Child of the Night

After my telling of the past, Celestia and I set off to Sugarcube Corner for some breakfast. We both got there with more than a few surprised looks, but they weren’t the looks of fear I was used to from the ponies. Instead I was getting looks of joy, and friendliness.

This threw me for a loop as I was used to being scorned by the solar ponies. These new reactions caused another memory to float back to my attention.

*#*

I’m with mother as we visit one of the few settlements that the ponies have across the world, and watch in slight annoyance as solar ponies cower and hide from us.

Mother took notice, and drapes a wind around me. I give her a small smile to show that I appreciated her concern, but then growled as we watched an earth pony stallion stand in front of the carriage.

“Osiris, our son, please remove this foal from our presence.” Mother tells me. I nod before stepping off of the carriage, and walking to the stallion.

“We command thee to step aside for the princess.” I tell the pony. He snorts before spitting at my boots.

“We give thee one chance to apologize for that before we slaughter thee and have us a well-deserved meal.” I growl at him. I see fear cross his eyes for a brief moment, but then it was replaced by rage.

“I will not move for this false Princess.” He snarls at me. I sigh before unsheathing my blade.

“We were hoping not to do this, but thou left us no choice.” I say before teleporting to his side, and decapitating him in one swing of my sword. I then use my magic to push the corpse out of the way before heading back to the carriage.

*#*

“Osiris? Equestria to Osiris.” I blink a few times before seeing Spike in front of me trying to get my attention.

“Yes Spike?” I ask him as I come back from my past horrors.

“You’ve been asked for your order.” He tells me. It was then that I notice that I am at a table with my aunt, Twilight, and Spike. I quickly scanned the menu before looking to the waitress to see Pinkie Pie.

“I’ll have three Muffins. One blueberry, one raspberry, and one of your choosing.” I tell her, “For a drink I would like a tall glass of… come closer please.” I tell the pink mare. Pinkie steps up next to me, and I slide my secret bottle of liquid moonlight into her mane.

“That is what I would like, but don’t taste any of it, for it will knock you on your rear faster than any other drink on Equis.” I whisper to her. She giggles before nodding, and walking away.

“Osiris, what was in that bottle?” Twilight asks me.

“A special drink that will only affect solar ponies like a deadly alcohol would, but is like tasting pure joy to a lunar ponies, and will help in my recovery.” I tell her.

“Okaaay… Princess do you know what he is talking about?” She asks, clearly not knowing what it was that I gave Pinkie.

“Yes, and I thought I had put a ban on that drink.” Celestia tells me with a stern glare. I roll my eyes.

“Yes you did for all of your solar ponies, but if I remember right, mother never banned its consumption for the lunar ponies.” I tell her with a small smirk.

“When Luna took her extended vacation I rewrote all laws that she had over the land to equally cover all ponies, so the drink was marked as illegal, and was completely removed from history, or so I thought.

“You’re just angry because when you try to make a similar drink it ends up being inconsumable.” I tell her.

“If it’s not too much trouble, but what are you too talking about?” Twilight asks us both.

“Don’t tell her nephew.” Celestia warns me. I smirk.

“I would never tell her of your special drink.” I say with a sly smile. Celestia sighs in relief, “But that won’t stop me from telling her about mine.” I say before hitting my medallion, and preparing to be lashed out at by my aunt.

“That is fine, but do not tell her about my special liquid.” She tells me. I shrug before hitting the emblem on my armor, and sitting back into my wheelchair.

“So what is it?” Twilight asks.

“Before my mother was banished I figured out a way to turn moonlight into a drinkable liquid, and after experimentation, of all types of ponies I found that only the lunar ponies could consume it safely. The drink has various effects on all three types of lunar ponies. The necromancers gained enhance magic regeneration, the bat ponies got increased agility, and perception, and the vamponies gained incredible strength. However for me it acts like a healing potion, but a magical one.” I tell her.

“Wow, that’s what this does?” Pinkie asks before setting all of our food down in front of us, as well as joining us at the table. Pinkie hoofs me my bottle back, and I put it back into my hidden pocket.

“Yes, you won’t believe how long it took me to perfect.” I say before I grab my first muffin, or at least I thought I did before I am tackled by a grey, and gold blur.

“Ugh, what hit me?” I ask as I roll out from under my wheelchair, before tipping it back onto its wheels.

“Oops my bad.” I hear a soft, yet cute voice say. I look to the owner of said voice, and see a grey, and blonde pegasus mare. Her eyes are golden, but slightly crossed. I chuckle at her voice, as it had a certain quality to it that I had rarely heard.

“It’s okay, but could you possibly move off of me, so I can finish my breakfast?” I ask the mare.

“Sure!” She tells me with a big smile before moving off of me. I sit up before slowly pulling myself up back into my wheelchair, and retaking my seat.

“Are you okay?” The mare asks me. I nod before picking up my raspberry muffin, and pulling the top off. I hear the mare take a sniff. She then lets out a sigh.

“I take it you like muffins?” I ask the mare. She nods. I smile before looking over to Pinkie.

“Hey Laughter, I wish to order something.” I tell her. Pinkie perks up before saluting with a giggle.

“What do you want Osiris?” She asks me.

“I want one giant Muffin of this kind young mare’s favorite flavor.” I tell her.

“Gotcha, One giant Blueberry muffin comin’ right up.” Pinkie says before bouncing into the kitchen of Sugarcube corner.

“Prince, why did you order a giant muffin?” Twilight asks me.

“That would be telling Twilight.” I say with a sly smile. I hear my aunt Celestia giggle to herself.

A minute later Pinkie walks out with the biggest muffin I have ever seen. She sets it in front of me, and I pick it up, and hold it out to the wall eyed mare.

“Here you go.” I say to her.

“Are you sure?” She asks me. I smile even more before placing the muffin on her back.

“Yes, now go have a great day.” I tell her. Her eyes light up before she gives me a hug all the while repeating ‘thank you’ over and over again. I chuckle as the mare pulls away.

“You’re welcome now go have a great day.” I tell her with a big smile.

“I will, thanks mister.” She says before leaving the store. I chuckle when she’s gone before I resume my meal. Celestia has a smile on her lips as she resumes eating as well.

“Osiris, that was very kind of you.” Twilight says as she starts on her meal as well.

“I only did that because that mare reminds me of one of my friends. He had his eyes crossed like that at birth, and had a very similar attitude.” I say as I finish my raspberry muffin. I then lift my glass with the pure white liquid that slightly glows to my lips, and take a few sips.

I feel magic course through my body, and feel all of my soreness, and pain leave entirely. I sigh as I set my glass down again.

“Much better.” I say before I remove the top off of my next muffin. I was about to take a bite from my muffin when Tinnuchon bursts into the bakery.

“My Lord, Luna has awakened, and need you immediately!” He shouts with worry in his voice. I stand up from my wheel chair before very calmly saying, “It was nice to eat with you Twilight, but I must bid you farewell.” I then walk over to Tinnuchon before he teleports us both into my mother’s room.

What I see is horrifying. Dark magic was coursing into my Mother, and she was reverting back into Nightmare Moon.

“What, how?” I ask as I stand there in shock for a second before what I see processes fully.

“NO! WE WILL NOT LOOSE YOU A SECOND TIME!” I shout in the royal voice before I start syphoning the dark magic as fast as I could into myself.

“No m-lord, allow me to do this!” Tinnuchon shouts to me.

“NAY ELF FOR WE ARE ONE WITH THE NIGHT’S DARKEST SIDE!” I say in a magically amplified voice as the magic flowing into my mother now flows to me instead. My magic stores were now burning with the power I was obtaining from whatever was influencing Luna. This causes me to scream in pain at the top of my lungs. With the magic amplifying my voice the windows to the room all shattered, and the door to the room cracked.

Once my scream was done I whited out from magic over-storage.