The Equestrian Rider

Luna gazed down at the now snoring dragon, she was honestly thankful that he didn’t snort out flames and light her bed ablaze.

She then got the idea to begin painting his resting form. as long as he stayed still, she’d have a fun time capturing every detail she could with her brush.

But just as she was about to get set up, a flurry of soft knocks stopped her. Now in a state of silent panic, the princess of the night swiftly teleported her art supplies away and trotted over to the doors.

Click*

Swing*

Clunk*

She elegantly squeezed through the gap in the doors and closed them behind her as to not allow anyone a glimpse of the sleeping drake in her room.

“Hello…. Sister, what may we assist thy with?”

“I was only making sure you’re alright but you seem to be quite well and my faithful student has something to say to you.”

“And that tis what?”

“I…. I’m so so so sorry for even suggesting that you would turn back into Nightmare Moon, please princess Luna. I beg for your forgiveness.”

Twilight was now bowing down, shocking Luna.

“Please rise Element of Magic, we humbly accept your apology but regrettably we must catch up on some much needed sleep…. So that we can be ready to usher in our night.”

“Oh of course princess, please don’t let me keep you. Come on girls, let’s go…. And thank you princess Luna.”

Twilight and her friends left, now in a much more cheerful mood but Celestia took a step towards her sister’s bedroom doors.

“Wha?! why would thou want to enter our chambers?”

“I was wondering where Damian had gone, nurse Butterscotch can’t find him anywhere…. You wouldn’t happen to know anything about his whereabouts Lulu?”

“No!”

“….”

“….”

Luna had a nervous smile on her lips as she blocked her sister from entering her room whilst Celestia had a slight smirk.

“Okay, I’ll keep an eye out for him then. Bye sister and rest easy.”

“Yes sister! We will rest easy….”

Luna watched as her sister trotted around a corner down the hall and immediately turned to enter her room.

She closed the door and locked it behind her, breathing an unsettled air of joy and fear.

“Okay…. Okay…. Heheh that was close, too close but she didn’t see through our act of deceit, looks like we still got it.”

“Hmmmmm~.”

“oh sorry, we’ll be quite…. Now where are we supposed to slumber?”

She had the idea to make a bed of pillows and blankets, it wasn’t as comfortable as her bed but it was currently occupied by Damian.

But it was comfortable enough to fall asleep, although Luna did consider shearing the bed. She chose against the idea, for Damian didn’t give her permission.

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I was just floating in nothingness until she appeared, princess luna manifested herself along with a solid road.

She then made both Princess Celestia and Twilight Sparkle pop into existence in my dream but the purple unicorn looked awkward.

“Please lady Twilight, there isn’t any reason for thou to be acting so uncomfortable, we agree that it was a valid concern.”

“But that doesn’t make me feel less awful for saying it, it wasn’t valid your highness.”

“Okay listen, you’re here to learn about motorcycles, not to have heart felt conversation…. So do I just think of one and it should appear right?”

“Yes that is correct sir Damian, then thou can show us to the best of thy’s abilities how it works.”

“Sure give me a minute.”

He began to imagine a Triumph Daytona 600 and said bike began to manifest before them, he let out a little giggle and immediately turned the key in the ignition.

Celestia and Twilight jumped back as the engine roared to life, Luna had a smug look on her face as both her sister and sister’s student nervously approached the bike.

“It is very loud….”

“Yes it is! Isn’t it a cool sound?”

“I’m not so sure.”

“We like it sir Damian.”

“Um so how does it work?”

He turned it off and began explaining how an engine function, Luna helped by allowing him to show a visual representation.

Damian and Twilight conversed about the inner workings of an engine and she began to think of ways to make it work without this flammable substance call petrol.

This when on for hours until Damian just got on the bike, started it up and rode off without saying a word.

The three mares were shocked but then princess Luna decided to fly up to a cloud and watch him go, princess Celestia followed and brought her student with her.

“So sister, care to explain?”

“Well we don’t know but w-cough* I believe that he was bored?”

“You don’t sound so sure about that?”

“We don’t have a better explanation.”

“So does he just go really fast? Why?”

“He doesn’t just go fast, he can balance it on one wheel. It’s honestly quite impressive.”

As the trio chatted, Luna noticed that the dream was shifting rapidly. What was once a twisty mountain road with a starry sky as its beautiful background, turned into a vast desert with monstrous dunes and pyramids.

The road was suspended in the air following the waves of the dunes and supported by grand obsidian obelisks, the road ahead went around the ancient objects passing tombs and temples of sandstone that pierced the sky.

Damian was now entering rem sleep and princess Luna was now facing her sister with a look of disbelief whilst Twilight and Princess Celestia just watched in silence.

“W-wow this is quite the display of talent.”

“….”

“Sister!”

“Oh! Um yes it is Lulu but are we supposed to be watching this, he’s no longer aware of us.”

“Well no it is quite invasive but he said we can watch how his motorbike works.”

“You are technically ri.” Luna interrupted her sister.

“Gasp* who are they?!?”

Celestia and Twilight looked towards the road and saw roughly 19 more motorbikes rapidly approaching Damian, trying to pass him.

They watched this battle for the lead for an unknown amount of time until one of the bikes hit Damian’s and he fell off.

Just before he flew off the edge and plummeted to the sandy surface below, the dream disappeared.

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Damian’s POV

“Aaaaaaaghh!!! Huff* gasp* huff* gasp* huff* sshit.”

“Sir Damian! Is thou okay?! We are so sorry we didn’t stop thy’s nightmare.”

Princess Luna rushed to the bed side and saw him breathing heavily, with sweat dripping down his muzzle.

“Y-yeah just a bad dream…. It got good and then took a turn for the worst after you all left…. but why am I here in your room? In your bed?”

“Umm ehh well thy fell asleep, so we decided to let thou rest.”

“Oh so what time is it? Because I’m pretty hungry.”

“Thy slept well into the night Damian, it’s midnight now…. But we could go down to the castle kitchens, if thou would like to accompany us?”

Luna internally face hoofed at her proposal, she was quickly questioning why she even suggested such a foolish idea.

‘Why would he want to accompany us, we couldn’t even protect him from a nightmare.’

“Sure, sounds good, what do they have in the cupboards in a place as grand as this?”

“Um…. Ehhh food? Heh? heh….”

Luna was now panicking hard, she didn’t think this far ahead nor did she honestly know what the castle kitchens have in-terms of food.

“Hahahahah~ good one, food. Heheheh of course they’d have food, well lead the way your highness.”

“Eep um yes we shall, please follow us sir Damian.”

The nervous luna princess led Damian down to the kitchen, there the hungered drake began to raid the cupboards and fridges. He began to make him and the princess of the night cheese toasties, Luna was sceptical at first but once she saw his expecting gaze, she crumbled and gave in.

“Mhmmmmm mmmm oh goodness! This is most delicious, what does thou call such a treat?”

“It’s called a Cheese toasty and you’re welcome.”

“Oops…. Why yes we thank thee for this cheese toasty.”

“Mhmmmm gulp* what now because I’m awake awake and I’m not getting to sleep anytime soon princess.”

“W-we believe that it would be rather pleasant to gaze upon the night sky together…. If thy would like to that is?”

“But didn’t you say that you haven’t put the stars back yet?”

“No, we haven’t re-adjusted the stars or made new constellations in this era.”

“Oh so the stars are still in the sky.”

“Yes.”

“Okay then if that’s the case, I haven’t got anything better to do, so for the foreseeable future I’m all yours Lulu.”

“O-ours? Um I eh gulp* heh heh so um let us go to the Observatory.”

“Why are you blushing? Oh~ is it the nickname, Lulu?”

“Ahh…. Y-yes! Yes it is, it’s a silly nickname our sister gave us when we were young….”

“Aww that’s cute, I just got called stupid by my sister.”

“Wha? But why, thou isn’t foolish…. As far as we know?”

“Nah I’m not but I sometimes forget simple things that got on her nerves, more often than not.”

“But why?”

“Heheh…. I’m embarrassed to admit it but I lack common sense sometimes.”

“Heheheheheh~ really? Surely thou jest?”

“Nay lady Luna, we are quite serious.”

“Is that so, well then let us go to the Observatory.”

“Never fear my lady, I shall escort you to thy destination.”

“Oh that is quite a relief, we were beginning to grow worried.”

They began on their journey to the observatory, chatting and laughing. Damian mostly just asked questions which Luna was more than willing to answer.

Upon getting to the observatory, Damian immediately looked through the telescope and grinned.

“So what does thou think?”

“Fucking cool.”

“Oh um yes we agree, it is…. Fucking cool.”

“Hah! Hahahahahahahah! Oh wow I wasn’t expecting that Luna.”

“Expecting what?”

“Swearing, I wouldn’t expect a princess to swear.”

“Well we do, sometimes…. But we forbid thou from telling our sister.”

She had a look of seriousness on her face but Damian found it surprisingly hard to take seriously.

“Y-yeah sure I won’t tell her.”

“Why is thou smirking? Stop it.”

“I can’t.”

“Why?”

“Heheheheheh~ because I can’t.”

“Then we aren’t shearing the telescope.”

“Awwwww but that’s not fair, fine then I’ll just use my eyes.”

“Hah your blue eyes aren’t as good as the telescope!”

“Oh really? But why did you point out that they’re blue?”

“Heheheheh because they are, are they not?”

“Well I guess you’re right…. Anyway move over, I want to see.”

“Hey watch thy wings!”

Fwomp*

“Oh goodness…. Eep we are um so sorry Sir Damian! This wasn’t our intentions!”

Luna had pushed against his wings and they immediately spread out, she was blushing profusely whilst apologising but Damian wasn’t bothered at all.

In fact he was checking himself out.

“Wow look at those Luna, my wings are cool! You think I’ll be able to fly eventually? That would be cool, hell I reckon I’d be able to use them for downforce on a bike! Heh hahah and they’re ticklish too.”

“Y-yes they are impressive…. And we’re sure you’ll be able to fly eventually but we honestly don’t know…. Gulp* t-they don’t look like they’re built for flying.”

“What do you mean?”

“They look better suited for gliding.”

“Mhmmmm long, thin at the tips and I can’t really flap them…. But that’s probably because I don’t know how to use them yet.”

“Hopefully but even if thou can’t use them, they most certainly look soft. So they’ll keep you warm in the winter.”

“Yeah they are comfortable, here feel them.”

Damian leaned over and pushed a wing against a very red Luna, she was conflicted between the fact that he didn’t know what he was doing and her own curiosity

She eventually gave in and began to brush the fuzzy appendage with her hoofs, it was soft but firm. This continued for a few minutes until the princess of the night noticed that the wing’s owner was turning red.

“Is something wrong sir Damian?”

“Um y-yeah~ that feels weird.”

“Oh sorry.”

“No! Not a b-bad weird…. Good weird, do you know why?”

“Um y…. Sigh* we should have said something, yes we do know why.”

“Oh…. So…. Is it dirty?”

“No, thy wing isn’t dirty? It’s just to let another touch one’s wing is a very intimate gesture….”

“Wha…. Fuck so it is dirty, sorry I honestly didn’t know.”

“….No? But it’s our fault, we should have said something…. I-if thou would like to, we’d let you t-touch our wing….”

“Wha? No it’s fine really, honestly it felt good so I can’t be upset.”

“Oh um okay…. Is thou sure?”

“Yes I’m sure Lulu, heheheh~ can’t believe you just took advantage of me there.”

“Eep no that wasn’t our intention!”

“Hey, relax. I’m only joking, no need to respond like you just committed a crime.”

“B-but we did…. How can thou jest like that.”

“Because that’s how I am.”

“Sorry…. We aren’t good at…. Understanding this type of joke.”

“It’s fine, not many are…. So let’s just enjoy the stars now yawn* they’re nice.”

Luna watches him as he look through the telescope with a foal like wonder and they began to get comfortable.

this made the princess of the moon smile.

“thank you….”

‘This one will make a great addition to our guard, Luna.’

She went pail and looked away from him, she thought to herself that the voice she just heard wasn’t real, it couldn’t be.

Luna felt sick just at the thought of that voice.

The voice of the Nightmare….