"Interesting indeed."

Luna was currently walking through an empty void. Even though she was the watcher of ponies dreams, she didn't go through her own dreams that often. But this time, something felt...off. Like something that she'd buried was coming back to haunt her.

"Hello, my sweet Luna. How've you been?"

The moon princess gasped and looked behind her, noticing something that she'd rather not have.

"You...why are you here?"

In front of her was her old evil self, Nightmare Moon. Back when she and Celestia ruled all that time ago, back when Discord and King Sombra was still a threat, Luna had become jealous of Celestia and in turn, let said jealousy consume her. The end result was Nightmare Moon, a being of hate and evil. The now weakened being looked at her, grinning.

"Why, to see how you've been, of course.

Luna flew over to here and snarled, ready to face this demon head on. "Don't you even dare to try my patience, creature. You are banished inside me for a reason."

The entity laughed, walking off and looking at the emptyless void around them. "As fun as ever, aren't we, Luna? How's the creature?"

Luna gave a look of confusion and scoffed. "What creature do you speak o...."

Then the sudden realisation hit her. "You....you... you sent that creature to Equestria?! What for?!"

Now it was Nightmare's turn to scoff. "Oh, don't be so dense, my dear. What do you think?"

She received a hoof to the face and fell back, letting out a yelp in surprise before quickly regaining her composure and laughing. "Hit a nerve, did I?"

The nightmare then felt a hoof to her throat, Luna scowling at her. "That...thing has killed my subjects and caused me and my sister a great level of stress and sadness! Trust me, if I could kill you right now, I wouldn't hesitate in the slightest. Keep. Away. From. Us."

Before Nightmare could react, Luna had disappeared. She started to grin and chuckle to herself. "That silly, pathetic mare. This creature has indeed proven itself very useful. Hopefully, it continues to show its worth. And when the time is right, I shall rise again and bring everlasting darkness to Equestria!

All that could be heard now in the empty void was a deep, monotone laughter as the dream caved in on itself.

Luna woke in her bed, a scowl still on her face. She grumbled as she rubbed her eyes, it being nighttime. "What does that monster intend to do with the creature? The creature is as evil as Nightmare, that is for sure. I don't know why Celestia has even bothered listening to it. If it was up to me, it'd be dead by now for the suffering that it has caused."

Celestia had told Luna about the plans to ressurect the ponies that the creature had killed. Necromancy was not unknown to the princess of the night, but it was a dangerous operation. However, she knew that only bad things would come out of this. She had tried to inform her sister of her feelings on the matter, but she would not take heed of her worries. She still couldn't believe how her sister could even think of making a deal with the very creature that had killed her subjects. But, it is her choice. All she can do is keep an eye on the matter and make sure that the creature does not cause any more harm. Because if it did, there would be no negotations the next time around.

She sighed as she got up and did her mane, rectifiying the mess that had been caused by the ever so comfy bed. She looked in the mirror, content with her work and moved to the door, looking at her bed one last time. "I need more sleep..."

"Hmm...this shouldn't be too difficult."

Mercer was rubbing his chin in thought, looking at the deceased. He looked over to Celestia. "As I said, I can do this, but they'll be changed."

She sighed and nodded. "If that's what it takes for you to bring them back, then so be it."

He nodded in response and morphed his arm into its tendril form. He split his tendrils into 2, one going in the orange horse, the other going into the white one. Biomass could be seen being pumped into their corpses, Mercer closing his eyes as he concentrated. Celestia looked away, unable to look at the scene any longer. After a minute or so, Mercer pulled out the tendrils, morphing his arm back into its normal form. As Celestia heard the sound that Mercer made when he shapeshifted back, she turned around to see Mercer staring at the two corpses of her little ponies. He looked over to her and nodded. "It's done. I'm not sure how long it will take, though. With a human, it happened in seconds. But considering you guys are a completely different species...I don't know."

Celestia nodded and put them back in their coffins, getting the guards what were with them to carry the coffins away. "Make sure to put these in the castle basement. I want to personally see to this when.." she looked to Mercer with a skeptical look before looking back at the guards. "or if they do indeed wake."

The guards saluted, having had their eye on Mercer the entire time. They trotted off with the coffins in hand. Celestia looked at Mercer and scowled. "I can't believe that I've even given you this chance considering what you've done to not only me, but my subjects as a whole. If this manages to work, I'm still keeping my eye on you. I should lock you up, but I feel as if it would only cause more harm to my subjects. But keep this in mind. As I said before, if any harm comes to them...you'll pay. Understood?"

Mercer nodded, a stoic look on his face. "Yup, you've told me already. For what's it's worth, I'm sorry for what I did."

The sun princess sighed and walked away, looking back at him. "Come. We must get back to the castle and update my sister on the situation."

He nodded and followed, hoping that he'd be able to get back home soon and forget about all of this crazy nonsense.

"The shit that I manage to get myself into..."

Author's Note

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