Disclaimer: I do not, nor have I ever owned My Little Pony. Hasbro does.


Luna P.O.V

What happened? Then it came rushing back to me.

"Discord!"

The summoned appeared riding a shooting star. Oh, I forgot to mention, I was on the moon. Quite literally.

"Why hello my dear." He was smug, and I was about to whack that smile off his face.

"How dare you! I gave you a second chance. How do you repay me? You turn me into a mindless instrument. When I get back, and I do have enough of Sombra's magic left to get back, you'll pay."

"But, you see my dear when you return, the spell I cast will control you again. So, it's a no win for you."

"Don't be so sure, if you'll control me when I go back, I'll just have to exact my revenge here." He laughed. That made me angrier.

I used the last reserves of dark magic I had, the power to I could use to get home. Instead, I focused all my energy on turning Discord to stone, like I should have done years ago.

I ready to send it back to the Canterlot garden, it was no longer living, so only required a fraction of the magic that I would have needed to get home.

Before depleting the last of my reserves, I used a moon rock to scratch a word on the pedestal. I sat back, admired my hoofwork, and prepared to spend an eternity on the moon.

Celestia P.O.V

The stars were colder tonight, as if they also felt it should be Luna raising them not me.

I was startled by a thump behind me. I turned to see the false Discord statue crumble under a new one that had suddenly materialized. I could sense this recent appearance actually contained our foe from the chaotic power it radiated.

I could help but smile, a sad smile, but a smile all the same. Luna, however far she was, was Luna again. I knew Discord would control her again if she returned, yet, as selfish as it was, I couldn't bear to lose her forever.

I made my decision, and the stars seemed a little warmer.

Star light; star bright,

I started the familiar nursery rhyme my foalsitter used to sing to Luna and I so many eons ago. My sister had later discovered it could be turned into a powerful spell.

May you hear me please tonight,

I command you, using all my might

In a thousand years, release the night.

My spell cast, I returned to the castle. I would have a busy day rounding up the remaining insurgents tomorrow.

Dawning Dusk P.O.V

I should hide in the palace bushes more often. So, Nightmare Moon will be free again in a thousand years. I will be ready. As for living that long, I have my ways.

Celestia is naïve. She has not known as many fights as I.

She does not realise that the enemy is never truly defeated.


And with that, I conclude my first fanfic.

This may tie into a sequel about when she gets back. Not how Nightmare Moon became Luna again for the second time, because we saw that in the episode, but what Nightmare Moon did the moment she escaped. Like, where did Celestia go when she went missing? The sequel may only up in a month or so, if at all, because I have plenty of other story ideas I would like to attempt.

Also, a heartfelt thanks to Ultimoto the Great for not only the character of Dawning Dusk, but also the many supportive reviews.