Hello my readers, welcome back to Mare Season. Now, time to answer some questions.
This is the remake! This means that the previous one is DISCONTINUED, which means, I will not be writing it anymore. If you liked the original, you may like this one anyways. It's practically the same story, except with less sex scenes to avoid trouble, different and more unique characters and the chapters in the beginning aren't 500-1000 words long. I'm writing this one because it feels better. I started writing Mare Season as a novice writer, so it wasn't as good as I hoped it would be.
Now I know some of you are extreme perverts and will only be satisfied with sex in the story, so I am here to clarify that you are not going to be disappointed, there will be sex in this story, you just have to wait. These beginning chapters are to build up the later chapters, just like any good story, I am not going to rush into the story to quickly satisfy my viewers. If you don't like the fact that I will not cater to you, then please, un-favorite this story, un-favorite me as an author and don't come back.
I care about you guys/gals, I really do, I'm not some person who feeds off my viewers for general success, I do this for you and me. It's a mutual agreement in my opinion. I need you guys to progress as a writer, and you love to read stories. I am trying my best here to be the best writer that I can be AND try to make a story that is enjoyable for all my followers, WITHOUT accepting every demand. Me and you, the reader, are entirely equal here. If you were a writer, then I'd be straightforward and honest with you, and I will not make demands that are too extreme.
Also, if you want to know why I kept up the original Mare Season, I kept it up because if you type in Mare Season on Google, it's actually on the front page. Check it out if you want, it's actually there. I kept it up so that way when people are looking that up, they will see the story, see that it's discontinued, then come look at this one. I left it there for advertisement pretty much.
If you REALLY, REALLY liked the old one and wish that it won't go away ever, then YOU can write the original. You just have to contact me first and credit me as the original author. There, problem solved with youz guyz?
Now, onto this story. We've introduced five characters so far: Midnight Storm (the main character), the twin guards Bass Note and Dawning Vision and the assistant and best friend to Midnight Storm, Flutter Night. In this chapter, we introduce the very popular among my RP-friends, Rose Thorn. In the last chapter, I mentioned that he's a Darkbringer. What's a Darkbringer you may ask? Well, you'll get to see this chapter. Pay attention though, it will be VERY IMPORTANT TO THE REST OF THE WHOLE STORY! Now, let's continue.
Midnight flew over the fields outside of Ponyville and was thinking about the vision he had not too long ago. Princess Celestia looked evil, and what was with the sun being in a nova? Midnight didn't want to know, but he felt like it was going to be his doing. Was he going to lose his bet? But what would that have to do with Celestia turning evil? Something wasn't right here at all. He needed to know, despite him not wanting to know. Midnight's visions aren't a one-time only thing, he's been having them since he was born. But they were always very little things and didn't require him to collapse or to have a flashback, they would just happen quickly. They were as little and predicting that a cat would fall out of a tree or if the grass was growing out of place. It wasn't as big as seeing whatever he had just seen.
Midnight suddenly got in touch with reality as he saw Ponyville in the distance. He smiled as he dove down and landed on the ground softly. He walked through the market and eventually reached a normal-looking house with a red door. Midnight knocked on the door and was welcomed by Lyra Heartstrings.
"Oh hello Mr. Storm. How are you doing today?" Lyra asked.
"I'm doing fine. And please don't call me Mr. Storm, just call me Midnight. Or Storm. If you prefer." Midnight replied.
"Oh that's nice. Are you here to see Thorn?" Lyra asked.
"Yes. Is he home?" Midnight asked in reply.
"Why yes he is. He was just eating his morning waffles. Come on in please." Lyra said as she stepped out of the doorway, allowing Midnight into her home.
Midnight smiled at her hospitality as he walked into the dining room area. There, he saw Bon Bon and a small colt eating waffles. This colt had an un-natural feel to him. His dark black coat was as dark as the shadows, while his dark red mane looked like the rose pedals that you would find in darker places. His cutiemark was a simple rose, which was odd, because the colt wasn't as simple as he appeared. This colt was a Darkbringer, an ancient race of ponies that were the pre-evolved forms of the Nightmare Unicorns, whom existed in a darker parallel world to Equestria. Rose Thorn appeared as a colt, but he was around a hundred years old. Rose Thorn is a secretive Darkbringer, he doesn't reveal most of his secrets and will not tell everyone of his origin. To many, he's just an Equestrian colt, living a simple and youthful life, and he was happy with that. Bon Bon and Lyra were his adoptive mothers, they knew exactly what was up, but didn't care. They always wanted a child of their own, but were not able to because they were both mares.
Midnight walked up to the colt and spoke up, but was soon interrupted by the Darkbringer. "Yes, what is it?" Thorn asked.
"I'm not going to hold anything back. I want you to help me get rid of Mare Season." Midnight said straightforwardly.
"No." He responded quickly, not giving any thought whatsoever.
"Huh? Come on Thorn, you don't want Mare Season as much as I do." Midnight responded.
"I refuse to take part of this. Think about the facts. Princess Celestia will obviously let every mare know of her targets, which means I'll be known to every mare. The problem with that is that they will start questioning why I am taking part if I am just a colt and none of my hormones have shown up yet. And if you lose this bet with Celestia, every stallion will know our faces and some will hate us, while some will praise us. Both are bad because they will wonder about my age and who I am. So that means that everypony involved in Mare Season will know about me. I can't let that happen, so I refuse." Thorn said honestly.
"Thorn, I know that you don't want anypony to know that you are a Darkbringer, but this world is going to be ruined if this Mare Season continues any longer. Plus, I have a strange feeling that Celestia is hiding something about this season, and your quest to know everything comes first over not being found out correct?" Midnight asked.
"It's true that I want to have knowledge of this world and its secrets, but this is a dangerous risk. We have 4 weeks in Mare Season, 30 days, 720 hours, 43,200 minutes and 2,592,000 seconds. That's a long time if you think about it." Rose Thorn said intellectually.
"Thorn, the fate of Equestria is on the line here." Midnight said.
Thorn looked at him questionally, "What's on the line if you lose?" Thorn asked suspiciously.
"Well, you already know that Mare Season will last for 3 months, but...I also have to buck Celestia..." Midnight said, with Thorn bursting out in laughter. "Hey! It's not funny!"
"You crack me up Midnight. But I guess when I look at the facts, 3 months, 12 weeks, 90 days, 2,160 hours, 129,600 minutes, 7,776,000 seconds is extremely long. I don't even think I can last that long in shelter. Midnight, I'll help you. But on one condition, I don't become one of the Eight Stallions. Too much publicity in that." Thorn said.
"Fine, you don't have to be one of the Eight Stallions. But your help is very much appreciated." Midnight said with a smile.
"When do we meet?" Thorn asked.
"Tomorrow at 0800." Midnight said.
"Got it. Now let me finish my breakfast, I have school today." Thorn said eating.
"How's it feel to be incredibly old, however you are going to school with little kids?" Midnight asked.
"Well, I know everything they teach me, so it's easy. The foals are VERY annoying, except for my friends there. So, everything's well. The teacher's SOOOOOO annoying. Literally, I can teach the class myself instead of that incompeten-" Thorn was saying, but he got slapped in the back of the head by Lyra.
"Don't talk about Ms. Cherilee like that. You're just mad that you got detention a week ago for being a smartflank. She was just teaching algebra and you formed a incredibly large algebraic equation just to showoff your intelligence. No one likes a showoff." Lyra said strictly.
"...Sorry Mom..." Thorn said rubbing the back of his head.
"Well, I have to be leaving now, I need to find the other members." Midnight said walking towards the door.
"Are you sure you don't want a little something to eat?" Bon Bon asked.
"Yeah, I'm sure. Okay, bye now." Midnight said as he walked out the door.
Back at Canterlot Castle...
Princess Celestia was walking through the halls of her castle when she passed by Luna's room. She stopped for a second and looked back. She heard a loud, repetitive banging noise coming from Luna's room. She was thinking for a second, then her straight expression turned into a very surprised one. She blushed as she walked over and put her ear to the door.
This is what she heard. "Oh Luna, your marshmallow plot feels so good rubbing my stallionhood!"
Celestia laughed as she walked off, blushing madly.
Sorry for the short chapter, it will be longer next time. Please review, favorite and follow if you liked it, if you did not, please give constructive criticism, not useless hate. Bye Noctourne-ites.
P.S. Rose Thorn is confirmed for Brawl!