Dear Celestia...right now, I was going through a huge headache, almost bordering on a migraine moment...and it was hurting so much whilst I was trying to sleep and dream peacefully, but it didn't seem to be working.

I had seemed to be dreaming and it was quite a heavy dream as I was even struggling to find way to wake up as I normally would. I was moving about and shaking a little fierce until I saw a jump scare moment that made me scream my lungs out with extreme fright.

I woke up after a sudden shock as I took deep breaths and tried to calm down, wondering if what I just had was a very bad dream or something worse...no, Princess Luna could possibly give me that dream unless it was a warning or something. Checking through my surroundings just to be sure, I looked out the window to see it still the night-time before checking my pocketwatch.

"Hmm, it's only been 10 minutes since I went to sleep." I said to myself.

I then felt a moment of coldness, but I wasn't physically...it was something else as if a chill presence had arrived, I got out of bed and no sooner did I feel my hooves contact the floor, I heard a weird  voice calling in my head.

Yeeeeeeessss...walk out of the home...see the awful truth that has finally caught up to you.

"Who is that? Explain yourself!" I exclaimed, feeling worried.

I got no reply as I left my bed, past the sofa and towards my door before I heard that voice again.

That's right...open the door...see Ponyville for what it REALLY is.

"Not until you tell me who you are and what is going on out here." I replied firmly.

You will find out shortly...now open it!

I sighed and opened the door and walked out to find...the whole town just normal, but not exactly. I walked across the whole town to find the place completely silent underneath the moon, but there was something odd about the moon. It wasn't a normal colour, it was in red...I was beginning to realize that something strange is going on here and there's a source of evil nearby.

I then noticed red stars appearing in the night sky and began to form a shape, like a constellation which was what Twilight described it as. Suddenly, white lines began to appear between each star, making the constellation more clearer and then I began to feel a more intimidating sense of eerie around me.

The voice in my head spoke again.

Don't stand there you so-called pony, see the whole of town for yourself...even visit the apple farm if you wish.

Shaking my head, I walked over and into the library home to find the whole place dark and silent. There was no sign of Twilight and Spike at all, not even her pet owl was here, so I left the library confused.

Beautiful, isn't it? The sound of silence...but we're only just getting started.

"Get away from me!" I yelled as I heard the voice my head.

I went straight to Sugarcube Corner to see nopony around here either. Not even the sound of Pinkie's laughter was present, it was all silent.

I galloped to Carousel Boutique, hoping my marefriend was there. But there was nothing going on here as well, the sound of the sewing machine, the humming noises from Rarity and the generosity of sharing her love with me was not there, now I was beginning to feel scared.

You should be by now...but I will let you go elsewhere if you don't believe me.

"No...I can't be scared of you!" I replied trying to not let my voice break.

I then flew up and straight to the cottage, but there was no Fluttershy around and her animals were not there as well. No presence of her kindness was around here...I then whooshed over to Sweet Apple Acres where I had the same reception, no sign of trees being bucked to make the apples fall, Applejack and her family were not present at all.

This left me with one place to look, so I flew up and up to Cloudsdale and my jaw dropped to find the whole city of clouds completely deserted, no doubt that Rainbow Dash wouldn't be here, based on my earlier encounters. Now I felt incredibly worried before I noticed the blue sky turning into complete black with the stars going from white to red.

I flew back to Ponyville and by now, the eerie presence was more stronger and more evil. Now I was certain, this is all the work of a powerful foe that has arrived here, but who is it and what purpose is he trying to prove here, why does it have to do something with me?

"Wherever you are...come on out and show yourself you evil freak!" I demanded.

I then heard hoofsteps approaching in front of me, I looked ahead to see a huge cloak covering the whole pony. The source of evil around me was getting darker and colder, this pony must be the reason behind all this, how can it have so much power to pull this off?

The pony then stopped as he was just thirteen feet away from me, he moved his head up slightly before I saw a quick gaze in his eyes...it screamed out dark red like fresh blood, I startled at the sight and jumped back quickly.

"Good, I have your full attention." he commented.

I tried to regain my composure and remain brave and focused.

"You s-s-sure do and you will r-r-regret it, now tell me who you are this instant!" I demanded.

"Fool! You are in no position to order this pony around!"

"I do have the right, actually, for I am an alicorn myself...it's a shame you don't know-"

"I am aware of who you are and what kind you are...for I have seen you before!"

"Seen me before?" I pondered for a moment, "But how could you have done, what makes you think I am somepony you're looking for?"

"I have travelled a far, far path to finally see you again and I always knew that one day I would...or in this case, one dark night."

I snarled back, "For what, a chance to solve a problem...or something you wanted to finish but never could?"

"It goes much further than finishing off what I started...but now that we have met again, it is time for you to accept."

"Hah! You can't possibly expect me to be a pushover, I still don't know who you are, but if you know what's good for you, you turn your flank around and go away so Ponyville can be left in peace."

"SILENCE!" he shouted before clearing his throat, "Then perhaps this will recollect your memory..."

"What do you mean?"

He then began to sing a disturbing musical piece.

"You were the one that got away, when you witnessed the lives that left you.

The spilling of the blood, the sound of the bullets that rang through what was true.

That one dark night which was meant to be your last,

was denied for when the light shined, trying to run from your past."

"B-b-b-blood...b-b-bullets....my p-past..." I said, trying to shiver. "No...no, no, no...you can't mean..."

"I mean all that was witnessed as you saw the demise of what you called love,

but they are not with you and there is no point looking up to the above.

For I was the one who performed the deed in Fillydelphia all along,

now it is time to show myself and make you and all you hold dear...GONE!"

He then let out a deafening roar that caused trembles around us, he then pulled off his cloak to reveal himself for what he truly is...he showed himself as a dark black alicorn with several armour attachments in steel silver with his unicorn horn made of the same material.

"Now...do you remember?"

"NOOOO...the one who killed my parents in Fillydelphia? YOU HEARTLESS MONSTER!" I shouted as I began to control my emotions.

"Call me whatever you want, it makes no difference."

"But my parents NEVER did anything to you."

"You are right, they were just 'unfortunate' to cross my path when they saw me and my members performing an illegal crime...they had to be silenced!"

I began to show off my anger and my tears as I tried to find to way to build up strength to take him down.

"Now stay where you are...for I will do you a favour by sending you to see your parents...from the gates of Tartarus!"

He then blasted a bit of his dark magic but missed as I jumped out of the way in time.

"Hmph! You're faster than I expected, this is going to be a great battle...don't worry if you lose, your sister will join you before I am done."

"Sweet Chocolate...no, you will NEVER find her!"

"Oh but I can and I will...take this!"

He then pounced before I moved out of the way...I then took a shot with my magic to attack him...direct hit, but it didn't seem to faze him.

He then showed off his defiant laughter, "You worthless pony! Your alicorn strength is no match compared to mine!"

"Then I will keep trying...and soon, I will avenge my parent's deaths ...and you will be the one gone from here forever!"

"Just try!"

We then engaged into a battle of magic and physical attacks that lasted for a long time as well as battling all over Ponyville whilst I was trying not to damage the town that was still deserted...but no matter how I hard I tried, I was beginning to lose strength in carrying on. I had scraped him several times and he had a few cuts, but he wasn't that hurt one bit.

"Your struggles against a losing battle is worthless...accept your fate now and I promise to finish you quickly."

"A tempting offer...whatever your name is, but I have learnt far much more in the way of spells than you would know."

"I am the alicorn tyrant known as Dark Wonder and suit yourself...try this!"

He then disappeared before I saw several of him, he must've used a temporary decoy spell...I then remembered back to all the spells I learnt from the book...then it hit me. I started off with the pony identification spell I used before to locate the real Pinkie Pie, sure enough, I read the one on my centre right as the real deal...I then zapped my magic at him but he dodged and soon all the decoys disappeared.

"So you have learnt from books, that is nothing, all alicorns learn from books...how about a hurricane to destroy Ponyville?!"

He reappeared above me, flying as he spun in a big circle, causing the evil fog and wind to rise up and form into a hurricane, I then flew up and studied the direction the hurricane was moving. I remembered my anti wind spell back when I took care of that tornado outside the Wonderbolts academy. I then spun around the huge hurricane to bring it to a halt and it all turned into a gentle calm air once more.

"Impressive...it seems your time in Ponyville has trained you well. So much for wanting to move on from your past and dismiss it entirely!" Dark Wonder complimented.

"You're wrong! I would've been far too weak to face you and your cronies back then." I remarked.

"Actually, my cronies were decoys of me all along...that's right, even as an evil genius, I can have fun too."

"So not only are you a tyrant, you're a troll too?"

"As I said before, I don' t care what you call me...now if we are through...TAKE THIS!"

He fired another dark beam at me which was more stronger than before, but I created a huge bubble shield spell to protect me from the blast which worked. He fired several more which to my sadness was able to damage some of the buildings around Ponyville as I moved too fast for him.

"That does it, you little annoyance...I'VE HAD QUITE ENOUGH OF YOU!"

He then casted a spell on me...I couldn't move, I was stuck like a statue.

"Got you at last...you cannot save yourself from what you know is true, now say your farewell to this cruel world."

Dark Wonder began to swoop towards me with the intention to run his horn right through my heart...when suddenly, a bright light shone around the whole area and I saw three ponies appear in the centre before the light vanished.

"Bond Racer...are you alright?!" I heard one of them ask.

"Yeah...not a scratch, I'm glad to see you three here..." I replied.

It was Celestia, Luna and Twilight, I was relieved...then I saw a fourth mare appear.

"Sweet Chocolate!" I exclaimed.

Suddenly, I saw Dark Wonder regain his focus and noticing the appearances of the mares.

"Hah! So you decided to show up after all? No matter, I'll beat all of you one by one!" he yelled.

I grinned slightly at him, "It's funny you know, despite you being all powerful and magical, you have NO friends, you stand alone against the world...but you wouldn't know that, you might wanna ask Discord except you can't because he's reformed."

"Discord? Don't make me laugh! All it takes is one tempting offer to assist an evil being and he'll be back to his old ways, I foresee it!"

"Don't you talk to my bro that way, we'll put you away for good!" Sweet Chocolate scolded. "You WILL pay for killing our parents and trying to destroy us!"

"Good, good...use your aggressive feelings, mare...let the hate flow through you."

Now where did that line come from?

"Waaaagggghhh!" Dark Wonder shouted as he released a huge shock wave of magic, knocking all of us down by surprise.

"Ugh...he is far much stronger than I thought..." I struggled to say.

"Silence, Bond Racer! Now it's time for you to say farewell to this life."

He then made his move towards me with an evil grin until a beam knocked him off guard.

"Argh! What is this now?!"

I looked to see that the beam came from Sweet Chocolate, there was a bit of smoke coming from her mane on her head. She then sighed and swept her mane to one side to see... a horn!

"WHAT?! Sweet...you're an alicorn too?" I asked in surprise.

"Yes bro...I always have been." she replied before starting to tear up, "I'm sorry for not telling you this before, but I was just so ashamed of who I really was. The truth is...our parents wanted me to accept who I was, but I didn't because of the myth that alicorns have longer lives than other pony types, that's why our parents argued at me and why I really left."

"Sweet...I just can't believe it...but why tell me at a time like this?"

"WHO CARES!" Dark Wonder intervened, "Maybe your parents will be able to tell you that when I take care of both of you right now!"

He then shot another beam at us, but Sweet galloped to my side and performed a bubble shield to protect us...I felt my sister's power and it was even stronger than mine.

"What...why isn't it working?!"

"It's because I said before, we have one magic more powerful than yours and that is friendship!" I replied. "Now...it's time to d-d-d-d-DUEL!"

Sweet and I then jumped up and flew in the sky in unison as Dark Wonder did the same, he attacked once more but we fought back with our own magic beams that shone bright lights.

"Come on, you two...you must save us and Equestria!" Celestia exclaimed who got up and was recovering.

"Yes, you have to restore peace and harmony for us all!" Luna added who was the same.

"Do you have anything that can help overcome the Dark Wonder's power?" Twilight asked me.

"Wait...that's it...the power combo spell, it's the last spell I learnt in the book!" I exclaimed.

We aimed our beams at his eyes, blinding him for a moment, giving me a chance to speak.

"Sister, the power combo spell is a spell where if a unicorn or an alicorn creates magic, the energy can be combined with another said's magic power which makes the overall attack twice as powerful!" I explained.

"Are you sure about this, bro?" Sweet asked.

"I'm sure of it...and we have to, or we'll lose everything that we've gained in our lives right here."

"Okay, bro...let's do it!"

Shortly, my sister and I touched horns and began to create a huge magic...and it was twice as bright which nearly enveloped the entire area in brightness...blinding the Dark Wonder even further.

"NO...THIS CANNOT BE!" he shouted.

Then, our eyes brightened and we turned our attention to Dark Wonder and shot off a mighty-sized beam at him.

"NOOOO....AARRRRGGGHHHH!!!" he screamed in agonizing pain until his scream starts fading into complete silence.

We then flew down to the ground and when we opened our eyes, we saw that the Dark Wonder was gone.

"THEY DID IT!" Twilight yelled in delight.

"Yes...the Dark Wonder is gone forever..." Celestia assured.

"That is wonderful news, sister." Luna responded.

Sweet and I hugged with tears of joy as we knew that we made our parents proud that they can finally rest in peace and in happiness. Soon, the eerie presence began to fade away and we started seeing the normal night-time of Ponyville restored along with all of the ponies living here.

"Look, Ponyville is back to normal!" Twilight pointed out.

"And now, it's time for us to have a good night...for real this time under the watchful eyes of the real moon." Luna stated before she flew up and away in the sky away from Ponyville.

"Bond and Sweet, you were incredibly brave in facing your fear and overcoming it." Celestia said, looking at us. "We are all proud of you...I believe it is time for you to become the alicorn that everypony can aspire to with faith."

"Really Celestia, you want me to be a Prince?" I asked in surprise.

"Yes, you have proven to be far worthy to be awarded the title." she then turned to my sister, "Sweet Chocolate, you were also able to bring out your true appearance and with Bond's Faith and magic, it created enough power to defeat the Dark Wonder for good. Would you also consider the honour of being a Princess?"

"Well Princess, it would be a great honour, but I only just got used to accepting who I really am and I have the best life with all going well for me...I would have to turn that title down." Sweet replied with a smile.

"Very well, I understand your reasons. The coronation for Twilight and Bond will start tomorrow...you all need to get some rest before the day...I bid you all a goodnight."

Celestia said no more and with a smile, she flew up returning to Canterlot, leaving me, my sis and Twilight.

"Celestia's right, we should get some sleep...where are you gonna be sleeping, sis?"

"Oh Sweet can sleep in my library for the night, I'll have a bed made in my upstairs room, just below my bedroom." Twilight replied.

"Thanks Twilight...by the way, nice to meet you."

"Same to you too."

They then shook hooves and shared a slight giggle, before sharing a hug with me before they walked into her home. Then I saw Rarity gallop to me and almost tackling me to the ground.

"Oh Bond Racer, my darling!" Rarity exclaimed, "What happened? All I saw was a nightmare coming true!"

I shed a tear, "It was a past memory that finally caught up with me, but me and my sister overcame it and now, the darkness is gone away from me and my parents can at last rest happily."

"Oh my dear, I am so happy for you and your sister."

We then shared a moment of tears of happiness as well as sharing a loving moment of kisses.

"I have to get home, because tomorrow and because Celestia just said so...it's not only Twilight's coronation, it's also mine...because of my bravery in saving all the ponies, I'm getting the title of-"

"Prince?" she asked for me.

"Yes...and I WILL be a much better Prince than that rich snob."

"Bond darling, you don't need to tell me...I know you will be better and that's why I love you."

"I love you too, Rarity...have a goodnight, I'll see you tomorrow."

"Goodnight dear..."

We then shared one passionate kiss in our loving hug before pulling away and smiling as I walked to my home and took off my clothes and going straight to bed. I began to wait until I could fall asleep and this time, I didn't feel anything evil...I felt love, faith and happiness, just the way I like it...it's gonna be a great day tomorrow and my sister and cousin being there will be amazing.

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The next day arrived, it was my day of leaving my normal alicorn day and in it's place would be my first day as an alicorn with a royal title as a Prince. I got up and out of my bed with a clean head and had a good shower, since I gotta smell good for the day. After my breakfast, I got into my normal clothes and walked on out of my house to see Twilight just about leaving her home.

"Morning Bond, are we ready to go to Canterlot, we have a lot to do before the coronation." Twilight said.

"Yes indeed, is everypony else we know coming?" I asked.

"They'll all be there later, we're just leaving a bit earlier than they are so we can prepare."

"Then let's get going."

She nodded as we walked over to the station and boarded a train to Canterlot and when we arrived, we got off and made our way to the castle where the guards escorted us to our rooms which was where we would change into our coronation clothing. I had my own space and room to change into so it was all fine.

I was beginning to feel quite nervous about this new step and I'm sure Twilight was the same with her coronation. When I got dressed into my coronation suit, I did look quite amazing in the mirror. I then heard a knock on the door before it opened and I looked back to see Rarity with her loving smile.

"Rarity, my love." I said to her.

"Bond, my darling, are you ready for the fabulous event?" she asked.

"More than ever now that you're here."

We then shared a passionate kiss.

"Okay, save it for later you two." we heard a voice say which caused us to break the kiss.

"Oh, hey Twilight." I said embarrassingly.

"Are you almost ready to go, the ponies are waiting for us to meet in the throne room." Twilight said.

"I am...I'll share my love for you later, Rarity."

"Okay dear, you'll be smashing and so will you, Twilight." Rarity said as she gave me a quick kiss before she trotted out of the room.

"Hard to believe, isn't it?" I said to Twilight, "To go from new friends to being a Prince and Princess."

"Agreed, but don't you worry, everypony knows that even with our titles, you are still taken and I am a single mare." she replied.

I smiled at this, "Okay, we should let get going, let's not keep them waiting."

Twilight nodded as she and I left our rooms before making our way through the castle before we arrived the throne doors which opened. We walked down the throne room to see a huge crowd with our other mares, Twilight's family and my sister on the right of me who was able to recover quickly thanks to Nurse Redheart. When we stopped in front of Celestia, I noticed my love, Rarity shedding a lot of tears which made me cry as well, but I had to stay strong for the day.

Celestia began to speak which caused the whole room to fall silent.

"We are gathered here today in celebration of a momentous occasion. My most faithful student, Twilight Sparkle, has done many extraordinary things since she's lived in Ponyville. She even helped reunite me with my sister, Princess Luna. But the day before today, Twilight Sparkle did something extraordinary. She created new magic, proving without a doubt that she is ready to be crowned Equestria's newest princess." Celestia paused for a moment, "But that is not all, Bond Racer also saved the life of his only remaining family member from the Dark Wonder who took away what he had when he was young and almost destroyed Ponyville in the process, but thanks to Bond and his sister's bravery, all is well and he has been awarded a royal title. Fillies and gentlecolts, may I present for the very first time, Princess Twilight Sparkle and Prince Bond Racer!"

Music began to play and a choir began to sing.

The Princess Twilight cometh

Behold, behold

A Princess here before us

Behold, behold, behold

Behold, behold (behold, behold)

The Prince Bond cometh

Behold, behold (behold, behold)

The Princess is here

The Prince is here!

Twilight and I walked to the balcony to watch nearly a thousands of ponies cheering at us.

"Say something, you two." Celestia said to us.

Twilight cleared her throat and spoke, "Oh. Um...A little while ago, my teacher and mentor Princess Celestia sent me to live in Ponyville. She sent me to study friendship, which is something I didn't really care much about. But now, on a day like today, I can honestly say I wouldn't be standing here if it weren't for the friendships I've made with all of you. Each one of you taught me something about friendship, and for that, I will always be grateful. Today, I consider myself the luckiest pony in Equestria. Thank you, friends. Thank you, everypony!"

I then stood forward and said my piece, "Wow...I wish I could say so much about today, but I know that we wanna enjoy this celebration as much as we can. Never in my life did I ever believe that one day, I would become an alicorn with royalty and I don't think this would be even real if it was not for my faith as well as my sister. But after the way I showed myself before, I can now finally smile at the fact that my parents can finally rest up in heaven and that they are looking down, smiling and feeling very proud of me. But I have also loved becoming close friends with those I really care and one special somepony who I truly love. But no matter what happens after today, I will still be your wise-cracking alicorn...thank you all, thank you everypony!"

We then turned back and returned to the throne room to see Shining who was there.

"Twilight! I'm so proud of you!" Shining exclaimed as he hugged Twilight.

"Are you crying?" Twilight asked.

"Of course not. It's... it's liquid pride. Totally different thing."

I giggled before I saw my sister.

"And I am so proud of you, little bro!" Sweet added as she hugged me.

"Thanks, sis...I'm sure our parents would've loved to have been here for me." I replied.

All the ponies cheered again as the music continued to play with the choir singing.

"Best coronation day ever!" Pinkie exclaimed.

"We love you, Twilight and Bond." Fluttershy added.

"And we love you too, girls!" I replied.

Twilight began to sing,

Life in Equestria shimmers

Life in Equestria shines

And I know for absolute certain

That everything (everything)

Yes, everything

Yes, everything is certainly fine

It’s fine

"Yes! Everything’s going to be just fine!" I declared as everypony else agreed.

The coronation finally finished and we were packing up and going back to Ponyville and I told the six mares, my sister and Spike that I would catch up with them shortly, I was alone for a moment until I met a few familiar faces along the way.

"Hey there Bond!" Derpy greeted, "Or shall I call you Prince Bond?" she asked.

"No Derpy, Bond is fine...prince or not, I'm still the same random pony." I replied with a wink.

"Okay, see you around....and take this muffin."

Derpy then gave me a friendly hug and a muffin and left...then I turned around to meet another familiar face.

"Now that was an amazing show, my old flame." Trixie said.

"Oh...hi Trixie." I said. "You're not wearing your magician hat and cloak?"

"Nope, I've ditched them now and I'm learning to become a teacher for unicorn magic. I'm showing my magic but in a different light, which is to benefit unicorn fillies." she replied.

"That's really great to hear, I'm sure you'll be terrific at that when you learn more."

"Thank you Bond, now I must go to my new home...in Vanhoover where the filly school is. But don't worry, I've given the home you built for me once to a new home owner and she's real nice."

"Oh okay, that's good to know...I'll see you around Trixie, good luck with the teaching."

"Thanks Bond, I'll see you again in the future when I'm worthy enough to visit you in Ponyville."

Trixie and I shared a quick hug before she trotted off with a genuine smile as I re-joined with the others by the Canterlot station before we got on the train and riding all the way home...my sister couldn't get off at Ponyville as she still had her home in Las Pegasus so she gave me a loving brother/sister hug before we arrived at Ponyville.

When we got back by sunset, we had a huge welcoming celebration around the whole of Ponyville and all the ponies living here cheered for me and Twilight. We had a huge party around and inside the Town Hall and it was amazing, since Vinyl Scratch and I took turns at being the DJ for the celebration, we hadn't done so since I volunteered to be her DJ partner at that gig in Vanhoover.

When the Ponyville party was over, it was the beginning of the evening and most of us were getting tired already and agreed to call it a night. So I and the other six mares and Spike all got into a very close group hug and we held on tighter to make it last longer. We all agreed to have a couple of days rest before we even think about what to do next if we have any more adventures, although they'll come around eventually if we know them too well.

But Rarity and I remained outside as the others all exchanged our farewells, leaving the two of us to have a moment of love. I held Rarity by her hoof as I took her to my home for a private moment of simple romance as anything else further would not be discussed here. We made a lot of heated passion with kisses and hugs on the sofa and we were loving every minute of it, after another special kiss, Rarity yawned and I agreed, it was getting late and needed sleep.

"I'll let you get going to your home, Rarity. Goodnight my love, I love you so much." I said as we got off the sofa.

"Thank you darling, I love you so much too Bond...I wonder if any of the other five will find true love like we have." she pondered.

"Well who knows, anything can happen in Equestria."

We then shared one more loving kiss before Rarity walked out of my home and I closed the door, taking off my coronation suit and getting straight to bed, before I pulled the covers over me and waiting for Luna to put me into my dreams, I wonder what I'll dream tonight.

Sleeping away, I know that my sister and my cousin mean so much to me and so do my parents who smile away, watching at how far I've come. Yesterday was a major nightmare when that gang leader who turned out to be Dark Wonder all along, turned up and nearly destroyed the town, but the score was finally settled and I know that from now on...things can only get better!

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