Chapter Six
Snape couldn't sleep. Unwilling to cast a silencing charm for fear of being snuck up on, he was left trying to ignore the deep, thudding bass and dull roar of the party below. Three hours...They've been at it for three hours. Snape turned onto his side, his face a mask of pure loathing. It must be nearing morning now. Groaning, he sat up and stood up from the bed. With a wave of his wand (he always slept with it under his pillow) his clothes slithered over the floor and slipped onto his body. Fully clothed, the professor opened the door and descended down the stairs into the throng of still-noisy ponies.
As soon as he set foot onto the floor, a dreadful silence swept over the crowd. Snape looked out over the perfectly silent, still ponies, even the DJ silencing her speakers. Raising an eyebrow, Snape's lip curled in annoyance. "So now that I'm awake, you decide to shut up." Pushing through the crowd, he slipped through the door into the night.
Severus had been walking through the empty streets for nearly an hour, the warm night air and silence soothing to his senses. He furrowed his eyebrows, dark eyes glaring out at nothing in the relative darkness. In the silent, secluded atmosphere, he allowed himself to express himself. "Stupid, inconsiderate, infantile creatures..."
"Indeed...but they are still my ponies." Snape halted his angry strides, schooling his expression. Quickly turning around, robes twisting and fluttering about him, he glared at the tall, midnight-black equine standing before him. "They can be taught, if the teacher is willing to be firm."
Severus raised an eyebrow, crossing his arms under his robes. "And you are?" He noticed the ethereal, smoky mane and the lance-like ebony horn, in addition to the masive owl-wings jutting out of her sides. A moon and stars theme...This must be the princess I've heard so much about. "Princess Celestia, I presume?"
Snape's already severe expression soured further when the dark...winged...unicorn openly laughed at him, the powerful, deep yet undeniably effeminate voice cackling madly. "Ahahahahahahaaaa!!! Clearly, you are not from around here." The tall equine stifled her remaining laughter behind an armored hoof.
"Is it that obvious?" Snape delivered, his monotonous voice dripping with venom. "So enlighten me. Who are you?"
"I," She began, spreading her wings wide, "am the sole entitled ruler of this fine land. Back from an unjust banishment of one-thousand years by my own sister," At this her slitted eyes narrowed dangerously, her sharpened teeth grinding. "Princess Nightmare Moon!"
Snape raised an eyebrow, unimpressed. "Then you must be the one Sparkle was talking about."
"Who?" The princess blinked, frowning in confusion.
Snape rolled his eyes. "No one important. She said 'the greatest evil Equestria had ever seen' would be returning." Snape gripped his wand beneath his robes, outwardly relaxed but searching for any weaknesses or signs of aggression.
Nightmare Moon rolled her eyes. "That sounds like something my sister would use to poison the minds of my little ponies...A bit dramatic, don't you think?"
Snape snorted, still starkly remembering the princess' introduction. "Well...thank God you're above that."
Nightmare Moon glared sharply at Severus, before her head swiveled towards the Town Hall. A smirk spread onto her face, her exposed fangs unnerving Snape slightly. "It appears it's time to make my entrance..." Snape took a step back and ripped his wand free when the princess exploded into a purple fog, shooting into the air and arcing towards the building.
Is it too much to ask to NOT to involve myself with these kinds of people? Snape sighed, drawing his palm down his face. He turned towards the Town Hall and began quickly walking after the princess, not at all eager to get involved.
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Twilight gulped, ears plastered against her skull, watching the spiraling purple mist coalesce into a black alicorn. Nightmare Moon stood, staring down at the crowd of ponies with a confident smile. "Oh, my beloved subjects...It's been so long since I've seen your precious little sun-loving faces!"
"Give us back the princess!" Rainbow Dash shouted, flying up to meet Nightmare Moon eye-to-eye. In return, the princess only chuckled.
"What, am I no longer royal enough for you? Does my crown no longer count now that I've been imprisoned for a thousand years?!"
"Seize her!" Mayor Mare ordered, hoof pointing to the fuming princess, "only she knows where the princess is!"
Nightmare Moon's eye caught the three pegasi guards attempting to rush her, causing her face to twist into a snarl. "Get back, you foals!" With a brilliant white glow of her eyes, dark clouds materialized in the room and shot bolts of lightning at the guards, causing them to seize up and drop out of the sky with simultaneous shrieks of pain. "Honestly, I'm surprised...this is the second time tonight I've not been given a proper welcome. Do none of you even know who I am?" Her sharp glare scanned the crowd, most of whom were trying to duck down out of sight.
"I do." Twilight stepped forward, trying and failing to fake confidence. "You're the Mare in the Moon...Nightmare Moon." Her voice wavered at the end, betraying just how terrified she was. In response, Nightmare Moon gave a small, dangerous smile.
"Ah, somepony who remembers me...then you remember why I'm here, correct?"
Twilight gulped. "You're here to...to..." She shut her eyes and lowered her head, unable to force the last words out.
Nightmare Moon chuckled, "remember this day, my little ponies, for it was your last! From this day forward, the night...shall last...forever!" Her ethereal mane and tail flared, swirling around the ceiling in massive coils and storm-clouds as she cackled.
Twilight slipped through the crowd, keeping low. Once she was at the door, she bolted out towards her library, missing Nightmare Moon making her way over the Everfree Forest. Rainbow gave chase to the princess, but the wispy trail of purple was long gone before she even got in the air.
Twilight galloped hard as she could through the night, the pitch darkness blinding her. So it was an honest mistake when she ran headfirst into a wall of blackness, sending herself and the obstacle tumbling to the ground. Twilight gave an indignant squawk at the unexpected interference, while Snape only grunted in discomfort and irritation. Twilight shook her head free of cobwebs before glaring down at an equally annoyed Snape, his eyebrows furrowed and lips curled into an aggravated sneer. "Nightmare Moon refrained from attempting to trample me, I would appreciate it if you extended the same courtesy."
Hopping off Severus with a startled whinny, Twilight turned to glare daggers at him. "Wait...you saw her and you didn't DO anything?!"
Snape stood, dusting off his robes. "I'm not in the habit of taking unnecessary risks. However I did gather some interesting information."
Turning to continue galloping down the road, she called out, "tell me when we get to the library, come on!"
Snape sighed and made to follow at a more sedate pace. I'm getting too old for this...
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Your chapters should be longer. Need Moar!
4999199 But I get them out one a day. Calm thine tits.
You do a really good Snape, my friend. His foul mood really puts a smile on my face. I can't wait for you to get throught the pilot so you can start subjecting him to day to day pony life. It will be as abysmal for him as it is so glorious for us.
I love how you portray Snape in this fic. Sarcastic, stating the obvious, and overall just like the books. Guaranteeing a good read every chapter.
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Well then, we need to do something to make days go by faster by decreasing the amount of time our minds perceive as a day.
4999251 Considering how similar Snape's usual demeanor is to my own, this is so easy it's borderline self-insert.
I'm a sarcastic, foul-tempered, snide, abrasive asshole, and I revel in making people feel stupid when they act stupid.
Hakuna your tatas
Snape, you are the last person to lecture anyone on being over dramatic, Mr Robes-Billowing.
4999285 "That's it, Simba...Hakuna my tatas."
4999215
But it feels like I'm being spoon fed. I'm a speed reader, so it took me less than a minute to read the chapter....
Dear Vlad.
Huh, that conversation went alot more civil then I thought it might go in my head. Granted I imagined Snap riding a robotic T-Rex in said image, but alot more civil none the less. But in all seriousness, NMN really either takes him seriously, or considers him a threat. Which is huge ass mistake numero uno!
Sincerely Yours The Cake Devil.
P.S. What would happen if Snap broke his wand?
Could he possibly make a new one or have that one fixed?
4999312 THAT...is gonna be a major plot-point later, and I don't want to spoil it.
4999215 Negative! I prefer for mine tits to be agitated at all times! >:[
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4999324 Your agitated tits are nothing to my rustled jimmies.
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IF only i read more slowly! BUT its still awesome that you riding the writers imagination high and were getting 2 chapters ad day as i said before. Soon my beautiful little computer, you shall process chapter 7 if we are luckey!
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Wow wow, easy man, don't do anything drastic! Let me just reach into my coat and-shusha!
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Hoping to see some divergence soon
I like how Snape and Moonie get along better than he does with normal ponies. Maybe he should think of throwing in with the bad guys again?
4999299 I feel the same. After battling through a few 10k-15k chapters on a regular basis, this feels...weak. I'd let a few chapters pile up before reading, but I don't have that kind of self discipline with a concept this intriguing.
Suggestion; update every 2 days, but with longer chapters?
4999405 Sure. Why not, I'll try.
While I'm certainly looking forward to what happens next, there is still the fear that everything will remain unchanged. That despite Snape's presence, everything will go exactly according to canon, with a few changes to have Snape appear in the canon sequences. I hope you don't go down that route.
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If I were Snape, I'd be sick and tired of dealing with complicated plots within plots by now. After all, the last time he was a double-(triple? Quadruple?) -agent, he got killed. The last thing I'd do in a new land that's in the middle of a succession crisis, is pick a side. I imagine he'll be waiting this one out to see who wins, and going from there. If NMM wins, it'd be good not to get himself black-listed this early on, wouldn't it? Same goes for if she looses.
A tear shed for a lack of Snape and Nightmare Moon working together.
4999408 Put out new chapters whenever you want to.
Personally, I like the current 'short but frequent' rate
4999442 Considering the fact that Snape will likely try to actively avoid getting pulled into the ponies' "various foolish activities", it will likely be CLOSE to the canon, with a gradual taper-off the further along the story goes.
At 38?
4999714 Yes. At 38.
4999549 I think he's learned that despots offer horrible dental plans by now. XD
4999728 The more crap you deal with, the "older" you get.
4999757
Aww, thanks! My only concern is that people outside the Rage Reviews group might assume that the Badge Gets are entirely insults, but I just intend them as fun -- as That One Site says, TropesAreNotBad.
I do intend to make more, as and when I get ideas for them.
4999780 Harry single-handedly aged Snape ten years by the end of his first year.
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>Breaks his wand
>Needs a new one out of magic tree and hair of unicorn
>Bugs Twilight for it
Yeah, it's gonna be good.
4999745 No, he's just English.
4999834 A wand made out of the element tree.
I want Snape to say something like this when he reencounters NM.
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4999199 I disagree. I think they're perfectly bite sized. A breath of fresh air compared to some other stories. Never write a chapter or story looking for a word length, only a story length.
I know that Snape is sarcastic but he can't be sarcastic all the time. There will basically be a point where he has to get serious(even though he's serious all the time.)
So what are the chances of Snape using the killing curse on Nightmare Moon?(why wouldn't he?)
I agree with you, shadow bolt.
AVADA KADABRA!
Why can we only give one upvote?
Damnit, Snape should've blasted her with his mlg pro skills when she was flying away!
one too many "to"s
5000071 How many times did Snape cast that spell in canon? I only remember the once, against an elderly, disarmed opponent who was weakened by a wasting curse over the better part of a year and exhausted from fighting off a horde of Inferi under the effects of whatever that potion in the basin was, all while rescuing the resident idiot-in-distress. We know Snape is pretty damn cunning, but I think Riddle would have offed him sooner if Snape had been powerful enough to be a danger to him. Not to mention, lethal force isn't Snape's MO if he can help it.
4999312 Snape has more experience in appeasing megalomaniacal narcissists than most people do eating.
4999398 Last time he did that, he got killed. Literally. After over a decade of carefully calculated espionage and sabotage. I don't think he's going to be renewing his minion license anytime soon.
I can't wait to see Snape fly.
All I can hear in my head is Alan Rickman, and it is awesome.
I can only imagine Twilight becoming more like him, and the both of them walking down the street in matching black robes, sneering at everyone.
4999834 If he breaks his wand after Twilight's Ascension (if the story even goes this far), then he's going to need to bug Rarity for it as Twilight will be an alicorn. THAT will be pretty good.
Write the story the way you want to write it -- pushing for some artificial chapter length because a couple of people want to avoid reading every other day is a bad thing. If anything, getting a chapter every day keeps the chapters coming. It certainly worked for austraeoh.
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However, generally speaking, chapters encapsulate single plot points and are semantically distinct from the other chapters. Having longer chapters lets you develop A more before you move on to B. It's all about pace.