Twilight and the girls sat in front of the school. "What do you think Nathan needs to talk to us about Twilight?" Asked Sunset.

"I don't know, but he seemed very excited about it." As soon as she said that Nathan appeared with Sonata close to him.

"Hello everyone, I have two very important announcements to make." The girls all leaned forwards. "First off...Sonata and I, are having a baby!" Everyone gasped and immediately went up to hug the two. Twilight had immediately ran over to her friend and looked him in the eye.

"Congratulations Nathan. Looks like your dream will come true after all." The girls all looked to him confused, all except for Sunset and Sonata.

"What dream?" Asked Applejack.

"As you know, in Equestria I am a giant warbot, therefore I don't have any organic body parts, making it impossible for me to have any offspring. I spent a thousand years alone in a small cave, waiting for when I would next be needed. Over that time I had only one thing to do...think. Day in and day out I would think about my life, the world, anything. There was one thing that was on my mind frequently though...the thought of raising a family. It started with a fascination, then a dream, then an obsession. During my time in the cave I would look out into the world from the cave and watch the inhabitants, mainly those with happy families. It soon became a mission in my coding to start a family. And now..." He wrapped an arm around Sonata and smiled warmly. "...I can complete that mission." The girls, even Rainbow, gave 'awww's at the small tale and hugged them once again.

"Wait, you said there was two things that you wanted to tell us. What's the other thing?" Asked Sunset.

"Oh right! I have a plan to take down the Dazzlings!" The group all gasped. "What?" He asked in confusion.

"Why is Aria limping?" Asked Rainbow as she pointed towards an injured Aria. Nathan ran up to her and caught her before she could collapse in the middle of the road.

"Aria, what happened to you?" Nathan looked over her body, she was badly bruised and cut in many places and she appeared to have a sprained ankle and a broken arm.

She coughed and looked to him. "You need...to get...Sonata...somewhere...safe. Nighmare...knows about...the...baby. She's coming...for it." After that Aria fell unconscious, but not dead. Nathan held her bridal style and ran back over to the girls.

"Get her inside and find somewhere safe, take Sonata with you." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a tiny disco ball(1). "If Nightmare or Adagio finds you toss this in the air, it should give you time to escape." He was about to shoot off when Sonata grabbed his arm.

"Wait! What are you going to do?" She asked with worry. He turned around and placed his hands on her shoulders.

"I'm going to do what I should have done two days ago..." He kissed her on the lips and let her go. "...I'm going to go kill Nightmare." With that he began running towards a tall building. 'I'm coming for you, you bitch!'

Nightmare watched as Nathan approached the tower with a burning rage, literally burning. Smoke emitted off of him as he sprinted towards his target. "I should have just killed Aria when I had the chance, but you had to try and stop me, didn't you?" She looked back to an exhausted Adagio that was on her knees breathing heavily with a good amount of injuries.

"I said we'd threaten to kill Sonata, not actually do it. Then you try and kill Aria...that's two of my loved ones you've tried to kill in the span of a day. So if I die here, then I have one thing to say to you...I hope that Nathan swings his wrench right between your legs." Nightmare slapped her with a tendril, knocking her unconscious.

"Foolish girl, I should have just killed you all when I had the chance two days ago." She thought for a moment before smiling evilly. "I won't kill you though. My master could use another breeding sow!" Nightmare laughed like a psychopath before teleporting to where Nathan was. He came to a screeched halt and pulled out his wrench. "If you insist on fighting then let us both battle at our full strength, not in these limited bodies."

With a flash of light Nathan found himself on a large circular platform in a black void, being lit by one large ball of light high in the sky. He looked at himself and saw he was in his ranger body again. Looking around he saw Nightmare start to change. She burst out of the Sonata copy and emerged as a large beast made of a dark purple liquid fog with two glowing yellow circles for eyes. It's body was muscular and it had multiple large tendrils. "Now then, shall we begin?" (we will call it a he now) His voice was now crackled and echoed.

Nathan stared at the beast with an unholy rage. "You threatened my girlfriend...my unborn child...you made a mockery of me by assuming I would fall for such an idiotic trap...you made a mockery of my girlfriend by changing into a crappy recolour of her...and you had the gall to hurt my future sister-in-law!" Nathan's body became black and grey, his eye turned orange and smoke began to emit from him. "I WILL MAKE SURE YOU CAN NEVER HARM ANYONE DEAR TO ME!!!" Blood red fire exploded from his body, outlining him and his power increased by rapidly. "I WILL PROTECT MY FRIENDS!!!"

Nightmare twitched in anticipation. "Ah, so this is what you used to drive back Jack of Blades when he entered your world! Very well, let us begin!"

Author's Notes:

(1) the grovetron is a gadget in the games that will force any and all enemies in its range, including bosses, to dance and be left vulnerable