"The city?!" Calligraphy said as she looked on.

Under the light of the Full Moon, Canterlot wasn't burning but smoke spewed into the sky from the rubble buildings.

"Remember the plan." Nightwing said, not looking back at Dusk and Rune. "Calligraphy and I will take care of Bru. You two are to-"

"What the buck!!?" Calligraphy shouted as she felt herself being kicked off Inaba's back.

"What the-" Nightwing turned around and saw a hoof catch him from behind, knocking him off the owl.

Luckily Inaba was low enough to the ground where the fall didn't hurt. Calligraphy and Nightwing both looked up and saw a waving Rune and a panicking Dusk.

"Sorry you two." Rune shouted. "But it's easier if you save the city and we'll handle Bru."

"Rune you moron what are you thinking!!?" Nightwing snapped. "You can't handle-"

"Sorry can't hear you!" Rune ignored, patting Inaba on the back of his neck. "Hurry Inaba, we must get to the castle."

Inaba nodded slightly and flew straight to the castle.

"That son of o-" Nightwing cursed, trotting besides Calligraphy as they entered the city limits. "How can he be so damn stupid. Doesn't he know he's biting more than he can chew."

"He gets it from his mother." Calligraphy couldn't help but chuckle a bit, despite being mad at Rune. "After this is over, he and I are gonna have a little talk. But in the mean time..."

Both Calligraphy and Nightwing looked over and saw the first building of the city. The earth ponies who attacked did their damage but they no longer looked as they did before. Large spike jutted from there shoulders, backs, and heads. Their coat was hard, rigged, and black. Their cutie marks were gone, and their eyes looked dead and white.

"Bru?!" Both ponies said with a shock and disgust. "What have you done?"

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"It's over Bru!" Wave was panicking. "The Owl is coming and we can't stop it!"

Bru remained silent and almost staring off into space.

"Bru!!?" Wave shouted, only to feel the sudden strike of Bru's hoof against her face, knocking her to the ground.

"SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP!!" Bru's shout silenced the room. "I have had enough of this!" Bru stomped straight to Midnight, grabbing her by the horn. "Oracle! Bestow your blessing! Give me the power! Now!"

Midnight remained silent, trying to look away but was still terrified. Bru no long had any patience, in rage, he threw Midnight across the room, hard against a marble column. Wave, Soul, Comet, and every other pony in the room cringed at Bru's action but no Children would dare stop him.

"Do not waste my time Oracle!" Bru demanded even louder. "Give me the Blessing! Give it to me! Give it to me!!"

"I..will...not!" Midnight coughed, her eyes were determined, but her body ached and was in pain from Bru's savagery.

Bru's eyes were wide with anger. This was beyond anger, he was enraged. "If I cannot have the Blessing!" His horn ignited. "Then nopony will have it!"

Right as Bru was about to send his horn down on a terrified Midnight, a dark, shadowy liquid washed over and smacked Bru, sending him towards the wall. Everypony in the room looked over and saw a crying Wave now standing over Midnight.

"This isn't what we agreed upon!" Pulse said, but you can hear fear in her voice. "We were to save the Children, not kill the Oracle!"

"Pulse Wave..." Bru stood up, his coat and mane looks soaked from the black shadow water, he slowly started walked back towards Midnight and Wave. "Thank you, that actually cooled my head."

"Oh! Okay." Wave eased a bit. "Then now you see we shou-"

Immediately, Wave started grabbing at her neck, as if she was being choked by something. Looking up, she saw Bru's horn ignited again. He was chocking her with his magic.

"Pulse Wave..You DARE you stand in the way of MY DESTINY!!!??" Bru was lifting the struggling pony before him, her life slowly leaving her eyes. "I do not suffer betrayal, or weakness."

"Stop!" Midnight started crying. "You're killing her!"

"Then given me the Blessing!" Bru demanded.

Midnight couldn't say anything.

"Very well." Bru said, making his magic grip Wave tighter.

"BRU!!!!!!!!" A loud shout echoed through the halls, disrupting Bru's concentration, dropping the coughing Wave to the floor.

"That voice!?" Bru's eyes were wide with shock and anger. Turning towards the doorway, he saw the pony who shouted. "Dawn Rune."

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Calligraphy and Nightwing had just finished clearing a large group of the corrupted Children rampaging through the streets, yet the more they beat, the more kept coming.

"There's not end to them!" Nightwing said, knocking down another corrupt pony.

"I know but we have to reach the castle and stop Bru." Calligraphy answered, blasting a couple charging at her.

It wasn't too long that among the ruin and rubble, more and more corrupt kept heading towards the two.

"Well look on the bright side." Calligraphy said.

"And that is?." Nightwing asked.

"We at least have something to vent our anger out on." Calligraphy let out a chuckle.

"This is true." Nightwing laughed.

As the next wave of corrupted Children charged at the two, a cloaked figure, with Calligraphy's giant meat cleaver swooped down from atop a building, cutting down the lot of corrupted. It wasn't until this mysterious pony finished slicing through the last of the corrupted that it acknowledged Calligraphy and Nightwing.

"Well if it isn't both the Libra seat and Gemini seat. Calligraphy and Nightwing." The pony's voice was what validated both Calligraphy and Nightwing's belief. "Almost twenty years. I knew the Children were desperate, but not this desperate."

Both Nightwing and Calligraphy's expression was the most shocked. Of all ponies, this was the last they'd think they see.

"It's good to see you in action again." Nightwing nodded respectively.

"Although I would've preferred you didn't use my cleaver." Calligraphy chuckled. "It's good to see you again, former Aries seat."

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Rune didn't say anything, he simply began walking into the room slowly. Each trot echoed in the large room, drawing all attention to him. This was the plan, as Rune kept the Children distracted, Dusk silently went from column to column, untying everypony.

'What's Rune doing?' Luna thought, watching Rune's action, but then saw Dusk freeing everypony. 'Oh I see. Good plan Rune.'

'Thanks.' Rune thought back, his expression unchanged. 'Just let me handle Bru, Dusk and the others can handle the other Children.'

'Rune.' Luna responded with thought. 'Just be careful.'

Rune subtly nodded, now seeing Bru was walking towards him now.

"I see you escaped the bird cage." Bru congratulated. "You even freed, and tamed Inaba, no small feat. Maybe I underestimated your resolve."

"Yeah, I get that a lot." Rune smirked.

"Your arrogance blinds you." Bru looked with a hard grimace. "As a servant to Princess Luna, you should understand how much she has suffered at the Sun Tyrant's hoof. Surely you see the purity and nobility of my actions?"

"Yes." Rune took a deep breath and replied. "I agree that Luna hasn't been given the respect she deserves. But I have seen first hand that there are still ponies, even those not of the Children who still respect her." Rune looked passed Bru, to the side of Luna was Dusk, slowly nodding his head. The other ponies, who were tied up, nodded at Rune. Rune stared directly into Bru's eyes; Rune's horn, now ignited. "And that's why I'm gonna stop you."

"You are making the last mistake of your life." Bru was about to aim his horn at Rune.

"Let's find out. NOW!!!" Rune shouted his signal.

Suddenly the Children turned back at their hostages to find that not only have they been freed, but some have already blasted at the Children, knocking them out. Burning Soul and Comet were not easily taken out. Twilight, along with Luna, got to Celestia and brought her out of the room as fast as they could. Dusk went for Midnight.

"No!" Midnight protested, pointing at the weakened Pulse Wave. "Save Pulse, you have to save Pulse."

Dusk ran back and with the strength of his back and magic, he ran after Twilight, Celestia, and Luna, with Midnight and Pulse on his back. All around him, Bru's plan was falling apart. He could see the Oracle fleeing, he saw his troops being knocked down one by one. Only Soul and Comet, against Armor and a few guards were the remainder of his forces.

"No!!??" Bru shouted, his gaze distracted from Rune for a moment, only to find the second he turned back, he met the shadowy hoof of Nightmare Rune's leg on his face. The impact was weak but strong enough to send him against the wall.

Rune didn't waste time; after landing, he charged at Bru, knocking him through the wall. And this particular wall, lead them to a more open room. Behind him, Rune heard the sound of part of the wall coming down, creating debris to block off the wall.

"Just you and me." Rune smirked.

"It seems so." Bru's composure looked relaxed but inside, he was in a rage. Looking up to the massive stain glass window, depicting both Celestia and Luna, Bru saw the glow of the night's full Moon. Looking back at Rune, Bru was now relaxed. "It seem you can control your Lunar form." Bru complimented. "But it is still too weak." Bru closed his eyes as a dark blue magic glowed around his horn and eyes. "Along me...to educate."

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"Master Bru!!" Comet, shouted, charging at the hole Rune made in the wall. Only to be blocked by the sound by the rubble created by Shining Armor's blast.

"You're not going anywhere." Armor declared, his horn raised and aimed at Comet.

Armor was about to blast away Comet, when he had to jump back from an attack by Soul.

"Comet, the situation has changed." Comet said, not changing his gaze from Armor. "You need to go after the Oracle. We need her Blessing or this will be for nothing."

"But Bru?" Comet replied.

"Master Bru can handle one pony. Especially on a Moon like tonight." Soul responded. "Go after the Oracle!"

Comet agreed and began galloping after Midnight and the others.

"You'll not get awa-" Armor tried to stop Comet but was halted by another attack by Soul.

"I'm sorry Captain Armor." Souls nodded. "But I cannot let you stop us. Tonight is far too important."

Armor cringed his teeth and knew he couldn't stop Comet. So he focused his attention at Soul. As the guards and Children fought and fell around the room, Armor and Soul ignored them, focusing only on each other. Armor let lose a barrage of spells and blasts of magic, but Souls remained still, as if the spells vanished or even absorbed into the air. Armor's already seen this spell before, so he was better prepared. Before the eyes of Soul's spell could appear, Armor charged at Soul. Soul focused the return attack to a single point, a giant eye opening in front of him, aimed at Armor. Armor could've dodged but he had some guards fighting behind him, he couldn't let them get blasted. As the eye fired the combined return fire of Armor's magic, Armor erected a mobile barrier around himself, blocking the magic.

"A barrier?!" Soul almost chuckled. "Maybe a little more of a push is needed?"

Soul's horn ignited and blasted at the eye, strengthening it's power. Each blast sent another ripple at Armor's shield, pushing him a few inches back. But Armor couldn't stop, he had to defend his men, so with each step back Soul sent him, Armor struggled two steps forward. The closer and closer Armor got, the more blasts Soul sent at him. It wasn't until Armor was only a couple feet away.

"What the Moon are you?!" Soul's blasts were blocked a final time.

"The Canterlot Guard Captain: Shining Armor!!" Armor war cried, charging at a close range to Soul, knocking him hard and square on the head, knocking him out.

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"Keep going Sister, we are almost there." Luna said, carrying a weakened Celestia with Twilight.

"Is there anywhere we can go Princess?" Dusk asked, following up the rear.

"If what that Bru said was true." Luna responded. "Then the castle is our safest place."

"But your safe places have too many shadows." An eerie and familiar voice sounded from all around them.

Around the ponies, the shadows of the corridor moved around, despite the position of light. Soon the impression of Comet's face formed on one section of wall.

"And there is no place you can hide from me and my shadow." Comet mocked.

"As Princess of the Moon and your Mother Goddess!" Luna stepped forward. "We command thee to cease your action against us!"

As commanding as Luna sounded, Comet appeared unaffected.

"So says the mare who abandoned us a thousand years ago." Comet bitterly snapped. "I follow Master Bru because he has done more for the Children than you have done in centuries. But it doesn't matter now."

"Eeeeaaahhhh!!!" Shouted Midnight from behind.

Everypony looked back and saw Midnight struggling against the shadows under her as they enveloped her.

"Oracle!" Wave tried to grab at Midnight but failed to hold on.

Comet only laughed as she disappeared into the shadows. It wasn't long before Wave tried to get up, but to no avail. Bru's attempt on her life weakened her, and she had difficulty breathing.

"We have to stop Bru." Wave kept falling over herself as she tried to get up. A stream of tears pouring from her eyes. "He's going to kill Midnight. We have to save Midnight!!" But the mare was too weak to move.

"Go after her Dusk." Twilight said turning towards Dusk. "We'll take care of her, but you can get there faster.

"But the Princess?" Dusk protested.

"We shall protect our sister." Luna answered. "But you need to save that filly Midnight before her blessing is taken."

"What is the Oracle's blessing?!" Dusk asked.

"When we left our Children, we gave one of them a fraction of my power." Luna answered. "The blessing gives whoever has it power over the Moon. They receive all power and strength from the Moon; but if the Oracle is a Unicorn, then their magic would be equal to our own."

"But there's a price." Wave finished. ""Every generation has an Oracle, and each Oracle must choose a successor. But when an Oracle passes their Blessing to their successor, the Oracle dies."

"So Bru's gonna force Midnight to give her blessing in order to become the next Oracle." Dusk concluded. "I don;t think I'm enough to stop him, but I'll try."

With that Dusk ran off, as fast as he could gallop.

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"It seems I truly overestimated you Dawn Rune." Bru said casually, looking at his enemy.

Rune was practically a smear on the wall. His body was beaten half to death, his blood almost coated the wall, and there were several large dents and indents on the walls and broken columns. The only thing that didn't hurt of feel cracked or broken was his horn. Bru, on the other hand, has calmed down and looked at though not a hair on his mane was out of place.

"It is so sad." Bru commented. "If you were one of the Children, I would've offered a place at my side. My apprentice maybe, but it is too late."

"Y..you...w..won...'t....w..innnn...." Rune was barely able to mutter through a near busted jaw.

"I'm sorry but it's rude to mumble." Bru mocked, walking closer to Rune, holding his ear close.

Rune tried to gather the strength to ignite his horn but barely got a faint glow. Bru saw this and grabbed hold of Rune's horn, slowly starting to bend it the wrong way.

"Maybe I should just break your horn?" Bru almost grinned.

But before Bru could snap Rune's horn, a small blackened shadow appeared in the corner of the room. Out of it came Comet with the captured Midnight.

"I brought the Oracle Master Bru." Comet bowed. "And it seems Soul was right, that colt was no match for you."

"Good work Comet." Bru congratulated, patting his hoof on Comet's head. He then turned his attention to Midnight. "Now Oracle...where were we?"

"Rune!?" Midnight shouted in despair, tears pouring form her eyes at the sight of Rune.

"I've lost all patience." Bru ordered. "Give me the Blessing or he dies NOW!"

"Alright...Alright..." Midnight sniffled. "I'll do it. Just let me go to him."

"Very well." Bru humored her request. "He's going to die soon anywhere."

Comet let go of Midnight and let her run over to Rune.

"Rune, please answer me." Midnight nudged at Rune's side.

"M..mid...nigh..ttt..You're...allive..." Rune groaned as best he could.

"It's okay." Midnight shushed Rune. "It's gonna be okay."

Midnight stood up and lifted her head, her little horn and eyes ignited in an array of various blue, black, and white colors.

"I aM tHe OrAcLe!" Midnight's voice echoed throughout the room and all surrounding rooms. "AnD I aM tO bEsToW mY bLeSsInG!"

"Yes!" Bru's face broke into a triumphant smile. Years of planning and struggles, all was coming together.

"aS oRaClE; i BeStOw AnD wIlL mY bLeSsInG..........." Midnight's body became engulfed in the multicolored aura of magic. The room echoed and shook with such power. "............i BeStOw My BlEsSiNg.........." Then pointed her hoof downwards. "...To DaWn RuNe!!!!!!!!!"

"WHAT!!!???" Bru shouted, his eyes practically went blank with rage. "I will not allow this!" His horn ignited into a massive blue flame as he began blasting whatever magic he could at Midnight.

But it was to no avail; any magic Bru shot at Midnight was easily overwhelmed by Midnight's Oracle aura. More and more magic surrounded Midnight, her body was a shining blue star. The aura then slowly began separating itself from Midnight's body as she made her slow decent down towards the floor. The aura that was leaving Midnight was now wrapping around Rune's body, feeding into his horn. The more magic fed into his horn, his body began to heal, the sounds of cracking and bones popping back into place sounded from his body. The nearby blood on the wall slithered back into Rune's wounds. Bru gave up on his assault, no magic he possessed could stop this. The last part was when a final, icy breath of air left Midnight's mouth and it traveled to Rune, being breathed in.

As the light left Midnight's eyes, and her body became numb, she was happy; now Bru couldn't have the blessing. As her eyes closed, Rune's opened.