Under our Crimson Moon

by Ponyess

Rating: teen
Tags: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Alternate Universe, Other, Nightmare Moon, Romance, Pinkie Pie
Length: 2508

I had arrived at the Summer Sun celebration with my friends; but something was about to turn ugly, and fast. Yet, there is no cause for alarm, or to threat; it is all under control.

At the end of the party to welcome Celestia’s prized pupil and protege; Twilight Sparkle to Ponyville, we had gone to the Summer Sun celebration, when and where Princess Celestia was supposed to be.

The problem is; she never arrived. In her stead, her younger sister appears. Twisted by emotions, and a millennium in the Moon; bent on having her revenge through the eternal night, just as she had originally promised.

One can never permit a small detail, or a few to get in the way of party and fun; this is why I am here. I have a job to do and a purpose fulfill. I have a new friend to make, and I be damned if I fail her.

Published 2015-12-26 04:40:02 UTC
Last updated 2016-03-03 21:36:26 UTC

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Author's Note

Pinkie Pie's POV

Explore: 1

It is the morning of the Summer Sun celebration, and Princess Celestia is supposed to be here any time soon. I had just thrown a Welcome to Ponyville party for my new friends; Twilight Sparkle, or Twilly.

My party had been a success, even if she was barely seen at the actual party at the Golden Oak Library, where she is staying over the festival. Of course, she had planned to go back to Canterlot and her teacher, Princess Celestia, after the day. Maybe I should not blame her?

As the time grew closer; Spike, her dragon and messenger walked up the stairs in a jubilant mood, while wearing a lamp shade on his head. When he finally got up to the top of the stairs, he made his announcement.

After hesitation, Twilight Sparkle had finally made the connection and followed the rest of us to the location; where Rarity had been decorating for this momentous occasion.

Of course, Mayor Mare was holding her traditional speech, just before Princess Celestia supposedly was about to appear. Once Mayor Mare had finished her speech, Fluttershy had her birds sing a fanfare for the Princess, before Rarity pulled the curtains aside in order to reveal the Princess in her full glory where she had been expected to be standing on the balcony on the second floor. Only now as the curtains parted, no Princess is there. The balcony is empty, void of any Pony.

“This can not be good!” Mayor Mare exclaimed in agitation, as the first in a line of problems was facing us.

“You are nightmare Moon, intent on bringing back your everlasting night!” Twilight Sparkle pronounced, certain and with dread on her voice.

“Oh my, some Pony who remembers me!” Nightmare Moon expressed, with a hint of joy to her voice.

“Sorry, Queen. You must have forgotten your crown, on your way to Ponyville. Sadly, most of us doesn’t have a very good memory; you will simply have to forgive them for their shortcomings!” I proclaimed, before the Mayor was about to say anything.

“Of course, you are mere subjects; how could I expect you to remember what went down a thousand years ago?” Nightmare pondered.

“Flop, flop, flop, flop, flop, flop, flop!” my tail went, as I lift from the floor and leisurely hover for but a moment; before I take aim towards Nightmare Moon and slowly fly up towards her, with no haste in the world.

There are a few gasps from the gathered crowd on the ground; and the Queen does make very big eyes, as she sees me carelessly approaching her, in the expected to be impossible manner.

“How could this be? You are an Earth Pony, right!” she now put forth.

“Yes, silly Queen, of course I am an Earth Pony. I am representing the third tier of magic, commonly forgotten by all Ponies. Yet, as you see; I can wield it quit proficiently, to the point where I can fly high enough to approach my Queen!” I responded.

“You certainly are a very unusual Pony, performing long lost magic that never took root amongst the Earth Type in the first place. What is your name?” she responded.

“I am Pinkamena Diana Pie; but my friends call me Pinkie Pie, or Pinkie for short. Now, if you would be the Queen your subjects could follow; fearlessly and as far as their Queen asks?” I prompted in response.

“Pinkie Pie? You do have an unusual name, for a mere Earth Pony; maybe destiny had greater plans for you; than even a Queen could foresee at first glance?” she pondered in response.

“Yes, Queen; I am a very unusual Pony, practitioner of all the unusual to forgotten arts of Earth Magic. On that note, you are in Ponyville; a very unusual place in Equstria. I guess it falls upon my shoulders, to bid you welcome to town. Now I need to prepare a party, for you. I am obligated to host a Welcome to Ponyville Party, since you are new in town!” I prompted.

“Are you by any chance claiming that you are performing more magic than mere flight and farming? A Welcome to Ponyville Party; for me? That is highly appropriate, I would have to concede. I have indeed never been to a village like Ponyville, not just because there was no village here, when I was last seen in Equestria!” she pointed out.

“Ponyville is a miniature, of what Equestria could be as a whole; if permitted to grow and prosper. Even if the village was founded by the Earth Ponies, of the Apples; but we do have both Pegasi and Unicorns living comfortably and contributing to the greater good of the common Ponies. Of course I would know that you are new in Ponyville, my Queen; I know every Pony in Ponyville intimately. I haven’t seen you before, thus you are new in town. Naturally, I count Unicorns, Pegasi and Earth Ponies as my friends equally; there is no point in making differences here!” I explained lightly.

“What does an Alicorn and Queen have to fear; from a few mere Earth Ponies, Pegasi and Unicorns. We all know, there is no way we can match power or experience with one as powerful as you!” I proclaimed.

“If you are prepared to host the party for me, I presume they will see and love me as their Queen. When you put it that way, I have nothing to fear. All I ever wanted and desired, was to have a little respect and admiration from my subjects. Is that so much to ask?” she responded.

“I am throwing you the party, personally hosting it; in order to make all see just how great a Queen you are. Once you take your rightful place, the land can know all the peace it needs and prosper like never before. Once the throne is yours, what difference is it if it is night or day? They will see you, and love you for the wise rein!” I pointed out.

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”Pinkie Pie; do you realize, what you have just done?” I exclaimed, incapable of containing myself or grasp what was just happening before my very eyes.

“Oh, but of course; silly Twilly. I promised her a welcoming party, what is up with that?” Pinkie Pie giggled innocently.

“Nightmare Moon is not just any Pony on the street, you know. She is responsible for throwing Equestria into an eternal night, and twice now. You just slip in as if there was nothing going on, and throw a party in her face as if it was commonplace!” I pointed out.

“Now you are silly, it is common place for me to make friends and throw parties. What’s up with that? You don’t want me to make her smile and be happy? Do you realize, just how unnatural that is to me?” she retorted in a crescendo of words.

“No, I don’t; even if the rest of the village may know you, well enough to see the point. You just changed the timeline, like nothing else! Princess Celestia has been working on gather us here for centuries, in order for us to fulfill the prophecy and you just ditch it as if it was nothing? There will be repercussions, and I fear they are anything but warm and welcoming like the party you had in mind!” I put forth.

“Of course I knew of Celestia and her preparations; just as I know how much she had been looking forwards to see her younger sister, after we had managed to rein her in and save her from the curse of her pent up deep and dark emotions. The main problem is that we were so ready to sacrifice a strong and capable mare, just for her to have her sister back; I couldn’t take it upon myself when I could save the mare before me!” she hissed in a whisper.

“You are not prepared to sacrifice? Do you have the slightest idea as to what is about to happen now, Pinkie Pie?” I responded.

“I know, and there will be an epic party for our new Queen. What is wrong with that? Celestia will have everything she had been asking you for, and then some! Speaking of predictions, I have the feeling you are about to get to know me much deeper and more intimately than you ever knew a Pony before; and that includes your very own brother Shining Armour. I just hope I don’t have to beat it into your head in the Pie family manner!” she exclaimed, in an exceedingly quiet manner.

“Wait, what are you even raving about now?” I merely gasped; without grasping the full width or depth of what she just had thrown in my face, like a pie.

“Parties are, serious. Dead, serious!! I have a Queen to celebrate, and she needs and deserves the attention of the entire village. Right now! Besides, you will learn soon enough; but I can’t take the time to explain all of this right now!” she prompted; and run off backwards, but looking as if she had been galloping towards me.

She was gone.

She was no longer there, the pink mare known as Pinkie Pie. Where she went off to, but she had vowed to throw a party for the Queen; Nightmare Moon.

In the midst of that thought, she felt a pink hoof on her shoulder; just an instant before she was pulled out of the thought, and landed in a bouncing move on the ground in a large room.

“Where am I?” I mouthed, not quite daring to change it.

“Party hall, Ground zero!” she merely exclaimed in response.

“Party hall, and Ground zero; these two can’t mix, you know!” I throw out, in response to her statement.

“I have been working hard, pulling in every Pony for this; and you tell me it can’t work? What does a little Pony like you know of Parties, when all you have been doing is reading all these dusty old books, books and heavy tomes?” she spat at me.

I was looking this way and that, in perplexed confusion. There is a large throne, and the stained windows; just not quite the once I could remember, from my last visit to Canterlot castle.

“Where.. where are we?” I stuttered confused.

“You silly filly, you don’t even recognize your old home in the Royal castle of Canterlot? Even if I had to make a few minor corrections here and there, for the party and all!” she explained, as if she had been my mother and all such.

“If you put it like that, I do recognize that thrown; yet most everything else is tilted and out of order. Even the doors are scattered about!” I pointed out, pointing out what I saw with my right hoof as I spoke.

“Oh, but look at that; the image of me approaching our new Queen, as I talked her down? Isn’t it just festive? Besides; you do need a few extra doors, so we can move freely between the various halls here!” she raved on and on.

“How does a Pony build a door between the Throne room and the Grand Party hall?” I moaned in shock, as I realized what she had just pointed out.

“It was that, or having Ponies getting lost as they were moving between the various activities. Could you have them all over the Palace, just to find the punch?” she eagerly prompted.

“When you put it like that, I guess it does make a severely senseless sense!” I shuddered, at the thought; seeing Ponies lost on and all over the Palace and the surrounding grounds.

“Where are all the others?” I inquired, severely to the point.

“They should be in the Party hall, familiarizing themselves with my punch or having a cup of cider!” she pointed out.

I followed her hoof with my gaze and noticed numerous Ponies in about every colour I could name in the hall. Spotting a few new friends, as my eyes sweep the large room; Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash.

“Is that Spitfire and Soarin? How in the name of Celestia’s Mother did you manage to pull them into your insane scheme in this short a time?” I uttered; as I saw the Wonderbolts’ uniforms in blue, with the yellow details.

“Easy, peasy. First off, I snuck them out of the clouds, then I explained that they were required at a party for the Queen, in order for her to release our beloved princesses. May I say, they were only too eager to partake; once it occurred to them, what I had in mind!” she burst out.

“I can’t blame them; they are her elite guards, as the tradition has it. Besides; they are commonly on a more important festivity like the Grand Galloping Gala, and this is an important event enough for them to be eager to be around. Just hope you remembered to pull out a few important Ponies, out of your sleeve; for the Queen to feel more at home!” I pointed out.

“Celebrities and important Ponies is Rarity’s table, but I do stay ajour; just to know what is in and out, up and down among all my friends. This is the year of Ponyville, so I had to include all the Ponies of Ponyville and the Apples’ clan. I included all the finest chefs and cooks, in order to have a chance to wow and impress our Queen, of course. You don’t want to make her regret coming over here, now do you? Besides, this is where she will live, as well as handle a few important events in the future. Princess Celestia is certain to be thrilled, when she learns that she doesn’t have to greet innumerable Ponies who are here, just so they can know they are still important. Oh and of course, there are Fancypants, Photo Finish, Prince Blueblood, Hoity Toity, Sapphire Shores, Cherry Jubilee and Octavia. This is bound to be epic, you know!” she blurted out in; a veritable torrent of words, in a single breath and was not even winded as she finished.

“Rarity is the Fasionista, I have managed to gather as much; asking her would make perfect sense to me too. That is why Princess Celestia ordered me to the village in the first place, which makes me start to suspect that she knew of this issue all along. Enraging a fully grown Alicorn is commonly a very bad idea, one I have no interest in committing! For now, it is the only castle available to her, on this short a notice. Important enough, but mind-killing. Plenty of important Ponies on the floor, I see!” I responded, as I followed her hoof over the floor.

Author's Note

Twilight Sparkle's POV