My Little Pony is owned by Hasbro studios. I created the characters "Dark Knight/Night Watcher" and "Night's Lance/ Eternal's Sword". The words "Kinkou" and "Eye of Twilight" were first seen used in lores by Riot Games and are used by me only for entertainment purpose.
Written by: Sixinthehood
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It took some time, but Eternal calmed himself down. He could still feel the sweat drip down from his face after his panic attack. He chanced another look at the sky, maybe hoping that the sky would show the brilliant sun again… no such luck.

“Okay… okay, it isn’t that bad. If anything I shall just need to have a word with the Princesses. I am sure the matter can be resolved quickly and efficiently, Celestia is probably doing that as I sit here.” he always spoke in this voice; he felt it was a nice in-between from royal Canterlot and village speak. By this point he was just trying to convince himself that the matter wasn’t too serious. Eternal trotted back to the stump he rested on a moment earlier so he may return to a more relaxed state and recited a calming passage from the Kinkou book of prophecies.

“All shall be revealed to the Eye of Twilight, and all shall be done quickly and without delay. No matter what event transpires, the Eye of Twilight need not worry, for he has the Power of Balance under his wings.” the passage calmed him as it always did. He was the first Pegasus to become Eye of Twilight since the founder. Many saw it as a weakness; claiming that he would be unable to use the Power of Balance to tip a battle in his favor. Although that may be true, he never needed to use it yet… but he knew the time would come, probably sooner than later. He always had the feeling that the passage referred to him specifically due to him being a Pegasus… no Unicorn could ever take this passage for themselves.

“Alright, enough helpless pondering; it is time to move out and confront the moon sister.” Eternal spread his wings into the air and twirled, releasing a black cloud that enveloped him. When the cloud dissipated he was gone, not a trace of his existence was left in the meadow.

All eyes were on the regal sister of night. Her mane and tail were filled with night sky stars; her feet and head were clad with battle armor. She looked like a battle mistress instead of the symbol of love and power that the sisters had worked to maintain ever since the incident with Discord.

“ALL SHALL LOOK UPON ME AND BOW! MY SISTER IS NO LONGER IN REIN, AND IT SHALL BE NIGHT ETERNAL,” bellowed Princess Luna. Everyone gasped and fell to the flat of their bellies at her voice. The volume at which she spoke was horrendous; it threatened to break every glass window in the building. What used to be Princess Luna looked upon the crowed and barked instructions, “Servants? Why are our tables scattered like some commoners party? We specifically ordered thy set them for a feast in our honor.” The servants all shot up with wide eyes. They darted to and fro to arrange the hall, lest the Princesses wrath set upon them all. “Thy Celestia shall not be accompanying this festive event… she is currently occupying a cell for her grievous crimes.” if looks could kill, her smile would cause genocide.

Eternal sat in the air outside the palace and watched. His eyes shot from one servant to the next, yet his indifferent expression never changed. He looked back at the Princess… she was dark. Every laugh looked maniacal and her presence itself radiated of shadows; he should know, it’s the Eye of Twilight's job to be part of them. “It appears my suspicions are correct, these will be dark times and it will be my job to stop them. Now… where is Celestia?” He sat there for only a moment longer, trying to discern what the new Luna was saying “… Celestia shall not…. Cell…for…crime,” only bits and pieces but Eternal got the message. He set his eyes on the underground entrance known to only the higher guard and relaxed his wings to begin his decent, leaving behind a streak of shadow.

“WHAT ARE THOU DOING?! I am the royal princess Celestia! Sun goddess of the land and I command thee to open this cell!” Celestia sent another pang of energy against the walls and bars, but it made no difference than the last hundred times she tried; the cell always fought back with a ripple of darkness whenever it was struck.

“Quiet in there! Princess Luna herself gave the order and the royal night guard doesn’t listen to the likes of thee!” he added a sneer to the end of his verbal assault, he felt the sun goddess was less than dirt, and deserved no less than to rot in this dungeon for the rest of her days.

“Dost thou not see her corrupt mind?! Dost thou not notice that she be a thing of darkness? She is not Princess Luna anymore, she is a malevolent being!” this hurt Celestia in her heart. She knew Luna was far gone and probably past repair, but it didn’t get any easier saying out loud that her sister has become a being of evil and darkness.

“All I see is a true ruler. Thou, on the other hoof, are nothing but scum and don’t even deserve to hear another pony’s voice. I am done here.” He turned around in time for the door across the hallway to open, revealing another night guard.

“Hail! The princess requests all guard’s presence in the royal hall at this time for a feast.”

“What of the prisoner? Shall someone be watching her?”

“Nay, the princess trusts in her bindings. She says it will not be a problem to leave her unattended for just a night.”

The first pony guard smirks back and spits at the cell where Celestia is kept. Holding the ragged smile, he trots away, leaving Celestia alone to dwell in her saddened mind.

Eternal slowly walked up after making sure no one but the princess remained. He didn’t wave off his shroud though; no need to reveal himself quite yet. Celestia looked at the ground and whispered to herself in her trembling state, “oh dear sister, where did I go wrong. Thou, wrought with sadness, have seen fit to take hold of the land in eternal darkness. Night forevermore and only the ghostly pale white of the moon to light the sky.” She looked up again and gasped. “Who is there?! Thou may hide behind thy shadow, but the darkness itself is unrecognized in this hall.” Her eyes practically pierced the black veil Eternal brought up. He dismissed it with a hoof, bringing himself into full view.

“Hello my lady, I am sorry to have been hiding at first, it just seems I have come on some dark times,” Eternal said with a bow and a flourish of his short cape.

“Manners seem to be at home with you, and aye, thou doth come upon dark times indeed. Thou seem to make a living among the darkness, would thou perhaps be a part of the Kinkou?”

Eternal raised an eyebrow at this question, “Why, yes indeed, although I did not expect the princess to remember us.”

“Thy group has helped us in the past and rid us of many worries… I assume that is why thee are here?” Eternal simply nodded back and looked upon the cell. He trots up and places a hoof on the bars, only for it to be repulsed back. Light seemed to have disappeared where his hoof touched the bar for a moment, before returning to normal.

“These bars… I had gathered enough information while spying to tell that your sister is the reason you are here. It also seems she is the reason you are going to be staying, for I do not know how to pierce this ghastly magic.” Celestia nodded back.

“I do not think it is time for me to be freed. In time I can break these bonds myself… but that will not be for a very long while.” Her posture seemed to slack after stating that, as if it brought upon more sadness.

“How long are we talking about here?” Eternal felt this was going to be a very tall roadblock.

“Over one year… exactly one if I can work most everyday on it.” Eternal sat back onto the wall. One whole year?! But the imbalance must be taken care of… Luna must be stopped! But… how. It wasn’t a question to himself, he knew there was no answer anyway.

“You may be able to break free of here, but that still leaves the problem of a certain egotistical and very powerful mare that is currently sitting in your throne room.” He pointed his hoof towards the door as if to emphasize his point.

“Yes… yes. I have something that will help with this matter. Or more like, six things that may give us the advantage and ultimately banish her power. I believe thou knowest what I speak of?” Eternal slowly nodded; the Elements of Harmony. Used once by the sisters to banish Discord to stone, elements exactly the opposite of evil and chaos, they would evaporate the sister’s evil powers on the spot.

“Why not give them to me now? I shall find ones who can use these and bring them back. Under my protection they could use them on your sister and free the land without trouble!”

“Nay, it is not that simple. Times are not righteous, and I fear there may not be any holders of the elements… outside of mine-self. Also, after we had used their powers to banish the bringer of chaos, we had separated the elements and given them into places of ultimate protection; lest their powers be molested and used for evil causes.”

Eternal stood stock still at this information. THEY WHAT!? “Wait… you took the six most powerful objects of good in the world, and you stuck them into the equivalent of dungeons spread across Equestria. That has to be the most ignorant and foolish thing I have ever heard of you two doing! No matter you are soft and totally benevolent to the point of looking entirely innocent, but you just discarded these objects as if they were common trinkets! And now you expect me to return them to you so that you can probably just drop them off a cliff? My dear, it seems Miss Luna up there might actually be a good choice compared to what we had going.” Eternal was thrust into the air and then slammed into the wall opposite the cell. Celestia was practically seething with rage, and a white aura was radiating about her as she lifted Eternal again

“DO NOT ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND OUR REASONS TO ACT! WHAT SHALL WE HAVE SAID IF THE ELEMENTS WERE STOLEN AND THEN USED TO WIPE OUT OUR SUBJECTS?” Eternal’s ears rang and his breath was coming in ragged gasps.“WHAT SHALL WE HAVE SAID IF EACH ONE WAS DESTROYED AND OUR ABILITY TO BANISH EVIL PERMANENTLY GONE FROM THIS WORLD?!” Celestia let Eternal slump to the floor, releasing her magic. She spoke again, but in a lighter tone, “I do not act like I know all that will happen, or speak as if I am the wisest in the land. But do know that my sister and I thought hard upon the elements before deciding to release them to these areas. Please, thou must gather them and return here. You do not have to be exactly on time, but within a years time will probably suit us both best.” She held out her hoof, and tossed a necklace; the sun and moon goddess, in perfect yin and yang. “That will prove most useful in your journey, if thou show that to the keeper of each element, they shall bring it to thou themselves.”

Eternal was collecting his breath, but managed to catch the necklace in his front legs. He looked upon it and could feel the magical energy flow from the perfect metal. A mixture of light and darkness was held in the jewelry, perfect balance within such a small object.

“I shall do as you command; within a year’s time I shall return… but I must ask where the elements are. I have no map and no knowledge as to their location.”

Celestia merely smiled at what he said, “no one has ever suspected such a dusty and old library to hold secrets so powerful… and true. Good bye dear member of the Kinkou, but let me ask thou a question; what is thy name?”

“Mine? I am Eternal’s Sword, Eye of Twilight for the Kinkou,” He bowed and took hold of his cape before spinning in a complete circle, letting loose a black cloud. “But you may call me Eternal.”