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MLP:FIM Elements of Nothingness

by Hyperion

Chapter 5: Chapter4

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Chapter 4



Above a sea of clouds, two white male Pegasus soldiers were pulling a small carriage as they flew across the blue sky. Within the carriage was Rarity, her little sister and a light yellow male Pegasus soldier, who had a black mane and tail and had a scar on his left eye. The soldier was in deep thought after hearing Rarity's story. Finally, the soldier spoke up as he turns to the window.

“...Can you explain this again?” ask the soldier as he was still confused by the whole thing “...it’s just this...its weird...”

Rarity nodded and she cleared her throat before she explained again “Like I said, Mr. Raynor...”

“Hold on!” said Raynor as he cut her off “Just call me plain Raynor. Ok?”

With that said, Rarity continued what Celestia and Luna told her....

Flashback

1000 years ago

It was a dark and cold night as a young Celestia was getting ready to raise the sun when morning came. As she stood outside of the castle, she looked up to the sky and was amazed by her little sister beautiful night. The stars were very bright tonight and so were the moon as it slowly passes the night sky. A few hours pass and Celestia notice something about the moon and the stars. They were still in the same spot from before. Celestia open her wings and took off to find her little sister.

Meanwhile, Luna was standing in front of a large temple which was known as the moon temple. Sitting on top of the temple was a large steel box and place around it was paper seals.

“Destroy the seal...” whispered a dark voice as Luna walk up to the steps of the temple “...we'll make your kingdom love your night...”

Luna stop before walking up the steps and wonder if this was right? Not lowering the moon and stepping hoof on a forbidden temple. Before she can think again, the left side of her face became black and her left eye grew red. Soon that half of her face spoke “Nonsense! What you’re doing is right! Nopony cared for you like I do!”

“...I guess...” replied Luna in sadness.

“Remember the day when you found me?” ask the other side.

Luna remembered that day. She was going to move the moon like always but on this night, when she landed on the moon, she found a black orb. This orb was leaking a black mist and there was a symbol...but Luna couldn't remember what it look like. As she pick up the orb with her magic, the orb form into a ball of black mist and shot into her body. Luna didn't feel any pain or anything but there was a voice within her mind. Since that day, the voice been telling Luna that nopony or even her big sister didn't love her or her beautiful night.

“...yes, I remember...” whispered Luna as she started to climb the steps again “...you’re the only one who loves my wonderful night...”

“...yes and soon everypony will, when you set me free....” smiled the other half as Luna almost reaches the top.

Before she could reach the top, her big sister landed in front of her and had a upset look as she spoke “Why aren't you moving the night, my dear sister?”.

Luna didn't look into her sister eyes as she answered her “...My night will stay forever in the sky, so everypony will love and worship my beautiful night, like how they love and worship your beautiful day!”

“What are you saying, my sister?” ask Celestia “Everypony loves your nig-”.

“LIES!” screamed Luna as a dark aura covered her “NOPONY CARES FOR MY NIGHT! NOT EVEN YOU MY BIG SISTER!”

Celestia was surprised by this outburst and this evil aura as it covered her little sister. Before she could speak again, Celestia was picking up by Luna's magic and was toss out of the way. Celestia was able to recover in mid-air and returned to Luna and block her path again.

“STOP RIGHT NOW!” shouted Celestia in great anger as she covered Luna with her magic.

Luna couldn't move as Celestia started to bring her back down from the temple. As she tried to get free, the dark voice spoke to her once again “...call out my name...”

Luna quickly opened her eyes and shouted out the voices name but Celestia couldn't hear it as a loud explosion rocked the area as it came from Luna as she broke Celestia magic grip on her. As Celestia opened her eyes, she found herself staring into a dark and evil looking mare.

“Who are you and where's my little sister?” demanded Celestia as she glare at the evil looking mare.

The mare just laugh and grabbed Celestia with her magic and started to crush her as she spoke her name “My name is Nightmare Moon and I'm your little sister.”

Celestia couldn't believe this! How could this thing be her sister? Before she could ask this question to Nightmare Moon, her element of magic crown, appeared on her head and blasted a rainbow wave at Nightmare. Nightmare was able to block it but she lost her focus on Celestia which broke the magic hold on her. Suddenly, all five orbs of the elements of Harmony appeared around Nightmare and pin her with a rainbow light. Celestia step forward to her sister but quickly step back as Nightmare unleashed a powerful magic storm. Lightning bolts rage around Nightmare and damaged everything around it. Celestia called out her sister name, so she can stop this storm but Nightmare just laughed.

“Please dear sister!” cried Celestia as her crown protected her from the lightning bolts “Stop this storm!”

“Why should I?” ask Nightmare as she grin at Celestia “I'm going to burn this so called perfect world to the ground and destroy everypony that hurt me, like you my old teacher...”.

“Teacher?” whispered Celestia as she heard Nightmare “What do you mean, teacher?”

“STOP PLAYING DUMB!” screamed Nightmare as her magic raged even more “YOU AND MY SO CALLED FRIENDS, LEFT ME ALL ALONE AND DESTROYED MY LIFE!”

Celestia was complete confuse by this and couldn't answer. She believes Luna or now known as Nightmare, has gone crazy or something. Even if this was her sister, she needed to stop her at all cost as Luna's magic storm was getting more powerful and started to cover the night sky but she couldn't kill her own sister...

“WHEN I FIND THE REST OF ME! I'LL KILL YOU FIRST” screamed Nightmare as she started to get free from the rainbow light.

Seeing this, Celestia quickly thought on her hoofs and spotted the moon. An idea came into her mind and she quickly gathered all her magic into her horn and pointed it to the moon. Nightmare saw this and quickly tried to get free but it was too late. Celestia and with the power of the elements of harmony, blasted a rainbow beam at Nightmare and she slowly started to fade away as a shadow slowly appeared on the moon surface.

“...I'll be back...” smiled Nightmare as she almost disappeared “...pray and hope I'll never escape, my old teacher...because if I do...” said Nightmare as she finally disappeared.

End of flashback

“After that, Celestia went and did some research on the moon temple and found that her dead father and mother sealed away a great evil into five temples across our land. This thing that infected Luna was the sixth evil. Celestia believe if this evil recovers its missing parts, it might destroy the whole world.” explained Rarity.

Raynor understood everything that Rarity said and even about the letter that Twilight had sent but it's still didn't make any sense. Why did this thing called Celestia a teacher and why sends a message to warn the princess about what it was doing after infecting Twilight. So many questions but no answers to them...but there was one thing that still bothers him.

“Okay, I understand everything now but there only one thing I don't get...” said Raynor after sighing.

“What?” simply ask Rarity.

“Shouldn't there be more soldiers with you? Sure, I’m the best in my squad but if this thing has this much power, shouldn't you have more help?” ask Raynor as he rose one eyebrow.

Raynor was surprised as Rarity started to laugh. As she finally stop, she answered his question “Oh honey! My friends and I can handle this mess. Remember, my friends and I are the holders of the elements of Harmony!”

Raynor was about to say something, until Sweetie Belle cut him off and shouted that they're back. Back home in ponyville.

***

Meanwhile, Twilight was shock to find this world she found herself in, was her own mind. What more shocking was what the nameless unicorn said after that.

“So your saying, that you’re the element of magic itself?” ask Twilight, in order to make sure she heard right.

“Yes” simply said the nameless unicorn.

“So, my mind is-”.

“Well our mind, since I am part of you after all” added the unicorn after she cut off Twilight.

“So, our mind is being taking over by some kind of evil?”

“Yes. The other versions of me fought this evil before and seal it away but somehow...”

“It's free again and it took over my...I mean our body” said Twilight as she finish the unicorn sentence.

The unicorn and Twilight stood up from the floor and started to head for the exit as they continued to talk.

“These temples, what are they anyway?” ask Twilight.

“The five temples are what keep our powers in check. This evil deactivated the temples and now our inner world is falling apart as our power rage on. If we don't stop this, everything that is us, will disappear into the mist of this darkness” explained the unicorn as her and Twilight exited the temple and found themselves back in the forest of Neverfree.

Twilight soon heard the voices from before, within the forest and quickly felt scared again but the nameless unicorn ease her fear by explaining this forest was where her secrets are kept. After calming down, Twilight had to ask one more thing.

“Back inside of the temple, that version of myself that attack...what was it?”

The unicorn rubs her chin for a few seconds and answered Twilight question “To tell you the truth, I have no idea but I did sense it was a part of you in some way...”

A little upset by this answer, Twilight ask an other and final question “Why can't I hear your name?”

“It's very simple...” said the unicorn as she summon her magic “...your just deaf” smiled the unicorn as her and Twilight vanish in a bright flash.

***
“...hey!”

“HEY! WAKE UP!”

“...not now Applebloom...I’m too tired....” whispered AJ as she turns on her side.

“Applebloom?” said the tiny voice in surprise “I'm nothing like our little sister!” replied the tiny voice in anger.

AJ didn't hear this as she return sleeping but she quickly woke as she felt a strong kick to her nose.

“WHAT THE HAY!?” shouted AJ as she hold her nose “WHO JUST KICK ME!?”

Suddenly, AJ found herself in an old looking house. The place had seen better days from what AJ could see. Before she could get out of bed, a tiny face of a brown mane female earth pony, who was wearing a cowboy hat, pop in front of her eyes.

"That was me, partner!” smiled the tiny pony “Happy to se-whoa!” shouted the pony as AJ screamed and fell out of bed.

The tiny pony was able to hold on to AJ head as they hit the floor and sigh as AJ was rubbing her back.

“What's in apple seed is wrong with you girl?” ask the pony as she hop off of AJ head and landed on the bed “It's like you never saw a pony before.”.

“What are you talking about? I never seen a tiny pony like you before, Shoujiki” said AJ as she stared at the tiny pony “Who are you?”

The tiny pony just sighs and said “What are you talking about? You just said my name.” pointed out the pony as she tip her hat forward and tried to go to sleep.

“Huh? I never said...” that was all AJ said before she just realizes it, this tiny pony was right “Your Shoujiki....the same one who kept calling me...”

“BINGO!” shouted Shoujiki as she tips her upward.

“Who or what are you?” ask AJ as Shoujiki jump back on to her head.

“I'm you in a way...” said Shoujiki as she started to explained to AJ about everything that the nameless unicorn told Twilight, about how she is the element of honesty itself and the sea of apple trees was AJ inner world.

“I reckon it must be true but why are you so small?” ask AJ.

Shoujiki jump from AJ head and landed on a table that was nearby and pointed to the chair. On the head of the chair was a red rope and the end of the rope on both sides was green.

“Since you called my name and did the element release...”

“What now?” spoke AJ in confusing.

“Element release is when you use my full power. Anyway, since you use the element release, I took form but as this rope. See, this tiny body is just an avatar, while the rope is my connection to the outside world and...”

“...and your real body is back in my head or something?” added AJ as she believes she got what Shoujiki was trying to say.

“Eeyup!” smiled Shoujiki.

“I see you’re up, dears” said an old voice from the doorway of this room. AJ and Shoujiki turn to where the voice came from and spotted a cloak Pegasus as she brought some apples for the girls.

***

During this time, KcajElppa or KE for short, was carrying the pass out Twilight on her back while Spike look on from behind. The baby dragon could see Twilight as she started to cry in her sleep. Spike could only wonder what she was dreaming...

***

Deep within the forest of Everfree, a purple female unicorn that was covered in open cuts as blood ooze out of the wounds was running as fast as her legs could take her. Not too far from behind her was a bright red and orange light. Soon voices could be heard as the lights got closer to the unicorn. Feeling worn out and badly hurt, the unicorn couldn't run anymore and hided inside a tree log. As she hid there, the lights that were chasing her soon turn into fire. It was torches and holding them was a few ponies from Ponyville and leading them was their new mayor, Applejack.

“Hurry up, you slow pokes!” order AJ as she stop in front of the tree log “we're losing that dirty snake!”

The unicorn soon heard the town folks as they stop in front of AJ and ask what direction their target went.

“Twilight hasn’t gone too far, since she badly hurt and stuff.” explained AJ “I want two groups to spit up and look for her!”

Soon the large group of town folks became two small groups and took off to find Twilight. AJ stayed behind in order to rest but soon heard a noise within the tree log that Twilight was hiding in and grin evilly as she spoke “Trap like a RAT!”

Twilight place her hooves on her eyes and prayed that AJ won't find her because she couldn't handle a other event that happen a few hours ago...being hit by a storm of rocks as they been thrown by the town folks...and some by her so called friends...

“Please...” cried Twilight as she whispered “...it wasn't my fault...”

End of chapter 4

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