A little preview · 9:57pm Sep 26th, 2016
Just a little preview of something I've been working on for a while now. It's probably a little rough still. It is a one shot single chapter story involving Gosling and Princess Luna called A Darkness Softly Creeping. I don't know when it will be finished. Warning! Gay pony parents ahoy! Deal with it.
Two figures touched down on the ice-grazed streets of Canterlot, landing in the islands of pale light offered by the burning gas lamps that stood like silent sentinels along the edge of the road. The soft flutter of wings could be heard as they landed, but the sound was muffled by the faint pattering of falling snow.
The first was an alicorn, blue, a regal figure, and she had a commanding pose about her. The second was a pegasus, somewhat smaller than the alicorn, and his body faded from black to grey. He shivered in the freezing cold and brushed snow off of the alicorn’s back with his wing.
The pair of them moved towards a tall, narrow townhouse at the end of the street, a building surrounded by a number of guards. Not just any guards, but Princess Luna’s guards. The big, burly, bat-winged draconic pegasi patrolled around the house, and they saluted when Princess Luna and her companion drew near.
The townhouse was shrouded in darkness, it writhed in shadow, and not a single light shone from the windows. Moans and shrieks could be heard coming from the house, and it wasn’t the wind. Princess Luna paused mid-step, tilted her head upwards, and looked at the house, her eyes narrow and grim looking as she studied the situation.
Beside her, her companion did much the same.
Resuming her slow, calm, regal stride, Princess Luna approached two ponies wrapped in winter clothing. So bundled up were they that it was difficult to make out what sort of ponies they were. They stood together, looking fearful, nervous, and ice glazed their nostrils as they huffed and puffed in the bitter, bone-chilling cold.
“Princess Luna,” the first pony said, the taller of the two, and a stallion by the grittiness of his voice. He bowed his head a little, almost too bundled up to move.
“Thank you for coming,” the second said, also a stallion, but he sounded just a little effeminate. His voice was soft, almost velvety, and his fear made his words quaver just a little. “Our daughter…” His words trailed off as he turned his head to look at the house behind him.
Head high, Princess Luna looked down upon them, and clouds of her breath were visible as she breathed. Her posture seemed cold, perhaps even unfeeling, but there was a warmth in her eyes, an affectionate warmth with a hint of sadness. She looked up from the pair of parents before her and stared at the house once more.
“Prince Gosling,” the taller stallion asked, “I mean no disrespect, but why are you here?”
“Intelligence,” Luna replied, as if that explained everything. “Asset recovery.”
“Asset recovery?” The smaller stallion sounded worried.
“Be ye not afraid, mine subjects.” Luna extended one wing, and with a soft touch, she caressed the cheek of the smaller stallion. “Thou hast a mother’s worry.”
The smaller stallion blushed so hard that stream could be seen rising from his face into the freezing air. “We went through so much trouble for adoption… we had to find just the right foal, she had to be perfect, she had to fit our lifestyle and be comfortable—”
“Be still.” Luna’s voice was calming, almost hypnotic. She turned to look at the pegasus beside her. “Ready yourself, Gosling, We must move, while there is still time.”
“Oh, I’m ready all right,” Gosling muttered. “Go with Luna, Celestia said, get out of the castle for a while, go and visit a spooky house, it’ll be good fun—”
“Gosling, darling,” Luna’s voice was patient, but her stare was flinty.
“Look…” Gosling blinked a few times, unsure of what to say, and he looked into the eyes of the smaller stallion.
“Ma’am?” the stallion said, offering up a little help.
“Yeah.” Gosling nodded. “Look, Ma’am, everything is gonna be fine. You should see if you can find shelter with a neighbor. It’s below zero out here. You shouldn’t worry, it causes wrinkles, and your face is entirely too pretty for wrinkles to set in at your age.”
The smaller stallion leaned against the taller beside him and let out a faint nervous giggle. “Thank you, you are very kind.”
Lifting his head, Gosling looked up at the house. “I know. Luna, let’s do this. It’s cold enough to freeze the balls right off of the Hearth’s Warming tree.” Hearing laughter, Gosling seemed pleased with himself and he nudged Luna with his wing. “This is why you brought me, ain’t it? To make them feel better? I don’t actually need to go in there, right?”
Rolling her eyes, Princess Luna did not reply.
Feel free to discuss. Have fun.
Ohh.. interest peaked. So from the short blurb something wicked is going down and Luna brought gosling along to help save a couples daughter. Some kind of night guard business.
Sounds Like Luna's about to *bump* back against the things that go bump in the night. And now i have a mental image of Goslin making some kind of perverted bump joke to Luna.
Oh great. Foal possessed be an evil malevolent spirit inside the house no one probably warned the parents about before they bought it. Any real estate seller who does that kinda shit in a world where that kinda thing is possible should lose their license, pay for the family to get a Non-Haunted house and spend a good bit of time in jail.
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Probably something around the lines of she would look good with a bump she could receive from him, if ya know what I mean.
Definitely caught my attention. I'll be waiting for this one shot.
Still waiting.
Still waiting....
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Just kidding. Take your time. Really.
I'm imagining Luna's eye roll at the end to be like the one Midna had when you encounter Zelda in the beginning of Twilight Princess...fun times...
D'aaw, this already looks very promising and heartwarming.
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I love that sequence. And the whole game for that matter. Good times, good times.
4228301 Doesn't hurt that Luna's character is very tsudere to begin with