Curing the Troll

Chapter 4: As She Lay

A few days had passed, and with the amazingly fast and miraculous immune system of an alicorn, Luna healed back to her normal self, though a whole lot of security bandages stayed at the most vulnerable areas, that were damaged in the supposedly 'Most Dramatic Fall of the Season', reaching to many newspapers, magazines, newspaper radios, so and so forth, and that she still had the inability to trot properly, moreover, royally, thus, against her will, had to rest upon a wheelchair that wasn't even close to comfy. Luna had confined herself in her own private boudoir, trying to avoid any paparazzi trying to squeeze out a picture with their dear lunar princess in casts. Only Celestia and Quillivia were permitted into the room, with Quillivia always by her side, as if she was actually staying in there. Even doctors were not allowed in, incase they were nosy journalists in disguise, asking over her symptoms just to spill it over some famous newspaper company. This then led Quillivia to use her vast medical knowledge to help her lover in anyway possible, thus helping her study as she cared for her beloved. And through all of it, whenever the white alicorn found free time, she would rush over to see her dear sister and care for her, seeming to be staying in her natural form for days to come, not once having changed to her other personas. This delighted the midnight alicorn greatly, for she could once more trust her sister to not become a monster or another from time to time, to have a decent chat without a hint of troll or molestation.

But what troubled Luna greatly that her brother had not communicated with her, at least even in dreams. She desperately needed to get to Discord fast, to tell the good news of Celestia, and how she was pleasantly under control. She knew of many Draconequus summoning spells, but afraid to spill the secret of her brother's appearance under listening walls, she could not do more than wait for him to communicate.

And such happened on a cool, breezy Saturday night, with Quillivia sound asleep next to the lunar mare, and Celestia long from reach, handling the Royal Night Court. Luna found it hard to sleep, that night, her sleeping pills not taking much of an effect. The clock soon struck 11:59. A sudden surge of sleepiness endowed her, causing her to fall asleep.

Luna suddenly found herself lying upon cold, marble floor. She slowly rose up, to find herself out of the wheelchair, out of casts, and trotting as per normal. Elated at the discovery, she found herself horsing around the room, oblivious to what was around her. Suddenly, a wooden, creaky door the the room opened. It creaked strangely, in a sort of creak that was rather familiar to the midnight alicorn. She quickly sung around to look at the golden embroidered window. The moon was out. Full moon. Cold, seemingly windy. But what was the most surprising thing out was the thick, sparkly whitish pink fog that only encased the ancient Palace of The Two Sisters. Luna spun back towards the room, finally recognising it. It was the very night. The most worst and regrettable night ever.

Pre-teen Luna busted back-first through the creaky door, stumbling to get up. Following her, would be Cele-no, Molestia, with her sparkly, whitish pink mane flowing constantly, giving a rather lustful air, her majorly contracted violet pupils and pedofile-like smile giving the very essence of molestia. Pre-teen Luna, wide-eyed at and terrified, tried to plead her sister to stop, but the voice-box constricting spell cast on her stopped her from any plea or cry coming out of her mouth.

"Sister, please, no!" finally wailed out Luna, breaking through the spell. Molestia smiled wickedly back, pupils contracting even further.

"I see you've broken through the spell. Good. I like it when they scream." said Molestia, as she picked up Pre-teen Luna with impossibly strong magic, and slammed her onto the pink-and-white bed, that had a large, central image of a sun, just like Celestia's Cutie Mark. And that was what differentiated Celestia from Molestia. Why? Well, because, when you look carefully at the molesting alicorn's cutie mark, it would have a sparkly whitish pink hue surrounding the sun. Molestia then slowly climbed on top of dazed, injured and completely terrified Pre-Teen Luna, as she licked her lips. Adult Luna, not wanting to see anymore of the horrifying scene, turned her back at them, closing her eyes. But when she opened them, she saw herself in a blank, white space, filled with nothing but her. Confused, she turned around, about 180º, still nothing. But when she turned back, there was the conniving brother, standing at a few muzzle's distance. Luna, disgusted, stepped back a few hooves, gesturing Discord to do the same. Discord rolled his eyes, and stepped back a few hooves. Luna looked sternly at the Draconequus, whom stared back in a more confused way, bu then finally realising what he had done. He smiled in his own little chaotic way, that was actually meant to be an apology. Used to his chaotic little expressions, Luna recognised the smile as an apology, and smiled in approval of it. This maintained for a few seconds.

"Awwkkkkwaaarrrddd..." sang Discord, trying to break through the current senario. Luna grinned to that, but still gave a demanding look for a reason for what he had done.

"Alright, alright, stop it, would you! My, my, you can be so demanding. Look, I can only peek through the most prominent, important or life-changing dreams, mostly associated with Chaos. I'm not like you, I have no association to the moon, thus I can't Dream Hop like you can, with all that moony stuff, alright?" excused Discord.

"Alright, fine, I get you. Just...avoid those that really need a mature tag." said Luna.

"But we are certified adults."

"Don't matter. I feel rather uncomfortable with it."

"Ugh, fine, mom, whatever you say. Alright, I have something rather important to tell you. About the seven sins."

"I do have a rather important news too. About Celestia."

"Has she turned into a Jefferson Starship yet?"

"Jefferson-what? No! She's completely fine. Hasn't changed for quite the while. Most likely because of my fall."

"Well, some good news, for once. Keep her that way. Prolong the heal-time of the injury from your fall. Fake it if you have to. She must stay as such at all cost."

"Ooh, I get all tingly when you ge all serious like that, Discord."

"Shut up. I don't get all serious for nothing."

"Yes, I realised that a long time ago. That is why I know very well that whatever is going to happen, it is going to be very scary, and very, very dangerous."

"Luna, luna, luna, I doubt that you really understand what is going on."

"Wha...what do you mean?" by then Luna was starting to get a little scared of the very answer, for she had an impending hunch of what it would be.

"I know you know. It's written all over your sweet little face. Equestria is coming to an end. The Apocalypse is here." finally said Discord, as he vanished without notice. Luna sighed at the action, cursing under her breath.

"Them Draconequus..." she finally cursed. She then thought over Discord's statement, hoping that Discord was simply playing around. But he never did get serious when he was playing around. Who does get serious when they are playing around? She found herself walking towards a certain direction, out of the room. She tried to stop, but her legs did not respond to her. She started to panic, not sure what was going on. She started to hear voices, some completely off the hook, some just downright scary. Either way, she was quite in the state of panic, her mind aware, her body seemingly belonging to the dimension of Dream Land. She found herself walking straight into a big, black hole. She recognised it from the fall, and tried to stop herself from going in. But with no will with her body, she went straight in. Everything turned pitch black, as the alicorn lost consciousness to everything, or what should be said, anything, around her.

"My dear princess! Please! Do you hear me? My dear Princess!" Luna heard Quillivia shout out at the top of her voice. Luna suddenly jolted awake, unaware of her surroundings. A sweaty and weary looking Quillivia stopped her worried screams immediately, half relaxed that Luna was finally out of her sudden fits, half scared at the sudden jolt. Luna then looked at Quillivia, and rested her head onto her pillow once again.

"Quillivia?" croaked out the weary princess of the night.

"Yes, my dear princess?" answered Quillivia, at the verge of passing out.

"Promise me one thing."

"And what would that be my dear princess?"

"A war is coming. And I want you beside me. Forever. At least till it is all over. Promise me that?"

"Of course, my dear princess. You know that I will never leave you, till my reaper comes after me."

"Oh, and one more thing. We need to cure Princess Celestia. At all costs."

"Of course, my dear princess." answered back Quillivia, quietly tearing away. Luna, finally at peace, once again fell back into deep sleep, with Quillivia by her side.

"And possibly, after my reaper comes for me." said Quillivia faintly, as she rested her head on the lunar princess' chest, as a part of her started to fade and crackle.

Author's Note: Sorry for thine short chapter! I have my exams coming up in a week, and I have been busy with studies. But longer chapters await!