It was just a couple days later, yesterday the others had all participated in a small fashion show, showcasing Rarity's wonderful work for the town, and some stuffed-shirt fashion buff named Hoity Toity who happened to be in town. Since they all wore Rarity's as-they-came dresses, it was a huge hit. She was practically mobbed by commissions, and even had a potential deal with Hoity to promote her if he could get a few dozen samples of her work to distribute in a few select circles of famous ponies.

Everypony really hoped this helped their friend, because if it did; then she'd finally get the recognition she deserved if she'd lived in a big city that actually had a hoof in the fashion industry. Yes, Kamina is still sore about that.

Anyhow, Kamina decided that since his friends wanted some space, which was fair considering he'd been practically smothering them for the better part of a year; he'd spend some more time with Vinyl. “So you both don't really love each other's genres of music, but you can enjoy it because you love each other more?” Kamina asked Octavia as they were sitting at a table at the outdoor diner with Vinyl, who was shoveling hay fries into her mouth as she sipped on a milkshake.

“Yes. While I do not love dubstep, techno, chiptune or other electronic forms of music, I can enjoy them because Vinyl can explain the nuances of them. Like how I can explain the finer points of classical, opera, and orchestra.” Tavi took a bite of her salad, and wiped her lips with her napkin. “It especially helps that we work together to make songs that blend our genres.”

“Oh! You should totally listen to “my lover is a bassist”, I really loved how that one came out.” Vinyl grinned at Octavia, who blushed lightly and smiled softly as they reached out and gently held hooves, making Kamina smile at them.

“You two are just so adorable it's sinful.” Kamina chuckled as they giggled at his comment and they went back to eating. They were having a simple chat when Pinkie came running through the outdoor diner.

“Twitchy tail! TWITCHY TAIL!” Pinkie screamed in hysteria as her straight tail rapidly flicked around, and everypony all gasped and got under their tables save Kamina.

“What?” Kamina asked in confusion, only for Vinyl and Tavi to try and fail to pull him under the table with him, hitting his horn on the edge of the table, making his cry out in pain and hiss. “Ow! I'm too big to fit under-!” Suddenly, an anvil of all things smashed Kamina's head into the table, snapping off his horn with a vicious crack, and he immediately blacked out from the shock.

===//////>

Kamina groaned in pain as he woke up, his horn feeling like it was set on fire after being overcharged again. “He's coming to, get the doctor.” Kamina noticed that he had a breathing tube taped to his nose, and IV was in his right foreleg, and his head was heavily wrapped in bandages to the point he couldn't see.

“Prince Kamina, we really must stop meeting like this.” Doctor Stable entered the room holding his clipboard aloft with his magic. He was an unassuming pony, of simple tan coat with brown hair and green eyes. It was often joked he was related to Time Turner; the resident clockmaker, since the only real difference between them were their flank marks and eyes. “You've just survived having a small one ton anvil smash your head into a low table, and snapping your horn off. Luckily your sister and her marefriend got you here fast enough for us to reattach your horn, so you won't have to wait months for it to grow back.”

“Great...that's great...thanks doc...you smell funny....” Yep, Kamina was totally out of it, they must have put him on the good stuff, finally, morphine barely works on him.

“Yes, well, just rest up and you'll be out in a couple days when your horn finishes healing. Just for reference sire; when Pinkie's tail is twitching, run, or take cover. It is your only salvation.” Doctor Stable shuddered for some reason before he left, leaving Kamina confused; what about Pinkies tail? Great, now he's going to have dirty dreams about a certain pink party pony after he drifts off.

===//////>

Kamina was floating in a haze of white, his limbs seemed to be loosely tangled in a web of crimson and light blue light. “Nephew!” Kamina lazily turned his head to his aunt...he precious, pretty aunt who should really have stallions lining up for her hoof. “Nephew, can you hear me?”

“Aunty...I've got to take you clubbing...you'll have stallions drooling at the sight of you. Come~ dance with me~.” Kamina wiggled in his odd restraints, and Luna contained her laughter at his silly antics.

“Oh, good, I was scared when Tia informed me through Twilight Sparkle's apprentice's message that you were hospitalized for a grievous injury that you'd be worse than this. It is good to see that the worst is drug-caused confusion.” Luna then suddenly noticed Kamina was next to her, and when she actually had to look up at him, she blushed, wishing she could find a stallion that was half his merit. “What is it nephew?”

“I said to dance~, so let's dance~.” Kamina suddenly bumped her rump, making her stumble in surprise.

“What-hey!” Luna was interrupted at seeing Kamina suddenly doing all kinds of surprisingly sensual waving movements, his legs moving over the blank white ground as if he had no bones, his body flexing and shifting like a serpent, and Luna blushed at seeing her nephew dance so languidly. “S-stop at once! To behave in such a manner to your aunt is-!” She was silenced by a nuzzle to the cheek.

“C'mon aunty~!” Suddenly, the white void was replaced by a vibrant, flashing nightclub. Vinyl at the table, mixing sick beats as a crowd of faceless ponies all partied. “Join the fun~! We're here to enjoy the night, aren't we~?”

“What is this?” Luna tried to exert her power over the dream, only for it to do nothing, and her eyes widened in shock. “Your Will...your Will is being forced over mine!” Luna felt...violated. She never imagined somepony could do this to her, let alone a member of her family. “N-nephew...sweetie....” Luna never went for such words, not unless she was scared, or nervous. “Can you...please let me have control back?”

“Why~? You should relax aunty~!” Kamina pulled her into a dance she was forced to comply with, Luna becoming more frightened by the moment. “We're all here for you, after all~.” Suddenly, a banner that proclaimed “LUNA'S NIGHT CELEBRATION” was hanging overhead, and ponies were praising her, thanking her for her night.

Luna had tears running down her face, but they weren't of happiness. “Stop....” Somepony who looked similar to Kamina, but of vastly different coloration and build knelt before her, asking for marriage. “Stop...!” Luna suddenly was forced to look to the sidelines, seeing said stallion cradling a disturbingly familiar black baby alicorn on his back, and she closed her eyes. “STOP!” A blast of white-blue power surged through the dream from Luna, launching Kamina off into a distant, unseen wall. “No...please...don't taunt me like this....” Tears poured from her eyes, Luna sniffling at seeing things that might never be. “No more...please....”

“You can have it all.” Luna shot her eyes up in horror, seeing a horrifying sight, of Nightmare standing before her, but not with a look of disdain, superiority or even anger, but of sadness that mirrored hers. “You can have love, you can have a child...you could even have the love of your ponies. Why do you rob yourself of this?”

“Because it's not real!” Luna screamed at the projection of her darkest period of her life. “In the real world, I can never find the stallion I dream of, I can never have a foal. The stallion I desire won't die of age as I watch, my child either. My Little Ponies might love me, but it will be fleeting. They need to sleep at night, I know that now.” Luna sniffed, but Nightmare took off her helm, and nuzzled her, which Luna didn't resist, and even turned into her neck to cry.

“Shh, shh. I'm here. Don't worry.” Nightmare hugged Luna, who hugged back, and they rocked back and forth. “I'm sorry. It's all my fault.”

“No...it was me. It was all my doing. If I hadn't been filled with so much hatred, so much jealousy, I would not have succumbed to the darkness. I would not have created you.” Luna's eyes widened, and she slowly drew back, only for the mare she was hugging to be replaced with a small filly, who looked up at her with love, love only a child could have for their mother. “No...it can't be.”

“I'm sorry mommy...I just wanted to make you happy....” She began to fade away, and Luna panicked as she tried to grab hold of her.

“No! NO! Don't leave! DON'T LEAVE ME!”

===//////>

Luna bolted up out of bed, crying in anguish, tears matting her fur, sweat doing the same everywhere else. She sobbed into her pillow, heartbroken. “What have I done?!” She hugged her pillow, desperate for some sort of comfort. 'She was my child? I forsook my own daughter?!' It was the only final conclusion Luna had. Nightmare was more than just a shade, a fragment, she was a being born of her, and by extension of such, was her child. She only wanted what would make Luna happy, like an overeager child seeking their parent's approval.

“Mommy?” Luna gasped, and froze. “Mommy, why are you crying?” Luna quickly turned over, to see something she could have only dreamed of before. A black alicorn filly, that seemed to be about 11 years old, a standard age for primary school, with light shimmering blue hair and normal, yet powerful silver-blue eyes. She looked genuinely worried as she climbed over the pillows and blankets to nuzzle Luna's cheek, making her start crying again. “Don't cry mommy. I'm here.”

Luna sniffed as she gently hugged the filly to her chest, and smiled as she cradled her with her forelegs and neck. “Yes...you are. Thank you, my little Nyx....”

===//////>

Kamina jolted awake, causing a spike of pain from his horn, but he already had an immense headache as he woke up. 'Ow~...what hit me?' He felt like he should remember something, something important. {You helped her.} 'Who?' {The one who was lost.} 'Who was lost?' {Night, personified.} 'Aunty?' {Cousin.} Kamina gasped as he remembered everything, and he jolted up in bed, causing the nearby monitoring equipment to blare as some of the wires on him flew off from the sudden movement. “Luna!”

“Kamina!” He felt a few hooves press him back down into the bed, and he was going to struggle back up when he felt the familiar aura of Twilight press him down into the bed. “Kamina, stay still! You've just had your horn reattached, you can't just-!”

“Message mom!” Kamina shouted, clearly surprising Twilight as her aura wavered. “Get Spike! I need to tell her something!”

“Can't it wait-?”

“NO! It can't wait! It's a matter of national security!”

===//////>

Celestia was just wrapping up the last matter she was to attend for her court, the merchant she just finished speaking to about funding a road between the border towns of Appleloosa and Dodge Junction for carriage caravans to help improve relations with the buffalo tribes was leaving when an unsealed scroll flashed before her in a burst of green fire. “Goodness, it is an odd time for a letter.” Celestia floated it up to her, but her eyes widened in worry at the simple message.

LUNA! NIGHTMARE! CHECK! NOW!

It was written hastily, and knowing her student or anypony else who would message her through Spike, it was no joke. She teleported outside her sister's room immediately, and burst into the door. “Luna! Is something...?!” She paused, she took in the sight before her carefully. On the bed, was a visibly exhausted and freshly cried-out Luna, cradling a sleeping black alicorn filly to her chest. She made a gesture for quiet, and then gently used her head to gesture Tia closer. The older sister did so cautiously, and couldn't help but marvel at the sight in her sister's forelegs. “Sister...what is this?”

“Nyx...my little piece of the night.” Luna's eyes were shimmering. Bloodshot as they were from crying, they held immense and profound love for the filly in her embrace. “Nightmare...she was my daughter Tia. I-I never knew. But something nephew; Kamina did, brought her to the forefront. He was asleep, and drugged from his injury, and even then, his Will was so strong Tia...he ripped control of the dream from me, even trapping me there against my will until I forced myself out of it. But then...she appeared.”

“How is this possible? My son is powerful, but to bring Nightmare-.” Luna glared at Tia viciously, and she flinched. “Sorry, Nyx, back to life? That is impossible? Not even we can raise the dead without special circumstances such as Kamina.”

“She wasn't dead Tia, just...scattered, I think. There must have been so much of her inside of Kamina after he was at ground zero of her destruction, and she was born of me. It just took him doing...something, to give her back to me.” Luna nuzzled the sleeping filly, getting a cute groan out of her, before she looked up at Tia, her eyes shimmering with happy unshed tears. “I'm...a mother Tia. I have a child.”

Celestia's eyes began to water too, and she lowered her head to being just over Nyx's, and kissed her brow. “Welcome to the family little one....”

===//////>

“*BURP* Okay, let's see...whoa...what? Ew!” Spike exclaimed, confusing Kamina and Twilight in the room with him.

“What?” Twilight took the letter, gasped, and then punched Kamina in the ribs. “How could you?!”

“What? What happened?!” Kamina was dead-to-rights worried, he was afraid he'd just hurt his aunt.

“You just had a filly with Luna!” Twilight screamed, getting everything to grind to a halt.

“...What? EW!” Kamina exclaimed, feeling dirty. “EW~! Gross! What the-? HOW?!”

Twilight calmed down, but kept an edge to her tone. “You somehow infused her with the large amount of Nightmare's essence you had inside you when she visited you in your dreams earlier. Something about your drugged consciousness forcing your will over Luna's control of the dream, and making her come to the realization that Nightmare was her daughter. So, in laypony's terms; you just had a filly with your aunt.”

“EW! No! It was not consensual! I was drugged! C'mon Twilight!” No response. “Twilight?” He was alone. “...Fuck...I'm really in the doghouse now huh?” {Yes.} 'Can't argue with, wait, YOU! This is your fault!' {It is all your doing, I merely gave you the power to do so.} '...Who are you?' {You.} Kamina curled up into a ball, crying into the bandages wrapped around his head.

Author's Notes:

THAT'S RIGHT! Totally out-of-left-field twist! Now you really know why Luna was so wary of Kamina! Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha~!

Also, Nyx is fudging adorable! Blame Pen Stroke for writing a good fanfiction.