Twilight Sparkle (
no_vampires_plz) wrote2011-10-31 08:00 pm
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My Fair Luna
Fluttershy's cottage is one of the few homes in Ponyville that isn't decked out for Nightmare Night. Twilight hopes that's an encouraging sign for Princess Luna, an indicator that her would-be helper doesn't buy into all this 'Nightmare Moon' nonsense.
"Don't worry, Princess," she says as she leads Luna up the path. "Fluttershy can give you some great pointers. She's delicate and demure, with the sweetest little voice."
Twilight steps up to the door and knocks three times with her forehoof.
"Don't worry, Princess," she says as she leads Luna up the path. "Fluttershy can give you some great pointers. She's delicate and demure, with the sweetest little voice."
Twilight steps up to the door and knocks three times with her forehoof.
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Fluttershy has never liked Nightmare Night. Everypony trying to scare each other, and making a lot of noise in the process... well, it's not her idea of fun.
You'd think that living in an undecorated cottage well away from the center of Ponyville, with the lights off, would discourage ponies from coming. But every year, somepony comes knocking on Fluttershy's door. She takes a deep breath and calls out, "GO AWAY! NO CANDY HERE! VISITORS NOT WELCOME ON NIGHTMARE NIGHT!"
...Oops, that was pretty loud, wasn't it?
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"Ah-heh-heh..." Twilight flashes what she hopes is a reassuring smile, then leans close to the door. "Fluttershy, it's me, Twilight..."
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Fluttershy opens the door a crack. That certainly is Twilight's face on the other side, under a rather strange hat. "It is you!"
She eases the door open a bit farther. Has Twilight brought a guest, at this time of night? Well, it's only polite to greet her, too. "Oh, and Nightmare Moon."
Wait a minute...
"Nightmare Moon? Aaaaah!" She screams and slams the door.
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"...wait right here," says Twilight to the Princess before charging into the cottage.
Ten seconds, four overturned chairs, and one agitated baby goat later, she returns, pushing a struggling pegasus out the door in front of her.
"Fluttershy? You remember Princess Luna?" You know, the Princess who is very pointedly not Nightmare Moon anymore?
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"CHARMED."
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She doesn't manage to get very far before Twilight's magic grabs on to her. She tries to resist, but it's really hard to get traction against magical telekinesis that can lift your hooves off the ground. Fluttershy is dragged out and turned to face the Princess. Still held by the magic, she tries to make the best of it. She summons a weak grin and weaker voice. "Likewise."
Maybe it's just some kind of greet-the-ponies event, and they'll let her go now?
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"...okay.
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"SHALL OUR LESSONS BEGIN?"
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Fluttershy's voice, for the record, is little more than a squeak. A far cry from Luna's.
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"Perfect, lesson over," she says, speeding back into her house...
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She's just reaching for the handle of her front door when she is, once again, grabbed by magic. It's the Princess', this time, rather than Twilight's more familiar magic. Fluttershy goes completely limp as she is yanked into Luna's embrace.
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She gasps at the sight of the Princess, and the nearly catatonic Fluttershy in her grip.
"She's stolen Fluttershy's voice so she can't scream when she GOBBLES HER UP!!"
Pinkie runs back down the path, screaming at the top of her lungs. The foals do likewise.
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But it's too late. The foals are far out of earshot.
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Fortunately, Twilight always comes up with a backup plan as a matter of course. "Come on, Princess. Time for Plan B..."