Lullaby for a Princess

Lullaby for a Princess (Animatic)
Date added	May 31, 2013
Duration	6:04

making of Lullaby for a Princess
Date added	May 31, 2015
Duration	2:24

Lullaby for a Princess Animation
Creator(s)	WarpOut
Date added	May 31, 2015
Duration	7:03
Status	Complete
Type/genre	Music video, story animation

Lullaby for a Princess is a fan-animated film created by Warpout. It depicts an interpretation of when Princess Celestia had to banish Princess Luna-turned-Nightmare Moon to the moon using the The Elements of Harmony. The song in the video was created by Ponyphonic.

Synopsis[]

Princess Celestia walks slowly out of her castle at night time and sings an emotional song, expressing her sadness and remorse over having to banish her own sister, Luna, and being unable to stop her transformation into Nightmare Moon. She feels responsible for Luna's transformation, as it was her greater popularity among their subjects and her under-appreciation that brought about Luna's jealously.

As Celestia sings, a medieval painting is shown of her ruling over Equestria and getting all the attention from her subjects while Luna sits alone and depressed in the shadows. A flashback then shows a younger Celestia finding Luna crying in her bedroom. Celestia tries to talk to her little sister, but Luna lashes out and magically shuts the door on her. Disappointed, Celestia leaves after a brief hesitation. Meanwhile, Luna, overcome with anger, sadness and bitterness, transforms into Nightmare Moon.

The flashback then shows Celestia tearfully engaging Nightmare Moon in a magical duel under the full moon. At first, they seem evenly matched, but Nightmare Moon ultimately proves to be the more powerful of the two and sends Celestia falling out of the sky. She crashes through the door of their castle and lands bruised and battered near the Elements of Harmony. Seconds later, Nightmare Moon comes swooping in through the window to deliver the killing blow. Realizing she has no other choice, Celestia reluctantly uses the Elements of Harmony against her corrupted sister. The result is a magical blast wave that causes Nightmare Moon to vanish into thin air and then the face of a unicorn to appear on the full moon above. Realizing what she has done, Celestia breaks down in remorse.

The song ends with Celestia expressing how much she misses her sister before lowering the moon to make way for the dawn.

Lyrics[]

Nightmare Moon attack - LFAP — Nightmare Moon about to attack Princess Celestia, moments before she uses the Elements of Harmony

[Princess Celestia]
Intro:

Fate has been cruel and order unkind

How can I have sent you away?

The blame was my own; the punishment, yours

The harmony's silent today

But into the stillness I'll bring you a song

And I will your company keep

Till your tired eyes and my lullabies

Have carried you softly to sleep

Verse 1:

Once did a pony who shone like the sun

Look out on her kingdom and sigh

She smiled and said, "Surely, there is no pony

So lovely and so well beloved as I"

So great was her reign and so brilliant her glory

That long was the shadow she cast

Which fell dark upon the young sister she loved

And grew only darker as days and nights passed

Chorus:

Lullay moon princess, goodnight sister mine

And rest now in moonlight's embrace

Bear up my lullaby, winds of the earth

Through cloud, and through sky, and through space

Carry the peace and the coolness of night

And carry my sorrow in kind

Luna, you're loved so much more than you know

Forgive me for being so blind

Verse 2:

Soon did that pony take notice that others

Did not give her sister her due

And neither had she loved her as she deserved

She watched as her sister's unhappiness grew

But such is the way of the limelight, it sweetly

Takes hold of the mind of its host

And that foolish pony did nothing to stop

The destruction of one who had needed her most

Chorus:

Lullay moon princess, goodnight sister mine

And rest now in moonlight's embrace

Bear up my lullaby, winds of the earth

Through cloud, and through sky, and through space

Carry the peace and the coolness of night

And carry my sorrow in kind

Luna, you're loved so much more than you know

May troubles be far from your mind

And forgive me for being so blind

[Instrumental]

Bridge:

The years now before us

Fearful and unknown

I never imagined

I'd face them on my own

May these thousand winters

Swiftly pass, I pray

I love you; I miss you

All these miles away

Ending:

May all your dreams be sweet tonight

Safe upon your bed of moonlight

And know not of sadness, pain, or care

And when I dream, I'll fly away and meet you there

Sleep... sleep... sleep...

Making of[]