Dear Princess Luna's Diary,

I feel so awful about what I had do to to my sister, and I wish that there were some other way to stop her. Unfortunately, she was a threat to all Equestria, a place which I thought we both equally called home.

When the time came to raise the sun, Luna refused to lower the moon. I did everything I could to convince her to do so, but her form had changed, and she was no longer in the mind of my sister. She was Nightmare Moon. I was forced to use the Elements of Harmony to try to defeat the darkness, but something went wrong. It seems that Luna's fears back in the Crystal War were warranted: only when two ponies are in harmony with each other can the Elements work the way they should. Only two or more ponies can use the Elements correctly, never one pony alone. I have appealed to Mother and Father about this tragedy, and Father, who used a spell to see into the future, saw that on the longest day of the thousandth year of her imprisonment, she will return. This gives me hope that Luna can still be saved, that she will not be imprisoned forever.

Unfortunately, only the Elements can save her, and when I used them to banish my sister, they lost their power and became stone spheres. The sixth Element disappeared, and I can no longer use the Elements. I must, in the next thousand years, find other ponies to wield the Elements in my place. I hope that one day my sister can be saved.

Until then, Diary, I must bid you adieu. Thank you for showing me how Luna became the way she is now.

Sincerely, Princess Celestia


Fate has been cruel and order unkind

How can I have sent you away?

The blame was my own; the punishment, yours

The harmony's silent today

But into the stillness I'll bring you a song

And I will your company keep

Till your tired eyes and my lullabies

Have carried you softly to sleep

Once did a pony who shone like the sun

Look out on her kingdom and sigh

She smiled and said, "Surely, there is no pony

So lovely and so well beloved as I"

So great was her reign and so brilliant her glory

That long was the shadow she cast

Which fell dark upon the young sister she loved

And grew only darker as days and nights passed

Lullaby moon princess, goodnight sister mine

And rest now in moonlight's embrace

Bear up my lullaby, winds of the earth

Through cloud, and through sky, and through space

Carry the peace and the coolness of night

And carry my sorrow in kind

Luna, you're loved so much more than you know

Forgive me for being so blind

Soon did that pony take notice that others

Did not give her sister her due

And neither had she loved her as she deserved

She watched as her sister's unhappiness grew

But such is the way of the limelight, it sweetly

Takes hold of the mind of its host

And that foolish pony did nothing to stop

The destruction of one who had needed her most

Lullaby moon princess, goodnight sister mine

And rest now in moonlight's embrace

Bear up my lullaby, winds of the earth

Through cloud, and through sky, and through space

Carry the peace and the coolness of night

And carry my sorrow in kind

Luna, you're loved so much more than you know

May troubles be far from your mind

And forgive me for being so blind

The years now before us

Fearful and unknown

I never imagined

I'd face them on my own

May these thousand winters

Swiftly pass, I pray

I love you; I miss you

All these miles away

May all your dreams be sweet tonight

Safe upon your bed of moonlight

And know not of sadness, pain, or care

And when I dream, I'll fly away and meet you there

Sleep...


So that's why when Celestia used the Elements, Luna got banished to the moon; but when we used them, Luna returned as Luna, Twilight thought as she finished reading, surprised that Celestia decided to write in this private diary. She understood now what they stood against: it was not only Nightmare Moon's darkness, it was also the darkness remaining of Sombra. She ran off to tell her friends, knowing that they needed the Elements of Harmony once again.

*** TIME SKIP ***

Later, Twilight came back and silently thanked Princess Luna for sending this diary to her. She then saw that more was written, and decided to continue reading.


*sniff sniff* I still cry at this song! No matter if I'm hearing it for the hundredth time or the first, I still cry! I hope that you all like this chapter!

I think the reason for "Lullaby for a Princess" is obvious.

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