Chapter 1
The sounds drifted up from the village below. Laughs, singing, music, the sound of talking and some ponies arguing as the bright full moon shone across the village, having just climbed over the horizon, leaving shimmering streaks of silver and shadow, broken by the light of torches and glow crystals.
The scent of spices and smoke, of cooking meat and meals. The sound of foals playing. Ponies talking and laughing
I couldn't help but smile at the pair of statues in the main square, decorated so thickly with flowers they were barely visible. The Night of the Twins was starting to become one of our largest holidays and ponies were having fun with it.
I even saw some ponies, mostly sisters, having coloured their coats and manes to look more alike, wearing the same things.
But it was only expected that this would become one of the larger, more important ones. This was the day of the year that the shield had first gone up. Only one larger actually was Founding Day.
It had actually overtaken Hearts Warming, but I didn't expect that to last. In another couple of years, the newness of it would likely fade enough.
"You're really enjoying this, aren't you?" Sparks asked as she walked up next to me.
I smiled at her as I put a hoof on the railing, "I am," I told her, "And you look especially pretty tonight."
Twilight had braided her long mane down over one shoulder and she had several red and yellow flowers braided into it. What more, she had something I had only seen her wear once before. Fake silver feathers had been threaded through her wings to sit among her natural ones, making her wings shimmer in the lights. She also wore a circlet and a horn ring, both also of silver.
She smiled at me, "It's a bit much, but Rarity insisted. And she brought it all here an-"
"You look amazing," I told her honestly and leaned in to touch my horn gently against hers.
Her cheeks turned slightly red, "Thank you. She's finishing up with Sunset now, it's almost your turn."
I sighed softly but nodded and turned to walk inside, heading towards the bedroom, only to stop in the door at the sight.
Sunset also had her mane braided, over her other shoulder compared to Twilight, and with flowers of Twilight's colors. She wore a circlet of silver and an identical horn ring. Her tail seemed to have been threaded with silver.
"Oh wow."
She smiled at me, "Like it, wing boy?" she asked and moved in a circle.
"Me like, yes."
"Well, if he fell back to grassland pony speech, it must look good," Sunset teased and looked at Rarity, "Amazing work. I expected dresses when Twilight said you offered to come down."
Rarity brushed her mane back a bit, "Know your audience, darling. Wearing clothes at all is completely out of fashion in Nocturnis. Besides, it has been so much fun to branch out into jewelry!" she said before turning to me, giving me a slight bow, "And we're ready for you, Prince Page."
I cautiously entered the room, "...What's the plan here exactly?" I asked.
"Not too much," Rarity reassured me, "You work much better when understated."
"I prefer it too," I admitted and walked up to where she wanted me.
A second pony I didn't know entered, the very pale yellow earth pony with the blue mane was carrying a box on one hoof, "Here we go, Rarity," she said and gave me a small bow, "Your highness."
"Prince Page, let me introduce my assistant, Coco Pommel. She has quite an eye for jewelry actually and has been quite helpful."
"Miss Pommel," I greeted her with a nod, "So I take it this is your doing?" I asked with a smile.
"Not at all, your highness," she said, sounding a bit shy, "I simply helped."
"Oh, it's at least as much your credit, darling," Rarity told her as she floated the box over, "Now, we're going simple. You're already going to wear your circlet and we want to accent that, not take away from it, nor from those feathers in your mane. Oh, my, such a romantic tradition!"
I reached up to touch the thin braid holding the feathers and a thin lock of Sunsets mane with a smile, "I wish I could take credit for it, but that's fully Twilight's idea."
"And I had no idea she was such a romantic," Rarity said with a smile, "As I said, we want to accent, not take away from it. Let's try something new, please extend your wings. I had the idea just a few weeks ago, but no bat to try it on. Rainbow Dash stood model and it worked... kinda. Let's see if this works better on the real deal."
I did as she said, curious of what she was up to.
What she was up to, was wide silver C shapes that fitted across the forward edge of my wing around the bone and muscle there. The result ended up with me wearing four of them on each wing.
I shifted a wing curiously, folding and unfolding it as I watched.
"Well, how does it feel?"
"...Strange," I admitted, "Never even thought about something like it before. It's not uncomfortable, but feels really odd. I'm not entirely sure I could fly like this actually, pulling my wing balance way off."
"Neither can a pegasus wearing fake feathers," Miss Pommel pointed out.
"Fair," I admitted, "I'll try them for today, see how it goes."
"Excellent, I'm so pleased that it worked out!" Rarity said with a smile, "I was so worried!”
She started to unpack the next box, making me worried in turn. What more did she have in mind for me? But I had promised Sparks I'd go along with it. And to be honest, I had not been disappointed in anything Rarity has done yet. I trusted her, which was why I always bought things from her.
What came next was a simple silver necklace. It actually reminded me a bit about the ones Celestia and Luna wore, but... thinner and smaller. The design was very different too, made from silver and incorporating...
"...Are those fangs?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.
"They are," Rarity confirmed, watching it float in her magic with a critical eye, "From those ghastly lizard monsters you have here. I swear, they cost more to import from here than the silver for the rest of it. They were quite an experience working with, I had to seek out a griffon for advice!"
It was a silver band with engravings along it, flowing lines. At the front was the engraving of a full moon and along each side of the band was two sets of three fangs, spread out along it, each extending downwards past the bottom of the necklace and standing out.
"It's a bit much, isn't it?" I asked carefully.
"Your highness, I would love to have gone with gold," Rarity admitted, "It would have worked even better, maybe a golden headdress as well. It would have been magnificent. But this works much better for your personality, I think."
I shrugged my wings a bit, "Let's try it on, I guess," I admitted and she floated it to my neck.
It fit perfectly, as expected. Rarity had my measurements, had had them for years even as well as got updated every year.
"Now," she said, "For the last part," and pulled out the last box and showed me the content."
I eyed it hesitantly, "Shoes?" I asked, "That's a bit mareish, isn't it?"
Rarity may or may not have hidden an eyeroll, "No, it's not. I'll have you know most stallions in Ponyville wear shoes."
"That's work shoes. Not silver."
"Yes, and these are not shoes," she said and floated one up to show me, "They are top hoof covers. Your silent hoof steps are part of your image and grip is too important up here to wear silver shoes. But these bring the elegance needed for your ensemble."
"Okay, we can try them," I admitted and flicked one ear.
Rarity has not guided me wrong yet and I had promised Sparks.
They clicked into place and I looked into the mirror, carefully raising one hoof and shifting my wings, "...I guess it looks good," I admitted, carefully moving in a circle.
"You look like royalty," Rarity reassured me with a smile, "Now, let's get it off and get your coat, mane and tail ready."
I thought I already was.
But no, it turned out to take another forty minutes.
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Wooo
IT CONTINUES
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Yay its back again.
NICE I get to say nice every chapter again
Yay
Will Chrysalis get her daughter or herself with the first Alicorn-Changeling from the Blank Stud?
Will Celestia dance with Luna or do they take turns?
What is Discord up to?
Has Angel Bunny made offspring yet?
Did Fern become best Doggo of the Jungle King?
Find that out or none of them...
Here in:
Other Duties As Required
*THUD* *THUD* *THUD*
Page:
What is that noise? Is that...a pile of chainmail slowly climbing up the stairs?
Rarity:
Oh that's Angel Bunny. He insisted on me getting him armor to help finally overthrow you.
Page:
Of course. Tho I'm surprised you indulged our resident troublemaker.
Rarity:
Oh darling! Angel is less of a threat to the celebration if he can't barely move in 20 pounds of metal. You should be able to hear him before he gets to you.
*THUD* THU---BANG* *CLANG* *BANG* *GRUNT* *CRASH*
Rarity:
Especially since I lied and said the armor has a temporary magic immunity for the next 6 hours. The stubborn thing won't be taking it off any time soon. 
Page:
HA! He fell back down to the bottom steps! His struggle continues!
Yay!
Wooo, my favourite series is back! I like how the story became a bit more sedated yet still interesting in Nocturnis. Thank you for a pleasant beginning of the day
Welcome back Hiver and thanks for this great story. Will there be daily updates again or how did you plan it?
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Welcome back Windy, great to have you and your amazing comments back again. Hope you are doing alright.
Chrysalis in Thorax disguise:
"Sooo... let me get this straight, you want us to trick both Sparklebutts and take their place for a singel night, as fertile as we manage to get what the Hive needs the most..."
*Skitter nods in conformation*
*Chrysalis sheds a tear of liquid pride at that*
2 days after my bday and I get a new Hiver story. Counting it as a bday gift.
Had to remake an account due to loosing my old one and glad to see you have kept this going Hiver.
vey good work
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Hello again! I'm doing fine. Hopefully my humor is not too rusty!
It's on
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Thats good to hear and so far I can say that you are in top form.
Glad to see you back : )
Was wondering when we'd see another story from the world of Prince Page.
Gotta ask: Will the changelings have more presence in this story? They've kinda went on the back burner with a very interesting idea and haven't been heard from much except for that last assassination attempt on Page.
Featured story:
Congratulations Hiver!
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Even better, top of the featured page :)
Great chapter and start to the story
You're back! It's great to see your work again! I'll admit, I was starting to fear we lost you to Carona! Welcome back, and thank you for gifting us with a new season, as it were!
Welcome back! Beautiful cover. Do we have any idea of the year? I figure at least 1-2 years since last book if they are celebrating NotT again.
Lets GOOO !!!
Well, the whole point of Sunset's pet name for you is that you weren't born with them (and she basically did most of the work of earning them
). You'd be logically more okay with flightlessness than pegasi, batponies or Cadance as a result.
🎶GUESS WHO'S BACK!! BACK AGAIN!!! SGT MURPHY'S BACK!!!!! TELL A FRIEND!!!!!!!🎶
Ah the Hiver returns to us with tribute of new Pageverse Stories!
Things are starting to look better for Page and his herd. But harken not, for Sgt Murphy shall help to make things here more InTeReStInGGggg.... 
I can't wait for him to have a child, or many, he has 4 mares, and two that would definitely like a child.
Besides, it's strange not to have a magic school, what happened to that child who was the villain and, grogar, or the return of the shadow, etc.
So that’s a no to wing armor later on?
Happy to see you back. 😊
We are so back
hooray for more Bat Horse
It lives once again
Yay
And so we start again... let's see what kind of trouble Page can get himself into this time
I frankly love how you weaved the traditions used in Xenophilia--the feathers, horn rings, the whole shebang--to give this a special spice of 'foreign culture' that is usually missing from most stories.
I for one look forward to who things will unfold this time!
Ah dang. Here we go again
Aw shit, here we go again!
Feed me words!
Happy bat pony noises!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED
only 40 mins? Take off the zero and make that hours and not mins and I think that it will be just about right...
Need more pagy words! I was starting to get worried.
IT'S BAAAAACK
Everyones favorite bat boi is back wooooooooo
Screeheeheeheee
Kekekekeee
Kekehekwhekehekeheee
What would be the most appropriate laughter for a Thestral?
I always imagen Changeling laughter sounding like chittering.
Did someone ever recorded the laughter of every sapient species? Sounds random, but also fun.
I wonder what a timberwolf laughing would sound like
How big is Nocturnis? It is already very open cultural with non pony inhabitants, unless I mixed up stories?
Well, time to read the whole series again.
IT'S BACK?
HUZZAH! EMERGIS EXMORTIS!
(Explosions) That... was supposed to be fireworks... I'm... so sorry. Uhhgh. (Falls over blackened and crispy.)
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One of the best things about a new Hiver book is we get two stories for the price of one!
Welcome back Windy!