The sisters reached the edge of Ponyville, and the entrance to the Everfree Forest, upon the entrance a sign lay forgotten. ‘Beware all who enter the forest, for return once inside, is not an option.’ Luna and Celestia gulped at the snarled warning sign, but not because of the warning itself, but the pool of blood near it, the blood not yet congealed, gave hint that the blood was fresh. Somepony had been killed here recently, and Celestia took this as a foreshadowing of how their journey would most likely end.

“Big sister…Somepony was murdered here, pretty recently. We’d best take warning from that and trek carefully,” Luna walked slowly forward and then stopped abruptly. “DON’T MOVE!” she managed to shout to her sister. Just then, Luna broke a twig off of a nearby tree and thrusted it at Celestia’s hooves.

Celestia was confused at what Luna was doing, but an invisible bear trap snapped closed. Crushing the twig instantly, the twig was thicker than ponies bones, for it would have done twice the damage to Celestia’s hooves than she would have thought. Shocked that Luna noticed that she asked her sister, “H-How did you see that?!” she exclaimed.

Luna smiled, “The way the light shines through of course, if you look the ground seems distorted around where the trap is set. That’s how I figured it out.” Luna looked around and undid all the traps allowing safe passage into the Everfree Forest. But still no way out, once they go in.

Just as they entered the forest, the very light was sucked from the forest. The only light that penetrated was the dim sun from atop the trees. The forest was dark, and there was no way to detect any more traps, if there were any, which they knew, there were. The darkness pierced their very souls, it began to feel uncomfortable.

Celestia remembered to what Eclipse had said, “Darkness will devour light…” A sudden jolt of realization shot through her mind, “Luna we need to keep our heads. I understand what his saying means now, ‘Darkness will devour light’ He’s going to try and make us go mad! He wants us to lose sight of who we are so he can pick us off separately!” Celestia hadn’t thought of his brother as a type to plan this far ahead, and this realization scared Celestia the most.

“Oh my, tha-that does seem to fit together quite nicely with this situation.” Luna had felt her fear returning, “Alright sis, We need to stick together then. We’re going to have to stay within range of each other.” Luna kept walking, but her sister, did not.

Thoughts not her own raided her mind, desperately Celestia tried to fight them off, but the thoughts invaded her thought process and took over control of her. Celestia smiled softly, but not her normal smile, this was a smile most, sinister. Celestia caught up with her little sister, but looked at her with a certain, chilling stare. Her very eyes piercing Luna’s mind, Luna could not make sense of her sister’s behavior.

“S-Sis? Are you okay?” Luna looked into her sister’s eyes, but Celestia wasn’t there, her eyes became little beady black dots in the center of her pupils. Her hair began swaying erratically instead of her normal majestic, rhythmic pattern. Her sister’s stare became bloodshot, the veins of her eyes becoming apparent, and revealed.

“Oh me? I feel…fiiiine…” Celestia smiled softly keeping to herself, “How are you, my…small, delicate, sweet little sister?” Celestia’s breath blew off steam in the chilled air.

Luna looked stunned at her sister, something had changed inside Celestia, and…made her go…mad. ‘…As madness will to sanity…’ Suddenly Luna understood, it was her brother behind this travesty! Luna looked at Celestia, “Celestia! You have to snap out of it! Please sister, he’s gotten to your mind! You have to fight it!”

Celestia’s gaze didn’t change, though she hadn’t taken her eyes off her sister since that stare had begun. “My, my little sister, did I ever  tell you how, beautiful you are?” Celestia’s words became creepier in the darkness of the forest that lingered in the cold damp air.

Luna sighed, “You know, screw it. Celestia, follow behind me closely, you will not leave my sight, as I will not yours. Got it? Sis?” Luna stared at Celestia who stared blankly and ominously back, it was like talking to a tree stump!

Celestia let out a deep breath, her breath vaporizing in the dense forest air, “Sounds good to me, my sweet, sweet little sister.” Her gaze unchanging and slightly creepier now than ever. Her words becoming more, and more perverted, as this new part of her mind was expressing desire for her.

“CELESTIA! WE HAVE TO MOVE! NOW!” Luna screamed at her sister, though the words had sailed straight over her head, though when Luna started moving, Celestia followed suit. Closely behind, a little too close to Luna’s discretion. But as long as her sister was following her, she thought it would all be okay.

But soon the darkness, and sounds started to get to Luna, her mind slowly losing its grasp. Just then, thoughts invaded her mind not her own, she thrashed around trying to get the sensation out of her mind. When they came across a lake, and Luna’s thrashing sent her into it. Luna was not a strong swimmer and began being carried off by the current flowing in the river.

Just then Celestia snapped back into reality to notice her sister floating down the river. She rapidly jumped in after her sister, “LUNA!” she screamed after following after her little sister, both of them in the river’s grasp. Eventually the two came to a stop in the river where they shook off the water, and began again along their journey. Though they started to feel the cold damp air’s effect on their wet bodies.

Celestia attempting to keep her sister warm wrapped her foreleg around her. “D-Do not w-worry L-Luna, w-we will get through this. We w-will put a stop to our b-brother, and save E-Equestria.” Celestia stood up and they again began walking, aimlessly, into the forest around them. Unsure of where to go, the two sister begin to lose hope. When a creature of the forest, a small bunny, came to them.

Luna looked at the bunny and smiled, patting the bunny on its head. But the bunny took off, and stopped at a distance that they could see it and follow. The bunny was starting to lead them through the forest. Hesitantly the Alicorns followed, for they had no other option. But finally the bunny stopped at some sort of ruins, perhaps an older civilization that became forgotten, forgotten… ‘in plain sight!’

Celestia walked to the ruins, when hers and her sisters wings and horns re-appeared. They’d never thought they’d be so happy to see their horns and wings again. Then in a whirl of red smoke appeared, the bunny that had guided them had run off, only to be caught by the smoky entity before them.

“So this little thing guided you to me?” Eclipse said with a small gruff voice. “Well, he’s needed, no longer.” With a small squeak Eclipse stomped the bunny to death. “Now that that’s over with, I believe this is the part where I kill you.” He began conjuring a magical spell. When stopped by a strike of magic from Luna’s horn, losing his spell.

“Why you! I spent a while getting that ready for you, now I’ll just have to kill you in a more, inhumane way.” His laugh still bellowing throughout the forest. When a sudden glow started coming from his sister’s eyes. He couldn’t help but stop and look at them puzzled.

“Through this affair, we have learned to stick together! Sibling to sibling, love and friendship will prevail in the end.” Luna began saying as her eyes gleamed a sparkling white.

Eclipse’s eyes constricted, he knew the elements had mass power, but it was really showing now, he reacted hastily running towards them, but getting knocked flat onto his back by a burst of sudden magic.

Celestia’s eyes then began to also gleam the same white of Luna’s, both of them rising up from the ground, and a sudden flash of light shot from them, forming into a prism of light, and a rainbow that crashed over him fiercely.

He screamed, “IT CAN’T END LIKE THIS! HEED MY WORDS SISTERS! YOU WILL RUE THIS DAY! I WILL HAVE MY RETRIBUTIOOOOOOOOOOOOON!” The rainbow drained him of all remaining energy and magic. His body fell onto the ground, almost motionless, besides the breathes he was taking.

Celestia then walked up to her brother and cast a spell over him, confining him forever to the forest’s depths, banishing him. Almost spontaneously light again pierced the thick canopy, and Celestia smiled soflty. As for her sister, the magic had thrusted her body, and erased all memories prior to their meet up with their deranged brother. But Celestia thought maybe it was better that way.

Celestia grabbed her sister and began her way back to the castle. Worn out by the ordeal just befallen them, soon they would begin recruiting once more for the Royal Guard. Celestia felt there was something about her that was unstable, but brushed off the feeling. Celestia remembered what she had said to Luna in the forest, but decided not to tell Luna. For she didn’t want to worry her.

Soon harmony came back to Equestria, and everypony was happy again. But it is said that it is Eclipse that cast the enchantment on the Everfree Forest, causing everything to change on its own. And is said that in the depths still lurks Eclipse waiting for the moment Celestia is her weakest to break the banishment, and have his revenge upon everypony.

To this day Celestia and Luna will deny that such an Alicorn exists. They will deny the existence of their brother to avoid concern amongst ponies. But it’s said one day, that the release of the seven Elements of Disharmony  emerge, his appearance would follow, shortly after.