This story is a sequel to The Night Mare's Nightmare
Following the events of The Night Mare's Nightmare, both Princess Luna and Maeve recover, with Maeve now back at home in Equestria with Princess Luna. Now that they are home, the healing can begin.
Maeve, a strange human girl with mysterious magic that she should not have, is now learning how to control her magic. Her very existence is a riddle, but no answers seem forthcoming. Isolated within Canterlot, she has become Princess Luna's student, and her best friend is an earth pony colt name Red Russet.
While trying to help Maeve, Princess Luna, beset by her own past, must confront the emptiness that lurks within her, lest she be consumed by her own past transgressions.
Together, both of them will face their pasts.
Unless we don't care.
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Meh. It will make some things harder to understand in this story.
Favorited and following. Seems interesting to me. And it seems like quite a bit had happened since the last one.
Feeling a bit sorry for our three main characters so far. I'm hoping things will get better for them. But I'm at your mercy for however it ends up.
Rain or shine, rain AND shine, I'm gonna be here a while. I'm hooked
Snicker snack, the vorpal story was updated and came back!
I read the prequel but what's all this about fay courts and awesome swords and junk?
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What did Maeve say just before she and Luna went through the door lined in chalk?
*gardener
Big G
I'm still not convinced if the story needed the sequel. I'm not saying this to discourage you about continuing it, or saying its bad, because so far the story is good, and have potencial. I just feel the ending of the first part was a pretty good one and made the conclusion and possible future guessing fun and personal.
Thinking ´bout to use the old flashback trick to explain what happened, or you gonna just lay some hints here and there ?
I´m asking this ´cause I know near to NOTHING of the fey stories. So "a swrod that cut´s anything" and other hints you laid in this chapter are pretty misterious to me. Any story, book or internet site you could recommend, so I can understand this background better ?
Edit: still connecting (slooooowly) the dots...so, from what I got re-reading the original story, Maeve have the ability to generate portals to other dimensions/realities ? I´m having a Magik (the mutant hero, that can create portals to almost anywhere, but need to pass through hell in order to do that...also have a demonic powered sword and his souls is tainted with hellish powers) vibe from Maeve...
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In time, more of the story will be revealed.
6024520 Yeah....in time the anxiety will kill the old poor me...but who cares right ?
I´ll be right there, in the corner, eating my nails...don´t care my suffering, I´ll survive, probably...who knows...
Huh. She really did reroute the portal. And she got a vorpal sword out of it. There's quite the story there.
Still, Celestia really should let her be a child for a bit before cramming the etiquette down her throat. Bad form, Sunbutt.
As for Luna, one who has presumably fought and slain many in her time, I suppose that one was more personal on a number of levels. Time will heal her wounds, but it may not restore whatever was lost on Earth and Tír na hÓige.
I do hope you expand on this. IT seems like there's still a lot to explore.
Seems interesting indeed.
:)
Yay! Reading!
YES i cant wait to read it
If stories made a person salivate like good food did, I'd be a hungry St Bernard staring at his loaded food bowl right now. Feed me!
Wow... I was absolutely enthralled by The Night Mare's Nightmare, and really was hoping Maeve got her poor innocent abused little behind saved! I really hope the father:
A: Lived, but has permanent pains for the remainder of his days from luna's tree buckers.
B: Was called out on his disgusting crimes in whatever efforts he made to survive, when his daughter's bed was discovered covered in her blood, vomit, and... stuff...
C: Ends up in an asylum or prison for the remainder of his sick, miserable days for his evils, and for claiming a blue talking horse is the reason his little girl's body can't be found... Cause that's certainly believable!
D: His fellow inmates learn what he's in for... Cause that will end well for him!
E: he eventually learns what it's like to suffocate on his own vomit as he bleeds out his ass.
If we never hear from his worthless ass again, That's what I'll tell myself happened to him!
I actually had a bout of work + actually making progress on my latest mods to my computer, so I hadn't checked for any new horse words for a little bit. I'm glad I caught this when it did, while it was in the feed, or I might have missed it for a while!
Just to make sure, there is no major time skipping between the two, right?
I'm interested. I wasn't expecting to hear about the dad and what happened to him, just about her healing process and how her life is from the time she was saved. Hope to see more.
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Lacunae. An unfilled space or interval; a gap.
There has been time. I just haven't said how long it is yet. They were in the courts of the fey for a time.
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I actually looked it up. Figured the name might be explained through the story. I guess I'm asking if the skip will be covered or not.
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In time, details and events will be told.
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k cool. Thanks.
Looks like Maeve LuLu got to experience some soul crushing horror.
Lots of questions that I want to see answered over time as the story continues. More, I say!
I came for the closure and stayed for the cucumber sammiches.
"Don't worry," you said, "this is the chase version of Equestria. Mauve didn't get sent there."
And you sent them to an elder god home world.
Great.
I love the story, by the way.
It's been a long time since Celestia was a child. It's no wonder she misunderstood how best to deal with the trauma.
And it was definitely trauma. Nearly a year in the lands of the fae? Maeve and Luna may be lucky to be only this traumatized. It could've gone a lot worse for them, with prices far dearer than a finger paid for far less in return. And that's assuming it was only eleven months or so relative to Tír na hÓige. Time is slippery there.
This is becoming ever more fascinating. Definitely looking forward to more.
Ummmm...... So many questionz to ask but one sums up everything.....
WHAT THE FUCK, did i miss something?
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In time, the missing parts will be revealed.
Google the word Lacunae
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I shall wait then
I love it! What a great crown to have!
That made me giggle.
Oonagh. There's a familiar name. The last fae-royal Oonagh I know didn't stay dead when she was killed; I'm skeptical about this one, especially in a kingdom with no ruler.
It may have been a long time since Celestia was a child, but she's still very much in touch with her mischievous side. Nice to see that.
Maeve's scars run deep, and they probably aren't ever going to heal much. You're doing a good job with portraying her trauma.
I do like how Twilight is the nation's authority on humans, being the only one with any authority on them. I also like how both worlds settled on different variations of the Santa meme. The one we're familiar with coalesced out of a number of judgmental gift-givers; it makes sense that there would be a number of variants across the timelines.
Don´t you DARE stop writing this !
Edit: That is...if you don´t mind...
Very good, like your other works it has made me enthralled and exhilarated.
With you till the story is complete, or I kick off and end in a cremation.
Maybe it is less appreciated than some ideas and deserves more attention than it's getting, but this is fascinating and well done. I'm enjoying the exploration of things going on. Luna turning around and staring down her own actions in a view she equates to Maeve's father is interesting, if kind of dark to consider.
See it through to the end, Kudzu. I think that even if it never gets too much attention, you'll come out that much better a writer for it.
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I have shied away from from humans in Equestria fics.
I have wrote a few, but they never felt quite right.
I dunno about this one, but this one almost feels like a natural extension, a part of a much larger universe. I don't know if it feels right per say, but it does feel plausible.
6034465 Oddly enough, that's something I'm trying for in my own major effort, at least for a given definition of plausible.
Existence is a massive, sprawling, crazy sort of thing with the potential to boggle our minds with just something happening next door or turning a corner from mundane events. When we look at the really wild potential events in our 'ordinary' universe, it's even wilder. Then we add in the ideas we can come up with for other potential realities, and somehow, it can seem like anything really could happen, under the right circumstances. I'm also quite certain I was trying to make a point in this paragraph, but I'm not sure where it went.
All other things considered, you've got something intriguing going on here. The fey are a frustrating set on their own. Luna's powers in dreams and the full reach of such magic is mysterious.
Keep playing the symphony. I'll be listening.
Of course we're still with you.
The slow pace is wonderful here, it helps to feel with the characters and gives us readers time to think about each chapter properly.
Wasn't it Dr Greycrest? Or did a second doctor enter?
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Stupid autocorrect.
In response to the author's note, I have to say that I expect this story to take time, detail is extremely important and I would much rather have a chapter detailing a few events than hastily written half assed actions without meaning.
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I second this assessment.
Old wounds were reopened as the fae made new ones. Or perhaps Luna had only repressed her guilt, never letting it heal.
In any case, Maeve seems caught in a catch-22. The castle is clearly not the place for her, but anywhere else and she's a terrifying monster the likes of which have never been seen by equine eyes. Hopefully spending time with Red Russet's family will help. Still, that doesn't address Luna's issues...
One word. Lyra. You should send her to ponyvile. Just imagine the mischief she and the cutie mark crusaders could get up to. Also this is one of the few hie fics I enjoy. Have a
This is wonderfully wonderful. I give like and fav.
Breaks up the gloom rather nicely to see a moment like this.
And this is why we can't have nice things.
I really don't know if I love Maeve with all my heart...or if I hate her with all my soul!
I just threatened my wife with divorce 'cause she was using two different pijama parts. That's not acceptable. That's not how nature works...that's immoral and outright wrong!
Cute!
Really like how this is going i really hope you continue