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// A Mothers Sorrow 
// Story: A Secret Left Buried 
// by RapeTrain-Express 
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The first day….

“CURSE YOU SISTER!” Nightmare moon bellows into the empty void of space.

Nightmare Moon sits on the moon surface glaring at the world with hate. “How could she banish you! Her own flesh and blood to this empty place!? All you wanted was all your subjects to see how much work you put into the night. Instead they slept through it all shutting it out.” Are the only thoughts that plague her mind. As angry as she is, her banishment weakened her body breaking off almost all magic she had, though a small spark of power remains. Nightmare Moon frowns and looks to her stomach for that source of power. Inside her womb rests an unborn filly she kept a secret from Celestia. If her sister found out that she bedded with Celestia’s own pupil StarSwirl the consequences would have been drastic. As she stares on she begins to worry. Once the child is born how will it survive in this empty place? Being an Alicorn means you’re cursed with immortality, but if an Alicorn mates with a lesser race the offspring will never be like you. All that anger she had moments ago turns into worry as she fears for her child. There is nothing she can do but hope to regain some of her magic back in time to break the spell binding her to the moon and return home. 

“It will be alright my dear. I promise I’ll find a way to get off this moon and back home.” She says quietly to her unborn child as she lies on the cold bumpy stone.

The 1st month…

“One month it has been.” She says to herself as she continues to lay on her slightly bigger stomach.

A whole month and barely any magic has returned to her body. She slowly turns her head to her companion she befriended in this empty void of space. The little stone golem turns its head to her and looks at her with red soulless eyes. Even with her magic cut badly she still has more power than the most talented unicorn out of Celestia’s damnable school for prodigies. A simple animated soul spell on a stray rock saved her from losing her sanity of being alone. A whole month and Celestia hasn’t said a thing to her.

“Skippy. What do we do? My child’s day of birth grows closer each day and I’m still not strong enough to reach the planet for air. I worry I won’t be able to save her when she comes…” She says with worry in her voice.

The golem remains quiet and turns to look back at the planet. Nightmare Moon smiles and turns to it as well.

“You’re right Skippy. She must be regretting her rash actions to banishment me for 1000 years. She couldn’t possibly stay mad at her own sister for that long. She’ll see the error of her ways and release me soon enough…it will be alright dear. I swear you’ll see your father even if I have to suffer through more of my sisters reckless actions.” She says trying to raise her spirit back up whiling rubbing her stomach.

The day of birth….

Nightmare Moon lays on the ground breathing heavily. 9 months and still banished for wanting something so simple but impossible. 9 months of carrying a child she wants to live. 9 months of loneliness, regret, and despair. Thankfully in those 9 long months she managed to collect enough power to grab air from the planet. Once the child is born she’ll wrap her in an air bubble to protect them as long as she can. She may have no future on this floating rock but she deserves to know a mothers love. Skippy walks over the stone surface and lays a stone hand on Nightmare Moon’s hoof and looks at her. Nightmare Moon smiles through the pain and continues to try and push the ready child out. The sweat runs down her forehead as she struggles. The minutes feel like hours as she pushes. The pain she has to bear is excruciating. She never though giving birth for the first time would be like this. If she knew this would be so painful, she would have employed a protection spell that night with StarSwirl. Sadly that’s in the past and now she has no choice but to deal with the present. She stares at the planet ready to cast the air spell for her child.

“Almost there…I just need to push more…” She grunts as the filly starts to come out. 

Nightmare Moon can feel her flesh stretch and tear as the child continues to leave her rear. She casts the spell and puts the pocket of air around the childs head as it comes out. Nightmare Moon looks behind her and sees the color of her newborn daughter. A unicorn child bearing the colors of her azure father coated in red splotches of blood and the dark mane of her mother.

“H-hang on…you’re almost out..” She groans in pain as she pushes the last part of the childs body comes out of her. 

The second it falls out she collapses to the ground from fatigue. She nearly passes out until the soft cries of the newborn foal echoes in her ears. Her entire backside feels very violated and very numb from the straining struggle, but she smiles and a tear of happiness rolls down her face. She did it. She gave birth to her first child and was able to save her. She slowly gets up and turns to the newborn. In the air bubble before her child cries likes a healthy child. Nightmare Moon pants from fatigue, grabs the air bubble, sits on her butt and starts to rock the crying child.

“It’s okay. Mama’s here for you dear.” She whispers to the child.

The child cries start to go quiet knowing its mother is near and slowly opens it eyes to see her for the first time. Her little eyes are as black as the night sky. Nightmare Moon starts to cry from pure joy still realizing she actually did it. Suddenly she starts to feel very weak and she falls back. Much to her horror the air bubble breaks on top of her.

“No…this can’t be.” Are the only words that ring through her head.

She notices that Skippy's breaks down into dust becoming nothing but a memory. The strain of giving birth was too much for her body and mind to sustain the spell for her child and the golem. She watches in horror as the small child starts to struggle for air. Seeing her child dying Nightmare Moon quickly gets up and tries to get more air. The mind fatigue she just went through left her drained of magic.

“No…Come one sweetheart don’t die on me…” She stays holding her still bloody child in her hooves. Nightmare can only watch on as the child gasps from air aimlessly. She can’t save her child now. Not without…help.

“Help…” She says quietly.

She sharply turns her tear filled face to the planet and screams out.

“SISTER PLEASE SAVE HER! SHE DOESN’T DESERVE TO DIE FOR MY ACTIONS! I KNOW I WAS WRONG! PLEASE SISTER SAVE HER! CAN’T YOU SEE HER SUFFOCATING!? PLEASE GIVE HER A FUTURE!” 

Her sister offers no response. No matter how loud she screamed to her the space would swallow the voice making sure it never reached her sister. The only sound that fills her ears are the dying gasps of her child. 

“No…breathe. Breathe for me sweetheart. Mama is here for-“She starts to say to the child but sadly the empty pocket of space takes her life from Nightmare Moon’s very eyes. 

The child goes limp in her hooves and doesn’t move. Nightmare just stares on in shock that for a few seconds she enjoyed life in this dark void and mere seconds later it was all taken away from her.

“Please…don’t. Don’t leave me…I can’t bear to be alone anymore!!” She says breaking down and hugging the still child.

Nightmares cries of anguish and despair went on for untold nights…