All the ponies were standing around Celestia now. Luna had started to tear up to. Pinkie pie started to cry dramatically. In time Celestia composed herself and started again.
" The world made so perfect by our parents was destroyed. Luna and I couldn't rule so young in life, so Rose hid us from the world. She created the castle of the Royal Pony Sisters in a patch of forest unknown to pony. We grew up. But through the years we adopted a little
draconequus named Discord. Rose did not like him, mainly because his kind killed our parents. But she was kindhearted, so she gave him a chance. But Discord and I, we got to- to close for her liking. I didn't know what his parents had did. But she did. She did not want him so close to her baby sister. So she banished him from the castle. He thought I didn't love him any mor-"
"Wait! Hold up! You were in love with... DISCORD?" Twilight interrupted. Celestia looked at her with mild annoyance.
"Yes I was. But please don't make this harder than it's already is." Celestia pleaded. Twilight nodded and looked away.
"Well, Discord didn't like that. He took over the world in spite and we didn't know it. But when we were teenagers, Rose thought we were ready to rule. But when we saw the world, it was total chaos. The ponies had made Equestria in our absence, and Discord unmade it before we emerged. Rose knew we had to defeat him to take our places as princesses. So she created the very essence that is against chaos. She made the elements of Harmony."
"She made the elements of harmony!" all except Luna and Celestia shouted. Luna's memory was regaining with each word Celestia said. Being Nightmare Moon had pushed her childhood memories to the furtherest of her mind. But it all came back to her.
"She had saw the friendship between us. She had took gems from her crown and enchanted them with what she saw we had. Rose presented them to us, and three went to Celestia and three went to me." Luna continued. Celestia looked to her gratefully. Luna started to share some of the burden of telling.
"Magic, laughter, and generosity choose me. The rest went to Celestia. We charged into Discord's castle. Rose stood back and watched, ready to step in if it turned for the worst."
"But when Luna and I got there, Discord was waiting. We first tried to negotiate, but he just scoffed. He then proceeded to pull Rosie from the shadows, and held a knife to her neck. He said that I would have to be his queen, or she would die."
"Ugh! Being his queen?" Rarity shivered. Celestia glared at her.
"At the time, I wanted to. But i had a duty. So I said yes."
"So ya tricked him by tellin the truth?" Applejack asked.
"Yes. As soon as he threw Rose away, we turned him to stone. It was hard.. At the time. But I soon got over it. Luna and I took over, with Rosie watching in the background. She was still considered royalty, and she was still respected. She had a school where she taught Pegasi, Earthlings, and Unicorns history and what they were meant for. They in turn taught their kin. She had created the Crystal Empire, for the ponies that came from the north. But she was not there when when Luna and I defeated Sombra. She was straightening stuff out with some Sphinxes in the south. She could not save the Empire, or Luna." Celestia monologued.
"Why does the Sombra have anything to do with Luna?" Cadence asked.
"Because Sombra's defeat unleashed the Nightmare Forces, which saw my pain and anger with my sisters. I had started to feel annoyed that no one appreciated my night, but loved nature and the day. When I came to the Crystal Empire to save it, some of the ponies scoffed at me, telling me I was weak and Celestia and Rose was the ponies that they wanted to save them. I left bitter. I pushed away everyone. I started talking to the Nightmare Forces. I started to become angry at everything and every pony except them. But Rose came to me one night. She tried to comfort me. I refused. She pleaded with me, saying that I would be corrupted if I pushed her away. I-I said that I wanted to be. That maybe somepony would finally pay attention to me. That night I turned into Nightmare moon." Luna cracked a bit again. Cadence put her wing around Luna.
"Rose would not fight me. She only stood as an advisor to Celestia. She waited in shock as Celestia's and my armies fight to the death. She had the power of prophesies and the future, and saw me being reformed. But she saw me after Twilight Sparkle and her friends reformed me. Not me after the final battle at the castle I once called home."
"That was the night I sent Luna to the moon. I tried to reform her with the elements, but since she was connected to half of them, the best I could do was send her to the moon. I regretted it every day since." Celestia nuzzled up to her sister. Everypony was hugging them now.
"Why didn't you tell me this before," Twilight asked," Aren't I your faithful student?"
"Well what happened next was why-"
Suddenly a guard burst into the room. He was a bit taken aback at all the ponies hugging the princesses.
"What is the matter Strong Sword?" Cadence said, and every pony stood up.
"Sunset Shimmer has escaped!"