Chapters Canterlot Castle, the ancient seat of power for the Spacial Diarchy of Princesses Celestia and Luna was quiet, save for the patrolling Royal Guards under Acting Captain Flash Sentry, and the various obscenities and groans coming from the room of Princess Luna Artemisia Faustus.
While one could believe these noises were the result of a nightly romp in the hay or the Princess of The Night and Dreams (And as of yet unofficially Video Games) furiously masturbating, that was not the case this night.
In the locked and bolted bedchambers of the former host to Nightmare Moon’s essence, Luna had set her ebon regalia in it's stand for the night, adorned instead in a lovingly cared for pair of black headphones with a warm gold trim, a matching colored SolBloodedge VR headset, and a well-worn Stalbaton T-Shirt, signed of course.
Ordinarily the Lunar Regent would be busy with holding Night Court and safeguarding the dreams of Equestria’s denizens from the malignant Dream Daemons,but both tasks had record low rates this evening. Only a hooffull of petitioners had requested her aid, and as for the Dreamscape, only a few individuals had dangerous nightmares, and the primary trio of Dream Daemon leaders, known as Kreuger, Phobetor, and Mara had apparently been having a slow day, and thus didn't cause much mischief.
This left the gamer Princess ample time for one of her favorite pastimes, a VRMMORPG (or Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Roleplaying Game if one wished for the technical, and rather long, term), known as Megido Online. She had discovered it, alongside how far video games had advanced since when she played Pac-Mare as a filly, shortly after her return to Equestria. She had even started a Guild alongside her dear sister and friends, named The Band of the Hawk. Together they grew in both strength and prestige, soon ending up with fifty-two members in total, Luna as Guildmistress after it's former guild head, a mare who only went by “BoopMyMuffinButton” had abdicated her position.
With her sister and many of her friends in bed or on duty, she was by herself in their guildhall, the Grand Keep of Yahar’Gul, an imposing fortress that had taken months of questing to get the funds necessary to begin constructing their mighty homebase. They had constructed the NPCs by hoof, claw, or whatever appendage they possessed, each with their own personalities.
As Luna took her seat upon the Throne of Want, a high level, and quite comfy, chair they had nicked from a raid dungeon, her servants awaiting her orders, the real Luna let out a yawn, stretching.
“Awww, maybe a quick nap will do some good, then I'll check back to see of anyone's on.” The Lunar Diarch muttered to herself, rubbing her eyes. As an Elder Lich, an Overlord prestige-race, in essence a more powerful version one who achieve once they had either become a Guild Leader or reached max level, which Luna had done, her body was mostly skeletal, though with the correct spelling she could assume a fleshier form.
As the Lunar mare pulled a cy
This was how she entered the New World…..
1. Awakening in a New World
Luna’s brain slowly began to buzz with electricity as the Lunar regent began to arouse herself from her little power nap.
Luna rubbed her eyes with skeletal hooves, letting out a muffled yawn. She blinked, looking around seeing she had dozed off in the throne room of the Keep. She was alone, save for the head of the Floor Guardians, Tasogare, modeled after her friend with benefits, and unofficially, lover, Twilight Sparkle.
The mare before her had a slightly deeper lavender coat, her wings were a bit larger, and more feathered. Atop her head lay a small Circlet with Dire Goat horns adorning either side, brushing against her ears. Her horn had four small crystal-encrusted bands around it, to amplify her magecraft. She wore a majestic white dress with fine gold trim and charcoal grey socks on each hoof, with the insignia of the guild on the bottom. Her mane was loose, save for a tiny bit in a small braid.
Tasogare bowed her head, “How was your slumber, Lady Lunafreya?” She asked, her eyes shining. As a bit of a joke, Celestia had programmed in that Tasogare was madly in love with Luna, not that the moon princess didn't mind.
Luna smiled at the mare, her character’s voice similar, though an octave deeper, to her usual speech. “Very well Tasogare thank you.” She mentally chuckled as Tasogare began to swoon at so much as a thank you, like a lovestruck schoolfilly, or like Rarity after reading a, often poorly written, romantic or erotic novella.
Well, I think I've played enough for one night. Luna thought to herself. She tapped a band on her right foreleg, bringing up the options menu. Now to-Wait, what the Tartarus?! Her boney jaw dropped a bit her jagged crown/helmet sliding a smidge forward, as she gazed at the menu. Where things like Volume, Gamma, and the like would be, at the very end would be the option to Log Out. Though for her, it was gone. If there was a glitch in the system then there was a chance for the option to be unclickable and greyed out, but this would be quickly fixed.
“Is something the matter, milady?” Tasogare asked, trotting over, her reddish-gold irises shining with concern for her beloved lady.
Luna closed the menu, feeling the emotional suppression field her chosen race wash over her, calming her down. She shut her jaw, nodding. “Yes Tasogare, I'm alright.” The white-cloaked mare breathed a sigh of relief, taking a step back from the imposing throne of cold iron and glass. While outwardly calm, Luna was inwardly panicking. Her mind had begun to turn towards an NRPG (Neighponese Roleplaying Game) series she enjoyed, known as the .Hack series, and an anime her dear sister had shown her, Glaive Arte Online if she recalled correctly, where a gamer, especially an VRMMORPGist like herself, became trapped in the world of the game.
However, simply feeling her skeletal face with her hooves wasn't enough of a test. She needed to do something that normally wouldn't be allowed in Megido. “Tasogare,” the mare looked up, “Turn around and spread-” before the Lunar Diarch could finish, the lovestruck NPC, or what Luna still hoped was an NPC, had turned around, bent over, and had her dress pulled up, revealing her bare, and quite moist, pussy. Luna gulped, and slid a boney hoof across the warm flesh. In Megido, players couldn't engage in sexual acts with NPCs unless they were married with said NPC. Luna shivered in delight upon hearing the Twilight-esque mare let out a primal neigh of passion. That certainly proves it then, I've somehow become transported to the world of Megido, or at least something like it. It was then Luna noticed she was practically hoofing the mare before her, and quickly retrieved her hoof, and in a moment of weakness, licked it clean, shivering as she taste sweet vanilla and calming lavender in Tasogare's marehood juices.
Tasogare let out a frustrated, muffled groan, and possibly believing her lady was satisfied, swiftly got to her hooves, and fixed her dress, cheeks tinged. She dipped her head, “T-Thank you for that milady.” She muttered, shifting, rubbing her back hooves together in a subtle show of sexual frustration.
“Of course Tasogare.” Luna coughed into a hoof, averting her eyes. “Now, I have a task for you. Locate Alucard, have him survey the outer grounds of the Grand Keep of Yahar'Gul, then bring him here.” She ordered, wondering where her Battle Butler, and the head of the combat maids the Mareidies, was. While not one if the Floor Guardians, he was still one of her best fighters, and was based off a friend with benefits of her, a vampony agent under her employ.
“Yes my supreme liege.” Tasogare bowed, and galloped away to locate the half-dragon butler. This left Luna alone to ponder her thoughts.
About an hour after Tasogare had been tasked by Luna, she returned alongside the combat butler.
Alucard was a pale stallion, his coat a deathly white, his mane, always neatly combed, was as black as night. He was dressed in a black business suit with gold trim, a personal favorite color combination of the guild, with a crimson caveat beneath. His draconic blood gave him small patches of scales, and whenever his blood started boiling, his teeth would transform into fangs and his crimson eyes would become slits. Both bowed before Luna.
“Ah Tasogare, Alucard, I trust you have something to report?” The Alicorn turned Overmare asked, gesturing with a hoof, her ebon and gold robes shifting as Luna crossed her hind legs.
“My lady, it seems as if the Grand Keep has, through some unknown magics, been transported to another location. Gone are the cemeteries and swamps. We appear to be surrounded by a large Grove of tupelo trees.”
Luna nodded her head, rubbing her sharp chin, her jagged crown/helmet clanking as she did so. “Good, now I have one more command for you two, summon the rest of the Floor Guardians and the Mareidies, I have to inform them all of our current situation. Gather them in the combat arena in a few hours.” The two bowed low, and left the throne room.
Wanting to see things for herself, Luna collected her power, and transported herself to the exterior combat arena.
Luna felt her skeletal form materialize onto the dark grass coated ground within the combat arena. Her gilded robes brushed against her hooves as she surveyed the grounds. Two Guardians, a pair of twins, had been selected to be the tamers and trainers of the various beasts that were penned in the caverns and cells beneath the arena. They also acted as excellent massouses when the occasion called.
Luna looked around the arena, her crimson eyes flickering as she took in the familiar grounds. “Aloe, Lotus? Where are you?” She called out, her voice echoing across the grounds.
“C-coming milady!” A warm, Prench-accented voice called out from an unseen position. Leaping from behind a parapet came a light blue mare dressed in a red brocade, and a light pink skirt. Her left eye was the color of warm chocolate, which didn’t match her chartreuse right eye. Not long after a mare with a pink coat and dressed similarity, except instead of a skirt she wore a pair of green tights. Her eyes were the opposite of her twin. Both bowed before the skeletal mare before them.
“Ah, Aloe, Lotus, timely as ever, hmm?” Luna chuckled. “You may rise.” The two did so, averting their eyes out of respect. “Have you two been doing well?” She asked, the fire that acted as her eyes now, rather than the intimidating crimson they normally were, now resembled the crackling fires of a hearth on a cold winter’s night, warm and inviting.
“A-um, yes Lady Lunafreya, we’re doing just fine, thank-” As Aloe was about to finish her statement, the skirted mare’s stomach let out a gurgle that would rival a manticore's roar, or put one to shame. Aloe let out a squeak, her cheeks a fiery red. “E-excuse my stomach milady, I-” she was cut off as Luna raised a hoof.
“Haven't eaten at all today, am I right?” Luna asked, glad of her empathetic skills, both from her life as a ruler, and her character's skills. As she thought back to her time before she had been sent here to this world, her mind began to wander on how she even arrived here. However, another gut gurgle from Aloe snapped her out of it. There would be time to think of that later, in private. “Hmm,” she raised a hoof, as a small, swirling red and black void appeared. She reached in, and pulled out a small platter of piping hot cinnamon rolls with warm frosting, moving them from her hoof into her telepathic grasp, “Here.” She held it out to the two. As the duo looked at the treats with hesitance, Luna gave them a small smile. “Go on. How are you two meant to fulfill your duties on an empty stomach?” With that, the two began to eagerly eat their fill.
Luna took a step back, “Well, it seems as if my portal spells still work in, wherever we are.” She thought aloud, before a smirk came to her. “Now, you two, have you ever seen an elemental before?”
It was Lotus that spoke up, wiping the crumbs and frosting from her face. “Only the wild ones, Lady Lunafreya.”
Luna nodded, “Then this shall be a good opportunity then.” She raised her right foreleg, the a coiled, jewel-encrusted band closest to her hoof. The center gem began to glow a vibrant sanguine. “Summon Leshy.”
A forest green glyph appeared a few feet away from Luna, as a tree like being, much like a Timberwolf but bipedal and bulkier, appeared. It's body was like thick bark. Two, wing-like protrusions made of bone grew from the top half of it's back, and twin curled horns were on either side of it's forehead. An orb filled with Amber sap acted as it's core, it's eyes matching the color of molasses. The Leshy was as tall as Luna was, if not a bit taller. It breathed slowly, awaiting it's orders.
“Amazing!” Aloe said, her eyes gazing upon the floric creature. “I've never seen a Leshy this big before.” She prodded it, thankful it didn't react.
“They normally don't get this big unless they're quite ancient.” Luna said, dispelling the beast. “Ah, Alucard will be by shortly to have you all meet in the throne room.” She nodded, and vanished back to her
About an hour after Luna had visited the twins, Alucard returned, fixing his coat, alongside the others. “Was there some sort of trouble Alucard?” She asked the pale stallion.
Alucard bowed, “None whatsoever, my lady.” He said, smirking a bit. “Just some pesky fauna decided to interrupt my moonlit walk.”
Luna chuckled, “Of course. Now, as I'm sure all of you are aware, the Grand Keep of Yahar'Gul has been transported away from Megido. I have no clue as to how or whether other players from Megido are here, and if they are, what their intentions may be.”
Moon Dancer bowed, “My lady, I have an idea.” Luna nodded at her. “In Megido, players, especially strong ones, tended to gravitate towards Legendary or God Eater-tier enemies, in the hopes of attaining, as your sister PraiseTheSunbutt and yourself would call it, epic loot, and experience, perhaps becoming the ruler of this New World, as it befits a Supreme Being such as yourself to rule over the weak, might attract attention, perhaps even from the other Supreme Beings if they yet live.”
Luna rubbed her chin. In Megido it WAS possible for a skilled player, and their guild if they were a part of one, to be crowned Holy (,or Unholy if need be) Amestrian Emperor/Empress, granting them near admin level power, and they could only be dethroned in a duel, or of they were banned due to breaking the code of conduct. Luna herself had held the title a few times, and if it meant reuniting with Celestia, Twilight, and the others, she'd take it. “You speak wisely, as befits my strategist, Moon Dancer.”
“My dear lady,” Tasogare spoke up, as Luna inclined her head towards her. “There is a nearby town under siege by bandits or mercenaries. If we wait until few survivors remain, the rest will be indebted for our aid, and will surely swear fealty to you.”
Luna stood up, “Excellent Tasogare,” said mare blushed, shifting. “However, the more survivors there are, the more subject's i'll have, don't you agree?” A chorus of “Yes” filled the room. “However, I'm unsure how they'll take an undead saving them. If it's anything like Megido, then at best they'll distrust me. That is something I cannot allow. Tasogare, armor up.” Tasogare bowed, and left to change.
“Now then,” Luna’s attire vanished in a burst of azure fire, replaced by a set of robed ornate armor and helmet in a hybrid Ancient Roaman/Neighponese style, her face concealed by a combined Galea and kubuto, all Ebony with gold trim, a flowing ermine cape trailing across her back. A katana rested by her side. Tasogare soon returned, adorned in black plate mail, and wielding a Glaive. “Let's go save a village.”
