Her Little Demon

Three months earlier ...

It was dark outside. The wind was howling far away, in the navy-blue sky there were shimmering stars and a huge moon. Nightmare Moon sat in her room and cried. There was a mannequin next to the wall with her armor on it. Probably black alicorn was throwing it because of an attack of anger, which then turned into crying. It was just after the Nightmare Night. Even though everypony knew she was alive. Even though everypony knew she was not a threat, they were afraid of her. A year ago Nightmare Night was also organized too. The residents of the Ponyville were terrified, Celestia and Luna assured her that it would be better next year, but... It was only worse. Hundreds of thoughts passed through her head. She thought about what she wanted to do in the past because she wanted to... Bring an eternal night into the world. When she was defeated by Twilight Sparkle and her friends, she somehow survived and kept close to Luna. One day, Luna noticed her as a shadowy being. It was then that she started talking to Nightmare Moon, showed her compassion, understanding and convinced her that an eternal night wasn't a good idea. Weeks passed and Nightmare Moon regained her physical form, she didn't want to hurt anypony or bring eternal night. Thanks to Luna, Moon was much... Milder. In the beginning, Celestia was afraid of her, just as the black alicorn, who would have liked to kill her, but... It didn't happen. Luna and Celestia supported their sister and helped her in difficult situations. In the room of the black alicorn, there was a sound of knocking at the door all the time, Moon ignored it and let tears flow on her cheeks.

"Sister, open up. It's me." Celestia's voice came through the door. She was also an alicorn. She was taller than Luna but also lower than Nightmare Moon. Her fur was white, as the cutie mark, she had the sun, her mane was waving and resembling a faded rainbow. - "Nightmare Moon, I want to talk with you, please."

"There is nothing to talk about..." - Moon said, clenching her eyelids and wiping her tears - "Leave me alone!"

The door to her room was opened. Moon heard that somepony approach to her, and then... She felt something embrace her. She opened her eyes and saw that it was Celestia, who embraced her with her wing and gently hugged her.

"What do you want?" - Moon asked, sniffling - "I asked you to leave me alone."

"Moonie, it's okay, next time it will be better." - At that moment, Moon got up. Now she was not sad, but... She was angry.

"Better? Better?!" - She asked, standing in front of her and looking at her with angry and at the same time tearful eyes - "A year ago you were saying the same! And you see how it is... They are afraid of me..." - Moon sat down, closed her eyes, from which more tears flowed.

Celestia hugged her uncertainly, gently stroking her on the mane - "Shhh... It's okay, Moonie, but you have to stay positive. Maybe next year will be definitely better."

Moon sniffed - "And you can guarantee it to me?" Celestia was silent. She didn't know what to say - "See?... It doesn't make sense. I would have preferred to never exist and just don't care about anything. "

"Do not even say that, Moon. We all have worse days, but this is not the end of the world." - White alicorn put her hoofs on the Moon's shoulders, who was not crying anymore. She was just sad - "Trust me, you know, when Luna attended her first Nightmare Night, everypony was afraid of her, too, but... Later was just better, they loved her." - Celestia wiped her tears and hugged her again. Moon closed her eyes, wrapped her hooves around her, and hugged to her.

"They hate me, Tia. They will never love me."

"They'll love you, trust me. It just takes time." - Celestia looked at her face again - "Go to sleep, okay? You don't look so good. Tomorrow we'll talk about it calmly. " - She said, gently stroking the black alicorn's cheek

"Fine... Can you let me go now?"

Celestia released Moon from her grip, she stood up and headed to the door. When the white alicorn came out of the room, Moon opened the window and spread her wings and flew out. After about ten minutes, Moon was very far away from the Canterlot. She began to lower her flight, then landed on a huge meadow, surrounded by forest, in the middle of which was a small lake. The cold wind moved the blades of grass and the leaves of the trees, it felt as if both the trees and the grass sang and played the melody, and the wind was their conductor. Nightmare Moon approached the small lake, and looked at its reflection in it, just as the moon reflected in the surface and the starry night sky. She sat down and stared at her reflection, thinking about various things. She was thinking about ponies who were screaming at her view, just like... Like foals, which also screamed and even cried. Yeah... foals. Moon wondered what it's like to be a mother. What is it like to have a foal, taking care for him and how to raise him? Moon probably didn't have a chance to become a mother, or at least she thought so. Each stallion began to shake in the fear at her sight, even Shining Armor and his guards themselves were afraid of her. And she... she just wanted to feel better. She wanted to feel noticed, beloved, and yet ... No one except her sisters showed her the same feelings. Each stallion began to shake with fear at her sight, even Shining Armor and his guards themselves were afraid of her. But she... she just wanted to feel better. She wanted to feel noticed, beloved, but... Nopony except her sisters showed her those feelings like this.

Moon sat for a few hours at the lake, when suddenly... She heard something from the right side. She turned her head and she saw the stallion, but... He was different. His coat was black. The mane and tail were white, he had membranous wings and yellow glowing eyes with vertical pupils. The strangest thing was that... Even though he looked like an adult, he didn't have a cutie mark. His side was empty. He reminded her of the Night Guards that patrolled Canterlot's corridors when it was dark. However... This stallion didn't look like a bat-pony, despite the membranous wings. The mysterious stallion sat in front of the lake and stared at his reflection, he looked very worried and maybe even scared. After a while, he closed his eyes and when he opened them... They were blue and the pupils were round. The stallion looked at his hooves, then he spread his wings, which were quite impressive, were larger spans than the wings of Celestia itself. Then the stallion looked at Nightmare Moon, who stared at him as if she was hypnotized. The stallion's eyes became yellow again and they had vertical pupils, he showed razor-sharp teeth, and snarled furiously, taking a battle attitude.

"Hey, relax." - Moon said getting up and getting back a bit - "I don't have bad intentions."

The stallion stopped growling, and only stared at her now, but... He was still ready to attack. Nightmare Moon was surprised because for the first time somepony wasn't afraid of her, though... The sudden reaction from the stallion could have been caused by fear, but... He didn't run away. But she wondered more about why he had such sharp teeth.

"Who are you?" - The stallion asked, staring at her with interest but also with distrust, and even with anger. His voice was calm and gentle. It was resonant, even powerful, bad ... Calming and gentle.

"I'm Nightmare Moon, what's your name?" - She asked calmly.

The stallion raised one eyebrow, looked at his spread wings and said - "I'm..." - Then he looked at her again - "Demonic Wing..."

"Well... It's nice to meet you, we have a beautiful night, do not we?" Moon asked uncertainly.

Demonic Wing straightened up and looked at her suspiciously - "What are you doing here?"

"Well, I'm doing the same thing, like you. I'm thinking. Everypony is afraid of you too and you came here for self-pity?"

Wing frowned his eyebrows and he said - "No. Anyway... It's not your business." - He said turning around and sitting down next to the lake and staring back at his reflection.

"Maybe... But maybe I will be able to help you somehow." Moon began to approach to him slowly when she was only a meter away, Wing looked at her and showed the sharp teeth again.

"Don't come closer, I'm warning you." - He said, growling. His ears dropped, and in his eyes, in his eyes a state of murder. - "Go back ... Immediately."

"Alright, alright. I'm moving, geez" - The black alicorn retreated, Demonic Wing, hid his teeth and looked back at his reflection.

Nightmare Moon was sitting and looking at the black stallion. Silence reigned around them, every time interrupted by the howl of the wind, which set in motion blades of grass and the water surface.

"You know... I come here very often when I have some thoughts, or... I'm just sad." - Demonic Wing was silent. He was still looking at his reflection - "Tonight was a Nightmare Night, everypony was running away and screaming at my sight, I came here because I was sad, my sisters told me that this year will be better, but... It wasn't."

"But we have one problem." - Demonic Wing finally spoke. Moon looked at him and he looked at her - "I'm in a much worse situation, believe me. I don't know what to do and... I'm just afraid."

"Oooh... But what happened?" - She asked - "I will not tell anypony, I promise."

The black stallion looked at Moon and examined her closely, as if... Trying to see if she was lying. After a moment, his look was a bit milder, he sighed and said - "I had to do something... Very horrible..." - His ears dropped slightly.

"What did you had to do?"

Wing wondered again what to say - "I had to kill somepony, it... It was supposed to be my... My exam."

"Who were you had to kill?"

"It's irrelevant, the more so because I didn't do it. I don't want to kill her..."

"Wait, her?"

He looked at her again, nervous, but... After a while, he calmed down - "Yes, darn it..."

"Who told you to kill HER and... Why you didn't do it?" - She asked, more inquisitively.

"Whoever told me to do this, he is very powerful. And why I didn't do it?" - Wing shrugged - "I don't know, I just didn't want to, I felt sorry for her." - He looked at the night sky - "And what am I going to do now?" I don't want to kill, I never killed anypony, I never wanted to kill!"

It was then that Wing felt something gently embrace him. He stopped looking into the night sky and looked at the black alicorn who embraced him with her wing - "I think you should oppose to this somepony. Only you know what will be and what is good for you. If you don't want to kill, well... Don't kill, just be yourself, Wingy."

"I'm not Wingy..." - He said, slightly frowning but smiling at the same time.

"And I will call you like that. What? Will you forbid it me?"

"Oh, come on!..." - Demonic Wing turned his eyes away from her and, like Moon, laughed. He looked at her again - "Thank you. Thanks to you, I know what to do now."

"You're welcome." - Moon said, still laughing a little

It was then that the stallion got up, he took a few steps away from the lake and then he spread his wings. - "Goodbye, Nightmare Moon." - He waved his wings, flowing up with incredible speed. Moon closed her eyes a bit and covered her face because the wind blow was really strong and quite dusty. Moon coughed several times and began to look around, looking for the Demonic Wing, but... He was nowhere, like... He just disappeared.

"Bye..." - She said, then she stood up. She also spread her wings and flew up. She took the course at Canterlot, the only thing she dreamed about now was a hot bath and a bed.