“LADIES AND GENTLECOLTS! PLEASE SETTLE DOWN AS OUR GLORIOUS LEADER PRINCESS CELESTIA RAISES THE SUN!” The captain of the guards bellowed. The ponies gentle chatter stopped as they turned to look at their ruler. Eyes all different hues gazed upon the sun princess, the ponies mouth’s agape.

Princess Celestia did not smile, or even bat an eyelash as she walked with two stallions in golden armor up the stage. On the golden stage, there was a amber pole that curved and formed into the shape of Celestia’s cutie mark. Behind the sun, there was a silver that was defined pole in the shape of a moon, more fragile looking and smaller than the sun pole as if to shatter it by a single hoof.

Celestia stood in front of the sun pole, and stretched her wings to make herself appear more magnificent. This made Luna become cast away in the shadows behind her sister. Like a pathetic snail cowering away from the predator of which stood before it, clawing and biting it’s teeth like razor in its phosphorescent and burning mouth. Celestia motioned for Luna to begin. With everypony watching, well everypony watching the sun princess. Luna seized the moon with her enticing cobalt magic, and lowered the moon, grunting and panting as she did. Last night was different. She could grab the moon with ease, it flowing with its fluorescent silver and cerulean rays becoming one with the ey.  because she was relaxed she was happy back then. But the happy was seized from her like the moon, and replaced dread and sadness. The moon lowered behind the horizon and Celestia flew to the top of the sun pole, and raised the flare. The crowd cheered and applauded. Celestia managed a small smile and quickly flashed back to the ice that Luna now called her sister.

“Stop! We have something to share with you!” A voice boomed from behind Celestia. Luna beat her navy wings against the scorching sun. Luna flew so high up so that the sun shone behind her. “We feel we are not accepted by thou subjects and wish to share the beauty that we create every night with everypony while they art thou awake to see it! Behold a beauty that goes unnoticed every night as the flare beats down upon thou! Look upon the magic of NIGHT…”  Luna cast her magic and the moon rose up in front of the sun. But Luna forgot to lower the sun as well. Both alicorn sisters could lower each other’s sky objects, but the task was dangerous and could kill them. The sun and moon collided and became black as Sombra’s soul. Luna had created the first solar eclipse. But however, this did not work in Luna’s favor as planned. Luna’s body turned black by the shadows and her eyes turned white, making a menacing glare.

“What happened to the sun?” a unicorn named Bubble Blossom shrieked.

“She devoured the sun!” Her friend an earth pony named Minty Web screamed.

“EVERYPONY RUN!” A stallion wailed.

“It’s the NightMare!” Voices laced with fear were heard from all directions, the ponies shrill screams echoing in the streets. They were knocking each other down, and practically destroying the cobblestone buried in the sidewalks. Luna didn’t mean to cause such panic. Luna panted and tried to calm everypony down. She couldn’t handle something like this. She was not social or had the collective skills to reassure a kingdom. They weren’t afraid of the collision, they were afraid of her.

“Wait! Can’t you feel how safe thou art? Stop running! We only wanted to share-”

“It’s a demon!”

“Run! She’s trying to trick us!” A earth pony carrying crops screamed. The vegetables on his back rolled out of his basket, causing nearby panicking ponies to slip and crash into one another.

“LUNA! What have you done?” Celestia cried. She looked up at her sister, still flying high above the clouds, her navy wings flapping vigorously. Luna recognized that look. It was the same stare. The same horrified glance that shared the same moment of when Sombra used his dark magic on the sun princess. Luna had never seen perfect, emotionless Celestia so terrified. Luna looked away. She couldn’t handle it. The screams of her people, the panic ripping her soul apart. Her emotions out of control. But worse was her sister. What had Luna done. Celestia managed to form 4 words with her quivering, shaking mouth. “I will end this madness!” Celestia’s brilliant white horn glowed, lowering the solar eclipse as revealing the sun. Luna flew to the shadows.

“The sun’s coming back! Oh thank Celestia we’re saved!” A mare exclaimed.

“It’s back!”

“It’s back! The sun is back!” A stallion shouted. Whoops and cheers came toward the crowd of mares and stallions, but Celestia’s attention was not her subjects.

‘’Sister I…” Luna started, ashamed at she did.She backed, wanting to fold herself into tiny squares and disappear.

“LUNA. MY CHAMBERS. NOW.” Celestia barked.

***

“Luna… what were you thinking?”

“Tia, I-”

“Luna you almost scared them to death!” Celestia scolded.

“I just wanted to…” Luna sobbed.

“Luna, unannounced? At the Summer Sun Celebration?” Celestia chastised. “Luna we must not cause fear. We rule because they allow us to. You and I are alicorns. We are not of earth, nor pegsi, nor unicorn. Luna, did you even recall what might happen?”

“I just wanted to show them my night!” Luna wailed.

“Luna, have you learned nothing after our fail with Sombra?” Celestia barked.

“I just wanted somepony to care about me for a change.”

“Luna we do care. We all care. You and I both are body haves of an eternal balance…” Celestia stated.

“No! Nopony cares about me. Or my night. They only care about you.They hate me…” Luna was hanging her head now.

“Luna you know that’s not true.” Celestia said.

“Isn’t it? You don’t even care about me anymore! Why should they?” Luna howled.

“Luna!”

“I made a mistake okay? I didn’t mean to do anything wrong. I made a mistake and thought somepony might care about me and what I do if they all knew! Everypony cared about me 100 years ago-YOU cared for me then too!” Luna weeped. She felt herself turn back into that weak snail cowering away from her sister. “We used to be best friends as well as sisters! Now all you care about is Equestria!” Luna sobbed and shed her cold emotionless tears as they ran down her face dripping their liquid content onto the floor. Celestia watched, heartbroken for the first time of all of her long slow years. She reached a golden hoof to Luna’s shoulder, but Luna slapped it away. Luna stared hard into the middle of Celestia’s eyes, her’s like ice for a moment, her sister’s like fire burning a brand into the center of her soul. Luna ran out in a hurry, crying as she did.

“Luna wait! Please!” The door to Celestia’s chambers slammed shut. Celestia sighed. “I do care.”

***

“Solar Beam, make sure these guards do not leave their posts.”

“Yes your majesty. You! Get back in line!” Solar Beam barked. Clear Ray burst in the door.

“Ah… Clear Ray. You are quite early for our studies toda-”

“Princess I’m sorry but it’s near moonrise and no one has seen Princess Luna since this very morning!” A worried Clear Ray spoke. A flash of misgivings erupted like a ray of light across the white alicorn’s face. Her ears splayed back and her pupils grew to the tiniest pinpricks.

“Oh no...Warn the guards! Search the castle grounds! I want my sister found!” Celestia looked around left and right and motioned for her guards to start her frantic search.

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