Dragonets of Harmony: Spiritus Noctis

A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope.  ~Arab Proverb

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Luna awoke from her dreamwalking trance in a cold sweat and with a gasp.  It just wasn't possible!  She felt Nightmare ripped apart when she was purified by the Elements a few years ago!  How could that... that demon... possibly be back now?!

She thought back to when she was controlled by Nightmare.  It was terrifying; she'd changed her mind during the transformation, realizing how wrong she was, but she couldn't stop it.  She didn't wan't that to happen to poor little Peril.  The dragonet had already been through so much...  But if anyone else found out, she could be hunted down like a wild beast.  Celestia made it abundantly clear that if anything like that ever happened again, the pony in question would be purified or killed, no exceptions.  Luna made her decision.  She wouldn't tell anyone.  Perhaps ponies would be kind to Peril and she wouldn't turn, and Nightmare could be kept dormant.

But somehow, she didn't think so.