We approached Canterlot castle without anyone trying to stop us. We were a strange looking bunch however, two unicorns and an earth pony. On top of that, one of us was covered in paint, and another one of us looked like a mess.
The castle looked the same; the beam hadn't seemed to do any damage to the castle whatsoever. "Is everypony ready?" I asked before we walked in. Both mares nodded their heads with determined looks. I took a deep breath, and then took the first step into the castle.
Nothing looked like it had changed, so that seemed to be good at least. However, it was still unknown whether the disease had infected the princesses or not. Until this information was known, we would all have to be extremely careful. I took the lead with both mares flanking me.
We quickly approached the throne room without a hitch, but before we walked in I said, "We haven't seen a single guard on the way here. Something must have happened, something that just can't be good. It's going to be dangerous in there, maybe I should go in alone."
Tina shook her head and said, "There's strength in numbers Tie Dye. We're coming with you."
Twilight said, "Yeah, besides, we're both unicorns, we won't let anything happen to you in there."
I smiled at them before turning to Tina and saying, "I'm going to need to borrow your bracelets for this." She looked confused but she nodded and handed me her bracelets. I put them in one of my pockets and made sure that I had the hourglass necklace and the sand with me, just in case anything went wrong.
"Let's do this." I said before throwing the doors to the throne room open. Inside were two figures, each taller than the average pony.
Once we recognized one of the figures, Twilight mumbled, "It can't be."
"But it is!" The figure said. It was Nightmare Moon, Princess Luna's alter ego. Equipped with blue armor, Nightmare Moon was a chaotic force to be reckoned with. The only known way to stop her was by using the elements of harmony on her.
The other figure turned around and it was obviously Princess Celestia, but with an equally as obvious difference. She was completely gray.
"You're too late." The Princess said in the same voice Twilight had used earlier. "My plans are already in motion." And with that the Princess turned around and began to cast a spell.
"Twilight, try to interrupt the spell!" I shouted. Twilight nodded and began to charge some magic into her horn.
"No you don't!" Nightmare Moon shouted in response. She blasted a beam at Twilight and Tina.
"They've drained our magic!" Tina shouted. I gritted my teeth as I watched the Negative Celestia continue to charge the spell.
"I've got a plan!" I shouted.
"What is it?" Twilight asked.
"If I told elaborated you would just say no." I responded.
"Then don't do it!" Tina added.
"I'm doing it anyway!" I shouted as I charged Negative Celestia. Nightmare Moon tried to fire a beam of magic at me, but I ducked it and continued running. It's a good thing to, when that beam hit the ground there was a hole that was just my size. I gritted my teeth as I jumped at the surprised Negative Celestia and as I landed on her back. She was so startled that the spell was fired early. A portal was opened where the beam landed. Tentacles came out from the portal and grabbed Negative Celestia and me.
"Get together the other elements of harmony!" I shouted as I was getting pulled into the portal. "Don't worry about me, I may not be a unicorn, but I have my own magic!" And with that I was pulled into the portal.
Tina and Twilight gave each other the same look that said, 'Is he really gone?' The moment was cut short when Nightmare Moon laughed and said, "Now that he's gone, I can get to work with my part of the plan."
Twilight and Tina both looked at each other before turning to the doors and running through them, on their way to get the other elements of harmony.
Meanwhile, I was in the portal with Negative Celestia. This vortex was like the one that I was in with the hourglass. Considering this was the Negativities playing field, I decided to even things out. I pulled the hourglass necklace out from around my neck and grabbed the phial of sand out of one of my pockets. I put the sand into the hourglass and then pulled out Tina's bracelets. The time vortex enveloped half of the negative vortex.
"It looks as though I've leveled the playing field." I said.
"Not quite, let's remember that I'm the one who has control of an alicorn." Negative Celestia said.
I smiled as I said, "And I have control of all of time." And that was when the battle began.
