9: …. And the Dream
“Lauren?” a familiar voice called out in the distance.
“Lauren? Where art thou?” Lauren opened her eyes. She seemed to be lying on a cloud that was high up in the night sky.
“Lauren, speak to us! Where didst thou go?”
“Uh, hello?” she called out. Lauren wasn't sure if this was a good idea or not, but she didn't feel scared.
“Lauren? Is it thou?” the voice was coming closer. Lauren got up from the light, fluffy but still solid material. As far as she could see there were either clouds or the starry night that had the moon at its fullest. “Lauren?” This time the voice was coming from right below her feet. She looked down to find a horn sticking right in front of her a few feet away. Stepping back, the horn gave way to a head. A blue one at that, it was the other princess.
“Lauren! Thank our moon that We found thee!” She jumped out of the cloud to embrace her. The Princess of the Night gave her a crushing hug. Even though the air from Lauren’s lungs wasn't getting oxygen, she waved her hands around trying to signal her to stop.
“Oh! Sorry.” Luna let her go with a blush, remembering how strong she really is and let her mother breathe. “Oh Lauren, We have been so scared that We might have lost thee.”
“Why are you talking like that?” Lauren asked now having air in her lungs again.
At first, the dark alicorn was confused until she realized, “Oh. Forgive us- I mean, forgive me for my speech. I am still struggling to grasp ‘modern speech’ as they say. But back to more important matters, are you alright?”
“I… I guess so.”
“We- I have heard about what had happened between you and my sister.”
“She hates me, doesn't she?”
This surprised Luna, “This seems a bit, contradictory child. What makes you say that?”
“Well, she yelled at me didn't she?”
“Lauren, I believe you misunderstood. As I was told, she reacted that way because she was worried about you.”
“But she didn't give me a chance to tell her why Spike and I were there.”
“Why were you there anyway?” Luna asked, changing the subject.
“You guys were taking so long with your meeting that Spike said we can grab some donuts real quick and be back before you got done. I was going to tell your sister about it, but she wouldn't listen. Why is it that grown-ups don’t want to listen?”
Luna put a hoof to her chin in thought, “I don’t know if I would answer this right, but perhaps it may be because that those ‘grown-ups’ such as Celestia didn't listen is because that she might care for you so much that they assume they know everything that you need without asking. To your credit, you're right, she should have listened to what you had to say beforehoof - but she is regretful that she had let her emotions get the best of her to hurt you. She is seeking forgiveness from you.”
Lauren looked up, unsure whether or not she could believe what she was hearing. “Is she really?”
“Of course, don’t you think she’s sorry for what she’s done?”
“Well… Not really.”
“Oh? And why is that?”
“I don’t know whenever people say they’re sorry that they really mean it.”
Luna tilted her head quizzically. “I don’t follow.”
“Has anyone ever told you that they’re sorry for something but they not because they end up doing the same thing over and over again? When one of my brothers ripped the nose off of my favorite toy, a Snoopy doll, he said that he was sorry, but he kept breaking my other toys so I try to hide them away from him.”
“You really think that no one is ever truly sorry?”
“I don’t think I've ever met one who ever is.”
Luna then got down on the cloud to lay on her stomach. “Lauren, may I tell you a story?” Confused, Lauren let her continue by giving a few nods. “Once upon a time, there were two sisters who ruled in a kingdom called Equestria. One ruled the day had the duty to raise the sun. While the other ruled over the night, and she was in charge to raise the moon as well as to place the stars in the sky. At first, the two sisters ruled their kingdom in harmony. But the eldest sister, who ruled the day, was seen by their subjects as a great and wise ruler. The other, however, was hardly ever given a compliment. Not by her leadership skills, not for her wisdom, not for her night, or even to keep nightmares away. She had for so long had gone without a word of appreciation that she wondered why. She found out that many, if not all of her subjects were always asleep, never to give wonder to her, or her night.
“Night by night, bitterness grew in her. She asked herself, ‘Why is it, that my older sister is getting all the attention and not me? Why is it that I have gone for so long without anyone so much as giving me a single word about the great art I put out night after night?’ She tried turned to her sister, but she was so engulfed in her subjects, her endless parades of praise, enwrapped in her glory that she too ignored her. This broke her little sister's’ heart as you can imagine. She cried, thinking to herself that she was completely useless and felt betrayed from every single pony around her.
“It was then, in her moment of feeling invisible that spirits came to her. These spirits gave her false promises that if she gave into them, not only will they’ll make things right for her, but they’ll make Equestria appreciate her night by making it last for all eternity. In her bitterness, she agreed. One night she called out her sister so she can have the spirits do the rest. What the little sister didn't expect, is that these spirits took over her body, shaping her form into something dark. And even against her will, they use her body as a puppet to try to kill her sister. But her elder sister had with her the Elements of Harmony, which is the very source of all of the magic in Equestria, and, regretfully, used them to banish her own sister to the moon. It is on the moon where she stayed for a thousand years.
“During that time, the younger sister blamed the spirits for having her end up there. But the spirits used their silver tongues to justify that neither of them is at fault, but it was her elder sister and her kingdom that has betrayed them. So for a thousand years, the only company she had was the spirits that added the fire to her rage.
“When a thousand years came and went, she escaped from her prison back into her kingdom to retake Equestria. However, amongst her bitterness, amongst her threats and determination, six very brave mares stood up and together, they banished these dark spirits from the younger sister forever. But now, with the spirits gone and have been given back control over her own body, she was weak. And then, came her elder sister, whom she thought that after all this time, she too might have developed a grudge against her. That in that weakened state, she may deliver the final strike. But her surprise, that was not what happened.”
“Then what happened?”
“The elder sister wished that they would put the bitterness behind them so that they could be family once more, and asked her younger sister to forgive her for what pain that she had caused her. You could only imagine the tears that formed in her eyes when she heard those words as she accepted it. As well as asking her to forgive her transgressions she caused. Now, do you know who these sisters in the story are?”
Lauren thought for a moment, “I’m not sure.”
“The little sister was me. Lauren, I for one do believe that anyone can not only be forgiven, but they do mean when they say, ‘I’m sorry’. Lauren, I am asking you- no, I am begging you, please, forgive my sister. I know her, she did not mean to make you cry. She didn't mean to make you run away from us. Please, come back.”
“Well…” Lauren paused. With a sigh, she relented, “Alright, can you promise that she will listen to me?”
Luna smiled, “Of course. Now, Lauren, wake up.”
“What?”
“I said, wake-”
_*_
“-up. Lauren, please wake up.” Lauren opened her eyes. She found that she was once again in Celestia’s room, in Celestia’s bed, with Celestia herself sitting beside it.
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Yay she forgave celestia
5343478 Hold on, she hasn't said those words to her yet.
like it
stay classy
Might want to read over this chapter out loud. It's peppered with mistakes.
5343553 Mistakes? Of course it has mistakes, but is it beautiful?
CHANGE IT< CHANGE IT RIGHT NOW. DO NOT GO THE PARASITE ROUTE!
5343618 Definitely. And I was talking about just the one chapter. The rest are perfectly acceptable.
At the end of this chapter i felt like luna tricked lauren into forgiving celestia
5343481
Well, hopefully Lauren and Celestia will patch things up.
nice
Nice. While there are some mistakes, this...
I think I laughed harder than I should have.
5344493 Thanks for catching that, let me fix that.
5343720
Are you going to complain about this in every story that goes the possession route with Luna/Nightmare Moon?
The whole possession thing is the more excepted version of events and was even made canon in the comics. I'm not saying you have to like it, but you really need to just accept the fact that other peoples fanfiction will deviate from your personal headcanon.
5344760 Because again it weakens Luna and even a guy who reviews the comics said this was a bad comic. Canon is show pure and simple. I the reason I say that is i don't want to stop reading this story. It is the author's choice but if the parasite route is here then I'm gone.
Still happy I got to see Lyra in this story Cant wait to see how the rest of the story plays out
5344774
Well, maybe you have a valid point or two, but I don't think you should drop this story over such a minor detail. It is unlikely to come up in the story again and does not seem important to the overall story.
5344774 show is only primary canon. Nothing can refute the show. The comics are secondary canon, and can only be refuted by the show. Tertiary canon is the merchandise, and at the bottom of the pile are headcanons like yours.
Hurrah!
Luna visiting people is almost like Inception. ALMOST.
5343169 I never get the spelling right myself, so I thought that was correct. Also, I guess it would help to have some background knowledge of the original show, heh.
5345130 Give this guy a cookie! He's brilliant!
#NonSarcasticApplause
5346215
I blame autocorrect.
5345130 well my head canon aligns with show. Never once in the show was NMM ever considered to be the result of a parasite. Why would Luna feel so guilty in Luna Eclipse if she was possessed the entire time as Nightmare Moon. NMM being Luna's alternate personality is the stronger and more logical route and the whole Nightmare Rarity comic should be ignored.
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5345130
5344760 Why are you three still going on about this debate when I'm not going to bring this up again? Besides, this is about Lauren, not Nightmare Moon, it isn't that kind of a story. (Talking to myself) Now, back to work.
5346450 because the route is just that bad. Luna's confession would have more meaning if NMM was her not a parasite and would much better with your story.
5346477 (Sigh) Okay, before I say anything, answer me two questions. First, have you during this whole time stop to think why I would put it there to begin with? And second, in your own terms, define parasite. I don't want to argue, I'm trying to understand from your point of view.
5346498 to me Nightmare moon came sole from Luna, no outside force taking over and altering her. To me Luna and NMM are like Batman's Two Face. Different sides of the same person. I get what Luna is trying to do here. Lauren doesn't beleive anyone truly apologizes for their actions as in this case her brother keeps breaking her stuff. Luna is trying to show that she is for real as she tries to amend for what NMM did. the Parasite route she can say she wasn't responsible for her actions. but altenate persona she is fully responsible and thus works better with what Luna is trying to convey here.
5346590 I agree. From my point of view, the reason why I wrote it like that wasn't necessarily because of the comics (although it was an influence, I admit). The reason why is that, have you noticed that in Luna's story, those spirits/parasites never forced her to become NNM? She agreed to let them "help" her without giving a second thought. And even after she's been banished to the moon, Luna does blame them for ending up there but they convinced her that she (or they) are truly at fault here. One may argue that the whole parasite thing maybe a kind of allegory for gaining power from the wrong crowd and influence to fit their agenda. And after they were purged from Luna, she's powerless and realizes that she's made an incredibly dumb mistake.
But now with your point of view really coming to light, I'm now torn on what exactly to do with Luna's story.
I wonder if Luna will freak out now that she knows that Lauren is her mother as a child?
Dream chapter, cool
I had the feeling that this was going to happen - a recursive paradox. Lauren creates the Fourth Generation of MLP because she met them at a later point along their time-line and they told her their stories! Discord would love an irresolvable paradox like this, let alone The Doctor!
5351159 Perhaps Doctor Whooves with Discord as a companion.
THEE. It should be "Thee" here, not "thou". It's like the difference between "who" and "whom", but I am too tired to go into detail on that at the moment.
6647328 Fixed.