The Bestial Son

1. That’s how many years have passed since Luna found her son Midnight. And after all those years, Luna has made her bond with the child stronger with every night. They’ve done everything together from walking to watching the stars and they’ve both loved them. And tonight was a very special night. But could it change the two’s bond?

“MOM I’M HOME!” Midnight hollered down the hallways of the castle. He recently came home to be with his mom because today was, indeed, a special day. His fourteenth birthday was today and he was more than eager to celebrate it with her. Midnight has grown greatly over the years. Unlike other colts, he was more toned than them.

“Mom, where are you?!” Midnight yelled as he looked around for his mother. And then his sensitive hearing picked up something. He heard the sound of his mother singing happy birthday silently to herself. He then bolted to where he heard his mother was singing. And unlike other ponies that were young, he was fast. Fast as his Aunt Rainbow Dash which stunned his mother and Aunts. He made it to the Dining Room where he saw his mother sitting in one of the chairs singing.

“Hello honey.” Luna said lovingly. Midnight blushed a little as she called him that, he only gets called that when it was his birthday and apparently this one was no exception. As he walked forward he noticed that it was only his mom and nopony else.

“Hey mom are we expecting anypony else?” Midnight asked her. Luna only smiled slyly as she shook her head.

“No Midnight. Today it’s just you and me today. Your aunts couldn’t make it today because of separate issues.” Luna said but Midnight heard none of it. It was rare, very rare, to have a birthday with just his mom. Aunt Pinkie threw great parties but she always insists on inviting everypony. So to have a moment with just his mother was special to say the least.

“So what are we going to do?” Midnight asked his mother.

“Well I can’t forget to give you this.” Luna replied as she walked to her son. She leaned up to her son and placed a kiss on his cheek making him blush.

“Mom….really?” He asked as he blushed. Luna couldn’t help but giggle at him.

“I’ve gave you a kiss on every one of your birthdays. And today is no different.” Luna said with a smile.

“So what else what are we gonna do?” Midnight asked his mother.

“Well what do you want first? Your cake or your presents?” Luna asked.

“Cake! You don’t have to ask me that one!” Midnight said happily. Luna smiled and walked her son to the cake she had made for him by her friend and his Aunt Pinkie Pie.

“Wow.” Midnight said in surprise as he stared at the cake.

“It’s your favorite too. Triple layer banana cake with vanilla frosting.” Luna said to him.

“This birthday just got better!” Midnight yelled happily. He took a large portion of the cake and began eating fast enough to make his Aunt Celestia jealous. While he, and his mother who also ate alongside him, went through the cake both failed to notice the full moon that was becoming exposed from the clouds that covered it. When the moon was fully exposed, Luna and Midnight finished eating and Midnight gave off a belch saying he was full.

“Excuse me.” He said. Luna rubbed his head and using her magic she pulled the presents towards them.

“So Midnight, which one do want to open first?” Luna asked him.

“Aunt Twilight’s present.” He replied. Luna was surprised because Twilight’s gift was usually last when he opened them. She passed the gift covered in purple wrapping paper to him and when Midnight opened it, he smiled to see it was a book he was dying to get. It was a book titled ‘The Moonlight and The Shadow’.

“Where does she get these?” Midnight asked his mom. Before he got an answer his back suddenly felt weird. “Hey mom can you see if there’s something on my back? It feels… off.” He asked. Luna gave a confused look before she looked down her son’s back to find nothing there.

“Midnight I see nothing wrong with your back.” Luna said. Luna then got worried when Midnight began to shake. A little too violently.

“Midnight, are you okay?” Luna asked in a worried voice.

“I-I don’t know. Did it just get hotter in here?” He asked in replying. Before Luna could say anything, Midnight went into a coughing fit. Luna quickly took her hoof and rubbed his back and managed to get the coughing to stop. When she took her hoof off her back, he coughed again but when he was done, blood was on his hoof scaring him and Luna.

“Mom….I think I-AAAAAHHHHHH!” He screamed in pain as he fell onto the floor with a thump. Luna quickly got out of her chair and ran to her screaming son.

“MIDNIGHT!” She screamed as she ran to her son.

“MOM! WHAT’S HA-AAAAAHHHHH!” He screamed as his front right leg bent into an awkward position to where it almost broke. Luna tried to help her son but no matter what she tried,  nothing worked. She then began to back up when her son began to growl like a wolf. An angry wolf. Midnight felt as if somepony through him into a large flame for his whole body burned. His muscles teared and healed as they grew larger, his leg bones broke and healed as they formed into a canine shape, paws erupted from his hooves along with shiny black claws bursting from his new paws making them bleed a bit, his teeth fell from his mouth and new dog-like teeth took their places making him mouth bleed, his muzzle extended and on the end grew a wet, black dog-like nose, his fur grew more rugged and dense including his mane and tail, and his ear grew more pointed as they located to the top of his head. Luna was now scared of what she saw. She no longer saw her son. All she saw...was an animal.

‘AAAARRRRROOOOOO!” Midnight howled. Luna tried to back away slowly but the beast automatically sensed her and leaped over her and in front of the door. It growled at her with a canine like snarl.

“Midnight stop! It’s me mommy remember?” Luna asked the feral animal only to get a loud bark from the beast. The Wolf-Pony then started to charge at Luna who used her magic and picked up Pinkie Pie’s gift, which was for some reason a frying pan, and slammed it into the side of the beast. It skidded to a halt and shook off the blow before trying to again. Luna picked up the frying pan again and swung as her son tried to charge again. Midnight had learned his lesson though and grabbed the pan with his razor sharp teeth. Using his raw power, Midnight managed to take the frying pan out of her magical grip and slammed it into a wall with a ding. Midnight then paid attention to his mother and licked his lips. Luna knew what he wanted and quickly ran to the door. But she was no match for the speed of the Wolf-Pony who was in front of the door before she was.

“Midnight, sweetie. It’s your mother! Please don’t do this!” Luna pleaded to the snarling beast. But when it pounced at her, she dodged it and watched her son skid into the dining table. Luna using her advantage, opened the door and slammed it behind her. Using her magic, she held the door shut as hard as she could. Midnight on the other side of the door slammed his body into the door hoping to get it open.

Why is he doing this? I’m his mother! Luna thought as she held the door. As she held the door, she didn’t notice the full moon being covered by a thick blanket of clouds. She then heard from the other side howls of pain coming from the beast. After a few minutes, she slowly opened the door and saw her son.

“M-momma what d-did I d-do?”  Midnight asked her scared out of his mind. Luna trotted forward and tried to comfort him. “I-I’m a m-monster.” Midnight said, tears silently forming in his eyes. Luna gently placed him on her with her magic,

“Midnight I forbid you from calling yourself that word.” Luna said in a stern but sad voice a tear falling from her own eye.

“B-but I am a m-monster.” Midnight said and with that he finally broke down and wept into his mother’s coat.

“No you are not Midnight. You’ll never be a monster.” Luna assured him.

“But whatever I did… I nearly probably hurt you. What if I do hurt you or somepony? What if I-” He started but then placed his face in his mother’s chest fur.

“Shh. It’ll be okay Midnight. I promise.” Luna said in a gentle voice as she rubbed his head with her hoof. Luna now had a new job. To help her son control the beast within. Luna looked at her son’s flank and couldn't believe what she saw. His cutie mark. Which meant his talent was with his inner animal.