Author's Note

Sorry this is way, way late, but hey, it's my late birthday gift to all of you. Have a great one.

A New Moon

It took a while for the screaming to stop, much to everyone's (pony's?) confusion. Eventually Nightmare had a idea and started to sing. I don't know why but it just...calmed me down, hell even made me tired. I remember them talking about something.... something about my magic, but that was all I got before sleep took over.

I awoke some time later in darkness. Now, unlike normal people, who have an instinctive fear of the dark, I never had that and I am glad to report that it has stayed. Besides, whatever it was I felt against me was warm and even kinda fluffy. I snuggled up against it as I tried to fall back asleep to hear someone chuckle. I looked up and saw a pair of slitted blue eyes looking down at me.

"Such a cute little one. Oh how Fury would have loved you." Nightmare says in a soft tone before she nuzzled me. Honestly, it felt nice. For a moment, everything faded. My fear, confusion, everything save fore the feeling of her love. She wrapped her wings around me and I felt safe. This... it felt so strange. It felt wrong, like I was betraying my original mom but it also felt so right... damn now I'm sounding like a bad pop song.

Then I felt it for the first time, And by God the first time was painful. I felt a presure building up in my head, and it just kept building until I was starting to tear up. I felt my...I felt Nightmare move away from me and try to say something but it hurt too much. I just wanted it gone, I wanted it all gone. And because Murphy is a ass it was at this moment PTSD decided to rear it's ugily head. I screamed as I remembered all I saw, all I felt and had to do on the battlefield. All the fallen friends, all the blood, the child forces that took us by suprise. I screamed as I felt something coming off me in massive quantities until, with a flail of my head, it releaced. I looked and saw a huge, powerful ray of dark Magic shooting out of me and taking out not only the roof of this room, but continuing on and on into the open sky.

I was in awe at first until a new pain started to form. The spell wasnt stopping as I felt a burning on what I asume to be my horn. It hurt so much, before it suddenly went cold. I felt the spell stop as something was placed over my horn and I was left a snobbing, hurting mess.

I felt someone pick me up and hold me, petting my mane and shushing me. I didn't care that she wasn't my first mom. I cried into her fur as Nightmare held me, petting me saying "Shhh... it's okay, it was just your first magic flare, it's okay. Momma is here. Mother is here little one, it's okay."

And I believed her.

Three Years Later

I woke up with a yawn. In these last three years I have slowly started to get used to my position. Being female will always be strange to me, but it just means I'd have to be a tomboy. Over all nothing interesting happened these last few years save for a few info bits. First off, while Mom -sorry- Nightmare Moon does have all of ponydom nocturnal, she does realize that true Nighttime eternal would kill everyone. So she had a ingenious plan. Make it so the sun is out just long enough to help things grow and keep things from freezing before replacing it with the moon again. This paired with a thousand years of special cross pollination to allow most plants to grow at night anyway and she actually has a good ship sailing here as far as plan execution. And that isn't even mentioning the relations with the dragon, where dragons openly walk the streets, making friends with ponies, trading and even giving birth to some Kirin.

Now that's not to say everything is moonshine and water lilies. Unlike Celestia's rule from the show, Mom is well antiquated with war. Ponies these days are still happy go lucky, but are more willing to fight back then the pushovers in the show, For good and for bad. Sombra also is still around and when he heard of me (apparently out of wedlock. Guess my squad mates were right calling me a bastard.) he did everything he could to try to court mom, even starting a war that we are still fighting. The griffons are constantly trying to take over all of Equis, though with there current leader being similar to Hitler, I can't wait for him to loose.

Anyways, history lesson aside I got out of bed before checking myself in the mirror. Had it not been my body staring back I just might have died of cuteness overload. I was a small little thing and if you thought bat ponies were cute, Just imagine one of their foals.... with a horn.... The word adorable comes to mind. My mane was similar to Nightmare's, only instead of just blue there are also tones of purple mixed in. My eyes took the longest for me to get over. they are slitted, to be expected, but the color changes based of my mood, such as the current shade of calm blue. I smiled at my reflection before I heard the door open and in come mom. She smiled as soon as she saw me and quickly scooped me up. "Oh how I missed my little filly! How is my little star?"

"Hehe! I'm fine mommy. I almost cast my first spell today! Look!" I said as I focused hard on creating a aura. Sparks of multiple colors shot out of my horn before I stopped, panting from then mental strain "See?"

Nightmare smiled "Wow, that is amazing Neb! One day, I know you'll be more powerful than even me!"

"Really?"

"Really really!" Nightmare chuckled as she held me close. Its... strange. I know things. I know so much, but it feels like becoming a child did more than effect my body. I honestly and truly love Nightmare Moon like a mother. And I just felt so.... kiddish. Oh well, it'll probably go back to normal once I'm older...

2 Years Later

"But mom, I don't want to go to school!" I said as I was also internally tearing my mane out. I still knew all the math and science from earth, and I didn't want to be back as square one!

Nightmare sighed "Nebula Aurorian Noctis, We will not have this discussion again. I know you are smarter, and more powerful than all the other children, but you still need a education, to learn of history and the arts." She smiled for a moment as she continued. "Besides that, I'm not sending you to a normal school."

"What do you mean" I asked, genuinely confused.

"I mean that this school is unique. Don't think I haven't caught you looking at the recruits training and sparing, you want to learn combat. This school with start your training, on top of teaching you a normal curriculum. Add that the children from other rulers across the world will be attending as a attempt for peace, and even if you were not interested in combat, you would be going." She steps down from her throne and lifts my chin. "I have faith in you Nebula, you will do fine. Its not like you are not coming home for holidays."

I sighed. The only reason I was staying at the school all the time was because of all the political bullshit that comes with royalty. If not for that, then I know I wouldn't be staying 24/7. But, I have a act to keep up. "Okay mom... Hey, do you think I will get my Destined Mark while I'm there?" I asked. And yes, a more mature Equestria, a more mature name for cutie marks.

Nightmare chuckled happily, a soft look flashing across her stilted eyes. "If that is what will get you happy to go."

"Yes yes yes yes yes!" I say, jumping for joy. Uhg, this turning into a foal thing has really affected me huh.... "Come on mom, lets go!" I said, picking up my bag that the steward had handed to me.

"Mistress Moon, Lady Nebula, the carriage has arrived. I take it everything is in order?" He asked in his monotone voice.

Nightmare nodded. "Thank you Ringer, I shall return in time for open court." She said as she took me in her wing and walked us outside and to the waiting carriage. I'm still not used to nighttime eternal. I mean, through the use of magic, plants still grow and there is a form of day and night, with the brightening and dimming of the moon but just the darkness all around... I'm not sure if its a comfort or what. Anyways we hop into the carriage and start off for my new home away from home....

Kingdoms Honor Academy.