Nightmare Moon survives the Elements' power and takes Twilight as her prisoner. Now, the alicorn queen must establish her monarchy and defend her rightful place as queen against those that oppose her.
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83165 Abbreviation for Nightmare Moon
83169 oooooohhhhh nice chapter btw
Btw what is the relatrion between moon beam and nightmare?
83185 Hahah yeah sorry. I use it thinking that everypony knows what it means. I don't think about whether or not you guys actually do. And thank ye.
83187 Mother-daughter pretty much. Thought not by blood. More will be explained in chapters to come.
Aha so Moon Beam got Cloudy Horizon to laugh, LET THE BONDING BEGIN.
83191 shouldn't twilight be able to overpower one of them IF her little gem thing was removed and why dosen't NMM use her as a weapon in the upcoming war,what like twilight and celestia they act like famliy buit he ain't releated.
83196 If by one of them you mean NMM or Moon Beam then, no not anymore. Nightmare has been restored to full magical and physical prowess and Twilight would NEVER hurt Moon Beam. As far as using Twilight as a weapon, NMM still doesn't trust her enough to release her magic If she'll even release it at all. Who knows?
83192 VICTORY!!!
Going to bed now so don't expect a reply for AT LEAST 6 hours.
83205 oh but I do
83202 wait she let's her sleep in the same room eat with her she even lets her have s*get's hit by random hand* special time with her.
I wonder if NMM will be recruiting Trixie to her cause any time soon? She seems to do that in a lot of the fics I read about her. Then again Nightmare Moon here is a lot more well constructed and developed as a character, maybe one day she'll even let Twilight be trusted, but I digress with this speculation. Confound this story, it drives me to speculate
Great story and chapter, I look forward to chapter 11
Im pretty sure you made it obvious enough who the spy is but hey maybe you will surprise us and it isnt the one you "pointed out" in the story. heh
What's this? Peppy updated, you know what that means! Yup it's time for another rambling typo ridden Wall-O-Text!
Well the ranks of Nightmare's army are swelling slowly but surely and now we know why ponies have been joining her gaurd they are doing so not out of loyalty (For the most part though I'm sure that there is more to cloudy than meets the eye.) but rather they do it to ensure the safty of thier families. I can understand that it also makes for an excilent motivation if queen Moon feels you arn't serving her with enough dedication she might just take your family into "Protective custody."
We also learn that the royal gaurd have not been inactive, though I wonder if they let Big Mac get away without joining. While Applejack isn't the type to lie simpaly not telling the full story is something else entirely. As twilight pointed out times are desperate and ponies are acting against thier very nature because of this situation. While I don't want to think of the Royal Gaurd as being thugish given the times I can see that type of action being used.
Moon Beam continues her conquest of the hearts and minds of the castile staff. While she may not yet have won over Cloudy she has struck a blow that will proove to be a weakspot later on. Speaking of Moon Beam though one can only image how the majorty of the staff reqaurds the little ball of energy. While I'm sure they bear no ill will twards her I can only imagen what they think of this sweet little filly who showed up out of the blue and brings out motherly affection from Nightmare Moon.
I also wonder what the stff thinks of Twilight, like i said some time ago it would make sense that while she didn't know them too wel I wouldn't be surprized if the castile staff knew her given her position befor Nightmare moon came into power. Come to think of it I bet some rather nasty rumors are floating around about her and how she always seems to be at the side of the one in power. This along with her status as Nightmares pet probibly made that attempt on her life those weeks back somewhat easier for the ponies involed to do given the actions they were willing to undertake simpaly to strike a blow against Nightmare Moon.
And last but not least we have the queen of the night herself. She knows that things are coming to a head and is prepairing for them as best she can. However no amount of preperation can ready her for what is coming up. war is an unknown in this kingdom and probly has been ever since the three tribes unighted together all those centuries ago. While the royal gaurd and Knightmare's own troops are being prepaired for war I don't really see either side being ready for the battle to come. The attrosities of war hit humans with devistating mental force and we seemigly can't get enough of bashing each other's skulls in. Just think of the truma that will befall the ponies of Equestria after everything is said and done.
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83210 She makes her sleep in the same room and give her 'services'
83266 I won't be adding Trixie in this story. Possibly in the sequel if I write that but not this one.
83396 I did?
83609 Indeed. Nothing promotes service like the 'promise of protection' for one's family. Cloudy has mentioned to Brook that she has no family or friends where she comes from. Not much is said about it, but I'm assuming you're guessing that it's cause of the expulsion from the guard thing. She is, for all intents and purposes, fully dedicated to serving Nightmare Moon. More will be revealed about her (as is the recurring theme here) later.
Big Mac won't be serving under the royal guard. I'll let AJ tell ya why. Being conquered and threats of war will do that to a pony. Especially if you've never tasted war in your lifetime.
Moon Beam is quite the formidable opponent isn't she? She knew EXACTLY how to leap the mote and crumble the wall that is Cloudy's emotional/physical barrier. If tickling was a nuclear weapon, Moon Beam would be the grand daddy of all WMD's. The staff aren't really sure how to view Moon Beam. They see her do all the unspeakable acts of terror that she does (tickling Guard captains, tackling Silent Brook, Being coma inducing adorable) yet they also see her under the ever watchful eye of Nightmare Moon and believe she truly is her daughter. The staff will be given voice soon though and it shall help a bit as far as that goes.
Yeah, it's very true that they had noticed her proximity to Celestia before Nightmare's reign and a few of them certainly knew her enough (the ones that served closest to Celestia). More will be said in the story so as not to spoil anything here (cause that'd be a dick move).
You must remember that Luna and Celestia fought discord to end his reign. While it doesn't say they were at war with him, considering the darker nature of my fic, it's going to be assumed that they had gone to war with him. Then you have Nightmare's first ascension. I've already stated that Celestia and Nightmare Moon fought on multiple fronts (the largest being where her current castle rests). Nightmare Moon also relishes the ponies fighting each other. It's like playing chess to her. Send out your pawns and watch them do your bidding. As far as the troops go, we've already seen that the Royal guard are prepared to kill (maybe not their own brothers and sisters) Nightmare and her pet. What will Nightmare's troops do when the judgement day comes? Who knows?
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*shrugs* naming the person who suggested NMM to hire rarity instead of some popular designer from Canterlot (if the episodes didnt happen Rarity didnt work with Hoity Toity and the others and such so shes still "unknown"), describing the newest member of the servants/hit squad who's last minute plan turned into killing NMM's pet and such.
I could be wrong of course. lol
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Few things offer greater motivation then the safty of those that one cares most about. While I can tell that Cloudy is doing her best with what she is given there is really only so much that trianing and theory will do for these freash untested troops, and as you yourself have pointed out we won't know how that turns out untill it happens.
As for big Mac I must admit that I was expecting the recruters to pull Mafia style tactics with him as I said before times are rather depsrete.
With Cloudy I can only wonder as to how er time in the gaurd went. While I can understand her becoming very embittered by her failed mission and the fallout caused by it that hould only cause so much animosity. No as bad as her last assignment was I'm thinking more that it was a final straw then anything else.
Like I said, Moon Beam bribed her way in and is even now hiding somewhere within said castil waiting to spring her next trap. Taking your tickle argument to the next level I'm going to say that Moon Beam's more a deathstar then anything else. While that's a compliment she isn't quite at the level of cutness needed to be compaired to the outright insane firepower of the MD Devices of Ender's game or the flat out nasty stuff I've heard about in the Lensmen books.
I'm really looking forward to learning what the castile staff has to say. They may be far from the focus of this story but none the less they hold some rather critical peices to the puzzle.
I'l' admit that this version of Equestria is fasr less of an ideal land then that of the shows. Still I get the feeling that aside from the Dethroning of Discord and Nightmare's failed rebellion the ponies of Equestria haven't truely tasted war and all that it brings. If Nightmare moon indeed does view ponies at war as a grand game of chess then how does she view Twilight? Is she but a pawn, if so Nightmare would do well to rember the rule of pawn promotion. Granted I've never heard of a passificts chess peice let along one that might trade sides mid battle so if anything Twilight holds quite an important if entirerly uncertain role in how things will play out here.
YOU SIR are despicable YOU AND THESE DAMNED CLIFF HANGERS GET RID OF THEM
83903 Haha maybe maybe not. I couldn't say cause that's up to the story to flesh out.
83919 The ponies of this generation have certainly known no war, but that isn't to say that the guards that have been under Celestia haven't seen any battle at all. Take cloudy for instance. She got sent on a mission and her escort was killed so (as far as my story goes) the original guards that are still alive will be more prepared than anypony. gotta cut this short cuz i gotta go abck to work I'll reply better later tho
I love a good bit of tension in a story. It's nice to check up on the remaining elements from time to time. Moon Beam, Cloudy, and Brook are great characters and I love how they interact. As for Twilight and Nightmare Moon, it seems that they are... getting a feel for each other more as the "days" pass. Tell me, will the end of the war be the end of the story, or will it continue past that?
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It continues. After the war come some major plot points though, and it could be said that the aftermath transitions the story from part one to part two.
"Apple Jack said as the others nodded" - Applejack is not amused
"Apple Jack turned and finished her climb," - GRAVITY CAT NOT AMUSED
"silenced by Apple Jack's hoof"
"quelled by Apple Jack's hoof"
"Apple Jack merely chuckled"
Quickly, use find-and-replace before it's too late!
"cloudy immediately turned to stare" -
My guess!!! Is that SHiny is somewhere within the resistance climbing ranks in order to rescue his SISTAR!!!!!
poor twilight... everyone is taking advantage of her
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RIGHT?! or he joined the army and is a SPY!
I have a better plan than any of the ponies could ever dream of....
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Suck on this, Mo-Fos!!
4666915 Na, a IS-2, KV-2, or King Tiger would be better. HE shells FTW!
3798519 *Looks at this comment during 4th re-read.*
Or not!