Knights of Equestria - Book 1: Rise of the Dark Queen (Old Version)
Chapter 81: Chapter 80 - Fall of the Dark Queen
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“Huh…now that’s weird…I would’ve thought that Nightmare Moon would be here.” Goku said to himself, releasing her Element. “I guess I must’ve sent her flying in some other part of the castle huh Chenoa?”
The bat pup let out a soft squeak, flying around the giant throne room as he continued to watch and listen out for anything suspicious. Upon looking up, his eyes widened when he saw something sticking out from above the ceiling. Turning to face Goku, he squeaked to get her attention, and she turned to look where he was looking.
“Holy shit!” She cried, jumping back a bit as she stared at the massive hole in the ceiling. “That is one massive hole there! Wait…” She paused as she took a step closer towards it, her draconic azure eyes taking in the damage afar. “…you…you don’t think that was where Nightmare Moon went through after I had sent her flying, do you?”
Chenoa blinked, looking back at the hole in the ceiling, before looking back at Goku again. His shoulders went up and down, looking as if he was shrugging as he flew over to the Kirin mare, who was still looking at the hole. Though it didn’t look like it, she could see that it was beginning to fix itself, albeit at a very slow pace.
“Huh…it’s not really sealing up as fast as I thought that it would.” Goku said to herself, recalling the times where she witnessed the self-fixing of the castle. “I guess it’s because of the amount of power that I put into that last attack that it wasn’t really able to take it in properly. Heheh, I guess I really did overdo it a bit. Even more so if I actually sent Nightmare Moon outside.”
With her thoughts on the damage to the Throne Room concluded, Goku turned her attention back to her Element. Her claws ran along it as she inspected the solid grey sphere, feeling the overwhelming magic coursing through it. The longer she continued to observe it, the more she felt drawn to it, almost as if it was desperately trying to reach out to her. Goku briefly wondered how that was possible, since the Element wasn’t even out of its protective barrier yet and ready to be used.
‘It’s probably because I have so much magical power conjured up inside of me that the Element is responding in kind.’ Goku thought, tilting her head as Chenoa landed on her back. ‘That could be it…or maybe, it’s because the Element is determining me to be its bearer. Celestia did say once that the Elements of Harmony were the ones who chose their bearers instead of the other way around. Could that be what’s happening right now? If it is, then why is it doing it while it’s still contained? And why does it feel like I’m being tugged towards it like its already on me? Maybe I can ask Twilight and she and the rest of the girls get here…’
The Nightmare Throne Room doors suddenly bang open again, causing Goku let out a high-pitched cry of shock and surprise when she heard it. Out of pure instinct, the pale white Kirin landed to the ground face her presumed attackers, draconic wings and fangs out on full display. As the smoke cleared, she saw the silhouettes of ponies standing where the entrance was, and the mare hunched their bodies, preparing to attack. When the smoke finally cleared, Goku saw, much to her surprise and elation, that it was the rest of her friends, Sky Ranger included.
“Twilight! Girls!” Goku exclaimed, dropping her stance. “You…you made it! You’re here!”
“Goku!” Pinkie Pie squealed loudly, leaping across the air and tackling the draconic mare to the ground. “Oh, I am sooooo so so so SO happy you’re okay! We really thought that you had been really hurt, or even killed by that Nightmare Meanie Pants! I am soooo glad I was wrong!”
“I-erk! I-I’m glad to see that you’re alright too, Pinkie Pie.” Goku said, flinching slightly at the bone crushing intensity of Pinkie’s powerful hug. “U-uh…Pinkie, can you please let go honey? Y-you’re kind of crushing me…ack!”
“Queen Celestia!” Twilight exclaimed, rushing over to her mentor. “You made it! I didn’t think that you were actually going to come! A-at least…not this late!”
“I know, forgive me for that, my faithful student.” Celestia said, setting her spear down. “My arrival had come…a little later than I had anticipated, with me and my guards having to get through the animals in the forest. I apologize if I had arrived on such a short notice, apparently it was harder than I thought making it here, even with the additional guards.”
“Eh, don’t sweat it your Highness.” Rainbow Dash said nonchalantly. “The important thing is, we’re all here together, and now we get to kick Nightmare Moon’s ass once again!” She blinked and looked around the room. “Speakin’ of which, where the hay is she?”
“She’s…not exactly here at the moment.” Goku replied, pulling away from Twilight after hugging her as well. “You see, just sometime before you got here, I had sent her through the ceiling of one of the other rooms.”
Fluttershy paused, staring at the pale white Kirin. “You did what?”
“Eeyup, you heard me Flutters.” Goku said, giggling at her friends gob smacked faces. “I had pulled of my most powerful attack and sent Nightmare Moon blasting through the roof! She didn’t even last two secondsbefore she was sent flying right out of here!” She pointed a claw behind her, at the giant hole just below where the Elements were. “See? The holes still there, the very same one where we sent Nightmare Moon through.”
“Oh…oh my…” Rarity said, putting a hoof to her mouth. “That is a rather…large whole you all made there.”
“Exactly what I said.” Zephyr said dryly, snorting in amusement. “But I can safely say that it was warranted. With Nightmare Moon gone for hopefully a good amount of time, you and Goku can all get to summoning the Elements and officially finishing her off. After that, Queen Luna will be back here, safe and sound.”
“Oh, that’s right! The Elements!” Twilight shouted, her eyes widening. “Goku, I need your Element so I can finish summoning them! I was so close last time, and I need to do it quickly before something else happens! If I waste time like I did earlier, Nightmare Moon might come back and blast me off again!”
“Here it is Twilight.” Goku said gently, rolling her protected Element ahead of them. “Go on and get them out as soon as you can. Time is the one thing we don’t have on our side, so you’ll need to act quickly.”
“Right, got it!” Twilight said, breaking away from the group and making her way towards the Elements. When she reached them, she immediately ignited her horn and encased all six of the spheres in her aura. She channeled as much power as she could into them as she heard them start to crack again. “Just one spark, come on…come on!”
As Twilight continued her task of summoning the Elements, her friends, Goku, and Sky Ranger all watched from afar, keeping an eye out for any danger. Despite this, some of them couldn’t help but let their thought wonder, Goku being one of them. As she stared at Twilight, she couldn’t help but feel that tug in the depths of her body, that little something that was drawing her to where her friend was. Not only that, it was also trying to draw her towards the other weapons Twilight was trying to summon, something that confused the tan Kirin very greatly.
‘Alright, what is this that I’m feeling?’ She thought to herself, putting a claw to her chest as the feeling grew warmer. As the seconds ticked by, she felt the feeling in her chest grow stronger, more powerful, as well as…warmer. ‘It’s…drawing me towards the Elements again…almost like it’s telling me to join in with them. But…that can’t be right, they’re not even summoned yet…how can I be feeling all their magic already?’
Before Goku could think more on the feeling, she felt a hoof touch her shoulder. Jumping, she looked over to see the concerned eyes of Applejack.
“Are you alright there sugarcube?” The tangerine farmer asked, her emerald eyes filled with concern. “Ya zoned out fer a minute there.”
“…Uh, I guess so AJ…I’m not really sure.” The pale white Kirin replied, blinking a couple of times. “It’s just…I just have this weird feeling in my chest that’s drawing me towards the Elements. It was almost like…it’s telling me to go up and join them.”
Applejack raised a golden white eyebrow at this. “It is? what th’ hay’s makin’ ya think that?”
“I don’t know…” Goku replied, shaking her head. “…but whatever that feeling is…it’s getting stronger. And something’s telling me that by the time those Elements are summoned…it gonna come erupting out of me.”
Applejack looked like she was about to say something else, but was cut short by a shrill ear piercing scream, followed by a loud explosion. They whipped their heads around to see Twilight flying back towards them, as if somepony had struck her away. Luckily for her, Sky Ranger was able to catch her before she hit the ground, and everypony immediately crowded around them.
“Twilight!” The azure blue Hippogriff exclaimed as she cradled her student. “Twilight are you alright?! Please speak to me dear!”
Twilight coughed violently a hoof coming to her barrel as she looked up at her Mentor. “T-the Elements…I was so close to summoning them! B-but…I couldn’t do it in time! I was stopped again!”
“You were stopped?” Sky Ranger asked, kneeling by Twilight’s side. “By who?!”
Before Twilight could say who it was, a cold and insane laugh echoed about the old Throne Room, making everypony inside it freeze. Slowly turning their heads, and, to their absolute horror they saw the form of Nightmare Moon hovering above the Elements of Harmony. Just about every part of her body was covered in blood and bruises, with almost all of her armor gone. Her wings had also suffered severe damage, mini waterfalls of blood falling down form them, and running down her burnt fur. Despite all the grave injuries she had, the look on her face was still the same as it was when the mares first saw her. Cold, calculating, sadistic and full of unrelenting rage.
“Oh no…” Fluttershy whispered, her eyes wide with absolute fear.
“Are you kidding me?!” Goku shouted, her eyes nearly bulging out of her skull. “I hit her with the full force of my Kamehameha Wave! How in the bucking hay is she still even conscious after an attack like that?!”
“Y-yeah…that’s just crazy!” Applejack shouted; her emerald green eyes just as wide. “How strong is that mare?!”
No other words were said as Nightmare Moon continued to laugh, lightly landing in the middle of the Elements as she grinned sadistically at the ponies in front of her. She looked down at the Elements, which were miraculously still covered in Twilight’s aura, looking to be seconds from cracking. The sin black Alicorn stared at them for a few moments before, looking back at the petrified Queen and eight ponies. The stare down lasted for what seemed like an eternity, before two words escaped Nightmare Moon’s mouth.
“I win.”
Then, in one swift motion, she slammed her forehooves down and shattered all six Elements into dust.
“NO!” Twilight screamed, breaking away from Ranger and rushing over to where Nightmare Moon was. Before she could reach her, Goku grabbed her by the shoulders, pulling her in and preventing her from getting any farther. “No no no no no NO! THE ELEMENTS!”
“Oh shit!” Rainbow Dash cursed, all color draining from her face. “They’re gone!”
“She…she shattered ‘em…just like that.” Applejack stammered, her whole body shaking. “That varmint shattered ‘em t’ dust…literally!”
“No…n-no…” Fluttershy whispered, backing away in horror. “T-those…those where our only h-hope...! Those were the only weapons that could defeat her!”
“Oh crud!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed, her entire body going a pale purple. “Now we’re really party pooped!”
“You little foals! Did you honestly think you could defeat an almighty divine equine being like me?!”Nightmare Moon shouted, her eyes blazing with triumph. “What a foolish bunch of foals you were, especially you sister! I told you that would not be able to stand up to the might of the almighty Queen of the Night did I not?! Now that I’ve shattered your precious little elements into dust, there’s nothing that you can, and nothing that will stop me from taking my rightly deserved revenge!”
Nopony said anything in any sort of retort or retaliation towards Nightmare Moon, all of them too overcome by the shock of the Elements being destroyed. All of them except for Goku, who looked like she was in a trance of some sort. The strange feeling that she had felt in her chest before the Elements were destroyed as now overwhelming her, making her oblivious to almost everything around her. The tan Kirin’s entire body shock as something powerful inside of her grew, feeling to be just seconds away from being let out.
“You lose you meddlesome little ponies! You have lost the battle between me and by beautiful night! All of your precious friends and family will no feel the full might of my night, and there’s nothing any of you can do about it!” Nightmare Moon continued, holding her head up high. “My dear sister’s son will fall, the precious light you have all basked in for so long will vanish for all eternity, and the night, will last, FOREVER!!!”
After those words left her mouth, the sin black Alicorn let out the loudest, coldest, most malicious laugh that she had let out that night. It echoed about the abandoned Throne Room filling the ears of the petrified ponies in front of her as her ethereal mane and tail billowed wildly in the air. In the heat of the sin black Alicorn’s supposed victory and the wake of the ten pony’s terror, nopony noticed Goku go stock still, her head lowered with her mane covering her eyes.
Then, something inside of the draconic mare exploded.
Nightmare Moon was just on the cusp of ending her triumphant laugh, when a loud earth cracking roar echoed about the old Throne Room. It was the loudest roar that any of the ponies had heard in their entire lives. Louder than the that of the Manticore who’s paw Fluttershy had healed in the forest. Louder than the giant water dragon and hydra that terrorized the girls on their watery adventure through the Everfree Seas. It was so loud, so explosive, and so gut- churningly powerful that it made everypony freeze, even Nightmare Moon, and look over at the Kirin in shock. As quickly as they did, the roaring abruptly stopped, and her head fell back down, eyes shadowed once again by her silky spikey black mane.
“Do you really think that you can stop the Elements of Harmony just like that, Nightmare Moon Nocturnis?” She asked softly, the deafening silence in the room allowing it, and the godly power behind it, to be heard by all. “Do you really think that shattering them to bits is going to just…make them disappear like they never even existed?”
Nightmare Moon, who was busy rubbing her bat-like ears to sooth them from the effects of Goku’s explosive roar, stopped in place. She looked over at the Kirin, raising an eyebrow in confusion. “What?”
“You heard me.” Goku replied, slowly lifting her head up to glare at Nightmare Moon. A sharp gasp left the sin black Alicorn’s throat when she saw a flash of golden white dance about the younger mare’s eyes. “Do you honestly think that destroying the bodies of the Elements is going to make them go away?”
Twilight, who was still in shock over seeing the Elements destroyed, froze, and looked over at Goku perplexedly. “B-bodies…?”
“What in the world are you going on about now, you little hatchling?” Nightmare Moon asked impatiently. “I destroyed your precious little Elements right in front of you! I destroyed them to the point where they are nothing but dust! You saw it for yourself!”
“That may be so, but just because you’ve destroyed the objects encasing the Elements, doesn’t mean you’ve destroyed their spirits.” Goku said, emphasizing the last word. “Isn’t there an old saying in this land, that even if the bodies of those, be it pony or object, dissolve into thin air, that the spirits of said pony and object live on? Now, what do you supposed that means about the Elements themselves? Especially since you’ve destroyed their bodies?”
No sooner did those words leave Goku’s mouth, multiple gasps, some louder than others, echoed about the room. It only took just several seconds for the girls, Zephyr, and Celestia to figure out what Goku was saying, before they all made the connection.
‘Of course! So that’s why Goku didn’t look so worried when Nightmare Moo destroyed the Elements!’ Twilight thought, staring at the back of the pale white Kirin. ‘She knows that they’re…!’
“W-w-wait a minute…” Fluttershy stammered, the smallest bit of hope returning to her mostly terrified voice. “Goku…a-are you meaning to tell us that…t-t-that…?!”
Goku smiled, nodding slightly despite not looking over at the buttermilk Pegasus. “Yes Fluttershy, you guess is spot on. The object encasing the Elements of Harmony may have been destroyed, but the same can’t be said for their spirits. Because the spirits of the Elements of Harmony…are right HERE!!!” She said, her soft voice ending in a shout that carried an air of power that took even Celestia by surprise.
Bright flashes of light brought Nightmare Moon out of her horrified shocked state, and she looked up, only to freeze in terror at what she saw. The sharps of the Elements which she had smashed to dust just seconds ago, were now floating in the air above each of the seven mares. They each shining a different color as they slowly formed into colorful orbs that hovered over the mares, all of which were now standing on either side of Goku.
“Applejack reassured me, Twilight and the others that we’d escape the clawed clutches of the Doragontora! Even in the face of danger, she was completely ensured that we would survive and continue on our journey to you!” Goku said, smirking at Nightmare Moon. “She represents the Element of…Honesty!”
The golden orbs of light swirled around applejack encasing her in a bright yellow light before it took form around the tangerine mare. A mix between a saddle and a suit of Solar Guard encased her entire body, with golden armored horseshoes to match. On either side of her purple saddle on her armor was the deep purple pattern of her cutie mark, with the same one being in the center of it. Only it wasn’t the color of purple, or the color of red like the apples on her flank, but the color of pure emerald green orange. A small tiara also appeared around her Stetson, with the gem also holding an emerald green apple right in the center.
“Fluttershy risked her life to protect us and the Shadowbolts form a Manticore, the famous King of the Everfree Forest!” Goku continued, gesturing to the angelic warrior Pegasus. “Instead of using brute force to tame it, she tamed it with gentleness, compassion, and understanding! Fluttershy represents the spirit of…Kindness!”
The buttermilk Pegasus closed her eyes and allowed the orbs of light to surround her and encase her in a new form. Her armor was now a deep forest green color, very similar in appearance to Applejack’s own leg and body armor, except with slight differences. Fluttershy also gained a set of wing blades that protected the top back of her angelic wings, along with sporting different types of flowers in her cherry blossom mane. At last, a large flower crescent appeared on her head, and a golden pink butterfly appeared in the center of her chest.
“Out of all of us, Pinkie Pie was the least scared out of all of us! Even as we all shook in the face of danger, she laughed in it, just like she did with the Hinoinus in the Everfree Graveyard!” Goku said, looking over at the bubblegum pink pony. “Pinkie Pie represents the Element of…Laughter!”
The orbs surrounding the bouncing party pony, creating themselves into a suit of armor that was whiter than Rarity’s own coat. It covered the lower half of her legs, stretched all the way down to her rump and ended at her lower stomach. A large pure white, and somewhat floppy fedora appeared onto the Pinkie Pie’s head, with a golden orange balloon in the center, with one in the center of her chest. To top of her somewhat off appearance, a huge poofy feather popped out form the left side of her fedora as it fell to hang off to said side.
“Rarity, who normally wouldn’t have set foot in the Everfree or go anywhere near the beasts of this incredible forest, took a brave step and got up close and personal with one!” The pale white Kirin said, her eyes trailing over to the alabaster Unicorn. “Instead of running away, she soothed the creature with a meaningful gift that saved it from the clutches of death! She represents the Element of…Generosity!”
Rarity closed her eyes and held onto her somewhat messy mane as the orbs of light incased her in a large ball. When it cleared, she was wearing a set of silvery grey armor that was included with a set of horseshoes, and even a tiara, much to Rarity’s elation. In the center of Rarity’s chest, was a deep indigo diamond shaped gemstone shaped in the same way as her Cutie Mark, with the same one being seen on her tiara. As the finishing touch, her mane and tail skirt regained its curls, looking as if they never got ruined.
“Rainbow Dash, who always wanted to be known as the best flyer in all the land, was faced with a decision that would either seal her fate or change it!” Goku shouted, locking eyes with the cyan mare. “Instead of giving into her heart’s desire, she chose to stick by those who needed her the most, just like she did with the Shadowbolts! She represents the Element of…Loyalty!”
Rainbow Dash grinned widely as the orbs surrounded her, her fangs gleaming their brightest yet as her armored clung to her body. It was a deep purple, slightly lighter than the gemstones on Rarity’s own armor, but didn’t shine any less radiantly. It covered her back, shoulders, lower legs, rumor, and even her head, though not in the same way as the average armor. Rainbow Dash’s head armor matched the angles and curves of her face, allowing her mane to flow freely down her face as if she wasn’t even wearing any armor at all. As the finishing touch, a ruby red lightning bolt latched onto into the center of her chest armor, and a set of wing blades latched onto the edges of her wings, with holes allowing her wing claws to jet out.
“When we found the Elements, Twilight was the one who had the power necessary to ignite the magic contained within them!” Goku said, looking at the lavender Unicorn standing beside her. “Even when you smashed it to pieces, she still managed to bring the spirits of the Elements out, with your help more or less!” She let out a little laugh, before she continued. “She represents the Element of…Magic!”
Twilight’s highlighted mane and tail flowed gracefully behind her as the colorful orbs surrounding her formed into her own armor. It was a deep indigo color, darker than when she went into her bat mode. It went from her upper chest all the way down to her rump, with leg armor covering the lower half of her legs. A tiara slightly larger than that of Rarity’s appeared onto her head, with a bright pink symbol of her cutie mark on top of it. The same pink magical star could be seen in the center of her armor where her chest was, thus completing her new attire.
Nightmare Moon stared in absolute horror and disbelief at the new forms of the six mares before her, her mind unable to fully comprehend what she was seeing. She couldn’t understand how the Elements could still be working, especially when she turned them into dust with her bare hooves. There was no way, there was just simply no way that it was possible for these ponies to be having the armor that they now adorned. Unfortunately, it was, and it happened right in front of her very eyes, no matter how much she didn’t want to believe them. And that, scared the sin black Alicorn more than anything at that moment.
“I knew that me and my friends coming to this forest to stop you was the best decision that we could’ve ever made! Even more so because we made it through together!” Goku shouted, flaring her wings as each of her friends stood proudly beside her. “The spirit of these six ponies, helped each of us overcome every single challenge that we either faced alone or were thrown at by you! And if it hadn’t been for me leading them and holding them together, we would’ve been right back where we started!”
“Y-you still don’t have the seventh Element with you!” Nightmare Moon said, trying, and failing, to keep the terror out of her voice. “You and your meddlesome friends may have shining sun loving armor now, but that doesn’t mean you do as well! So, the spark your little Unicorn friend ignited in those measly Elements didn’t work!”
“Oh, but it did…maybe not the spark you’re thinking, but a different kind of spark!” Goku smirked as she turned to each of her friends. A brief moment of silence passed as the tan Kirin smiled at each and every one of them, who all gave her their own warm, gentle and cheerful smiles in return. “I don’t know why…but from the very moment I laid eyes on those Elements, I felt that very same spark. It was small, but it was there nonetheless…and it grew even larger when you all came. It was at that moment when I realized who happy I was to hear you, to see you…and how much I cared about you all. The spark inside of me ignited along with all of you, because you all…are my best friends!”
As Goku turned around to face Nightmare Moon for the final time a bright orb of light appeared above her, causing her and her friends to look up. Hovering above the Kirin was a giant sphere, the very same sphere that sat atop the Element Chamber Pillar. As it hovered in front of the Kirin, a golden white aura surrounded her, and her eyes glowed the same color as well. Goku stared at the Element for a moment, feeling as it was calling out to her, asking, no-begging her to take it and claim it as her own. Slowly, she took it in her hooves, and the sphere continued to glow, Goku slowly looked back up at Nightmare Moon.
“You see Nightmare Moon…when the Elements are ignited by the spark, like one Twilight had made, the six Element of Harmony created the seventh and final Element. One more powerful than any of the other Elements put together!” She said, holding the cement sphere above her head. “The Element…of LIGHT!”
With those words, the sphere glowed a pure while light shattered into a large flock of orbs that swirled around Goku, filling her with a warmth that she had never felt before. As she hovered into the air, the light surrounding her formed into a beautiful set of armor. It was a blazing azure blue color, as blue as the sky on a sunny day, covering her lower legs, back, chest, rump ad shoulders. A set of wing blades that went all the way down the edges of her wings appeared, having holes that allowed her large draconic wing claws to poke out. A pure golden white gemstone latched onto the armor where her chest was, shining as bright as her mesmerizing golden irises. To top the appearance off, a long golden white cape appeared from behind Goku, and her leg armor adorned holes that allowed Goku’s claws to freely poke out.
‘Amazing…never before have I seen such a sight that was so incredible.’ Sky Ranger thought, watching in silent awe as the mare’s glowed with divine power. ‘It looks like Equestria have a new set of guardians once more…’
“Nightmare Moon Nocturnis…the crimes that you committed on the ponies of my home are ones that cannotbe unpunished!” Goku declared, her powerful voice echoing about the nocturnal Throne Room. “You nearly destroyed a building full of ponies, almost took the life of the Queen, hurt my friends, threw challenges at us that nearly got us killed, and separated us so you could eliminate us one by one, and kill of the Queen as a bonus! All of these acts you’ve done and many more, and you would’ve continued on had we not stepped in!”
Her eyes glowed a pure golden as she bared her teeth, letting out a growl that had Nightmare Moon trembling in unfathomable fear. “Well, that. Ends. Now! You took away one of the most beloved ponies that could’ve evergraced thus word, and its time she’s brought back! Your time in the rightful Queen of the Night’s body is over, and its time you were sent back to the Tartarus where you belong!”
Landing on her hind legs, Goku brought her forelegs together, creating her third and final Kamehameha Wave for that fight. As she did so, her own friends readied their down attacks, while the gems on their chests glowed, responding with Goku’s finishing move.
“No…no, NO! This is not happening to me, not again!” Nightmare Moon shouted, rearing up as she spread her bloodied bat wings. “I am Nightmare Moon Nocturnis, the rightful Goddess of the Moon and the rightful ruler of this land, I will not be bested by seven measly ponies! Not even a draconic monster of a little pony!”
Igniting her horn, the sin black Alicorn fired off a powerful beam of magic at the seven ponies, only for a large multicolored shield to suddenly appear around them. It sent the attack bouncing away from the and flying off into the other direction cashing into a nearby wall. Nightmare Moon stared in shock in horror at the action.
“The only monster here is you Nightmare Moon! And you’ve made Queen Luna into a bigger monster, one that we’re going to exterminate form you once and for all!” Goku declared as she prepared to launch her attack. “Now, feel the power of the Secret Seven Clans, and the power of FRIENDSHIP!!!”
With a roar that would’ve shattered all the windows in the entire castle, Goku unleased her attack, the gemstone on her chest gleaming. Twilight and the others followed suit, firing off their own magical blasts, bolts of lighting and gusts of wind, all combined into an attack completed by the power of the Elements. Nightmare Moon whinnied with rage and defiance as she shot her most powerful beam of magic she had yet. It collided with the element infused Kamehameha Wave with such an intensity that Celestia and Zephyr found themselves being blown away. Huge clouds of dust swept across the entire abandoned Throne Room, roaring at such a volume that it was the only thing that could be herd. It was one of the biggest power struggles that any of the ponies had seen in their entire lives. One that they couldn’t help but feel that they’ll have again in the future.
After what seemed like an endless cycle of a struggle between darkness and harmony, the latter eventually and inevitably one out, eating up Nightmare Moon’s largest attack. The sin black Alicorn tried desperately to pure magic into her attack, but it was all in vain, just like it was over a whole millennium ago. Before she knew it, the Dark Queen found herself enveloped in sea of color that ripped her of her old on the mare she took, and all she could do was scream.
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!” Nightmare Moon bellowed, screaming out in pure agony as she was absorbed in color. With a final push, the seven mares shot the sin black Alicorn straight through the wall behind her, through the window and out behind the castle. Her neighs and whinnies echoed about the forest of the Everfree as she was blasted out of the castle and into the very forest that she hid herself in. The seven mares continued on in their attack, pouring all the power they had into their bodies, until they had not a single ounce left to give.
There was suddenly a bright flash of pure white light that consumed all the ponies in the destroyed Throne Room, Sky Ranger included. It completely obscured their vision of one another, leaving them unable to see themselves or anything else. Mares and Hippogriff could still hear though, and the sound of twinkling and roaring light was the one thing that they could hear.
Then, without any warning whatsoever, everything immediately went dark.
Next Chapter: Chapter 81 - Sisters Reunited Estimated time remaining: 1 Hour, 26 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
The title of this chapter pretty much gave what was going to happen, so no one should really be all that taken aback that this would be the one where Nightmare Moon was defeated. I will say that I didn't expect to get this chapter out as quickly as I did the last one...once again, but it looks like I managed to once more...and probably for the last time for this soon to be old version of the first book of my series
. This chapter is one of the many once that mostly stayed the same, with me just taking out a few paragraphs while adding some new ones, with the rest staying at is is
. I don't know how long it'll take me to get to the other chapters out, but can assure that it'll be quick
!!! Just a couple more chapters left, before I get to the sequels, and come back and really make this story what I want it to be
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