Five Nights of Determination

Ok so check it out, the next chapter is here, and after the last chapter I think this one will be super fun and exciting, but I'll let you guys be the judge, ready here we go.

Chapter 12: the raging flame

The sun shone bright in the sky, its orange light shining across all of Equestria, its heat gradually raising causing the ponies and the crew to pant, the heat is just like when Luna became Nightmare Moon and the cold caused all the crops to die and the animals had to become nocturnal to survive, this time the sun will burn the land and scorch the trees and flowers, eventually they'd turn black to protect themselves against the sun's heat and it's powerful UV light.

But what's worse for the crew at the moment is the immediate divide of the guards, Celestia's sun guards are seemingly in a bind on who to follow, some of the guards know that Daybreaker is not the Celestia they know, so to keep their allegiance to their princess they formed up with Shining Armour, but that leaves the rest of the guards, they believe it was the Celestia they have served with for years and so they took their stand with her and would do her bidding with no questions asked.

It wasn't looking good, with most of Celestia's forces on her side the fight would be hard and possibly very violent, Twilight had already known of the evacuation of Ponyville but now it might be prudent to send them all back and into her school for protection, it was the only thing she could think of to stop Daybreaker from giving them heat stroke.

Pinkie Pie: "so hey, you're the opposite to the spooky and scary Nightmare Moon right, so what if you're nice and kind"

Daybreaker: "oh don't get me wrong dear Pinkie, I'm still as evil as the hot sun, but indeed I am the opposite"

Pinkie Pie: "so how exactly are you the opposite, I mean you are already the sun to Luna's moon"

Daybreaker: "well instead of being spooky and scary I am the pure power of the sun, when you look at the sun what do you see?"

Pinkie Pie: "umm… well I see a shiny yellow star that brightens the world"

Daybreaker: "well then let me show you what the sun really is"

Daybreaker then proceeded to use her magic to create a small but intense flame, even though it was small and flickering it's heat combined with the sun's own was enough to put the crew in a state of hyperventilation, all but the strongest were almost ready to pass out, but then just to make things worse she then put some pressure behind the flame, it's jet stream like appearance was enough to become a useful weapon and she aimed it at the crew, with just one slash the crew was burned by it.

?: "that's enough"

From out of nowhere a voice sounded out and, with his shield, blocked the next swipe that was sure to end the crew, it was one of the guard ponies that had sided with Shining Armour, he then used a strange magic that let him control water and with it rehydrated the crew, it healed their burns and gave them their energy back.

Shining: "General Sol, nice work"

Sol: "don't worry son, I wasn't in the guard for nothing you know"

Marionette: "I have to say that was… wow!"

Sol: "not many ponies know how to do that, it was something I learned from Twilight"

Twilight: "wait what, I can't do that!?"

Sol: "well you see I heard you saying something about humans having these kinds of abilities"

Chip: "oh, must of heard that part where I gushed over Avatar, there's this group of people called water benders, they do stuff just like that"

Shining: "General Sol, sir it would be a great honour to fight by your side"

Sol: "that's why I'm here, the Celestia I know wouldn't hurt new comers to Equestria, the Celestia I know is benevolent"

Daybreaker: "the Celestia you know is dead"

Starlight: "this is all my fault"

Daybreaker then ingulfed herself in a towering fire that blew through the top of the throne room exposing the room to the raging fire that is the sun, she then used her magic to teleport everyone/everypony into Canterlot city, they stood just outside the courtyard of the castle and sent her guards to attack.

Sol: "Shining, I may be a General but you've been the Captain for quite some time now, I think it's best if you lead this new resistance"

Shining: "well then as leader of the resistance I say, ATTACK!"

So the fight had begun, Shining and the resistance when on a full scale assault against the guard while Cadence and Flurry Heart supplied back up, General Sol used his water magic to douse their attempts of fighting using the new power they got from siding with Daybreaker, while back on the ground something was happening with Sunset, Starlight, Luna, Twilight, Moonlight, Sombra and even Discord.

Sunset: "so this is what you had in your dream?"

Starlight: "no, this is much worse, I only dreamt of Nightmare Moon and Daybreaker fighting, this is far worse, I'm so sorry"

Sunset: "no, this is my fault, I'm the one who wanted power, I made her mad because I failed as her student"

Twilight: "no, this is not any ponies fault, this is all her fault"

Scrap Baby: "you can thank me later, when your princess burns your homes to the ground"

Moonlight: "that's it, you can hurt my friends, you can hurt me, you can even hurt my pride, but when you hurt the princess and put all celestial balance in jeopardy, well that's when you cross the line"

Scrap Baby: "oh, that's my fault is it, then answer me this, can I move the sun in this world?"

Moonlight: "…"

Scrap Baby: "no I can't, only your princess can do that"

Luna: "please Celestia, come back to your senses"

Daybreaker: "ha! I've never felt more alive"

Daybreaker then summoned a ring of fire around the feet of the crew, each of them had one for themselves, it moved in on them slowly constricting their movement, then like a flash of lightning the ring became a towering wall of fire burning them till they fell to the ground, almost all the crew was down but two remained, Moonlight and Starlight, Moonlight was fuelled by the rage of his desire for a perfect day and night cycle, while Starlight was ready to put a bad dream back to bed, alone they didn't stand a chance against Daybreaker but together they may have the power to put her down.

Starlight: "you ready to do this Moonlight"

Moonlight: "this is what I was born to do"

Moonlight spread his wings and took to the air, Starlight used an old spell to let her levitate without the use of wings, it's a bit more taxing then just simple flight but she can stop and float then take off in any direction she wants, they both started to pelt the area where Scrap Baby and Daybreaker were with their magic, Starlight's magic was quite powerful for a unicorn but the power that Moonlight had was still far ahead, with the combined powers of the two they bombed Daybreaker out.

Smoke was covering the two and soon the crew was woken up by the attack, as the smoke grew they moved away to stay safe, just for good measure Starlight used her own time powers to hold Daybreaker and Scrap Baby in place while Moonlight used his artificial sun and moon celestial cannon, the attack was enough to crack the ground beneath them but as the smoke started to clear a stream of fire shot out and rushed across them, it missed as the smoke was still very dense and thick, but they did succeed in making Daybreaker very angry, unfortunately for them that means she'll also get hotter.

Daybreaker: "oh so you think you can hurt me with your special powers, well it worked so now I'm mad"

Twilight: "well then there's more where that came from, I'm sorry but if you fight my friends then you fight me"

Luna: "and me"

Sombra: "I shall fight also"

Discord: "I've always wanted to fight Celestia at her best"

Bonnie: "we'll fight too"

Oscar: "yeah and with our music you'll feel the pain… wait where's Vinyl and Octavia?"

Twilight: "… umm not here?"

Oscar: "what do you mean not here, where are they"

Rainbow Dash: "well they weren't in the castle after everypony was evacuated"

Oscar: "why not?"

Applejack: "lord knows sugar cube, you know what those two are like"

Pinkie Pie: "hey look there they are"

Fluttershy: "oh thank goodness, you're ok"

Octavia: "yeah sorry we're late, Vinyl and I were in the middle of jamming out while Ponyville was being evacuated, we must have missed the call"

Vinyl: "but then when the sky went all deep orange we figured something bad was happening so we came to help"

Finn: "well glad you could make it, we're just about to hand these to a hefty lesson in respect"

Big Mac: "eeeyep, so are you ready?"

Vinyl: "bring it on, I'm still buzzing"

Octavia: "if the Owl can bring the rock then I can bring the mellow"

Oscar: "oh it's on sister"

So now the crew banded together to take Daybreaker down and return her back into Celestia, Starlight came back down and stood next to Sunset and they shot up the area with their magic, Daybreaker was able to dodge every shot but that wasn't to say it was easy, for as much as she dodged and shot back with her intense heat and fire she was also being shot at with Moonlight's celestial cannon, Twilight had even joined up with Moonlight to add to the power of the cannon, she used her own super powered magic to attack Daybreaker, the only way she was going to get away was to start flying.

While in the air Daybreaker was attacked by Luna and Sombra, Luna's moon was slowly being brought into the sky, with it Luna's magic was more powerful and if the moon could be brought in to create an eclipse Daybreaker would start to lose power and Moonlight's celestial cannon will be far stronger as he will gain control of it, Luna and Daybreaker fought with fury and streaked through the sky, they used magic and often bumped into each other, the fight was vicious and held quite some malice between each other, despite this however Luna was still not strong enough to quench the thirst of Daybreaker's burning flame, for a moment she feared she would lose but that was only for a moment, as she looked behind Daybreaker she could see a black mist flying in closer and she backed off.

Daybreaker: "what's the matter sister, too weak to face the true power of the sun"

Sombra: "I don't think that's what she's worried about"

Daybreaker: "huh!"

Sombra then knocked her out of the sky and chased after her, using his dark magic he shot at her with dark shadows, they were a lot like Mike's dark aura attacks but they didn't corrupt, if anything they were actually taking the darkness away from her letting Celestia resurface, but it wasn't enough and she started to fight back, as they fell Daybreaker was firing back with streams of fire, but Sombra was a once proud warrior, he was no stranger to combat and did all he could to take her down while avoiding all her shots, but one did hit which made him want to try something, he was about to use his dark crystals but just as he had the idea Opal and Ashe used their pearl prism to capture her.

Ashe: "oh yes we did it!"

Opal: "that was epic, nice work sis"

Ashe: "oh come on, I can't take all the credit, you were at least half of that"

Discord was enamoured by the Cat girls team work and use of pearls to trap the enraged princess, but now that she was imprisoned it was his turn to make her feel bad.

Discord: "Screwy dear, if you would so kindly be on standby for daddy, the princess and I have some special bonding time to do"

Screwball: "got ya daddio"

Discord walked around the prism for a moment, he took in the sight of the once so regal princess now trapped in a colourful pearl structure, he thought back to the time when Discord was first found by Celestia and how she took pity on him for being the last of his kind, he smiled when she invited him to tea later that day and did a lot of things his way, of course this is what eventually led up to his banishment in stone but even though the destination was as boring as it gets, the journey to get there was so fun.

Discord: "ah Kay Kay, do you remember, our first meeting, I was so rowdy back then, I made everypony fear me, and how you and Luna turned me to stone, good times eh, look how the tables have turned, you took one word from that stupid robot that doesn't even belong here and now look at you, you're the one who's trapped in a pearl structure and looking at the skies, your soldiers are failing, the water pony is actually providing Shining and Cadence the help they need to endure the punishment and soon, well let's be honest here they're going to win"

Discord then looked at the moon, it's getting even closer to eclipsing the sun, with a big breath of the warm air Discord feels that they've won and this whole nightmare might actually be over.

Discord: "so you have a bad side like Luna does, but hey it's ok we all do, but think of this, what happened to me when I met Fluttershy, at first I was still myself, after some time passed though I did what I could to be more hospitable towards her and her friends, I even tried to be more normal, little did I know that without chaos I would disappear, poof, gone, and even when she suggested I go make friends with Spike and Big Mac I took her to an opposite world and pretended, that was so foolish, she called me sassafras"

Discord noticed it was now raining guard ponies, the resistance had just defeated Celestia's most loyal guards and with their defeat they fell to the ground, Discord snapped his claws and summoned Helium balloons to be tied around them so they would land safely, he then proceeded to brainwash them to follow Shining and Twilight.

Twilight: "thank you Discord, most appreciated"

Discord: "you are very welcome Twilight"

Shining: "with that done I need someone to take the ponies and creatures back to Ponyville, it's not safe here anymore"

Cadence: "I'll go, I'll take Flurry Heart too, she did a good job of protecting daddy, but now she's tired"

Shining: "sounds fair, take Sunburst and Trixie too, they've been with Sandbar and the creatures, they seem to be in good hooves with them"

Twilight: "Sandbar… take them to my school, they should be safe there"

Cadence: "will do"

So as Cadence went back into Canterlot castle Big Mac noticed something that wasn't right with Spike, he seemed to be looking around all over the place but with the guards out of the skies there was nothing to look at aside from the moon's progression on the sun, it seemed to be really bothering him so he had to check up on him.

Big Mac: "umm… Spike, everything ok pal?"

Spike: "I don't get it, it's like I can hear things from really far away, I've never heard so much from so far before, what ever it is it's coming up pretty fast"

Big Mac: "do you know what it could be?"

Spike: "sounds like… two unicorns"

Toy Bonnie: "yeah I hear it too now"

Bonnie: "they sound frantic"

Moonlight: "two unicorns?"

Soon the entire crew could hear the sound of two sets of hoof steps coming towards them, they were all still on edge so they all got ready to fight in case they were about to confront a new enemy, but as they got closer they could see that the unicorns were very similar looking to that of Moonlight.

Sombra: "stand down everypony, they are not our enemy"

?: "we heard something happened to the castle and the princess"

?: "we came as soon as we could, seems the whole area was effected by the sun so we had to come help at the source… of course"

Moonlight: "MUM! DAD!"

Standing before them was a stallion with a very fine fur coat, much like Moonlight it was dark blue with stars that shine and twinkle, his mane was much of the same at it's tips and close to the roots, but at the roots his mane was bright and brilliant, it was like looking at a sunset as it drops below the horizon, the mare however was almost all bright yellows and oranges, with maybe a bit of white in her mane, it was like a sunny day with just a bit of cloud perhaps.

Luna: "Moonlight, are these your parents?"

Twilight: "wow they look a lot like you"

Moonlight was a little nervous, he never expected his parents to just turn up out of nowhere.

Moonlight: "(coughs) Luna, Twilight, I'd like you to meet my mother, Summerset Shine"

Summerset: "the pleasure is all mine, though some call me Summerset Haze"

Twilight: "why?"

Summerset: "apparently I can get a bit hot headed or something and it makes me act very different"

Moonlight: "it's ok mum, we all have that side of us, and this is my Father, Daydreamer Horizon"

Daydreamer: "wow Moonlight, didn't know you made so many friends"

Moonlight: "I learnt from the best, eh Twilight"

Twilight: "well…"

Summerset: "hold on, so where's the princess?"

Discord: "you mean Celestia?"

Daydreamer: "well who else, Luna's right here"

Discord: "take a look"

Discord revealed the incapsulated Daybreaker, they could see the hate and anger in her eyes and even they could see this was not the Celestia they were born to revere, her fire was too strong, her hate filled eyes too intimidating for any kind soul to follow, they made it there goal to help Moonlight bring her back to her senses whatever it takes.

Moonlight: "so wait you're going to help me?"

Daydreamer: "in any and every capacity, even if we have to go through the entire universe and back"

Vincent: "just so you know, this is my first time here and so far not impressed"

Summerset: "oh?"

Vincent: "well her guards are kind of stupid"

Summerset: "oh that, yeah it's a recurring trend I'm afraid"

Daydreamer: "she really should just let us do it for her"

Discord: "well since she's locked away in this pearl I think I can bring her back as easy as…"

Scrap Baby: "did you forget, I'm the one pulling the strings here"

From behind the pearl prism Scrap Baby popped up and smashed the giant pearl with her claw's strength, with Daybreaker free again it was her turn to burn the crew and finish what she started, she touched her horn to the floor and a wave of fire spread across the floor towards the crew, they jumped over it but the waves would move faster and faster each time they jumped over it, for the crew it reminded them of when they had to fight with Asgore… twice.

Daybreaker: "ugh, stop resisting me and burn, you will watch as this world becomes a bright blaze and only the strongest ponies will walk by my side"

Monty: "will you SHUT UP! Shoryuken!"

Monty rolled in and dealt a heavy blow to Daybreaker, using his superior strength he punched her right in the jaw and did a rising upper cut, the move sent her back a bit and even knocked her out cold… at least for a bit, Monty stood there triumphantly knowing he did the right thing at the right time and it felt good, the crew were clapping and congratulating him on a job well done… especially Robin, the move also left Springy, Vincent, Summerset and Daydreamer stunned.

Monty: "I can see that I've captivated the audience"

Robin: "encore, encore (whistles)"

Daybreaker: "ugh, why is this happening, I had them on the ropes"

Starlight: "the word is had, now you're finished"

Sunset: "one more good blast is all it will take to finish her, Twilight, it's time to use the elements, are you ready?"

Twilight: "yeah, good thinking"

So while Daybreaker was trying to get up on her hooves the ponies got together to used their elements and bring Celestia back, Twilight, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Moonlight, Sunset, Starlight, Octavia, Vinyl and even Derpy were shining bright and floated into the sky, at this point the moon had finally eclipsed the sun and the land went dark letting the cold air flow through the land and take away the searing heat, with one last look at Daybreaker the ponies said goodbye to her and let the light flow.

Once the light had cleared away they could see that it didn't work, Scrap Baby had once again used the vortex shield to block their attack, and once again she had that creepy smile on her face.

Scrap Baby: "well it's been tons of fun messing with you and I was pleasantly surprised by the princess here, never would have guessed she'd actually do as much as she did, but it seems we still need some friends to add to our own collection, don't worry though, my father shall be avenged soon"

Springy: "I told you already, I'm right here"

Scrap Baby: "and I told you that you are not, come on Daybreaker, lets go say hi to the monsters"

Freddy: "the monsters… oh no, hell no, don't you dare!"

Before Freddy could even try to break the shield, Scrap Baby formed another vortex and with it the shield shrinked around her, Scrap Baby went in first and Daybreaker followed soon after.

Freddy: "ugh not again, we have to go after her, she could course some serious damage to the monster universe, twilight please we need your help, we need all of your help"

Sombra: "I will help, Moonlight's parents have already given a powerful statement to help, so I shall endeavour to do what I can as well"

Marionette: "it means we have to travel to a different world, it may be quite the journey too, are you sure you wish to proceed?"

Sombra: "I am ready to face any challenge, no matter how big or small"

Applejack: "what about Big Mac, he barely comes out of Ponyville never mind a new universe, are you sure about this"

Big Mac: "all of Equestria is at stake here, I have to do something instead of just sitting around all the dang time"

Moonlight: "so… Mum, Dad, are you going to come with me?"

Summerset: "what choice do we have, our princess is gone wild and loose in some other world, we can try to do something"

Daydreamer: "plus we wanted to spend more time with you… if that's ok?"

Moonlight: "yeah, that's fine"

Freddy: "let's go then, there's no more time to waste"

And so with everyone and everypony on board the crew jumped into the vortex, inside the vortex was still a deep red and the song from before was still playing, was this only the beginning of the future they have seen or could it be the end already, what could happen if they were left in the monster universe to destroy everything, they didn't want to find out, all they can do now is track them down and stop them before any monster gets hurt, but who knows what will really happen, the darkness keeps rising.

Alright and that was chapter 12, what did you think, I thought it went well but like I said I'll let you guys be the judge, the next chapter will come very soon so hold on and till next time

Venomous Book out