As the ponies of Equestria sleep, Princess Luna looks after their dreams and keeps the nightmares at bay. But as Luna herself sleeps, she is plagued with her own nightmares, brought on by the guilt of her actions as Nightmare Moon. Recent events have prompted her to face these nightmares, however, because nothing can last forever.
Adapted from the events of "Castle Mane-ia", written by Josh Haber, and "Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?", story by Jayson Thiesson and Jim Miller and written by Scott Sonneborn, with a nod to issues 5-8 of the ongoing, story by Heather Nuhfer and drawn by Amy Mebberson, and FIENDShip is Magic #4, story also by Heather Nuhfer and drawn by Tony Fleecs. Silver Bullet is the creation of OldTimer, while Spell Nexus is the creation of Pen Stroke; both are used with permission.
Cover art by Alyssa Hartwick.
Part of the Quiververse
I liked this. There were a couple of places where the dialogue felt forced, but that was only for very short periods, and other than that I don't have any complaints. More than good enough for a thumbs up, at any rate.
Hey there. Thanks greatly for getting this one-shot up. I really appreciate you going to the effort. The exchanges, emotional content and wrap-up are all well done in all the right places. And it was a good touch having the Princesses accompany Twilight and her friends to the castle and explain things to them. I will definitely be looking forward to more of your work as soon as time and inspiration will allow.
7039776 Thanks!
7039832 Thanks very much. I'm pleased to say that I've already started work upon the next installment in the Quiververse. Time, however, will be the greater problem than inspiration, but I'm cautiously optimistic.
7039846 Yeah. I can understand that. And you're quite welcome. :-D
One minor nitpick: at one point Angel is referred to as a "lupine" passenger - that should be "lapine". "Lupine" would be a wolf.
Thing I think is a mistake:
Seems like there should be something in between the "about" and "broke".
And then the nitpicks:
Shouldn't it be eyes?
her sounds better.
And none of that matters much because the story, while having one or two scenes that felt a little off, was excellent. Also, curse you, you made me misty eyed with that ending!
And finally, that nightmare fragment, can't wait to see were that goes.
7040301 Drat. Thanks for catching that. I'll correct it shortly.
7040347 Thanks for pointing those out too. They're being corrected. And glad that you enjoyed the story. As for the nightmare fragment, well, you'll find out soon.
I have reviewed this HERE.
7912949 It is. I've no intention of having anything like the Cult of the Nightmare show up in my 'verse. Aside from it being a horrible bit of theft, I have plenty of my own plans.
Spell Nexus being named was just a small salute to one of the more famous stories on this site, maybe even something more with time, but definitely no plans for him to be up to anything nefarious.
7913079 Don't worry. I figure he suffered enough there. Should I ever use him more, the worst he'll have to occasionally deal with is getting startled from time to time.
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Meh, maybe. I'm not big into Kingdom Hearts, though. Nothing against it, I've just never played any of the games.
I get that reference!
Also, D'AWWWW!
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I do love me some callbacks. And moments of adorable. Glad that you approve.
How would she know?
So they’re traveling in different carriages?
Pride will get you.
Nyx?
What are they talking about?
How will it help?
Who?
Who?
Incitatus?
Ultimate Sanction?
I’m getting hit with feels.
Who are they talking about?
What ears?
That is awesome.
Nightmare Rarity arc from the comics.
Yes, different carriages. Luna wants to present herself as being with her sister, but still independent.
Nightmare Rarity arc again, plus the Nightmare Moon issue of the FIENDship is Magic miniseries.
Nightmare Rarity arc again.
Twilight might get some ideas about where to look for information regarding the Tree of Harmony in it. The Tree itself is mentioned in the real-world version of it, at least.
The ancient ruler of the unicorns from before the founding of Equestria, as established in The Journal of the Two Sisters.
King Bullion's daughter, and a character introduced among Equestria's founders in an episode of the series, "Hearth's Warming Eve".
Another character from the comics, this time from Chrysalis's issue of FIENDship is Magic.
Headcanon from me this time - it's a method of execution in Equestria that Sunset Shimmer mentioned in "Six Days (and Nights) with Sunset" that involves the condemned being burned alive from the inside out.
Celestia and Luna, surprisingly enough, were talking about Quiver Quill.
Pixie Dust's ears.