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// 60 Comfort by Knight of Lycaeus 
// Story: Full Moon Fever: A MoonLight Prompt Collab 
// by TheLastBrunnenG 
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Comfort
by Knight of Lycaeus






Twilight walked through the dim hallways of Canterlot Castle looking for Nightmare Moon, the dark coated alicorn had suddenly appeared in the castle a few weeks ago and nopony knew why. Even Luna was confused as to how Nightmare Moon had manifested as a separate being. It wasn’t until the combined efforts of Luna and Twilight had managed to coax the dark alicorn into divulging some things about herself. What they learned was that Nightmare Moon was the name of the persona that Luna had created but the dark alicorn once had a different name, a name that from a language so old the only being who had any hopes of pronouncing it correctly was Discord. It had turned out that she was a being who was likely as old as Discord and who had lent her powers to Luna when she was seeking it.

It took some more time before the dark alicorn agreed to keep with the name that Luna had given her alternative persona rather than attempting to translate her old name. Nightmare Moon’s reappearance had been quickly noticed by the residents of the castle which had been the source of some panic before the Triarchy reassured the staff and Guards that she wasn’t there to harm anypony. Unfortunately most were still uneasy or skittish around the mare especially given what had happened before. As well Nightmare Moon also had the tendency to disappear for hours on end and with noponies having any idea where she had disappeared to or why she would do so.

This led to what Twilight was doing at the moment; she was trying to find where the elusive alicorn hidden herself when she vanished for hours. Twilight had very little to begin her search but scouring Canterlot Castle was a start. After a couple hours of fruitless search Twilight decided that the mare was likely not in Canterlot. After thinking some options over, she prepared herself and teleported straight to the Everfree Castle.

The old castle had changed a little since her last visit there. The castle remained uninhabited but because of her recent research trips Twilight and her friends had made some efforts to clean up some of the castle. It was here that Twilight had teleported to, straight to the entrance hall. Here she began her search again when she could hear the faints sounds of what may have been music. She knew there was an old organ piano in the basement but the sounds were likely not from an organ piano, she concentrate and tried to listen more carefully and from this she learned that it was likely singing she heard. She slowly followed the singing to one of the higher balconies that still remained in good condition, while much of the castle was in shambles the tower and the balcony the singing came from were still sturdy and as she climbed higher the singing slowly grew louder.

At the top, Twilight gently pushed open a door to find Nightmare Moon singing a mournful song. The words that she could hear were in a language she did not understand. The singing sounded wonderful and Twilight sat there to listen as the song climbed towards its climax. Sometime later the song finished and its singer turned to look on who had found her here in this old castle. Nightmare Moon’s eyes locked with Twilight’s and she gave a deep sigh trying to hold back the tears pooling in her eyes, Twilight knew she had many questions she wanted to ask the sorrowful mare but this wasn’t the time for that. She moved herself next to the dark alicorn and gave her a firm hug; the dark alicorn flinched before relaxing into the hug and there the two stayed in a quiet embrace.