Happy Princess Luna Day!!!



Nightly Beauty Fair



Silver stars shine in your hair



Fur that shames the midnight rose



Bringing us good dreams is



something repose



End Day you will come



Like the bright moon above



Then your nightmare will fade



forevermore



And our Nightly Beauty beloved



End Day your nightmare will fade



forevermore



And our Nightly Beauty beloved

Happy First Day of Winter, Winter Moon Celebration, and more importantly...Today, or I mean, tonight is when we not only welcome the return of winter, but we also celebrate our beloved Princess of the Night, the Moon and Dreams. While wise and benevolent Princess Celestia reigns over the day, her younger sister, Princess Luna, rules the night. As the day draws to a close, Princess Luna raises the moon so night can come and ponies can sleep. With a coat as dark as the night, a mane and tail that shimmer like the starry night, and her crescent moon cutie mark, she has the best look for the guardian of the night. Her other great responsibility is to enter ponies dreams and offer them help and guidance.Since they were chosen by Starswirl the Bearded to be the ruling guardians of the newly founded Equestria, the two sisters protected their home from all threats and to maintain harmony in it. But then, Luna found difficulty living in her older sister's shadow. Her bitter heart allowed evil to consume her, transforming her into the maleficent Nightmare Moon. Celestia had no choice but to banish her fallen sister to the moon for a thousand years. When the thousandth summer solstice began, the mare of nightmares returned to usher in an eternal night. However, Celestia's student, Twilight Sparkle, and her friends used the Elements of Harmony on her again, but this time, to purge her of her dark anger and envy for good. Reunited with her big sister and resume her duties in protecting Equestria once more, Princess Luna strives to prove that she will bring night only when it is needed and that she is no longer the fiend she once was. She celebrated Nightmare Night and revealed to be fun, after struggling with how to fit in; she has helped all of the Cutie Mark Crusaders to overcome obstacles or difficulties through her appearance in their dreams; she then bested the Tantabus, a spectral spirit that plagued her with nightmares of her past, by forgiving herself; and both Luna and Celestia learned to appreciate what the other one does after Starlight swapped their cutie marks. Our nocturnal princess has come a long way, and is still the shining glow of our darkest times.Princess Luna has always been a favorite of mine; my most favorite pony princess to be precise. I still remember when I first had a crush on her. I was enamored by her enchanting beauty. She is as beautiful as the night sky itself.I guess the memory still lives on in my heart. I may love Princesses Celestia and Cadance, and although my most favorite pony, Twilight, is now a princess, I don't consider her one in that category, Luna is my most favorite of them all for the following reasons: for one she is blue, my favorite color(sorry got carried away); she is very beautiful (mentioned that already), and she reigns over the night, which I consider an equally beautiful yet misunderstood time. Now I admit nighttime can be frightening at times, but it is also a time of beauty and serenity. Luna's role is to raise and lower the moon, which when full can bring such a gorgeous and comforting light in the darkness, along with the glittering sea of stars surrounding the silver shield Luna brings. Nighttime is also the time when nocturnal species, including my most favorite of overall animals, are active. The night is also cool and a great time to evade the unbearable heat of summer's day. And it also the time to dream, and if nightmares haunt us, Luna will always be there to save us from them. Our dream heroine. I actually felt bad for her because she felt unloved and unappreciated, and she felt the night was too. All she wanted was for both her and her night to be loved. If that's the case I'd be more than happy to oblige. I'm a real night owl, and I would stay up as late as 4 am. So I'm kind of the one person who would bask in Luna's night instead of sleeping during most of it like everypony else (though I have a feeling I'm not the only night owl). So I would have granted Luna's old wish. She deserves to be loved and have friends.For this work of art, I wanted to go in a very different direction. I wanted her to wear only her crown. I'm pretty sure the whole "naked" Luna thing has been around on DeviantArt, but I thought I'd have a go.I also wanted to put her in a dreamy landscape. I guess I want to some of those who are crazy for our beautiful night princess to receive a "dreamy" encounter with her. I know I wanted one, and probably still do.I wish I could have done more with this, but Christmas (Hearth's Warming) is coming and I've been busy lately. And something also turned up around the time I finally got started on this, but I'll reveal that another time. I hope you all love this, and continue to show our love to the enchanting, kind, shy, and fun Princess Luna.Here's a song in tribute for Princess Luna - "Nightly Beauty." It's based on Disney's Sleeping Beauty's special song, "Sleeping Beauty:"