Child Of The Moonlight
Crash Landings
Luna's POV

Ignoring her sisters warning Luna took off chasing after the element bearers the moment the words registered her foal... her little star! She turned into the medical wing and barely managed not to burst into the room the bearers were in in her haste. Now that she got a better look at her mare she did notice the fact that they did look alike, they had the same coloring and she had the same wing span that Luna had when she was younger she was amazed that she hadn't noticed sooner, but she could also see the father in her little foal and hoped that he didn't have an influence in her growth. Luna found herself idly wondering if Discord knew about their child, she supposed he must know on some level if not aware entirely but she wasn't to worried about him, he was reformed now after all.

Luna walked toward the other ponies, the small red one pressed into Thunder's side, listening as a doctor explained whatever had happened before had been a result of Thunder's temper and if she didn't want it to happen again she would have to try and not get angry until they found some sort of cure for it, whatever it was.

"Are you feeling alright?" Luna asked slowly, not sure how to approach this sensitive moment, should she tell her? she wasn't sure now was a good time for that conversation, but then again would there ever be a good time? She shook her head to clear it instead deciding she'd wait for a while longer, get to know Thunder before springing this on her.

Thunder's POV

Thunder smiled a little, feeling tired "I'm fine Princess, I just hope I didn't hurt anypony" she rested her head down on her hooves and closed her eyes to try and relax nodding as the doctor gave her some medicine to try and keep her temper in check not noticing Luna's flinch when Thunder called her Princess. Her eyes opening as another person entered the room, it was Princess Celestia but she didn't stay long, just greeted them talked to the doctor a moment about Thunder's condition then asked her sister to go with her somewhere.

"You know what you need right now?" Rainbow Dash said with a bit of a puff to her chest "flight lessons" she continued causing Thunder to look up at her anxiously her wings fluttering and brushing Red in her surprise.

"But Rainbow, I can't fly at all" Thunder replied looking doubtful her wings folding back down protectively at her sides, Red looking at her as she got settled once again.

"Exactly, but you will when I'm done with you" Rainbow Dash continued confidently sure that she could teach her new friend the talent that pegisi have been teaching each other for thousands of years.

Luna's POV
in an empty room down the hall from Thunder's room

"Sister I can't tell her, not now it isn't safe" Luna said softly looking to be torn between tears and pride at her little foal, albeit not so little anymore. So absorbed in her own thoughts nearly missed her sister's question about Thunder's parentage, but once it reached her ears she flinched slightly, she had hoped this never would've come up. She had confessed to her sister that she did remember what had happened when she was Nightmare Moon and that she has a foal and she admitted she pretended that she didn't remember to try and ease the pain she felt thinking her foal had died, Celestia was a little hurt her sister didn't trust her but she supposed she could understand.

Luna lowered her head slightly watching her hooves as she spoke "Nightmare Moon slowly began taking control of me, as you well know all those years ago but it wasn't long before you banished me to the moon that Nightmare Moon had a plan to over throw you, using Discord" she paused a moment at the word practically feeling her sister's shock but Celestia was silent, wanting Luna to continue. "Nightmare Moon used my ability to enter dreams in an attempt to contact Discord and find some way to gain his assistance in trying to over throw you...and I think the rest is pretty obvious" she added shyly shuffling her hooves a bright embarrassed blush on her face. "I don't even think Discord is aware of his child, he hasn't made an attempt to contact her that I'm aware of and I'm sure we would've heard something" Luna looked up at her sister relieved to see her sister wasn't upset about what she had told her.

"But what I don't understand is how she's alive now, when she was born over a thousand years ago" Luna was confused, her foal should've died out years ago, she wasn't an alicorn after all so how could she be here?

"When you called to me to save your foal, I took it to the castle and examined it using my magic, Thunder had been so full of dark magic it was killing out the light of her life force, I tried to remove it all, though I now doubt I got it completely out of her" Celestia mumbled remembering the incident in the city "I stored her dark energy into a crystal and she grow a little stronger, but she was still very weak, it wasn't until a few years before your return she began to actually grow in earnest, but as she started to grow I began to fear what Nightmare might do to the foal, I wasn't sure if you'd remember having her after so many years on the moon, so I put her up for adoption even though it felt as if I was losing you all over again" it was Celestia's turn to look down as she finished her own story, but Luna didn't mind what her sister had done, if it had been the other way around Luna might have even done the same thing sometimes to protect a life choices had to be made, even if it hurt.

Luna stepped over to her sister draping her smaller wing over Celestia's back giving her an understanding smile "come sister, we should at least check on her, whether I want to tell her right away or not we should at least be there for her" while that might be part of her desire in truth Luna was beginning to crave her child's presence. The pair walked back to Thunder's room looking a bit surprised when they found it empty.

"If you're looking for the element bearers, they went out into the gardens for flight lessons" The doctor said spotting the princesses when they walked into the room "apparently the dark blue pony doesn't know how to use it's wings properly so the rainbow manned one is going to show her how" the doctor explained, then left the room to check on his other patients.

Thunder's POV
in the gardens

"I don't know about this Rainbow Dash" Thunder mumbled nervously watching the cyan pony and Fluttershy stretch and move her wings to ease them into the motion of flying, but that only make them itch, that's why she never used them in the first place. Red was watching curiously with Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie

"No sweat Thunder Twilight is flying great now and she wasn't even born with wings, you can totally do this, you just need some pointers" Rainbow Dash said confidently. And so the pair, along with Fluttershy and Twilight on the side lines in case things took a turn for the worst, began their lesson, at first things were a bit shaky, Thunder wobbling once she got even the slightest few feet off the ground, but Fluttershy and Twilight were there to make sure she kept her balance while Rainbow helped her keep rhythm with her flapping wings. After a few more moments Thunder began to feel braver flying a bit higher telling the others that she wanted to try on her own but the itching continued, she thought maybe after she got used to flying that it would go away but if anything it just got worse.

So distracted by the irritating itch of her wings Thunder wasn't watching where she was flying and yelped a little when she heard Twilight's yell out a warning seconds before a tree branch suddenly moved into her path, catching on her hoof, and she tumbled into a bush.

"Discord that was rude" Fluttershy, in a rare show of temper went over to the tree and yelled at it while Thunder crawled out of the bush, shaking a few leaves off that managed to attach themselves to her, and surprising nearly everyone she started to laugh, the itch of her wings forgotten for the moment.

Discord, with a snap of his claw appeared and blew a raspberry at Fluttershy, a big 'I win' grin on his face "She doesn't seem to think so" he replied smugly, sure he was reformed but that didn't mean he couldn't have fun once and a while especially with the element bearers. But when he noticed their flying lesson he could help the urge to cause a little trouble with the new face. Discord looked at the dark blue mare, talking with the others about maybe trying another time, and frowned a little something seeming familiar about the young pony. He snapped his claw and she appeared in his arms, looking a little startled by her sudden change in location but she didn't have a chance to get a look around before Discord squished their faces together staring deep into her eyes "Who are you?" he questioned suspiciously his eyes narrowed slightly as he studied her.

"Uh, I'm Thunder Mist...can you put me down?" Thunder said looking both uncomfortable and confused but he didn't move to obey her request instead just continuing to stare at her, while the other element bearers exchanged confused glances. Suddenly Thunder was wrapped in a dark sparkling cloud of magic and she was pulled out of Discord's grip by Luna's horn.

"Ignore Discord Thunder, he is a being of chaos but he doesn't mean any harm" Twilight assured her once she was finally set down Discord looking back and forth between Thunder and Luna curiously.

"It's alright" Thunder shrugged with a grin "he's really funny" she looked at Discord again seeing him staring at her once again "even if I don't quite understand him" she continued "do you know why he's staring at me?" she mumbled to the others but Luna spoke before anypony could get a word in.

"Come on everypony, we have a few things to discuss about the elements of harmony" She quickly lead them back into the castle, moving her wing over Thunder protectively, confusing the mare but Luna said nothing not even making eye contact with the smaller mare. The others exchanging confused glances at the night princesses behavior but unable to find an answer to their questions in each others eyes.

It came to him as quick as a lightning strike, how could he be so blind Thunder was nearly identical to the Moon Princess and that meant..... Discord blinked in surprise both turning a few shades paler and grinning in mischievous delight at the same time, oh this was going to be fun.

Author's Note

hope you like this chapter, do let me know if you have any suggestions or comments on the work, don't be afraid to point out if I spelled something wrong or did something wrong I'm a very kind person (at least I think so)