Felt like drawing and so I did. This picture rarely needs a story to go along with it because almost all of us bronies have heard of nightmare moon and her imprisonment… on the moon. I must admit, I think my attempt at making the shadow of nightmare moon’s mark on the moon is so-so. Because to me the snout and horn looks bad.
 
One-shot (might contain mistakes, I was sleepy at the time)  
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She looked out into the night sky, letting the tears roll down her cheek as she remembered how she banished her own sister to the moon. It was an arduous battle. A fight between two of the most powerful alicorns in Equis. In the end, Equis may be saved but at the cost of her own sister.
 
She heard the door behind her open and shut followed by the hoofsteps of a pony. She could hear the clanking of armor as it gets near her. The pony sat down with her and followed her gaze up to the moon. The pony removed her helmet so she could see the moon better in all its glory.
 
“It’s been decades, Princess Celestia. I know you miss your sister dearly but you know that must not grieve all the time”
 
“I know. I am only… I wished there was another way”
 
“Regardless, your choice was better than what most ponies think about. Instead of more violence, you chose mercy and sent her out to her moon”
 
“Mercy? Sending her to the moon was mercy?”
 
“It may not look like it but this way, when she comes back after her imprisonment, she’ll calm down enough to forgive you”
 
“How could she forgive me after what I have done?”
 
“It was said by a poet named Meneighnder that “Time heals all wounds”. As she’s up there, maybe she is thinking about her mistakes that led her to being banished?”
 
Celestia stayed silent. The pony yawned quietly before standing back up.
 
“Princess? I know it’s not my place to say this but I think you should sleep. I usually feel a lot better when I have a good night’s rest” The mare replaced her helmet and opened the balcony door. She slipped through the open crack and left the Princess outside.
 
The solar Princess was alone once more. Her expression unwavering as she gazed at the shadow of the moon with a frown on her face.