There's more than one way to live a Nightmare

by Abaddon spice

Chapter 1: lunar being

"Ow" I groaned as a sat up, the last thing I remembered was.

'...'

"Okay, that's not a good sign" I grumbled as I opened my eyes.

Grey.

As far as my eyes could see, I was on a grey cratered surface. 'Am I on the moon?' I wondered, and as I tried to walk forward, something stopped me. I looked down. Chains. Huge black chains pinned my hooves to the moon sur-

'Wait, hooves?'

I raised a eyebrow, and inspected the "hooves", dark black fur, and wore sliver scuffed up bracers. "I'm Nightmare moon aren't I" I groaned to no one in particular.

"No actually I was talking to you"

"No, 4th wall breaking. That's Pinkie's job"

"Hey I'm stuck here for a thousand years, humor me"

"Fine, you're Nightmare Moon, but let's just say your going to have a surprise when you get out"

"Uh, what do you mean by that"

"No spoilers" ;-)

I groaned at that. I decided to stop breaking the 4th wall (for now) and I looked out at the bleak scenery.

"1,000 bottles of beer on a wall, a thousand bottles of beer. Take on down, pass it around, 999 bottles of beer on the wall~" I sang.

Maybe it may help pass the time.

(A thousand years later)

"I'm soooo bored" I groaned.

I had tried everything, sing, dance (I gave up do to chain restraint), heck I even tried to see if Luna or the original Nightmare was in my head. No such luck. I couldn't even explore anywhere. There's probably nothing out there to explore, but heck! It beats staying still in these chains any day of the week.

I groaned again and looked at the far away Equestria, in other HiE's you started straight-off in Equestria. I got the moon. Great. I pulled against my chains, I hadn't known how long its been, but it wouldn't hurt if-

They moved.

The chains moved.

'Hallay-frickin-louya!' I mentally celebrated, and then I started thrashing against the chains, and as one broke I felt the magic that was protecting me fade a little.

Lets just say a thousand years of not eating anything, really hurts.

"Ohhhhh..." I groaned, and then I clamped my mouth shut. 'This is going to hurt' I thought with a wince. Then I began breaking off the remaining chains.

Thirst.

Pain.

Sound.

Air...

My lungs were contracting, as the vacuum of space was collapseing my ribs. With one last wild tug, I felt the last chain snap, and one thing completed me as I rocketed toward Equs.

Rage

I slammed into a meadow, (Faust knows where) and luckly it was nighttime, before I did anything though I gasped for air. "Sweet, beautiful air, how I've missed you" I choked out and then I looked down at the grass under me. I was a pony, pony+grass=Full. So, I shoved my muzzle straight into it, tearing and gobbling up bits of dirt with it. It was delicious.

As I devoured the meadow, I caught a glimpse of a stream. Faster than a wonderbolt, I shot over there and immediately started guzzling the water.

When I finally got my feasting and drinking under control, I looked down at my reflection in the stream. Black fur, teal slitted eyes, fangs, the whole Nightmare package, but upon closer observation I noticed some notable differences.

Firstly, my armor was silver, not blue (like in the show), I also felt I was probably a lot taller to, as well as a lot thinner, but I could blame that on a certain thousand-year event. My armor was dented and scratched, and as I leaned closer to the water I could see plenty of scars and scratches on me. One notable one was a huge crescent scar on my right eye, "Run Simba" I said in the deepest voice I could muster and then broke out into a grin.

When I did this, I saw my teeth, but instead of being only fangs, all my teeth were pretty sharp. I tilted my head at this. 'Aren't ponies herbivores?' I questioned and then opened my mouth so I could examine my back teeth. To my surprise, they were molars.

'I guess I'm still a omnivore' I thought with a shrug, and then looked again at my monstrous grin 'I look like I came out of a creepy pasta' I mused, and then decided to look around at my surroundings.

As I scanned the torn up meadow, I saw a all too familiar mountain structure in the distance, and slowly a savage smile spread across my lips.

"I think it's about time to let Equestria know that Nightmare Moon, is back!"

Comments

[ParodiaTheSilent]

Bruh, aside from the grammar mistakes, I found this rather enjoyable.

[Blaze Song]

1000 years awake? How the hell is she still sane?

[Knightmare Neko]

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She isn't.

[VikingOtaku6]

7902824 The first thing our human did upon the moon, once she made herself aware of her situation, was break the fourth wall; does that sound the actions of a normal, let alone sane, person to you...?

[TigeR]

That blatant 4th wall breaking is just way too over the top. It may be funny if handled correctly and in small doses, but starting a story like that is just bad. The main character also has almost no reaction to being turned into Nightmare Moon, as if that's just a small nuissance, like discovering that your hot chocolate turned cold. And being imprisoned for 1000 years just felt like the main character was a child waiting an hour for his mom to come home to make some food. There is just no gravity to his situation what-so-ever.

I might give it another chapter, but I'm sorry to say, this chapter left me very disappointed.

[Gotland]

Well, time to reread this story again for what seems like the billonth time until this thing updates

[Big Brain Boi]

Im not sure I like it.

[Reykan]

You escape, are starved, dehydrated, and likely weak, and your first idea is to attack an enemy stronghold.

*facepalm.

[FuZz v KiNgZz]

"I have returned, after an eternity away from you all Nightmare Moon, is back!"

[Mahtan]

After a thousand years imprisioned on the moon and with no indication that I know how to use my magic, fly or anything else... Yeah, pretty sure it is time to let Equestria know Nightmare Moon is back, no way this is going to bite me in the ass right?? - Stupid Isekai Protag.

[Mahtan]

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This one is DEAD, dead I tell you.

[Black--Soul]

What a great ideas... i think i wrote one for myself in the future...

[Kadigan]

There's probably nothing out there to explore

Eternal Night!

... and updated, high-resolution charts of the Moon's surface.

Because science.
And boredom.

[Amos Anon]

pony+grass=Full

Mathematical genius

[Black--Soul]

This story inspired my one-shot story

[Black--Soul]

To bad this one never got finished.