My little pony: Friendship is magic.

Arc 2: Purple nights and starry hope:

Episode 4: Conclusion of the eternal night.

Previously on my little pony: When Fluttershy was taken hostage, Ben awakened through his anger a new form.

"Control yourselves ben, don't let your rage turn your magic dark, channel it to righteous anger." I thought while calming down

And I took deep breaths while my magic aura turned from black to white

"You have made a great error. I nearly lost myself there but I won't allow to let my emotions get the better off me." I said while my voice was laced with authority and power.

And the dust from my previous attack settled down and I was standing in my newest form.

I had grown taller while my body began to be enveloped in white dragon scales while my hair gained white highlights in them.

Then the nails on my now scaled hands and feet grew a bit before lines of magic came from my eyes and followed the lines of my body before settling down.

The shadowbolts looked baffled at me for a second before taking battle stances and the white pegasus said "Don't just stand there, take him down so we can get those pests out of the way." And they saluted at her before flying at me with their hooves forward to smack me.

I however was quicker when I sprang forward using my enhanced leg power as a speed boost before charging magic to my hand and slamming my fist on the ground creating a shockwave to stun them before letting my magic skyrocket and began saying verses of magic while raising my arm to the heavens:

"Light of stars, infinite aspect of the cosmos."

Gather and unite together as one to rain down, destroy and banish my enemy."

"By all righteous light and your radiance, I command you to rain down as a never stopping downpour."

"By all the stars of the heavens and the galaxy, RAIN DOWN!"

"Stellar magic: Imperius!"

And I then pointed my arm downward, the stars that filled the heavens began to shine golden before their collective light rained down upon the old castle hallway reducing it to dust.

The shadowbolts cried out in pain by the light before they completely evaporated into the nothingness.

When the heavens where done raining down judgement, nothing was left of the hallway but a shallow crater with the rest of the castle even more damaged with holes in the walls and scorch marks were the light had cascaded down.

I then let my scales grow even further until it reached under my eyes and my hair reversed its colour to platinum with golden highlights and grew even further until it reached the end of my back.

Then the scales on my shoulders began to increase until they reached my head by height.

And finally my lines of power then converted into an eastern dragon tattoo that covered my entire back under my grown hair.

"Light dragon mode: ascended stage reached. Now come out you all, the battle is over and I want to heal Fluttershy." I then looked over my shoulder seeing everyone come out of the passageway while Rainbow Dash flies around surveying the damage I caused.

"Wow, this is amazing, it is almost like a tornado passed through" She said while landing back on the ground.

"Indeed, this reminds me when he used his final spell to fight my brother in that spar. Thus, powerful indeed." Twilight said.

I ignored the conversation seeing Fluttershy come over with difficult breathing so I rushed over to her.

"Please lie down on your side for a moment, so that I can survey your condition" I said while soothing her a bit.

She nods at that and laid down while whimpering because of the pain.

The others noticed this and came over quickly, Rarity looks quite worried at her "What is wrong with her dear, can you tell us."

"Not now rarity I must handle quickly, now Fluttershy may I touch your belly to check for injuries." I said while she nodded with a blush before coughing a bit.

I then laid my hand on her belly area and closed my eyes before concentrating.

Twilight looks in wonder as I do this before realising "he is extending his spiritual awareness through his body to survey the damage internally. Amazing, that alone is high level magic to even attempt."

I then opened my eyes before growling a bit in frustration "Well, this is not nice, with all that she has been through her ribs are severely damaged and are just a few millimetres from piercing her lungs." And everyone gasps in shock at that.

"can ye heal her partner, please" Applejack asks nearly pleading.

I just held my hand to her and said "Please do not beg me for it, I will surely heal her as she is my friend. But I don't want any of you pleading for her help, because it is painful for my heart to see someone lower themselves then that they are worth."

Applejack smiles at that before I replaced my hands on Fluttershy's stomach and let tendrils of magic slip through her skin treating her bruised rips.

She blushes and giggles at the treatment I was doing before inhaling deeply feeling relieved from the pressure.

I then helped her stand up again before saying "Glad to see you're not in pain anymore, I can't stomach the thought of seeing you in pain Fluttershy."

She looks at me with a big smile before saying "Thanks for saving my life Ben, I guess I owe you one." I instantly shake my head in disagreement.

"You owe me nothing, in fact I feel like I just repaid my debt for accepting my friendship considering how shy you can be." I said while smiling to her.

She blushes even deeper before I saw a few of the girls wipe away a tear.

"You're a very unique person Ben, while there are more than a few ponies or people who are that kind toward others. It is a rarity among many refusing any kind of reward for their help" Twilight says while drying a stray tear.

"Say partner, when we have wrapped up this mess, think you could help my granny Smith? Winter is coming around soon, and she always complains of her saggy ol' hip when the cold arrives. That healing magic is the perfect remedy for the ache and pain." Applejack said while thinking of her.

"That is easy to do, I know my prowess of magic is great enough to even cure a pony who caught something almost incurable like the plague or something. But I don't want to brag about it, arrongance is a nasty habit to gain and have and it's even harder to discard." I said while dusting myself off.

"But let's not stay here for too long, this magic performance has surely alerted the lady of the castle and I for one don't want to get strung up in the traps those three have in store for us." And with that we ascended to the tower where I knew those three were overseeing the play as it came to its final conclusion.

Castle of the Two Sisters, Grand Tower...

We ascended the old stairs and came into a big room that at the end held a balcony while many windows were on the sides of the tower.

I was the first to reach the top of the stairs and was looking for some danger, while the rest of the girls were also reaching the top.

"Well here we are, now show yourselves you three. I know you are here somewhere." I said while looking around the room.

I then saw the clouds were moving away from the moon revealing with its light Nightmare Moon but she looked very different:

Instead of cyan coloured eyes, they were now scarlet red with black in them.

Her armour looked more menacing with jagged spikes and a blood moon on the cuirass in the middle.

She looked at me and spoke in a Distorted kind of voice "I SEe ThAt yoU havE FoUnd Me, CoNgrAtS on MaKiNG it Here. NoW DiEEEeeE"

And then she launches a barrage of lightning at the girls, so I quickly stood in the path and shielded them from the assault.

"BEN!" They shouted out seeing me step in, while Nightmare Moon laughs half crazed while saying "ThE PesT iS nO MorE, Now YoU" but stops speaking seeing the smoke clear revealing me unharmed but even more changed.

I now was wearing a crystal ball around my neck while a scaled tail had emerged from me while my lines of power on my arm had reformed into two white dragon tattoos.

"Light Dragon MODE 3 invoked, Now Leave Nightmare Moon or I will do it for you."

Seeing them refuse, I then let the restrains on my magic free and the girls were holding themselves low to the ground to cover from the whirlwind of magic power I was unleashing while the possessed Nightmare Moon was pushed back from my magic.

I then concentrated my magic into my claws returning my gauntlets to my hands and vanished without a trace.

"Where did he go, I don't see him" Rainbow said until she heard shouting from Nightmare Moon who was trashing around.

"Can you all hear me girls, I'm now restraining her. So, use the elements to help me separate her from Envy and Ambition, hurry!" I told them mentally

And then they saw a white serpentine dragon coiled around appear Nightmare Moon who was trying desperately break free from my hold.

Twilight said "alright everyone, this is it" and they stood together in unison while the elements began to radiate light.

Then they began to levitate from the ground when suddenly Twilight opened her eyes revealing they were glowing white.

Then a rainbow erupted from the girls and it climbed upwards until it reached the ceiling before crashing down onto the possessed Nightmare Moon and shattered her form before I took the real Nightmare Moon and flied over to the girls changing back to my previous state.

"Wow, now that part is complete. Very well-done girls, but our work is not done yet" I said while I pointed to the shards who were converging and manifesting themselves into two humanoid shapes.

When the first one emerged, it revealed a woman who was wearing a silk dress with diamond shaped patterns on it while a golden comb was holding her long green hair together.

On each ring finger she had expansive looking rings while on her arms were golden bracelets.

She had make up to make her even more appealing.

"Well seems the gig is over, isn't darling. Now then what should we do with them huh?" She said with a sneer to us.

The second shape manifested into a buff golden-haired man wearing a golden suit of armour with a red cape on it.

He had a look in his eyes betraying his lust for power and burning desire for conquest and making everything his own. "Conquer and enslave them of course. But that dragon boy has to go. He is too dangerous so I will kill him and let him see how I enslave those he holds dear. Or my name isn't Ambition."

And he then pulled a sword from the shadows and charged us head on with a war cry.

I quickly intercepted his sword strike with my gauntlets before grinning "You walked in my trap, sucker" and I stomped the ground creating a tar patch under his feet before stepping away.

Then I saw Envy trying to slice me apart with a whip of wires and jewels on it before I jumped out of the way while firing a volley of magic bullets to knock her out.

Ambition seeing these rips himself free from the tar patch and I got a nasty cut from his sword before he attempts to cut my head off

I quickly raised the scales on my arm, but still had a nasty cut in my elbow from the sword

I then heard a yelp of pain and and turned my sight to the girls who were littered with cuts and scrapes over their bodies and looked venomously at Envy who was enjoying her.

I then began to glow with power before a column of pure light enveloped me and I completely changed to my dragon form.

I was now a serpentine dragon of 20 feet tall and covered head to toe in white luminous scales and piercing sky-blue eyes looking in rage at those two before coiling my lower part around the girls for protection.

"Hah, change all you like. It will not make a difference, I will conquer you and then the rest of this world." Ambition said while coming closer to attack

But then he jumped back when one of my talons ripped his armour to shreds with a single swipe.

I then held my front claw to my crystal ball that was now imbedded in a breastplate I wore around my torso which enveloped my whole body in magic.

Wings appeared on my back while strings of pure magic connected to my breast plate and lines of power appeared over my whole body and finally a halo appeared above my head.

Envy stepped back with slight fright while Ambition was looking enraged at me "You have so much power at your beck and call, so why don't you use it to dominate this world and rule like you should. Tell me!"

I then spoke in an almighty voice that even Ambition fell to its knees "Because Warmonger, I choose the path of friendship and to protect this world. What good is respect when its fuelled by fear by my power that is as grand as you see it."

" So, there is your answer, if they want to respect me then it shall be because I stand as a paragon for my friends as I honour the promise I made the very first time I met them."

He snarls in rage at me and ignites his sword in black magic before he was paralyzed by my magic pressure.

I then began to glow brightly before flying through the damaged roof with everyone else who were awake now until we flew above the castle.

Then six emblems appeared in the sky drawing a star in the middle of a pentagram while I flew around dropping each of the girls on one of the points of the star before I landed down in the middle of it with twilight.

Then the five points of the pentagram began to light up in the colours of everyone's respective elements before converging in the middle of the pentagram strengthening it with so much magic that it was covering the whole area of the Everfree Forest.

"Farewell and may you not create such a mess again so begone."

"By the power of the elements we will end this right now"

"Unison magic: Harmonious Down Crash"

And the magic of the eight elements flowed out from the elements into the pentagram and crashed as a pillar of light down upon Envy and Ambition who first screamed in pain before sighing together in relief before they vanished returning back to the aspects of the spirit.

Then I changed back to my previous state exhausted from having to channel so much magic, then the pentagram descended back down until it touched the ground and with its remaining magic I turned the castle completely back to its previous state.

Everyone looked in awe how the castle slowly rebuild itself and the vines covering the walls moved out of the way but didn't disappear.

I then stood up shakenly before beaconing the girls over to me.

"Take me to Nightmare Moon, please. I may be exhausted but I still want to see if she's alright." I said while spreading my legs a bit to hold my balance

I then felt being supported by Rainbow dash and Rarity who both used their wings and magic to help ascend the stairs.

When we reached the top of the staircase I saw Nightmare Moon with different kind of magic circles around her like she was observing them

She then sees me and dismisses the magic circles before smiling at me.

"Hey Ben, glad to see you. I'm very grateful for freeing me."

I just walked back for dismissing my gauntlets and stroking her billowing mane before saying "Always a pleasure Moon, you know I don't abandon friends in need."

Everyone was shocked at how friendly I was with Nightmare Moon before I noticed this and chuckled a bit "Seems we owe them an explanation for all this."

She nodded and began explaining "I shall elaborate, I knew that Ben here would arrive thanks to the memories I shared when I was once Luna."

"When Luna left our shared existence, I was nearly overwhelmed by Envy and Ambition who were once my emotion and desire made flesh by the wild and rampaging magic I was created out in the first place."

"But I resisted them for quite some time and every night I searched out Ben his dreamscape to communicate with him and before long we became good friends."

"When my resistance was collapsing I told this to ben and I began to plot the whole act of bringing an eternal night knowing that you all would come with the elements to separate me from them and set my spirit free, so I thank you out of the ground of my heart, Mare Six"

And she bowed in respect for them before standing up again beside me.

I then pushed Nightmare Moon forward a bit with the explanation to talk with them and everything.

She just nods at that before walking over to them.

"Glad to meet you Nightmare Moon, I'm Applejack." She said.

"Ben has told me that and so many more things about you in the dream realm" Nightmare Moon said

"Really now, what did he tell you and all." She said while looking at me.

"About how you all met together and how he set that arrogant lout straight. Hilarious just hilarious." And they began to laugh together remembering those times.

I saw her talking with the rest of the girls when I felt a nudge against my side and look down seeing Twilight.

"You are sure a unique person Ben, most individuals don't look farther when it involves past transgressions like what Nightmare Moon did.

"But you did and see what for result it brought, you made friends with her and gave her a change to relive her live." She before giving me a good smile.

"She deserves a change for living, she may be created out of darkness but she still is a mare of light; the new presider over dreams." I said while looking at her.

Twilight looks in shock between me and Nightmare Moon before smiling "A title worthy to give for such a mare. She deserves it."

I then clapped my hands together to gain every one's attention "The eternal night has been wrapped up, Envy and Ambition has been cleansed of the magic and returned back to normal. So, I guess we can all agree that we are done here."

"howeeh, I am glad that is done, a good rest is wanted." Applejack said while everyone else agrees on that.

Yes, indeed it has been resolved, I thank you all greatly once more for setting me free." Nightmare Moon said while we just beamed a smile at that.

"So what now darling, can we go home then" Rarity asked of me

I just gestured a no and said "We still have to tell all this to the princesses." And I saw Nightmare Moon emotions switch between nervousness and excitement.

"Don't worry Nightmare Moon if the prophecy is correct, all shall be amended by the light of the moon and the sun."

She looks at me before smiling "Yes indeed, shall we go then? I have to make amends to my sisters."

We then began to make way to the stairs until we arrived in the passageway where we started this.

Nightmare Moon looked in puzzlement before asking me "Ben, what are we doing here actually, this way doesn't exit to the Everfree Forest."

I chuckled slightlty at that before taking the cobalt coloured key out of my pocket at put it into a crack in the wall before turning it.

The door reappeared before me and I pushed it open revealing the hallway of places and ages.

Nightmare Moon looks to the door and the hallway in amazement "That is very convenient Ben, is this hallway connected to everywhere in Equestria or just to this castle alone?"

"This hallway is connected to everywhere in equestria but also to places where I practice my crafts and wonders, it is very convenient to reach everywhere quickly and all but darn confusing if you forget your way."

I said while walking through the door and holding it open so everyone could pass through.

"Both an advantage and a disadvantage to this kind of travelling, but still an impressive feat indeed" She said while I closed the door and locked it again so nobody could enter my halls without my permission.

"Your right about that, but I still need to find the other door we need to get to the castle so we can truly put a point after this case." I said while looking around the hallway for the correct door.

I then spotted the door: it was a yellow coloured door with a united sun and moon symbol.

I walked up to the door and felt around my pockets for the correct key.

"That the key to the garden, the key to the aviary, the key of my bathroom, the celestial key... Aha here is it, the Lunes Nova key." And I pulled an orange key with cobalt markings on it.

I then turned the key inside the keyhole and opened the door.

We then saw the inside of Canterlot Tower with its many stained-glass windows as I walked inside the place.

"Well we're here, now we just have to find the Throne Room" I said while keeping the door open so everyone can cross over into the castle.

When everyone had passed through I then closed the door and relocked it before pulling out a keychain out of my pocket and hanged the key back on its proper place.

The girls looked in bewilderment at how many keys I have and I noticed that before casually saying "I know they are many keys, but all doors need to be locked or things from beyond the door can trample all around the hallways. Last time I forgot to lock a door a carnivorous plant nearly had me for a snack when I wasn't watching before I smacked it on the head and locked it back inside."

I then put the key chain back into my pocket and together we walked back down the hallway when we came before the throne room doors and I saw two guards blocking the way with spears.

"Please open the gates, I bring with me the holders of the Elements of Harmony and the now reformed Mare of the Moon. So, I ask for passage to the princesses of the Morning and the Night." I said with authority in my voice.

They pulled their spears back and opened the doors while standing aside.

We then gathered in the throne room while I saw Princess Celestia and princess Luna looking at us with calculating gazes.

I then bowed a bit before speaking. "The retrieving mission has been completed your highnesses, your sister has come back home and envy and Ambition were returned to the emotional aspects of the spirit like they once were."

They looked at me and then at Nightmare Moon who was trembling a bit under her sister's gazes.

"Drop the formal front Ben, you can ease up especially after such a hard mission where we could see and feel the magic you used while in the Everfree forest." Luna said while keep her gaze onto Nightmare Moon.

I immediately relaxed and then stepped aside so Celestia and Nightmare Moon were face to face.

Then Celestia began to speak "It has been more than a millennium when we stood face to face as enemies Nightmare Moon, now do we stand here as enemies, adversaries, sisters or comrades. The decision is yours to take" She said while everyone felt the tension between them rise.

Nightmare Moon gained a smile and began to coat her horn in dark blue magic before raising her head to meet Celestia's gaze "I choose as sisters, because that is what I desire with all my heart." She said with happiness on her face.

And I saw the moon beginning to lower while the sun began to rise over the land and the castle.

Celestia gained a smile of her own and hugged Nightmare Moon with her wings "Glad to see you came back home sister, I will not be easy to everyone else but I welcome you home here." She said while I rubbed away a stray tear from the touching moment.

Luna then also joined the embrace when suddenly I heard hard crying and saw Pinkie Pie crying rivers of tears while blowing a handkerchief.

When the hug was settled I then walked over to the three sisters standing before them.

"I am glad that everything has been finished well, but may I ask for the book of Prophecy written by Starswirl the bearded. The reason for this is that I need to see if a second verse of prophecy is unlocked after this." Celestia nodded at that and her horn began to shine with magic before in an orb of light the book appeared and landed in my hands.

I then began to channel my magic inside the book causing it to open on a blank entry before many words began appearing on it.

I then began to read the passage aloud for everyone

"Greetings, your highnesses if you're seeing this the person of prophecy has settled down here and has completed his first of many deeds to this land.

I hope Nightmare Moon is alright and behaving well

But now something more important: If the prophecy has been completed here is the second verse of this prophecy:

"When man of distant world has settled and completed his task of the moon, he is done for the time until a union has been announced

"both a rescue and a battle with the lost ones of heart shall be begun "

"And an unexpected ally for future times and the beginning of a dark blossom be made."

I then returned the book back to Celestia who returned it back with her magic.

"Your quest lays ahead for you, when the time arrives be prepared when you're needed. But for now, you can rest and return to Ponyville with your friends."

I understood her logic but I disagreed a bit also because for me the case has not been closed just yet.

"I will take my rest when it is needed, but may I speak to you and Luna a bit privately. There are some matters that I want to discuss with you two." I said I a tone that showed how heavy a conversation I was about to hold.

They looked at each other before nodding and we separated from the group temporarily.

When we stood away a fair distance from Nightmare Moon and the girls I began to speak. "How are you two taking it all, I mean it will be tough for both of you to adjust. Not just as co-rulers but also as sisters."

They pondered a bit seeking the right words for an answer before Celestia spoke up with a smile "You're as nosy as you are perceptive Ben, like you said it will take time to adjust but I want to do it. +If you go so far as creating such magic circles that overshadow the whole Forest and came with her so changed then I'm more than willing to have her here at the castle."

And I gained a smile for her honest answer before turning my attention to Luna "Indeed Sister, but for me it will be even harder to adjust because I shared a collective existence with her for a millennium. Being separate but still being in the same place is goanna take some time to adjust."

And I nodded also to her part before speaking again "That brings me to the next point I want to discuss, I want to propose something for Nightmare Moon." And they leaned closer with curiosity.

"I want Nightmare Moon to take over the dream job from Luna because when I sleep I noticed from the dream realm that Luna works very hard even at the expense of her own health sometimes." I said while slightly tracing my finger over Luna her eyes feeling the fading rings of insomnia.

She blushes a bit at the contact but agrees with me "Indeed, I can use some good night sleep, but how are you aware of the dream realm Ben?"

I just shrugged before saying matter of fact" Comes with the perks of having a library that contains so many facts no matter how obscure or weird, it isn't called 'the library of omniscience' for nothing."

They just sweat dropped a bit at that before agreeing with me "Very well then, I like it. Nothing like a good night sleep when I don't have to spend my nights overseeing the realm for troubled sleepers and battling apparitions." Luna said already fantasizing of a good sleep

"Indeed, but you still have a duty to lower and raise the moon with me then while I do the sun then." Celestia said while Luna agreed to those terms."

"Well, then it's settled, from this day may she be known as the Princess of dreams" I decided while the princesses agreed with me before we stepped back to the girls and Nightmare Moon who noticed my smile

"We have many things talked over and I proposed a very interesting thing, can you all tell it about it maybe, princesses?"

They nodded at that and looked at Nightmare Moon: " Ben proposed that you take over the dream overseeing duties from Luna and join us as the princess of Dreams and fourth princess of Equestria."

She looks in shock and amazement while I open my arms in invitation.

Then she propels herself forward with her wings while she flies in my arms with tears of happiness before thanking her sisters "Thank you Celestia, Luna and especially you Ben, I gladly accept the title as well as its responsibilities"

I then deepened the hug and charged magic through her which replaced her armour for a silver tiara with a dark cobalt moon embedded in it

Then silver bands and shoes with sapphire appeared on her while a mantle of stardust linen was draped over her shoulders reaching all over her back touching the ground but it had openings for her wings.

When I released the hug, everyone could see the new look of Nightmare Moon and they approved quite vocal

"My Goodness Ben what kind of fabric is this? I have never seen something like it. And those jewellery they are just great. Simply magnificent." Rarity said while looking the costume over.

"Very fitting for a princess of Dreams, and you deserve it sister" Luna said while Celestia just gave an understanding smile

Suddenly magic sparks came of me and when they touched the ground they stopped burning and became dark as coal.

I sighed and said "Girls, can you get home on yourselves, because my magic is really depleted. If I don't rest soon, I will have to recover very long."

Everyone looks in shock while more sparks came from me and turned even darker when it landed on the ground.

"How long would it take to recover then" Twilight asked with worry

"for a near infinite reserve to fill I would need a lot of time, but if go home now I would be back up by tomorrow morning" I said while saying goodbye to everyone.

I then weakly lifted my arm and charged a ball of fire in my hand and threw it down on the ground.

A pillar of flame enveloped me before I vanished into it and the flame travelled back to my castle.

"Well, seeing that Ben has gone back home, shall we also get back home then. It is almost evening and we all can use a good night sleep" Twilight said and everyone nodded at that.

"Then we wish you a very good evening, and again thanks for helping equestria and more importantly for reuniting us with our sister." Celestia said.

"No problem, your highness. But it's time for us to hit the sack, we are beat." Applejack says while suppresing a yawn

"The train station is aware that you're boarding the train to Ponyville, but be on time there. He will depart in half an hour" Luna said.

The girls thanked them and they left the castle.

When they arrived at the gates however they saw a chariot with two earth pony's guards pulling it before Shining Armor stepped of the driver seat and opened the carriage.

"The princesses has arranged this so you can take the train on time. So, hop on aboard because the train is about to depart." He said while everyone took a seat in the carriage.

He then retook his seat and the carriage travelled down Canterlot Main Street until it reached the station when the train released its whistle

The girls leaped through the station until they reached the platform of the train

The conductor seeing them called them over "Are you the ones who came from the castle, this way please if so."

The girls nodded at that and walked over to them and boarded the train.

Seeing that everyone is on the train, the pony on the platform gave the sign for the engineer to start.

And the train began to roll down the tracks down the mountain.

In the wagon of the girls we see the girls holding a conversation:

"What a day, never thought I would see Nightmare Moon again and those other two." Rainbow Dash said while everyone nodded.

"Indeed, but what I will remember is how Ben saved Fluttershy from those brutes. It reminds me of some of the novels I read " Rarity said while Fluttershy nods remembering the event.

"And Ben his elements then, I never knew elements could be handcrafted and then how we converged our elements." Twilight said thinking a lot about it.

"Tell me about it sugar cube, and then when ben made the new outfit for Nightmare Moon. I may not know a lot about fancy stuuf but it was pretty nice."

Oh, about costumes, before Nightmare Moon did you see the costumes for the crusaders? Adorable and neat at the same time." Pinkie pie said with excitement

And they chatted away until they arrived at the station.

When the girls all stepped of the train and exited the station, Pinkie pie had suddenly an idea: "hey girls, how about we visit Ben in the morning? He did help us so much out at the Everfree Forest."

"Bright Idea Pinkie, but I really need some shut-eye, it has been a long day for everyone so how about we meet at his palace in the morning." Applejack and everyone separated to their own homes after bidding each other goodnight.

Castle Utopia, Front Door...

It was very silent by the castle until suddenly a wisp of flames travelled down and erupted in a pillar of flame where I appeared out off before it vanished.

Seeing the sudden flare Suzaku descended down from her nest in the tree and seeing me all exhausted she quickly called the other Sacred Beasts.

Mere moments everyone stood around me asking what has happened.

"Hey everyone no need to worry much, just gained a new form and have saved Nightmare Moon from two possessing forces." I said while leaning against the door.

I then felt a slithering over my shoulder and saw Genbu looking at me with a smirk "Kicked ssssome mayor butt did you, as expected from my friend. Wish you had ssssummoned usss. Guarding duty can be pretty boring."

But then he was pulled down by his other half who began to speak "You were victorious but at what expense. Look at you all exhausted, was it worth the risk." And I nodded at that

"Then there is no need for me to lecture now, rest up and we will guard the place as we do in your absence."

Then Byakko pushed me back up with her back as support "you did well Ben, the whispers on the wind has told me many things. Rest easy now and we will see you in the morning."

I thanked her and finally looked at Seiryu "if I didn't know you so well I would have directly come with my comrades to aid you but I do know you well enough. So as your friend I say rest up, because you deserve it all to0 well."

And I thanked him also before opening the door and closing it back.

They all chattered a bit under each other before returning to their dens maybe sleeping but always alert.

When I entered the lobby of my castle I instantly kicked off my shoes after cleaning them on the doormat.

I then walked through my personal hallway to the bathroom I use (not the nature one of course)

And threw my clothes in the laudry basket on the side before I went to shower.

"Man, I'm exhausted, if would have known that I would burn so much with that new form I would have hold back a little."

"But it was worth it, saved Equestria and Nightmare Moon from disaster, A new princess has been chosen and had a wonderful time at the festival."

I then stepped out of the shower and snapped my fingers while I donned my sleeping gear and a lantern filled with glow bugs in it

I then half drowsing stepped through the hallway to my bedroom and walked inside.

I opened my window to let the glow bugs fly outside in the nightly air before closing my window again and going to bed.

"Wonder how Nightmare Moon would take over the dream realm, but that is then. Goodnight Girls" And I dozed off in my slumber...

Finally, chapter finished!

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