Dark Melvain, such a hideous bully... And we only found out the day we finally killed him (here in the present) that he really wanted to take over Equestria, for centuries... Well, he had already killed hundreds of ponies through those centuries... Him ruling Equestria would not have been pretty...
But there seemed to always be somepony standing in the gap for Equestria, standing up against him. Cel, er Princess Celestia of course, but soon... I couldn't help I was the Phantom Alicorn, but I wasn't about to stand idly by as this traitor... But this vile Unicorn exacted a huge price from just about anypony that opposed him, Shysage and I too... But friendship really is magic...
Shysage and I read through this entire record together, and we cried together a lot. Still, we had difficulty deciding what really needed to be pulled out. We hope we did ok.
We also took the opportunity to redo the titles and arrangement of the chapters. The 'book' approach was an attempt to highlight events surrounding each of the multiple trips back to the Past this account includes. Well, we decided to change everything back to simple chapter numbers, and gave titles to all the chapters.
The first two are from chapter 27, "Never in a Million Years"
(opt:btm8a) "...I will also, uhm, take steps, after you feel amazing, so that we won't risk a foal..."
(opt:btm8b) ...And I even asked Summer a few times if I should stop. She always replied quietly "Please don't..." I gave my Mare the pleasure I knew she deserved...
(I honestly don't think either of us were thinking very straight during this amazing time. For two months I survived with no recollection beyond... As soon as I felt Shysage, I felt I needed and wanted him, but I had no clue why. Those feelings rapidly intensified over the course of that night. Well, it was abundently clear he needed me too. But his intense pain made it hard for me to think about much else.
And as Shysage recorded, he so keenly felt the loss of being able to take care of me in a lot of ways. I remembered nothing, and slowly a few big holes developed in my heart too; this was one of them. Shysage had taken such good care of me here, and to lose that... I really did want this for both of us. Remembering that night, we still cry...)
This one is from chapter 29, "By the Moonlight"
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(What we pulled out should read like this. We felt we should trim some in DM...)
Summer shook violently, and began to shiver. And it wasn't because she was cold.
Well, I was getting pretty involved too.
I finished telling her what we did that night, and how we ended up at the lake, and that she slowly rolled over...
Summer did that right then, on the floor there, in that jail cell...
She rolled slowly over onto her back... my Blue mare... softly aglow by the moonlight...
I could never leave this Mare...
I made her feel like the Princess she is... And we didn't substantially risk a foal, but I realized that this was getting noticeably harder...
I let her relax on her back a while, she really looked beautiful in the moonlight like that.
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(And I couldn't remember anything from the past on this amazing night. But after I could remember, like I said, I quickly connected both nights (and always will). I realized that the night at the lake I had rolled over so slowly... intentionally... I was soaking wet, and that made Shysage... Well, I did exactly the same thing, rolled over very slowly for my Stallion, right there in that jail cell. I don't know how I knew...)
This last one is from chapter 35, the next "By the Moonlight"
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(Ok, so this is how this section should read.)
My Mare, as a 'people', was standing up in front of the window...
Without a stitch of clothing on...
Bathed all over... softly aglow by the moonlight of a full 'Harvest Moon'...
She slowly turned to look at me and then she smiled...
She is my Mare, and I won't tell you exactly what I saw. You shouldn't want to know. But she didn't move for the longest time, and I will never forget...
Her amazingly beautiful 'people' body...
Her priceless smile...
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(For Shysage, I knew my people body could... Well, the moonlight was beaming past me; Shysage saw everything. I guessed I saved this until we needed it... Shysage really needed it! There were no amazing feelings this particular night; Shysage was far too shattered inside for that. But I did what I could to rescue my Stallion. I had too.)