“Who’s that? Who are you? Who am I?”
Everyone in the room gasped, except for Luna. Her eyes widened slightly, the gears in her mind turning. ‘He doesn’t remember. He must have hit his head during the explosion. And if he doesn’t remember anything, then maybe…but would it be right to take advantage of his amnesia?’ Luna felt her body temperature rise with the conflict of the situation. Her moral conscious battled with her desire to have her sons love. Before she could complete her thought process, she heard her sister speak up.
“Well, I guess we should tell you the truth. You see your name is-“ but she stopped when she felt Luna’s hoof block her mouth.
“Please dear sister, allow me to explain,” said Luna. Celestia raised her eyebrow, not sure how exactly Luna planned to address the situation. But she decided to see where Luna intended to go with this. She closed her eyes and nodded. Luna then removed her hoof, and turned to face her son once more. Luna walked up to her son’s bed, and began stroking his mane. Midnight looked somewhat uneasy, not sure why this strange pony was touching him, but he decided to hear her out. Luna cleared her throat and then began.
“You see, your name is Midnight. And you are my loving son,” once again, everyone in the room gasped. Luna turned her head to them and shushed them. Confused by the outburst, Midnight voiced a question.
“What’s wrong with them?” he asked.
“Oh, nothing,” said Luna nervously. “Anyway, you are my son, and Prince of the Night. I myself am Princess Luna, matriarch of the Night, and co-ruler of the Nation of Equestria. And you are my dear prince,” said Luna lovingly. Midnight seemed to contemplate this for a moment, before looking back to his mother.
“I…I-m a Prince?” he asked. Luna nodded. “And you’re my mom?” once again Luna nodded. Midnight once again thought about this, before looking at the other ponies in the room. “Who are they?” Luna stepped away from Midnight, and gestured to Celestia.
“This is Celestia, Ruler of the son, and Princess of Equestria. She is also my sister, and your aunt.” Then Luna pointed to the mane six. “These are the bearers of the Elements of Harmony, and defenders of this land. This is Twilight Sparkle, bearer of the Element of Magic. She is also a Princess, and former student of my sister.” Midnight nodded, somewhat unsure of what the elements were, and how anyone could rule the sun. Luna then continued her introductions.
“These are the other Elements; AppleJack, Element of Honesty, Rarity, Element of Generosity, Pinkie Pie, Element of Laughter, Rainbow Dash, Element of Loyalty, and Fluttershy, Element of Kindness.”
“Oh, well it’s nice to meet you,” said Midnight, shyly. The Elements and Celestia nodded, but their eyes looked to Luna. She had already lied about him being a loving son. How much more of his life did she intend to fabricate? “So…what happened to me? Why can’t I remember anything?”
“Well…that is because…well, you see, Twilight happens to be your magic instructor. She was teaching you a new spell, when it backfired. You hit your head pretty hard. We brought you here to the hospital.”
“Do we live near here?”
“No, we live in the capital city of Canterlot. This is Ponyville. We fly here for your schooling and Magic lessons.”
“Oh. I guess that makes sense.” Just then, there was a knock at the door. Everyone turned to look at the door to see nurse Red Heart step inside.
“Alright everypony, it’s time to give Midnight some time to rest."
“Oh, of course,” said Luna. One by one the ponies filed out of the room. But on her way out, Celestia turned to face her sister.
“Luna, after you say goodbye to your son, there is something I wish to discuss with you.
“Of course sister,” said Luna. She then turned to her son, and hugged him, while planting a kiss on his forehead. “Mama loves you Midnight.”
“I…I love you to mom,” replied Midnight. At that moment, Luna’s heart skipped a beat; as she felt her smile grow. She turned away from her son, and left the room, happy that she and her son now had a second chance. When she left the room, and shut the door, she found herself looking at her sister, who was wearing a stern expression.
“We need to talk,” said Celestia. Luna nodded, and then the two started their walk. When they were a decent distance away from the room, Celestia spoke up.
“How can you lie to your own son? How could you take advantage of his amnesia?”
“Sister, you do not know what it is like, to have your own flesh and blood resent you so,” said Luna. Celestia merely raised her eyebrow, giving Luna an “Are you serious” look. Luna Chuckled in embarrassment. “Alright, maybe you do, but not your own offspring. He’s my son Tia, and all I desire is for him to love me as his mother.”
“But Luna, what if he remembers the truth? What will you do then?”
“I will burn that bridge when we come to it,” replied Luna.
“Cross. It’s cross that bridge when we come to it,” corrected Celestia.
“Oh. My mistake,” replied Luna.
“Luna, I really don’t think this is a good idea.”
“Think of it this way sister. If I told him the truth, he would just be filled with anger and sadness. We both know that there is no way back to the human world for him. At least this way, he might be happier.”
“I see your point. But still, I just have a bad feeling about this. Like something bad will happen.”
“Don’t worry sister. I plan to give him the perfect life. And if he does remember, hopefully his memory will be filled with happy memories of the two of us.”
“I hope you are right sister. I hope you are right.”
Luna you dumbass, cant wait for it to blow up in your face.
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Well because you stole i was thinking i will say this.
Luna, this will not end well.
Burn the bridge? Screw that, you're burning down the state and the border lines on the map Luna.
It'd be funny if he was faking amnesia just to reset the whole situation though.
*WE-O WE-O* MOVE MOVE MOVE WE GOT AN OUT OF CHARACTER LUNA ON THE LOOSE!
Na but searioisly Luna is the former barer of the elements of loyalty, honesty, and laughter. Notice I put honesty in bold, twice. Luna is silly, she is loyal, and she is honest. Knowing these traits she wouldn't lie, especially to her own flesh and blood! So although your reasons are good to Luna it probibally wouldn't matter even if it would cost her, and maybe her honesty would help 'Midnight' realize she lives him enough to be honest with him at her expense because, she could have taken advantage of him but didn't. Sorry about the mini rant it just ercked me.
well then, i'll get the popcorn
stay classy
really luna???
fine then...... I'll start popping the popcorn and make some chocolate milk. because this won't blow up in your face or anything.
couldn't help laughing when i read that.
Really, Luna? You could've told him part of the truth, said he'd been lost to you and raised in another world and that he had been returned, but you go THAT far.
Well, i don't see ANY WAY that this could possibly blow up in your face.
Also, did they forget that discord's still stuck in stone?
5447898 Well, I forgot he was still stuck in stone, so chances are they forgot too.
5430749 actually that's pretty good plan. Faking his amnesia.
Since he know that without The Alicorn amulet, he doesn't stand chance against The Royal sisters and he is probadly will be well guarded now from escaping again.
He make them thinking him having amnesia and escape, when they least expecting it.
Applejack probadly notice if he is lying his amnesia.
Yet I wish Tristan/Midnight remembering everything. So he could accept his life as The Prince of The Night as himself. Rather being lied to become one.
5430793 Well technically Luna was lying and speaking the truth in same time.
By telling him his original name being Midnight and being The prince of the Night. At same time not telling him being Tristan from human world and being kidnapped from foster home.
but I did noticed also that she lied about how he got amnesia. That where she crossed the line!
Yet I wish Tristan/Midnight remembering everything. So he could accept his life as The Prince of The Night as himself. Rather being lied to become one.
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Pretty much all of my issues with the story have already been said. My only addition is that you need an editor. Over the entire story (so far), I've noticed several spelling and grammar mistakes. It's not bad enough to Marjory detract from the story, but they are noticeable. Fix them when you get a chance.
Also, Luna's use of "burn" in that saying is correct. No one I know says, "We'll cross that bridge..." anymore. They (myself included) only use, "We'll burn that bridge...".
Luna just dug her own grave.
My reaction would pretty much be yelling "NOPE," and jumping out a window, because I can't live without my tech, magic or not. Period.
5569690 Aaaaaand last but certainly not least in the "no shit Sherlock" competition is you! Come on up and receive your grand prize!
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I'm not a pony!!!!! couple chapters later I am a pony!!!!!!
5675652 ... Amnesia *BOOM*
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Buck you Luna, go celestial!
did you know sleep is highly inefficient?
Can you finish the story I wan to see what happen next
5840889 I honestly can't say when it will be finished, but It will be finished eventually.
Yeah Luna lying to him is going to put a nuclear bomb in there already destroyed relationship.
luna... you bucking idiot... if you had told the truth and what happened you might have gotten some sympathy and when his old memorys came back and he could assess them with the new maybe he could live with being your son and your relationship could start if a bit rocky. however now when he remembers it will be devastating , ... hope you have windigo insurance because there's going to be a lot of hatred and rage when he realized you lied and took advantage, you'll be luck if he trusts that canterlots north of ponyville let alone anything useful.
6080153 I promise, that the end will be pleasing, but people need to just trust that I know what I'm doing.
The blending of two idioms is called a malaphor. This one combines "I'll cross that bridge when I get to it," and the older, less well known phrase "Don't burn your bridges."
This malaphor means that you haven't yet arrived at a life obstacle but when you get there you're sure to screw it up somehow.
It's sun so much bad grammar
BEHOLD THE RULER OF THE SON!!!!
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Absolutly loved the story
But really it should be the ruler of the SUN not the SON
accurate, accurate
That was a very stupid thing Luna did. If he really doesn't remember anything then telling him the truth would have no bearing on his reaction. If he really is a blank slate and didn't remember a single thing then he would not feel any emotional connection to his earthly parents. Ergo Luna would have a basic foundation to build upon. But now that she's lied to him she will not be able to reconcile anything peacefully if he remembers and realizes that she lied to him. That's extremely short-sighted, and I am a short-sighted person and I even saw this.