Chapter 14

Luna had raised the moon after which she would normally watch over ponies dreams. But tonight, her heart was not in it. Her little ponies would have to go one night dealing with their dreams as best they could. But that was not a great loss, for during her thousand year banishment ponies had to deal with dreams especially nightmares in their own way. The palace staff guards included noticed the difference in Luna. She was not the happy princess that she had been. But considering her recent permanent loss of her sister, they fully understood. Or at least, they thought that they understood. Truth was, Luna and Celestia's parents died when Luna was still too little to remember them. And when Starswirl the bearded and the other ponies of legend disappeared, Celestia took it upon herself to raise and teach her younger sister. She was there when Luna got her cutie mark for raising the moon, she had taught Luna how to make stars and put the constellations in their proper places. She had done all these things for Luna, and how did she repay her? After they had aged a bit she into the darkness and became Nightmare Moon.

While she was thinking about these things Luna bumped into Cadence. Cadence said:

"You did a good job tonight aunt Luna. It is quite a beautiful night indeed. No pony would suspect anything bad happened today. Especially since Twilight did just as good a job as aunt Celestia in lowering the sun."

"Cadence please! I really am not in the mood for such things! I am sure Twilight WILL do a good job! But no pony can replace my SISTER!" Luna said.

"You seemed to think YOU could a thousand years ago!" Cadence retorted.

"Get out of my sight before you make me do something I will regret!" Luna shouted.

With that Cadence took her leave of the angry princess. The castle guards who were standing in that hallway were surprised by Cadence's attitude. Luna meantime, was heading to her late sister's room. She opened the door and walked in.

The room was same it had been earlier that day. Her sister's dead body was still in the bed. The face had been covered over with her sheet, but Luna pulled it back. Celestia's face still had that peaceful smile that she bore when she had passed away. To anypony passing by, it might have appeared that Celestia was just sleeping. How Luna WISHED that was the case! Without realizing it she had begun speaking her thoughts aloud:

"Why? Why did it have to be YOU?! I should be the one dead! I had betrayed you, tried to takeover Equestria, and gave into the darkness! For all intents and purposes I should have been the one poisoned! No pony except you would miss me! Why didn't you tell me sooner what raising the sun and moon together for a 1,000 years did to you?! If I had known I could have had Twilight research a remedy for it! I love you Tia! My dear big sister! And I always will!"

After saying that Luna broke down and cried into the dead pony's body. How she wished she could feel her sister's hooves in her mane and hear that soft sweet voice asking her to calm down that everything was going to be alright. Meanwhile, Cadence was sleeping soundly in the guest room that she had been allotted. And Queen Chrysalis was receiving a new report from her spy.

"If Luna wasn't suspicious of Cadence before, she should be now. And a lot of the guards heard our argument. If there is anymore trouble, she will get the blame!" The spy said.

"Excellent." Queen Chrysalis said. "The more Luna distrust Cadence the better for our cause, eh partner?"

"That's right." Black Dimond said. "I will disguise myself, so that I can gain the trust of Twilight. Because she will be the hardest to deal with."

Author note so if it wasn't Cadence who was talking to Luna who was it? And what plan does the spy have? Will Twilight really trust Black Dimond? Feel free to review guesses but continue reading to find out!