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                                            x by Escapade
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                                            >You and Nightmare Moon walk down the street in Canterlot’s restaurant district.
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                                            >It is a unusual occurrence, but not unheard of. You and Nightmare Moon have decided to make this walk every few weeks.
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                                            >Ponies avoid eye contact and hide their foals, hoping not to draw attention.
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                                            >You and Nightmare Moon talk between yourselves to decide which pony will entertain them tonight.
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                                            >NMM sees a young mare with foals.
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                                            "That one there, she looks like she would be great fun."
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                                            >She lets out a small chuckle, the one that you have come to enjoy.
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                                            >She chuckles whenever she gets excited. This is no exception.
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                                            >Nightmare Moon points for the guards to retrieve the mare.
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                                            >The mare begins to plead for them to spare her; that she has foals and a husband.
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                                            >She struggles, desperately trying to hold onto her foal, but the guards rip the small colt from her arms.
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                                            You speaks to the guard beside you.
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                                            "Grab the foals and husband as well. Might as well toy with her mentally as well. Take them to the castle, and prepare them as usual.
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                                            >The guard nodes, and within a few minutes, the young family is out of sight, no doubt on their way to the Castle.
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                                            >You and Nightmare Moon proceed to have a casual dinner at a local restaurant.
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                                            >Steak. your favorite.
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                                            >After the night out, you return to your room, only to be greeted by a mare, with bloodshot eyes, tied up on the floor in front of your bed.
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                                            >Her family sitting on the side, heavily tied as well.
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                                            >"Please... I've been a good pony... We've done nothing wrong. We- we are loyal to the Crown!"
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                                            >Nightmare Moon smiles, displaying her fangs for all to see.
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                                            "Then why don't you show me much how loyal you are..."
                         by grapenut