Goku could not understand why, but for some very strange reason she had a very unsettling feeling in her gut that made her stomach turn uncomfortably. It was just a little unsettling feeling that had formed, one that she had just brushed off as a simple form of anxiety. As the party went on however, it slowly grew to the point where she could not ignore it at all. It was a big ache that had formed in her stomach, as if somepony took her intestines, and tied them in a giant knot. One that was so painful, that it almost felt like she was getting sick from insane food poisoning.

At first, she had just assumed that she was anxious to get to the Summer Sun Celebration on time, after all the times that she had lost track of when it was going to happen. However a little voice in the back of her head was telling her that it was something far worse. Something that neither she or her friends would be prepared for if they were not warned about it soon.

“Goku?” A melodic voice suddenly said, snapping the tan Pegasus from her cleaning as she turned to see Rarity standing behind her. The alabaster Unicorn was levitating a large pile of confetti and streamers, and giving her friend a look of concern. “Are you alright, darling?”

“Uh…I-I guess so…I don’t know…” she replied uneasily, brushing a pile of cupcake wrappers and crumbs into a trashcan in front of her. “Why do you ask?”

“Well…you have this…worried look on your face. You’ve had it ever since we began helping Twilight clean up her house.” Rarity replied softly, also dumping her pile in the trashcan, before walking up and taking Goku’s face in her hooves, her sapphire blue eyes looking into the tan Pegasus golden yellow ones. “Is there something bothering you, dear?”

Goku closed her eyes, making the black eye shadow, given to her by Rarity, on her eyelids visible as she took her. “Well…yes, there is…I don’t know what it is, but…there is something telling me that...something bad is going to happen tonight. At the Summer Sun Celebration, to us, to everypony, to the Queen.” She replied softly, opening her eyes and giving Rarity a look of worry and slight fear. “I’ve had it ever since the party you all planned for us ended. I didn’t really worry about it at first, but…it’s been growing and…I just…I just can’t ignore it.”

“Let me guess, you believe that somepony is going to either invade or attack everypony at the Town Square?” Rarity asked with a raised indigo eyebrow, earning a nod from the tan Pegasus. With a sigh, the alabaster Unicorn put both forehooves on the mare’s shoulders. “Goku darling, listen to me…I know that you like to follow you gut whenever you believe something horrid is about to happen, and I admire you for that…but I can assure you that nothing is going to happen tonight. Even if something does happen, it’s not like it’s going to be anything major…before you came back, me, Fluttershy and the rest of the girls have always been there to protect the town from any sort of danger, and so far, we’ve been successful. With a few, ehem, boo-boos, here and there…”

She looked off to the side as a blush formed on her face. “Anyway, what I’m trying to say is, I don’t think we have anything to worry about. Especially tonight of all nights, when we’re supposed to be celebrating with the one pony who’s protected us for as long as she can remember. Speaking of which, the Queen will be there to protect us from any danger. Not that I believe that she’ll need to, since she's the most powerful being in all of Equestria. Though, you understand what I’m trying to say don’t you, dear?”

“Yeah…I do. Thank you for telling me that Rarity, and I’m sorry for acting so worried.” Goku replied, giving the alabaster Unicorn a grateful smile. “I just can’t help but feel worried.”

“Oh don’t be sorry, darling!” Rarity cooed, pulling Goku into a hug and bringing her head into her soft and fluffy chest fur. “I completely understand how you feel. You were just worried about our safety that’s all…nopony’s going to blame you for that.” She took the Thestral’s mare’s face in her hooves and looked into her eyes. “Though, I don’t think that you need to worry about that. Besides, this is supposed to be a time of happiness and joy, not of worry and anxiety! Heaven knows I’ve had more than enough of my fair share today.”

She threw her head back and draped a foreleg over her face, earning a giggle from Goku as the alabaster Unicorn sighed. “Anyway, if you still have some concerns about tonight, then we can always go to the Queen about, and let her fix it right up. For now, just focus on having the best day of your life, okay darling? With your sisters, brother, us, and all of our younger siblings here together, it’s just bound to be for all of you.”

“Well, when you put it like that, it does sound pretty helpful.” Goku replied, remembering that Sheton was there with her and her elder sisters. The thought that this was going to be his first Summer Sun Celebration, and the desire to make it the best day of his life was just enough for the tan hybrid mare’s mood to brighten again. “Okay Rarity, I’ll do it. I don’t know if I can ignore all of it, but…I’ll do my best. After all, this is my little brother’s very first Sun Celebration, and I do want him to have as much fun as possible, since that is my top priority today.”

“There you go dear!” Rarity said sweetly, giving the tan Pegasus a kiss on the forehead, making her cheeks erupt into a blush. “Now, why don’t you go wake your darling little brother and the other fillies up, hm? They’ve been sleeping upstairs in Twilight’s room for quite a while after partying their little hearts out, and I’m sure that they save up quite a lot of energy to run around and play with our sisters.”

“Oh, I don’t doubt it. I can’t wait to see the looks on their faces when they see my little brother again.” Goku chuckled, her worries about tonight out to the side. “I can tell they all took a real liking to him when they first met him. Well, with the exception of Rainbow Dash’s little sister, Fire Flash.”

“That’s only because they haven’t meet yet, darling.” Rarity said dryly with a snort as she waved a hoof. “Though, I don’t doubt that she’ll take a liking to him, too…in more ways than one.”

“Me neither Rarity, me neither.” Goku giggled with a nod of agreement, before she walking to the staircase.

As the sound of talking, and cleaning began to grow quieter and more muffled, Goku trotted up the wooden stairs, the sound of her hooves clopping barely thanks to the noise. Once she reached the stairs, she trotted down the somewhat dark hallway, her sharp eyes allowing her to marvel at the numerous pictures on the wooden walls. She smiled warmly as she saw most of the pictures contained her, Twilight, Spike, Crescent Shield and the rest of the girls in them. A soft laugh escaped the Thestral hybrid as she continued to walk down the hallway. Twilight really did make sure to keep her foalhood memories during the years she was in Ponyville, and it most certainly showed.

As Goku continued to look at those pictures, her overly sensitive ears caught the sound of soft snoring coming from the door next to her. Abruptly coming to a halt, she turned to face the door, blinking a few times, before putting an ear to the door, wondering if she had misheard. She was soon proven wrong when she heard another soft snore come from inside the room, indicating that the foals were inside. Smiling softly, she lifted a hoof and put it on the doorknob, before turning it as she gently opening Twilight’s bedroom door and walked inside.

The interior of Twilight’s bedroom was eerily similar to the interior of what it looked like downstairs. It had several bookshelves around the room, with drawers right at the bottom containing what Goku could only guess were things like flashcards, pencils papers, which also had a large flower pot.

A large bed having a large blue blanket with the symbols of the sun moon was set next to a large bed, with a desk that had a unicorn horse head resting on it. A telescope next to it, and an alarm clock house implanted in the wall on the right side of the curtains, all sitting on the right side of the bed. Sitting on the bed, with the Moon shining down on them in a warm comforting glow, were her little brother, were all four foals, cuddled together in a large ball of fluff.

Goku could not stop the wide smile that spread across her face, her heart swelling with warmth, as she stared at the sight. She fought back a giggle that threatened to flow from her throat as she slowly walked over to the bed, making sure not to startle or scare them awake. As she got within range, she slowly reached out with a hoof and gently shook each of them awake.

“Kids...kids, it’s time to wake up,” The Thestral mare said gently. “Come on you lil’ cuties…wake up.”

After a few more shakes, the foals finally woke up for their slumber, Sheton being the first. His emerald blue eyes blinked as he slowly opened them, rubbing the sleepiness out of his eyes. Upon seeing his sister his eyes widened as he quickly sat up, causing Scootaloo, who was resting her head on his back, to fall off and jolt awake. She was quickly followed by Crescent Shield, who had been resting on the left side of Sheton and finally Spike, who had been resting on the colt’s right side.

“S-s-sis?!” The stormy grey colt squeaked as he shook his head to clear the remaining sleepiness out of it. “W-What are you doing here?”

“Rarity told me to and wake you four up, the party’s over.” Goku replied softly, gigging softly at the foals’ bed headed manes. “Me, her, and the rest of the girls are helping clean Twilight home before we head of to the Summer Sun Celebration.”

“Oh…the Summer Sun Celebration.” Scootaloo mumbled softly as she scratched the back of her ear. It was a few moments later before the bright orange filly’s indigo eye widened as she shot to her hooves. “The Summer Sun Celebration! Oh, Fluttershy's going to be so upset! She’s probably wondering where I am and-”

Whatever Scootaloo was going to say next was cut off when she felt a tri-colored hoof press itself against her lips. She looked up to see the amused expression of Goku as she shut the filly’s mouth closed. “Easy there Scootaloo, no need to get so worried. Fluttershy knows that you’re here, so you don’t need to worry about her getting upset about you not being down there.” Her golden cat-like eyes flicked over to Crescent Shield and Amethyst and quickly added, “Twilight knows that you three are here as well, so you don’t have to worry about her going into one of her overactive fits.”

"Really?" Crescent Shield asked as she calmed down. “That’s good…”

“Well…that’s a relief…” Spike sighed as he flopped back down on the bed onto his back. “For a second there I really thought I was dead.”

“However,” Goku continued, her sly mischievous tone catching all four foals off guard. “You will have to worry about me telling them about how I found you all cuddling my little brother if you don’t get your cute little rumps off this bed, and get down stairs and help out.”

At this, all four foals eyes snapped open wide as they shot up into sitting positions, looking at the tan mare as if she was crazy. Scootaloo and Sheton seemed to be the most scared of them all, as evident by their shaking form and the fierce blush on their cheeks.

“You wouldn’t.” Sheton whispered, lowering his head slightly. “You wouldn’t dare tell them!”

“Oh I assure you baby, this is no idle threat.” Goku said her grin allowing her canines to flash in the darkness. “Now, are you gonna go down and help? Or am I going to have to get you subjected to the relentless teasing of your big sisters?”

The foals didn’t reply to her question. They all just sat there, eyes wide as all the color seemed to drain from each of their faces. This only served to make Goku grin even wider, and, just to see them get scared out of their wits, she decided to make do on her “threat”.

“Alright then, suit yourselves,” Goku chirped sweetly with a light shrug, before she turned her head and began yelling from upstairs. “Twilight, Snowflake, Midnight! Spike, Scootaloo, Crescent and Sheton are”

“WE’RE GOING!!!” The foals exclaimed as they leaped off the bed, dog piling over each other as they raced towards the door. They nearly stumbled over each other as they galloped towards the stairs, leaving a giggling Goku in Twilight’s bedroom.

‘Hmhm! They are just too adorable!’ She thought giddily as she trotted down out of the room and gently closed the door behind her. ‘They are just so fun to tease I can’t wait to see how many more friends my brother will make so I can tease them! Oh, it's going to be so much fun!’

It didn’t take as long as the girls thought that it would to clean Twilight’s librarty, especially with their added guests lending a helping hoof. That, and Pinkie Pie used a whacky vacuum tool of hers to help speed up the process when it seemed like nopony was getting anywhere. Sheton, Crescent Shield, Scootaloo, and Spike were all especially helpful, grabbing whatever piece of trash they could, and lending a hoof to anyone that seemed to be having trouble. Thanks to the sleep they decided to get sometime during the party, they were more awake didn’t have to worry about sleeping on the job.

After putting Twilight’s home in tight knit shape, Goku, her siblings all departed from the lavender Unicorn’s house, thanking her, Pinkie and the others for the party in their honor. The bubblegum pink mare and the rest of the girls departed back to their own homes to either double check something, or to bring some additional guests to the annual event. That left Goku, Snowflake, Midnight and Sheton to go to the Summer Sun Celebration themselves, all enjoying the nighttime scenery given to them by the night sky during their trip there.

Once they reached the Town Square, they were quite surprised to see the number of ponies inside the building. It was so crowded that they could barely see the tables and food stands others were standing or sitting by, and the stage didn’t have anypony on it. The Thestral Kirin siblings could however, see the beautiful decorations that Rarity had put up earlier that day. Including the beautiful red glittery ribbons that she had put up, which seemed to sparkle in the light of the moonlight from the windows above.

“Wow, there are so many ponies here.” Sheton whispered softly as he looked around the large building. “I’ve never seen this many ponies all in one place before…”

“Of course you haven’t Sheton. Why would you?” Goku giggled as she looked over at the stormy grey colt. “At special events such as this, you never expect to see a whole town population of ponies all in one place.”

“A whole population of ponies? What you do mean-” Sheton began to asked, but cut himself off as it clicked only two seconds later. “Wait, you mean…a-all of Ponyville is here at the Town Square?!”

“Yes, every last one of them.” Snowdrop replied softly, an amused look on her face as she watched Sheton’s jaw drop. “There’s really no reason to be surprise, little brother. This is how it’s like at every Summer Sun Celebration. The whole population where it’s going to be held comes to celebrate the event specifically made for the Queen herself. It doesn’t matter how big that one town is, if that event has anything to do with the Queen, they will drop anything and everything that they’re doing and go to that event.” Her ears flattened against her head as a grimace formed on her race, remembering just how many ponies back in Canterlot had come to last year’s Summer Sun Celebration. “I wouldn’t be surprised if all of Equestria and all the creatures that live here, pony or not, were to come to this celebration right now.”

“Oh wow, I knew that Queen Celestia was loved and respected but I never expected this.” Sheton murmured, looking around at the giant fabric pictures. As he did so, a thought then came to him, and he spoke again, his next words were chosen very carefully. “Wait a minute, what about…Queen Luna?”

His three sisters, who were all preparing to sit at a table they had found, stopped upon hearing their little brother mention the Lunar Queen’s name. They all looked over at him with surprised looks on their faces, which immediately caused him to shrink under them.

“Queen Luna?” Midnight asked, having not expected her brother to bring up the long lost Goddess of the Night. “What about Queen Luna?”

“Oh…um…n-n-nothing…I’m sorry.” He stuttered, hiding his face behind his mane. “F-forget I said anything.”

“No, it’s okay sweetheart. We’re not mad at you.” Goku said reassuringly, reaching over with a foreleg and stroking his mane. “What is it about Queen Luna that your curious about?”

“W-well…um…I-I was just wondering. If Queen Celestia is this loved and respected by everypony…t-then Queen Luna had to be too, r-right?” Sheton asked, climbing onto one of the seats at a table. “I-I mean…they’re both goddesses of the Sun and Moon after all. Both of them having come down from the very heavens themselves along with their whole family to protect all of pony kind. Though, Queen Celestia and Luna seemed to be the special ones…a-and I can understand that, since they rule over the day and night.

The stormy grey colt lowered his head, poking his hooves together as his expression became solemn. “Despite all of that that, it seemed like Queen Celestia was getting all of the attention, while Queen Luna…wasn’t. Because…Queen Celestia’s the older…and more powerful of the two sisters than Queen Luna was. Still…she had to havesome admirers…right?” He asked, looking up at his sisters with a hopeful expression.

For a few minutes, none of the mares said anything, silently contemplating on what their brother had said. After another moment or two of silence, Goku letting out a soft sigh as she looked at her brother, before finally speaking.

“Honestly little bro, I really don’t have any clue. Me, Snowy, and Middy were never really told what the relationship between the Royal Sisters was like a millennium ago.” She sighed, resting her head in one of her hooves. “We’ve only heard bits and pieces of what their relationship was like from the ponies back in Canterlot when we were just fillies. A lot of which I think is a bunch of bucking horse apples if you ask me.” She gave a light snort as she said this, her jet-black eyebrows furrowing in anger. “Some of them say that she gave into whatever voices that were inside her head, due to her having dark powers, and turned into some demonic equine and tried to kill her sister. Others even say that Queen Luna got jealous of her older sister, and planned to overthrow her and make herself the one and only Queen in Equestria, with her comrades, the Bat Ponies, or Thestrals; as they like to be called, at her side.”

“You mean the Thestrals and Bat Ponies like us?” Sheton asked, spreading his feathered bat wings.

“Yes, the ones that’re exaclty like us. ” Goku nodded, letting a forehoof fall into the dining table. “Unfortunately, ponies who say that aren’t necessarily wrong. I’ve read the story about the Queens, how Queen Luna had turned, and the bloody battle that transpired afterward. As much as I hate to admit it, I can see that most of what they’re saying is true. Though, you wanna know what I think about all that, Sheton?”

The stormy grey Thestral colt tilted his head. “What’s that big sis?”

she asked as she looked up at him with a sweet smile. “I think that even though many ponies were either weary or feared Queen Luna, at the same time, I honestly believe that that she had just as much who both respected and loved her. Unfortunately, thanks to the pain many ponies had put her through, she just wasn’t able to see it.” Her expression became solemn again as she said the last part, before her face brightened once more. “Still, I’m sure that were many out there who loved both her, and the beautiful night she ruled, once of which I know very well.’’

“Really?” Sheton asked as he leaned in, his interest peaked. “Who?”

Without warning, Goku lunged forward and hugged the stormy grey colt tightly, causing him to squeal as she pulled him into her chest. He giggled and flailed his hooves as she nuzzled his neck and belly, giving him little kisses on his nose and cheeks. Her sisters both smiled as they silently watched their younger sister smother their little brother with boundless affection, ignoring the odd looks sent their way.

“You are, you lil’ cutie pie!” she cooed, giving Sheton another big kiss on the nose. “I think it’s very sweet of you to think that Queen Luna deserves as much respect as her sister does, and I completely agree with you! It doesn’t matter who’s the older or the younger sibling, especially in Queen Celestia and Queen Luna’s case. In my eyes, allsiblings are equals, no matter how old oryoung they are! As is the way with us Kirins and Thestrals!”

“Took the words right out of my mouth, G.” A familiar voice rasped from behind the four siblings. “That’s the same thing that I always tell Fire Flash whenever she’s down in the dumps and needs words of encouragement.”

The three mare’s ears all perked up at the voice and turned around to the source of it. They all gasped as upon seeing each of their friends, along with their younger siblings. All of them were standing just several feet away from them, watching them with warm and curious expressions.

“Oh, hi girls! You all finally made it!” Midnight said cheerfully as she trotted over to the five mares. “We didn’t even here any of you come in. Why didn’t you let us know you were here?”

“Well, fer one, there are is a whole audience o’ ponies here in the Town Square talkin’ louder than a bunch o’ chicks squabblin’ over a bunch o’ seeds.” Applejack replied with a chuckle gesturing over to the hundreds of ponies inside that were the building. “Two, we jus’ found y’all sittin’ here at this table and were comin’ over to let you know we were here, Though, it looked like ya’ll were gettin’ in some extra siblin’ time before celebration started, so we decided ‘t’ wait till ya’ll were done.” She finished letting out a little chuckled as she put a hoof to her muzzle.

“It was certainly worth the wait, too!” Rarity cooed sweetly, her eyes sparkling. “Watching you smother that darling adorable little brother of yours was just too precious! Almost as precious as him playing with my little sister!”

“Speaking of which? Where is the little squirt?” Rainbow Dash asked, looking at the three siblings. “I want him to be here, so he can meet super awesome little sis!”

“My, you’re really eager for Sheton to meet Fire Flash, huh?” Goku asked as she turned around in her seat. “Well, to answer your question, he’s right here!” she said, gesturing over to her brother sitting in the seat next to her.

“Sheton, it’s you!” Sweetie Belle squeaked as she tackled the stormy grey colt in a hug, nuzzling her cheek against his. “Oh, I’m so happy to see you again! I missed you so much!”

“H-hi, Sweetie Belle…I-I missed you too…” Sheton murmured as he tried to sit back up, only for his front hooves to slip against the floor with a light squeak. He fell back to the floor with a cry, allowing Sweetie Belle to literally fall on top of him. “Um…Sweetie Belle…can you get off me…p-please?” he asked timidly, finding it hard to look her in the eyes due to them being so close.

Sweetie Belle didn’t reply, just letting out another giggle and continuing to hug the Pegasus, causing him to blush deeply. A few seconds later, the alabaster filly felt herself encased in an aura of magic before being set back down onto the ground.

“Sweetie Belle, did you not here what Sheton had just asked?” Rarity asked firmly, staring disapprovingly at her little sister. “He had politely asked you to get off him, but you didn’t do as he asked! You could’ve crushed the poor dear with all of that over excitement!”

“Oops…sorry Rarity, I kind of got carried away.” The alabaster filly murmured sheepishly, a blush forming on her cheeks. With a flick of her tail, she looked back over at the colt that she had tackled just moments before. “I’m sorry Sheton, didn’t mean to startle you like that. I didn’t hurt you did I?”

“No, it’s okay…I’m not hurt anywhere.” The stormy grey colt replied, ruffling his wings. “Just warn me next time you’re going to hug me like that, alright? I already got more than enough of that from Apple Bloom and her family.”

“Heehee…yeah…sorry ‘bout that.” the golden yellow Earth filly said with a sheepish smile of her own. “Ah, tend t’ get a little overexcited mahself, along with Melon Cake…Ah’m sorry if Ah accidentally hurt ya anywhere too.”

“Um, Sheton…girls?” Spike asked innocently, one of his hybrid ears flicking. “I don’t mean to interrupt but…has anypony seen Fire Flash?”

“Oh, t-that’s right!” Scootaloo gasped as her ears perked up, before looking back over at Rainbow Dash and asking. “Um, R-R-Rainbow Dash…d-didn’t you s-say that y-y-you were g-going to b-bring F-F-Fire Flash here t-too?”

“Yep, I sure did! What? Did you think that I wasn’t going to bring my little sis here to an event as important as this?” The cyan mare asked, gently elbowing the bright orange filly in her shoulder. “Heh, like hayI would! Especially when she hasn’t met the little brother of one of my most awesomest friends there is!”

“Oh, okay. I-I was just w-wondering why we h-haven’t really s-s-seen her around a-as all.” Scootaloo murmured with a soft nod. “S-so, um…w-w-where is she?”

“Right here!” The voice of a foal yelled out with a slight rasp as a fiery streak suddenly shot down from above the group of ponies. It soon circled around them, as if trying to envelope them into a large flickering gate of fire and heat. A few seconds later, it died down as a fiery bolt shot down right in the middle of the mares and foals, sending dust flying and creating a powerful shockwave.

Everypony let out loud coughs in an attempt to get the dust out of their throats, having not been prepared for their new guest to make such a landing. Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash, Goku and heir siblings both used their wings to clear the smoke away, silently waiting for the smoke to clear. When it vanished, they looked down at where the pony was, ready to give them a sharp scolding, only to stop short at what they saw.

Standing in the middle of the small group of ponies, smoke swirling around her in a perfectly round circle, was a Pegasus filly. It was the very same filly that Goku and her siblings had seen in the photo back at Rainbow Dash’s house, the one where they were hugging. In the picture, the filly had been quite the unique sight, but now that she was seeing her in pony, she looked even more amazing.

Just like in the picture, the filly had a deep red hide, redder than any other color that was ever seen by anypony, which was rare for anypony to have. She had a flowing fiery mane and tail that had all the colors expected to be found; tangerine orange, golden yellow, and crimson red, all making for a stunning combination. The filly’s wings were a combination of her coat and mane, while her hooves were a pure golden color, giving a slight gleam. Her eyes, which were closed, slowly opened, revealing two pure golden yellow irises that glowed in the darkness of the Town Square. Unlike in the picture, the four Thestral siblings could all see her flank, which, just like Sheton and the fillies, held no Cutie Mark, showing she had no special talent yet.

“Hey there everypony…” The filly said with a feral grin. “What’d I miss?”

“Howdy there, Fire Flash.” Apple Bloom said nonchalantly as she strolled over to the crimson filly. “Mighty fine seein’ you here on this fine night tonight. I see you’ve made quite the fiery entrance there, as per usual.”

“Yep! Nothing else is expected from your number one best friend Fire Flash Dash Wisp! Little sister of the awesomest big sister in all of Equestria!” Fire Flash replied as she threw a foreleg around the sun yellow filly’s neck. “Of course, that doesn’t mean that you or the girls don’t make any fiery entrances of your own mind you.”

“Yeah, yeah…we know what you meant, Flashy.” Sweetie Belle giggled as hugged the crimson filly. “Though, was that landing really necessary? You did leave a rather big mark in the floor over there.” She emphasized this point by pointing to the pony-sized crater under Fire Flash’s hooves.

“Oh, right…sorry.” Fire Flash murmured, rubbing the back of her head sheepishly. “Probably should’ve watched how hard I was landing…”

“You think?” Crescent Shield deadpanned, snorting some dust out of her nose.

“Hey, don’t give her such a hard time you guys. She didn’t mean any harm by it, she was just trying to make a grand entrance for her best friends, that’s all.” Rainbow Dash said coolly, bringing Fire Flash into a one-sided hug. “Besides, its’ not like that hole can’t be fixed, and it’s not like Mayor Mare’s going to care. We’re at the Summer Sun Celebration, the one celebration where the Queen of Equestria is going to be. With such any important pony coming, a hole in the floor is going to be the least of anypony’s worries.”

“Hmmm…I suppose you have a point there, Rainbow.” Twilight murmured as she inspected the crater. “Still, I hope you have enough in your budget to fix that hole. Along a good explanation for Mayor Mare for why there is a hole in the Town Square.”

“Yeah well, we’ll get to that later!” Rainbow Dash said dismissively, before gently pushing her sister over to the Kirin siblings. “Fire Flash, I’d like you to meet some very special guests! This Goku, Snowflake, and Midnight Shenron! Three of my nine most awesomest friends in the world!”

“So…you’re the famous Thestrals Kirin siblings I’ve heard so much about?” Fire Flash asked, looking the three mares up and down. “I gotta say, I didn’t really think that you’d look like actual Thestrals, since I don’t really seem them all that much. Now though, I can totally see how you can be Thestrals, and…it looks pretty cool, along with those necklaces there.”

“Why thank you, dear. They’re actually one of the two symbols of our clan, except with this one, we have to wear it all the time.” Goku said sweetly, giving her necklace a little tap as it glinted in the moonlight. She then reached out her hoof and shook it with the younger flyer’s. “It’s very nice to meet you Fire Flash. I didn’t see you over at your sister’s place…I figured you’d be there with your sister, but you weren’t.”

“Oh, I was over at our mom and dad’s house.” Fire Flash replied casually as she inspected her hoof. “I was waiting for my big sis to come and pick me up, but it seems like she was caught up in some other business that was obviously more important. besides meeting up with her friends again.” She murmured, her eyes flickering up to meet Dash’s magenta ones in a small glare.

“Sorry, little sis…I lost track of the time.” The cyan mare chuckled in embarrassment as she looked away, feeling her sister’s eyes burn into her head. “I’ll make it up to you after the celebrations over. Hay, I’ll take you out for some hayburgers if you want.”

“Oh, I think I’ll be getting a lot more than some hayburgers by the time all of this is over.” Fire Flash murmured as she shook her head with a snort. As she turned around to converse with her friends, she noticed Goku’s little brother among the group, which gave her a pause. “Who’s he? I’ve never seen him around her before?”

“Oh, t-this is G-Goku Snowflake a-and M-Midnight’s l-little brother S-Sheton.” Scootaloo replied, coming out from behind him. “He h-dad c-c-come to P-Ponyville with t-them while t-they were s-supervising the S-Summer S-Sun C-Celebration today. H-h-he had come over to A-Apple Bloom, S-S-Sweetie Belle, S-Spike, and m-m-my house earlier today a-and played with all of us. H-he’s really nice, a-and he’s great with a-animals too.”

“Is that so?” Fire Flash asked as she began walking around Sheton, taking in all of his features. She suddenly froze as her eyes landed on his wings, and they widened at the sheer size they were. “Whoa! Look at those wings! I’ve never seen wings his big before!” she exclaimed as she reached over and yanked Sheton’s right wing out, spreading it to its full span.

“A-AH! P-please don’t pull it so hard!” The stormy grey colt cried as he jumped away from the other filly. “M-my wings aren’t like normal Pegasi…t-they’re r-r-really sensitive to somepony’s touch…t-they’ll stiffen up if you touch or pull them like that.”

“Really? Well why didn’t you tell me this before?” Fire Flash pouted as she let go of Sheton’s wing. “If I knew your wings were that sensitive, I wouldn’t have tried to pull it!”

“Yeah, sure you wouldn’t have.” Apple Bloom said, rolling her eyes. “Like you didn’t do th’ same with Scootaloo, even after she had told you to be gentle with ‘em.”

“Hey, didn’t think that you were gonna go and pull on his wings like that Fire Flash!” Spike replied with a snort before Sheton could answer. “Besides, why are you acting so surprised by their size anyway? It’s not like his wings are any bigger from yours or Scootaloo’s!”

“Actually, my wings are kind of bigger than Fire Flash and Sheton’s.” Scootaloo murmured softly, slowly unfurling her wings to emphasize her point. Sheton was left gob-smacked at their size, seeing they weren’t just ‘kind of’, bigger.

“Yeah, like we didn’t know that already.” Fire Flash snorted, before turning back to Sheton. “Sorry about that by the way; didn’t mean to cause you any pain there pal.”

“Oh, n-no, it’s okay…y-you just took me by surprise.” The stormy grey colt replied as Scootaloo helped tried to sooth his wings. “A-anyway…it’s really nice to meet you, Fire Flash…I-I hope that we can be friends.”

“Friends?” The crimson filly repeated flaring one of her wings and wrapped it around Sheton, pulling him close. “Sheton, I can guarantee that you and I will be the bestest friends there is here in this town! There are lots of foals who would go to the Moon and back to be friends with me, and not once have they ever regretted it! Trust me, you and I are going to make an awesome friend group, more than any other foals here in Ponyville.”

“Okay then…” Sheton said softly as the crimson filly gave him a fanged grin. “I-If you say so Fire Flash.”

“Hey now, don’t forget ‘bout us!” Apple Bloom chirped as she, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Crescent Shield all joined in, forming a large group hug. “We’re all in this too Flash, an’ don’t ya dare forget it!”

“I think so too~!” Spike chirped, snuggling deep into the group. “We’re all friends together!”

“Well, isn’t this just an adorable little scene this is.” Rarity cooed sweetly as she walked over to the fillies and colt. “Not even a whole day and you’ve already made four new friends Sheton! Luck and fortune must really be smiling down on you, aren’t they darling?”

“Um…w-what do you mean by that…e-exactly?” The stormy grey colt asked, nervously.

“Oh nothing. just the fact that all the friends you’ve made are fillies instead of colts. Not that there’s anything wrong with that mind you.” Fluttershy replied slyly, joining Rarity at her side. “Though the fact that none of the friends you’ve made are colts has to mean something.” she asked with a wink. “Shouldn’t it?”

It didn’t even take Sheton three seconds to realize what the buttermilk Pegasus meant, and his cheeks erupted red for the seventh or eighth time that day. As he yanked his hat over his head, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Fire Flash, Crescent Shield and Spike all sported equally deep blushes Before Sheton even had the chance to open his mouth and protest, Sweetie Belle beat him to the buck.

“Rarity! Can you please stop doing that?!” She squeaked desperately. “There’s nothing going on between me, the girls and Sheton! S-sure he’s cute but we’ve only just met and-” that was all she was able to say before her hooves flew to her mouth, her emerald green eyes going wide with horror at what just came out of her mouth.

“Y-you…t-think” Sheton sputtered as he lowered his head, his mane and hat nearly covering his eyes. “…I’m…c-c-cute?”

Sweetie Belle said nothing to the stormy grey colt in response. She just looked up at Rarity and Fluttershy, who was looking back down at her and her friends with sly smirks on their faces. The same thing could be said for the rest of their friends, one prismatic mane Pegasus in particular trying, and failing, to hold back her laughter.

“Ya’ll were sayin’, sugarcube?” Applejack asked with a smug grin.

“I…erm…n-nothing…I-I was just…!” Sweetie Belle cried, giving up on trying to say anything and covering her face with her hooves and wings. “…gah!”

“Heeheehee! There’s no need to be all embarrassed Sweets!” Pinkie Pie giggled as she bounced over and pulled the tangerine filly into a comforting hug. “It’s total okay if you think somepony is cute, or sweet, or whatever super-duper fun thing there is! Nopony’s saying that it’s a bad thing, and if you want to think that you can!” As Sweetie Belle slowly lifted her head from out of the Earth Pony’s chest fur, the bubblegum pink mare gained a more thoughtful expression as she added. “Just do me and your sister one small teeny tiny favor: hold in all that lovey dovey sweetness for when your older, okay? I think you and I both know that you are nowhere near ready for that kind of stuff yet. We can always make arrangement for a party to celebrate yours Sheton’s, and your other friends’ newfound love, though! In the next several years that is, hmhm!”

“Thanks for the advice Pinkie Pie, but I’m positive that that’s not going to transpire anytime soon.” Crescent grumbled, stroking Sweetie Belle's back as Pinkie set her down. “Besides, like Scootaloo said, they’ve only just met! Well, he’s only just met them, and I’ve known Sheton since we were babies, but that’s beside the point! I highly doubt that there is any way that Sheton would like any one of them like that, let alone me!”

“Mmmmm…I don’t know about that.” Twilight mumbled, her eyes looking to the side in thought.

“Hmhmhmhm, whatever you say, squirt.” Rainbow Dash chuckled as she ruffled the ocean blue filly’s mane. “Why don’t you Sheton and the other go off and play for a bit? I’m sure you all have plenty of energy stored up from that nice long nap that you had at Twilight’s tree house.”

“Can I sis?” Sheton asked, looking back up at Goku. “Can I go play with them? Please?”

“Sure sweetie, just make sure you and the girls are somewhere where we can see you, okay?” The tan Thestral mare replied gently, yet firmly. “With a crowd this big, you’re bound to get lost somewhere in it.”

“Okay…I will, thank you.” The stormy grey colt said softly, nodding to Scootaloo, Spike, and the other fillies as they all galloped off.

“Ya know Goku, Ah have to give yer lil’ bro credit.” Applejack murmured walking over to the tan Pegasus. “He won over mah lil’ sis pretty fast, faster than any other foal she’s met. Even more so that Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Amethyst.”

“Yeah, I know…he was like that back in Canterlot too. Winning over the hearts of any mare that came into his path, even if he wasn’t trying to.” Goku chuckled as she watched the foals play with each other. “Remind you of a certain sister of yours back at the farm, huh Applejack?”

“Er…um…uh…yeah, heheheh.” The tangerine mare laughed nervously, her cheeks turning a bright pink. “Sorry ‘bout that by the way…y-you know how mah big sis can get. Treatin’ each ‘n’ every foal an’ Ponyville as if they’re her own kin.”

“Oh don’t worry, its totally fine with me. Not the first time that a mare’s smothered my little brother with affection every now and then.” Goku said, patting Applejack on the shoulder before she turned to the other mares. “Though…I have to say, I am pretty impressed.”

“Impressed?” Rarity asked quizzically, tilting her head to the side. “Impressed by what, dear?”

“By the fact that your little sisters accepted my little brother so quickly.” Goku explained, making each of her friends’ eyes, minus Twilight’s, widen in surprise. “Back in Canterlot, my little brother had a very hard time making friends who not only wanted to be with him, but would accept him for who he was. Mainly because of him being so shy and being harassed because of that.” she held up her hooves to keep them from saying anything. “Now, don’t take this as me accusing your little sisters or anything, especially yours Fluttershy, but all I’m saying is that I expected them to be a bit more reluctant to be friends with my brother, and think that he was a little weird in the process.” She finished lamely, looking away sheepishly.

For a few moments, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack and Rainbow Dash didn’t say anything, just staring at the tan Thestral mare. blankly, before looking at one another. After another minute of silence passed, they all burst into fits laughter, making the three sisters jump in surprise.

“Um…is something funny?” Snowflake asked, blinking a few times as she regained her composure. “Why’re you all laughing?”

“Y-you honestly think, ha-ha…that those fillies, would even think, about bullying somepony, let alone calling them weird?!” Rainbow Dash asked between laughs, looking like she was going to pass out from laughing so hard. “Are you, are you bucking kidding me, G?!”

“Why that is just absolutely absurd darling!” Rarity added, brushing some strands of her indigo mane out of her face as she calmed herself down. “My little Sweetums would never think about doing that to anypony! That would simply just be unbecoming of her as a lady!”

“The same goes fer mah lil sis!” Applejack nodded, giving a flick of her tail as she snorted. “The day that she even thinks about bein’ mean t’ somepony, is the day that Ah tell her that she can have extra apple fritters b’fore dinner An’ she doesn’t act like she’s on a sugar rush. That’s not Ah was raised, that’s not how Big Mac, Anna Blaze, Annie, Jubilee, an' Honey Blossom were raised, an' that’s certainly not how Apple Bloom was raised either. ”

“The same goes with me Applejack. My little Loo-loo is the kindest, sweetest little filly ever.” Fluttershy declared softly, yet firmly, as she put a hoof to her feathered chest. “I’ve known ever since she was a baby, and I know for a fact that she would never say or do anything mean to anypony.” “That’s just…that’s just not who she is!”

“Yepperooni! If I know those fillies, I know that they are some of the bestest most fantastic little fillies that anypony could ever meet!” Pinkie Pie said happily, popping up from above as she looked at each of the three mares with wide cerulean eyes. “I can Pinkie Promise you that your cutie of a little brother has found friends that will be with him for a lifetime!”

“Oh…is that so…?” Goku asked as she blinked a few times, very surprised at how much of a positive light that her friends were making their younger sisters. She looked back at the foals, who looked to be playing a game of tag. “Then I suppose that my brother’s in good hooves with those fillies then?”

“Yer darn tootin’!” Applejack replied, stomping her hoof down firmly.

“Absolutely…” Fluttershy said sweetly, giving the tan hybrid mare a wink.

“Without a doubt, darling!” Rarity replied with a warm smile.

“Totally!” Rainbow Dash grinned, hovering on her back as she waved a magenta hoof in the air. “If anypony dares give your brother trouble, he just has to give the signal and she will incinerate their asses in ten seconds flat!”

“You know, due to her coming from your family and having a big sister like you, I wouldn’t put it past her to do just that.” Midnight murmured softly “Then again, it may not be a good idea to have her give third degree burns to ponies that try to be mean to our little brother.”

“Heheheh, don’t worry she wouldn’t actually set them on fire if that’s what you’re wondering.” Rainbow Dash said reassuringly as she landed and flung an arm around the beetle black Thestral’s back. “She would just give anypony who tries to mess with her friends beating of their lives if they rile her up just enough.”

“Yeah…that ain’t exactly helpful information, RD.” Applejack said bluntly, deadpanning. “And, frankly…that’s basically th’ same thing ya jus’ said jus’ a moment ago…”

“Yeah well, you understand the point I’m trying to make right?” Rainbow Dash asked, glancing over at the tangerine Earth Pony. Applejack just rolled her eyes in response, muttering something under her breath as she flicked her tail out.

“Well, either way, if you say that he’s in good hooves with them, we’ll take your word for it.” Midnight shrugged, giving Rainbow Dash a soft smile. “After all, I’m eager to see just what kind of trouble they’ll get themselves into…”

“So am I, and something tells me with a group of friends like that, they’re bound to get into a lot of adventures.” Goku said as she looked over at the foals once again, seeing Sheton playing patty cake with Scootaloo. “And they are going to be big.”

At that moment, all nine mares’ ears perked up to hear the sound of loud thumping that seemed to echo about the Town Square. They all turned to see Mayor Mare standing at the top of the stage stomping her right hoof down continuously to get everypony’s attention.

“Looks like Mayor Mare’s ready to announce the start of the celebration.” Twilight murmured softly, her voice an undertone of excitement as she silently observed the scene from afar.

“Wait, she’s starting?! Now?!” Fluttershy cried, her wings flaring out and nearly knocked Rarity and Pinkie Pie off their hooves. “Oh my goodness, my bird friends! They’ve been waiting for me to come all this time! They must be wondering where I am! I gotta get up there right now!”

With that, she took off into the air with a single wing beat as she soared across the Town Square and dove in between one of the curtains far above the stage. A couple of minutes went by, before the buttermilk Pegasus popped out with her birds in tow, all of them hurriedly getting into position, and just in time. Just as Mayor Mare finished her hoof stomping and everypony went silence the sound of horn instruments and the birds harmonized, yet slightly hasty singing took their place, as Mayor Mare began her announcement.

“Fillies and gentlecolts, as the Mayor of the most peaceful town in Equestria, it is my most wonderful pleasure to announce the start of the annual Summer Sun Celebration!” She said happily, her voice echoing throughout the large building as everypony cheered. “In just a few short moments, we will all witness the glorious magic of the sunrise, and celebrate this day, as the longest day of the entire year!”

‘Isn’t that the truth absolute truth’ Goku thought with a chuckle, looking at each of the symbolic Sun clothes of fabric hanging from above the crowd. ‘I don’t think I can remember a day that was longer back in Canterlot. Then again, those days did sometimes feel like they had dragged on forever’

“And now, I could love to introduce to each and everypony here, the ruler of our whole land!” Mayor Mare continued, looking about ready to burst with excitement. “The very pony that raises the Sun and the Moon every single day, the good, the kind, the generous, the wise, Goddess of the Sun and Moon herself, and the very bringer and keeper of harmony! Fillies and gentlecolts, please stomp your hooves together for the one and only, Queen Celestia Daybringer!!!”

With that, the birds all began to singe again as Rarity, who at some point, had come up to the stage, slowly pulled back the curtain. As the deep magenta cloth slowly pulled back, a pure white light shone out from behind the small space behind them, shining as bright as the stars outside. Everypony shielded their eyes from the incredible brightness that the light emitted from the small air booth, waiting for it to dime. Thankfully, they didn’t have to wait for very long, as the light slowly dissipated, until it disappeared completely. When it did, each and every pony was met with a sight that took their breaths away.

To say that the newcomer was a sight to behold would’ve been saying that the very Sun that shined all across Equestria was nothing more than a simple bulb of light. Or that or that the streams of water that flowed through the forest was but a mere trickle of water running down a rocky dirt path. The mare that stood before everypony in the Town Square could only be described as a goddess in a mortal pony’s clothing.

Just as it had said in the Story of the Two Sisters, she was an Alicorn, with a coat that practically glowed in the light of the Moon. It was as if she was a star that had come down to the earth, wanting to bask everything and everypony in all of its glory. Her mane and the skirt of her tail far exceeded the length of even Goku’s, literally flowing like gentle waves crashing onto the shore of a beach. Both of them sparkling in a way that made it seem like she had little stars planted in them, though that probably may have been the case.

If that wasn’t enough to leave ponies gawking, her mane and tail skirt were also changing colors every few seconds. The very same colors that could be found in a rainbow, very much like Rainbow Dash’s own mane. Each and every color was there; ruby red, sunset orange, soft yellow, sea green, cerulean and midnight blue, indigo and violet. There was also a stash of magenta and pale lavender pink, the latter possibly being what her mane and tail color was before it gained its new form. Her eyes were a light pale pinkish magenta, which shined like glitter with a millennia’s worth of warmth, kindness, love, and wisdom. Both of her eyes were shadowed a very strong cerise, which contrasted beautifully with her own eyes.

Another part of the Alicorn that looked to be just as breath taking as her hairstyle and facial features were her wings. As they slowly opened, they stretched to a vast wingspan that made every single pony’s jaw drop to the floor, and a certain colorful tan and cyan Pegasus slightly envious. They took in each and every single feather that was perfectly groomed and preened, with not a single one out of place, each holding the same color that was flashing through her mane. There were also deep reddish orange ones at the very bottom, the same with her tail feathers just above her tail base. They could also see, right next to where her wing thumb claws were, what looked like to be two large pure golden circles that would’ve been mistaken for eyes shadowed black.

She was dressed in a magnificent suit of regalia, a large portion of it implanted on her chest, have a glinting mulberry purple diamond-like gemstone in the very center. The Alicorn also had a set of golden horseshoes, that did nothing to stop the mare’s long flowing fetlocks from dragging behind her. There was also a large crown that was nestled at the top of her head, having the same gemstones as the one on her chest. That was also where her regal horn could be seen, stretching out longer than a mare’s spine. To add to the finishing touch, the Cutie Mark of a golden Sun glowed on both of her pure swan white flanks. Both of them looked like they were real suns, as if the very Sun itself had decided to bless her with its symbol. There was no doubt that the mare in front of everypony was Queen Celestia Daybringer, Goddess of the Sun, Guardian of the Day, the Alicorn of Light, and the Ruler of all Equestria.

The cheers that exploded throughout the Town Square would’ve made even a dragon go temporarily deaf as every pony went into a frenzy. Earth Pony’s stomped the ground with all the strength their legs would allow, Unicorns ignited their horns light up the whole interior of the building, and Pegasi looped around in the air, going at speeds that left colorful trails in their wake. All the while Celestia watched with a smile on her face, that kind expression never leaving her, even as she slowly lifted a hoof to silence everypony. It wasn’t even three seconds after she did so that everypony abruptly went quiet, as if the sudden outburst that they had didn’t even occur. It lingered like that for a few moments, everypony staring at the swan white Alicorn excitedly, waiting for her to break the silence. Eventually she did, and when she spoke, her voice carried an air of kindness, warmth and motherliness that was could only be described as heavenly.

“Hello my little ponies, and thank you all for having me here in tonight.” She said happily as she slowly closed her majestic wings. “It’s so wonderful to see so many of my subjects’ precious little faces this time of night.”

Everypony began to cheer again, albeit much more quietly this time as they gave more stomps to the ground with their hooves. As quickly as they had started, they stopped, not wanting their Queen to have to waste a single moment of her time by silencing them once more.

“I have to be honest with you everypony, when I was told that the Summer Sun Celebration was going to be held in a place like this, I was nothing short of surprised. I never would’ve expected for something as important as this to be held in a place so, well…none-glamorous.” Celestia continued, putting a covered hoof to her muzzle to stifle her giggles as everypony laughed at her little joke. “Regardless, that doesn’t make the town that you’re all living in now any less of a wonderful place to be in, let along host such a big even such as this. To be honest, I could use some relaxation in a town like this. Heaven only knows that I most certainly need it.”

“With the amount of duties that she has, she definitely need it.” Goku whispered to Twilight, who was standing just next to her. “Am I right Twi?”

The magical protégé giggled back. “Mhm.”

“Anyway, I’m not going to spoil the moment by talking about my daily stresses of a Queen.” Celestia said with a light snort as she gave a wave of her hoof,. “I would like to thank you all once again for having my on this momentous occasion, I can’t wait to spend this glorious day with all of you!” she spread her wings once more and raised her chin up higher, as if preparing to take flight. “Now, without further ado, the Summer Sun Celebration BEGIN!!!”

With that, a pure golden magical aura that shined as bright as the Sun enveloped the Queen’s horn, as her head rose. As he horn sparked to life, a blast of magic burst all throughout the room, covering everypony in a type of aura that made it feel like they were all being covering in a warm blanket. At that moment, all eyes caught the sight of the Moon lowering over the horizon as the sky began to lose its inky black color. It soon began to change and slowly gain a deep sunset orange, which slowly grew brighter with each second that passed by.

Everypony watched in awe as an all too familiar light began show slowly grow over the horizon, making the sky go brighter and turn from its temporary sunset orange. It then morphed into a dark blue that was slowly growing paler, making the clouds pop out and become visible. Golden light shined the through the windows of the Town Square, filling the whole building with glorious brightness that could not be put in words. As the Sun finally appeared, It let all eyes inside the Town Square see it in all of its radiating glory.

For the longest moment, everypony just stared wide-eyed at the very object that gave Celestia her name while it shined down on all of them. it was as if the very Sun welcoming each and every one of them to the even that had now begun. Then they went into another loud burst of cheering as they stomped their hooves, lit their horns, and flew about the air, very much like they had just a few minutes ago. This time, the swan white Alicorn didn’t even try to stop them, for she too felt like joining her subject. It was only thanks to a millennia’s worth of training that she was able to restrain herself from acting like foal who had gotten their Cutie Mark after years of searching, though the temptation was still there. With a soft giggle, she stretched their wings out to their fullest span as she lowered her upper body, preparing to fly down to her subjects.

Unfortunately for the Sun Goddess, she never got the change to even lift her hooves off the floor beneath her. For at that moment, everything in the whole Town Square, went black and became shrouded in darkness.

Queen Celestia and everypony else watched, as an inky blackness suddenly shot out in front of the large glass windows of the building, completely obscuring the light that was shining outside. The interior of the Town Square was instantly covered in a pitch-black darkness, causing everypony to cease their cheering, looking around the building in confusion.

“Hey! What gives?!” Rainbow Dash shouted angrily as she shot into the air, her wings giving angry flaps. “Who turned out the bucking lights?!”

“Ah don’t know RD. Ah don’t know why everythin’ went so dark all of a sudden…” Applejack replied, squinting her eyes as she tried to see all around her. “…and Ah don’t think Ah want to know, either.”

“It’s magic.” Twilight said suddenly causing Goku, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie to turn to her. “An incredibly large amount of it, too. I can feel it all around the Town Square, both inside and outside. It’s powerful, at least on par with Queen Celestia’s own. I don’t know and who it is that’s emitting it, but I do know one thing.” A feeling of dread formed in the pit of the lavender Unicorn’s stomach as she flattened her ears against her head. “It can’t be good.”

“Oh! Oh! Is it a guessing game?! I love guessing games!” Pinkie Pie squealed as she bounced in place. “Is there somepony hiding outside?! Are they waiting to give us a nice big surprise?! Oh, if they are I’m sure that it’s going to be BIG!”

“Pinkie Pie, I hardly think that whoever made the whole Town Square go as dark as night would want to surprise us at this very moment. Especially with everypony looking like they’re going to go in a panic. Not to mention they also have the Queen herself to face if they were just trying to scare us.” Goku deadpanned as she looked around the crowd, her keen eyes and ears picking up the sound of whimpering and ponies beginning to shake. “Still, you do have a point. I have feeling that whoever is doing this is going to give us quite the scare, and we are not going to like it one bit.”

“Took the words right out of my mouth, Goku.” Snowflake murmured, as she took a protective stance next to her younger sister. “Honestly, I’d like to meet the pony who’s doing this and give them quite the talking to about why he decided to interrupt one of the most important events in Equestrian history.”

“We can think about that later, Snowflake.” Midnight said tentatively as she draped a wing around both her younger sisters. “For now, let’s just let Queen Celestia handle this…I’m sure that whoever is doing this will come quietly and this whole mess will be over…I hope.”

“Remain calm, everypony. There must be a reasonable explanation for this.” Mayor Mare said, doing her best to calm down the crowd of ponies. At that moment, she caught a glimpse of light out of the corner of her eye, causing her to look up and see Celestia igniting her horn, making a bright golden aura emit from it and light up the entire interior of the Town Square. “My Queen, can you please tell us what is going on?”

“Hmmm…I’m afraid that we have an uninvited visitor here in our midst, Miss Mayor.” The swan white Alicorn replied, making everypony down below gasp in surprise and slight fear. “Fear not my little ponies, I will not let anything happen to you. Follow Mayor Mare’s and remain as calm as you can, I will make sure you are all safe.”

It seemed that this assurance was all that everypony needed from their Queen, for they all ceased their murmuring and went silent, yet there was no mistaking the nervousness, fear and anxiety emitting from each and every one of them. The foals were especially scared, and everypony felt their hearts ache when they heard the terrified whimpers and cries coming from them near the stage where Mayor Mare currently was.

“W-w-what’s g-going on?” Scootaloo whimpered, looking around the darkness with fear in her eyes. “W-why is everything so dark?”

“Ah don’t know, but Ah don’t like it one bit.” Apple Bloom replied as she pressed herself up against her friend, as if trying to assure her she was there. “Queen Celestia raised the Sun just a minute ago! There’s no way that night could’ve came back that fast! Her horn wasn’t even lit!”

“Do you think that there’s somepony trying to attack us?” Spike asked worriedly as he stood close to Crescent Shield, who draped a wing over the Kirin colt.

“Pffft, please! As if there would be somepony wanting to attack us right now!” Fire Flash snorted, not looking to be worried in the slightest. “Even if there were, they’re not going to get the chance! Queen Celestia’s right here with us in this very building! Anypony who tries to mess with us, will have to get past her first unless they don’t want to get their asses kicked!”

“Yeah…you do have a point there.” Sweetie Belle murmured nervously, leaning into Sheton as he rubbed her back comfortingly. “Still, who do you think it is?”

“I don’t know, but I think we’ll be safe.” Sheton said softly, trying to comfort his new friends as best as possible. “The Queen said it herself, she would keep us all safe and I believe her. She’ll find whoever’s doing this and deal with them like any Queen would.”

“Yeah, you’re right Sheton.” Crescent Shield said with a nod of agreement. "Queen Celestia will be able to fix this, and everything will be okay."

Right at that moment, there was a loud thumping sound, followed by the sound of wood cracking as the whole building gave a violent shake, as if an earthquake was happening right beneath everypony’s hooves. They all gave out cries of surprise at this unexpected movement, and were about to question it amongst themselves, only to jump and let out cries of surprise as they heard the all too familiar sound of dust and small bits of debree falling to the hard-sleek floor. This caused everypony to shoot their eyes up to the ceiling, realizing that whoever had supposedly trapped them inside was right above their heads, and they weren’t the only ones to notice it either. Queen Celestia had both seen and heard the falling bits of wood much faster than they did, and her gaze immediately snapped up to the roof, now knowing just where her uninvited guest was.

“Who is there?! By order of the Queen of the Equestria, I command you to show yourself at once!” She shouted, her warm motherly tone all but tossed aside. It was replaced with a more commanding and authoritive one, one that didn’t fail in making Twilight cower under it. The swan white Alicorn’s voice boomed throughout the Town Square and rendering everypony as silent as mice as they stared back up at her. When Celestia got no response, her pale lavender eyes narrowed as she gave a stomp of her hoof, before speaking again. “I will not ask again fiend! Who is there, and why have you interrupted such a wonderful event such as this?! If you do not show yourself this very instant, I will come and seek you myself!”

Her command was answered by the sound of the roof giving another, much louder crack. This time, instead of just small splinters and dust, a large piece of wood fell and landed on the floor with a loud clank. Ponies closest to it, gave cries of surprise as they shuffled back, some of them bumping into one another as they attempted to get away from the spot. All eyes once again went up to the ceiling, silently waiting for something else to fall and hit the ground. All they got however was another chorus of silence.

It was at that moment, that Celestia decided that she was done waiting for the unknown intruder to reveal themselves. If they weren’t going to come and show their faces, then she would take the matter into her own hooves. “Very well then, it seems that I have no other choice but to find you myself.” She said calmly as she spread her wings once more and prepared to take flight.

Then, everything immediately went to Tartarus.

The swan white Alicorn had barely taken a full flap of her wings, before their was a loud explosion that nearly made her ears ring, as the whole roof o the Town Square gave into some unknown powerful force. The Queen covered her eyes with a foreleg as clouds of debree, looking as thick as the large chunks of roof falling from above, filled her vision, effectively blocking her view from what was going on down below. It certainly did nothing to block her hearing however, for her ears could pick up the sound of large chunks of wood and debree falling down with enough force to make it sound like they were large boulders coming down from a mountain top. She felt her heart fill with fear at the cries and screams of terror, and pain of everypony, mare, stallion, and foal down below, making her realize that there were some unlucky victims to the destroyed roof.

“What in the name of-?!” Goku began, only to stop as she began to cough up dust. “What the hay just happened?!”

“Ah think the entire roof jus’ caved in!” Applejack replied, using her Stetson to fan the dust out of her face. “Are any o’ y'all okay-WHOA!”

The farmer was cut off when she felt somepony slam into her, causing both of them to fly through the air and crash to the ground. The action came just in time to avoid a large boulder sized chunk of roof from landing on top of them. Applejack scrambled to her hooves, and once she got her footing, she looked down to see Goku and Twilight lying on the ground just in front of her. The tangerine mare also saw Pinkie Pie, who was standing over the tan Thestral and lavender Unicorn.

“Whew, that was a close one!” she cried, her voice shaky as she looked at Applejack, Twilight and Goku with wide eyes. As both mares got up, she and Applejack couldn’t help but notice that Pinkie Pie’s sudden change in color. Her once bright bubblegum pink fur was now a pale lavender purple, and her brilliant raspberry pink mane and tail were now a deep violet. “Are both of you alright?! That was one big rock!”

“Yeah…we’re okay…thank you for saving us Pinkie Pie.” Goku replied slowly, giving her wings a ruffle as she gave a couple more coughs. Her eyes suddenly widened, as she looked around the dust-covered area, unable to see her sisters or Twilight anywhere. “Wait where are Snow flake, Midnight?! I don’t see them anywhere!!”

“We’re here!” the voice of Midnight cried out as she and Snowflake suddenly flew into the scene, instantly landing by their youngest sister’s side. “Are you three okay?”

“We’re fine, Pinkie Pie shoved us out of the way before we could get flattened.” Twilight replied, as she lit up the area with her horn. “Do any of you know why the roof caved in all of a sudden? We’ve never had this happen before since I moved here to Ponyville!”

Before any of the mares could reply, the thick clouds of dust surrounding them suddenly picked up speed as it blew all around them. They all shielded their eyes with their wings and hooves in an attempt to keep it from getting into their eyes. All except Midnight, who wrapped her giant wings around all of them and pulled them close to her to prevent them from being blown away. This went on for a few moments; the only sound heard being the blow of the dust and the cries and screams of everypony inside the building. Then, just as quickly as it had started, it stopped, and the everything suddenly went deadly silent.

Slowly and cautiously, the six mares opened their eyes and pulled away from each other, and were greeted a sight that made their hearts stop. The whole Town Square being littered with large piles of debree, and ponies left and right crying and screaming in terror and agony. While some of them most of them looked to be just disheveled and shaken up, a majority of them had been unlucky victims to the destroyed roof. They were either lying on the ground injured, being catered to by other ponies, or where trapped under the large pieces of the wooden roof. Some were trying to lift them up and pull the ponies out from under them, though they weren’t having much success. Goku felt a shiver go down her spine as she saw pools of an all too familiar red liquid form around some places where ponies could be seen laying. The stench carried in the air and filled her sensitive nostrils with its metallic stench, letting her know that some were more gravely injured than others.

Fortunately and unfortunately for them, they didn’t have to look at the gruesome scene for long, as a loud neigh suddenly boomed throughout the Town Square. It caused everypony to jump and covered their ears at the sheer volume that emitted from it, as if somepony was carving into their eardrums. This went on for several agonizingly long moments, which seemed to go on for a millennium for some, before it receded, leaving a loud ringing in everypony’s ears. They looked up to the source of the sound, wondering if it was the intruder that had interrupted their celebration with the Queen. What met each of their eyes made all the color drain from their faces and nearly made them all pass out from fear.

The being that hovered above all the mayhem and destruction could only be described as the stuff of the darkest and most terrifying nightmares. Not only that, but they was, to the extreme shock and disbelief of many, and Alicorn. One that was absolutely monstrous-looking, and the complete opposite of Queen Celestia. Even though she was very high up in the air, everypony could see, just by her physic alone that it was a mare. She had a coat that was blacker than the very pits of Tartarus itself, as if she had been dipped into a whole pond of inky blackness. Her mane and tail skirt, like Celestia’s, looked ethereal and appearance only it didn’t have the various multi-colors that appeared from them every few seconds. They looked as if they were cut from the very essence of outer space itself.

A majority of her mane and tail skirt had blue auras that had blue white, and pink and red twilights shining from it, with the edges and tips being inky black. They could both be seen trailing behind her in one giant cosmetic ethereal tornado, which went all the way up to the Sun, currently being blocked by the Moon. Her wings were stretched out in an unbelievable wingspan, and while they were covered in feathers, there was no mistake that her wings were that of a bat’s. They both held the same ethereal color of space as her mane and tail, having long dagger-like claws at the end, with the membranes going all the way down to her tail fins. The etherealness could also be found in her hooves, which were cloven, like that of a deer’s, having the same flowing fetlocks as Celestia’s own. Lastly, to top off her terrifying appearance, she had the Cutie Mark of a large indigo blotch that ran all the way down to her knees, with a beautiful crescent Moon in the middle of the blotch.

The sin black Alicorn let out another echoing neigh as her wings flapped in, yet powerful motions, her glowing eyes boring into the petrified eyes of everypony in the Town Square. They watched in silent terrified and fascinated shock as the Sun completely vanished in the ethereal tornado leaving only the Moon floating in the air. With another, much harder flap of her wings, the mare shot down towards the crow of ponies, who all screamed and galloped away as she slammed into the ground. Large chunks of earth were sent flying through the air from the giant crater that she left in her wake, enveloped by thick dust clouds. The dust completely obscured the Alicorn from view for a moment, before it was blown away by a single flap of her gigantic wings. When it was gone, she just stood there, letting everypony see her in all her naked, yet terrifyingly beautiful glory.

Nopony said a word as the mare looked around, meeting the eyes of each and everypony in the building. They all stared straight back at her, bodies quivering as if they were being frozen over in ice on the coldest of days. After sixty whole seconds of unending silence passed, she finally spoke.

“Well, well, well…if it isn’t my dear beloved subjects of Equestria…it’s been so long since I’ve seen all of your precious little sun-loving faces.” She said, her voice incredibly silky, yet filled with iciness that made everypony shiver. As a small, yet feral smile making its way to her face, allowing everypony to see the vampiric fangs adorning her mouth. She glanced back up behind her, seeing the Moon bask her in its beautiful glow as it floated in the sky, which was back to being its inky black. “I’m so glad that I got rid of that cursed abomination. I had forgotten how much I hated just seeing that thing.”

“Twilight…” Goku began, her voice surprisingly calm and level despite the situation that they were in. “Is that who I think it is?”

“Yes…i-it is!” Twilight replied her legs shaking like leaves blowing in the wind as she stared at the large Alicorn. As much as she didn’t want to believe it, there was no mistaking who the pony before them was. “It’s the Dark Queen, Nightmare Moon!!!”

“Wait, that’s the famous ‘Mare of Darkness’ that everypony keeps talking about?” Rainbow Dash whispered. “I…I thought that she was just some urban legend…”

“So did Ah, sugarcube. Honestly, when Ah heard ‘bout Nightmare Moon, Ah didn’t think that there was any way that a pony like that could exist.” Applejack nodded, her own eyes as wide as the cyan mares. “It looks like Ah was wrong…all o’ us where.”

Snowflake gulped. “Indeed...”

“Aww, what’s the matter, everypony? Too scared to say anything your Queen of the Night after a millennium on the Moon?” Nightmare Moon cooed in a voice that was so sweet it was sickening, as she took in the terrified faces of all the ponies and foals in the Town Square. “I must admit, I'm a bit hurt. I expected all of you to be a little bit more excited to see me again…I guess it was a foal’s hope to wish for that…”

Suddenly, the sin black Alicorn noticed a flash of color out of the corner of her eye, and she looked over to the left only to freeze at what she saw. Her turquoise draconic eyes caught Celestia standing on the booth above the stage down below, her lavender eyes wide and mouth slightly agape. Nightmare Moon froze as her eyes widened in shock, having not expected to see the swan white Alicorn in the Town Square. Eventually, the shock passed just as quickly as it had come, before the darker Alicorn’s lips curled back, fans glistening in the moonlight as her face twisting into a snarl.

“Well…if it isn’t Queen Celestia Daybringer Solaris herself.” Nightmare hissed in a barely audible whisper, her voice carrying a unfathomable contempt. “I must admit…I didn’t expect to see you here. Then again, I really shouldn’t be surprised, since this is the one day where everypony gets to spend the day with you and bask in your precious light.” Her eyes flashed as she let out a low ominous growl. “And it’s also the night that you banished me to my beautiful Moon and let me to rot there for countless centuries!”

“Nightmare Moon…the Goddess of the Black Moon and the Ruler of Nightmares. So you’ve finally returned from your prison at last.” Celestia said slowly, her own eyes narrowing as she regained her composure. “Tell me…what brings you here this time of day? Or to be franker, this time of night? That is what you want me to say, isn’t it? Since this is the night time?”

“Oh spare me your false pleasantries, Celestia! That is the last thing that I want to hear from a pony like you!" Nightmare Moon snapped as she stomped her hoof, leaving large cracks in the crater beneath her hooves. “You and I both know why I’m here! Or have you been so swept up in all of these ponies basking in your precious light that you’ve forgotten what happened that day so long ago?!”

‘That day? Is she talking about the night Queen Celestia banished her?’ Goku asked, watching the confrontation from afar with narrowed eyes. As soon as that thought crossed her mind, she almost facehooved herself. ‘What am I thinking of course they are! It was just said by Nightmare Moon just a second ago that Queen Celestia was the one who banished to the Moon! It’s no wonder why she’s so pissed off at her!’

“No…I haven’t. I have not forgotten that day at all. Even after a thousand years, I can still remember that day as if it was only yesterday.” Celestia murmured as she lowered her head, her pale magenta eyes closing for a moment. “I can still remember the exact words that you said to me; how you would defeat me and rule Equestria in eternal night, and after that…came the bloodshed.” Her face scrunched up ever so slightly as the memories of the battle from so long ago played through her head like a record. “I still remember the screams of the ponies that transpired during that battle, even now. I can hear them as clear as day, even after I had defeated you in battle…and I will no doubt continue to hear them for the rest of eternity.”

As quickly as her grief filled expression came, it vanished as the swan white Alicorn opened her eyes, looking down at Nightmare Moon with fiery determination. “Some say that it was a miracle that I managed to defeat you at all, and it probably was. Even so, I was still able to stop you from forever plunging this word into darkness and ruling it with an iron hoof and a cruel heart!” She flared her vast wings as her horn ignited in its bright golden glow. “You may have finally escaped from the Moon, but that does not mean I will let you continue on your plan of Eternal Night! I have defeated you one before and saved countless of innocent lives, and I can most certainly do it again Nightmare Moon!”

Rather than being scared or intimidated, Nightmare Moon gave a low, yet sinister laugh. It slowly grew in volume, the icy sound echoing Square and making everypony tremble with fear. “Dear sweet Faust the years of being the only Queen in Equestria really driven you insane, haven’t they? I’m not surprised, since you are the one who everypony adores the most, and the only one who’s really known to finish off your enemies. Despite the stories saying that both you and dear little Luna both fought to protect this land from evil doers like me.” Her turquoise eyes narrowed as the grin on her face gained a twisted edge. “However, you forgot on little thing, dear sister."

“Oh?” The swan white Alicorn asked, raising a color changing eyebrow. “And what is that, Nightmare?”

Without warning, the sin black Alicorn suddenly morphed into a stream od ethereal stream of smoke and shot towards Celestia. She went at such a speed that not even Rainbow Dash would be able to keep up with taking everypony completely off guard. Celestia only had time to widen her eyes and gasp, before she felt Nightmare Moon collide with her, sending both of them flying up into the air and crashing into the wall. Immediately afterword, Celestia felt a sharp searing enter her chest burst out her back, causing her to let out a hard cough and a metallic taste flowed into her mouth. Confused, she looked down, only for her eyes to slowly widen as she saw the entire length of Nightmare Moon’s horn impaled straight through her chest.

“You don’t have your precious Elements here to help you against me.” Nightmare Moon finished in a barely audible whisper. Ignoring blood that dripped down her head, she added, “And since they’re not here to help you against me, that means you won’t be able to withstand this.”

Before Celestia could even attempt to say a word, Nightmare Moon’s horn ignited as she sent a powerful surge of magic coursing through her. Celestia screamed was her whole body was charred form head to hoof, as if somepony had put her in an electric chair and turned the power up to full capacity. Pure white volts of electricity could be seen dancing all around her body as the Nightmare Moon continued pouring her magical energy into Celestia. The sin black Alicorn relished in the cries of agony emitting from the mare as she did so, along with the screams of horror from everypony down below as she did so. After a few more moments, the mare stopped, letting Celestia slowly slide down her horn and fall to her side with a resounding thud.

“Awww, you poor thing…couldn’t take the thunder, could you?” Nightmare Moon asked in a sickeningly sweet voice. “Of course not…after all, you could never truly strike down your own sister.”

“QUEEN CELESTIA!!!” Twilight screamed, horror plastered on her face as she watched her mentor fall. Midnight, Snowflake, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Goku were not too far behind her as they adorned similar reactions. Any screams or cries they let out were drowned out by that of everypony in the Town Square.

“Oh no…” Goku whispered, her golden eyes going with fear as Nightmare Moon turned around to face all the ponies in the building.

“Well, that takes care of that.” She said with a satisfied smirk as she gave a ruffle of her wings. She then held out a covered hoof, giggling as a single drop of blood fell off her horn and fell on it. “Oh dear, it appears that I’ve got Celly’s blood all over my horn.” Leaning, she ran her tongue across her blood covered hoof, shivering in ecstasy at the taste. “Hmmm…such a pleasant taste.”

“WHAT THE HAY DID YOU DO TO OUR QUEEN, YOU BITCH?!” Rainbow Dash yelled, her wings flared angrily as electricity danced through her body. With a hard stomp of her forehooves, she took to the air, only for a quick-thinking Applejack to grab her tail at the last second.

“Whoa there, RD! Now’s not the time ‘t’ be losin’ yer head!” The cowpony shouted through a mouthful of prismatic tail. “If ya try t’ fight her, she’s gonna take ya out as fast as she did th’ Queen!”

“I don’t give a rat's ass! She just killed the Queen, and I’m not gonna let her get away with that!” Rainbow Dash shouted, flapping her wings even harder. “You hear me?! When I get up there, I’m going to rip that damn horn off your head and shove it right up your black ass!”

“Oh what’s the matter? Afraid that your dear Queen is dead?” Nightmare Moon cooed, giving the cyan mare a smirk. “Don’t worry, I just…relieved her or her duties, so I can take her place as the next and only Queen of Equestria.”

“Relieving Queen Celestia of her duties? Is that what you really think that you’re doing right now?” An angelic and angry voice said from behind the sin black Alicorn. Nightmare Moon looked to the source and meet the gaze of two blazing golden orange eyes; the pupils blazing a pure golden white. Both eyes seemed to burn through Nightmare Moon's own eyes like two raging twin fires, courtesy of Fluttershy. The buttermilk Pegasus glared at her with all the rage that she had, hovering in front of the sin black Alicorn like an enraged Honey Bee. “What kind of a Queen would stab an innocent pony in the chest and pass it off nothing? You should be ashamed of yourself! What would your mother say if she saw you like this?!”

Nightmare Moon’s face twisted into another snarl, her eyes blazing in as she glared right back at the mare in front of her. Before Fluttershy knew what was happening, she found herself hitting the floor above as a large covered hoof slammed into her barrel. The blow knocked the wind out of her as she coughed up a small bit of blood, a scream of pain leaving her as her eyes bulged. Fluttershy’s eyes returned to their normal teal color as the dark Alicorn drove her right hoof deeper into her barrel, causing even more pain. Nightmare Moon then reached out and yanked on her necklace, making Fluttershy look into the other mare’s draconic eyes.

“You foolish little foal…you dare talk like that in the face of royalty? You dare try to scold me as if you’re my own mother? Who I have not seen for millennia? If I weren’t so happy to finally be freed from by prison, I’d have frozen your little bird friends and shattered them into thousands of little pieces!” She hissed through clenched serrated teeth, smiling in twisted satisfaction as Fluttershy looked back up at her in fear After giving her a rather hard stomp on the chest, Nightmare Moon took flight and hovered a few feet above the buttermilk Pegasus. “As for your earlier comment, of course that’s what I’m doing. After making me live in her shadow, taking the pony that I loved, and imprisoning me on the Moon for countless centuries, it’s the least that I could do for my dear sister.” Her eyes narrowed. “Speaking of which, she probably didn’t tell you exactly who I am did she? Would you like to take a guess, or would you like me to engrave the answer in your little sun loving skull?”

“Hokey S-S-Smoke?” Pinkie Pie squeaked, her voice just above a whisper. “W-w-what about Q-Q-Queen M-Meanie? O-o-or B-B-Black S-S-Snooty? M-Maybe t-t-those n-names?”

The Nightmare Moon’s ears perked up, and her turquoise eyes looked down to meet the terrified white ones of the Earth Pony. Pinkie let out a squeal of terror and hid behind Midnight, who draped a bat wing over her protectively as she bared her fangs at the Alicorn. Relief washed over Pinkie Pie like air being let out from a deflated balloon when the sin black Alicorn’s gaze moved away from her.

“Does my crown no longer count now that I have been imprisoned for an entire millennium?” Nightmare Moon asked, looking down at Fluttershy. With a snort, she flew over to Rarity, who backed up until she felt her rump hit the railing of the booth she was standing on, shivering as she felt the ebony Alicorn’s ethereal mane brush up against her chin. “Did you not recall the legend? Did you not see the signs clearly painted on the Moon before I came back?”

“I DID!!!”

Nightmare Moon, Rarity, Fluttershy, and just about everypony else in the Town Square jumped in surprise at the unexpected shout that had mitted from somewhere in the crowd below. All eyes looked over to see Twilight standing in front of her friends, looking up at the mare with defiance in her eyes. “I was the one who saw the signs, and I know exactly who you are! You’re the legendary Mare on the Moon!”

“In other words, Nightmare Moon Nocturnis!” Goku added, baring her canines. “The Goddess of the Black Moon, Ruler of Nightmares, and the Queen of Darkness!”

The moment those words left her mouth, everypony let out gasps of shock and disbelief, looking back up at the ebony Alicorn with even more fear in their eyes. Rarity and Fluttershy were also just as terrified, the latter especially, as she now realized just who she was dealing with. She inwardly chastised herself for her stupidity in thinking that scolding her would have any effect on her, especially when the lives of her animals were at stake.

“Oh my…looks like there’s somepony who does remember me.” Nightmare Moon said as she looked down at the lavender Unicorn with interest. “I suppose you also know why I’m here then?”

“You’re here to shroud all of Equestria into Eternal Night!” Goku replied, stepping right next to her friend as she flared her bat wings. “Well, we’re not going to let that happen! If you think that you’re going to succeed in this giant scheme of yours, you have a whole other thing coming Nightmare!”

This caused the ebony black Alicorn to laugh, amusement clear on her face as she looked down at the tan Pegasus with half-lidded eyes. “Is that so? Well, you’re welcome to try, though I don’t think you’ll get very far. You’ll be lucky if you manage to take even one of my attacks and survive it, let alone live from it.” With another chuckle, she flared her wings as her ethereal mane and tail began to grow and expand in size and length. “Know this little ponies! There will be changes around here now that I’m back! Even more so, now that your dear Solar Queen is no longer able to continue her duties! I certainly hope that you all enjoyed this day young ones, for it will be very last day you’ll ever see! From this moment forth, the night, will last, forever!!!”

With that declaration, a loud evil laugh escaped the ebony black Alicorn’s lips as her mane and tail shot up into the air. It formed a giant ethereal tornado that shot out of the Town Square and into the night sky, expanding over the town. It also struck down from below, slicing and stabbing into the floors and buildings along with large bolts of ethereal magic. This was enough to send anypony who was too close flying across the building, along with the debree that accompanied them. Groups of ponies finally regained control of their bodies and began to wildly gallop around and try to find a safe place to hide or escape to. Foals screamed and cried as they huddled close together, doing all they could to avoid the dark Alicorn’s wrath.

If that wasn’t horrifying enough, fire suddenly ignited from some spots where the lightning had struck. It spread all around the Town Square like a wildfire travelling across a falling forest or jungle. It trapped anypony that tried to get out of the building, and caused clouds of smoke to rise up from the flames. The smoke slowly made its way out of the Town Square and into the night sky, allowing anypony outside to see that the building was now on fire. Through it all, Goku her sisters, and friends all stared on in mounting terror, each of them sharing on undeniable thought.

The Dark Queen had returned.

Author's Notes:

Yeah, uh...not exactly a whole lot of stuff that really needed to be changed in this chapter here. As with the last one, changing a few paragraphs, changing a few sentences, and making some interactions last a bit longer and shorter than necessary; along with changing the description of our infamous Dark Queen as of yet. This is probably the quickest that I've ever edited any of my old chapters, though that's probably because there wasn't really anything in this chapter that needed to be edited too much while I was looking through it, other than a few grammars. Well, either way, I'm glad that I could get it back up again, and while I'm pretty sure I won't have much to edit in the next chapter, I think I can say there'll be more additions to it...maybe.

Well, thats all for now! Next up, Queen Celestia and the future Element Bearers are going to be having a little talk about Nightmare Moon...and just how close the two of them are.