Chapters It was nighttime in the dream world of the two sisters. But something made this night special.
The two fillies were both sleeping soundly in their separate rooms of the castle. Though they have been split up, they returned to the castle in the dream world, everything stayed the same. But neither of them saw each other when they returned. Besides, they couldn’t remember each other anyway.
During the night, something interesting began happening...
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Daybreaker twisted and turned in her sleep. But she couldn’t seem to be able to sleep no matter what. It’s her first day back, but sleeping as a filly in her big bed made it feel like she was really tiny. This would make her comfortable, but this is not the reason why she couldn’t sleep.
It’s because she’s thinking of something.
She woke up, and proceeded to scratch her head. In fact, Daybreaker was thinking of somepony. Somepony... Familiar, yet she couldn’t remember who it was. She only knows she was thinking of one specific pony, to talk to. When she returned to this dream world, she felt different. Her mane was not as Firey, but with a orange and yellow flowing kick to it. All her other features stayed the same. Besides her physical appearance, she also had a change in personality. She suddenly start to feel genuinely like a good princess, rather than one of mischief.
She has no idea why, though. It happened so suddenly.
She wanted an answer to the problem, and she thought she could do so by talking to a certain pony that she once knew, but now forgotten. Daybreaker sighed, and got out of bed. In half-sleepwalking mode, because she’s still technically tired, she trots out of her room, and out the castle.
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Nightmare didn’t fare better when she slept. She also couldn’t get to sleep. But, rather than mad, she’s only frustrated, as her temper had changed. Once again, she’s thinking of some pony she wants to see.
But she couldn’t recall who it was.
Eventually, she decided that twisting and turning in her bed with all this thoughts won’t get her anywhere. So, she gets out of her bed in a tired state, and decided that she might have a walk around the castle, maybe going out to clear her mind, even. She thought this could help her to run into the pony she’s looking for, since the pony was also in the castle. Or maybe she just wanted some time to chill out from the frustration of not getting to sleep.
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**Bumps**
“Ow! S-Sorry, I didn’t mean to-“
At the main entrance to the castle, the two, who were mindlessly wandering with only half an eye open, bumped into each other. When they did, they took a look at each other- They started to recall something. They remember how each other looked. It seems as if the two had seen each other before, but can’t recall when. The sisters open their eyes, now fully awake.
“H-Hey,” Nightmare said. “Wait, I... I think I’ve seen you before...”
Daybreaker nodded in response.
“I... I think so too,” She replied. “Do I know you from somewhere?”
“Hmmmm... I think you probably remember me,” Nightmare said, “But I’m not sure if I remember too much about you.”
“Hm... Oh! You’re the one who wants to make everything eternal night, right?”
“Yeah, that’s me. And I think you’re the one who wants eternal day, yes?”
“I am! How’d you know me, though...? I don’t remember anything...”
The two look at each other with a bit more focus. But after a minute, they decided playing the silent game wasn’t going to help them talk, if this really is the pony they’re looking for.
“I know we know each other somewhere,” Nightmare pointed out, “But I guess it wouldn’t hurt for us to start over from the very beginning?”
“I... I guess it wouldn’t.”
The sisters get close.
“Nightmare Moon.”
“O-Oh, right. Daybreaker.”
The two shook hooves after introducing themselves. It’s then they remember something more.
“Daybreaker...” Nightmare Moon repeated, “I recognize your name!”
“So do I, Nightmare! Interesting...”
“Oh, I think I know why we know each other, but I’m not sure.”
“I think I know as well...”
The two silently walk together out of the castle and onto the giant fields of clouds. They walk for a bit before finding a spot to sit down.
“You see, I have a sister,” Nightmare broke the ice. “I can’t remember too much, but I recall her looking just like you. White, orange mane, red eyes, also an Alicorn. I think she’s sort of like a princess of the sun or something.”
Daybreaker nodded. “Cool. I have a sister too. I think she looks exactly like you. She’s the princess of the night. I think I also recall the fact that my sister and I always fought over everything, too. But I don’t remember why.”
“Huh, me too, I fight a lot with my sister too... Wait, hold on.”
“Hold on a minute!”
The two sit close to each other.
“Are you... My Sister?”
Suddenly, they remembered. They were indeed sisters before their memory loss settled in. Realizing they’ve found each other, the two had a lot of questions. Most importantly, what’s with them being nice to each other?
“But wait...” Daybreaker said, “I thought we always fought with each other... Why?”
Nightmare tilted her head. “I... I don’t know. Can you remember anything?”
“I don’t think so. If you and I were so mean to each other... Why do I feel...”
“You feel like being nice?”
“Yeah. You too?”
Nightmare nodded.
“I can’t really remember what happened before I became nicer. I think... I think we were fighting, and this other Alicorn was trying to banish us.”
“That matches with what memory I have, at least.”
The sisters stayed quiet for a few minutes, trying not to be confused at their sort of ‘Negotiation’. Soon, Nightmare Moon nudges herself to sit close. Daybreaker does the same thing, and now they are sitting close together, side by side. At that moment, they look at each other, and was actually closer than expected- Their heads were almost close enough for a kiss. That thought made them blush.
“Wh-Whoa... Sorry, I didn’t mean to startle you,” Daybreaker said.
“Me neither,” Nightmare replied. “Well... whatever the case, Daybreaker, it seems we couldn’t remember why we fight, you?”
“Nope, nothing. I know we are always at each other’s throats, but... *chuckles* I don’t recall why we argue.”
“Well, I guess we’ll find out at some point,” Nightmare said. “In the meantime... Since we can’t remember why we hate one another, why are we fighting, hmm?”
“That’s... Actually a good point. Actually, if we really fought at all, maybe let’s just make up?”
“I guess so?”
The two, shyly, chuckled from embarrassment. They don’t even know if they’re enemies before (Technically they are), but at the time, they didn’t know. So it was really awkward.
“*yawn* I want to sleep now, Sister.”
“*yawn* Me too. Hey, Daybreaker...”
“Yes, Nightmare?”
“If we really fought before, then I think we should learn about each other and figure out why. Mind if we talk again tomorrow?”
“Tomorrow Night?”
“I guess I could, like I have anything to do, haha. You know where my place is?”
“Yeah, your room is near mine.”
“Thanks. And, before we go, sister...”
“Hm? What is it, sis?”
The two both look at one another.
“I’ve learnt this sometime ago. And... Since we just made up, I want to share one of these with you.”
Nightmare closes the gap and hugs Daybreaker with her tiny hooves. Letting out a gasp, Daybreaker didn’t know what to do.
“O-Oh...” Daybreaker blushed. “What are you doing?”
“*chuckles* Put your hooves around me. It’s going to be awkward if I’m the only one doing it.”
Daybreaker shrugged and complied to her sister’s instructions. She puts her hooves around the filly. Suddenly, the two smiled wider. They started to pull the other closer to them, and rested their head on each other’s shoulder. They seemed to be genuinely happy and comfortable, holding each other like this. They let out a few chuckles as they pull even closer even when there’s literally no space between them left, resulting in a tighter grasp.
“It’s called a hug, Day.”
“A hug... Oh, I think we used to always hate each other doing this with each other.”
“*chuckles* I remember too. I wonder why?”
“*chuckles* No idea why. But... *purrs* Mmmm... This feels so nice.”
“Mmm, hugs are always nice, I think.”
“Yep. Is it like two ponies who are friends, holding each other close together?”
“It’s about right. There are a lot of ways to hug, but this one is the most simple.”
“I see... So we’re friends, Night?”
They looked at each other, still in the hug.
“Yeah! Friends. What about you?”
“Sure!”
They chuckled as they pulled each other back together. It was then, a new kind of feeling started to take over their hearts and their mind. It was also a new idea that, for the first time, the two share. That idea shows that siblings, even if they’re polar opposites, can come together to bond in friendship, and share bittersweet memories with each other. Against the acts of arguing and fighting, it instead wants the siblings to live in harmony with each other.
And that was love.
Love, they thought. A very interesting sensation. They felt it the moment they formed their hug, because it was an act of comforting each other. The siblings continue to tighten their hug together, feeling that it would give them more love. They feel happy about getting it, and they wanted more from each other. No, not by fighting and stealing the love they each have, but rather sharing it with each other.
It didn’t take long before they start to feel that they’re kinda taking it a little too far.
“*laughs* Day... Stop!”
“*chuckles* No, Night, you stop!”
“You’re hugging me so tightly!”
“You are too!”
“Ow... I’m gonna die if you squeeze me so hard!”
“As if you aren’t doing the same thing!”
As they bickered playfully, they laughed and laughed. Now, they’re hugging so closely and tightly, it’s enough for them to start rubbing their cheeks together. With their eye slightly looking at their sister, their warm and cold cheeks rub against each other, giving the most soothing sense of comfort.
“Wow... Your face is so cold, matches my heat comepletely!”
“Yours matches with mine too! It’s so warm!”
“Huh, I wonder why we fought when all we had to do was hug it out?”
“Hmm, I dunno. Besides, I thought we said hugs with each other was gross back then?”
“*laughs* Gross? Did we really think that? I don’t think so at all!”
“*giggles* Yeah! It’s so comfortable to get close with you like this! Oh, we should totally do this together sometime.”
“Maybe tomorrow after we talk?”
“Okay, sure! Oof! Haha, aww... Stop tugging me!”
“Hahaha, you little sister.”
“Hmph, you’re so cheeky, big sister.”
“Awwww, shucks. Come on, we got to sleep.”
“*gasp* Let you go? *whines* Nooooo!”
“Waaaaaah! Hey, stop!”
“No! Sun and Moon shall stay in this hug!”
“Ahahahaha, that’s cute. But please, come on.”
“*sniff* Okay...”
The sisters finally let go of the hug. Nightmare Moon starts crying, as Daybreaker goes to pat her head to comfort her little sister.
“It won’t be long, alright? Just wait until the dream world is deactivated and we will be awake again.”
“Promise?”
“Mhmm.”
“Alright, then... *chuckles* Thanks for spending time with me, big sister. Later!”
“*giggles* You too, little sister. See you.”
As the night dawned once again in dreamland, Nightmare slept soundly in her room in the castle. But tonight, she had a special visitor coming. The filly nudged the sleeping filly awake.
“Nightmare?” Daybreaker asked.
**nudges**
“You said we’ll be talking tonight, wake up!”
She continues nudging and poking until Nightmare turns to her, her eyes half open.
“*yawns* Daybreaker...” Nightmare said, giving a hint of a smile. “Hi there.”
“*giggles* Hey, sis. Dream world is back on, so we get to talk together!”
“Mhmm, I know.”
Nightmare uses her magic to levitate the blanket. She motions Daybreaker to sit closer, and as both of them sit on the bed, the blue starry blanket of the Lunar sister’s draped across the two of them. Daybreaker starts to look around in complete darkness.
“Hey! I can’t see anything!” She cried. “Where are you!?”
“Shhhhhh, don’t worry, it’s me, in front of you.”
Daybreaker felt her sister’s hooves touching her. Nightmare smiled.
“You still have your magic?”
“Yeah, I do. What is it?”
“What else? I can’t see you and you can’t either,” Nightmare said. “I just did this because I’m going to get cold.”
“Oh, that’s not a problem for me at all. Anyway, how do you want to do this?”
“It’s simple. Now, I’m going to try not to poke you with my horn, haha. So, lean closer with your horn, until we touch, then stay right there. If I’m correct, by lighting our horns at the same time and performing a glow spell when our horns connect, we should be able to form a ball of glow for a good while.”
“Sounds really fun!”
Both sisters lit up their horns. One in ruby red, one in navy blue. Now that it’s lit just enough to see the horns, the two placed them gently together. With a little flicker and a sparkle, a ball of glow was created, then scattered it’s glow particles across the dark area they have formed. At an instant, the sisters can see each other again.
“*giggles* It worked!”
“Nice, Day. I didn’t expect us to get it right on the first try, thought we’ll be poking each other and all.”
“Oh, yeah. Imagine if we tried to cooperate even like that when we hated each other, haha.”
They let out a laugh.
“Now, I kinda wanna keep the serious stuff short so we can have time to enjoy other things,” Nightmare said. “So... I’m just wondering as I slept... Why did we fight?”
The two spent a good while thinking of answers to the question.
“Hmmmm, I think I recall a bit,” Daybreaker said after a few minutes. “I do know that we love our Sun and Moon very much. We think it’s the best of everything.”
“Say that again?”
“Hm? Ohhhhhh! I get it!”
“Yeah, Day. I think we must’ve... Argued, over who is better, Sun or Moon. It had to be because of this that tore us apart.”
“I think so too. I mean, I still remember everything else besides you, and I know this about sisters and siblings in general. Sisters do fight, it’s normal. Just maybe not our kind where we fight literally every second.”
“Haha, I know, right? I remember now, we used to fight all the time. Literally. Every time we meet, it’s me and you yelling at each other. Sounds a little... Naive, don’t you think? You’re right, sisters do have fights sometimes. But they’re mostly because they aren’t willing to share things, right?”
“I guess. It’s kinda like us. I think as we fought over who’s better, we start to fight over other things too, when we aren’t willing to share things between us. Our main rivalry back then was similar, you and me refusing to share the facts on who’s better.”
“Hm, maybe.”
Daybreaker and Nightmare Moon both scratched their head and blushed. The two started to reflect, now that they know they’ve surely fought before. Why were they fighting over such tiny little differences? Why were they so reluctant to opening up to the other? Why didn’t they want to share, and why the hostility? They’re sisters, and sisters should be there for each other, care for each other, and love each other. They realize that they’re each other’s companion- Somepony they can talk to, always. They now couldn’t imagine be broken apart- They’ll feel lonely.
Just thinking all of that made a tear slid out from their eyes. They both noticed each other, and tittered a little.
“Allow me.”
Nightmare wiped Daybreaker’s tear.
“Thanks Night, got you too.”
“Thanks, Day. Now, sad feelings aside, how about we comfort each other a bit?”
“Sure! You did say we’ll be having some hugs together, and I loved it.”
“Oh, I loved doing it too. But today, I’m doing more than just hugs. There are a lot of different hugs and I kinda wanna show you. Learnt them from memory and other dreams, felt gross at the time.”
“Oh, haha, yeah.”
The two sat closer so hugs won’t be awkward, with them trying to reach over.
“Normal hug first. Need me to remind?”
“Go on. No trouble.”
“Okay. So, a hug is formed by two or more ponies together. The ponies would come in close proximity and wrap Thier hooves around each other.”
“Mhmm.”
After blushing a little more, Daybreaker and Nightmare Moon closed the gap, and gently tugged each other into a warm embrace.
“Can I place my head next to yours?”
“Sure. Makes for more body contact.”
“*sighs* There. Mmmmm, this feels nice, Night.”
“*giggles* If this makes you feel good, the next is even better. Just a touch to the hug, is a method called snuggling. I think it’s where you and your partner would move tiny bits in the hug and make the hug more comforting.”
“So... Something like where we rub our cheeks together like last time?”
“Yeah!”
The two giggled and did exactly that. As the sisters moan in comfort from the contact, they also start to slowly move their hooves up and down along each other’s back.
“Fast learner,” Nightmare winked.
“Thanks. I’m just doing what you’re doing, haha.”
“*giggles* Cool. So yeah, snuggling is just a few additional actions to make the hug more comfortable, just give your partner some comforting rubs on the back will do. There’s another way to deepen the hug- Nuzzling. It’s simple, wanna try? You have to keep an open mind about us being super close, though.”
“Well, as if we aren’t already close, haha.”
“Alright, if you say so, no backing out. Now, look at me first.”
The two parted their heads to look at each other, very close together.
“The most common, and pretty lovey-douby kind, is nuzzling our muzzles together.”
“*blushes* O-Oh... You want us to put our muzzles together? But... wouldn’t we...?”
“*blushes* No, not kissing, not yet. Just putting your nose against mine will do.”
The closer they did so, the more the two started to blush. When their muzzles drew impact, the gentle squeeze they felt from their muzzles touching was very cute. They tried again- But holding it a little longer before being shy and pulling back to where they started.
“Awww, Day.,, Stop being shy, cmon!”
“*giggles* I’m not shy! You are, Night!”
“You’re totally blushing...”
“You are too!”
**Both squeezes and gasps**
“Haha, okay! Seems like us bickering isn’t always that bad.”
“*laughing* Well, you’re not wrong... But awwwww, our muzzles squeezing together is so cute~”
They started to move tiny bit, allowing their muzzles to break apart to the side, then come in contact with a bit of a crash. They rather liked to plainly squeeze them together, though.
“Now, Daybreaker,” Nightmare said, “That’s the simple hugs and all that. Now, there’s a complicated hug called Cuddling.”
“I like the name. What is it?”
“It’s hugging and snuggling intensely. Think about us hugging, and then wiggling and nuzzling a lot. It’s something like that. The reason why I wanted to do this in bed is because usually cuddling is done on a comfortable place, not because I want to do weird things with-“
**Shoves a hoof into Night’s mouth**
“Okay! We are not going any further than that, Night!”
“Haha, right...”
They let out a chuckle.
“I’ll let you begin, sister,” Nightmare dipped her head a little for a bow.
Daybreaker blushed, and wrapped her wings around Nightmare Moon. The two fillies shared a bit of a nuzzle, before going into cuddling mode. Daybreaker wiggled around in the hug, as Nightmare nuzzled her cheek. They started slow, and slowly, their cuddling became more natural and intense- Both started to nuzzle forcefully and shuffled in the hug. Laughs escaped from their mouths, mixing into a happy memory between them.
“So, do you want to learn the last one? It’s... *chuckles* Kinda suitable for us since we used to hate each other and all.”
“Why not.”
They both let go unwillingly.
“So, who wants to be the one to hug the other?”
From the look on their eyes, both of them can tell- They both want to hug. However, this last move would not allow it.
“Nonono, wait, I have to go first. Sorry! I’ll give you your chance in a minute.”
“*whines* Fine. What do I have to do?”
“First, turn your body around. Don’t face me.”
**Daybreaker turns**
**Nightmare hugs from behind**
“This one is a little awkward,” Nightmare giggled. “It’s called spooning. Don’t worry, this is not meant to be something weird, just a normal kind of hug like always. What happens is that one person is the big spoon and the other is the little spoon. The big spoon is the one who does the hug, and the little spoon is the one who receives it.”
Daybreaker nuzzles Nightmare’s hoof.
“*chuckles* Pretty cool. But why suitable for us?”
“Well, because one of us is not looking at the other. Kinda looks like a forced hug, does it not?”
“Hehe, I guess so.”
Nightmare lets go, and Daybreaker turned around to face eye-to-eye. They both let out joyful smiles with their sister.
“Now, let’s see how much you remember.”
“Hm? A test, perhaps?”
“Yeah, Day. And for me, too, haha.”
“Oh, I see... Interesting.”
“Also makes for some sisterly bonding together, you know?”
“*chuckles* Can’t ague with that. Ready?”
The both nod to each other. The two fillies held their hooves wide open, their wings, too- And in the hug they go. Wrapping each other like a present, the two blissfully hum and squeezed a few times. It made them choke out a chuckle. The two feel a sense of cold and warmth neutralizing their normal temperature pressed against their body, making the hug very, very soothing and comforting.
Gently, they started to snuggle. Putting their heads together, the two slid their forehead against each other’s, making for contact. They snuggle so hard they came close to falling onto the bed a few times.
“*hums* I’m loving this, Day.”
“Me too. Okay, turn you body over.”
“What? No! I know you want to do what we just did but-“
“*winks* Promise is a promise, Night.”
“Noooo!!”
“Come on... You want me to hug you all I can.”
“But I wanna hug you too!”
“Hmph, just do it, come on!”
Both of them parted their heads a little, not amused. One is not letting go, one is not willing to continue. Daybreaker and Nightmare Moon started to narrow their eyes at each other. Squeezing their muzzles together, they have their first quarrel after reforming.
“Ugh, come on, Nightmare...”
“No! I want to hug you as well!”
“It’s just a bit!”
“I just wanna cuddle you and hug you and nuzzle you all I want, Day!”
“Yeah, that’s cute and all, but let me go and let me be the big spoon, okay?”
“I don’t wanna let go!”
“If you’re not going to let me, I ain’t gonna cuddle you.”
“*gasp* You did not!”
Now they’re mad. Why won’t their sister just cooperate? They thought. Their muzzles continue squeezing as they gave each other threatening stares. They break the hug, and stood up.
**tackles**
“Ha! Gotcha!”
“Waaaaa! Daybreaker!!!”
“How does it feel now, hmmm? Trapped in my cuddly prison?”
Daybreaker squeezes her sister in her hooves, nuzzling against her head from behind. Nightmare Moon rolled her eyes and giggled as her sister lovingly snuggled against her. The former seemed to really like her sister’s mane, considering she continuously tried to take in its scent. Or maybe there’s just something about her she generally loved that she cannot leave out from her snuggle attack.
“Okay, seriously, Day,” Nightmare giggled. “I’m sorry for not cooperating.”
“Mhmm, you should be.”
“*whines* Stop teasing me! You know you just argued with me a bit!”
“*chuckles* I do, and yeah, I am kinda sorry.”
“Good girl,” Nightmare turns over to pat her sister’s head. “Now, let’s cuddle it out.”
They both nod excitedly and began to cuddle. Nuzzling, wiggling, and tight hugs start happening between the two, even nose boops, which made them giggle. They had a lot of fun- Squeezing each other in their hooves. It’s like they have always been best friends. They really liked how they hug each other- And wanted more hugs, too- Because it is so fun and so comforting and so sweet. They loved to nuzzle each other.
“Tighter, Night...”
“Oh? *chuckles* Sure. You too, please?”
“Sure.”
**TightensEmbrace**
“There we go! *chuckles* Mmmmm... So soft and snuggly, you are.”
“Hahaha, same to you, little cuddlebug.”
They both laugh at how cheesy they were.
“Haha, look at how are nuzzles bump into each other.”
She’s right- Every so often they leaned forward and backward, and lightly pushed their muzzles together.
“It’s cute indeed.”
“You know what, Nightmare Moon?”
“Yes, Daybreaker?”
“I... I think you’re so cute.”
“Haha, I thought so too!”
“Really? Awww... That’s so sweet...”
“Aw, what did you expect from your little sister? Of course she’ll look up to you.”
“Ha. But cute always comes in small packages. As a big sister, I can’t help but look at you this way.”
Both of them stick out a tongue, making sure not to bang them together, because that would be really awkward for their age.
“*sigh* I love you, Daybreaker...”
“*sigh* Awwwww... I love you too, Nightmare.”
“Oh, I love you much more.”
“No, I do!”
They both remain a cold smile and press their foreheads together.
“You sure about that?”
“Yes, I’m sure! I love my sister.”
“More than I do? I don’t think so.”
“I love you most of everything. I mean it.”
“Mmm, guess it’s a tie, because I love you most as well.”
They let out a chuckle.
“We kinda have to settle this at some point.”
“Haha, it’s so funny, don’t you think? Day and Night trying to see who loves the other more.”
“Yep. When are we gonna grow up?”
“I don’t know, but I like being a filly, don’t you?”
“Yeah, I do. Because I think it’s easier for me to cuddle you like this.”
“Ha, awww. Thanks, sister. Hey, I go an idea, about that ‘Settling of who loves the other most’. Let me whisper to you...”
“Mmmm, go on...”
The two fillies were talking with each other in Daybreaker’s room. Decoration was much the same, just recoloured. The two sisters were talking about something pretty silly, but to them, important.
So what were they arguing about this time?
They were arguing over who loves their sister more than the other, because they love each other so much after having so much fun the other day. Daybreaker said she loves Nightmare more. Nightmare says she loves Daybreaker more. Obviously, they were quick to try and correct each other on just how much they love their sister, and was a little annoyed at how they weren’t appreciating the love that each other is giving them, only the love they give themselves.
So who loves each other more? Sun or Moon?
They got a fun idea to settle that question.
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“Day!”
“Night!”
The two come close to squeeze their muzzles together.
“I love my sister more!” Daybreaker laughed.
“No, I do!” Nightmare chuckled.
“No! I do!”
“*giggles* Nah, we both love each other.
“*giggles* But one of us must love the other more!”
“Oh, right! *chuckles* And we need to find out!”
“Aw, we don’t have to, because I’m the one.”
“Haha, no, it’s me!”
“Come on! You know how much I love you, Night.”
“Day, you should know I feel the same, even though it’s only been a week.”
“True, but I’m the one who loves her sister the most.”
“I insist, I’m the one who loves her sister more.”
Both of them chuckle and start to push against each other.
“Just admit it!”
“You admit it!”
“No, because Day loves more!”
“No! Night loves more!”
“Sun!”
“Moon!”
They both continued going back and forth, shouting out their side over and over, saying they’re the one to win over this little quarrel. They made cute noises every time they got pushed back. Also, they were both showing a smile as they close their eyes and playfully argue. Turning fights into playtime, no?
They wink to each other, with their muzzles pressed together.
“I don’t think we can settle this, Night.”
“Yeah, we need to find a way, Day.”
“Hmmmm... If we like hugging so much, and it gives out so much love... Why don’t we...”
“Yes...? Go on...”
“I think you’ve suggested this before, why don’t we settle it like how we do for all of our bickering?”
“*laughs* Hug it out?”
“Yeah! I challenge you to a hug battle!”
“Oooooooh! Sounds fun!”
The two fillies decided to do this on the fields of clouds instead of their bedroom since there’s more space for them to play around in. After going through the rules they’ve made up, they were outside, standing at the edge of the borders, ready to show each other what they’ve got. The two claimed this indeed as a silly idea, but it’s also really fun to do, and they needed a way to settle the answer to the question before it turns into an actual fight anyway.
They came close together with a smile. They’re looking forward to this, after all. Squeezing their muzzles together a few times, they started giggling.
“Just a quick question...” Nightmare asked, giving a wink.
“Yes, sis?” Daybreaker looks at her with a cute face.
“How personal are we getting in this little game? Don’t want to feel awkward.”
“*giggles* Come on, we forget about personal space when we hug!”
“Haha, you’re right. Just needed to clear that up.”
The two started to walk in circles, facing opposite each other the whole time.
“See, Nightmare...” Daybreaker sticks her tongue out. “*chuckles* I’m looking forward to this. I can’t wait to nuzzle you and squeeze you and everything.”
Nightmare did the same. “Pssh, me too! Can’t wait to cuddle and snuggle you, Daybreaker.”
“So, how long you want to do this for?”
“Well, I love hugs, but since this is kinda like a fight, and I don’t want to fight with you, I don’t mind a short time.”
“Maybe 10 minutes?”
“Mmm, works for me. Why you specify so?”
Daybreaker giggled. “Well, I may or may not have created a weird and very specific spell for this, haha. Thought I would use it at some point.”
“Hmmm? Interesting idea, sister,” Nightmare said, both now stopping at their sides. “What’s it do?”
“This is why I said we’ll have a grace period before we start, it’s for the spell to kick in. A minute or two should do. What it does is that it acts sort of like a chain, to tie us together. That way, we’ll be forced to stick close to each other and thus hug. It does adjust itself to suit our hugs positions, haha! But our hooves can pass through it. Just our bodies will be chained up.”
“Hahaha, that’s so fun!”
“Mmm, I know. Now, wanna hug?”
Nightmare nodded as the two got close. They decided to go for a two-hoof hug, reaching out with both their front hooves. But soon they used their whole bodies to engage in the hug. They both smiled as they press themselves close to their friend. Lying down, the two look at each other, holding each other.
“*soft chuckle* Isn’t this wonderful, Night?”
“Day, it’s perfect...”
“Yeah. I love hugs now. Especially when doing it with somepony that I love.”
“Me too. *chuckles* So you’re saying... You love me?”
“Haha, haven’t you noticed already?”
“Well... *giggles* Maybe. I guess us hugging freely is enough to say we both love each other, doesn’t it?”
“Pretty much. Hey, Nightmare...”
“*chuckles* Yes, Daybreaker?”
“I know we’re having a fight of who loves their sister more, but please, let’s not play too rough on each other. We love hugging one another, but not too rough.”
“Seems fine. Even so, put out your best. I love it when hugs are sincere. Haha, and let’s switch to arguing mode once we start. Always fun when we have a playful quarrel.”
The two narrowed their eyes at each other.
“Good luck, Day. This will be fun.”
“Haha, good luck to you too, Night.”
The magic started kicking in. In a flash, the two fillies were tied together. Once they’ve confirm that they’re stuck, both of them gave a wink, and their game begins.
The two went easy on each other at first. They just plainly hugged each other very tightly, making satisfied sounds in the process. With big smiles, they nuzzle their muzzles together, squeezing them often because of their close contact. Then they proceeded to snuggle and cuddle as they both wiggled their bodies in excitement. It was an adorable sight, but to them, it was an intense battle.
Every once in a while, they start slowing down, and rest into the embrace for a couple of seconds. Putting a hoof behind each other’s heads, it forced the two to come closer and hug tighter. They got to run their hoof through their manes, too. But, that wouldn’t last long, since they made the condition that if any of them accepts the comfort and sleeps for 5 seconds, they’ll lose. And neither of them wanted that.
After a while, there was still no victor. The sisters loved the snuggling, but they never fell asleep.
“**giggles* Come on, let me win, Night!”
“Haha, no! I won’t let you, Day!”
“Why not???”
“I won’t lose to my sister so easily!”
“Hmph, neither do I, so I should win!”
“No! I should!”
The sisters push their heads together, causing their horns to clash. After a cold smile, they started arguing playfully. They tightly held each other, and started rolling and rolling over and under each other like a ball. This made the hugging got just a bit more intense.
“Only one of us can win, Night!”
“I know, and I’m gonna win!”
“I wasn’t even close to sleeping, come on!”
“I wasn’t either, Day!”
“You know I love you waaaaaay more...”
“Hmph! No, I love you more~”
“*sighs* No, Night... Look how much I’m snuggling you!”
“*sigh* I’m Cuddling you way harder, Day!”
Now they’re starting to get a little bit annoyed. Why wouldn’t mysister let me win? They thought. It was so annoying how they’re both so evenly matched in something they wanted to win for once, and it was meant to be for something good to both of them.
Daybreaker and Nightmare Moon couldn’t help but give their sister an annoyed glance. They let go of the hug and lied down, still stuck together. A little staring contest sparked off between the two fillies. Then they started to push heads a little more forcefully this time. Their expression told each other that they weren’t happy how they’re in their way of winning this little game. Not wanting to speak since their muzzles are squeezing each other, they used their thoughts to talk.
”Oh, once this spell breaks, Night... I swear...”
”Hmph! You wanna win, Day?”
”I don’t wanna do this with you... Just let me win, come on.”
”Well if you’d let me, then we won’t have to!”
”*whines* You’re so selfish!
”*gasps* Oh, you take that back...”
The spell wore off, and the two broke apart just a touch. After giving an annoyed face, Daybreaker lunged at Nightmare, As the two sisters started to fight. Rounds of slapping and kicking were shattering their hearts. They didn’t want to fight, but they both didn’t want to lose and made each other mad. As one filly tugs the other’s wing, the other would be tugging her sister’s mane, before the two break up and start slap fighting again.
At one point, Nightmare flew up as Daybreaker tried to charge at her while flying. The force of the two colliding dropped them to the ground, both rolling over each other as they continue to argue. It only got more Firey when they squeezed each other so tight in their grasp once they’ve stopped. They were banging their heads together in the struggle to escape, when they accidentally smacked their lips together in a kiss.
This startled both sisters.
”*gasp* Nightmare?”
”*gasp* Daybreaker?”
They broke the kiss, stopping all the fighting and quarreling. It’s when they realized, they were in a hug again, and they let out a soft chuckle.
“W-Whoa...” Nightmare gasped. “Wh-What did you just do...?”
“I... I don’t know what I was doing,” Daybreaker replied. “S-Sorry... I didn’t mean to kiss you.”
Nightmare smiled as Daybreaker started blushing and crying.
“*chuckles* Awwww,” She pulled her head close to cry on herself. “That’s so sweet of you...”
“But... Didn’t you do that too?”
“Well, I guess I did smack myself into the kiss too, haha.”
Daybreaker suddenly felt very glad to be her sister’s embrace once more. Though the spell has been broken, they agreed to continue rolling over and under each other as they talked, just for fun.
“*chuckles* That was really unexpected, huh?”
“Yeah, Night. I... I thought kissing was for couples and for mares and stallions and all, but... *laughs* Why couldn’t we do it?”
“I dunno. Maybe it’s kinda gross to see us counterparts kissing?”
“Maybe? Haha, how would I know.”
They both chuckled.
“Sorry, big sis.”
“For?”
“What else? We just fought.”
“*sigh* Right... I thought we’d always be best of friends, but...”
“Mmmm, best friends fight too. You can’t change that.”
“Yeah, I guess so. Sorry, little sis.”
“*giggles* Good sister.”
Nightmare rolled on top of her, to start resting on top of her sister. Daybreaker smiled and forced her sister to look at herself. Then, she pushed herself into a kiss, making Nightmare fall off her. The latter smiled, and reached her hooves behind her sister’s head to pull themselves closer.
“*muffled chuckling* Awwww...” Nightmare moaned in the kiss.
Daybreaker broke the kiss apart. “You said something?”
“No, just feeling happy how you”re being so cute for me.”
“*chuckles* Yeah, I’m happy too, to have such a cute sister to play with all the time, be it games or even fighting.”
“That’s a cool way to purify the harm we do when we fight, huh?”
“Totally, haha. *laughs* You know, this kiss... Really the ultimate weapon for showing that you love each other, right?”
“It’s perfect, because only ponies in love do it. But they didn’t really specify what kind of love.”
Nightmare kissed her sister.
“That’s why we can do it, too. As long we’re both okay.”
Daybreaker smiled and kissed back.
“I’ll always be okay with you kissing.”
They had a big laugh in the hug and planted another tender kiss. Moaning happily, they closed their eyes and focussed on the hug. They took time to focus on it’s warmth, and were able to enjoy it more. The two shuffled, pressing as close as possible. They crossed their hooves together to lock themselves closer together.
”*chuckles* Tighter, sis...”
”*giggles* We’re already squeezing very hard!”
”No, the kiss!”
”O-Oh... S-Sure... Yeah! That sounds fun!”
**Kissesharder**
”**laughing** I don’t wanna let go...”
”I don’t either...
After a few minutes, Daybreaker tried to stand up, but fell back down from the imbalance as they were still holding each other. Nightmare did the same, but failed as well.
”*chuckles* Awww, let me go!”
”Haha, no! Sun and Moon will forever stay together!”
”Oh, stop it. Don’t you want to?”
”Yeah, I need to go and all that, but-“
”Well if you’re not gonna let me leave, I’m not gonna let you, either.”
”Heeeeeeeeey!”
What come next was an awkward dynamic of them trying to break apart and get out of their sister’s grasp. But they will not let each other be- Every time one tries to escape, the other reels them back in for a hug and a kiss. A lot of laughing and teasing were heard, and despite them kinda bickering, they’re still having fun together.
“*blissful sigh* I like doing this,” Daybreaker moaned.
“Me too,” Nightmare replied. “So... Who won?”
They both look at each other, and give a wink.
“I guess we just have to call a tie, hm?”
“Yeah, let’s call it for now.”
They both stood up and walked together side by side.
“You know, that hug you did during the middle was soooooo good,” Daybreaker praised.
“Aww, shucks, please stop it. You almost made me sleep for the whole time.” Nightmare followed.
“Oh really Now? Because you made me want to sleep too!”
“Hahaha, looks like we were both very loving and cheesy tonight.”
“Totally agreed. But seriously... We need to settle this sometime.”
“We kinda do, because we are kind of in a love-hate friendship at this point, fighting yet still loving each other.”
“*giggles* I guess so. You had fun, little sis?”
“Yeah! You, Big sis?”
“Of course. Love you, you little moonbeam.”
“*laughs* Aww! Love you too, little sunshine.”
They bring each other close with a wing and laughed the whole time.
**Shuffling**
“No, Night...”
**grunting**
“Let me sleep for a little more...”
The dream world was just activated. The sisters just woke up. Kinda.
“Day, I need to go raise the moon right now, come on.”
“I don’t wanna get up...”
“Stop tugging me, at least!”
“Hm? I’m not tugging you...”
“Huh? Then... Why can’t I get off?”
They both slowly open their eyes. They look at their body- It was very different. They were very confused to what happened to them. They looked in their reflection in the mirror near the bed, and realize what was going on, and they were shocked.
“What in the-!” They both scream.
“Daybreaker?”
“Nightmare?”
They couldn’t even look at each other- Because the two were stuck together! They were combined by a spell! The sisters, now joined together, became a pony with mixed, messy traits. Half of her body was white, and the other was navy. Her eyes had two different colours, and her flowing mane was a mix of navy glitter and an orange flame.
She had the body of two ponies- Both Daybreaker and Nightmare Moon.
“What did you do this time?” Daybreaker groaned.
“I don’t know! The spell must have been wrong!” Nightmare cried.
“The one we read?”
“Yeah!”
*************
“Hey, big sis! Look at what I’ve made!”
“Ooooooh! A spell?”
Last night, Nightmare was showing Daybreaker a new spell she created.
“What’s it do?”
“Well Day, you know how we just absolutely love each other?”
“Yeah, I know, what?”
Daybreaker nuzzles against her sister’s cheek.
“I thought it’ll be funny for us to swap places with each other, just get a taste of what it feels like to be each other.”
“Oh! Cool! I’ve always wanted to know how you raise the moon.”
“Haha, sometimes I wonder about having your mane!”
The two sisters giggle and initiate the spell.
“The spell will kick in when we wake up.”
“Got it, Night! I can’t wait!”
*************
“*whines* What did you do to us!?”
“*whines* I said I don’t know!”
“Night, why are you so careless!?”
“Fine, sorry! I don’t understand why it messed up, Day!”
“Get me out of your dark, gloomy body!”
“You get your blinding light body out of mine!”
**Both tugs**
“Nightmare, what did you just say to me?”
“Daybreaker, what did you say about me?”
“You just called my look bad?”
“You did too!”
“No I did not!”
“Did too!”
The two were angry and tried to slap one another. But, they were stuck together, so when they slap, both of them felt it. It was pretty painful. The fused pony laid on the bed and started crying and whining.
“Great! I can’t even fight you!”
“Hmph! Same! Let me get out of you!”
“If you’d calm down, Day, and let me out...”
“No, Night! You messed it up!”
This round of arguing between them lasted for a while awkwardly, because they only have one mouth and two sentences can’t be spoken with the same mouth at the same time. So sometimes, the two would try to talk a lot a lot, before the other’s mind takes over control to argue back. During the process, the two waved their hooves round and round, whining on the bed about their new form.
After 10 minutes, they finally settled themselves down.
“*sigh* Finally you listen.”
“Hmph! Isn’t that what you’re doing, Day?”
“Freaking out? No, you did so, Night.”
Awkwardly, they crossed their hooves.
“So now what? We’re stuck like this?”
“Well, no, there is a way to break the spell.”
“Then tell me already!”
“Okay! Okay! Geez!”
Nightmare Moon tried to grab her spellbook she placed on the shelf before they slept. But, her magic cancelled every time she tried to activate it, the blue aura disappearing with a pop.
“Huh? What’s going on with my horn?”
“Let me try, you’re bad at this.”
Daybreaker tried the same thing, and the same thing happened to her. The orange aura of magic just gave up.
“See? You’re not as good either.”
“Shut up!”
Daybreaker tried to shove her sister, but then remembered what happened when she slapped her.
“Hmm...” Nightmare said, “Our horn is controlled with our mind. Maybe because both of our minds need to work in sync so that our magic won’t disconnect so quickly.”
“Oh! Right! Because we’re the same pony!”
“Haha, Yeah! So, you ready?”
“Mhmm!”
They took a breather, and lightened their horns at the same time. It glowed an aura of their natural magic colours- Orange and Navy. They smile, and levitated the spellbook over to the bed to read.
“You see, Day?”
“Mhmm?”
“All we got to do is work together sometimes.”
“Haha, I guess so, Night.”
Again, they turn the pages at the same time, albeit it was hard for Daybreaker to catch up to her sister’s speed because she knew which page it was, and turned quickly. Nightmare notices it and matched her speed with her sister’s.
“I’m pretty sure our spell should’ve been the swap spell, but for some reason it casted the Fusion spell, which is this,” Nightmare said. “Where’s the cure?”
“Right here,” Daybreaker said, pointing to the words. “It seems to be like a riddle or some sort... Ponies fused together with a spell, the cure is here, if you can’t tell. ”
“Work with that who fused with you, work together and you won’t lose. ”
“Let go of your quarreling, stop if you are arguing. ”
“Admit together you hold no grudge, once all of this is said and done. ”
Together, they read the last line, alternating.
“Split away from your fighting, and you’ll split back to two, huddling! ”
The two couldn’t look at each other, but they were pretty confused to what the words meant. So they wanted each other to fill in the blanks for them.
“Work with that who fused with you...” Daybreaker said, “Does that mean us?”
Nightmare nodded (And making Daybreaker nod as well). “We are fused together, so it makes total sense. What about this line... Split away from your fighting?”
“That’s a good question,” Daybreaker replies. “I can understand the line, ‘Admit together you have no grudge’, that’s pretty simple. But how do we split from fighting in the first place when we are fused together?”
The two thought for a minute. Then, Nightmare wanted to turn her head out the window, but Daybreaker was confused and turned away.
“Night! I was looking at the spell!”
“Sorry, Day. By the way. I think I saw something interesting just now, when I peeked outside. Can I get a better look?”
“Okay.”
The pony turns to the window. Outside, they realize what the problem was. The sun and moon, just like them, were combined together! They knew what they had to do, and a possible reason what caused the fusion of the Sun and Moon and this whole fiasco, too.
“Uh, Night? Am I seeing things?”
“Nope, Day. I think our symbols are stuck together like us.”
There was silence.
“I’ll let you take one guess?”
“Hmmm... I wonder if it’s because of last night... Before the spell...”
*************
It’s about to become nighttime for the dream world, which means in real time, ponies are waking up. Every night, the sisters raise their symbol on the other’s side of the dream world to symbolize the nighttime.
This time, though, they did it... a little bit differently.
Daybreaker was early at the balcony to set the sun. She looked out to the sky of two colours, her side being blue and the other being purple, symbolizing two periods of the day. She pondered a bit before lowering the sun. She looked at the sun, and then the moon. Since the sisters usually exchange the position in a loop, they never actually contact. But she wondered what exactly would happen if they did.
So, instead of going around a circle, Daybreaker slowly moved the Sun straight into her sister’s territory. When the sun got close to the moon, Daybreaker stuck a tongue out, mustering energy in case anything bad happens.
*Squeeze*
The sun pushed against the moon. It made a satisfying squish when it collided with the moon, which was something Daybreaker didn’t actually expect. She pulled it back to where it’s supposed to be, thinking of other ways she can toy around with this now that she knows her sun for some reason can do something like that.
Then, the moon moved over.
*Squeeze*
Daybreaker turned her head, to find Nightmare Moon controlling the Moon. She looked at the sky- The Moon, just like the sun, squeezed upon contact with the sun. Then the moon was pulled back as she looks at her, and gives a wave. Daybreaker waves back with her little hooves as she flies over to her balcony.
“Whatcha doing?” Nightmare winked.
“Oh, just some fun stuff,” Daybreaker replied. “Huh, Didn’t know our symbols can do that.”
“I didn’t either,” Nightmare shrugs. “It’s interesting, though. Oh! Right, since you’re here, let’s test something about this perculiar idea.”
“Sure?” What’s up?”
“If the sun squeezes upon contact with the moon, and the moon squeezes upon contact with the sun... What happens if the two orbs come together?”
“Oooooh! That might be cool! Should we do it?”
Nightmare nodded excitedly. They both fly up to get a better view. They levitated their horns, and moved the two orbs closer to each other.
*Squish*
The Sun and Moon drew impact.
As they expected- The two orbs, upon their collision, caved in on itself, pushing against the other. The sun and the moon squeezed against each other in equal force by the two fillies. The two pulled them apart, and looked at each other.
“I have an idea.”
“Mhmm? You have great ideas.”
Nightmare whispers her idea to Daybreaker.
“Nice! Hey, how about...”
Daybreaker whispers her idea to Nightmare.
“Oh woooooow! That’s so funny, we gotta do it!”
***********
“I think whatever the world we did yesterday caused them to fuse together.”
“Yuuuuuuuup, Day.”
The pony sighed.
“Welp, we know what to do,” Daybreaker tried to get up.
Nightmare Moon complied. “Yeah, we need to separate them. We kinda fought about it, didn’t we?”
“Yeah, we did.”
The pony tried to take a step forward. She moved her dark coloured hooves, then stopped.
“Uh, Day?”
“What?”
“We’re stuck together and I can’t move?”
“Ohhhhhhhh. Sorry!”
Daybreaker followed suit, and the pony took another step. They got to the edge, and were too shy to try and fly at the same time to get off, so they bear the pain on falling of the bed instead.
“Owww....” Daybreaker said, “We should’ve filed off...”
Nightmare giggled. “That would be pretty hard, I’d admit.”
“Mhmm. So, uh, how do you want to do this?”
“Okay, So since we are stuck together, we need to cooperate on our movements in order to move around. We have to walk at an equal pace, and turn at the same time if we need to. We’re in my half of the castle, so I will navigate, and you can just guide our movements when necessary.”
“Interesting! I guess you know your side better than I do, so it’s fine.”
“Oh yeah, and uh... We might trip a lot. So, just keep an open mind about it. Would hate to fight you like this.”
“Oh, I will, don’t worry. You?”
“Mhmm! Okay, so, let’s go.”
***************
It took the sisters quite some time. First off, they needed to get used to this style of movement. They’ve never did something like this before like 3-legged Race, So cooperating here is a bit of a challenge. And of course, because they are sisters and counterparts, it’s pretty obvious they didn’t get along the entire way. At the beginning, their hooves would cross with the other’s and they would trip. Or, one of them was walking too fast for the other to catch up. Or maybe one suddenly stopped, making the pony lose its balance and fall, or just wobble.
So they bickered. A lot.
But as they continued walking, Daybreaker was getting better at being cautious about their movements and was nicer to her sister when she did something wrong. The two would come to a complete stop when they needed to turn, and they do it with difficulty at first, but soon they got the hang of it. Nightmare Moon was more patient despite knowing the castle inside and out. She would keep her pace on check with her sister’s all the time, while checking where they’re going.
They would be done rather quickly, but they had a lot of bickering on the way, and almost a fight at one point. But, the two held it together (Literally), resisted the urge to start quarreling, and got back up to continue. After a while, they were out, and now they are finally in range of both the Sun and Moon to split them apart. They could have done it on the balcony, but they thought it wouldn’t work to reverse the spell. Besides, they needed to cooperate, and this was a great way anyway.
They sat down on the clouds, looking at the fused orb in the sky.
“Phew!” Nightmare sighed, “We’re done!”
“Haha, Yeah,” Daybreaker replied, “We’re done with the hard part.”
“You know, that was pretty fun since we’re so small. We should try something like that again.”
“Mmmm, maybe! 3-hooved Race doesn’t sound too bad since we’re still so little.”
“Although, Day... *giggles* You were so slow just now.”
“Oh come on, Night! You were the fast one, stop blaming me!”
They giggled and gave a high-hoof to their sister (and technically themself).
“Hmmm, how are we going to do this?” Asked Daybreaker.
“Do what?” Nightmare asked back.
“If our magic abilities have to be used at the same time, then we can’t simply just pull the Sun and the Moon on our own, right? Since you control the moon and I control the sun, only I can levitate the sun and only you can levitate the moon.”
“Hmmmm, I don’t think that’s something to worry about.”
“How?”
“I think since our magic is now mixed together, we have the ability to control both orbs at the the same time! Haha, I’m not sure since, Well, this has never happened before, but I think that’s how it works.”
“Cool! So... You wanna do this?”
“Ready as I’ll ever be.”
The sisters both lit up their horns to control the Sun and the Moon. The aura around it was one of two colours- Orange and Navy, each representing half of the aura. After securing their target, the two tried to pull them apart by applying force to make it reverse the fusion, and pulled it away from the other orb. It was a pretty difficult task- Because they were infused, the Sun and the Moon were hard to separate. Still, they are making progress. Bit by bit, the two orbs start to split back into two.
The sisters grunted a lot and gave their all into fixing this mess. They wanted to separate themselves so they won’t be stuck together. Not that it’s a bad thing, but because it’s a little annoying to move around like that. They pulled and pulled the Sun and the Moon apart. Soon, the orbs stop to separate and take shape.
“Day! Don’t deactivate your magic yet!”
“Got it, Night! Would hate to know what happens when I let go since they’re still fused, right?”
“Yup! Oh! Help me out here!”
“Mhmm!”
As soon as the orbs start to separate, the two had to focus their magic on both the sun and moon to help with the reversal process. They started sweating because it was really tiring! They had to pour quite the amount of force into just separating them a little bit.
After a while, just a few seconds after they were so exhausted they wanted to scream....
*pop*
The Sun and Moon separated. The two gasped, and returned them back to their place.
“Woohoo! We did it, Night!”
“Yeah! Nice job, Day!”
They exchanged another self high-five and giggled.
“*yawn* I’m so exhausted...”
“*yawn* Me too...”
They were so tired that they didn’t even talk about the spell that fused the two together being cured. They just plopped down on the clouds and the fused pony went into a deep sleep, letting out adorable snores.
**************
“Hey, Day!”
“Hmmm...?”
**Tugs**
“Haha, big deal, Night...”
“No! You try!”
“Oh?”
**tugs**
“I’m not feeling anything!”
“Oh! Me neither when you did that!”
They finally open their eyes after that sleep, to find their sister right next to them. They’ve been separated back into two ponies! And just like how the spell said, they were huddling together.
“*gasp* It worked!”
“Yay! We’re not stuck together anymore!”
“Haha, not that it’s a bad thing, but still, Night!”
“Mhmm!”
They both stood up, let out a giggle, and gave a warm hug to each other, nuzzling their cheeks together. Smiles spread across their faces.
“*giggles* Feels nice to be in my own self.”
“Me too, Day! And feels good that we can hug again!”
“Awwwww.”
Still in the embrace, Daybreaker messes with Nightmare’s mane. They both laughed and let go, Nightmare giving a cute wink.
“Well then, we just wasted a day completely on this mess,” Daybreaker said, chuckling.
“Don’t say that,” Nightmare chimed in. “We learnt a lot about co-operating, didn’t we?”
“I guess. We don’t really co-operate a lot, do we?”
“Not much, but to be honest, sisters should do exactly that. So we have to learn it, no matter how much we say we love or hate each other.”
“Mmmm, seems fair! So... Does this mean we can do another one of these?”
“Oh, no. This is weird enough.”
The sisters held the laugh in for a bit, but ended spatting out laughing anyway. Nightmare teleports in her spellbook.
“I’m tearing this page out so this doesn’t happen again. My goodness.”
Suddenly, Daybreaker stops her.
“N-No, don’t!”
“Why?”
“Well... Because...” Daybreaker starts blushing. “I-I think it’s alright, actually.”
Nightmare raises an eyebrow as she lets out an innocent smile. Then she realizes something.
“Wait a minute! Why is the page number wrong!? This page is page 165, but the previous page says 167! And the previous one is the swap spell, the one I tried to do last night!”
Her expression changed, and she teleported away her spellbook.
“What did you do, Day?”
She squeezes her muzzle against her sister’s.
“I didn’t do anything!”
“You did!”
“Even so, I won’t tell. Then how do you know?”
“It has to be your doing since nopony else is here...”
“Well, what if you changed it yourself?”
Daybreaker squeezes back.
“It’s your spellbook, after all, so it’s must be you who made the change!”
“I won’t do anything like that, come on!”
“This whole thing has been a setup, hasn’t it, Night?”
“Oh, totally. You know what? I don’t even need you to talk. I knew you changed it.”
The two pull away and Nightmare shows a clip through magic.
***************
Daybreaker was in Nightmare’s room as she was busy and wasn’t in her room before bed. The little filly crept over and grabbed her spellbook. She wondered if there’s any interesting spells Nightmare created recently because she’s bound to test it out on them and see what crazy shenanigans happen.
She saw two new spells- Fusion spell and swap spell. She thought it would be obvious Nightmare Moon didn’t want the two of them to get fused, so she giggled and decided to pull a prank on her. Mind you, the spell was said to be created for fusing objects only, not ponies.
So, with magic, she swapped the pages for the two spells, so that if Nightmare was not paying attention (which she ended up not doing so), she would cast the Fusion spell by accident.
“Teehee! Would love to see her reaction to us like that!”
She pointed to a picture, showing what happens if used wrongly- Where two ponies fuse together.
***************
“Ha! Beat that!”
Nightmare pointed at Daybreaker.
“What the-! How?”
“When we were fused together, you and I had the same mind, it’s just that half of it is yours and the other half is mine. Whatever you’re thinking about, I would know about it. When we were walking over, I keep thinking about a new memory from you, which is the clip I just showed you, after I successfully pieced together the whole story from how nervous you were about being caught the whole time!”
Nightmare steps close and levitates in mid-air, staring at her sister.
“Ha! You think I couldn’t realize, huh?”
Daybreaker shakes her head, flies up to the same level, and stares back.
“Why do you think it had to be a setup for a prank?”
“*shrugs* You do that.”
“But we learnt something from this, didn’t we?”
“Yeah, But we could’ve done this another way, come on. That was weird.”
“Yeah, that was weird as heck! I actually didn’t like doing that, but I did it for the sake of pranking you!”
“Oh, So you did want me to get mad at that.... And I really thought it was my fault! You jerk!”
“Should’ve been more careful, not my problem!”
“Hmph, you little...”
The two’s muzzles squish together.
“I told you! If you’re careful, you wouldn’t fall into this!”
“Well, if you didn’t set this up, we wouldn’t have been doing that!”
“It’s your fault!”
“No, it’s yours!”
They both narrowed their eyes, until Nightmare let out a scream of anger, tackled Daybreaker, and the two fell on the clouds. The two started a round of tugging and pulling.
“I hate you! You’re so mean, doing that!” Nightmare cried, tugging her sister’s wing.
“You’re so annoying! Why so mad at me when you’re to blame?” Daybreaker cried, tugging her sister’s mane.
“What do you mean, I’m to blame!? You started it!”
“No, you did it!”
The two started to fight, but it looked more like playfighting. They hooves slapped and slapped and the two were pushing each other around, especially by the forehead to express their anger. Of course, they still spent a while tugging the other and they wrestled all around. In the end, the two tugged the other tightly in the grasp, grabbed each other by the head, and had an intense staring contest.
”*whines* I hate you, Nightmare Moon!”
“*gasp* Hey! *whines* Then I hate you too, Daybreaker!”
They both shuffled until they fall on the clouds, and started crying and arguing as they roll along the clouds like a ball. How funny- The two just separated, and rather than continuing to use what they’ve learnt, they still resorted to fighting each other. Cute, but to them, so uncool of the other. Looks like the two still have a long way to settling their sibling rivalry. But, whatever the case, they can’t deny it’s fun to have each other around.
Even if they hate each other and fight all the time, they’re not alone, right?
“Now, let’s do this for real this time.”
“Okay, okay. I’m sorry about last time, alright?”
“You should be. Where’s my spell Book?”
“Here, I’ll get it.”
Daybreaker and Nightmare Moon met up to test out to swap spell again. Only this time, Daybreaker promised Nightmare Moon she did not tamper with the pages of the spells, which caused their fusion to happen before.
“Thanks,” Nightmare said, flipping through the pages. “Alright, let me make sure I’m doing the right spell this time.”
Daybreaker rolled her eyes. “Oh, please! Don’t you trust me, sis?”
Nightmare blew a raspberry at her.
“Nope! I have to make sure from now on.”
Daybreaker silently let out a hmph as Nightmare focused once more on her spell book.
“By the way, we will have to perform the spell together. You might want to learn it too.”
The solar sister winks and teleports in her spell book from her room.
“Good point, and I’ve recorded the spell in my book so I can just read mine.”
“I guess we just need to refresh our memory. We’ve tested this together, remember?”
“Yeah, I know. But... How does the logic work, exactly?”
“It’s a little complicated,” Nightmare said, “What this spell does to us, once we perform it, is that our souls trade places. So, when we use the spell, you and I will trade places, giving us each other’s body and mindset to work with. We’ve only tested it on other objects to make sure the subjects of the spell have their body remaining intact and to make sure the entities don’t trade places as well, or this spell becomes a little meaningless.”
“Ah, right,” Daybreaker nodded, closing her book. “Ready?”
“I guess so,” Nightmare replied.
Nightmare Moon closed her book, as the two put their books aside. They shuffle to sit closer. The two closed their eyes, and slowly leaned their horn forward, bracing for contact. It wasn’t perfectly accurate, took a few little bumps and bangs to pinpoint the horns to contact correctly. Their horns lit up, and the spell makes their magic auras fuse together.
The two held hooves.
“You good?” Nightmare asked.
“I’m fine,” Daybreaker replied. “I’m... Unusually excited about this.”
“Why unusually?”
“Well, because... We always had this weird relationship as sisters, always arguing yet loving at the same time. Feels funny trying to be each other.”
“Well, that’s why i wanted us to do this in the first place, so that we can learn a little more about each other first-hoof.”
“And to have fun?”
They both had a giggle, focusing more magic on the spell. Soon, they felt a tingling sensation when they close their eyes. It feels like their spirit just jumped the gap between them- Exactly what the spell was doing.
A few minutes later, after the tingling feeling stopped and they feel something different about themselves, the sisters woke up.
And in front of them, a changed, but familiar pony.
“Nice job there, haha!”
“You too!”
Nightmare Moon and Daybreaker both give high-hooves and high-wings to each other. Now, Daybreaker was Nightmare, and Nightmare was Daybreaker. The two completely traded places, and their body their spirit is in has completely changed, with all the traits in tact. The two took some time to admire their new self, and get used to the sensation of being in the body of their sister.
“Hey, Night?”
There was a hint of silence.
“Nightmare...?”
“Oh! Haha, sorry. I forgot I was Nightmare Moon for a second.”
The two both laughed.
“Hey, Day, since we’ve traded places, we should call each other with our corresponding names too.”
“Sounds interesting! So, I’m Nightmare Moon and you’re Daybreaker now?”
“Yep!” Daybreaker said. “Might be weird calling you by my original name, but let’s try and see how it goes.”
Nightmare Moon nodded. “Haha, same, Day!”
They gave a smile. This was going surprisingly well.
“By the way, Night,” Daybreaker gave a chuckle. “Your original mane feels super funny. And my goodness am I feeling hot!”
“I can relate- This glittery mane is not what I’m used to, either. Nevertheless, they both look cool on us, don’t you think?”
“Mhmm! Have you tested out using magic yet?”
“I haven’t, actually.”
Nightmare Moon tried to muster some energy into her horn to power it up. But nothing seemed to work.
“What in the world?” Nightmare asked.
“This is what I’m saying. *giggles* I think since we’re in a different form with a different mindset, our ideologies traded places as well!”
“What!?”
“I know!!! This sounds so stupid, but the spell does that apparently!”
Nightmare Moon blinked a few times, before smirking and sitting close to her sister, nudging her.
“So you love the sun now? *chuckles* How sweet of you.”
“Hmph! You love the moon too in the same sense.”
Daybreaker nudged back. They both gave a smirk and a cold stare.
“Well, there’s no way out of it,” Daybreaker said, “We will have to admit it if we want to use our magic, because our magic and powers come from our respective symbols. We can’t just perform spells if we don’t praise our Sun and Moon.”
Nightmare scratched her chin. “Hmmm, I cant say you’re wrong. It’s just.... *groan* It’s so weird to have me say I like your moon and you say you like my sun.”
“Of course it’s weird. Because we still fight about it even though we’re best friends.”
“True.”
The sisters laughed.
“Fine, if you’re nervous about it, I’ll go first to show you it works,” Daybreaker says, clearing her throat. “*giggles* I love the sun and everything that goes with it, the warmth, the light, it is a sight to behold... *blissful sigh* I’m so glad I’m a descendant of it.”
Daybreaker then lit up her horn successfully. An orange aura surrounded her horn.
“See? Easy.”
Nightmare rolled her eyes. “I’m sure you’re nervous too.”
“Yeah, but might as well go ahead and do it.”
“Hmph, fine.”
Nightmare Moon cleared her throat.
“Oh, the precious Moon. Such a beautiful thing in this world, bringing the Night a radiant light matched by no other. It’s so sad how ponies don’t give you attention, Moony... *sigh* I’ll help and be with you if you ever need me for comfort.”
Nightmare Moon smiles and lit up her horn, with a navy aura.
“Ha! It worked!”
“Haha, great job, Night,” Daybreaker nudged her with a wing.
Nightmare gave her sister a stare.
“What?”
“Don’t you dare.”
Daybreaker shrugged. “Come on. I admitted the Sun is great. I feel weird about it, but I’m also pretty glad about it.”
“Oh? Why?”
“Well, because... I kinda created this spell so that we can get a taste of what each other was thinking about. I was curious on what’s running through your mind. Turns out it’s a bunch of stuff about the Sun and Daytime and... Haha, how much you actually despise the night, honestly.”
Nightmare blushed. “O-Oh.”
“Well, it’s not like I haven’t been doing the same thing, sister.”
“Yeah, I keep thinking about the Moon, the Night, how you hate the sun and all... And come to think of it, now that I’ve had a taste of your mindset... My goodness, this would sound awkward, but I feel strangely attracted to the Moon now.”
“Mhmm? Yeah?”
“I think I know why you wrote this spell. I’m sure we both know the countless fighting we had with each other in the past, and we’ve always been saying that we don’t know each other enough time to time. So, I’m guessing you made us switch places to know about the other’s mindset and stuff?”
“That’s pretty much right. And... You’re right, I, too, feel attracted to the Sun a little more. It feels funny, how we suddenly have a change of heart for each other’s ideology. But come on, sis... You know we’re siblings. And what are siblings for?”
Daybreaker and Nightmare Moon sat down and held hooves.
“Mhmm, I know,” Nightmare winked. “You’re my closest companion. I shouldn’t fight with you.”
Daybreaker nodded with a smile. “There’s a lot we haven’t told each other about ourselves. If this goes on, how do we connect with each other, hmm? Haha, we need to chat more. Just to get along better.”
“We play together a lot,” Nightmare added, “It’s fun- Especially when we play-fight all the time.”
“Hehe, I know. Point is, we just need to be willing to share and to accept our differences. We’re meant to be friends. We just don’t want to admit it and strive for it before.”
“I think so too. You know what?”
Nightmare blushed. Daybreaker smiled.
“I-I... How do I put it...”
Daybreaker used magic and went into thoughts mode to see what she was thinking.
”*sigh* I love my sister and the Moon... It’s just so pretty.”
”Hello~? You can’t hide, ya know.”
Nightmare gasped.
“Oh come on!”
Daybreaker broke into hysterics.
“I love the Sun too. And that’s because I love you, Sister.”
She stuck her tongue out, as Nightmare blushed.
“*shivering* Geez, I feel cold like this,” Nightmare said.
Daybreaker gave her a big hug.
“Better?”
“Mhmm!” Nightmare Moon rubbed her cheek against Daybreaker’s. “*chuckles* So warm!”
“I could use some cooling down as well, haha.”
After a round of nuzzling, the two let go.
“So! Let’s play together!” Daybreaker said happily.
“There’s a lot of weird things we can do since we’re swapped. When are we turning back?”
“When we agree to.”
“Oh, great. I was wondering... How about we go have fun with our Sun and Moon again, and try not to merge them together this time?”
Daybreaker shrugged. They both got off the bed and slowly walked alongside each other.
“Why not. I’ll like to see if we argue about who is better now, that would be so weird.”
“Haha, I didn’t even think about that! You know, how you say the Sun is better when totally you actually think the Moon is better.”
“Vice verse for you. And haven’t we been doing that since day one?”
“Yeah, but our ideologies are swapped.”
“Haha. Now we can’t tell which side we love more personally.”
“Come on, you know you love your symbol more than mine.”
“No, I kinda feel good about the Sun and Daytime now.”
“Oh, so now you like it. I mean, I like the Moon and the Night too, but...”
“I still love my Moon, okay?”
“Hmph, me too. I’m not gonna betray the Sun, Kay?”
“Freaking heck, this is confusing.”
“Agreed. Let’s just call it we love both Sun and Moon?”
“Yeah, we can totally agree on that.”
The two just laughed together.
Roleplay: Little Big Conflicts
”Okay, got your spell ready to capture this?”
“I’ll double check... Yep! Seems good!”
“The narration, too? We got to have it in the background~”
“I’ll play a bit... Loud and clear!”
“Great! Now... Don’t kill me, okay?”
“Only if you don’t.”
************
”Once upon a time, there was a special dream world out of all dream worlds.”
”Two filly princesses were born to do whatever they wanted on it.”
”One was Daybreaker, Princess of the Sun.”
Daybreaker lit up her horn, flying in mid air and casting a shade of orange light around her in the darkened room.
”One was Nightmare Moon, Princess of the Moon.”
Nightmare did the same, casting a shade of navy. The two fillies look at each other.
”The fillies are sisters, destined together.”
The two flew sideways, close to each other.
”But they are also Counterparts, polar opposites.”
They spread out, looking unamused.
”Daybreaker liked the Sun. Nightmare liked the Moon. But when the two mix, they can never find a compromise.”
The two step close together, clashing their horns.
”The sisters always argued over whether the Sun or Moon was better.”
They pretended to argue and pushed heads.
”That soon developed into hatred...”
”And the sisters split up, not wanting to talk with each other.”
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The scene changed into the playroom in the castle.
On one side, Daybreaker was trying to look like a model or some sort- Walking along with her little royal accessories, including her gold tiara with a small ruby gem being a part of it. On another side, Nightmare Moon was much the same. She was thinking about magic and spells, in contrast to her counterpart, who seemed to be looking for attention.
Frankly, the two came out from opposite ends of the room, from their side of the castle. The two were so focussed on themselves and thinking about other things, they’re not really paying attention to where they’re going.
*Bump*
“Ow!” The two cried.
They lost their balance and fell. The two looked at each other, and frowned.
“Hmph! Daybreaker.”
“Oh, Nightmare Moon.”
The two knew they’re getting into a nasty situation, and teleported their tiara away for the time being.
“What in the world are you doing now?” Nightmare said, unamused.
“Oh, Nothing,” Daybreaker replied, “Don’t you think I look great for a second there, hmmm?”
Nightmare twitched an eyebrow. “How about no?”
Daybreaker hmphed.
“You think you’re more pretty than I am? Even worse, what’s with you bumping into me?”
“You crashed into me first. Also, yeah, what?”
“I did not bump into you, ‘Kay? You think you are soooo awesome, Nightmare.”
“Yeah, because let’s face it, I’m the better sister.”
Nightmare blew a raspberry.
“Wha-! No, you are most certainly not!”
“Hmph, why not? You jealous?”
“No, because i’m supposed to be the big sister!”
“So what? That makes you better?”
The two started getting closer.
“Please, the sun is much stronger than the moon.”
“Nuh-Uh! The Moon is just as strong, too!”
“I don’t think you’re right.”
“Oh? Prove it! Or else the Moon is better!”
Moving closer, the two fillies eventually drew a little impact, on the hooves and chest.
“You trying to pick a fight or something?” Daybreaker leaned her head close.
“Oh, you really want us to, Huh? I don’t mind.” Nightmare did the same.
Their heads contact, and their heads start to push, and they start to argue loudly.
“The Sun is way better!”
“No way! The moon is better!”
“Go back to your gloomy night!”
“You go back into the blinding day!”
“Come on, you won’t win anyway, Nightmare.”
“Oh, you’re underestimating me, Daybreaker?”
“Ugh, just stop getting in my way of everything, will you?”
“Aren’t you doing the same thing?”
“I am not!”
“You are!”
The two further narrowed their eyes, lighting up their horn as they clash together. They were not happy with each other, and tried to threaten the other for a fight. The tension between them was running pretty high, as they further tighten their knot of hatred. Despite them being very close, they pressed their anger even further. They broke apart, stood up on two hooves, and wanted to push against each other’s body as well.
But that didn’t go so well as they lost their balance. Their heads crashed into each other, and they shook their head.
“Hey! What was that for!?”
“You tell me, Daybreaker!”
“Hmph! Nightmare, you’re so annoying!”
“So are you!”
The two had their hooves on each other’s shoulder, Their heads remain in contact, as the two really start to get tired of pushing. Daybreaker tugged her sister’s head closer with a hoof.
“Ow! Hey!”
Her sister’s mane was still in some kind of red glittery form then, so Nightmare was able to tug her head and force them to come closer.
“Oof!”
The two squeezed their muzzles together. They wanted to gross each other out, as a final warning before they start fighting. They are fillies, after all, so it will hurt, and they don’t want to get hurt. They both slithered the other hoof off each other’s shoulder, and instead grasped from the back, turning into a weird embrace.
But in fact, they were of course not in a hug.
“What in the-! Stop tugging me!”
“You stop it first!”
“You really want to fight?”
“Yeah, if that means you’ll quit it.”
The two were determined. Their horns lit up, they squeezed together tighter, trying to gross the other out and making them give in.
“*whines* I hate you!”
Daybreaker used a spell and knocked Nightmare back.
“I hate you too!”
Nightmare dashed and lunged at her sister.
The two fillies lay on the ground, slapfighting, then moving on to actually hitting each other. Daybreaker got the upper hand at one point, trying to land a forceful punch. But Nightmare grasped at her mane with magic.
“Hey! Owww!!”
That gave Nightmare the edge. As Daybreaker was literally on top of her, Nightmare forcefully flipped over, and the two traded places. But, the same fate happened to Nightmare as Daybreaker tugs her mane. She tugs back, making them both cry. They continue slapping and hitting one another, before they block each other’s hooves in a stalemate.
Daybreaker proceeds to shoot magic in defense. Nightmare got knocked back.
“How dare you, bringing magic into the mix.”
She shot back in retaliation. Daybreaker defends. The two run around in circles, trying to shoot the other. But surprisingly, every projectile equalized each other. At some points, the two would use a spell to give themselves this forcefield, and they would collide with each other, trying to fight one another.
This got tiring fast. But they didn’t want to lose.
Later on, the two just ran and crashed right into each other as they were firing at each other. They grasped the other, and pinned and got pinned down. They struggled in each other’s grasp.
“Let... me... go!” They both yelled.
They tried to use a spell to break free, but the other clashed their horn against theirs and interfered, making it difficult to do so. They tightened their grasp, squeezing together. They roll around the room like a ball, trying to pin down and rest themselves on each other. Since they can’t do much, they start arguing a lot.
“*whines* I hate my big sister!”
“Hmph! Little sister is so annoying!”
The two stopped rolling and look at each other.
“Well, I’ll stop bugging you if you just admit I’m the better sister.”
“Finally something we can agree on?”
“Yeah, we agree to disagree.”
“Ugh, I’m so sick of you always in my way. Can’t you just-“
“Uh, no, unless you do so first.”
“Don’t interrupt me!”
Daybreaker pulled herself back just enough so Nightmare Moon could not interfere with her horn for one second, then she teleported out of their locked state. She blasted magic, only to be equaled by Nightmare’s defense. The two resume the fighting for another few minutes, only to result back to where they left off- Once again locked together in a tight, and to them, disgusting embrace.
And this continued for a couple rounds.
The two were getting very exhausted, chasing and beating each other up. They breathe heavily as they lock their rival sibling in their view. Sometimes when they fight at this point, they would yawn and give the other an upper hand. They were quick to recover, though- And the flame between these two was not done for yet.
Finally, as tired as they are, they prompted themselves to fly around chasing one another anyway. They fire magic with their horn. As the magic collided and disappear, the two couldn’t stop themselves from crashing into each other.
**Crash**
The two were dizzy as they plop back on the floor. They tumbled and wobbled for a few seconds on two hooves, before feeling the urge to just lay down and rest because of how tired they were.
************
A while later, Daybreaker felt a nudge. She merely opened her eyes, to find Nightmare looking down at her.
“Great, you’re gonna beat me up, aren’t you?”
Surprisingly, Nightmare shook her head. It’s then Daybreaker realized that she didn’t have a single scratch.
“What in the world? We beat up each other hard. Why didn’t you-“
Daybreaker felt a shot of pain from her body.
“*chuckles* Magic.”
“Very funny.”
“So do you want me to fix that for you?”
“Hmph, no, you trying to trap me or something?”
She crossed her hooves. But Nightmare did the spell anyway, sending her sister a tingling feeling.
“Hey! I told you not to-“
“Sorry.”
The two sat in front of each other, silent.
“Sorry for fighting you, Okay?”
“I... Wha...?”
“I know we’re mad at each other,” Nightmare said, guilty. “But I don’t like being mad. Its not like I feel happy every time I hit you, anyway.”
“Are you trying to trick me or something?”
“N-No, I’m serious.”
“Oh...?”
Daybreaker blinked a few times.
“Come on, we both said that we just want each other to be out of our way, and we’ll be good,” Nightmare shrugged. “So?”
“So... You’re saying you’re not gonna bother me now?”
“If you want me to stay away, then yeah.”
Nightmare Moon stood up, turned and prepared to walk away.
“W-Wait.”
“What?”
“I-I... I feel the same way.”
“Prove it.”
“It’s just... *sigh* I’m tired of fighting. It’s so exhausting, you trying to pick fights with me.”
Nightmare raised an eyebrow. “But you’re the one in my way-“
She stuffs a hoof into her mouth.
“Okay, fiiiiiine. We both pick fights with each other all the time. But it’s so exhausting. I want to think about other stuff, not focussed on how to beat you all the time. And yeah, I hate the Moon, you hate the Sun, whatever. I’m not always in the mood to fight, okay?”
Nightmare smiled.
“Hey, come on. Then why didn’t you just say so from the beginning?”
“So?”
“So we can stop the fighting all together?”
Daybreaker thought for a second- She had a point.
“Well... You’re not wrong, but we still hate each other.”
“We won’t when we fight less and less.”
“You sure about that?”
“”Pretty sure. I guess we’ll just have to trust each other to stop arguing with ourselves.”
Daybreaker shrugged.
“I... I guess it won’t hurt to try and be nice to you for a while.”
“Well, if we wanna have any shot at making up, then this would be the way forward.”
Nightmare held out a hoof. Gingerly, Daybreaker takes it and they shook hooves, albeit with a tight grip on each other’s hooves.
Then she took a step further and hugged her.
“H-Hey....” Daybreaker stuttered, “D-Don’t touch me like that...”
Nightmare winked. “Come on... Do you want to be friends or not?”
“*chuckles* I didn’t think you meant it.”
“Well, now you do.”
Daybreaker slowly allowed herself to raise her hooves to Nightmare’s back, She tugged her against herself, like how the two were fighting earlier.
“It’s... Kinda gross, really,” Daybreaker commented.
“I know,” Nightmare chuckled. “You and I, huddled up together...”
They let go and stood up.
“Guess we still need some time getting used to it,” She continued. “I was nervous with all this, actually. I didn’t expect you to agree and drop the fighting.”
“Y-Yeah, I didn’t expect you to say that either. Buuuuuuut, I still hate you.”
“*chuckles* I never said I liked you, you know.”
She held up Daybreaker’s head, teasing her.
“I only wanted you to stop being in my way so I don’t have to fight with you all the time.”
“So you’re kinda saying we should leave each other alone?”
“N-no, we can talk together, if we both agree not to argue.”
“Well, looks like we still have our differences, don’t we, Night...”
“Absolutely, Day. And we hate each other, don’t we?”
The two got close and clashed their horns together.
“Yeah, I don’t like you, little sister. You?”
“Nope, big sister! I don’t like you!”
They both let out a cold smile, slowly backing up away from each other.
“I’ll see you later, then...”
“Hmph, if you’d think I’ll talk with you, haha.”
************
“You can come back now, Day!”
Daybreaker returned as Nightmare disabled her spell to stop capturing the roleplay they finished.
“That was... Oddly smooth. Great job!”
“You too!”
The two gave high-fives and high-wings. Immediately, they teleport to Daybreaker’s room to watch what they were doing for the past hour. It was a barrel of laughs.
“*laughing* Look at how we were squeezing each other there!” Daybreaker giggled.
“I know!” Nightmare replied, “You and I were soooooo mad at each other!”
“Ahhh! Fight scene!”
“You were harsh on me, just a little.”
“Was I?”
“Yes You were!”
Nightmare nudged her sister.
“Awww, look at how we just flopped ourselves down next to each other when we drifted off to sleep.”
“We should’ve started the next scene with a hug.”
“Oh come on, Night. We were rivals in the roleplay, we wouldn’t do that if we were enemies, would we?”
“You’re right. By the way... You were the one who suggested doing this, Day. Pretty interesting how I’m always the one coming up with things to do.”
Daybreaker stopped the video and turned to her.
“Haha, that’s because with all the crazy shenanigans we’ve been doing with each other lately, I think we are becoming pretty good friends. I’m just curious at what we would be like back then, that’s all.”
“True, it’s been a while and our fighting has become history.”
“We should do more of this, the two of us fighting and all, with different little outcomes. It’s great fun playing with you.”
“Hehe, I think so too! Ah! Can we do one where we’re fused together at the end?”
Daybreaker’s face told her she was not amused.
“Fusion spell? Really?”
“What? We can be fighting and tugging so much we squish together into one pony!”
She shrugged. “I’ll think about it, haha. By the way, what I said in the roleplay, no, I don’t hate you.”
Nightmare smiled. “Me neither, I love my big sis!”
She nuzzled against her, making her giggle.
“Okay, okay,” Daybreaker messed with her sister’s mane, standing on two hooves behind her. “You want a big hug?”
Nightmare tittered, throwing herself against her big sister, cuddling and nuzzling forcefully.
“*loud laughing* Night!! It’s so ticklish!”
“Mmmmm, But you are so cuddly!”
“Hahaha, You never fail to make me smile, buddy.”
“Awww, don’t say that, Day...”
“Which is why I’m gonna give you some good snuggles!”
“Waaaaaa! Heeeeeeey!”
“Take that, little sister!”
Noooo! Big sister, have mercy!”
They continued laughing and having fun.
The world of the dream realm is a magical place. It’s where all the dreams of Ponies take place in. But the dream realm is not just one world, however. It is actually a bunch of different worlds combined together in the same dimension, separate from the real world. It’s a very interesting place- Every dream is just like a planet, shaped to everypony’s imagination in their dreams as they wish, be it a world of nightmare, or a world of bliss. Every dream causes their dream world to shift and change to their thoughts- Everything can be altered, from what’s on it, to what happens, and they can even have the say to decide whether they want to be alone or should the world have characters.
This story, is about one of the more unique worlds of the many in dreamland.
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There is a very unique dream world in the realm- Mainly for it’s speciality of being a world of two, as the two ponies live in this dream world together as real beings, instead of an actual dream. The two ponies, both Alicorns, were twin sisters. They both share their world of dreams.
One sister, represents the sun: Daybreaker.
One sister, represents the moon: Nightmare Moon.
The two ponies differed a lot from one another, both in their look and their beliefs. Daybreaker had a white skin, red and orange eyes, a Firey, orange and yellow mane, white wings, and her cutie mark was a sun. She does occasionally wear her Alicorn outfit, so she is kind of a princess. She has an orange and red crown, orange horseshoes, and her ambulet is, you guessed it, orange colored, with a sun symbol. As the mascot of the sun, she has always loved her mighty symbol and everything that goes with it. The warmth, the glow, and it’s power. She loves when it’s Daytime.
Nightmare Moon had dark navy skin, jade eyes, a navy, glittery and flowing mane, dark wings, her cutie mark being a blue crescent moon. Her Alicorn outfit is pretty much the same, only a different color. Blue horseshoes, blue crown, blue ambulatory with a silver crescent moon symbol. The moon has always been what she represented as a mascot, and she loved it’s glow. It gives her a sense of quietness and her night makes everything feel cooler and more comfortable.
With that said, the two were born as complete counterparts of each other. With all their differences, it led to many problems.
Since birth, they’ve known how to communicate with not just talking, but even by thoughts. At first, they were alright- Laughter filled their little chats. But then, they were introduced to each other’s symbol- The Sun and The Moon. They realized their differences- They didn’t like that. They wanted each other to be like themselves, and they could share their love for one of the two symbols only. Neither sister admitted the Sun or Moon should give way.
And so, the game of distrust between the two sisters began. Growing up, the two always argued with each other, especially when their imaginations in their dream come to the mix. They fight over a lot of things, but none can compare to their quarrels over the question that all siblings argue over.
“Which sibling is better?”
”Obviously, It’s me!”
”What? Nonono, I’m better!”
”Oh, no. I’m better!”
”No, not Night... Day!”
”No... Night! Not Day!”
”No! Sun is better!”
”No! Moon is better!”
”Grrrrr! You’re the worst, Nightmare Moon!”
”You’re the worst, Daybreaker! Grrrr!”
”*whines* I hate you! *gasp* I hate you too!”
**Both Fights**
All these quarrels between Daybreaker and Nightmare Moon really damaged their relationship as sisters. Sun and Moon fighting for reigning the land became a common thing in their world. It caused shifting of the world, too- The more they quarreled, the more they hated each other and wanted to stay away from each other. So, as they grow up, the dream world they’re on started to change shape through their thoughts. Half was colored orange. Half was colored Navy. This was to make sure their two symbols both stay in the sky all the time, when their symbol is in their side of the world, it is daytime. They even make it to where if it doesn’t, it’s nighttime. They agree to split and have both Sun and Moon up in the sky ever since they were kids, though very unwillingly.
Plus, the castle they live in sits right at the borders, so even after the split, they still kinda had to live together, as a part of their agreement as compensation. They thought that splitting the world amongst them two was unfair- Because they won’t really get the whole of the dream world they share. They argued on this for a while until they thought of relocating their castle at the borders so it feels they still share the whole dream world.
Needless to say, all that didn’t stop them from fighting. Their lifes were filled with fights with each other all the time.
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**SlapFight**
”*crying* Waaaa! It hurts!”
”*crying* It hurts!! Stop it!
”No! You stop!”
”No! You!”
”*hmphs* Sun better! Must beat Moon!”
”*whines* Moon better! Must beat Sun!”
”Sun is the best!”
”No, Moon is the best!”
**Both tackle**
”Oof! Hey!”
**Both rolling and fighting**
”Let go of me, Nightmare!”
”You stop hugging me, Daybreaker!”
”We’re not hugging, we’re fighting!”
”Hmph! You’re so mean!”
”You’re the mean one!”
”Day and Night Together? Ewwww! Gross! No way!”
”Where did you get that idea anyway?”
”Me? I thought it was you who suggested it?”
”No, some pony in that dream world we just gone into suggested it!”
”Whatever the case, no!”
”Same! I don’t want to be close with my Lunar counterpart!”
”I don’t want to be close with my Solar Counterpart either!”
**Both Squeeze**
”Day and Night are destined counterparts, forever as enemies.”
”We’re always fighting, like we’re doing now.”
Day and Night, literally, the two fought over who’s better all the time. Babies slapping, Fillies rolling, Teenagers squeezing muzzles together and arguing. They’ve even found the power to travel to other dreams to cause mischief. This gave them something new to fight over- The dreams they can have fun with. Whenever they have something to toy with, and there isn’t enough for the two of them, neither one would want to share, and their dominance of dreams are no exception. And whenever they disagree with each other on things, they would were stubborn and only stand by their circumstances, which let to many disputes between the two.
Their sisterly rivalry was intense- They were always in each other’s way. Their quarrels are like a tug of war, pulling back and forth when things don’t go their way. One second, it’s day. The next, it’s night. Day, Night, Sun, Moon, Solar, Lunar, the quarreling goes on and on. And as they get angrier, it’s like they pull themselves closer together in the tug of war. When the two meet in the middle after a lot of pulling, it becomes a fight.
The Sun hated the Moon. The Moon hated the Sun. That is what the sisters thought of their beloved Sun and Moon. They thought the two giant orbs are rivals- Counterparts like them, and always had fights with each other. That’s why they thought as a kind of descendants, they should be rivals too. They thought their symbols were just like them- Once created to serve as loving sisters, but constant fighting caused the two orbs to separate in imbalance. So for a long time, it seemed that the Sun and the Moon were always pushing each other, fighting for which is better- Exactly like the two ponies. When one becomes better than the other, Sun and Moon would become one, and the superior one would take over both time periods of the cycle- Day and Night.
Sometimes, they might even be seemingly persuaded by ponies in other dreams to compromise. But of course, their belief is that each other is their destined rival, and they can never be friends. Besides, they’re so different, how can the two possibly be friends for long? Add that to how much they argue with one another, it’s just impossible to imagine they can be close at all.
Or so they thought.
A recent experience revolves around the two breaking into the dream of Starlight Glimmer. But, what made them truly surprised was to find the almighty Princess Celestia in the dream world, followed by Princess Luna soon after. However, the two dreamy ones were so caught up on the fighting that they forgot about what dream protectors can do. Though inexperienced, Celestia banishes them both and blinks them out of existence with magic.
You can say her plan worked, or you can say it didn’t. Why? Because the two never got banished- They were just returned back to their own dream world for breaching other dreams in the dream realm. The spell also weakened the sisters- They were turned into fillies once more. Most importantly, they were split apart when they returned to the dream world, but they seem to have a different state of mind. Not only for their personality, but also almost forgetting pretty much everything they did together. All they can recall about the other the day they realize this, are a few things: One, they have a sister. Two, they once had a big fight with their sister and hate each other. Finally, they are counterparts of one another. They faintly remember each other’s names, and can’t recall much that they’ve done.
They wondered if the other experienced the same confusion- So they decide to find out.
Author's Note
Note: This is the flashback in the previous chapter.
The Sun and The Moon
It is now almost Nighttime in the dream world, but nearly Daytime in the real world. This means that ponies will slowly be waking up from their sleep. The dream world will mostly be deactivated then- And the sisters’ world is not an exception. Every night, the sisters will move their symbols towards the other side to signal the nighttime, and the next day, they will switch it back.
Daybreaker got ready an hour early before they actually have to do it, because she had something in mind.
Every time the two switch the positions of the Sun and Moon into each other’s territory, they used to do it in a cycle- A circle. The symbol on Daybreaker’s side moves over the top, while the symbol on Nightmare’s side moves along the bottom. This loop ensured the symbols never make contact since, well, they hated each other before and they did not want to get close with each other, and they didn’t allow their symbol to do it either.
But now it’s different- They’ve made up.
So, Daybreaker pondered what will happen if the two giant orbs actually collided. Would it be just normal pushing? Or would something magical happen? She wanted to see. She came over early to do it. She looked at the Sun, and then the Moon. She looked back and forth, imagining the two orbs together. She was excited. She started to control the sun, and moved slowly on the same level as the Moon. The Sun crossed the border, and into the Moon’s territory. It was placed right near the Moon. Daybreaker stuck a tongue out as she positioned it.
Then, the Moon suddenly had a navy aura.
Daybreaker looked over to the other balcony- To See Nightmare Moon controlling the Moon. Nightmare gave a wave, as Daybreaker gave one back. She flew over to join her Lunar sister, as they both cancelled their magic on their symbols.
“What are you doing?” Nightmare asked curiously.
“Oh, Nothing, Something on my mind.”
“Hm? Go on.”
Daybreaker giggled.
“Have we ever made the Sun and Moon contact each other before?”
“I don’t think so, actually.”
“Well, I wanted to see what happens if they did!”
“Mmmmm, that sounds pretty cute, and I love cute!”
“Sure you do, you little moonbeam.”
Daybreaker tackles Nightmare and messes with her mane. They both let out a laugh before letting go.
“You’re such a silly sis, little Sunshine.”
“Hehe! Well, are you ready?”
“Hold on, let me position this better. Let’s move right to the middle- The place the border is at. They will contact there.”
They both nodded to each other, and flew up to get a better view and a better angle. As promised, they both move their symbol temporarily back to their side. Sun on the left, Moon on the right. Slowly and steadily, they moved the two orbs closer in the sky, and frankly, they also moved together as well. Soon, the two orbs are already very close together. After a while...
**Squish**
The Sun and The Moon drew impact.
It was a very satisfying sensation- Every time they touch, they caved in on itself. It’s like they were bouncy rubber balls colliding. When they meet, they seem to squish together and sort of change shape. Daybreaker and Nightmare looked at one another, gave a giggle, and started playing around with them, slowly squishing them together again and again.
“*chuckling* So Cute!”
“I didn’t know this can happen!”
“Hmmm, maybe it’s because we made up?
“I don’t know, but maybe! Now they just look like having fun.”
Suddenly, they had an idea.
“You know what, Day? Now that we know this is a thing...”
“Mhmm, Night?”
Nightmare whispers to her sister.
“Oh, Cool! Let’s add this...”
Daybreaker whispers back.
“Ooooooh! That’s even better!”
“Haha, come on, you have the best ideas.”
“No, you do~”
The sisters nudged one another a few times before breaking into a giggle. Then they gave themselves some time to prepare for the idea, and got things rolling.
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The Sun and Moon were in the sky.
”Moony! I told you not to come over to my side!”
“What! You were the one coming to my side, Sunny!”
“We agreed to only swap places when the dream world is deactivating, but you always secretly come over!”
You always do that too!”
The two orbs had a little distance before, but now they move closer, right at the border.
“*sigh Your world just needs to see more of the light of the Sun, that’s all.”
“No! Your side is boring. It’s so bright. Let my darkness equalize it a bit.”
“Nuh-uh! Your dark is so ugly, my side doesn’t need that.”
“Hmph! Same way about how I feel about you here.”
The two were not happy.
“I’m better than you!”
“No way! I’m better!”
“No, I am!”
“No! I am!”
They both let out a groan.
**squeeze**
“I’m the better one, Moony...”
“I’m the better one, Sunny...”
**squeezes back**
“I’ll be the one shining eternally among this dream world!”
“Not if I beat you and I’m the one doing that!”
“Oh, you want a fight?”
“Yeah, I’m picking a fight.”
“Oh, no you didn’t!”
“Yes I did!”
“Hmph, then I’ll give it to you!”
“Bring it!”
The Sun clashed against the Moon, and the Moon pushed back against the Sun. The two orbs start colliding a whole lot, spinning around while pushing the other with force. They would sometimes split apart, have a little chase, before crashing back together. They squished together a number of times, as they start to argue more. It’s like they’re pushing each other in a way.
Back down, the sisters were laughing non-stop.
“Haha, this is awesome!”
“I know!”
They gave a high-five. They were controlling the Sun and the Moon. It’s like they’re playing a video game.
“I’m coming to get you, Night!”
“Nope! Take that!”
The orbs clashed furiously.
“Waaaaaah! Heeeeeey!”
“Haha, this is so fun!”
“I know!!! We’re like playing a game with each other, aren’t we?”
“Looks like it! Let’s see who wins this game we’ve come up with.”
“Oh, it’s on!”
The two sisters nodded, gritted their teeth and really got into the zone. Focussing their magic on their symbols, the Sun and Moon clash in different styles. They didn’t equalize the other all the time though- One would get the edge if they’re lucky.
At one point, the Sun stays in place. Then the Moon knocks it away on the next.
This cycle continued back and forth between Sun and Moon, trying to dominate the sky and make it their own with no border separating each other. But, they didn’t only want to unite the two sides of the dream world- They seem to be wanting to do so by destroying each other. Even staying in place long enough is a challenge. Every time one of the two tried to stay in the middle and increase its side’s spread across the land, the other clashed with it and pushed back.
The two orbs chase one another, trying to collide and rip each other apart. Meanwhile, the sisters are still having way too much fun, as they imagined their argument all in their heads.
“Out of my way, Moony!”
“No, Sunny! Go away!”
The orbs clash in the middle of the two sides. They refuse to step back, colliding furiously. Daybreaker stuck her tongue out as Nightmare gritted her teeth, trying to hold up heir defense.
“*grunts* You are really good at this,” Daybreaker giggled.
Nightmare was panting. “You too! You’re giving me a hard time over here!”
“Well, you’re doing the same thing!”
“You wanna really push this one?”
“If you’re going to, Night. ”
“Oh, it’s on, Day. ”
The two sidestepped towards the other, so they’re next to each other. Giving a cold smile and stare, they refocus on the game. The Sun and Moon push intensely with equal strength by their descendants. They would not back off. It was always the little hesitations and exhausted gasps of each other that one of the sisters helped their symbol get the upper hand, before they other picked up the pace and push back, only to reach a stalemate in the middle again. Things got quirky for a while- Because they were pushing against each other, the two tried to maneuver and finagle their way around each other, making an awkward dynamic of them spinning while attracted together.
A few minutes, something weird happened.
The sisters started sensing some kind of attraction force between the Sun and Moon. It felt as if they were not pushing, but rather attracted to each other. They tested this theory by trying to pull them apart. But they just stuck back together.
“What did you do, Day?”
“I-I don’t know! Is this something that happens when they contact too much?”
“Uhh.... This doesn’t look good.”
“Well... There’s no turning back now... I guess?”
They tried to control their magic, but they couldn’t. They put so much focus and energy into the spell and it got so powerful it overrode the control from its host pony. The Sun and Moon continue to clash, now squishing together with each push since the force was so great. For a minute, it looked like as if the orbs started caving in on themselves like two giant rubber balloons squishing each other, despite it making no sense whatsoever.
“What in the world!?” Nightmare bursted out laughing.
“*grunts* I know this isn’t supposed to be a good thing but... *laughing* How is that supposed to work!?”
COME ON! You’re in the DREAM realm! I can totally write it that way!
Time froze.
“Did you hear that?” Daybreaker asked.
Uh oh.
Nightmare scratched her head. “Uhhh... I... Do not know what that’s supposed to be, but-“
Time started up again. The two sisters got jerked forward by their magic.
“Ahhhh!” They both cried.
The sisters tumbled and fell. They loosen their grip and control on their spells for a second, and that was enough for the spell to go a little haywire. More magic was instantly sent into powering the spell, causing the Sun and Moon to push harder. The orbs had the property of balloons, even changing shape because of the squishing. The sisters tried to control it, but the magic didn’t seem to agree with them.
“*grunt* I can’t control it!”
“Me neither! What’s going to happen?”
“I don’t know, Night!”
“Day, this isn’t good at all!”
The two had no idea why this is happening,holding each other in an embrace in fear of what’s happening next. They shiver nervously as they watch their symbols squish and squish.
And eventually...
**Woosh!**
Whatever happened sent a blinding light to the two. When they open their eyes, they see the weirdest thing their eyes have laid upon on.
“W-Whoa... What h-happened?”
“Y-You tell me...”
They don’t see two orbs in the sky anymore- But instead, they were merged together! Half of the sphere was the Sun and the other was the Moon. It made no sense, and that’s why the two were at a loss for words. They stared at each other for what seemed like forever, hoping that one of them has an answer to whatever just happened in front of them.
“Uhhhhhh....”
They shrugged, showing that both of them have no idea to what’s happening.
“Hey, by the way, your horn is kinda on fire.”
Daybreaker looked at it, and indeed it was. Nightmare helped to blow it out.
“Th-Thanks, sis. Well... This is just great.”
“Yuuuuuuuuup. Sun and Moon are fused together now.”
“I mean, it’s funny and cute and all, but...”
“Don’t feel bad, I know this is weird.”
There was silence again.
“So... They can do that, apparently.”
“Uh Huh. So... We are not doing this ever again.”
“Agreed. How am I suppose to have only half of the Sun’s light?”
“Well, how am I supposed to have half of the Moon’s glow, then?”
The sisters bursted into laughter.
“Welp, You were the one who had this idea in mind first, so you’re fixing it! Haha!”
“Hey! What!?”
“Not my problem, Day! Bye!”
Nightmare left before a reply can come. Daybreaker felt her face redden up as her sister slammed the door.
“Grrrrr! You cheeky sister!”
Daybreaker went to grab Nightmare’s spellbook, letting out a cold chuckle.
“I’ll show you, Night... You don’t try to tease me!”