Dr. Luna and Mrs. Nightmare Moon

When the morning came. The newspaper delivery mare was delivering a newspaper that spoke of a murder that occurred.

“Read all about the crime! Profane sano crime!” sang Diamond Tiara. “The poor bishop who died.”

Fluttershy picked up the newspaper to read before singing. “I see walking with the daughters, a moment to kill!”

“And death has brought its terror,” sang Diamond Tiara.

“She died in Canterlot,” sang a group of mares.

“A slave to mariticide,” sang Cheerilee.

“In the alley has its end, ”sang Flim.

“Either she went to fear or went to meet Faust,” sang Gilda.

“Martin passed and the others became. Who will be to blame? In that terror?” sang the crowd. “Crime! Crime! Nightmare with crime! Crime! Crime! Scare with crime! Crime! With dream, fear… ”

The ponies and the creatures began to circle. “Crime! Crime! What an affliction it was! Crime! Crime! What an affliction it was! Crime! Crime! With dream, fear…”

Applejack was dressed as priest and Apple Bloom as Congregation. “Oh sweet death you took from us.”

“We demand to be made to…” sang the crowd.

When night came, Nightmare Moon was going to Celestia and Shining Armor, leaving the bar.

“Mrs. Celestia, was your neobobid night at the bar wonderful?” asked Nightmare Moon.

“Certainly. But who are you anyway?”

“Nothing more tragic than one gave of a stupid peanut,” replied Nightmare Moon. “Unless of course it’s your own gave, isn’t it Shining Armor?”

“I don’t understand what you mean, ma’am,” said Shining Armor.

“Don’t worry.” Nightmare Moon caught Shining Armor with her magic. “You will understand!”

Nightmare Moon’s warped him spine, set him down and hit him with a hoof. Celestia ran off.

“There our domination…” sang the crowd.

When Nightmare Moon finished, she left while saying it out loud. “You miserable hypocrite…”

But the crowd stopped when they saw Shining Armor’s body on the floor, and without movement.

The next morning everypony was startled to discorver that another crime had occurred.

“A crime! A second murder in Canterlot! Royal Guard leader Shining Armor is dead in the capital Canterlot!” sang Iron Will in a panic.

“A new crime happens. Just like the other crime, they killed the poor royal guard leader,” sang Rainbow Dash.

“First was the bishop, now look at that,” sang Pinkie Pie. “The killer is back. But for collection and the list only grows then.”

“Courage to kill,” sang Fluttershy, “and all affront!”

“Your hate was beating!” sang Flam. “At the gates of power!”

“Who was it at last?” sang the crowd as they eyed Diamond Tiara suspiciously.

Diamond Tiara was worried. “Don’t look at me like that!”

“Crime! Crime! Bloody death in the night! Death terror! Crime! Crime! Blood in the night!” sang the multitude of ponies and creatures.

“What about these murders?” sang Fluttershy worriedly.

“But did I start it?” sang Cheerilee.

“Of course not!” sang Fluttershy in no happy way.

“And the royal guard leader who went to waste?” sang Cheerilee. “Hunted like an animal?”

“No one ever imagined!” sang Fluttershy, about to cry.

“There is no complaining! We’ll find out!” sang Ms. Harshwinng.

“There are ponies that are capable of having much more behind,” sang Coco Pommel.

“It is a shock indeed! But it will show in the end,” sang the four mares.

“Who is it then?” sang Coco Pommel.

“The old maid?” sang the mares, except Coco Pommel, who looked away.

“Crime! Crime! It is a plague! Hate! Hate! Crime! Crime! Blood! Fear! At night…”

Luna flew to Granny Smith. “Smith, Smith! Got the chemicals?”

“All but two, ma’am.” Granny Smith held the chemicals with the front hooves.

“But what about the others?” asked Luna.

“Tomorrow night, ma’am,” answered Granny Smith. “But what are they for?”

“It’s none of your business, Smith,” Luna replied.

“I’m so sorry, ma’am. You look like you’re not well, Doctor Luna.” Granny Smith noticed that Luna was breathing very fast, as if she were out of breath.

“I’ve been better, Smith. I’ve been better.” Luna ran off.

“Something strange is happening!” sang the crowd.

“Could it be a gang?” sang Cheerilee.

“We have to catch him before we lose sight of him!” aang the crowd.

“It was so much to ascend! And her head ... tear her mane off already! Crime! Somepony is out there! And it’s past time! Who found out now and already?”

The citizens of Canterlot began to circle again. “Crime! Crime! The damn wolf! Wolf! The damn crime! Crime! The revased fear! Fear! At night…”

When night came, Fleur de Lis left the restaurant with Fancy Pants and Mayor Mare. Fleur de Lis wore a pink dress with a Pearl necklace around her neck.

“All these charity dinners are deadly boredom, Fleur de Lis,” said Fancy Pants.

“Um… nonsense!” said and Mayor Mare. “When I ask for a cord I ask for a decent color.”

“Mare, Mare, you wouldn’t recognize a decent liqueur even if it spilled all over your shirt,” said Fleur de Lis.

“Of course I would, Fleur,” said Mayor Mare.

“So what is that luscious wine for when we eat dinner at your house?” Fleur de Lis asked, not contentedly.

Nightmare Moon approached the three ponies. “Good evening, Miss Fleur de Lis. Excellencies… ”

“Oh, ma’am. Who are you?” asked Mayor Mare.

“Just a fan of good liconios,” replied Nightmare Moon. “Just like you, Fleur de Lis.”

Fleur de Lis put her hoof on her chest in surprise before smiling. Her friends looked at her. She approached Nightmare Moon.

“It’s radiant tonight,” Nightmare Moon put a hoof on Fleur de Lis’s necklace. “The pearls highlight your eyes.”

Mayor Mare approached Fleur de Lis. “Well, what insolence is that?!”

“Get out of here ...” Fleur de Lis asked slowly.

Fleur de Lis looked at Nightmare Moon. “Thank you, ma’am.”

Nightmare Moon made a liqueur appear. “I would like to offer a very special liqueur tasting. Much better than they get in. ”

Fancy Pants looked at Mayor Mare. “Here on the street I’ve never heard of such a thing.”

“I see nothing against a civilization trick between new friends.” Nightmare Moon handed Fleur de Lis a glass of drink. Fleur de Lis drank a little. “Interesting, complex, delicious.”

Fleur de Lis went to Mayor Mare. “Mare, you should prove it. You will love.”

Mayor Mare picked up the glass with a hoof. “Since you insist.”

What they didn’t realize was that Celestia was watching the scene.

Fleur de Lis began to feel short of breath. Mayor Mare too. Nightmare Moon saw Celestia and knocked her with both hooves, resulting in Celestia falling to the ground. The two mares fell to the ground. Fancy Pants saw the scene and decided to run for help.

Nightmare Moon smiled. “Fleur, my love, you should be more prudent. Accept drinks from strangers on the street?”

Fleur de Lis and Mayor Mare died. “You despicable drunk…”

Nightmare Moon saw Celestia crawling on the floor and went to her. “Why, Madam Celestia. Very convenient mare than all the hypocrites besides together.”

Celestia raised an alarm. “No. Not yet…”

Nightmare Moon took a few steps back before fleeing.

The next day, the crowd of ponies saw the bodies of Fleur de Lis and Mayor Mare.

“It’s for two more crimes! They sang the other two crimes!”

“So many to tell!” sang the mares.

“And poor Fleur de Lis! The air of blood grows! And Fancy Pants came to the rescue.”

“How absurd! What a horror!” sang a light blue mare with white mane as she made a face of disgust.

“They are dead bodies, yes. They seem to come! In the park went to kill. She can return!”

“No more quiet with her always comes after! Behind us… is the terror!”

“Crime! Crime! Hate! Horror! Crime! Crime! Blood! Smell! Fear! At night…”

Fancy Pants was in train station, alone. Until he saw Starlight Glimmer and Rarity.

“Fancy Pants! I did get your message,” said Starlight Glimmer. “But what’s so urgent?”

“I’m leaving Canterlot, Starlight,” replied Fancy Pants.

“But why?” Starlight Glimmer was nothing more than confused by what the stallion said to her.

“It isn’t obvious? With a homicidal maniac killing deciphering half our classmates!” Fancy Pants lifted his hoof as he looked around.

Rarity lifted a hoof. “But where are you going, Fancy Pants?”

“This I’ll tell nopony,” replied Fancy Pants. “I don’t know what you heard, Starlight. But I did everything possible to save them.”

Starlight Glimmer smiled. “Yes. Of course.”

“I tried too hard.”

Rarity looked to the side. Starlight Glimmer continued to speak. “Oh my dear Fancy Pants, I don’t doubt you cared so ...”

“Sure, Starlight,” said Fancy Pants. Rarity looked back at Fancy Pants. “But I couldn’t save them.”

“You and Faust know you tried. Well, have a nice trip. Bye,” Starlight Glimmer said goodbye to Fancy Pants with a hoof and Rarity hugged him before they left.

Fancy Pants until she saw the train. He was about to go. But Nightmare Moon caught him with her magic while smiling wickedly.

“May Faust give you bad news!” Nightmare Moon threw Fancy Pants on the train tracks and was run over when the train got close to him.

The next day everypony found out that Fancy Pants died being run over. And now they were not only afraid, but angry.

“Comedy is hard to face and not even see! The police are easy to beat! There are no suspects! Just one way! Crime! The monster is out there! And it’s past time! Let’s hunt! She hid now and now! Crime! Crime! Strong we have to be! Crime! Crime! When we cross!” the ponies pretended to be afraid before their serious expressions returned. “Crime! Crime! Grudge! Hatred coming! Crime! Crime! To point! Crime! Crime! Will arrive! Crime! Crime! It will accentuate blood! At night… at night… ”

Rarity was at Luna’s house reading Luna’s diary. She held the diary with her magic. “October 7th, I’m dangerous. More dangerous than any pony… ”

Luna was heading toward her lab until she saw Rarity fidgeting with her diary. “What do you want here?!”

Rarity jumped back and saw Luna. Luna was annoyed. Rarity smiled when she saw Luna. “Luna, you scared me!”

Rarity went to Luna until she stopped. “For a moment I thought ... I didn’t recognize your voice.”

Luna wasn’t angry anymore, just worried. “How long have you been here?”

Rarity didn’t answer. Luna became angry again. “How long?!”

“Just a few minutes. Kibbutz let me in,” replied Rarity. “Your lab door was unlocked. Luna, I was desperate waiting for a word.”

“And you thought you’d find snooping around my diary?” Luna went to her diary, and began to look through the pages. “What did you see?”

“I don’t remember what I saw,” answered Rarity.

“What did you see?!” shouted Luna, now angry again.

Rarity moved a little closer to Luna. “Luna! Look at me!” Luna looked at Rarity. “Can’t talk politely anymore? I understand that you work. It is unprecedented and painful. I see what this is doing to you.” Rarity put her hoof to her chest. “With us. And yet, I know you need to keep going.” Rarity went to Luna and put the hoof on Luna’s chest. “You believe him with such passion.”

Luna was sad now. Her ears were down. “Rarity… those experiences are transporting me to places that I don’t understand.”

Luna started to walk worriedly, but her sad expression didn’t come out. “I can’t explain to myself,” Luna sat on the couch sadly. “Much less for you…”

“No need to explain, darling,” said Rarity. “You never assured me that your journey would be easy, good, and enjoyable. Only we would do it together.”

“Everything always has a price to pay,” Rarity began to sing as she offered the hoove to Luna. Luna held Rarity’s hoof before kissing him. Rarity sat down. “It was a blue dream… that love found us… and forces intertwined… it was a blue dream… it was a time like this… as there is no more…” Rarity put her other hoof on Luna’s cheek. “It was so long ago ... it was a while ...” Rarity got up and started walking. “A time has come to fruition of good and colorful dreams. But there is no flower anymore and I was so lonely… it was a blue dream… that the sky sent… but was it you? Just a blue dream… are we going to start over?” Rarity looked at Luna. “In this blue dream…”

Luna rose from the couch and made a stand as if to declare love to Rarity. “Rarity, please don’t leave me now. I really love you.”

Rarity smiled. “If you want this, if you want me, you know where I am…”

Luna watched Rarity leave.

“I’m slowly losing control over myself. I no longer dare to take the night potions. This Nightmare Moon is a part of me. Even so, it disappears in my mind. Like a mist in the mirror, she found the perfect hiding place.”

Trixie was at Luna’s door. Until Kibbutz went to her. “I’m so sorry, miss. Maybe next week. ”

“I get it.” Trixie left. “Thank you, Kibbutz.”

“Good night, Trixie.” From inside the house, Rarity left. Rarity had a sad look and her ears were down.

“Rarity, is everything okay?” asked Twilight Sparkle noting the sadness in the mare.

Rarity looked down. “I don’t know…”

“Me neither.”

“Twilight, I’m worried.”

“I’m very worried too, Rarity,” said Twilight Sparkle. “But you know that ...”

Rarity was possibly annoyed. “Twilight, I’m worried.”

“I’ll see what I can do.” Twilight Sparkle hug Rarity before leaving.

When Trixie arrived at her house, she went to her room to sleep. But she heard a voice behind her.

“My dear Trixie.”

Trixie looked back and saw Nightmare Moon smiling at her.

“Weren’t you waiting for me?” asked Nightmare Moon.

“For a moment, I thought it was another pony,” said Trixie.

Nightmare Moon smiled. “For a moment it almost was. It’s late for our evening date. ”

Trixie went to Nightmare Moon. “I’m sorry. But that won’t happen anymore.”

Nightmare Moon stood as Trixie took a few steps back before sitting on the bed. “Do you want to tell me something?”

“Tell what?”

“Don’t you want to talk about your Rarilene street doctor? Doctor Luna?” asked Nightmare Moon.

Trixie stood up. “Do you know Dr. Luna?”

“Ah yes. I know some longtime friends, ”Nightmare Moon was looking sideways before looking for Trixie. Trixie put her hoof on her sadly shaped chest. “You’re a fool, Trixie. She will not receive the most. She doesn’t even know who you are. ”

Nightmare Moon sat on the bed. “She’s not the mare that wants you. Imagine, she reveals all your little secrets. ”

Trixie was annoyed and went to Nightmare Moon. “Doctor Luna would never talk…”

“Really? I never did an evil. I’m so kind in life.” Nightmare Moon made a voice like it was from somepony defenseless and shy. Nightmare Moon got out of bed. “You go there every day!”

“How do you know I go there every day?” asked Trixie.

Nightmare Moon smiled. “Trixie, I know where you’re every moment. If that mare doesn’t understand, we are one. You and I. Love and hate from the same appetite, my dear.” Nightmare Moon rose slowly from the bed.

“Feel if you want,” sang Trixie.

“It’s in our eyes,” sang Nightmare Moon.

“The silence is fierce like a scream behind us,” Nightmare Moon took Trixie and hugged her tightly. “I’ll take your hooves, hear your voice, as you meet your gaze with mine. I don’t know where I am anymore. I don’t know what’s mine anymore.”

“I’ll fight and sit down,” sang Trixie.

“No remorse, fury.” Nightmare Moon stopped hugging as she sang.

“And to complain about your… it’s a cruel game…”

When they finished singing, Nightmare Moon and Trixie went to bed.

Rarity was at Luna’s house beside her, was Kibbutz. “Kibbutz, I know you’re totally loyal to Dr. Luna.”

“Miss, I just don’t want to judge you without mercy,” said Kibbutz.

Rarity was already starting to get angry. “But please. In these extraordinary circumstances!”

“Yes ma’am.”

Rarity sat on the couch. “As you know she gave me orders to not be bothered by any matter.”

“Haven’t you seen all this time?” asked Rarity.

“No, miss. No, ”answered Kibbutz. “I was ordered to leave a tray of meals outside the door and retire.”

“Kibbutz, say it. Is she all this time alone?” asked Rarity.

“Alone, miss,” answered Kibbutz.

“Why, Kibbutz, this is disloyalty to me.”

“Yes ma’am. Every night when I’m leaving the flag outside, I hear noises coming from inside the lab. A voice I don’t recognize.”

“So she’s in there with somepony,” concluded Rarity.

“Yes. Just yesterday, I heard this pony crying ... when something made almost animalistic sound. It was the most terrible sound I’ve ever heard in my life, Miss,” said Kibbutz.

Rarity got up from the couch. “Thank you, Kibbutz. Thank you.” Rarity left the house. Kibbutz watched Rarity leave.

“Twenty-seven October. The experience is out of control. I am out of control. I am so deep in the pleasures of Nightmare Moon that the conflicts of will are allowing you to cloud within me. I can’t take it anymore. I’m sure the only way out is to find an antidote. I need to destroy the monster inside me.”

“I came as soon as I could, Luna,” said Twilight Sparkle. “What is happening?”

Luna looked uncertain. “Twilight, do you trust me?”

Twilight Sparkle was annoyed now. “Why have you been hiding so much from your friends?”

Luna was starting to get angry. “Do you trust me?”

“Of course I trust you, Luna!” shouted Twilight Sparkle.

“I need you to do something for me.”

“Before that, you’ll have to give me some answers.”

“Twilight, you wouldn’t believe it,” Luna got up from the couch. “These experiences took control of me. Like an addiction. That’s all I can say.”

Luna went to the table. “Please don’t ask me anything more. Listen, Twilight. Go to the pharmacist and get that many rare drugs for me. As soon as I get them I need you to pick her up.”

Luna handed the paper over to Twilight Sparkle. “And bring them here.”

“Luna, why are you…”

“Twilight! I can’t explain anymore that… I can’t leave here for a few more days.”

“Luna, I’m not liking this one bit,” said Twilight Sparkle. Twilight saw a revolver on the table. “Your father’s revolver. Why?”

“It’s to protect me from the killer outside,” Luna replied. “I suggest you do the same.”

Twilight Sparkle smiled. “Sure,” Twilight popped a purple star-drawn sword before it was gone. “Luna, just be careful.”

“Yes, my friend,” said Luna. Twilight left the house. “My life is at stake. All our lives are. And it’s so easy to finish her by suicide and yet my heart quickens. She has this passion for life.”

“What madness lurks in me? What is the truth I do not know? What evil force explodes in me? What dark side have I never looked at?” sang Luna.

Luna went to the table and took the potion. “Strange convulsions come, but rather pains. Strange if nsations, before pain. Then I’ll be the mare I seem to be or the mare I drove away,” Luna went to a mirror. “Am I what I fear the most is me?”