176 - I'm Here to Help
Silver burst through the door to his room, looking around wildly. Samantha and Night looked up. Samantha had a book in her lap, and Night was performing push-ups at the time and both looked quite surprised at his sudden entry.
He looked to Night directly. "Hon, dearest one, have you been... doing something?"
Night hiked a brow. "I do a lot of things. Is that bad?"
Silver took a soft breath. "No, of course not... First, let me say that I love you so much. So long as this isn't hurting you or other ponies, I want to support you..."
Night rose smoothly to all fours and stepped towards him. "Do you even know what you're talking about?"
"No." Silver quirked a smile. "I don't, but I do know I want to be there, for you. If you're hiding anything, even a silly something, or something you think I might be upset about, please share it. I promise, promise to not be angry."
Night stared at Silver evenly. Samantha suddenly clopped her hooves. "Oh, that!"
Night glared at Samantha. "Don't you dare."
Silver perked his ears. "What? Please..."
"Do you trust me?" Night pointed a hoof at herself.
"I... yes..."
"Then trust me."
"Tell me everything is alright."
Night leaned in and kissed his cheek. "Everything is alright."
Silver let out a slow breath. "Then... fine, but do tell me when you feel more comfortable. You have nothing to hide from me."
Night raised a hoof under his chin, raising it. "Alright, then let's start with you. Who told you there's anything to worry about?"
Silver glanced off. "Do you remember, uh, the lunar pegasus, with the Warlocks?"
Night blinked softly. "I don't know the Warlocks well, but I think I know which you refer to. What about her?"
Silver sat up straight. "She attacked me, ranting about all kinds of things. I think she was worried I was e--"
"We're talking to Luna, now." Night frowned. "Let's go."
Silver blinked at that, falling in behind Night. "Luna?"
"They're her Warlocks." She glanced over her shoulder. "She'll get this straightened out. So let's go."
Samantha made no attempt to follow them, and soon they were gone, even if Silver wondered a little what she knew that she wasn't allowed to tell. What was his wife up to?
"I can't believe this, no wait, I can. It's just..." Night glared over her shoulder. "You're about the most patriotic pony around. If any of the princesses said you had to do something for the good of Equestria, you'd already be packing your bags to go and take care of it."
Silver tinted at the praise. "I'm not the most, stop that. I'm just trying to do what's right."
Night nudged him suddenly. "Exactly. Now let's go." She strode towards Luna's bedchambers and nodded to the guards. "Is Princess Luna available? We have a situation."
The guards glanced at one another. "She last reported..."
"He's a prince now. Let us in."
They saluted and one turned to the door. "Please be polite. Prince or not, we are sworn to protect Luna, and will do so."
Silver smiled. "I'm not here to cause trouble. We're friends, I hope." And more, if what he remembered from the last time Luna visited his dreams. "I'll be on my best behavior."
The door was opened, permitting them to step into the gloom of Luna's room where she sat before a mirror, brushing her mane. It seemed a somewhat useless activity as the brush passed through the wavy mane and effected little true change in it. She looked up at their entry and smiled. "Silver and Night Watch, a pleasure to see you both." She turned towards the door and waved at the guards to close the door. "What brings you here?" Her eyes wandered over Silver. "You're even more impressive in the waking world."
Night tensed a little. "Already saw him in dreams, I gather?"
"It would be hard not to." Luna nodded. "We did nothing untoward, I swear."
Silver smirked. Not for a lack of effort on her part. "We're here bec--"
"One of your warlocks attacked Silver." Night hefted a hoof at Silver with a scowl. "Why?"
Luna blinked at that. "What? It certainly wasn't at my command. Who?"
Silver grit his teeth, still not recalling that name. "Lunar pegasus, female, cranky on her better days, very serious."
"Night Wing." Luna nodded. "But she isn't a warlock as of about a moon ago."
Silver blinked. "What? She was acting like she was."
Luna held up a hoof. "I swear. We are both royals, so it would be most unbecoming to have lies between us. She was retired."
Night shook herself out. "Alright, that gets the Warlocks off the hook, but it doesn't excuse her."
Silver put a hoof on Night's shoulder. "I have a question first. Did you ever mention wanting to make a lunar alicorn?"
Luna stiffened at the idea. "I... yes... I had, at one point, entertained trying to lead you down that path, but you..." She quirked a smile. "Perhaps I should have tried harder, but I abandoned the idea. I tried again with your friend. You will recall she is a lunar, but she never quite reached for what was needed to ascend. She is happy as she is, so... That failed." Luna drew a slow breath. "Not that I am disappointed with how you turned out. You will make a fine prince, and Equestria is better for having you." She hiked a brow. "The answer is surely neigh, but you would not consider it now, would you?"
Night snorted softly. "You would ask, but fine, why did you ask that, Silver?"
Silver gestured vaguely off. "She, uh, Night Wing, she sounded like she was bitter that your plan didn't work. It was another thing she held against me. Look, I don't want her jailed forever or anything, but she clearly needs to be talked to and calmed down. She served Equestria for decades, let's not end that like this." He glanced away. "Besides, she..."
Luna shook her head. "I will seek her out and question her. We will put this matter to rest. I may have a certain... reputation, but I am not immune to my sister's teachings, or your own. I will try to show her the error of her ways. You are right. It would be terrible to end her career like this. So... about our query?"
Silver smiled at that. "I have enough on my plate, dear Luna. Let me be a solar pony, but I am your friend, and I do support the lunar ponies, as a whole. I walked a mile in their shoes."
Night raised a brow at the uniquely human saying. "Good, my husband's fine just the way he is." She moved up and nuzzled at him gently, pressing her warm body against his own. "Even if he lets a dream dictate too much."
Luna put a hoof to her chest. "Night, since you are here... You are aware your stallion will be recognized as prince, yes?"
Night frowned a little suspiciously. "Of course, and...?"
Luna gestured at herself. "I am a princess, and..."
Night snorted softly. "You're late. We already have one princess petitioning to join the herd."
"What? Who?" Luna clopped the metal-clad hoof to the ground. "They can't compare!"
Silver let out a little sigh. "It's Fast... She was already part of our herd, before either of us became royalty."
Luna's jaw worked silently a moment before she frowned. "We see..." A bitter laugh escaped her. "At least it wasn't Celestia." She cleared her throat. "Nevermind that for now. I will seek out Night Wing. You can go now."
They were dismissed, and Luna pointedly avoided looking at either of them. Night turned Silver back towards the door and began leading the way.
Silver glanced aside at Night as they walked. "That went well."
"You went and did it." Rounding the next corner came Night Wing. "Fetching my own princess on me?"
Silver quickly raised a hoof even as his shield sparkled into being. "Can we talk, please?"
Night Watch lowered, wings flaring. "Some things can only be settled the old fashioned way."
"You should listen to your whore of a wife, she has a few good ideas." Wing lowered in a similar stance, wings spread and a scowl on her face.
Silver drew in a loud breath. "Please, Wing, you did a lot of good for Equestria. The ponies didn't give you nearly enough credit, but if it wasn't for the Warlocks, and you, those changelings wouldn't have been saved. We wouldn't be a hair's width from rescuing the crystal queen." Whose name he had forgotten, darn it.
Wing took a slow step forward. "What do you know about us?"
"I know you're hurting." Silver sat on his haunches and smiled gently. "Tell me about it?"
"Tell you about it?!" Wing launched forward, only to be intercepted by Watch. They both tumbled to the ground, biting with needle-like teeth and kicking with sharp hooves for a moment before they separated.
Silver found himself wishing he had learned the time stopping spell Twilight had used. "Stop, please. I'm completely serious, tell me. I promise I'm here to listen, not judge. Tell me." He let his magic spread, suffusing the area with a faint amount of his telekinetic presence.
"You're getting ready for a trick." She crouched, facing him. "Stop it, all of it."
Deciding to be the first to show trust, he nodded. "Alright." His horn went dead, shield fizzling and field fizzled away, invisible to most, but he imagined Wing could see at least his horn. "Please, let's talk."
She suddenly ducked to the left into a shadow, and was gone. He was barreled into from the left as she jumped out of a shadow beside him and tackled him to the ground. "Ever the Ambassador, I see."
Watch scowled. "He's being twice the pony you are right now."
"Take that back!" She drove a hoof down onto him, driving out a pained oof from the impact.
"Start acting like a pony should." Watch stalked closer.
Silver suddenly rolled over and grabbed her, hugging her in a tight embrace. She did not accept it, thrashing in his grip. The movement of her hooves was painful and lacerating. "Tell... me..."
Watch suddenly dove in, tackling Wing off of Silver and to the ground. "My fool of a husband wants to help you, ungrateful filly." She sank her teeth suddenly into Wing's shoulder. "Let him."
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All the people that Silver has fought should be rolling in there beds/graves seeing this shameful display. Night Wing should been a fine red mist, let me list the reasons.
1. Insulting your wife.
2. Attacking your wife.
3. The defendant halting their attempt at defense and being attacked.
4. 2 counts of assault on a government official.
5. 2 counts of assault on Royalty.
6. More violence against Silver.
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David, Silver, whichever one of you that will listen... she needs to be court-martialed.... wait she retired. Arrested, charged, and since Equestria doesn't do the death penalty, banished. Or .... you know..... turned into a fine paste.
So Night Wing is her name. Seems she will get what's coming. Hopefully she has some semblance of reason left and will calm down enough to not be a judgmental hypocrite. Last thing she needs is for Luna to see her being this way and dishonor her further than she has done to herself. Let reason and a calm mind be the way to go. Hoof-to-face method isn't the way to solve everything. That should be the last resort, not the first.
well that got messy fast.
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So when someone attacks you and insults your family, you should respond with kindness? Even the kindest people should have limits.
When silver was young and weak, he created a defensive fireball thats still talked about today. With being mature and an alicorn, but still easily capable of panic, he cant respond reaction wise, or his resulting plasma compression shield would have a pretty good chance of vapourising most of Canterlot mountain. And the release crushing the rest of it and a large amount of surrounding geogaphy into rubble.
Somethings broken in her world view. when she was removed a month ago, who talked to her, guided her thoughts and behaviour? This smells of someone or group trying to claim th true chaos of Discord for themselves.
For The Power.
7235134 After all that, that pony needs a severely stern talking to.
Take that back!
and it does not mater anymore david, she needs to be bannished, multiple attacks on him, and lunas warlocks need to be talked to because thy helped lock him in that room, if i was he i would have used the fire shield
Okay, that scuffle shouldn't go unnoticed. What happened with Starlight was because of non-interference, I get it but this should have attracted some attention from the guards or some member of the staff.
7235171 I would try and calm them down first and reason. Try to see their viewpoint. If that fails (like it did here) then beat the ever loving shit out of them and possibly death as well. I'm not above giving a good beat-down but that isn't my first go-to response. Hell, I'm a huge ass guy IRL who is strong as fuck. It wouldn't take much for me to beat someone to death (literally) with my bare hands. That's why my first response is to try and reason. Then if they don't want reason, let the fists (or hooves...) fly. I used to be a drug gangster. I've been in gang wars. It's not pretty. I'd rather take the high road now.
7235693 he did try, if i was him i would go sans ape shit on him and slam her into the sealing than the floor with magic before turning her into a crystal
7235714 I don't think he ever learned a pony to crystal spell.
7235744 i mean the one he gave starlight , to freeze them into an crystal
7235714 Then I guess at this point it's time for a bloodbath or lifetime prison sentence with no chance of parole.
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The answer is as thus;
I'm a person that enjoys fighting and sees violence as an appropriate response to many issues but also can see when violence might not work. Someone attacks you? Violence in use of your defense. Someone insulting your significant other? 'teach' them why that's a bad idea. They HIT your significant other? You make them regret your mistakes at the very least from a hospital bed, if not from a morgue.
But seeing how much of a problem Night Wing has with Silver, you know, between attacking Royalty, or a cilivan, or a government official. Most places that's a good way to get alot of jail time.
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Or to be turned into glue.
I wonder if Night Wing realizes that he could quite literally execute her.
Not-- not even fight, just... kill her outright. I mean sure it'd be all kinds of bad for Silver if he did it, but the way she behaves, I wonder if she even understands he can.
I don't, but my I do know - I don't, but my I do know
something you think I might be upset about it - something you think I might be upset about it
quickly rose a hoof - quickly raised a hoof
Take care back - Take that back (I think)
*****
This came to a head and played out more quickly and differently than I would have guessed. I wonder now, will they be able to talk Night Wing down in the next chapter, or is she so in love with her internal hurts and injustices that she will run, like her Princess of the Night has done in the past, and make the situation worse for letting it fester?
Forgetting for a moment that Luna as Celine was a member of the herd before Fast. I can understand why Luna is bitter at this news. Not to mention that Night is still feeling the sting of the recent past with Luna and is still twisting the blade ever so slightly, I'll give her the benefit of the doubt and assume she is not doing it intentionally.
So many almost-spoken bits of information in this chapter that would probably make a difference to the way events play out if they were not interrupted every time someone was about to spit one out. I trust that Night Watch picked up on a few and won't let Silver off the hook, later.
I think I see what you did there.
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There is so much anger and wrathful rush to judgement in your words. Is there a reason that you feel this way?
7235775 ya but he can't strait kill her... he can hurt her tho but that would be sexist
7235894 Typos detained for questioning. I could and want to say so much more, but you'll see tomorrow!
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Night Wing was in the military, you know? The people that are supposed to protect cilvians. And watching the pony equivalent to Marine Recon beating up on an ambassador, even if I didn't have family that served in the military I would find a large problem with Night Wing's actions.
Schiesse...
A former special forces military personnel beating up on an Ambassador - who is royalty no less... this is gonna be a shitshow. Guaranteed. Hopefully she comes to her senses and stops this madness, BEFORE Luna or Celestia finds out.
If they did... Banishment? Crystal Mines? Dishonorable discharge? Tartarus?
Wait, this is too big. They'll find out anyway.
But then again, there was that mare that tried to rape Silver when he was younger but she was forgiven. Perhaps Night Wing would go through the same?
Also, the Warlocks need their numbers to be re-evaluated. They're no more than bullies with great arcane ability and in high positions.
So, somepony really has caught some madness. Time for an entrapment spell!
We'll admit, kinda hoping Silver loses just a bit of cool and takes an aggressive stance.
Keep going! ;)
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I have a brother that is an O4 in the Navy, so I can understand your perspective a little better now.
From the tales I've been told, the military is a lot more forgiving of transgressions that would land a civilian in jail outside of the military. If Night Wing were still actively in the Warlocks, her career may have been ended by her actions. But her career is already over, and she falls under pony justice that will give her a second or even a third chance if she demonstrates that she wants to be a better pony, and acts to atone for the harm she caused.
At the root of all this drama, I suspect that she was hoping that she would be the one to ascend to be the first lunar alicorn so that she could court the love of her life. To have that possibility snatched away from her was simply too much to bear and she is lashing out at the perceived source of her pain under the guise of protecting Equestria from an interloper who isn't even a 'real' pony.
I read about Night Watch and I see a hurt pony, one who has seen someone else get the one thing that she wanted most for herself after a lifetime of service to Equestria and Princess Luna, and it's eating her up inside.
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I had an epiphany as I was responding to DJ_Arashi_Rora above, I'm very curious to see if I'm even in the ballpark when I read tomorrow's chapter.
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Oh Celestia...
Everything snapped into place in my head. If I'm correct in my speculation then the situation can be summarized thus:
Night Wing is a pony that has served Equestria and her Princess for most of her life.
She loves Luna, but was bound by her sense that her station and her duty did not permit her to pursue her feelings.
Luna let slip that she was considering helping a worthy pony to ascend to a lunar alicorn, which would be both a reward for her service as well as allowing her to pursue her beloved Luna.
That boon seems to have gone to another and it has now become clear that Luna never had her eye on Night Wing for ascension in the first place.
Now she has thrown away her career and her duty. In the same stroke she has isolated herself from Princess Luna.
She has lashed out at the pony she believes is responsible for her hopes being dashed and she is about to be rejected directly by the one she holds an unrequited love for.
She is powerful, very powerful, as exhibited by her ability to slip from one shadow to another.
I strongly suspect that we are about to see another Nightmare Moon incident, but it won't be Luna playing the host this time, it will be Night Wing (Nightmare Shadow?). This would also serve as a form of poetic justice for those that kept assigning various ponies the title of 'evil' and clammored for 'justice' in the form of imprisonment, banishment or execution. The author, Mr. Silver, has a perfect opportunity to show us just what unrepentant evil looks and acts like.
This is all base speculation. It's hung on facts and events revealed in the story so far as I remember them. But if I'm even close to being right, hold onto your seats folks, this rollercoaster has reached the top of the hill and is starting the plunge. Things are about to get very interesting.
First
one princess
Ugh I returned for nothing Luna joining will never happen z.z
Extra capital.
7758788 Fix'd
Ungrateful
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An obsolete but not entirely invalid spelling, fixed.
You usually use italic, that's new..