"Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria, there were two regal sisters who ruled together, and created harmony for all the land. To do this, the eldest used her unicorn powers to raise the sun at dawn; the younger brought out the moon to begin the night. Thus, the two sisters maintained balance for the kingdom and their subjects, all the different types of ponies. But as time went on, the younger sister became resentful. The ponies relished and played in the day her elder sister brought forth, but shunned and slept through her beautiful night. One fateful day, the younger unicorn refused to lower the moon to make way for the dawn. The elder sister tried to reason with her, but the bitterness in the young one's heart had transformed her into a wicked mare of darkness: Nightmare Moon. She vowed that she would shroud the land in eternal night. Reluctantly, the elder sister harnessed the most powerful magic known to ponydom: the Elements of Harmony. Using the magic of the Elements of Harmony, she defeated her younger sister, and banished her permanently in the moon. But permanently was not what Nightmare Moon had in mind. Before her defeat, she announced that one day she will return, along with her conquest for eternal night. The elder sister however had a prophecy of her own. When Nightmare Moon returns one mysterious pony will use the powers of harmony and will be powerful enough to defeat Nightmare Moon once and for all and restore peace and harmony to the land once more. At the mean time, the elder sister took on responsibility for both sun and moon and harmony has been maintained in Equestria for generations since."

Lying by a tree near a lake laid a lavender colored unicorn pony reading a book under her hooves.

"Hmm... Elements of Harmony." pondered the pony. "I know I've heard of those before... but where?"

-Main music plays-

The purple pony was so fascinated by the Elements of Harmony she had to know what they were really meant for. She was on her way to the local library when three other colorful unicorn ponies showed up. The first is blue coated with a darker blue and white mane and tail, the second is tan with pink fluffy mane, and the last is yellow with a light blue mane.

"There you are Twilight!" said the second pony. "Moondancer is having a little get-together in the west castle courtyard. You wanna come?"

"Oh, sorry, girls... I've got a lot of studying to catch up on." said Twilight.

She gallops pass the other unicorns in a hurry to get to the library.

"[sighs] Does that pony do anything except study? I think she's more interested in books than friends." groaned the second pony.

"I know I've heard of the Elements of Harmony." Twilight said as she runs.

She then passed by two more ponies who waved a hello to her but ignored them as she keeps running. She later runs to the stairs of a tall white building and heads to the top. A little purple dragon with green spikes was walking to the door with a present in his claws until all of a sudden the doors opened thus hitting him with the process.

"Ow!" yelled the baby dragon.

"Spike! Spi-ike! Spike?" Twilight yelled. "There you are."

Spike was laying on the floor, grunting while rubbing his head.

"Quick, find me that old copy of Predictions and Prophecies. What's that for?" Twilight pointed at his tail.

Spike turned to see the present he was holding stuck on his tail.

"Well, it was a gift from Moondancer, but..." Spike said as a ripped teddy bear falls through the bottom hole.

"Oh Spike, you know we don't have time for that sort of thing." Twilight said as she searches for the book she asked for.

"But we're on a break!" Spike complained

Twilight stares at a book on the ground for a moment until she her horn started glowing. Books were now levitating with a purple glow surrounding them similar to Twilights horn.

"No, no, no,... no, no, no! [grunt] SPIKE!" Twilight yelled in frustration.

"It's over here!" Spike said while holding a book on a ladder.

He was suddenly pulled off the ladder by the book which Twilight was controlling and face planted on the ground.

"Ah!" Twilight walked with the floating book by her side leaving Spike a huge mess to clean.

"Elements, Elements, E, E, E... Aha! Elements of Harmony, see: Mare in the Moon?" Wondered Twilight.

"Mare in the Moon? But that's just an old ponies' tale." Spike said while reshelfing the books.

"Mare, mare... aha! The Mare in the Moon, myth from olden pony times. A powerful pony who wanted to rule Equestria, defeated by the Elements of Harmony and imprisoned in the moon. Legend has it that on the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars will aid in her escape, and she will bring about nighttime eternal! [gasps] Spike! Do you know what this means?" Twilight worried.

"No-whoa!" Spike fall's off the ladder while putting the books away and was about to have another painful fall but was saved by Twilight.

"Take a note please, to the Princess." Twilight ordered extending her tail.

"Okie-dokie." Spike obeyed sliding on her tail.

"My dearest teacher, my continuing studies of pony magic have led me to discover that we are on the precipice of disaster!" Twilight saying what to write as Spike writes.

"Hold on. Preci... preci..." Spike finding difficulty on how to say it.

"Threshold."

"Threh..." Spike still having trouble.

"Uh, brink?"

"..." Spike just stares confused.

"Ugh, that something really bad is about to happen!"

Spike resumes writing.

"For you see, the mythical Mare in the Moon is in fact Nightmare Moon, and she's about to return to Equestria, and bring with her eternal night! Something must be done to make sure this terrible prophecy does not come true. I await your quick response. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle." Twilight finishes.

"Twi-light Spar-kle. Got it!" Spike announced.

"Great! Send it."

"Now?"

"Of course!"

"Uh, I dunno, Twilight, Princess Celestia's a little busy getting ready for the Summer Sun Celebration. And it's like, the day after tomorrow."

"That's just it, Spike. The day after tomorrow is the thousandth year of the Summer Sun Celebration! It's imperative that the Princess is told right away!"

"Impera... impera..." Spike yet again having spelling problems.

"Important!" Twilight shouting at Spike's face.

"Okay, okay!" Spike takes a deep breath and blows green fire on the letter and moves out of the window like it was burning to ashes. "There, it's on its way. But I wouldn't hold your breath..."

"Oh, I'm not worried, Spike. The Princess trusts me completely. In all the years she's been my mentor she's never once doubted me." Twilight said with a confident tone.

Spike made a sound like he was about to throw up then makes a belch of green fire come out then magically turns into a nice crisp note like it was never burnt.

"See? I knew she would want to take immediate action." Twilight said with another confident tone.

Spike picks up the note and begins to read. " [clears throat] My dearest, most faithful student Twilight. You know that I value your diligence and that I trust you completely."

"Mm-hm." Twilight with a delighted sound.

"...but you simply must stop reading those dusty old books!"

"[gasps]. B-b-b-b-b-but I don't understand, did I do something wrong, was it something I said?" Twilight said worried while trotting around the room.

"Calm down Twilight, there's more. "You've been too worked up on grades and studying for nearly your whole life and I think it's affecting your social skills. I've decided that you should take a well needed vacation which will also have some lessons. Meet me at my throne room at noon and we'll begin your preparations. I will see you and Spike soon. Your teacher, Princess Celestia." Spike finishes.

"I-I-but there-did I-[moans]." Twilight complained.

"Twilight it's okay. The princess just want's us to take a well needed rest from so much work we have been doing."

"But Spike Equestria could be in danger and the princess seems to not know the crisis that is about to unveil."

"Un... un..."

"[groans] About to happen!" Twilight yelled.

"Alright, sorry."

"But still, does the Princess know what's gonna happen if we don't act?"

"Twilight, it's just a made up story, it's not real. And even if it is, the Princess will take care of it. She's the most powerful ruler of the land."

"I don't know, Spike. I don't think it's wise to act at the very last second if this does happen."

"Don't worry, Twilight. Just relax and I'm sure everything will be alright."

"I really don't know, Spike." Twilight still unsure of Celestia's decision.

"Come on, we should get ready for the trip the Princess is sending us for and we can have a relaxing time."

"Well, I guess some time away can-"

She was cut out by a rumbling sound, scaring both the unicorn and the dragon. Then a bright flash of light lit in the sky through the big window's.

"Wha-what's going on?" Spike said hiding behind Twilight.

"I-I don't know. But I don't think it's good." Twilight answered with a frightened tone in her voice.

The orb of light gets bigger and bigger and brighter, as ponies outside screaming and panic in terror. Then just like that the light disappears.

"...Are we still alive?" asked the confused dragon.

"Yes. What in Celestia's name was that about?" Twilight also puzzled.

"I don't know, but what ever it was it's over now."

"For a moment I thought that was Nightmare Moon's return, but it's not the thousandth year of the Sun Celebration yet."

"Oh well, at least it's-"

Suddenly they hear faint screaming. They look outside but don't see anypony out. They looked up and see's something falling and screaming. It was on a collision course with the library.

"Oh my-GET DOWN." Twilight warned.

They ducked to the nearest chairs and hide behind them. The falling object breaks through the window and crashes into a pile of books, fortunately breaking it's fall. Twilight and Spike peeked to see what it was. It was moaning in pain and looked at the two before falling into unconsciousness. They see it was just a regular pony colt. They slowly got closer to get a better look at him. He was brown with a black mane and tail and looked to be about roughly a year older then Twilight.

"Is...is he okay?" Spike asked worried.

"I don't know let me see. Hello? Sir? Are you okay?" Twilight asked.

The colt did not answer as he lies there unconscious.

"Let's see if he has any-HUH?" Twilight rolled the pony to discover something weird.

"What is it Twilight?"

"He... he doesn't have any wings!" Twilight showed.

"Huh? That's weird. How did he get in the sky with no wings? He couldn't have used magic either since he's not a unicorn." Spike said also surprised on what he's seeing.

"Hmmm maybe he-What the?"

"What-what is it now?" Spike said with a more worried tone.

"For somepony who's probably older than me, he appears to not have a cutie mark!" Twilight pointing at the mysterious pony's flank.

"Whoa that is weird...and embarrassing." Spike said a little amused.

"But it still doesn't make any sense, where did he come from?" Twilight said while looking up at the broken window.

It has been nearly 25 minutes since the "phenomenal" moment. Twilight and Spike set the strange pony on the couch since then. They wrote a note for the Princess about this but they haven't sent it because they want to give the pony a chance to explain himself. They were at the meantime cleaning up the debris the crash caused. The brown pony is just waking up, groaning in pain.

"Ugh my head." moaned the pony.

He was getting off the couch awkwardly. He seems to be trying to get on his hind legs and walks kind of like Spike.

"Whoa I feel funny." grumbled the pony almost losing his balance.

He opens his eyes to see a library he's never seen before. His large brown eyes looked around the room to see if he was not alone but there is no other presence. He sees a kitchen and decided to wash his face. He still walks on his hind legs, struggling to keep his balance. He reaches the sink and turns on the water. He gathers a little puddle of water in his hooves and slaps it on his face with a big clop.

"OW." cried the brown pony.

"Why did-huh?" he looks at his hooves surprised.

"Wha-what the-AHHH!" he starts rapidly looks at his fur and hind hooves.

Then he sees a mirror to look at. He takes a peek and his eyes start to widen as big as they can. Finally, he looks at his tail realizing something.

"AHHHHHHHHHH, WHAT HAPPENED TO ME?" the pony starts to scream from the top of his lungs.

"Sir, calm down it's okay." Twilight said.

"Who-who's there? Who said that?" the pony asked terrified.

"Me." said a voice behind him.

He rapidly turns to see a purple like horse standing right in front of him with a reptile like creature beside her.

"GAH!" the pony surprised at the site and takes a leap backwards to a corner.

"WHA-WHAT? BUT HORSES AREN'T SUPPOSE TO TALK!"

"Uhhh actually sir I'm not a horse, my name is Twilight Sparkle and I am a pony just like you." Twilight corrected.

"Bu-bu-I'm not a pony." said the brown pony.

"I think he hit his head too hard from the crash." Spike whispered.

"And WHAT are you?"

"HEY I'm not a what, I'm a dragon."

"But dragon's DON'T exist!"

"Yep, I think you're right." Twilight agreed.

"Thi-this must be a really, really bad dream. There is no way this can possibly be real." the mysterious guest said confused.

"Do you need any help, sir?" Asked Twilight.

"Would you stop talking, and no I don't need any help."

"Really? Because you seemed to be confused about our species."

"I told you I'm not-wait did you say 'our'?"

"Yes, I mean you're in a city filled with ponies. In fact the whole country of Equestria is filled with ponies!"

"Equ-what?"

The guest frantically gets back up on his hind legs and still struggles to keep his balance as he walks awkwardly to a window. He swiftly opens the curtains to see talking ponies of all shapes, colors, and sizes walk by, talking to one another. The pony widened his eyes in disbelief.

'Wha-but It's-uh-bu-how-wha-what's happening to me?"

"Mr.-uh actually what is your name?" Twilight asked curiously.

"Not that it concerns you..." the pony looks at Twilight, feeling a tiny bit guilty on how he said it. "But my name is Zachary Lanson but others call me Zach."

"Zach Lanson? What kind of name is that?" asked Twilight.

"What kind of weird name is Twilight Sparkle?"

"It's a perfectly normal name."

"Listen missy, I don't care what you think of me, but I am not a pony period, I am actually a human and-"

"A human? You mean the mythical creatures?"

"Yes and no, human's aren't mythical, unicorns are suppose to be!" snapped Zach.

"Uhhhh yeeeeeeah." Twilight puzzled by Zach's behavior.

"Anyway I want to know where on Earth am I?"

"Earth? What's that?" Spike asked.

"Duh, the name of this planet!"

"..." Twilight and Spike stared at him in confusion.

"So Zach, where did you say you were from?" Twilight asked.

"New York City."

"...What the hay is that?" Spike asked again.

"Oh for crying out loud, where am I?"

"I told you, you're in Canterlot, the capital city of Equestria."

"Canterlot? Equestria?" Zach said in disbelief.

"Listen, we just sent a note to our ruler, Princess Celestia, and she'll-"

"Queen?" Zach cuts out Twilight.

"What?"

"Do you mean queen?"

"No, her name is Princess Celestia."

"Then does that mean there is a King and Queen?"

"No, she's the only ruler and she is a Princess."

"[sigh] Whatever." Zach said annoyed.

Zach gets back on his hind hooves still trying to walk on them, only this time he falls flat on his stomach.

"What are you doing?" Twilight asked curiously.

"Walking, what does it look like?" Zach replied annoyingly.

"But that's not how ponies walk. This is how we walk." Twilight said as she demonstrates.

"Uh okay. left front leg then-oof." He immediately trips.

"No no no no no no no, like this." Twilight demonstrates again.

"Fine. Right front then left back and then." Zach was then getting the hang of it. He was walking like a normal pony."

"Huh. Uh thanks."

"No problem." Twilight replied happily.

"But this doesn't make us friends."

"Yeah, I know."

"Well, we should be getting a response from the princess soo-." Spike was about to say when another bright light appears in front of the three.

"Oh not this again." Spike complained.

They shielded their eyes from the harmful rays as it gets brighter. Shortly the light dissipates and they opened their eyes slowly. They were not in the library anymore. Instead, they were in a marble made room with a long hallway leading to what looks like to be a throne.

"Twilight Sparkle and Spike, so glad to see you two again." said a soothing female voice.

The three turned around to see a majestic presence. It appears to be a white pony nearly the size of a regular horse with a mane and tail colored pink, blue, and green. She has a horn and crown and to Zach's surprise, wings. She was an almighty alicorn.

"Likewise, Princess Celestia." She and Spike bowed. Zach however just stared in disbelief yet again.

"What are you doing? Do you know how to show respect in front of royalty?" Twilight snapped at Zach.

"Wha. Oh right, sorry." Zach bowed.

"[giggles] It's quite alright. Is this the mysterious visitor that dropped by the library, Twilight?" the princess asked.

"Yes, yes he is. His name is Zachary Lanson and he believes to be a human. I know it sounds ridiculous." Twilight earning a glare from Zach.

"Does he now?" Celestia asked as he looks at Zach.

Without warning she lowered her horn on to Zach's head and an orb of light comes right to Celestia's horn.

"He-hey what the heck did you just do?" Zach asked with a scared tone.

"No need to be frightened Zachary, I just extracted your memories so that I can see for myself."

"HEY those are private leave them alone I..." Zach couldn't finish for he didn't want to be to disrespectful to her.

"Oh. Right I'm sorry, I'll-"

"No, never mind. Go ahead and look. It's not gonna make a difference anyway."

"On what?" Twilight asked a little bit concerned.

"Ju-just forget it, okay? It's none of your concern!" Zach retorted.

"Very well then, now that that's taken care of we will now discuss where to send you, Twilight." said Celestia.

"Bu-but Princess what about-" Twilight protested.

"Now listen my student, I want you to forget about studying here in Canterlot for two days and start making some friends."

"But what does-" Twilight still fighting back.

"In fact, I think you should take Zachary Lanson along with you." Celestia announced.

"WHAT?" both Zach and Twilight said in unison.

"HEY what about sending me back where I came from!" Zach asked.

"Because I think you can learn something from two days of helping out on the Summer Sun Celebration. As you finish with the preparations, I'll send you back where you came from." Celestia answered simply.

"What's there to learn from this weird place?"

"You'll see. Both of you."

"Fine." Zach and Twilight said in unison again.

"Excellent, a carriage will be waiting at the front gates for you. Here's a check list with the location to where this year's celebration is." she uses her magic and gives a scroll to Spike. "Good luck to both of you." Celestia said

They soon left the throne room, both ponies grumbling at the Princess's decision. They later come across a carriage with two armored pegasi in front. Zach was a little intimidated at the sight at first but just ignores them. The two ponies and dragon get on the carriage and the pegasi start flying in the air, with a little frightened brown pony hanging for dear life, taking them to there destination.

"My dear Twilight, there is more to a young pony's life than studying, so I'm sending you to supervise the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration in this year's location: Ponyville." Spike reads the instructions as a small village in the distance is revealed. "And I have an even more essential task for you to complete: make some friends!"

Twilight takes a long displeasing sigh.

"You think you have it rough, I have to spend two days at this freaky place." Zach said unpleasantly.

"Look on the bright side, Twilight. The Princess arranged for you to stay in a library. Doesn't that make you happy?" Spike said trying to cheer her up.

"Yes, yes it does. You know why? Because I'm right! I'll check on the preparations as fast as I can, then get to the library to find some proof of Nightmare Moon's return." Twilight said confidently.

"Then... when will you make friends, like the Princess said?"

"She said to check on preparations. I am her student, and I'll do my royal duty, but the fate of Equestria does not rest on me making friends."

"Great, not only am I stuck with some weird creature, I'm also stuck with a teacher's pet." Zach said unpleasantly yet again.

The two pegasi whined as they landed.

"Thank you, sirs." Twilight said.

The pegasi gave a proud huff to the nice mannered unicorn. Then they stared at Zach, hoping for the same gesture.

"What, you want an apple? Then go find an apple tree!" Zach said to them rudely.

The pegasi then gave a threatening growl at him as he walks away.

"Maybe the ponies in Ponyville have interesting things to talk about." Spike said as a pink pony with puffy cotton candy style hair with light cyan eyes and three balloons as a cutie mark comes down their path. "Come on, Twilight, just try!"

"Um... hello?" Twilight said a little shyly.

"[GASP]." The pink pony made a long over dramatic gasp, surprising the three before making a swoop over them.

"Well, that was interesting alright." said Twilight.

"[sigh]." Sighed the dragon in disappointment as they were on their way for preparations.

"Summer Sun Celebration official overseer's checklist." Spike read as they were walking to their first destination listed on the list. As Spike read, Twilight looked at Zach who had an unimpressed look on his face, which Twilight returned. "Number one, banquet preparations: Sweet Apple Acres."

They looked to see a farm with thousands of apple trees as far as the eye could see. They suddenly jumped from an upbeat voice. "Yeehaw!" yelled a southern accent voice in the distance. They turned to see an orange, blonde mane and tail pony, with three red apples as a cutie mark, charging to a tree. She bucked it with her hind legs and every single apple on the tree fall on the baskets that lay around it. She then folded two of her hooves in front of the others with a smile on her face, congratulating herself.

"[sighs] Let's get this over with." Twilight said tiredly.

"Best thing I heard all day." agreed Zach. They then walked to the southern pony.

"Good afternoon. My name is Twilight Sparkle and this is Zach Lanson-" as she pointed at Zach, both her and his hooves were pulled in.

"Well, howdy-doo, Miss Twilight and Mr. Zach, a pleasure makin' your acquaintances. Ah'm Applejack. We here at Sweet Apple Acres sure do like makin' new friends!" Said the wild pony while shaking their hooves rapidly.

"[voice vibrating] Friends? Actually, I-" Twilight said, trying to keep her voice steady.

"So, what can I do ya for?" Applejack said with a wink.

Zach and Twilight's hooves keep shaking uncontrollably. Spike stopped there shaking with a snicker.

"[clears throat] Well, we are in fact here to supervise preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration. And you're in charge of the food?" Twilight asked politely.

"We sure as sugar are! Would ya care to sample some?" asked Applejack.

"Sure, whatever AJ." said Zach.

"AJ?" Applejack repeated.

"Yeah, you know, a nickname for short?" Zach said a little annoyed.

"AJ. I like the sound of that, you can call me AJ anytime you want." Applejack said with a confident attitude.

"Whatever." Zach said.

"As long as it doesn't take too long..." Twilight noticed Applejack made a fast run to ring a triangle.

"SOUP'S ON EVERYPONY." Applejack yelled.

The three looked back to see what she was yelling at. A stampede of ponies charged to their direction and took them to a pavilion with dizzy looks on their faces.

"Now, why don't I introduce y'all to the Apple family?" Applejack said with a bunch of other ponies in front of them with southern appearances.

"Oh, it won't take too long, it'll take forever!" Zach said with much annoyance in him.

"Thanks, but we really need to hurry-" Twilight was interrupted when the ponies lined up with dishes in their mouths.

"This here's Apple Fritter. Apple Bumpkin. Red Gala. Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Caramel Apple, Apple Strudel, Apple Tart, Baked Apples, Apple Brioche, Apple Cinnamon Crisp... [takes deep breath] Big Macintosh, Applebloom and..." she then shoves two apples up in both Zach and Twilight's mouths. "Granny Smith." Applejack finished. "Up'n'attem, Granny Smith, we got guests."

"[snorts] Wha? Soup's on? Here I come, ah, comin'..." the old looking pony gets off her rocking chair from sleeping and walks slowly to the group.

"Why, Ah'd say you're already part of the family!" as Applejack finished, both the ponies spat the apple crumbs out of their mouths.

"[laughs mockingly] Yeah, I'm not sure I'd want to be with this family." Zach said.

"[laughs nervous] Okay, well, I can see the food situation is handled, so we'll be on our way." Twilight said as they were about to leave.

"Aren't ya gonna stay for brunch?" asked a little yellow filly with a red bow tie on the back of her head, blinking with puppy eyes.

"Sorry, but we have an awful lot to do..." Twilight said sadly. After that every pony made a disappointed sigh with their heads down.

"Okay, so we'll be on our-" Zach said with a happy tone for once, but was interrupted. "Fine." Twilight said unpleasantly. Zach made a grumble as the whole group cheers.

"Food's all taken care of, next is weather." Spike said checking off the list. He looks back to see two sick looking ponies with huge bulges in the bellies.

"Ugh... I ate too much pie..." Twilight said painfully.

"Don't...say...pie." Zach said also in pain.

"Hmm, there's supposed to be a pegasus pony named Rainbow Dash clearing the clouds." Spike said while looking up.

Both ponies looked around to find a pegasus, but found only clouds.

"Well, she's not doing a very good job, is she." said Twilight.

"Wait, what do you mean by-OOF!" Zach was about to finished, but both him and Twilight were rammed by something.

They then laid in a puddle of mud. Both groaning in both irritation and pain. A cyan pegasus with a rainbow colored mane and tail and crimson eyes, then stands up with mud on her as well.

"[laughs sheepishly] Uh, 'scuse me? [more sheepish laughing]"

Both Zach and Twilight grumbled as they retain their balance.

"[laughs] Lemme help you." the cyan pony then flies to get what looks like to be a rain cloud right above them.

"Huh? How are you-?" Zach was interrupted again when she starts hoping on the cloud, producing a gush of rain on them. Thus, making them soaking wet, with more grumbling.

"[more sheepish laughing] Oops, I guess I overdid it. Um, uh, how about this? My very own patented Rain-Blow Dry! No no, don't thank me, you're quite welcome." the pegasus then notices amusing about them.

"Thank you for what?" asked Zach embarrassingly. Both him and Twilight's hair are puffed and messed up.

The pegasus then bursts out laughing hard, falling to the ground. Spike shortly joins in, landing on her.

"Let me guess. You're Rainbow Dash." Twilight said annoyed.

"The one and only. Why, you heard of me?" she said with a overconfident attitude.

"I heard you were supposed to be keeping the sky clear. [sighs] I'm Twilight Sparkle." she introduces herself.

"And I'm Zach Lanson, no questions asked." Zach said dryly.

"And the Princess sent us to check on the weather." Twilight explained.

"Yeah, yeah, that'll be a snap. I'll do it in a jiffy. Just as soon as I'm done practicing." she said as she relaxes on a cloud.

"Practicing for what?"

"The Wonderbolts! They're gonna perform at the Celebration tomorrow, and I'm gonna show 'em my stuff!"

"The what?" Zach asked confusingly.

"The Wonderbolts?" Twilight asked.

"Yep!" Rainbow Dash answered.

"The most talented flyers in all of Equestria?"

"That's them!"

"Pfft, please. They'd never accept a pegasus who can't even keep the sky clear for one measly day." Twilight said smugly, also earning a little light chuckle from Zach.

"Hey, I could clear this sky in ten seconds flat." Rainbow Dash defending herself.

"Prove it." Twilight said.

"I'll be the timer, GO." Zach said giving Rainbow no warning as he starts counting down.

Rainbow Dash starts clearing every cloud as fast as she can, making some swooshing sounds as she goes. Zach in the meantime was counting down like a timer. Rainbow Dash was nearly done and the three watchers cannot believe their eyes.

"Loop the loop around, and WHAM!" Dash finishes. "10?" Zach also finished in disbelief.

"What'd I say? Ten. Seconds. Flat. I'd never leave Ponyville hanging." Rainbow Dash said. The the three just stared with surprise looks on their faces, while sheep baa's in the distance. "[chuckles] You should see the look on your face. Ha! You're a laugh, Twilight Sparkle. I can't wait to hang out some more." Dash said before flying away.

"Wow, she's amazing!" Spike said in admiration.

"Pfft, yeah if she really was that amazing she would've been in that lame team by now." Zach said in a disappointing mood. But he was actually really impressed on the inside. Spike then starts playing with both their manes and he laughs. They grumble as they start walking to their next stop.

"Wait! It's kinda pretty once you get used to it!" Spike said trying to be nice.

"Let's just get going." Zach said.

"Decorations. Beautiful..." Spike said in a dreamy sigh. They came to a building, which is probably the tallest in the town, with banners hanging from the ceiling and ribbons hanging from the sides of the building.

"Yes, the decor is coming along nicely. This oughtta be quick. I'll be at the library in no time. Beautiful indeed." Twilight agreed.

"Not the decor, her!" Spike points to a white unicorn. She has purple wavy mane and tail with dark blue eyes. She seems to be trying to study which ribbon to use as a decoration.

"No, no, no, oh! Goodness no." She looks at the ribbons, seeing which one suits best.

"How are my spines? Are they straight?" Spike said trying to adjust himself. Twilight rolled her eyes with a smile, while Zach just lets out a quite annoyed sigh.

"Good afternoon-" Twilight was about to introduce herself.

"Just a moment, please! I'm 'in the zone', as it were. Oh, yes! Sparkle always does the trick, does it not? Why, Rarity, you are a talent. Now, um, how can I help yo- [yelps] Oh my stars, darlings! Whatever happened to your coiffures?" Rarity just stares at their manes in surprise.

"Oh, you mean our manes? Well, it's a long story. We're just here to check on the decorations, and then we'll be out of your hair!" Twilight explaining herself.

"Out of my hair? What about your hair? Rarity comes over and pushes both the ponies with her head.

"Wait! Where are we going? Help!" Twilight yelled.

"Hey, stop. Let me go!" Zach also protested. Spike started floating in mid air and uses is tail like a propeller to move forward. They came to a building with a similar style to the building they were in a couple minutes ago. It was a boutique and Rarity's home.

"No, no, uh-uh. Too green. Too yellow. Too poofy. Not poofy enough. Too frilly. Too... shiny." Rarity gives each pony a different design to see which fits them the most.

"Now go on, my dear. You were telling me where you're from." She then talks to Twilight.

"[wincing] I've... been sent... from Canterlot... to-" Rarity immediately lets go after tightening her waist.

"Huh?" was all she could say. Twilight crashes into Zach with a loud thud.

"Canterlot? Oh, I am so envious! The glamour, the sophistication! I have always dreamed of living there! I can't wait to hear all about it! We are gonna be the best of friends, you and I..." Rarity said with enthusiasm. Twilight widened her eyes at the remark.

"And what about you, kind sir?" She then speaks to Zach.

"Earth."

"...Earth?"

"Yeah, Earth, the planet I was from."

"..."Rarity stood there confused.

"He's a little confused." Twilight earned another glare from Zach after that.

"Emeralds? What was I thinking? Let me get you some rubies!" Rarity notices the emerald on Twilight's dress she was wearing, as she walks away.

"Quick! Before she decides to dye my coat a new color!" Twilight said running away.

"Or turn me to another freaky creature!" Zach remarked. Spike stares at the direction Rarity went with a big sigh.

"Wasn't she wonderful? Spike said dreamily.

"Focus, Casanova. What's next on the list?" Twilight asked.

"[clears throat] Oh, uh, music! It's the last one!" said Spike

"Finally." was all Zach had to say.

Then they started hearing upbeat chirping sounds like music. They looked at each other wondering what that sound is coming from. They find behind a bush a flying yellow pegasus with a long pink mane and tail and light cyan eyes, composing to a group of birds. One of them soon goes awfully off key.

"Oh my. Um, stop please, everyone, umm. Excuse me, sir? I mean, no offense, but your rhythm is just a teeny-tiny bit off. Now, follow me, please. A-one, a-two, a-one two three-" The yellow pegasus was then interrupted.

"Hello!" Twilight yelled out.

The pegasus made a surprised yelp and turned to see who her caller was. The birds flew away also scared.

"Oh my, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to frighten your birds. I'm just here to check up on the music and it's sounding beautiful." Twilight complimented the pegasus. She then lands near Zach and Twilight, kicking the dirt and shyly avoiding their gazes. Zach and Twilight looked at each other, wondering how to advance.

"I'm Twilight Sparkle." Twilight introduced.

"Zach Lanson." Zach introduced with a dry tone. Another long awkward silence produced.

"What's your name?" Twilight decided to ask.

"Um... I'm Fluttershy." the shy pony said softly.

"I'm sorry, what was that?"

"Um... My name is Fluttershy." this time even quieter.

"Didn't quite catch that."

The shy pony hides behind her mane and makes a frightened squeak. The birds eventually come back to their original spots on the tree.

"Great, she can't even speak her own name clearly! I'm gonna wait with shorty." Zach said impatiently, walking to Spike.

"My name is not shorty!" Spike yelled out.

"Well, um, it looks like your birds are back, so I guess everything's in order. Keep up the good work!" Twilight complimented, but receives another shy squeak.

"Oookay." She slowly backs away to meet with the others. The shy pony takes a little peek from her mane to see what they do next. "Well, that was easy." Twilight said to Spike. She then notices Spike walks toward Twilight.

"[gasp] A baby dragon!" the pegasus said with a much more uprising voice. She then bumbs Zach and Twilight out of the way.

"Oh, I've never seen a baby dragon before. He's sooo cute!" she said to Spike with admiring eyes.

"Well, well, well...!" Spike said, folding his arms and enjoying the attention.

"Oh my, he talks. I didn't know dragons could talk. That's just so incredibly wonderful I, I just don't even know what to say!" the pegasus said with a delightful voice.

"Well, in that case we'd better be going." Twilight said as she uses her magic to put Spike on her back.

"Wait, wait! What's his name?" the pony comes up behind them.

"I'm Spike." Spike answered.

"Hi Spike, I'm Fluttershy. Wow, a talking dragon! And what do dragons talk about?" Fluttershy asked.

"Well, what do you wanna know?"

"Absolutely everything." Zach and Twilight both groaned at the answer.

"Well... I started out as a cute little purple and green egg..." Spike begins his story as they walked to the library.

"...and that's the story of my whole entire life! Well, up until today. Do you wanna hear about today?" Spike asked.

"Oh, yes, please!" Fluttershy said excitingly. Before Spike could begin, he was pulled away from Fluttershy's range, only to meet Twilight's face.

"I am so sorry, how did we get here so fast?" Twilight said with a sarcastic sound. Behind them awaited a tree with a door and windows like tree house.

"So fast? We've been hearing them tell about his life's story for nearly half an hour!" Zach pointed out.

"This is where we're staying while in Ponyville and my poor baby dragon needs his sleep."

"No I don't-whoa!" Before Spike could finish, only to be sent up to the air and land on the ground.

"Aww, wook at dat, he's so sweepy he can't even keep his widdle bawwance!" Twilight said with a baby voice. Spike gave an unamused glare at her.

"Poor thing, you simply must get into bed..." Fluttershy said picking up Spike and taking him inside the library. But Twilight zoomed in to get him and pushed Fluttershy out of the door.

"Yes, yes, we'll get right on that. Well, g'night!" Twilight quickly said and shuts the door.

"And goodbye." Zach said as he opens the door and shuts it again as he finishes.

"Huh. Rude much?" Spike said irritated.

"Sorry, Spike, but I have to convince the Princess that Nightmare Moon is coming, and we're running out of time! I just need to be alone so I can study without a bunch of crazy ponies trying to make friends all the time. Now, where's the light?" Twilight asked.

"Hold on, I think I found it." Zach said and flips the switch.

"SURPRISE!" a bunch of voices yelled out, thus surprising the group. A kazoo blows right in Zach's and Twilight's face. They then moaned, knowing what's going to happen next.

"Surprise!" yelled a pink pony, who was in fact the same one they saw earlier the first time they came to ponyville.

"You?" Zach said surprised at the familiar presence.

"Hi, I'm Pinkie Pie, and I threw this party just for you! Were you surprised? Were ya? Were ya? Huh huh huh?" Pinkie Pie said with an overhyped attitude.

"Very surprised. Libraries are supposed to be quiet." Twilight said irritably.

"Well, that's silly! What kind of welcome party would this be if it were quiet? I mean, duh, bo-ring! Y'see, I saw you when you first got here, remember? You were all "hello" and I was all [gasps dramatically], remember? Y'see I've never saw you two before and if I've never saw you two before that means you're new, 'cause I know everypony, and I mean everypony in Ponyville!"

Zach and Twilight yet again groaned as the hyped pony keeps talking.

"And if you're new, that meant you haven't met anyone yet, and if you haven't met anyone yet, you must not have any friends, and if you don't have any friends then you must be lonely, and that made me so sad, then I had an idea, and that's why I went [gasps dramatically]! I just throw a great big ginormous super-duper spectacular welcome party and invite everyone in Ponyville! See? And now you have lots and lots of friends!" Pinkie showed the group they met over the day. The two took a drink they poured. As soon they drank they felt a lot spiciness from it. Their faces started sweating and turned red.

"Are you alright, sugarcube?" Applejack asked.

The two ponies ears start blowing steam and started running up the stairs.

"Aww, they're so happy they're crying!" Pinkie

Spike wondered what the reaction was about. He took a look a the bottle they poured.

"Hot sauce." Spike read.

"Ooh." Pinkie then tipped the bottle on a cupcake and eats it. "What? It's good!" she said with her mouth full.

Later that night, the party gets louder and longer while Zach and Twilight try to sleep in a bedroom upstairs. They looked at the clock and it's past 1. They moaned at how late it is.

"Hey Twilight! Pinkie Pie's starting pin the tail on the pony! Wanna play?" Spike opens the door while the music gets louder.

"No! All the ponies in this town are CRAZY! Do you know what time it is?" Twilight asked frustrated.

"It's the day before the Summer Sun Celebration. We're trying to get used to staying up at night so we can watch the Princess raise the sun. You really should lighten up, Twilight. It's a party!" Spike said with enthusiasm. Twilight then mocked the last thing he said.

"Ugh, here I thought I'd have time to learn about the Elements of Harmony but, silly me, all this ridiculous friend-making has kept me from it!" Twilight complained.

"Big deal, you still have one more day to do your stupid homework. So get over it." Zach said rudely as he lies on the ground with a blanket over him.

"Oh that's it!" Twilight had enough of Zach's attitude. He pulled the blanket off him to see him clearly.

"I've had enough of your attitude. All you've done was disrespecting everypony and pushed them away as they tried to be nice to you."

"You're a hypocrite, you've been trying to get away from everyone as fast as you can just so you can get here and do your stupid studying." Zach retorted.

"Well, at least I was more lenient."

"Whatever, look, I just want to get away from here and just get back to my real life."

"Why do you keep thinking your a human?"

"Because I AM!" Zach then gets up to get away.

"So I guess your life is so great as a human, congratulations."

Zach then stops at the remark.

"...How dare you." Zach said with a little unease, sounding like he was about to cry. Twilight just stares with a little concern in her.

"You have no idea how hard life can actually be." Zach said as he looked at Twilight. Tears were forming from his eyes. Twilight couldn't believe it, he was crying. Zach then sat down at the spot he stopped at.

"I... I'm sorry, was it something I said? Twilight asked with sincerity.

"It's... it's fine, it's just... I've been through a lot in my life."

"I'm so sorry. Do you want to talk about it?"

"No, not right now."

"Okay." Twilight then turns back to her bed.

"Hey!" Zach called out unexpectedly. Twilight turned to see what he wanted.

"... I'm sorry for my behavior today. It's just been an... unusual day for me."

"It's okay." Twilight accepted his apology. She then gives his blanket back and tucks it over him.

"Thanks. But remember you do still have one more day to study on that... thing you've been talking about." Zach said reminding her.

"Yeah, but I still have to check up on a couple things here for the celebration."

"Don't worry... I'll take care of it."

"Are... are you sure? It's a lot of work."

"It's nothing I'm not used to. I can handle it."

"Okay, thank you."

"You're welcome." Zach said this time with a polite tone.

"Goodnight, Zach."

"Goodnight."

Zach then lays his head down to the hard wood ground, but stays awake. He looks up at the moon for a couple minutes then drifts to sleep.

watch?gl=US&hl=en&client=mv-google&v=AMGXq9_IQBQ (Link to play Zach's theme.)

The next morning starts and Celestia's harsh sun rays shine on Zach's face, thus waking him up. He gets up ready to do his promise he kept to Twilight. He also starts remembering his past as a human. He sees himself in a building in New York, an orphanage, and rests on a window and watch an adopted child walk with his new family. Then he goes back looking at the stars, with a sad expression on his face. He returns to reality in a bakery with Pinkie Pie, which she works in. Zach covered his ears so he can stop hearing her babbling about her opinions on her life and teaching him how to make a cupcake. As she finishes making her cupcake and turns to talk more with Zach, she finds him gone with a cupcake on the table where he sat. She then see's the door open and opens the window curtain to see him walk away. She turns back at the cupcake and observes it with her own. To her surprise, they match. Next, Zach is at Sweet Apple Acres bucking apples. As soon as he finishes bucking another tree, after what seems like an eternity of hitting trees, he decides to call it a day. But before he can leave, he bumps right into Big Macintosh and looks up at him, and Applejack right behind her. He looks at them confused, until Applejack hands him a couple more buckets. He gets the message and rolls his eyes. He gets back to bucking apple trees and pick up a couple fallen ones. Another flashback comes into his mind, as he eats an apple near the main door of the orphanage he stays in. The door opens with a couple coming in, searching for a new child. He then comes to introduce himself and try to get them on his side, but was ignored by them. He looks with disappointment, then looks at his apple and decides to throw it away. Back again in reality, he was on a bridge, looking up in the sky, thinking of the past day of this weird but yet happy experience. Later, he was back at the library, taking a break and drinking a beverage while sitting. He turns to see what Twilight and Spike were doing. Twilight was telling a story to Spike and making funny expressions on her face. It made Zach smile for the first time since he got there. He was back to work at the boutique. He was finished stitching damaged clothing, but another stack of clothing comes piling in front of him by Rarity. He looks at her with an angry expression on his face as she walks away. 3 hours past and he was finally done. He puts his saddle bag on his back and started to leave. Rarity notices the great job he did on the sewing and couldn't leave him unrewarded. So she puts a bag of money in his bag and makes a jingle. Zach notices the sound and sees the small bag in his. He turns to Rarity and smiles at her as she heads upstairs. He returns to the library to help Twilight prepare for a little trip she has to make. He looks at Twilight and makes a small smile, starting to take a liking to the unicorn. He ties her saddle bag and waves a thank you and goodbye. He returns the gesture but frowns as she leaves. Back in Canterlot, Princess Celestia looks into a crystal ball to see Zach's memories. It shows him and what seems to be his parents in an odd looking contraption. His father was holding a wheel making light turns, while his mother sits next to him. Zach was showing in the back of it. They were human as Zach said he was. Celestia realizes he was telling the truth. All of a sudden, the father began turning the wheel rapidly, while Zach and his mother screamed. This widened her eyes, knowing something was wrong. A bright flash of light then appeared and everything changes. Zach was in a hospital bed, sobbing with a nurse trying to comfort him. Celestia's eyes turned to a sad expression. Zach was then with a group of people in an open field and in front of him was a stone tablet. She knew what it was. The group of people started to depart slowly, one by one. One person had a hand on Zach's shoulder then let's go and leaves, leaving Zach alone. He collapses suddenly, and starts crying right in front of his parents grave. Celestia started crying herself, then looks to the setting sun out her window. Back at Ponyville, Twilight came back to the library and suggests Zach to come. This widened his smile and comes running to her. She tells Zach where she's going and why. Zach then had a crazy idea, he suggests a race. Twilight happily accepted, with a confident smile. They get in ready positions, and Zach begins the countdown at three, two, one. They started galloping as fast as they could. As Twilight's trip ends, the two started sprinting back to the town. They look at each other with competitive looks on their faces. Zach then notices a pole and stands in front of him. This gives him a devious grin. He unexpectedly bumbs the pole and falls on the stand, surprising Twilight at this action. Zach runs up the pole and jumps from stand to stand, and even did a wall run, which earned a lot of onlookers watching in awe. He finally makes a big leap and lands near the town hall. He jumps in celebration for his victory, but was interrupted by a tap on his shoulder. He turns to look at a grinning Twilight stand before him. She won. He wondered how she got in front of him so fast. She showed him by teleporting right behind him. He looked behind her in wonder and both started laughing together. They finally started their run home. As soon as they got back to the library, they started taking off their gear while talking.

"[panting] Whoo, jeez do you ponies always run like this everyday?" Zach asked with a fun tone.

"[panting] Almost. We usually run if it's important or for exercising." Twilight simply answered.

"Well then, you sure have big lungs in order to run this fast and long."

"[chuckles] Well, we do this on a daily routine."

"I suppose you're right. I guess those who exercise nearly everyday gets used to it very quickly."

"You got that right."

As Twilight finished, Zach looked at her cutie mark, wondering what it is and why it's there for the past 2 days.

"Uh hey, I like to know something for quite awhile, what are those... tattoo things on your flanks?" Zach asked kindly.

"What? Oh [chuckles] these aren't tattoo's, these are called cutie marks." Twilight explained.

"Cutie marks? Really? Do they call it those on males too?"

"Yes."

"Oh... well that's a little embarrassing."

"Anyway, you see, we get these by finding our special talents. Once you find your special talent, that becomes your living."

"Oh, I see."

"Do human's get them?"

Zach was surprised at the question. "You... you believe me?"

"Well it's a little hard to believe, but I studied some books on human's and you behave, walk, and even sounded like a human."

"Huh." Zach simply replied.

"So, how was your life like as a human?"

Zach didn't know where to start on that. No one asked about his life for a long time and she was a pony. He decided maybe it's time to open up.

"Are you... sure you want to know my life?"

"Oh that's right, no questions asked, you don't have to tell me."

"No, no it's okay you deserve to know. I was a huge jerk to you and everyone who has been kind to me for the past 2 days. Besides, I want to tell you." Zach said with a smile. Twilight smiled back.

"Well, I'll tell you it started out great, I had a great father, a magnificent mother, and we had a happy life together. We were the Brady bunch, or the perfect family. We did everything together, laughed, played, and had an adventure everyday. These were the best moments of my life." Zach's smile then turns to a frown. "But then one day, all that changed drastically. When I was 10, me and my parents were on our way home from shopping for my birthday. It was my birthday when... it happened. Then all of a sudden, an... accident occurred, thus putting me in the hospital." Twilight gasped at that. "When I woke up, there were two nurses at both sides of the bed. They were surprised to see me awake, saying that I was lucky to be alive. But I wasn't worried about me. I asked where were my parents and they just answered-" Zach paused and started shedding a couple tears. "... Son, your parents are in a better place now." Twilight started crying herself. "I had never cried so much in my life after hearing that." Then without warning he felt hooves wrapped around his neck. Twilight hugged him tightly while crying on his shoulder. "I'm so sorry." Twilight said through her tears. "Hey, hey, it's okay, it wasn't your fault." Zach said hugging her back, trying to comfort her. "But you were in so much pain and I didn't know. I feel so terrible to what I said last night." Twilight said still crying. "Hey, it's okay. That's all in the past now. None of what happened 5 years ago, was your fault. You had no connection to it, and you shouldn't blame yourself on what happened all those years ago." Zach gave her a confident smile while she looked up at him still crying. Twilight returned it and wiped away her tears. "So what happened next?" Twilight wondered. "Well, after weeks of recovering from the hospital and a painful funeral, I went to an orphanage and in a way became it's... janitor." Twilight then became more curious from that. "What do you mean by janitor?" Zach paused on how to explain it. "Um well, let's just say the manager at the orphanage has a grudge against my family name. All I know is that she once worked with my father and she did something bad and got herself fired, thus ruining her reputation. But the point is she hates me. I pretty much kept the place up and running. I had to dust every inch, wash the floors, and I even learned some mechanics when I was 12. I guess it goes to show that happiness lasts only so long." He still feels Twilight hugging him and feel wet tears coming down his shoulder. He decided to change the subject.

"So, enough about me, how did your studying on that prophecy went?" Zach asked.

"...Well, actually, I didn't study on the prophecy." Twilight answered.

Zach was surprised. "What? But all that time while I was gone helping on-"

"Yes, yes, I know. But I honestly think that there's no point into it anymore."

"What makes you say that?"

"Well, I've been thinking on the Princess's decision of sending us here and... I honestly think she send us here for a reason."

"And what would that reason be?"

"To be honest, I don't know. But there should be a purpose, I just know it."

"Speaking of that studying, what is this prophecy and what is it about?"

Twilight thought for a moment on how to explain it. "It started about a whole millennia ago, there were two royal sisters, the oldest controlled the sun and the youngest controlled the moon. They both made Equestria a happy place for many years, but one day, the youngest made a decision that nearly destroyed Equestia. She refused to lower the moon and soon she turned into a great evil known as Nightmare Moon. Her plan was to shroud the whole planet into eternal night, never to let the sun rise. But eventually the older sister used powerful objects called the Elements of Harmony, to defeat her and banish her to the moon forever."

"Wow, that's... that's awful. You mean no more light, no more heat, no more rays to grow food?" Zach said in shock, knowing what could've happened.

"Yes, it would have ended all life as we know it."

"Wait, you said that the oldest sister banished this Nightmare Moon into the moon forever. How is it that the prophecy relates to her?"

"It said in the legend that she will defy the prison and return to Equestria to finish what she started."

"How?"

Twilight looked at the moon out her window. She then hovered a book next to her and opened it to the page.

"Legend has it that on the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars will aid in her escape, and she will bring about everlasting night." Twilight said as she read the book.

"I hope the Princess was right... I hope it really is just an old ponytale..." Twilight said. She looked up at the moon with the face of a unicorn darkened on it with four stars getting closer to it. Zach looked at her worried face. He can't stand seeing her like this. For the past 2 days he somehow made a feeling. A feeling he didn't expect to have. A feeling he hadn't felt for a long time. A feeling of... love. He didn't know how and why, he just felt the urge to wanting to get closer to her. But how can she love a pony who had been so mean to her from the first day they met, for that matter... a human. Zach however, felt he should follow his heart and do the right thing. For her.

"Well, if it does come true, if the prophecy is true and she does comes back, I will do everything I can to help you find a way to stop Nightmare Moon." Zach said.

"You will? But what about getting back to your home planet?" Twilight said surprised.

"That can wait. For now, I will stay for a little while longer to help you."

"Really?"

"Really."

Zach and Twilight smiled at each other. Twilight never thought he would even consider of staying to helping her stop this crisis. It brought her comfort into her heart. Suddenly a loud bang startled the two.

"C'mon, guys, it's time to watch the sunrise!" Spike said.

Moments later the group went to the town hall along with nearly the whole town coming to it. The three wait for the ceremony to start, with worried looks on the two ponies face, hoping that the prophecy doesn't come to past. Just then, Pinkie Pie comes out by their sides.

"Isn't this exciting? Are you excited, 'cause I'm excited, I've never been so excited- well, except for the time that I saw you walking into town and I went [gasps dramatically] but I mean really, who can top that?" asked the over hyped pony.

"Oh I have no idea." Zach said as he rolled his eyes.

Then the whole room was silenced by birds, chirping a melody conducted by Fluttershy. As the birds finished, a light beamed from the back of the room and lowered itself to a lone pony on the small stage. She was a tan pony with a gray mane and tail. She wore glasses and has a collar around her neck.

"Fillies and gentlecolts, as mayor of Ponyville, it is my great pleasure to announce the beginning of the Summer Sun Celebration!" the mayor announced. The ponies around the whole room cheered as Zach and Twilight stood silent.

"In just a few moments, our town will witness the magic of the sunrise, and celebrate this, the longest day of the year! And now, it is my great honor to introduce to you the ruler of our land, the very pony who gives us the sun and the moon each and every day, the good, the wise, the bringer of harmony to all of Equestria..." as the mayor paused, Zach and Twilight looked up at the moon. The stars moved even closer to the moon and touched it. The face of a mare in the moon had suddenly disappeared. This worried the two even more.

"Ready?" Fluttershy asked her birds.

"...Princess Celestia!" the mayor raised her hoof to the air.

Rarity was on a balcony and pulled down a rope and it opened a curtain as the birds sing a final melody. As the curtains were fully opened, there was nothing to be seen. "Huh?" Rarity gasped in confusion. The ponies then chattered in confusion as well.

"This can't be good." Twilight said worriedly.

"Oh crud." Zach also said in worry.

"Remain calm, everypony, there must be a reasonable explanation!" the mayor said, trying to calm down the crowd.

"Ooh, ooh, I love guessing games! Is she hiding?" Pinkie Pie said, looking everywhere.

Rarity comes out from the hallway, where the Princess was suppose to be. "She's gone!" she said to the audience. The whole crowd gasped at this.

"Ooh, she's good." Pinkie said impressed.

Zach then decides to take action and heads for the stage "Okay everyone, listen up, I don't know what's going on, nor being a leader, but I do know possibilities. She might have forgotten or without spreading panic, worse. Pegasi, you go check the capital, maybe she's still there. Everyone else, let's search the town, she could be anywhere, or-"

"[yelp]." Pinkie screamed looking up.

"What?" concerned Zach. He looked up to see a dark aurora mist, flowing on the balcony. "[gasp]." Zach gasped along with the crowd.

"Oh no..." Twilight said knowing what's happening. Zach backed up next to Twilight again, looking up at the balcony with fear and disbelief. Just then, the mist broke up, thus showing a dark female alicorn. She was wearing blue armor, her tail and mane resembled the mist, and had light blue reptile like eyes. "Nightmare Moon!" Zach and Twilight said in unison. Spike then fainted off of Twilight as the whole room stared in fear and confusion.

"Oh, my beloved subjects. It's been so long since I've seen your precious, little sun-loving faces." Nightmare Moon said with a royal like voice.

"What did you do with our Princess?" Rainbow Dash shouted out. She was about to charge her, when she was pulled by the tail.

"Whoa there, Nelly..." Applejack muffled as she holds on to Dash's tail with her mouth.

"[chuckles] Why, am I not royal enough for you? Don't you know who I am?" Nightmare Moon asks.

"Ooh, ooh, more guessing games! Um, Hokey Smokes! How about... Queen Meanie! No! Black Snooty, Black Snooty-[makes muffled noises]" Applejack shoved a cupcake up Pinkie's mouth, so she doesn't anger the threat.

"Does my crown no longer count now that I have been imprisoned for a thousand years?" Nightmare Moon said as she comes up to Fluttershy. Fluttershy cowers behind her hair with her eyes closed shut tight. "Did you not recall the legend? Did you not see the signs?" Nightmare Moon then comes up to Rarity and gives her a little slap on her chin with her mane.

"We did. And we know who you are. You're the Mare in the Moon – Nightmare Moon!" Zach and Twilight shouted her name in unison again. The audience yet again gasped.

"Well well well, somepony who remembers me. [whispers to self] And the boy seems very familiar to me. Then you also know why I'm here." Nightmare Moon said.

"You're here to... to... [gulps]" Twilight was too afraid to finish.

"To bring eternal night!" Zach said with bravery and boldness. The whole crowd gasped again to this statement.

"[chuckles] Remember this day, little ponies, for it was your last. From this moment forth, the night will last forever! [evil laughing]" Nightmare Moon laughed while lightning striked from the aurora that raised from her mane and tail. Zach and Twilight stared in fear. They both know if they don't do something and fast, all of Equestria will be doomed... forever.

To Be Continued...