I tried to get up, but I couldn't. I lie there on my back, like a helpless turtle.
"Sapphire", I called out, " Sapphire! Where are you?! Hello!? Is Anypony there?"
I waited for a response and only heard crickets chirping, frogs croaking, and mosquitoes
buzzing, in the distance. I started to hear something else nearby. Something that wasn't a
cricket, frog, or mosquito, but instead, something far larger. I hear thick wet thuds coming
from the direction closest to my head. I struggle to get free but to no avail.
"Come on..ugh...you piece of...", then I heard a disgusting 'squish' from the mud
surrounding my leg. Even though my leg that was stuck, is now out, I still cannot move off of
my back. I tried a spell to levitate myself out of hold of the muddy earthen shackles. I pushed
my magic as hard as it could go, but nothing happened. It was too difficult for me to try any
further. I was weak and tired with the sun beating on me in this foul swamp. I continue to hear
the noises of the beast moving towards me.
"That didn't work...teleport?", I asked aloud, as if there were somepony else to talk to. I tried
again, but had the same outcome.
"Why isn't it working?", I attempted to lean forward to forcefully remove my stuck wings
from the ground. I pulled as hard as I could from the ground and felt a pop on my back. I was
very concerned, considering I have yet to feel my wings themselves. I turn my head to find
the beast standing on its two legs looking down at me with its eight eyes and four heads
focused solely on me.
"Are you kidding me? A hydra? Now? Sweet mother of..."
The hydra thrusted all four heads towards me rapidly, most likely in attempt to kill me. My
horn illuminated the silvery white color and I was teleported out of harms way. Now I stand on
a glass platform in the realm of which I once was. The place of dreams, memories, and what
was to come.
"I didn't do that..."
"I did", somepony said behind me. It was the same silvery pony that I had seen in our
castle.
"How did...?"
"You don't control your magic anymore, Onyx, I do. You are just a medium for my power"
"But...no?"
"Yes, It is true. You have failed your duties as Defender of the Order of Three, a Child of
the Night, and as her son"
"I'm not a Defender of...that thing, I'm not a Child of the Night, I am ONLY Nightmare
Moon's son! Where did you even come from anyways, huh?"
"When I entered your body, you became one of each. You will defend in what I believe, not
what you want to believe"
"Wrong!", I charged my horn and shot the mystical creature before me. A white bolt of
energy struck it and it had dissipated.
"No more voices, no more you", I spoke aloud, "I control my own thoughts, my own
emotions, and my own fate. Not you!"
I stood and waited seconds for a response or rebuttal from the ghastly figure from within my
head. Nothing, finally.
"Why here?", I asked. As I stood, I looked down into the glass pane I was atop of. I could
barely see myself as the reflection within it. My mane was frazzled with dirt and dried blood in
it. My coat was also a sandy brown color with all of the dried mud on me. My wings, when I
stretched them, hurt. I tried to fully extend them, but when I did, I felt a shift on my back and
heard a loud pop.
"AAAAGH!", I shouted and a tear came to the corner of my eye. My wings had been broken
and I didn't feel anything until now.
"Did I break them when I fell? Damnit This hurts!", I rested my wings and retracted them
back to my sides. I willed my horn to glow and saw that I still had the silver aura from that one
pony thing.
"Back here, huh?", I looked around me, "I need to see if Mother made it; I need to see if she
is still alive"
I was about to fly towards the clouded images ahead of me when I realised something.
"Ignoramus, your wings are broken", I said to myself.
I took a step forward with my one hoof. Before I could continue, the platform started to
accelerate in the direction I was facing.
"That works..."
I moved forward on the platform. Ahead I saw a familiar face.
"Mother?", the mare in the moving picture looked very similar to her, but instead of having
green eyes and a starry midnight flowing mane, her mane was short and a lighter blue color.
"Mother...what did they do to you?"
She stood alongside Celestia and in front of the six that were in the woods. Celestia had a
smile on her face as did each of the six. Mother seemed to hide next to Celestia, like a scared
child or sibling. Mother looked younger, nearly Sapphire's and my age.
"At least she's still alive, and as it seems, she is neither harmed nor imprisoned", I stepped
forward and hopped off the platform, plummeting downward into the normal world. This time,
when I had exited the other place, I had stood on the ground, instead of laying in a crater. I
was no longer in the swamp, but instead, in the castle. I stood in the same place that Mother
did, prior to being knocked off the ledge. I walked back to the barracks of my castle and
cleaned myself off, removing the blood, mud, and dirt. I reset my mane back to what it was
supposed to be.
"Great...now to fix my wings"
I knew this would hurt, I remembered what happened when I did it to Sapphire. I just hope it'll
be easier. I started meditating and continued with the spell. My wings stretched and stretched,
until they were linear and flat. The pain was nearly too much. There were two quiet popping
noises and my wings felt much better, though still broken. A few more seconds and they were
fixed. A feeling of ecstasy flowed through my body as the pain subsided.
"Much better"
I thought of some things, first was Mother, then Sapphire. Where could I find them. I could
only guess that Mother would be closely watched by Celestia. I have no clue where Sparks
could be.
Now, with everything screwed up, yet somehow still okay, I need to get them back to me.