Luna stood in the center of Fillydelphia, watching as her Shadow Force rounded up all the ponies, unicorns, and pegasuses into a group. They were then brought to the center of town. Luna stood in front of them.
"Listen up!" yelled Luna. "I will give you two choices! The first choice... you join my Shadow Force army and help me rule Equestria my way. The second choice... you may refuse. However, refusing will ensure you a place in the dungeons of my castle. You shall remain there until you change your mind... or die of starvation. What's your decision?"
"I refuse!" yelled a voice.
"Me, too!" yelled another.
Luna's eyes narrowed.
"Who said that?"
"We did!" yelled one of the voices.
The group parted, revealing two unicorns. One was yellow with a blue mane. Her cutie mark was a blue t-shirt. The other was blue with a yellow mane. Her cutie mark was a fern leaf.
"And who are you two?" asked Luna, approaching them.
"I'm Macy." said the yellow unicorn, sounding brave.
"And I'm Fern." said the other, sounding not as brave.
"And why do you refuse?" asked Luna. "I'm offering you a chance to be free."
"Free?" asked Macy. "That's not freedom! It's slavery with benefits!"
Luna laughed. "Slavery with benefits, huh?" She laughed again. "That's a good one." She began to talk normal again. "I'll have to remember that one."
"Look, Princess..." said Fern. "Before, I would've followed you anywhere. Now..." she paused. "You're evil... and I'll never work for you!"
"You two are pretty brave." said Luna. "Talking to me like that. It's commendable. I could really use warriors like you two. Too bad you have to spend eternity in the dungeons." She motioned to a couple Shadow Guards. "Take them away." The guards moved into the group and held Fern and Macy with magic. They then carried them away kicking and screaming. "Anypony else feels the same way?" No one said a thing. "Good." said Luna.
She charged up dark energy in her horn. Upon releasing it, the dark energy formed a bubble around the group. When the bubble dissipated, all the townsfolk were a darker shade of their former self. Each had a gaseous dark energy cloud emitting from them. Their eyes were also glowing bright red. Luna smiled as she heard a unicorn land behind her. She turned around and saw a member of her scouting party.
"Princess Luna." he said. "I've got some bad news."
"What is it?" asked Luna.
"The unit you sent to defeat the escapees have failed."
"What?!" yelled Luna, her eyes turning completely white.
"They were defeated by your sister and a few of her friends."
Luna let out a massive yell, dark energy shooting out from her body. When she calmed down a bit, she stormed passed the scout.
"Must I do everything myself?" she asked, evaporating into a gas cloud and floating away.