Luna:
The dark blue alicorn woke the next night and decided that her plan should proceed quickly. After luna performed her duty of raising the moon. She looked over the list Thomas had given to her. Luna looked it over trying to make sense of it.
"Nighty, we might have a problem." Luna said aloud as she walked down a castle hall, list floating next to her. 'What could possibly be an issue? We haven't even begun to initiate our plan.' Nightmare saod nonchalantly. "I don't recognize half the items on this list." Luna admitted confused. 'What do you mean you don't recognize the parts? Foolish girl!' Nightmare yelled angrily. "Well miss tech savvy, do you what the buck a flux capacitor is? Let alone where to get one." Luna shot back bitterly. She continued for a couple moments in silence. "Well?" She finally asked fustrated. 'Silence, I'm trying to think of a way to get Twilight to help us.' Nightmare said loathsome of the concept. "Why are you so against her helping us?" Luna s
Asked confused, after all Twilight was her best friend. 'You seem to have forgotten that she blasted a kilead year plan to smithereens along with my manifest form.' Nightmare retorted coldly. "Ah, but she has only tried to help since then." Luna replied sagely.
Finally they arrived at their destination. And stood before the door that guarded Twilight's temporary room. She took a deep breath. Luna admitted to herself that she was feeling nervous. Mostly she was concerned with Nightmare's reaction to Twilight. Luna never had explained to Twilight or even Celestia why she had turned, atleast not fully. Infact she never told Celestia when Nightmare had first shown up. Luna knocked on the door while hundreds of plans and excuses ran through her fractured mind.
"Just a minute!" Twilight's muffled voice came back. Luna could tell that the young alicorn was upset, and more then a little tired, from her voice. Luna opted to wait patiently for Twilight. "Yes, who is... oh Princess Luna what are you doing here?" Twilight asked rubbing tiredness from her eyes.
"Twilight while I understand staying up to see the moonrise you shouldn't neglect sleep entirely." Luna chided friendily.
"Oh actually I was up doing research I often stay up late doing so." Twilight revealed giving Luna a sheepish grin.
"I see, well I would that you sleep early so we could talk before my other duties begin. But enough of that I need your help with this list." Luna said levitating the component list over to Twilight.
"Oh, what do we have here?" Twilight said grabbing the list with her magic. Twilight's face went from happy to increasing confusion very quickly. "Princess what's a flux compacitor?" She finally asked.
"I was hoping you would know." Luna said defeatedly. 'Well so much for the genius of Twilight.' Nightmare joked. "I don't think this stuff exist." Twilight said handing back the list. "At least I don't think it exists in Equestria. What were youing to build?" She asked quizzically arching an eyebrow.
"My uncle's armor is broken I was hoping to fix it for him." Luna said saddly, this put a hitch in her plan. 'You fool now she's going to want to meet him.' Nightmare admonished Luna.
"Wait I thought Thomas wasn't your real uncle." Twilight even more confused.
"You've been talking to Celestia." Luna noted sarcastically. "She just doesn't want to accept him because of what happened." She reasoned solemnly.
"I think there's more to it than that princess." Twilight said caringly. 'I think Twilight needs a stallion in her life.' Nightmare intoned disturbed. 'Wonder if she likes Lunar pegasie?' She began noting some of her finer guards. "But as fore the list if you can't find the components perhaps Thomas will know how to build them from scratch." Twilight said brightening. "Oh I would love to see that some of that list seems fascinating." She mused eyes sparkling with curiosity.
"Well Tempest will need a some where to put it all together. " Luna mused before catching her mistake. 'Stupid girl you just called him Tempest infront of her!' Nightmare hissed at Luna. Luna shot a concerned look at Twilight.
"Celestia mentioned you liked calling him that." Twilight shrugged with an understanding smile. 'Ok I will now insert our hoof in my mouth.' Nightmare said in shock to Twilight's indifference. "If you want we can go and ask him together." Twilight offered still smiling. 'I still say neigh to that.' Nightmare said cringing.
"Oh I couldn't bother you with that Twilight." Luna said nervously.
"It wouldn't be a bother besides Celestia wants me to try and get him to visit his sister, he seems to be avoiding her." Twilight said confidently. 'Oh joy she's on a mission for sunbutt.' Nightmare snarked. 'By the way girl do you think she would like Midnight Chaser or Galaxy Sentinel.' She added still trying to be matchmaker.
"Twilight I would love for you to meet uncle." Luna said happily. "How about we do lunch we can discuss this then." Luna smiled broadly. 'Ask her about the guard we could ,ugh, double date.' Nightmare mentally winced at her last statement. Luna's smile broadened enough to make Pinkie Pie proud. "Twilight I have two guards with 'friendship' problems mind if one of them tags along?" Luna asked innocently. 'Friendship prob... oh I get it girlfriend. You devious little mare.' Nighgmare praised happily.
"I don't see why not but why only one?" Twilight looked at Luna concerned.
"The other is on duty tomorrow and won't have time." Luna said with a shrug.
"Alright then I look forward to it." Twilight happily grinned back at Luna.
"Good now get some sleep Twilight." Luna said freindly as she turned to leave.
As she walked down the hall again heading back to her room, Luna decided to a have a little chat with her passenger. After all the interruptions while minor still caused problems.
"Nighty we need to talk." Luna began only to be interrupted. 'Indeed do not think I have not noticed.' Nightmare said tersly. "Noticed what?." Luna asked confused. 'You've been saying I more it is uncomfortable to be left out.' Nightmare said a little squirmy in her voice. Luna picked up on it right away. "I'm sorry Nighty but ponies just don't use the royal 'we' anymore." Luna said wearily. 'I know but its nice to be apart of life I am stuck here and I do have input.' Nightmare said sadly. "Yeah about your input could you tone it down you've been interrupting a lot recently." Luna admonished her other personality. 'I apologise its hard to tell when noone else can hear.' Nightmare's apology came as a surprise to Luna. "That was easy." She mused. 'I know when I'm wrong. As is the mark of a good leader.' Nightmare said smugly.
Thomas/Tempest:
Thomas found himself holding a young Luna in one hoof while trying to change Celestia's diaper with his magic baby Luna cooed and wrapped her hooves around his neck trying to get his attention so they could play. It was then that Thomas woke with a start. 'What the? Why do I keep having those dreams?' Thomas thought shaking his groggyness away.
"Tracy what time is it?" He asked getting out of his bed.
"02:30 I was just about to wake you." Tracy said as she shimmered to life from her module. Thomas let out a yawn and began his normal routine. Now for most 2 am would be early but Thomas normally began duty at 4 am.
"Good." Was all he said as he fell forward. He caught himself with his hands and began doing pushups.
"Running medical diagnostics. Physiology seems optimal." Tracy said checking Thomas's vitals. She had been doing so repeatedly since they had found themselves in the alien environment of Equestria. "Still elevated bioelectrics though." She said somewhat concerned. She continued her scans and upon finding no other concerns began her self diagnostics.
Thomas moved from pushups to situps but was soon interupted by a soft knock on his door. Tracy gave the ok for entrance. Starlight opened the door with a shy smile she came bearing Thomas's breakfast.
"I see your already up." Starlight said placing the covered tray on his table next to his broken armor. She stared at the blackened pieces. "I see your armor still needs repair." She stated wistfully. Starlight had wanted to see the him don his armor since Thomas had told her about it.
"Yeah I asked the princesses if they could try to find the parts I need to repair it." Thomas stated between hus steady movements.
"What happens if they can't find them?" She asked with pure curiosity.
"Well if that happens we get the raw materials and fabricate the parts ourselves. Tracy has the schematics in her data base." He answered still not missing a beat. "I asked the princesses to look because it would be easier." He stated finishing his sit ups.
"You know if asked, I'm sure the guards would let you use thier facilities." She said watching as he walked over to grab the tray she had brought for him.
"I would but Celestia is trying to keep me under wraps." Thomas stated removing the cover of his meal. His eyes widened a bit when he saw a whole cooked fish. "You eat fish?" He asked confused, his education may have been lacking but he knew the ponies should have been herbivores.
"Actually we sometimes need the oils for medical treatments but aside from that fish is kept for dignitaries." Starlight said wrinkling her muzzle to the now much stronger smell.
"I see." Thomas stated, for some reason he felt like he should have known that.
"Oh, I just remembered Luna wants to know what's a flux capacitor?" Starlight asked wanting to know as well.
"Oh its a component designed to hold both a positive and negetive charge. We use it to quick change our suits shields polarity." He stated between bites.
"Oh, I don't know if that's cool or not." Starlight said confused.
"Trust me when you watch a plasma round burst one foot away from your face its very cool." Thomas said confidently. "How ever the best part is that the flux capacitor was first referenced as a joke in the science fiction genra of pre corporate earth." He explained further.
"I see so what was earth like?" Starlight asked wideyed in curiosity.
"Well there's a lot of history to cover over 100, 000 years in just the digital years." He said with a laugh. "Though in all that time we never did get rid of conflict. But then again that's what makes humanity interesting, we constantly struggle against all odds to improve and adapt." Thomas said smiling. "Lets take a look at an early example. In the year 1942 a place called Germany was experiencing a depression and a evil man rose to power."