Previously: the day after Nightmare Moon's return, everypony knew she had been defeated by the elements of harmony again. However, just a day after the victory, a powerful unicorn who once was Nightmare Moon's servant suddenly returns from an otherworldly stasis. His name is Midnight Watcher and has returned just a day too late for him to help the already defeated spirit. When he finds Celestia who he believes has captured Nightmare Moon, he finds out exactly how long he's been gone. In a desperate attempt to bring revenge over his fallen empress, Midnight decides to use all of his incredible magic power to lay waste to everything...

The nightmare's consort

Part 2

What turned out to be such a wonderful day in Equestria had instead turned out into something much more shocking. All of the ponies in Canterlot could not only feel the slight vibrations from the earth, they could even sense intense amounts of magic stir through the air. It was however a spectacle none of the inhabitants could see.

Up in the mountains, deep in the city of Canterlot all the way into the Canterlot castle, in the center of a battlefield, the ground cracked up more and more as the two remaining ponies who've decided to stay put charged their magical resources. Glimmering lights illuminated from one horn while dark gray ones altered from the other. Two different orbs of magic expanded, physically symbolizing the two wills dedicated to fight for their determinations, but only one of those would walk away victorious.

Two sets of eyes stared at each other from several meters of distance. The magenta ones belonging to princess Celestia, and the pitch-black ones to Midnight Watcher.

"You might survive, Celestia! But what about the castle and all of your loyal subjects? You can't protect them! You can't protect anything but yourself! And you know why?" Midnight roared with his deep, demonic voice, grinning sadistically over the answer he already had given himself. Celestia arched her eyebrows even more in frustration.

The unicorn's slit-like irises lit up for a brief moment in the darkness as his curved lips spoke. "Because you're weak...".

The alicorn's concentration didn't buy the taunt, but her fear sure did. It was true, and now there was nothing else to do but experience her precious ponies and home getting annihilated for nothing. Midnight had finally charged up all magic in his horn, ready to let it all out in one single beam aimed at his opponent.

He lowered his head to execute the aim...

"ENOUGH!".

A fishtail wind stronger than anything the weather ponies of Cloudsdale ever could create exploded over the entire castle yard, blowing away all the loose rocks and pieces of earth in a giant shockwave. The extreme burst of wind was so powerful it actually pushed aside the unprepared ponies to the ground, sending them scraping a hoof's distance in the swirling dust. The concentrations of magic cut off, dispelling both orbs into harmless air. The powerful voice traveled far away over the castle yard walls, echoing past Canterlot and even reaching out to the borders of the mountainsides.

When the dust and echoes had passed away, Midnight and Celestia shook their heads after this extraordinarily unexpected assault of wind and vibration, their hostility to each other dropped as both got up on their legs again. However, the ear-cracking voice still ringed inside their heads, causing them to stand still and gather up thoughts in pain.

Celestia looked over her shoulder, stricken with an annoying headache. There she saw from the very gate she had walked through, the pony she accompanied before walking away to face her foe. It didn't take much of her intelligence to understand where that deafening shout came from now. Midnight tilted his head sideways to see who it was, something he didn't know how to react to.

His eyes widened as the beautiful ethereal mane waved in the air, the color he so much loved to see in the canopy with its glimmering stars. A dark sapphire blue coat dressed the bearer of this divine mane, exquisitely decorating it with yet another symbol of the night. A long horn only given to those born in the royal family, a set of feathered wings displaying even more beauty on the pony's sides. A chest collar with the same half moon as the one on the alicorn's flank, only to be topped of by four crystal shoes covering the hooves.

But what really caught the attention of everypony was without doubt the marvelous cyan eyes ever so beautifully displayed in the white of her eyes.

The princess of the night, Luna, had arrived to the scene.

While Midnight stood dumbfound before this incredible rejoice for the eye, Celestia grit her teeth in worry. "I told you to wait inside the working chamber!" she exclaimed and turned back to the male unicorn. She was still dedicated to finish this battle, especially now when she knew her enemy's intentions.

But Luna ignored her big sister's command, thus walked out in the warm rays of the sun to get closer. "Sister! I told you..." the white mare repeated in a moderate angry tone until she got cut off.

"Wait..." the dark blue princess said and walked past the addressed pony. She hadn't returned to her archaic speaking just yet, it would take more time for her to remember everything like it used to be, so she simply didn't know how to speak in the old ways just yet, or use the royal 'we'. However, her muscle memory still knew how to raise the voice beyond explosive levels. The royal Canterlot voice was something her cords never would forget.

Midnight understood first now that it was she who managed to unleash such a fearsome power by merely shouting. He didn't even want to know what more she had in store if things would get ugly.

Celestia felt fear as she saw her younger sister getting closer to the unicorn. She didn't really want it to proceed, but somehow a voice in her head said it was okay. But for the sake of safety, she prepared a lesser load of magic in her horn that would serve excellently as a stun-spell. Meanwhile, Luna now stood right in front of the male. Her gorgeous eyes scanned his body for a few seconds, moving down the dark gray hooves and up again to the dark blue mane and the knotted tail.

Midnight stood still without any idea to make a move. For some reason he found this alicorn's presence very disturbing, but at the same time... highly calming. It wasn't just her absolute beauty, it was definitely something more, something about her aura, perhaps the eyes, or the fact that her cutie mark was very resembling to one he'd never forget. Their eyes suddenly connected, giving them both a chance to communicate without words. Sadly, the princess tilted her head to the left.

"Who are you?" she asked with a soft and tender voice. She even frowned like it was out of pity.

Midnight jerked his head back and cocked an eyebrow. "I could ask the same..." he said with his voice returned to normal as well as the rest of his body.

A few meters away from the ponies, Celestia heard everything they said to each other. She felt a sting of confusion hitting her mind when they both didn't seem to recognize each other even the slightest. Sure, Luna probably lost most of her memories after Nightmare Moon leaving her body, but didn't Midnight Watcher knew her before?

An idea took place in her head. Perhaps it was time to shed some light over this moment, clearing whatever seemed to block their abilities to understand. Thus, the majestic mare dispelled her magic and walked up to the confounded ponies. Midnight didn't drop the eye-contact, and he wasn't alone with it. He did his best to find out what was up with this mare attracting so much thoughts, something Luna actually shared the same idea with. Suddenly they both heard a voice coming closer to them.

"You don't know who this is, Midnight?" she asked, causing a spike of anger to raise inside the mentioned pony's mind.

"Don't you dare say my name with your defiled mouth!" he ripped off the contact and glared at Celestia. The other princess arched her eyebrows in to a cute pout, not approving what she just heard. But before she could act, a white body stood right next to her.

"So you wanted to know where Nightmare Moon is?" Celestia asked nonchalantly, narrowing her eyelids while looking down at the unicorn. Midnight could virtually already feel the nail in his heart turning when she said those words, just like Luna did. They both turned their heads to look directly at the bigger mare, and they both didn't know what to say when she raised a hoof and gently rested it on the dark blue pony's back.

"Here she is".

Luna looked like she was about to succumb into tears. The last thing she wanted to hear again was somepony remembering who she once was, a personality she only wanted to forget and never be mentioned as again. For her, it was the absolutely meanest thing you could say, thus forcing out the saddest expression she could make.

But Midnight Watcher froze, his pose unchanged aside from the slowly dropping jaw. Like a torrent of ice cold water, a flow of memories returned from his subconsciousness...

Year 350

Somewhere in Equestria

A long field of grass and dirt as long as the eye could see aside from the distant town of Canterlot and the Cloudsdale settlement, this was the location the divine spirit Nightmare Moon had decided to take her rest away from all that was responsibility and annoying subjects. Her catlike irises glanced up in the sky as she laid down with her stomach on the grass. A sigh left her mouth, moving through the chilly night together with her ethereal mane and tail.

She was relieved to finally have a moment of peace after months of adjustments and appearances all over Equestria to prove her presence and power. Even if she found entertainment in it, there had to be some point when she could just lay down and be somepony else than the tyrant she had dedicated herself to. Being a divine mare didn't automatically mean she had a limitless amount of stamina, after all.

But for reasons she couldn't find, somepony just had to disturb her as she was about to lay her head in the comfortable grass.

"My empress?" a male voice asked from behind. Moon exhaled in annoyance and ignored looking over her shoulder, she already knew.

"Are you too blind to see that I'm trying to seek rest, peasant?" she said to her loyal servant.

Midnight was about to take another step towards her, but stopped in an instant when that rejecting tone came. "Oh... of course, my empress. I'll leave at onc-".

But before he could finish that sentence, Moon had changed her mind and actually decided to glance over her shoulder anyway; she didn't want to be taken as somepony who couldn't make up her mind at the first try.

"So why don't you come here and share the moment with me..." she finished with a gentle smile.

The unicorn nearly gasped from the highly unexpected offer, but none the less felt greatly honored to receive it. Just a shred of doubt remained while he walked the short distance on the soft grass to his empress and laid down three hooves away from her. The pitch-black mare snickered when he tried to lay down.

"Now... don't be so modest when your ruler wants you close to her..." she allured, using her self-confidence as only weapon. It was a clear bulls-eye at Midnight's heart, causing it to skip a beat. He gulped audibly and caught the hint, crept a little closer just to get hinted for an even nearer approach. Finally they laid side-to-side, almost touching each others flanks. Moon's aura floated through his coat with the cold air, stimulating him so much it actually became a challenge to not...

Midnight's slit-irises were left totally exposed as his eyelids opened wide. A touch so soft and pleasing that he almost burst in scarlet colors, yet so decided and powerful he almost died from arousal. Nightmare Moon's left wing was resting over his back, embracing him like a cold blanket. The owner of that wing smiled mischievously at her blushing stallion, knowing he was so excited that there was something hard pressed to the grass between his hindlegs. No words were spoken for a full minute, giving the evil alicorn a moment to recall things. When she spoke, the male instantly turned his eyes to her.

"There are many who are yet to enjoy my eternal night... and even more who still doubts my reign, dear Midnight Watcher. But when I see your loyal eyes born from the blood of ponies and dragons, I never forget where I still can find comfort...".

The male felt a little more comfortable to speak when hearing that. In fact, he felt more eager than ever to show his gratitude. A relaxed smile curved his lips.

"My empress... serving you was the very purpose of my birth. If you didn't exist, I would have no reason to live" he said in a most humble way, something that didn't quite impress the pitch-black mare. However, it was just because she'd heard that so many times it started to sound like a broken record. And it was her pleasure to remind this simple stallion what he actually was, right after looking up at the beautiful night sky.

"Don't think so high of yourself. I still remember the day I found you as a foal, abandoned by your parents like a negligible item, hollers of sorrow and fear through the silent air when you couldn't find comfort. You were but a helpless whelp ready to succumb into my night's merciless grasp...".

Midnight hung his head in shame, it was a part of his life he couldn't remember nor forget. Sadly, Moon found great entertainment in bringing her loyal servant down as far as she could.

"The only reason for why I decided to raise and train you was because of the great potential I saw in you, that little foal who kept his loyal eyes sealed to the darkened canopy, an offspring of the most taboo relation there could be...".

Her ethereal mane floated down to the unicorn's muzzle and tilted it up so she could look into his slit-irises.

"... the breed of a dragon and a pony who's forever to be seen as an outcast, only I saw usefulness in your existence. So yes... you were meant to serve me ever since you emerged from your mother's womb, my little Midnight" she finished with her eyes still connected to the male equine.

Midnight didn't find any pleasure in hearing those words, it always ached in his mortal heart remembering the painful truth. A saddened expression he couldn't escape dressed his muzzle, even though he knew his empress didn't want weakness. The divine mare, however, had been pleased with the degrading recalls and finally disconnected the eye-contact so she could gaze upon the round orb in the sky. It glowed from its distance, providing weak natural light, a faint sign that the sun still lived. In fact, it could pretty much symbolize her own amount of faint generosity, and now was the time to share what she never had told anypony else.

"But don't fear, my subject. We were all created for a purpose, both great and small. My birth relied solely on the wrath from an alicorn who once ruled this night... sadly with a weak hoof" she said which instantly caught Midnight's attention.

His self-pitying halted. "What? W-what are you saying, my empress?" he then asked.

"Twenty-five years ago, just a few weeks before I decided to raise you..." she began and told Midnight Watcher the tale of the two princesses of Equestria. A tale of how the younger one failed to find happiness over her subjects' ignorance to the night, and how they instead rejoiced in the elder sister's day. The younger sister's dedication and stubbornness became anger and ruthlessness, and one day it grew so strong that her emotions as a ruler took over completely, locking herself in her own ideal. Thus, she ultimately allowed the darkest side of herself take physical shape, usurping control of her body and mind.

Midnight was awe-struck to hear this story. Even if a dozen of question appeared in his head, he decided to ask the one which intrigued him the most. He glanced away for a second at the black wing resting over his back, catching his ruler's attention by simply doing that.

"Forgive me for asking, but... you said it was one of the princesses?".

Nightmare Moon stared blankly at him, they both knew it was a correct statement.

"Then... what was the name of that princess?".

A little chuckle escaped the mare's lips as she adjusted the unfolded wing over her servant.

"That's a name I'll never forget, she is after all my creator... my mother. Her colors reminding of the shiniest sapphire, an ocean of cyan in her eyes, and not to mentions her mane and tail worthy the canopy of night which I out of vanity kept for myself. A sweet little alicorn with beauty I admit as a worthy adversary. Her name was..."

"Luna...".

Midnight's facial expression was still locked in shock when he uttered that name. The pony carrying it jerked her head back together with Celestia.

"So you DO know who she is after all?" the white mare asked with a slight confusion.

The unicorn spoke into the air without moving away his eyes away from the younger princess. Instead they scanned her as he stated everything he saw.

"Shiniest sapphire..." he said while looking all over her coat. "... ocean of cyan..." he confirmed when seeing the gorgeous eyes. "... like the canopy of night..." he finally added after beholding the smooth waves in her mane and tail. Luna didn't understand a thing, but followed his eyes anyways to see if it could explain his behavior and words. Celestia understood what Midnight spoke of, however. And she would in usual cases mutually agree about her beauty of a sister. But times were like they were, so the focus and attention still rested on her hostile visitor.

But Midnight didn't find any reason to be even the tiniest hostile. In truth, he was actually in the middle of an inner conflict. If this was the pony Nightmare Moon possessed, then why is she here? Had she been freed? If that was the case, then his empress had to be...

When the puzzle pieces fell together, frustration and fear broke out. His eyebrows arched in anger again as he went back to a defensive stance for reasons he didn't know of.

"What is this? What have you done to Nightmare Moon? EXPLAIN, CELESTIA!" he roared out of desperation at the elder princess. The very emotions haunting his mind reflected themselves in his slit-irises, a world of potential traumas and nightmares started to take root in his brain. If this went on for much longer, he would most possibly go insane and try to attack again.

Luna still didn't say anything, especially not when her sister took a step forward. The magenta eyes radiated a serious variety of seriousness and... respect? Whatever it was, she stared down at the soon-to-be crazed unicorn who returned the look.

"It is true what you say that I didn't control the elements of harmony when Nigh... your empress returned. However, I knew she would return after a thousand years on the moon, and thus... decided to find heirs to the elements".

Midnight's ears flapped up as his left eyebrow raised. "Heirs? You... you mean... s-somepony else to... control them? You mean... that it wasn't you who..." he almost finished his quickly put together idea.

Celestia nodded. "I decided to let six of my subjects find and use them against your empress. Combined by the gifted unicorn Twilight Sparkle and her friends, they gathered their energy from the ponies who represented each element the best. I didn't doubt them even the slightest, all it needed was a … spark".

"A... spark?".

"Yes... and since I'm aware of your loyalty and pride to Nightmare Moon... I'm afraid to say that this time she wasn't imprisoned on the moon. The elements of harmony actually... destroyed her, releasing the being she had possessed which was my beloved sister Luna. Now she is gone, forever".

Midnight's body calmed down. All sense of madness disappeared after Celestia's explanation, giving him the opportunity to process logic. It was true, the prophecy only said that Celestia herself wouldn't control the elements, it said nothing about other ponies lacking that ability too. And he knew what they represented, so splitting the powers into each one was actually a rather clever, if yet risky, idea.

"But... but if she's destroyed, then why am I still alive? The spell was supposed to bring me to my empress' fate!" he asked and stated, unable to understand that part of the magic's logic.

"Well, since you were trapped in a stasis I suppose no magic could effect you. And once Nightmare Moon fell, all magic that was her must have dispelled, meaning you're probably freed from that enchantment" she explained very pedagogically. Celestia had already thought about that since she heard about the spell, and it wasn't really that hard understanding the facts.

It made too much sense to deny for Midnight even if he felt like breaking all anger out at once for mentioning that cursed fact. But there was no need to get all worked up, Luna stood here as a living evidence for Nightmare Moon's defeat, bringing a very sad realization to him.

"But... but... if she's gone. If... she's gone..." the unicorn repeated while looking down at the grass beneath him. The thoughts gathered in a messy pile, giving him no comfort with a good idea nor bad one. It was just a painful world of torment he didn't want to know of. It was that feeling he couldn't remember, that feeling when he was just an infant, screaming out his fear of being alone and abandoned. The voice screeched, ached and burned. This reality was no fun anymore. What purpose did his existence serve? There was nothing to it, everything had changed into a world were he was forgotten and buried in a memory that didn't exist anymore.

He shook his head and backed a few steps, denying the truth. Who was he supposed to serve now? Who would bring the eternal night he wanted? Who would save those poor inhabitants from the worthless Celestia's grasp?

Both of the princesses saw the demise Midnight went through, his body trembled enough for them to understand there was no happy place in his head anymore. It was like a fresh start without anything to begin from, a merciless cruelty able to kill. Celestia feared he would try to destroy everything again, but she had no idea what this unicorn walked through right now. All will to crave vengeance and destroy... had simply vaporized into nothing.

He had no dreams anymore, there was no reason for it. All hope was gone, leaving him alone in the dust of crushed dreams and ideals. He finally sat down and covered his face with his fore hooves, blocking the horrible reality before him. A short-circuit occurred, bringing down the lights to all thoughts. A single tear broke from the dodge blue eye as he revealed his tensed face.

"I don't know what to do. She's gone... I'm all alone again. What have I done to deserve this curse? Am I supposed to live the rest of my life like this?" he asked out in the air, ignoring if anypony actually heard him.

Celestia shook her head in a disappointed manner, unable to understand how this pony reasoned. He had killed hundreds of other ponies and lived his entire life under the rule of an evil spirit who planned to never let the sun raise again. Thus her reasons to speak up again were clear.

"Nightmare Moon was a harbinger of death and annihilation to all of Equestria. Her defeat is nothing but a celebration, something ponies have rejoiced in since yesterday. Allow me to say this in a less respectful way: she had what was coming for her...".

The white muzzle was high up in the air, symbolizing exactly how much of a right she had to say it like that. However, Midnight couldn't help but arch his saddened eyebrows, a dedication he couldn't let go of just yet.

"Don't you talk like that about her!" he exclaimed and stood up again.

But just as he was about to channel magic, mental pain blocked his focus. A painful grunt, and he was back down on his dark gray behind again. Celestia kept her cold eyes on him, fully aware he was just an empty shell right now. She walked to the downed male, beholding just how much of himself he had lost. He was without belief, unable to follow his old ways, and so mortified that his stubborn loyalty was flawed. Midnight looked up at the princess, his frowning eyes and single tear moving down the cheek was something she hoped from the beginning to see.

At that moment, Celestia beamed a friendly smile at the unicorn. "I believe you're ready to listen and reason, my beloved subject".

Midnight couldn't get angry, he was so confused and distorted that the words didn't trigger any emotions... except a faint light of comfort. The glad curve on the white lips promised security and reassurance in a warm and soothing way. He couldn't interpret this sudden change of behavior, it was so odd he couldn't put his hoof on it.

Celestia looked over her shoulder. "Come here, Luna. There's something I want to show you both".

None of the ponies understood her intentions, but since the first one trusted her and the other one didn't really care anymore, they all three now stood together in a small group. Celestia's long horn glimmered, charging up enough magic for three ponies to teleport into a desired location. After the illuminating flash in the castle yard, another one occurred exactly at the same time on another location in Equestria. Midnight opened his eyes and looked around together with Luna. Sadly, he was the only one who reacted to this specific place.

It was the cliff he once had a conversation with Nightmare Moon on. A quick glance over the edge behind him confirmed it, Canterlot was several hundreds of meters beneath him now.

Celestia walked to the edge, standing right next to the mortal unicorn as she looked down at the refined and royal city. She hoped this wouldn't all be in vain, especially not now when she had brought Luna with her too. Thus, she used her pedagogical tone again.

"Midnight Watcher... forgive me for using your name, but there are some things I would like to tell you. And what I'm going to say is solely built on my own view of perspective, if it's true or not is for you to decide...".

She turned her magenta eyes to the mentioned unicorn who stared back. "I'm begging for you to at least listen...".

Midnight didn't say anything, and instead kept staring at the divine mare. There were things he could say now, things he actually would like to share. But a life without any allies or companions besides the one who now was gone had forbidden him to talk about all those things. Since he actually didn't say no, Celestia took that as a 'yes' while Luna flanked her sister.

"What is it you wanted us to see, big sister?" she asked innocently with curiosity as her main source of fuel. The bigger alicorn smiled yet again.

"Behold this city, you two. If you narrow your eyes, you can see everypony who lives in it. Can you do that?" she asked and looked at the other ponies besides her. Luna caught the hint and leaned out to look with narrowed eyes. After a short silence, she gasped.

"Why, I can see everypony. And look how many they are!" she simply stated with a glad and surprised tone. All these years of solitude had prevented her to experience exactly how many more subjects she now ruled over together with Celestia.

Midnight furrowed his eyebrows, the curiosity Luna carried had a contaminating effect on him, something he didn't really want to approve. But in his current state, anything else but the thoughts in his head was better. And before anypony knew it, the slit-irises looked down on the city too. After that, he raised an eyebrow.

"One thousand years is a very, very long time for ponies. They have prospered and multiplied during all this time under peace and comfort from my watchful eyes" Celestia stated in a little pretentious way, something Midnight noticed at once. He glared at her, almost gaining the ability to hate again when those words were spoken. But the second before he could say anything, the majestic mare channeled magic again. "And now to the next location".

In yet another flash, they all disappeared and reappeared somewhere else.

Midnight was shocked yet again when the sudden lack of underlay became reality. Beneath him was a single cloud high up in the air, leaving him hanging in thin air. His reaction wasn't fast enough, forcing him to struggle relentlessly in the air the instant moment he began to fall.

But just as gravity was about to do its work, Midnight stopped moving at all. A thin coat of magic surrounded him while a smaller cloud moved beneath his hooves. A shining beam of magic shot at his hooves right when the magic coat vanished. He landed softly on the fluffy cloud right next to the pony who helped without him asking for it. The two princesses smiled at him from their own clouds, making it slightly uncomfortable for the male. "Here we are..." Celestia spoke and looked past Midnight. Her interest rested on the city behind him, which he soon turned around to see too.

"Behold... Cloudsdale!".

The gigantic mass of clouds filled with different structures serving as both homes and facilities for everypony, the most ideal place for a pegasus to be in. It was a city full of possibilities and even might, carrying a huge responsibility to make sure the weather worked as it should over at the very same factory everypony knew of. Midnight didn't understand when he saw the ponies flying around the stormy parts of this giant city. In fact, he was outraged when he added two and two.

"What? Mortal ponies... taking care of the weather? This... this is..." he paused and looked angrily at Celestia. "This is one of the very reasons why you shouldn't be on the throne! Such careless and irresponsible ideas such as letting regular ponies handle the weather of this land are simply unacceptable!" he stated with rage, lacking any doubt of his reasoning.

The divine alicorn just smiled back at the frustrated male. She understood his reasoning, but also knew hers was even better.

"Careless?" she said and then giggled. "Let's see if that's true...".

Within the blink of an eye, her horn glimmered again, sending them off again. Once the flash ended, the unicorn felt the hard ground meeting his hooves again. Without his knowing, it was very fertile grounds he stood on, only the sight of a horizon filled with apple trees could give him a hint. Luna looked around, confused over never seeing this many trees with fruits before. Celestia grinned in satisfaction and grasped an apple from one of the crowns with her magic. The red apple snapped from its branch and levitated to the dumbfound unicorn.

"Growing fruits this fine requires a good and fair weather condition, combined with sun and rain. Why don't you test the result?" she asked invitingly to Midnight.

The stallion jerked his head back at first, but soon felt rather intrigued to actually see if she was right. His own magic took over the apple and brought it to his mouth. Luna decided to do the same and picked a sample too. As the two chewed their first bite, they both reacted to the sweet and nutritious taste. Luna was very pleased, but Midnight felt only disappointed. He knew how to identify the taste of a magic object, and this did most certainly NOT taste like that at all. This was a genuinely grown and nurtured apple from an equally genuine tree.

"By giving my subjects the duty of weather control instead of doing it myself, I'm showing that I put my trust into their devotion and ambitions. They are in charge of this land's very survival, and so far... there hasn't been a single mistake in the scheme I personally provide them with" Celestia explained with a proud voice, showing clearly that she still had a hoof in what weather was to come.

Midnight sighed in defeat as another charge of magic teleported him and the two others to a new place.

He looked up, completely clueless yet again over where they were again. However, as the sight of a small village appeared in front of them from the hill they stood on, she smiled.

"Isn't that the town where everypony greeted my upon my return?" she asked Celestia.

She nodded, but Midnight shook his head. He recognized this place that once was a long field of grass. The very field of rest he once shared with Nightmare Moon. But what was this town doing here?

"Ponyville... the very evidence of how fast my subjects can build something if the weather and circumstances are right. One single family was allowed to build a camp here, and just a few decades later... we have a shining new village for many more ponies to live in, opening markets and trading wares with other cities thanks to the fertile grounds of Sweet Apple Acres and the intelligent investments from other residing ponies...".

The elder princess looked down at Midnight before the finisher. "I'd dare to say that Ponyville is one of my subjects' biggest achievements".

The unicorn wasn't impressed. He didn't even understand what the point with all of this was until the princess opened her mouth again.

"In fact... most of the bearers of the elements of harmony lives in this town" she added, aware of what that revelation could lead to. But Midnight simply widened his eyes, surprised when he understood this was just a simple village without any greater position aside from its history. He finally looked back at the princess, wondering and willing to know.

"But this is just a regular village for peasants. Shouldn't the bearers live somewhere more grander? Like in Canterlot?".

"My subjects find this town very pleasing. They didn't demand any improvements in their lives after their destinies played out. And that is also why they are the bearers... do you understand?".

Midnight thought, and yes... yes he did.

"You are a most intelligent pony, Midnight Watcher. I'm not surprised Nightmare Moon decided to raise you as her pupil" she said, hoping he would note the little respect she actually had for her old enemy. Even that was something he understood, but smiling out of self-esteem wasn't part of the plan. As soon as he caught himself doing it, the elder mare widened her own smile.

"Not everyday you received such compliments from your empress?".

The unicorn didn't answer orally, but the shake with his head was visible. The only times he could remember hearing anything good about him, were only moments when his spirit and courage was brought to the lowest level. To actually hear kind words without that was surprisingly stimulating in a good way.

The two sisters looked at each other, soon ending up with the white one turning away again. "I believe we have one last thing to talk about" she said and prepared to use her spell again for the last time...

Just a flash and a second later, Celestia, Luna and Midnight walked along the massacred road up to the castle door again. They remained silent until their hooves couldn't go any further, the door into the castle had to be opened for them to proceed. But Celestia didn't intend on opening it just yet. She was out of her mind curious to know what the unicorn had to say now after seeing what all the wonders of life had brought to this land. She stopped and looked at the dark gray equine, asking with her eyes what was on his mind.

The stallion caught the hint from their recently neutral bond, and he sure had an opinion about all of this. His last move before speaking was to glance over his shoulder to see the dark blue princess coming up behind him.

"I believe... Equestria wasn't in such... bad hooves as I thought after all..." he began which brought a smile on Celestia's lips, a smile he wanted to erase as soon as possible. "... but what are you doing trying to show me all of this? What are your intentions, Celestia?".

The princess took on a little more serious expression on her muzzle, but the smile was only reduced into a smirk when her true plan was revealed. "To make you realize what was wrong with Nightmare Moon's ideal".

"You can't convince me on that part" he said with an equally serious look back at the mare. "I lived for Nightmare Moon, and I knew that whatever decision she made, was for the benefits of Equestria!". Midnight still hadn't let go of that part of his loyalty. He still believed in the divine spirit's good will and rewarding generosity. It was an ideal he never planned on dropping, not even after everything he had seen here and now.

Those words weren't arguments for Celestia. In fact, they were so weak that she only needed one word to shake the pillars of that statement. She had already learned how this unicorn worked, and if his way of processing thoughts was correct... that single line would do well enough.

She stopped smiling, using her most dead serious expression.

"Really...?".

Midnight was ready to counter as he stomped a fore hoof to the hard ground. "Yes! Nightmare Moon had a vision! A vision that told of eternal night for her subjects! The night would bring its rewards in time to all ponies, and they would soon er later understand that everything she did was to...".

Before he could finish that sentence, a flood of memories halted him for several seconds...

Year 350

Canterlot Castle, the observation tower

A cat-like eye looked through the magnifying glass of the telescope, what reflected on the other side of the lens was just another distant town of Equestria which she could see with her unique eyes enhanced with this tool. The beholder, Nightmare Moon, backed away from the tube on the tripod, looking down at the castle yard instead. It was empty, all of the guards were either resting in the infirmary after battling her or simply sleeping in their barracks.

She was tense today, something was building up really quickly now in the air. Today was going to be a very eventful day, a day she never would forget, and it was to her pleasing knowing it was just for her and nopony else to experience. But she couldn't be sure, it was a very heavy aura hanging over entire Equestria, so she had to be sure about it. And right when she thought of a special unicorn male, a flash appeared right next to her.

Already kneeling with a very promising expression on his lips, Midnight had returned with the news she wanted to hear. He spoke with the same pose, too much in a hurry for himself to change it.

"My empress, I have found Celestia! She is holding up in the northern mountains!"

The evil mare snickered, pleased to hear this... but at the same time worried.

"Do you feel that presence, my subject?" she asked with her eyes still beholding the dark horizon.

"Yes, I was about to tell you! Celestia has brought with her a weapon, something with incredible magic in it and..." he was about to continue until the pitch-black alicorn cut him off ignorantly.

"She can bring whatever she want... I will defeat her anyway. Even if it's a weapon she's been working on for the past twenty-five years" she stated, full of her own self-confidence.

Midnight found no reason to not trust her, he smiled and rose up from his submissive stance to look at the taller pony. "Of course, my empress... you are the one and only to rule this land".

That line was the prelude to something he didn't expect to hear in response from the proud mare as she unfolded her wings to take off.

"As long as the night remains, I'm satisfied. The future descendants will grow up as foals of the night and worship me for who I rightfully am. They will eat from my hoof and obey my slightest command, NO MATTER WHAT THE COST!" she roared and scraped a hoof on the stone underlay of the observation tower.

The unicorn nodded, proud and grateful over his position in this gambit of the divines. "May victory smile at you, my empress" he wished the mare before her departure. However, those words actually caught Moon's attention for another brief moment. She turned around and looked at her servant, seeming very pleased in a way he didn't always saw.

"You have been a worthy servant, Midnight Watcher. Much of what I have accomplished till this day is partially thanks to your loyalty. Believe me when I say this... that when my victory finally is a fact... so will you and I be too" her innermost lustful voice spoke just before she decided it'd be time to leave. Behind her she left an almost too excited stallion trying to hide his blush even though loneliness was his only companion right now.

As the blush finally disappeared, the dark gray stallion could finally calm down so he wouldn't exaggerate this whole event. Sure, Nightmare Moon had been searching for Celestia for a long time, so a piece of nostalgia would perhaps be in place.

But Midnight's thoughts wandered back to the sweet imagination of what would happen after the victory. She spoke so beautifully about 'foals of the night', something perhaps they would have if he would be found worthy of it.

Foals of the night.

Foals... night

Midnight furrowed his eyebrows as a new thought came up in his head. It was not a too complicated way of getting to the point, but once it became clear, he stopped.

Eat from my hoof

Eat...

And like that, a second thought came up from nowhere. He had never even been close thinking in ways like these, they were just plain stupid! Just like his empress had told him. There's nothing wrong with how Nightmare Moon is leading her subjects, right? It's not like if she let the night stay up, it would lead to Equestria's...

Midnight froze in place. That theory he came up with short before Moon's defeat. That blasted thought that actually served as proof of how wrong her idea was. Celestia tilted her head sideways, knowing he had to see it now.

The dark gray lips shivered in fear when they opened again, and this time they spoke what the majestic mare wanted to hear.

"The... if the night continued forever... there would be no sunlight at all. So the mares would never enter their estrous cycles due to the lack of it. The population was... already dying when she went to battle you..." he said reluctantly. The facts hurt so much in the deepest parts of his core, where everything he had learned was stuck.

Celestia didn't move, she had a feeling there was at least one more thing he should realize, which he had.

"And... if the grass didn't get any sun... it'd die... leaving the subjects starving!

"Let's not forget that the ocean tide wouldn't work either, since the moon would be up all the time..." Celestia added and looked away.

A complete breakdown entered Midnight's head. Not only because such obvious facts had been concealed into believable lies for all these years... but to know that the one and only he always had worshiped and trusted as the true speaker of truth and justice was actually just a...

"Harbinger of death and destruction... she would have annihilated the equine race" he said to himself as his muscles gave after. All four of his legs slowly dropped to the ground, shivering as they fell together. In the next moment, he was laying down on his stomach, facing the ground with a frown so hard it almost hurt his face muscles. Luna and Celestia sighed in unison, they both understood from the beginning how wrong she was, but for somepony loyal as Midnight, the reality must have been so harsh he decided to deny it and interpret it in a way that 'made sense' according to his empress' opinion.

It was at that moment he understood it was all a lie. Nightmare Moon simply wanted the night to last forever, she didn't care if ponies died in mass numbers, just as long as the night was there.

A whole world of lies exploded, leaving a trail of smoke and dust flying in each direction. Midnight's faith in his empress died out piece by piece, she had been using him just for this simple-minded goal that not even a pony of lower intelligence would come up with. She was but a spirit, an immaterial being inside another body listening to the stubborn wills of a confused mind. He had been so blinded by his own ideal, so tricked and fooled by himself. Obeying Nightmare Moon's commands so he could get the beautiful night for the price of how many lives? They must have been close to extinction if she really... over twenty years.

Another tear broke, soaking his cheek with a trail behind it. A knife of shame cut through his self-esteem, creating a scar so deep it almost hurt for real. This pain inside the crushed male could be felt from a distance, something Celestia understood. She didn't even want to know how it felt realizing that something you've believed and lived for your entire life was actually a lie. The humiliation and degradation he had suffered just for his goal, to find a purpose in life and be proud of it. All of that was gone now, proven in all ways possible how much wrong he had caused.

The kindhearted princess frowned, understanding no rest and comfort could reach his heart. It was her plan to show him the true path, perhaps even converting him from his old ways so he also could live with a smile in the rays of the sun. She didn't know if any more moral and pedagogy could help him. Instead she could only watch the strong unicorn breaking apart on the spot he rested on.

"Sister?" Luna spoke from nowhere with pleading eyes at the mentioned alicorn.

Celestia glanced back. "Yes?".

"Let me take care of him for a while..." she asked for, using a reassuring tone.

The bigger mare saw the dedication in her sister's cyan eyes, she knew what to do right now.

"Very well..." the white princess said and opened the castle door with her magic. One last look at the poor unicorn, beholding his broken spirit and lost confidence, then she walk away. As soon as she had left the scene, Luna focused all her attention on the crying stallion in front of her hooves. She leaned down to reach his ear sticking out from the dark blue mane.

"Come with me, Midnight Watcher..." her warm breath tickled the sensitive ear. And it actually helped relieving its owner. The male dried his tears and looked up at the divine beauty, noticing at once how resembling she still was to his old empress. But he didn't want to see her as such anymore, she was a lie, a living deceiver who only raised him to be blind. What could this mare she actually possessed offer that would ease his pain?

But as the fine princess smiled innocently, another pulse of relief waved through his senses. He didn't dare trust her yet, but giving her a chance wasn't impossible. Without the use of words, Midnight nodded and got up on his hooves, taking his time doing so. And once he was up, Luna glanced up at one of the higher towers of the huge castle. A spark ignited in her horn, expanding into a glimmer just the moment before she imitated her sister's teleportation spell. But instead of a shining white flash, the magic flowed out with a beautiful dark blue aura as it consumed both him and the caster.

In the next flash, Midnight looked around in the small room shaped like a cylinder. He understood after noticing the stained-glass art over the window that he had been brought to one of the towers you could see even from a distance. And judging by the cone-shaped ceiling, they were on the top level. However, he also saw the old-fashioned furniture consisting of a large mat with a fancy brand of the sun and moon drawn in an ancient way, the old four poster bed with a thin curtain hanging from the tall posters, the big full-body mirror on the stony wall and not to mention the very art decorating the glass on the windows. A field of ponies sleeping restfully under the beautiful night sky.

Midnight turned his head to see the dark blue princess making her way to that window, beholding it from a few meters distance in the small but cozy room. "Why have you brought me here...?" he asked, still a bit shaken and impatient.

Luna glanced over her shoulder, then tilted her head to signal he should come closer. The stallion found no reason why, so he placed himself right next to the slightly larger mare. It was indeed a beautiful piece of art, professionally painted several hundreds years ago, when this kind of art became popular. A total of eleven ponies sleeping on the yellowish green grass, above them was the darkened canopy colored as dark blue with a shade of cobalt around the glimmering spots of stars. A sense of relaxation and peace radiated from the painting.

"A thousand years ago, when I still ruled together with my sister... I sensed injustice when all the ponies played and laughed during my sister's day, and just slept during my night. I was not mature enough to understand how important and crucial that sleep my night gave was to the ponies of Equestria, nor could I see what would happen if it disappeared or remained eternal..." Luna began speaking with her eyes still locked to the painting.

Midnight turned to her, listening to the reasoning even though he didn't feel like it.

"Even though Celestia tried to convince me how wrong my behavior was, I refused to listen. It was the biggest regret of my long life, something that cost my subjects endless torture and suffering. But... I was so angry at that moment, so furious over the injustice that I didn't care. My will broke out, melding with my stubbornness into the very being that brought the ideas to my head. They were lies, but very convincing lies. Her extreme potential easily defeated me, taking over my body like nothing when its peak had been reached...".

She paused and looked at Midnight, getting trapped right into his slit-irises.

"If me and my sister's roles were reversed, she would also have fallen to Nightmare Moon's will...".

Midnight glanced at the painting and quickly turned back to the princess again. "I've already understood that my emp... Nightmare Moon was evil and strong, but what is your point with this?" he asked with a slight annoyance hanging over his tone.

"That you shouldn't be ashamed over your past, Midnight. Nightmare Moon had an unique influence on ponies, she knew how to manipulate even divine beings... so a mortal unicorn couldn't have been much harder" she explained and suddenly turned away from the window. She walked to the center of the cylinder room, right on the middle of the large mat, between the sun and the moon. The dark gray male turned around but remained where he stood.

"And now, when the dreaded spirit is gone once and for all... I'm back as co-ruler of this land, and I couldn't be happier to be with my sister again and watch my loyal subjects rest during the night. I even take on opportunities to travel, seeing if there's anything more I can do to help the innocent ponies... and it's my greatest pleasure to do so. They might not be aware of my deeds... but knowing they are rested and safe thanks to me is enough to make me smile".

She turned to Midnight again, smiling just like she just claimed to do. "And when I see you, Midnight Watcher, I can't help but feeling responsible for what you've lived with... and... well, one other thing too..." she said rather cryptically.

The unicorn cocked an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

Luna bit her lower lip and stepped closer to her company. A sudden presence of another ambiance invaded the room. In the next moment, she spoke again.

"I can't remember much during my time as my alter ego, but there are faint holes wherever I look. Some ponies are visible in my memories, some are not..." she had almost reached the male when a scarlet blush filled her dark blue cheeks. "But you, my little pony... are everywhere. When I look back, there is always a dark gray unicorn with the exact same eyes like yours, kneeling and smiling at me...".

Midnight widened his eyes as Luna stood right in front of him and took off her right fore hoof's shoe. Suddenly her naked hoof touched his mane, carefully stroking it down to his neck.

"Emotions and thoughts that are usually forbidden for a royal pony like me wakes up, ideas I'm not supposed to think of. They are there all the time, controlling my needs and will. I don't know why, but... they are strong when I look at you...".

Her eyes changed to a set more fitting in a bedroom, which she currently was in, and her voice got smoother with a sexy tone. It was not until then Midnight understood what was going on. That warm look of lusts he had seen before, the very same one the evil spirit had given him before. Was this a feeling she had left behind in her host? Was it actually a promise she intended on keeping ever since...

In the midst of his thoughts, the royal alicorn before him stepped out of her other crystal shoes, letting her hooves touch the floor like Midnight did. When she had reached the end of the blue mane, she moved the caressing hoof down to the dark gray chin and tilted it up to her level.

"One thousand years is a long time, don't you agree... my... servant?" she said with a warm grin, closing in on the unicorn's muzzle. Midnight couldn't move, his heart raced as his breathing accelerated. And before he knew it, the dark blue lips leaned up to his own, connecting ever so elegantly before developing into passion.

Midnight gasped inside Luna's mouth, she didn't waste any time with light smooches when her fire of desire engulfed from the little spark it received. With her open lips pressed to the male's, she let her tongue seek its partner in this moment, and find it she did. However, Midnight was still in shock from all of these sudden words and confessions, a thick layer of confusion covered his mind when the dark blue forelegs embraced his head and pressed him harder to the eager princess.

When Luna understood he wasn't going to cooperate, she disconnected with half-closed eyes at the dumbfound stallion.

"I don't know why, but... this is going to happen, no matter what" she stated seriously and focused magic from her horn. A shroud surrounded the unicorn and levitated him off the ground. Before he even could speak out of his mind, he flew with haste into the thin curtains around the four poster bed, landing less gently in the comfortable and well-made bed. And as soon as he sat up, the curtains were pushed aside again to let inside the princess too. She jumped up in the bed and pulled the curtains back after her.

A superior look from her cyan eyes. "Peasant... are you saying you don't... want me?" she then asked while taking of her little black crown hiding in the ethereal mane and unlatching the decorated chest piece from her neck. As the jewelry fell down to the bed, the dignified princess had nothing but the beautiful sapphire coat on her royal flesh.

Midnight gulped when he saw the stunning mare in all her grace. She was definitely more well-shaped than her already gorgeous sister, and when he thought about it, even sexier than Nightmare Moon. Thoughts such as how right and wrong this was flooded in his mind, fighting a war against each other until only one remained as the winner: right.

"No... I... I want... you..." he said reluctantly, unsure how to proceed in an act like this when he never before had felt the warmth of a mare or even been close to it either. After all, his thoughts had only surrounded the cruel mare who once ruled him. But as he spoke those words, Luna frowned in sadness as she got down on her stomach between the unicorn's thighs.

"Really?" she asked and glanced down between his spread hindlegs with a suddenly pleased smile. "I can see that now".

She lowered her lips to the growing erection and lapped gently over the tip, sending a strong signal of excitement as fuel to the male's perversion. To her great satisfaction, she saw the stallionhood getting harder, stiff enough for her to take it where she actually wanted it right now. The stallion yelped in a smooth moan when he felt the warm lips around his hardening pride. With a quick glance down his body, he confirmed that the princess had him in her mouth, sucking gently on the tip as she dragged her fore hooves over the tall shaft. The immense shot of ecstasy by that single grip was all needed to bring the male into full length, something the princess noticed when she was forced to open her mouth some more. In the end, she finally had the fully erect rod she sought for, covered in saliva.

Midnight tossed his head back on the soft pillow as the full grasp around his stallionhood became reality, a thrill electrifying him from the marrow of his bone to the coat on his skin. Luna, behaving like a starved beast, swallowed more of her partner's stiffness, wrapping her tongue all over it to extract the full taste. She bobbed her head up and down, filling her mouth to the brim before emptying it for a brief moment. Her own arousal came mercilessly like a flood of dirty thoughts through a broken dam of moral and dignity, she didn't want anything but to suck this piece of meat until she couldn't breathe anymore.

"P-princess! It... I don't... ahhh... just..." Midnight tried to say anything at all, but it just ended up as incoherent words leading nowhere. The intense work sucked out all ability to think and process, leaving him in the same position as the hungry mare enjoying her sexual supper.

The dark blue alicorn glanced up with the rod still stuffing her mouth, she smiled and paused by letting her genuine toy out. "Am I... really that good? My goodness, this is my first time..." she said with a hint of embarrassment. The male looked down at her, panting after the unexpected bliss bucking his head. He saw Luna as she continued stroking the throbbing erection with her right fore hoof, connecting their eyes in the meantime.

"Tell me, Midnight. Was I a... well... a bad princess? Were there things your empress did that made you..." Luna gulped in excitement. "... want to... punish her? Just make her regret what she did?".

Midnight didn't quite understand what she implied. "I... I don't know... what you're... talking about" he responded between the heavy breathings.

"Well, since Nightmare Moon actually was me... I thought... that I perhaps could bring some justice to her unfair ruling?" she suggested innocently as always.

The male narrowed his eyes at the jerking female, understanding where her logic rested, making it interpretable. And when he thought about it, there was a 'yes'. There were so many things he wanted to say to her. So many wishes and even more desire for revenge than he ever dared imagine. He had served that mare for so long only to finally realize she was nothing but a huge mistake.

A small kick went inside his mind, traveling down to all muscles as the wonderful fact exposed itself to him. His eye twitched, warning Luna what was about to happen now. In a strong jerk with his entire body, Midnight pushed aside the royal mare and got up on his hooves. His slit-irises narrowed, shrinking into hardly any visibility as the beast in his blood woke up.

"Yes, mistress..." he hissed with a grin and channeled up some basic magic from his horn. A long snare of magical substance shot at Luna, transforming into a sturdy rope which aimed for her forelegs. In a snap, they were both tied together behind her back, leaving her chest and stomach wildly bare.

She gasped in surprise, especially when the suddenly aggressive unicorn grabbed her body and turned her around, summoned another set of ropes and tied each end to her hindlegs and the four bed posters.

When Midnight finally was done, he beheld his fantasy finally being displayed in reality. The naked alicorn was laying with her head and upper body pressed to the bed while her hindlegs still stood up, leaving her voluptuous flank utterly exposed and defenseless in the air. She couldn't move her hindlegs since the ropes tied around her fetlocks prevented any movement. If she moved one way, the ropes would strain from the other direction, and since her forelegs were also suspended behind her back, she was completely downed and unable to change her position.

"Yes... there are a few things I'd like to do to you..." midnight finished and stared at the fine, pitch-black halves of the dark blue princess. Luna herself was really caught by surprise with this eagerness outmatching her own, but none the less fully aware how alluring all this quickly became. She felt so weak, but still comfortable. So helpless and still secure. She was most certainly pleased with this humiliating degradation and stance, enticing her to keep playing with a smirk.

"No, Midnight... n-not like this! I'm so sorry for everything, please just don't punish me!" she exclaimed with a use of desperation in her voice. This just turned on the heat in Midnight's body even more.

"Oh no, my 'empress'. You will know how it feels being the pony who has to look up for once!" he countered and unleashed a sadistic grin on his dark gray lips. At the very same moment, several ethereal lashes took physical shape around the unicorn, floating slowly to surround the princess' behind. He counted up to four of them, all meant to serve his payback while he enjoyed this lustful body. He mounted her, clenching his forelegs to her sides while leaning down to whisper in her ear sticking out from the floating mane.

"I will demand satisfaction for... every... single... day I had to serve under your command...".

Luna kept looking over her shoulder with a smile, but when she realized, aside from the millennium of stasis, that he had served ever since he was a foal, her glad expression changed into a disturbed shock.

"Oh..." she uttered in regret.

"Yes..." the other pony confirmed and summoned a gag from nowhere and quickly wrapped it over her mouth, sealing all ability to scream out loudly. Luna flinched, suddenly getting a little scared for real when her voice couldn't be head so well anymore. Sadly, it got even worse when a thick rag covered her eyes, blinding her with complete darkness. And at that moment, a rocket of fear and excitement burst from her primal instinct, causing a violent soak between her hindlegs.

Midnight controlled the magical lashes to swing them back, charging up with velocity as they all fell over the innocent body. A scared yelp escaped Luna's mouth when all four hit her at once, leaving bruises on her perfectly shaped flank. None of them hit Midnight since he knew exactly where to aim without missing.

A violent salvo of smacking noises filled the room's empty air, accompanied by the muffled hollers from the tortured mare. Midnight felt a pure load of ecstasy when he saw the beautiful scene, the alicorn he had been forced to serve for so long finally pushed down to her rightful place and punished for exactly each day she had brought submission to her servant's behavior.

This was a combined sensation for Luna, living through pain she couldn't predict on her aching flanks. They could suddenly hit here somewhere else, wound other parts of her body, perhaps even go for her most sensitive spot if she was unlucky enough. Her blush between the gag and blindfold was already clearly visible and her groaning was just a short distance away.

The sight was so arousing for Midnight that he couldn't resist, forcing his body to act after instinct and lean back a little. His still hard stallionhood squeezed out from between his thigh and her flank, pointing straight at the untouched flower covered by the magical tail. He pushed it aside in the background of the mean spankings and gently pressed his throbbing tip to the preciousness, causing Luna to open her eyes wide. She wanted to look back, but aside from the blindfold, the pain slapping her body constantly prevented such ideas to even turn her head even if it served no purpose, only allowing her to blush even harder when she understood somepony could see her virgin orifice.

Her marehood was glistening with love juice, partially thanks to the excitement she never had felt before. A little drip of the musky nectar fell to the bed sheets, proving just how ready she was to get rutted by a strong and dedicated stallion. And lucky as she was, this one mounting her wasn't really in the smaller league...

Midnight clenched his teeth and started pushing, breaking through the tight labia into the even tighter pink flesh. The princess arched her neck and moaned, struggling to aggregate the intense feeling in her sacred hole. But the stiff rod kept digging, going deeper and breaking through the moist inner flesh in its quest to go all inside. All air escaped his lungs when the mare's inner muscles suddenly squeezed his appendage like a hug, he paused for a moment to inhale fresh air before going any further.

Luna wanted to thank him for that. Even if the extreme pleasure took over her mind, the pain was still on a route to calm down and disappear. She could feel the small stains of blood mixing with her love juice, something she didn't really like in difference from everything else.

When the brief pause was over, Midnight kept pushing forward. He had a much easier time when he came to the part of Luna's love cave that had relaxed in time. In the next moment, he was sliding inside her, filling her more and more with his pride. The dominated female's eyes rolled back as she imagined how it looked inside her right now, all stuffed with hard meat in her fine marehood, going deeper just to enhance her lustful cravings.

Then, the unicorn gasped out as he felt the final wall blocking him: the womb. He looked down and saw his pelvis pressed to the pitch-black and dark blue rump. It was a sight he never thought would come, but here it was in all glory, telling him to just go to the next step.

It was not until then he realized the lashes had stopped spanking his victim. Using just a quick thought, they all moved up a little bit along the mare's back, starting a new series of rapid whips to the poor pony.

Luna squealed when the whips hit her spine, she didn't know where to go, she didn't know why, and she had no clue in Equestria if her heart could take this intense pleasure. Getting hurt by the quick doses of pain on her back and receiving even more pain from behind was so divine she couldn't put a name on it. But one thing was more than for sure: she wanted more.

And more she would get, because Midnight had finally decided to move on, pulling out his soaked pole of meat slowly to enjoy every second of this act. He groaned all the way out, tensing his body when the overcoming wish in his mind came back. Thus, he thrust inside again, gently rocking the royal equine until he pulled back again, then charged inside with more force. Luna enjoyed it far more than she thought she should, but in fact nothing mattered at all besides she getting her rightful punishment.

More fluids dripped down on the sheets as the sweet lovemaking increased in pace. Luna screamed through her muffling gag every time her womb got rammed and whimpered when the lashes hit her all at once. Her inner flesh twisted and turned, getting totally massacred by the mauling appendage as it slid in and out. The pleasure went on and grew hotter for each second, making it harder for both the lusting ponies to focus. The whips swung and missed, the hindlegs shivered and almost fell together. Soon they would all break apart and scream out their failure to proceed.

But just as Midnight slapped his crotch into the soft behind with all his inner might again, he experienced a strong exert moving down the spine. He knew what it was, and at that moment he felt that easy idea of just exclaiming his love to the mare he mounted.

Luna was there too, jerking her tied forelegs as much as she could without getting anywhere when the overwhelming sensation kidnapped her calm nature. She squealed faster and more rapid, jerking her pounded butt back and forth as much as she could to intensify the approaching explosions in her mind.

A vice around the dark blue waist so hard it hurt her, a whip so intense it ripped up her wounded skin, a scream so loud it deafened her, and finally a load so pleasing that she could have died on the spot. As the last thrust played out, both the male and the female cried out in pleasure when the ultimate outcome killed their needs. The male seed shot out, filling the stretched love hole for a moment until he managed to pull it out. A long gush of white goo rained over Luna's violated behind, covering it with stickiness in a decorative way like somepony had spilled ice cream on her.

And at that second when she felt the warm liquid on her fine flank, her horn finally acted to summon a small physical touch on her pink pearl. After just a second of stimulation to it, her body jerked in an electrocution thanks to the sweetness sucking out all needs. Her nether lips squirted out the female nectar all over the male's thighs. A perfect bliss caused her to let out a lengthy moan while the unicorn collapsed behind her.

A total drain of energy had surged through his body after that orgasm and absorbed every little drip of it, rendering him unconscious in his dreams filled with afterglow.

Five minutes later, the tied, gagged and blindfolded princess used her magic to dispel the magically summoned lashes and ropes together with the tools blocking her mouth and eyes. Her body could finally lay down on her side and rest as she sighed in relief.

"Well done, Luna..." somepony said from the only door leading into the cylinder room. The mentioned pony wasn't surprised to hear the voice, instead looked at the curtain getting pushed aside by that somepony's magic. In the doorway she saw the majestic Celestia walking up to the bed, glancing at the knocked-out unicorn before turning with a smile at her sister. Luna smirked back.

"I figured you had missed the heat from a stallion after all these years, but that you actually would come up with an idea like this is... a little more than I expected" Celestia stated with a chuckle afterward.

Luna rolled her eyes and snorted. "A thousand years IS a long time, big sister. And besides... I actually felt a little responsible for him. Nightmare Moon was after all just my alter ego, so I suppose her feelings for this pony had been inherited to me after her disappearance." she stated in a sad tone, frowning at the dark gray unicorn she pitied so much.

The elder mare understood what she talked about, thus simply smiled at her sister before the question she had in mind. "And you claimed you were a virgin because of...?".

The dark blue princess turned away from her sister and crept up to the fainted unicorn, curling up right next to him so she could feel his warmth. "I've actually never felt this tempted to mate with anypony before, I just wanted it to feel special for both of us. I don't think he deserved any better than this" she stated and nuzzled his cheek.

Celestia sighed, curious to know what she planned to do next. But she didn't found the time to ask before her sister already had answered. "I hope he will find peace in the end with us..." she ended and rested her head on Midnight's shoulder...

Several months later

Outside the front gate of the Canterlot palace during the youth of night, Shining Armor walked past a rather unusual carriage standing idle without any ponies to drag it. He was rather disturbed by the Gothic-like shape, especially the streamlined shapes of bat wings and the spear-like accents. Its center was built with low gravity, allowing one pony to sit while at least two others pulled the whole thing with heavy chains.

In usual cases he would wonder what the hay this meant, but since he knew what day it was there wasn't much to wonder about. And just when he looked over his shoulder, the pony he kind of expected to ride this appeared from the castle door.

"Well... hail, princess Luna. I suppose you're finally taking your first tour to Ponyville?" he said with his standard smile.

The dark blue mare walked with high knees and an even higher snout, doing her best to look as serious as possible while walking towards her carriage. "Yes, it is time we meet our subjects and present to them our true form! No longer shall thou remember their princess as Nightmare Moon!".

Shining noticed her archaic way of speaking, but knowing she had been doing her best to learn it again, he didn't think it was necessary to point it out. Instead he looked back at the empty carriage with an idea in mind. "Do you want me to call in two pegasi for your carriage?".

Luna smirked as she got up on her seat in the horror-looking wagon, giving the white stallion next to her on the ground nothing but a mere glance. Shining thought this was going to be an awkward moment until he felt a hoof touching his shoulder from behind.

"This isn't your area, captain. Why don't you go back to your dear Celestia?" a male voice Shining recognized said, bringing him to look over his shoulder to see the other stallion touching him.

Dressed in the opposite colors of the standard royal guard, a dark gray unicorn with the most terrifying irises smiled evilly at him. It was a signal for him to get lost, which the white unicorn understood. With nothing else to say, he walked away, shivering a little over the presence that duo gave.

Meanwhile, Luna cocked an eyebrow at the captain of her personal guards. Her voice and way of talking changed for that brief moment. "Where are your recruits?".

The unicorn now known as captain Midnight Watcher looked around until he heard two ponies approaching through the air. He glanced up and saw two pegasi heavily resembling him with their dark gray coats and slit-irises. The only thing that separated him from them was the fact that he was a unicorn and they were pegasi. As soon as they landed and folded their dragon-like wings, Midnight snorted in disappointment.

"So now you finally decided to arrive?" he said in a disciplined and scolding way. The two ponies just bowed their heads in apology, hoping to not awake their captain's anger like they had once before. And they were lucky.

"I can listen to your excuses later, so you don't have to come up with any yet. Now form up!".

The two recruits flinched at the harsh volume, but quickly charged away to mount the heavy chains on the carriage to their armor. Once they were correctly connected, they awaited the signal to go. It was Luna's duty to do that, but she felt like exchanging a few words with the leader of her guards before that.

"Do you think this will work?" she asked with nervous frown.

"Without a doubt, my empress. They will love your appearance today. Just remain strong and self-confident" Midnight replied.

"Hmm... what if I..." Luna said and focused her horn to summon a bunch of magical bats, transforming them into a gray cape and hood covering her body. "... use this?" she then ended.

Midnight grinned reassuringly. "Now they simply can't mistake you for your alter ego".

Luna smiled, trusting her captain's words. He was the only one she trusted when it came to preparing for this day, the day when she once and for all would destroy the last images her subjects held of her as an evil princess. She wanted them to love her for who she was now and nothing else. She pulled up the hood over her head turned her head to the recruits.

"GO!".

And with that, the ponies unfolded their wings and charged away into the thick clouds of Nightmare Night, a day she hopefully soon would change. Midnight watcher followed the carriage with his eyes, hoping to never lose sight of his beloved empress even though she soon disappeared in the distance. He smiled, knowing princess Luna would make a great appearance today.

The night moved on, and the dark gray unicorn looked straight up in the air to behold what he loved the most. A beautiful night sky, that kind of sky he remembered from his childhood...

The reason behind his name glimmered in the sky.

The end

Author's Note:

First of all, I'm not native English, so you can't expect of me to be good at archaic English? Oh well, I did my best...

Well, this ought to be my longest chapter ever. I could have split it into three pieces, but that would have effed everything up further. I let you guys have a cliffhanger in the first chapter so you could pause before going on to the next one... but whatever, here it is.

And by this... my commission to darksmirk is finished! Now I will write a few more one-shots and THEN finally go back to updating Ponyville's Lusts and Tears of Ecstasy.

It was a nice change to write this story and it tested me a bit to involve another genre than just romance (or should we be honest and say clop?). However, you might understand NOW why this was mature tagged. Pity, really... this could have been my first story rated Teen aside from "Where dreams can't reach" and more people would probably have read it.

BUUUUT, then we come to the bizarre realization that people probably likes me more for my nsfw art than my sfw ^^'

Anyhow, hope you guys liked reading this, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND COMMENTING, and I hope to see you guys in my next installment!

Brohoof on ya all!