A Night to Forget
How are nightmares made? Are they simply fears brought to us? Are they images that we see? Are they future events we see failing in front of our own eyes? Are they real? Are they fake? Are they dense or are they shallow?
These are questions I ask myself and other ponies ask me all the time, but my answer to them is "why do you want to know? Is it because you're curious? Is it because you're feeble? Is it that you're afraid of a terrible outcome? Are you brave enough to face your fears or do you need somepony else to help you face them?"
Of course, I haven't heard these questions in a long time because of my banishment to...where did I get banished to again...? Oh, that's right...the moon! I've been banished to the moon, did anypony care? Probably. Did they cry when I came here? Most definitely. Was she heartbroken? I can only assume so...
No, I'm not talking about Princess Luna, she has served her banishment long, long ago. I mean, after all...she was my mentor and teacher. Ironic, isn't it? The student has replicated the teacher so much that he's literally been imprisoned in the same place as she was long ago! I know why I'm here too...it's my fault that I'm here and the banishment was a light punishment compared to what should have happened to me.
You see, my nightmare was that I would be sentenced to death after what I had done to her and her friends before my banishment. But, I consider myself lucky that she loved me and that Celestia and Luna are the rulers of this country...Equestria...what I wouldn't give to go back to the equestrian society that is Equestria.
But no...I'm here, where I belong and will most likely die...although that wouldn't be possible, considering the fact that all alicorns tend to be immortal. Just look at Celestia and Luna. They're over a thousand years old! Same with Discord, even though he's only a draconequus, he's over a thousand years old too...although his stone stature might have had an affect on that...
You see, I've been alone for years, centuries, nearly a millennia, and I'm still trapped on this moon. I deserved to be sent here and have learned from my mistakes in the past. I've learned to control my dark magic and I've learned to be remorseful. I cannot take pride in what I've done before because I knew that I hurt other ponies...innocent ponies whose lives were all at risk...maybe it's destined that I will be here forever...I should be forevermore known as the Colt in the Moon...I know it isn't too original, believe me, I'm named after a princess with just an additional letter attached to my name.
*sigh* I'm venting now...I do apologize for my venting. It's just that tomorrow night marks the one thousandth anniversary of my imprisonment on this lovely moon. One thousand years have come and have gone by and I'm still here. Her friends...my friends...they're most likely all dead by now...dead for over nine hundred years...her brother...oh god, her brother...I cannot bare to see how she is without her brother...neither Cadance if her husband has died too...
Times have changed, ponies have changed, but the stars and planetary movements all stay the same. Every single pony has looked up and has seen me at least once before. I just wish I could see her again...I miss her so very much...
My name is Lunar Nights. I am over one thousand years old. My lover is Princess Twilight Sparkle. I have been alone for over a thousand years. I have been imprisoned here for nearly that long and I am just about done with life as I knew it...
(A/N: I apologize for my hiatus for such a long time and that I haven't been answering pretty much any messages. This first chapter of my new Lunar Nights story will probably be the shortest one out of them all and not only describes Lunar's life the last thousand years, but mine the last nineteen years. Sorry if some of you found this depressing, but that's only to set the mood.)