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// The Nightmare's Memories and The Realization 
// Story: The Nightmare, The Changeling, and The Storm 
// by Corvo Storm 
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Up in Canterlot the appearance of Castle Dreamwalker began to worry the citizens and the guards are being doubled to prevent anything that might threaten the city. Shining Armor was at Canterlot training some guards before they went to the Crystal Empire for posting, but now he was assembling as many able ponies as possible to deal with this new possible threat.

Celestia and Luna were on the balcony of their castle looking down at their old enemy's castle. The enemy was destroyed a very long time ago, but that doesn't mean her followers aren't still around. Luna looked to her sister and asked, "How is this even possible sister?"

"I don't know Luna, but that doesn't change the fact that Equestria is in danger," replied Celestia knowing not to overlook the possible danger. "How will we defeat them this time. They brought back their castle and are able to bring a whole army through a portal with ease. That has to mean that they have gotten stronger over the years," explained worried of how they have such power.

She was afraid of having to deal with these dangerous being again. They destroyed everything in their path and showed that they don't take no for an answer. Her counterpart Nightmare Moon appeared a few times before the whole thing with eternal night began. The reason why was because she felt every emotion Nightmare Moon had. One certain emotion caught her attention when it came to their old enemy's son.

It seems that Nightmare Moon had a small crush him. Nightmare Moon saw him train under his mother and watched as his power increased. She was amazed by his growing power and how well he mastered any spell his mother threw at him. They did meet eventually and Luna couldn't help but chuckle at how Nightmare acted around him. She did learn his name though. Corvo Storm was his name and he talked about the spells he knew.

Then it struck Luna like a train. He said he knew a spell that could transport his home to different dimensions and only he could. "Sister, her son knew a spell that only he knew!" she said unexpectedly.

Celestia looked at her after her sudden outburst. She asked confused, "What do you mean Luna?" Luna knew that this might be some sort of way that they might be able to use. So she answered, "Corvo Storm was known to have immense power that still grew even past our own combined."

"What are you getting at sister?"

"What I mean is that he was even more powerful than his mother, Night Star. This even means a spell she always tried but failed to do so. This spell was shown to Corvo and he pulled it off like it was nothing," Luna explained. Celestia was beginning to understand and motioned her sister to continue.

Luna then explained, "The spell Night Star tried to use was able to transport ponies and objects to different dimensions. When she saw she couldn't do it she gave up. That was until her son was born. He proved to be even stronger than her already and she knew he could do what she could not. So she taught him every spell that was known. In the end she sacrificed herself while Corvo transported her castle to another dimension."

Luna was glad that she figured out how the same castle came back, but now that she thought about it Nightmare Moon was in control after Luna did her part in helping defeat Night Star. When she looked at Corvo she could see the hurt on his face. She flew over to comfort him and he said to Nightmare before pushing her away and transporting the castle away, "I will return after the events in this world play out. You will see me again and another will join you in future to keep you company. Remember to stay strong and never give up hope. You, me, and this unknown companion will change Equestria forever. Goodbye my truly great best friend."

Luna was broke out of her memories by Celestia saying, "Well this information proves useful. Come on Luna we're heading down to the castle now to speak with this Corvo and see if we can make some sort of peace with him if possible." Luna just nodded to her sister. Celestia then left the balcony to inform Shining that the royal guard should stand by for a while before they did anything rash.

Luna sat there for a few moments to think. Nightmare Moon was devastated when Corvo left. She never showed after the events that played out. When she came back to bring eternal night, she wasn't just wanting to bring night to last forever but to also make Celestia pay for driving away Corvo in the first place. It seems that Nightmare Moon wanted to not only get revenge on Celestia but also avenge Corvo's mother for him to a least ease his pain for when he lost her.

Luna just shook her head and went to find her sister to depart for Castle Dreamwalker. Unknown to her that a mysterious creature that was able to read her thoughts was under the balcony and caught everything and began to make its way back to its master with this new information in tow.

Luna caught up with her sister and they began to talk. Celestia talked about their plan on how to bring peace and make sure he didn't cause any trouble. "He proves that he is powerful so we won't be able to beat so the only other is to go to his castle and try to reason with him," she explained.

Luna knew this wasn't going to be easy but she needed to voice her thoughts on why he returned. "Sister I might have some type of reason of why he returned," she started. Celestia looked at her and said only one word, "Continue." With that Luna explained her thoughts and reasons.

They were at the carriage when she finished explaining. Celestia couldn't help but feel dumbfounded by this. She then turned back to Luna and said, "Well we might need to be wary about this then and if what Corvo said was true then we might be in bigger trouble than we thought, but that doesn't mean we can't reason with him. Come sister we have to speak with him now."

With that said they got on the awaiting carriage and left to meet with Corvo who will be expecting them.