Nightmare Moon watched from afar as fifteen year old Fluttershy bandage a deer's leg. "There! All better?" She asked. The deer nodded in a certain way. "But, of course!" Fluttershy giggled. The way she knew this speech was her cutie mark, which had came a few years before.
When Fluttershy was ten years old, she had seen that all the animals had vanished for some reason and went off looking for them. The reason they left was Nightmare Moon had yelled very harshly at a minotaur who messed up. But the young princess didn't know this and found the animals, after she soothed them out, she realized it was her special talent and three pink butterflies appeared on her flank.
But now that she was older, Fluttershy often wondered what else was in the world. As she sat in a flower field, she felt somepony watching her. She turned to look into the forest and she squinted when she thought she saw a dark blue something in the trees. The girl looked down and saw a puppy, Spike looking at her. "Oh! Hello, little one!" Fluttershy giggled as he playfully batted at her mane. "Silly puppy!" Fluttershy said. The dog ran away and the princess called, "Where are you going, little friend?" And followed it.
They stopped at the wall of thorns and Fluttershy shivered. "In there? You sure you want in there?" She whispered to the puppy. He nodded and the princess slowly stepped closer. Spike ran to the trees.
Nightmare Moon, who had been watching her try to push away the vines, whispered, "Curious little pony…" Spike looked up at her and whined. "Fine, good job bringing her here, now let's see what she does…" But Fluttershy wasn't the only pony wanting to get through the wall. Nightmare Moon saw a group of soldiers heading Fluttershy's way. "Is that her? Nightmare Moon?" A guard asked. Fluttershy took off the hood of her cloak and the group sighed. "No, just a silly peasant mare." Said another. Nightmare Moon stepped out from her hiding and the guards screamed. Fluttershy looked up and gasped. The alicorn paid her no mind however and used her magic to levitate the guards around and she laughed in her malice and flung them straight to the castle. "I hope they tell Tia hello!" She sighed. She turned to a little gasp. Fluttershy looked shocked to see her and was standing silent. Suddenly, the alicorn blew some yellow sparkling dust on her niece. The girl gasped then drifted to sleep, lifting off the ground. "I wonder…." Her aunt said, watching the princess float.
A few minutes later, the creatures watched in wonder as Nightmare Moon lead the pretty stranger through the woods. She hid in the trees with puppy Spike and gently put the girl to the ground a little distance away.
When Fluttershy awoke, she stood and gasped in the beauty of the forest. "Oh my…" She breathed. Suddenly, many creatures that the girl didn't know of ran out to greet her. "Hello there!" She giggled. Then a group of glowing lights came up to her and she realized they were glowing breezies. The princess petted a timberwolf and a breezie landed on her other hoof. Suddenly, they ran away as quickly as they could when they saw something in the trees.
The girl saw a dark blue mist around a tree. "I know you're there… Don't be afraid…" Fluttershy whispered. A dark laugh came. "I'm not afraid." The voice said. "T-then come out…" The mare trembled. "Then you'll be afraid…" Nightmare Moon said. "No I won't… Or I might, but I promise I won't scream!" Fluttershy pleaded. The alicorn walked out and the princess fell back, covering her mouth. "Didn't I tell you?" Her aunt groaned. Fluttershy stood and took a breath in. "I know who you are." She stated plainly. "Do you?" Nightmare Moon said, practically daring her to go. "You're my brezzie godmother!" The princess cried. Her aunt was taken aback, she thought the girl meant the curse casting part, but no. "What?" She asked. "Breezie godmother! You've been watching over me my whole life, protecting me like from that cliff when I was younger! I've always known you were there." Fluttershy said, smiling. "How?" The alicorn asked, glancing a look of confusion to Spike hidden in a bush. "That blue mist, it followed me ever since I was small. Wherever I went, that mist was always with me!" Fluttershy giggled. Spike leapt out and the princess went up to him. "I remember you, silly puppy." She said, kissing him on the nose. "This is Spike, he's probably eager to meet you." Nightmare Moon said, changing him back to a dragon. Fluttershy looked confused at first, but smiled. "Hello Fluttershy, I've known you since you were a little one." Spike said, kissing the girl's hoof. "Oh." Fluttershy sighed, looking around. "It so beautiful! I've always wanted to come-" Her aunt blew the sleeping dust over her before she could hug her. "Well, you didn't need to do that!" Spike muttered. "Didn't you see how excited she was getting?" Nightmare Moon groaned. "Yes! Maybe you two could hang out sometimes, you are her breezie godmother." Spike winked. "Perhaps, every once in awhile… Maybe…"
Fluttershy and Nightmare Moon saw each other once a month, the princess looked forward to it every time. Then it became once a week, then every day. The alicorn liked being around Fluttershy. They picked strange flowers together and fed the hungry animals. Fluttershy often played with the creatures of the Everfree, they adored her. One night, Fluttershy was giggling at a joke Spike made when a splatter of mud hit her mane. She gasped and turned to see a embarrassed diamond dog. The girl squealed in delight and threw mud at him. The other creatures and the young princess fought playfully until some mud hit Nightmare Moon. Her niece blushed and Spike started to chuckle. Fluttershy squealed as her aunt hurdled a pile at her. They landed breathless later and Fluttershy giggled. Nightmare Moon laughed as well but stopped. She looked at her niece and noticed that she possessed beauty and that she was kind and happy all the time. And even though the gift hadn't been given, she was graceful, even when mud fighting. The alicorn wondered if her own gift would be fulfilled. She knew it was impossible for it not to, unless….
That night, Fluttershy laid quiet in her bed and snored softly. "Goodnight, beastie…" Nightmare Moon whispered, using her magic to lift the covers closer on the girl. After all their time together, the aunt decided that the curse shouldn't happen, she wouldn't let her young niece fall asleep forever, not now, not ever. She transported herself in the mare's room. She walked up to the bed. "I revoke the curse, let it be no more…" She whispered. Dark blue drained from Fluttershy, slowly. "I revoke the curse, let it be no more." The alicorn said. The magic still drained. "I revoke my curse! Let it be no more!" She yelled. Suddenly, the blue stopped draining, it stood still. "I revoke my curse! Let it be no more! Let it be no more!" Nightmare Moon sobbed. The magic exploded in her face and she watched in horror as it went back into the sleeping mare. Suddenly the end of her gift echoed back to her. "This curse will last til the end of time, no power on earth can change it…."
"No…." The alicorn whispered. She looked to her niece and for once, she let herself cry.