In Equestrian heraldry, the Kite Shield is a symbol of protection and strength, and those ponies with a kite shield cutie mark are usually honor bound to bravely protect any sapient being who may need their aid, often at great risk to their own lives.

This is the story of two ponies with such cutie marks, and what these cutie marks reveal to the other.

One pony is a gallant and brave career soldier, who has devoted his entire life to protecting Equestria from all enemies foreign and domestic.

The other is the reincarnated form of one of Equestria's greatest villains, given a second chance, now honor bound to use her power to protect the ponies she cares about.

It is a year since the events of Winter Bells and great changes are afoot this Hearth's Warming, as a newborn alicorn prince binds Twilight’s family closer than ever. And a conversation about the similar marks on their hides will give Uncle and Niece a new and better understanding of each other, and of each other's place in Equestria's emerging future.

A unofficial fan made sequel to Past Sins.

Thanks of course to Pen Stroke who created Nyx and her Universe.

Super special thanks to my tireless Editor and main(and rather heroic) proofreader Recon777 and to awesome prereading duties by Nightmare Nyx. This story is only readable thanks to their efforts . All Mistakes remain my own.

Cover image by yourstruly, Nyx's cutie mark was designed by Alexlayer.

Cruel Knife, the most sadistic of Equestria’s hitponies, is looking forward to his next job: The foalnapping torture and murder of the reincarnated Nightmare Moon, an alicorn demigoddess who is immortal and whose special talent relates to her near indestructibility, and who is rabidly protected by her mother the most magically powerful unic…. wait hold on … run this by me again? There might be a slight flaw to this plan…

Nyx is from Past Sins By Pen Stroke, assisted by Batty Gloom. Please go read it if you have not, it more than lives up to its legendary reputation.
Pen Stroke granted us all permission to use Nyx as long as she behaved in character and was not used in clopfics or tortured for the amusement of the author.... a lot of people didn't care about that last part . This is a parody of these torture fics and NOT in fact a torture fic itself.

Also I could never bring myself to actually read a " Nyx gets tortured" story, so technically I'm parodying a subgenre of stories I have never read. GuysIdontknowwhatimdoing.jpg

Much thanks to my able editor PreytorFenix whose incisive editing made this a much better story. All errors remain my own.