A goddess or a demon?
"Now the hour has come at last
The soft and fading light
Has crossed the west horizon
And has bidden us goodnight
And what a lovely night it is
To walk a moonlit field
To see the softer shades
That are by starlight now revealed

So why is it that now,
When all is quiet and at rest
When candles glow and all the world
Is at its very best
The ponies of Equestria
Should lock themselves away
To shun the moon and wait instead
For Sister's sunny day?

(In umbra Luna est)

Am I so wrong to wish that they
Would see things like I do?
And am I so wrong to think
That they might love me too?
Why shouldn't they adore me?
Is it not within my right?
I'll not be overshadowed!
Mine is not the lesser light!
I've waited long enough now
For them all to come around
And though the Sun may plead and threaten,
The Moon will stand her ground

It comes to this at last:
I will no longer yield the sky
If they cannot love
But one princess alone
See, the Moon is rising
She has come to claim the heavens for her own

And all will know the wonder
Of my dark and jeweled sky
When all the world is wrapped
In an eternal lullaby
So say goodnight to this,
The final setting of the sun,
Tomorrow dawns in darkness;
The nighttime has begun!"

Nightmare Moon repeated these words as she looks out of her prison upon the moon down upon Equestria with eyes of hatred. She had gone through this same routine for nearly one thousand years now having her only need to be getting back and killing Princess Celestia.

Nightmare turns away from the window that looks down at Equestria as she trots towards her throne room once more to sit and wait until she was tired once more. Her mind was a void filled only with ideas of death and torture for those who would oppose her return next year.

Luna lifted a hoof and tapped it lightly on the window which showed a rainbow colored wave of color to show around the outside of it. This rainbow wave had sealed her here for so long and had kept her here life air in a bubble that would not pop.

She glared down at her kingdom and states to herself, "Soon I shall be home and you shall fall before me, Sister."

As she looks to her left where a mirror sits she sees her glorious and celestial body that any pony would wish for. Her royal coat was a dark blue almost on the verge of being pure black with her mane being a black moving mass with glittering stars inside it. Her crown, regalia, and armor were made of black metals that were thin yet had been through many battles before. Her eyes were oddly like a dragons with how they looked slated and greenish

She turns and sits back on her throne to wait once more hoping for something to occur before she went insane. She felt so alone.

Celestia looked up at the moon where her sister had been trapped under the control of the demon that had taken over because of her fear. Soon her mistake would be fixed and Equestria would once again have its two princesses together once again keeping Equestria strong.

Celestia walked along as she saw guards looking at her as she passed them by. She knew her pure white coat shined and glistened like the finest jewelry, her regalia were flawless and enhanced her appearance, and her eyes were blue like the sky in the mornings
As night turned to day she began to use her powers as a song she was used to began to come out of her voice.

Fate has been cruel and order unkind
How can I have sent you away?
The blame was my own; the punishment, yours
The harmony's silent today
But into the stillness I'll bring you a song
And I will your company keep
Till your tired eyes and my lullabies
Have carried you softly to sleep

Once did a pony who shone like the sun
Look out on her kingdom and sigh
She smiled and said, "Surely, there is no pony
So lovely and so well beloved as I"
So great was her reign and so brilliant her glory
That long was the shadow she cast
Which fell dark upon the young sister she loved
And grew only darker as days and nights passed

Lullay moon princess, goodnight sister mine
And rest now in moonlight's embrace
Bear up my lullaby, winds of the earth
Through cloud, and through sky, and through space
Carry the peace and the coolness of night
And carry my sorrow in kind
Luna, you're loved so much more than you know
Forgive me for being so blind

Soon did that pony take notice that others
Did not give her sister her due
And neither had she loved her as she deserved
She watched as her sister's unhappiness grew
But such is the way of the limelight, it sweetly
Takes hold of the mind of its host
And that foolish pony did nothing to stop
The destruction of one who had needed her most

Lullay moon princess, goodnight sister mine
And rest now in moonlight's embrace
Bear up my lullaby, winds of the earth
Through cloud, and through sky, and through space
Carry the peace and the coolness of night
And carry my sorrow in kind
Luna, you're loved so much more than you know
May troubles be far from your mind
And forgive me for being so blind

(Instruments play slowly)

The years now before us
Fearful and unknown
I never imagined
I'd face them on my own
May these thousand winters
Swiftly pass, I pray
I love you; I miss you
All these miles away

May all your dreams be sweet tonight
Safe upon your bed of moonlight
And know not of sadness, pain, or care
And when I dream, I'll fly away and meet you there

She looked once more at the moon setting and says to herself, "Soon sister, you will be back home and you will be made yourself again by my student."

What the princesses didn't know was that in the human world a human male was on the edge of death. This man was an everyday man who was just trying to get by after a life full of pain and lose throughout his life. Today he was planning to end it all with only a note and a prayer before he ended it. He looked in the mirror and saw his useless self.

He was a 6 foot 1 inch male with short brown hair, his skin was a light tan-white with light freckles over his skin, his bluish green eyes looked tired with the bags under them. He was wearing a forest camouflage shirt, a pair of green camouflage pants, and a pair of tan steel toe boots. His hands looked to be worn from heavy labor with a few scars on his arms that looked like knife wounds. He had a pair of thin glasses over his eyes that seemed to be quite worn and slightly dirty.

With a sigh, he turns and limps over to a chair by his kitchen table where he grits his teeth as he slowly sits down. He reaches under his shirt and grabs a pair of necklaces which he lightly lifts over his head and sets down on the table before him. One is a set of dog tags from his time in the army where he had gotten his injuries from while the other was a necklace with two symbols on it. The first symbol had a part of his religion which was Wiccan while the other was for his goddess, Selene the goddess of water and of the moon.

He smiled fondly as he touched the dog tags and the symbols with fondness like people pet their dogs and cats. He sighed before standing up slowly and walking to the kitchen where he opens the fridge to find it almost empty except for a jug of milk, a bag of shredded cheddar cheese, and some mild Italian sausage. He smiles lightly as he pulls them all out and begins to make a breakfast for himself after a long ten hour work day at Arby's. He loved to cook but with how life was right now...he just felt so tired of existing right now. As he cooked he looked at his phone to see a message from his dad and another message from his friends

'Hey Son, I wanted to say that I will be coming to visit you with your stepmother in two months. Want to hear how you are doing and when you can call me back.'

'Yo Nate it's been a bit. Wanted to know if you really told that cute chick that you were not interested in dating. You sure you're not gay cause you really need to get laid man.'

He sighs as he tosses his phone to the side and says to himself, "Everyone gets to do what they want but I can't. To damn smart but to damn responsible to even think about missing bills. Tonight should be the full moon...can't wait to pray and let my last feelings go so that I can finally end this suffering. I hurt so much. I just want the pain to end."

He finishes up cooking and puts it on a plate before going to the table and eating it slowly while thinking of the good days. He had been top of the recruits at Fort Jackson and Fort Lee before heading off to Iraq where he had been stationed with the 43rd army infantry. He was under Commander Stafford who had ordered him and his men to go on a convoy to join up with some tanks on the border to Afghanistan. The problem was that in route the convoy was attacked and he had gotten a piece of shrapnel through his left knee cap. Only two years in the military and already he was sent home with barely enough money to help him pay his bills. After that money ran out he had tried to get a good job but... he had no luck. Finally he got hired as a full time employee at Arby's where he hated it. He had been trained to be a soldier and part time leader of his men and now he was serving fried food to civilians.
He put his plate in the sink and washed it one last time before putting it in the rack to dry as he headed into his room to grab his colt 32 cal pistol which he brought with him to his small shrine as he grabbed his dog tags and his necklace with his religious symbols before kneeling in front of the alter. The alter was peculiar for sure as it sat under a window in the living room where moonlight shone down upon it from the full moon over head. On the shrine was four small vials filled with different things, a picture of a woman, a couple of sticks of incense, and a small pentacle on the table made from chalk.

He kneeled there as he says, "The elements before me are to appease the gods and goddesses above. The spirit of the point is the picture of Selene to show my devotion, for earth I have sacred dirt purified of all toxins to show my purity of my body, for air I have a bottle with pure oxygen to show the air around me is without sin, for water I have a bottle of mineral water from a natural spring to show my mind is pure, and fire is the incense before me is lit to show my heart is pure for all to see."

He breathes in as a small shiver goes through him as his next words feel as if they are speaking deep to the world, "Selene I pray to you today to help me. I have been your loyal follower for these last 15 years and wish to ask one request of you before I pass on. I ask that as the soldier I am and the useless person I am that you may help me find a better place for myself and rid me of this pain that hurts so much every day. I invoke your true name Luna the lady of the moon, to help your follower so that with my death I will find a new life beside you until the day you do not need me anymore. I invoke the elemental of water and your moon to allow this so that with your answer I can finally have peace and live as the true follower I have always been to you."

What the man didn't know was that his request entered into a nexus of magic that had opened upon the moon raising to its highest point and went out to be heard by two Princesses.

The voice spoke in chipped tones as it said in a muscular voice, ""Selene I pray to you .... help me. I have been your loyal follower ... wish to ask one request of you... I ask that as the soldier I ... that you may help me find a better place for myself... I invoke your true name Luna the lady of the moon, to help your follower.... find a new life beside ... I invoke the elements of water and your moon to allow this so that with your answer ... live as the true follower I have always been to you."

Celestia upon hearing this voice speaking in such a strange and yet spell like nature caused her head to raise in alarm but also surprise. These words had not been heard in such ages that even Celestia was still young when her parents had heard them as well. This meant only one thing that she knew of and that was that the ancient laws were still around in the other worlds out there...the legacy of her family still existed in other worlds like her father had predicted.

Tears went down Celestia's cheeks as she says, "One of the followers still exist and they call to my sister. I can only hope a part of her still exists to help this follower or dare I hope she doesn't and whomever calls for her is not turned into a weapon against Equestria. I must at least try and stop it from reaching her if possible."

Celestia began to use her magic to try and muffle or silence the voice from reaching her sister.

She looks up at the moon not knowing her sister heard it as well but before her.

Nightmare Moon was walking back towards her bed when the words came to her ears and she raises her head and looks towards the open window with surprise and hope.

"Could it be true? Could there still be followers left of mine after so long without a prayer? I...I feel Luna smiling and wanting to reach out but dare I do so? They say they are a warrior but dare I trust them to actually help?" asks Nightmare Moon to herself as she looks to think a little.

She seems to contemplate this for a bit before saying to herself, "I will take this chance and maybe this warrior will be able to assist me when it is time to go back to Equestria to take back my throne. I shall answer this one's heed and shall bring them here to assist me while we wait for the time to pass to invade my homeland once more."

Her magic gathers as she says in her Royal Canterlot voice, "Mortal, I have heard your invoking and shall allow it. You will come and be in my arms once more and I shall guide you to your true destiny under my care. None shall harm you so long as you stay true to what you have said and My protection shall stay upon you until the day that I parish where you shall as well."

With declaration she casts her magic to open a portal before her which would open near the one who asked her of this request.
In Equestria Princess Celestia felt the magic gather and heard Nightmare Moons voice with dread in her heart as she says to herself, "It looks like I must push my student Twilight Sparkle along a little so she is prepared for what is to come. It seems Nightmare Moon has gotten another to join her to fight and we must be prepared for what is to come with this change of future events."

Nate sighed as he felt that he would receive no response for his prayers. Taking his hands off the alter he grabs each vial of the elements and puts them in his pockets along with Luna's picture of her pure spirit when he hears what he wished to hear after so long.

A voice ... a feminine voice called out to him in such a sweet and yet motherly voice like a whisper through the air, "Mortal, I have heard your invoking and shall allow it. You will come and be in my arms once more and I shall guide you to your true destiny under my care. None shall harm you so long as you stay true to what you have said and My protection shall stay upon you until the day that I parish where you shall as well."

Nate's eyes open wide as tears go down his cheeks as if someone had just grabbed his hand to stop him from jumping off a cliff and smiles. His prayers had been answered and he would be with his goddess like he had always wished. He stumbles his way to his room and grabs a pair of 9mm pistols which he puts in their holsters which he clips to his hips. He then goes to his closet and opens it to grab a pair of swords. The first was a black katana that was about three feet long and the other was a knight's sword that was engraved with dragons on it. He finally grabs his assassin's dagger which he slides into his boot sheath.
As he heads back into the living room to answer his Goddesses call he sees the air before him ripple before it seems to open and reveal a multicolored interior which shifts about in color and shape. As he looks as if he feels a small tug on his heart telling him that he should go in.

With a true smile he limps to the portal and enters it after saying, "I am coming my lady. I am yours and shall never leave you."
Nate closed his eyes and walked through the portal without even knowing if he would live through it. Upon stepping in, he feels a kind of sucking sensation as he keeps moving like he is in a straw or a tube and is being pulled back into his world as he fights forward. With each step the sensation gets stronger until with the sound of shattering glass he falls over as the sensation stops. He pants on his hands and knees before he slowly opens his eyes to look down upon a smooth black floor made of some kind of rock.
His vision seems off for a second as it seems to go hazy and back to normal a few times as he begins to stand up. With a slight trouble with standing, he finally is at his full height as he looks about to find that he is in some kind of medieval castle that is made of this black stone all around speckled with shapes that are made of what looks to be silver or maybe pearl but he can't seem to tell.
His eyes wonder about until they come upon a chest high.... pony? He would call it a pony if not for its horn and wings. Is it some kinda Pegasus or unicorn? Pagacorn or Unisus? He wasn't for sure.

He blinks a few times as he tilts his head in confusions looking at it before the pony opened its mouth and says in a familiar feminine voice, "Hello, my faithful follower. I am very happy to see that you have to come to me after all and you didn't even change from your original shape."

Nate's eyebrows raised up as he asks, "Are you Luna?"

'Luna' nods and says in a soothing voice, "I am Luna, your goddess of water and the moon. I can understand if you are concerned about my looks but this is my form in my home realm. You have come here and I hope that everything you spoke was truth all these years."

Nate quickly snaps out of his funk before saluting her and saying quickly, "Of course, my ...lady? I have never went wrong as your truest follower and have would never lie to you."

'Luna' seems to smile as she says, "I do hope your fighting skills have not gotten rusty since I last looked upon you during your last time in a fight."

Nate looks slightly offended but says, "Of course not, my lady. I am still a great fighter even if I am slightly crippled."
'Luna' smile gets slightly wider as she says, "Let me use some of my powers to remove your pain so that when the time comes you can join me in a battle against a foe worthy of your skills."

Nate blushes a little at the compliment before he nods and let's her get to work on his injury.

Nightmare Moon grins happily at how easy it was to manipulate this warrior to let her use her magic to make her bound to her in body and soul.

Her horn began to glow a dark blue as her magic seeps into the warrior before her and begins to fix him and change him somewhat. She first notices that some metal was lodged in his leg causing him pain and decided to vanish those before fixing the muscles with a simple regeneration spell before putting some her magic on his brain to make him more susceptible to her orders and to not question them. She than help him by adding a little more muscle and fixing his eyes. With that she smiles as she also goes through his memories to see how much she would have to change to her liking.

What she came upon was quite unlike what she expected. His life was always lonely or with so few and yet the one thing he seemed to always do was pray to Luna... to her. Memories go past her in a blur as voices seep through to be heard.

"Your a smart kid, Nate. Use it wisely."

"What's wrong with you? Why do you dress like a gangster? I didn't raise you like this."

"Dude, like why have you never dated? Something wrong with you."

"Come on, man. The Army is the best place for you man."

"You maggots better be ready for hell."

"The Sergeant is dead! We need to call in support."

"We're under fire. Keep your heads down."

"Nate! Stay with me private."

"Back luck bro. Wish you were still around."

"Murderer."

"Baby Killer."

"We don't need you."

"Get lost."

"Why don't you go die."

" Mortal, I have heard your invoking and shall allow it."

She stopped as she heard that one and looked at the memory. The memory radiated with such... love and devotion?
'Was his life so full of pain and suffering that my words made him come to me? If so... should I really do this to him?' Nightmare Moon asked herself.

'Help him. He is like me, lost and needing a reason to live. Guide him and maybe we can have a friend or even someone we can trust.' replied Luna.

'I am Nightmare Moon, I do not need friends or trust. I need only servants and followers.' replied Nightmare Moon with a growl.
'You are all alone here without him. He is smart and has not had the love or right motivation to guide him. Show him the right way and maybe you and he can live happily these next few years.' replies Luna.

Nightmare Moon seems to think on it before leaving Nate's mind and saying to him, "You should be better now, Nate Rowenoak."
Nate's eyes open as he stands up and takes his glasses off before noticing he felt stronger. He looks at her before kneeling and saying, "I thank you, my lady, for this. I will do anything you ask until the day you do not need me anymore."

Nightmare Moon smiles, 'happily' ,at him before stating, "We shall first test your body and skills to find out if you are up to par with the opponents that you will face later on. Today will be the start of your training."

Nate nods and follows her into a training room which looks like a torture chamber with the amount of sharp objects. He gulps as one thing goes through his mind and out his mouth.

"Well....fuck me with a cactus...I'm gonna be in a world of hurt." he states

Author's Notes:

(Note. Special thanks to the animators of a music video named Duo Cartoonist for giving me an idea to use to make this along with a commenter on my other stuff on here. I do not own the music but asked the creators if I could use it. I also do not own any character but Nate.)
Nate here wishing to see you all soon. Also save me please
Not so fast my follower. Back to training with you!
Noooooo!!!