The Story of Nyx: A Snowflake in The Wind

by RyanMagika

Epilogue

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High above the streets of Canterlot, on the very highest tower of the castle, where the very center of the moon aligned with the castle’s highest point, was silence. A solid resolute silence which could pierce the heart of a strong worker pony yet could not harm the weakest of colts.

No one was awake at this hour, so no one could see the form of Princess Luna gazing up on to her precious moon. She did not stand on the balcony which her sister would stand, spying with her telescope, no, she stood on the point of the tower gazing up, unsure what to do or say. Her shimmering blue hair silently waved in the wind.

With the moon so near, half her body was thrown into darkness. One half being lit up showing her dark blue fur, the other being jet black.

Usually around this hour, Luna would be quietly watching and guarding the dreams of the many sleeping ponies below, but tonight she could not. No matter how hard she tried she could not shake off an intense feeling of dread. Like each star in her night was slowly being plucked away and consumed by some faceless demon. Her stomach churned like her mind as old memories she wished to bury seemed to become the center of her attention. The defeat of Sombra, her time as Nightmare Moon, the death of…

Her silent figure which was silhouetted by the moon’s light remained still as her mind raced. Why was she being brought back to her mind? Luna had long accepted the passing of her old friend, so why couldn’t she go a day without some form of nightmare? Why did the whole world just feel strange and out of balance?

Looking up onto the moon Luna slowly caused it to move in the opposite direction before returning it to its normal trajectory. She wanted an extra few minutes of night. Before she could return to her thoughts however, the slithery words of a demon caught her by surprise.

“Fancy meeting you up here.” said a familiar voice. After flinching slightly Luna slowly turned to a very familiar face. The grinning face of Discord. But rather than having some convoluted way of standing or floating like he usually had, Discord simply stood there with his arms crossed. “Tia isn’t going to like you keeping the moon up.”

Luna frowned before turning away, this time looking down to the castle below, rather than to her moon. “It is only for a few minutes more. She will not mind.”

“If I remember correctly that’s exactly what you said a few months before becoming Nightmare Moon.” Discord teased.

Luna tensed up, her face flashing with rage before dying out, quickly returning to a plain contemplating look. “Do not compare what I do now to what I’ve done in the past. I have changed.”

Discord chuckled almost sarcastically before bringing his head to Luna’s front. “Mind if I ask what you’re doing here? I never took you for the “edgy” type.”

Luna opened her mouth to respond but stopped when she saw the look on Discord’s face. Usually Discord would have some form of goofy expression or a some look of disinterest or manipulation. Now, however, deep underneath what Luna would call a plain smile was a face of fear. Granted Discord was very good at hiding this fear and it would take someone with years of experience studying faces like Luna to be able to see it, but even then it was still fear. After several silent seconds Luna responded.

“What troubles you Discord?” She said, her voice rising in volume till the last word was spoken in a standard outdoor voice. Discord smile disappeared and his head reared back slightly.

“Trouble? What trouble?” Discord proceeded to slither around Luna so he would stand where Luna was in front of the moon. “If anything I’m the most untroubled being in all of Equestria.” Discord took this opportunity to show off how “untroubled” he was by snapping his fingers and temporarily disappearing and reappearing with a unicycle while juggling several bowling pins. While he did this however he kept the same face that hid the look of dread and fear.

Luna chuckled at Discord’s feeble attempts to hide his distress. She extended her head and neck forward to where her snout was almost touching Discord’s face, catching the Chaos god by surprise. Not expecting the movement, which caused the two to be in such a compromising position, Discord nearly jumped back in a flinch. However someone held him back.

“There is something about you Discord. You are uncaring for the world, but you are also worried about it. You want chaos and destruction yet also happiness. You seem like one of the most aggravating beings I know, yet… you make me laugh in ways I myself do not understand.” Luna chuckled lightly.

Due to the moon being behind Luna, her face was thrown in the darkness. Discord suddenly felt a deeper feeling of dread as he realized what Luna resembled, Nightmare Moon. Discord had read and seen descriptions of the moon tyrant, but he merely laughed at the text which called her “as terrifying as your worse nightmare”. But now he could clearly see what they meant. She wasn't terrifying because she had sharp fangs or scary armor. She was terrifying because it looked like the world would end and she would still have that expression of pure disappointment in your very existence. As if she could simply destroy in one fell swoop, without batting an eyelash. His observations were cut short however as Luna turned away. Discord suddenly felt an intense feeling in his gut, like a little hot knot wanting to burst. Despite being at the very top of the castle in open air, Discord could quite easily feel a warm feeling on his face where Luna just was.

Discord shook his head, trying to rid himself of this feeling before looking at Luna. She was once again looking up at the night sky, this time however she was looking at the individual twinkling stars.

“What do you fear Discord?” Luna inquired, speaking lightly.

Discord raised an eyebrow before responding “I fear nothing.”

This incited another chuckle from Luna. “I’ve delved in the dreams of all living ponies in Equestria. If there is one thing I’ve learned...” —Luna exhaled slightly— ”All ponies fear, Discord. Even gods.”

The two shared a long silent moment. Discord scratched his neck awkwardly, thinking of a response. Usually he would respond with a well timed sneer like, ‘How do you know the dreams of a god? Unless you’ve been spying on me, Lulu.’ This time however, nothing. He didn’t want to make some comment to make her angry, he actually wanted to answer her! To truly say what he felt! After grumbling under his voice, Discord spoke.

“There’s been a sudden influx of magic. Very powerful order magic, like the Elements of Harmony.”

Luna didn't turn around, choosing to get her answers without showing her face.

"And why can't I sense this 'great disturbance?’”

“You can’t feel it because you’ve already used the Elements, so you’re in tune with its energy. But I can feel it, being a Chaos spirit and all.”

Luna paused for several seconds, fishing her mind for more questions. Finally one came and Luna spoke up one last time. “Why should I be concerned? Order magic does no harm. If anything my sister has had Twilight conduct a mission with the Tree of Harmony.”

Discord huffed before crossing his arms, “I know the difference between Order magic from the Tree and what I feel Luna! This magic is much more powerful, I can feel it. And Luna, I don’t like it. This feeling isn’t just that weird itch I get when I’m near the Tree of Harmony, this is a full blown headache. This isn’t the work of the Elements, this is Divine magic!”

Luna’s eyes widened, though she did not show it. Extending her wings, Luna jumped off the castle top before taking off to fly back to her bed chambers.

Discord watched as Luna quietly flew off, her coat pristinely shining in the moon. He grumbled under his breath.

“Oh Luna, you were always the stranger one.”

Comments

[Golden Sax]

I'm very much looking foward to more of this. I was wondering what Luna's reaction to Snowdrop's return would be. Plus, this ship gives me diabeetus.

[RyanMagika]

4629960 thanks for that save. That was meant to be an intense line, I'm glad I have a reader up at 2 am to find that.

[Golden Sax]

4629970 I edited my comment. No one has to know....

[RyanMagika]

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[Dangerfang]

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Now you both got me curious as to what the words were and fustrated that i'll never know!

[Skullbow09]

God, I'm just really honored that a silly little piece of ship art I did could inspire a story like this
I really love knowing that something I did could inspire someone else to make something for their own.
This story has been absolutely great man, I loved reading each chapters and I love these two just interacting!
Like everyone else, I'm just as curious to see Luna's reaction to Snowdrop's returns

[Alva]

No offense, but this was the most strange epilogue I have never seen!
However interesting end to see what the future hold for this story.

P.S: Snowdrop and Nyx are cute!

[Golden Sax]

4630481 Just a grammar issue. Nothing to worry your pretty little head about.

[RyanMagika]

4631078 oh trust me. It will be explosive

[shadowfang of night]

hmmm... i like this

but this sentience messed with my immersion.

With the moon, which she considered such a bright source of light, so near half her body was thrown into darkness. One half being lit up showing her dark blue fur, the other being jet black.

i may be wrong but i think it should have been

With the moon (which she considered such a bright source of light) so near, half her body was thrown into darkness. One half being lit up showing her dark blue fur, the other being jet black.

this still brakes immersion but seams more on purpose.

any way loved it

[marineproductions100]

Is this s sign of a sequel?

[Jphyper]

4677269 Your Greek/Roman argument doesn't apply much because that was a different time and different cultures. This is now.

Still, any trope can be done right-- even those. Admittedly, deus ex machina is not quite as hard to pull off as the other two, though it is still difficult. The makers of Doctor Who have turned it into an art form. It's almost expected for them. With these tropes I mentioned, however, such things tend to be the exception rather than the rule, and in this is not one of those exceptions.

Wait, I just noticed you said it's done right in here. Ah, so this has nothing to do with a technical analysis. You just have different taste.

[halo22526]

4769163 will check it out thanks.

[Sr Face Tear]

4927330 I was using my PS3, It doesn't have spell check.

[user123]

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What is with that anyways?

It's in many fics.

[rainbowdash247]

MY CABBAGESSSSS

[RyanMagika]

5024112 Luna is more related to the sequel and shes only in this one to set up the conflict for it.

honestly once Im done with the sequel I might re write Twilight. She had to take the stupid pill to work with the story and honestly I think I can do much better then that now then back then.

Thanks for the non flame-y review, I hope you enjoy the sequel!

[RyanMagika]

5023762 I'll hopefully be explaining Twilight's incompetence when I rewrite her parts and in the sequel.

Thanks for the review though.

[RyanMagika]

5026986 oh yes. yes it is.

[WCPony]

when are you going to make a new page!?!?!?!?!?

[GardenKitty]

emoticon time

[Lord erigon]

No matter how much I despise lesbian stories this one seems interesting

[KnowledgeMixing]

Hellow, my name is Knowledge Mixing and I want to translate this story into Chiness.
Now ask for permission from you.
Cool story bro!And I really love this CP.

[FridayPie]

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It's rather platinic than anything