Disturbed by an encounter with a strange tourist, Rarity contemplates the reign of Nightmare Moon.
thank you to Snow Quill for the in-story art!
written as a gift for Zontan, as part of the anthology Dark Between the Stars. you can read the others here.
thanks to applejackofalltrades and Snow Quill for their feedback.
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YEAHHH i liked this one, glad its up!!!
A good point! And logical consequences.
Ha! (re: Twilight in the alternate timeline episode).
Oof. That quiet resignation and despair, desperately staying in the niche the Nightmare has carved for Rarity when this timeline’s Twilight couldn’t take it anymore…
Devastating stuff. Well told in both presenting the perspective and hinting at what Rarity doesn’t let herself think about. Thank you for it.
This was a nice little story. It was interesting seeing bits of how the Nightmare Moon timeline developed in the future, and Rarity's resignation was sad to see. I wonder if Nightmare Moon only started executing people in the forest to make it seem like her losing Twilight there was totally deliberate.
reader comments below were based on the initially published version
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hehe ya! ty for your encouragement as always
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thank you for the comment! the relationship between Equestria's sun and those living outside of it always seemed like it should weigh a lot more than was shown in the show
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thank you so much! i am glad that quiet resignation and despair got through
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thank you for the comment! bridging the gap between the characters we know and love and the loyal servants of Nightmare Moon in that timeline raised a lot of questions, and this was my way of resolving it for Rarity
There's something about how you write that is so warm and delicate, even with tales of estrangement. I really like your voice, this piece was delightful poetry, which I need to read again because even if short, it left a lingering impression. Slowly reading all the entries here, even if I don't own a printed anthology of them.
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this really made my evening, thank you so much!