In the throne room of the former castle of the Regal Sisters deep in the Everfree Forest there was a pulse of energy. The winds began picking up as a storm flooded the skies overhead. The rooms energy began to rise to extreme levels as lightning struck around the castle walls. Suddenly a bright light flooded the room, shattering the glass of the room.
The mural that told the story of Nightmare Moons defeat was no exception to this destruction. The intact piece with Celestias face slid across the floor as the light died out, leaving only smoke in its wake. Out of the smoke a jet black hoof crushed the shard of glass. A hooded pony stepped forward.
His figure was menacing as the pony draped with black robes came into view. He opened his eyes, revealing blood red coloured dragon eyes, the same Nightmare Moon had. White fangs extended from his upper lip. The robes he wore morphed in a black fog at his feet as if casting an eternal shadow where he stood. He smirked.
Finally, he was free of the spell that witch had cast upon him so long ago. The power of the moon had held a delay in its effect. Three years ago he had reached out to it for aid. He'd felt it release its energy but its strength wasn't enough at the time. He didn't care, though. What was three more years added on to the thousand he'd suffered in the outer cosmos of the universe. Trapped in the stream of time that the heavens held, all he could do was think. No freedom, no release of death, just the drive for revenge on Celestia...now it was here.
He shot his wings out to their full span. It felt good to stretch them. The wings were those of a dragon. His tail was jet black like his coat, but held blood red streaks in it. He began laughing hysterically.
The constellations had granted him more power than he'd previously held. He was unstoppable. "Tremble in fear, Equestria. Luna's vengeance is here and no one is safe now." He spoke with a voice full of malice. Then he took off, crashing through the ceiling with what resembled a sonic rainboom but instead was a black and blood red halo.
He stopped in the clouds, feeling the embrace of the sky for the first time in over a thousand years. It too felt good to him. He smelled the air and locked on to the direction of Canterlot. "Here I come, Harlot." He took off in the same direction.

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The castle doors were blown apart, instantly killing its two guards. A roving team on night watch rushed to try and aid but found only one pony. The hooded figure emitted a pulse of energy that threw all of them back, killing one on a statues spear and knocking the other three out. The dragon-pony walked casually through the room using Celestias scent to guide him. His pulse began to quicken, however he remained unchanged in appearance.
Celestia came running around a corner with her royal guards to see what had happened. When she saw the figure she stopped dead. He turned his head and looked at her with the intent to kill. He kept his composure however as he stepped forward.
"No...it can't be..." Celestia muttered.
"Oh but it is." He said, "I'm back. Your spell is broken and now death awaits you. Maybe Erra will forgive you. But I won't."
"...Drakken..." She spoke, "I'd forgotten you were alive. It explains things."
"Shut up. You have no right to even say my name." He spoke in hatred. "You took her away from me...you will die for this."
The guards attempted to attack him but Celestia stopped them with magic. "NO!" she exclaimed, "He will easily kill you. He will easily kill me..." The guards looked at the princess, lost as to how she could even say that. "Drakken, things aren't what you think."
"Oh? Because the only thing I think is that you will cease to exist after tonight." He said with an evil smile.
"Please, listen to me!" She shouted.
"NO! Why would I give you a chance when you never gave the same for her?! How dare you think I would show you mercy!" He rushed her and slammed the sun Princess into the wall behind her. "I will watch the life leave your eyes..." A shadow tendril extended from his robes and wrapped around Celestias throat. She tried to escape its grasp but his strength was too much to overcome. Tunnel vision began as Celestia felt herself start to leave the world, but a voice cut through, causing the tendril to let go.
"Drakken?" said Princess Luna from the doorway. Celestia fell to the ground, gasping for air. The hooded pony had completely forgotten his original intent as he stared at the Princess of the Night.
"L-...Luna?" He said. "How? I thought...I thought you were dead?"
The two stood in a trance with each other as Celestia rose to her feet. Both seemed to be in a state of awe. Luna then realized what was going on.
"Tia...you told me he was dead..." Luna spoke in a low tone, "Why did you lie to me?" She looked to her sister for an answer.
"I...I thought he was...The spell I cast wasn't the same as the elements trap, considering it wouldn't have worked on him." She looked down, "I didn't think he would survive the trap I sent him into."
"You...you tried to kill him..." Luna said.
"I couldn't bring myself to!" Celestia pleaded, "I loved him as a brother! I couldn't face the burden of doing it myself...so I trapped him, thinking time would bring his end...I didn't want to. He was a threat to me."
"You made a grave mistake. Erra saw your sin! He saw what you did to me! You think you wouldn't go unpunished?!" Drakken shouted in rage.
"Drakken...calm down." Luna's words seemed to settle him. In his mind she was all that stood between him and Celestia. "Sister...I can't think rationally right now." She admitted. "I hate to do this but you must atone for what you've done. I will judge your punishment after hearing your testimony. For now your royal duties are ... relieved. You will be under room arrest until I hear your case." She turned to Drakken, "Come with me, we need to talk."
The guards, still confused, followed Celestia as she walked to her room. Drakken followed Luna to hers. As the door shut behind him, Luna had turned and embraced him with an interlocking of their lips. The moment seemed to last for years as all of their memories together flooded back into both their heads. Drakkens robes stopped morphing at his feet and formed a normal hem. He took off his hood, showing his black and Blood red mane which fell lazily as a normal horse's mane would.
They separated and looked at each other for a moment. "Luna...I'd thought you were gone forever from my life." He said.
"I thought the same about you...but thats over now." She responded, "I need to tell you about things here now."