Chapter III

Twilight continues to stare disbelievingly up at the remains of the moon with a gaping mouth. ‘This shouldn’t be possible! The book never said anything about the moon getting destroyed!’ She thinks with growing horror.

“What happened?! Why is the moon in so many pieces?” Spike asks Twilight fearfully.

“I… I don’t know…” Twilight mumbles numbly.

Something catches her eye though. Two shooting stars seem to be getting closer as they fall, instead of burning out like the rest.

The first one seems to be falling in the direction of somewhere far outside of town, while the second one is falling-.

“EVERYPONY GET YOUR HEADS DOWN!!!!” Twilight shouts in panic, before activating her magic to form a magic barrier over herself and Spike.

The ponies gathered in the Town Hall follow her gaze up and see the shooting star heading right for them. Some scream, some gasp, and others head her command and dive for the ground.

The shooting star crashes heavily through the ceiling of the building and then through the podium that Princess Celestia was supposed to appear on, bringing it down to the ground floor in a shower of splinters.

Everypony slowly lift their heads up after the crashing ceases. They stare at the mass of splintered wood and broken beams, unsure about what to do.

The wood shifts a little.

Twilight’s heart jumps from the thrum of magic power that she can feel coming from the pile of wood. Slowly, a jet black pony crawls out of the wreckage.

“Ahhh! It’s an alien!” Pinkie screams.

Twilight makes a boggled face and then glares at the pink Earth Pony. “No it’s not! It’s-.”

“Where… is… Celestia…” The alicorn asks. Her voice makes Twilight shiver.

“Why do you want to know?” Rainbow Dash asks recklessly.

The black alicorn struggles with her legs a bit until she’s standing up straight and proud. She glares at Rainbow Dash. “I would think you would have more sense than to question your Princess, little pony. I will forgive your disrespect this one time since I’m in a good mood from being freed from my prison. But I want an answer to my question. So I’ll ask again. Where. Is. Celestia?” She says coldly.

“You think we’d tell you anything after what you just did to the moon you crazy-Heeeeey!” Rainbow exclaims from Applejack pulling her tail.

“You insolent little, I warned y-wait… what do you mean by what I did to the…” Nightmare Moon looks up at the night sky to where the shattered form of the moon rests in the sky.

Twilight scrunches her brow in confusion at Nightmare Moon’s odd behavior, before she feels her heart stop from how cold the air suddenly got. Nightmare Moon’s ethereal mane is picking up speed in its flow speed, the stars in it growing brighter every second. She’s gritting her teeth and breathing in and out shakily from anger, her eyes burning with unfiltered fury. The magic in the air around Twilight is so thick and potent that she can taste it, and her head is swirling so much inside that she feels like she’s going to pass out.

“BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!”

Nightmare Moon gives a single flap of her wings and jettisons herself from the Town hall through the hole she made, shrieking her fury through the air above Ponyville and probably all across Equestria too.

Once Nightmare Moon leaves though, Twilight gasps, finally able to breath with the stifling magical aura of the alicorn gone.

“Ugh…” Spike passes out on her back.

The ponies around Twilight start to talk all at once, trying to figure out what’s going on.

‘Nightmare Moon is back… but… why did she look so ragged? What happened to her?’ Twilight shakes these thoughts out of her mind. ‘It doesn’t matter. I still need to stop her from bringing eternal night.’ She looks for the door. ‘I need find out more about the Elements of Harmony.’ She turns around to push through the throng of ponies and then out of the Town Hall. She gallops to the Ponyville Library.

When I wake up, the first thing I become conscious of is the fact that I can’t breath, or at least, not very well. There’s broken stone piled on top of me if this rock stuck in my mouth is anything to go by.

The initial panic from suffocating charges my core with a little energy. I gather the energy in my throat and force as much air out in a breath attack as I can manage, blasting the rocks covering my face out of the pile. I choke on the dust and finally take my first breath of fresh air in a long time. Then I croak in pain from my injuries, which are now registering the feeling of pain to my brain.

I squirm a bit from all the burning and throbbing that I can feel from various areas across my body… which I’m not certain is in one piece from the lack of feeling past my right thigh and parts of my wings.

‘Ow… ow ow ow ow ow. Damn it! It didn’t hurt this much back on the moon. Why is pain so intense back here?’ I ask the heavens with my mind. ‘Also, not only am I buried, I’m also crippled. Thanks a lot Moony, this is your fault.’ I think with annoyance past the pain.

I can feel my core using the element of fear to try to heal my injuries, but it’s doing it at a snails pace. It must be burning the energy I regain right as I get it.

‘Well… I’m not really sure how to get out of this right now… so I guess I better just focus on letting my body mend itself… how boring.' I think to myself.

Before I can focus on just letting my mind roam however, I hear something.

I take a moment to still my breathing to listen and try to get an idea of what I’m hearing, and where it’s coming from.

*clip-clop*

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*clip-clop*

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*clip-clop*

‘Those sound like… hoofsteps. Somepony’s coming… Should I let them know I’m here, or let them pass? It might be Nightmare Moon… but it also might not be… You know what, screw it. I really want to get some actual fresh air, so whoever it is, they can probably get me out of here.’ I decide in my mind.

“Hey! Here! Help!” I choke out.

The hoof steps abruptly stop, and then start again, this time growing louder with each step.

“Under the rocks. I’m stuck.” I rasp, trying to give whoever’s coming an idea of where I am.

The hoof steps stop just a few feet short of me. Then I can feel the hum of magic right in front of my face before the weight of the rocks covering my head are lifted away gently by a golden levitation field.

“… Baelor?” A familiar voice says.

I crack open my eyes and blink at my returned sight. “Hey Celestia. It’s been a while.” I say wearily to the white alicorn.

Author's Notes:

Chapter three, complete.

"Do you have to say that every time at the end? I'm pretty sure they realize that the chapter is complete considering they just read it. And don't you have a few more chapters in reserve right now that you're just waiting to edit?"

Way to be a killjoy Ictus.

"Otdphtpgh-WHAT?!?! KILLJOY?! ME?!?! WHAT?!"

"Well you did kind punch holes in what he said."

"Well, yeah, but that was because... because I-"

"..."

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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"..."

"... Do... you think he's going to be okay?"

Um...

"...Maaaaaaybe?"

I... I'm actually not really sure. Crap, should I apologize?

"Well, eventually. Give it a day."

How come?

"Cause even if he needs it, if you wait a day I'll only have to deal with you two for a day and might be able to get some rest."

"Aw, you know you love us Aevey." <3

"How did you manage to... you know what, never mind. It's just Pinkie being Pinkie."

Well, I guess I'll see you next chapter everyone.