The New Moon

The New Moon

Prologue Part 1

By Greed and Giving

Princess Luna is in her room conversing with Nightmare Moon when I knock on the door “May I come in Luna?” I ask. “I must speak with the both of you on an important matter.” I state.

“Yes Greed you may enter, and what matter do you need to speak to both of us about?” Luna and Nightmare Moon ask me as I enter ‘her’ room, closing the door behind me.

I state ”I know what you are planning to do, bring eternal night to Equestria and banish your sister away for a thousand year but I’m going to tell you that that is a really bad thing to do. I want to help both of you out and the only way to do that is for you to be banished instead.”

Both mares get very hostile upon hearing this and with enough magic to hold and make sure I can not move they slam me into the wall of their room, walks over and asks in a double voice “And why is that dear friend, for thou have no understanding as to what you are saying to us.” they both state mere inches from my face.

“Yes I do, I just want to help you both and fix something that should not have happened to you both before you were born.” I say with a bit of strain, which peaks their interest into what I have to say.

“What is it that happened to us before we were born Greed, and choose your words carefully for we will smite you if you lie to us.” they tell me as I am let go of and slide to the floor. It takes a few moments for me to regain my breathing and to answer the statement that was addressed to me,

“You were suppose to have a twin sister Luna, but while still in the womb you had absorbed you twin, it’s a rare instance called Vanishing Twin Syndrome in my world and we didn’t know that it had happened till the third visit to the doctor. The first visit told your parents that Selena, you mother, was pregnant and the second visit four months later told us that there was going to be twins. Your parents were ecstatic to hear this good news the first time because they knew that Celestia could not handle all of the royal responsibilities on her own when she came of age, that she would need a younger brother or sister to help her, the second just floored them and was a real big surprise to even your father Solaris for now he may have three children instead of two.” I state.

As I am telling them this their face is in total shock and awe over everything that they have just learned. “But how does this have to do with you wanting us to be banished, how will this let you fix what happened to us?” they asked still in their double voice and sitting on the ground with their arms around their knees. I walk over and pull them into a tight hug and wait till their breathing is calmed a little before I tell them my plan.

“Are you sure that it will work, and does Tia know about this?” they ask me which is something I was expecting to hear “Why no Tia does not know, but I will tell her the next time I am back in this world. I have maybe two and a half years left before whatever is affecting me sends me back, and I want to get started with this plan before that happens and both of you are gone.” I state to both before giving them a hug and leaving their room to go to my lab to start preparing everything for their return. I work tirelessly for the next two years on setting up what is needed for the success of this if Luna and her twin are to survive in the future.

On my last night in Equestria I give both Celestia and Luna/Nightmare Moon their hugs and wish them good luck in ruling and that next time I come back that I will make them their favorite Earthling food from Earth and also bring them some gifts like I always do when I return, whenever this spell/curse/thingy wants to bring me back. I fade back to Earth and glad that it’s the same as when I left (one of the perks that this thing can do is freeze time on Earth for me.) which was when I was playing Skyrim on my Xbox 360. Yea I know ‘You still have a Xbox 360, you need to upgrade’ but I’m trying to get a job for that, but anyway I just go back to what I was doing in the game (hunting vampires for the Dawnguard) and wondering if the spells I had setup will be strong enough for what is planned when Luna and Nightmare Moon come back from their banishment.

I return back to Equestria a month later and find the castle damaged and in disarray from the battle that Celestia and her ‘sister’ had, wondering if my lab is safe I turn to head in that direction and I get tackled from behind. Afraid that I’m being attacked I flare my magic,(by all the gods it’s good to have my magic back) and start to prepare a spell when I heard crying and sniffling from behind me. Turning, I see Celestia and a few pissed/confused guards looking at me.

“You are finally back Greed, I needed you here for the last five hundred years.” Celestia says with tears in her eyes and snot running from her nose, which I clean both and give her a hug that brings a smile to her face. “I’m sorry Tia, but you know I can’t really control this power/curse/thingy very well, but I’m here now and we can talk while I need to check something in my lab."