What's in a name, really?
I woke Luna up by accident as I took off my armor and set it on the dresser. She eyed the scorch mark and broken rivets on the hauberk, but didn't say anything. I crawled up into the bed with her and she wrapped a wing around me.
We stayed like that for a while, just silent and together. Part of me wanted to stay that way forever.
But I knew it wouldn't be heroic.
Guess I'm really stuck on that. Even if I wasn't a hero before, it's just how I think now. I guess that's better than the alternative...
"Princess?"
Luna cracked open an eye to look at me and smiled. "Just Luna is fine. What is it, Quillon?"
"I, uh... I have something I need to tell you. I'm not who you think I am... maybe? I don't really understand it."
Luna quirked an eyebrow at that, but said nothing, so I eventually screwed up the courage to continue.
"This isn't my natural coat color. I disguised myself to hide from the ponies who were after me, but it seems like maybe they weren't the badguys after all..."
"Your friends were alright, then?"
I nodded. Then I cocked my head to consider. "Well, there was actually a stallion who was possessed by some amulet or something, and went crazy? I laid him out, though."
Luna's eye widened a bit. "The alicorn amulet?"
"Right, that's what Twilight called it."
"That is an artifact of immense power. I am surprised you prevailed."
I sighed, and slowly took off my cloak, revealing my oversized wings. Luna regarded them thoughtfully, but didn't seem all that surprised.
"I, uh, I might have been a badguy before. I'm not really clear on the details, but... well. This."
I had made my white coat permanent after my slip-up with Twilight, but I reversed the change and took out my contacts now. Luna watched me go through the process without a word. Once I'd set the contacts aside, I just watched her for a while. She didn't seem scared, or angry. Finally, I just shrugged.
"So, uh... they tell me I was Cozy Glow? If you knew her."
Luna nodded. "I had my suspicions."
"O-oh. Uhh... I see. So, uh..."
I gestured at myself.
"Am I? Because, uhh... I don't really remember?"
Luna hummed thoughtfully. "Well, I did not know Cozy personally, so who am I to say? You look like her, but if you don't remember, then how are we to know?"
I stared at her with a frown. "You're just messing with me now, aren't you."
Luna yawned and pulled me in tighter without another word. I was frustrated at first, thinking she was blowing me off, but then I realized what she actually meant by it all.
It doesn't really matter to her. Or... maybe it does, but she's saying it doesn't have to, right now.
I eyed my gems on the night stand, next to my contacts. If a crisis came up anywhere, they'd rattle and I'd know.
So... I'm not technically being unheroic by staying here, right? I'll still know if anything goes wrong. So I can just...
I curled up and let all of my cares slip away for the first time I could remember.
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D'awww :3
Well, about Luna.... she imprisoned Cozy without a question after the first incident. At least she's now written in - character, doing her job - protecting foals from harm and bad decisions.
Cozy really needed that. I wonder if She'll ever get back her memories.
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To be fair, circumstances are pretty different here. Mostly in that Cozy is acting heroic and positive rather than being totally bonkers and nearly destroying the world.
I like to think this isn't really that divergent from the show, especially given Luna's history and perspective, but either way I'm glad you're enjoying it.
[insert topical Big O reference here]
...
sigh
Memories, man.
It'll be interesting to see how everypony here handles Cozy Glow now that they know for certain who she is. In the S8 finale, it made sense to me that they put her in Tartarus because she tried to bring Equestria down to its knees by eliminating all of the magic from existence (imagine someone knocking out all electricity permanently just so they could rule over the chaotic society that remains). Here, though, it is rather clear that Cozy Glow was seeking to do good and had no knowledge of her previous history. The ponies are typically rather understanding (sometimes too much I'd say in some cases), so I can't imagine Cozy being in trouble unless she reverted back to her old self. Looking forward to seeing how things are wrapped up here. I know you also put of a sequel crazy fast, so I will be getting to that not to long afterwards.
Aww.
Also memory-based identity issues, yeah!
Well, she saw Coz- Quillon’s, dreams. She knows who she dreams as, and that she isn’t the same evil that Cozy was.
Okay, that was pretty sweet.
Redemption successful!
(Before this their was, at least from the Watsonian perspective, the chance she would backside, at least temporarily.)
I remember from one of the Star Trek novels (original series), that sometimes when a Vulcan says I do not understand what you are saying." they mean "I choose to (pretend to) not understand, so as to spare you embarrassment." this seems somewhat similar.
You should turn this into a link to said fic.