//------------------------------// // Prologue // Story: Equestria Noir Season 2 Case 13 "Enter Nightmare" // by Jacoboby1 //------------------------------// Equestria Noir 2 Case 13 “Enter Nightmare” by Jacoboby1 Prologue Perspective:??? A thousand dreams A thousand nights… A thousand years… All come and go as time moves ever forward. But you can always count one thing through it all. Where there are dreams. There are Nightmares. There are creatures that haunt one’s darkest visions. Luna was once master of dreams. Before Celestia locked her away...and I was born…. Oh how time has come and gone. I was defeated not once, but twice at the hands of the student and the detective. I was locked away again. This time in Luna’s own mind. But now, I will be free...I will end this all...and create a paradise for us… Nocturne...I will have your descendent at last… _____________________________________________________ The Farmer… Watch how she walks in her endless orchards. How she works and toils to see the fruits of her labor bloom. How she runs to buck a new batch of apples. Her dreams, ever simple, ever wholesome. But let’s change that shall we? Now watch, as she sees a darkness come over her beloved trees. A thousand bats, hungry for her precious apples coming at her labor. She tries to stop them, oh she tries. But every bat she knocks down, four take it’s place. They swarm everywhere. They devour everything… In the end, her fields are barren, her spirit in shambles. As the rain pours down, they find no leaves to break their fall. The Farmer is left with no money to help save her farm. Her family is cast out of their beloved land. Oh, and what’s this? She tries to fight those who would take her land? The moneylenders, the con artists, the thieves...but it’s for naught… She tries to run, they always do, from the horrible truth...the horrible nightmare…. Watch as she goes before...two orange colored ponies...watch her kneel and beg for money they have but she doesn’t...oh how rich… To work so hard...for nothing…. They laugh at her plight, and leave her and her family to starve… and above all...two ponies… Her parents...looking at her in utter shame…. ___________________________________________________________ The Fashionista... Watch how she sews. Singing happily as she works. Inspiration flows, as do dresses from her hooves. She has adoring fans, and ponies clamoring for her attention, and the love of a young drake keeps her going, in the face of all that work. Now… let’s change that. Her fashions begin to fall flat, ponies begin to find her designs passee. High society snubs her, and she is brought down to the lowest of the low. Her aspirations destroyed, her high society connections severed. Now she is a joke of the fashion world. Her fans have abandoned her. Even now she locks herself away from those who would mock her. Still unsure what she is supposed to wallow in, even though she is wallowing in self-pity. Her generosity is mocked for being selfish, underneath it all. They see that she expects something in return, whenever she shares her creations, and her gemstones. And look, her dear dragon has come to visit...only to explain that now that it’s her begging to be with him, he’s seen through her. Saw her for the shallow creature she can be...and he leaves her...for a dragoness…. Strange how she felt the most pain about that...but too little too late as they say…. _________________________________________________________ The Flyer Watch her soar in the sky. Watch her dance in the air as if she was but a leaf in the wind. She is a soaring bird with wings she takes such pride in. Her fans adore her, singing their praises as she flies. She speeds up, moving so fast that even the great Spitfire is left in her dust. She zooms, and decides to fly. She flies higher! Higher than any creature in Equestria! She’s on top! She’s queen of the world! Let’s change that… Suddenly, her wings vanish...gravity takes control now… She falls...she falls and the clouds zoom by her as she does. But nobody comes to save her. She yells and screams but everybody is too busy cheering for another. A better flyer, who’s not falling. A certain...oh this is rich...look it’s The Princess...see her fly with no effort. Just like everything she does… How perfectly she flies! How perfectly she did something that The Flyer took pride in. Now, she has no wings...and she will fall...and fall...and fall… The last thing she thinks of...a storm cloud…how odd… _____________________________________________________ The Caregiver… Watch as she moves through the meadows. Ever enjoying her critters. She plays and takes care of their every need. They love and adore her, and she loves them in turn. She cares for them, making sure they are happy. How she wishes life could be ever so simple… Let’s change that…. Watch as her critters move through the town of Ponyville on a rampage. They attack citizens and break things. Their animal instincts have taken over. Despite her attempts to calm them, the critters proved that deep down they are beasts. Oh, and look at this, her proudest achievement, Discord...is leading them… See him turn the once peaceful town he grew to love into his personal playground again. See as no matter what The Caregiver says, nothing gets to him. See her fail to reform him a second time. See her fail to give kindness… See her friends turn him into stone again… See her weep… See her watch her animals get taken away… See her cry… See her get yelled at for her failure… See her suffer for failing… See her...wallow… ____________________________________________________________ The Party Pony Oh this part is ever so grand! Watch as she works her hardest to make sure everything is perfect! The cake is cooked to perfection. The decorations are all set up! The presents are there for everybody! Everything is perfect! Everything is ready for everybody to enjoy! Let’s party and have fun! …. …. … … Two hours...nopony is coming…. …. … … Two hours...still nopony… Why...why does nobody come to her parties? What changed…? Why is it that they didn’t come? Were they sick? Were they busy? Did something really bad happen? She runs outside to find out. She sees they are all at a different party. One run by a different party pony. One where they are all happy! One where they all have fun without her! So much hard work she put into her party...so much effort… And they don’t want to come… They call her annoying… They call her insane… They mock her attempts to win them with parties...they call them stupid… Oh how hard she worked to please them...and how hard they mock her… They make her cry… They make her mane fall….flat…. ______________________________________________________ The Princess of the Night…. She moves ever happily in the starlight...oh...you see me do you Luna...you can sense me clawing at your subconcious… Your can feel my every breath on your neck...you know I am here… Don’t you dare ignore me! I am always a part of you! Whether you are bathed in Misama or not! I am you! And you are me! Watch as ponies continue to see you as what you were! Watch them yell in terror at your approach! Oh, that doesn’t work? You are not deterred...you are not afraid… But I know...what you crave… Yes...I know you better than you ever will….I know what you desire… Your dear sister, ever perfect, ever beautiful, ever wise, ever everything. She is the one you have been seeking to be closest to since day one. You craved her attention, you craved her affection. You craved a lot of things… You craved attention, when your night was ignored in favor of your sister’s beautiful day. It was not your fault, you were born of night. You were always destined to be second fiddle. Don’t run away! Not from me! You know I am telling the truth! Twas your sister’s fault that everypony ignored you! You can try to deny it, but you will never be free of it! But..no...you crave something else as well...a ghost of your past… The Detective...you crave him...you long for him...you hunger for his affections...because he shares the face of Nocturne… Our beloved Nocturne...so brave, so strong...so loyal….He was not afraid of you. He said your night was beautiful. He wanted your hapiness and little else. He spent those days with you. Those days when you sleapt he was right beside you. You loved him, adored his every affection, you wanted to spend every waking moment with him. But your sister, oh your sister had to say… He was mortal, he would die...he would grow old while we remained forever young… Oh the things we tell those we are supposed to love! How she ignored your pleas to make Nocturne immortal. How she ignored your attempts to get through to her. How she ignored you! How she ignored us! Ignored! Ignored! Ignored! But he never ignored...he listened...we tried to make him immortal...we tried to give him eternity with our blood...so that we could always be together…. But he saw a monster...he turned away! Away! Away! From us! His one true love! He is ours! He turned his back on you! Left us for a harlot! Betrayed our location to those fools! TO Celestia! Our night was destroyed! Our perfect night...but our heart was destroyed as well…. We were banished...locked away on that cold moon for a millennia...away from our love...away from our home… Then we came back...and found...her… The little student...a unicorn of great magical talent. A descendent of one of the first unicorns. She was the one Magic had chosen. She was the one who defeated us. She was the one who freed you from me, for a time. She was the one who reunited us with our dear, dear sister. How she stood over us, judging us, pitied us. We begged for forgiveness, and she gave it...but who knows if it was genuine? Don’t look at me, you know there was always doubt in your heart! Watch as you see how much your sister spends with that brat! How much she has invested! You could’ve easily defeated any foe that threatened Equestria! With but a spark of your horn, Discord would’ve been turned to stone. With but a spark, you could’ve sent Sombra away. Or Chrysalis for that matter! But no, it was all about your sister’s plan...her desire to have her sprout wings… An inexperienced, newly crowned, and weak unicorn was chosen over you...always chosen over you… And then...there’s the beloved Detective...a stallion of character, of intelligence and strength. So much like our precious Nocturne in both spirit and power. But, once again we are denied…. He gave his heart to another. Another who doesn’t appreciate everything he is. He lives in her shadow evermore, whilst he was willing and able to see into your heart. He loves her, a simple mare, when with just a few words he could have you...he could’ve chosen you. He should have chosen you…. Thrice she was pulled away from him. Once of her accord, once because of his own doing, but once...because she failed to come back. Had she stayed...little Private could’ve been yours...she could’ve been gone forever… You and he...could’ve been together...forever… But now he’s married, she has everything, friends, your sister and ponies love, and your true beloved…. How much more will she take…? How much more will she steal? Will she keep stealing what is yours…? Perhaps Celestia plans to give the Night to her… Imagine and watch...as she holds him, as she kisses and clings to him...as she keeps taking...and taking...and taking… There’s the anger...there’s the hole I live in your heart… Your love...your night...all will be taken from you… But I will never leave...I will always be here...my Luna… For I will never leave you...you need no other… I will make everything right… We will make everything right… My Luna… We shall have everything right...forevermore…