> Accidental Forbidden Royal Love > by Oblivionwalker > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prologue > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Before the events of Past Sins, after Luner Princess return. She thought that she can stay hidden amongst the other normal Pony's, she thought that if she kept her true self hidden, but fate told other wise yet again. Here she was frozen like a statue from fear of being found out yet again while looking at another one of her friend's that she made, only to have it destroyed from what she was. " E-E-Eclipce?! T-That can't be you, I-it can't be you, t-there is only three of them. U-U-Unless your a c-changling!?" He said, one of Eclipses friends, a light Brown earth pony stallion with a black mane and tail, his cutie mark marked him as one of very many apples in equestria but to Eclipse he was somewhat small due her being six and a half feet tall, while he is at least four three and three-fourth tall, who accidentally walked into her bedroom wanting to try and ask her out on a date, only to not meet a tall unicorn but instead a alicorn. Due to him talking and thinking she was a changling made Eclipse snap out of her frozen statue state and shake her head a few times before looking at the stallion with both a confused and sad look while fear stayed on her face before closing her eyes. "I-I-I'm sorry but no, as well I'm sorry for doing this to you my friend." She said sadly while tears started showing on her black coated face and streaming down her face. Eclipse was a alicorn that was half a head taller then the luner Princess of equestria, she had a coat as black as Nightmare Moon but unlike the evil alicorn she had sparkling golden mane and tail that blew in a non-existent breeze, her cutie mark was a hourglass in the center of space, on her ears are two beautiful golden diamond earrings. Eclipse soon lit her horn with a rare type of magical color that fitted her eyes, a mix of teal and gold, the same colors of the two co-regents of equestria that match her eyes, her left eye is teal while her right is gold, while Eclipse used her magic the quickly pack her things, at the same very time she got a powerful memory wiping spell ready, once everything was set she reopened her eyes while looking at the scared earth stallion with a sad smile. "Goodbye my friend, May I wish you a luck in the future." Said Eclipse soon let the spell she was hold to finish being casted with a bright flash that soon engulfed the whole town of trottingham, targeting only the memory of her and her name of everybody and thing in the town as well making them pass out for at least a minute or two. But by that time she would have done been at least a few miles away while still crying, once the bright flash was over everypony and thing went back to what they were doing, completely forgetting her without a single trace of she was even there. "Goodbye all my newly made friends, hopefully I can find a new town to call home without being found out again, maybe I can try that new town once everything has died down that contains the Elements of Harmony." She said before placing her saddlebags that was customized for a Pegasus, at the same time she took out a golden necklace, one of two that is enchanted with spells to mask or hide parts of her body, for her to soon unhook the chain on it to place it around her neck to only cause her horn to disappear while the mixed glow remained alit till she stopped for only her to spread her wings and take off into the sky on her way the old home she went to that stay intact all theses years, The Royal Sister's castle deep in the Everfree forest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~₩~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After the events of Past Sins and after Tirek's defeat. Eclipse shot up in a bed breathing heavily in a cold sweat, the bed she was in was a pure snow white bed with red sheets that were owned by her eldest sister, Tia or as the other pony's say Princess Celestia, she looked left and right before releasing a mix between a sigh, Eclipse soon looked and let out a loud groan at the large tent in the bed sheets before falling flat again. "Just another dreamed memory from my past" she said before using her magic to move the sheets to get out of bed while letting a visible shudder go through her body as the cold air came into contact with her raging morning wood. Eclipse had a rare case due to her anatomy, she was born as a alicorn yes but she was also born with both sets of genders, while she stats herself as a female, she prefers mares due to this condition of hers, Eclipse soon looked down at the member between her hindlegs of her morning wood before grunting as she used a spell she had made to deal with this type of thing, which cause her to quickly but not quickly enough to her tastes go limp and make her member go back in her sheath, Eclipse was both very proud and disappointed in that part of her body, she could put every stallion in equestira to shame due to her size, which also caused her misfortune, she could break most mares if she even tried to "roll around in the hay" as the they say, she was a full three foot long in length when fully hard and three and a half inches thick all unflared but when flared she is still the same length but she get a full two inches in thickness to make her a five and a half inches thick. Eclipce looked back up and overall to the nightstand that had two items on it, a single pair of earrings and a necklace, she kept her horn lit so she can pick her earrings up and put them back in her ears, to which caused her sheath and balls to disappear as well went from her true height of eight and half feet tall to six and a half feet tall, showing nothing but her mare anatomy if she dare moved her tail in the right way to present herself, which she doesn't due to it being rude and improper for a lady to act, the necklace was next which caused her wings to do the same, finally her saddlebags were placed on her back before quickly remaking the bed before teleporting out of the from her safe-heaven, The Royal Pony Sister's castle to the outskirts of the town called Ponyville. Eclipse stared at the town that held a big crystal tree that grown had there after the defeat of Lord Tirek that was called The Castle of Friendship, as well the tall-tell sign of Nightmare moon's castle. Ponyvillle's "Welcome to ponyville!" sign was also near her. Eclipce soon let out a single breath before speaking again. "Please by my own mother's name don't let my true self be seen" She said before starting her trot into town. > Chapter 1 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter One Shadow Eclipse trotted down the road of ponyville while looking at all the other ponies that were out and doing ether shopping or work, some even stop to say greet her or stare at her due to her being at the same height as Princess luna's old height before she regained her full height, along with the black as night coat and the semi-regal necklace she wore that also had her cutie mark on it, a hourglass in the middle of space, so some asked if she was a princess but she politely and kindly said she was not and that she was naturally tall, which was actually the truth, but she didn't say how tall she was. Eclipse continued to follow the road till she almost trotted into a familiar white unicorn and a yellow pegasus which made her come to a quick dead stop before looking slightly down at them. "I'm sorry for nearly walking into you too." Eclipse said before quickly taking in there appearance, the white unicorn had carefully styled purple mane and tail while the rest of her body was also well groomed that told her the she was very beautiful, the yellow Pegasus had a pink mane and tail, she was also trying to hide behind her own mane with made her look very cute but her body style screamed that she was a modal, Eclipse even took a quick glance at there flanks for there cutie marks, the white unicorn had three diamonds while the yellow Pegasus had three butterflies to which point finally struck her. "Wait a second, your two of the Elements of harmony right, Rarity and Fluttershy? The Bearers of Generosity and kindness?" Eclipse asked them. Rarity looked at the somewhat towering black as night unicorn with a golden mane and tail that wore a golden semi-regal necklace with a picture of a hourglass in the middle of space engraved on the center of it in some shock before snapping out of it rather quickly at the unicorns question. "Why yes we are darling, but how do you know that?" Rarity asked the black unicorn before asking her something. "Hope you don't mind me asking but what is your name darling?" Rarity said. Eclipse smiled sheepisly before answering Rarity's question. "Oh so sorry about that but my name is Shadow Eclipse, but please call me Eclipse, and to answer your other question is doesn't all of Equestria know you, after all you did save it at least four or more times." Eclipse said. Rarity smiled before she answered. "Oh I forgot about that, since we aren't doing things like that anymore it slipped my mind, also what are you doing here if you don't mind me asking darling?" Rarity asked Eclipse before seeing something that seemed strange, and that was her eyes, one was teal and that was her left eye but her right is gold. But she didn't question anything about her eyes, not yet anyway. Eclipse's smile slightly faded but remained before answering. "Oh I was moving from my old home to here, so I'm new here and didn't think about housing yet, so I got no home yet, unless you know somepony that don't mind sharing a bed, and yes my eyes are two colors, I was born like that, but I don't mind for all it does is make be different from everypony else." Eclipse said. Rarity smiled before getting a bit shocked to know that Eclipse caught that she seen her eyes before giving some thought, which was actually quick. "Well I can only think of one place and that's mine and fluttershy's friend Twilight and her castle, it has plenty of room, so just tell her that I sent you there, but before we depart, do you want to join me and fluttershy on a spa trip Miss Eclipse?" Rarity asked. Eclipse smiled politely before looking at the tall crystal castle. "The tall crystal castle I take it, and I love the offer but I'm gonna decline on it, sorry but thanks anyway." Eclipse said as she turned to look at them again. Rarity smiled before nodding. "Yes it is darling, also your welcome, now we must be off to the spa, I do hope we get to meet again." Rarity said before she and fluttershy starting trotting to the spa, fluttershy saying goodbye but barely a whisper but it was heard. Eclipse told them goodbye before she was off to the castle, yet both known and unknown to her that a certain puffy pink earth pony was watching from the shadows, giggling to themselves. "A new pony, ohhh I need to beat her to the castle to set everything up, then she will get a surprise." The puffy pink pony said before disappearing to beat the unicorn to the castle, as well give out invitations. Eclipse continued to trot to the crystal castle before she soon felt a tug on her mind and magic that rather quickly made her by reflex teleport just before a scooter powered wagon came flying by to which came to a stop with four fillies with it, one on a scooter and three in the wagon. "Un Scootaloo you almost ran into another pony, again." Said the small white filly as she looked around to see if she can find the pony, only to see nothing. "Wait where is that pony?" She quickly asked. A yellow earth pony was also looking for the pony but came up with nothing as well. "Ah don't know sweetie, but she just disappeared." The yellow earth pony said before looking at her friends. The orange pony looked back at her friends smiling sheepishly while giving a slight blush. "Oops my bad, but you think that pony might be a unicorn?" Scootaloo said. Soon a black filly soon answered. "That pony might be a unicorn, but so far only my mother of that pony that my mother met and befriend can use a teleportation spell." said the black filly, she was actually the rarest of there group due to being a alicorn filly, but she still wore her glasses to hide her eyes, her mane and tail was purple while her cutie mark was a blue shield, she was well known in town, some liked her, some didn't due to what she did or what she was. "But there are others that could do that spell girls." The filly said while looking for that pony. As the four fillies kept looking for the pony, they were quickly got there answer as a quick flash that ended with Eclipse looking around before seeing the fillies but before she said anything she seen the black alicorn filly and just stared in confusion. "I thought there was only five alicorns?" she said out loud before remembering about her keeping that hidden, and she tried to do a quick damage control but she was not fast enough. Sweetie heard this and said. "Wait there another alicorn other then the Princesses and Nyx?" She looked at the appeared unicorn before looking at her friends, Applebloom was confused but gave it thought, Scootaloo seemed interested while Nyx just stared at the black unicorn with suspicion in her eyes. Nyx was about to ask on what Eclipse meant about five alicorns before she remembered that they were getting late for there lessons with her mother to which told her friends. "Oh no, girls we are going to be late for our lessons with my mother!" Nyx said before she and the other CMC took off down the road to the castle with scootaloo pulling them along. Eclipse stared at them before giving a sigh of relief that she dodged that one and knew she needed to be more careful, she soon gave a loose follow after them to the castle to ask twilight sparkle that was a princess if she could share one of her guest rooms till she got her own house. Yet unknown to the CMC but both unknown and known to Eclipse, the puffy pink pony that was the bearer of laughter, pinkie pie had the surprise welcome to ponyville party set and ready, for the new pony in town. > Chapter 2 (Edited) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 2 Eclipse trotted up to the castle of Friendship with a smile on her face before raising a hoof up to knock on the castle door a few times before setting her hoof back down as she waited for the answer of being allowed in, at the same time she was wondering why there was no guards or anypony else on her trip here after the quick meeting of the CMC, she soon decided to go in and wait in the lobby so she let her magic flow through her horn before using it to open the door to the castle lobby so she can trot inside. Once Eclipse was inside as well closing the door to the castle lobby she looked around in the darkness looking both confused and puzzled at how dark it was, she was even tempted to using one of her three flare spells, she had one to light for a big room like the lobby or throne room, one for a small town like ponyville like the sun was out, and one for a city as big as Manehattan in three levels, weak for the first, medium for the second and strong for the third, the second the third were very strong and in a lobby or small space can cause blindness, she found that out when she was attacked by a hydra before, the poor thing, but before she would use the weak flare spell she called out. "Hello? Anypony here?" She waited for a few seconds before choose to use the weak flare spell, but before she could even so much let a tiny amount of magic flow through her horn the lights all snapped on before a rather massive "SURPRISE!!!!!!" which startled her caused her to let out a adorable "Eeep!"as well her magic going into a reflex with a surprising amount of speed with prefect casting of a invisibility spell that made her whole body disappear as she stared at the large gathering of ponies in the room which also made her pause after she was invisible to them, of course her necklace has a dormant enchantment that allows her invisibility to stay up to a hour or hour and a half for good stealth as well a easy get away. The ponies in the room looked around while wondering where the guest of honor went too, most thought she teleported, unlike twilight and pinkie. twilight sensed a spell being casted but that was it while pinkie looked right where she was while using her pinkie sense to tell where she was, which was long and was rather easy. "Come on silly filly it's just a Welcome to ponyville surprise party." Pinkie said while pointing her hoof up to the banner that was indeed has "Welcome to ponyville". Eclipse stared at the banner before using her magic to canceled her invisibility off as well the enchantment that maintained the spell, she looked around while smiling sheepishly at every other pony in the room to see a lot of ponies she just seen by a glance on the way into town while some she has met like rarity and fluttershy along with the CMC along with the rest of the bearers of Harmony being there. "So sorry everypony but I sometimes have a quick magic reflex like that when startled, also thanks for the party." Eclipse said before trotting more into the room to meet and greet other ponies for the next few minutes before she was able to meet with applejack and chat with her as well getting a chance to talk with fluttershy and rarity again, meeting and chatting with pinkie pie was rather strange for her but thanks to the other others she was able to withstand her strangeness of her, as they say "Pinkie being pinkie" she even got to meet rainbow dash. "Your the one that did the famous sonic rainboom aren't you?" Eclipse asked the cyan mare as she just got to meet the mare that was with the orange filly that had that scooter. Rainbow looked up from scootlaloo before breaking into a grin. "Yeah I am, guessing you seen it?" Rainbow asked while feeling proud that another pony knew about her and her rainboom. Eclipse smiled before answering her. "Actually I seen all three rainbooms" Eclipse said before freezing after what she said because after all she may be taller then most ponies here, the closest to match her height would be big mac she meet and he was by the name said was big for a stallion, but her over all look made her look like she was younger then even rainbow by a few years, like she had a rather good growth spurt. Rainbow could tell she had a growth spurt at a young age because she had over heard that she was a few years younger then her, and that would mean she would have ether be a foal or not born yet so she kept that to herself and stayed calm till she could get more info because she could have a photograph memory. "Sweet so you saw all of them, hey sorry about leaving so soon but I wanna to teach scoots here more about flying." Rainbow used a hoof to scootaloo while she smiled before showing them on the way out to teach scootaloo some more. Eclipse watched them go before looking around to find twilight sparkle, she soon found her with the black coated alicorn filly from before so she started to trot over to them as well just now picking up on their conversation. "But mom I don't trust that new pony, she is hiding something and I know it." Nyx whined to twilight while looking up at her. "I don't know sweetie but I am surprised at how good her magic is and the speed is something a normal unicorn even before I became a alicorn could not do, there is something not right but I'm sure yet." Twilight said before noticing the mare in question trotting up to them. "Yes how can I help you un...I'm sorry but I don't know your name yet." she said. Eclipse smiled before nodding her head. "It's Shadow Eclipse but please call me Eclipse, also your friend Rarity said I could talk to you if I could stay here till I can get enough bits to buy me ether a hotel or house here, I can help around the castle if you like me too." Eclipse said while looking at twilight. Twilight looked at Eclipse while also think that she could see what she was hiding if she stayed here till she could do ether of those but snapped out of it when she said that about the help that caused her to frown a bit. "Yes you can stay here and no your not gonna help around the castle, and your a guest so your not doing any that if I'm the host." Twilight said. Eclipse smiled while looking at twilight as well thanking her for the place to stay, which she meet Twilight's number one assistant as well brother/son to twilight and brother to Nyx, Eclipse was a bit nervous about the baby dragon because even though his body was that of a baby but his mind on the other hoof was that of a adult but that's not it, he was a dragon so her memory spell will fail instantly for him so she had to be careful around him, she even got to meet and greet Nyx, she felt sad for the poor filly past about how she meet her Daughter nyx to the point where celestia took her to be check for any memoires of nightmare moon along all the other things that happened to the filly and it just made Eclipse want to snatch the filly up and give her a hug while telling her everything is going to be alright but she didn't because she might scare the filly. At some point just like all good things, they have to end so the party ended with everything was cleaned up as well leaving to go back to there homes while twilight's friends stayed so they can have dinner together that spike made, which Eclipse had praised him for his talent for cooking before everypony needed to leave for their homes. Twilight had told spike to show Eclipse to her room to stay at, she thanked him before trotting inside the room so she can take her saddlebags off and set them near her bed she was given for her room before making her way around to room for the bathroom so she could shower a bit while using her magic to float her own bath supplies with her while at the same time undoing her necklace first before setting it down on the nightstand so she can start on her earrings because she will not wear them while showering or sleeping but before she can even focus on her earrings she felt like somepony was watching her. Eclipse looked around before seeing a familiar black coat with a purple mane filly staring at her with pure confusion and shock on her face with wide eyes and small wings flared as well from the shock at what she is seeing. While Eclipse stood there with her own wings flared with wide eyes at well as she started at the nyx because of wings appearing after the necklace was removed. > Chapter 3 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 3 Eclipse stared at Nyx with a face of shock and horror while taking a single backstep before quickly letting magic flow through her horn and closing the door behind Nyx and locking it, right after she done that she folded her wing to her side and begun pacing back and forth. Nyx jumped a bit before quickly turning around when the door closed behind her but she turned back around when she heard the sound of hoofsteps but the sight she saw reminded her when Nyx's mother twilight goes in panic mode so it actually came to her to know what to do a bit. "Umm Miss Eclipse t-try to calm down ok?" Nyx said while she watched the panicking mare stop to stare at her just as she used a familiar hoof motion with her chest and kept watching to show her this technique she knew from her mother. Eclipse stopped her pacing when she heard Nyx talking to her and made her look at the filly as well seeing that hoof to chest technique so she sat on her hunches while putting a hoof to her chest to breathe in before moving her hoof out while breathing out for a few times and it shouldn't have surprise her but it did when her panicking state faded away she looked at Nyx while giving a bit of a embarrassed blush to the fact that she started panicking like that in front of someone but she had to panic like that due to a unknown fact about all alicorns, they are immune to memory wiping spells. "T-thanks for that Nyx also can you please don't tell ANYONE about the fact that I'm a Alicorn, I don't want to be a princess and the last place I can go next is the last place I wanted to go to, and it's Canterlot." Eclipse said. Nyx looked at Eclipse confused but when she heard the part about being not being a princess she smiled. "I Actually don't like being a princess ether so I know where you think on that, but why are you scared about Canterlot?" Nyx asked while thinking of the time when she was queen. "Not my finest moments." Nyx Thought inside her head. Eclipse thought for a moment before letting out a defeated sigh as she quickly cast a soundproofing spell around the room due to the fact about what she is about to tell if rather sensitive to her and it may scare a lot of ponies if they found out. "Ok I'll tell you something I didn't tell your mother Nyx, but what ever you do, you CANNOT tell anyone unless I say so ok?" she said while looking directly into Nyx's eyes with a dead serious face. Nyx was a bit taken back but when she saw how serious Eclipse face gotten, she knew this must have been a very sensitive subject to her, so she went through the motions of a Pinkie Promise. "Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!" Nyx said while finishing with the last part of the promise before sitting straight up like Rarity thought her to be a lady while giving Eclipse her undivided attention. Eclipse smiled when she saw the motions of the Pinkie Promise due to it being rather wide known, she soon took a quick inhale and exhale to calm herself before she went into a panic again. "Ok and thank you Nyx, I think the best place to start is my siblings, who have been left in the dark due to how annoying nobles can be as well that I just don't see myself running a country, and reason for them being left in the dark is by my own choice. Even though till to this day I feel sorry for leaving them like that, it was my choice and our mother even told me when I would like to tell them or not, it's my choice." Eclipse said while smiling at the memories she had of her mother while she knew that what she did made her spending time with her children hard due to how busy she was, she did run and maintain the planet as well with everybeing on it. "But now I honestly don't know how they will react when they find out they have a another sister, oh you don't even know who they are even though you do know them." she said while chuckling. Well lets just say that even if they don't know me well I have been keeping tabs and stay updated with them, even though I am the youngest of the three but I didn't mind, besides I think you might find out there name's when I still call them by there nicknames I gave them." She said while smiling at the little filly before looking to the window in the room that gave a prefect view of Canterlot in the distance. "Tia and Lulu are there nicknames, can you guess there real names Nyx?" Eclipse said while keeping her eyes on the city a second longer before looking back to the black filly just the fillies eyes almost looking like plates due to how wide they gotten. Nyx stared at Eclipse with wide eye's while her mouth slowly started to fall open in shock, she was a very smart filly but she has used and heard her now called big sister Luna calling her sister Celestia Tia or the other way around with Lulu so the struck her instantly. Eclipse other two siblings are the royal pony sisters, which meant that there was even if she said she didn't want to be a princess, the third CO-regent of equestrian! "W-wait so that means your other sisters are Celestia and Luna?! T-that means your Co-regent of Equestria if you choose to become a princess!!" Nyx shouted which making Eclipse glad she threw up the soundproofing barrier. "Yes it would but all I see in that is annoying and stuck-up nobles that would most likely argue over for a statue of ether themselves or there stuck-up children, so far the only I think I can stand AND like is fancy pants, why he has that name and not wear pants I will never know, also I another reason why I don't want to be a princess is due to that the ponies of it tend to ether react or do try and find each and every single thing you do, the only reason why I stay off the radar of them so long is thanks to my good magic skills and the inter-woven spell matrix in my necklace of illusion and changling magic, and yes before you say anything I do know that magic. It actually a unknown fact that all alicorns if given a chance can expand there magic fields and learn other magic's, of course it is long forgotten now but I still know it." Eclipse said. Nyx stared at Eclipse before a smile suddenly breaking out on her face before going into a more or less questions mode. "Really!? What all magic do you know?" She squealed while scooting closer to the mare so she can learn about what all magic she knew. Eclipse was a bit taken back by this sudden interest of knowledge but smiled nonetheless. "Well to but it simply and the easiest and foremost I know the three pony tribes magic, as some ponies may think this magic is bad but it actually not when you look at it but dark magic, it can be used for good if given though, I also know shadow magic as well night magic, and no your to young to learn shadow and night magic, but getting back on track I know changling, alicorn, elemental, celestial, chaos magic and yes it is possible to learn it but it's just annoy and get on your nerves when learning. Lets see I also have learned divine magic, as well by my cutie mark and special talent, magic for time and space, no not for clock or things but actual control for it." Eclipse said while looking at Nyx to see how she will react to all of this, but she also know the time quite well as well thanks to this talent of hers and knew it is rather close to the fillies bedtime so she decided to make it up to her. "How about this Nyx, I start tutoring you in this magic's IF you go to bed as well your mother says it's alright, it is close to bedtime for a filly your age, alicorn or not." she said as she stood up and taking the soundproof barrier down along with unlocking the door with a quick burst of magic from her horn. Nyx "aww wed" but agreed regardless as she got up and soon letting out a tired yawn before nodding to Eclipse. "Ok and I promise, goodnight Miss Eclipse." Nyx said before turning and leaving for her bedroom, leaving Eclipse to do her own things. Eclipse smiled before closing the door after the filly since she opened for her before continuing to go to the bathroom to take her shower, but this time doing a quick scan of the room AND locking the door so she is undisturbed, She took her earrings out along with thanking her mother she made a habit out of taking her necklace off first because if she saw her at her full height and as her real gender, that would have been a very awkward talk as well she might have broke down right there and somewhat beg the filly to not say anything. She let out a small sigh before got started with her showering, halfway through she did gave a frustrated groan and used decided to get rid of it the old fashion way before she continued, once she was done taking care of her arousal and the shower she dried herself off with a drying spell before going to her bed in the bedroom to get under the covers but she did place atleast a few barrier's up for her own safety for the fact she almost always have a bad case of morning wood and didn't want anypony especially incase a filly walked in while she had one and she was still asleep. Eclipse also made a quick mental note to ask when heat week started around this town so she could disappear for that week for both her safety and others because going into heat as a herm was a very annoying condition, all due to her being a pretty much stuck in a constant horny state so she hides in a place called "her sanctuary" to kept her maidenhood protected and to deal with the arousal without fear of ether being mounted or her mounting anypony. Eclipse snuggled more into the bed with a smile on her face as she just pushed those thoughts into the back of her head so she can deal with them in the morning before letting her mind finally calm and her body to relax as she begin to drift off to sleep while silently thanking her sister Luna if she could find her in the dreamscape to watch over her dreams but knew it might take time due to all the other ponies of equestrian. > Chapter 4 (redone) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4 Eclipse was soundly asleep when the sun came up, she never heard the voice from the door or the knocking on the door to the room she was given, there was a purple flash at the door before it opening to allow Twilight Sparkle entry to the room. "I wonder why there was a locking spell on the door?" she said as she trotted inside but also closing the door as well. Twilight soon got to the bedroom that she gave to Eclipse to wake her up and tell her that breakfast is about ready. "Eclipse wake up, Spike almost has...breakfast....ready....?" Twilight said but slowly trailed off at what she seen when she got to her bed. Twilight stared at a rather massive tent in the covers of the bed that Eclipse was sleeping in but she did not stay asleep for long because she let out a yawn before slowly sitting up with her golden mane flowing in a non-blowing breeze as she looked around the room before setting her eyes on twilight who was staring at her with mouth gaped and wide eyes, even one piece of her mane sprang up. "Oh morning Twilight, what are you doing in here?" Eclipse said in a somewhat sleepy voice before soon she registered a familiar tingling sensation at her lower part of her body which made her now look at the massive tent in the sheet and all at once it clicked why twilight was standing there with wide eyes, open mouth. "O-oh my um t-twilight d-don't panic." Eclipse flashed her horn with a soundproofing spell, locking spell, and her custom spell that made the tent disappear while under the sheets her member went back in it's sheath as she quickly got out of bed, resetting it for the next night, so she can place a wing across twilight's back while settling down with her legs bent to make her smaller for the princess. "Twilight, what you just seen was true and no I am not male, I'm a hermaphrodite, and I think it would be better if I told you know that I am also a Alicorn but don't tell anypony. Your daughter Nyx already knows about me being alicorn but not my true gender." She said with a growing blush. Twilight snapped out of her frozen shocked state when she felt the wing being placed across her back that made her look at Eclipse and she thought that she seen and felt a bit of her mentor in Eclipse. "W-wait so your a alicorn? D-does that mean your a hidden princess that Celestia didn't told me about? B-but your bigger then before though, Your about as big as Princess Celestia." She said while looking at Eclipse. Eclipse sighed before using her magic to bring her earrings over to put them in, and when she did caused her body to shrink to that of yesterday. "My earrings are enchanted Twilight, they hide my male parts perfectly as well shrink my body down to a more friendly height, while my necklace hides my wings because I denied the crown and went into hiding for all these years, but enough about that for I think it is time for breakfast right about now." Eclipse said while getting up and used her magic to bring her necklace to her so she can put it on. "Also can you please keep what I all said a secret twilight, alicorn magic or memory spells are unable to work on other alicorns." Eclipse added. Twilight gave it some thought before nodding as she did the pinkie promise before getting up to show Eclipse to the dinning room of the castle but still thinking on why she sees her Mentor in Eclipse. As Eclipse and Twilight got to the dining room they saw that spike has just finished with breakfast, stacks of pancakes with sides of hay bacon and for drink orange juice. When everypony got a seat and started eating, again Eclipse comment on how good spike's cooking is, she even popped the question if he would open a restaurant. Nyx looked from her plate to the disguised alicorn before looking to her mother. "Hey mom, is it okay if Eclipse can teach me some magic, she offered it but only if I got your permission?" Nyx said. Twilight looked at her daughter before smiling. "Well okay then but I will have a chat with Eclipse on what you will be learning and what you can't, ok?" She said as she looked over to Eclipse. Eclipse smiled as she nodded. "Yes I was actually going to talk to you about that, of course when your free that is twilight." She said when she swallowed her latest bite and washing it down with the drink. Twilight gave it some thought before giving a approved nod. "Sometime this afternoon I would have the time but I do got a meeting to go to, there won't be any petitions to sit through so I should be good." Twilight said. Eclipse perked up a bit at this as she looked at twilight. "Oh and who are you meeting Twilight?" She asked twilight while she just finished with her breakfast, she also seen that Nyx had finished and left, most likely to her friends to find something to do. > Chapter 5 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 5 "Oh and who are you meeting with twilight?" Eclipse asked twilight when she, spike and twilight got done eating breakfast and spike taking the dishes up, to which Eclipse gave it some thought and wanted to at least help him. Twilight looked at Eclipse for a moment and was about to answer her before she quickly realized that the meeting was set soon after lunch. "I'm sorry Eclipse I would like to tell you but I seem to remember that the meeting is set to start soon and I don't want to be late, but I can tell you after the meeting though." Twilight said before trotting off to the map room where she had decided the meeting to be held. Eclipse watched her go before turning her attention to helping spike with dishes as well chatting with him for a bit. "So Spike, any idea how Twilight is handling all this royalty duties?" She asked know quite well that being royalty is rather hard work and with the prissy stuck up noble can make life a living tartarus for anypony and the main reason why she denied the crown. Spike looked at Eclipse and thought about the question before he answered. "She is doing ok even though a few of the noble are still upset that she is princess and even more since her daughter is to them still "Nightmare Moon" and saying that she is under a spell and wanted nothing but to try and be the queen again but we both know better, she gave the crown up when she found out that it's not fun being princess or royalty and now she is kinda royal now due to Twilight being a princess and all." He said as he got done with the dishes and got started with a tea kettle and tea cups, most likely getting them ready for twilight and whoever she is meeting with. Eclipse smiled while looking at where twilight went off too. "Hey Spike, Twilight and Nyx already know and at some point or another your going to find out, but till I am ready, think you can keep a secret?" She asked as nervous tone slipped into her voice as she thought of telling Spike that she is a Alicorn and that she too, turned down the crown, of course Nyx gave it up not denied it. Spike stopped what he was doing before turning his full body to Eclipse. "I can, and I will even do a Pinkie Promise if I need to Eclipse." He said while going to the motions of the Pinkie Promise. "Cross my heart, hope to fly, Stick a cupcake in my eye, I won't tell anypony your secret unless you say so." Spike said as he continued making tea but also listening in on Eclipse. Eclipse let out a somewhat shaky breath as she thought 'I am really going to do this' but she knew if she told him now he would be a bit less panicking then finding out some other way like Nyx or Twilight did, it was given twilight was one of the few who has seen the full her but still it was very embarrassing. "O-ok spike but please don't panic but I have been a Alicorn all my life, I'll even remove my necklace if you don't believe me." She said as she let her magic flow though her horn so she can remove her necklace and spread her wings once it was off, but kept the necklace close for a quick reattach incase somepony came inside room they were in. Spike looked back at Eclipse just as she spread her wings and actually froze but like Eclipsed asked didn't panicked. "O-oh so you mean there was a seven Alicorns?" He asked once he recovered quickly before trying to finish on the tea, and for some reason or another had cloud cake and moon pies ready as well. Eclipse gave him a confused look as she put her necklace back on as she thought. 'Seven Alicorns? When was there seven Alicorns?' she soon snapped out of that and seen that the tea , cakes and pies were about ready. "Seven Alicorns? I thought there was five now, not counting me that is. Who is the sixed Alicorn?" She asked spike while running though all the Alicorns she knew of. 'Ok there is my two big sister's Tia and Lulu, then my niece Cadance, half-sister Nyx, then Twilight but who is the sixed alicorn?' she thought Spiked smiled and laughed a bit before looking at Eclipse. "Guessing you never went to the meeting in Canterlot then, You see Twilight is married to Ink spot, the sixed alicorn, surprised everyone when she had him ascended in the wedding just before they kissed. To be honest it was funny when I seen the look on Ink spot when he found out he was a Alicorn now and he is also a prince." Spike laughed some more before getting back to work to getting to finished the snacks for twilight and other ponies at the meeting. Eclipse gave it some thought and wonder who this Ink spot was but decided she ask some other time before remembering something earlier about spike and a certain crush. "Say spike I think I remember that you have crush on somepony? I told you something about me, how about I know who this pony you have a crush on?" Eclipse said as she pried a little bit. Spike looked at Eclipse as his scaly cheeks became pink before looking down with a soft smile. "Y-yeah I do, her name is Rarity and she knows of it to. She told me she will give me a chance to date her in three or five years, I'm glad she is willing to give me a chance. Just wish I can now though." He let out a happy/sad sigh before getting back to the snacks and go deliver them to twilight, he was wrapped in a blue and gold aura which made him look back at Eclipse with her horn lit and eyes closed. "E-eclipse? W-what are you doing?!" he said in a sacred voice. Eclipse opened her eyes and looked at them and he now seen that there somewhat watery. "Spike, please don't be made but I am giving you my blessing." She said before closing her eyes for a moment and reopened them, once she did they were filled with pure magical power as she casted a quick spell that caused spike a little discomfort but not overly so. Eclipse soon got the spell casted and done before blinking her eyes back to normal to see a somewhat taller spike, he is still the same but he was about as tall as Big mac, maybe a few inches smaller but still. "There you go spike, I hope you like it." She said while conjuring up a mirror in front of spike. Spike looked at his reflection before looking around him to see everything the same but a bit smaller, he even had a confused look on his face as he tried to figure out what Eclipse done to him. He looked at Eclipse and noticed he didn't have to look up so much more now, he soon though ether he grew or she shrank, but he was leaning to grew since everything else is smaller. "Eclipse what did you do to me?" He asked her. Eclipse smiled before using her magic to levitated the tea kettle, cups, cloud cakes and moon pies over to her all on a single large plate. "It's quite simple Spike. I aged you five years so you can be with Rarity. Also it wasn't that hard when your the Alicorn of Space and time, just tell her its a gift from me and what you said is touching to the heart, all with you being dragon of course and how Rarity is willing to wait, know full well you would out live her so I decided to lessen it. Now I'll go deliver these to Twilight and you go to Rarity and ask her out on a date, and tell Rarity that it was a "growth spurt" and nothing more, I will tell her eventually about the truth." She said before turning and trotting out of the room, but tilting her head back and to the side a bit. "Go get her Tiger." She called over her shoulder as she made her way down the hall to the map room. Spike watched he Eclipse left before breaking into a wide grin as he took off down a different hallway to the entrance of castle to ask Rarity out for the date, he even yelled out to Eclipse saying "Thank you!!" Inside the map room "....Think that with those ideas we could make this holiday better then last year if me an-" Twilight was cut off as the door to the map room opened for a the snacks for everypony but instead of Spike she is seeing she seen a all to familiar blue and gold aura around the snacks as well a midnight coat and golden mane unicorn wearing a necklace and if looked at, earrings on her ears trotted inside. Eclipse had her eyes closed but she smiled at the thought of how Rarity will react to a older Spike, she was to distracted to notice the other ponies in the room besides Twilight. "Here you go Twilight, I decided to allow Spike to go do his own things while I deliver these to you." She said as she set the tea, and snacks on the table in the room before looking at Twilight and seeing a male Alicorn next to her. "Oh you must be Ink spot that I heard from Spike, It's nice to meet you." She said while giving a court bow. Twilight looked at Eclipse as her eyes quickly darted to the others in the room, Ink spot stared at the unicorn before responding to her greeting. "Yes I am and It's nice to meet you miss?" He said while waiting on her to give her name. Eclipse looked at Ink spot while she smiled but see other ponies in the room so she decided to address herself. "Oh sorry but my name is Shadow Eclipse but please...just....call....me....E-Eclipse....Oh dear." Eclipse trailed off as she took notice of the other four ponies in the room as even her tone changing suddenly from joyful to nervous and fearful, she even had a sudden urge to teleport out of their but can't due to her being frozen there, so the only thing she can do is basically pass out from the shock to her system at who else was in the room. > Chapter 6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 6 Eclipse slowly came to at the sound of voices nearby, one of them familiar while the others a mystery to her but she decided listen in on the voices so she can understand what they were saying. "Twilight, who is this?" A female voice said, but before she can open a eye or find out who said it, she felt a tug on her necklace like somepony wanting to remove it, as well male voice. "Well whoever it is, she has a enchanted item on and I can't remove it," The male voice said which at the sound of that her nerves were soon filling up with panic. "Wait, did you say you can't remove it and its enchanted?" Another female voice said but it had a motherly tone to it, with a bit of suspicion in it. "Shining Armor step away from her now, there is only one type of amulet that can't be removed by others and it's the alicorn amulet." The voice said. Eclipse heard a few gasps and before she tried to get up and bolt out of the room, she got turned over on her back and held down by a magical hold that she now knew. Eclipse opened her eyes while letting a pulse of magic out so she can get up, but once she was up she took a look at who held her down and the other ponies in the room. Eclipse had to fight from passing out again when she seen all to familiar white coat and rainbow mane and tail alicorn standing next to a blue coat, two tone mane and tail that looked like the night sky with stars in them, next to them was two other ponies, one was a pink coated alicorn with a tri-colored mane and tail while a white coated unicorn stallion stood next to her. Eclipse now knew these four other ponies, Her sisters Tia and Lulu, their and her niece and her niece's husband. Cadance and Shining Armor. Celestia stepped forward as well with her sister while they spread their wings to the max to show full command. "I don't know who you are or how you got ahold of the Alicorn amulet but I want you to take it off and give it to us." Tia said while looking at Eclipse. Eclipse looked at them both but stood her ground while thinking and now decided to lower her head, but only for a short moment before looking back up at them as she stood a slightly bit straighter. "I am sorry but I can't give it to you, also you have my necklace mistaken for that thing that needs to be thrown away and completely forgotten in the sands of time?" Eclipse said while letting her magic flow though her horn, which caused the four other ponies to flinch on seeing the two-colored magic as she removed her necklace as well revealing her now fully spread wings. "Also My name is Shadow Eclipse but please just call me Eclipse. "Eclipse said while looking at each of them, but for some reason when she looked at Lulu she felt something tug at her but she dismissed it as faint fear. Cadance stood there In both shock and awe of the now revealed Alicorn but she got snapped out of it when she felt a tugging of her senses, the same she always felt when she seen from potential couples coming from her Aunty Lulu and the new Alicorn called Eclipse. Cadance decided to kept that to herself but let her shock be known. "Y-your Alicorn, I thought it was only me, my Aunties, and Twilight with her husband and daughter?" she said. Eclipse sighed before folding her wings up and replacing her necklace before looking over at Cadance. "You are correct, I am a Alicorn, I been here for a very long time, about as long as Celestia and Luna, but I choose to hide and made this necklace to hide my wings, to the point where not even other pegesi and alicorns can tell that I have them. Also how I was able to do that was the perfect combing of illusion and changling magic." She said while looking at them before she soon looked over to twilight. "Now if you don't mind me, I'm going to go and explore the castle a bit." She said before turning and trotting out of the room. Cadance looked at the leaving alicorn before trotting after her. "I'll go with her, besides I'm sure my Shiny can tell me the details of what you have planned for this upcoming Nightmare Night." She said while following the alicorn, while also thinking of playing matchmaker for her Aunty Lulu. After all, everypony needs a special somepony even the princesses, she also wants to get to know Eclipse better and be a friend. Celestia watched Cadance trot after the leaving alicorn before looking over to Twilight. "Twilight, I don't know why you haven't told me or Luna about this alicorn." She said while she trotted back to her sit with Luna and Shining following. Twilight's head lowered while her ears went flat to her head as she trotted back to her sit. "I'm sorry Princess but I just found out she was a alicorn this morning." She said while her cheeks slowly heating up as she recalled the events of this morning. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Eclipse trotted down the hallway to the library so she can see what twilight had in there that is good to read. 'I wonder if she has any of daring's books in there. I wonder how she is doing anyway, she is the really only long time friend left.' she thought out loud to herself. "Hey Eclipse, wait up please." A voice said behind her that she recognized as the pink alicorn Cadance. Eclipse looked over to the approaching alicorn while slowing down. Cadance trotted up next to Eclipse before looking over to eclipse. "I hope you don't mind me joining you Eclipse, besides I want to know how you got to know Twilight." She said as they both continued to the library. Eclipse told her what transpired that morning on how Twilight found out she was a alicorn and told how Nyx found out she was one last night but didn't tell her about her earrings and what they are hiding. Eclipse smiled at Cadance before she went back to heading for the library. "Oh I don't mind if you join and how I got to know Twilight was from her friend Rarity, she suggested that I ask her if I can be here till I can get a good job and enough bits to get a room at the local hotel in town, or enough to get my own house." Eclipse said before looking down at the floor. 'And hope that no one else in this town finds out about my true race, after all there is now no turning back since five alicorns knows my race and last I check i can't wipe there memory. Alicorn magic can't work like that nor will I abuse my special talent.' She thought. Off to the side one of Twilight's maids actually over heard the new guest that she was having in the castle and soon corrected her mistake. "I'm sorry to say but there is no hotel in Ponyville, nor is there a motel or inn." The maid said before continuing on with her duties. Eclipse looked shocked that she hadn't seen any maids around or castle staff but just chalked it up as them using the castle staff corridors. "Guess I'll be staying here a lil longer then." Eclipse muttered to herself but still loud enough for Cadance to hear. Cadance smiled before looking around as she checked their surroundings before leaning over just enough to whisper into Eclipse's ear. "Also I sen-" Cadance got cut off as she was pushed up further in the hallway quite suddenly by Eclipse and turned around to ask why she was pushed like that but soon found out why when a rainbow blur slammed into the window they were passing by and slamming into Eclipse that cause her to get knocked off her hooves. Eclipse braced herself as right after she was knocked off her hooves she was slammed into the wall of the hallway, she was even able to turn herself enough to catch the runaway Pegasus and soften the blow with her own body, she even added magic to help but it still made her slam into the wall painfully. Eclipse was silently thanking herself for keeping a check on these things because that could have went different in multiple of ways. 'Good thing Alicorns are built to be tough, but a impact from Equestria's fastest flyer or even the world will still hurt.' Eclipse thought to herself but she was feeling something different this time, like something was missing or wrong. "Ok that actually hurt there, but are you ok Rainbow?" Eclipse knew it was rainbow due to her seeing this a few seconds ahead of time, sometimes she can see things ether a few minutes or seconds or even hours ahead of time, it just random. Rainbow groaned in pain for a bit but soon responded to Eclipse's question. "Yeah I'm fine and thanks for....catching....me?" Rainbow trailed off as she felt something rather different about the mare she meet last night that she knew didn't belong and when she leaned forward a bit and looked down where barrel and belly was, along with where her hindlegs are at she saw them, wings, very big wings to boot and down below she seen the biggest of sheathes she had ever had laid eyes on. "H-holy Celestia I-I-is that what I think I-it is? Y-you mean to tell me y-you've been a s-stallion all t-this time?" Rainbow said in a shutterly tone as her eyes went as wide as plates. Eclipse eyes snapped open to see a gapping wide eyed Cadance who wings promptly went from her normal places at her sides to standing erect to the fullest they have ever been for her and to more of Eclipse's horror she looked down to the rather to small now Rainbow dash who wings had also done the same, she seen that her wings were retracting to her own sides but she can't think of anything to say. Eclipse soon lit her horn to check her enchantments on her necklace and earrings and much to her horror they have been temporary disabled and she can only think of one way they would have, and that was if Rainbow used her harmonic power right at the last second to possibly soften the blow, she knew that was one of the ways to temporary disable her enchantments was with harmonic magic but to rid it completely was via getting hit by all six of them at once. Eclipse could only do one possible thing in this moment. "Gottagobye!" Eclipse all but screamed in the royal Canterlot voice at full volume before she violently teleported away but not taking Rainbow with her who dropped to the floor before looking at Cadance. They both said the very same thing just as Celestia, Luna, Twilight, Shining, and Ink spot popped up via teleporting in when they heard the Royal Canterlot Voice. "SWEET CELESTIA AND LUNA THAT SHEATHE WAS MASSIVE!" Which prompt a severe blush on them all but Twilights threatened to overtake her whole body since she seen and remembered what they were yelling about. > Chapter 7 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shadow Eclipse's bedroom. Eclipse's violent teleportation to her room in Twilight's castle caused the surrounding items to get sent flying before they were caught mid-flight and placed back to where they were before being thrown abroad from the teleportation, she soon starting pacing back and forth infront of her bed while muttering if she could gain the courage to go back out and confront them and tell them about her other enchanted item, which she quickly fixed both her necklace and earrings so they will put the illusion that she was shorter and looked like a full mare. "I Can't believe they saw that, I-I have to tell them now but it's just so embarrassing.....SWEET MOTHER I STILL DON'T KNOW WHEN THERE HEAT WEEK IS!!!!!" Eclipse all but blurted out the last part before taking a seat in front of the bed as she closed her eyes and let her breath even out. "Mentor forgive me." She whispered to herself before a soft mix of white, gold and baby blue aura surrounded her form while a circle of the same color glowed around where she sat. Back in the dining room. "O-Ok Twi, why was Eclipse a stallion or what ever is she because the last time I check, mares don't have sheathes?" Rainbow asked while still both confused and shocked at that. "Yes and along with that she was bigger too, almost as big as aunty Tia and Lulu." Cadance added in while looking to the young alicorn while also see her face still as hot as ever since when they have arrived. "Um I don't think I can say anything because I made a promise of not telling anypony unless she says I can, also it's the Pinkie kind so you can know. Also I might know where she went so I'll go get her and see if she wants to tell you." Twilight said before trotting out of the room to make her way to Eclipse's room. Twilight soon teleported to her room before knocking on the door a couple of times before trotting inside. Twilight was actually expecting Eclipse pacing or somewhat panicking but instead found her sitting in front of her bed like she is in a trance, but before she can get her attention her eyes opened before letting out a sigh. "Ok so I arrived the day after heat week so that is good to know." Eclipse said before sensing somepony in the room, she stiffened up before relaxing when she saw twilight but her cheeks did turn red. "S-so I already guessed they want me to explain why I was bigger and had the stallion bits?" She said. Twilight came close to that of a tomato when she heard that. "Y-yeah and also I think it might be best to work out on when and what your going to teach my daughter after we talk to them." Twilight said before turning to quickly trot out of the room with Eclipse bringing up the rear, Twilight was about to ask if she would like to teleport them before she felt a faint feeling of magic and the door to the dining room was infront of them. "Un...how did we?" That was all twilight could say before there was no sound of the pop from teleporting at all so she looked to Eclipse. Eclipse giggled at the confused and bewildered look twilight wore. "I can control Time and Space twilight, it's basically my talent but I will rarely use it, matter of fact I was doing that just before you came in." She said before using her magic to open the door to the dining room and she instantly felt her cheeks exploded in a very bright red while twilight nearly fainted from what they heard when the door was opened. "-By all rights and I know from personal experience with Shiny and I can tell you Eclipse can put him to shame in size." They heard Cadance said. "Gahh Cadance I don't want to hear how big my brother is, I'm basically his sister for crying out loud!!!!!" Twilight blurted while asking why does Faust hate her and if she was going to die from just her cheeks or her body being red a lot. 'I swear I never been this embarrassed this much before and now its one after another.' She thought. Cadance looked over to she her even more embarrassed sister in law and she soon realized what she said which caused her already pink cheeks to darken a bit. "Oops sorry Twiliy and hello Eclipse, hehe sorry about the outburst from before. It's just I never though you had that if you do, your smaller before rainbow hit you as well, why is that?" Cadance said while watching Twilight going to sit down while also giving cadance a glare before sighing. "You are correct on my gender Cadance and my height but I feel it is best if I showed you then explained." Eclipse said as she wrapped both her necklace and earrings in her magic before removing them both, when she did her form grew in size till she was just as tall as both Celestia and Luna as well her wings appearing before them while folded to her sides but a faint shimmer of magic was also where her hind legs was. "I had two sets of enchanted items on me, one as you have already known is my necklace and the other par is my earrings, they shrink me till a more friendly size and hide my stallion bits as some would say, also I have mare bits too. My real gender is as I told twilight when she caught me this morning." At this both of their cheeks lit up while twilights being more darker. "She seen my morning wood which is why I kept a locking spell on my doors and windows, that includes the balcony window, but I am more or less a hermaphrodite." Eclipse said before placing her earrings back on as well her necklace. Eclipse soon answered each of their question's from how her past was or how she prefer this smaller size, but any to all questions about her age was ether gotten with a glare and the simple "You don't ever ask a lady what her age is, the same goes for her weight." but she did answer rainbows one question about how big she really was, they more or less were shocked that she can really put any stallion to shame, she even heard rainbow said she put even big mac to shame. Cadance of course asked about how fertile she was, her response was that she could get a mare out of heat pregnant if she was not careful because thanks to a mare in the past and a sperm test she found out that if she didn't use a infertile spell on a mare she will have a good chance of ending up as a father again. Of course they soon ran out of questions and went on there way till Twilight and Eclipse were left. Twilight was shocked about how big she was but she soon got some tea for them both before they started on what they need to do. "O-ok now that part was out of the way let's talk on what your going to be teaching Nyx." Twilight said while her body may not be red anymore but her cheeks are and fading. Eclipse sighed before lifting the tea she had gotten so she can drink some before giving her reply. "I have already marked two that I won't teach and one is like I said from earlier I can't teach because I still barely know the concept of it and my mentor told me to never teach it or use it unless i'm in a life or death situation, and the other is not that bad but the fact that Nyx is still a foal is the reason why i'm not teaching her that type of magic." She said. Twilight was a bit confused about the second one and she can tell the first must be very powerful if she can teach or use it without her mentor. "Why can't she learn the second one or the first if you don't mind asking." She asked Eclipse. Eclipse set her tea down before looking at twilight that her "even if your life is on the line you will not tell anyone what i'm about to tell you." Eclipse even followed up with the most strongest soundproofing spells she has even sensed and a gieas. "Twilight this gieas will prevent you from even speaking or thinking of this magic because I have one too, but it will allow me to tell you if I use a gieas on you. But the answer to the first is because this magic.....It's truly evil, no matter how you see it, all it does is inflict pain and misery on all who gets hit by it. So far from what my mentor told me that almost all of the spells for it but a select twenty or more, i'm not sure but they always caused death, and before you can even use this type of magic you have to basically kill something that is living." Eclipse said while a visible shudder went thought her whole body. Twilight who heard this went deathly pale. "O-o-o-oh c-c-c-celestia w-w-who m-m-m-made t-t-t-this t-t-type o-o-of m-m-magic?!" Twilight said while now feeling very scared about their being magic like this. "Don't worry twilight, only my mentor knows it and their always been magic like that but all scrolls, books, and even old tablets are all gone because he knew the danger of this and even the mother of this world agreed in keeping this magic from the world because it is to dangerous to be know. Also the other magic is called magic of the night, and for Nyx to learn this one she would need to be older and to have her virginity taken, and before you say anything yes she needs to lose her virginity before she can truly control this magic, but she would also need her body to be trained in fighting. I did it with my mentor, I more or less had my own flank handed to me on a silver platter and he allowed me to use my control over space and time and still had my flank handed to me." Eclipse said while she finished the gieas on Twilight so she can't speak to anyone about what she said noir think and write it down. They stayed like this on what Eclipse will teach Nyx for a good half hour before deciding she will teach her Shadow magic, light magic, some dark magic, few shielding spells and a few useful and helpful summoning spells, she also decided to teach her a spell she made that is very useful when needing to carry a lot of items. Unknown to Eclipse or Princess Luna, a certain pink alicorn slipped letters to each of them in their rooms before sneaking her way back to her room with a small mutter. "Now I must wait for them to read the secret admirer love letters for moonlit date for both of them." She said before giggling. > Chapter 8 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dining room. Eclipse and Twilight continued their chatting about what Nyx learns till they were done. "That should be it Twilight." Eclipse said before using her magic to lift the sheets that both her and twilight made for teaching Nyx. Twilight smiled before getting up from her seat as she took the tea set with her. "Well let's hope this is good for her, and I'm glad we got she is able to learn and what's not." Twilight said before heading off to the kitchen to put the tea set up while Eclipse trotted out of the dining room with the sheets. Eclipse continued till she got to her room, there she went inside so she can look over the sheets another time so she can know what she teaches Nyx tomorrow. But before she began she seen a letter laying on her bed, strangely enough she also seen baby blue lipstick kiss on the front, she set the sheets down on the dresser before picking the letter up and opening it. Once Eclipse opened the letter her cheeks instantly became red when she found out what the letter was, she has all time gotten these letters over the years about secret admirers and she always went to the dates on them, only to tell the poor love struck pony that she was not interested but thanked them for the meal anyway as well paid them back if they had it set in a restaurant or someplace like that, gladly this time it was a moonlit blind date with a picnic basket under the stars. Eclipse gave a sigh before letting a sad smile cross her face. "At least from the kiss on the letter it was a mare, gotten to many stallions and not enough mares, but it will end like always, even though I will enjoy a dinner date under the stars." She said before whispering in something else while setting the letter down. "I always loved big sis lulu's stars." She added as she went to inform ether twilight or spike that they don't need to make her something for dinner. In Luna's room of Twilight's Castle. Luna trotted into her room with her sister following behind her, both of which are still shocked at this new Alicorns size. "I still can't believe their is a Alicorn like that sister, I mean up till Twilights husband became a alicorn their was no male alicorns and to think there was one all this time that could do that, ugh!" Luna said before flopping down onto her bed in a unprincess like way before seeing letter laying on her pillow. Celestia didn't fail to notice the letter too, but also noted it had a black lipstick kiss on it as well, she quickly grew a smirk as she snatched the letter off the pillow and opening it up. "Oh did my little sister have a marefirend? Or is it a secret Admirer?" She tensed before reading though the letter before giggling as she handed it to her sister. "It seems you have a date under your moon and stars sister." She said. Luna blushed at the tensing before reading though the letter herself. "I might give this secret mare a treat then, and it's to bad that you don't get any Tia, after all you do have a coltfriend of your own." Luna said with a knowing grin. Celestia blushed at her sister's comment before looking away as It was true, although he was back at his kingdom for now, she did have a coltfriend but they didn't announce it yet and but it took her awhile to get her feelings across, with the added help from luna by way of a potted plant. A few hours later, close to time for moonlit blind date. Eclipse left the castle with the letter so she can find the spot where the blind date was going to be, which as she read the letter was on a hill outside of Ponyville with a amazing view of the night sky. Eclipse followed along the route while saying hello to anypony that stayed out late a little more or were just now heading home, unknown to Eclipse, Luna decided to get there by flying with her letter with her as well. Soon both ponies got to the spot at the same very time before they froze at the same time when they saw each other, their response to each other was as one would expect. "Luna!?!?" "Eclipse!?!?" They said at the same time. Eclipse stared in shock at Luna before snapping her gaze to the rather laid out picnic dinner that had a moon lily and rose flower as well a single candle to it, the blanket was red but that was soon In the background when Luna spoke. "B-but I-I d-didn't know y-you h-had c-crush o-on me." Eclipse soon calmed her outer appearance while her inner self is having a complete break down, 'This is so not good!, wait if she came here then she must have gotten a letter too.' She thought before shaking her while both summoning a single sheet from the lessons she and twilight made for Nyx along with lifting the letter up she gotten. "N-no I don't but can I see your letter please Luna?" She asked her. Luna soon looked puzzled before she gave her letter to Eclipse, who took it and brought it up to her letter and a conjured sheet, Luna trotted around so she can get a look of what Eclipse was looking for before seeing that the new sheet of paper had lesson plans for magic, she was about to ask what that was about but was stopped before she can even talk. "That's it, this is not my penmareship, it's nothing like mine, see the lesson plans for Nyx and the letters?" Eclipse said while moving the three items so Luna can read and looked them over. Luna soon seen what Eclipse meant before she took noticed of who it belonged too. "Ah, it seems my Niece Cadanza had a hoof in this, I now recognize the writing sooner." Luna said while now thinking of a prank for her niece. Eclipse on the other-hoof was still having a silent break down, but a lot weaker. 'Atleast now we don't have to do the date, but we can still do the dinner.' Eclipse thought. Eclipse soon sent the lesson plans sheet back to her room before reclaiming her letter as she went to the picnic basket to get the dinner out. "Well, with that settled, we might as well eat what Cadance gave us, I took spike and the others to not make dinner for me." She said before laying down. Luna also added in that she told her sister that tell them to not make her dinner ether. In that time, both Luna and Eclipse chatted with each other while also Luna asking Eclipse if she can help for pranking Cadance for this false date, yet unknown to ether of them, Cadence's plan didn't fully fail. > Chapter 9 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Three days since the moonlit dinner. The past three days has been rather quiet, minus the second day when the occupants of the palace was woken by a high-pitched scream when Princess Cadance woke up with the same knowledge when she was older but with the literal body of a cute filly for the whole day, along with a note on not trying a prank date on both Eclipse and Luna again. But the third day was the start of the weekend, and to Nyx's delight the day where Eclipse begins teaching her magic. Out of the town of Ponyville, in a good clearing near the Palace of friendship Nyx was just a small ball of excitement that could make Pinkie proud while she constantly hopped around Eclipse as both of them made their way to where she wanted to teach her. "Now Nyx, you do know your have to calm down before we began, and I can think of one spell that has been quite useful for me over the years." Eclipse said before coming to a stop while she waited for her student to calm down before they actually began. Nyx stopped her bouncing so she can stay in place for her lesson. "Ok Mrs.'s Eclipse, I'm ready for the lesson." Nyx said while can listen to Eclipse. "Ok Nyx, This spell I'm going to teach you actually requires rather little amount of magic but it super useful when you need it, it called the pocket dimension spell." Eclipse said before casting the spell to summon a random book she had inside her pocket dimension, if she had looked before she went back to speaking she would have noticed the book was actually her diary. "Also the best part about this spell is it always different so you can't pull items from other ponies pocket dimensions." Eclipse added before moving the book back to her pocket dimension. They continued on the lessons till it was starting to go from midday to evening. "Ok, since it is almost night time, I can start you on some both shielding spells and shadow spells, the shielding spells will be up to three levels, one for your use on your level of magic now, one for when you get a powerful as Cadance and one for when your as strong as both of the Royal sisters." Eclipse said, while she gave a small example of each spell, the first was fully solid while the second was a mix between solid and transparent while the strongest being almost completely transparent, but it caused a small indent on the ground where the shield was, like Eclipse's magic her shields were the same color, a mix of gold and baby blue. Eclipse was about to tell Nyx about the shadow spells she was going to teach her, but a stray magical blast as black as night appeared out of no where, heading towards her and in doing so, Nyx. Eclipse reacted like it was just pure instinct, she dashed forward so she can stand completely over Nyx to cast a single shield spell, from Nyx's view she seen Eclipse's eyes turn into twin pools of pure darkness while her horn went from its normal gold and baby blue color to the same as her eyes while a shield came to view around both of them, the shield it self was as black as night, almost a void, Eclipse even woven a adsorbing shield spell with it so it can becoming strong with each magical attack. The single black magical blast did as expected, got stopped and adsorbed into the shield before a laugh boomed out before the shield itself was instantly canceled to reveal a being standing bipedal in a golden like armor, he had his arms crossed before uncrossing his arms and reaching up to take hold of his helmet to remove it to show he had white skin and jet black hair, while his eyes were blue, he had a good sized smile on his face before his helmet disappeared from his hands as he crossed them again. "First going from my student and now becoming a teacher for a foal now Eclipse?" He said. Eclipse was at first shocked at her shield failing but that shock soon went to surprise and excitement. Eclipse soon got off of Nyx before rushing to the being before blurting out one word with excitement. "Mentor!" He chuckled before looking to the foal as he got down to one knee, which brought his close to eye level to Eclipse, his full height was a head taller then all three of the oldest Alicorns. "So is this yours or is she that newest Alicorn?" He said while looking at Nyx. Nyx was scared at the fact he fired that at both of them but she was smart and must have thought this was a test, a mean test but a test all the same. "N-n-no mister, m-my m-mother is T-Twilight S-sparkle a-and m-my Father I-is I-Ink S-spot." Nyx said before looking to Eclipse. He chuckled nervously before scratching the back of his head while closing his eyes. "Yeah, sorry about that, just wanted to see if Eclipse here was still good at her training and it hasn't gotten rusty after the time I had to go and manage my forces. Also please call me Vegetite." Vegetite said before standing back up as he looked to Eclipse. "So where do you live now Eclipse, since you moved yet again." He added. Eclipse smiled before looking at Nyx as she gave some thought while nodding her head. "You know, I think its time for us to head back to your home so this lesson is over Nyx, besides with my mentor here, he can help with your training and if it is possible, can you continue my training too?" Eclipse added in a growing small voice at the end of what she said. Vegetite laughed before standing back to his full height while he moved his hands behind his back and clasp them together at his lower back. "Well I can continue your training with the war I had to go to, which halted your training, but that depends if you gotten the requirements completed, you do know the only magic you have left, and you know as much as I do, I can't teach it unless its just you and me Eclipse." He said. Eclipse of course paled a bit before shyly nodding her head, she looked to Nyx in the eye. "Nyx, please go to the palace while me and my old mentor talk on what my training will be, and what ever you do, do NOT try to listen in on our talk." She said before looking back at her mentor, to recoil to see her mentor taking a bow and was about to blurt out "not a Princess" but was halted by a Nyx's voice. Nyx seen Vegetite taking a bow at her at the moment he heard she had a palace so her only response was. "Not a Princess!!!" before turning and galloping off to the palace and to talk on the spells she learned to her mother and father. Eclipse watched as her mentor stood back up and took the stance he was in before casting a solid soundproofing barrier around them both. "I-I happened w-w-when I-I-I g-got f-found out t-the v-very f-first t-time, I-I d-d-didn't m-mean t-to, b-but I-I a-accidentally a-a-aged t-them t-till t-they w-were n-nothing b-but d-dust, I-I was b-before w-we s-started m-my t-training..." She said while the whole time she descended into tears on what happened long ago, she was even soon conferred by her mentor. Vegetite sighed before telling her he will finish her training and she would have if he had known about it, but he was sure she had her own problems, and even told her that it's good that she cares on how she feels for that, its best to feel bad for doing it, it reminds them they are alive and real. But he conferred her all the same till she was ready to move to the palace, when she said she had a room their thanks to Twilight. > Chapter 10 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inside the friendship castle, in the dining room. The mane six and the princess's along with Twilight's and Cadence's husbands were sitting at the dining table listening to Nyx as she told them what she learned from Eclipse today, but just as she got to the part with the arrival of Eclipse's mentor, the mare herself and her mentor was walking into the dining room. Eclipse soon stopped before smiling at the group in the dining room. "Hello everypony" She said but before she can get any further she seen Shining armor get up from his seat as well summon one of his swords while staring at something behind her. 'He must think my mentor is a enemy.' "Shining wait, he is my mentor so please don't try and attack him." Eclipse added. Vegetite Chuckled a bit before getting a look at everyone or everypony here to be persiced and he noted at least five strong other beings in the room besides himself and Eclipse, the strongest from the purple alicorn which must have been twilight with how the filly alicorn from earlier was scooting a little closer to her. He didn't dally long and decided to quickly defuse shining armor. "Be at ease Shining, I am only here to aid and finish my student's training." He said. Princess Celestia and Luna glanced at each other with knowing look about this new arrival before leaning closer to whisper together. "Tia I can't sense anything from him, do you?" Luna said while staring at Vegetite. "Neither do I Lulu, but I see a certain aspect to him." Celestia answered while subtlety using a spell to see if she can further her sensing for this Vegetite's magic or power but she couldn't find anything. "Yes I do see that Tia, like he knows how to really fight, but he holds back, ether for fun or if he needs to I can't tell." Luna said. But before the Royal sisters could continue their conversation, a third and all-new familiar voice entered joined them. 'It's a need because I have a slight fear of using to much power on any fight unless I know how powerful my opponent is.' Vegetite said which caused both of the sisters to look around till they seen Vegetite was in the same spot as before. 'Don't alert everyone that I can do this. But basically if I extend my powers enough I can talk to others though their mind but I can have a limit of two beings in general.' He thought to them. Vegetite shifted his gaze from shining armor and his student to the Royal sisters before making his way over to them. "Excuse me but I wanted to ask if you two had a old, hidden and private training area so I can finish Eclipse's magic training, also I really want to kept a lockdown on this type of magic I will be teaching her. So if you want to watch then I will need to place a gias on you both because this type of magic MUST stay a secret." He said before looking out to his student, and to both Tia and Lulu's shock they noticed a thin but soundproof barrier around them. "I put the barrier up just as I begin talking, and I can sense that their is a gias on Twilight over there, most likely my students work." He added. Both of the sisters looked at each other before they both nodded. "We do have our old training sanctuary we used to train on back before we assaulted King Sombra to help the Crystal Empire and before we...." Tia trailed off when she got there along with a slight sadden look that was quickly notice by her sister, who playfully bumped her with a smile." Oh cheer up Tia I said I was sorry for that and besides, we both know it won't ever happen again." Luna said before looking at Vegetite. "But my sister is correct, only problem is we have to show you to the Sanctuary and allow you inside, And we would like to see this magic as well." Luna added. Vegetite cupped his chin while closing his eyes to think for a few seconds before reopening them. " Very well then but like I said you can NOT tell anyone or use it without my permission, though I am sure you don't want to even use it after seeing what it will do." He said before snapping his fingers to remove the barrier. Soon Everybody had a more or less fun dinner, the most was when Vegetite nearly getting turned into a cactus due to him slightly putting Nyx in harms way, though it ended up hitting shining armor but everyone had a good laugh. But all good things come to the end when the time to sleep came around. Inside the Dreamscape. Luna floated though the dreamscape that she and only a very select few knew of (Mostly the ones she trusted the most to help her, after all helping the entire kingdom of ponies alone with nightmares will be stressing.) She looked at the closest dreams near her being the ones in the friendship castle along with Eclipse with the them. 'I still wonder how Eclipse became a alicorn in the first place, because If I remember right, me and Tia besides cadence were only ones born, unless-.' Luna's complete train of thought derailed quickly after she heard fast and rapid blasts coming from one dream, along with a few very loud one's as well. She looked to the dream the noise was coming from to find out it was Vegetite's dream. "What's going on with Eclipse's mentor?" She asked to no one, but a voice was quickly heard though. "Hey Sir! Where the hell is the Bomb squad? Did they got the Bomb set or not because I'm sure we can't hold them off forever." A male voice said, only to be answered soon. "The Bomb squad should be close to their target but i'll try and contact them. That is if I can, and I know, we can't hold them off forever." Vegetite Said. This only caused more confusion in luna so she drifted into his dream to find out what, even though she might find something she might not like. Vegetite's dream, Planet: unknown, Date: 7/23/5004 Luna's first sight of his dream just seemed like a barren waste land of a planet, besides the almost countless armored humanoid soldiers and mechanized vehicles and flying metal beasts, all of which are sends blasts of fire at one massive army. Luna looked over to Vegetite, which only because of the armor she seen at dinner she could find him but this time he had a helmet and what looked like a long red striped spear but it fired red beam from the end. "Vegetite calling Bomb Squad come in, what is the status of the Bomb?" He yelled out but she didn't hear nothing besides the gunfire, until she heard the response "T-This is P-Private Wilson, t-the commander is dead, e-everyone b-besides me is dead, b-but I did try and savage the commander's keys for the bomb but...but the bomb is gone. I-I locked myself inside a a-ammo depot, b-but the only thing left useful here is a "Vector" Missile I think." Wilson said. Vegetite he went from firing at what luna could only think is the emeny to the point like he was a statue. Vegetite dropped his weapon entirely before bringing his hands up to view at what she thought was his wrist but soon found out a hologram popped up with a clear image of a rather big missile with the words V.E.C.T.O.R. on it. "PRIVATE DON'T YOU DARE ACTIVATED THAT MISSILE AND THAT IS A ORDER!!!!" He all but screamed. But it all was for not. Soon everyone and metal beast started giving off a red flash and shouting "Warning: Vector missile activated, get a minimum safe distance of 125 light years radius of target point." Vegetite quickly kicked up his weapon from the ground to a perfect arc onto his back before calling out. "You heard the warning, it's time to leave right now!!!!!" Vegetite screamed before quickly trying to help his soldiers on the dropships, be it fully armored soldier or to a big green creature with a giant shield on one arm and a plasma cannon on the other. Luna tried to keep up with Vegetite's quick movement but she soon fell behind, up till her head suddenly felt like trek decided to play hacky sack with her head and caused her to scream out in pain, she even tried to hold it when she felt the pain grow worse. Vegetite froze along with the dream before having his head snapped to the sound, but once he seen who it was he rushed to Luna's aid, knowing why she screamed like she did. "Luna? What are you doing in my head, or dream if you want to be more correct." He asked. Luna having her headache slowly disappear looked up at him before shaking her head. "I can enter dreams and help out those who need help with problems and nightmares but yours is strange, and why did I got a headache?" She asked. Vegetite sighed before looking at the not so recently battle torn field. "For the first is this isn't a dream or nightmare, it's a memory from the "Last" fight with the Flood, and mythic Wilson's last combat, and for the second you must have gotten more the thirty feet from me, my head is dangerous Luna, I had seen almost god tier mind demons lose themselves in madness from trying to control it." He told her. Luna gave that thought before looking at Vegetite. "Wait but I heard you call Wilson a private, not a mythic, why is that?" She asked. He gave a chuckled before looking to where the dream/memory Wilson was. "Because he might have stopped the flood for good, even though he disobeyed a order to do it, I decided to give him that rank and a honorary place of fallen hero's." He said. Soon both him and Luna continued talk, up till it was time for them to wake up for the day to come.