Twilight, Rarity, Applejack, and Pinkie found themselves in front of Sugar Cube Corner.
"I couldn't find him," said Twilight. "Did you girls have any luck?"
"Nopey dopey!" chirped Pinkie.
"I was plum outa' luck," said Applejack.
"I searched and searched, but I simply could not find him," said Rarity.
"Darn it, where could he be?" asked Twilight.
"Hey Twilight!" The girls looked up to see Rainbow and Fluttershy flying towards them. The two Pegasi lowered themselves to the ground. As soon as their hooves touched the ground, they trotted over to the other four.
"Rainbow, Fluttershy, did you find Midnight?" asked Twilight.
"No luck," said Rainbow, while Fluttershy nodded in agreement.
"Alright, well then, we better go find the Princesses-" suddenly the group heard a loud explosion. They turned to face the direction that the blast came from.
"What in tarnation' was that?" exclaimed Applejack.
"It sounded like it came that way!" said Rainbow, while pointing in the direction that the sound came from.
"We should go check it out!" said Twilight. "Come on girls!" Then, the six friends galloped towards the explosion.
Luna barely had time to erect a magical shield to block the attack. As soon as the energy blast hit the shield, it cracked and shattered like glass. Luna stumbled back.
"My son...my own son attacked me!" muttered Luna.
"It's the amulet Luna! It's corrupting his mind! We must get the amulet away from him!" exclaimed Celestia.
"How do we do that?" asked Luna.
"I have no idea!" replied Celestia. The two watched as Midnight spread his wings and gave a powerful flap, shooting him up into the air. When he reached the peak of his ascent, Midnight lit his horn and shot an exercise ball sized ball of fire, heading strait for the two sisters. Purely due to instinct and reaction, Luna launched her own blast of ice towards Midnight. The two blasts connected, causing a loud and bright explosion.
"Sister, how does he know these spells? And how is it he's able to fly?" asked Luna.
"It's all the amulet Luna! Not only does it increase his power, but it also grants him the knowledge that is stored within it," replied Celestia.
Celestia watched as Midnight glided down to the ground, eyes glowing red, a darkness in his eyes. Midnight shot forward like a bullet, aiming strait for Celestia. Celestia erected an energy shield, which Midnight bounced off of like a trampoline. He crashed against a tree, and fell to the ground with a thud.
"Oh my goodness, Midnight!" exclaimed Luna as she put a hoof to her mouth. Then she ran towards her son.
"Luna, wait!" yelled Celestia. But Luna continued galloping towards Midnight. When she reached him, she kneeled down next to him. She noticed that his eyes where closed.
"Midnight, Midnight! Can you hear me?" Suddenly, his eyes shot open, and with a flash of light, he dissapeared. He reappered about ten feet away, standing on all fours.
"My.Name.IS.TRISTAN!" screamed Midnight as he shot a blast of magic towards Luna. It struck her in the side, causing her to cry out in pain.
Celestia was just about to run to her sisters aid, when she heard her name being called out. She turned to see the elements of harmony running towards her.
"Girls!" cried Celestia. The six ponies reached the princess. When they saw Luna and Midnight fighting, a look of panic appeared on their faces.
"Princess, what's happened?!" asked Twilight.
"Yeah, what was that explosion?" asked Rainbow.
"Midnight somehow found and put on the Alicorn Amulet!" said Celestia.
"What!" cried the six friends at the same time.
"B-but that can't be!" said Twilight. "We hid it away!"
"Well, somehow he found it," replied Celestia. "We need your help to remove the amulet."
"You can count on us Princess!" exclaimed Rainbow Dash. The group, plus Celestia, turned to see Midnight and Luna. Luna had been firing knock out spells in an attempt to render her son unconscious. Midnight on the other hand was attempting to injure Luna, in his attempt to force her to tell him how to get home. The Princess and the mane six gathered behind Luna. She was breathing heavily, clearly becoming tired from the battle.
"Princess, are you alright?" asked Rarity.
"I...I could...could be better," replied Luna. She took in a deep breath, then spoke again. "But I think I have an idea how to remove the amulet."
"What's your idea?" asked Fluttershy.
"We need to destroy the necklace part of the amulet. We need to hit him with everything we have."
"But Princess, that could really hurt Midnight," said Twilight.
"As reluctant as I am to do this, we have to free him from the amulets control. Also, I don't think he will be hurt to bad. He has Alicorn endurance, and the amulet increases that endurance even further. He should be fine." Meanwhile, Midnight was catching his breath, trying to think of a way to overcome his adversaries.
'I need to give this everything I have,' thought Midnight. 'If I break them, they'll tell me how to get home.' With his decision made, he flapped his wings, sending him higher up into the air. Meanwhile, Celestia, Luna, and Twilight where gathered together, their horns glowing. The three of them unleashed a powerful blast of magic, which was a combination of all their efforts. Midnights own blast met with the incoming magic missile. The two blasts met, causing a large explosion. The three Princesses were pushed back by the blast. But Midnight was closer to the blast, and thus he felt the full blast. He felt an incredible heat. The immense power that filled him faded, and he no longer felt the necklace around his neck. The explosion propelled him strait into the everfree forest.
When the explosion ended, the Princesses and the elements of harmony opened their eyes to see that Midnight was no longer in front of them.
Luna was quick to react. "Midnight!" She galloped forward towards the forest, quickly followed by the others. When they reached the edge of the forest, they saw the Alicorn colt lying in front of a tree. Luna rushed to her son, and picked him up in her hooves. "Midnight! Midnight! Are you alright?" He didn't answer. The others approached Luna with looks of worry on their faces.
"Is he alright?" asked Fluttershy. Luna put her ear to Midnights chest. She heard his heart beat, and she removed her head from him.
"He is alive. He's just unconscious. Quick, we must take him to the hospital!" Luna levitated her son onto her back, and then the group galloped away, their destination, Ponyville hospital.
um small problem....
it can only be taken off by the user....
Love this chapter enough to overlook a small error like that. Only sad part is who knows how long i have to wait for the next chapter.
4673724 Taken off, yes. Destroyed, never said anything about that.
Well he is going to have one hell of a headache. Also glad that there is a new update, do we know when the next one will be out?
4673843 I'm amazed they didn't think of just destroying it in-series. Then again, a dark artifact like the Alicorn Amulet might hijack all of the user's magic to try and keep itself in one piece. Which would indeed require an Alicorn(or two's) full power to break it.
awesome chapter! please update again soon!
Is it bad that I think that the amulet did not corrupt his mind and he is totally in the right?
4674184 nope its totally normal
but the idea of torturing them for information was probably the amulet
4674391 but also a good idea!
4674184 It doesn't corrupt per-say more just feeds of your desires and amplify them.
4674184 Oh heck no it isn't I think he just got the amulet for a power boost. Besides it was totally warranted. That's what you get Luna.
4673870 Or ya know, three of them. Tia + the awful mother + Twilight
At least he didn't get sent to the moon.
I hope he still rejects the Midnight name, and insists that he's human and that he's Tristan.
I wubs it.
*squee*
Although it felt somewhat rushed, then again, fights are like that. And it felt like forever waiting for this, but it's totally worth it. Please do so continue and I shall happily read as to what happens next.
~Flow
First I hope he hates Luna FOREVER Second I hope he gets hope Third I hope he completely rejects the name Moonlight Fourth I hope he still insists hes human And finally I hope Luna and that get payback for unwillingly taking him from his home trying to keep him there and all together acting like a horrible family oh I also hope he restores the memory of his real parents because when we saw the flashback when they got him they seemed all happy and it makes me sad thinking that they had those memorys erased
it took you a while dude but why is it this short?
All these Luna comments seem a bit harsh.
Why do you guys' hate her so much?
I mean, did everyone expect her to just go, 'Welp, there goes that kid better make another,' or, 'Its been a few years, may as well give up on seeing my child ever again, I'm sure he is happy wherever the spirit of CHAOS and DISHARMONY sent him.'
Even better! "I should let the adoptive parents of my kidnapped child remember him, so they can suffer the same pain and loss I have! I am smartest princess!"
I can't believe there is so little sympathy for her when her only crime was loving her son so much that she never gave up on finding him again, and doesn't want to get rid of him seconds after she does.
She felt guilty about what she had to do to Midnight's/Tristan's parents.
She felt depressed when he screamed how he hated her.
She felt scared when he ran away.
Even now, after attacking her and her friends and family, she is still worried about him first.
Luna is acting like a mom who just found her child and everyone here hates her.
Why?
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I totally agree with you. The fact that people hate Luna more than Discord in this story just seems dumb. I mean look at Discord! He separated a mother from her only child, and people here hate Luna for just loving her son and wanting him back in her arms? What Discord did was 10 times more evil than what Luna did. She already lost Midnight's father, did you people think she was just gonna accept that her son was gone forever? It was considerate of her to erase the memories of Tristan's adoptive parents so that they wouldn't feel the pain that she felt.
4677257 Tristan may be Luna's son, but she does NOT control his life. She could've asked about it. As you can CLEARLY see Tristan wanted absolutely nothing to do with her. Tristan was happy with his adoptive parents and Luna is the one who mentions that his parents wouldn't remember him. If her child was happy that should have been all that matters to her. But no, she had to abduct her child.
4677257 4677565 I can't condone what Luna had done but imagine that she wasn't thinking strait when she preformed the spell. Also how would she know what her son"s life was like prior? However, what's done is done with no known way to reverse it.
4678430 In a sense, she dose have control of his life. If I was a father with with the same capabilities as Luna and I made the same mistakes she did, I would go to great lengths to bring my child back to me if hes NOT AN ADULT. The main character is not an adult, but a kid and he needs to come in terms with his new situation and accept the fact that this his is life now.
TL;DR version for Gamer Master
Can't wait for the next chapter!
Good chappy, but they take way too bloody long to come out.
Though I suppose that's a tad hypocritical of me, no?
4678824 imagine if you were Tristan, what would you think of the situation. I don't know about you but I wouldn't exactly say, "golly gee, princess who just abducted me from everything I know and love I'll be your son and not hate you for the technical kidnapping."
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It is very fair to sympathize with the kid, bit tougher after klonking Spike on the head for the crime of holding him accountable for his actions, but why hate Luna.
She didn't know how his life was before she cast the spell, all she knew was that he was alive and human.
She couldn't ask him anything.
She couldn't observe anything.
But everyone seems to wish she would've just left him to his, completely unknown to her, fate.
Now think about a parent doing that in real life.
Sounds fed up, doesn't it?
But Luna is a monster for not doing it.
Eh?
You do know the he Amulet can only be removed by the user, right?
Also, as I said before, no forgiveness for the twisted bitches!
4680422 Um look at this moment right here
By these quotes it's clear Luna found out about his parents and still wanting her child she abducted him to the other world. One thing a mother does is making her son or daughter happy, and not to be rude as this may sound rude but please know I'm not trying to be rude but does Tristan seem very happy at all?
4680595 yay No Forgiveness! Tristan tag me in!
4679285 I honestly don't expect him to come accept it right away. I won't accept it at first either. It's called The Five Stages, this should be common knowledge and forgive me if I sound condescending, but I thought they taught this at Highschool.
Knowing the Five Stages, next Tristan will try to plead with almost every villain like Tirek or Chrysalis, then we will stay in his room sobbing or try to kill himself and then he will come in terms with it.
Edit 1: What I'm getting at is like the point in the video, if he doesn't come in terms with his new situation, he'll end up hurting himself and even if Luna did know about his life, she probably wasn't thinking strait when she preformed the spell. That happens to the best of us. Besides, love is a very, selfish thing to have.
4681067 okay well that's a bit unfair since I'm technically going into High School in the next 3 weeks. And this IS Tristan we're talking about here. The guy who ended up turning Discord to stone all on his own and hitting Spike to avoid getting away from his goal. He'll quite frankly do ANYTHING to achieve his goal. And his goal is to get out of Equestria, or as I like to call the full title, No I am NOT a Pony, GET ME OUTTA EQUESTRIA!
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She knew he was adopted because she is his birth mother.
Any parent he would've had would be adoptive parents.
Besides a child's happiness isn't paramount in parenting, their well being is.
Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that he doesn't have a good reason to be mad, nor am I saying he should just shut up and learn to like hay.
I'm not even saying what Luna did was right or wrong.
I'm just saying that given her circumstances and perspective, Luna did what any decent parent would've done.
Find a way to bring their child home, and bring them home.
And all the vitriol for being a decent parent just baffles me.
4681395 Okay I understand where you are getting at but I'm just saying if Luna KNEW her son didn't want to be in Equestria with her, she shouldn't just expect what in Tristan's mind is the equivalent of Stock Home Syndrom, He could ask for a memory spell from Twilight or Tia. Either way, I just think Luna is just acting selfish like (I can't believe I'm gonna reference this) Brian was in this alternate ending I read for My Little Dashie. Brian realized that Dash needed to be with her own kind in the original story. I'm saying I think Luna should ask if after all that's happened would Tristan like to be in Equestria if not, memory and teleportation spell. If so [which I HIGHLY doubt] he stays, Luna's happy and everyone's happy, well except for Spike.
son your grounded.
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Dude, if you're referencing that then you're kinda nullifying your point.
Dash belonged with her own kind despite being raised by a human.
Tris doesn't belong with his own kind despite being raised by humans.
My whole point was she didn't know if he was being raised by a loving family, or was a child soldier in Somalia.
Turned into Human.
Moved onto Earth.
Literally all she knew about him before she cast the spell.
And this was back when Discord was still a mindraping douche, so it was well within his capacity to send him somewhere less than happy.
Maybe it is just easier for me to sympathize with the heartbroken mother than the kid who is suddenly the most powerful being in the world. Able to imprison Discord alone while both Celes and Luna needed the elements to even touch him.
Oh well.
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4695818 And I'm probably just sympathetic of those who've been wronged in some way and the person or pony that wronged them won't do anything about it.
4676390 It's about as long as I usually upload. I dunno
4680595 I made it so the chain got destroyed. Sorry, it was the only way I could make it work.
Your grammar needs work.
4696087 You raise a good point, another thing with Luna is she should have thought about the cons of bringing him to Equestria, now I am just going to be blunt, I hope the ending is appropriate, because I personally believe this not one of those you can put a happy spin on. My aunt has actually delt with situations similar to this when she worked as a high school teacher. But the fact is what she did was very thoughtless, I understand she loves him, but she also should have used an ethical approach, if she really loves him, she should have left him where he was since he was already content with his life, because all parents should want their children to live a good life, besides what if he ends up snapping and decides to go on a rampage. Now of course I will side with her if she did it because his life sucked, because it was the right thing to do but in this case it did not suck so her actions were not the right thing to do, I mean being plucked from a world that was not really your own but you have come to accept as your own only to be plucked from it with out the person or persons responsible even apologizing for it in some way? Not even a simple "I'm sorry?" everyone you have ever loved, everything you ever known just striped away from you in a flash, gone, probably never to be seen again, and they think he will accept that? There could have been a better approach to this, however, such as introducing herself slowly and once he has an understanding then ask if he wants to go with her or not, the choice should have been up to HIM and him only, not this "oh, I'm just going to pull you out of the dimension you have grown accustomed to and throw you into this one, striping everything away that made you who you are without your permission or an apology or even a basic explanation and hope for the best, good luck!" I apologize if this sounds like a rant but the fact once again is, he should of had the option, she did it against his will. It is kind of hypocritical to, because the same thing was done to her and she didn't like it but then she did it to him, and he doesn't like it, and I can't blame him, because once again everything he has known as been striped with no warning or remorse. I understand she did it with good intentions but as the saying goes from Jurassic Park, "just because you can do it, doesn't mean you should." I apologize for the long comment, but had to get this off my chest. Also I am aware that Luna does seem to show remorse for doing this to him, realizing how this has begun to damage him.
4753609 THANK YOU!
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4753609 Like I said before, I can't condone what Luna did, but I can condone that she's doing what she can to bring him back to her
Your right; she should have, but she didn't. I bet she would take it all back if she could, but she can't. Now the question is what should she do next?
Tristan is angry and rightfully so, but it would be irresponsible for Luna to just let him run away and let him do what he's doing right now. Given time, Tristan would come to accept his new life or a least come in terms with his situation and I bet Luna will apologize to Tristan soon.
Your right for the fact that she should of done all the things you explained, but hindsight is 20/20. I'm not a parent, but Luna is definitely taking the right course of action by trying to bring Tristan back to her.
4765945 You do raise some good points there.
You need more character in your writing, it's kinda dull
Wow. That ended quickly.
4863147 If you're looking for a better fight, check out Megatron takes equestria.
I thought that nopony but the pony wearing the amulet could remove it oh well I eagerly await the next chapter I really hope tristan finds a way home soon. I am really enjoying this story
With how this is turning out, I can very easily envision a suicide attempt. But, hey, this is a new twist on the whole royal family relation trope. You're doing well, but it could use some working on for character interaction.
4975304 Apparently when hit by two alicorns and a fairly powerful unicorn it will come off?
5015137 I kinda wish that happened to Trixie when she wore it