We took a carriage to the Apple family farm as Luna and I didn’t want to take any risks with the baby. Luna was snoozing with her head resting on my shoulder while Tia was sitting across from me staring out to window pretending to watch the clouds roll by. She was silent the whole way there but not in the annoyed kind of way but the ‘ticked off at you for pulling a bull shit move behind my back’ kind of way. Tia was also contemplating what might happen and what to do about Nyx when they meet.

I decided to speak up. “Tia I know you mad at me and worried for Luna right now, but at least give Nyx a chance. She might be Nightmare Moon reborn but she’s not the Nightmare Moon that Luna was. Nyx has no hatred or jealousy towards you whatsoever. I hope you won’t let your own negative emotions blind you as they did with Luna and me. She’ll be a great little filly. Especially if she’s raised right and by the right ponies.”

“Ed, I’m not sold on the whole Nightmares is Nightmare but not the one we know. I swear I’ll protect my sister and do what I need to in order to keep the ponies safe. I know there’s not a lot I can do to stop you from whatever it is you do but I won’t stand for anymore sneaking around,” Tia said as we pulled into the farm. The jot of the landing woke Luna.

“Neither will I Tia neither will I,” I sighed “I joust hope you won’t do what the Celestia in Past Sins did.”

“Are you two alright? I know thing are tense right now but can you please try and get along? At least while we’re here,” Luna pleaded.

“I have mo issues with getting along Luna. But I will stay on guard while I’m here. As for Ed, I still haven’t forgiven him. We have much more to discuss when we return to the castle after this. If that’s alright with you brother.” Celestia says as the guard opens the door to the carriage.

“No issues or complaints from me Tia. I have a few things I would like to talk about too. But for now, be gentle with the little one,” I said in a whisper as we exited the carriage.

Edward hadn’t told Celestia or Luna but he’d also informed Cadance, Shining Armor, and Blueblood of the lunch. So, instead of one carriage, there were three. Luckily, the farm could accommodate the extra company.

It was all going smoothly. Luna was on the porch of the house with Cadence discussing the ins and out of the married life. Shining and Blueblood decided to spar with their uncle in a two on one match. They thought they’d both be more than a match for the alchemist if they tag teamed him. This would’ve been impossible if not for Ed strick and harsh training of Blueblood. Big Mac joined in to make it three on one. Granny sat with Celestia in the house and discuss the old days of early development in Ponyville and things Like the origins of the Candle Festival.

Aj and Applebloom were playing with Winona. Then Granny told the Apples it was time to start and set up the tables and silverware before everyone else arrives. Edward decided to pitch in with the set up too. He insisted on helping as it was his idea to have the lunch gathering on the farm in the first place. Ed like this kind of labor anyway. Shining pitched in too but Blueblood refused until Granny took a switch to his right flank and got him moving. The girls found this hilarious. In a matter of fifteen to twenty minutes, the tables wear set out and on the plates wear on them. With no time to spare as the other Elements wear starting to show up.

First to arrive was Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo. The first thing Dash asked was when the cider would be dished out. To her horror, Edward said there wouldn’t be any cider drinking till much later on if any at all. Scootaloo went and to play with Applebloom. Next to show up was Pinkie Pie and then Fluttershy. She told everyone that Discord was off with Chaos in the Choas Dimension tending to his own matters today but to till everyone ‘hello’.

Discord just didn’t want to be around Edward or the sisters right now. He always had a tendency to know when to stay out of the way.

The only ones left to show up were Twilight, Polearm, Rarity, Spike, Sweety Bell, and Nyx. They did as a group and Nyx was holding on to Twilight’s hand as they came through the gate. Celestia, Luna, and Ed immediately came up to them while the others decided to break and join the main group. Edward spoke first, leaning down to get eye level with the little filly who decided to hide from the tall ponies in front of behind Twilight legs.

“Hello, little one. You remember me from this morning don’t you?” Ed asked pointing at himself with a goofy grin on his whole face. “ My names Edward Elric. I’m Twilight’s alchemy teacher and this is my wife Princess Luna and her sister and Twilight teacher Princess Celestia.”

Nyx looked to the princesses and then to Twilight as if asking her what she should do next. Nyx then stepped out before still shaking from shyness. She then took a bow with a curtsy.

“Hello, My name is Nyx Nocte Caelum. It’s a pleasure to make your acquaintances Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Prince Elric,” Nyyx managed to squeak out.

“You can call me Ed or Edward little one. I don’t care for titles, but if you’re still not comfortable with the first name then Mr. Elric will be fine,” Edward said standing up.

“So well manner for one so young,” Luna said as she looked Nyx up an down before walking and placing her hand on Nyx’s cheek pushing her hair out of her eye as she smiled at the filly. “You should be very proud of her Twilight. She is simply adorable too. Please tell me little one, who was it that taught you such polite manners?”

“It was Twilight, Mr. Polearm, Mr. Spike, and Ms. Rarity, “Nyx said with a giggle.

“Nyx Nocte Caelum is quite a long name for a little one such as yourself that can only remember things since she woke up this morning. Where did you pick it up?” Ti asked trying to hide her annoyance,

“It was Twilight and Mr. Polearm that gave me my name Princess. If you don’t like it then I’m sure they can give me another one,” Nyx said looking down to the ground in sadness.

“Tia, she’s just a child. Please show some compassion. She’s been through a lot since she woke up this morning,” Luna shot at her sister then looked back to Nyx with a soft smile. “I think is a lovely name even if it is a bit long. Why don’t we go and meet everypony else before the food is ready?”

Luna took Nyx by the hand and lead her to the main group leaving Twilight with Ed and Celestia. They looked to each other and then to their student.

“Twi, first off let me tell you I am so sorry for letting things get to the point that they did,” Ed says looking at Twi then to the ground in shame. “I lied and hid the fact that you would be taken. I thought that if I could keep you from finding out and that if I could stop the Cult that I could stop everything from happening.”

“Edward…” Twilight started but was stopped by Celestia as she placed her hand on her student's shoulder.

“Look Twi. I know you said you forgive me for this but I don’t. How I’ll make it up to you, I don’t know, but I will. I won’t be hiding things from anyone ever again. There are events in the future that I know of that will definitely happen and I’ll do what I can when I can whenever the time comes. I can’t tell you those events right without risk of severely altering those events. But know that I will continue to teach you and support however possible.” Edward said looking to Twilight who smiled back and nodded.

“Now that Ed has said his apology I think it’s time we discussed what is going to happen with Nyx,” Celestia motioned to the filly with her eyes.

“What are you going to do with Princess? Please tell me you're not going to banish her to the moon?” Twilight managed to say in horror.

“She will be coming with us to Canterlot and be under strict supervision. Once she has proven to me that she isn’t a threat then she will be allowed to choose what to do from there?” Celestia said turning to walk before Twilight spoke up.

‘Come on Twi. Speak up. Till Tia what you think. Be the person I know you are and stand up for how you feel,’ Edward thought as he looked on Twilight and Celestia.

“Princess I want Nyx to stay with me and Polearm in Ponyville. I’ve only known her since this morning but I think she would lead a much better life if she stayed with us. Nightmare Moon never had the chance to experience a normal life. To grow up. Go to school make friends, Have a family. All the things original Nightmare knew was the anger, jealousy, and hatred that she was born from but Nyx doesn’t. Edward told me that she isn’t and has none of that,” Twilight said in a stern voice as she ran in front of her teacher and looked her straight in the eye with no sign of backing down.

“This isn’t up for debate Twilight. She’s coming to Canterlot where I can watch her. If she proves to me she isn’t a threat then I’ll let her have a chance,” Celestia said in her authoritative tone.

Edward then walked up to Celestia and spoke up, “I said no more secrets and I meant it, Tia. If you take Nyx away from Twilight now you’ll ruin any chance she has at finding happiness in this world. Nyx belongs with Twilight. It was Twilight’s blood that gave her life therefore, making Nyx her daughter. I can also tell you what happened in the story from my home. That Celestia took Nyx and ended up giving rise to Nightmare Moon once more. She went on to cause Eternal Night but it was because Celestia in the story let herself be blinded by fear.”

“Ed what are saying?” Celestia looked to the man she called her brother.

“I’m saying give her a chance to live the life of a normal filly. Don’t let your anger at me, your fear of Nightmare Moon, and your own selfishness blind you to rip a child away from her mother before she has a chance to even know the mean of the word. Look at the group of our friends and family over there,” Edward said pointing to the group all playing games and laughing with one another and then he pointed the Nyx. She was playing with the CMC. “Tia please, let Nyx stay with Twilight. It’s the best decision you could make for her and Equestria.”

“Alright, I will allow Nyx to stay in Ponyville with you, for the time being, Twilight. But I want daily reports sent to me on the progress she is making in her daily life every day. What is she doing, her friends, what she’s learning in school, what you’re teaching her in terms of magic, and so on? I also want her to make a once a month visit to Canterlot to show us her progress herself and to get a health evaluation to make sure she is physically stable,” Celestia explained giving into her brother and Student’s will.

“Thanks for giving her a chance, Tia. I know it's hard but you’ll see you made the right call here. Just give it some time,” Edward says trying to comfort his sister. “I know this means I owe you one to. And by no means are we square on the Cult thing. Just try and have some fun with our friends and Family while we’re here. I know you're dying to still hear mine and Luna’s announcement too. Come on Twi, you got something on your mind to. Let’s chat for a bit before we join everyone else.”

Edward and Twi stood in front of the barn for a minute then Twilight spoke up, “Edward did you really mean it when you said I was Nyx’s mom? I mean I get the whole blood tyes thing and my part in the ritual but did you really mean that I meant to be Nyx’s mom?”

“Yes, I did Twi. You’re Nyx’s mother by blood, by sense, and by right. Why else were you so quick to save her this morning. You took her home and fed her, gave her a place to stay and books to read, I bit. You even went as far as getting her those glasses to hide her eyes to make sure she’d be safely hidden. You asked Rarity to make her some clothes. You were the first to give here to even gave her a name, with some help from Polearm. If that's not motherly then I don’t know what to call it,” Edward says smile warmly at his niece slash student. “Twilight I know for a fact you’ll be good with Nyx,.Just keep up with the reports and work on getting her enrolled in school. I think you’ll come to feel and see it in your own time,” Edward said patting her on the shoulder. “Now let's go tease the dungeon crawlers for a bit.”

A few hours passed and everyone was enjoying their time with each other. The CMC was especially taken with young Nyx. They even went as so far to ask Twilight if she could join them as an official member. Twilight could very well say no to this but before she did she discussed what to with Edward and the Princesses. Luna and Edward were on broad while Celestia was on the fence but aft a bump in the shoulder from Edward she agreed. Twilight did go one to explain who Nyx was to her other friends and family. They were more than surprised.

Shining Armor tried to deck Edward for letting Twilight get hurt. After a few rounds of trying to land a hit on the alchemist, to no avail, Shining managed to get some of his anger out. Edward also managed to explain his part in being away and not seeing how events were different from what he knew. Shining decided to let it go for the time being and try to get to know Nyx. Cadance was much more accepting of things. She was angry for how things turned out for Twilight but was more than willing to get to know Nyx.

Time passed slowly for some and fast for others. After managing to get over the hurdles of the events of the previous night and put them behind them for the time being, everyone was able to really enjoy the company they were in. It was soon time to set down and eat while also to ere Edward and Luna big announcement. Everyone had their own Idea what it was.

Edward got up and spoke,” Okay everyone before the food is served Luna and I would like to tell all of why we had you come out here today.”

“Are you going to bring the Dark Library back into Equestria?” Twilight asked immediately.

“No,” Edward said.

“Are you going to make a giant cake?” asked Pinkie.

“No,” causing the party ponies mane to deflate slightly.

“You're going to open an automail school and Princess Luna is going to open a Dark Magic school,” Polearm said with a smirk know he nailed it.

“We already started that a few months ago Pole. One more guess and I won’t Nyx to guess this time. If that’s okay with her and Twilight,” Edward said looking yo the little filly with a warm smile.

“Go ahead sweetie,” Polearm said encouraging the young nightmare,

“Um, okay. Well, I think, um, that Princess Luna, um, has a baby in her tummy,” Nyx manage to say in a blush.

SPURRRRR!

KECK!

“WHAT?!” boomed Celestia in the royal Canterlot voice,

Everypony at the table that had been taking a sip of their drink was either gagging, cough, or spitting over the pony near them. Everypony that was sitting next to or in front of Celestia was on their back from the amount of force she put in her voice.

“You all heard her right,” Edward said with a cocky grin.

“It’s true sister. You’re going to be an aunt,” Luna said to Celestia who had her hands over her mouth and tears in her eyes.

“How long have you two known Auntie Luna?” Cadance said as she rushed over to embrace her aunt and uncle in a congratulatory hug.

“That's why Dr. Life Line was acting all jittery when she met with me,” Celestia rolled her eyes.

“Only around two days. Same for Ed. but according to the Doctor, I’m about three and a half months along. So, Ed and I wanted to tell everyone before I really started to show signs of the little one,” Luna said with a fully flushed face.

“Have you thought of names yet?” Rarity asked in eagerness.

“Yes, Rarity. We settle on a few if its a boy or a girl. And we expect you to make a full line of clothes for either,” Edward informed the fashionista who clapped with joy.

The rest of the time went on in high spirits. Edward though, thought that back to his time in the last world he’d been in and the casualty that hit him the hardest. The Mind Stone that had gained self-awareness the one out of all of the casualties that really affected the alchemist. He had lost comrades to war and the children he and Luna adopted to time but he’s never lost a child to war before. He was resolved to be a better man to his family, a better husband, a better brother, and most of all a better father.

We came back to the castle and Tia and Candance went with Luna to the doctor to get a check-up. Shining and Blue followed asked me out to the Coliseum. I know why Shining as he was still sore about Twilight but Blue was just sore about still not being able to get his licks in. I told them I’d take them both on any time but I won’t stand there and let them beat on me for my mistakes or just to let them. It ended up with both of them being beaten and Bruised but Shining felt better to let his anger out and Blue was still aiming to improve.

I made my way back to my lab and immediately started to make a headstone for Stone. He deserved one for all he’d done.

I put Stone’s headstone under a tree that was on the edge of the mase. I also buried the pieces and dust I’d collected of him from in the Ignition chamber floor here.

I then went back to the castle for the night.

Stone Elric, hear me rise from stone be of steel and late The Sage Stone of the Mind Gide you Quote from a good friend.