Tia sat on the window for a long time watching Luna bust in to tears, sober up, and bust out crying again. Her heart throbbed at the sight but even through heart break, a princesses job was never done.

"Luna, it is time for you to lower the moon." Celestia landed on the balcony next to her little sister and took a few steps forward.

"Leave me be sister. I am in mourning" Luna closed her eyes and hung her head.

"My dear sister, it had to be done." Celestia sat next to her Luna and nudged her hoof.

"I betrayed him" she whispered.

"No, it was he who betrayed this kingdom. He only loved the evil that took him.

"Does that make me evil for loving him?" She snapped

"Sister listen to me" Celestia took a step forward then recoiled as Luna's wings flew open.

"No, sister. You listen to me. You are the sun that every pony smiles at. That every pony loves and cherishes. I am the pony that every pony shuns and the only one to ever show me kindness and love and acceptance, you locked away in to the darkness." Luna slowly began backing away from her sister." All I see is darkness sister. There is no light in my world. So why should there be light in any pony else's?" As her hooves hit the side of the balcony, Luna flew high in to the air and disappeared in to the clouds that had gathered overhead.

"Oh, Luna" celestia looked at the moon for a second then rushed after the distraught night alicorn. She broke the cloud layer and gasped in shock. Hundreds of odd looking Pegasi filled the air behind her sister. the moon glinted off the black helmet and leg armor and a dark aura surrounded the entire army.

" we will not sit back and be governed by someone so small minded" Luna called out. Her voice was different and it sent a shutter through celestia.

"Luna, what is this?" She demanded, her voice wavering slightly.

"This is me living up to my name. I am the moon, I am the queen of the night and if you will not let me hold my proper place, then What this is sister, is a revolution." The army suddenly charged the sun pony. They whipped past her, their razor sharp wings cutting and ripping at her.

"Luna enough!" She cried. A large circle of purple magic surrounded the sisters so they were cut off from the Pegasi. "You need to calm down sister, you cannot be consumed by the evil that sombra was!" Celestia flew towards her sister but shrank back and dodged the dark blue beam of magic directed at her. "I do not wish to fight you sister!" Celestia bellowed

"Then stand down and let the true leaders of this land rise!" Luna snapped.

"We are the true rulers!"

"No! It is so clear to me that King sombra and I his queen shall rule! It is what has been decided!" Luna's coat grew darker and darker as she talked.

"You are not in your right mind sister, come home with me and all will be forgiven" Celestia begged. Luna sneered

" Why should I desire your forgiveness? It is your fault that it has come to this! All we want is the kingdom!"

" I cannot give it to you sister. You are not strong enough to handle it."

"Do not underestimate me Celestia. I can do much more than you know." Luna looked up and all of the army surrounded them. "Now!" She called out.

Every single pony smashed against the barrier at once. Celestia screamed as it shattered around them, leaving her exposed again. Luna took a chance at her sister being distracted and shot a burning beam of energy at the sun pony. It hit her under side full on, knocking her out of the air. Luna fired more beams at her sister as she fell and by the time Celestia hit the ground, she could barely move.

"Your highness!" Guards rushed and surrounded their fallen princess as the night soldiers rushed at her.

"Bring me the elements!" She commanded. Trying to stand.

"But princess!"

"Now!" Celestia's horn lit up as she tried to shoot down the oncoming attackers. They dropped one by one but celestia couldn't hold them all back. She began focusing her energy in to a single beem that spread out like a giant blanket. More guards gathered around her and poured their energy in to the beam. It slowly grew and undulated through the air.

"You think that will stop us?"Luna teased. " this is the end of harmony sister, we will rein supreme! Did you truly think I would sit back and watch as every pony basked in your glorious light? You cannot stop us!"

"No, but this can!" Celestia tore the chest away from the guard and smashed it open, revealing the elements . She threw them in to the beam and focused as hard as she could. The blanket turned a pure and blinding white and seemed to cover every thing. Celestia's eyes glowed with the power and as she blinked, the blanket exploded outwards in a fantastic spectrum of color. She could hear Luna scream but light engulfed every thing.

As the light died down she turned away and headed back towards the castle. Her legs were weak and she could feel her consciousness slowly draining. Her scalp prickled and her head pounded. The end of harmony? Celestia's heart constricted as the pain of betrayal burned through her.

There is only one who could have orchestrated something so brilliant. Discord looked out the window as the fight ended before him. He laughed and sat back idly. Discord spun in an imaginary chair and waved his hands about as if conducting an orchestra. Discord's laugh was cut off as he turned and made eye contact with the sun pony.

"Ooh, Tia I'm liking the new hair, rainbow is totally your color." He got up as walked towards her but stopped when he saw the tears in her eyes.

"Discord my love, tell me it's not true. Tell me you are not behind all of this?" Discord's face fell for a moment before he regained his cheerful manner.

"My dear, it is even in my name. Disharmony is what I thrive on. Did you think that you loving me would change that?" He slinked towards her and put a claw on her face lovingly. "Even you cannot change who I am" Celestia turned her face away and backed up a welled in her eyes but she refused to let them fall.

"You are right discord. I cannot change you." she sighed and looked at him pitifully." I only hope that time can." Discord stood with a confused look on his face, but it shifted to panic as Celestia's horn began to glow. The Five small gems that floated in a crown around her head lifted away from her head and began to glow. Suddenly, a magnificent rainbow shot towards the Draconian and wrapped around him like a cyclone.

"Tia, no, wait, I can be good!" He backed away and screamed as his leg was enveloped in stone. "My dear, please!" His arm suddenly weighed a ton and the itchy feeling of stone crawled over him. He writhed in agony as it slowly covered him moving in and up towards his face.

The last thing to be frozen was his eyes, which Celestia looked in to for a long time before finishing her spell. Weak, broken, and all alone, she looked out over the kingdom.

The moon hung high but she knew there was no one now to lower it. Tia walked slowly to the highest balcony of the castle and looked up. Her sister's silhouette filled the circle of the full moon and as Celestia stared two small dots fell from the shadow's eye, freezing mid fall and becoming part of the image.

She lowered her head and let only a few pained tears escape as she allowed her horn to glow,

effectively lowering the moon much more slowly than it had ever been lowered before.