This story takes place between S3 E13 “Magical Mystery Cure” and S4 E25 “Twilight’s Kingdom”.
Sink holes have been appearing around the Everfree Forest and even as close as the outskirts of Ponyville, so the Royal Sisters know that it is time to strike a treaty with the Diamond Dogs before their tunneling causes houses to disappear into the ground.
While they’re away, they have to deputise two ponies to run Equestria on their behalf and the only two with sufficient magic are Twilight and Nyx.
How will Nyx react?
Is she ready for such power again?
Chapters (12)
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You're very kind, thank you - I'm so pleased you enjoyed it!
Always nice to hear from you.
Poor Nyx, she's scared of the responsibility that she's been giving due to her past.
Crusader and Athena would be a nice place to evacuate to considering WHAT and normally WHERE they are.
Great story.
Ew Nyx
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Thanks for your kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
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You're welcome. Do you know what story on this site Crusader and Athena are from?
Where does Past Sins fit into this story?
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I didn't when I first read your comment, but a little research has led me to "Legacy". However as this is the ninth longest story on the site it may be some time before I have fully read and understood it all!
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Let me know what you think, either here or via PM.
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Past Sins introduces Nyx as a foal formed from an incomplete spell designed to resurrect Nightmare Moon from the shreds left behind once Twilight and the Elements of Harmony had freed Princess Luna; thus, she has a connection through NMM to Luna that I chose to build on.
Further, she was raised by Twilight who formally adopted her as her daughter, and she also has a very inquisitive nature, so I took the line that Twilight as the bearer of the Element of Magic would be able to feed her interest and develop her magical skills.
The credit for creating Nyx goes to Pen Stroke - I really like the character and wanted to develop her from where Past Sins finishes.
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Alright, that makes sense. I've already read Past Sins, so I know the plot and story; I was just curious how it fit into this story since I highly doubted it was a coincidence you chose "Nyx" as the name for the OC, and the cover art didn't help either considering how much it looked like Nyx. =)
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Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. I wrote another Nyx story a few months ago https://www.fimfiction.net/story/405407/nyx-returns if you want to check that out too.
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Yes but they don't exist in this world.
On my iPad, the title of this story appears in the featured box as "Like Sister, Like Stud..."
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Oh my!
It's not that sort of fic ...
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I didn't think one could laugh so hard and fall from their bed until reading your post.
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True.
night stone castle
Nyx's nightmare moon hang out
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If you don't like it, then take a hike.
claps
YAAAAASSSSSSSSS!
I’ve always wanted to see Nyx do that wipes tear from eye
Awesome! I wish Nyx had a glittery mane too
I wAnT tO bE aBlE tO dReAmWaLk
We got this together!
Pooooooorrrrr Nyxie
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Great to see her respond so well to the challenge, but the moon may be a bit dizzy for a while!
So does she, but I'm sure it will come in time!
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First find a livery collar with your cutie mark on it ...
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Well spotted!
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Just when she thought she had freed herself from the shackles of NMM, an unintentional subliminal trigger brought the horror back to her full force. Poor Nyx indeed.
I'm sorry but the secret room makes no sense. Before banishment the sisters ruled from Two Sisters Castle.
Also I doubt MMM would forget such a place.
This lost me.
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Great questions that both deserve good answers; please bear with me:
As we saw in S1 E02, the Castle of the Two Sisters had been abandoned some time following the confrontation between NMM and Celestia, presumably because of the structural damage it had suffered in the flashback from S4 E02.
It is not unreasonable to assume that Celestia would then have moved her seat of power to somewhere where she could continue to govern in as seamless a manner as possible. The fact that she chose Canterlot Castle suggests that it was already built, meaning that Luna would have had a chance to be party to its design and construction. I would suggest that if it wasn’t already built, then it would have been easier to have repaired the Castle of the Two Sisters or moved to another castle in the kingdom rather than embarking on such a major construction project from scratch.
In chapter 3, Luna says to Nyx “Had you but known of this repository when you were Nightmare Moon, the outcome of your reign would most certainly have been different …” This was to reinforce that Nyx was unaware of the secret room and/or the extent of magical items that it currently contained.
To expand on the second of these two points; when Luna was released from NMM, nothing was seen of her until Nightmare Night in S2 E04. My assumption in developing this storyline was that she had been collecting artefacts and texts for more than a year to catch up on how Equestria had changed in her absence. This then provided her this much bigger repository of magical knowledge than had ever been available to her when she had been NMM.
Thank you for such a good question, and I hope I have provided a comprehensive (if rather long!) answer that fits both series canon and the “Past Sins” storyline. I'm sorry of any of my assumptions spoiled your enjoyment of the story.
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the caslte may have already been there but I see it as a left over from the ruining body before the Sisters took power. I think a change like that would be noticed.
PTSD is a real b***
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Poor kid's carrying a lot more baggage than she deserves, that's for sure.
A "six-point star"? Did she also draw lines?
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As with the other constellations, you've got to imagine the lines for yourself.
I imagined the six point star with the five others round it in the appropriate positions should have made it stand out prominently as Twilight's cutie mark.
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That does seem like a closer and better repaired location to take shelter.
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It's survived more and harsher storms then anything else in Ponyville, but sometimes it's what's right in front of you that's the last thing you see ...
Gold star to Twilight!
Nice, though in the note you have Nyx referred to as the filly Nyx. If it were me I would have had it said "your daughter Nyx". You also have a tendency to leave out the commas before the end quotes, but aw well. Like this so far.