"what do you mean there is a lot to talk about?" I asked in a deceptively calm voice. "all I asked was a simple question... where is my family?" I stared into Eclipse's eyes.

"2 and 4..." she then simply said.

"what?" I asked confused.

"two months apart for each of them... you were planned for four." she then said in a calm tone.

"what the hell does that mean?"

"how far their deaths were a part." I froze. "once they learned all they could they began to kill your family. Your father was first as all he could do was see possible futures in a single second but for himself only. They decided to not waste any more resources on him and had him killed." I stayed frozen where I was as I attempted to process the situation. "your younger brother was next... his ability to tell where almost any kind of metal only made him slightly more valuable than your father... but then ended up choosing to not waste resources on him as well. Your mother was next with her ability of telekinesis which is where your powers came from and were evolved from. But since hers was weak she was killed off. Then they killed your younger sister... her power is that of evolving plants but her powers reacted too slowly for their liking... so they had her killed as well... they kept you because of the versatility of your psychic powers. Them being evolved from your mother so you could do much more with them. They planned to keep you alive for four months more than your family."

"but... how did I not notice they were gone?" I asked. "letters... voices!" I spoke up almost pleading for them to be wrong.

"they copied their handwriting with a simple spell... and my sister's counterpart used her magic to replicate their voices for small periods of time." Nightmare Moon spoke up as I turned to her. "magic is extremely versatile especially for one such as our counterparts..." it all added up...

the short conversations...

the sudden change in their personalities...

the sudden change in the way they talked...

it all fucking added up...

I broke down into tears into my own hands as my sadness held back the need to let out all of my rage. "they will be avenged once you get stronger Benjamin... you will be our ace against those who dwell in the sun for all they have done. Ruling their realm with an iron hoof." I closed my fists as I looked towards Eclipse with rage in my eyes. Tears still coming from my eyes.

"what will you have me do?" I then asked her.

"simple. Join our realm as a loyal subject and we will teach you how to truly control your power... even turn it into magic to use against your enemies." she said with a small smirk on her face. "all you would have to do... is join our kingdom... train under us... before we go for our revenge?"

"I only have one question..." I then said with a lowered head as I stood up.

"and that is?" Nightmare Moon asked in annoyance.

"how long would you expect to pass before I am strong enough?" I looked up into their eyes as I spoke this. Switching between their sets of eyes every few seconds.

"2 years..." Eclipse simply said.

"then I guess that's two years you have me..." Eclipse gave me a warm smile while Nightmare Moon simply smirked.

"excellent. Follow us please." they left the room as I quickly followed. "we shall converse more over dinner. Your kind are omnivore's correct?"

"yes, Empress..." figured might as well make my stay as calm and collected as possible... which meant not pissing them off.

"simply call me by my name is what I ask of you." Eclipse then said quickly with narrowed eyes before her warm smile came back onto her face.

"very well Eclipse." she nodded as I followed them through the stone halls before they became what looked like concrete.

"I apologize if you are thinking that we put you in our worse room... we put you in a part of the castle that had been added a long time ago but has yet to be renovated to look like the rest of the castle."

"understandable. Not even you would tell how I was able to react."

"correct. For all, we know you could of accidentally potentially brought down the entire city with your anger." Nightmare Moon commented.

"doesn't help you were angering me Nightmare Moon." she stopped and spun around with a glare on her face as Eclipse stopped but didn't turn around.

"don't think that since you can call my sister by her own name so casually that you can do the same with me!" she yelled with narrowed eyes as I noticed they were bat-like in appearance just now. "got it!"

"yes, empress Moon..." she simply sneered before she turned around and began to walk once again. Eclipse walking as if nothing happened. I quickly calmed my nerve with a deep breath before I jogged for a couple moments to catch up before I walked at the same pace as them. We passed by more guards in silver armor as they gripped their weapons tighter when they got close to me and I noticed they only relaxed their grip once they were 5 feet behind me.

"excuse the guards for being jumpy Benjamin." Eclipse then spoke up not even looking back. "what you have done to a few of them will put them on edge for a while but they will adjust to you being in the castle so long as you behave appropriately to the situations that come before you."

"certainly." I simply said as we walked into a large room with a table along with 14 chairs. Two on each end with 5 on the long sides. They sat down on one end while I sat in the middle on the right side of the table.

"what will you have today empress's and guess?" I looked up from the plate designs as I raised an eyebrow at what I saw. It was another pony with wings except this one's wings were bat-like. I could see the fangs as she talked as well as her eyes looking like Nightmare Moon's own eyes.

"I shall have what I had at lunch." Eclipse simply said.

"I shall have the same." Nightmare Moon spoke after as the bat pony looked at me.

"do you happen to have steak?" she gave a slow nod. "can you cook it up well done please?" she gave another slow nod before she walked away. Soon leaving the room as all remained quiet. "Eclipse..." she looked at me with an impassive look on her face. "don't get me wrong I appreciate you offering to train me... but how are you going to train me? I don't believe my powers are like your magic."

"simple. A very long time ago before my sister was sent here there was another human like yourself. I took him into the castle as he trained and soon found he could turn his own energy into magic but also with the cost of his endurance." she started as I listened intently to what she was saying. "just like you, he wanted revenge but for the love of his life. He quickly grew angry as I stopped him time and time again from leaving the realm to get revenge on our counterparts until eventually, he had enough. He began to then secretly work with his psychic powers in secret until suddenly my own subjects began to question how I ruled. This I found odd as they all never cared how I ruled only the fact that I was powerful enough to rule. So with a further investigation, I found remnants of his own psychic energy within the minds of my subjects."

"mind control," I spoke up as she nodded.

"correct. He quickly found out that I had figured it out before he just disappeared... the next day I found myself attacked by every single guard I had in my castle. I knew that he had taken the day he was gone to take quick control over my guards and had them attack me in order to weaken me. He knew that he couldn't take me on at full strength so he used his own powers to make my own guards attack me. It was working for a time before I had enough and eventually found him trying to move my kingdom's greatest weapons of all to a place I wouldn't find them, the elements of Chaos..."

"elements of Chaos?"

"the elements of chaos are 6 jewels the embodied the elements of chaos while at the same time granting benefits to the ones who used them today as they couldn't grant benefits to the one who could use all 6 of them... the element of Insanity left the user almost completely unpredictable as well as allowed them to see partially into the future much like your fathers own power only the elements power only could show killing blows. The element of illusion allowed one to fake their own wounds. Almost like an illusion that could only be broken by knowing the elements true name."

"Deceit?" she looked surprised but nodded.

"correct. May I ask how you knew?"

"illusions usually involve trickery and from what I knew from games in my world... deceit proved to be most effective using them." she nodded. "it was honestly a wild guess."

"a guess which you were correct in. the next element would the, the element of power... this allowed the user to be able to take the enemies own magic and turn it against them but this one comes with a drawback... the only one of two that has one... it weakened the users own pain tolerance making them even more suspect-able to pain. No use with a paper cut would be a minor annoyance... a few times later it's like an open sword wound."

"before I continue... why are you telling me this when I could possibly use it against you?"

"because I am for once putting my trust in a human Benjamin, unlike the one I did before you... I never trusted him as I could feel his own inner darkness corrupting him... it was only a matter of time before he turned against me. Now carrying on was the element of Destruction. Everything is affected by it in some way but all are affected in one way..." she looked to me as if expecting me to come up with an answer as I put a hand to my chin until I came up with what I believed to be the answer.

"time... everything is affected by time as time is needed to allow things to wither away and be destroyed." she nodded with a smile on her face.

"correct. This is the second element with a drawback to it. The power can only be used a certain number of times before its effects are reversed. All who are dead are revived as if nothing ever happened. The next element would be the element of devouring... the ability to eat anything and to be able to turn into what was eaten... eat a piece of metal and you gain the properties as that metal. A downside which I do not deem a worthy enough drawback is the fact only one materials properties can be used at a time. Then onto the final and most final element... the element of Chaos itself... able to warp reality and existence all around it at the cost of the user's lifespan but the life is returned once the element is taken off... but only to an extent as it could not erase one's own existence. now that the elements have been explained allow me to continue the story. I found him trying to hide them away only that the magic they generated wouldn't allow it as they were connected to only myself at the moment of time this transpired. We battled as he fought as if he thought he was going to win... only to be surprised when I caught him in my magic as I was unable to when his shield was up... I proceeded to throw him into the very walls, floors, and ceilings, of the castle until he could barely move. I then proceeded to use the elements for the last time and turned him into stone before smashing him into dust and scattering him all across the realm."

"that's brutal... but efficient..." I simply said as she smiled.

"I thought so myself. Now at the time, I didn't know it would be the last time I could use the elements as they went to sleep after I used them. No matter what I did I couldn't move or control them at all. I then began to research until I found they could only be used for a number of times until they went to sleep to locate their true masters... so I waited for the right moment until I found a young filly who had wonderful control over her magic that I just knew she was perfect for the Element of Chaos. And I was right once the time came and my sister joined the realm. Confused and angry she lashed out an everything and everypony as not even I could stop her. The elements were awakened by their new masters out of pure luck as they subdued my sister." Nightmare Moon simply scoffed and looked away. "and ever since they have lived with each other in Ponyville."

"will I get to meet them at some point?" I then asked out of the blue.

"certainly? I would like the elements to be able to know who they would have to kill should you ever go rogue." I glared but couldn't deny her logic as the mare from before walked in pushing a cart. No one else said anything as the dishes were set in front of each of us before the lids were pulled off by a different servant. I smiled at the smell of meat as I almost began to drool. " I believe we should leave our further discussions until after dinner... enjoy you steak Benjamin." I simply nodded as I grabbed a knife and fork... before I cut into the steak.