My Little Pony: A Dark Revenge
Chapter 8
A New Friend
The Demon nun Valak was defeated and sent back to Hell, Diana had been turned to ashes by the sun, and The Blair Witch was sent to who knows where, only Nightmare Moon would know. The sun was shining bright all over Equestria and everypony across the land was rejoicing once again, happy that the everlasting night was over and everything was back to normal.
Twilight approached Neo and said, "Well Neo, you did it, you saved Equestria again." Neo said, "No Twilight, we did, we saved Equestria, including Starlight." Starlight Glimmer said, "I guess I did, but I'm part of the reason this all happened in the first place." Neo said, "It's okay Starlight, you've been forgiven, and we're friends now." Starlight said, "Are we really friends?" Twilight put her hoof around Starlight and said, "Of course we are, you've learned from your mistakes, you've accepted our friendship, and you've helped us fight The Blair Witch and save Equestria from all the trouble she caused us, she was the reason we're here, not you." Starlight said, "I guess you're right, but even if she didn't cause this, I would have, I wanted to get back at you for taking away my village." Twilight said, "And I'm sorry we had to do that, but like I said, cutie marks aren't bad, and you know that now, and now you can start over and make new friends, and you already have two, you have me and Neo." Starlight had tears in her eyes, she said, "Thank you, after all I've done to you, you still accept me as a friend." Twilight said, "Of course, ponies can change, and you have changed, you are now a brand new you." Starlight felt happy, and she felt very thankful that she had made 2 new friends.
Suddenly, a bright light came down from the sky, the light stopped in front of Neo, Twilight and Starlight, then the light disappeared and revealed Princess Celestia, Twilight said, "Princess Celestia, it's you." Twilight and Starlight bowed at her, but Neo just stood where he was. Princess Celestia said with a smile, "Greetings my faithful subjects." Then she walked up to Neo, she smiled and said, "And who might you be?" Twilight said, "This is Neo, don't you remember him?" Neo said, "Twilight, the past was changed, which means I was never here until now, so it's not surprising that she doesn't know me." Princess Celestia seemed confused about what they were talking about, she said, "I've been imprisoned in the moon for so long, I seem to have missed a lot, would you mind telling me what's going on please?"
Twilight explained everything to Princess Celestia, from The Blair Witch changing the past and thus, affecting the future to the way it was now and how she tried to conjure up a demon that would raise hell over Equestria. She also mentioned that Nightmare Moon allowed Neo to move the moon away from the sun to defeat the demon and that was how Princess Celestia was released, Twilight winked at Starlight, Starlight was happy that Twilight didn't mention that she originally tried to change the past to get revenge on her, she was afraid Princess Celestia might punish her for that. Princess Celestia was mesmerized by Twilight's story, she said, "Oh dear, a changed past, that's quite a story." She turned to Neo, smiled and said, "Well I must thank you for moving the moon and releasing me, what is your name?" Neo said, "My name is Neo." Princess Celestia said, "Well Neo, you have my gratitude and my thanks." Princess Celestia looked over and saw Nightmare Moon laying on the ground, not taking the sunlight very well. Before she could do anything, Neo said, "Hold on a second, there's something I must take care of."
Neo walked over to Nightmare Moon, he sat down in front of her and said, "Thank you for letting me move the moon." Nightmare Moon said, "I only allowed you to for the good of Equestria and my subjects." Neo said, "Do you see Nightmare Moon, there is good in you, you and your sister should rule Equestria together as sisters." Nightmare Moon said, "But I want to rule alone, she always got all the glory for her light, and I got shunned for my dreadful night." Neo said, "That's not true, your sister loves you very much, and we need the nighttime just as much as we need the day." Nightmare Moon said, "We do?" Neo said, "Of course, your night will never be ignored, we will all rejoice the peaceful and beautiful nights you bring just as much as we rejoice in your sister's daylight." Nightmare Moon had tears in her eyes, she said, "Oh my, I didn't know." To help her learns from this, Neo sang the same song he sang to Starlight Glimmer ("Yield Not to Temptation" by Derrol Sawyer). Nightmare Moon loved the song and it helped her understand what she had been going through, she was so blinded by jealousy, she didn't know how important her nighttime was, and Neo was helping her understand.
When Neo finished his song, he said, "Nightmare Moon, will you let me heal the bitterness in your heart." Nightmare Moon didn't even think about it, she said, "I'm ready." Neo gave Nightmare Moon a hug, she hugged him back, this was the first time Nightmare Moon had ever given somepony a hug or accepted a hug. As they hugged, Neo's body glowed, then Nightmare Moon's body glowed, as her body glowed, Nightmare Moon said, "I... I.. feel so different, so wonderful." Then as her body glowed, Nightmare Moon began to transform back into Princess Luna. Then their bodies stopped glowing, when Princess Celestia saw what happened, she felt so happy, she walked over to Princess Luna and said, "Princess Luna." Luna gasped when she saw her big sister, Celestia's shadow loomed over her and Celestia said, "It's been 1000 years since I've seen you like this." Celestia sat down next to Luna and said, "It's time to set our differences aside, we were meant to rule together little sister, will you accept my friendship?" Luna cried a little, then she hugged Celestia and said, "I'm so sorry, I missed you so much big sister." Celestia replied, "I missed you too."
Then Celestia stood up, she walked over to Neo and said, "Thank you so much for reuniting me with my sister." Princess Luna approached Neo and said, "And thank you for letting me see how important the day is to everypony and helping me see the light." Twilight said, "This is just like the time when my friends and I defeated Nightmare Moon a long time ago before you came to Equestria." Neo said, "Wish I could have been here when it happened, but this is like being there." Twilight said, "It sure is." Even Starlight thought this was a very heartwarming moment. Neo said, "I hope we can still fix the past and gets our lives back." Starlight said, "But how, I no longer have Star Swirl's time travel spell scroll." Princess Celestia said, "What's this about time travel?" Twilight said, "Well somehow we need to go back in time to the past and fix something so that we could go back to the time we came from." Princess Celestia said, "Oh I see, maybe I can help you." Twilight got surprised and said, "You can?" Celestia said, "I believe I can, it's the least I can do as a thank you for reuniting me with my sister, now what time period do you need to go back to." Twilight said, "The time when a young pegasus named Rainbow Dash attempted to perform her first sonic rainboom." Celestia said, "Alright then, I will cast a spell that will open a portal to that time, you will only have about 10 minutes to fix whatever you need to fix for to return to your time, do you understand?" Neo said, "We do." Celestia smiled and said, "Good, then I shall begin."
Princess Celestia's horn glowed, then her eyes glowed, then a portal opened and she said, "Go now while it's opened." Neo, Twilight and Starlight Glimmer jumped into the portal and the portal began taking them into the past, Princess Luna waved at Neo as he went through the portal and the portal closed, after it closed, Princess Luna said, "Do you think I'll ever see Neo again?" Princess Celestia smiled at her little sister and said, "I'm sure you will, in the time where he belongs."
Then the portal took them back in time to when the young Rainbow Dash was about to race the 2 bullies, Neo, Twilight and Starlight stayed where they were and watched everything. Rainbow Dash raced the 2 bullies and performed her sonic rainboom with any interruptions, and at the same time, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Applejack saw the rainboom and they all, including Rainbow Dash earned their cutie marks. When it was over, the portal opened and took Neo, Twilight and Starlight Glimmer to the future where they hoped that everything would be like the way it was with their lives.
When the portal dropped them off, they were standing outside the Castle of Friendship, Twilight smiled and said, "We did it, we're home." Neo said, "I've never been so happy to see it." Starlight said, "Well, it's good to be back." Twilight said, "Let's go in." Neo and the 2 ponies went inside the castle, they walked into the throne room and saw their 5 friends and Spike in the room. They walked in and their friends were happy to see them. Rarity said, "Hi darlings, where have you been?" Pinkie Pie said, "Yeah, we've been waiting here all day for you." Twilight said, "Hi girls, listen, can we talk to you about something?" The ponies saw Starlight Glimmer with them and they seemed a little troubled by her, Applejack said, "Uh... what's she doin' here?" Twilight said, "Actually, it's kind of a long story." Neo said, "Man, I need a cigarette, after what we've been through, I really need a smoke." Spike said, "Here let me light it for you." Spike took out a cigarette and lit it, he handed it to Neo and Neo said, "Thanks buddy." Spike said, "No problem." Twilight turned to Starlight Glimmer and said, "Starlight, could you please wait outside the room while we talk?" Starlight said, "Okay, I'll be out here." Starlight walked out of the throne room, Twilight closed the door and Starlight waited outside.
Then Twilight told her friends the whole story, about the time travel, Starlight Glimmer's plan, The Blair Witch, Diana, Valak, Starlight Glimmer's past, Nightmare Moon, the time change, and how Rainbow Dash's first sonic rainboom was a link to how they all met and earned their cutie marks. The ponies were mesmerized by Twilight's story, Rainbow Dash said, "I mean, I knew my rainboom was awesome, but I never thought all of Equestria depended on it!" Pinkie Pie said, "Or on us." Twilight said, " I think it's more than that. Friendship connects all of Equestria, and undoing one group of friends made its magic less powerful." Rarity said, "And that Selina woman, she sounds like a terrible person, conjuring up that terrible demon and trying to destroy our beautiful land." Applejack said, "I can't believe y'all were able to travel through time like that." Pinkie Pie said, "That Starlight must be pretty magical!" Twilight said, " She obviously has more talent for magic than almost anypony I've seen, but when she told me about her past, Neo helped her learn from her mistakes, he even made her a better pony, he can heal a broken or bitter heart, I saw it with my own eyes and I just couldn't believe it." The ponies looked at Neo for a second, then Twilight said, "We're so lucky to have a friend like him, and Starlight even helped us defeat The Blair Witch, Diana and the demon." Outside the room, Starlight was listening through the door, Applejack said, "Well,it's nice to know she helped ya'll, but if she's as powerful as all that, we can't just send her on her way, can we?" Twilight said, "Actually, I kind of have something else in mind." The throne room door opened, Starlight was still outside, Twilight said to her, "Starlight, can we see you for a minute?"
Starlight came into the throne room, she took a deep breath and said, "I know there's no excuse for what I did, but I want you all to know that I'm ready for whatever punishment you think is fair." Twilight said, "I've been thinking a lot about how badly Equestria fared without just one group of friends. Because even when one friendship dies, the results can be disastrous." Starlight said, "I know first-hoof how true that can be." Twilight said, "And that's why I've asked you here. If you're willing to learn, Neo and I are willing to teach you what we know about friendship. You'll have the power to make Equestria an even better place." Starlight said, "How do I start?" Twilight smiled and said, "Starting is easy! All you have to do is make a friend! And you've got 8 of them right here." Starlight felt so happy that Neo and the ponies were accepting her and were willing to be her friend.
Then Neo, Spike and the ponies went outside and Neo began singing a song for his friends that kind of reminded him of Starlight Glimmer ("I Want It That Way" by The Backstreet Boys). Neo and the ponies danced along to the song as Neo sang, and it made Starlight happy. Soon after Neo finished the song, Neo, Twilight and Starlight traveled to the village that Starlight once ruled, all the ponies she knew were still living there, she apologized to the ponies there for all the wrong she had caused them and they all forgave her, they were happy to see that she had changed.
Then Neo, Twilight and Starlight traveled back to Ponyville and went back to the castle. Twilight's friends and Spike greeted them and they all shared a big hug, including Starlight. Neo was so happy that Starlight was his new friend, and he was looking forward to teaching her about friendship along with Twilight, Twilight even offered to let Starlight move into the castle and live with her, Spike and Neo as a roommate. She accepted, and she was also looking forward to learning about the magic of friendship from her teachers, Twilight and Neo. And Neo was also looking forward to room-mating with his new friend, Starlight Glimmer.
End of chapter 8. The End.
