“Shh, it’s okay.” Silver whispers to me as I mourn my old friend. I don’t reply as I continue my sobbing.

“Shh-sh-sh.” Silver says as she gently rubs my back.

It takes me a few minutes to calm down before I pull back and give Silver a kiss.

“Thank you my love.” I tell her before getting to my feet. She grabs my left hand with a soft smile.

“It’s what I was made for.” She tells me before giving me a kiss. I return it for only a few seconds before I pull away and look to Tinnuchon.

“Lead us to my mother please.” I say to him. He bows his head to me before opening the door for me and Silver. We all exit my room before I follow Tinnuchon down the halls of the hospital.

The three of us stop in front of two guards that are guarding my mother's room.

“She’s been waiting for you Prince.” The guard to the right says. I nod in an answer before making my way in, leaving Silver, and Tinnuchon outside of the room.

Mother was sitting up against the head board, reading a book. The door closing causes her to look up to see who entered her room.

When she sees me the book is dropped before tears form in her eyes. I take the step over to my mother’s bed before I embrace her for the first time in a millennium.

“I’m so sorry my dear son. Can't thou ever forgive me?” she asks me. Fresh tears fall from my eyes as I hold her close to me.

“Thou never even had to ask. I always felt thine anger for those that slept away thine nights.” I reply in a soft voice that cracked at the end. It was then that I felt the first tear of my mother’s fall onto my shoulder.

“I m-m-missed thou so mu-u-u-u-uch.” She cries into my shoulder.

“I missed thee just as much dear mother.” I tell her with a miserable tone before we just hold each other for what seemed like eternity. When we pulled away it was all but too soon. Before I could say something Mother pulls me into another hug as her crying comes to a slow halt.

“It’s going to be okay from now on my dear mother, for I will never let thou be alone ever again if that is thine wish.” I softly tell her before pulling away again.

“I was so worried that I wouldst never see thee again Osiris.” She says with pure happiness in her tone.

“Don’t be worried, for I wilt always find a way to be with thee, even after I’m gone.” I tell her with a smile. She smiles to me as well before seeing my new appearance.

“Osiris, what has happened to thee?” She asks me with confusion in her voice.

“While thou were recovering, dark magic tried to return thee to thine nightmare form, but I absorbed it all for thine safety. These,” I say pointing at my wings and fangs, “Are the result of mine actions.”

“Doth thou wish to keep these changes my son?” Luna asks.

“Not the fangs, but I would like to keep the wings if possible.” I say before the door to her room opens and in walks Celestia with worry drawn on her face, followed by Silver, and Tinnuchon. When Celestia sees us both she bursts into a happy smile and tears.

“Luna.” She whispers as she embraces my mother.

“Tia.” Luna says with the same tone.

“My family.” I whisper to myself as I watch my two other family members hug.

“It’s been far too long Luna.” Celestia says as they separate from each other.

“That it has sister… that it has.” My mother replies before looking to Tinnuchon. She tilts her head.

“Si no krii?” She asks in the elven tongue.

“Tinnuchon laas kro vahn.” He replies with a bow. My mother smiles before looking to me.

“When did my son find thee?” My mother asks Tinnuchon.

“It was when he and the new bearers of elements of harmony were moving to find the elements.” He replies as he stands up again.

“I see. I thank thee elf for thine loyalty.” Luna says as Celestia moves back next to me.

“Milord, I wish to return home to tell my people of the great news.” Tinnuchon tells me. I look to him with a knowing smile.

“Very well my friend. Go spread the word that the Lunar princess has been restored, and returned home, and that I will be visiting soon.” I tell him. He returns my smile before teleporting back to the hidden elven city he came from.

“I guess a party is in order.” I hear Pinkie say as she pops into the room from out of nowhere. I am momentarily dumbfounded at this, as I had been to her bakery earlier this day. I shook my head before smiling at what she had suggested.

“Perhaps, but not now.” Celestia says before mother looks to the pink pony in mild confusion.

“How did thou get in here pink one?” Mother asks.

“That’s a secret.” Pinkie pie answers in a playful matter.

“Laughter, thou should spread the good news to thine friends. I’m sure my mother would like to rest some before her celebration.” I say, trying to get the pink enigma out of the room so I could spend time with my family.

“Oh good idea. When would you like your party Princess?” Pinkie asks my mother.

“I’ll send someone to tell thee when.” I reply, as I see my mother longing for sleep.

“Okay, see you soon Prince.” She says before bouncing into what I could swear was a closet of some kind before she is gone… for now.

“I don’t think I’ll ever understand that mare.” I say as I shake my head before turning back to my Aunt, and Mother.

“Osiris, wear is Silver?” Mom asks me. I blink a couple times before looking right at the girl in question.

“Silver?” Luna asks my friend.

“Mom?” She asks. Silver always considered my mother to be hers as well, and Celestia was her ‘mother’ as she helped in her creation.

“My dear Silver.” Mother says before the two embrace for the first time in one thousand years. Most of which Silver spent hibernating.

“I missed thou so much.” Silver says as they continue to hold each other. I glance at my aunt. She has a happy, but sad smile on her lips.

“We’re together again… aren’t we?” She asks me. My mind returns to the note Clockwork left for me.

“Almost.” I say as I adjust my hidden blade.

“What is wrong my nephew?” Celestia asks me. I sigh as I place the ring to my blade on my finger.

“Clockwork left me a note, along with a gift before he died.” I say as I pull my right sleeve up, and show her the device I was given.

“What is it?” she asks me.

“A hidden blade.” I say before flexing my hand back, causing the blade to extend with the high ring of metal on metal. This gets the attention of the other two, and all three gasp at the pure elven steel that the blade was made of. I carefully retract the blade before taking the ring off, and watch as it floats back into its slot on the verrabrace.

“That was pure elvish steel.” Silver says. I nod before I hold the note I was given out, and activate the dormant spell on it once more.

“My friend,” The glow on the letter pulses with Clockworks voice once more, “if you are hearing this it means you have finally received my last creation. The hidden blade, I had drawings for this in mine work room ten years after thou were imprisoned in stone. I made this device only once, and left the designs, and blueprints, in mine workshop that I will be sealing shut, with me in it, with a spell that only thou know my young friend.” Tears sting my eyes as I listen to my friend’s voice once more. His coughs like a canon firing at my chest.

“I am not going to last much longer my friend. After thou open my workshop thou will hear from a much younger me. This spell has been a godsend Osiris. Find my workshop to learn more, and to please lay me to rest in the way we promised each other.” Another long coughing is heard.

“If only I could hear thy voice one last time my friend. Farewell Osiris, Prince of Darkness.” I have tears streaming down my face once more, as does Luna, and Silver. Celestia seems confused more than anything.

“Who was that?” Celestia asks me.

“That was the greatest engineer of all time, and my closest friend. That was the elven grandmaster of the forge, Clockwork Smith. He created devices, and machines that others only dreamed of. This hidden blade is his last creation.” I say before I pocket the note once more.

“And the spell that is on it?” She asks me.

“It’s one of my own. Tis a delayed message spell that I created when I was five for my friends to use as a means of communication over time. It lets the caster create a voice message that only plays when its recipient gives it a small hint of magic.” I say as I dry my tears.

“My son… he sounded frail, and old.” Luna comments as she slowly stands out of her bed. I am immediately by her side to ensure that she doesn’t fall. She smiles to me as thanks, but stands without help.

“I suspect that these were his last words.” I say as I flex my wings a bit before looking out the window, and into the sky that was slowly turning crimson. I take a deep breath before letting it out a few seconds later.

“It is almost time to set the sun, and raise the moon.” I say with a somber tone as I notice the time of day. Mother looks outside and sighs. I hear this and turn to my mother.

“What is wrong my mother?” I ask her with concern laden in my voice. She shakes her head.

“I won’t do it tonight.” She says as tears pool in her eyes.

“Won’t what?” I ask her as I move to embrace her. She steps away from me.

“I won’t raise the moon… I won’t because of her. Because I’m ashamed of what I had become.” She whispers the last sentence. I growl at her words.

“That is not what your thousands of soldiers screamed as they protected your republic as they rushed into battle. The elves never believed that for a single second you would give up on them, and vice versa. The infant you found in your garden of shadows would never have survived had you not been the mare you were when you adopted him into your life.” I say to her.

“My republic is long dead, and my soldiers-“

“Are waiting for their Princess to return and guide them once more to victory, and honor.” Celestia says with a small smile, knowing what I was trying to do.

“That young man you took under your wing would never have received a lover had the night not been there to seal his love for the person he had in his eyes.” Silver says, with a small knowing smile.

“And my mother, the mare who guided me through the hidden cities to my mentor in magic, would never leave my side, would never feel ashamed of what she was born to do. The mother that kept me company on the nights that I woke from terrors in my mind, and that mare, who would never refuse to raise her pride into the sky for her dear subjects to see, protected me when I discovered my powers that had never been seen before.” I say to her. She had a determined look on her face, but when she saw the setting sun her face fell again.

“But that mare would have never abused her power like she did; never would she have tried to harm her subjects by freezing her kingdom in the moon’s pale glow. She never would have turned to her dark side, and be forced to leave her children, sister, and friends alone for a whole millennia.” Luna says before she lies back down on her bed. I growl at this.

“I will not allow the mare that has raised me this far to forget what she was born to do. You are the Princess of the night, and I am your son. If I raise the moon tonight when you are very much capable of doing so, then I will be ever so let down.” I say to my mother. My anger was starting to show, but I beat it back into submission before looking to my mother.

“Raise the moon to show the ponies that have never seen a true night, what its beauty is truly supposed to be. Show Equestria that the true princess of night has returned by giving them the most beautiful night sky they will see in the years to come. Give them a reason to celebrate your return.” I tell her as I look back out the window to see that the sun has paused over the horizon, waiting to be set.

“All of you are right, and you most of all my child of darkness.” Luna says with a smile before she stands out of her bed once more.

“Osiris, I think it is time that you came with me while I raise the moon, and realign the stars once more.” My mother says as her mane begins to flow like it used to. Her power flowing unimpeded of her emotions. I smile with my family members’ as we win this small battle, before I feel my power surge unexpectedly.

“AAAAHHH!” I shout as my magic flows into my body, causing even more changes to my enchanted form. My forehead feels as if someone had pushed a morning star through it, and my wings burn as my magic forces mutations into my genetics. I feel my fangs retract to a more manageable length. My eyes sting and I watch the shadows in the room retreat back to their sources. I feel my hair start to wave in a breeze that only it was affected by.

I am left panting after my magic calms. I look over my shoulders to see that pure pitch black feathers have grown over my wings silky membrane, and they seemed to absorb light, causing them to look even darker.

“My son, art thou okay?” My mother asks me. I nod as I try to stand. I manage to get to my feet without too much trouble. I extend my hidden blade to look at myself in the reflection to see that my hair had grown to about two feet long, and glitters similar to my mother’s, save for my hair having turned a pure black, with a few streaks of bright silver. I see that my purple eyes now softly glow, but now they are slit, like a snake, or serpent. I run my tongue gently across my teeth to find that they have returned to their normal length, and sharpness. The next thing I see makes me cut my hand on my hidden blade as it retracts.

“How did I gain a horn?!” I shout as I look at the sharp, spiraling bone protruding from my head to end in a point at a decent eight inches long. It was a fading dual color. The base started black, and slowly transition into a shining silver at the end.

“It seems you have absorbed enough alicorn magic, be it dark or light, that it has given you pony-like qualities, and since you absorbed your mother’s dark magic, you have gained traits similar to Nightmare Moon. Your wings and eyes are evidence of that. Your mane now flows, showing that you have an even larger pool of magic to pull from, as the excess made it grow out, and flow.” Celestia says as her horn glows with a spell she casted to see what it was to change in me. Her spell also heals my hand closed. I smile as thanks.

“So, does that mean that I’m now half alicorn?” I ask her with hope in my eyes.

“As it stands to be proven you might very well be.” She says with a small smile, all of us were happy that I had at least a lengthened lifespan.

“Back to the task at hand though.” I say, looking back to my mother.

“Yes, let us go bring relief to our land.” Luna says with a smile. I follow her out the door, and we continue out of the hospital.

“Do you remember the song?” She asks me. I smile, knowing that my mother sang as she brought in the night. She giggles at my smile.

“Good, can you fly?” She asks me. I smirk before stretching my wings, and launching into the air before using the momentum to fly just over a nearby cloud, and landing on it. I then jump, and destroy the cloud, and spread my wings to slow my descent before landing next to my mother.

“So you can, but enough talking. Shall we sing?” she asks me.

“You lead, and I’ll follow.” I answer before summoning my magic, and pulsing it outward in a silencing spell. My spell sweeps across Equestria, causing all sounds, but our voices, to be silenced. Mother looks to me before motioning for me to start our song.
“In my mind, there are dreams so real, nightmares rule my day…” I start as I take to the sky, “I’m a stranger towards others, and they cannot see my pain.” My mother joins me in the sky before her horn begins to glow, causing the sun that is hovering over the western horizon to begin to sink.

“Troubled thoughts on my chest, holding this façade.” She follows my verse, “Cast out to the rejects, we’ll curb the order that casts us out as odd.” She looks to me before we amplify our voices with our magic, causing music to flow from our power.

“We are free when your friends and kin believe in your true self, bearing hope, and health.” We sing together. Ponies in Ponyville are looking up to watch us, and the moon begins to peak over the eastern horizon.

“In the night we breathe, tucked away in dreams, where bodies can’t hold our souls.” I smile before amplifying our voices even more, causing the very air to dance along to our song.

“Sailing through the storm, the stars will lead us home. With this goal, our minds stay whole.” The moon is now halfway over the eastern horizon, and the sun is completely set.

“Patience has me dreading their feelings and thoughts…” Mother begins the next verse. I can see that we have the attention of the entire town below us.

“Yet I must keep seeking, my rightful place is not fixed like stars.” I conclude before we start the final verse together.

“We are free when your friends and kin believe, in your true self bearing hope and health.” I can hear other sounds starting to interfere with our song, so I send another pulse to hush them once more.

“In the night, we breathe tucked away, in dreams where bodies can’t hold our souls.” I see mother realign the stars without a thought.

“Sailing though the storm, the stars will lead us home.” Mother finishes her part.

“With this goal, our minds… stay… whole.” I conclude as we rest our magic, and look to each other with loving smiles. The night releases its sounds as my silencing spell fade with our voices.

“Let us return home for the night.” My mother says, before we turn towards Canterlot, and fly home together for the first time in forever. Celestia, and her guards following, and Silver on a chariot.

Author's Note

Sorry for taking so long with this chapter my fair readers. I've been, and am having troubles with my internet connection, so expect less from me for a little while.