had a black gem in the middle. Something inside her told it was just what she needed as she read the small description.

A necklace forged by the God of Chaos himself, it is said to be made to help supress the force of evil that Discord heard in his head during his rule, but these are just rumors. It is also said that the necklace was made to harness the Elements of Harmony's power and channel it to the wearer, and increase their power 100 times fold. Unfortuanatly, the necklace was lost during the battle between the two regal sisters and Discord, and to this day, no pony knows of it's whereabouts.

Luna didn't care about the part of the elements. She had no desire for power, only to be rid of Nightmare's voice in her head.It had said that it's ability to suppress voices seemed to be only rumors, but she would take the chance to get rid of Nightmare's torturous voice. She only started to hear it last night, but it was driving her crazy that it was there.

A knock was heard at her door.

"We are busy," she yelled out.

"Luna?"

It was Celestia's voice. Luna quickly grabbed the book in her mouth and threw it under her bed, and went for the door. She opened it to reveal a very worn out alicorn.

"Are thou alright sister?" Luna noticed Celestia's eyes seemed to be strainded and her body seemed to move stiffly. Celestia entered her room.

"I am alright Luna, just planning for this wedding has been a lot more difficult than I had anticipated." Luna had forget all about the wedding, she was trying to take care of her own problem.

"Why did thee not ask us for our assistance?"

Celestia looked over towards Luna, "Luna, I appreciate the offer of help, but I had already said that I don't need your help."

Luna's body jerked inside, remembering Nightmare's words.

"Of course sister."

"I'm sorry Luna, I am just stressed out. The threat against Canterlot has not made this event much easier for me. I have Shining Armor setting up a protection spell around Canterlot, but I fear that may not be enough."

Luna has seen her sister stressed before, but this seemed to be taking more of a toll on the white alicorn more than expected.

"Do not stress thyself sister. Thou hast completed much harder tasks than this."

Celestia closed her eyes taking a long sigh.

"I know, but I'm just tired of being a Princess I suppose." Luna walked over to her to meet her eyes and investigate her sister's feelings.

"What do thee mean? Do thou wish not to be the ruler of Equestria no longer?"

Celestia lowered her head and sighed once again.

"There have been times Luna that I have felt the way..."

She wishes to no longer rule Equestria. YOU should rule..

Luna's body stiffened.

"...but I really have no choice. Equestria comes first. My feelings and burdens are my own and I can't let Equestria suffer because of my own wants."

Luna was barely paying attention to her. Hearing Nightmare's voice had thrown her mind into a panic.

"Luna, are you well? You seem pale..."

Luna snapped out of her fear, and brought her attention to Celestia.

"O..Oh yes sister...we are fine...just a bit cold we suppose." Celestia accepted this answer.

"Oh, well I'll just be going then. I just came to check in on you and see how you are doing, but it seems I have digressed into my own banter." Celestia opened the door to take her leave.

Why does she always check on you?

"Sister, why do thee check on us frequently?" Luna's eyes opened in shock as she didn't mean to ask that. She had her Nightmare's voice as that to her, but then she involuntarily blurted it out.

"I just want to make sure you are all right is all Luna," Celestia said giving her a small smile.

"Oh, very well then, um, we were just wondering was all. We appreciate thee's visit's." Celestia nodded and shut Luna's door behind her.

Luna turned to the pestering voice in her head that she wanted out so much.

"What hast thou done?!"

I didn't do anything Luna. You were the one asked her and you know the answer don't you?

"Thou hast already given us an answer."

You know it's a lie...

Luna heard what Celestia had said, but she knew the reason why. Celestia feared her becoming Nightmare Moon again. She knew that Luna took her form of evil because of her bitterness toward her sister, but Celestia was making an effort to always be there for her, but was it really for her, or to prevent another war with her, even though she no longer had the ability to transform into Nightmare Moon, or so she believed until hearing her voice.

You are a threat to her Luna. She knows you can overtake her. She is not fit to rule Equestria. You are...

Luna would hear none of this treachery against her sister.

"Enough with thou's lies. We will not betray our sister again, and we will be rid of your awful thoughts."

Your thoughts...

Luna's heart pumped in her chest faster. "No! This is not us! We vow that we will be rid of thee!" Luna summoned the book she had thrown under her bed to hide form Celestia earlier and levitated it before her. She looked over the page that had depicted the necklace once again. If it was forged by Discord himself, it had to be tained with dark magic, and she knew that dark magic was forbidden. Dark magic usend on magical artifacts had unpredictable results when used, and if this was made by Discord, there was no doubt it would be unpredictable in the least, but Luna was desperate. If it rid her of Nightmare's voice, then so be it. She would dea with the consequences later. She couldn't fathom the thought of being loked away again and being away from her beloved sister.

"We vow it..," she whispered to herself as she decided that she must retrieve this necklace, but she had no clue where to find it. It stated that no pony had ever seen it after their battle with Discord, but she couldn't recall the God of Chaos wearing one when Celestai and her fought him and defeated him. She could ask Celestia if she knew anything about them, but that would raise too many questions. It only left her one choice.

She would ask the very maker of it himself. She knew that he was back in his stony prison after Twilight and her friends used the Elements on him, and she knew he had still resided and watched inside it. She would find the location of the necklace by asking Discord himself....
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The Night Before the Royal Wedding
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"Who goes there?" Luna heard a set of running hooves and looked below her."Stay indoors Twilight Sparkle," Luna said as she saw the young lavender unicorn rush into the castle under her night sky. She went back into looking into her telescope, watching for whatever could be a threat to Canterlot. She was very tired now that she hadn't slept at all yesterday or today due to her research and her plan of speaking with Discord. Nightmare Moon's voice had not spoke to her at all today, but she knew it was still there. The pit in her stomach that she had constantly felt all day had confirmed it to her, and only made her grow impatient. She needed to speak with Discord, as much as she hated him and loathed the menace, she needed his necklace. She needed to be rid of this torturing voice and it's terrible ideas. She knew that after Discord's defeat with the Elements of Harmony, that his stony body had been moved farther away from the castle in hopes that if he ever broke out again, he would not be able to take the Elements so easily again.

Luna was growing impatient as she thought about Discord and the location of her salvation from Nightmare Moon's voice. She felt like she was wasting time here, and she couldn't see any type of danger coming to Cnaterlot, and besides, Shining Armor had his protection spell up, so why was she looking through some telescope looking for something that might not even be coming? She knew she was thinking all this due to her impatience but it was unbearable. She was desperate, and she just had to know where to find the item. She had to leave now, so she would have time to plan her next course of action.

She looked down and saw two of her guards standing near the bottom entrance of the tower.

"Guards!"

The two Lunar guard looked up to see their princess.

"Yes Princess," said one of them.

"I call for one of thee to come up here to look watch for any dangers that threaten Canterlot. I must leave on royal business and I will be back shortly."

"Of course Princess," the same guard repilied.

Luna smiled at her faithful guards. "We thank thee for thy service." She turned and spread her wings and flew off into her night, making her way to Discord in his stony prison. She felt the cool breeze of the night flow through her wings, and she felt her mane flow behind her. It was a moment of peace for her from her fear of Nightmare Moon. A moment that was short lived as it came back to haunt her mind.

You really think you can get rid of me Luna?

Luna's moment of serenity in the sky was lost as the terrible voice spoke to her. She wouldn't give her the dignnity of an answer. She would be rid of her no matter what.

She descended down to the ground and landed softly. She looked around to see that Discord was now placed in solitude away from the garden he previously resided in unti he broke free. His statue stood alone in the middle of a small patch of grass. It was isolated from pony eyes, and now it was just him and her.

"Discord," she said as she went up to the statue.There was no answer.

"Discord. We wish to speak to thee," she said a bit louder. She heard something seeming to sound as if it was just waking up and a small dark yellow light glowed within the statues chest as it spoke.

"Oh dear, who interupted my beauty sleep? I was just about to make somepony's organs..." Discord's voice trailed off.

"Discord, we have something that we must know from thee." Luna didn't want to drag this out. She just wanted the location of the necklace.

Discord spoke as his stony prison kept him still, and the only expression that could be seen was one of defeat at the hooves of the elements that had been set in stone.

"Oh look who it is? My Luna, you have definitely grown into quite a fine princess I must say." Discord chuckled. "So what brings you here to my humble abode," he said with saracsm as he spoke the last two words.

"We seek the necklace that thou has created many years ago and have come here to ask where thou has hidden it."

Discord laughed within the stone at her .

"And what, pray tell, would you want something like that?"

Luna hated that she had come to him for help, but she was desperate. She had to obtain a neccasary evil for the greater good..her own good.

"For the purpose that we have chosen it for, now, where have you hidden it?"

Discord laughed once more at her inquiry.

"I see you still have a temper Luna, even after all these years. Now my little item does have a name so I will tell it to you so you can stop referring it to as just another old necklace. It's called remissionis tenebris, or in short, Rebris."

Luna was growing more frusterated. She didn't care what the name of it was, only where it was located.

"We do not care for such a name. We only want the the location of it. We will ask one final time before we take our leave, where is it?"

Discord hummed an unfamiliar while he thought to himself, and after a few moments, he gave the desperate princess an answer.

"Alright my dear, you seem very persistent about finding Rebris, so I'll tell you. I'm locked up in this stone anyways, so I don't see the harm. It resides in the abandoned castle where the Everfree Forest stands. My castle to be precise, before you and Celestia overthrew me milleniams ago."

This was also the same place that she was defeated in the form of Nightmare Moon by the elements. She now knew exactly where to look and had the information she needed. There was no reason to stay and discuss any longer. She turned around to take her leave, satisified with his answer.

"I would have never guessed that you would need it Luna, but I see you are trying to be rid of something. Maybe something like Nightmare Moon..."

Luna froze hearing him say it. How could he know about Nightmare Moon? He was never around to see her that way, and how did he know that she was trying to get rid of Nightmare's taunting voices in her head? She didn't dare turn around or speak.

"Oh, don't mind me Luna, I'll still be here while you go off and take care of your affairs." He paused and let out a small dark laugh. "Good luck..."

The dark yellow light faded away, and the once talking statue of Discord was now only silent. Only the silence of the night surrounded Luna. Her mind was racing a million miles a minute. She thought about what Discord had said, and thought who else knew. Did Celestia know too but wasn't telling her? She was also having second thoughts about retrieving Rebris. This was made by Discord, and it was sure to have some type of dark power within it. Maybe she should have asked what he made it to do instead of taking the word of some old book, but she was so determined within her decision that she only wanted to know where it was.

You deserve to rule. Celestia deserves to die.

Nightmare's voice rang in her head once again. She grabbed her head and closed her eyes. She heard her words, and to hear it say that her sister deserved to die drove a spear of terror through her. Nighmtare's ideas were getting worse and she had to hear it. She quickly resloved that Rebris might have been made by Discord, but she had to have it. It seemed to be the only thing that would be rid of this voice. She quickly spread her wings and lifted off into the air once again. She flew as fast as she can back to her tower to continue to her watch but she knew her mind would not be with it.

She landed behind the guard that was looking through the telescope.

"We have returned. Thou may leave now."

The guard turned around and made his leave, and now she was alone once again to her thoughts. She had to get Rebris. She had no other choice. She would retrieve it during the wedding that Celestia would preside over. She put her teal eyes to the telescope, now watching the night, but her stomach was turned into knots. What she was about to do was not settling well with her but again...

She was desperate...
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During the Royal Wedding...
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She was almost to the abandoned castle within the Everfree Forest. She was supposed to be the wedding, but she had told Celestia that she had to rest for a little bit, and she would definitly be there for the reception, so she had to be quick about this. She stayed high above the clouds so no pony would see her and only the shining sun could see her. She feared if any pony saw her, her lie would be revealed to Celestia and questions would be raised, and if her sister found out that she was hearing Nightmare Moon, she would no doubt be banished once again, and probably for the rest of her long life. She looked down and saw the rows of dark trees below her, and knew she was getting close.

She should have killed you. She should have killed to be rid of me. We are one, you and I.

It was getting worse. Nightmare's voice was becoming louder and louder in her head, and it was driving her mad, but today would be the end of it. It had only been three days since she been hearing her, but one day was too many for her. She still didn't understand how she had her in her head, and why she had suddenly started speaking to her, but at this point it didn't matter, she would be rid of it today.

She descended from the white clouds and saw the broken castle that once used to hold the elements and where she was defeated previously. Her hooves landed on the cold rock that formed the ground and looked around her. The place hadn't changed much since she was here last. The overgrowth of plants slowly started covering the wall, and the old windows were now broken, but she didn't care for the scenery, it was Rebris she was after.

She slwoly walked around the statue that once held the elements in stone and began her search for the necklace. She figured that the stone that held the Elements before,might also have the necklace. She didn't see any sign of the black gem, so she continued to looke elsewhere. She carefully scanned the ground or any loose stones that it could be hidden underneath of, but that quickly came to an end as she laid her eyes on it.

Rebris laid there in the middle of the cold stone floor with it's golden chain and black pendant, and it laid there as if it was waiting for some pony to have it. Luna stared at it from across the room, seeing her object of desperation before her. How could it have been lost to every pony but yet it laid right there? How did she not notice it the first time she was here trying to stop the elements? It was eerie to her, but she had to be rid of Nightmare Moon, and this would do just that for her...at least she hoped.

She slowly walked towards the accused pendant, and picked it up with her hoof and looked into the gem. It had a black smoke wirling within it, and it became darker as she held it up to her. She knew she should not trust anything of Discord's making, but she felt there was no other way. She didn't want this voice in her head with it's awful ambitions of power and treachery against her sister. She just wanted to be normal like every pony else. She was afriad that if she let it continue that she might be somehow influenced by it and carry out Nightmare's ambitions. If this is what it took to stop that, then she gladly accepted it. She put the gold chain around her neck and the cold gem laid on her chest. Nothing happened as she had expected it would. She was expectiing some magical happening or some process that would rid her mind of Nightmare's voice but nothing, so she would test it out.

"Nightmare Moon. Thou has no voice anymore within our mind..." She waited for a response but none came. She had believed Rebris had fullfilled it's purpose until she felt an unbearable pain shoot through her body. She yelped and fell to her legs. White hot pain ran through her body, and she felt as if she was being stabbed millions of times over.

YOU FOAL! HOW FOOLISH!

Luna grabbed her head once again as Nightmare Moon's yell thrashed her brain, along with the torture her body was experiencing. The chain of the necklace tightened over her neck and the pendant clamped down against her chest right over her heart. She began to choke and flung her hooves at the chain trying to break it,but to no avail. The pendeant lit up with a black smoke, and a black stream of magic flowed out the gem like a river. Luna's eyes were watering as the chain continued to choke her. She tried moving her body, but something wasn't letting her, and she barely watched as the black stream spilled onto the floor. A giant puddle of black sparkling magic laid in the floor and began to take shape.

The chain finally loosened as Luna's eyes started to turn a blood red from the lack of oxygen. She coughed violently and breathed trying to regain her breath. The black magical liquid began to rise and take the form that Luna recognized well. It rose and took form of her former self, Nightmare Moon, but her eyes were different. The slits for her eyes glowed a dark yellowish color and looked down at the still coughing Luna.

"What one's desperation will bring them to do is simply amazing." Luna looked up to what was now Nightmare Moon. She remembered her dark and intimidating apperance when she had tooken her form, but to see it stand before her only confirmed that she was Nightmare Moon.

Luna coughed but spoke, "How are thou here?! Nightmare Moon was part of us, not a separate being." The figure of Nightmare walked to her and slammed her hoof against Luna's face, bringing Luna's body against the ground, while her face was grinded into the stone.

"No, we are one. It was so fun to watch you fear and cower when you heard me. I have been with you since the elements defeated us. I have been in you the whole time, and you believed that I was gone? Maybe your ability to take on my appearance, but I am not gone." She dug her black hoof into Luna's face more.

Luna winced in pain. She felt her face smashed against the rock. She was confused and scared. Nightmare Moon was not something seperate, because she was Nightmare Moon, but how could she be when Nightmare was grininding her face into the floor? Nightmare's horn glowed and took hold of Luna's body and flung it to the wall. Luna felt herself fly up against the wall, but it wouldn't end there. She hit the wall and flew into the ground, smashing her face against it. She was lifted back up and thrown against the ceiling. She felt something crack within her as she hit the ceiling, and then she was thrown to the opposite wall, and she fell onto the floor. Her body was thrashing with pain, her nose was pouring blood, and the side of her head had blood coming down it. She tried to get up before Nightmare could do any more harm, but a terrible pain ran through her. It was the same pain from before when Rebris began to choke her. She looked down to see the necklace around her neck. She quickly threw it off hoping that the pain would stop, but it only continued.

"You should have known better than to trust something of Discord's but poor Luna was too scared. You wanted me gone so badly that you have resorted to this."

She summoned the necklace towards her and levitated in fron of her as she motioned to Rebris while she spoke.

Luna coughed out blood onto the floor. "It was supposed...to be rid of thee..."

Nightmare laughed loudly at her.

"You read that from a book! How could a book know what the purpose of this is?! Discord knew what it did, why do you think he told you of it's whereabouts so easily?! He saw right through you and saw me within you. He had told me what it was going to do. If it was really going to do what your small mind thought, then I would have turned your mind to a mess of insanity!"

Luna shook hearing Nightmare's words. She knew she should have never spoken to Discord. He had somehow saw right through her, and made contact with the evil inside her. She should have known just because he was imprisoned did not mean he was completely powerless, but it was too late for regrets.

Nightmare walked over to the beaten and bloodied Luna.

"Rebris has freed me from your weak body. Thanks to your doubt and guilt over your past, I was able to finally reach out out you, and I was going to drive you insane, but this had worked out much better than I had ever dreamed of."

Luna summoned her magic and a dark blue aura surrounded her horn. She would not let Nightmare stand before her and taunt her, but she was quickly interupted as Nightmare smashed her hoof against Luna's head and her head was into the ground once more.

"We won't be having none of that Luna."

Luna forced words out of her mouth. "Then what is to be done with us? Thou are free now. Do you plan to kill us, because if thou takes our life, our sister will find out what has transpired and seek retribution against you."

Nightmare stomped her hoof onto her head and Luna yelped feeling its hard texture smash her head into the floor again.

"I'm not going to kill you. You are going to help me. I have big plans for Equestria Luna and your part of them. I am going to be ruler of Equestria, not Celestia."

Luna lifted her head agaisnt Nightmare's hoof.

"We will not help thee. Celestia will stop thee and take thou's life. Our sister is more powerful than you." Luna tried to push more against Nightmare's force, but her face was slammed into the ground for a third time.

"I know you won't help me, but I'm not giving you a choice. Your also right about your sister being more powerful than me, but I have a plan for that. That old book did have soemthing right about Rebris. It can take each of the Elements of Harmony's power, and channel it to the wearer. Do you know what that means?"

Luna only felt blood running down her face, but she knew exactly what it meant.

"It means that I will be more powerful than any pony on this planet and the bearers of them will suffer because of you!Once I have their elements, I will be abudantly more powerful than Celestia could ever hope to be." Nightmare Moon laughed, loving how great her plan sounded. She took her hoof off Luna's head and lifted her broken body to her and looked in Luna's teal eyes.

"You cannot make us help thee," Luna said weakly. Nightmare smiled wickedly at her.

"I can and I will. You have had control over me for a long time Luna. I had no say so in what I wanted, and I was controlled by you when you fought against your sister and the Elements of Harmony, and both times you have lost. You are weak, and I will not be controlled by some pony as weak as you. Now the tables will turn, and I will control you. My desire will be yours, my ambitions will be yours, my thoughts will be yours, and my will will be yours. You will belong to me and do what I want."

Luna's heart was gripped with horror a hearing her words. Nightmare Moon was going to take control of her, and there would be nothing she could do about it.

"Thou will not get away with this!" Nightmare Moon didn't change, still smiling at the defiant alicorn.

"I am going to have so much fun with you Luna. You will cause so much pain and spill so much blood that there will be no coming back for you. Now, let's not wast anymore time. I have a wedding to get back to with my sister."

She dropped Luna's body to the floor and her body turned back into the black magical liquid that she once was. Luna quickly brought her eyes to the liquid that rose before her. It flung itself at Luna and forced itself inside Luna's mouth. Luna's eyes went wide with horror. She couldnt stop it, and she choked on it as it enetered her body. She felt her mind going hazy, and she knew that Nightmare Moon was overcoming her.

Death

Hate

Blood

These evil thoughts started taking over her mind. She felt a darkness enveloping her as she felt Nightmare running through her body. She was losing it, and it would be moments before she was just a puppet for Nightmare Moon. She thought about her sister, and how sorry she was, how sorry she was to go to such lengths because of her desperation. It would now consume her, and she would be lost. Her vision went to black, and she knew it was over.
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Night of the Royal Wedding
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Luna woke up inside the lonely castle. She stood up and looked around for something of importance. She saw the necklace lying on the floor, where she had thrown it. She walked over to it and picked it up with her hoof. She looked into the black gem and saw it's beautiful swirling darkness within it. She saw her own reflection and saw that she looked completely new. There was no blood running down her face, and her body felt refreshed. She loved it and put Rebris around her neck once more. She would never let it be away from her again, for this was her harbinger of power. she looked over to the broken window and knew it was almost time for her to raise the night.

She transported outside and opened her wings and hovered in the sky. She watched as the sun went down and prepared for her task. A black aura surrounded her body and her horn lit up brightly. The night sky and stars formed within the sky, and her precious moon slowly appeared, shining it's enticing glow upon Equestria. The stars shone brightly and comets swirled within it. She did not care much for this for she had much work to do. This would just be the first of many nights that she would plan her way to power. Luna smiled to herself, knowing her first course of action would be getting rid of the bearers of the elements, and she had much work to do to see how she would make them suffer, but for now she had a wedding to get back to. Her horn glowed black once again, and she dissapeared form the night sky to meet her sister.

She appeared within her tower. She went out and looked over her balcony to see that the reception was about to begin. She had arrived just in time. She saw Celestia standing next to Twilight and her friends, all in their wedding dresses, smiling and happy. She knew that would change soon, but for now, she would let them have their happiness. She flew down to meet them and stood next to Celestia and smiled at all of them.

"Hello every pony..."

They had no clue that the harbinger of their future pain and torment stood right beside them.

"...did I miss anything?"