Luna glanced into the mirror, a cold chill filling the room as her reflection stared back at her. The moon was out, the stars now visible, and the ponies sleeping away beneath her precious night. Her hooves scraped against the wood of her nightstand, whispers filling her head. Lunas face twisted up in agony, the whispers only growing louder by the minute. The room seemed to grow darker as Luna breathed out a heavy sigh, a cold breath.
 
Why should the ponies bask under Celestias sun, but ignore Lunas moon? She deserved love and praise from her subjects JUST as much as her sister. She wanted it, she DESERVED it. The ponies were ungrateful for not taking in her moonlight, not dancing under the stars. They locked themselves away from her at night, for her appearance as a bat pony and moonicorn scared most ponies that danced under the sun. Yet, she was not the only one who was frustrated; the ones who slept under the sun, her moon ponies, her true subjects, were just as angered by this as her. The ponies shunned away from them, for their fear was greater than their hearts. While they danced under her moon, the sun ponies hid away from them at night. Luna found it disgusting; the sun ponies were AFRAID of her, AND her subjects. Yet, they just ADORED he sister. Celestial was loved by a all, while Luna was feared by all. She wanted to be adored just as much as her sister, she DESERVED it.
 
“Of course you do, Luna.” Came a soft whisper. “You work just as hard as your sister.”
 
Luna stayed quiet, but her face twisted up in a snarl at the sound.
 
“I can feel your anger, young one.” It whispered. “They don’t appreciate what you do for them, for they only recognize what your sister has to offer.”
 
“I will NOT be swayed by thy words, Nightmare.” Luna finally spoke up, her horn sparking with anger.
 
“You want glory, Luna.” The Nightmare continued.“Your real subjects want it for you as well. I can give it to you Luna.”
 
“Let me through.”
 
Luna turned to face the Nightmare, her hoof stomping against the floor. “NEVER. I will NEVER betray my sister, Nightmare. Crawl back to the unholy land from which you came, for you will get no success here.”
 
The Nightmare frowned. “I know what up you want Luna, and should you let your heart agree with your head, then you shall see-”
 
“Leave me, Nightmare.” Luna growled. “There is nothing for you here.”
 
The Nightmare snarked, leaping in front of Luna in a swift motion. “Give in Luna, there is no alternative.
 
Luna only glared into the eye of the Nightmare.
 
The Nightmare narrowed its eyes. “Perhaps I should show you then.”
 
The Nightmares horn lit up, and a thin but bright ray of light was casted towards the ceiling, the room being engulfed in a layer of stars. The stars shifted and shaped, gaining color as Lunas eyes widened and her brows furrowed.
 
“This is what you could have, Luna.” In the stars, was an alicorn mare, tall and beautiful, sitting atop of a throne as a wide crowed of ponies bowed in front of her. The imagine changed, showing moon and sun ponies dancing beneath the stars, as their Princess smiled and laughed. Luna looked up at it all, seeing where Celestial once was, she now stood. Luna longed for it, for what the stars showed to be real; and for a moment, she considered what the Nightmare was offering.
 
Until she was snapped back to her senses.
 
“I want my ponies to adore me, and me them.” Luna lowered her head for a moment, before looking back up with a stern glare, right into the nightmares eyes. “But this is not the way I want to do it.”
 
The Nightmare snarled as the starry room painted pitch black.
 
“I tried to give you the choice, Luna.” It said. ‘But you leave me none.”
 
The Nightmares jaw stretched open, its long tongue dripping with spit. Luna stood her ground.
 
“I WILL NEVER GIVE INTO YOU NIGHTMARE.” she screamed. “NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU PLEA, MY HEART LIES WITH TIA.”
 
The Nightmare screeched, its eyes peeling wider, as smoke filled the room. Luna yelled various incarnations to banish the evil spirit, tears spilling from her eyes, a burning sensation in her chest.
 
She awoke.
 
She breathed heavily, gripping onto the covers as the sun was just getting lowered.
 
“It is back.”