Chapter 17 preview · 10:08pm Feb 27th, 2012
Ditzy eventually found herself in front of the Grand Canterlot Theater. As she watched ponies that were still filing in for the big magic show; Ditzy couldn’t help but wonder if AJ was there yet.
She walked over to the side of the door where they had a list of all the shows they ran in the theater. She scanned through them until her eyes found what they were searching for. A play by the name of ‘The Knight and the Moon Princess.’ It’s a play about one of the best knights to ever grace Equestria falling in love with the beautiful and mysterious Princess of the Moon.
One night, when the Princess was roaming around the country side enjoying the peaceful tranquility of her night, the Knight came up to her and asked her for her hoof in marriage. At first the Princess thought nothing of the Knight and simply told him no, but the knight would not leave her alone. Each night he would find her and ask the same question. Growing annoyed at this the Princess decided to give him a chance. He must complete a single task. This task, to capture the moon. If he could complete this task she would accept him as her husband. Thinking the task was impossible; the Princess thought this would be the last she would ever see of the Knight. Much to her surprise the Knight accepted her proposal and ran off to capture the moon.
Months go by and each night the Knight could be found trying and failing over and over again to capture the giant white orb in the sky. Every night the Princess would watch him to see just how far he would take this. Though after awhile she began watching him for other reasons. She didn’t know why, but she felt compelled to watch him almost feeling…sad every time he would fail.
One night, almost half a year after the Princess had given him the task, the Knight called out to the Princess requesting her presence. He knew the entire time that she had been watching him. She flew down from the cloud she was perched upon to see what the Knight wanted. He pulled out a bucket of water and placed it down in front of her. The Princess asked the obvious question of what the bucket was for. The Knight told her to look into the bucket. When she looked she saw only one thing; the reflection of the moon in the water. Exited, the Knight proclaimed that he had finally managed to capture the moon. The Princess stared into the Knight’s eyes. She slowly started understanding all those feelings that had been building up over the months. She had fallen in love with him. She had been beaten at her own game, but she didn’t care. She leaned in and kissed the Knight; proclaiming their wedding will be on the night of the next full moon.
Unfortunately the Knight never made it to the wedding. A week after the Princess had accepted him he was called off to war. The Princess received notice two weeks later that her Knight had been slain in battle. Overcome with sadness, the Princess flew into the stars. Using her magic she created a new star, but this wasn’t any ordinary star. This star was bigger, brighter, and shined a rainbow of colors. It was more beautiful than any other star that was scattered throughout the heavens. She hoped the star would be bright enough to guide the soul of her lover to her so she could see him one more time so she could at least say goodbye.
Ditzy knew this story all to well…
MUST......RESIST........SPOILERS......OH SAY CAN YOU SEEE!
Wow, I'm actually a bit down because of this. I also know I've heard of this story, but I don't know where it comes from.
20918 same. I really wish i did know the origins of that story XP. If I did i would immediately source it.
AAAAAHHH! You make me weep many manly tears.
21010 Progress. Lune vs storytelling chapter. I loved that story
21162 love it too, and I'm not going to lie that's where I got the idea for this, but I'm pretty sure that story itself comes from somewhere else. I just don't know where from, and it's driving me to
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why do you torment use with these spoilers
21331 I do it because I'm an asshole at heart
21204 Funny, I never got a notification of your reply... Fimfic, you're broken. Fix yourself
Anyway, I do know that at least part of the story was taken from the original (G1) MLP movie. Everything else, I thought the author of Progress made up.