Chapter 93
The moon shone into the throneroom and I looked at the earth pony standing before the throne, “How sure are you of this report, Whispering Wind?”
She shook her pale yellow mane back, “Fairly, wild weather is always somewhat unpredictable, but everything points towards the rain season showing up really early this year. Couple of weeks at best until the clouds start showing up.”
“The other weather ponies don't agree,” Wind Stalker protested, shifting his white wings, “And we’re actual pegasi!”
“You are too busy having your head in the clouds to watch them!”
I could tell an old argument when I heard one. How that’s possible when Wind and her family only moved in here a couple of months ago, I had no idea.
“Look,” I said and interrupted before anypony could answer her, “It wouldn’t hurt to be prepared a bit early, would it?” I asked before I looked at Hardy Brick, “Can we have the village inspection ready before then?”
He considered that for a moment and nodded, “We can. Not like we’d be able to build the hotel before the rainy season anyway no matter what we do. We won’t be delayed much in any case. Biggest problem is imports.”
“As always,” I agreed and then looked at the weather ponies again, “We’re not getting anywhere arguing who’s right in this case. I think that it’s better we go with the conservative case in this one. Better that than trying to rush the preparations at the last minute.”
Buck. If the rainy season really did show up early, that’d delay any possible railway repairs by months at best.
It never rains but it bucking pours.
“About that,” Fluttershy said, shifting her wings, “If the rainy season is to arrive almost a moon early, we should step up our fruit harvests and our hunting. Nopony likes doing either in pouring rain and it makes both much harder.”
I nodded, “That’s a good point. We sho-”
A thestral landed on the platform outside and trotted inside, giving me a bow, “Your Highness. An airship has been spotted approaching.”
“What do you mean, an airship is approaching?” Moon Glow asked, taking half a step forward, “Details, Private!”
“I’m sorry, Commander,” he said and stood up at attention, “An airship is approaching Nocturnis airspace from the north. The airship is carrying the colors of the Crystal Empire. It will arrive in just under an hour.”
“Princess Cadance?” I asked nopony in particular, “What could she want? Does the Crystal Empire even have airships?”
Moon Glow nodded, “Two, according to reports.”
Did she forget something or what?
“Do we even have somewhere to dock an airship yet?” I asked, looking towards Moon Glow. She nodded,
“Yes, sir. The upper training platform can do it. It’s not ideal as it’s close to the trees, but it should be possible.”
I nodded, “Arrange for somepony to guide them down and arrange a royal escort. And send somepony for Twilight, she’d like to be here when they arrive.”
“Yes, sir.”
Then it was finishing up the meeting as she arranged everything followed by waiting.
“Any idea what this is about?” Twilight asked as she walked in, sitting down next to the throne.
I shrugged my wings and offered her half of my mango, “No idea. Did she forget a hairbrush? Or Flurry?”
Sparks suppressed a smile but took the fruit, “I doubt that’s it. Maybe it’s some sort of help from the crash?”
“Would they even have gotten word about that yet and had time to get there? It’s only been a week and a half.”
“...True,” Sparks said and nibbled at the sweet fruit, “It takes…more than a week and a half or so to get an airship here from the Crystal Empire at absolutely best. So even if somepony told them the moment we crashed, they wouldn’t have made it yett. They must have left before.”
I nodded, “They have good timing in any case,” I said with a smile, “They’ll be able to attend the Founding Day celebrations tomorrow.”
Twilight started to answer but was interrupted by the door opening and a pair of guards entered.
“Announcing Archmage Sunburst, Crystaller of the Crystaller of the Crystal Empire and messenger of Princess Mi Amore Cadenza.”
Sunburst?
Said unicorn walked in between the guards and approached the throne, giving a small bow, “Prince Page, Princess Twilight,” he said with a smile, “I bring word from Princess Cadance.”
I smiled at him, “Welcome back to Nocturnis, Sunburst,” I said and motioned towards him with my hoof, “Didn’t expect you quite that soon, but you’re always welcome.”
“Ah, thank you,” He said and stood up again.
“You have good timing,” I told him, “Founding Day is tomorrow and Pinkie Pie was involved so I’m sure it’s going to be quite an experience.”
He nodded and adjusted his glasses, “I’m glad I made it in time, that’s why I’m here, we wanted to deliver this before then,” he said and slipped a scroll from a pocket in his robes as he took on a more official tone, “I have a missive from Princess Cadance to Prince Page and Princess Twilight of Nocturnis as well as the ponies of Nocturnis.”
I shared a look with Twilight before I looked at him again, “Go ahead.”
Sunburst cleared his throat and unrolled the short scroll and started to read,
“The Crystal Empire would like to thank Nocturnis for it’s hospitality during our unannounced visit earlier this year. Your town is beautiful and very welcoming to ponies of all kinds. Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and Prince Shining Armor would like to extend a hoof of friendship between our two cities and rulers.
Hence we would like to deliver a gift to the people of Nocturnis consisting of a full one thousand stone obelisks of four meters tall and one and a half across with a narrowed top made from our native crystaline stone and carved by our famous masons. Each to be delivered as they are finished. A full twenty are ready to be delivered on the next train.
We, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and Prince Shining Armor of the Crystal Empire, wish the people and rulers of Nocturnis well and that you enjoy our gift.”
Sunburst smiled and rolled the scroll up, “But it seems like the first delivery will be a bit delayed because of the train situation.”
I gaped at him and slowly climbed onto my hooves, jumping down to him with a flap of my wings, “...Is that true?” I asked quietly, “A thousand obelisks?”
Sunburst nodded, “A thousand,” he agreed, “And if more are needed, I’m sure we can figure out a deal,” he said with a small and slightly sheepish smile, lowering his voice as he adjusted his glasses with a hoof, “...I think Cady were feeling bad about trying to interfere with you and… uhm… well,” he said before he cleared his throat a bit uncomfortably.
A thousand obelisks. Even unenchanted… that’d cut out years of us making them! Decades of being able to afford them!
I think I managed a pretty decent approximation of Twilights ‘yes yes yes’ dance, bouncing in a circle around a bemused looking Sunburst, Twilight joining in moments later.
And with that, it's time we leave the silly batty pony for now, he's going to be busy for a bit I think, but we will return at a later time.
Thank you all for reading and I hope you enjoyed.
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another great story... thank you for sharing it.
What a great way to end it on. You never disappoint hiver and I hope to be here when the next part comes out. 100/10 bud
good. kind of a odd end note, i would have swamped the last two chapters
Twilight must know he's taking the piss
A wonderful cake of life, and a little adventure makes for a worthy icing indeed! Thank you very much as always Hiver, even if this is the first time I've been here to follow live.
Those obelisks are definitely going to be a great help, if and when the town is reconnected. Given the tensions brought up, I'd hardly be surprised if there were a vocal group calling for the rail not to be repaired by the time the next book arrives. Not to mention dealing with the shortages that doubtless will cause issues in the meantime.
The final jackboot:
I think Cady was feeling
approximation of Twilight's
Cant wait for the continuation :)
And at the end of this chapter we got two yessers doing a little happy dance.
complete?
NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
Cant wait, need moar now!
A very nice chapter, with the plot moving forward–
What? What do you mean "we're done?" We just started!
Story end? Well that was unexpected.
Liked the story. Hope this will still continue in an other story of yours.
Well done
Most delightful development.
Page... Give that mare a Thestral foal so Flurry Heart has a play mate!
I find it ironic that most of the major story beats happened oustide of the jungle despite the tile, but take some time to rest. We'll be waiting for ne next tale you have to tell.
And for now. The final nice
Neat
Now wouldn't that be interesting
The dance or the bemusement
Thank you for another story and I did indeed enjoy it
So they are essentially giant crystal dildos from Cadence...
I'm not surprised
Aww, the story's over.
Yet should only have one t.
I think you can figure out what's wrong here. "Crystaller of the" shouldn't be there twice.
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Nah it makes sense, the crystaler needs to be crystaled before they crystal the crystal.
Oh, wow. What a ride! I eagerly await the next one!
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Indeed. I was just about imagining it myself the moment I read that sentence. “I say, Prince Page, have you by any chance seen my daughter around Nocturnis? I seem to have forgotten to tuck her into my purse before we left...”
Well that ending was abrupt. It feels like things were finally starting to happen!
Hah that was nice! My pessimistic brain was thinking of ways…to…(notices completed)
Aww, this was my morning thing!
Well, it was another lovely addition to the series.
Here it is, my wish list for the next one…
-Somepony is getting Preggers!
-resolved Changeling situation.
-the Pillars
-Rockhoof and AJ becoming a thing! (I will go down with this ship dammit!)
-Celestia and Page.
-Nocturnis begins to flourish.
-the mystery behind the old Thestral is revealed.
-babies!!!!
As always Hiver, thank you for the ride, thanks for using my art, and we’ll see you next time!
and now the dark times come agian. until the next story at least :p as always you knocked it outta the park.
Yea, I don’t know if I’m ok with the story being over.
*sad reader noises*
Nice ending and should enable a lot of advances in the “off-season”
Thanks for the month of entertainment.
Looking forward to the next book in the life of our favorite Bat.
MEANWHILE IN THE CRYSTAL EMPIRE...
Cadance: THERE! One thousand...do you think that's enough for an advanced apology?
Shining Armor: Considering the estimation of the impending baby boom due to your personal matchmaking actions during our Nocturnis vacation? Maybe.
Cadance: Well hopefully he'll think the population increase is from higher morale??
Shining Armor: Somehow I doubt it.
Hiver: "Silly Kevin--he'll never expect that "temporal landmine" he keeps going on about will be those thousand chryst--
"
Kevin Lee: "Whoohoo! Next Book: Nocturnis, The Time Traveling City
"
Hiver: "
KEVIN!!!! "
Hiver: "back to the rewrite...
"
*windy_prance thwacks Kevin Lee with a Gibbslap*
Kevin Lee: "ow! what'd i do?
"
windy_prance: "Stop reading Hiver's mind! It's delaying all his work! Besides, there's nothing interesting to see in there."
Kevin Lee: "I would never do anything like that--! Besides, I know.
"
*Kevin Lee gets in his TARDIS and goes back into the future to check out what the re-write will be about*
windy_prance: "You'd better not be reading his mi--wait, that was a TARDIS
--KEVIN!!!! 
"
Onto the next one!
Thank you for the excellent story as always. I eagerly await the next one!
woot woot a awesome chapter and a amazing ending to this story ark.
boy, this was a pretty large installation to the series. looking forward to whats next
this series is one of the best to read thank you for the hard work
As always, phenomenal job! I was sorta sad to see the complete tag finally show up on this story but I’m also very excited to see what comes next! Hope you haven’t forgotten about that new world Page is making in the dream realm, that seems really interesting, if he’ll ever get time to focus on that…
I was fully expecting the airship to be like a refugee ship or something but then I remembered what story im reading. I’ve been reading too much Changing Expectations, heh
Bouncy bat.
Thanks for the great story, Hiver!
And thanks to Windy and Siploc for all of the fun in the comments.
Not entirely sure that's meant to be duplicated...
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No, no, it's better this way
This was a nice change of pace story that really helped flesh out Page and Twilight’s relationship and explore Nocturnis finding its footing.
It’s clear though that Nocturnis isn’t a one and done story type thing, though. So, my theory from way back still stands, it just has a longer timetable.
I can’t wait to see what’s next. For now, have a happy holidays, Hiver!
Counting down the days until July 2022.
This has to be my 8 or 9th time re-reading your series. I have to re-read every time you put out a new arc. Love the new part, was a fun read! Thanks for sharing your story.
This is not as innocent as it seems. These jumping beings are trying to convert Sunburst into one of them! You can't fool me.
Hiver don't miss. I dread the day if physical novels are made, I'd go broke!
It's always a sad day when an arch of this story is completed, but as always we wait with baited breath for the beginning of the next
*me only NOW noticing the complete part*
...awww.
Well here's to the end of the latest installment of the Pageverse! See you all 8 month-ish from now!!
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That's where we disagree, I suppose. I see no reason to intrinsically hate anything. Everything is relative, in the end, depending on traits and circumstance. Murder might be sport for beings that can reform their fleshy shells; for some animals, rape is a fact of biology (some even go further: some males are killed, and in some other cases - notably, fish - either change sex or get absorbed).
Oh I'm waiting for him to be busy with a very specific pony. ;]
Otherwise: NOOOOO!!! Don't do this!
Damn, he already went away.
Ah, well. Here's hoping I'll get notified or stumble upon the next installment when it's up.
Thanks for the story, cant wait to read the sequal!!
Congratz!!!!
Thank you again for this universe!
Kek. Well, I'll be eagerly awaiting the next chapter!
I've lost track. How big is Page's harem now?
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Hello!
The ground trembles weakly in the dark of night. A pale, decaying hand breaks through the overgrown topsoil.
Slowly, over the course of hours, the pale, desecrated corpse scrapes and claws its way from the long forgotten grave. The chill of the cool night air unfelt by its rotten flesh, moonlight cast upon it through the branches and fog. It clambers forward, legs long since unusable, pulling itself free.
The faceless and nameless abomination looks up. With a foul odor and a deep, dry, rasping voice, it utters "mooooorreeee".
Hiver screams.