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1	''A Chance Meeting of Two Moons'' by Creator/{{Evilhumour}} (later joined by his beta-reader/co-author [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/500351/Anon-e-Mouse-Jr Anon e]][[https://www.fimfiction.net/user/172032/AnoneMouseJr/stories?order=updated Mouse Jr.]] is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic, and the first in a planned series. Originally posted June 18 2014 to October 28, 2014, it was beta-read by Anon e Mouse Jr. in spring 2017, with updates posted later that year. A second round of revisions followed in November prior to the fic's continuation that same month.
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3	As the story begins, Princess Luna goes to her private realm to vent after an argument with Celestia. Meanwhile, in his own dimension, Prince Artemis gets into a similar situation with his brother Solaris. Cue complicated relationships as the two opposite-gender counterparts meet and start to fall for one another.
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5	It can be found on [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/a-chance-meeting-of-two-moons-mlp-fim.578959/ Spacebattles Forums]], [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/197734/a-chance-meeting-of-two-moons FIMFiction Dot Net]] and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23926477 Archive of Our Own]].
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8	!''A Chance Meeting of Two Moons'' contains examples of:
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10	* AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering: Twilight and Dusk Shine do this during their meeting. And as it happens, they ''are'' thinking the same thing.
11	* BigBad: [[spoiler:The mysterious voice that speaks to Pinkie Pie and Bubble Berry in chapter 13 is this, though their identity has yet to be revealed in-universe.]]
12	* CentralTheme: In this story, it's synchronization.
13	* ClusterFBomb: Luna uses the Equestrian equivalent during her mental rant in chapter 12 (side Luna), technically making it a Cluster ''B'' Bomb.
14	* DoppelgangerLink: ''Fanfic/AChanceMeetingOfTwoMoons'': Luna and her male AlternateSelf Artemis [[spoiler:develop a PsychicLink which allows them to telepathically communicate even when they are in different universes.]]
15	* EveryoneKnowsMorse: Or at least, Dusk Shine does. Apparently, after "devouring the language portion of the library" as a foal, he would only ''speak'' in Morse code for a time, until Steel Barricade threatened to embarrass him by showing his Baron Von Genius Jeans action figure (his equivalent to Twilight's Smarty Pants doll) to everypony.
16	* GaleForceSound: Artemis's ''voice'' is sufficient to knock Solaris backward during an argument.
17	* GreatOffscreenWar: [[spoiler:There was a war between Order and Chaos in the past, with a majority of the alicorns and draconequui of the multiverse fighting each other. This war is the reason why there are so few alicorns in the multiverse, and why the Doors to the Realms In Between have largely been sealed off.]]
18	* HatesBeingTouched: Artemis, due to an incident in his past that involved mares (and was apparently his brother's fault), is very shy and doesn't like being too close to any mare who isn't Luna.
19	* InterruptedIntimacy: The times that Luna walked in on a drunken Discord and Celestia, and Artemis walked in on a drunken Eris and Solaris.
20	* ISayWhatISay: Luna and Artemis do this when they first meet, and it happens again in chapter 5. Twilight and Dusk Shine later have the same thing happen when ''they'' meet. Celestia and Solaris also fall into it at one point, but only when they're flustered.
21	* LoudOfWar: Artemis, when extremely angry with his brother, turns on his music to ''very'' loud levels and leaves off the sound-muffling spells that would normally keep the noise confined to his own room.
22	* NoodleImplements: Apparently, Solaris once had drunken sex with Eris, and it involved a tuba and a banana. Likewise, Celestia with Discord, involving a tuba and a pineapple. Exactly how is never explained in either case.
23	* NotAMorningPerson: Artemis, according to his brother. It's to be expected, given Artemis is generally nocturnal. Luna is the same way.
24	* OrwellianRetcon: In the fall of 2017, Evilhumour and Anon e Mouse Jr. went back and revised the earlier chapters, primarily to fix spelling and grammar, but also making a few other modifications. Among them included adding an earlier mention of the Doors to the Realms In Between (one had already existed later in the story), and changing one of Elusive's lines into a BigYes.
25	* OutGambitted: When Blueblood/Bluebelle tries to submit a proposal for a summer house he/she wants to build outside of Ponyville, Luna/Artemis sees it for what it really is -- an attempt to set things up to establish a power base down there and make life miserable for the Element Bearers, and she/he immediately rejects it as a result. Later, when Blueblood/Bluebelle tries to convince Celestia/Solaris to their side, they are again made to look a fool by Luna/Artemis.
26	* RuleSixtyThree: A big part of the plot -- Prince Artemis is from an alternate universe where the characters are the opposite gender from their canon selves. He himself is a counterpart of Princess Luna; Prince Solaris is the male counterpart of Princess Celestia, and others include Dusk Shine (male Twilight Sparkle), Elusive (male Rarity), Rainbow Blitz (male Rainbow Dash), Butterscotch (male Fluttershy), Bubble Berry (male Pinkie Pie); Applejack (male... Applejack), and Eris (female Discord). The only known exception is Starswirl the Bearded, who is male in both worlds.
27	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When the six alicorns (Twilight, Celestia, Luna, Dusk Shine, Solaris and Artemis) catch Discord and Eris watching them in the dream realm and start raging at them, the two draconequui decide it would be best to make a run for it.
28	* ScrewYourself: Apparently, Celestia and her human counterpart have done this. Ditto for Solaris and ''his'' human counterpart, whom Solaris claims initiated it.
29	* SecurityBlanket: Literal example with Artemis, who tends to sometimes bury himself under a fortress of clothes and blankets in his closet.
30	* ShoutOut:
31	** In the revised version of chapter 7 (side Luna), Elusive does a BigYes in the style of [[Radio/TheJackBennyProgram Frank Nelson]].
32	** Chapter 11 (side Luna) mentions a cartoonist named Charlie-Horse M. Schulz and [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} his work]], which includes a SecurityBlanket.
33	* SwitchingPOV: The story changes from Artemis to Luna's point of view (signaled by linebreaks) during the first five chapters. From chapter 6 on, there are two parallel versions of each chapter, one told from the POV of [[spoiler:Artemis in Luna's world and the other from the POV of Luna in Artemis's world. Some of them even show the same sequence of events from the differing characters' point of view.]]
34	* {{Synchronization}}: Alternate universe counterparts can develop this; in Artemis and Luna's case, it ultimately leads to [[spoiler:a full-blown PsychicLink, letting them speak telepathically to one another even from different worlds]].
35	* TantrumThrowing: Both Luna and Artemis start hurling plates and other things at their respective siblings when they start acting overprotective due to not being familiar with the other pony their younger sibling has just met.
36	* ThinDimensionalBarrier: The Door to the Realms In Between, which draconequui can open to allow them to visit alternate realms, including the dream world. [[spoiler:''A Chance Meeting of Two Moons'' marks its first appearance in Evilhumour's works; it's [[ContinuityNod later mentioned]] in ''[[Fanfic/EscapeFromTheMoon The Mare From the Moon]]'' as a sign that more worlds than these are connected.]]
37	* TrustPassword: How Artemis and Luna confirm their identities as the others' counterpart from a parallel universe -- they simultaneously reveal the time they each caught their older sibling having drunken sex with their world's draconequus.
38	* WorthIt: Solaris reminds himself to make very irritating sunbeams for Steel Barricade's days off in retaliation for her taking pleasure in making sure he sticks to his diet, and thinks that having to deal with her afterward will be this.

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