@twxlightbeforedawn said: “Happy birthday, my love,” Twilight cooed, wrapping Rainbow up in her wings and peppering her face with kisses, “I’ve made certain that nopony will bother us until the sun rises in the morning. And Spike helped the servants prepare all your favourites. —Enough to tide us over until Pinkie Pie serves cake at Sugarcube Corner, anyhow.”
❝ Mmm— ?? ❞
The mare’s expression twisted and bunched, her body struggling to keep itself asleep— Even with the occasional wing raising up to softly and pitifully swipe at whatever continued to poke against her face.. Eventually, the war was lost as that powerful magenta hue of her eyes peeked out from all that cyan. What was briefly an expression full of annoyance, now gave way to a small smile as Rainbow’s brain finally tried to get working.
❝ Good morning... ❞
Her brain was slowly but surely coming online, it just needed time to get chugging along.. Until then Twilight got to enjoy the few moments of blissful ignorance to what today meant, as Rainbow got to simply enjoy the embrace. And enjoy it she did, nuzzling into the welcoming warmth that was Twilight Sparkle.. She nearly fell back asleep, until her brain finally caught on. It was her birthday!! A gasp sounded from the mare as her eyes widened and her head poked up, today was gonna be HUGE.
❝ Ohmygosh— ! It’s my birthday !! Ohhh I can’t wait to
see the girls again... Are you sure we have the day to ourselves ?? ❞
@twxlightbeforedawn said : 💠 !!! NIGHTMARE MOON !! how that situation happened, what it was like to be on the moon, etc!
I AM, SO GLAD YOU ASKED. AND THAT YOU’RE NEW HERE.
now. nightmare moon. shuffles my stacks of essays
She has always been a part of Luna, even from birth- She just wasn’t as prominent then because she’s entirely based on emotions, Luna’s specifically. I would say she only became more aware of her in her teen years? Where emotions usually run pretty rampant. And she only comes out to hurt people, and so Luna keeps her a secret, hidden unless she Absolutely has to draw upon NMM’s power because she’s scared of her, and in extension to that, scared of herself and what she’s capable of. One good example is during the whole thing with Sombra and the Crystal Empire a few centuries back.
But further down the road, as frightened as Luna is with NMM, she grows curious- Because this is a whole other side of her none really get to see, and she doesn’t really explore because it draws upon her ugliest feelings and thoughts. Basically, NMM is her intrusive thoughts personified ( ponyified? ). NMM draws strength from Luna’s rage, her jealousy, her aggression, and her apathy- because that’s all she knows. For a majorty of her long lifespan, those emotions are the ones that are usually present, the strongest ones. And so when she decided ‘fuck you tia, my throne now’ it wasn’t too hard to just. Let her take over. NMM is Luna’s raw power, and she’s terrifying. She’s so angry, and bitter.
Banishment didn’t rlly help with that AT ALL. To no one’s surprise. And I always imagine, that she’s chained in the moon, deep inside the rock in a strange castle-like structure. All she can see are the stars in space, and she could do nothing but watch the stars slowly align. And the entire time, she’s only got herself in the end. NMM is Luna, and Luna is NMM. So she has plenty of time to dwell on her worst feelings- But her anger is weaker, and her bitterness slowly turns into numbness. There are times while she’s chained, that she actually misses home. She misses Celestia, and she misses home. NMM rarely cries— but homesickness is really something else when you’re trapped on the literal moon, miles away from Earth and everything you knew. Plus, you have to wait 1,000 years.
You’d think, when the stars align to send you home, she’d be eager- eager to go home and seek revenge on the ponies who wronged her. And she was- but Luna was also afraid. She didn’t know why at the time, and still kinda ... doesn’t? Maybe she was afraid that she wouldn’t be free from this state. Because over time, Luna started to see NMM no longer like another side of her, but a different being entirely. She saw her as if she was possessing her, and that this wasn’t her at all! And maybe when she came home, finally, no one would be able to reverse this. No one would be able to free her from NMM. But as we all know, she was- And she was a babe again. Small, scared, and in a whole new world than the one she knew.
Over time, she kept NMM hidden again- Letting everyone believe that NMM was nothing more than a bad dream, one that was vanquished and gone for good. Even her own sister believed that, and maybe a part of Luna believed that too. She wanted to believe it. But she knew better.
I think ‘Do Princesses Dream of Magical Sheep?’ was a turning point for her though. Forgiving her past mistakes and moving on from that— It helped her realize that maybe, she should give herself another chance too. And so after that ep, she explored with NMM, though of course she was still absolutely terrified of her, and others finding out and thinking Luna was a monster again.
Luna eventually does learn that, NMM isn’t completely evil. Sure, she’s angry, and created from pure envy, but she isn’t bad. As the years go on, she channels that anger and envy into something positive, into a passionate drive for justice. Her fury can be directed against her enemies, without going too far. Maybe 1,000 and so years ago, she would’ve just slaughtered them, but with both sides working as one- NMM and Luna -they can control it. And be a force for good.
To say that Trixie was getting riled up from the conversation between the two would be an understatement. Sure, sure, she’s trying not to be angry too, but there’s no reason as to why Trixie SHOULDN’T get angry. At least, in her mind.
— “ Why, Twilight Sparkle? You wanna know why you’re so perfect? Oh, I’ll tell you why. ”
Trixie has no problem getting up in the others face, even if she was a bit shorter than her. She intended on giving her the entire story, why she thinks she’s so perfect and why she HATED it.
— “ You’ve ALWAYS been the perfect little prodige. Picked by Celestia herself as her PERSONAL STUDENT. HER as your teacher. You SAILED above all the other students in her School for Gifted Unicorns. You far surpassed everypony’s magic even then. ”
Her voice turns to a snarl and her eyes burn with rage as she steps forward to continue to blast each word from her mouth right into her face. Her horn flickered with sparks, no doubt from the intense rage that was building up.
— “ And THEN you got those FRIENDS of yours who strung along for the glory! The saviors of Equestria! The Elements of Harmony, bringing peace and tranquility wherever their damn hooves stepped! You even were turned into an ALICORN!! YOU!! A simple unicorn turned into a PRINCESS!! ”
Tears stung the unicorns eyes as emotions quickly overtook her, slamming her hooves on the ground as she continues her spiel, letting every single emotion out from anger to sadness to anything else that she’s bottled up all this time.
— “ You’ve always succeeded where I always failed: magic, friends, fuck you probably are better at eating a damn HAYBURGER than I am! You became the Princesses’ prodige where I FLUNKED the school! You grew stronger each damn day when my magic was only good with ILLUSIONS. You... You..!!! ”
— “ You have EVERYTHING THAT I WILL NEVER GET!!! ”
@twxlightbeforedawn liked for a short starter / luster dawn
❝ Is it true, your majesty? ❞ Luster’s voice nearly squeaked at her question, Twilight’s student’s eyes sparkling as she talked. “Did you really wield dark magic one time? What was it like?”
A mysterious cloak-clad unicorn has stepped into the halls of Twilight’s throne room—
All that was showing were the oddly colored ‘beard’ poking out.. There was a limp to their step,
with their posture being awful... Clearly, this was some all important wizard time had forgotten
and left behind.........
❝ I must... Speak with the queen... Tis URGENT !! ❞
Their voice was deep, and slightly scratchy...
@twxlightbeforedawn said: cheek kisses !!! for her favourite DJ sister !!! ALL OF THE CHEEK KISSES || HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST KISS. ( ACCEPTING! )
Vinyl hadn’t at all been anticipating nor prepared for the sudden onslaught of affection from Twilight. (She might not have been so surprised if she had been paying more attention.) But, as it were, music playing in her ears as her thoughts wandered from reality, the unicorn was easily startled out of her little world. Her small gasp of surprise was quickly melted into a mess of laughter when she came to realize who it was, arms quickly wrapping around the shoulders of the princess.
A wonderful mare that would forever be more sister to her than anypony in all of Equestria. Twilight was more than simply a friend, or even a best friend. She was family. And Vinyl wouldn’t have had it any other way.
Hooves held on tighter to the younger mare, keeping her in their shared embrace. A short snort was the first to escape her, shaking her head to finally slip her already crooked headphones off her ears. A small smile and inquiring raised brow had quickly fallen into place as her head stilled, the unicorn proceeding to lean closer as though she were going to return the soft gesture...Before her already tight embrace locked in place, Vinyl quickly blowing a raspberry on Twilight as payback for interrupting her music session.
A small pause, Pinkie wasn’t sure how to really say this, but honestly, Pinkie would rather quite get advice from her than anyone else, an audience with the Princess was the only thing she needed.
‘ Ah! Twilie~’
Pinkie cooed as she skipped over snuggling up to her, grinning wide as she smiled. Before sitting down and curling her tail underneath her.
‘ So... I need some advice... ’
She softly stated beginning as she glanced down, clearing her throat softly.
