Nightmare Moon survives the Elements' power and takes Twilight as her prisoner. Now, the alicorn queen must establish her monarchy and defend her rightful place as queen against those that oppose her.
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Damn Peppy. Pretty much every chapter I read comes up just as I am going to bed. Every single one. You sure know how to keep a guy up at night!
Love this chapter! Yay for shipping! I was really surprised by the random minotaur. Was pretty neat. Great story so far and it just keeps getting better!
My only complaint is that I am slowly turning nocturnal
KS
Possibly one of the most random plot twists I've seen recently... but... okay. We can roll with it. I've not once heard minotaurs being mentioned in conjunction with MLP or this story, but alright.
Other than that the shipping hints and dialogue leading up to this point were getting repetitive and boring, so I'm glad that is moving on. Although it was as if you were trying to throw in some more just to annoy us before showing their true feelings.
This kind of thing was what I mean if you don't quite follow my point
“Love me? I am your Queen. It is your duty to love me. Is that not all it is?” She continued to gauge Twilight’s emotions through the link and could feel a warmth building in her chest. “I can feel your soul through our connection and, despite what I believe; I can feel something different from you. What is it?”
It was cute the first time and a good point to build on the second time, but 2/3/4 per chapter was getting to me :P
Anyways. Despite my pet peeves and individual complaints. I have enjoyed this story thus far and probably will continue to do so. Will be anxiously awaiting the next chapter.
177256 Woo! twenty percent jokes are the BEST jokes.
177631 [insert evil grin here] Gooood. Gooood. That has been my plan all along~
177638 Minotaurs were never mentioned because nopony thought to mention them. They aren't typically social creatures and tend to stick to their own lands. Unlike zebras, they aren't closely related to the ponies and, unlike the griffons, aren't openly hostile with them. Also I like minotaurs. They're awesome. What can I say? I certainly put in much less of the hints than I wanted to. I'm unfortunately very into romance and I quite like stuff like that, but I also know not everypony does as you said yourself. The point with the Nightmare Moon thing though was that she, as she had said, was merely accepting it as the love she should have for her as her queen. Kinda like reverence and such. She finally fully realized what was going on after this. At least we won't have to worry about little hints anymore though since she's come to terms with the 'straaaaaaaaannnnnnge feeeeeeeeliiiiiiiiiiingss'
It's ten at night and I was going to bed when I decided to check my list, glad that I did
Did not see that twist, can not wait for tonto and jan to pick this story to pieces with their walls of text
177665 I know. They need to be not asleep or whatever it is they're doing right now.
177699 I'll fix it.
And when I finished, I said, "Fuck yeah, romance!" The power of love!
Huzzah! another chapter!! the reading has been doubled!! :D
indeed
I have to say this story has surprised me, while the few clop parts aren't my thing the story and character development are exceptional. I hope that Twilight's end up seeing Nightmare Moon as non-evil like Twilight does and that it doesn't take something like Nightmare Moon dying to save Twilight to do it. I like your take on Nightmare Moon; not evil, cold yes, calculating yes, but not full on evil. I can even see at some point that she might even try to work things out with Celestia.
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*Me* - Wakes up and see's the new update at 12am
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Ok so first things first, Those damn dirty Griffins. You just gave me a lot of material to work with for the chapter when Tick Tock invades the Griffon country. Especially when he discovers the Pony farms. Yeah this story got really grim just there. Sure we had carnivorous Griffins eating what in theory are semi-sentient animals like Pigs, Sheep woodland critters etc. But now we know they actually eat Ponies and that they farm them no less, welllll I can't see Nightmare sparing many of them from extinction. I wonder if the queen would confront Gilda about it? You can't really look at someone the same way knowing they once ate Pony meat, a known intelligent species.
Minotaurs, fit in with the MLP universe, or this Dark version of it at the very least. I mean we have Manticores and Griffins two hybrid species. Why not Minotaurs too? They certainly sound much more frightening and battle ready then Diamond Dogs. And now Nightmare Moon can leverage the Zebra's into helping by pointing out that once the Griffins enslave Ponykind, what's to stop them from wanting to sample Zebra meat and do the same to them too? Also Minotaurs seem like excellent shock troops and nature's battering rams. Now all the Herbivore species need to unite and lead a crusade against the griffinspawn. (I need to stop thinking about Dragon Age XD)
Cloudy and tart also seem to have hit it off really well. We can only hope for the best in these times of war, but I'm optimistic. Especially considering their initial meeting. Also Nightmare Moon and Twilight seem to have hit it off really well in the carriage especially when reflecting on the Elements and their feelings for one another.
Just one thing I want to see now... The invasion of the Griffon lands. We will make those feathery b******* pay for every scrap of land they invaded and every pony they harmed or killed.
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I have been following this story since it first appeared on fun, and though it take a few months u glad I am still tracking. I always had a thing about seeing twilight and Luna together (since they are both my favorite ponies). I always thought of Moon as Luna just overcome with strong feelings with is way I also tend to like moonlight fic. Though I had my UPS and downs with this version of Nightmare I gald to see it all come together now. I'm glad that this has become my main story to track.
Okay, just finished reading it (even though I've had it open in a tab since it went lo-- I mean live) and all I have to say is D'AWWWWWWWW (really need that twicry emote, only cry emote that can come close to effective for this chapter) Night loves Twi too... And it only took her something like 6 chapters to admit it... 120% adorable.
And I hope that things work out for Cherry (won't ever call her by the other half of her name, because it's wrong to say that to a lady (least where I live anyway)) and Cloudy, because boy does Cloudy need to show more affection, she's cute when she cares. And hope Cherry becomes good friends with Moonie. Not only does Cherry need it, Moonie does too, give everyone a break.
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Ciao for now!
PS: Peppy, can you put me down yet? I'm sick of floating over the edge of a cliff and the lack of control is making me freak out a lot now... It's been a day already, I learned my lesson, just put me down, please??
177872 Woot! Thank ye. I try my hardest to please
177877 Not a bad thing to think about. Dragon Age is an epic game. But ya, she was going to ask the zebras since they are so closely related, but the whole griffon bucking it up thing kinda ruined that. Luckily minotaurs save the day! I guess minotaurs would be akin to ogres in DA. Amazing tanks capable of decimating armies. But much less evil. Hah, funny thing about the MoonLight in there. I was going to leave it off with Nightmare standing over Twilight just as her magic was beginning to weaken. But that'd have been pure evil. Nothing new for me though, I guess. Revenge will certainly be Nightmare's though. In the end at least.
Gah! Every time I post a reply you guys comment more! *huffs and walks away*
177884 Glad you're still with me. Yeah, this Nightmare is certainly a cruel creature at the beginning, but nothing a bit of care and devotion can't change right? Quite pleased that you so like the story
177889 I saw what you were about to do there, you sneaky sneaky thing you. Tart is the name of a treat my good friend and shall only be used as such in this fiction and isn't really too bad compared to some names Whenever I write Cloudy being nice like that I keep imagining the scarred eye and laughing. Something about warm fuzzies and tough, scarred things together makes me giggle.
Fine.... I'll let you go this time, but don't think you'll be so lucky the next time. *sets on the ledge*
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. . .
You know, I could easily jump off this ledge again...
Just saying...
And I know you mean well, but it just stands out in my mind. I know there is worse to call a girl, but that doesn't justify it in my head. So I'll just call her Cherry. Not like her mother is going to need the name anyway...
lol Nice Cloudy is still something I need to get my head around... She's a pure-born hard-ass! Although I can sorta understand why she's being nice to Cherry and Moonie. They're too damn adorable to not be nice to. And it's not like she's meeting any guy any time soon, so adoption went on the table ^^, Unless she hooked up with Mac. THAT would be hilarious. Their kids would be tank! Just balls of miniature muscle XD And don't mind me, I'm going off into my own tangent here...
And on that note, I leave you with this!!
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(/me just realises that rather than using the img button, he could have coded it himself. Silly filly!)
Ciao for now (even though it's 12:21, I am SO not gonna sleep tonight. Had a nap after dinner.)
Peppy, many bronies are going to die because of your hnnnngg inducing story. Can you continue living with that knowledge? Huh? Huh?
Also, minotaurs are awesome;) A bit random, but still awesome.
There's just one thing that seems strange. Why couldn't Nightmare fight off a little platoon of gryphons? Did her broken bones really exhaust her that much?
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Remember, this is around three days after Nightmare Moon resurrected Twilight. She was magically exhausted from that and then went on to forge the dragon bone gear on the same day that the ambush happened. It's no wonder why she couldn't fight the griffons off.
So let's see what's in this chapter...
- Cloudy finally gets the chance at motherhood that she was denied and Cherry Tart has someone to comfort her while she comes to grips with the fact that her mom is dead. I actually teared up a little at this part, it was extremely touching
- Twilight and Nightmare finally hit it off I'll admit to thinking this pairing was crazy initially (especially since Nightmares Don't Last Forever, which introduced me to the pairing, is a pretty crazy story by its own right), but when Nightmare finally came around, D'AAAWWWs ensued.
- Minotaurs, who for some reason are friendly to the usurper of Equestria and swears their allegiance to her for the upcoming war. Awesomeness
This might just be the best chapter so far. So touching and epic at the same time
Beautiful chapter! Twilight finally has her love returned!
Like what Pinkie Pie would say... TIME FOR A PARTY! *throws confetti*
178005 This.
178160 I like parties. Do I get to come?
Peppy. Y, U SO EPIC?!
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All right let's get things tarted here. So right off the bat I loved the way that you wrote the Cloudy Cherry section. Not just the blood sugar spiking bit between them aso good as that was. What really sets the scene is how unsure and apprehensive Cloudy is about all of this. She knows that she isn't able to give cherry her mother back but she is ready and wiling to do her best to be the care taker she needs.
What really struck me about this is her promising to never leave cherry then immidately realizing what she just did. As both the commander of the army and part of Nightmare's guard she WILL be facing combat it's just a matter of when not if.
The ineraction between the two of them felt very real. You can tell just how unsure of herself she is yet how hard she is working through that to do her best to cheer up Cherry. Though really I don't think that Cloudy should worry too much about this new aspect of her life she seemed to handle it quite well. What I think shows this best is how she handled things once Moon Beam entered the room. Two months dealing with her or not Moon beam is still very much a hooffull to deal with simpaly because of how enerjetic she is. really i think that Moon beam could tire out Pinkie Pie if given the chance. None the less Cloudy handled the situation well.
The trip to the zebra lands was done quite well. not only do we get the much awaited for confession of love between Twilight and Nightmare Moon, we also get something from them we haven't had in a while. A chance for them to have a good one on one coversation allowing them to air out not just the feelings they had for each other also resolve some issues between them. Most noteibly we get to find out IN STORY how Nightmare was able to beat the EoH, we also get to see Twilight bring up the issue of brook with Nightmare Moon.
I think that Twilight clearing the air about Brook is a very key issue in this chapter that might otherwise have gone overlooked. I can only imagin how much it weighed upon her might, and heart to keep that issue secret from nightmare Moon especaily after she realized just how much her queen truely means to her.
As for the confessions of feelings i felt that it was handled beautifuly. not only do we get an in depth discription of how twilight was able to realize how she came to understand her own feelings we also get to see just why Nightmare Moon was so confused by all of this. She from the little we have seen so far really only had her sister and that relationship was starting to strain through celestia's good intentioned but none the less somewhat ill advised efforts. This isolation that Luna was entrapped in was so all encompacing that we have been given implacations that she was considering animating a doll to have as a companion.
Once Nightmare was able to understand that twilight didn't just love her as a subject lovers her ruler, but loved her as a friend and beyond that as a for lack of a better term mate, she was able to fully apprecate just WHY Twilight does what she does for her. This is shown through her being willing not only to endure broken wings for Twilight but also being unwilling to abandon someone was is truely precious to her even at the cost of her own life. I turly pitty any that would attempt t seperate these twwo from each other, death itself couldn't do it I doubt that a mortal can do so either.
Minotuars really arn't too out of context for MLP. From what I recall of chad Rocco's retrospective on the MLP franchise as a whole there was a Minotuar villian in Geniration one, granted the rainbow of light exploded him into confettie but still he did exist for a while. Then think about some of the other mythical critters running around, dragons, griffons, unicorns, pegasi, cocktrace, manticores, timber wolves, the ursas. parasprites(i.e. flying tribbles), river serpents, phenixes, and windegos. So really I don't see a problem with Minotuars showing up especialy after I found out that Hasbro own D&D.
Though I will admit that I'm well and truely shocked that they Minotuars will so ready side with Nightmare Moon. There has to be a reason for this and I will be looking forword to find it out as Peppy has yet to dissapoint with requards to the story here.
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I hope that was overanalitical enough for you all.
177877 What, me confessing your feelings about Rainbow Dash to 178216 (whose wall was great, as always) wasn't awesome enough?
Better yet, another awesome chapter! Now that we have all those mush feelings out, the fun stuff can really begin!
The minotaurs were a pleasant twist, definitely a surprise worth waiting for.
A nice snuggly moment with Cloudy and CT(compromises!), and I'm more than sure we're going to see Moon Beam hovering around CT some more, as well.
I don't know how well my previous statement of "she rarely gets to see somepony her own age" stands up now Ah well, It'll work out.
Keep up the great work Peppy, Jekyll, and Kasa!
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Thanks, I completely forgot that she needs some time to regenerate ;)
Alright, so this story diverges from MLP episodes season 1 and 2, hence the reason for Twilight not meeting Gilda and Zecora before. But I have a question: does Twilight know Discord? When NMM mentions Discord Twilight does not seem to ask the queen who she is. So in your story Twilight has at least read of the spirit of Disharmony in books?
And getting more interesting. Now it makes me wonder what would be the reason for minotaurs to be the NMM's ally.
Mightyfinemorning, This diveges at the end of Episode Two of season 1. So yes the events of cannon are for the most part out the window at this point. As doe why Twilight didn't ask about Discord, well either she already knows about him (a pretty sound possiblity given how much of a devoted schalor is.) or she didn't feel the need to ask about him at the moment. After all the both of them had enough to worry about between the war, Nightmare's reputation with the populas at large, needing to ask for outside aid, and thier feelings for each other.
Reblefire, Thanks man and as always I enjoyed your little side story.
On an unrelated note if the Hobbit movie turns out to be a bust I'll be ranting about it for the next year.
178216 Yep. Minotaurs will be explained next chapter. Well, their willingness to aid will be. That's exactly what I was trying to do with Cloudy and Tart when I was writing that out. She had so desperately wanted to be a mother back before the griffon/Celestia incident and this has given her a chance. She knew that she could never fully replace Jubilee but still wants to try and help raise her.
I figured that now would be an excellent time for an explanation of the Elements from Nightmare given the opportunity the two had to talk. The confession was definitely something that Nightmare hadn't been entirely prepared for. She was expecting nothing more than a confirmation of Twilight's devotion and such not a full gushing of emotion. As for those that thought the kiss towards the end was sudden, (if you do) she was starting to come to the conclusion that she had feelings for Twilight right before the griffon interrupted her.
178265 Moonie will certainly be a pillar of strength for CT in the time to come.
178511 Yay we get to hear about Minotaurs, I hope they have a massive culture of Moon worshipping servants, willing to fight and die for Queen Moon, twelve foot tall warriors are awesome. Let's hope they don't have some sort of problem with Zebra's or Queen Moon will have trouble getting assistance from them.
178265 Reb Totally sorry I missed your little sub-fic side story update. Peppy had the next chapter out by the time I woke up this morning so I never knew it was out. until now.
You gave me feelings for RD? admittedly she is my favourite Pony, (You devilish mind reader. STAY OUT OF MY THOUGHTS! Or I will inflict a whole new level of pain on Pyretread ) I enjoyed that little addition to the tale, why do I keep thinking Flying Spaghetti monster, every time I hear spaghetti incident.
Tonto, That would be my fault if you recall. I admitted that half the fun of noodle insodents is never finding out what really went on durring one, then on a whim brought up the possiblity of a pasta demon because i thought it would be kinda funny.
Peppy, huzzah! i still got the gift of specualtion! that or the gift of the lucky guess but meh I'm feeling like an optimist instead of a realist for once! Now I can only wonder what other little surprises you've got in store for us Peppy.
Mr_Redmond, Wait you mean you didn't bring repelling gear with you incase the author desided to suspend us from a cliff? I did but i tend to be rather paranoid so lucky break for me!
178649Eh no worries Janus. I'm learning lots today, for instance my entire homeland is apparently founded by Bronies. Don't believe me? Then explain why Scotland's Royal coat of Arms is supported by Unicorns.
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Tonto, Because of the old poem about the Lion and the Unicorn fighting for the crown? Granted time traviling bronies would be te cooler explenation. Oh why did I do that to myself now I'm going to be pondering about time travel logistics of that for the rest of the day! Damn you TV TROPES this kinda thing didn't used to happen before I started checking out your site!
178689 Yeah but Unicorns were in loads of noble family emblems from Scotland for years beforehand. Hence Scotland has had Bronies for the last couple of hundred years . Then again Time Travelling Bronies sounds perfectly reasonable, TvTropes why U full of so many tropes?.
Funny thing, it was my younger brother that pointed out the Unicorns and Brony connection. He does have quite the imagination.
There's so much talk and speculation on the now taking off TwiMoon relationship, appearance of minotaurs, etc. My noticeable point of curiosity, however, is how did the gryphons know about the trip to begin with? With a force of 38 gryphons (37 plus the resident loudmouth), they knew exactly who they were attacking. Did our little spy get the details to them? Was the attack on Dodge Junction meant to spur this reaction from NMM, and they'd just been waiting?
Also, for NMM's bolt throwing skills to start faltering after only a few casts, she really must have burned quite a bit of magic molding that dragon bone. She just hides her exhaustion really well. Years of practice, I'm sure.
Tonto, Admittedly I don't know much about history outside of a few feilds that caught my intrest. to be honest I only even know about that poem because of Batman TAS and Through the Looking glass.
Peppy, you've done it again! I love this story, really good character development, grammar, spelling, plot, (NOT the dirty kind. ) and details! Keep doing what you're doing, and I shall explode twice.
179014 Don't doubt it, it's science!
Revlefire, Real scince or Dexter's Lab scince?
179512 Yes indeed Science. I should know, I graduated from the Dr.Insano institute of Mad Science amongst such respectable names as Dr.N Gin, Dr.Feelgood & Dr. Lambent Link.
Edit: 4am And I just finished Chapter 8 of my Assassin's Story After That Fateful Night - The Assassins Story: Chapter 8
179002 They watch the castle at all times. Even though guards are posted it doesn't mean they can see everything. Plus they know what Nightmare's personal carriage looks like.
Freakin awesome peppy, I found this through your nightlight group, and it's kept me entertained all night. And what a chapter to get caught up on! My favorite chapter yet!
180979 Glad you enjoyed it. I'm currently working on ch 27 so you won't have to wait long for the next!
177663 Yeah, minotaurs are cool. It's also nice to see a usually evil creature put into a more positive light (Taurens from WOW don't count).
178667 You, sir/madam, have blown my mind.
181731 I'm a sir. And I agree Tauren don't count This will be more mind blowing though link
181885 Advertise your story more, eh?
anyway, time for more fun!
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The two foals came running down the great hall towards the throne carrying their trays loaded with pancakes....
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The author looked at the screen. How many times had he typed that line, over and over? He'd lost count shortly after it hit double digits. All the same, it meant one thing: he was stuck. He sighed, and scrolled up to the story above. Cherry Tart. The new filly, while adorable and an interesting plot development, had thrown off his side story completely. He hadn't seen it coming, and had no way of compensating. And then, even in this chapter, she didn't have much interaction. Granted, she had clung to Cloudy, but he could hardly have her that clingy a year afterwards, especially with Moon Beam around.
He shook his head as another grating headache started up. He'd never had this many so often. What was going on? Wit ha sigh, he pinned it on the pent up frustration. He certainly couldn't pin it on the author of the story, even if it was his writing that was driving him crazy.
A sudden exhaustion filled him. He looked over at the clock, and saw that it was only 7pm, but every part of him was telling him to go lay down, go sleep. Figuring he would be over his block when he woke up, he walked to his room, and slumped into his bed. He was asleep before he even hit the bed.....
181961 Literary Genius right there , Why didn't you just write Cherry was in the library? Being tutored by her new mom
And I'm not gonna advertise the story anymore, much as I'm tempted to, because then I'll seem like a greedy, attention stealing fiend. So I will make that the last time I advertise my story in the comments... For the next month
Reble, Having fun with the fourth wall i see, still it was amusing as always.
Tonto, Ah well I can understand abit of that. Much as I like to write my walls and my own side story i agree this is peppy's show so he gets the spotlight. Speaking of shameless selfpromotion here's the next little bit of my own little tail. Not as long as I was hoping for but I figured I found a good stopping point.
A few hours later found the two at a small bar only a few blocks away from the theater. Seated at the end of the bar near the entrence to the building. Phile’s ears kept twitching at the level of noise in the room, or rather the lack there of. It was after ten in the evening and aside from Phile, Quarter Note, the bartender there were only about five other ponies in the building.
“You really need to learn how to relax kid. Sure the place is a little empty but that’s to be expected, between the draft picking up speed and the new unending night tourist trade has been hit prety hard.” Quarter said lazy looking around the room nodding to the bartender upon catching his eye.
“I have my reasons not the least of witch being that I’m not the type to drink in privet much less in public. To be honest I’d feel a lot better if Beeker was here.” Phile replied his ears still upright and alret to the sounds of the area around him.
“Who’s Beeker, he a friend of yours or something?” Quarter asked gesturing the bartender over to them. When he arrived Quarter simpaly asked for a bottle of the uasle and two glasses. Nodding his acknowledgment the bartender left to get the requested items.
“Beeker’s a cusin of mine he’s a few years younger then me, however he’s always good to have around when he’s in town infrequent as that is.” Phile began pausing to allow the bartender to drop off the large bottle and two shotglasses before he continued. “His talent is the ability to make himself and others invisible for short amounts of time, though really I just enjoy having him around we get along quite well and given his apprence and line of work ponies tend to leave us alone when we hang out around town.” Phile supplied.
“Oh wow, I’d put that skill of his to good use heh.” Quarter sniggered then quickly poured the both of them a drink before he continued. “ So what’s his line of work anyway he a spy or something?” Quarter asked taking a sip from his glass.
“I’m going to ignore your crack about his talent because I’ve made the same joke. As for his profession I guess you can call him a guide of sorts. He spends most of his time in the deeper parts of the everfree studying the more exotic plantlife there, however he also leads travlers through the lighter parts of the forset for a price. Normaly it’s merchents looking for a qucker route from A to B sometimes it’s herbalists who want to get some magical plants for use in alchemy or medicen. “ Phile explained he then grabbed hold of his glass and brought it to his muzzle to take a quick sip himself pausing once he got a whiff of it’s cotents.
“Wow, Zapp Apple Cider, are you sure you don’t want me to split the cost on this?” He inquired turning to face Quarter Note.
“No, I’m trying to make up for being such a jerk after all. Though I’ll admit I’m a bit shocked that you knew what this was by sent alone and were aware of just how pricy it is. Speaking of that how do you know that I never picked you as a conissure.” Quarter replied waving off the matter.
“that would be Beeker again while he spends most of his time in the Everfree I know he makes it a habit to show up at the local Apple farm whenever the Zapp apples are in bloom, or for cider season. Granted I doubt he goes out of his way to talk with them much beeker hates shopping , yet I’ve never known him to pass on either Zapp Apple or regualer cider. And whenever he’s in town he always shows up to share a bottle and tales of his lateest adventures with me.” Phile said taking a swig of his cider.
“Huh, you make it sound like he lives in Everfree Forest.”Quarter replied then finished his first glass and began filling it again. “If he does I could see why you’d want him around if you went out drinking why be weary of foul tempered barflies when you got someone like him around. I doubt that they’d be anywhere near as much trouble as timber wolves or manticores.”
He finished then took a swig from his second glass.
“For the most part he pretty much does. Normaly he spends about three quarters of the year there
between his personal research and his work as a guide. This year though I don’t know while on the one hoof I could see him turning up at my door step on hearth’s warming as normal inquring about the sun just up and dissapearing. On the other hoof he seems to have a knack for showing up at the wrong place at the wrong time. I’m worried that he’ll just stroll into town one day and find himself being swept up into the draft.” Phile explained finishing the rest of his drink then quickly refilling his glass as well.
“Not to be rude, but why aren’t you using your magic for that?” Quarter asked then continued abit nervously. “I know you can because I’ve seen you levitate your trombone case and walking stick before.”
“…I’m abit tired really I had to use a lot of magic yesterday and I’m taking it easy at the moment.” Phile said flatly then down his glass in one gulp before continuing. “ I’d rather not go into what I had to do, not yet atleast before coming into work this even let’s just say I had a rather un expected surprise this morning and leave it at that.” He finished his tone clearly stating that the subject was closed.
“That’s fair, we weren’t on the best of terms for a while and even I can tell that what ever happened is just not my buisness. Still though if you need help with anything just let me know I’ve got a lot to answer for, and so does Copperhorn. “ Quarter Note agreed filling Phile’s glass for him befor taking another swig from his own.
“If you don’t mid me aking where is your uncle anyway?” Phile wondered facinf the glass before him.
“Out in amung the Buffilo tribes at the moment. He always likes to vist the tribes this time of year to do what he can for him. I know he visits the Zebra nation as well in the fall, he used to visit the Griffons in the spring but he suddenly stopped that a few years ago won’t explain why though just tells me I’m better off not knowing about it whenever I ask him. Still I’m outraged he refused to help you out I don’t know whose’s the bigger coward though him for refusing to treat somepony in need or me for going along with it for a while. Coward or not I still admire him for travling the land helping so many beings out. Magic or no most unicorns his age don’t hall a small clinic around with them.” Quarter explained his words becoming increasingly bitter as he went on.
“Let’s change the subject before we say or do something we’ll regrett later.” Phile suggested pausing to take a drink as he pondered a new topic. “So, do you think the next debue will go over well?” he finaly asked.
“Oh yeah, between Waltz’s compisition, the talent the lot of us share and that little surprise you have in store I’m sure we’ll knock them all dead.” Quarter began before turning his focus back to his coworker. “Speaking of that you never did tell any of us what you’ve got in mind for the show. Though I’m guessing it’s magic related considdering you made arrangments for some medics to be on standby.” He noted his tone a mix of curousity and concern.
“I apprecate the effort but you’ll just have to wait for the big day like everypony else. Oh and don’t worry about the medics if I’ve learned anything after my avvident it’s to be cautious.” Phile said, then finishing his glass he spoke up once more. “Thanks for the drinks, and for coming clean about what was going on. I’d like to stick around a bit longer but I’d better get back home while I still can. I don’t need to tell you that zapp apple cider is rather strong stuff.” Phile replied reaching down to grab his walking stick.
“Heh yeah I get ya don’t need anymore trouble do you? Still though we’ll have to do this again some time.” Quarter agreed “I’ll hang around here for a bit longer befor heading out myself see you around later Phile.” He added before taking another drink from his glass.
It was after midnight by the time Phile got home. After making sure his door was locked he once more made the treck to his bedroom sighing to himself as he entered the mostly empty lab area of his home. Pushing aside his displeasue at what his recklessness had cost him he trotted into his room set down his trombone case and fell on his bed drifting to sleep seconds after his head met the pillow.
Once he awoke the next morning Phile quickly went about his morning as normal. After fixing himself a light breakfast of toast and orange juice he desided it was time to take soe action while it was a long shot, it was really the only chance he had if he was going to get anything resembling a fair hearing once his trial came up. So without delay he aquired qwill, ink, an evenlope and parchment the set to work.
‘To her Royal highness Queen nightmare Moon of Equestria. I know that you are a buisy mare so I’ll get right to the point of this missive so you can make your decision and focus on matter of greater importence. My name is Phile and I am to go up on trial in sevreal weeks, while I agree that I need to face the conciquences of my actions I would like to ask for a change of venu for the trial. I am quite certain that an unbiast judge could not be found in the city of Las Neighas, considdering the history this city has with the mofia. I thank you for your time and considderation your subject Phile.’
Once the ink had dried Phile carefully folded the parchment sealed it within it’s envelope addresed and stamped it. Once this task was complete he tucked it into a poket in his tuxiedo, grabbed his walking stick and made for the post office.
From the moment he left his home Phile had felt uneasy. Though he kept his ears alret he could hear no pony folloowing him. Yet the feeling, that he was being watched continued to huant him. Hoping to put this behind him as quickly as possible he increased his pace as much as he could without arising further suspion. Once he entered the post office and dropped the letter off in the proper delivery slot he felt somewhat better yet his feeling of unease would linger untill he arrived back at his home some time later.
Once home Phile began to practice once more being sure to mind the ticking and chimes of his clock as always. He hadn’t been late to work once in nearly three years and he had no intention of starting now. Throughout all of his time practicing he was somewhat tense. Why did he feel that he had been watched on the way to the post office? Was somepony really following him? Most importantly of all would his letter get to the queen? While the delivery ponies had a well earned reputation for seeing to it that the mail got through inspite of the weather all the reported attack on sky carridges lately didn’t sooth his nerves any.
Putting his fears aside Phile finished the last few measures of the piece he was working on then
proceeded to pack up and head to the Boxtrott, hoping that the less isolated surroundings would put him more at ease with himself. So once he was ready he began the walk to his job, today he would arrive about a half hour earler then normal, however something told him that getting there early would be important.
181961 This made me giggle quite a bit. Sorry bout Tart, but it cannot be helped. Hope ya get over the blockade.
182576 Hmmm.... Wonder who's following Phile. Guess I'll have to find out next time won't I?
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We have recently become aware that the one you call "Rebelfire" has been writing stories of "Joviality" and "Mirth".
This disgusts us to no end.
We have seen fit to put an end to this... abomination.
Do not fret, for we have written something more.... suitable. It may be found here.
We hope to quash all this... "Happiness" that's been surrounding this pony.
We shall return soon.
Peppy, indeed granted it may be a while yet but I've got ideas brewing and I'm sure that your next update will only fuel the fires, thus causing my muse to keep me awake for an extra 45-90 minutes each night. Why won't my brain turn off? Do I have to start watching Jersy shore to get it to shut up?
To who/what ever is mucking about with Rebelfire, knock it off. or I will find a way to exact vengence! if there's one thing I'm good at it's finding loopholes in things like say magic systems and the like.
183534 Hehe. The previous chapters were supposed to be somewhat awkward due to the reason behind Twilight's capture and such. Glad you joined the entourage though