Platinum glanced around as he waited for the Summer Sun Celebration to kick off.

It had been a few hours since he had brought the two purple ones to the treebrary (the town's library was inside of a living hollowwood, who'd have thunk it?) and had partied with the pinkest of peppy ponies, Pinkie Pie. He would have thought that she herself had the same kind of gift that he had, had she not failed 'the test'.

Now he and the other ponies he and Twilight had met through the day were gathered in Town Hall (Spike not being able to attend due to his crazy shenanigans and need to sleep) awaiting the reveal of their beloved ruler.

Though it had only been the course of a day, Platinum would likely admit that he missed his mother. Who wouldn't?

Now he stood near the entrance of the building to allow other ponies to see (he didn't make a very good window and had no intention of doing so) while he twiddled a feather about in his grasp. The feather was a familiar white with a warm feeling around it, a small prick running through the base that tied it to the inside of his black vest. As the mayor stood on the balcony to introduce Princess Celestia, he smiled and stood up straight as the curtains parted to reveal...

"Oh no," he whispered.

He could hear the confusion of the ponies as they glanced up to see an empty space, questioning why nopony was there.

But Platinum could see it.

The silhouette resembled Celestia in size and shape, but was a dark haze of a star-filled night sky, the boundaries of its form twisting to form a solid mass.

"MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!" a voice echoed throughout the room.

Platinum clenched his fists as he watched the shape take form into a black alicorn with blue armor and slit eyes.

"Do you not rejoice, my little ponies? For your true Queen is here!" she stated. "Or do you not remember the legends of me?"

"I know who you are," Twilight said, causing the black alicorn to look down at her with a sadistic grin.

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Rarity took a step back as Twilight moved forward, staring up at the strange alicorn on the balcony. For some reason, she had responded to the strange intruder and was walking forward, as if to challenge her.

"I read about your return... Nightmare Moon!"

The majority of ponies, including Rarity herself, gasped in shock.

This alicorn was the mare in the Moon? The legend that Nightmare Night was based off of and told of her harbinger of eternal night?

"It seems as though someponies are not so foalish after all," Nightmare Moon smirked. "'Tis a shame that you shan't be able to put that knowledge to use from your grave."

A burst of magic conjured a stone spear, and with a flick of her neck, Nightmare Moon sent it flying towards Twilight.

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"No!" Luna shouted in the confines of her own mind.

She watched as time seemed to slow to a crawl as the conjured weapon sailed towards the unicorn. The lavender mare simply stood there, eyes wide with shock as it closed in on her form. Luna could hear the Nightmare cackle madly as she tried to fight for control, hoping to stop it.

Then, everything changed.

The stone spear had somehow teleported to her side, splitting away some of the Nightmare's armor as it barely scratched the flesh.

Both Luna and the Nightmare let out a cry of shock from the sudden turn of events.

"That... that's impossible," Luna thought. "There wasn't even a spark on her horn, nor-"

"Hey!" a stallion's voice shouted.

Luna felt her body turn to the source, and felt shock alongside the Nightmare when she saw the source.

It was like a semi-bald Minotaur with a mane of platinum on strange legs wearing black pants and a vest over a blue dress shirt, a familiar star sewn into the left barrel.

"What... who are you to dare raise your voice at-"

It happened instantly.

Something impacted against the side of Luna's face.

Hard.

The force cracked something inside her face and sent her flying through the wall of the town's center structure before she skid to a halt in the dirt outside.

"Wha... h-how..." the Nightmare itself struggled to comprehend.

Luna stood up slowly from the blow, and looked up.

There it was, standing only a meter before her. Somehow it had managed to follow her fast enough to be here before she could recover.

"You," the Nightmare seethed as Luna felt her magic charge up against her will. "Do you have any idea who you just struck!?"

"Some fat mare with an attitude problem, apparently," it answered.

Luna felt her body surround itself with magic as she charged forward to the creature.

"And what kind of foal are you to stand up to me!?"

In that moment, she saw something truly bizarre.

Behind the creature, an ethereal form manifested into existence. This one was covered in white armor with two tubes running between its neck and shoulders. A black surface ran underneath the manifestation's armor, and saw that the back of its hands were etched with clocks, the second hands moved to the 30 position. Similar to the creature, it had burning emerald eyes that glared into her soul as it scowled.

"WOLA!" it shouted as it threw out a punch.

The fist collided with Luna's barrel, sending her clear over the creature as she felt something break underneath the force. Blood burst from her mouth as she crashed into the dirt, her magic burning everything away on contact.

She coughed and sputtered as she stood up, the Nightmare quickening her Alicorn magic to heal herself as it spoke.

"What... what are you?"

"Me?" the creature asked as the manifestation of a warrior stood back-to-back with him. "I'm just a Knight out here to protect the innocents of this town. But if you want to get to them," he said, his green eyes burned with sheer willpower, "you've gotta get through me and my [Stand]."

When he uttered the last word, he bent his knees while striking out two fingers, the [Stand] performing the same pose.

Author's Notes:

[Stand] Name: ???
Strength: ?
Speed: ?
Range: ?
Precision: ?
Durability: ?
Learning: N/A

[Stand] User: Platinum Bluestar