It had taken Midnight several hours to finally think a few things through on his ability to create rare magic. After calculating his ability, plus his ability to create or use other forms of magic in place of his own so that he wouldn't kill anypony. He had finally come to the conclusion on what to do, the only problem now would be who to pick first.

"Tia, what am I going to do? Which one of my brides to be am I going to take with me into the afterlife first? And don't say I should choose wisely because you know that isn't possible." Midnight groaned as he flopped onto the sun princess' bed.

"Well, considering you haven't seen your parent's nor mine in five years. I think you should take your son first to see not only your parents. But my mother and father as well." She stated with a smile.

"Yea, that's actually a pretty good idea......" He paused for a moment as a look of shock spread across his face. "Tia, did you happen to take starlight or Marina into the afterlife at all when I was still in stone?"

Celestia paused for a moment as she looked away and toward the ground sadly. "Night............ I didn't get the chance to within that time. I spent the better part of two years attempting to find what Twilight was looking for. After that I spent the next two years in an emotional slum only for Luna to pull me out of it during the fifth year not long before Twilight returned and freed you. I was still there for our children so please do not worry yourself. But things seemed to fall apart from the moment you were turned to stone."

Midnight gave a soft smile toward the princess as he pulled her gently into a hug, wrapping his wings around her as he spoke.

"You don't need to worry anymore love. I may not have been able to prevent those events from happening, but now I have a far greater weapon at my disposal in case the event arises when I need it." He said as she pressed away a little to give him a questioning glance.

"What do you mean a far greater weapon?"

Midnight gave a sigh as he began. "The doc said that when or if I use my magic up, my body will pull it back in at a much higher rate than any living or non living thing can replace it within themselves. If the event should arise that I will need to dispatch my enemy, I can use up all of my magic, revert back to my human form, and then steal all of their magic......... Killing them in the process."

Celestia sat there in stunned silence for a moment before pushing Midnight away with a slightly disgusted look on her face.

"Tia?"

"Midnight............. I am only going to ask you this once. Never do what you have just told me, even to an enemy.........." She trailed off as she face away from him. He coming up to her side but stopping as he noticed her wings fluff out slightly at his advance.

"I'm sorry Tia........... I didn't know something like that would upset you, I just thought....."

"Thought what?! That you could use that ability to kill off an enemy.......... Do you know what a pony or area must go through when that happens?" She snapped causing him to flinch backwards slightly.

"I'm sorry, but no........... what happens?" He asked but went stock still as he watched her turn around quickly, he horn lighting up and sending out a bright flash, blinding him momentarily.

After the bright flash faded, Midnight and Celestia were now within a long hallway. Doors traveling down both sides. He looked to the sun goddess who had a look of determination plastered across her face.

"Sub-concious." she spoke out, causing both sides of the hallway to quickly zip by them. After a minute, the end of the hall came into view as the walls slowed to a stop. In front of the two Alicorns was a large golden door with a bright sun design engraved into it that matched Celestia's cutie mark.

The sun princess stepped forward and pressed the door open, looking back and nodding to the dark Alicorn to follow her inside.

"Tia, why did you bring me into your mind?" He asked nervously as the door to her sub-concious closed behind them.

"I want to show you what a pony must go through when they have all of their magic forcefully removed from there body." She stated causing Midnights body to give a visible shudder and the coldness behind the words.

Celestia paused as she looked around the large ornate room filled with books. Shelves lining the entire room and rising so far into the sky above that it seem to be a never ending tube of bookshelves.

"Magic leech, pony death." Celestia stated loudly causing the room to rumble slightly before a book flew down from a shelf that was out of sight. She quickly placed the book onto the floor in front of Midnight as she stepped toward the door, stopping as she opened it.

"Midnight, I do not wish to relive this moment in time, so I will step out of the room for exactly ten seconds so that you can open it. I will return after that time has passed." She stated coldly as she stepped out of the room.

The dark Alicorn gave an audible gulp as he pressed a hoof to the side of the book and flicked it open once the door had closed. What he felt next, was not a memory he liked.

(A little over 1000 years into the past in Equestria)

"Luna, do you understand what you are about to do?" Celestia asked her younger sister as her horn was alight with a fervor of magic. Sparks of white escaping its tip as she forced every ounce of magic into the spell she was about to unleash.

"Tia! I keep telling you, stop calling me Luna! My name is Nightmare Moon now." She snapped back as her magic finally hit its zenith, making her eyes flash open as they were consumed with a bright light. Two of her night guard stood at her side as their horns were alight with magic that was holding her body steady.

"Stop! You don't know what will happen if you do this!" Celestia shouted causing her sister to give an annoyed snort.

"Then we shall both find out what little surprise this spell holds for us sister." She shouted as she unleashed the spell, causing the entire Everfree forest to shake all around them. Nightmare Moon gave a loud gasp as the magic erupted from her horn shooting straight up and into the sky as well as into the ground below them in a brilliant white pillar of energy. The wind picked up quickly as it swirled around the two guards and Alicorns.

*SNAP*

"Princess!" One of the guards shouted as they watched her horn crack, white magic erupting from the crack as it began to slowly spread further down her horn.

*CRACKLE SNAP*

"Luna! You must release the spell! If you do not, you may perish! Your horn is cracking!" Celestia shouted as she attempted to move toward her sister but was being pressed back by the force of the wind surrounding her.

Nightmare moon gave a loud grunt as she attempted to stop the spell, releasing it and sending a huge shockwave of magic outward from her, knocking back Celestia and both of her guard in the process.

Celestia shook her head as she tried to remove the stunned feeling she was now experiencing. After a few seconds she heard a terrified scream and snapped her attention toward her sister who was starring in horror at her forehooves that were slowly loosing their color and turning into a light grey.

"Tia?! What is happening to us?!" She spoke out as she watched the grey slowly consuming her body. Celestia bolting to her side and using a scan spell on her to determine what was going on. She paused in shock as she took a couple of steps backwards.

"This isn't possible. Your body is devoid of magic!" She spoke in shock but gasped as she watched her sister fall over in a heap as she let out a shriek of pain. "Luna?!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! My body!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S ON FIRE!" She continued to shriek out as her body began to go completely grey now.

"Night guard! We need to replenish her magic, do you know the spell?" Celestia spoke out in a loud tone causing them to nod as their horns lit up and a beam of energy being sent out and onto Luna causing her shriek of pain to pause and be replaced by an audible gasp.

Celestia stepped forward as well, her horn lighting up and sending out a powerful beam of magic onto her sister. She and the night guard stood that way for a couple of minutes until she finally fell to the ground panting, the magic from her horn stopping as she looked up to see her sister almost back to her normal color.

"Just a little more!" The two guards spoke out as their magic continued to pour out of their horns. After a few more seconds, one of the guard fell to the ground in a heap as he squinted his eyes shut before passing out.

"Dammit!" The final guard shouted as he stepped closer to the night princess as he watched the final flecks of grey slowly disappearing from her left forehoof. He could feel his reserves of magic depleting quickly, but he needed just a little more to save his princess, just a little more....................

*SNAP*

The guard went rigid in pain as his horn split with a loud crack, but he continued to press more magic out of his body, leaning over the night princess as another crack caused a section of his horn to break off and land on Nightmare moon. A golden liquid dripping out and onto her causing her whole body to glow a bright white. Another few seconds and the guard saw the grey finally vanish, being replaced by a bright white light. He gave a smile as he fell to the ground at her side, curling up into a ball as pain became his new world.

"By the maker! This............ pain.............!" He shouted as his mouth opened to scream, nothing but silence escaped him as his body began to turn grey.

Celestia watched in horror as the stallion unicorn thrashed about as his body slowly turned grey. Once it was completely consumed. He raised a hoof into his view as he watched is slowly disintegrate into ash before moving up his body. He looked into the eyes of the sun princess as a tear fell from his cheek, falling to the ground as the rest of his body crumbled into a pile of ash around the dampened spot in which his tear hit..

Celestia pressed the door back open, stepping inside to see Midnight with his head held low to the floor. Tears streaming from his face as the remainder of the memories filled his head. The sun Goddess stepping to his side as the book slowly closed and returned to the shelf from which it came.

"Do you see now Midnight? Do you see what a being must endure when they are stripped of their magic?" She asked as his eyes slowly opened revealing a now red eye instead of his normal green.

"Tell me..............." He trailed off as his vision snapped to her. "Did his soul survive? Was he able to pass on without fail?"

Celestia looked a little shocked from the question but gave a nod. "He did pass successfully. Luna, after some time to heal, managed to cast the afterlife spell so that she could see for herself that his soul had survived. She traveled alone during that moment, and to this day she has yet to reveal to me what was said. Please, do not bring this up with her. It is something, we, as siblings, have grown to understand from one another."

"That some things are best kept a secret, regardless of what was said?" Midnight finished seeing her nod. "Very well, it shall remain unsaid and unspoken." He stated as he picked himself up and quickly trotted out of the room and into the hallway, Celestia right behind him.

After a quick flash of light from Celestia, the two were now back in her quarters. Celestia stepped by Midnight but paused as she noticed his horn lighting up.

"Midnight?"

"Tia, from my calculations, I will be able to head into the afterlife once every four days. As much as I would like to take Starlight with me so that he can meet our parents, I wish to do this alone for my first trip back." He said as he released his magic before she could say anything.

After blinking a few times, Midnight looked around to see nothing but a white clouded area all around him. Golden fences and towers strewn all around in the distance along with a plethora of different species walking or flying around as well. He began to quickly fly toward a large building that he had visited before. The hall of the Gods.

Once he landed outside of the building, he noticed that any being within a hundred yards were now bowing to him. All except two humans that made there way up to him, his mother and father. Turning to them he smiled as he began to speak.

"Mom, dad, I'm so sor..." *SUCKERPUNCHED*

Midnight stepped back a few spaces before opening his mouth to remove the pain his jaw was now feeling.

"FIVE YEARS?! Five years and not so much as a hello or get bent from our son?! You haven't even brought our grandchild to see us!" The elderly man shouted causing not only the entire areas occupants to gasp out at him from shouting at a God, but also for hitting him.

"Dad, I'm sorry. You don't know what has happened in the past five years. Just give me a chance to explain, please." Midnight spoke out in a hurt tone seeing his father so angry with him.

"We will all have enough time for that in a short while." A deep voice echoed from all around them as a large octagon ring quickly rose from the cloudy ground, separating Midnight from his parents. The dark Alicorn turning around to see a humanoid figure standing across the ring with a pair of boxing gloves on and tapping them together. A bolt of lightning shooting out and hitting Midnight, turning him into his human form with a pair of shorts and boxing gloves already on his hands.

"You have got to be kidding me?!" Charles shouted in disbelief.

*DING*

"FIGHT!"