Chapter 1
"You have compressed a fraction of our power and it became magical stone?! I did not agree to this Peace!"
"Chaos, I was forced to create these artifacts due to your rash doings! How could you let an ungodly creature form under your supervision of Starswirl the Bearded?! Besides, the stones are mainly from my limited power, so you should be thankful!"
"I had to restore the balance like you and the pompous gods have ordered me to do. His spell was going to fail from the start, but I didn't know he would become a horrendous atrocity. Personally, I think he deserves to be whatever he has transformed into, creating all those gaudy, mediocre spells while making our jobs difficult."
"Don't disrespect the gods Nova and Nebula! We wouldn't even have witness this world's beauty without them."
"By "world," do you mean this small radius view from our personal tree house? Oh wait, I can't even see above ground because I'm stuck in the roots!"
"...I've apologized many time Chaos, and I whole heartedly acknowledged it was my disloyalty that have caused us to be imprisoned in this tree, but what has been done is done. Please don't bring this matter up anymore."
" I can't stop discussing about it because giving the so-called "harmony" stones to the Alicorns isn't helping our eternal imprisonment, since the Alicorn race shouldn't have existed at all!"
"...Well, the being that the wizard has become shouldn't exist either, so we're even."
"...Peace."
"Yes?"
"I hope you know that I hold resentment against everyone, including you."
"I...have been aware."
"Good."
Luna's hooves clopped down the cobble alley, shifting her eyes left and right. It was a brilliant night as always with the moon raised to the perfect height in the midnight sky, yet the air was chilling. The streets of Canterlot were deserted and devoid of life adding to the eerie factor. As she trotted through the alleyway she felt heavy and sluggish and her pace had a slow steady rhythm against the uneven stone ground. Luna continued down the path, then stopped. She listened carefully in the silence and could hear a faint sound of somepony walking. A mist began to form around Luna and the sound gradually became louder. It was a narrow alley and the only way out was to go forward. There wasn't enough room to turn around or to spread wings. A black-furred mare wearing a cloak emerged from the thickening mist and stood still from few feet away from the princess.
"Hello there. Who are you?" greeted Luna, surprised that the pony didn't bow her head in respect. She can see her strange horn poking out and it looked like black twisted, thick branches. The strange pony responded with murderous intent and formed a swirling orb at the tip of her twisted horn. Luna immediately sensed the danger and shot out a magic beam, clearing the wispy mist. The black mare countered with her own beam that was as dark as her fur. Their magic was powerful, but soon the dark magic overwhelmed Luna and destroyed the surrounding walls as if they were clay and tossed the princess back.
Luna fell on her back like a ragdoll on some unexpected dry grass. She saw dead crooked trees forming a ring around her with their branches locking with one another. In front was the Tree of Harmony no longer glowing and trapped in its own roots. Luna tried to get back on her hooves but couldn't move. The mare towered over her, and the princess could see an amulet embedded into the mare beneath her cloak with terrified eyes. Luna saw the evil nightmare forces materializing behind the pony that plagued and possessed her 1000 years ago before engulfing them both into darkness.
Luna gasped and sat straight up in her canopy bed in fright. Her chest rose and fell quickly and she could feel her heart race faster than the Wonderbolts. Her clock ticked nosily and it calmed her a bit. Fearing the worst, Luna raced out of her bedroom and burst into her older sister's chambers. Celestia was snoring peacefully in her own bed, tired after from an unusually busy day. Watching her sister rest was soothing; she looked so peaceful and soft compared to how high and mighty she acts in front of their subjects. The younger sister quietly shut the double doors and walked back to her room. Although Celestia didn't have the nightmare to confirm it being a vision, Luna couldn't fall back to sleep.
A/N: Hello! I made the first pretty short to somewhat test the waters, so if you liked it, a review is much appreciated!
