When the Mane 6 defeated Nightmare Moon, it should have been a time of triumph and celebration! And it still was... but...
Luna has returned as a foal. And not just any foal, no: A 3 DAY OLD FOAL!!!
What is a Sun Princess to do with her baby sister now? Can they turn her back into a grown-up? What if they can't? What if they won't? What if Celestia doesn't want them to?...
Such is the drama that will transpire in this story so go read it already! Thank you 
More character tags will be added as I write! Those who actually want spoilers to who will be involved in the future: In order of most likely: Discord, Flurry Heart, and probably every major villain in FIM.
Characters under "other" tag: Shining Armor and Nightmare Moon (Moony)
01/25/24: OH MY GOSH I GOT ON THE FEATURED LIST!!!!
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Es una historia interesante, le veo potencial.
Sigue así
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Muchas gracias! Thank you very much!
Yeah. I could see the potential in this story. So the Elements of Harmony did their job a bit TOO well. Celestia did okay with foals when they were of the six years or older range, but three-day olds? Yeah. That's going to be rough. On the more positive note, Cadance and Shining Armor will probably get enough experience helping Celestia taking care of Baby Luna that they will feel more confident when Flurry Heart is born in a few years (even if not by much).
Definitely looking forward to more of this.
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Ah, someone read the future characters spoiler tag LOL. Looking forward to when I can write about their involvement (and the Mane 6)
Glad you like the story!
That was a good first chapter goodluck with the rest of it.
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(Here's to hoping I can deliver to y'all's standards! and my own... very high standards heheheh...)
Thank you! This story is being reacted to pretty positively
Welp, that was adorable.
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VERY adorable and cute, my only nitpick is Celestia seems a bit rude, but she is probably stressed, confused, and even a bit scared, so that is understandable. Will she mellow out as time goes on?
Also... because she is best pone to me... will Sunset be involved eventually?
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1. All three descriptors are correct and, yes, Celestia will mellow out (but not anytime soon)
2. We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it. I wasn’t planning on it though until you mentioned it. It would be interesting though 🤔
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1. Full honesty, makes me a bit worried for how she will treat Luna at first...
2. Makes sense!
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Oh she won’t be mean to her or anything like that! Maybe a bit (lot) clueless though (kind of like a first time parent who knows nothing about children… because she kind of is…)
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Makes sense!
"I find your headcanon very interesting. My personal headcanon is that Luna was raised by her parents until she became an adult, after which they passed away. Also, I have a crackhead cannon theory that Luna is Cadence's mother. Now, I'm thinking about writing a story about Cadence with her mother and exploring the awkwardness that arises when a mother becomes younger than her daughter.
I see Celestia so overworked, that she free Discord to have a immortal babysitter.
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And this is what I love about the fandom and open ended plots (even if it also the fault of the plots being underdeveloped and not intentional leaving questions unanswered). I would love to read that! Until then, off to write chapter 2!
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maybe, maybe...
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Found a similar story by accident but still looks enjoyable!
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/493154/a-royal-foal-swap
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So sorry this is the third reply to this one comment, but my headcanon is strongly influenced by the Iceverse with my headcanon of Luna being a tween/teen when her parents died a personal story lore (Not exactly a spoiler since it doesn't happen in the story or get discussed, but several alicorn years after the events in my other story "There's a First Time for Everything" Celestia and Luna's parents die in a battle to protect Equestria and their daughters [against who? idk])
does Celestia have a plan in case Princess Luna's age-return spell returns her to Nightmare Moon?
The conflict may not be over yet.
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Canonically, probably use the elements again and hope it doesn't age regress her (again). In my story? I'll go ahead and give a "spoiler" to say that that won't be happening. I don't intend to bring back NMM in any form in this story.
Spoilers
(Obvious correction, that plan changed LOL! Filly Nightmare is a big part of the story heheheh)
All I can say is that you did a great job on this latest chapter. The exchanges, characterizations, general cuteness and future chapter set-up are well done. Yeah, I could see Celestia being in a better mood after a good night's sleep before noticing Baby Luna sneaking off and meeting Cadance. At least Cadance did a good job watching over Luna and keeping her entertained. The chat about the possible counterspell was some good additional information, including how long it could take to find the spell, much less find a way to cast it safely.
REALLY looking forward to more of this.
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Aw, thank you so much! I surprised myself with this chapter 😂 I think I'm finally getting my writing muscles back in shape (I used to write before my mom made me delete my account. I considered myself a good writer at the time, but I'd like to hope I've improved since middle school LOL).
Luna's memory is completely erased or she will remember as she gets older
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We’ll see what happens when we cross that bridge
this is just a general question How long do you think Alicornias is because I think that one regular year is 100 alleconias years, this kind of also leads into my Luna is Cadence's mother had Canon but the reason why she at least appear to be a teenager when she was full sitting Twilight is because in Alaikum Toms she was That's why elocons aren't usually ascended until the adults it's just celestia panicked when Cadence's other parent died and just want to make sure that she didn't have to show her sister her daughter's grave, i personally think Cadence was 10 when she was turning to an Alicorn, and the sisters were 21 and 25 respectively i don't know who ascended them but I think it was another Alicorn cuz I personally had Ken and that only alleconias can make alleconias
One small thing to note, in this and the previous chapter you used the term "Arms" instead of "Hoofs" or "Hooves", but I don't think this is a story with the Antro tag in mind.
Good Story
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It’s not anthro, I just call their front legs arms because honestly I don’t know what else you’d call them. The imagery that comes to mind when I try to say legs or fetlocks doesn’t quite line up with what I mean.
Just realized I could change the term to forelegs… thank you for making me question my terminology
I’ll make the edits later
Hope you enjoyed the story!
That was a perfect chapter 2, and Cadence is probably happy to be babysitting again, or foalsitting as the case my be.
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You're not the first author to use "arms" instead of "forelegs." The general opinion seems to be that it's okay to call them "arms" when they're being used as arms, but "forelegs" sounds better. The Department of Redundancy Department would suggest another edit:
That's just a bit awkward. I'd suggest "Meanwhile, a little blue filly was spontaneously teleporting throughout the castle."
I'm loving the story so far!
Thanks for the reminder to add it to my Faves. How often can we expect new chapters?
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I couldn't completely understand your entire comment (looks like it was written with speech to text 😅) but my personal head-canon is that 100 years=1 alicorn year biologically speaking. So Luna's 1,000 year banishment to the moon would be 10 alicorn years, which seems about right (Celestia would be roughly in her 30s while Luna would still be in her 20s from being in stasis on the moon. Oh yeah, I also go with the fan theory that Luna didn't age on the moon). In this story though, we'll see how things go after this quick commercial break
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you'll correct that comment was speech-to-text, and I also personally think both Discord and Luna didn't age in there respective prisons
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I know, that's why I'd used the term assuming it'd be okay, but the change is good too.
As for the redundant phrase, thanks for catching that! I'll fix it. I usually write in a way that tries to minimize typos and necessary editing as much as possible (i.e. type slowly, edit every sentence as needed while typing instead of after I've typed everything, etc.) I edit as I go so that about the only mistakes left behind are not obvious at first or need to be pointed out by someone who didn't write the story (like you awesome people/ponies!)
I'll update whenever I have actual ideas for the coming chapters (I have a rough outline, but the meat between the skeleton of an outline I have is something I'll have to come up with as I go. Besides, I want this story to be a little bit of a slow burn).
I'm very tempted to just write and post another chapter for this story right now, but I have two other stories I'm writing that also need updates (My Sofia the First crossover and another story ITW. The ITW story will be complete on post and the "First" will most likely be my biggest ongoing project with this story being the second biggest project)
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Yeah this has to the baby Luna return from nightmare moon story that I've ever read and so far so good. Can't wait to see what trouble a baby Luna can get into. I know baby flurry was a huge amount of trouble.
I see her mind and memories regressed too.
Better get a suppressor ring for her horn...
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I just reread Chapter 1, and found this near the top:
Should probably be "pulled." If I may be so bold, I'd suggest changing the line to "Awww, it's a family reunion! Let's celebrate!" Pinkie shouted as she pulled out her party cannon.
From where did she pull it? Who knows!? That's why it's funny! Unless you meant that she pulled a hoof-held party-popper from her mane.
The next paragraph needs a period after "anything)"
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Good catches! I do read the entire chapter right after I post (to iron out any immediate mistakes I missed) and again just for pure enjoyment (I may notice more mistakes then too), but like I said, as an author I know what I meant and can accidentally skip over weirder sentences like that one you told me needs rephrasing
Life lessons for the bystanders: Authors are humans(ponies/griffons/beings?) that make mistakes! Because...
🎶WE'RE NOT FLAWLESS, WE'RE A WORK IN PROGRESS!!! WE'VE GOT DENTS AND WE'VE GOT QUIRKS, BUT IT'S OUR FLAWS THAT MAKE US WORK, YEAH!!!!🎶 (not me just casually belting this in comment form... I may send an audio recording of me belting it in my Discord server now just cause...)
You know I feel like this universe wanted to punish Celestia for what she did to her Sister, and for using Twilight like she did, and it's using Luna to do it. And if you ask me, the punishment is well earned, and who knows she might enjoy it at some point.
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Who’s to say it isn’t both a punishment AND a blessing in disguise for both involved?
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That is a fair point.
Like I said...
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Yup! I listen to my readers
Again, I really liked the work going into the dialogue, characterizations and future chapter set-up. And, yes, Celestia struggling with going through diaper changes, feedings and other things while trying to take care of Baby Luna was great stuff. And, yes, the thought of needing foal-sized horn rings was superb (definitely going to be helpful in a few years when Flurry Heart is born).
REALLY looking forward to more of this.
ADORABLE, and I love it.
Get a nanny, Tia!
Period instead of a comma.
I'm guessing there should be more quotation marks in there.
I hope you weren't being sarcastic when you encouraged readers to point out typos. If you were, I'll stop.
Love the baby Woona art. 👶
I wonder how blueblood will react, will he be even meaner and spoiled , or will he reveal a new side of himself? uncle blue go brr
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I will be completely honest and admit….
I forgot he even existed much less lived in the castle… can I just pull out the AU card and say he was never born in this world?
(no, then we’d lose an important area of conflict in the Gala episode…)
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No please, do point out any mistakes you see! I’ll get to edit later but thank you!