Project Midnight Book One-Awakening

Crime is on the rise ever since the Elements of Harmony disappeared. Criminal orgonizations, Terrorist groups and every day criminals plague society. Unable to ignore the threat Princess Luna has taken it upon herself to ensure the safety of all her subjects across Equestria by any means necessary.

Scene: A hidden genetics lab in Manehattan

Celestia had arrived in Manehattan to meet with her sister Luna at West Side Genetics one of the cities top research facilities to inspect a project conducted by Luna herself and given the result of her last creation. Celestia had insisted she come visit to ensure the avoidance of any more mishaps. Her sister had been gone for almost nine months

"Thank you for coming Celestia, I'm glad to have your support on this." Luna said as she pressed the last button on the elevator controls

"I'm just glad you decided NOT to keep this a secret."

Celestia had been told of the events that transpired in Ponyville after Lunas creature; Tantabus had escaped into the dreams of the townsfolk and almost escaped into the real world had it not been for the efforts of Twilight and her friends and of course she was furious after learning that her sister had still been punishing herself for what she had done as Nightmare Moon all this time instead of coming to her big sister for help.

"We've arrived." Luna spoke in a serious tone as the doors opened revealing a massive laboratory. Celestia was impressed at how well the facility had been equipped from it's main super computer to its engineering station which had been developing the latest in weapons technology but that was only part of what Luna wanted her sister to see.

"This way Celestia."

Luna lead her sister into the wing marked Genetics Development where a single earth pony had been taking notes while observing monitors around what appeared to be some kind of container filled with mist.

"Celestia. Meet Doctor Gene Splicer; The head of our genetics department." Luna gave the introductions but the scientist seemed more focus on his notes than the present company as he mumbled to himself while scribbling a few things on his clip board.

"Oh that's interesting-!!"

"AHEM!!"

"OH!! Your majesties!" Gene blurted out in a nasally toned voice, jumping back from the princesses before giving both a quick and slightly firm handshake.

"It is a PLEASURE to meet you Princess Celestia!" He greeted her with enthusiasm, rubbing his hands together in anticipation as he explained what kind of project they were working on.

"Right then. Follow me ladies-Snort snort! I've always wanted to say that-Now then. As I'm sure you are aware your highness, Princess Luna created a creature to look into a ponies most secret and darkest fear-the "Tantabus" was it?."

"Gene?" Luna scolded, folding her arms as she tapped her foot from impatience.

"Right. Back to the subject!" He said fixing his glasses as he lead them around the lab.

"After the events in Ponyville we discovered that a small portion of the Tantabus remained inside Luna. Barely clinging to life."

"Barely?" Celestia asked as she turned to Luna.

"When it was no longer able to feed off my fear or the fear of others it-I mean he began to starve."

Celestia was surprised that Luna referred to the creature as a "He" and she would soon find out why.

"When the creature was brought to us we began looking for ways to give it a living body but the only way to do that was with a compatible DNA sample. In this case a vial of Luna's own blood. so in a manner of speaking well-snort!"

"He's your son." Celestia had finished his sentence before noticing Luna had placed a hand on the tube.

"Gene. Has my sister...interacted with the test subject?"

"Midnight! His name is Midnight." Luna scolded her sister, almost looking offended by her last remark.

"Uh...no, in fact today will be the first day the kid opens his eyes."

"Kid?" Celestia did not understand what Gene meant until he had vented the mist filling the pod to reveal a tiny bat pony wired to the machine. At first the princess was shocked to see such a sight but soon noticed the infant began to stir from its sleep.

"Alright. Opening the container." Gene said aloud as he punched in the codes. The tube gave a loud hiss, waking the baby as it began to cry out. Unable to ignore the child's cries, Luna reached out and cradled the baby in her arms while Gene ran a few scans to make sure it wasn't sickly in any way.

"Shhh sh sh. There there." She said in a gentle voice as she gently bounced the baby up and down and bit by bit little Midnight calmed down as he looked up to see the mare holding him.

"There's a good boy." She said with a smile and in return her child smiled back, reaching one hand up to her.

"Good news Princess. His immunity's are at one hundred percent!" Gene said with pride before tickling the little colts stomach. Midnight had a night sky blue coat and mane and a pair of teal blue eyes like his mother, Luna had never felt such joy as she gently snuggled her child before noticing Celestia was watching her with a happy expression.

"Sister? Would you like to hold him?" Luna offered her sister as she held up Midnight to her. At first Celestia was hesitant but like any mare meeting a newborn child she could not resist the innocent look on his face or his adorable cries as he reached out for her.

"Oh...I guess. Come to Auntie Celest!" She cooed to the foal as he clinged to her.

"Um ladies? I hate to cut this touching first meeting short but there are some details we need to look over." Gene stated as he finished polishing off his glasses.

"Now. As you requested Princess Luna, we added no accelerated growth hormones during the incubation process. Therefore Midnight will have a steady growth like any normal foal but with one major difference. He has developed frontal lobe which will allow him to learn faster than most children; He'll have high intelligence. His skin and muscle tissue have a high levels of metabolism so if injured he can heal fast. His nutrition MUST be kept in balance though; Not too much junk food."

growl

"Mmm...mmm! UWAAAHHH!!! AHHH!!!!" The foals cries were as loud as a siren and began to draw the attention of the entire lab.

"Um. Speaking of food I think somepony's hungry."

"Perfectly normal for a newborn. Luckily I prepared a bottle!" Gene quickly scrambled for the labs mini fridge, pulling out a small bottle as he quickly fed it to the crying foal. Midnight instantly calmed down as he began to suckle making both Luna and Celestia sigh with relief.

"I grew up with three sisters. Now I'll just give you the basics on caring for a foal: Make sure he is fed whenever he gets hungry or before nap time-trust me you'll WANT him to take a nap!-and make sure he is changed at least every hour and be sure to use talcum powder so he doesn't get a rash. I've also prepared an extra bottle of formula for your journey home."

"Thank you Gene."

With the details taken care of Luna had prepared forged documents saying she had gone to Manehattan for an insemination and decided to stay in the city to avoid any stress during the pregnancy and like always the public bought the story. No questions, no interviews, it was just they royal family welcoming its newest addition; Prince Midnight, Son of Princess Luna.

End of Part 1