Moon Glow

@~C. Discord~ Awesome! Thank you!

@Nightmare Season Thank you so much for understanding! I'll post shortly! (I am also of the same philosophy - take as much time as needed)

Ooouuuu! Can I grab up Arcanine?

@Blitz Boom "Yeesh!" Moon Glow exclaimed, exhasperated at the idea of more walking. Maybe if she had gone into other magic like her mother wanted she could have just poofed into Ponyville like it was nothing, or something! "Gosh, that's just... wow, sorry, I mean- it's not you or anything I'm just really tired and I don't think I'm ready to uh, you know, walk." With that, the unicorn planted her rump down on the grass; a small twig snapped beneath her weight. While she was certainly interested in the strange skull and eerie, looming voices coming from seemingly nowhere, Moon Glow could feel herself growing tired. Whether it was an effect of the magic housed in the other mare's morbid yet fashionable rodent skull or not, the unicorn didn't bother to care. "I'm-" the young mare winced when the voices got louder, her smile turning into a grimace when the sound felt like it was piercing her wee little ear drums. Shaking her head, she was almost dazed, but what confused her more was the openness of the pegasus. "Legion?" she rubbed her ears. "Like, Legion as a name, or... Legion as in a big ol' army of some kind?" If the pegasus didn't mind to dance around it, perhaps Moon Glow wouldn't have to, either. "Because it sounds like that kind of legion. The uh, voices, and all..." The mare swished her tail behind her. She hadn't meant to avoid the topic of Ponyville and the kind offer of her guideship but sometimes the unicorn had a one-track mind. "Is it dark magic?"

@Nightmare Season I'm so sorry for disappearing!! I'd love to continue if you're still interested? (I had a family emergency, I'm so sorry for essentially being the worst D: I should have said something much sooner, that's my fault)

WAAAHHH This is so awesome!!! Thank you!

@Blitz Boom For a while the pegasus was silent and... staring. Moon Glow hummed to herself quietly and patiently, her mouth pursed into a thoughtful pout waiting for the mare to acknowledge her. The moment felt much longer to the unicorn who was starting to grow uncomfortable; from behind her bangs she was looking between the other's face and the strange rodent skull draped around her neck, appearing to simply stand there just as still and perplexed as the other mare. "S-" Moon Glow was cut off when the pegasus began to speak and she offered a polite smile. The wave was reciprocated with a small, bashful shake of her hoof. Was this part of her ethereal friend's plan? "Oh! Yeah- I'm fine. I took some advice I shouldn't have and, well, here I am! Heh heh... heh. The name's--" she paused. The sockets of the skull had glimmered in such a way that caught her attention and strangled the words in her throat. Much to her surprise, the skull seemed to be looking back; through the veil of her mane coifed purposefully over her eyes, she attempted to test her strategy of concealment. Could, whatever it may be, see into her without needing to look into her eyes? Her theory was tested as she continued to speak, smiling more genuinely, shaking her head. She never broke her contact with the mysterious glowing sockets. "Sorry, I think I'm a little tired. I'm Moon Glow and I'm trying to get to Ponyville." A paranormal chorus seemed to whisper. While the unicorn could not discern what was being said, exactly, she tried to put out her spiritual feelers to try and find the source. Moon Glow tried to pretend she hadn't heard a thing but she may have seemed a little too intent on listening. "Do you... know where I could find it?"

She began to drag her hooves after several minutes of wandering the dark streets of Ponyville with no hope of finding a place to rest her head. Passing houses and shops alike, old and new, all of them seeming the same in the darkness; the small light cast from her horn as a guide was beginning to dim as her exhaustion made it harder and harder to concentrate on the spell, let alone the energy required to cast it. The unicorn moved to stand beneath a gas lit street lamp which offered meager illumination of her surrounding area and seemed to serve better as a decorative piece. A sense of unease washed over her as she began to accept her reality, that maybe she would have to find a bench or something to snooze on. Moon Glow sat down on the side of the dirt road and yawned loudly. If she couldn't find somewhere to rest she would simply have to wait until sunrise; there was no way she would risk sleeping out in the open, fearing that she may be robbed in the night... or worse. Tilting her chin up, she looked toward the sky to get an estimate of her wait and to her chagrin the moon was still perched high in the sky. "Just great." the mare mumbled to herself, shaking her head to snap herself awake. "Okayyyy, no need to freak out. Maybe I'll just... I'll rest my eyes a moment." another yawn escaped her. There was no point in fighting it anymore; she was exhausted. Moon Glow leaned her body against the lamp post and closed her eyes, allowing herself to succumb to her natural urges. Within moments she could feel herself drifting off to sleep. A brightness suddenly caught her attention and the sound of hoof steps startled her awake. "Huh?" she snorted, snapping awake and catching herself just before her body was to slump against the Earth. "Sun time?" in her sleepy daze she looked about, wondering if she had accidentally slept the night under the lamp but instead was greeted by a most curious sight. A short distance away she saw, what she could only assume, was a pony with a glowing mane and tail. No, that couldn't be right... "H-" the mare coughed; her throat was dry. "Hey!" she called out, rising to follow the stallion who happened to be the only other pony apparently awake at this hour. "Excuse me? Hello?"

I'm excited for this art contest!

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@Nightmare Season Absolutely! lol Take all the time you need~

@Blitz Boom Not the bees! Anything but the bees! lol! No worries, I posted~

@Blitz Boom A young unicorn mare, seemingly alone in the woods, struggling with the thick foliage off the beaten path grunted and groaned as she tried to force a thick branch to snap by repeatedly jolting her body weight forward. "One... two... THREE-EEE!" the branch snapped, taking with it her saddlebag; Moon Glow toppled forward and landed heavily onto a pile of old, rotting leaves. "Yeuch-" she stood, shaking the leaves off her body like a wet dog after a lake swim. A few branches were tangled in her mane and tail, respectively. It was going to take a while to get them out. Why, oh why, did she have to take the hard way? As a matter of fact, "Why did I even listen to you?" the mare snorted in annoyance. She bit onto the strap of her saddlebag, her only means of survival, and tried to yank it out of the bush. "Thith neffer hould haff haffened-" "I'm sorry, Moon Glow. Really, I am." The soft echo of a voice tickled her ears; she could feel the stallion's presence more than she could see it and she wondered if perhaps he had gone too far from his totem. "The forest has changed since my time. Ever growing, ever free." the voice trailed off. She knew she wouldn't hear him again. With a final yank the bag came free. Moon Glow stumbled but managed to keep herself balanced. Carefully she used her magic to replace her saddlebag, groaning softly when the task was complete; her head was killing her. If she could only just- She paused. A strange sound reached her ears, sending a shiver down her spine; it was like cold water pouring down a pipe. After a moment of silence and concentration she understood the sound to be, in fac, a song. Unearthly in nature, she was drawn to it. It pulled her in. Moon Glow suddenly forgot about the lost soul she had been travelling with and instead focused on tracking down the source of the song, be it pony or... other. There were some strange creatures in this forest. The noise brought her to a small clearing, poking her head through the bushes to see a pegasus mare standing among a mysterious shrine. The unicorn's unease was managed by her curiosity which suddenly weighed more heavily in her decision making. A creepy smile, a lone pegasus, perhaps an enchanted rodent skull- all of them striking a beautiful chord of camaraderie for the dark and occult. Moon Glow cleared her throat and, with a small chuckle, clambered out of the bushes to boldly greet the strange one. "Hi! Hello! Heh- how are you?"