The New Deadric Prince

I do not own any of the Elder Scrolls games or MLP.
"This is me speaking"
'I'm thinking.....I'm thinking'

Twilight

"And because she seems to have no memories of her past, including her name, Trixie thought to give her a new one. So she doesn't have to go by Nightmare Moon anymore, and to help keep panic down, even if its minor."

I stopped and looked at the faces of my friends.

It had been early dusk when Trixie did her magic show for Silent Night, so the explanation of what had happened to her waited till morning. And when dawn came, my friends expected answers.

"Oh," Said Fluttershy, concern growing in her face. "the poor dear."

"Oh please," Said Rainbow dash, rolling her eyes. "she's faking it. It's a trick to get us to lower our guard. Then BAM!" she then punched her hoof, making Fluttershy jump a little. "She gets us from behind."

"I don't know Dash," I said "I was there, and no matter how much of an actor she might be, do you really think Nightmare Moon would just start crying like a lost filly?"

"Like how Rarity cries?" Said Pinkie Pie

Rarity gave a small glare and turned her head. AppleJack, still a bit green, joined the conversation.

"But how come she's even here? I thought we'd gotten her for good with tha Elements?"

"I thought so too. But Trixie and I came up with a hypothesis."

I stopped and looked at the confused faces around me and rolled my eyes.

"It means we have a theory."(1)

"Nerd."

I frowned at Rainbow but continued, "The journal said that Alicorns that connect themselves with magically physical objects; like Luna and Celestia, can't be physically killed. Their bodies just get remade using Equestria's magic, and their spirit enters their new body. "

Pinkie, with a confused look on her face said "But I thought that Nightmare Moon wasn't an Alicorn. I think Rainbow said she was more like a flea or something."

"While it's not that simple, Rainbow is right. The Nightmare was a shadow parasite, possessing Luna and controlling her body and magic. But," I said, before anypony could talk. "she was in the body of an Alicorn when she was defeated. Trixie thinks that her having access to Luna's magic allowed her body to be remade, but because she wasn't a pony, her spirit didn't renter it."

"So what are you sayin' Twilight?"

"That as far as Equestria is concerned, Nightmare Moon is gone. Silent Night was just unlucky enough to be get Nightmares reborn body when she was recycled by Equestria's waters."

It was quite for a minute, but the silence was broken when Rainbow nervously asked a question.

"Ah.....Twilight?"

"Yes Dash?" 'What's got her spooked?'

"This recycling of powerful ponies, is it what's going to happen to us?"

I stopped. My first response was to say no and give her some comfort but then I thought about it. We were the Elements of Harmony. The Magic of friendship, the most powerful magic in Equestria, flowed through us. Not only that but all of us had great power or abilities. Even Futtershy's talent of talking to animals is ranked quite high in terms of cutie mark talents. Seeing her waiting for an answer I said.

"Yes Rainbow Dash. In fact, I'm sure that it'll happen to all of us."

They all looked a bit upset and I wasn't handling it any better. This was the first time I'd given the concept much thought. Was all my talents, all my hard work just going to get freely passed along to some other pony. Somepony who might abuse the powers I gave him. What if this is what happened to Sombra? Reborn with great power but only thought of using it for personal gain, and no thought to the ponies he hurt?(2)

I snapped out of my dark thoughts when Pinkie began to speak. "Oh well." She said, shrugging her shoulders. "It's not like we can do anything about it. And besides, If all six of us get remade, we can get to become best friends all over again. How exciting!" She then rolled in a ball for a feet, then throw confetti into the air.

It got silent in till Applejack started to giggle. Still chuckling, she said, "When we get to that island, the first thing I'm gonna ask that prince is what happened to whoever got remade inta Pinkie Pie. 'Cause I gotta know."

First Rainbow stated to laugh and one by one we followed her. But Pinkie was right and so was Trixie. It didn't really matter who we became when we get recycled, nor did it matter what kind of ponies we were before. What mattered was the now and what we did in it. And right now, sitting here with my friends, where's nowhere else I'd rather be.

Applejack turned towards Rainbow Dash and said "Five bits says that Discord had somethin' to do with it."
She smiled as she shacked AJ's hoof. "I'll take that action."

Serana

'This is so awkward.' I thought to myself.

Shadow, Octavia and myself were on a train, going towards Canterlot, with me and Octavia on one side facing Shadow. Now, while I've never had any problems with Shadow, I will admit that he is quite large. Combined that with his blood red eyes and pitch black coat, and you get a walking Nightmare Night decoration. So him just sitting there, staring into space, is more than enough to spook some ponies senseless. As is the case with Octavia beside me. It also didn't help that while I explained the situation to her, Shadow had meet us on the train.

"So," Octavia said "umm.....Shadow right?"

"Yeah."

"How do you know Serana?" she asked, a nervous smile growing on her face.

Shadow looked confused about the question and I grew nervous.

'Please, Shadow. For once in your unnatural life, just please think about what you say before you say it.'

"We've knew each other for centuries, but we meet when Mihovil and I helped her fight her father, the vampire lord Harkon."

I slapped my forehead. 'Gods dammit Shadow!'

"Vampire?"

"Yeah, you know," 'Why is he still talking!?' "drinks blood, hates the sun. That sort of thing."

Octavia turned about a shade paler and looked at me, fear clear in her eyes. I tried to talk but couldn't say anything.

Shadow looked between the two of us. "Oh," he said, thankfully looking a little bashful "I thought you knew that part."

I sent him a quick glare and looked back at Octavia. I eventually found my voice, "I....I didn't want you to freak-out." I said, looking down "Most ponies are distrustful of bat-ponies, let alone something they call monsters. And I've had friends turn on me in the past when they find out."

One pony in particular came to mind. About two hundred years ago I had gotten close to a Pegasus named Cloudy Day. We spent a year and a half together before he found out; He called the guard and attacked me with a wooden stake. While I wasn't physically hurt, the betrayal broke my heart.

I felt a hoof on my shoulder. I looked up to see Octavia giving me a small smile. "Serana. While I won't lie and say that I'm not a little scared. I've always felt that you most get to know a pony before making any such judgements. And you are no exception."

She pulled her hoof off my shoulder as I wiped the tears from my eyes. "Thank you for this."

"You're welcome. And for the record, in terms of first impressions, you're still higher than Vinyl."

We giggled to each other in till Octavia seemed to remember Shadow. She nodded towards him and asked "What's his story?"

Before he could say anything, I spoke up and said "You don't want to know. Trust me."

Spike

"Welcome to Canterlot Moonlight." I said, stepping off the train.

We walked onto the train station, giving us a great view of Canterlot proper. Moonlights eyes lit up, a look a wonder clear on her face. Unlike me, who had been raised in 'Big-city' Canterlot, this was her first time in a large city that wasn't Changeling in origin.

"What do you think of it?" I asked, starting to walk towards the Castle.

"It looks amazing. And look at all the colours. It doesn't look like home at all."

"Oh? What does the Chan....."I stopped myself and looked around. Even though Moonlight was in her Pegasus form, it was easy to forget that she was only part pony.
'I need to be more careful.' "...I mean, your home look like?"

"It's mostly tunnels, and unless you are close to the outside, the only light is a magically pale green glow that is given off by crystals that line the halls."

"Sounds depressing." I said before I could stop myself.

"It was, in a way. I used to spend most of my time in the outer layers; I couldn't stand that light for too long. I couldn't understand how some of them could spend their life's underground."

"Could it be because of who your father is?"

"Maybe." We walked for a few minutes when she asked me a personal question. "Hey Spike?"

"Yeah?"

"How is it, being a dragon in Ponyville?"

While we were still moving, I almost stopped in place. While the question caught me off guard, it only took a few monuments to answer.

"It's alright."

"Just......alright?"

"Yeah." I said, struggling my shoulders. "Nopony really has a problem with it, what with me being a baby dragon still. Also, I think that me being Twilight's assistant helped at the beginning, but they've never really had a problem with it."

"That's amazing Spike." She said with a large smile on her face.

'I think that question was more for her on sake.' "Though everypony seems to always wake up before me. I don't understand how ponies wake up so early."

"Well, don't some dragons sleep for hundreds of years? It would make sense that you would have a different sleep pattern then ponies." (3)
I turned towards her, my eyes growing in size. Then a large smile grew on my face, as I turned back towards the road.

"You're right! I'm going to use that the next time Twilight makes me get up early." I walked with a spring in my step as Moonlight giggled to herself and followed.

We continued for a few minutes in till we reached the castle. We walked to the steps when Moonlight stopped. She looked nervous, I didn't blame her. I walked back to her and put my claw on her shoulder.

"Are you OK?"
"Y..yeah, it's just...."

"Just what?"

"What if he hates me? I mean, it's not like him and mom parted on good terms."

"It'll be ok Moonlight. You've come this far, too late to back out now. And I'll be here every step of the way."

She smiled at me and continued walking. The guards at the front to moved to block her but stopped when they saw me. I nodded at one and he returned the motion. I guess living in the castle all those years was paying off.

We walked though the castle, passing guards and castle staff. I stopped a maid I knew after a few minutes of letting Moonlight sight-see.
"Hey Feather."

"Hello Spike. It's good to see you. Who's your friend?"

"This is Moonlight. I'm helping her with a problem and I was hoping to see Princess Celestia for help. Do you know where she is?"

"She's in the throne room with the other Princesses. I think Shining Armor and Discord are in there too."

I swallowed the spit in my mouth. All the princesses, Shining AND Discord.

'Great. How can this get worse?' "Thanks. I'll see you later Feather." 'That is, if this doesn't' get me killed.'

We walked to the throne room in silence, and stood outside the doors for a few minutes. I looked at Moonlight, we nodded at each other and I opened the doors.

'There goes nothing.'

Celestia

The throne room was empty of guards, with only four fifths of Equestria's royalty in the room.....and Discord. Normally when Discord appears he tends to bring his own brand of trouble with him, but right now he's "back seat" in terms of headaches. Shining Armor and Luna had gotten into a heated argument about this Changeling that has everypony worried, and the loud noises were killer on my head.

'I shouldn't have had those cocktails Discord conjured up.'

Cadence was standing off to the side. Her nervousness was apparent and it looked like she didn't know which side to take. Discord was sitting next to me, a large blue 'Foam finger' on his eagle claw and a flag in his lion paw with the word "Luna" on it. It was apparent who's side he was on.

The argument on just what this Changeling's crimes were was getting out of hoof. Luna saw the Changeling has somepony caught in a bad situation, but was also somepony to be cautious about, as we didn't know if she had ulterior motives or not. Where Shining saw her almost like a scapegoat, somepony to blame for everything bad that had happened to him.

'How could this get worse?'

That's when I heard the throne room doors open and the argument stopped as all of us turned to look. In walked Spike, followed by a dark grey Pegasus with a blue mane and one with only one look, I knew exactly who that was. Spike walked in but stopped when he saw how we had turned our attention to him. The 'Pegasus' also stopped, and looked about as nervous as a Changeling could be while in the Celestial Princesses throne room.

"Why hello Spike." 'Mind controlled ponies tend to act in off ways. I need to make sure he's not being controlled.'

"Uh. Hey Princess....es. How's it going, today.......your highnesses?" said Spike, with a small wave and with the amount of grace I expected him to have. (4)

Cadence and I shared a look. 'That's him alright.' I turned back towards him.

"Aren't you supposed to be with Twilight on her voyage?" At this point, the others weren't looking at him but at this companion. With five sets of eyes on her, the Pegasus began to panic. Her breathing increased and it seemed like she was sweating.

Spike turned to her, "Moonlight? You ok?"
But it seemed that she wasn't, for her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she fell to her left. Before anypony could react, her body began to burn away in pick fire. As it did a chipped horn appeared on her forehead, holes appeared randomly on her legs and her feathered wings became large insect wings. Most of us were frozen in shock more than anything, but Spike ran to her side.

"Moonlight! Moonlight, are you OK?!" He said, lightly shacking her.

'She fainted Spike, for course she's not OK.' "*cough* uh, Spike."

The cough reminded Spike that where were five others in the room with him. When he saw us, a large nervous smile appeared on his face and he began to chuckle.

"Uh, I can explain. You see.....she's a....."

"Changeling." "Changeling." "Changeling." "Changeling." "Miracle."

The five of us turned to Discord, as he teleported next to this Moonlight.

"Do you know how long this been since a Changeling Princess was born into the world? Nearly" He stopped to look at an oversized watch that wasn't there before. "a thousand years."

I turned to Luna, confusion on both of our faces.

Luna spoke up first. "Changeling Princess? I thought that the only royalty among the Changelings was the Queen."

"Well," Discord said, the coat and hat of a professor appearing on his body and a pipe appearing in his claw. "That is normally true. Now as you might know, Changelings are hatched, not born, much like insects. Now what you might not know is the Queen can incubate an egg herself."

As he explained a chalkboard appeared, and the chalk animated the things he was explaining. I noticed out of the corner of my eye that Moonlight was starting to awake. Luckily it seemed Shining Armor hadn't noticed.

"Now this normally results in a larger than normal Changeling. But.....if the Queen fertilizes it with help from one of the three other pony races, then the offspring becomes a Changeling Prince or Princess. Half Pony, Half Changeling."

The stuff that he had summoned disappeared. He teleported himself next to Shining Armor, wrapping his lion paw around Armors neck.
"And how, thanks to a generous donation by the crystal prince here," Shining's angry expression deepened and he got himself out of Discords hold. "another one has entered the world. Oh, the Chaos they bring* Squeal*."

He teleported away, giving us a clear view of the now awake hybrid. Even with her Changeling features, it was clear who her pony characteristics had come from. She sat in front of us, her eyes lowered, and her right hoof making circles in the floor. After a minute of silence, she spoke up.

"I...I'm sorry if I caused anypony distress. It's just...."

'The poor dear. She looks so scared.'

"..I wasn't really excepted back home. And I thought that....maybe if I meet my father and explained what...."

"Don't call me that."

I barely heard it. The only reason I did was from my interactions with Fluttershy, but with Shining Armor's clinched teeth and bare whisper, it was no surprise that nopony else did.

"Umm. I...I'm Sorry Father, I didn't heard yo...."

"I said," He answered perfectly. He looked her strait in the eyes, and said, " "Don't Call me that.". I'm not your father. Chrysalis was a monster. And I'm far as I'm concerned ,your just her spawn. Get out of my life and never come looking for me again."

He turned to leave the room, with Cadence following behind him. He didn't turn around as he opened the large doors with his magic and closed it behind him and Cadence.

Moonlight's face was one of pure heartbreak. Large tears rolled down her face, and her right hoof was stretched out in front of her, as if she was to reach out and pull him closer. As the doors slammed shut, she deflated. She just continued to stare at the floor in front of her, as if her whole life had crashed down around her, and she had frozen from shock.

Spike looked heartbroken too, as he put his claw on her shoulder.

Luna, with a sad look on her face, looked at me as I nodded. She walked up to Moonlight, and put a hoof on her other shoulder.

"Moonlight," She said, "I...I don't know what to say or do to help make this better. But I want you to know what as long as you are in Canterlot, you are our guest. And are welcome to stay as long as you need."

Moonlight looked up at my sister, and tearfully wrapped her legs around Luna's neck, giving herself a much needed hug. Though it caught Luna off guard, she returned it, giving the young hybrid some small amount of comfort.

'The poor thing. A outcast among the Changelings, Ponies and even her own parents. She will need all the help she can get.'
I looked around and noticed something.

"Where did Spike go?"

Movement caught my eye as I saw the door wide open, and still in motion.

"Oh no."

Cadence

We were walking through the halls in total silence. While I believe that Shining Armor was harsh on the girl, there was some small part of me glad that he didn't except the Changeling.

'Am I a bad pony for thinking that, even a little. I'm I really so jealous that I'm glad my husband just destroyed the heart of a girl, only looking for her father. I'm the Princess of Love, and right now, there's a small part of me relieved and even happy about what happened. This can't be right.' (5)

We continued in till we heard a voice behind us.

"Shining Armor!"
We turned around. There was Spike; he was breathing hard, having to run to catch us, and his face was contorted with anger.
Shining turned his head back, "What do you want Spike?"

"I want to know why. I get that your mad, but why would you ever say such things to another pony. She just wanted to meet you, but you crashed her."

"I don't care!" Armor said, giving Spike his full attention "That thing is a monster! It's not natural! It's not my daughter! And it isn't a Pony!"

"WELL NEITHER AM I!"

'Spike?' I thought, as I watched him slowly come himself down.

"When I almost destroyed Ponyville as a giant dragon, I became a monster." He said, small tears building up.

'How long has he keep this inside?'

"But my friends helped me to see that even though I wasn't a pony, I was still important to them. And although I let my greed control me, what happened wasn't my fault. We didn't know what something like greed could do to me...." (6)

He stopped and stared Shining right in the eye. "and if a real monster deserves a second chance, then Moonlight should at least get a first one."

I smiled and wiped the tear from my left eye. I walked to Spike, and sat in front of him.

"Alright Spike." I said, shocking both men. "I'll give her a chance."

Shining looked furious. "You're taking his side?!"

"I'm taking noponies side. But he's right, she did nothing wrong. She didn't ask to be born Shining."

He looked to the side, and said in a quiet voice "That is her crime."

I was shocked. What had happened to the sweet stallion I married? Did the Changeling attack change him so much? And if so, how did I not notice?

Spike jumped in front of me. "You don't talk about her like that, or else."

"Or else what Spike?"

"Or else I use the Thu'um that Trixie gave me." 'Trixie? As in the Dragon-born?' "She told me to protect Moonlight, and a dragon always keeps he's word."

Time stopped as Shining's horn started to light up. Spike seemed to inhale some air, and instead of breathing out fire, he said three words.

Celestia

"Fo, Krah, Diin!"

The sound echoed through the halls, causing some of the guards and staff to cover their ears. To many the sound frittered them, caused them to wonder what monster had entered the castle and was attacking. But to me, the sound was nostalgic. While I knew it wasn't Starswirl's "Slow Time" shout, there was no mistaking the sound of a thu'um as it was unleashed.

I ran down the halls in till I found the source. Spike was standing on one end of the hall with Cadence behind him. On the other, passed the destroyed carpet, broken windows and frozen walls was Shining Armor, unconscious and partly frozen.

Spike stood there with a stupefied look on his face.

"Oops" He said "Sorry Cadence. Trixie said that it was "Frost Breath" so I thought that it wasn't that strong."

Cadence's horn was alight with magic, scanning her husband as the guards chipped away at the ice covering him.

"He's not hurt besides a few bruises. It's ok Spike."

While they talked to each other, I looked back at Armor. The Dragon-born had given such a powerful thu'um to Spike, most likely with the thought that it was one of the lesser powerful ones at her disposal. And just that thought had me a little worried.

'Please be ok Twilight.'

And that's it. Sorry if this one's a little shorter than normal. but with the Christmas season and school before that I haven't had lots of time to write this. You can also put some blame on Dragon Age: Inquisition on the lateness of this chapter (Its really good).

That said, I hope you guys have a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy Whatever you celebrate. Just hoping you enjoy the season.
Here's the numbers:

1) I'm not saying that the other five aren't smart. It's just that unless a pony goes into a field where you use that type of language, they most likely won't hear scientific terms like that. Remember that they don't have mandatory chemistry and biology classes to take like we do.

2) Makes you think; will he explain more, or leave it to imagination.

3) You know it's true. Spike is always the last person to get up in the show, and I wonder if its because he's a dragon.

4) Yeah, real smooth Spike.

5) I wanted to show that while she was quite on the whole thing, it doesn't mean she's not upset about it.

6) I real do think that this is how Spike felt after that episode.

Now, On fanfiction, of my two stories, this is by far the popular. But on fimfiction, my other one is way more popular. So from now on I will alternate, doing one or two chapters on the lich and then one on this story. I'm saying this just as an FYI.
Take care and I'll see you next time.