Princess Luna has yet to recover her powers since her return from the moon. Many heavy thoughts plague her sleep by day, and by night she is alone to brood. Her only release is in those few moments she has with her sister.
A visit from another of the Elders of the world may be the prompt Night's Princess needs to sort through her emotional baggage.
A reflection on how Luna got to this point and the origins of her Nightmare.
A theory on the relationship of Harmony and Discord, chaos and order, fate and change.
An effort to overcome the past and learn how to move forward without abandoning all that came before.
Complete with trolls.
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Intriguing concept. Also love the play of spirit wolves as guardians of the dream lands. Very well written.
This is really, really good!! It has to be one of my new favorite fics of all time.
Three main reasons for this...
first it has without a shadow of a doubt the best Nightmare Moon backstory, my jaw literally dropped when I read that part, the idea that she was a guardian of the ponies during the night and things evolved the way they did is fantastic, most of the time NMM stories end up being really cliched and overdone, yours is unique and honestly makes far more sense than the show's reasoning.
Second, this story is quite simply very well written, it is beautiful, the characters are outstanding (especially Luna, I would have to say that this story is the pinnacle of all Luna characterization I have ever seen), the narrative is intriguing and even though there really isn't that much action, there didn't need to be, and in this context there shouldn't have been... really there are too many reasons to count why this is well done.
Third, unlike just about every other story I have ever read save one, this fic has a lot of respect for Alicorns, and for the Princesses in general... and for some reason that really sticks out to me. I see most authors try to treat them as regular ponies... winged unicorns a smidge stronger than normal who constantly shirk their duties and responsibilities because they secretly (or not so secretly) hate their positions and want to be treated like normal. Personally I favor a view of the Princesses as truly powerful godlike beings who, while still able to have fun and show love and kindness and all that jazz, really do care for their little ponies and do the best they can to guide and provide for them.
A couple of other things I liked, the pantheon of Elders (particularly mister wolf guy, he was cool) and the hilarious ending
"Luna puzzled over the cryptic hint. Fifteen years After Discord? Translated into the calendar of the Harmonic Era, that would be 1,432 years prior to now. What happened –
Her furniture. It was glued to the outside of the tower." Priceless
Anyway, thanks for the awesome read (good enough to inspire what is surely the longest comment I have ever posted)
You Rock.... wooohooo
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Thank you so much! I just gave the piece a minor re-write, actually. EqD wouldn't accept it, saying I had Luna across too many different interpretations. Therefore, I'm glad you enjoyed my spin on her. I've spent way too many hours on this compared to what I put into my actual college assignments...
Hopefully, there will be more. I have some ideas cooking, including a follow-up for this story. I had been discouraged, but maybe now I'll write it after all.
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A follow-up would be awesome... I am glad to hear that I could provide some encouragement, I certainly meant everything I said!
Luna across too many interpretations? What the heck is that supposed to mean? Can't you just have your interpretation? ....you shouldn't have to confine your character to what others have done with it.
Good Luck, I'm looking forward to whatever you write next sequel or not!
If I were Celestia I would eat the flapjacks with the glue on them,
Good story