This story is a sequel to I Dream of a Genie with a Light Brown Mane
While pet-sitting for Princess Celestia, Fluttershy is tricked into letting a monster most vile escape from Tartarus. Soon afterwards, a curse befalls the Princess of the Night, making her unable to yield for the sun. Rumors quickly spread of Nightmare Moon's return, and that Discord is responsible. To make matters worse, Discord finds that his chaos magic cannot fix the problem, at least not permanently. Despite his efforts, the curse continues to return.
Fearing that this is the work of her greatest mistake as Nightmare Moon, Princess Luna embarks on a quest to discover the truth, set things right, and clear her name. But she will not be traveling alone. Overcome with curiosity himself, the Master of Chaos accompanies her (much to her chagrin), along with the Element of Kindness, a grumpy bunny, and a mischievous phoenix. Many perils will be faced, and many dark secrets will be revealed. But at least with Discord around, the trip will be anything but boring.
Part III of the Orthrus Trilogy.
lovely story sir. keep it up
1000000000000 spikes and fluttershys
love this so much
Sounds like a great story so far, keep up the good work!
2062807 Thanks. I intend to.
I love how Discord calls her 'Lunatic'
Actually, I'm pretty amused by Discord's antics in this chapter in general. He reminds me of the Genie from Aladdin, with an extra dash of mischief.
What the hell are you doing, Fluttershy?
2068820 Thanks. I actually had a lot of fun writing this chapter (especially with Discord's dialogue), and I'm glad it shows. I honestly didn't have the Genie from Aladdin in mind while writing it, but I can definitely see the connection now that you have pointed it out.
aww shit karken going to get his ass kicked
Good to hear that Discord is doing what he could have/should have done from the beginning.
Looking forward to seeing how they handle Orthrus, Keep up the good work!
2141379 I think I already adequately explained Discord's reasons for not doing this from the beginning. Simply put, it would just make too much sense, and for him, that's no fun.
I too am looking forward to showing Orthrus's true might. I sorta hinted at it in the previous entries in this trilogy, and I'm hoping this buildup will pay off. Thank you for your kind words, and I'm glad that you're enjoying the story.
Luna Celestia chuckled. "Even I can't prepare for everything, Discord. And even I have my fears." She then turned back to Luna.
2157816 Whoops! Thanks for catching that, mate.
okay so the Orthrus Trilogy is my next story. due to the shear size it will likely take me no less than 4 days to read so be expecting a thorough review (assuming the story is not beyond words, as does happen from time to time). I am looking forward to this, the story summaries have me very intrigued as to how all 3 stories link together.
2164115 Alrighty then. I look forward to hearing your feedback.
Review of the Orthrus Trilogy
I am not sure what can be said about this story. There were few grammatical errors and it was written perfectly so that every detail seemed important. Every page had me wondering what the net page would bring and I feel I was fortunate to have not discovered this before it was completed as I hate suspense and would have hated waiting for each new chapter to come out. There were parts of it that made me laugh, and the incorporation of Discord was perfect, he maintained his personality while still being a good friend. I do believe the confrontation between Princess Luna and her guilt could have had more too it, I imagine she would have much guilt buried within her over the terrible deeds she did as Nightmare Moon, and holding it back would have been very difficult. Other than that you portrayed every character perfectly. I give this 3.5 out of 4 hooves, well done.
Captain of the Night Guard,
Lightning Chaser
2179180 Thank you for the very in-depth review. I'm glad you enjoyed this trilogy.
As for Princess Luna's confrontation with her guilt, keep in mind that it wasn't really her guilt, but a twisted version of her guilt that was manufactured by the Furies. It's true that there are probably many things she regrets doing as Nightmare Moon, but they wanted her to feel guilty about creating Orthrus specifically, and have that guilt consume her. I hope that clears things up a bit.
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it does clear things up, I was assuming it was only for Fluttershy that they manufactured something, seeing as Luna had many things to feel guilty about, but that would make sense.
A game of Shhhh?
I...I...
Great story! I've never seen Discord so well-written! I was laughing at his antics quite often!
It was also cool to see Discord facing his guilt for corrupting 'shy way back when.
2605051 Truth be told, writing Discord was my favorite part of working on this story, so I'm glad it shows.
I must say, I honestly dislike stories that go waaay out of canon, as this one does. I wanted to put this fic down the moment I read the word tartarus. It simply does not belong.
However, this story has its saving grace in an absolutely incredibly well written discord. I have seen discord written as kooky, I've seen serious discord, I've seen dark twisted evil discord, and I've seen utterly sick grimdark discord that ripped celestia to shreds, leaving a bloody pulp. I had yet to see a discord that truly captured the spirit of the character, the spirit of chaos itself, which does what it pleases because there's no reason to, until now.
The discord in this story was so well written that it managed to balance the extreme disdain I felt toward the plot. So I guess ill congratulate you for a discord well written.
Thanks for the laughs
Princess Luna.
2702115 Out of canon? Tartarus exists. Remember the episode It's About Time?
Beyond that, writing Discord was my favorite part of working on this story (as I've said before), so I'm glad it shows.
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I must say I do not recall the episode. It just strikes my mind as out of place. I don't see Equestria as a place harboring demons, Gods, and titans... Yes evil and dark magic, but not things of the demonic nature. That is simply something I will have to adjust to, i guess.
Thank you for your understanding,
Princess Luna
2704380 Well, I suggest looking it up; it's one of my personal favorites. Without going into too much detail, there's a scene where Cerberus wanders into Ponyville, and Twilight states quite clearly that he's supposed to be guarding Tartarus; a prison meant for the dark creatures of Equestria. Honestly, that scene alone is one of the things that inspired me to write the Orthrus Trilogy in the first place.
I would actually love them to explain the Fluttershy/Angel friendship in the show. Like Discord stated, it makes no sense.
So much emotion. So much humor. So much ass-kickery.
And such a good tale. I found the entire trilogy to be most excellent. I have no regrets about reading it.
2986990 Well, thank you very much. I'm really glad you enjoyed it.
I enjoyed the Orthrus Trilogy very much. The storytelling was excellent and the characters, too. But it felt kind of strange not having the Mane Six and Spike in the third story with major roles of some sort.
Anyways, keep up the good work.
Note to self, never make fluttershy angry on purpose. Besides that I just wanted to say how much I've enjoyed this trilogy, the only real issue I have with this last story is Discord's constant calling Princess Luna 'Lunatic". I chuckled whole-heartedly the first several times he used that nickname, but after say the fifteenth time it became rather
Sincerely, BirdsBooksBrownies
Awesome trilogy!