Sunset over Canterlot Chapter 1
Takes place immediately after Tirek's re-imprisonment
My Little Pony and all characters belong to Hasbro, I only own Moonbeam
Looking over at the destruction that Tirek had wrought on Ponyville, Celestia and Luna's initial elation at being freed from Tartarus quickly turned to sorrow.
Celestia looked at Luna and simply said "It is time"
Luna nodded sternly, and the two sisters walked into Ponyville
Meanwhile, Twilight and her friends were marveling over her new castle.
" It's a might impressive Twilight, but what exactly is this castle for?" asked Applejack.
"To be honest AJ, I'm not quite sure either, Princess Celestia told me I was to be the " Princess of Friendship", but I'm not fully sure what that means." replied Twilight.
Rainbow Dash, returning from scouting the castle, asked " I've got a question too, Why is there a second throne room?"
A voice from across the room replied "Because running an empire is a two pony job".
"Princess Celestia? Princess Luna?" asked Twilight "What are you two doing here?"
"We have come to inform you of our upcoming retirement" replied Celestia.
"What!? Without you, who will rule Equestria?" asked Twilight
" You will, Twilight." replied Celestia.
"What!? I don't know the first thing about ruling, how am I to rule Equestria?!" asked Twilight, now in a panicked frenzy.
"Well you certainly won't rule alone" Celestia replied, chuckling. "You will have your friends, not to mention your co-ruler. And I won't retire until I've shown you the ropes of being a ruler of Equestria."
"Co-ruler?" asked Twilight?
"Yes Twilight, just as I have selected you to succeed me, Luna has selected somepony to succeed her as well, a royal pony that I'm sure you'll get along with." said Celestia.
" Royal Pony? Wait, it's not that Prince Blueblood is it?!" asked Twilight
"No Twilight, don't worry, I would never pick such an arrogant pony to rule Equestria, I will be succeeded by my filly Moonbeam." replied Luna, chuckling at such a thing as Blueblood ruling Equestria
"Moonbeam? I had no idea you had a foal, Princess Luna, why have I never heard of her?" asked Twilight
"Yes, I never mentioned her because of, well because of her father…" said Luna, trailing off.
"What? Who was Moonbeam's father? Did he pass on?" asked Twilight, whispering to Celestia
"You've heard of him, a stallion by the name of Sombra." whispered back Celestia
"AS IN KING SOMBRA!?" Twilight accidentally yelled back, startled
"Yes, King Sombra, I knew him before the… unpleasantness in the Crystal Empire. We were wed until…
1005 years ago in the Crystal Empire
" NO! YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO US!" shouted Sombra as his parents dragged him away from Luna "WE'RE IN LOVE!"
"You know nothing of love son, this is not happening, I am shocked that you kept this from us for so long, but you are never to see this mare again!" said his father, throwing up an energy shield
"No matter how long or hard I tried, the barrier would not break, I could never see him again
Not long after, Sombra grew insane with rage and anger against his parents.
He mastered dark magic and overthrew his parents in a bloody coup, enslaving the crystal ponies who had supported his parents
By the time I arrived with Celestia, Sombra had gone completely insane with rage and would not listen to reason.
I begged and pleaded with him, but in the end, only one course of action remained, I had to banish him.
My husband, the only stallion I ever loved, the father of my filly
Banished to the arctic north, where I would never see him again
This act sent me into a deep depression, one that I did not recover from.
I grew jealous of the ponies admiration of my sister because I had somepony who loved and admired me, and I lost him.
I blamed Celestia for what happened, as Celestia was the one who had convinced me that there was no other way, that Sombra had to be banished.
I told her filly the same, that it was Celestia's fault that Daddy was gone
I finally decided, tainted by jealousy and rage, that there could be only one princess in Equestria, and that that princess would be me.
Celestia had no choice but to banish me, and my 18 year-old filly, to the moon.
At least Moonbeam and I had each other to keep us warm." finished Luna, fighting back tears
Present Day in Twilight's Castle
"Moonbeam very rarely left the castle, so very few know of her" said Luna.
"Alright, so when do I get to meet her?" asked Twilight.
"She will be arriving on the 8PM train from Canterlot, she is the purple mare with the black cape over her wings" replied Luna "She wears a cape so nopony sees her wings and makes a big fuss over her being an alicorn."
With that, Celestia, Luna and Twilight left for the train station, leaving Twilight's friends sitting in a state of shock at all of the news.
I will try to update quickly, and will put up chapter 2 in the next few days.