A planet similar to that of earth fades into view, as a Voice begins to speak.
"Equus." The voice says your view is pulled towards the planet. "A planet filled with creatures of all kinds, but dominated by a race of colorful ponies, pegasi and unicorns, and the occasional Alicorn." The screen now shows a town filled with ponies of every color imaginable, and flies around town showing the various building and shops, as ponies put up banners, flags, and party decorations. "Fillies and colts play in the streets, while the adults decorate the town for the upcoming Summer Sun Celebration, a Festival held in honor of the defeat of Nightmare Moon."
The camera pans back to the main road, to show a carriage heading towards the town, drawn by a small purple dragon with a Light mulberry body a light spring budish gray underbelly and light lime green spines going down his back and down his tail.
The camera zooms innside on a unicorn with a light purple coat and Dark sapphire blue mane and tail with moderate purple and brilliant raspberry streaks. "This is Twilight Sparkle. She has been charged by Princess Celestia to oversee the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration." The voice said in a tone that made it seem like they thought it was a waste of time.
The camera quickly zoomed out to show the planet again. "This Celebration will be one that will be remembered for generations to come." The voice suddenly turned menacing as the camera zooms around the planet and the moon comes into veiw. "Just not in the way anyone expected." The screen fades to black as a dark chuckle echoes in the background.
In a large cave near the center of the moon lit by magic candles filling the room with a gental light, there lies an Alicorn, roughly 5'8" at the shoulders. Their mane and tail seem to be made out of phthalo blue mist with a grayish blue outline and their coat, wings and horn are very dark blue, almost black in color. They're wearing a sliver mask that covers the upper half of her face and the back of her neck, a sliver breastplate with a crescent moon in the center and silver boots are also present on her body, and is sleeping on the stone floor with a large blanket covering her. This is Princess Luna. Or, more accurately, this is Nightmare Moon, Luna's more wicked personality brought about by Jealousy of her sister Celestia and bitterness.
Her peaceful slumber is interrupted with a swirling portal of royal purple with abyssal black highlights, appearing not 20 feet away. She opened her cyan eyes, and focused on the purple and black portal, as something walked out. The only thing she was able to make out about it was that it wasn't a pony, as it walked on 2 legs, and the base of her horn would be at the figure's chin, making them almost 7' tall. The black slightly shiny jacket, gloves, pants and boots obscured any details about her new roommate. The hood they have pulled up casts a deep shadow concealing their face, and they wore a long black cape with 3 dragon-like claws on each shoulder to keep it attached. The only thing that she could see about their face was their glowing galaxy purple reptilian eyes, but as the portal closed, the figure's eyes stopped glowing.
"Hello princess." The figure said. The voice was male, but Nightmare moon found herself agitated by the tone this newcomer used. "I have come to help you."
"And how, Pray tell, do you think you can assist me?" Nightmare Moon replied as she got to her hooves. Even though she couldn't see his face, she knew he was smiling.
"I can get you out of this prison, to exact your revenge on your sister." The figure said. "If you agree to do something for me in return." Nightmare Moon looked at the figure in disgust, her mind instantly in the gutter, as she summoned her magic.
"You has no right t-" before she could finish her sentence, the figure lifted it's right hand and curled his fingers into claws. Nightmare Moon gasped as as her chest tightened significantly making it difficult to breath as her eyes bugged out and she placed a hoof over her heart. the sudden pressure broke her concentration, causing her magic to dissipate. She looked at the figure, who's eyes were glowing again, however, unlike before, now they were completely purple, with no trace of a pupil, (think what the eyes of any of Ben 10's aliens looks like) and it might have been her panicking mind, but she thought she saw the claws on the right shoulder shift.
"I will speak to you however I damn well please, your highness." The figure said with an edge to his voice. "I can just as easily find somepony else, but I took pity on you and decided to give you a chance at vengeance." The pressure on her chest disappeared and she gasped, trying to get as much air into her lungs as possible. She glared at him as the figure lowered it's arm.
"This is what's going to happen." He said as his eyes stopped glowing, returning the inside of the hood to complete darkness. "I am going to set you free, and you are going to repay me."
"And what do you want?" Nightmare Moon asked. The figure chuckled, sending a shiver down her spine.
"I want you to destroy the Elements of Harmony." The figure said, as his eyes glowed bright.
The screen fades to black, until nothing but the 2 ovals of purple light are visible and soon, those fade as well.
It's been 2 hours since I broke Nightmare out of her Lunar prison. To avoid suspicion, I recreated the mark on the moon's surface, deciding to remove it a minute or so before Nightmare made her appearance. When Celestia raised the moon for the night, I had Nightmare capture Celestia, and hide her somewhere. She didn't tell me where and frankly, I didn't care.
Currently I am watching as all the ponies in town gather inside the town hall from the shadows of the rafters, my black leather clothes blending with the shadows seamlessly. I created a telepathic link between me and Nightmare to make sure she was ready.
'Ready for your debut, Princess?' I Asked Nightmare, who huffed indignantly.
'Watch as I strike fear into their hearts.' I heard her say. I just chuckled and shook my head.
"You don't even know the meaning of Fear, little mare." I said to myself. As I looked over the crowd, I noticed a purple unicorn with a baby dragon on it's back, look out at the moon. I looked out as well and smirked as I flicked my wrist and the shadow on the moon was gone. I refocused on the unicorn and saw her shift her hooves nervously. My smirk grew into a full grin and refocused on the stage just a the mayor announced Princess Celestia's name, and a quartet of birds of different kinds sang as a pale yellow Pegasus fluttered nearby. When the curtain was drawn away, and nopony was there, tense muttering broke out amongst the crowd. The one that opened the curtain walked into the room behind it, probably to see if the princess was there.
"Remain calm, Everypony. There must me a reasonable explanation for this." The mayor said, in an attempt to calm the crowd. One of the ponies started to jump up and down.
"Oo, oo, I love guessing games." A pink pony said. Her high pitched voice already annoyed me. "Is she hiding?" She said as she looked up and, oddly, down at her hooves.
The unicorn that opened the curtain walked back out onto the balcony. "She's gone." she cried, like she was in a low budget play. Everyone in the audience gasped.
'That's your que.' I said. 'knock 'em dead.' Then I cut the link. The Balcony that Celestia was supposed to show up on was suddenly filled with mist just like that of Nightmare's mane. It suddenly got exceedingly thick, then was dispersed in an instant as Nightmare flapped her wings. In the corner of my eye, I saw the dragon hatchling faint and fall off the purple unicorn's back.
"gotta hand it to her." I whispered to myself. "she knows how to make an entrance."
"Oh, my beloved subjects." she said in a tone that clearly stated they were far from beloved. "It's been so long since I've seen your precious little, sun-loving faces."
"What did you do with our Princess?" A light blue Pegasus yelled from the ground and I honestly couldn't tell if it was a male or female by the voice alone. The Pegasus tried to charge but another pony, this one was light orange and wearing a cowboy hat, got a mouth full of the Pegasus' tail, and held her in place.
Nightmare Moon let out a small laugh.
"Why, am I not royal enough for you? Don't you know who I am?" she said her second question with no small amount of annoyance.
The pink pony from before, who had moved over to where the Cowgirl pony was standing, spoke up.
"Ooh, more guessing games." she said. "Um, Hokey Smokes! How about... Queen Meanie! No! Black Snooty, Black Snooty—" The light orange pony stuffed a cupcake into the pink one's mouth before she got another word out.
'I really hate that voice.' I thought to myself, as I considered silencing it permanently.
Nightmare leaned over to the pale yellow Pegasus, making the birds fly away.
'why didn't they fly away earlier?' I wondered.
"Does my crown no longer count now that I have been imprisoned for a thousand years?" Nightmare said, before turning to face the white pony that drew the curtains, who was still on the balcony for some reason. "Did you not recall the legend?" Nightmare's mane cupped the pale pony's chin. "Did you not see the signs?"
"I did." The purple pony who had the dragon hatchling on her back said, she had quite the fierce look on her muzzle. "And I know who you are. You're the Mare in the Moon – Nightmare Moon!"
Everypony in the audience gasped.
"Well well well, somepony who remembers me. Then you also know why I'm here." Nightmare said as she flapped her wings.
"You're here to... to..." The little pony gulped.
"Remember this day, little ponies, for it was your last. From this moment forth, the night, will last, forever!" Nightmare began to laugh an evil laugh as her mane and tail grew exponentially, and swirled into a large cloud, as lighting crashed and lit up the building.
"jeez, someone likes theatrics." I said aloud, as I picked up a cupcake from the plate I had snagged while everypony's attention was on Nightmare Moon, and took a bite. "Damn, these are good."
"SEIZE HER!" The mayor cried to the guards. "ONLY SHE KNOWS WHERE THE PRINCESS IS!" The guards fly towards Nightmare, intent on capturing her. At this moment, I decided to make my presence known. I teleported in front of Nightmare Moon, my eyes glowing, and thrust my left hand forward, causing a wave of dark energy to shoot forward and slam into the guards, sending them flying back into the far wall, leaving craters where they struck.
Nightmare laughed even louder, as she turned into mist, and flew through the door, lighting the figurative fuse, as everything quickly descended into chaos. Deciding to follow her lead, the pair of claws on my shoulders opened as a pair of massive dragon-like wings with large muscular arms spread from my back, making several ponies scream in terror. With a mighty flap of my wings, I burst through the ceiling, and flew after Nightmare Moon.
'Why are we hiding by The Library?' Nightmare asked me mentally.
'To find out where your Sister hid the Elements of Harmony.' I replied.
'And you couldn't interrogate her for it, why?' She asked expectantly.
'Because she could lie.' I answered matter-of-factly.
"It is said that the last known location of the Elements, was in the ancient castle of the royal Pony sisters." I heard purple say.
'ding ding ding.' I thought to her with a grin, as I made my eyes glow. 'We have a winner.' The yellow Pegasus looked towards the window, and her eyes widened to the size of dinner plates, and she screamed, scaring the hell out of the other ponies in the room. I waited until the others looked my way before I waved, and took off, flapping my wings to get some height, as I followed Nightmare's magic trail.