A/N: Behold the sequel to Princess Luna vs Nightmare Moon, what a sequel that can't be possible is what i'm sure most of you are saying, but there is a sequel, I hope you enjoy it and please read and review I really appreciate it.
It has been five years since Princess Luna defeated her darker self Nightmare Moon, but at the cost of one of her dearest friends, Twilight Sparkle, she had sacrificed herself to save Celestia by jumping infront of Nightmare Moon's horn before it struck Celestia, in Ponyville the loss was a massive one, Twilight was the only alicorn resident of Ponyville and now that she was gone nopony went to the library, because without her, there was no point in going there anymore especially for her friends; Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Applejack even Spike lived elsewhere. The loss was especially hard for her parents and Shining Armour her brother and although five years passed it was still fresh in their memory, even Celestia one the Princesses of Equestria was still taking the loss very hard, she had lost her most beloved student and Princess Luna was very seldom seen. Rainbow Dash and Applejack were now married and they had moved into a place of their own in Ponyville so they could be close to their friends, they had a house warming with only their friends this included Lyra Heartstrings and Bon Bon, after the other two left the five friends sat down in the living room having some tea, Rarity had to bring the subject up, "Sorry to bring this up, but tomorrow is the anniversary of Twilight's death," the others knew this but neither one of them wanted to think about it, then Applejack spoke, "Well I dunno about y'all but me and Rainbow are gonna head up there tomorrow to pay our respects an' everything," Rainbow nodded, she still felt guilty about that the last thing that she and Twilight ever did was fight each other and she still remembered the bruise on Twilight's cheek she had given her when she punched her. Fluttershy spoke up next, "Well I guess I'm going to join you tomorrow," Then Pinkie spoke, "Count me in," and finally Rarity stood up as well, "I'm going too then," they all agreed that they would leave at dawn tomorrow seeing as how it was a five hour trip from Ponyville to Canterlot, they all stayed at Rainbow Dash and Applejack's so they could all leave together.
The next day at dawn they left for the train station, booked their tickets and left for Canterlot, the ride was long and silent because neither one of the friends had anything to say
they arrived at the station a few hours later and they disembarked and set off for the Canterlot graveyard, they arrived about half an hour later at their destination, they walked through the graveyard and found the tombstone they were searching for and they stood around it hanging their heads in respect, Fluttershy didn't try to hold it in she broke down into tears and Pinkie put her hoof around her crying friend for she was also crying, Rarity had shed silent tears even Applejack shed a few, the only one who didn't was Rainbow Dash who collapsed on the ground and held her head in her hooves, she sounded like she was crying but o tears could be seen, the five friends then sat around the grave in a group hug. Rainbow Dash's ears twitched and she noticed another figure enter the graveyard, she turned her head and the others followed her gaze, there standing before them was Princess Luna whom they had not seen since the fateful night five years ago, Luna looked at the friends and said to them, "I am deeply sorry for hurting you all so much, I should have acted quicker," Rainbow Dash noticed that Luna had a white lily in her hoof and stepped aside to allow Luna to place it on Twilight's grave. Rainbow Dash decided to stay longer and the others left for Canterlot Castle knowing that they are welcome to stay there, Princess Luna stayed with Rainbow Dash as well.
Rainbow Dash wanted to cry, she wanted to shed her tears that had built up in the last five years but for some odd reason she just couldn't, Luna put a hoof around Rainbow Dash and hugged the young pegasus pony, Dash buried her face into Luna's chest still unable to cry, they stayed at the graveyard for several more hours, soon Luna said, "We should head off to the castle now, it is growing darker and Twilight shall soon be upon us, Rainbow Dash had not known that Luna renamed dusk to Twilight, she looked up at Luna confused, Luna sighed, "I renamed the dusk to Twilight in remembrance of her I even made a new star for her as well," Luna smiled and asked, "Do you feel you can fly?" Rainbow Dash didn't feel like flying and shook her head, Luna smiled and hoisted Rainbow Dash onto her back, much like Dash did for Scootaloo when her mother died. Luna took off from the ground and flew the long way to Canterlot Castle, it was the most beautiful sight Rainbow Dash had ever seen, as they looped round Canterlot Luna stopped in midair and hovered for a while and said to Rainbow Dash, "Look," she gestured to the horizon where the sun had been lowered and before Luna rose the moon, Rainbow Dash saw a bright star shining, she felt a warm feeling in her and started to fly for her self Luna smiled seeing the filly fly and looking towards the Twilight star. Luna nudged Rainbow Dash and she turned to the Princess, Luna smiled, "You wanna race to the castle?" Rainbow Dash became competitive and said, "You're on," Luna and Rainbow Dash hovered by the starting line and when Luna said go they zoomed through the sky, Rainbow Dash was called the fastest flyer in Equestria but she had not seen such speed such as Luna's, although Rainbow Dash was ahead she couldn't pull away from the alicorn Luna said that the finish line was in the Castle's courtyard and Rainbow Dash wanted to win, she wanted the credit for beating a Princess in a race, she climbed for altitude, she knew what she wanted to do, Luna climbed as well already knowing what she was going to do.
As soon as Rainbow Dash gained enough altitude she dove for the ground, suddenly the air around her formed to a point and when she pulled up sharply she made the Sonic Rainboom not even the Wonderbolts could pull that stunt off, she looked back to see Luna and when she didn't see the alicorn behind her she smiled knowing that she was going to win for sure, then she looked up she saw Luna above her looking down at her, then Luna smiled, "I'm impressed, I never thought you could do the Sonic Rainboom," she chuckled slightly, Rainbow Dash was dumbfounded she didn't know how Luna managed to keep up with her after the Rainboom, any pegasus she raced against could never keep up with her after she used the Rainboom, Luna smiled and curled up and shot off leaving a moonbeam behind her, Luna skidded to a halt as she landed in the courtyard a few seconds later Rainbow Dash did the same.
Rainbow Dash couldn't believe it, she had held the lead for most of the race then at the last few metres not even the Sonic Rainboom could separate her and Luna, she had to ask, "Princess Luna how did you do that, that was so awesome," Luna smiled and replied, "You have the Sonic Rainboom, I have the Sonic Moonbeam and I have mastered it enough to use at will, during races, I can even out run Celestia if I wanted to," Rainbow Dash wanted to learn how to use the Sonic Rainboom at will instead of risking her life to pull it off most of the time, "You have to teach me how to control the Rainboom at will, please,please,pleeeaase," Luna chuckled and said, "I guess it would be nice to ave a student of my own, I can teach you much more than that," Luna and Rainbow Dash walked into the castle and joined Celestia and the others for dinner.
Celestia smiled at the sight of her sister being friendly again, she spoke to her, "It seems you two are in good spirits again, I'm glad to see that," Celestia was truly happy for her sister, she had become so distant since Twilight died, Luna turned to Celestia, "Yes indeed, in fact I shall mentor her on how to become a better flyer and how to control the Sonic Rainboom and how to use it at will," Celestia smiled again and grew sad slightly at the same time, she remembered the nights that Twilight spent with her she was mentoring. Once it was time for bed they all retired to their rooms, Rainbow Dash and Applejack sharing since she told Celestia about the marriage and Dash was sound asleep from the intense race she had with Luna, Fluttershy and Pinkie also slept from the emotional day they had the same was for Rarity. Celestia retired to her bed as well for she only worked during the day, Luna was the only pony out of them all that wasn't sleeping because she is the Princess of the Night after all, she walked towards the throne room's balcony and stood outside looking at the gorgeous night she created once again, she even saw the Twilight star still in its position, she then smiled and flew off towards the Everfree forest, she enjoyed the feeling of the wind in her mane when she flew, she was heading to the centre of the Everfree forest where most ponies feared to go at night, not Luna however, she landed a few metres away from a small house in the forest, she walked towards it and knocked on the door, it was a few minutes before it opened and behind it was a hooded pony, "Ah Princess Luna it's good to see you, what brings you to the forest this time of night?" Luna replied, "Just out for an evening flight when I decided to pop in for a bit," tea was brought for her and the house owner seated her self opposite Luna, "So how goes the duties then?" asked the mysterious pony, Luna sighed, "You know how it is, always something to do with making the moon lighter or darker or making full or crescent shaped or make it a new moon," the other pony nodded, "And the elements of harmony how are they doing?" Luna sighed, "Well they still feel the sting of sadness due to the loss of their friend Twilight Sparkle," the mysterious pony fromed slightly, "Ah yes the other alicorn that died to save Celestia, tell me was she a good friend?" Luna only smiled, "She was a very dear friend, no matter what she never gave up on me, she always believed that ponies would accept me and in the end they did," the hooded pony smiled again, "That's good to hear, anything else you want to tell me before you leave?" Luna nodded, "Yes, I wish to tell you that I will now be mentoring Rainbow Dash in the ways of flying," the mysterious pony smiled and nodded at the same time, "Good for you and her." Luna hugged the pony goodbye and took off for Canterlot again, after she left the pony cleaned the tea cups and saucers and place them back into their place, she tidied up with a broom and left for bed she turned off the light and slept.
Luna got back to the castle just in time to lower the moon and make way for the dawn, after the sun was raised by Celestia, Luna set to work mentoring Rainbow Dash in the fields outside of Canterlot while the others returned to Ponyville, Luna had taken Rainbow Dash to a very open field and assessed Rainbow Dash on the ground before any flying was done, she circled Rainbow Dash for a few minutes collecting enough information as she could, after she was done she said to Rainbow Dash, "Please open your wings and lift them up so I can study them," Rainbow Dash did what she was asked, a few more minutes went by with Luna measuring her wings and checking how big her feathers were she then said, "Alright my student it seems that your wings are a lot more powerful than any other pegasus pony, your muscles in your wings are almost as powerful as an alicorn's," Rainbow Dash smiled, "Really? Almost as strong as an alicorn's?" Luna nodded, "Cool," Rainbow Dash was getting excited, Luna then smiled and said, "Now we take to the sky,"
Luna and Rainbow Dash climbed above the clouds and then Luna started her lesson, "Now we have to find a way for you to use the Rainboom without diving, as I saw last night you had to dive and pull up to activate it," Rainbow Dash nodded, "Yeah that's how I do it," Luna grew a bit more serious now, "I noticed that you had to steeply pull out of that dive as to activate it, it might work for the experienced flyer, but for any other pegasus including yourself it can be disastrous, because you can damage a wing that way," Rainbow Dash nodded, "So that's why I feel so much pain when I pull out of the dive," "Yes and if you were inexperienced in flying then you could have been grounded for at least a few years because you wing tandems would be torn severely," Luna replied, she continued, "But that's why I will help you, but first watch and learn," Luna curled up while hovering then straightened out sharply and then she zoomed off leaving a moonbeam in her wake in fact it was so powerful that an actual sonic boom was heard, she wheeled round again and slowed to a hover again just infront of Rainbow Dash, Rainbow Dash was literally amazed.
Rainbow Dash then said, "I have to try this," Luna said with warning, "Before you do let me advise you, it is immense power you are trying to expel in one movement, do not be frustrated if you do not get it the first time," Rainbow Dash nodded intently, she flew a bit further and followed Luna's movements, when she straightened out she zoomed for about twenty metres before she felt weak and stopped, she was panting, Luna flew over to her pupil, "Not bad for your first try actually," Rainbow Dash was panting, "Thanks," Luna only smiled, "Told you it was a lot of power, but you did go somewhere, in fact you actually made a small Rainboom, Rainbow Dash caught her breath and smiled, she continued to practice the movements and on her fiftieth attempt she managed to make the sonic rainboom perfectly without slowing at all, Luna was proud, "You did it, you actually did it," Rainbow Dash was panting more than ever, "Thanks Luna," Luna smiled at the tired filly, "I think we can call it a day and remember always practice those movements and you should be able to control it fully and then next week I will teach you to take off," Rainbow Dash thanked Luna for the lesson and flew off to Ponyville, Luna continued to fly around the fields for a bit just to relax and when she saw the sun begin to set she flew back to Canterlot Castle.
She told Celestia at dinner about how Rainbow Dash managed to control the Rainboom, Celestia smiled, "Well that's good to know Luna, so when is your next lesson?" Luna replied, "We are having one again next week," Celestia and Luna conversed for the remainder of their evening together, then Celestia said to Luna, "Luna you do remember that we are having a ball a week from now don't you?" Luna nodded, "Of course Tia, I remember you told me it was a ball for the Elements of Harmony," Celestia was pleased that her younger sister had remembered, "Good I hope you sent the invitations," Luna paused for a bit and then answered, "I guess I forgot to do that, but I will do it tonight, send the invitations," Celestia smiled and bid her sister good night and retired to bed, Luna sent out the invitations using her magic and seeing she had extras, she picked one up and took it with her. She went to the throne room's balcony and flew off towards the Everfree forest and landed outside the house she had visited the night before, she knocked on the door and the hooded pony she met with the previous night let her enter the small house, tea was set out for them both again and the mysterious pony sat down across from Luna like she had done before, she asked the Princess, "So how was your day Luna?" Luna smiled and said, "Today I began to teach Rainbow Dash how to control the sonic rainboom, she managed to control it on her fiftieth attempt, for me it took fifty years, it took her one day, she truly is gifted, her wings are almost as strong as an alicorn's,"
The hooded pony was nodding, "Well that's good to hear, after all I have heard stories about her, I would not be surprised if she mastered that quickly," the conversed long into the night then Luna remembered, "Oh yes," she handed the envelop to the hooded pony and she opened it, Luna continued, "It's an invitation to the celebrating of the Elements of Harmony and I would like for you to be there," the hooded pony looked up at Luna after she had finished reading the invitation and said, "No," Luna's heart sank, "Why not?" she asked, the hooded pony continued, "Well I just don't see why I should go," Luna started to plea with the pony, "Why, just why don't you want to get out of this house and see ponies again?" the hooded pony snapped, "You know why!" the hooded pony was right infront of Luna now, she continued, "I cannot go back, because I can't stand to see it again, not again," Luna turned away and headed towards the door and said over her shoulder, "Well at least you have been invited to the ball," she left back towards Canterlot.
The hooded pony was agitated, she cleaned up her house in agitation, she went up to her room and threw her cloak on to its stand and looked outside her window, she looked towards Ponyville in the gap between the trees, "I can't go back, I can't stand to see them again," she turned away from her window and slept.
Luna arrived at the castle with hours to go until she had to lower the moon, she went to her room and paced about in agitation, "Oh that stubborn little... what is she so afraid of? It's not like anyone will recognise her, if only she knew..." she continued to ramble on about the pony until she lowered the moon and made way for the sun and still continued to ramble on until the next night, she was still agitated when she took over her duties so she didn't go visit the small house tonight.
The hooded pony however was expecting her visit form the Princess, but nopony came, the pony then began to cry a bit after realising that Luna was not going to visit her tonight, she was getting bored however, so she decided to make a visit herself to a certain little village near the Everfree forest.
Rainbow Dash and Applejack were invited to hang out with Rarity at her house, they arrived there quickly because they did live in Ponyville now, they knocked on the door and their bouncy pink friend opened the door and greeted him, "You guys are here, glad to see you both here again," they entered the house and they saw their other two friends, Rarity and Fluttershy playing a board game, they sat down and a new game was begun and they decided to have a sleep over after a few rounds of the addictive board game. Rainbow Dash got up and went downstairs to get more snacks for upstairs, as she picked up the snacks something caught her eye, she turned around and saw a hooded pony wandering around outside, she took the snacks upstairs and when she placed them down she said plainly, "I'm just going outside for a bit,"Applejack smiled and said, "Alright Sugar Cube, jus don' go too far okay, I want you back so I can give you something special," Rainbow Dash smiled and nodded, she went outside and looked for the mysterious pony, "Now where did they go?" she looked down the street and saw the pony peering into the library, Rainbow Dash quietly tried to get closer to this pony, her curiosity overcoming her, then the pony walked a bit further to Sugar Cube Corner and stared at it and lowered its head and continued to walk, the pony then noticed a new house it had never seen before, Rainbow Dash followed its gaze and saw where it was staring, at her and Applejack's house.
The pony looked into the house and walked away from it, Rainbow Dash wanted to know who this pony was, so she flew above the pony and landed right behind it, she then said after it, "Hi I'm Rainbow Dash," the pony stopped in its tracks and looked over its shoulder, it replied, "Hello, sorry I was just leaving anyway," Rainbow Dash caught up with the pony, "So why haven't I seen you here before?" the pony said nothing and said, "Sorry I cannot talk right now, I must leave," Rainbow Dash grabbed her, "No you don't, why don't you come meet my friends I'm sure they can help," the pony didn't hesitate and punched Rainbow Dash in the face, Rainbow Dash stumbled around a bit stunned from the puch her vision was blurred but she could see the pony fleeing, she flew after the pony yelling, "Hey get back here!" Rainbow Dash pursued the pony for about a few metres before she tackled the pony into the dirt, the pony was struggling, "Okay I don't know why you did that but I deserve an apology," Rainbow Dash said as she held the struggling pony, suddenly the pony kicked Rainbow Dash's front shin, "Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow," she grabbed her shin with her other front leg, she then flew infront of the pony and landed infront of it as well, the pony didn't see her and slammed right into her, once Rainbow recuperated she looked at the pony standing up and saw the hood was down, as the pony stood up she was shocked at what she saw. Her eyes widened when she saw a familiar purple mane with a pink streak in it, suddenly a flash of light and then the pony was gone, "Was that? No it couldn't be she's..." she shook those thoughts out of her head and flew back to Rarity's house, she entered and saw that her friends were playing another game, the night continued without another incident, she and Applejack left for their house since Applejack wanted to give Rainbow Dash her something special, after they were done, Rainbow Dash lay on her back and she couldn't sleep, she decided to wake up Applejack, her wife woke up and asked, "What's wrong Sugar Cube?" Rainbow Dash told her about the mysterious pony she followed, "Dang, I can' believe that pony punched and kicked you and you got hurt," Rainbow Dash then said, "That's not the worst, I kinda made her crash into me and then I think I saw Twilight," Applejack looked at her, "Ya mean when the pony crashed into ya," Rainbow Dash answered, "No I think that I saw that pony was Twilight," Applejack was skeptic about it and immediately pointed out, "Twilight died in front of us remember, so ya were probably hallucinating seeing her because ya probably still have her on the brain," Rainbow Dash never considered that, "Yeah I guess you're right, thanks," she kissed her wife and they cuddled until they fell asleep in each other's hooves.
The mysterious pony was back infront of her house she managed to teleport there somehow but she didn't care, she went inside and threw off her dirty cloak from her encounter with Rainbow Dash, she then took the invitation and saw it had a guest list and saw that none of the Elements of Harmony were invited and she decided that she would go to the ball for Princess Luna's sake.
A/N: Whoa that was crazy, who is this mysterious pony and why did she not want anything to do with Rainbow Dash? So many questions so few answers, anyway I hope you enjoyed the first chapter expect more soon.
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