Child of the Night

One week before Nightmare Moon’s banishment…

Stone was what Discord was trapped in, and I always shook my head as I walked passed him in the castle courtyard.

“I don’t know why mother keeps this tacky thing here.” I mutter as I walk through the courtyards in my mother’s eternal night. Mother was the Princess of this land Equestria, and I was her son Osiris Eclipse. I wasn’t a pony like mother was, and I came from another world entirely.

Mother had found me in her star pond on one of her lonely nights. She told me that she had seen a bright light coming from her pond when she came to find me instead of something different. That was thirteen years ago before she became enraged at our subjects for sleeping through her beautiful nights.

Now Mother preferred to call herself Nightmare Moon, instead of Luna Eclipse. I being her son, and sharing her pain of the long and lonesome nights, understood.

Mother has a sister, and she is my aunt Celestia. She was the ruler of the day. She was the pony all of our subjects knew so well, but nopony knew very much about our mother.

“Prince Osiris.” One of Mother’s night guards calls to me.

“Yes?” I ask as I stop walking.

“Your mother wishes to see you.” He tells me.

“Thank you for giving me this information.” I reply as I turn to go to the throne room.

“What could Mother want?” I ask myself as I entered the Everfree Castle. I contemplated this thought as I made my way to the throne room.

“Osiris, it is good to see you my child.” Mother says as I enter the throne room. I walk up and give her a hug.

“It is always great to see you Mother.” I reply as I pull away.

“You always are so kind to me, and I would be so alone without you.” She tells me.

“I understand Mom, but may I know why you summoned me?” I ask her.

“Yes, it seems Celestia is trying to see us again, and I would like your opinion on the matter as to if we should allow this.” She tells me. I scowl at Celestia’s name, but then think of the possibility of me reuniting the two sisters, and giving our subjects the warmth that my Mother’s beautiful moon cannot give.

“We should let her come to us in a week so we can prepare if she brings anypony with her.” I say after I was done thinking of my plan. Mother brings a metal shod hoof up to her chin.

“Are you sure?” She asks. I think for a few more seconds before nodding.

“Yes, we could even get her to surrender if we do things right.” I reply. This got mother to smile.

“You’re planning something aren’t you my child?” Mother asks. I chuckle.

“Yes, I am, but we will see if it works. Should I prepare my armour just in case she brings her guards?” I ask. Mother nods.

“Yes dear child of mine. I don’t want you to be hurt.” Mother says as she wraps me in one of her black wings.

“Very well Mother. I am going to go prepare for the visitor before I get some rest. Good night Mother.” I say as I give her another hug.

“Sleep well my child of darkness.” She tells me before I pull away, and head out to do what I needed to do. After I had done that I hit the lunar emblem on my armour, and it turns back into its medallion necklace form, and I went to my chambers to sleep.

It was exactly one week later when Celestia was due to visit us. I was in my armour by my Mother’s side, waiting at the front gates for Celestia to arrive.

I spotted her chariot being pulled by two Pegasi guards in golden armour as it came to a halt in front of the castle. I looked Celestia over to see that she had new jewellery adorning her body. She was wearing a different tiara that had six different colored gems set in it, and as soon as she saw Mother they started to glow.

I pulled out my sword, and got into a fighting stance as a rainbow flew at mom. I swung my blade at the incoming beam of magical energy, and it went around my sword, and hit my Mother. Mother yelled in pain as she was shot skyward towards her moon. I could only watch in tears as my Mother was sealed on the moon.

“How could you?” I ask Celestia as I recovered from my shock, and now started to feel anger. My armor, sensing my rising anger, turned fully black as I started towards Celestia.

“How could you!?” I yell at her.

“It was my only choice.” She tells me as tears form in her eyes. This got my anger to turn into sorrow as I see that Celestia had done this as a last resort for our subjects.

“How long is she to be there?” I ask her as tears stream down both of our faces.

“One thousand years.” She answers as she starts to shake in sorrow. I drop to my knees, knowing I would never see my Mother again.

The stone spell of the elements, and those are what Celestia used on Mother. I thought.

“Please turn me to stone.” I whispered as I moved one of my legs into a kneeling position.

“What did you say?” Celestia asks me.

“I said please turn me to stone so I can see her again.” I say louder as sobs wrack my body. I had the tip of my sword on the stone ground and my head was bowed.

“I… okay Osiris, but only because I can’t bear to see you so sad.” Celestia says as the elements powered up again.

“For a united Equestria.” I say before the power of the elements of harmony hit me, and I am magically turned to stone, my mind hibernates until I am freed from my self-wanted prison.