Lunar Plight - [Displaced]

by Netloids Ultimatum

[4.5] - It All Began With A Shooting Star

A night like no other, truly a sight to behold. These thoughts raced through the mind of Princess Luna as she decorated the skies for the citizens of her kingdom to enjoy. Tonight a shower of falling stars would grace the land, allowing the ponies of Equestria to enjoy her gift up close.

The clear skies allowed the pale gaze of the moon to carve into the pitch black darkness, lighting the land in a more subtle manner than her sister ever could. She watched as the stars began to fall. She ordered ten to descend, and counted carefully as not to overdue her gift.

One fell, and then another, and another until she had reached the last one. She had spread them out far so that ponies all across the countryside could enjoy them. Then an eleventh fell. She commanded it to stop, and yet it refused as it's beautiful blue trail transforming into a fiery red. This was not one of her stars, she realized, and with a mighty flap of her wings she took to the night skies.

The ponies below gasped in awe at the sight above them. They could just faintly make out their beloved Princess of the Night above them. A young colt cried out in amazement, cheering zealously for the loving princess above. Luna, however, had a much more pressing matter to deal with. She zoomed after the star, only now realizing how far she had traveled from the castle. Finally landing in a rather large field, the star left a trail tearing through the dirt as the fire around it died down.

The Princess cautiously made her way to the star, only realizing now how the glow of the moon reflected off of it. "Thou is no star of ours."

A bipedal suit of armor lay spread out at the end of the trail, shining silver adorned in a subtle gold trim with a purple cape draped over it's shoulders, with a foot and a half long horn protruding from each side of it's helmet. It's large silver gauntlets each had five digits, and the sides facing outwards housed decorative sapphires held in place by a gold trimming. The helmet's eyes began shining a bright yellow in the night's darkness, and the armor began to move ever so slightly. Reaching for it's helmet, the figure removed it ever so slowly, and Luna could make out a confused expression on it's peculiar face. It's face was unlike anything she had ever seen, being devoid of fur aside from a brown patch covering the top of it's head. It's eyes were tiny, and it's nose was triangular and far shorter than a ponies snout.

"Uh…..howdy?"

Author's Note:

Its been a bit, huh? Work is a pain, and its a lot harder to write now. Nonetheless, this story is going to be put through a massive overhaul in terms of plot, and hopefully I can keep writing this out on a consistent basis. I have big plans for this, and it's gonna be a long one.

Being a #.5 chapter, this one is significant shorter than the rest and was primarily just a quick warm up for what's next, as well as a little bit of world building.
While future events will be overhauled, everything prior to this chapter is still canon. I'm going to try and do my best to make these characters stand on their own enough so that you won't have to be as familiar with the source material as well. I'm certainly open to suggestions for future characters and plot details as well. Feedback is always appreciated.

Stay Frosty.