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The Life of a Wanted Changeling Season 2: Debt to a Doctor (Comment Driven Story) - Down with Chrysalis



The continued misadventures of you, Bugze the Changeling, as The Doctor calls up on your debt with him and he asks you to come to Canterlot immediately

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Episode 35: Into The Mind!!! (Nightmare Night Part 5)

Bugzee charge to Luna with the drill but is stopped suddenly with Luna magic
"Stop yourself... Why you insist in fighting me?" Ask Luna
"I will not let you damage my daughter.... MOOOOOOAAAAAAAN" Shouted Bugzee in the air
"Let me explain..." Say Luna
"Never... Two peanuts walk into a bar, and one was a salted" Say Bugzee
Just then, Luna begin to laugh and lose her concentration, as Bugzee land in the floor
"Falcoon Punch!" Shout Bugzee as he try to use the move with Luna
"Daddy... Wait!!!" Shout Nightshade as she put in the middle of the way between Bugzee and Luna, forcing Bugzee to stop
"You... Monster!! I leave her alone five minutes and you brainwashed her against me! How could you think of do that to a poor filly?" Ask Bugzee
"Daddy, no... Im not brainwashed... I only leave because she was sad and wanted to comfort her" Say Nightshade
"Yeah, of course... Every brainwashed zombie say the same... Return to your senses!!" Shout Bugzee
Nightshade and Twilight make a facehoof

You charge straight at Luna, drill whirling, but you're suddenly stopped by a field of magic around you,

"Stop yourself... Why you insist in fighting us?" Luna asks, horn glowing as she uses her magic to hold you in place.

"I'm not letting you hurt my daughter!" you shout

"Let me explain-" Say Luna

"Never! Two peanuts walk into a bar, and one was a salted" you counter

As planned, the terrible joke causes Luna to laugh and lose concentration allowing you to break out of the magic field and charge straight at her.

"Falcon Punch!" you shout as your flame-encased hoof heads towards Luna's face.

"Daddy... Wait!!!" Shouts Nightshade as she runs in front of Luna forcing you to stop your punch just inches from your daughter.

"You monster!!" You yell at Luna "I leave her alone five minutes and you brainwashed her against me! How could you think of do that to a poor filly?" you say in anger.

"Daddy, no... I'm not brainwashed... I only left because she was sad and wanted to comfort her." Nightshade says.

"Yeah, of course... Spoken like every zombie..." You snort.

Nightshade and Twilight facehoof, but you're suddenly forced to jump back in surprise when a nearby rock is thrown at you.

You look around in surprise before seeing Luna walking in front of Nightshade and giving you a heated glare as she says,

"We do not wish to cause you harm Mister Tennant, but if thou continues to try and cause us harm, then-" her horn lights up dangerously as she says "We will be forced to incline on thous wishes."

You just growl in anger as you charge at her in rage while screaming...

...Commence yelling.
"Raaaaaaaauuuuuuuuhhhhh!" Bugze charged, and in surprise to the sudden yelling, two mageborn set their horns ablazed and yelled as well.
"Ahhhhh!"
"-uuuuuuuuuhhhhh!" With the Big Daddy closing the distance, the two mares charged a spell, readying for the worst.
"Ahhhh!"
"-uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhh— Agh!"
"Aahhhh...?" The two stopped their yelling when the worst was delayed. >> rainbowPOOTIS ...by the tripping of a rock. Bugze, clad in heavy, metal costume, landed with a flinching thud. Quickly standing back up in frustration, he charged back into the fray, yelling again. ...we don't know why he's still yelling. But for some reason, this time, he channeled his inner Opera Singer.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaah~!" he, er, well, sanged.
The ladies could only stare in bafflement at the tone shift.
He must've twanged his voice box in the costume after the fall.

proceed to trip on the same rock nightshade tripped on, and faceplant in front of luna, totally ruining any chance of looking intimidating.

"Raaaaaaaauuuuuuuuhhhhh!"

With the Big Daddy closing the distance, Luna charges a spell, readying for the worst.

"-uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhh—*trip* Agh! *thud*"

And the worst was delayed by you tripping over a rock and you in your heavy, metal costume, landed with a flinching thud. Quickly standing back up in frustration, you charge back into the fray, yelling again... but sounding like an Opera singer,

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaah?!" you, er, well, sang as you stopped charging in confusion and the mares could only stare in bafflement at the tone shift.

Well, that's probably the strangest yelling I've ever done. Why was my voice an opera singer's anyway? Maybe it was my voice box agai-FOCUS BUG! Save Nightshade now, fix voice box later.

With that thought in mind, you glare at Luna again and...

You rush towards Luna, hatred flowing through you like a river. Your drill is encased in fire as it spins and you intend to spear that foal killing monster.
You: MMMMOOOOOAAAANNNNN!!!!!
Twilight: Tennant, stop!
Luna: Sir Please!
N: DADDY NO!
You ignore all of them as you charge forth, but then the DFV gets your attention
DFV: What are you doing? You will kill her with that drill spinning!
You: Who gives a Buck?! She's got NightShade!
DFV: YOU DO NOT LECTURE AND THREATEN ME ON THE IMPORTANCE OF LIFE PRESERVATION AND THEN DO THIS YOU BUCKING HYPOCRITE!!! (very pissed off)
You: Fine, would you kindly stop spinning?
The drill stops, but it is still covered in fire
You: I'm still gonna beat her senseless though
DFV: Good!
You are stopped by a blue and purple aura shield put up by both Luna and Twilight, you start bashing on it in anger
You: MMMOOOOAAANNNN!!!
Luna: Your daughter is in no danger Sir Tennant!
Twilight: They're actually getting along, don't ruin this!
N: I'm fine Daddy! See (shows herself) Everything is alright, Just Stop!
You: YOU'VE BRAINWASHED MY DAUGHTER AND TURNED HER AGAINST ME YOU WITCH!!!
Luna/Twilight/Nightshade: WHAT?
Twilight: That's ridiculous why would....
Luna: I HAVE DONE NO SUCH THING!
Night Shade: No she didn't Daddy!
You: LIARS!!!
You then send an electro bolt through their magic and into both Twilight and Luna, giving them a good zap, and yourself included, as the magic field drops.
HUD: Congratulations, you've discovered our plasmids greatest strength, not even magic can hold them back. Take the fight to the magically over powered!
You: OK, seriously, who the heck designed this suit? Then again I did buy it in that strange Chineighse trinket shop...
N: DADDY!!! STOP IT!!! (she says in anger with tears in her eyes)
You: Night Shade, Get in your Room! I'll handle this!
N: NO! (Stands in front of Princess Luna protectively)
You: Night Shade...
N: I SAID NO!
Twilight: Listen to her Tennant, stop before you go too far. Striking the Princess is grounds for treason
Luna: Please citizen...don't force my hooves to do something we'll all regret
SNAP
You: She's protecting her...the one who wanted her dead....GRRRRRRRRR
You: MOOOOAAAAANNNNN!!!!
You charge right at Luna, even as Night Shade stands her ground. Luna starts to charge her horn and you ready your ice plasmid, when all of a sudden a giant rock pillar comes out of the ground and strikes you in the gut, throwing you backwards
You: Ooommph! What the...
N: DADDY!!! (ANGRY)
You look up and see your very pissed of daughter, gritting her teeth in anger, as...HER EYES GLOW ORANGE.
N: I SAID STOP IT!!!
She strikes the ground and another pillar comes from underneath and throws you backwards.
N: STOP BEING SO ANGRY!!!
She stomps and your drill hoof is encased in stone and trapped
N: STOP HURTING OTHERS!!!
She encases your other hoof as you are trapped on the ground you look up and see her with her growing orange eyes lift up a boulder.
N: STOP RUINING EVERYTHING!!!! (She screams that last one in utter frustration and anger)
She then hurtles the boulder right at you
In shock, before it hits, the only thing you say is
You: Night Shade?...
Then everything goes black.

You rush towards Luna, hatred flowing through you like a river. Your drill whirls at full power as you charge in with full intent to spear that foal killing monster.

"MMMMOOOOOAAAANNNNN!!!!!"

"Tennant, stop!"

"Sir Please!"

"DADDY NO!"

You ignore all of them as you charge forth, but then the DFV gets your attention.

What are you doing? You will kill her with that drill!

Who gives a Buck?! She's got NightShade!

Although I would like nothing more than to see the broken body of the weak traitor lying before me YOU DO NOT LECTURE AND THREATEN ME ON THE IMPORTANCE OF LIFE PRESERVATION AND THEN DO THIS YOU BUCKING HYPOCRITE!!! she yells in anger

"Fine, would you kindly stop spinning?" you say causing the drill to stop.

I'm still gonna beat her senseless though.

Good!

You continue your charge, but suddenly run into a blue and purple magic shield put up by both Luna and Twilight.

"MMMOOOOAAANNNN!!!" you yell as you start banging on the shield in anger.

"Your daughter is in no danger Sir Tennant!" Luna says.

"They're actually getting along, don't ruin this!" Twilight adds.

"I'm fine Daddy! See! Everything is alright, Just Stop!"

"AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, YOU BRAINWASHED HER YA WITCH!" you yell as you continue banging on the magic shield

"WHAT?" Luna, Twilight, and Nightshade yell at the same time.Twilight then says,

"That's ridiculous why would..."

"YOU'RE ONE TO TALK YA HYPOCRITE!!!" you shout causing Twilight to look at you in confusion and shock, but Luna interrupts her

"AS WE HAVE SAID, WE HAVE DONE NO SUCH THING!!"

"She's right, she didn't Daddy!"

"Would you kindly EAT ELECTRIC PAIN YA LIARS!!!"

With that, you then send an Electro Bolt through their magic shield and into both Twilight and Luna, causing them to cry out in pain as it gives them (and yourself due to the fact that you're still wearing metal armor) a good zap causing the magic field to drop. Suddenly a message appears on your helmet.

Congratulations, you've discovered our plasmid's greatest strength, not even magic can hold them back! Take the fight to the magically overpowered!

"OK, seriously, who the heck designed this suit? Then again I did buy it in that strange foreign trinket shop..."

"DADDY!!! STOP IT!!!" Nightshade yells with tears in her eyes.

"Nightshade, Get in your Room! I'll handle this!" You say as you switch to the "Incinerate!" plasmid.

"NO!" Nightshade screams as she stands in front of the downed Princess Luna protectively.

"Nightshade-"

"I SAID NO!"

"Listen to her Tennant," Twilight says as she gets back up, "Please stop before you go too far. Assaulting a Princess is grounds for treason."

"Please citizen... don't force our hooves to do something we'll all regret."

You freeze as you think in anger,

She's protecting her... the one who wanted her dead... GRRRRRRRRR

With hints of the Nightmare Cloak starting to appear, you charge right at Luna in a rage, even as Nightshade stands her ground. Luna starts to charge her horn and you ready your fire plasmid, when all of a sudden a giant rock pillar comes out of the ground and smashes you in the gut, throwing you back, sending you rolling.

"Ooommph! What the..."

"DADDY!!!" you hear Nightshade's voice scream in anger.

You look up and see your very angry of daughter, gritting her teeth in rage, as... HER EYES GLOW A BRIGHT WHITE!!! You look at her in shock and worry as you think,

What the... no no no no! Please Lady Luck, if you have any pity in your heart, don't let Nightshade have my burden, please! I'm begging you!

"I SAID STOP IT!!!" Nightshade screams as she drives a hoof into the ground and forward causing another pillar to rise from underneath you.

"Ahhhhhhh-oof! Ow OW OW OW MY LEG!" you yell as you bounce off the ground and smash into a tree.

"STOP BEING SO ANGRY!!!"

She raises a hoof in a sweeping motion causing a mound of earth to rise out of the ground and trap your drill arm.

"That... that's not good." you say in worry, "Calm down sweetie!"

"STOP HURTING OTHERS!!!"

She raises another hoof in a sweeping motion, encasing your other hoof and trapping you. You look up and see her with her growing white eyes lift up a boulder.

"That... that's even worse... Good job on the earth-bending honey! Now put down the me-squishing boulder before-"

With a yell, she hurls the boulder right at you. As time seems to slow down, the only thing you can say in shock is

"Nightshade..."

*SMASH*

Then everything goes black.

Inside the dreamscape you wonder briefly if you are Dead because everything is just black, and you are still in your Subject Delta costume.
You: Killed by my own daughter huh? Was this your ultimate plan Lady Luck? You Bucking Cruel Bitch!...She looked so angry though...
But now that you think about it, you don't really feel dead, in fact you feel hungry. The minute you realize this, you see sweets everywhere just floating about
You: OK, so either dead, drugged, or dreaming...or all three.

When you open your eyes again, you appear to be floating in an expansive blank space with your Subject Delta costume still on.

Killed by my own daughter huh? Was this your ultimate plan Lady Luck you cruel motherbucking strumpet? She looked so angry though...

Upon further floating, you realize that you don't really feel dead. In fact, you actually feel hungry and as you think that candy starts to float everywhere,

OK, so I'm either dead, drugged, or dreaming... or all three at once.

As you continue to float around, you can't help but ask,

"I wonder if they have any food around here besides candy... not that I mind at least."

As if saying that triggered something...

Suddenly, pineapples

*splat*

A pineapple is thrown at your face. You float back in confusion as you think,

What the? Where'd that pineapple come from?

You wipe off the pineapple juice from your helmet-

*splat*

-only for another pineapple to smash against your helmet. You grumble in annoyance as you think,

Again!? Where are they coming from?

You try to wipe off the pineapple again, only for another pineapple to hit you in the face! You start to grumble in annoyance at this, but just wipe it off. Suddenly, a billion pineapples are launched at you! You can only stare in horror as the wave of pineapples comes towards you, and there's only one thing you can think of in this moment...

Buck you lady lu-

Your usual cursing of Lady luck is interrupted by the pineapple barrage. As you're buried by the billions of pineapples, you can't help but think,

I should have know asking for anything would cause something like this to happen...

Suddenly, all the pineapples *poof* away! You look around in confusion trying to figure out where they went, when you hear...

"Ahem."

You look over to where you heard the voice and then look at in horror as you see...

Then have Admiral Tiger Claw's Comment happen >>5237090

I completely agree that have Admiral Tigerclaw's comment happen that would be the best

Liking that dreamscape option Brown dog rolled out. It easily blends into a Scooby Do disguise gag.

DFV/NMM: Quick! Hide me!
YOU: What- but, what's goin- Who are-
D-NMM: Who do you THINK it is?!
YOU: You're- But you sound like DFV.
D-NMM: I AM DFV you nitwit!
YOU: What? But you look like nightmare moon! The REAL nightmare moon.
*Nmm dead-pauses in her near panic.*
D-NMM: [Incredulous] You can't be serious. You mean even after all our talks today- after everything that's happened to us... You STILL haven't figured it out?
YOU: Uh... Figured what out?
D-NMM: You're serious... You're actually serious. You have no idea who I am....
YOU: Well, who are you?
D-NMM: Idiotic foal! I AM NIGHTMARE MOON! BRINGER OF DARKNESS! THE RIGHTFUL RULER OF THE NIGHT!
YOU: But you just said-
D-NMM: I KNOW WHAT I JUST SAID! USE YOUR BRAIN FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE!
YOU: [backs up slightly] OKAY! Fine! Sheesh... You're DFV, but you say you're Nightmare Moon... which means...
*Tick, tick, tick.... RIIIIIING*
YOU: *Slow revelation* Wait... You're DFV, AND Nightmare Moon?
D-NMM: Getting warm...
YOU: Which means that DFV and Nightmare Moon are one in the same.
D-NMM: Warmer...
YOU: Which means all this time I've been talking to-
D-NMM: Pretty hot.
YOU: That Nightmare Moon has been inside my head-
D-NMM: Scorching on Celestia's blasted sun...
YOU: Wait... I'VE BEEN HOST TO NIGHTMARE MOON ALL THIS TIME?!
D-NMM: *Eyeroll* NO SHIT SHERCLOP! And since you're apparently having trouble getting your neurons to fire in any sort of timely manner, I'll just finish that thought for you! YES! I've been stuck in your head for a while now! Not that I can do much from here since you sealed me off at the Gala. YES, it was my power that allowed you to trash the place. YES, this means that now Luna has DOUBLE the reason to murder you if she discovers me... which, incidently, will be any minute now if we don't figure out some way to hide me! Also, yes, you really should be telling yourself 'BAD BUG' for those thoughts you just had about my flanks! I'm in your head! I know EVERYTHING YOU THINK!
YOU: *Shakes off some mental drooling* Okay okay okay, we'll discuss you later. Um... Can Luna even hurt us inside my head?
NMM: The dream realm is her domain, she could destroy your mind and render you an inert vegetable if she so saw fit!
YOU: NOT GOOD FOR ME!
NMM: You're also unconscious from bludgeoning and a knockout spell, she's not. Even if she couldn't hurt you here, all she has to do is return to the waking world and throttle us where you lay!
YOU: *eep!* ALSO NOT GOOD FOR ME!
NMM: We're still inside your mind though, so we should be okay if you can think of something.
YOU: *Pause...* Oh... Well that's not good either.
NMM: Indeed. You're not exactly the brightest-
YOU: No, actually I mean some of the thoughts I have... Have you SEEN what goes through my mind?
NMM: *Opens mouth to say something, stops, wilts where she stands.* I rather wish I could answer 'no' to that question. But I happen to LIVE here right now. You recently marathon'd several monster movies and even I would rather not speak of the horrors of those Xeno-things as your mind depicts them.
YOU: Yeah. This head of mine is a scary place... Sorry about that by the way.
NMM: Apology accepted, now think of something before we die.
YOU: *starts to hyperventilate/cry* I don't know how to do mental shielding! We're both gonna' di-hi-hie....
*Nimmy slaps our hero(?) *
NMM: Get ahold of yourself!
YOU: IDEA!
NMM: *Blink, surprise* I should mentally strike you more often.
*You make Mirror Universe Cmdr Clop** appear, then while he's confused, rip off his moustache and then make him disappear again, then quickly turn, and before Nimmy can ask what you're doing, you slap it on her muzzle.*
(** Pony expy Cmdr Spock. Star Trek Mirror universe ripoff.)
NMM: ach! Pfft! What are you-
*You put a fake human nose, sunglasses, and moustache on your face as she watches*
YOU: Pretend you're evil!
NMM: What? I AM evil!... (Tiny text)Sort of... I think. I'm not sure anymore.(/Tiny text.)
YOU: That's a good start, but you need to be more broody if you're going to be Mirror universe Luna.
NMM: *Blink... pause... chagrine* I should mentally slap you more often.
YOU: Oh, and throw a bunch more thees and thous into your talking. You've got to come across as a poor mental image of Luna.
NMM: This is preposterous! It will never work!
YOU: It's this or plan B nimmy!
NMM: What's plan B?
YOU: We die.
NMM: I don't like plan B.
YOU: Consider that incentive then....
*The sound of hooves in a stone hallway can be heard.*
YOU: Now quick, act all... nightmare-y or something.
[Luna enters scene, have some exchange here. Luna falls for it and thinks Nimmy is just his mind's dream interpretation of her. Nimmy's awkward acting is adorable to our hero. Especially with all the thees and thous she randomly tosses out. After the exchange, Luna think's she can at least remedy his perception of her, and Nimmy is forced to (cutely) try and go from acting evil, to acting nice. Luna, eventually satisfied with her work, leaves, waking our hero up. One mental exchange between him and Nimmy just after waking up.]

Luna tries to enter Bugze's mind, but is violently repulsed at first and only succeeds after putting more effort into the third attempt.

NIGHTMARE BUCKING MOON!

You stumble back in horror and are just one thought away from getting into battle mode when she throws you off guard by saying,

"Quick! Hide me!"

You freeze in confusion as you blurt out,

"What- but, what's goin- Who are-"

"Who do you THINK it is?!" Nightmare Moon interrupts.

"You're- But you sound like the DFV!"

"I AM DFV you nitwit!" Nightmare Moon shouts in annoyance.

"What? But you look like Nightmare Moon! The REAL Nightmare Moon."

She dead-pauses in her near panic as she looks at you incredulously,

"You can't be serious. You mean even after all our talks today- after everything that's happened to us... You STILL haven't figured it out?"

"Uh... Figured what out?" you ask obviously.

"You're serious... You're actually serious. You have no idea who I am..."

"Well, who the buck are you?"

"Idiotic foal! I AM NIGHTMARE MOON! BRINGER OF DARKNESS! THE RIGHTFUL RULER OF THE NIGHT!" Nightmare Moon roars in the Royal Canterlot Voice.

"But you just said-"

"I KNOW WHAT I JUST SAID! USE YOUR BRAIN FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE YOU IMBECILIC BUG!"

"OKAY! Fine! Sheesh..." you say in conceding annoyance as you take a few steps back, "You're DFV, but you say you're Nightmare Moon... which means..."

*Tick, tick, tick... RIIIIIING*

"Wait a minute... You're DFV AND Nightmare Moon?" you ask.

"Getting warmer..." Nightmare Moon replies.

"Which means that DFV and Nightmare Moon are one in the same."

"Warmer..."

"Which means all this time I've been talking to-"

"Pretty hot."

"That Nightmare Moon has been inside my head-"

"As hot as the sun-butt goddess Celestia dropping her ball of cosmic gas on you..."

"Wait... I'VE BEEN THE HOST TO NIGHTMARE MOON ALL THIS TIME?!" you shout in realization.

"NO HORSEAPPLES SHERCLOP!" Nightmare Moon roars in annoyance (you also swear you hear several voices on keyboards echoing her opinion).

"And since you're apparently having trouble getting your neurons to fire in any sort of timely manner, I'll just finish that thought for you! YES! I've been stuck in your head for a while now! Not that I can do much from here since you sealed me off at the Gala. YES, it was my power that allowed you to trash the place. YES, this means that now Luna has DOUBLE the reason to murder you if she discovers me... which, incidentally, will be any minute now if we don't figure out some way to hide me!"

She then suddenly blushes before saying,

"Also, YES, you really should be telling yourself 'NO! BAD BUG' for that thought you just had about my perfect flanks! I'm in your head! I know EVERYTHING YOU THINK!"

You shake off some drool (your mind kinda shut down due to that info-dump and wandered into more... carnal territory) and quickly blurt out,

"What?!Itotallywasn'tthinkingofyourperfectmoonshapedhipsorcomparingthemtoFluttershyAloeOctaviaVinylApplejackRainbowDashSapphireShoresorSpitfire!!"

Nightmare Moon rolls her eyes and says, "Let's worry about the invading princess first."

"Okay okay okay, we'll discuss you later. Um... Can Luna even hurt us inside my head?"

"The dream realm is her domain, she could destroy your mind and render you an inert vegetable if she so saw fit!"

"NOT GOOD FOR ME! Wait, why isn't she in here already?"

"I sent up some mental blocks, so it'll take at least three tries before she get in. That should be enough time to think of some way to hide me. You're also still unconscious from that Earth-Manipulation beating our daughter gave you so even if that traitor couldn't hurt you here, all she has to do is return to the waking world and throttle us where you lay!"

"*eep!* ALSO NOT GOOD FOR ME!"

"We're still inside your mind though, so we should be okay if you can think of something."

Suddenly the dreamscape realm shakes from what you assume is Luna's failed attempt to enter.

"Oh... Well that's not good either." you comment.

"Indeed. You're not exactly the brightest-"

"No, actually I mean some of the thoughts I have... Have you SEEN what goes through my mind?"

Nightmare Moon opens mouth to say something, but then stops and wilts where she stands,

"I rather wish I could answer 'no' to that question, but I happen to LIVE here right now. You recently marathon'd several monster movies and even I would rather not speak of the horrors of those Xeno-things as your mind depicts them. Not to mention the memories of your... uncomfortable foalhood..." Nightmare Moon says the last part sympathetically.

"Yeah. This head of mine is a scary place... Sorry about that by the way." you apologize as you look down.

"Apology accepted, now think of something before we die."

"Oh yeah, we still got the goddess of the moon trying to break in here..."

You stand their obliviously for a moment before the dreamscape shakes again from Luna's second attempt to enter. This causes a realization of what you just said to sink in and you take it... pretty well,

"I don't know how to do mental shielding!" You blurt out as you start to panic "She's gonna lunar-fry us both! THE END IS NEAR! WE ARE ALL GONNA DI-!" *slap*

"Get ahold of yourself, bug!" Nightmare Moon commands after slapping you.

"IDEA!" you blurt out after her percussive maintenance of your mind.

Nightmare Moon blink and deadpanly says,

"Huh, I should hit you more often."

Suddenly, a mustache blinks into existence and startles Nightmare Moon, but you quickly grab it and shove it onto Nightmare Moon's face.

"ch! Pfft! What are you-"

She stops when she notices you putting on Groucho glasses on your helmet,

"Quick! Pretend you're evil!" you command.

"What? I AM evil!... Sort of... I think. I'm not sure anymore." she says the last part with uncertainty, but you don't notice.

"That's a good start, but you need to be more broody if you're going to be Mirror universe Luna."

Nightmare Moon blinks some more before saying,

"I stand corrected. I will hit you more often-"

"Oh, and throw a bunch more thees and thous into your talking. You've got to come across as a poor mental image of Luna."

"This is preposterous! It will never work!"

"It's this or plan B Nimmy!"

"What's plan B?"

"We die." you say bluntly.

"I don't like plan B." Nimmy says in a deadpanned tone.

"Consider that an incentive then..."

You both flinch when you hear the sound of hoofsteps clopping on a stone floor.

"She's coming!" Nightmare Moon says in fear.

"Quick, act all... nightmare-y or something."

After you finish putting the finishing touches on Nimmy disguise (You'll still gonna call her that, just to mess with her), Luna literary pops up right in front of you.

“Mister Tennant, do not fear. we have come to- AH! By my sister, what is this?!” She screams in shock, pointing a shaking hoof at Nightmare Moon.

“Showtime…” you quickly whisper to Nimmy and turn to Luna in terribly acted mock confusion “Princess Luna?! But how is this possible? I am seeing two of you now!”

*Ahem* Nimmy clears her throat “MWA-HAHAHA!” she cackles evilly

“I am the immortal ruler of the night, thou shalt tremble before us! We demand thou’s foals be given to us so we may feast on their succulent flesh and turn their skins into a stylish line of designer coats!” she says and twirls her fake mustache. “Our glorious night shall blacken the skies of the world and freeze the ground beneath thine hooves! Wither and freeze in our name! Love-ist me and despair!”

“Uh, might want to dial back the evil a bit, it’s creeping me out.” you whisper to her with a grimace before giving your performance.

“I cannot allow you to do this, vile scourge!” you say with the most over the top ‘white knight’ performance you can muster “I shall not let you harm an innocent, nor my daughter.”

“You fool! I alread- already…” You can see Nimmy choke a bit and fight back a sob “I ate her, okay?”

NNNOOOOOOOoooo!!” you scream in clearly fake anguish.

It would be hard to make anyone believe that performance, but something tells you that Luna bought it.

“Is… is that really how you see me?” Luna said, her voice quivering “I am nothing like that! Thou must believe me! Please!” she grabs hold of you pleadingly “I only wish to help you.”

“So let me get this straight, you’re not some evil murderous tyrant that murders foals?” you say accusingly.

“Of course not!” Luna screams at you in shock “I would never harm a child, I could not!”

Just then an echoing voice from the past rings out across your mindscape.

“We suggest the gallows!” it says harshly, in Luna’s exact words.

Luna’s eyes widen at the sentence and she stares at you in shock as she says

“H- How?”

“I uh… I was working as a janitor at the castle that day and heard everything? Yeah let’s go with that.” you pull the excuse out of your nether regions.

“We are thy true princess of the Night enjoy-ist bad company and drinking the eyeball jelly of thou foals." Nimmy says from behind you, riddling Luna with even more guilt.

“I didn’t mean it, I swear!” Luna tells you “I was so frightened by her. I thought she was Nightmare Moon, returned to drag me back to the dark side!”

Nimmy starts making Darth Invader breathing noises behind you, which you have to suppress a laugh at.

“I swear to you Tennant, I wouldst never do something so horrible as to harm an innocent child… even if she were the incarnate of the worst part of me.”

“Part of you… pft. What nonsense.” Nimmy scoffs out of earshot.

“Will you please allow me to help you? I have heard from the letter you sent of your horrible Nightmares.” Luna begs.

“Well, if you’re really not a murdering foal-eater… Okay.” You say, though caution and a grudge still linger in your mind. “Also, you’re like ten times hotter than I thought you’d be. I wonder what your mane feels like when I run my hoof through- NO! BAD BUG!” you stop yourself from going down that train of thought, to which Luna gives you an odd look and Nimmy gives you a jealous glare (not that you notice).

“Uh, I mean. Let’s begin then.”

You tell Luna about the Nightmares you’ve had, various scenes materializing beside you as you do, though you’re careful to censor any bits hinting to who you really are (and by you, you mean Nimmy). And man is it hard to not think about stuff when you don’t want to. I mean it’s like: Don’t think about pink elephants, and then you’re thinking about pink elephants.
But through it all, you’re able to keep it together until Luna tells you she’s seen enough.

“I believe I know the source of your nightmares; trauma.” She explains “More specifically, major traumatic events. May I?” her horn lights up and she inches towards you with it.

You don’t really like the prospect of what she might be doing, but you’ll give her the benefit of the doubt this one time if it means getting rid of the nightmares. She touches her horn to your Subject Delta helmet, and two of the ‘screens’ fly out of your head and materialize, side by side.

The first one starts to play, and what a painful memory it is. A giant starry bear stomps into Ponyville and smashes a certain showpony’s cart under its massive paw. It then starts to tear apart the town and ponies are screaming everywhere.

You (Nimmy) cut off the memory before it gets to the part where you curb-stomp it and subsequently, the Deadly 6 as the Hooded Offender.

Luna simply glances at you, assuming you don’t want to relive it, and starts the next one.

This time it stretches all around you until the dreamscape is completely transformed, and you’re treated to that night at the Gala. Only this time, you view it as though you were merely a phantom, everyone ignoring you so that you can better see the destruction and havoc you wrecked in your rage-addled state.
The memory concludes and leaves you breathing heavily, guilt pouring into your heart at what you did.

“I can see the problem.” Luna tells you, to which you shudder and think (without her hearing you...somehow).

Oh no, did she figure out who I am?

“Being present at not just one, but two major crisis events has left you with a scarred mind, thus giving you the nightmares as it tries to cope.”

You whisper to yourself in relief,

”Oh thank Luna… wow that’s awkward considering she's right there."

“Unfortunately I cannot help you be rid of this, but it will fade with time.” Luna tells you “In the meantime, we recommend visiting a psychiatrist. Now there is just the issue of how you see me.” she turns to Nimmy, who is idly twirling her fake mustache.

“Umm, so… how do we… you know… fix it?” you ask, really wishing she’d just leave instead.

Luna smirks and says “Class is now in session.” she then poofs on a teacher uniform and small pair of glasses, pulls out a large chalkboard and starts lecturing Nimmy in the ways of being good.

Luna's uniform and Nimmy's awkward and flustered replies, coupled with her glances pleading for help is just too hilarious to look away from, especially when Luna has Nimmy put on a top hat and monocle in order to improve the look of her fake mustache.

After about an hour or so, Luna eventually stops her tutoring of Nimmy after she's satisfied with her work. This is good seeing how you were laughing like a mad bug the whole time and your sides were about to split open.

“My work here is done. Farewell Mister Tennant!” Luna leaves as you begin to wake up. But before you do, you hear Nimmy say,

"Mention this to Anypony, and I will gut you form the inside out. AND STOP CALLING ME NIMMY!"

You chuckle as you say,

"Whatever you say... Nimmy!"

With a final annoyed yell from "Nimmy", you wake back up into the land of the living and see...

When you wake up, Night Shade hugs you and cries into your shoulder
N: I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!!!
You: Honey...
N: I just got so angry! I HATE WHEN YOU HURT OTHERS BECAUSE OF ME!!! I wanted to stop you, not try and kill you...I'm sorry (cries).
You hug her back, realizing that maybe your over-protectiveness of her has gone way too far in some regards.
You: It's OK honey...It's OK, I'm sorry too...
Luna: Please do not punish her severely, we have already lectured her on the wrongness of patricide.
Twilight: She was hysterical when you wouldn't wake up...please don't love her any less
You: I NEVER WOULD! I'LL ALWAYS CARE FOR HER! I love you honey...
N: I love you too daddy...
Luna: Such love in your heart...But still, I recommend you take anger management classes, and have your daughter train with Twilight Sparkle here. She is a very powerful filly...I have not seen mastery of Earth Bending like that ever.
Twilight: I would be happy to train her
You: Grrr...Fine. On One condition. Bring Back Nightmare Night!
Luna: I had already decided to do so before you lost your temper...
You: Oh...OK then...again, sorry about that.
Luna: No worries Tennant, sometimes we all are angry at the world...Now Twilight, you said I should scare the children when they come?
Twilight: Ya, they'll love it, I guarantee it.

Nightshade hugging you and crying into your chestplate and messing up the mummy bandages covering her face.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!!!"

"Honey..."

"I just got so angry! I HATE WHEN YOU HURT OTHERS BECAUSE OF ME!!! I wanted to stop you, not try and kill you... I'm sorry."

You hug her back, realizing that maybe your over-protectiveness of her has gone way too far in some regards.

"It's OK honey...It's OK, I'm sorry too... Maybe I have been too overprotective of you lately..."

"Please do not punish her severely, we have already lectured her on the wrongness of patricide." you hear Luna say. Twilight then adds,

"She was hysterical when you wouldn't wake up... please don't love her any less-"

"I NEVER WOULD! I'LL ALWAYS CARE FOR HER!" you shout at them before turning back to your daughter "I love you honey..."

"I love you too daddy..."

"Such love in your heart..." Luna comments

Heh, ain't that ironic. One of the princess is saying a changeling has alot of love in his heart... Can't say that I blame her though, considering how I can't even consume love anymore... still need to figure out how that happened though... you think before Luna interrupts you.

"But still, I recommend you take anger management classes and have your daughter be tutored by Twilight Sparkle here. She is a very powerful filly... I have not seen mastery of Earth Manipulation like that in a long time."

Nightshade tries to earth-bend again, but she's as bad as that as you are at air-bending (probably only works when she's angry)

"But didn't you see me when I beat Daddy? (Sorry again about that) Look!"

Nightshade performs an Earth Manpulation Kata, but only succeeds in levitating a tiny pebble that harmlessly bounces off your helmet.

"Huh? Did you guys hear something?" You say obliviously as you look around.

Nightshade stutters,

"B- B- but I-"

You come in for the save and quickly say,

"Don't worry sweetie. It probably only works when you're mad, like me when I use the Niiiii-"

You pause when you see Twilight and Luna looking at you suspiciously so you correct yourself as you continue,

"iiiiight-time walks! Yeah that's it, I can go longer during my night walks when I'm mad... heheheh Please buy that." You mutter the last part.

"Okaaaaaay..." Twilight says uncertainly before continuing, "Anyway, I would be happy to train her."

"Fine... But on one condition; Bring Back Nightmare Night!" you command.

"We- I mean I had already decided to do so before you lost your temper..." Luna says matter-of-factly.

"Oh... OK then... again, sorry about that." you say sheepishly.

"No worries Tennant, sometimes we all are angry at the world... Now Twilight, you said I should scare the children when they come?"

"Yeah, they'll love it, I guarantee it."

Luna smiles at the scare idea, but then puts on a confused face as she asks,

"While thou idea is good, how are we to scare the foals?"

Twilight rubs her hoof behind her head sheepishly as she says

"Heheh... I haven't thought that far yet to be honest."

Fortunately you (being the master prankster that you are) already have a idea as soon as Twilight said 'scare'. You smile mischievously as you open your mouth to say...

What do you do?

Author's Note:

Oooohoooo, looks like Bugzes Prankster mind is at work, what will the 'Prankster King from Hell' do (this is a reference by the way, guess what and I'll give ya a cookie!)

Hey Hive Mind, DWC here.

ATTENTION! THE THING HAS BEEN ADDED! IT WAS DIALOGUE, GIVEN TO ME BY ERISED THE INK-MOTH, FOR WHEN BUGZE AND NIMMY TALK TO LUNA IN HIS HEAD. THANK ERISED FOR IT AND CHECK IT OUT!

Last chapters question is...

betting you won't tell us who will kiss buze first next chapter

Hehehhe, you were right on the money there BlueWolf, but now I have chosen who will be first. And lets just say...when we hit the Read it and Weep arc, Bugze will lose his first kiss...but to who? Only I know....MWHAHAHAHAHAHAH-*COUGH HACK COUGH* Heheheh sorry.

Anyway, I plan on doing a extra special question next chapter, but for today's chapter....

What is Nightshade's favorite food?

Remember, she eats both meat and veggies so go crazy. Oh, and seeing as how she eats three times her own body weight in a typical lunch, I'll be selecting two suggestions form two different people! Have fun! BYE!

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