Chapter 20: Nightmare Rising (and falling rather quickly)

A/N: 20 chapter special. 4300 views. Happy writer. Thanks to Twiphase for the OC Gladio Scutum (Glad The Mad)

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I lay in my bed, pleased with the outcome of the previous day: beating Chrysalis to the toilet, learning dark magic basics and scaring the psychiatrist Shimmering Skies. It felt good to finally get revenge on the one who convinced me to become a mare. I switched off the light and put in my earplugs because Chrysalis snores like hell. In my human form, I rolled over a few times and got comfortable, welcoming the nice sense of sleep.

That night was the first night in a long time I dreamt about Earth. I dreamt about my family, my mum and dad, my sister and my cat. Ethan Stone was there as well, alive not dead. It was a pleasant dream and a good reminder of Earth, until I was interrupted by a certain night princess.

"Is this your home world?" Luna asked,

"Yeah," I replied happily,

"Tia should not have pulled you away from it," Luna stated,

"I know right, and now she threatens that if I get out of hand, she'll make me into a mare again and take away my changeling and dark magic," I complained,

"Tia is a weak ruler," Luna suddenly said, angrily,

"I wouldn't say that…" I said nervously. Luna glared at me and said,

"I did have the power to stop her at one point. My true powers left me when I was hit by those damned Elements of Harmony,"

"Are you feeling okay?" I asked Luna,

"no," she said and left my dream. I shrugged and got back to my family. I pretended to talk to them,

"Mum, Dad, Hannah, I'm not dead. I'm in a good place and am doing good things. I love you guys so much but I can't get back. I have got friends here. Goodbye Mum, Dad, Hannah. I love you guys so much."

GEORGE'S MUM'S POV

I awoke from my dream. It was a lovely one, my presumed dead son saying he wasn't dead and in a good place and that he loved us. I couldn't of asked for a better one. I walked downstairs to see my husband sitting at the table, drinking a cup of tea.

"G'mornin'" he said, "any dreams?"

"Yes actually," I replied, "George was it it. He said he wasn't dead and that he loved us,"

"I had the same dream," he said as Hannah came downstairs,

"I also had this dream," she said.

"Do you think he is dead?" Wiktor, my husband asked,

"Well if that was him contacting us via dream, he can't be dead can he, but he said he can't get back from wherever he is. He could be in another universe for all we know," I replied.

GEORGE'S POV (don't expect much more of George's family in this fic)

I awoke from my dream and relaxed in bed. I kept my earplugs in just in case Chrysalis was still snoring. I turned on my phone and went to my pictures. Pictures of my family, selfies, screenshotted memes and others. I went on to Flappy Bird and had a go on that rage infusing game. I hit a pipe at my 43rd. Pretty good for an attempt after not playing it for almost a year. It's hard to believe it's been 1 year since I arrived in Equestria and slapped Celestia. I sighed and took off my earphones, Chrysalis had stopped snoring. She was outside my room. I got out of bed in my pyjamas and walked to the kitchen. I remembered to ask Fluttershy for more bacon, I was running low ever since Chrysalis moved in, all she seemed to eat was bacon. There was a knock at the door. I looked through the window at who it was and quickly shapeshifted into my changeling form: it was King Nightshade and another changeling. I opened the door and bowed out of respect,

"King Nightshade," I greeted,

"Greetings Prince George, I understand Queen Chrysalis takes residence here?"

"Yeah, she does," I said, "I'll take you to her."

I yelled to Chrysalis,

"Yo Chrysalis, King Nightshade's here,"

She dashed to the front door and pushed me out the way,

"Greetings, King Nightshade," she said and Nightshade replied,

"Queen Chrysalis, I understand that you have no protection for Prince George. This is Gladio Scutum, he is my strongest and best sergeant. I wish for Prince George to have him as his bodyguard,"

"Do I get a say in this?" I asked,

"No," said Queen Chrysalis and King Nightshade together.

"Do you accept this gift?" Asked King Nightshade to Queen Chrysalis,

"Indeed I do," replied Chrysalis, "thank you for your kindness, King Nightshade."

King Nightshade walked off and left Gladio Scutum here.

"So.." I said, trying to create a conversation.

"So.." He replied, "listen here, I don't want to be your guard but since King Nightshade ordered me to be, I am," his plain green eyes seemed to glare at me.

"Whatever," I said, "what can you do?"

"I can obviously shape shift, use basic magic. I am very physically strong. I know some combat magic and some healing magic," he replied,

"Interesting," I mused, "can you go make me a sandwich?"

"No," he said, "I'm your bodyguard, not your slave,"

"Fine," I groaned and said, "I'm gonna show you something,"

I shapeshifted into my human form and rubbed my necklace. Sombra's smoke form rushed out and said,

"Who is this?"

"That's Gladio Scutum, he's my bodyguard," I replied.

"Okay," he said, "when do you want me to guide you to Luna and Celestia's old castle?"

I shrugged,

"not now," I said and yelled to Chrysalis,

"Hey Chrys, I'm going out for a bit,"

"Okay, and never call me that again," she replied.

"Come along Glad," I said and he grumbled,

"Do not ever call me Glad,"

"I am superior to you, Glad, I can call you what I want,"

"Gahhh," he grunted and I chuckled and left the house. Sombra disappeared and Glad looked around, suspicious of every single pony in town. I grinned at his nervousness. I walked to the library, and opened the door. As soon as it opened, Twilight cried out in shock and a purple bolt of magic connected with my chest.

Glad rushed at Twilight in anger, snarling wildly. He tackled her and was about to start landing blows on her until I yelled,

"Glad, stop!" He complied and Twilight glared at me,

"George, who is this?" Twilight asked, cross with me,

"That's Glad The Mad," I replied, "he's my bodyguard,"

Glad growled at me, "I told you, do not call me Glad,"

"And I said that you can't order me around because I am your superior. But anyway, what did that spell do, Twilight?"

"Nothing much," she replied, "just a minor x-ray spell,"

"Cool," I said, "what do you know about dark magic?"

"Not that much, but I do know that if you use it to often, it corrupts you. Princess Luna, before she was banished, used it quite a lot. That is why she became Nightmare Moon," she replied.

"Fascinating," I replied and asked,

"Can you take me to Celestia and Luna's old castle?"

"Absolutely not! It's right in the middle of the Everfree Forest and I'm not in the mood,"

She replied,

"Urgh fine," I said and left. I walked past the school yard and watched all the kids play for a bit. Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom and Scootaloo all waved at me. I waved back and saw two other kids walk up to them. I overheard them insult the three fillies so I walked up, Glad following me and said,

"Hey, you two!" I called to the two fillies teasing the CMC. They walked over.

"Were you two teasing those three fillies?" I asked,

"Yeah, so what?" Said the purple one, not giving a fuck.

"Well, I do not appreciate you two bullying them, neither does my bodyguard here. So we want to teach you two a lesson," I beckoned to Glad and he fired his magic at their faces. They each gained one beard and moustache. I burst out laughing and even Glad cracked a smile. The two fillies each reddened and dashed off, embarrassed. The CMC walked over, laughing.

"Thanks George," Apple Bloom,

"No problemo," I replied and walked off, Glad The Mad following. I was extremely bored so I rubbed my horn and Sombra appeared.

"Well, it's about time, I am just as bored as you, y'know,"

"Whatever, take us to the castle now," I commanded. We walked to the Everfree Forest and he appeared in solid form, without his horn.

"Follow me," He said. We did. We walked into the Everfree, brambles threatening to rip my clothes and skin, distant roars of creatures rang out. We continued on. I trudged through the mud and Glad looked even more depressed then usual. We arrived at the castle and Sombra said,

"Feel free to explore all you want,"

He disappeared and Glad and I walked in. I looked around at the architecture. It was a brilliant design and fantastic ruin. The place seemed haunted, it felt like another presence not Glad or I was inside. We wondered around, taking in the sights. We walked into the throne room and I gasped in shock. In the middle of the room, was two pieces of armour. Nightmare Moon's armour. A voice whispered in my head,

'Go to the armour, look at how amazing it is,'

I was mesmerised by it. Entranced, I said to Glad,

"Hey Glad, you should stay back,"

He nodded and I walked forward towards the armour.

'That's right, look at the armour, you want the armour,'

I did want it, I wanted to wear it, to see how good I would look in it,

'Put on the armour, think how good you would look in the beautiful armour,'

I shapeshifted into my changeling form and put on the chest plate. Tightening the straps until it fitted.

'Good changeling,' the voice whispered in my head. I picked up the helmet and slipped it on. A brilliant white light burst out after I put the helmet on and the voice laughed triumphantly,

'you are easy to manipulate, I have to thank you for being my new host, you will do well serving me,'

I groaned, unable to control my body. I shapeshifted into a new form, Nightmare Moon's. I tried to shapeshift back but I couldn't.

NIGHTMARE MOON POV

"Prince George?" Glad asked but I felt my mind be completely overwhelmed by a new force. The nightmare forces. I said,

"Who is George? I am Nightmare Moon and you will be my loyal captain,"

"No!" He yelled but the nightmare forces overwhelmed him too and he became the first of my new guard. I let out a crazy/evil laugh and forcefully lowered the sun and raised the moon. I felt Celestia and Luna fight back but their resistance attempt was futile. I laughed and declared,

"The night shall last forever! And now, as my first act of queen, I will destroy Celestia!"

Speaking of the devil, Celestia and Luna teleported in and said,

"Nightmare Moon, how are you here?" Celestia asked, angrily,

"Oh hello Celestia," I said, "you know, it's easy to take over a form who already resents you,"

"Who did you take this time?" She growled,

"Ponyville's resident human," she laughed.

Celestia was furious, she shot her magic at me and I returned fire, my dark magic overwhelming hers rather quickly. She was blasted back and I quickly said,

"Do you know what it was like to be banished for 1000 years? Well now you can find out!"

I shot my magic at her body and teleported her to the moon. Luna was outraged,

"How dares thou!" She yelled and I replied,

"Alright Luna, I'm going to give you a choice. You can join me and embrace your dark powers or you can be sent to the moon with your sister. I remember what you said last night, you hated her. She's a weak embarrassment to Equestria,"

Luna looked unsure and my smile widened,

"So will you join me?"

She glared at me, "never,"

"Alrighty then," I said and we magic duelled, our magic combining. I pushed back at her and defeated her rather easily. She was immediately sent to the moon and I laughed crazily once again. Glad looked up at me and asked,

"Hey, Queen Nightmare Moon, should I call you that or George?"

"Call me Nightmare Moon, the original possessor of this body is under my control now,"

"Yes Nightmare Moon," Glad replied.

"Alright, now I've dealt with Celestia and Luna, I should either get the elements of harmony on my side or destroy them, Glad, what do you think?"

"Well to be honest, my queen, turning them to embrace the darkness could be hard but there is a way,"

"What?" I asked, curious,

"Well, the actual element of harmony objects can be manipulated to serve you instead of Celestia. Then, once they put them on, they will start to magically convert the bearers onto our side. 1000 years of Celestia ruling followed by 1000 years of you ruling. That's fair, right?"

"It could work," I admitted.

"The spell should be somewhere in the library," he said, "I'll go have a look,"

He went to the castle library and spent about half an hour there whilst I looked over my new alicorn, female body. My mane and tail flew out my head and flank into an ethereal cloud. Glad The Mad returned with the spell book and I looked over it. I said the spell out loud,

"1000 years of sunlight,

1000 years of moonlight,

The object's code,

Rewritten to be fair,

This will only reverse,

Once one's mind has been freed."

My horn lit up and as soon as I finished, Twilight and her friends rushed in,

"What have you done with George, Nightmare Moon?"

"I was George," I stated and they handed round the elements to each other.

"Prepare to lose, Nightmare," said Twilight confidently and I laughed,

"Take a shot, Twilight,"

They prepped their spell and I cast my own over the elements. Whilst they were levitating in the air, the colour of the elements changed from gold to match the colour of my armour, a silvery blue. They slowly fell to the ground and the clasps on them disappeared into a solid silvery blue chain. Twilight tried to take hers off but it refused to budge from her head. I laughed again,

"I have to thank you girls for this opportunity. Now the elements are on my side, you cannot harm me and in a few hours, you will all be completely loyal to me,"

"Yeah right, I'd never betray my princess," said Rainbow Dash confidently,

"And who is your princess?" I asked,

"Nightmare Mo- I mean Princess Celestia," she said, shocked.

They all paled and I laughed again.

"I'd never betray Princess Celestia," Twilight spoke, "I'm Nightmare Moon's top student,"

They all looked at her alarmed.

"What?" She asked then realised what she said, "oh buck,"

Rainbow Dash was muttering to herself, "my name is Rainbow Dash, I am a loyal resident of Ponyville and my ruler is Princess Celestia. My lives goal is to join The Shadowbolts,"

I laughed,

"See, you are all already being converted, and there is nothing you can do about it,"

Twilight's eyes suddenly lit up,

"You are wrong, Nightmare Moon, we might all be coming under your control but underneath your dark exterior, I know the real George is fighting you for control, I can see it in your eyes,"

"He is not," I gritted my teeth, he was.

"All you need to be shown is that ponies do like your night sky. If they didn't, there would be no astronomers, or ponies that dream of going to space. If you keep the world in eternal night, ponies are just going to resent you even more. Without sunlight, the crops won't grow so we'll just enter a never ending famine and have to live off grass, and that's a finite resource so eventually everypony will die because of you,"

"Your bluffing," I claimed,

"I am not," Twilight said, "listen, Queen Nightmare Moon, my royal highness, your night sky is loved so very much, you can go back to ruling the nightmare dimension and know that everypony loves the night sky,"

"But, they all sleep through my night, they resent it," I said,

"No, they sleep through the night because ponies don't have the energy to stay awake throughout day and night, and nighttime is best for sleep because it is darkest," Twilight said,

"If you say so," I said and I left that body but left my armour with my host, he did want it that much. The spell I cast on the elements reversed.

GEORGE POV

I groan and get up in my changeling form. I have to concentrate a lot more to shapeshift now. I notice one thing that wasn't there before: I was wearing Nightmare Moon's armour and I could see no way to get it off.

"What happened," I grunted and Twilight replied,

"It's a very long story. Where is Princess Luna and Princess Celestia?"

"Oh as Nightmare Moon, I sort of banished them both to the moon," I laughed nervously.

"You did WHAT?" Twilight yelled and then said, "can you get them back?"

"I can try," I said and concentrated extremely hard. A blue ray shot out of my horn at the moon and Princess Celestia and Luna appeared in the castle. I passed out from exhaustion of doing so many spells at once.

I awoke in the hospital, I hadn't been there for a while. I was in the same ward as when I first arrived. I was still wearing Nightmare Moon's armour, and I couldn't get it off.

A/N

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