Night Mares and Dreamscapes
I awoke alone, in a nondescript and yet still familiar room. Whilst this would normally be cause for mild alarm, I was finding that this sort of ‘lack of detail’ seemed to be a rather standard event in a particular circumstance, and I sighed, adjusted my covers, and waited patiently.
Though not exceptionally so.
In fact, after several minutes, I fear either my annoyance or concern prompted me to act. “Princess Luna?”
I sensed a flare of magic from far in the distance, and the entire world rippled. I clung to the bedsheets with concern as the now-fluidlike dreamscape seemed to bounce off of me, traveling back towards the epicenter.
“There you are!”
I flinched hard enough to fall off the bed, and the very wall opened up like taffy pulling apart to allow the night princess passage. She was looking around with a sort of irritated amusement bordering on offended. “Dost thou have any idea how hard it is to find someone so completely dedicated to making the landscape a grey void upon which everything is miserably the same? We hast sought thee for half an hour!”
“You are still wearing the nightcap,” I noted, particularly bemused myself. “And I apologize, I was expecting you to make an entrance earlier, and my… first impressions of the Crystal Empire were not particularly favorable.”
The moon princess gave me a sour look. “We had not gathered. Our own short foray into the Crystal Empire in the waking world was not nearly so bland and miserable. More importantly, we dislike that thou appear to shift to lucid dreaming so suddenly. Typically ‘tis our presence that heralds such an awakening. And if thou likest it so much, you wear it!” With that, the princess reached up, grabbed the little star-spangled puffballed hat, and tossed it in my face with no real malice.
“A… thing of changelings, perhaps?” I was forced to school my features and chose not to acknowledge the duplicate cap that had immediately formed upon the ‘removal’, dutifully putting my own on in solidarity. She scowled, but I could see the corners of her mouth turn up even so. “Are you not the Princess of Dreams? I did not realize you could be so… mired?”
“‘’Tis complicated, as well thou know.” She gave a firm snort, stomping hard enough to crack the dreamscape. Interestingly, a feeling of solidity seemed to emanate from the dark alicorn. “Enough of that, as well. I will adopt that particular quirk of speaking when I prefer, thank you.”
My eyes flicked to the top of her head, but I made no further comment about headwear. I also saw another on the ground just beyond the split in the wall, and just perhaps one lying further in the direction she’d come. “I am surprised you did not appear in my immediate vicinity. I thought that was how these things tended to work?”
“In many, yes. With you, and a good number of others, I have to… immigrate from wherever I am envisioned, though I do typically have some leeway in my travels.”
“...surely I did not make you fly from Canterlot, Your Highness?”
“Heavens forbid. I should be quite put out if your first dreams after leaving the capitol were so broad as to encompass not one but two entire nations. Nay, I came from the vast expanse of absolute horrors you experienced between Canterlot and the Crystal Empire. It was vague enough that you separate it from ‘The Empire’ for whatever reason.”
I felt a shiver run through my entire body as I understood. “...The trains.”
“We are going to discuss that later, and in depth. Suffice to say I shall not be returning the way I came. You have had entirely too long to develop these nightmares and never the opportunity to face them. They are… a matter for later, as I said. I would not spoil your new homecoming with a lecture.”
"We could cheerfully ignore the matter entirely…?" I was not aware one could be silent in Royal Canterlot voice. Or that one could speak mountains with aforementioned silence. I cleared my throat before offering lamely, "-then perhaps you have other reasons to call?"
“Is it not enough to check on a friend who has doubtless had an… interesting day? It does not sound like the majority of it was pleasant. I do hope it ended on a high note?”
“Perhaps leave the fishing to ponies with boats. I believe I recognize the hooves of royalty upon the scales of my fate.”
Luna sniffed, only half-feigning her displeasure. “Less than you might think. Young Cadance plots prettily, but she is not terribly subtle. My sister is… surprisingly… prudish…? Yes, prudish, on such matters. Whilst I doubt not that she would support your courtship, I strongly believe you may be moving more swiftly than she truly approves of. To be fair, in this, I might agree with her.”
I shifted, feeling like a colt caught doing something awkward. “I… that is to say, it only appears-”
“Tis far too late to be coy, friend Idol. I do not mean to judge, I have seen far worse.”
I could not suppress the deadpan, “I suppose you have.”
“And far more active,” she winked, giving me an impish grin. “Even from you. Regardless, I only mean that I do not want to see anypony hurt because you are rushing intimacy into a relationship because you have delayed it overmuch. ”
I sighed, completely unable to meet her eyes anymore. “I did not intend to. I simply… wanted to, though I knew I should not.”
“Then you should be forthright about your concerns. This is not a pleasant dream you find yourself in, for all my presence. That you are troubled is clear, I would not see it devolve into a true nightmare.” The princess then gave a firm nod, as if this was all as close to self-explanatory as it could possibly be. “You should resolve them.”
I blinked, taken aback. “I still fear that I do not quite understand. Could you not explain how this works, perhaps just a bit? Maybe… tell me why my dreams are troubled?”
"Idol, know that I love you as a dear friend, but I will not explain your own dreams to you. I never have, and never will. Should dreams twist into dread, I will aid all who need it... but not in this. What greater joy than discovery, of that new beginning? You cannot ask me to take that from you."
“...It would make this much easier.”
“And yet I shall not. Truthfully, it is likely I cannot. You are…different, friend Idol. If you have troubles, speak them plainly and as a friend, I shall aid you.”
“But not as the Princess of Dreams?“
Luna looked sheepish, but nodded. “If that is amenable?”
I considered, and found that it indeed was. “Our relationship has transcended traditional boundaries since you sicked up on me. I could use an…old friend while so much is new. I already presume too much upon Prince Shining and Princess Cadenza-”
“Cady, Idol. You know she insists. Cadance if you must but such excess formality will hurt her. Shining… may prefer a bit of distance for the moment. I confess, I was not as close to him myself.”
“-fine, Cadance, when they have so much else to do. If these calls are purely to be personal… I confess I could use the assistance. And I confess that discussing my concerns about Topaz with Topaz herself-”
“You should absolutely do that.”
“...I feel you are doing precisely what you said you were not going to do.”
“Then I am a most hypocritical friend. I have seen many a pony ‘sweep it under the covers’, and it rarely results in healthy relationships. Thou art not a fumbling colt, pull upon thy suspenders and approach the matter forthwith.”
“That is the single oddest way of phrasing ‘deal with it like an adult’.”
“There is more to it but you did get the gist.”
I allowed myself a minor rolling of the eyes, but winced. “...we did not even discuss the nymph.”
It was Luna’s turn to blink. “Thou… really are new to this ‘fatherhood’ business, aren’t you? Rest assured, she is being tracked to whatever extent we can manage. Blueblood has found her to be the ‘single most aggravating dustmite in all of Equestria’. Sister nearly defenestrated him at the very comment, and has informed him that he will not hire a child.”
“I shudder to think how much of that is literal. My relationship with Cersus requires discussion with her as well. The two of you have presumed much, but she is neither adopted nor inherited. What we are is… not family. Or perhaps was not, until recently. Changelings do not do ‘family’ in any way that ponies would really recognize. Even the concept of reproduction is less one of continuing on a family line and more of continuing the will of the Hive. We are numbers more than we are individuals.” I blinked at Luna’s aghast look, then rolled a shoulder. “It is very ‘not-pony’.”
“I should say so. And your people are content with this?”
“I would say many of them crave it. The Hive is orderly in all things, and change, be it to the way of things or even simply minor inconvenience, is rarely tolerated.”
“That does not particularly align with the invasion, you realize.”
“The hive always seeks growth. Perhaps Cadance- forgive me, Cady, was… too big of a food source to allow her to go to waste. Perhaps the invasion was simply… a new type of expansion?” I let the words linger, the taste of them displeasing.
Luna perked up. “You think otherwise?”
I paused, taking a moment to gather thoughts and courage alike. “I think something is wrong with my Queen. I cannot make sense of her actions, no matter what I try. All that has happened… it is not changeling. It is too complex, too… big.”
“Then perhaps you should allow this problem to fall to others. I shall speak to my sister and investigate your concerns. But friend Idol, you take too much responsibility for things beyond your control.”
I looked about, at the formerly bland walls, trying to determine when they had become faceted, and the world had brightened again. “Perhaps I have, and do,” I admitted, giving the princess a weak smile. “It does appear to be a recurring fault of mine.”
“As a favor, to me, as your friend? Try not to be so hard on yourself.” A faint smile graced her own features as she looked upon me fondly. “While I cannot speak to your skills as a parent, you can hardly be blamed for not realizing you were becoming one in the first place. You shall be a fine aid to the Crystal Empire, and eventually I’m certain a wonderful father. I have heard it is usually not until the second or third that one ‘hits the stride’, so I believe there is plenty of time.”
I had to scoff at that. “Order preserve, Princess! Allow me a moment to come to terms with being a parent once before suggesting I do it thrice. And it is most unbecoming to suggest premarital child-rearing to your subjects.”
“Fie upon it, then. I hope you marry the mare and have a whole clutch,” Luna sniffed in mock indignation. “Several, in fact. May your spawn blot out the sun.”
“Do not curse my potential horde of inheritors with fulfilling your ancient fantasies, even if they will not or in fact cannot exist.”
Her grin was infectious, and I could not help but return a smaller in kind. “Touche! But on the topic of time, I have other duties while you laze about-”
“Unfair! If I could labor in my sleep, you know I would. And… if I could aid you—”
“Oh, I know, but you can’t and I must. And I think I would welcome your aid once you are a little more comfortable in the dreamscape. As I was saying, time flows differently in dreams, but flow it does, and I must be off.” The princess rolled her shoulders and began stretching her wings.
I sighed. “Then I suppose I shall wait here until I wake…”
Luna blinked, then frowned at me. “Not necessarily, there is a trick to it, and it would save me some time. Watch.” Then she rapped her hooves together twice rapidly—
I woke with a start, jerking out of bed, the no-longer-gossamer sheets in reality far more tangled than those of my dream-self as I caught a face full of golden wing, spluttering into a sleepy Topaz’s feathers and eliciting a shriek from the aforementioned mare, who then started flailing, further entangling the sheets as we both learned the perils of our temporary sleeping arrangement.
“Idol you can’t just wake up and raspberry the underside of my wings-”
“I did not, your wing was on my face, who sleeps like that—”
“I guess I do! Who wakes up and goes face-first into the nearest thing?!”
“I guess you do, and I guess I do!”
“I guess!”
And then the two of us stared at each other for a long moment until the sheer absurdity of the situation overtook both of us, and each of us began to snicker and then break into full blown laughter, and Topaz ended it nearly in tears, resting her head on the pillow as we both settled.
She offered me a languid smile, full of warmth. “...hey.”
I tried to think of anything more intelligent to respond with, but in the face of that smile, words utterly failed me. “...hello.”
Topaz rolled over, no longer looking me in the eyes. “We’ve got a lot to talk about, don’t we?” The pegasus began wriggling herself free of her fabric cocoon, and I confess, there was something very interesting about watching her do so.
“Yes, we do. And probably should have last night. Or at least… before last night.”
Now free, the pegasus began limbering up, stretching both legs and wings. “Maybe so, but not sorry~” she winked at me. “I wanted to make it very clear that we both had choices, and we decided on them. Nopony manipulating us.”
“Nopony manipulating us directly,” I countered, but without heat. “That we are victim to machinations is unquestionable.”
“Ehhhh, you might have been a little bit of a victim to manipulation. I was using feminine wiles and an active participant in the machinations. You did sort of put me through weeks of panic and frustration. From what I remember, you even told ponies that they needed to communicate their issues after the whole mess with Discord. Kiiiinda not great that you didn’t follow your own advice.”
I blinked, taken aback. “But that was different.”
“Okay, how? Absurdly powerful being that you have no business facing off against? Check, from what I understand your Queen is actually terrifying, and not just to you. I talked to Wane after I found out about the invasion, he’s apparently making money hoof over fetlock on pest control work because ponies in Canterlot are about as freaked out as you can get. Elements of mind control? Check. You weren’t in complete control of your actions, and your side of things is a little more confusing. But I was; if anything that’s on me, and I’m still clearly okay with all this. If you were mad at me for what happened, I’d understand, but I’d still rather work through it and stay friends at least. And since you’re not mad at me, I was willing to push my luck a little.” She shrugged, satisfaction radiating off of her like a cat. “And I’m glad I did.”
I sighed. “Yes, well, I am aware that my people can manipulate the emotions of others. I feared that I had done so to you. You must understand that suddenly becoming aware that you felt anything beyond friendship towards me was an intense and very unexpected situation. I don’t even typically read your emotions unless I let my guard down or I believe you to be giving permission. I did not want another incident like when I husked you. That was… terrifying, and I would rather die than risk doing so again.”
“That’s… fair,” she allowed, nodding her head slowly before taking a seat by the bed and faking nonchalance. “But I still think you owed me a conversation and not running away.”
“That is also fair,” I accepted, watching her with puzzlement before comprehending. “...You are going to watch me get untangled.”
Not even a hint of guilt. “Welllll I mean, what’s good for the goose~”
I tried not to scowl, but do not think I was quite as visually captivating as Topaz herself had been, though I confess she does take fascination with watching butterflies emerge from their actual cocoons- Order, I nipped that thought in the bud before I began ascribing indecency to the mare. It was not the same thing.
“...Are you blushing?”
“No.” I struggled to get free a little quicker, managed to tangle myself worse for a moment before freeing myself entirely. Not having wings in my unicorn form made it considerably easier than it had been for Topaz, but it was still not the simple ‘slide out of warm slime’ that a cocoon would have provided.
“Because it looks like you’re blushing. Idol~?”
“It… it is nothing. Please do not worry about it,” I groused, clearing my throat as I finally freed myself from the thick coverlet. “Beyond that, I was afraid my… other self had seduced you in ways I was not aware of.”
“...You thought you were so good that I just fell madly in love?”
“I… well… maybe?” Topaz looked momentarily stricken, but covered it quickly. I could not remember the last time the mare had so completely smothered her emotions. “...What?”
“I… I hate to tell you this, Idol…? But, I mean I did just tell you that we needed to communicate more, so…” she sucked in a deep breath. “...Youweren’tverygoodyourfirsttime.”
I blinked a few times. Checked my ears, found them in working order. “...I what?”
“You… fumbled around a lot. I mean… it was your first time, it happens. And it was… uh… quick.”
“...I am an unsatisfactory lover?” I had not even approached the possibility, and I suddenly felt cheated by the world.
“‘Were’ might be a uh… more applicable term.” Heat rose up in her cheeks. “...Let’s just say you’re a quick study, very perceptive and… a lot more fit than I gave you credit for. You don’t remember much of it, but um… you’re very attentive, and you’re improving at a very good pace. You aren’t quite where you were by the end of that marathon, but uh… I’m not actually worried.” The heat transformed into a full on flush. “You’re still a little bit distracted, and you were very focused by the end. I mean you’re not the only one who didn’t realize Canterlot was under attack.”
“...Oh.”
She considered her words a moment, but went on. “I mean, you can tell when I like something, Idol. And you’re not afraid to capitalize on it.”
“I did catch myself doing that once, last night, and feared it was impolite.”
“See, that’s what I mean. You’re more hesitant now. You were like nopony-” she coughed and cleared her throat. “...You were pretty good, by the end. Like I said, I’m not worried, and don’t have any real complaints. If we treat last night like your actual first time…? Not a bad start.”
I remembered the thunderclouds, and felt a bit of pride and jealousy towards the pony I could have been. Or… had been? I pushed the odd feelings down, trying to focus on more important matters. “There is also the matter that I am not completely certain as to what we are to do with the nymph.”
Topaz sucked in a breath through her teeth, biting her lip. “Oh. I’ve been struggling with the details for that one myself. Managing it is going to be a bit trickier if we’re going to try to keep her hidden, after all, and I don’t know if she’ll fit in with the crystal foals…”
“And your plan was…?”
“Did you have one?”
“Well… exactly the same thing we’re doing now, but in the Crystal Empire? I… had not actually thought much about it. It was simply a thing we… I… would have to do, and Cersus is… well, more or less self-sufficient.”
She winced. “That’s… actually one of mine, too, because obviously leaving her unattended in Equestria for more than a few days is completely out of the question. I had a couple others, though! One was we adopt her as a foundling, but… well, with you being a known changeling, it’d just announce to everypony what she was. It’d be really hard to explain that we just happened to take in a child upon moving to the Crystal Empire, after all. And even harder to try to explain to our friends back home. Mother is going to kill me no matter how we play that, I swear, because she will find out.”
“It is true, I do not see any way of doing this ‘legitimately’, but Cersus is hardly ‘legitimate’...”
“And that’s fair… the other way is that we keep her in Equestria and I just bite the bit.”
“...Bite the bit?”
A long-suffering sigh. “I tell my mother everything and buy us some time.”
I paused, considering before carefully asking for clarification. “...everything?”
With a slightly manic tone to her voice, I could tell Topaz was also not terribly sold on this concept either. “Pretty much! I’m going to have to explain how my tenant, who I have been very insistent is just ‘my tenant’, and I have been taking care of a filly abandoned in his care for almost a year, and that the two of us have in fact shacked up together. Upon which she will most likely kill me in a flash of grandmatronly might, legally adopt Cersus as her granddaughter, and be impossible for the rest of my life.”
“The life which just ended, because she killed you. And… none of this is your fault. And how does that resolve the issue of Cersus regardless?”
“If mother doesn’t dote on her and make her so fat we need to roll her into the Empire on a cart, I’ll eat my thesis with salad dressing.”
“I thought your mother lived in Cloudsdale?”
“If I say the words ‘grand’ and ‘filly’ too close in the same sentence, the old crow is going to appear in a flash of sparks and smoke like a villain from a stage play,” the pegasus sighed. “I told Cersus where she lives, just in case, but… honestly, Idol, I just don’t have another option. If we tell anypony about her, she’s outed. Her friends know, I think, but we can’t just leave her to a bunch of foals and she needs you more than she needs me.”
“So I have been told,” I admitted. “...I have not mentioned that Celestia and Luna know about her, have I?”
Topaz gave me a slow blink. One eye twitched. “...What.”
“Oh, and Blueblood as well. Oh, and the wife of the Captain of the Night Guard.”
The strangled noise that escaped her would have done cat or kettle alike proud, and the mare pounced upon me, swatting me with a pillow. “I! Thought! She! Was! Secret!”
“She was! Cersus was…” I felt like not revealing the full truth would be a betrayal, and yet, there was much personal revelation there that I was dutybound not to reveal. “...indiscreet. Her actions brought the notice of the crown, and it was nearly impossible for her not to be revealed.
Topaz gave a most unladylike snort, then sighed. “It’s messy, isn’t it?”
“Very.”
“Then we’ll talk about it over breakfast. Coffee at least, I’m pretty sure you need to report to the palace, and I really do have work to do, we’ve been lying about too much already. C’mon, kitchen’s just about how you remember it. Pantry is a bit different. Coffee from last night still should be drinkable if we heat it up a bit.”
I followed her into the hallway, then paused, Topaz preceding me downstairs. Checked my recollection of Topaz’s home in Canterlot, then peered more closely at the unexpected addition. No, two of them. Then, quite unsure of what to make of it and throwing caution to the wind, I opened one of the new doors, and found myself flummoxed.
“...Topaz? What is this?”
Her voice trailed up the stairway. “Spare bedroom. You never know when you’ll need to entertain. I even got two of them!”
Oh, that made sense. “Ah. Wait, what-”
“I told you I had room for you upstairs, didn’t I? It’s hardly my fault you weren’t paying attention. Or, well… maybe it was, but you certainly didn’t ask.”
I continued to stare, complex emotions welling within me. “Do you remember how we just spoke about honesty?”
“I do~!”
“Then hear this. You are a terrible mare, and I desire you immensely.” And I found myself smiling at the sound of a pegasus spluttering on day-old coffee.
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Update ♡ Awesome
Thanks for the entertainment
I love the humor ♡
Oooh yeah, its here... My bi-yearly dose of happines.
4000 upvotes, congrats!
Woooo! Go get 'em, Idol! *bangs pots and pans*
Idol and Luna banter and Idol and Topaz fluff, with a bit of plot and growth sprinkled in. Great chapter if I do say so myself
thank you very much!
Also just noticed it at the end, but the number of thumb ups hit a grand 4000! Congratulations!!!
Another great chapter man.
Always love seeing more of Luna and Idol's friendship. Also, can't wait for the Veridian jumpscare that's going to happen to Idol eventually
Utterly, adorable.
Thanks for the chapter!
That last line is probably as close as Idol can get, in his own way of speaking, to saying "I love you"; so now I guess they're finally an unofficially official couple, yay!
Also, yeah, of course the primary reason that people get additional bedrooms in their home is when they simply want to be able to "entertain". There are no other motives for doing so. None at all.
At least Cersus won't have to use a lair under the house if she doesn't want to (she's going to want to :P).
Cadance is going to be impossibly smug during her and Idol's next interaction :P
Thanks for the update, enjoyed it a lot.
Top tier return to light-heartedness after a few chapters of higher drama. Luna and Idol have great banter, and the scenes with Topaz were adorable. I'm curious how he's gonna end up reconciling with Shining and if we're gonna be seeing Thorax soon.
Is Luna eventually gonna try to teach Idol how to be cool and dreamwalk-ey like her as well? That sounds both amazing and horrifying.
Huh. That was resolved rather cleanly... All that avoiding the conversation only for it be be resolved the second they say more then two words to eachother.
It's been so long, i have no idea where the story goes from here. Presumably they get the nymph across the border, tell mama topaz at some point, and Idol gets used to the new set of guards and rules. Other then that, i guess all that's left is Shining armor?
Not not
Part of me wants to comment something more productive than "Moar plz" but the other part is too busy sqealing ecstatically.
Another wonderful chapter, 10/10, A*, 100%.
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fixed!
Couldve been worse.
Topaz couldve had a bench with some plant pots and a sack of compost in one of the spare rooms. On being asked, She can honestly say.
I thought Id add a Nursery.
Another excellent story, had to pause and re-read a few sections in a reading double-take because of how many jokes just had me laughing so much. So good to see the first MLP story I've read still ongoing.
... why not?
Oh, is this how you are going to play the game? :-)
(Payback ... thy name is changeling :-)
Well Topaz and Idol are talking about their relationship which is a start. Idol does seem to realize the truth of what Luna has told him. Cersus is a difficult case certainly and there is no easy way to explain her presence.
Good on them for good communication, even if some truths sting (first time fumbles, oof!).
It's such a simple thing, hearing Idol say "I desire you immensely" to Topaz's face, but it's sooooooooooo satisfying.
Such a cathartic payoff...
Extra points for Topaz's reaction.
Thank you so much for this.
This fic continues to be amazing and one of the top ten stories I've ever read.
Oh… This updating is like having a set of weights removed from the scales of my mind. You are the primary reason I remain on FIM. The bug remains everything he should be. Topaz and Luna continue in their veins. Et cetera, et cetera. Carry on you glorious wordsmith.
Nice chapter update!!
11/10 chapter! Honesty, just seeing Idol laugh, actually LAUGH, was enough to make me so happy! I look forward to see where the two of them go from here, now that Idol can really be himself for the first time in his life!
Also, Luna's battle with the nightcaps will never cease to be funny!
Nightmare moon defeating Celestia by having a bug horse fuck a flying horse so much they have enough babies to block out the sun was not something I was expecting to think about today.
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Can't wait for June!
Found out Mountain Dew Baja Blast is going to be around all year long and a new chapter in this awesome fanfic...what a wonderful day!
Praise the lord hallelujah! They finally talk! They Finally talk to each other! Do you know how long I’ve been waiting for this moment? A long time that’s for sure.
Well now that I’ve gotten that out of my system.
This was yet another excellent chapter. Thank you for that.
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Allow me to also jump on the bandwagon of praising the way that you write Idol's relationships with both Luna and Topaz. It's just wonderful.
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You could always settled for some off brand Idol. LOL
I will never not stop everything to read the next installment of this series. I cannot wait to see the hijinks our favorite little found family falls into!
In particular, I think I have mentioned previously how I am on the edge of my seat waiting for that talk between Idol and Cercus. It’s going to be awkward, preferably adorable, and hopefully Topaz is there to fawn over it and tease them.
It's Luna--how else is she going to phrase it?
I have a hunch Idol won't much care for Thorax, should we ever get to the point that we cross paths with him.
Welcome back. I am glad to see this story continue.
I don't know, what I loved more. Luna and Idol banter or Topaz and Idol as an official couple chatting about what they need to do.
At least Cercus will have her own room. Well, she already have one hidden in the sewers but this one she will probably have to clean it herself as a chores, something I bet she will love.
. But a fact is that they will need a place to put their cocoons down. Does the house has a cellar? Might need to excavate a secret one and who knows what is under that city which suffered under Sombra rules. Exploring the sewers here might be a tad more dangerous with their secrets within.
Now that I think about it, having the royalty knowing the secret will sure help a lot with making the administrative aspect of adopting Cercus and making her some documentation, however made-up or restricted to certain eyes they will be. Might need some for both kingdom...
That grandma will break through the door when she gets here. Because she will. No frontier will stop her I am afraid and they will have to put that second guestrooms to use far too quickly. The explanation about the nymph will be glorious.
They might need to use Cercus as a shield to distract her. 
. Huh, this will be Idol first time meeting her officially as her daughter coltfriend as well. A small distinction but one nonetheless.
I am curious how without Idol support the Changelings Exiles will fare.
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Yeah, I wish there was more frequent updates.
She's been trying to get rid of it
Now what could you possibly be talking about
Pinklestia is best Lestia.
Yay update! And a very good chapter
'defenestrated', man been a while since I seen that word used. BUT I do find it hilarious and fitting that Luna would use it, and yeah I can picture Celly wanting to yeet her bratty Blueblood out a window for daring to call her favorite nymph such things hehehe.
Ah, it seems Idol has picked up the talent of comedic timing.
I was drinking water while reading this. If I get pneumonia, I'm sending you the bill.
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Every other week when I go play Magic.
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It's back~!
Thanks, vdrake, for another great installment! I'm so glad that Idol and Topaz have gotten a chance to talk, though I'm sure that there will be some more serious discussion over breakfast.
Is it wrong that I kinda want 'Tia to show Cersus how to yeet Blueblood out a window.
Been a while huh? Glad to see nothing has changed quality wise! Eagerly awaiting the arrival of Cersus in the Crystal Empire.
I love the smell of proper communication in the morning. It smells like … catharsis.
Truly wonderful to see these two actually talk to one another. (Which two? Either two. Getting Idol to open up is a long-anticipated delight. But especially with Topaz.) Here’s looking forward to seeing what other wonders he encounters in the Empire.
🎶 ay ay ay, I'm your little butterfly, green black and blue make the colors in the sky! 🎶
There's nothing wrong with admiring the form of your loved one as she disrobes from the bedsheets! Neither the same if she does for you, 😎
It's amusing to think Luna couldn't find him in his dreamscape because it was too uniform.
We think they're both putting the potential reactions of ponies that don't matter into unnecessarily high regard when it comes to Cersus. She already has the support of her family, what more could they want?
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Idol, in a sexy Spanish voice: "Te quiero!"
Awwww yeah! My favorite changling has returned!