Chapter 1
Sitting in a chair, a small filly squirmed, not knowing what was going to happen next, fearful, afraid, and worried about the unknown. The Royal Pony Sisters' School for Gifted Unicorns was supposed to be an exciting place; a happy place where a little unicorns' dreams came true.
The filly had no dreams of greatness, but her parents had those dreams for her. She was a small, almost unremarkable sort. She was a bit smaller than most fillies her age. Her pelt was a humdrum shade of light blue. Her mane and tail were not quite curly, nor were they straight, but a compromise of the two, wavy. Both her mane as well as her tail were a darker shade of blue, night blue, streaked with a soft pastel shade of pink. Her only defining characteristic, the only thing that made her special, the only thing that made her stand out for any reason, was her left front leg. Instead of being blue, she had a pink sock. One pink hoof and a pink pelt that went halfway up her leg.
She wore glasses, thick glasses, thick glasses with ugly black frames. She could not see without them. Behind her lenses, her blue eyes were unremarkable and average.
And yet, the filly had one thing about herself that she could not bear.
“Princess Celestia will see you now,” a nice pony named Raven said to the nervous filly sitting in the foal sized chair, squirming while she waited. “Do try to relax. Princess Celestia is very kind and very good. You have nothing to fear.”
The alicorn behind the low desk was enormous. The filly had never seen Princess Celestia up close before. Overcome with awe, the little filly forget her manners and stared, her blue eyes wide. She stood there, unmoving, almost unblinking, in awe of the living embodiment of the sun.
“Hello… would you like to take a seat so that we might get started? There are cushions for you on the floor.” Lifting her hoof, Princess Celestia made a gesture that the filly was welcome to sit down anywhere that she would like. A gentle smile lurked upon Celestia’s muzzle.
Wide eyed, the filly sat down upon the floor, not bothering with a cushion. The desk was low upon the floor, and she could see that Princess Celestia was sitting upon a shocking orange with pink polka dots cushion. She reached up, adjusted her glasses, and then took a deep breath.
“To start with, would you like to tell me your name?” Princess Celestia asked.
Oh no! The filly tensed up. That was always how it started. Her name. Her awful, awful name. She shook her head no, made an awkward croaking sound, became embarrassed, gave up, and then fell silent.
“Now now, there is no need to be shy. I am positive that you have a lovely name.” Princess Celestia leaned forwards over her desk. Using her telekinesis, she adjusted a vaseful of flowers as she smiled.
The filly shook her head; more than anything else, she wanted to run out of the room. This was too embarrassing. She could not say her awful name in front of Princess Celestia.
“I have in front of me a detailed portfolio about you. It says that you are very shy and that you do not like speaking. It also tells me your name. Now, please, can you say your name?” Princess Celestia’s brows furrowed and her nasal bridge crinkled with worry as she tilted her head off to one side.
Sitting back on her haunches, the filly lifted up her two front hooves, one blue, one pink, and began to tap them together. She took a deep breath, tried to swallow the lump in her throat, and then screwed her courage to the sticking place. “My name is Midnight Darkness.”
“You have a lovely name.” Princess Celestia gave the filly a smile.
Feeling anger, feeling shame, the filly forgot her manners. “I have a horrible name! I have a horrible, no good, awful, dorky name and I don’t want it to be said in public!”
“Oh, now now, it is not that bad,” Princess Celestia said in a soft, reassuring voice.
Hot tears began to spill down the filly’s cheeks. “I hate it… I hate it! It’s so embarrassing and I hate it!”
“Is there any meaning behind it?” Princess Celestia asked as she slid a box of tissues forwards to the edge of her desk.
The filly sniffled and stared at the box of tissues, but did not take one. “My mother wanted to name me after great unicorns like Twilight Sparkle and Sunset Shimmer.” The little filly sniffled and snorted, and then wiped her eyes with her pink foreleg. “But everypony else is also naming their foals after Twilight Sparkle and Sunset Shimmer… so my mama had to try and be different. And now I’m saddled with a stupid name!”
“It sounds as though your mother loves you. She wanted you to be special. It sounds as though your mother has hopes and dreams for you… that she wanted you to be as great as Princess Twilight Sparkle or Sunset Shimmer. But she also wanted you to stand out from all the other foals whose mothers also want them to be as great as Princess Twilight Sparkle or Sunset Shimmer.” Princess Celestia blinked and then looked the filly in the eye. “I must confess, your name caught my attention. Today, I have met dozens of little fillies, with you being the last. It shames me to admit this, but the names have all jumbled together. I met with Sunrises, Sundowners, little Evenings galore, and I am having trouble remembering all of these names… but you… you, Midnight Darkness, I saw your name and it stuck in my memory right away.”
The filly, silent, did not know how to respond. Her head bowed and she stared down at the floor. Feeling sullen, the foal arrived at a conclusion. “You only remembered it because it is such a dorky name. It is so awful that it can’t be forgotten.” The filly closed her eyes, drew in a deep breath, and then shuddered from pent up emotion. Behind her, she heard the door open.
“Ah, here we go, the much needed attitude adjustment is about to happen—”
“WHERE IS THE ADORABLE FILLY WITH THE MOST COMELY NAME OF MIDNIGHT DARKNESS?”
The filly froze, only her eyes moving as they opened. That voice. In the small office, it was almost deafening. Princess Celestia had a sister, one seldom seen in public.
“OH! OH! I FIND THIS ONE MOST PLEASING TO MINE EYE! HUZZAH! SORRY SISTER, BUT THIS ONE IS TO BE MINE, YOU MAY KEEP YOUR END OF DAY RELATED VARIATIONS!”
Gasping, the filly felt herself being lifted in the warm fuzzy tingle of magic. She was turned around and then she saw Princess Luna’s manic grin and wide, wild looking eyes. Princess Luna’s terrifying manic grin and wide, wild looking eyes.
“OH, THIS IS MOST WONDERFUL, SHE HAS THE MOST MARVELOUS LITTLE PINK SOCK! WERE I NOT A PRINCESS, I WOULDST BE SQUEALING WITH DELIGHT!”
“Ah, there, I do believe everything is now sorted out.” Princess Celestia grinned, showing teeth. “No matter how silly it might be, your name makes you special. Dearest sister, see that she becomes comfortable with her name. Do try to make her a unicorn worthy of the memorable name of Midnight Darkness.”
“INDEED SISTER, I SHALL!” Princess Luna’s smile widened. “COME WITH ME, LITTLE ONE! THOU ART MINE STUDENT NOW, AND THERE IS MUCH I EXPECT FROM YOU, MIDNIGHT DARKNESS!”
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Dear Fimfiction Mods,
Please don't reject this story.
Kudzu you got this
~TOOWC
-snort-
6241409 Hear hear! Kudz has had too many stories rejected for non-existent reasons.
I predict Midnight Darkness will go on to create a cure for deafness. Faust knows she's going to need it...
See
Also, I don't see any pone here, are you sure this is a Mlp fic
please mods, do not reject
see not she
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I can't wait for the many who don't read Kudz's blogs to come to this newly published story and be like, "Wtf Kudzuhaiku there's already like 20 comments and 34 likes I am pressing X to doubt so hard"
6241472 Oh I read the blog.
*deafening intensifies*
HUZZAH!!
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Ye Olde Caps Lock!
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Ya know for a little one shot this sounds like it could turn into something longer. You sure pack a lot of character into a tiny story.
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Pay extra close attention to the name of the school and then think of the peace treaty signed during the winter war games in The Chase.
If this little story get dropped via some mod then its 100% prove it that some higher up have grudge against you. Even if they only read the first sentence, its filled with so much pony reference, that they cannot say its not related at all. Kind of sad that its already completed/finished, since i feel this could been something big.
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Read the comments. This is something big.
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*cue dramatic music*
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I should reread The Chase one of these days and take notes...
I'm still waiting for the Chase to be completed. Then I can finally read it and then read all of the other stories and have it make sense.
Series. Nao.
6242099 hahaha....waiting for it to Finish
The Marvelous Missfortunes of Midnight Darkness in the Realm of Canterlot.
...or How I stopped Caring ´Bout my Name and Started to Becoming Deaf
So who are your subduer's?
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It's a joke about my diabetes. I will gladly eat the cookie that will lay me low.
OK, this was simply adorable.
I do hope we get to see Midnight Darkness' adventures continued in being trained by
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Oh damn, I just realized I commented on a story!
I meant to post that on your profile page.
Bad Luna! No Canterlot-Voicing the foals! Bad!
Could use a bit of editing; there are two or three trip-ups.
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Point them out and I shall fix them.
I think my heart just stopped from the adorableness.
Shhh Luna shhhh you're scaring the foals.
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honestly, im seeing this version of luna as rick, from rick and morty.
and poor, poor midnight...
Luna: YOU HAVE THE PERFECT NAME FOR A NEW PROJECT OF MINE. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT MUSICAL BANDS?
Sisters' (plural possessive)
were (plurality mismatch)
Short, simple, made me smile.
Midnight Darkness, future mother of Princess Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Ravenway.
Chrono assassins! Go forth!
Poor little Midnight, the victim of theme naming run amok. No one ever thinks of the OCs when they name them. Never thinking of the suffering foisted upon them. Poor things. At least this one has somepony guaranteed to love her.
6242377 Is there a gdoc that I can edit in suggestions mode?
This could be the beginning of a sweet story.
it was sad but then it turned out to be really funny, good job
I shall not move along, too much special to see here !
6243804 Trust me, I know all about shitty names....MY mother wasn't....creative. So she named me after a brand of pants.
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Cute story.
I liked it.
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...Dean?
6251198 DING DING DING WE HAVE A WINNER!
They were, in fact, the pants she was wearing before I was born.
6251208 Nope.
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Levi comes from the Bible.
6251465 You wish. My Mom admitted that she named me after her favorite pants.
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I am named after an alcoholic drink.
I come from a long, long, long line of drunks.
6251622 ....is it bad that the first two drinks that came to mind were the Slippery Nipple and the Grasshopper?
If I had a complaint, it was the odd language and awkward writing used in some sections, like "wrinkled her nasal bridge." Some passages just sounded off or weirdly arranged.
However, this fic get top marks in every other category. An interesting OC, good characterization, a clever premise, and a good plot. Aside from the writing, the story is fantastic.
That... is sort of a bad name, though. Aside from falling clumsily off the lips, it doesn't really invoke any of the positive imagery of the night.
Here's hoping she learns to wear it with pride,. though.