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// Miss crazy wings 
// Story: Rise of the Elements Epidode 0: Silent over Time 
// by Dream Volt 
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	The snow was lovely.  I really loved this time of year.  Also it wasn't too cold, but still too much for most unicorns and earth ponies.  The crescent quarter was very quiet, covered in snow.  Like the palace of the moon it was dark and spooky compared to the sun palace and the solar quarter, but it still had the same elegance and class.  The major difference between the two grand structures was the three observatories built into the roof of the moon palace.  The Equestrian Astronomy Society still had their headquarters in the palace.  In fact when they came to ask Luna what to do she ordered them to stay.  But it was a new addition to the quarter that made me smile the most.

Looking down at it from a cloud also best illustrated the sheer size of the newly opened and renamed Library of Glimmering Night.  Luna had kept most of the lights off, only allowing normal light in the various reading rooms.  A few were there to begin with, but most were converted vaults.  The facade was new, a thing of columns and marble very reminiscent of pegasai architecture, but the black marble giving it her own spin.  The vault was mostly intact inside, the only major difference being opening a third door and removing the large vent most pegasai used to get down there.  The second door opened in the mountain district as did the third, but near the entrance to the bluffs.  For structural reasons they couldn’t put it just anywhere, so a path led down from a new cliff face to the quarter proper.  I think it came out perfect.

"Ah, so admiring your hoofywork my captain?"

"It is hardly mine.  You built everything, you and your sister teleported it to a more convenient location together, and Twilight and Blossom got everything else squared away."

"And Trixie, but we understand why you dislike her so."

I then turned to see her majesty stop, and with a flash of her horn simply add a cloud to the sky.  Even some of her most minor feats were impressive if you thought about it.  I'm sure I could gather a little moisture if I flew around even on a night this cold, but I certainly couldn't manage enough to make a cloud.

"She was a big help I suppose."

"Of course we could have saved you some time if we'd looked at our research sooner.  We never had it that organized."

"Has Trixie really continued to help you with that like she said?"

"Of course.  Trixie is a very dependable mare in her own way.  If it is truly within her capability, and she says she will do it, it is done."

"But…"

"I'll rip out your mane you job stealing freak." Yelled Blossomforth

Then I saw a rainbow colored streak go by.  I didn't see Dash herself, but I knew of no other pony it could be.  Luna's magic caught Blossomforth and she vainly tried to follow the streak a few seconds later.  Then to my surprise Dash floated into view a moment later.  Luna stood tall, and brought the two mares together, glaring.  They both looked away.

"You will explain yourselves.  NOW."

"I'm sorry." They both echoed

"We do not care right now.  EXPLAIN."

"Look I dunno.  I was just checking out the crescent quarter since Twi made it sound really cool, and it totally is by the way Luna.  Only like 74 percent as radical, but like 37 percent more awesome than the boring sun quarter."

"Thank you, but do not think flattery will work."

"I don't, it's just great, really.  Anyway I was just seeing the sights and then bam, crazy wings here starts chasing me yelling about ruining her life so I take off.  End of story."

"You did ruin my life.  I'll…"

"What are you talking about, I don't even know you?"

"Don't know me?"

Then Blossom tried in vain to struggle out of Luna's telekinetic grasp, kicking her hooves in Dash's direction and flapping her wings.  It of course accomplished nothing.  I sighed, flew up, and removed her helmet.  Her fur returned to it's normal white, and her hair a mix of pink and aqua.  Her mane and tail were styled rather strangely.  At the top was a cloud like puff of hair and then a waterfall of strait hair flowed down from that.  The cloud like part was especially wild, several hairs veering off in random directions.  As expected one of her eyes, this time the right one, had a severe twitch going off just about every second, maybe even more than that, the twitches overlapping.  Dash got a big pained smile on her face, then weakly waved.

"Oh, hi Blossomforth."  She looked away.  "I'm still sorry you lost your job but it really wasn't my fault."

"Wasn't your fault?  Wasn't your fault?  It was all your fault.  I was the best at clearing clouds.  The best.  Not a single drop of water was left when I was done.  If it was to be sunny it would be sunny, not mostly sunny with a chance of tiny clouds."

"Yea, and if you didn't go all twitchy eye about everything you'd still have it.  I mean come on…"  Dash was facing Blossom again, and threw out her hooves.  "Everything else was bad enough…"  She giggled.  "Man I forgot about that one, so funny."

Blossom said nothing, just grunted and once again flayed her hooves in vain.

"Uh, yea, anyway, the point is…"  Dash paused  "Oh yea, the point is that other stuff was bad but after you turned the mayor into an icecube she kinda had to fire you."

"Shut up.  Shut up you lazy cloud loving fool.  There is an order.  A way of doing things.  You have to be sure.  You can't just zip around and assume just because it seems alright it is.  You have to make sure."

"We assume this is how she ended up in the military."

"By special order of princess Celestia." I added.  "It was that or the loony bin.  I turned and glared at Blossom.  "How many regulations are you breaking right now Blossom?"

She gasped.  "Oh no.  No, not again.  Not again."

"Calm down right now.  You do your duty.  That is most important.  You will be punished appropriately, but that is later."

Her head sagged.  "Sorry mam.  Will not happen again mam."

"Very good."

"We absolve thee of thy punishment this time." Said Luna  "However in return we ask you give Dash a chance.  We plan to visit her in the future and find you a delightful companion.  We do not we to make exceptions for no good reason."

"I'll try mam.  I think I need to go check something in the library, may I go?"

"We shall send you forthwith."

With a flash she was gone.  Dash then let out a breath.  A moment later she was released from Luna's grip.  She immediately flew around the cloud a few times, then collapsed next to me.

"Oh man, dealing with her is way too stressful.  Does this mean the restraining order is gone then?"

"The magic of the order actually expired some time ago." I said

"This was very serious, wasn't it?"

I nodded.  "Deadly.  There was a time where she might have even really hurt Dash.  Cutie mark failure syndrome is very scary by itself."

I noticed Luna shuddered, but she said nothing.

"Couple it with a naturally overstressed pony that just lost her job and things can get nasty.  Luna, is there something the matter?"

"As you know, there have been many advancements in science since my imprisonment.  Especially the study of the mind."

Dash's head shot up.  "Wait, so nightmare moon was just a bad case of CMFS?"

"Possibly.  There is one known outside factor.  Sunny and I thought it not to be at the time, but now I am far less sure."

"Outside factor?  Like some sorta alien mind worm or something?"

Luna laughed.  "No, far more subtle and less physical than that.  Possibly a faint magical remnant in my mind after what seemed to be a complete failure."

"Wait, this sounds more like a who not a what."

"Princess if there is a true threat to your wellbeing I must be informed."

"NEIGH."

Luna stomped a hoof and the cloud lit up with lightning.  It was far too light in color for that to be possible.  I felt my hair stand on end, and saw Dash's do the same.  Electricity can't do any permanent harm to a pegasus, but it did have some effect.  If bad enough it would even not just blacken fur, feather and mane, but cause a little real damage.  But never anything internal.  In fact some pegasai even liked getting shocked.  I will never understand why they actually like feeling as if somepony just slapped every cell in your body.  Luna looked down.

"We are sorry.  We do not wish to discuss that mismatched monster.  Also, you need not worry, he is sealed away for eternity.  Even if far too much of his legacy remains."

"Uh, okay then." Said Dash quickly.  "Is it okay if I just go now?"

Luna nodded.

"Good.  I'll see you later.  Maybe we can race again, that was fun.  Later."

She was gone in a flash.  I was terribly curious, and more than a little worried.  I hadn't thought of it at first but now I realized she had to be speaking of Discord.  Except there was clearly something I didn't know.  The stored journals, just like the sister's reign itself, begin some time after Discord.  There are a few accounts of the events, but his reign wiped out most equestrian history, and there is clearly at least one important detail left out.  There is also the very big detail that somehow he seemed to have incapacitated Gaia in some way.  Luna said I should speak my mind, but even though I felt it terribly important to ask her, I could not bring myself to do it.