Reunion - Two Broken Hearts
Nightmare Moon's Tiny Adversary
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Chapter 3
Part 2
“Twilight… Twilight… wake up… please!”
“Twilight, please. Wake up.”
Twilight finally opened her bleary eyes, squinting wearily at the three figures towering over her. Despite her blurry vision, it was easy to tell who they were. The mighty white alicorn was directly in front, her head lowered and her horn lit with a pleasant golden glow as it sent soothing magic into the tiny mare’s body. To the left sat a pink alicorn in much the same posture as Celestia, her horn illuminated with a cool blue aura that soothed Twilight’s headache and calmed the unicorn’s nerves. Finally, on Twilight’s right was her brother, who shifted his weight impatiently as he looked worriedly at her.
“C-Cadence…? Shiny? Princess?” Twilight said weakly. She attempted to reach towards them with a hoof, but as she suddenly noticed, her entire body was being kept immobile by her brother’s magic aura. The tiny mare looked around groggily at the chaos of rubble and party decorations strewn around her and quickly realized that she was in the exact same spot where she fell unconscious.
“T-Twiny?” Shining Armor said as he knelt down beside her, his uneasy expression brightening up with a smile. “You’re okay! I was so worried about you. I’m… I’m so sorry, Twiny. I was the one who ordered the attack on Nightmare Moon. If I knew you were in the crossfire, I would n-never…”
Shining Armor’s face quickly fell on the verge of tears, and Twilight gave him a reassuring smile to relieve some of his guilt. “It… it’s okay Shiny. You couldn’t have known I was there. I forgive you.”
The stallion seemed to cheer up at her words, and Twilight finally turned her eye to figuring out exactly what was happening. For one, she felt good. Certainly better than she did before she blacked out. The tiny mare wriggled impatiently in her brother’s telekinesis before she spoke up again. “Errm… Could you please let me go, Shiny?”
Shining Armor shook his head. “Not until the operation’s over.”
Twilight turned back to the two alicorns hovering over her, and she finally put together what was happening. The princess was trying to heal her body back up, though unlike Twilight’s previous trips to the doctor back in Canterlot Castle, Celestia was working much more slowly and methodically, weaving her restorative magic into her student with a precision usually reserved for the most grievous injuries.
The tiny mare gave the three ponies assembled there an awkward smile. “I uhhh… I hadn’t realized it was that bad,” Twilight said with forced laughter, before she cleared her throat and began again, this time completely serious. “Princess, I have something very important to tell you.”
Celestia didn’t so much as bat an eye at Twilight’s words, still intently focused on her magic. Shining drew her sister’s attention with a tiny cough. “Erm, I’m sure what you have to say is really important, Twiny, but could we ask you a few questions first?”
Twilight settled back and tried to fight down her urgent desire to inform the princess of the good news. “I suppose it couldn’t hurt, but make it quick,” she said anxiously.
“Right, first off, what are you doing in Ponyville?” Shining Armor began, looking at her closely.
Twilight’s brow furrowed together in confusion. “What do you mean, Shiny?” she said, shooting her mentor a puzzled look. “I’m here to fulfill the royal duty Princess Celestia entrusted me with.”
“Twilight, I didn’t send you to Ponyville,” the white alicorn said, the aura around her horn dissipating. “Who told you I did?”
“You didn’t? But Silver Scroll said… I mean, she even gave me a checklist with all the ponies responsible for overseeing the preparation,” Twilight said, growing uncertainty in her voice.
“Ahem.” Overwatch chose that moment to clear her throat very loudly, drawing the attention of the ponies there as she trotted over into conversation range. She appeared largely unscathed from the experience she just had, save for a small limp and the fact that she had discarded all of her heavily dented armor. “Apologies for butting in like this, but she also told me and Steelie to escort Miss Sparkle as she went on her rounds.”
“I see,” Celestia growled, before she slammed her hoof into the ground, causing bits and pieces of the debris to bounce up in her anger. She turned away, beckoning Shining Armor to join her a bit farther away from Twilight. “It appears,” she whispered, “that Silver Scroll has deliberately disobeyed my orders to keep the tale of Nightmare Moon out of the library and away from my student.”
Twilight’s ears perked up to catch a smidgen of their conversation, and she looked at her mentor suspiciously. Disobeyed her orders?
“I can’t believe she’d do that. She even acknowledged that leaving the book was no longer in the plan,” Shining Armor added, his words only further reinforcing the worrying thought forming in Twilight’s mind.
Nightmare Moon simply burst out laughing at her words. “Thou art naive, little pony. Celestia knew exactly when we would return, and she hath even tried to best us in combat there on the spot, but we decided that meeting with our subjects took priority, unlike our sister, who hath always kept everypony at a distance, whether it be her subjects…”
“Just a thought, Princess, but I’ve seen her around with Brave Blade often,” Shining Armor murmured. “Those two could easily coordinate something like this with the former captain’s military ties.”
Nightmare Moon gave Twilight a closer look. “Or whether it be thee, her student...”
“They have put my student’s life at risk, but at the moment, I have more important matters to attend to than to punish them,” Celestia commented emotionlessly, despite her twitching eye.
If Celestia knew about Nightmare Moon’s return, if she told Silver Scroll to keep Nightmare Moon’s tale out of the Royal Library, it would mean that…
“Twilight, can you…” Shining Armor said, having returned to his sister’s side. “Twilight? Twilight, are you listening to me?”
It would mean that the princess never wanted me involved at all, but why make such a big deal about keeping the story away from me?
Unless… Shiny had said that leaving the book was no longer in the plan, which means that I was originally supposed to get involved, but what could I do besides tell the princess what she already knew?
“Twilight, you’re worrying me,” Shining Armor continued, poking his sister with a hoof.
Think, Twilight, think. She wanted me to fit in somewhere, and the only other topic to research from that story was…
“Twilight!”
“What do you want, Shining Armor?” Twilight snapped, scowling.
“Sorry for yelling, but you dozed off and… Twiny, what’s wrong?” Shining Armor asked as Twilight turned away with a huff. “D-did Nightmare Moon hurt you?”
“Twilight, don’t worry about her now,” Celestia said sternly as she trotted closer, casting a shadow over the stubbornly silent mare. “She may have gotten away, but she will pay for what she has done. You have my word, my faithful—”
“Wait! She didn’t!” Twilight shouted, causing Celestia to blink a few times in confusion. The tiny unicorn quickly cleared her throat with a small blush before she continued. “I mean, she did technically hurt me, but it was an accident. She didn’t mean to.”
“What do you mean, Twilight?” Shining Armor said doubtfully. “When we found you, you looked like you’d been through Tartarus.”
Celestia dropped down to her belly in front of her student, leaning in closer. “Twilight, what happened in Town Hall? Nightmare Moon told me that she had a… a talk with you. I was worried that…” she said, her voice catching slightly, “that I was about to lose you again.”
Twilight’s anger dissipated with her mentor’s words, and she looked to Shining Armor and Cadence momentarily for a bit of assistance. The two understood her wishes and released their magic from her, concluding the healing process and allowing the tiny mare to stand up on her hooves and approach the princess.
Celestia let out a sniffle, wiping at one of her eyes with a foreleg. “I know I’ve said this many times before, but you still mean so much to me. I’m not going to lose you again, and I mean it.”
Twilight stood up onto her back legs, placing a reassuring hoof on the princess’s muzzle and looking up into her mentor’s watery eyes with a cheerful smile. “And you won’t, Princess. Thanks to you and Cadence, I’m as healthy as ever, even after the whole thing with Nightmare Moon,” she said, turning around in a circle to show off her back, neck, and forelegs. “See? Not a scratch!”
Celestia let a small smile creep onto her muzzle, but quickly cleared her throat and put on a more serious expression. “We still need to talk about that whole encounter, my faithful student.”
Twilight let out a hesitant chuckle, rubbing at the back of her neck. “I’m really sorry, Princess,” she said regretfully. “I didn’t mean to worry you or make you unhappy, but all those ponies were in grave danger and I couldn’t just let Nightmare Moon kill them, so I tried to distract her…”
Twilight stopped for a deep breath as she neared the end of her retelling. “So you know most of what happened from there. The Royal Guard opened fire and unintentionally propelled Nightmare Moon into the weakened structure of Town Hall, which ended up with me trying to keep a door and a part of the wall from landing on top of me.”
“Yeah, about that,” Overwatch interrupted with a peeved expression. “I still want to know the name of the pony who made that call in the first place.”
“They had a perfectly good reason to do so with what they knew,” Twilight responded quickly, cutting off her brother before he could say anything. “But that’s not the point of what I’m trying to say. At the very end, part of the weight above me was levitated by you, Princess, but the other half was levitated by your sister. Luna is still in there. I know it.”
“Luna… is still in there…” Cadence muttered under her breath, her eyes wide in shock. “Auntie, do you know what this means?”
“I do. I’ve seen signs of it myself, and what Twilight has said has offered more evidence towards that assertion. Luna… It’s good to know she isn’t gone, but you, my student,” she said sternly, looking down at the tiny unicorn at her hooves, “you have decided foolishly to run straight into a situation where you expected to die!”
“Princess, I…” Twilight said, surprised by the sudden shift in Celestia’s tone, “I just wanted to keep the rest of—”
The princess snorted, pushing Twilight off of her muzzle before straightening up to tower over the tiny mare. “Twilight, have you learned nothing?”
“Auntie, a-are you alright?” Cadence said, looking worriedly at Celestia’s cold grimace.
“No, I am not alright,” she murmured, a harsh whisper to those who could hear her. “Twilight has ended up on the verge of death so many times, yet she still charges recklessly forwards with no regard for her own health and safety! Her first solution was to place herself in danger! Does she not care for her life?”
“P-Princess? Why are you so angry?” Twilight asked, backing away from the imposing figure of the alicorn, her mentor’s piercing glare following her closely. Accusingly.
Celestia slammed a hoof down, cracking the floorboards and eliciting a squeak from her student. “How could you just put your own life at risk? You decided to sacrifice yourself, just like that? Did you even think of how much you would hurt your own family if you died? How devastated all your friends would be? Have you even considered how this would affect Cadence? Or me?”
“I-I’m sorry, Princess. I didn’t mean to—”
“But you just did!” she shouted, causing Twilight shrink even further away. ”How many times have you almost died because of your recklessness? How many times do your bones have to break before you will stop breaking them? How many times will you put yourself on the brink of death before you stop risking your life?” Celestia snapped, once again stomping a hoof sharply into the ground.
“And you!” she said, her scowl only deepened as she turned her attention to her student’s unicorn guard, who began backing away slowly, her head bowed and her ears down. The princess’s horn lit up unexpectedly, and everypony gasped as it wrapped its golden aura around Overwatch and tossed her into a nearby wall with a loud thud. Celestia bit her lip, her eye twitching as she struggled to keep her power under control. “You swore to protect my student, yet you were not the one facing Nightmare Moon! After thirteen years, you still cannot keep her safe from herself!” she said as the guard mare stood back onto her hooves quietly, careful to keep her weight off of her injured hind leg.
“Auntie please, control your anger,” Cadence pled urgently, putting her hoof on the Celestia’s shoulder.
“Princess,” Twilight said with new resolve as she teleported herself between her mentor and her guard, “why would you punish Overwatch? She didn’t know what I was going to do! I was the one who came up with the plan to distract Nightmare Moon in the first place. Only I should be punished, if anypony! I’m the only one who should be the target of your ire!”
Celestia let out a deep sigh, looking at Twilight with a defeated gaze. “And what good would that do? I’ve always encouraged your desire to improve yourself, but now I see that it was a mistake,” she stated coldly. “Traitors among my most trusted subjects, incompetence among my most dedicated guards, continued foolhardiness in my most faithful student, not to mention discovering my own blindness towards Luna...”
She turned to pick up Twilight in her telekinesis and tossed her to Overwatch, who used her own magic to catch the tiny mare and place her lightly on her back. “Twilight,” Celestia continued, still in the same detached voice, “as your mentor and ruler, I find that it is necessary to confine you to my chambers until Nightmare Moon is captured. Overwatch, I expect you to accompany her back to Canterlot with Steel Blade when he awakens and ensure that she is locked away. You will be given a specialized magic restraining ring for her when you arrive.”
“Y-your Highness…” Shining Armor said hesitantly, but was immediately silenced by the princess’s intimidating glower.
“I wouldn’t need to do this if your troops didn’t let Nightmare Moon escape back into the Everfree Forest. I am doing this for her own good. If I have to lock her away to keep her safe, I will do so without hesitation until she finally learns that her life is not just something to be thrown away,” Celestia said as she turned her back to Twilight. “Now, I need a chariot over at the local library to—”
“Why don’t you trust me?” Twilight shouted, her sudden movement restrained by Overwatch’s telekinesis. “Why did you never tell me about Nightmare Moon? About Luna? Your sister!”
“It's none of your concern or your burden to bear,” Celestia said, blinking a tear from her eye as she kept her back to her student.
Twilight drew herself up in wounded anger, glaring furiously at her mentor. “Nightmare Moon was right, wasn’t she?” she yelled, this time causing the princess to turn swiftly to face her. “You really do hide information from those close to you. You had originally planned to manipulate me into coming to Ponyville so I could learn about the Elements of Harmony, search for them, and use them against your sister, didn’t you!”
“H-how did you know?” Celestia said, her eyes wide and her legs trembling.
“How? Because you made such a big deal out of me finding the book about Nightmare Moon in the Royal Library, and it doesn’t take a genius to figure out the only other part I could have played that could have agitated you so! But you changed your mind, and if not for Silver Scroll and Brave Blade, I would still be in Canterlot, blind to everything just like you intended!”
Celestia let out a sigh and shook her head disapprovingly, smothering the bit of pride making its way onto her expression. “You’re too smart for your own good, Twilight, and it’s true. I wanted to use you to save my sister, like a simple tool to fit my needs, but after the years we’ve spent together, I found it harder and harder to go on with it.” She lowered her head shamefully. “I’m truly sorry for even considering using you in the first place. I can only hope that you will forgive me one day for my desperation fueled delirium—”
Celestia’s mouth was suddenly sealed in a magenta colored aura, and she looked with surprise at her flippant student. “I don't care that you manipulated me! I would gladly risk my life to save your sister! Even now, all I want is… is to be useful. To be something more than just the toy the nobility accused me of being. After so many years of your kindness, after all you’ve taught me, I would have done anything you wanted of me. Anything!” Twilight screamed as she fought even harder against Overwatch’s levitation.
She eventually stopped struggling, lying limp on her guard’s back. “But what really hurt me was that you didn’t trust me to find the Elements. W-why…? Why have you lost faith in my abilities? Why have you lost faith in m-me?” Twilight demanded, tears flowing from her bloodshot eyes. “Out… out of everypony... I w-wouldn’t have expected… expected you to t-think that m-my size would… that my size would matter.”
Celestia quickly turned away, gesturing with a tilt of her head at Cadence and Shining Armor to leave Twilight alone. “Let’s go.”
“But Celestia…” Shining Armor replied, looking uncertainly between his ailing sister and the unrelenting princess.
“That’s an order. We’ve wasted enough time here while my sister continues to hide somewhere in the Everfree Forest. We cannot let your guards to risk their lives searching for her any longer than they already have,” Celestia finished, avoiding eye contact with her captain.
“Y-yes, Princess,” he muttered out, following the white alicorn with Cadence and leaving Twilight alone with her unicorn guard.
Overwatch held a hoof to her breast under her scarf, looking at Twilight with a pained expression on her face. She turned to the retreating forms of the three ponies leaving them and muttered a single phrase through clenched teeth.
“Damnit.”
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Tsk celestia, do you really think you can keep her away, she is strong in magic and in body, she will get out
That was... huh. I think some one put a cannon under a fan and shot brown liquidy stuff at it. Becase that may or may not have been me...
Jskfikemhagaudiktbdbd too many feels.
What? That's it? Seriously? That was way too short...
~Crystalline Electrostatic~
Dang Celestia really knows how to turn situations into a shit taco doesn't she? Still she has gotta learn to open up. Even to talk and ask people things. Ashamed to still be wondering what was happening at the end. Was Celestia still sending Twilight back to Canterlot?
good chapter to be sure, but way to short.
4747002 And that's if she doesn't break the enchantment..
… okay.
Maybe the elements wont be needed after all, since NMM's evil form doesnt look solid.
I expect/hope that Twi will join up with Luna, and force a "peacefull" reunion between the two sisters, acting as a moderator of sort..
If they act up, she can shed her shrinking spell and start the beatings. For their own good, really.
4747096 and luna was probably eaves dropping so she might break her out...
I'm certain that Twilight can escape. After all, Celestia said that they were to be given a ring for Twilight, but did she ever say that they had to put it on her?
I'm curious to see just what that "blessing" Nightmare laid on Twilight is.
4747002
She can always hope that Twilight's will be obident and not try to escape.
4747007
I don't really undersand what you mean, but i will take it as complement.
4747012
To many? Sorry...
4747015
Well, the reason why my editor took so long with such short chapter was because he was at the same time updating next chapter (because his changes he made here also influenced the next chapter). In short, half of next chapter is done and will be uploaded soon.
Also, I know that some chapters are rather short, but at least they will be uploaded faster.
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Well, she is sending Twilight back to Canterlot for now. You will need to wait and see what happens next.
4747096
Maybe, but wouldn't her size make any attempt to escape harder? I mean, being small help to pass thin spots, dodge and hide, but when she already is captured, wouldn't it work in her disadvantage?
4747112
Speechless?
I hope you're not dissapointed.
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Well, I am not really sure Nightmare moon is open for any sort of negotiations, even with Twilight as mediator. After all, Nightmare Moon stated firmly that forgiving Celestia is something she cannot grant.
You will have to see how it goes.
Celestia deserve to be punched in the face , seriously.
NMM seem to respect Twilight abilities and will as her own being more than Celestia at this point , which is kind of sad. I get that for all intend and purpose , Celestia is acting and reacting as Twilight's mother , but she got to realise that her tiny Twilight is a tough and able mare capable to take her own decision by herself.
If it take Twilight shouting at her , punching her or joining NMM for a few hours to give her that wake up call , then so be it.
(Edited because I don't want to set the world on fire again... and don't want people necro-ing my comment in four month because I worded the previous version of it badly.)
Teleport!
Awesome update!
must read MORE!!!
i mean
sorry about that what i was really going to say was i really like this chapter and i hope to read more soon
4747306
I wouldn't say so.
Celestia...you fool...
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And if they manage to put the ring on her horn (it is a size customized after all), what than?
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You will find out sooner or later, hehe.
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I may not change your mind about Celestia here. But keep in mind that tonight was a night she awaited for 1000 of years. All her waiting, guilt and fear gathered for this very night. Next add the fact that her most trusted ponies send Twilight to Ponyville behind her back. Twilight herself wanted to sacrefice herself for the greater good and her guards failed to stop her. Than add the fact that she just fought her own sister, found out that she never had to banish Nightmare Moon in the first place. Her student she found was badly beaten.
What I am trying to say is that she is not in her best stage of mind. desperation, stress and guilt are bliding her judgement and affect her actions.
4747329
Why your comment remind me of TF2 enginer saying "Teleport" ?
4747338 4747346
There should be one more soon since my editor worked on next chapter as well, hopefully.
4747464 okay thank you for letting me know
4747464
But they were never instructed to! Sure, they could, but I don't think that I would if we're dealing with Twilight possibly saving Equestria! Her guards should be smart enough to know that.
Twilight should return to full size on her own, find the elements, and fix Luna!
4747464
I can't help but wonder if you've got bat hijinx planed.
4747306 Not really, considering her raw power.
You don't exactly see apocalypse-level warlocks picking doors, do you?
I love this characterization of Celestia. I could so see it happening.
She banishes her sister to the moon...and has to do everything. A crisis in Equestria...she takes care of it. Diplomatic problems...she takes care of it. Ect.
And so she gets used to taken care of everything by herself, because that is what she must do to protect her little ponies. Otherwise they get hurt.
When Twilight does things on her own, she gets hurt. So Celestia must take care of her, and do it for her. As she has been doing for the past millennium.
She's like the mother hen who won't let the full grown chick out of the nest for fear of it hurting itself, and thus denying it the ability to grow. Because she loves and cares to much.
Well done.
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It's not so much her actions of that night (even if she acted pretty unfairly toward Twilight) as , as you said , she is not exactly in the best state of mind. That I can understand and I am pretty sure Twilight can too.
The problem with her attitude is more her (perceived) utter lack of trust in Twilight abilities , mind and judgement , not just in the past few hours but during the whole ordeal (or even more.)
It's not like I hate her or anything (some people seem to seem that each time I say something on Celestia ) , I like her a lot actually ; I just consider punch to be a good wake up call sometimes.
That being said , if I way in Twilight's place , I would be a positively pissed puny purple pony .
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She has been preparing for this moment for longer than you can possibly comprehend. She has sacrificed more than you could ever hope to withstand losing. She has hurt herself, and likely others to make sure that Nightmare Moon did not destroy the world, and in the hopes that she could free her beloved little sister.
The fact that it was a misunderstanding is not important. Not to mention, for NMM being 'more decent than Celestia', she DID kill ponies instead of explaining herself. She took lives, spilled blood, rather than just going to Celestia when it all started and making her see what was wrong. Getting HELP. Even if this NMM isn't trying to destroy the world, she is still a monster. And she still needs to be redeemed. Don't judge Celestia unless you can understand an inkling o what she's going through.
She's torn between being a leader, being responsible for everything and everyone in her kingdom, and in part for the whole world. She's torn between basically being a mother to Twilight, and what mother would be HAPPY to send their darling daughter off into a situation where they are likely to die? She's torn between being a big and repentant big sister, who wants nothing more than to bring her old Luna back safe and sound from the darkness. Everything's done and said makes perfect sense. If you're going to criticize, walk a mile in their shoes first.
This sounds adorable.
4747534
That depends. Are we talking about Skyrim? *Jab at lockpicking system*
Seriously, you can have massive arcane power - with the capability of throwing exploding fireballs - and be stonewalled by a wooden door...
4747306 take your time in writing, after all rushing does not result in apparent perfection. By that I mean don't rush just to get to the end, rush to prove that you can. However you proceed to this goal is your choice.
I feel very philosophical yet rude for some reason as if I'm trying to tell you how to write your majestic piece of art. So please don't take it that way as I'd hate for my statements to ruin you.
I just realized that on the book that it says friendship is magic.
Sheesh I tap-type so fast on my phone it skips letters I typed; I did fix the typos ( realizef, that and th)
I cant help but feel that Celestia is a bit out of character in this chapter.
4747779 Shush. Go back to your cage, slave. HOW DARE YOU SPEAK ILL OF SKYRIM.
Now you shall only have half your regular meals.
4747996
You have to admit, though, that it'd be awesome to be able to blow doors down in Skyrim.
Foom! CRASH! Knock knock, assholes! *Slightly edited from original dialog while invading a Silver Hand encampment as a Warmage. Original was commented while dismembering a member who met me at the gate, so no CRASH. Only SPLAT.*
Yo, I'm nearly done with the next part. In a way, it's a bit of an apology for being held up so much on this most recent chapter, but I think it's more that people thought what already released was too short.
Edit: Scratch that, I am done. Next part should be out tomorrow or the day after.
Man this one went by fast!
Her breast? I'm confused, don't ponies have their breasts underneath them? I just want to clear that up.
4748194
http://banhdc.org/images/ch-exp-horse.jpg
Equivalent to the chest area.
4747544 Heck yes, exactly this.
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4747706 Luna/NMM kill ponies because those ponies are hypocrite, because they fight for themselves and not for other, because they are the reason those who are under her care died... Yeah.... Innocent civillians my ass... That's why she is angry, that is why she is pissed, that is why she kill those ponies without much of an explaination and there is also the fact that no one seem to care what she has to say. Just making a point about little Luna here... About Celestia... I can sum it up in one sentence: She has issue and said issue need to be solved to make any correct decision...
4747706
I... think I am going to consider you the universal defender of Celestia or something , because somehow I always seem to clash with you regarding this character.
Anyway , you are completely missing the point.
First of all , I if can't "possibly comprehend" or "hope to withstand" , neither can you unless you are secretely an immortal alicorn , so don't try to pull that card on me. You don't know me either ,for that matter. I can "understand " at least as well as you , that I assure you.
Regarding the point of NMM killing , the only ponies that we say her explicitely kill in this story were royal guards , and only because she was forced to do so ... and that's not even the point , as it could be argued that in every setting , show included , NMM killed at some point.
Second , I never said that it didn't make sense , her reaction makes perfect sense both that night and before , but making sense does not mean that this is fair for Twilight. A grieving mother who lost her first son in a bicycle accident might forbid her second born son of using one , it would be logical and understandable , but it still wouldn't be fair for the second son.
I never said NMM was not to blame either for that matter ... maybe decent wasn't exactly the right word to convey what I meant. What I meant is that NMM is the one that recognised Twilight worth as her own mare the most. The most respectfull of Twilight , if only for that precious few moment together , if you will.
What we have here basicaly is a grieving mother/sister facing a misguided blood-knight.
You seem to put yourself in Celestia's shoes first and foremost , while I tend to put myself in Twilight's , it's not suprising that we clash when I think about it... oh well.
Celestia is one very stupid ruler. I hope Twilight goes over and show them both what is what, hopefully in a full sized form.
4747473
Your Welcome.
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I am not really sure that saving Equestria is what is on stage here.
Nightmare Moon don't want to bring ethernal night and she is both tired and wounded while Celestia have army on her side, and in last battle she kept up with Nightmare Moon despite not having acces to her sun.
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That sound reasonable, but at the moment, Twilight only once increased her size, and it was to 9kg weight during Wonderbolts' mission, and she found out her power to dificult to use in reasonable matter. I think she may be hesistant to increase her size.
4747521
I think that this blessing turn pegasus wings into bat-ones. Since Twilight is a unicorn, I double she will grow up a pair, but who knows.
4747534
Well. She is still a tiny size warlock, hehe.
4747544
Keep in mind that Celestia is not only mother figure to Equestria, but also a teacher/manipulator. She is ready to work from behind the scene and guide ponies rather to do something rather than do it herself. It just happened that with Twilight, her motherly part overpowered her manipulative side.
4747624
Oh, I am sure she is angry.
4749195 Like i said..If it comes down to it, Canterlot will be on the moon next!
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The story is written already. It is beng uploaded with how fast my top editor work, and he is slow but precise in his work.
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People are overusing word "out of character."
Celestia is under mental trauma, of course she wouldn't act like everday wise calm ruler.
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Invicible wall. It is so powerful that it can stop even the most OP character from passing throught.
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So, can I upload this next chapter, or not yet?
Also, maybe replace "breast" with a "chest" ?
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Pretty much. But after 1000 years she spend on the moon, Nightmare Moon/Luna redirected her entire rage towards Celestia so she would not hurt anypony after enduring so long isolation.
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Those nicks really well describe both Celestia and Nightmare Moon. I like to think of Nightmare Moon more of a dark knight type of character. She is honorable and don't take live unless forced to, but she is not afraid to have blood on her hooves and trust only those who she respect (she respect and trust Twilight, but she didn't with Celestia and cyvilians who turned on her).
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under mental trauma she might shout, or threaten them, but Celestia would not throw one of her guards into a wall and she certainly would not through her student across the room, even if she thought her guard would catch her. You can have her get mad yes, but I still feel that her actions here are indeed out of character. Just my opinion though. Also you miss spelled Wouldn't. Just pointing that out.
i do hope she manage to escape, find her friends, find the elements, beat Nightmare Moon or talk to her to bring Luna back just to show Celestia that Twiny isnt helpless.
or maybe they should use the elements on Tia to give her a time out to calm down and talk with her sister