"I dunno how much longer we're gonna last…but I'm gonna keep trying and keep failing!" Luna raised her hooves into the air and began to screech at the top of her lungs. "What else am I gonna do?! Huh?! What else is there?! WHAT?!!"
"LUNA!!"
Luna gasped as she felt Celestia's hooves fall on her shoulders. She refocused her vision and found herself staring at her sister's tear-stricken face. There were two splats as tears fell that she hadn't even known she was shedding. Celestia gazed at her and spoke softly in a quivering voice.
"You're scaring me."

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A particularly powerful scene from "Lost to the Sands":www.fimfiction.net/story/86528/lost-to-the-sands. I felt inspired a few nights ago to sketch this, and my goodness, I'm really really proud of how it came out. I tried a mess of new techniques while making this, so I hope you all like it.