Tonight is Nightmare Night and you've dressed up as a ninja. Moonie refused to let you help out with her costume, but you can already guess what she'll go as.
"Anon, are you ready?"
"Yes Moonie, just show me your costume already."
She opens the door to her room to reveal that her costume is indeed, drum roll please, Nightmare Moon. Except the armour is made out of cardboard. Mr Bearington is also in tow; she has him sitting on her back and tied down so he won’t fall. Ever since you gave her that bear, they've been inseparable. She won't even leave it behind for school. It took a bit, but you convinced her not to by telling her someone must guard her evil lair. You give a grin. You knew she wouldn't be able to resist wearing something akin to her old armour, but she looks too adorable.
"I love it, where'd you get the idea?"
"I am the Night and it is important every pony know who they are living in fear of."
"Alright your majesty, let's go."
You've decided to take her around Ponyville so she can get some candy. You're hoping she'll behave, but, like usual, she'll—She's already in trouble, that's an academy record. She's made some filly in a princess costume cry and you let out a sigh before taking on a stern voice.
"Miss Moon, what in Tartarus are you doing?"
"She wouldn't offer me candy so I took it."
"Why does she need to offer YOU candy?"
"I am the Princess of the Night; this whole night is to celebrate ME! Any pony who does not make an offering of candy to me, gets eaten. Have you not heard the stories?"
She turns back to the princess filly and flashes her teeth. The poor thing runs off in terror, leaving behind her candy.
"So much candy." She scoops the candy into her own bag before looking to you. "Come servant, we must pillage more candy."
You lift her up before she has a chance to go anywhere.
"Put me down this instant. Don’t you know who I am?"
"You're in big trouble if you don't give that candy back."
"I am infinitely scarier than any punishment you can think of."
"Really? Well then, if you don't behave, Mr. Bearington will take your punishment for you then."
She goes wide-eyed in fear as she only now realises the consequences. The moment you place her down she rushes off to the princess filly and you watch as she returns her candy. The rest of the night is filled with the two of you playing games, collecting candy, and you telling her off when she scares someone into getting their candy.
It's getting close to her bedtime but you decide to take her to the Statue of Nightmare Moon. You're not sure why, it just seemed like a nice idea. She sits there and stares at the statue of her former self. You're not sure what she is thinking so you don't know if to feel worried or sorry for her.
"Are you not going to make an offering to your Queen?” She breaks her gaze away from the statue and turns to you.
"Why would I need to?"
"If you don't, then I may have to gobble you whole."
"I'll be fine, you can't eat me."
"I am darkness incarnate; it would be a simple task."
"Then who'll read you a bedtime story?"
She glows red in embarrassment. "I-I do not need those stories."
"I guess you don't want one tonight then." She goes into a panic, unsure if she can admit liking bedtime stories. "Tell you what, you promise not to eat me and I'll read you two stories tonight."
"This offer pleases your queen." She gives an excited grin before picking up as much of the candy in front of the statue as she can carry.
You don't say anything because technically, that candy is hers.
That is just too adorable. And Anon finally has a way to get her to behave.
Murderous cuteness that's what it is! She's trying to murder us with cuteness!!
Daww.. this is one of the most adorable princesses of the night i have ever seen! Too kawaii!!!
It's cute, yes, but I have more attention to the actual details of filly Nightmare Moon and subsequent questions... Which is kinda sad, seeing as first, it's thinking way too much than neccesary for this kind of story, and that it'll probably not be answered, again, because it's not neccesary for this kind of story.
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Does NMM have memories of prior?
How did she get mini sized and aged?
What about Luna?
What about the human?
What about Celestia letting this human raise NMM?
If NMM doesn't have memories, why does she still have a take over everything attitude? (... Actually, maybe something about everyone else recounting what she did, made her see that as a fate which she accepted?)
If NMM does have memories, why behave like a child?
What abou- *Shot*
4529968 *blows smoke off barrel* shuddup and enjoy the fic
Moonie takes all the candies? Now that's what I call abusing the system
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>Does NMM have memories of prior?
Yes.
>How did she get mini sized and aged?
I've never written anything about that, I 'spose I can work up a story about it when I get bored.
>What about Luna?
Luna is fine and well, also un-fillyfied. Not to mention she was separate from Nightmare Moon, which caused Moonie to become a filly in the first place.
>What about the human?
What about him?
He's a regular human, arrived to Equestia through unexplained means.
>What about Celestia letting this human raise NMM?
I'll have to rewrite and convert that story about how they met, then you'll get your answer to that.
>If NMM doesn't have memories, why does she still have a take over everything attitude? (... Actually, maybe something about everyone else recounting what she did, made her see that as a fate which she accepted?)
Basically because old habbits die hard.
She still wants to rule Equestria but she's enjoying being a filly so the most she does is cause mischief and the occasional threat to dominate all of life itself.
>If NMM does have memories, why behave like a child?
If you were born as an adult and took over the world, you'd live a life of all work and no play. Why not be a kid for a while to live out missed life experiences!
4533357 Wow, I wasn't really expecting answers. Thanks!
The memory answers also surprise me. Not that that's a bad thing. And, now it makes the moment of deep pondering for Filly NMM at the statue more defined, me thinks.
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You could just expand your Anon meets moonie chapter with a scene on how Moonie became the filly she is and publish that here.
Gotta love technicalities sometimes. Especially when you get free candy out of it.
... She's a brat but technically she is correct...
5354054 Ssshhh... doesn't matter. Too cute to care...
TECHNICALLY ITS HERS. but what happens to the candy when shes not around? do the evil adult ponies take it??
6648737 naw, when Luna comes around she is gonna be pissed.
Hmmmm... I'm slowly starting to see why you decided to "tell" instead of "show" and I think that style suits this story.
Still could use more dawwww moments. But the cuteness is strong enough with this one.
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I agree. This is some of the highest quality Fandom production.
This is cute as heck I love it!
*is still trying to catch his runaway heart*
...Sic Tirek, Sombra or Discord on you? Wait...that won't work - Tirek would go on a rampage and absorb everypony's magic, Sombra would likely murder everypony (kind of dark for what was intended to be a little girl's cartoon, now that I think about it), and Discord would torment everypony, not just Nightfilly Moon.
Let you get blasted by the Elements again? Or, if this is after Tirek, that rainbow 60's disco magic? What would happen - become a yearling or being banished again?
Prohibiting you from participating in 'your' night? That'd be nasty, indeed.
This story is so sweet it is growing me a heart.
I so close to disliking this story. The shear amount of adorableness is trying to kill me!
Thanks for such an amazing story!!!