The other End of Balance

by Dostoron


This ain´t good.

"Princess Luna, what gives a humble revolutionary like me the honor of your presence?" You had not at all anticipated her being here, she gave her word.

"Thunderhead, this matter is too serious to continue, leave my sister be, she can´t be blamed for what those that hide from her do. She has to deal with the whole Country at large daily, These things simply slipped by her."

"Oh, so the persecution of pegasi for being slightly different was not important enough? the rights of a mother don´t matter enough? the Nationwide corruption is a minor Problem? That´s what you think? well, in that case i got News for you, if she doesn´t even pay Attention to the important things maybe she should abdicate and leave the whole Trouble in the hooves of someone who cares.
Actually, could you deliver her that Suggestion? i´m sure she would be thrilled to know that she doesn´t have to mess up politics by herself. If she wants to Keep ruling and ruining Equestria, i´ll gladly lend a hoof in the latter."
You were talking utter crap, and you both new you were mocking her with that.

"Do not think to make fun of us, Mortal." There was the medieval princess of the night,
"We have breathed life into These lands after we beat discord for centuries to follow we gave everything to assure ist welfare."

"and when ponies showed that they liked her you threw a temper tantrum and got yourself banished, every foal knows the Story, she made you into a spooks figure `behave or nightmare moon will get you´ even now that she sweet talked you into rejoining her side you are shackled, no moon phases, no tides, she has changed the world into something that can´t handle those while you were gone."

"... Yes, she said that Tides would endanger the waterfronted towns, and that the moon changing its appearance would cause Panics." she falters for a Moment, you had struck all the right nerves.

"She probably claimed that she would make reforms, that she would Change the policies so this wouldn´t repeat, right? she has promised that in the past, then she took the revolutionaries and placed them in her gardens and nothing changed. I´m going to see this through to the end, no matter what. Which is why i must do this now. HULK!"

Your best man in the field and the base, he had immediately uinderstood that there were to be no interruptions, while you had kept her Attention he had circled around with another gas tank at the ready and his gas mask on. Now he struck.

"What is the meaning of- mphh!" before Luna could properly react the gaspipe was pressed into mer mouth and the valve opened to the max, the pressurised gas immediately filling her lungs, she spat it out and coughed a few clouds of it before falling to the floor.

"Splicer, do me a favor and see if she´s alright, and then i want you to find a way to break her dreamwalking powers, she´ll probably be mad when she Wakes up."

Splicer trots up next to her.
"A whole tankard, any normal Pony would be dead, but she´s not only alive but fine, a Little slower heartbeat than usual and she´ll probably be a bit catatonic for a few days.
As for cancelling her powers, i´ve been working on that since you told me of the first time she visited you."
He produces a collar.

"you´re keeping that Thing around yourself?"

"I didn´t know where else to put it, it is a repressor specifically tailored to metaphysical Magic. Truth spells, mind reading, dreams, you know all that stuff that affects the mind directly, it also has a Little enchantment that assures only I can take it off."
he puts the collar around Luna´s neck.

"that takes care of that, but how do we explain her being here?" Hulk positioned her a bit more comfortable.

"we don´t. we were never here and we´ll deny having anything to do with this. Let´s just get out of here." You were a bit put off, her interruption could mean anything from bad to catastrophic for your cause.

Sure enough as you looked outside you saw her chariot and a five stallion Group of her guards around it, probably wondering why she went in alone.

"How highly inconvenient." time to think on what to do.