A/N: Hey people this is Darknessovertheforest coming to you with the final chapter in Princess Luna vs Nightmare Moon and if this is the first time you're reading this story and you are starting here, then why are you? You should logically start with chapter one duh. Only joking, only joking, if you are joining the story for the first time then welcome. Anyway... so yes this is the final chapter I know I am definitely sad because ei really did enjoy writing this Fanfic and I hope you enjoyed reading it.

Thanks, and again I will give a final shout out to ctran03931 for being the first story follower of mine but the very first one I've had when I started writing Fanfics.

Celestia was in her room putting on her newly fashioned armour, it was strong and light for maximum movement and protection, her helmet protected most of her face and slotted over her horn, she wore her necklace that Luna gave to her on her birthday to cover the opening in the armour, she strapped her sword to the armour incase desperate times called for desperate measures. She was ready for battle, she had to be, she was to face Nightmare Moon again before Luna could truly be free. She remembered the oath she had made, "No price too high, no matter the cost, the heir to the throne of Equestria shall take her place, even if my life is forfeit, Luna shall be free," she repeated this oath to herself over and over again to herself, remembering what Rarity had told her the day before. She looked towards her clock, it was approaching Nightmare Moon's return soon.

Meanwhile...

Nightmare Moon was preparing herself for battle as well, she had made her own armour, it was silver and also covered her whole body excluding her wings, her helmet remained the same, she looked towards Equestria and smiled, "Soon I shall return and take my place at the throne of Equestria and plunge it into eternal night," she began to laugh. She looked towards her clock and smiled again, "Just a few more hours now," she waited on her balcony for her to return.

Twilight Sparkle was gathering her things and placed them into multiple saddle bags, her assistant Spike came down the stairs and saw Twilight packing, he asked, "Are you going somewhere Twilight?" Twilight looked towards the young dragon on the stairs, she then turned her attention back to packing her things, Spike grew concerned and asked, "Can I help you with anything?" He climbed down the last remaining stairs and picked up some books and carried them to a saddle bag, but Twilight scowled at him, "Spike I didn't ask for your help, so put those down right now!" Spike put the books down carefully and then turned to Twilight and asked, "What's got your tail in a knot Twilight?" Twilight took hold of him with her magic and flung him to the other side of the library, into the kitchen. Spike sat up in the heap he caused when Twilight threw him, Twilight took hold of the books he had put down and placed them into a saddle bag, she was clearly angry about something, Spike decided to do something about this, he had to get one of her friends to help, but, he didn't know which one, he then thought of two ponies that might help, he took out some parchment and ink and wrote on it and sent it off on its way with his fire. Soon after that there was a knock on the door and Spike answered it, in front of him stood Rainbow Dash and Applejack the two strongest ponies in all of Ponyville, Applejack adressed the dragon, "What's wrong Spike? We got here as fast as we could," Spike informed them both about how Twilight had scowled at him and then threw him across the room.

"Well it sounds to me that she needs some sense right now," Rainbow Dash said, Applejack stopped her, "Whoa there Nelly we gotta at least speak to her first before we do anything rash," Rainbow Dash and Applejack walked into the library and they saw that Twilight was indeed packing up for something, Applejack was more diplomatic than Rainbow Dash was so she decided to ask, "Twilight where do ya think yer going?" Twilight asked back in response agitated, "Why are you in my house?" Applejack held a hoof out to calm Rainbow Dash down because she was not finished being diplomatic, "Twilight we can't help ya if ya won' tell us what's goin on," Twilight continued to pack, she had already packed eight bags she just didn't listen to anyone right now, then Rainbow Dash got involved, "Hey Twilight! what's going on with you, we're your friends, just tell us what's bothering you," Twilight walked by Rainbow Dash and picked up some books and when she turned around she intentionally slapped her friend's face with her tail, Rainbow Dash became overcome with anger and lunged at Twilight. Twilight was weaker than Rainbow but had intelligence on her side, she knew how Rainbow fought because they had fought a lot in the past, when she managed to repel Rainbow Dash's attack she used her magic and used Rainbow dash as a wrecking ball to demolish the library. While Twilight was distracted Applejack jumped on her back and tried to get her attention off of Rainbow Dash, Twilight flew straight up and out of the roof and slammed Applejack into the ground and punched her in the face many times before Rainbow Dash zoomed in and punched Twilight in the face, Twilight stood up from the punch a dark purple bruise began to show on her cheek. Being an alicorn she could fly as well, she rose into the air, Rainbow Dash rose opposite her, this was going to be a battle in the air now. The two friends flew at each other trading blows after blows, neither one willing to give up, Rainbow Dash was thrown back a bit and thought to herself, "I have to get her near the ground so Applejack can help out," she turned to Twilight with a slight grin and pulled a face at her, "Catch me if you can," and she flew off, Twilight grew very angry and chased after her, Dash was gaining altitude quickly, but Twilight was close behind, as soon as she knew Twilight was about to catch her Rainbow Dash dove back to the ground and Twilight followed. Rainbow Dash had perfected this technique, before she would hit the ground she would pull up tightly and barely even touch the grass below her, she saw the ground approaching fast and before she hit it she pulled up hard and came to a very rough landing thought, Twilight however was not so skilled and hit the ground hard, she stood up, her hair was damaged, she was full of bruises, one of her wings was sprained. Her horn began to glow and pointed at the pegasus and siad, "Now I'm going to hurt you badly Dash," just before she fired off her spell Applejack tackled her to the ground, the beam shot from her horn and broke the branch off of her tree that the library was in. Applejack was trying to restrain her when she felt a sudden pain in her stomach, Twilight had grabbed a knife somehow and stabbed Applejack, Rainbow Dash hurled herself at Twilight and punched her many times until Twilight began to bleed, the Rainbow picked up the knife and hoisted it into the air ready to kill, she then heard her friend's voice, "Rainbow stop! She's had enough," Applejack was standing, despite her wound.

Rainbow Dash dropped the knife and climbed off of Twilight who then stood up afterwards , Rainbow Dash went over to Applejack, "Are you okay AJ?" Applejack took Rainbow's face in one hoof and held it to her own, "I'm fine sugar cube, just a scratch, noting important hit,"

Rainbow Dash felt some tears escape her eyes and kissed Applejack on the cheek, the turned to Twilight who was tending to her wounds, she saw her friends standing there confused, she turned and left without saying anything else.

Applejack and Rainbow Dash went inside, Spike gave the diagnosis for Applejack's wound as non-fatal, they then heard some clattering, all three knew it was Twilight who was still packing up, after an hour Twilight was finally done, she had gathered all her saddle bags and put them into her hot air balloon, she re-entered the house and said to Spike, "Goodbye Spike I hope you find good work somewhere else," Spike stood up from his seat, "What do you mean by that?" Twilight replied, "I mean that you're not going with me this time, you're going to stay here in Ponyville because I can no longer do that," she turned away and left for her balloon the three ran after her, Twilight had already untied her balloon and was ready to leave, Applejack called to her, "Twilight wait," Twilight stepped into the balloon and drifted away gaining altitude, she left and to this day nopony knows why she did, Rainbow Dash wanted to fly after her, then Applejack stopped her, "Let her go sugar cube, she doesn't wanna be followed so jus let her go," Spike looked up towards the sky to see the balloon getting smaller and smaller as it drifted away. Spike, Rainbow Dash and Applejack returned to the library to make sense of the events that just happened, Rainbow Dash went to the bathroom to see the damage that had been caused, she had minor scratches and bruises from being used as a wreking ball and on her belly was a few scrapes as well from her rough landing outside, she was lucky that Applejack stopped that spell from hitting her, Applejack meanwhile was in the other bathroom inspecting her wounds, she had taken it very rough, her face was very bruised one was even open and a cut could be visible, her hair was tattered and bloody even her cowgirl hat was slightly torn, but the most distinctive wound was the one left by the knife. Once they cleaned dirt and blood they rejoined Spike in the kitchen where he had made dinner, it was 5:30pm, a few hours until Nightmare Moon's return, thirty minutes past and there was a knock at the door and Rainbow Dash answered it, standing at the door was Rarity, she entered and saw that the library was damaged, "Oh my goodness what happened here?" she asked after seeing most things in pieces on the floor, Rainbow Dash had to tell the truth, "Let's just say that Twilight decided to play wreking ball with me being the wrecking ball," Rarity was informed by Applejack and Rainbow Dash and could only say afterwards was, "Oh dear, I don't believe that Twilight would do something like this," she noticed the bandage around Applejack, "My goodness darling what happened there?" Rainbow Dash answered this as well, "Let's just say that Twilight also decided to play: put the knife in my mare friend," Rarity's eyes widened and not at the fact of Twilight stabbing Applejack but at what Rainbow Dash said, "Excuse me but what did you say before friend?" Rainbow Dash grew a bit agitated, "You heard me, my mare friend," Rainbow Dash asked Applejack if it was okay then AJ nodded, Rainbow Dash explained, "Applejack and I are a couple okay? We officially became one a few days ago but no other pony knew about it,"

After Rainbow Dash had finished Rarity could only say, "Well I'm happy for you both, no matter who you decide to be with," and at that Rainbow Dash and Applejack smiled that their friend was accepting about their relationship.

Celestia lowered the sun and began to raise the moon because she knew that Nightmare Moon would return at any time during the night, she called for the elements of harmony including Spike and Cadance to meet with her in the dinning room, she turned to Applejack and asked, "Where is Twilight Sparkle?" Applejack hung her head, Rainbow Dash answered this question, "Your majesty let's just say that Twilight decided to play leave and tell nopony where you're going," Celestia grew sad, "That's unfortunate I do hope she returns soon,"

Rainbow Dash and Applejack told Celestia the whole story of what happened a few hours ago, Celestia then hung her head as well, "It seems she wants to leave forever and never return and I cannot make her return," the others began to shed some tears after they what heard, Celestia looked towards the ponies currently infront of her, she knew she had to tell them, "I'm sure you are all aware that Nightmare Moon shall be returning in a few hours from now," the other ponies all nodded, Celestia continued, "Rarity came to me yesterday and told me a last resort for saving Luna and it involves me sacrificing myself to save her,"

If Twilight were there she would know that Celestia was very reluctant to take her own life but she only would if there was no other option, soon the meeting was concluded and the clock showed 9:30pm one hour until Nightmare Moon returns, they made their way to the throne room where they knew that Nightmare Moon would return there since she did want the throne after all. Time crawled by and the wait was agonising for them, soon it was 10:25pm, five minutes until Nightmare Moon was to arrive, they readied themselves.

Suddenly a flash of white came from the ceiling and as the dust settled, standing infront of the thrones was Nightmare Moon, she looked towards the seven ponies infront of her, she said finally, "It's good to be home," suddenly she used her magic and the throne room was damaged badly, the ceiling was cracked, the pillars falling apart, the floor had holes in it, the five friends and Spike were pinned against a wall by debris from the floor and couldn't get free no matter what they did, Cadance was unconcious from being blasted back and hitting her head against one of the pillars, Celestia however was engaged in battle with Nightmare Moon, she still had some fight in her, although she was weaker than Nightmare Moon at this moment she still put up one hay of a fight, all she needed to do was stall Nightmare Moon until the ten second opening revealed itself.

Meanwhile...

Twilight Sparkle had made a stone anchor for her travels so when she felt she needed to stop she could just lower the balloon and toss out the anchor so it wouldn't fly away after she got out of it, she had set up camp on the mountains near Canterlot, she inspected herself in her mirror she brought with, her was bruised and some cuts were visible, she had not bothered with her mane at all, the bruise on her cheek from Rainbow Dash punching her in the face was still showing up the most, suddenly a light emitted from Canterlot behind her, she squinted at the bright light and looked back towards Canterlot and saw magical beams shooting out of the castle, she decided to abandon her possessions and flew towards Canterlot.

Celestia however was still waiting for that window of opportunity to save Luna, she wondered why it was taking so long, she couldn't dodge Nightmare Moon forever, she had to fight her more, she was lunged at by Nightmare Moon their horns trading blow after blow and although Celestia had her sword she didn't dare use it against her sister, suddenly an explosion of magic broke them apart, Celestia saw that Nightmare Moon was screaming, she saw that something was happening. Nightmare Moon was stumbling around like mad, as if she were in pain, Celestia wondered if this was the opening she got closer seeing that Nightmare Moon began to change, her skin was changing from black to navy blue rather quickly, her mane was also beginning to change instead of being darker it grew slightly lighter, even her wings began to change.

Suddenly without thinking Celestia lunged towards the changing Nightmare Moon, and hugged her with all her heart and as much true love she could expel in one hug for her sister, but unfortunately something different happened, cracks formed in Nightmare Moon's skin and Celestia gained enough distance from the transformation stage, after the smoke cleared Celestia saw a dark shape on the ground and stepped closer to it, suddenly she felt a magical grip around her neck she tried struggling but to no avail, she could not break free, Nightmare Moon was holding her in the magical grip, she didn't understand where was Luna and why was Nightmare Moon still alive? Nightmare Moon threw Celestia to the ground and picked up her sword that was dislodged from the strap and approached Celestia on the ground with the sword in her hoof, she spoke "Now Celestia it is time that you die," she lifted the sword to thrust it into Celestia's heart, when suddenly she was knocked back by somepony. The sword had been flung to the other side of the throne room and Nightmare Moon stood up after recovering from the sudden attack, she saw that in between her and Celestia was Twilight Sparkle, she had come back to help fight Nightmare Moon, Nightmare Moon galloped towards Twilight who galloped for her at the same speed, they clashed horns each trading blow after blow Twilight was putting up a good fight but was still not strong enough to stand up to Nightmare Moon, Nightmare Moon had used her one of her fore hooves to kick Twilight in the stomach and toss her across the room, she turned her attention towards Celestia who was struggling to stand, Nightmare Moon jumped towards her, horn pointed straight for her chest, Twilight saw this and before Nightmare's horn came into contact with Celestia it pierced a purple body. Celestia looked and saw that Twilight had jumped into the way of Nightmare Moon's horn which went right through her body, Twilight lifted her forehooves to where the horn went through and looked up and Celestia shouted, "Twiliiiiiiight!" then Nightmare Moon flung her aside, Twilight impacted with a pillar and fell to the ground, Celestia tried to stand but was kicked down again by Nightmare Moon.

Nightmare Moon pulled out a dagger she had brought and lifted it to stab Celestia and as she held it in the air she said, "Now Celestia I believe that there shall soon be one ruler of Equestria now," she began to cackle as she lifted the dagger higher and began to plunge it towards Celestia, but before it made contact Nightmare Moon screamed in pain, "Aaaahhhh!" she was pulled off Celestia and she saw that her sword had been run through Nightmare Moon, Celestia was shocked she didn't know who did this, but soon she found out, the blade was withdrawn from Nightmare Moon and she fell to the ground dead and standing above the dead Nightmare Moon was Princess Luna in her restored and fully powerful state, her mane and tail was long and flowing like her sister's, she was a darker navy blue and her wings were more majestic than before, Celestia was shocked she could not believe her eyes, she suddenly remembered Twilight and stood up shakily because she was still weak form the battle, Luna cleared the debris pinning the other elements of harmony to the wall and they ran straight towards where Twilight was laying, Luna then tended to Cadance.

Celestia, the five friends and Spike gathered around Twilight who was laying on her back holding where her wound is, she breathed quickly and heavily, she smiled and asked Celestia, "Did... Luna... get... freed..." she said in between breaths, Celestia's eyes were streaming tears, she turned towards Applejack and said, "Sorry... for... stabbing... you... Applejack... I didn't... mean to..." Applejack nodded with tears also streaming from her eyes accepting her friend's apology.

Twilight turned her gaze towards Rainbow Dash, "Dashie... I'm... sorry... for... what I did... it wasn't right... of... me" she began to cough, Rainbow Dash held her friend's hoof in her own, Twilight turned towards Rarity now, "You... continue... making... your... gorgeous dresses... okay?" Rarity nodded biting her lip seeing her friend leaving, Twilight turned towards Fluttershy, "Fluttershy... look... after... the animals will you?" Fluttershy began to sob profusely seeing Twilight say these things, Twilight turned towards Pinkie now, "Pinkie Pie... thanks... for... all... the parties," Pinkie's mane was now straight because she was very sad at the moment, Spike was there as well she turned to him, "Spike... thanks... for being... the best... assistant... a pony could ask for," Spike also began to cry deeply, Cadance rushed over as well after being awakened by Luna, Twilight looked at her now, "Cadance?... Tell Shining Armour that... he... should be... proud of... his little sister..." she looked up and her last breath was expelled, her eyes closed and then she was truly gone. Luna walked onto the balcony of the throne room and her horn began to glow and in the night a star was placed near the horizon and when she was finished she made sure that it was the first star to appear at dusk which she affectionately named it Twilight after that night.

The funeral was a few weeks later and Twilight was laid to rest in the Canterlot graveyard where the most honourable of ponies were laid to rest, on her tombstone it read, "R.I.P Twilight Sparkle. Sister, student, element wielder and dear friend," the remaining five friends became closer than ever since Twilight died, especially after Rainbow Dash and Applejack confessed they were in a relationship together now. Celestia took the loss very hard she cared dearly for her student and often visited the graveyard to see Twilight, Luna however was cut off from the other ponies for some reason she had left Canterlot after the funeral and hasn't been seen since, nopony knows where she had gone not even her own sister and when confronted about this Celestia only said, "She needs to find herself again."

Meanwhile...

Luna landed at a place in the Everfree forest one that she had often visited when she needed to think about things, she sat down and looked into a mirror and saw her reflection only no Nightmare Moon whatsoever, she had finally killed Nightmare Moon, but in doing so also having one of her closest friends killed in the process, Luna began to cry as she thought about her lost friend, a friend that never gave up on her.

The End.

A/N: And so ends Princess Luna vs Nightmare Moon, sorry for going mainly off topic I had to do something to build up to a dramatic ending for this Fanfic so I really do hope you enjoyed reading this Fanfic as I have writing it, please read and review share your opinions and again a big thank you to ctran03931 for really being my very first story follower. Stay safe and continue reading.

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