Goku could not understand why, she had a very unsettling feeling in her gut that made her stomach turn uncomfortably. It was just a little unsettling feeling that formed, one that she had just brushed off as simple 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 nor her friends would be prepared for if they were not warned about it soon.

“Goku?” Fluttershy softly and suddenly asked, making Goku turn to her. “Are you alright, darling?”

“I…I don’t know…” She replied uneasily. “Why do you ask?”

“Well…you have this…worried look on your face. One that you’ve had it ever since we began helping Twilight clean up her library.” Fluttershy replied, dumping her pile in the trashcan. “Is there something bothering you, sweetie?”

Goku closed her eyes. “Well…yes, there is…I don’t know what it is. There is something telling me that something horrible is going to happen tonight.” She replied softly. “Ever since the party you all planned for us ended, it’s been bothering me nonstop. It’s been growing and…I just…I just can’t ignore it.”

“Goku honey, listen to me.” Fluttershy said, putting her forehooves on the mare’s shoulders. “I know that you like to follow you gut whenever you believe something bat will, and I admire you for that. Even so, 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 to us, me 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 little mishaps 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. In fact, I think the Summer Sun Celebration will be just what we need to make those worries flutter away. Speaking of which, the Queen will be there to protect us from any danger. Not that I believe that she’ll need to, but, you understand what I’m trying to say don’t you, dear?”

“Yeah, I do.” Goku replied, giving the pegasus a grateful smile. “Thank you for telling me that Fluttershy. And I’m sorry for acting so worried.”

“Oh don’t be!” Fluttershy cooed, pulling Goku into a motherly hug. “I completely understand how you feel. Though, I don’t think that you need to worry about anything tonight. Besides, this is supposed to be a time of happiness and joy, not of worry and anxiety! Mother Natura knows I’ve had more than enough of my fair share today.”

“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 was just enough for her mood to brighten again. “Okay Fluttershy, 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 Summer 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!” Fluttershy said sweetly, kissing the thestral on the forehead. “Now, why don’t you go wake your 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. So I’m sure that they save up quite a lot of pent up 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. “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, Firestreak.”

“That’s only because they haven’t meet yet, Goku.” Fluttershy said dryly. “Though, I don’t doubt that she’ll take a liking to him, too…in more ways than one.”

“Me neither Flutters, me neither.” Goku giggled with a nod of agreement, walking to the staircase. “Then again, Sheton can get pretty much anypony to like them, no matter how spunky they are.”

It took a few minutes for the thestral mare to get to Twilight’s room, and she took the time in taking in the pictures hanging on the walls. They all ranged from Twilight, to her being with Crescent Shield and Spike, and finally all three of them with her friends. They all brought a warm feeling to Goku’s chest, so much so that she almost didn’t notice the smell of her brother in the next room. Snorting for letting her mind wander off, she opened the door to the bedroom, and was greeted with a sight that made her coo.

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 flowerpot. 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-”

“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.” Goku said softly, her golden eyes flicking over to Crescent Shield and Spike. “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, the one dragon and three 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 fucking teasing of your big sisters?”

None of the children dared to 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 the foals could stop her, she turned her head and began yelling from upstairs. “Twilight, Snowflake, Midnight, Fluttershy! Spike, Scootaloo, Crescent and Sheton are-”

“WE’RE GOING!!!” They exclaimed as they leaped off the bed, dog piling over each other as they raced towards the door in a frenzy. 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!’

It didn’t take as long as the girls thought that it would to clean Twilight’s library, 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, they then began their trek to the Town Square, to which quite the surprise greeted them. 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 girls 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. They will drop anything and everything that they’re doing and go to that event.”

“Oh wow…I knew that Queen Celestia was loved and respected but…wow.” 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. “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 have some 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 bat her brother, before she finally spoke.

“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 fucking bullshit if you ask me…except for this” She sighed as her eyebrows furrowed. “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 and tried to overthrow her, 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, ones exaclty like us.” Goku nodded lightly. “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. “Even though many ponies feared Queen Luna, I honestly believe that that she had those who respected and loved her. Unfortunately, thanks to the pain many ponies had put her through, she wasn’t able to see it.” Her expression became solemn again as she said the last part. “I’m positive there are out there who still do, 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, all siblings are equals! No matter how old or young 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. The four siblings all turned to see Applejack and the rest of the girls, most of them having their sisters with them. “That’s the same thing that I always tell Firestreak whenever she’s down in the dumps and needs words of encouragement.”

“Oh, hi girls! You all finally made it!” Midnight said. “We didn’t even here any of you come in.”

“Well, that’s cause there’s a whole audience o’ ponies here in th’ Town Square talkin’ louder than a bunch o’ chicks squabblin’ over a bunch o’ seeds.” Applejack replied with a chuckle. “Not only that, but we jus’ found y’all sittin’ here at this table. Though, it looked like ya’ll were gettin’ in some extra siblin’ time before celebration started, so we decided ‘t’ wait.”

“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 Firestreak, 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. “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. He fell back with a cry, allowing Sweetie Belle to literally fall on top of him. “Um…Sweetie Belle…can you get off me? P-please?”

Sweetie Belle didn’t reply. She just let 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 said?” Rarity asked, 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, a blush forming on her cheeks. “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.”

“...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 Firestreak?”

“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-Firestreak here t-too?”

“Yep, I sure did! Did you think that I wasn’t going to bring my little sis here to an event as fucking awesome as this?” The cyan mare asked, smirking widely. “Heh, like hell I would do that! 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. It then died down as a fiery bolt shot down right in the middle of the mares and foals. 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. 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. She 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 indigo irises that glowed like fire. Just as with Sheton and the rest of his friends, old, and new, no cutie mark was embedded on her flank.

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

“Howdy there, Firestreak.” Apple Bloom said nonchalantly. “Mighty fine seein’ you here on this fine night tonight. I see you’ve made quite the fiery entrance there.”

“Yep! Nothing else is expected from your number one best friend!” Firestreak replied, throwing 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, Firestreak.” Sweetie Belle giggled. “Though…was that landing 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 Firestreak’s hooves.

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

“You think?” Spike deadpanned as he snorted some dust out of his nose.

“Hey, don’t give her such a hard time, you guys; she didn’t mean any harm by it.” Rainbow Dash said coolly. “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, inspecting the crater. “Still, I hope you have enough in your budget to fix it. And a good explanation for Mayor Mare for why there is a hole in the Town Square.”

“Eh, we’ll get to that later!” Rainbow Dash said dismissively. “Firestreak, I’d like you to meet some very special guests! This Goku, Snowflake, and Midnight; three of my nine awesomest friends in the world!”

“So…you’re the famous thestral trio I’ve heard so much about?” Firestreal 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, reaching her hoof to shake the younger flyer’s. “It’s very nice to meet you Firestreak. 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.” Firestreak 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.” She murmured, her eyes flickering up to meet Dash’s magenta ones in a small glare. “Besides meeting up with her friends again.”

“Sorry, little sis…I lost track of the time.” The cyan mare chuckled in embarrassment. “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.” Firestreak 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. “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.”

“Fo real?” Firestreak asked as she began walking around Sheton, freezing when he saw the size of his wings. “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?” Firestreak 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 rolled her eyes. “Like you didn’t do th’ same with Scootaloo, even after she had told you to be gentle with ‘em.”

“Hey, none of us didn’t think that Firestreak were gonna go and pull on his wings like that Apple Bloom” Spike replied with a snort. “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 Firestreak 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.” Firestreak said bluntly, 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, fighting back a purr as Scootaloo helped tried to sooth his wings. “A-anyway…it’s really nice to meet you, Firestreak. 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 Firestreak.”

“Hey now, don’t forget ‘bout us!” Apple Bloom chirped as she, and the other fillies, 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.” Twilight cooed sweetly. “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 baby?”

“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 innocently, joining Twilight at her side. “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, Firestreak, Crescent Shield and Spike all sported equally deep blushes. Before Sheton even had the chance to open his mouth and protest, Scootaloo beat him to the buck.

“F-Fluttershy! Can you please stop doing that?!” She squeaked desperately. “There’s n-nothing going on between me, the girls and Sheton! S-sure he’s c-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?”

Scootaloo said nothing to the stormy grey colt in response, her whole face going into a bright shade of pinkish red. She just looked up at 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…!” Scootaloo cried, giving up on trying to say anything and covering her face with her hooves and wings. “…eep!”

“Heeheehee! There’s no need to be all embarrassed Loo-Loo!” Pinkie Pie giggled, bouncing over to the filly. She ignored the glare Fluttershy sent her for using Scootaloo’s signature nickname, acting as if she didn’t even notice it. “It’s total okay if you think somepony is cute, or sweet, or whatever super-duper fun thing there is!” 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? You’re are nowhere near ready for that kind of stuff yet kiddies. We can always make arrangement for a party to celebrate yours Sheton’s, and your other friends’ newfound love! In the next several years that is!”

“Thanks for the advice Pinkie Pie, but I’m positive that that’s not going to transpire anytime soon.” Crescent grumbled. “Besides, like Scootaloo said, they’ve only just met! I highly doubt that there is any way that Sheton would like any one of them like that, let alone me!”

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

“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’re all somewhere where we can see you, okay?” The tan 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.”

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,. “Are you, are you fucking shitting me, G?!”

“Why that is just absolutely absurd darling!” Rarity added, brushing some strands of her indigo mane. “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 curtly. “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; 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.”

“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. 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?”

“Absolutely!” Five out of the six mares replied, giving firm nods.

“Totally!” Rainbow Dash grinned. “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.”

“Don’t worry she wouldn’t actually set them on fire if that’s what you’re wondering.” Rainbow Dash said reassuringly. “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 farmer. 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. “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, soaring across the Town Square and dove in between one of the curtains above the stage. A couple of minutes went by, before the 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. When that went silent, Mayor Mare finally began her announcement,.

“Fillies and gentlecolts, as the Mayor of Equestria’s most peaceful town, it with great pleasure that I 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! The longest day of the entire year, on the Fourth of July!”

‘Isn’t that the truth absolute truth.’ Goku thought with a chuckle. ‘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. Not that I ever really complained about that…’

“Now, I could love to introduce to each and everypony here, the ruler of our whole entire land and nation!” 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 for the one and only, Queen Celestia Daybringer!”

With that, the birds all began to singe again as a golden yellow aura 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. She was an alicorn, with a white coat that practically glowed in the light of the moon through the window. It was as if she was a star that had come down to the earth, wanting to bask all in its glory. Her mane and the skirt of her tail 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.

If that wasn’t enough to leave ponies gawking, her mane and tail were changing colors every few seconds; the colors of the rainbow. Each and every color was there; ruby red, sunset orange, soft yellow, sea green, cerulean, midnight blue, indigo and violet. A stash of magenta and pale lavender pink, the latter possibly being what her mane and tail color was before it gained its additional colors. The irises of her eyes were pale pinkish magenta, shining like glitter, both shadowed a very strong cerise.

Another part of the alicorn that looked to be just as breath taking as her hairstyle and facial features were her, not two, but four majestic wings. As they slowly opened, they all stretched to a vast wingspan that made everypony’s jaw drop to the floor as if somepony unhinged them with a screw. They took in each and every single feather that was perfectly groomed and preened, with not a single one out of place, holding the same colors as her mane. There were also deep reddish orange ones at the very bottom and 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. A set of golden horseshoes adorned her hooves, doing 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. Form the center of the crown, her regal horn stretched 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. The Solar Queen 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 everypony went crazy. Earth pony’s stomped the ground with all the strength their four sturdy 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. It wasn’t even three seconds after she raised her hoof that everypony abruptly went quiet, as if the sudden outburst that they had didn’t even occur. 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.” She said happily closing her 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. They soon stopped as quickly as they did the first time. 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, making everypony laugh at her little joke. “Still, that doesn’t make the town that you’re all living in now any less of a wonderful place. To be honest, I could use some relaxation in a town such as this…heaven knows that I need it.”

“With the amount of duties that she has, she definitely needed it.” Goku whispered quietly to Twilight, her tone dripping with humor like jam from a opened jar. “Am I right Twi?”

The magical protégé giggled back. “Mhm.”

“Well, I’m not going to spoil the moment by talking about my daily stresses.” Celestia said with a light snort as she gave a wave of her hoof. “I can’t wait to spend this glorious day with all of you! 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. It was as if the very sun welcomed 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, Celestia did not stop them, for she too felt like joining her subjects in it. 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. She stretched their wings out to their fullest span as she preparing to fly down to her subjects.

Then, everything went back.

“Hey! What the hell gives?!” Rainbow Dash shouted angrily as she shot into the air, her wings giving angry flaps. “Who turned out the fucking 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. “Ah don’t think Ah want to know, either.”

“It’s magic girls.” Twilight said suddenly causing Goku, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie to turn to her. They all reeled back slightly when they saw the somewhat nervous and fearful look in the librarian’s eyes. “An incredibly large amount of it, too; I can feel it all around the Town Square, it’s easily parring with even Queen Celestia’s.”

“R-really?!” Rarity gasped, gulping in audibly. “D-do you know who’s doing it?”

“I don’t know, but one thing I’m certain of.” A feeling of dread formed in the pit of Twilight’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. “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 when they have also have the Queen herself to face if they were just trying to scare us.” Goku deadpanned, her keen eyes and ears picking up the sound of whimpering and ponies beginning to shake. “Still, you do make a pretty valid point right now. I have feeling that whoever is doing this is going to give us quite the scare…and we are not going to like it.”

“I don’t think any of us will.” Snowflake murmured, as she took a protective stance. “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 the biggest event of the year.”

“We can think about that later, Snowflake.” Midnight said tentatively. “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.”

“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. “Queen Celestia, 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. Even with everything quiet again there was no mistaking the nervousness, fear and anxiety hanging in the air. The foals were especially scared, and everypony felt their hearts ache when they heard their terrified whimpers and cries.

“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. “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. “Could that be the case?”

“Pffft, please! As if there would be somepony wanting to fuck with us right now!” Firestreak snorted confidently. “Even if there were, they’re not going to get the damn chance! Queen Celestia’s right here, and anypony who tries to mess with us will get their fucking asses kicked!”

“I wouldn’t put it past her do just that.” 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. For right now…just stay close to me and don’t move.”

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

There was suddenly a loud thumping sound, followed by wood cracking as the Town Square gave a violent shake, as if there was an earthquake happening. Cries of surprise at this came as a result, and were about to question, only to jump as they heard 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 trapped them inside was right above their heads. Queen Celestia had also seemed to have heard the falling bits of wood much faster than they did. 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. 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 are you, 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. It was at that moment, that Celestia decided that she would have to make the intruder reveal themselves. Seeing as how they weren’t going to come and show their faces, she would take matters into her own hooves.

“Very well then.” She said calmly as she spread her wings once more and prepared to take flight. “It seems that I have no other choice but to find you myself.”

Then, everything abruptly went to tartarus.

Celestia had barely taken a full flap of her wings, before there was a loud explosion that nearly made her ears ring. 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. All of which effectively blocking her view from what was going on down below. It certainly did nothing to block her hearing however, for the debree was falling down as if 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 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 fucking hell 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 chunk of roof from landing on 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.

“Whew, that was a close one!” Pinkie cried, her voice shaky as she looked at Applejack, Twilight and Goku with wide eyes. “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. Her eyes suddenly widened, as she looked around the dust-covered area, unable to see her sisters or Twilight anywhere. “Wait where are Snowflake, 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. “Are you three okay?!”

“Yes, Pinkie shoved us out of the way before we could get flattened.” Twilight replied, lighting up the area with her horn. “Do any of you know why the roof caved in all of a sudden?”

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. This went on for a few moments, all of them hearing 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 stomachs lurch. The whole Town Square being littered with large piles of debree, and ponies left and right crying and screaming in 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, 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 gravely injured.

A loud per-piercing neigh caused everypony to covered their ears, at the sheer volume of it so powerful, as if somepony was carving into their eardrums. This went on for several agonizingly long moments, which seemed to go on for a millennium, before it receded, leaving a loud ringing in everypony’s ears. They looked up to the source of the sound, and saw a sight that made all the color drain from their faces.

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 were an alicorn, just like their dear Solar Queen. 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 were ethereal in appearance except hers looked as if they were cut from the very essence of outer space itself.

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, trailing behind her in one giant ethereal tornado. Her four 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 all held the same ethereal color of space having long dagger-like claws at the end, with the membranes going all the way down to her tail fins. Her cloven hooves also looked ethereal, having the same flowing fetlocks, except longer. Lastly, 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 demonic looking alicorn let out another neigh as her hybrid wings slowly flapped, her glowing eyes boring into the petrified eyes of everypony down below. 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. 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. “I’m so glad that I got rid of that cursed sphere…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 Nocturnis!”

“Wait, that’s the ‘Mare on the Moon’ that everypony keeps talking about?” Rainbow Dash whispered. “I thought that she was just fucking some urban legend or some shit!”

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

Rarity gulped. “Indeed...”

‘No…no, no no no no! This can’t be happening!’ Fluttershy thought in panic, rooted to the spot in her place on the balcony. ‘The legend…it was true! Sweet Lauren Holy Faust! It was real! The Goddess of the Red Moon does exist after all!’

"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’m 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 herself.” Nightmare hissed in a barely audible whisper, her voice carrying 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.”

“Nightmare Moon…the Goddess of the Red…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 nighttime?”

“Oh spare me your false pleasantries, Celestia!" 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 said 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 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. Either way I was still able to stop you from forever plunging this word into darkness and ruling it with an iron hoof, a cruel heart, and blood and horror!” She flared her vast wings as her horn ignited. “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.” The grin on her face gained a twisted edge. “However, you forgot on little thing, Celestia.”

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

Without warning, Nightmare Moon suddenly morphed into an ethereal stream of smoke and shot towards Celestia. Going at 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 with a whisper. Ignoring the blood that dripped down her horn as Celestia coughed up more blood, 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. Nightmare Moon laughed loudly, 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. Her snake-like tongue ran across her lips as she tasted the blood that flowed down her face. “My my…what delicious blood you have.”

“QUEEN CELESTIA!!!” Twilight screamed 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, adding to the anguish and terror they felt.

“Oh no…”Sheton whispered, his blue eyes widening with fear as Nightmare Moon turned around to face all the ponies in the building. Behind him, Scootaloo and the other fillies were all crying and wailing at what they had seen, while Spike watched in silent shock.

“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.”

“WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO OUR QUEEN, YOU FUCKING BITCH?!” Rainbow Dash roared, her wings flared angrily as electricity danced through her body. 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 care! She just fucking killed the Queen, and I’m not gonna let that damn bitch 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 slutty black ass!”

“Oh what’s the matter? Afraid that your dear Queen is dead?” Nightmare Moon cooed, giving the cyan mare a small 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, making the larger mare pause in place. Nightmare Moon looked to the source and meet the gaze of two blazing golden orange eyes. Both eyes seemed to burn through Nightmare Moon's like two raging twin fires, courtesy of Fluttershy. The pegasus glared at her with all the rage that she had, hovering in front of Nightmare Moon like an enraged Honeybee. “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 freezing blue 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?” She hissed through clenched serrated teeth, smiling in twisted satisfaction as Fluttershy looked back up at her in fear “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!”

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. “Oh right, she probably didn’t tell you exactly who I am did she? Would you like to take a guess?”

“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 eyes looked down to meet the terrified white ones of the part 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 Nightmare Moon. Relief washed over Pinkie like helium air being let out from a deflated balloon when the other mare’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 back over at Fluttershy. “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, 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 Ruler of Nightmares, the Queen of Darkness, and the Goddess of the Red Moon!”

The moment those words were said, everypony let out gasps of shock and disbelief, looking back up at Nightmare Moon with more fear than before. Rarity looked to be just as terrified, as she now realized just who she was dealing with. She inwardly chastised herself for trying to mouth off to the goddess just a minute ago. Only now could she see just how utterly stupid and foalish that would’ve been.

“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!”

Nightmare Moon let out a cold and spine chilling laugh, amusement clear on her face as she looked down at the tan thestral. “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 mane and tail began to grow and expand in size and length. “Know this little pony! 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, Nightmare Moon’s mane and tail shot up into the air, forming a giant ethereal tornado that shot 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 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, 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 Queen of Darkness had returned at last. And she was after one thing and one thing only: revenge.

I'm pretty sure that you guys saw that the chapter is significantly shorter than when it last time, and that was because I was doing some editing on the overextended sentences. I also changed one of the nicknames that Nightmare Moon was give to by me...something that I should've done the last time. Instead of calling her the Goddess of the Black Moon, I'll have her be called the Goddess of the Red Moon, just like the picture that you guys can all see in the cover art. Speaking of which, I have something eerily similar planned after the next few chapters that I know you guys are really going to like in regards to the Red Moon. While I won't say what, let's just say that will be the start were things start to get bloody..

Next time: Nightmare Moon heads off to finish her plan to overthrow Celestia, with a few involuntary guests joining her. During that time, the girls will learn some shocking revelations about Nightmare Moon.