Fluttershy shivered as Luna finished up the tattoo, the last few bits only covering the lower part of her face, due to it being a sensitive area. “and now for the final piece, as is demanded by the true spirit of the moon,” said Luna, bending down and gently nipping Fluttershy’s lip, drawing a little blood and then taking a few drops, placing two on her wings, one on her chest, and the final one on her forehead.

Luna then looked up at the moon, which was glowing a bright blue as she spoke her next words. “I call upon thee now Diana, bless this young mare, and unlock within her her true magic potential.”

The moon responded; a ray of light falling upon Fluttershy, enveloping her as her eyes began to glow light blue, the tattoos on her body lighting up with the same light as her eyes. “W…wow,” she said, looking up at the moon and smiling. “Um…thank you, Diana.”

“You’re welcome dear Fluttershy,” said a voice, which caused her to jump before the light disappeared.

Luna smiled down at her, placing a wing over her shoulder as she spoke. “It is done, now we best get back to Canterlot, it would be a better place to help train you then up here on the mountain.”

“Ok, um…Luna, who was that I heard?”

Luna looked surprised, but she smiled all the same. “I am surprised you could hear her, Diana does not choose many to speak to besides me, for she is a part of me.”

“You…you mean that was…?”

“Yes my dear Fluttershy, that was the spirit of the moon, who resides both up there, and inside me. All alicorns, from me to my sister Celestia, have such spirits that reside in them, for they are the source of our power.”

Fluttershy nodded as she absorbed this information, leaping into the air with Luna and following her down to Canterlot. “Um Luna, my tattoos are gone.”

“They will come back when you use your magic,” said Luna, “it is part of why one adds the blood to the tattoo, to make it so that it becomes a part of you, and so it will also hide itself till you call upon it.”

Fluttershy nodded, but then suddenly she felt her something tugging at her consciousness, a muted sort of cackle sounding in her head as her eyes slowly closed. “Lu…Luna…” she said, before beginning to plummet out of the sky.

“What is it dear…FLUTTERSHY!” screamed Luna, diving out of the sky to catch the falling mare and then skidding to a halt of the ground, lowering her to the ground before looking her over with her magic. It didn’t take long for her to find what had caused Fluttershy to fall, somepony had put her into a magical slumber, and she could tell from the magic who that somepony was, “Nightmare!”

*

Fluttershy slowly opened her eyes, finding herself in a dark world where the ground was covered in black smoke, looking around as a voice sounded from behind her. “So you are the one she has chosen, first a unicorn…and now a cowardly pegasus.”

Fluttershy slowly turned around, fear entering her eyes as she saw Nightmare Moon standing behind her. “Ni…Nightmare…”

“If you are to address me,” interrupted the dark alicorn, “you will address me by my true name of Nyx, the goddess of the night.”

Fluttershy gulped, but then she slowly rose to her full height, anger beginning to burn in her eyes as she gazed at the alicorn before her. “What do you want with me?”

“What is this,” asked Nyx with an amused chuckle, “does the little bitch think she can face me, you wouldn’t be the first.” She chuckled again, walking around Fluttershy before walking away as she spoke, “after all, I remember a certain mare called Clover the Clever who tried to stand in my way…she didn’t last…”

Nyx was cut off as two fiery tendrils wrapped themselves around her throat, and her gaze quickly fell upon Fluttershy, and upon spotting her they widened I shock. Fluttershy’s eyes and her recently gained tattoos glowed with red with rage, the tendrils extending from her wings as she spoke with a growl. “You will not touch me or my Luna, you will leave us ALONE!”

Nyx laughed as her horn glowed, but before she could do anything Fluttershy let her go, her wings glowing bright as she unleashed a volley of magical bolts, hitting the Nyx and the surrounding area, blasting apart her armor and creating craters around the mare. Nyx got up, retaliating with a ray of dark light, which Fluttershy blocked with a shield she formed with her wings.

Fluttershy’s magic was for lack of better words out of bucking control, she was not controlling it at all, she as letting it rule her, all so that she could bring the mare before her down. The moment the ray ended Fluttershy grinned, for she could see Nyx panting from over exerting herself, and so she opened her wings, blades forming behind her which she was ready to fire, until Luna landed in front of her.

Luna’s eyes blazed white as she stared down Nyx, who looked as though she had just seen a ghost. “YOU WILL LEAVE NO COJURERER OF NIGHTMARES, AND YOU SHALL NEVER RETURN TO THIS PLACE AGAIN.”

“Luna please don’t turn me away, I need you…”

“DO NOT SPEAK,” roared Luna, “YOU TOOK EVERYTHING FROM ME, FIRST MY LOVER CLOVER, AND THEN A THOUSAND YEARS OF MY LIFE, BUT YOU WILL NOT TAKE MY FLUTTERSHY FROM ME, NOW GO!”

Nyx vanished, leaving a few tears in her wake before Luna finally calmed down, and then the world darkened, Fluttershy feeling her eyes close before disappearing from the dream entirely.

*

Fluttershy woke up in Luna’s forelegs, looking up to see the lunar goddess looking down at her with a smile on her face. “Oh my dear Fluttershy, we are so glad you are unharmed.”

She hugged Fluttershy close, and Fluttershy returned the gesture, her form shaking as she thought back to what had happened in the dream. “L…Luna, what was it I did back there, I…I couldn’t control myself at all.”

Luna moved a hoof through her mane, whispering softly to her to calm her down. “It was your rage dear, you see unlike unicorn magic, tattoo magic is controlled by emotion, and with certain emotions, that magic becomes wiled and unruly, it will be something we will cover in our lessons.”

Fluttershy nodded, and then slowly moved herself up, giving Luna a little peck on the lips before speaking. “Um…thank you Luna, I…I am glad you came when you did. Um…if it wouldn’t be too much trouble, could we go to bed early, I…I feel really tiered after that ordeal.”

Luna nodded, then teleported them both to her bed, curling up around her Fluttershy and listening to her fall asleep, following soon after.

Author's Note

The Tattoo is finished, and Fluttershy now has her new magic, Nightmare Moon (Nyx) returns to try to take Luna back for herself, and Fluttershy learns part of what makes Tattoo magic work. As always guys I hope you all enjoyed the chapter, and if you guys have any questions or comments please feel free to drop them on by, I love hearing from you.

Edit: Oh, and I am sorry for not posting this sooner, but this is what Fluttershy's full body tattoo looks like, minus the piercings.