Chapter 3 - Equestria Part 2

I found myself in the hall just before the celebration was about to begin, not wanting to draw attention I hid in the shadows and listened carefully.

I saw the mayor of Ponyville walk on stage. "Fillies and gentlecolts, as mayor of Ponyville it is my great pleasure to announce the beginning of the summer sun celebration," A huge cheer of ponies swept across the hall, I almost couldn't bear to keep in what was about to happen.

I spotted Twilight in the crowd looking about nervously, she knew that on the thousandth moon Nightmare Moon was to return and bring eternal night to Equestria.

"In just a few moments out town will witness the magic of the sunrise and celebrate this, the longest day of the year. And now, it is my great honour to introduce to you the ruler of our land. The very pony who gives us the sun and the moon each and every day, the good, the wise, the bringer of harmony to all of Equestria... Princess Celestia!"

I saw Rarity pull open the curtains to reveal an empty space, I saw all the shocked pony faces. I could hear people whispering to each other, Rarity had then looked behind the curtain to see nothing. "She's gone!" I heard Rarity say and the crowd gasped in shock.

Soon a blue, shimmering smoke wafted out from behind the curtain. The smoke dissipated to reveal Nightmare Moon. "Damn, I wish I could at least say something. I cannot reveal myself though," I thought, it was really annoying to just stand there and watch in the shadows.

"Oh my beloved subjects, it's been so long since I've seen your precious, little, sun loving faces," She said in a voice full of spite and hatred.

I heard Rainbow Dash shout. "What did you do with our Princess?!" She tried to fly up but Applejack caught her by the tail before she could do anything.

"Rainbow's very courageous." I thought. "Definitely more so than me."

Nightmare laughed a wicked laugh. "Why, am I not royal enough for you? Don't you know who I am?" Her tone darkened. "Does my crown no longer count now that I have been imprisoned for a thousand years? Did you not recall the legend? Did you not see the signs?"

"I did," I heard Twilight say. "And I know who you are, you're the mare in the moon, Nightmare Moon," The large crowd gasped.

"Well well well, somepony who remembers me. Then you also know why I'm here."

A nervous Twilight spoke in a shaky voice. "You're here to... to."

Nightmare Moon laughed. "Remember this day little ponies, for it was you're last. From this moment forth the night will last forever!" Lightning struck down behind Nightmare and she began to laugh hysterically.

"Seize her! Only she knows where the Princess is!" Three guards flew up to her.

"Stand back you fools!" Lightning struck, forcing the guards off course.

Nightmare Moon began laughing again and turned into blue smoke which flew out the doors and towards the Everfree forest. Rainbow flew off chased after her for a bit but couldn't keep up.

Twilight ran out of the hall and back to the library with Spike, I followed her and flew up to the window.

I saw her put Spike to sleep and went back down to the library, I moved down to the window on that floor to see Twilight frantically pulling out books, looking for something on the elements of harmony.

I then saw Rainbow Dash barge in fly up to Twilights face with an angry look only to be pulled back by Applejack. The other three walked in, too bad I couldn't hear what they were saying. Twilight started saying something, probably explaining why she knew this was going to happen. Pinkie looked at a book shelf and said something that made Twilight push past her and take it out.

She started reading the words on the page but I couldn't read them because I was too far away. I turned to my side to see a blue smoke out side the window next to me, it was Nightmare Moon.

"Hey Nightmare Moon, over here." I said hoping to attract Nightmare's attention. The blue smoke just turned and disappeared into the forest. The six ponies then ran off to the forest too, with me following behind at a safe distance so I wouldn't be spotted.

A few minutes later the six stopped on the borders of the Everfree forest and I screeched to a halt in the air above them, hoping they wouldn't look up. They started talking but I couldn't go down to hear the or they'll notice me. Everypony except Twilight started walking into the forest, Twilight sighed and followed on behind them. I swooped low above the trees so that I could see them through the thick canopy of trees. They stopped at the edge of a cliff and a saw a blue smoke seep in to the rocks. "Nightmare just won't give up will she?" They started talking and from memory Rainbow would talking about the creepiness of the forest, trying to scare them.

I was going to fly down to help Twilight but I was engulfed by a blue smoke. "Going somewhere young alicorn?" A female voice whispered.

"I know it's you Nightmare Moon. You cannot hide in shadow forever." I saw a pony figure move past me and I lunged forwards, growling, only to hit the trunk of a tree, getting my horn stuck.

"Haha, I think I'll keep you. You are a rather quaint pony."

Nightmare Moon revealed herself. "Tell me, young alicorn, what is your name?" I growled.

"I would tell you... but I can't if my horn stays lodged in a tree," I felt my tail being tugged and my horn became loose enough for me to pull out.

"Better? So tell me, who are you?"

"I am Vortex, Celestia's personal elite guard and hidden protector of The Elements of Harmony," I said while rubbing my horn, still cautious.

"So, Vortex, why are you an alicorn but not a royal?" She said, some suspicion tells me she wants something out of me.

"I come from a distant land, far from Equestria. That is why I am not acknowledged as royalty here."

I waited for the bribe of royalty to come but it didn't come exactly the way I expected. "We could rule the eternal night together, if that is what you wish," Her face was a few millimetres from my own. "We could rule as a couple," She whispered quietly and kissed me.

I pushed her away from me. "You know what, seen as you just ruined my entire relationship life, I'm going to have to say no." She looked at me furious.

"How dare you refused such an offer from your Princess!" She shouted in her royal Canterlot voice.

"Well too bad. Bye," I pulled a face at her, then I opened up a portal and ran through it not wanting to witness the full power of the dark magic which possessed Celestia's sister.

I then found myself outside The Castle of the Two Sisters. "Strange, this is where the cloaked man wanted to meet me."

"And I still do," I turned to see the very guy himself standing next to a pillar, casually leaning on a staff. "Well done for not interacting with the six so far, I know it's hard but you have to keep it up. Don't worry, once the four elements have been found you will not need to hide any longer. Oh, and hows your lover heehee," He said cheekily with a wheezy laugh.

I rolled my eyes. "Shut up, old guy."

He laughed. "Oh, I'm dead serious about this. Do you like her or no." He walked up to me and looked me dead in the eye, well, he would have if his hood didn't conceal his face. "Oh is this better." He took off his cloak, and what surprised me was that he was a golden furred monkey with a white beard.

"At least I can look you in the eye now that I can see you," I said.

"So tell me, Vortex, do you like her?" He leaned on his staff in a casual way.

"No," I said assertively.

"Good," He whacked my head with his staff. "You will have a chance with Rainbow when the time comes, the one you actually like. Lucky pony."

I was surprised. "What, when?"

He whacked me again. "Vortex, use your thick head for once. I said when the time comes."

"Stupid monkey," He whacked me again. "Ow. That's really starting to hurt."

"My name is Razziel, not stupid monkey," He said, then looked around. "Looks like Nightmare is here," He pointed towards a tower, blue smoke had started to seep in there and lights flashed. I turned back around to see that Razziel had disappeared.

"Stupid monkey," As if Razziel were still here my head started to hurt again as if he whacked me. I grumbled. "Ouch, if Razziel keeps hitting me my horn will get dented, even with this thick skull of mine."

I flew up to the window which Razziel had pointed at and watched. I saw Nightmare Moon with the elements of harmony and Twilight was in front of her, and she didn't look the slightest bit happy.

"You're kidding, you're kidding right?" Nightmare said, I could hear them from the window because, well, there was no window, just a gaping hole where the window should be.

They charged at each other, just before they could collide Twilight teleported behind Nightmare with the elements, her horn started to glow. "Just one spark. Come on, come on..." An aura of purple light began to surround the elements of harmony and her horn began to glow brighter.

Nightmare had teleported in front of Twilight and stopped her with a strike of lightning, sending Twilight flying backwards. The elements began to spark with lightning, Nightmare Moon was surprised. Just before the sparks began greater it stopped, leaving the sixth element still unknown. Nightmare Moon began to laugh hysterically and stomped her hooves, shattering the elements into several pieces. Twilight looked shocked.

"You little fool, thinking you could defeat me?! Now you will never see your princess or your sun. The night will last forever!" Nightmare Moon laughed hysterically. I facehooved, knowing perfectly what will happen next.

I heard the voices of Twilights friends and she turned, a look realization on her face. "You think you can destroy the elements of harmony just like that? Well you're wrong because the spirits of the elements are right here!" Twilights friends had gathered behind her and the shattered pieces of the elements of harmony lit up and floated in the air around Nightmare Moon.

"Applejack, who reassured me when I was in doubt, represents the spirit of... Honesty," The orange glowing shards flew up to Applejack and spun around her.
"Fluttershy, who tamed the manticore with her compassion, represents the spirit of... Kindness," The pink glowing shards flew up to Fluttershy and spun around her.
"Pinkie Pie, who banished fear by giggling in the face of danger, represents the spirit of... Laughter," The blue glowing shards flew up to Pinkie and spun around her.
"Rarity, who calm a sorrowful serpent with a meaningful gift, represents the spirit of... Generosity," The white glowing shards flew up to Rarity and spun around her.
"And Rainbow Dash, who could not have abandoned her friends for her own hearts desire, represents the spirit of... Loyalty," The red glowing shards flew up to Rainbow and spun around her.

"The spirits of these five ponies got us through any challenge you threw at us," She said.

Nightmare Moon looked furious. "You still don't have the sixth element, the spark didn't work!"

"But it did, a different kind of spark. I felt the very moment I realized how happy I was to hear you, to see you. How much I cared about you, the spark ignited inside me. When I realized you all are my friends," Twilight turned to face Nightmare Moon and a flash of white light appeared above her, it was the sixth element, the element of magic.

The light grew brighter and I had to shield my eyes.

"You see Nightmare Moon, when those elements are ignited by the... the spark that resides in heart of a soul it creates the sixth element, the element of... magic."

The light grew even brighter and soon it was so unbearable I couldn't even look. The shards assembled on their corresponding hosts in the forms of necklaces and a crown, they then created a rainbow which twisted up and down on Nightmare Moon. "Nooooo!" She screamed and the rainbow light wrapped around her, covering her completely. The the white light flashed again and I could see or hear a thing.

By the time my sight came back the six were lying on the ground and one by one they woke up, groaning. I couldn't quite hear what they were saying but by the proud look on Rarity's face they were admiring their necklaces, which were the same shape as their cutie marks.

"Indeed you do," I saw the sun rise up and a light came down and landed in front of the six, revealing itself to be Princess Celestia. The six ponies bowed.

Princess Celestia!" Twilight said as she galloped over to her and hugged her. Well, at least it was considered a hug in pony terms.

"Twilight Sparkle, my faithful student. I knew you could do it," She said.

"But you told me it was all an old pony tail," Twilight said.

I told you that you needed to make some friends, nothing more. I saw the signs of Nightmare Moon's return and I knew it was you who had the magic inside to defeat her. But you could not unleash it until you let true friendship into your heart," She replied. "Now if only another will as well..."

"Princess Luna, it has been a thousand years since I have seen you like this. Time to put our differences behind us, we were meant to rule together little sister."

"Sister?" All the other six asked surprised by this, however I knew it all along.

Celestia continued. "Will you accept my friendship?" All the ponies waited anxiously for a response.

"I'm so sorry, I missed you so much big sister." Tears of friendship spilled from the two Princesses eyes.

"SHE NEVER SAID YES, DAMMIT!" Was the one thought going through my head.

"I missed you too." Celestia said.

This made Pinkie cry rather loudly, enough for me to hear anyway. "Hey you know what this calls for... A PARTY!" She said changing moods extraordinarily quickly.

A few hours later:

I did not attend the party at Ponyville, however much Celestia insisted. I couldn't let myself be revealed. I had told Celestia and Luna about Razziel, the monkey who always wore black robes and hit me with his staff. This made them laugh, it felt good to see them so happy.

Celestia had left for Ponyville but Luna had stayed behind for a bit. "I'm sorry for what I did as Nightmare Moon... You know," she said uneasy about how I will react.

"Hey no problem, just don't do it again. I have eyes, and ears for somepony else."

She laughed, thanked me and galloped off to join her sister. "Maybe she did mean what she said earlier..."

I was satisfied, everything was normal for now anyway. I knew many other terrible events were yet to come, having watched the start of season 2 of my little pony. But that will have to wait.

Somewhere dark in Equestria:

I gasped, defeated by the mane six. They had ripped me away from Luna's mind, leaving me exhausted and weary. "Brother, I have failed my mission," I said in a low, dark voice. I turned to see my brother, a deathly grey alicorn, looking disappointed.

"We will just have to strike next time chaos is let loose. Don't forget, we have a captive that we can use to our advantage," He said in a cruel deathly chilling voice.

"Perhaps, only fate can decide. But for now we sleep and wait," I said quietly.

Author's Notes:

I told you this will be up soon! Very soon!
Yes, a large amount of this is from the first two episodes of my little pony but I'll try my best to throw in as much originality into it as possible. Next chapter will be up eventually but until then cya later everpony an brohoof to you all! /)