The blue star now pulsated every half second, the humming loud enough to be confused for the wail of a windigo. Clouds had formed over the miniature star, rain pouring down like waterfalls from the heavens. Each drop of water fizzed away the instant it came into contact with the small sun's surface. Lighting occasionally lit the forest alongside the sun's pulses, but it also hid the small sun's location from prying eyes.

Each pulse of the sun lit up even the darkest corner of the surrounding forest. The denizens of the woods could only watch on with wariness as the orb of blue plasma sat firmly on the soil of the clearing, the surrounding earth turning to glowing magma as the star's pulsing only intensified, only to be cooled back down by the downpour from above.

Within the small blue sun, a lone figure stirred. It was no larger than a teenager, give or take a few inches. Its frame lithe, mirroring the image of some of the best well-kept mares in the land.

More lightning. More thunder. The roaring wind mixing with the hum of a star; it all served as a clear warning to anything nearby, while also being an almost impenetrable veil of natural camouflage. Not even the Royal Guard or the Wonderbolts that had been sent out a half hour earlier to search for it could continue flying in such bad weather.

The Everfree wasn't called as such for no reason. Only the brave—or foolish—dared to enter into its grasp.

The humming intensified into a single high-pitched shrill that was barely drowned out by the wind and thunder. The pulsating was now taking place every fraction of a second, and it only increased in speed. It was not long before the pulsating had become a single unbroken and piercing light.

The once blue sun became a pale white as it began to shrink. As it did, it lost its spherical shape, taking on the contours of wings, a head with a horn, and four folded limbs. Slowly, the shape continued to shrink, until the blue sun bad become nothing but the glowing silhouette of a mare.

Then as if to offer one last moment of the spectacle before forever going silent, a bright flash erupted that lit up the woods for miles on end. It lasted but a second, but in that instant, it was brighter than even Equestria’s yellow sun. And yet, it went unnoticed in the storm raging above.

The wind began to die down, but the rain only picked up ferocity. Thunder and lightning vanished as a lone figure now stood where the blue sun had once rested. In the small crater, a young alicorn of a very dark cornflower blue coat and a mane of brilliant phthalic blue with a persian azure outline began to stir.

Author's Notes:

So, Grogar's wishes came to pass. New Nightmare Moon has been born. The world will soon face her wrath.

Or will it?

Guess you'll have to wait and find out~

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So guys, this is it for now. The prologue arc is over. Stay tuned for the next story arc starting soon. There may be a bit of time between the new things being published due to some small issues with scheduling.

Some may be wondering why I posted three chapters of the prologue instead of just going ahead and posting as a single thing? Well, will anyone have read all of that at once?

Later chapters will certainly reach higher lengths. Stay tuned. If you like this story, help this author grow! Read, Rate, and Coment.

Until next time, farewell.