Guardian Chap 38

by ~Sunjian54

The Equestrian Guardian

Chap 38

Every story has two sides. Every tale, another point of view. One from the POV of the Guardian. The other from his little sister Twilight...

Canterlot Castle

3 weeks earlier....

Twilight watched on in horror as David struggled against the endless numbers of Nightmare Sol's shadow creatures. His burning blade swung back and forth, desperately trying to turn the tide in his favor. She tried every spell she knew to break Nightmare Sol's tendrils grip but none of them worked.  "DIE!!!!!!" She jerked her head up to see David glowing a dark purple and leaping into the air heading for Nightmare Sol. She watched, entranced as the Dark Guardian headed down toward Nightmare Sol, hacking his way through her dark tendrils. "YOU WON'T STOP…." Twilight gasped in horror as she saw David impaled by one of the tendrils.

"DAVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She screamed at the top her lungs, her heart shattering in her chest. Her brother… impaled by the very creature he was going to destroy. She watched… tears flowing down from her lavender eyes like waterfalls as Nightmare Sol lifted David up in the air to show him the view of Equestria that she and Celestia always looked at. "I'm sorry…" Was the last word Twilight heard David say as Nightmare Sol threw him out of the castle.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! DAVID!!!!!!! THIS AIN'T HAPPENING!!!!" AJ screamed. Fluttershy was wailing along with Pinkie, their tears flowing down the tendrils that held them.

"Why…? Why is life so cruel…? He did nothing to deserve this… Why…?" Rarity repeated to herself over and over again. Her eyes appalled by what she had seen. Dash was pounding the tendril that held her and was yelling words that no filly should've ever heard.

"Now, now girls." Nightmare said as she brought the tendrils down to her. "There's no need to cry… you should be happy. After all…" She wiped a tear from Twilight's face with her mane. "He did help give life to the greatest power in all of Equestria." She said with a wicked smile.

The voice was Celestia's, but it was cold and evil like Nightmare Moon.

"You're no great power… you're, you're, you're a DEMON!!!" Twilight screamed into Nightmare's face. "A Demon..? And what is this demon?" Nightmare asked pulling Twilight even closer, the fire burning in her eyes. Twilight gathered her courage and spoke the exact words David had told her when they had to spend a day in the Library because of rain.

"A demon is an evil creature of death and destruction. It preys on those weaker than it! It warps the minds of strong stallions and mares for fun, and it does nothing but cause pain for those who are affected by it. You are just that… an evil that deserves eternal punishment. Maybe more… you're the Queen of the Demons!! YOU DESERVE TO BURN FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE NIGHTMARE!!!!!!" She roared.

Nightmare's eyes grew wide in shock as she sat Twilight down and released her from her tendrils grip. The eyes shortly after however burst into flames. "YOU INSOLANT FOAL!!!!!" She barked as her mane swung down carving a huge gash into Twilight's face. Twilight cried in agony at the pain she was feeling. The fur on her hooves began to turn red as she tried to stop the bleeding from the wound. "Perhaps I am a demon… but at least I've given you something to remember your precious big brother by. The gash matches his perfectly." Nightmare laughed as guards began entering the room.

"Take all of them to the dungeon. Leave them to rot! I never want to see their faces again." She ordered. The guards took Twilight by the hooves and began to drag her away along with the others. "However…" Nightmare started as the guards stopped in their tracks. "Perhaps the Guardian's little sister… would like to see MY new faithful student." She said wickedly.

Twilight felt her heart break in half. There truly was nothing of Celestia left. She felt like all of the love she had ever felt was being sucked out of her. But the pain was to become even worse when she saw who this student was. At first she didn't recognize the pony. But then she noticed the hat and the cape. "Hello Twilight Sparkle." Trixie said menacingly as she walked toward her injured body.

"Are you surprised to see Trixie? You shouldn't be. Empress Sol has given Trixie everything she needs. Power, fame, respect!" She barked putting emphasis on respect. "You humiliated Trixie once before, and then the Guardian did the same. BUT NO LONGER!!!!" She shouted throwing her hooves into the air. "Now that the Guardian is dead the Empress can rule without fear of being overthrown! No pony in the WORLD is capable of stopping her. And once her rule is over…" She whispered drawing closer to Twilight's ear. "Trixie…Will…Be…Empress." Her voice was like ice flowing into Twilight's ear. Everything Celestia and Luna had worked so hard to create would be destroyed by these two and there was nothing anyone could do.

"Oh… and Trixie knows something about the Guardian that even he didn't know." She chuckled as she once again whispered into Twilight's ear.

"Nightmare Moon killed his parents."

Twi's eyes shot open! What did she say? David's parents had been killed by Nightmare Moon? It couldn't have been true. "You're lying! David's parents died in a car crash!" She shouted as her anger began to spark.

"Yes they did. But who do you think caused the crash?" Nightmare said giggling. "It wasn't that hard. Disable a few brakes, break a few engine pieces, and everything falls into place." Twi's heart collapsed inside her. David never knew the truth about how his parents died.

"Now away with them!" Nightmare commanded. Twi's eyes burned with tears as she and her friends were taken away. "GET IN THERE!!" The guard commanded throwing them all into the dungeon. Twilight walked over to the only window they had in their cell and looked out at the dark magic that was slowly engulfing Equestria. "Without David… all hope is lost." She said sadly. "Now sugercube don't give up so easily." AJ said trying to comfort her. "Stop… you know its true AJ. Without David there isn't anyone who can stop Nightmare Sol from ruling Equestria." Twi said giving up all hope. "It's not Equestria she wants." A voice said from behind all of them. Twi jerked her head to see Luna herself in the corner of the dungeon. "What she wants is to kill everything." Next Chapter: Chapter 39 Estimated time remaining: 1 Hour, 21 Minutes