"You're late" the pink pony said seriously to the disguised Luna
"Late?" Luna asked surprised by the question
"Uh huh, later then late actually, but I suppose better late than never" the pink mare said moving face to face with the still disguised Luna
Taking a quick look around the empty library Luna asked the most important question to which she could ask "where's Twilight?"
"She's currently upstairs at the moment… thought she did get past my party by using a teleport spell, but Pinkie knows when pony's get around my surprise parties, especially when it's their surprise party" Pinkie said looking at Luna "and since she teleported to her room to avoid this party, than that must mean that the news did not go well with her, like my stomach and some gone off cupcakes"
"News" Luna asked confused "what news do you mean"
"You know silly filly, the news that's she's your daughter" Pinkie Pie giggled to a now wide eye's disguised Luna
"What in the name of the moon are you on about" Luna said trying to keep the fact Twilight was her daughter secrete just as her sister had asked her to.
"Silly Luna, I knew from the beginning" Pinkie Pie said patting Luna on the head making Luna even more shocked. "And I now know what an icky hoof means, and I had an icky hoof earlier today and once I discovered what it means well I tell you that it means a friend takes news badly and no party can help cheer them up"
"Wait how do you, know I'm Princess Luna" Luna asked looking for flaws in her disguise
"Well for one your cutie mark, sort of gave it away… seriously… a moon, you're the only pony. And that's a lot of ponies by the way. You're the only one with a moon cutie mark, and then the name you gave to all my friends… shiny moon, seriously… it's like you want to get caught and just now you used the saying 'by the moon' that saying has not been said in over a thousand years " Pinkie said giggling
Luna looked at the pony before deciding it probably was best to drop her disguise since the pink mare found out who she was. With a simple piece of magic Luna was able to remove the illusion spell and soon she was standing in front of the pink pony, in her natural form. But one question remained that Luna wanted answering "How do you, know that I'm Twilight's mother" Luna asked narrowing her eyes at the pink pony looking at her suspiciously while pointing a hoof at her.
"Well… err… I was told" Pinkie said nervously
"By whom" Luna said narrowing her eyes at the pink pony
"My great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandmother Surprise Pie" Pinkie told Luna with a smile
"Surprise Pie" Luna said shocked taking a step back from the pony "but that was over a thousand years ago how could she tell you"
"Silly Luna how could she tell me" Pinkie giggled "obviously she couldn't, she told her family who in turn told there family to which ended up telling me" Pinkie said smiling with a toothy grin.
"So you're a descendent of the midday guard" Luna asked getting a nod from the pink pony "but I thought my sister Celestia disbanded them after my transformation into nightmare Moon, just like what she did to the Lunar Guards"
"Well technically she did, she gave the entire family of midday guards a huge sum of bits, which has lasted quite a while. We used the money to hide away and to keep the secret alive so that one day we midday guards will take back our duty to protect Twilight, your daughter" Pinkie said bowing her head to the lunar princess.
"But how did you know Twilight was my daughter" Luna asked Pinkie "my sister Celestia said she wiped out all information regarding about my daughter including her location"
"well that's simple" Pinkie said looking back at the princess "we had a picture of Twilight and some family members kept watch in Canterlot, see my cousin Octavia lives in Canterlot and she was able to watch over her from afar. But then Celestia ordered Twilight to go to Ponyville, and when she arrived, well normally I welcome new ponies in town with my welcome wagon but I could not with her as I was so surprised I even jumped into the air and gasped" Pinkie said with a deep breath
Snapping back to the reason to why Luna had come to Ponyville in the first place Luna quickly asked Pinkie the most important question she knew of "is Twilight still up stairs" she asked moving away from the pink pony and towards the stairs.
"Of course, though she is still a bit upset" Pinkie said which made Luna's head drop
"This is my entire fault, a mother is never supposed to hurt their child, I never should have come back from my banishment, I never should have asked my sister to get me to see her again," Luna said heartbroken with tears forming in her eyes.
"No, no that's not true, you're a great mom, well from besides the fact of getting sent to the moon for a thousand years but that's in the past, and Twilight is upset and is all alone up there. And the one thing she need more than friends right now is her mother" Pinkie explained reaching up to place a hoof on Luna's shoulders, hoping to get Luna to cheer up "plus your trying to be a great mom, that's already a sign that you're going to be a great mom, and…" Pinkie was about to continue but Luna stopped her by shoving her hoof into Pinkie's mouth.
"But what if Twilights hates me" Luna said pulling her hoof out of the mare's mouth
"Looney Twilight will never hate any pony, she may be upset now but she needs some pony to help her though this and I believe you're the perfect pony to help Twilight, now get up there and make sure to make Twilight feels like she's the only pony in the world" Pinkie said smiling at Luna
"Your right, Pinkie was it"
"Yep… I'll be here anyway so when you and Twilight become happy again, I'll be here ready to throw a super duper secrete mother and daughter party. Yay I've never thrown a party like that before I wonder what cake I should use and if I should use my party cannon" Pinkie rambled while Luna smiled while shaking her head at the wild antics of the pink pony.
"You know for one crazy pony you sure do make a lot of sense" Luna smiled at Pinkie
"Shoo… now go" Pinkie said shooing Luna up the stairs before returning to cannon which Luna could swear was not there before. Luna took a deep breath and followed the pink pony's advice and started to slowly move up the stairs hoping deep down though every step the made that Twilight would forgive her.
When Luna got to the top of the stairs she quickly saw Twilight's bedroom door. Taking a deep breath Luna opened the door, and quietly stepped inside. Luna saw her daughter's room was just like the library below them, books stacked up on all book cases, a bed on the other side of the room next to a small telescope. Luna could see Twilight on the bed, her back facing the door, Luna could hear Twilight silently sniffling into her pillow as she entered slowly.
"Twilight" Luna spoke with a soft voice which made Twilight turn towards Luna.
Luna could see the tears which Twilight had shed; her eyes were still watering when Twilight shouted back
"Leave me alone" she screamed before turning back to cry some more "just leave me alone" she said again but softer
"Twilight please listen"
"Please just leave"
Luna dropped her head as a tear ran down her face. "I'm sorry Twilight"
"Everything in my life is a lie" Twilight said her voice breaking up into more tears
"No Twilight that's not true" Luna objected moving closer to her daughter
"But it is, everything, my parents, my brother… my magic, everything"
"no, they loved you Twilight, related or not they loved you, and they will forever look after you, and I wish I could say the same about me" Luna said standing at the bottom of the bed, her head down looking at the floor while tears dropped on the wooden floor. "I'm so sorry Twilight, I abandoned you, my dark feeling took over me and turned me into a monster, which in turn made me lose you, and I'm so sorry. Nightmare Moon ruined both our lives"
"But my magic, it's not mine" Twilight said dropping her head
"Yes it is Twilight it is always yours, everything you have achieved with it has been you're doing and your past has not changed that, your past means nothing, only what you do now does" Luna told Twilight using a hoof to lift Twilight's face while giving her a small smile
"I have something for you, my daughter"
"Please don't call me that right now" Twilight said "It still hurts"
"ok then, but you will like this" Luna said opening her saddle bags to pick out the music box "this was yours back then, I had it made by the finest toy makers for you when I was not there"
Luna used her magic the lift the wooden music box in front of Twilight. Once Twilight saw it she opened it for her, and then the lullaby started to play. Twilight watched as the two wooden ponies in the small music box started to cycle each other. She smiled as Luna started to sing along with the music box.
"Waves come in, just like the morning comes
Things come and go, but soon they'll disappear into the dusk
We all collide together and we fall apart, then it all goes away
But there will come a day that a light will shine
From the darkness and sorrow that we knew
There will be a light that reaches us inside"
As Twilight listened and as she did she could remember this song, but she did not know why. And as Luna was singing with the small music box, she was remembering this lullaby and slowly started to sing with Luna.
"To a new world full of love, that sees us through"
"I know it, I feel it, I'm heading straight home back to you, now" Luna sang while smiling
"I know it, I feel it, you're heading straight home back to me, now" Twilight sang the last part which gained a huge smile from Luna
"You remembered" she said giving a hug to her daughter
"I don't know why but I can remember that" Twilight said hugging Luna back
"Perhaps my sister did not completely remove your memories"
"Really do you think I could remember every life I had" Twilight said breaking the hug
"Maybe I don't really know you would have to ask my sister, but would you really want to know about your past lives" Luna asked Twilight
"Yes, I would like to know, to know who I was and what I did"
"I do know something you might like to know" Luna said with a smirk "Starswirl the bearded, let's just say that the bearded part was said because she wore a fake beard"
"Really" Twilight said shocked to find the most legendary Unicorn was actually a mare "but the history books say that Starswirl was a stallion, he wrote the best magic books in Equestira, there's even a painting of him in the museum of pony art"
"let me just say that my sister had a hoof in that, changing a few things in the history books, and the painting… well at the time we had a pony who could only paint stallions" Luna said getting a strange look from Twilight "don't ask" Luna just said which made Twilight just shake her head
"I can't believe that a famous pony was not a stallion but a mare, where did she get the beard from" Twilight asked
"Well I do believe your pink friend's family may have had a hoof in that as well" Luna said shaking her head
"Pinkie" Twilight said shocked "but what's" then the realisation hit her "oh Pinkie's family told her to try a beard out and she liked wearing it"
"And that my dear Twilight is how she got the name Starswirl the bearded, but the reason I'm telling you this is because, you Twilight was at one point in your past Starswirl the bearded"
"What!" Twilight shouted "you mean to tell me that that pony I revered as one of the most legendary pony's in all of pony history was actually me… I think I need a bag"
Luna just laughed "how about a cup of tea instead" Luna asked getting off the bed
"Are you finished telling her about Starswirl" a familiar voice said though the wooden door
"Pinkie" Twilight asked
"Yes Twilight" came the response
"What are you doing behind the door, you know what… never mind" Twilight said getting a giggle from the pony behind the door
"Are you both coming down for your mother and daughter secret reuniting party" Pinkie said though the door
"Yes, were coming" Twilight said standing next to Luna "so how about a Pinkie party mot… Luna" Twilight breathed nearly saying mother but she just could not say it out loud it pained her too much to say at the moment
"You alright" Luna asked concerned
"Yeh I'm fine" twilight responded "let's go before Pinkie gets upset" Twilight and Luna then slowly started to walk to the exit.
'Mother I don't know if I could say it' Twilight thought.
Just as Luna passed through the door, the door slammed Leaving Twilight on the opposite end. "Twilight!" Luna shouted from the other side "Twilight what's going on, are you ok"
"Luna" Twilight shouted back surprised at what was going on.
"Twilight the doors locked I'm going to break it open ok stand back" Luna shouted just as Twilight started to move backwards into the room. Suddenly the door was surrounded by a black aura which blocked Luna from even harming the door. The Aura then spread from the door spreading around the room surrounding Twilight, blocking the light, and the warmness of the room, leaving Twilight alone surrounded by complete darkness and a wicked cold. Then a voice spoke out of the darkness at the now lonely purple pony a voice which made Twilight shudder.
"My poor dear twilight, lied to all her life, so very alone and sad" the voice laughed
"Who's there?" twilight shouted to the darkness, looking around for anything
"You know who I am Twilight Sparkle… just as I know you, the pony with the element of magic"
Twilight then felt something behind her she quickly turned around to find she had bumped into one of her bookcases gaining another cruel laugh from the mysterious voice.
"You're so alone" the voice said as Twilight heard something move across the room to her
"I'm not alone," Twilight said trying to gain confidence, but was quickly cut down from another laugh
"Don't you dare use lies on me my dear, I know your true feelings" the voice said as a cloud of dark magical energy moved and touched Twilights face "you feel betrayed by those closest to you, and you feel deep despair and loneliness because of that betrayal, and I can help you"
Twilight could see the source of the voice, a dark cloud of magic touching her face like a hoof from a pony.
"What do you want?" Twilight said more scared now then by anything in her life
"I want to make you happy Twilight" the voice said as the dark cloud of magic pulled away from Twilight "I can feel your pain and sorrow, and I want to help, after all we three all have a special connection" the voice cruelly laughed pulling back from Twilights face.
"What do you want from me" Twilight shouted at the magical aura which only made it laugh
"Cause Twilight we are similar, related if you like, plus I like you… such great magical potential, just as strong as the Princesses themselves, perhaps even more powerful, and I can help you"
"So you know then"
"Of course dear Twilight, I have always known, your mother and I have… a history, and all I want to do is help you"
"Help, help with what?"
"I can give you what you desire, to know who you were, how many lives you have lived and all the memories you have… forgotten, this I can give to you and much, much more"
"But Celestia said she erased my memories" Twilight said which made the voice laugh
"Oh no my dear Twilight, memories can be hidden, but never can they be erased you already know this as you would not remember the song you sung, your dear mentor and princess has fooled you again" the voice said moving closer
"So you want to give me my memories back" Twilight asked "but why what do you what in return"
The voice laughed "ah you're a smart mare aren't you, always asking questions" the voice said moving very close to Twilight, so that Twilight could once again see the dark cloud of magic "I want you to… allow me, entrance into your mind and body"
"I don't understand?" Twilight asked confused
"Let me to enter your mind, allow me, to be a part of you" the voice said as the dark cloud started to close in on Twilight "only then can give you what you desire, the long lost memories of your hidden past"
Twilight closed her eyes at the cold touch of the dark cloud, Twilight tried to think, but for some reason, it was hard to think. Twilight wanted to say no but for some reason something deep down within her made her want to choose yes. Soon Twilight said something giving in to her desire "Yes" she said shouting at the darkness "yes" she said again but more quiet then the first.
The voice gave out a soft chuckle before the dark cloud quickly surrounded her covering her in darkness, blinding Twilight from the outside world. The cloud pushed itself into Twilight though her mouth. Twilight could feel the darkness pushing her out of her own mind and she allowed it.
While within her own body Twilight could feel so much pain, her horn started to grow. Twilight then started to feel more pain in her back as she felt something push out. She wanted to scream but the darkness now controlled her, preventing her from screaming in agony. As the pain continued Twilight could not take it anymore, and lost, falling into a sleep while the darkness took full control over her body freely controlling it to its desires.
Luna was bashing madly on the door while Twilight was on the other side. Pinkie was helping her but the door stood still, the door did not even lose one splinter as they both ponded on the door screaming for Twilight to respond to say that she was alright. Then suddenly the door burst open as Princess Luna rushed in to protect her daughter and behind her was Pinkie Pie in a fighting stance prepared to defend her charge and friend. "Twilight" Luna shouted looking at a large dark orb which radiated dark magic. Luna and Pinkie could only watch helplessly as the black orb soon began to unravel, revealing the new form of Twilight Sparkle.
No longer was Twilight's fur purple, it was a more dark black, Twilight's mane had developed into a deep night-time dark blue while Twilights pink and purple highlights had turned completely black, and her tail also followed the colour scheme of her mane. Twilight's mane and tail was now shiny glowing like Luna's mane and Tail. Both Luna and Pinkie watched horrified by the transformation of Twilight Sparkle. On Twilight's back were two Pegasus wings, the wings themselves were invisible, but a dark aura of black magic clearly showed where the wings were. The new form of Twilight slowly started to open her eyes and instead of Twilights purple iris there was nothing but pitch blackness covering her entire eyes.
"Twilight, are you ok" Pinkie nervously said walking up to her best friend
"I cannot believe that was so easy" Twilight said but with two voices. One unmistakable as Twilights while the other sounded evil and dark, which made Pinkie's and Luna's fur stand on end. "Your daughter is really foolish Lulu, just like you are" the voice said from Twilights mouth. "Her magical power is intoxicating, I can feel it, and bend it to my will, just as I did yours, Luna" the voice said laughing at both Luna and Pinkie, but mainly at Luna.
"No you… you cannot be, the elements destroyed you" Luna shouted at the entity inside Twilight
"Oh Lulu, were both connected to each other, the elements only temporally separated us and I lost my form, but good old gullible Twilight here allowed me to take her form, and I think she will be a much better host then you were, don't you think Lulu?"
"Who are you" Pinkie Pie shouted at the entity within Twilight
"Know your place earth pony you stand before the queen of the night" the entity with in Twilight said harshly at Pinkie "watch as I am reborn into a more new more powerful form… I'm Nightmare Moon reborn and my rule shall last forever" Twilight and Nightmare Moon both shouted before laughing evilly and at the same time the aura surrounding Twilight, lashed out at the windows smashing them. Then Twilight's body turned into a dark cloud and which easy slipped out of the grasp of Luna and Pinkie. The cloud then left though the broken windows and spread into the night leaving behind a cruel laughter. Pinkie was too shocked to move or say anything, but Luna she was destroyed, she just could not move at all while tears freely dripped from her face onto the floor while whispering and repeating one word "no".
