It was a calm night in Equestria. The stars shined brightly in the cloudless sky, and the cool night’s breeze swayed the branches of the blossoming trees. Princess Luna stood out on the balcony of her quarters in Canterlot Castle, looking over her masterpiece.

“Impressive as always, sister,” came a voice behind her. “All the times I’ve tried to mimic your technique... it could never compare to the genuine article.”

Luna turned around to meet the owner of the voice. Her sister, Princess Celestia, approached from the doorway and walked up beside her to marvel at the gorgeous sky.

"Well, thank you, sis." Luna replied. However, there was little enthusiasm or sincerity in her voice, and she was visibly grimacing.

"Is something the matter, Luna?" Celestia said, with great sympathy and worry upon her face.

"I... I just feel... lonely," Luna replied with a sad tear rolling down her cheeks.

"Now, now, sis, no need to cry. There are many colts out there in Canterlot for you to pick," Celestia said, putting a loving hoof upon Luna's shoulder.

"No, sis! I want a colt that's different from other colts! I want some pony that will protect me, love me, and does not like to dress fancy!" Luna said, rather annoyed, she brushed off Celestia's hoof. And proceeded over to a stone balcony.

The two sisters looked toward the nights sky, as shooting stars crossed the sky in the distance.

"Its so......" Celestia said, in amazement, still looking at her sister’s stunning masterpiece.

"Beautiful...." Luna replied with a grin on her face, still she proceeded to look into the night sky, toward the stars.

"I was going to say dazzling.... But, beautiful works" Celestia replied, putting her hoofs over the stone balcony, "So..., sis, why do you want a colt that is different from the rest?".

Luna ignored her sister's question, and looked even deeper into the night sky, only to notice something that has never happened.

"Humm, sis, doesn't that star seem to be off course?" Luna said, noticing something, quite, unnatural.

"Then, put the star back on course" Celestia said as she looked at the star.

*Luna's horn starts to glow a dark midnight blue*

"Err, sis!" Luna said, trying desperately to put the star back on course.

"Yes?" Celestia replied, seeing struggle on Luna's face.

"The star, it’s not going back on course!" Luna shouted, with her last bit of strength, she tried to put the star back on course.

"I’ve just noticed something, Luna." Celestia said trying to stop Luna hurting herself with the amount of magic coursing through her horn.

"What is it?" Luna replied, the midnight blue aura around her horn faded, as she noticed shrapnel breaking off the star.

"That's not a star, in fact I think it’s on a crash course" Celestia said, as she was trying to guess what it was.

"Where is it going make contact with the at  ground?." Luna said as  watching something unlike anything she has seen before.

"By the looks of it seems, it has a collision course with the, Ever free forest." Celestia said, giving a rough estimate of where it was going to crash

"Should we......" Luna replied, in worry she ducked under the stone balcony to shield her from the impacts shock wave.

Luna was ready for the object hitting the ground, the stars impact with the ground let off an extremely bright light, and a loud bang.

"Sis, what was that?." Luna said, in fright she very nervously pocked her head up above the stone balcony.

"I don't know, but I’m going to send out some guards in the morning to investigate." Celestia said, without looking at her sisters scared face, she walked back to her quarters.

"Should i....." Luna replied in a nervous tone of voice.

*Celestia interrupts Luna*

"I said, i shall send some guards out in the morning" Celestia replied to Luna in an agitated voice. "Now lets get to bed, we have a busy day tomorrow" Celestia said, waking onward toward her bedroom.

"Okay, good night, Tia." Luna said, looking over her stone balcony, she looked toward the black smoke drifting into the night sky.

"Good night, Luna." Celestia replied, calmly walking into her quarters, closing a red silk curtain across her chamber entrance.

Luna's curiosity with that shooting star will get her into a lot of issues, maybe not now, but in the future.

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