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Rise Of The Nightmare

by Narukami

Chapter 23: Into Unknown Seas

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In the seas far away from Equestria, Celestia and the others were heading to Crossbleser's library to find the only weapons that can defeat Nocturne.

"So Crossbleser..."Twilight asked.

"What is it Princess Twilight? Something on your mind?"

"Yes actually, when i heard you talking about the Old Gods, well....it kinda intrigued me, can you please tell me more?"

"In my library i have many ancient books, there you will find all the information you need, but do be careful. Forbidden knowledge is something that mortals must stay away from, so read at your own risk and DO NOT attempt any of the rituals. Understand?"

"Yes, yes i do and i shall do as much."

Twilight then got to her room downstairs. As she started walking however, she saw Cadence curved up in the corner of the room crying and whispering.

"Cadence?"

"STAY AWAY!"

Twilight backed up scared, then Cadence shocked her head a little and said.

"Oh my god i am sorry Twilight,i didn't realise it was you...."

"Cadence, what is going on? Has something happened?"

"It's just that....i am worried Twilight....about Shining, Flurry Heart and......about me."

"Cadence...."

"Listen Twilight, just a moment ago we almost became food for that....thing! We almost died! In the end it wasn't us who suffered such a fate. But those guards, those Alicorn guards! They died a terrible way, we could be next if we are not careful! But....i am afraid, a lot and he.....is eating at me."

"He? Wait Nocturne?! Has he been here?!"

"W-what...no no it's just that, i....can hear his voice, talking to me! And every time he does that i feel my head hurt! I am in pain!"

"Cadence my god that's terrible! You should go to Crossbleser he might have something for you."

"Y-yes, yes i suppose and Twilight....thanks for the walk, sometimes i feel like i am all alone in times like these."

And she walked away.

Twilight then walked into her room, she sat on her desk and started taking notes.

In Luna's room.

"So, sister....how do you feel?" Luna asked.

"I feel terrible."

"Why is that?"

"Do you remember then night when our father died? And Crossbleser sent Nocturne away?"

"Yes....yes i do....every second of that horrible scene....." Luna said with her head down."

"If what Crossbleser said was true however, you know about this Phobetor controling Nocturne, do you think that we may end up facing him too? Or even if we can convince Nocturne that Phobetor is alive and turn him good again?"

"I do not know sister, it's hard. Nocturne was always stuborn and you know that, i don't think that he can be changed that easily if not at all."

"And now that we are away from the Crystal Empire, do you think that he will make a move?"

"I don't think so, he is after us right now. I mean why would he send that Knight Terror and the other thing to attack us?"

"True....Luna it's almost time for me to lower the sun, you know what the means right?"

"I know and don't worry i will protect your minds durring your sleep!"

"It's not that......Luna i want you to be safe too! And....i am afraid that.....something bad will happend to you."

"Sister....there is nothing that Nocturne can do to hurt me, only slow me down."

"I don't think so.....just.....be careful.....please...."

"I-i will."

Celestia then left the room along with Luna and they both went upstairs. Celestia then used her powers and lowered the Sun, Luna the used her magic and the Moon started slowly rising.

After that all of them went to sleep. Luna got back to her room and started meditating, she then used her powers and when she opened her eyes she was in the dream realm. There she all the ponies dreaming. However, something was wrong. She could only see the dreams of Celestia, Twilight, Cadence, Shining armor, Flurry Heart and the Citizens of the Crystal Empire.

"This confirms my suspicions....they are all dead." Luna said.

Then the whole world around her was destroyed and only darkness remained.

Luna was little surprised cause something like that would happened.

"I know you are there Nocturne! Show yourself! I am not afraid to face you!" Luna shouted.

"Are you now?"

She then turned around and saw a big stallion with white pink skin, bat wings, two giant horns on his head along with a chest plate, blue glowing eyes and a dark shield as his cutie mark. Before she could react however, the stallion punched her and threw her on the ground.

Later from behind the stallion Nocturne and Lynthea appeared.

"How are you doing Luna?" Nocturne asked.

"It would have been better if you weren't here! And i see that you have brought your lap dogs as well!"

"Naughty girl! Careufl with that tongue of yours, or else my son right here might tear it off."

"You see Luna, we got bored in Canterlot and we deceided to come and.....have a little fun with you."

"To hell with the three of you! I will not entertain you! Only fight you!"

"We will see, oh well you two can begin, i may join you later." Nocturne said while walking away.

"Of course my dear, whatever you want."

Nocturne then used his magic and spawned a chair out of the ground, he then sat down and said.

"But please, do make her suffer."

"Tedaxur, my dear? It's your time now." Lynthea said to the stallion.

He then charged at Luna. Seeing this, Luna focused on her magics and started to cast a spell. Tedaxur however threw at her six blue collars, with red runes on them. The collars instantly wraped themselves around Luna's hooves, neck and horn. Luna gasped when she looked at the collars.

"What! T-these are!?!"

"Yes, yes they are. Tell me however Luna? How much do you remember of that night of yours?"

"YOU! YOU BASTARD!"

"Why so angry? It seems that you don't like being reminded of past tragedies is that right?"

Nocturne then got closer to her, his hoof then turned into a claw, grabbed her amulet around her neck, looked at it for a while and then said.

"And you still have this......the present that i gave you for your birthday.....ment to keep you safe. It was so that i may know where you are, yet after what happened all these years you still kept it, but tell me Luna, why?"

"I...i don't know, it was hard for me and Celestia to overcome what had happened, after all you have done! You vowed to protect our family! Our world! But after your betrayal.....i wanted to still beleive that there was.....still good in you, just like Celestia told me, everything happens for a reason."

"Indeed, everything happens for a reason, even this! Tedaxur, enjoy yourself, i want nothing to do with this worthless mare."

He immediately pulled back the amulet, he then bite it and it was consumed. Tedaxur then put her down and penetrated her mare hood. He kept on pounding down her flesh, hurting her while Lynthea kissing, biting and licking Luna's ears, chicks even her eyes.

While Nocturne was just sitting there watching.

"And the irony, is that when this first happened to you i was the one who saved you, but now.....nothing can save you from them!"

"WHY! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME!" She said while tears started running down her chicks.

"SILENCE!" Lynthea said as she slapped her.

"Because dear Luna, this is every mare's greatest Nightmare, to be weak and unable to defend your body! To have all those around you to manipulate you in any shape or form they want! It is your Nightmare.

Then however something happened. Nocturne was watching the horrific sight without expressing any joy or sadness, but there was a tiny voice on his head , telling him.

"Come on! Kill her already! You are wasting time!"

Nocturne tried to ignore the dark familiar voice by shocking his head a little, but the voice just kept going.

"You fool! I didn't prepare you for this! You are better than that! No! YOU ARE WORSE!"

The voice was booming around his head so much that he stood on two legs with both of his hooves turned into claws and he started violently scratching himself to the point where his own flesh would fall to the ground along with tiny pools of blood.

"Master! You are alright?" Lynthea said as she run towards him.

"DON'T TOUCH HIM DEMON!" Nocturne said.

He then threw her to the ground with a punch and then rushed at Luna. He grabbed her head and shoved the tips of his claws right in her eyes. Luna opened her mouth and started screaming even more.

"I HATE YOU LUNA! WHY WON'T YOU SHUT UP! IT'S ONLY DEATH!"

He then bit her tongue and started pulling out while at the same time chewing on it. And after a powerful pull, her tongue got out with blood falling to the floor. Nocturne swallowed her tongue whole and Luna fell down dead. Her eyes were no more and so was her tongue.

"Master.....is everything alright?"

"Don't worry about it.....Let's get out of here, but first i have to fix something."

He then extended his hoof on her face and he started using his dark magics. Soon, her broken body started to regenerate, her eyes remade along with her tongue. Then from above her forehead a red small crystal appeared.

"That's enough Tedaxur! Lynthea, return to Canterlot with Tedaxur, i have....other things to do."

"A-as you wish master.....just......be carefull."

Then she and Tedaxur disappeared.

Luna woke up from her slumber and found herself on the ground. She then crawled over to the wall and started recalling on her memories of the past.

"Why? Oh my God, why?!" She cried.

Then Celestia walked into the room, seeing her sister like that, Celestia rushed to her, hugged her and said.

"Luna, don't worry i am here now, everything is going to be ok. Please tell me what happened?"

"It was horrible! Please just....."

"Don't worry Luna, your secret will remain safe with me, tell me did Nocturne do anything?"

"Y-yes yes he did! Him and his succubus 'marefriend'! Along with another stallion! They....attacked me in my dreams and they.....r-ra....ped......"

"Luna...."

Celestia hugged her even more.

"I....can not imagine how painful it was....."

"Celestia....."

Celestia then looked at her and noticed then crystall.

"Luna! That....crystal on your forehead...."

"IT DOESN'T MATTER! I WANT NOCTURNE DEAD DO YOU HEAR ME! I WANT HIM OUT OF OUR LIVES! FOREVER!"

Celestia then used her magic and the Sun rose up, she then took Luna from her hoof and told her.

"I...know you do, but....i don't want that thing on your forehead, you remember what this does, don't you?"

"Yes.....yes i do, let's just go......"

Then Celestia and Luna got upstairs to meet with Crossbleser who was sitting next to the captain of the ship.

"Crossbleser we need your help. It's Luna, she has been attacked!"

"Let me see."

He then got closer to Luna, extended his hoof and looked on her forehead. The red crystal was radiating and Luna was heavily breathing.

"Do you think that you can remove it?" Celestia asked.

"It won't be that simple, this seed is more powerful than the rest. There is......a very high chance that we might loose you....."

"What!" Luna said.

"Well, as long as Nocturne won't activate it that is, right now it's just a small crystal, but it is still powerful. Celestia go wake up Princess Twilight Sparkle and Princess Cadence. The time has come to Ascend."

"Ok....."

"As for you Luna try to stay calm, i promise you i will find a way to remove that crystal from you."

"T-thank you...."

Crossbleser then made his way to the middle of the ship. He sat down and started whispering.

"Show me the plan, guide and cherish us, show me once again the power of the Light!"

Then a Halo appeared above his head, he charged his horn with the Light and threw out a bolt of Light that got far away from the ship and into the sea. There the bolt revealed a floating giant golden door.

Then Celestia, Twilight and Cadence appeared gazing into the beautiful gate.

"This is it, when we enter the gate we will enter the Library. Captain you have done your job well, go to the Crystal Empire and keep it guarded we will meet with you later. And may the Light protect you."

"Thank you sir." The captain said.

"Now gather around!" Crossbleser addressed the four princesses.

Luna then put her hoof on her head and grunted out in pain.

"Luna?" Celestia asked.

"He is here......"

And right from infront of the ship a giant humanoid skeleton appeared. He was covered in chains, his head was covered with a small piece of cloth with red eyes radiating. On his chest they could also see a beating heart and last on his back he was carrying a small building that looked like a church.

The skeleton was a giant compare to the ponies and on his right shoulder he was there watching them. Nocturne.

Nocturne then slided down across the skeleton's arm and once he reached his palm he extended his wings and landed on the ship.

"Hello there!" Nocturne said.

The guards then took battle positions and surrounded Nocturne.

"Stand aside Nocturne! We want nothing to do with you!" Crossbleser exclaimed.

"Well, too bad, cause there is nothing you can do about it! And i can see that you finaly opened the gate! Fantastic now i can get back those weapons that you stole from me."

"I didn't steal anything from you! You know how dangerous these weapons are and yet you still want to use them?"

"Yes! Yes i do, after all the path to revenge is a dark one and i am willing to use everything in my disposal to get what i want."

"Nocturne listen to me! Phobetor is still alive! You have to trust Crossbleser!"

"You too Celestia? Do you really believe that?"

"Of course she does! We believe it as well!" Twilight said.

"You all disgust me! Stop putting fake berriers in front of you to stop me! Get it through your damm heads! Phobetor is dead! I killed him! When i traveled out of Creation! And now, i am going to kill you!"

Nocturne then advanced in two hooves with both of his blades out and ready to slaughter them.

The guards however got through and instead it was them that were cut into pieces and later consumed.

Crossbleser and the four princesses backed away from the fight and then he said.

"We have to go now! While he is distracted!"

"What! You are willing to leave them behind to die?" Cadence asked.

"I am...sorry Princess Cadence but it is the best chance that we have right now!" Luna said.

"Celestia.....princess please don't tell me that you approve of this." Twilight said with her head down.

"I-i am sorry Twilight but....we have no other choice." Celestia said with regret.

"Just go! We will hold him off! It is our duty!" The captain of the ship said and he joined the battle against Nocturne who was still cutting them down or consuming them.

"Please all of you, gather around me!" Crossbleser said.

He then used his magic and a light bauble appeared around them. The bauble then started flying right in the golden gate.

"YES RUN! YOU ARE ONLY DELAYING THE INEVITABLE!" Nocturne shouted.

The giant skeleton then lifted both of his hands in the air and then smashed the ship, causing everyone to get killed.

Seeing that Cadence gasped.

And then from the broken debris Nocturne took flight.

"YOU AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE!"

His blades then penetrated the bauble and he pried it open, only to get shot in the face with a light bolt from Crossbleser that caused Nocturne to look away for a second. Then he returned his gaze to them revealing his right eye had been destroyed and it started regenerating in a mater of seconds.

However the bauble had already reached the gate and they all were sucked in.

Next Chapter: "Let the terrible truth worm it's way into your mind!" Estimated time remaining: 6 Hours, 45 Minutes
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