Book One: Lunar Passion

By Chris "Whirlwind" Sibley and Zach "Sugershock" Newman

Prologue:
Night Moves

9:00 PM, Spring, 2011
Canterlot Castle Garden Overlook
Canterlot, Equestria

As she looked out over the gardens, the soft breeze causing both her mane and the trees ripple, as if part of a pond into which pebbles were being tossed in one at a time in an even rhythm. Princess Luna began to drift slowly into a state of deep thought. She began to wonder about if she could ever love anyone at all. If anyone could make her laugh and smile like her old there ever be a special somepony for a royal like herself. As she thought this saddening thought, a single tear fell to the ground before her, as it fell, Luna slowly began to feel time slow down to a crawl. The setting sun transformed her tear into a translucent celestial prism. The Blanket of time slowly enveloped her young body, carresing her and teasing her essance, causing the clock to turn back for a second, as the firey points of light created a spectral image of the moon and stars circling above in an endless dance. This final sight was her breaking point, the floodgates that once held back her tears only a moment before came crumbling down in a torrent of tears, they rolled down her cheeks like a river during a flood. As it hit the fridged flagstones that made up the balcony floor below, it emitted a grotesque sound like somepony was applebucking a cement wall. She looked out over the horizon, vision,but not purpose blurred by tears, she performed the most dramatic moon raising ritual she had ever experianced,and conjured a moon so beautiful,she forgot that it was her former prison. The moon was born of her intence passion and emotion, radiating love and kindness to those who took the time to look at it. It was like a shining silver globe, suspended above the pale violet canvas of the night sky, with small flecks of gold and onyx peppering its entire surface. Surrounding this, Luna rearranged the stars, placing them in a stunning array, like the tears that slowly marched down Luna's slender cheeks, and onto the cold, unfeeling stone on which she now stood.

"May others find the love I fear I won't." she said in a low, heartbroken tone.

She turned to face the ballroom, where the Grand Galloping Gala was taking place. So much fun and laughter, it made her heart ache for someone special to share her masterpiece with. She slowly withdrew to the tower to return to the ballroom, and greet the guests beside her sister atop the grand staircase. She sighed, and sauntered towards the ballroom. After a few minutes standing next to her sister, Princess Celestia, she began to feel more depressed. Many couples and groups were arriving to the gala, laughing and dancing. Celestia was smiling having a grand time.

The relationship between Luna and Celestia was a troubled one. 1001 years prior, Luna was banished to the moon by her , only to fume and plot revenge.. Only with the help of six ponies, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack and Pinkie Pie, did the visage of Nightmare Moon wrest itself free of Luna's soul. When she finally was free of the evil, Celestia accepted Luna's plea for forgiveness , and now Luna and Celestia rule Equestria side by side as benevolent and loving rulers. But the feeling of power and the eternal life that coursed through her veins was little to comfort her feelings of loneliness. Then she saw him… the one, and her life would be changed forever.