Trixie

Trixie woke up from her nap that she had next to James. As her eyes opened she couldn’t help the smile that appeared on her face as she looked down at James. Her smiled turned into a frown though as she saw the wounds that she couldn’t heal. Trixie got out of bed leaving James there so he could get some more sleep. She headed for Twilight’s room to see if she had any books on what may be wrong. She arrived at the door and gave a few knocks. Trixie heard footsteps behind the door before they stopped. The door opened and Trixie was given a smile by the lavender unicorn.

“Hey Trixie. What brings you over here?”

“Hey Twi. I was wondering if you had a book on wounds that couldn’t be healed through magic?” Twilight put a hand to her lower lip as she thought. Twilight snapped her fingers and then headed for one of her many bookshelves and went looking through them. After a few minutes Twilight pulled out a book and gave it to Trixie. The book was leather bound and was called Wounds and Secrets they may hold. Trixie gave Twilight a hug for finding her this book and headed out.

Night Slash

Night Slash had to deal with six angry mares when Nightmare decided to come out of the kitchen and show herself to the group. The mares were not happy seeing this mare in their house especially when she had her arm wrapped around Night Slash. Colgate was the first to act when she grabbed a lamp with her magic and threw it at Nightmare. Nightmare easily dodged the lamp and looked at Colgate with an evil glare. Night Slash could see that Nightmare was channeling her magic in her hands and stepped in the middle of it before it got out of hand. When he stepped in the middle though he was knocked out by a stray chair that Daisy threw aiming for Nightmare.

After he was able to get back on his feet he saw that Nightmare and his brainwashed mares could have looked better. Their clothes were torn showing off their bodies but not their private areas. The house was a complete and utter mess that made it look like that a tornado went through. Night Slash groaned as he pulled himself up from the ground. He was beginning to regret having a physical body now that he knew the hassles that he had to go through. Sure when he was just an apparition he could still feel pain but it would subside as soon as it came. Now with a physical body when he got hurt it stayed with him for a long time.

As Night Slash lifted himself off the ground the mares noticed him getting up. The mares quickly ran over to him to help him on his feet. As Night Slash got up he thought he could see that Nightmare was about to cry. He pushed it to the back of his mind as he was certain that Nightmare didn’t care enough that he got hurt. He was lead to the couch after it was turned back over and sat down on it. He was then given a glass of water and he put it to his head. The cold glass helped to soothe the pain that was running through his head. As he relaxed on the couch he looked down and saw that two of the necklaces were glowing.

Nightmare saw that the necklaces were glowing and she walked over to see them. As she looked them over she recognized who they belonged to since she kept watch over the ponies even when she was trapped in the moon. Nightmare walked to the couch and sat down next to Night Slash which wasn’t a smart move. The mares growled as Nightmare was seated next to Night Slash. Nightmare had her hands glowing prepared for another attack as the mares were preparing for another fight. Night Slash put up his own hand as it glowed and put collars around the mares except for Nightmare.

“Everypony stand down right now and all of you sit.” Night Slash commanded in a harsh tone.

The mares were standing for a few seconds and then the collars gave them a shock since they didn’t sit down. As they were being shocked the mares got down on their knees and then the shocking ended. As the mares were on the ground they looked up at Night Slash with slight tears in their eyes. He just gave them a cold stare and the mares understood that they were in trouble. Night Slash turned towards Nightmare and showed her the two necklaces show she could see them better. Nightmare took the necklaces and looked them over and she knew where she saw them before.

“I know who these need to go to.”

“Well that’s good to hear. Can you please tell me so I can have a relaxing moment now that this has been dealt with.” Night Slash saw out of the corner of his eye as Lily tried to stand up.

“I told you to sit down.” Night Slash said in a very harsh tone. Lily flinched at the tone of his voice and went back down on her knees waiting for permission to get back up.

“These necklaces belong to two pegasi mares known as Misty Fly and Cloudkicker. Misty Fly is part of The Wonderbolts like Spitfire is. Cloudkicker works at the cloud factory making weather clouds.”

“So then they are not here in Ponyville then are they.” Night Slash stated starting to get irritated that these mares weren’t here.

“Sadly no they are not but you do have two pegasi mares that could get them for you.” Nightmare suggested to Night Slash as she eyed Cloudchaser and Flitter.

“I could send them but I’m not sure if they could get it done right if I’m not there to watch them.” Cloudchaser was going to say something about that but when Night Slash stared at her she kept it to her self.

“Would you like me to go and keep an eye on them so they get it done properly?” Nightmare offered putting a hand on Night Slash’s shoulder. Night Slash didn’t know why but it felt nice with her hand on his shoulder.

“If you can keep an eye on them and they get it done then by all means please go do it.” Night Slash accepted as he relaxed a little more into the couch. Night Slash took the necklaces and went towards Cloudchaser and Flitter.

“Cloudchaser you are going to get Misty Fly. Flitter you will go and get Cloudkicker. You may now stand now if you would like.” Night Slash handed them their respective necklaces and then went back to the couch. Flitter and Cloudchaser got up on to their feet as they bowed to Night Slash and headed for the door.

Night Slash looked at Nightmare and she got up from the couch to follow the mares. As she walked towards the doors she heard Night Slash clear his throat gaining her attention. As she looked at Night Slash he was gesturing across his body. It took a few seconds but she realized what he was trying to say. Nightmare snapped her fingers and she fixer her clothes so they didn’t look like she fought a timber wolf. Night Slash then gestured to the mares and Nightmare gave a big sigh. She snapped her fingers and all the mare’s clothes were fixed. Nightmare walked out the door and took off into the sky following Cloudchaser and Flitter.

Night Slash got up from the couch as she started cleaning up the house. He looked at the other four mares and nodded his head allowing them to get up. The mares got up and started helping around the house trying to make it like it was last time. With the house cleaned up Night Slash grabbed his mares and they headed out to go have a look around town.

Nightmare

Nightmare kept her distance from the mares so that she wouldn’t draw attention to herself. They were nearing Cloudsdale if she was going to watch the mares then she was going to need to change her appearance. Nightmare placed a tracking spell on the two mares as she veered off behind a cloud so she could change her look. She ran her magic through her body and got rid of her horn. Her coat color became a sky blue and her cutie mark became a rainbow. Her mane and tail were no longer ethereal but was actual hair. The color of her mane and tail became a dark purple. Her eye color became green and she didn’t have the slits in her eyes. Nightmare summoned a mirror and looked herself over happy with how she looked.

Nightmare followed the first tracker that was the closest to her. As Nightmare flew around Cloudsdale the pegasi didn’t seem to mind that she was new to the area. The pegasi just waved to her as she passed by and she returned it with her own. Nightmare had to fight the urge to vomit as she flew around because of how happy the pegasi were. Nightmare could feel her jealousy build as she saw the pegasi enjoy the sun. When Nightmare took over Equestria she was going to give them two choices that they could take. They could either accept her eternal night or they could spend the rest of their lives in the diamond mines.

Nightmare saw Flitter flying towards the cloud factory and knew that was where Cloudkicker was. Flitter landed on the front steps of the cloud factory and pressed the buzzer to be let in. Nightmare followed in behind her keeping her distance as she watched. Flitter apparently knew the layout of this building very well. She was able to walk around the place fast and took the corners fast as she looked for Cloudkicker. Flitter stopped suddenly and Nightmare had to take a few steps back to hide behind a corner.

Flitter had found Cloudkicer and was having a conversation with her. Cloudkicker had a pale persian blue coat and her cutie mark was a sun covered with a cloud. Her mane and tail were a light amber with a light yellow streak going through it. Hey eye color was cerise in color. The two pegasi seemed to be very good friends with each other since they talked like they haven’t seen each other in a long time. Nightmare watched them have their conversation and she was starting to get bored.

Nightmare saw the Flitter was going to take Cloudkicker on a walk and there was no way she was going to wait that long for her to do her job. So to speed things up Nightmare used her magic to pull the necklace from Flitter’s back pocket. When Flitter got ahead of Cloudkicker Nightmare used this chance to get the necklace around her neck. Once the necklace was securely clamped Cloudkicker stopped moving. Flitter saw that her friend stopped moving then she saw Nightmare hiding in her corner. Flitter shook her head at Nightmare who just shrugged and then walked off.

Now that Cloudkicker was dealt with she pulled up the second tracker so she could Cloudchaser. Her magic locked on to the spell and she flew out a near window for her next destination. As Nightmare flew around she saw some of the weather clouds and decided to mess with them. She flew to three clouds and put her magic in the clouds. The next time that it would rain wherever these clouds went the ponies would be in for a big surprise. The clouds were going to rain blood and scare all the ponies into thinking that ponies died in the clouds. Nightmare couldn’t help but laugh at the expression of the ponies when this would happen.

With her little plan finished she continued on towards where Cloudchaser was. As she neared where the peagasus was she saw that she went to the Wonderbolt academy. Nightmare felt a pang of worry that Cloudchaser wouldn’t be able to do this. As Nightmare neared where Cloudchaser was she saw the Wonderbolt leader showing up. At first Nightmare didn’t know who it was but when she got a better look she saw that it was Spitfire. Nightmare was now ready to have a panic attack with how complicated this got.

Cloudchaser found the Wonderbolt that they were looking for and it seemed to be going okay for now. Misty Fly had a cream colored coat that was similar to Fluttershy’s and her cutie mark was a thundercloud with a swirl of mist around it. Her mane and tail color were blue with a sky blue streak in the middle. Her eye color was also a beautiful sapphire blue that made Nightmare slightly jealous. Nightmare saw that Spitfire was getting closer and she had to do something to distract her or else they would fail. Nightmare looked around and saw another Wonderbolt. The other Wonderbolt that she recognized was Soarin and she knew that Soarin did things that made Spitfire slightly upset. Nightmare ran towards Spitfire and when she reached her she said that Soarin destroyed the locker room. This worked as Spitfire looked at Soarin very angrily and went to have a talk with him.

Now that Spitfire was distracted with having to deal with Soarin, Nightmare went back to check on Cloudchaser. As she neared she saw that Cloudchaser was having some problems dealing with the Wonderbolt. This one was being very stubborn and very rude to Cloudchaser. As Couldchaser would talk to her she would just ignore her or yell at her. Even though Nightmare could care less about the pegasus she was the only one that could treat her like that. As they were distracted with talking with each other Nightmare snuck up behind Misty Fly. As she got behind her Nightmare grabbed a metal bar that was against the wall. Once she was behind the rude Wonderbolt she lifted the metal bar up into the air and struck her in the back of the head.

Misty Fly fell on the cloud knocked out cold from the hit. Cloudchaser looked at the unfamiliar pegasus that attacked the Wonderbolt and looked at her with confusion. Nightmare looked around to see if there were any ponies that could see her. Seeing as there were no ponies that were around at the moment she quickly got rid of her disguise. With her disguise gone Cloudchaser recognized who it was and felt kind of happy. Nightmare gestured for Cloudchaser to continue with the plan and she did. With the necklace on Misty Fly Nightmare picked her up and flew through the clouds. Cloudchaser followed her as they head back to the house. As they flew Cloudchaser gave Nightmare a quick hug and thanked her for the help. Nightmare was surprised by the hug but was able to get over the initial shock since it was the necklace that caused her to be like this.

Trixie

Trixie was in the living room reading the book that she got from Twilight. As she read the book she was starting to get confused. The book was saying that there was only two know ways that cold keep wounds from healing completely. The first was the use of plants that grew in the Everfree that could keep blood from clotting. Then the other was the use of dark magic that would keep magic from working correctly. Trixie couldn’t understand how these were answers since James hasn’t been to the Everfree and his dark magic wasn’t that strong. Though as Trixie thought about it she started to think that James had been spending a lot of his time in the void room.

Trixie got up from the couch as she placed the book on the table. She headed for the basement to see what James had been doing down there. She opened the door and she could feel a slight dark presence inside. As she entered the room she used her magic to scan around. As she scanned the room she saw that there were traces of dark magic. There were areas that it was weak but in others it seemed to increase in strength. Trixie was starting to get worried because as her hand moved over the bench in the room she felt the strongest form of dark magic in the room. She walked over to the bench and looked underneath it.

Trixie saw the bag that was underneath the bench and pulled it out. Trixie sat on the bench as she opened the bag. When she opened the bag she felt her heart stop temporarily. She was looking at two advanced books of magic. She read over the titles and set the defensive book aside as she held on to the illusionary book. Trixie got up from the bench and ran for the door to show the other mares what she found. She really didn’t want to believe it but the truth was in her hands. James was learning advanced forms of illusionary magic and it was starting to affect him. Trixie reached the door but when she opened it her path was blocked by James. James was holding the book that she was reading and was now staring down at her. Trixie looked into his eyes but couldn’t read the emotion that he was trying to give off. Trixie backed away as James walked towards her closing the door behind him. Trixie didn’t know what to do at this moment and before she could try she heard James begin to speak.

Canterlot

The princesses were walking around the castle getting prepared for whatever was coming. Celestia could feel a dark presence was coming but it only seemed to be toying with her. The presence would be there for a few seconds and then disappear. This would continue on all the time and Celestia along with her sister were getting very worried with what might be coming. They may have lived thousands of years but this was the first time that they were dealing with a force they have never seen before.

Author's Notes:

Thanks to ErikTheSoulReaper on the idea of this chapter.