Chapter 9: Enchanted by the Moon

Luna guided me to a nearby guest bedroom, which was to be her bedroom till everything was fixed. After entering and closing the door behind us, Luna flew up and lay down on the bed as she was before the roof collapsed, "Now, where were We? Ah, yes, We believe that We can help thou with thy repairs and possibly make some... Improvements,"

I raised my eyebrow, "You are able to identify what metals my chassis is comprised of and repair my hind hooves, as well as making improvements?" Luna nodded, "How will you be making improvements?"

Luna hesitated, "Thou... Remember Our... The armour that Nightmare Moon wore?" I quickly scanned the various files I had of that moment, "I have only vague ideas of what it looked like, but yes, why?"

"That armour was crafted by Nightmare Moon and enchanted using the powers of Our moon. It is because of this fact that Nightmare was so powerful when Sparkle and her friends confronted her. The armour amplifies the wearer's magical abilities while in Our moon's light,"

I nodded in understanding, "But would the armour not have been destroyed when Nightmare Moon was purged?"

Luna shook her head, "Nay, the armour is made from the materials of Our moon, thus it remains in tact. The enchantments laid on the metal however, were broken. This does not matter, as We are able to imitate the enchantments that were laid on the metal. But Nightmare used dark magic when weaving the enchantments, that is why her power was so raw. We will not use dark magic when We weave the enchantments, the power will be more focused and easier to control,"

"You are saying you would use this armour on my chassis? Despite it being made from pieces of your moon?"

"Despite what We may say, the moon does not belong to Us alone. It belongs to all beings that willingly stand in its reflected light. But either way, We cannot simply return the armour to the moon. Powerful magic was used to send Us to the moon and powerful magic was used to send Nightmare back. It would take an equally if not more powerful magic to send the armour back to the moon. We cannot simply let this armour lie around for anyone to use. We believe you will take good care of it, using its power in the way it should be used," the shadows beside the door to the room shifted and a bat pony appeared, holding a rectangular box upon its back with its wings outstretched to balance it.

The bat pony approached Princess Luna, and she lifted the box from his back, nodding to him. He bowed and left the room as Luna opened the box. I looked inside, my optics quickly adjusting from the unexpected glow coming from the armour. It looked exactly as it did when Nightmare Moon was purged, albeit slightly black around the edges.

"Why does it glow?" I asked, frowning as I turned to Luna, "The moon does not produce its own light, therefore the armour should not be glowing,"

Luna simply shook her head, "What thou says is true, however the moon is special. It reflects all light it is given, regardless of how little. This armour, when enchanted, will have its dormant powers awakened. We can place only 4 enchantments on the armour, one being taken by the enchantment that will be placed upon it, the name of the enchantment is 'Lunam lumine', 'tis Latin for Moon's Light. This leaves 3 enchantments, wouldst thou have Us place any enchantments other than the one?"

I shook my head, "I do not wish to be a nuisance, Princess. I cannot think of any other enchantments I would need or want for that matter,"

Luna closed the box and placed it beside her, "Very well, you may simply contact Us if you wish to have another enchantment placed upon the armour, We can place an enchantment on the armour at any time, but as We said before, the armour can only take 3 more enchantments,"

I nodded, "Very well, thank you, Luna. At what time can the repairs be made?"

Luna smiled, "Immediately," she got off the bed and began walking towards the door, levitating the armour with her and me following behind.

I had to have some of my parts removed for the armour to be put on properly, I wasn't entirely comfortable with being taken apart by ponies I don't even know, but I knew I was safe with Princess Luma there watching over the entire thing. Problem was I had to guide them through each part, some ponies left after the first parts of me being taken apart, probably couldn't handle being guided by a decapitated robot pony head, figures. Honestly, ponies gawking at my circuitry is pretty much what I expected, but they were fairly professional about what they did, though a few of the stallions chuckled amongst themselves as they disconnected various cables from my rear end, the foals.

Despite this, it was over quickly, the armour fit almost perfectly onto my chassis. Parts of the armour had to be cut off to get it to fit properly, but the parts that were cut off were melted with the metal that was used to repair my hind hooves, Luna said it shouldn't hinder the armours effects too much, though I had to wonder.

With new armour, a moon on my chest and blue-tinted hind hooves I was ready to go.

Author's Note

Sorry for the short chapter, I had trouble, kept getting stuck on the simplest of parts.

Credit to SkyDaz for giving me the translation for Moon's Light, 'Lunam lumine'