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Chapter 2: a Reunion
Twilight was panicking. She and the five mares that she met when she arrived in Ponyville had journeyed into the Everfree forest in order to look for the Elements of Harmony. After going through several trails that tested them, they had made it to the ruins of the old kingdom. They had found the five of the six Elements of Harmony and Twilight had tried to spark the final one to appear. But during her attempt, a dark twister began to take the elements and Twilight jumped into the twister and found herself teleported in another part of the castle. Now she stood in front of the very mare that she wanted to save using the elements. She let out a soft whisper as the form of Nightmare Moon stood over the elements "Mother." she was lucky enough that she wasn't heard
Nightmare Moon stared down at the small unicorn "you are a fool. Thinking that you could go behind my back and attempt to gain the power of the elements."
Twilight shrunk under the dark mare's glare. She was trying to figure out how to get the elements back
Nightmare Moon turned her gaze downwards to the Elements "these are mere husks of what they used to be." she then lifted her front hooves "they are nothing now!" she slammed her hooves down, shattering the orbs into pieces that scattered
Twilight's eyes grew wide as some of the pieces hit her face and fell to her feet. She dropped and moved the pieces as if she wanted to put them together "no! No no!"
"Hahahahaha"
Twilight looked up at Nightmare Moon 'no I won't be able to save her now! Now, what can I do?'
"Now you have no hope in using them to stop me. Now for my Eternal Night to envelop all of Equestria!"
Twilight was shrinking in on herself as she felt that all hope had been lost but before she could fall too deep she heard the voices of the other mares that came with her. She turned to see that they were coming up the stairs that led to the room she was in. her eyes widened as a sparkle shown in them. 'Of course!' She smiled as she turned to Nightmare Moon "it's not over yet. The Elements of Harmony aren't easily destroyed. In fact…." she waited for a few seconds for the others to come stand next to her " they're right here!" now around her were the other five.
Nightmare Moon glared at the six before she noticed that the fragments of the Element of Harmony began to glow and float away from her. "what? NO!"
Twilight turned to each Mare given a description of the element they harbor
"Applejack: who reassured me when I was in doubt represents the spirit of: Honesty!"
"Fluttershy, who tamed the Manticore with her compassion, represents the spirit of: Kindness."
"Pinky Pie, who banished fear by giggling in the face of danger, represents the spirit of: Laughter!"
"Rarity, who calmed a sorrowful serpent with a meaningful gift, represents the spirit of: Generosity!"
"And Rainbow Dash, who could not abandon her friends for her own desire, represents the spirit of: Loyalty!"
As she announced the spirit they represented, the shards of the Elements of Harmony began to float around each of them
Nightmare Moon stepped closer to them "they may represent those spirits but the last Element still eludes you and without it, all you have are those words." she was now snout to snout (I think that's the proper way to say it).
Twilight smirked as she took a few confident steps back "no. the final Element is with them, with us….within me." she turned her head to look at the other mares that stood behind her "when I realized how happy I was to hear you coming for me, to see you stand with me, to feel how much I cared about you." she smiled as a tear of joy fell from her face "when I realized this, I knew at that moment, that all of you are my friends!" with this declaration another glass ob appeared above them all, shining a brilliant light that blinded Nightmare Moon, and descended down to Twilight. She looked up at the orb before smiling and looking to Nightmare Moon "when that special spark ignites the other Elements, the final Element is created. The element of…..Magic." The shards that floated around each of the Mares suddenly fused into one around each of the mare's necks, creating a gold ornate (fancy) necklace with a gem that was each a different color and shape. The orb above Twilight lowered onto her head, creating a royal crown.
All six of the mares floated in a bright sphere of light that radiated power. A beam of rainbow energy spiraled upwards before shifting towards Nightmare Moon
Nightmare Moon watched the whole thing with wide eyes as all the Elements have been gathered. When she saw the beam head her way she concentrated her own magic and sent a beam of dark magic to intercept the one from the elements. The conflicting attack caused a shockwave to overtake the ruins, causing the ceiling to become unstable and chunks of rock to fall around them. She began to pour as much magic in her attack to push back the Elements attack and she smiled as she was pushing it back
Twilight opened her glowing white eyes in shock 'no I will not let this chance slip by. Please Elements….save her!' she focused as much as she could and pushed their attack to Nightmare Moon.
Nightmare Moon's eyes widened in shock as she saw that her attack was being pushed back "No!" the rainbow beam overtook her attack and she felt the blast envelop her. "NOOOOOOOO!" the Rainbow beam blasted off the darkness.
A blinding light took the whole room and all the ponies were thrown back.
Groaning from the whole ordeal the bearers of the elements started waking up one by one
Applejack looked around "everypony ok?"
Twilight got up and turned to them and nodded "Yeah I think so." her eyes then grew wide as she remembered something 'mother!'. While Rarity began adoring her tail and the others were admiring their new accessories, with Rainbow Dash moving her bandana to be wrapped around one of her legs for now, Twilight moved to where she thought her mother might have landed. Looking around for a bit she found who she was looking for, an older mare that looked like Nightmare moon but with much softer features. She stepped closer to her and gently spoke "mother?"
The mare slowly opened her eyes and looked up to see the sad, hopeful look of the unicorn. It took her a second but she recognized the pony "...Twilight?!"
Twilight smiled as she hugged the mare "mother your back!" she could not stop the tears that came down
She was shocked at what was happening. She hugged Twilight and smiled. After a few seconds, she pulled back and looked at her daughter "oh my little Twilight, look at you. You've grown into a fine mare." her smile dropped as she looked down "and I wasn't there to see you grow….I'm sorry Twilight"
Twilight just hugged her mother again "it's ok, I'm just happy to have you back."
"Twilight!"
Twilight heard Applejack call her and looked to see the other bearers walking up to her.
Applejack spoke up again "I reckon there was more to what this was all bout then huh"
Twilight got up and turned to them with her mother still lying on the floor "yes. I'm sorry I didn't tell you but Nightmare Moon was actually my mother Luna."
Every one of the beares gasped in shock at this
Rainbow Dash flew up a bit and put her hooves on her head "you gotta be kidding."
"She is actually telling the truth."
Everypony looked out the window to see the sun begin to rise and a beam of light shined down in front of them all. Out of the light came Princess Celestia.
The bearers bowed at the princess while Twilight smiled at her "Auntie Celestia!" she made her way to the White mare and nuzzled her chest
The beares were shocked once again at what Twilight had said
Celestia smiled as she lowered her head "it is good to see Twilight. And I am sorry for what I have done."
Twilight smiled and took a step back to look up at Celestia "no, I am thankful for you waking me up so I can be the one to save her."
"Just what in tarnation is going on here!"
Celestia looked to the bearers "you see a thousand years ago when I had to seal Luna into the moon, Twilight here was just a little filly, barely able to form words of her own yet…."
Twilight felt a bit embarrassed at this as she moved to stand next to Luna
" I would have taken her and raised her as my own but it seemed that Twilight had an understanding of what had happened and would continuously cry for Luna, reaching up to the moon with her hooves as if calling her back."
Twilight now had a visible blush of embarrassment on her face
"I thought more on the matter and knew that it would be wrong of me to separate the two as they needed each other. I came up with a plan to reunite them and asked the little filly if she would mind if I put her to sleep so she could wake up to see her mother again. I was amazed that she understood what I was doing and agreed to it. So I seal her in a crystal of magic and when the time was right I would bring her back."
As Celestia was telling the story, no pony noticed something lurking in the rubble
"I awakened her sooner than needed as I came up with a plan to use the elements to purge the evil of Nightmare Moon and return Princess Luna. However, when she awakened it seemed she had no memory of Luna. regardless I planned on telling her everything when she had freed Luna from her torment but it seems that she already knew about it."
Twilight looked sheepish "I remembered after some time. I was looking at the moon and it just popped into my head and I remembered." she looked to her back and smiled "the cape you told me my mother gave me, helped out too."
Celestia "yes. It was yours, to begin with, but It still amazes me how astute you were even as a filly. Either way, you were an essential piece on returning my sister, your dear mother, back to her former self."
She smiled at her sister and her niece. "Now I believe it's time for us to head home."
Rarity sighed in relief "oh yes darling, this place is terrible for all for us."
Pinky Pie was hopping up and down around everypony "ooh ooh now I cane throw princess Luna a welcome party of her own!"
Everypony smiled and laughed at Pinkie's antics and began making their way out.
Luna and Twilight were the last to leave
Twilight looked to her mother and hugged her "I'm glad your back."
Luna smiled and hugged her back "as am I my little Twilight as am I." she released her daughter from the hug and began to make her ay to the door.
Twilight looked up at her crown and smiled before she started to walk. However, before she could take a few steps, something wrapped around her next and pulled her back "ahh!"
Everypony looked back when they heard the scream "TWILIGHT!" they saw that something had wrapped around Twilight's neck, hooves, and torso. It looked like the shadows themselves had trapped the pony. Suddenly they all heard a voice that caused them to widen their eyes in fear
"Hmhmhmhm did you think that it was over?"
They knew that voice, they just heard it not long ago. It was the voice of Nightmare Moon
Celestia and Luna stepped forward with their horns lit with magic "release my daughter you foul creature!"
The shadow tightened it's grip on Twilight "now why would I do that? This one has much delicious magic in her. Much more than either of you princesses."
Celestia flared her magic ready to strike the shadow off of her niece "what are you?!"
"Hahaha I am the darkness you bearers removed from Luna."
They all gasped at this as they thought they had destroyed it
Rainbow Dash glared at the shadow "what do you want with Twilight!" she would have charged but Applejack held her back by the tail
The shadow seemed to pause for a second and everypony felt even more nervous "I just want her." the Shadow then pulled Twilight further back and began to envelop the mare
Twilight was panicking as she had tried to use her magic to push the shadow off but for some reason, it wouldn't work. She looked to her friends and family as the shadow was moving up her face "help me!"
The shadow now covered Twilight and a dark cocoon formed around her
Everypony began attacking the cacoon in an attempt at opening it.
Applejack and Rarity were bucking it with everything they had
Rainbow Dash was flying around it hitting it at every spot
Fluttershy was flying around it trying to find a way to open it
Pinkie Pie pulled out a canon, from who knows where, and fire party supplies at it
Celestia and Luna were blasting it in a desperate attempt of opening it
Suddenly the cocoon cracked and everypony jumped back, just in time as it exploded in white light blinding them. A clang was heard and they opened their eyes to see, not just the crown that Twilight was wearing but her cape as well.
"Mmmm I feel alive."
They all looked up and were shocked to see what had happened to her.
Twilights fur was now a dark purple color, at the base of her hooves were flame-like patterns of a slightly brighter purple, her main and tail were now flames that were the same color of her she had before, her horn became jagged and sharp as if it was a dagger and on her back, large bat-like wings spread out. Her cutie mark was gone from her flank, she wore a pitch-black cape with no hood and around her neck was a broach that was a red stare similar to what her cutie mark once was.
"I've never felt like this before. It feels wonderful." Her voice came out much more mature than it once was. Not only that, but it sounded like it was echoed by another. She looked at the others in the room and her eyes stopped at Luna "ah mother, you are a fool to give up such power."
Luna stepped forward "no Twilight, that power is corrupt! if you keep it, you could lose yourself!"
Twilight tilted her head "'lose myself'?" she then began to use her wings to float in the air "But mother I am myself. Why would I ever want to give it up?"
Celestia stepped up to be next to Luna "she is right Twilight! You must free yourself from it! UGH" she was interrupted by a blast of magic that sent her flying
Twilight just shook her head "I've never felt freer!"
The bearers went to go help Celestia up.
Applejack looked back to Twilight who was staring down at Luna "what are we gonna do?"
Pinkie said in a worried tone "can't we use the elements to do the same with Twilight?"
Celestia shook her head as she got up "unfortunately it won't work. You need all six of the elements on order to purge the evil from Twilight but…." she looked down to where the crown was, sadly "the bearer of the Element of Magic is the one that has been corrupted."
Luna was begging Twilight to come to her senses "please Twilight, don't do this. Don't become what I was."
Twilight looked up in thought "you know you shouldn't call me that anymore. It doesn't suit me."
Luna had tears in her eyes now
"I think I deserve a new name! One that befits my new outlook." she then thought for a bit "I know! Call me: Midnight Shadow" (can't come up with anything better) she up and burst through the ceiling
The others gather under the new hole that Midnight had made "TWILIGHT!"
Midnight floated there as she looked into the sky and scowled "I want more. I need more." she looked back down to the other and saw that Luna and Celestia were flying up towards her "but for now…." she then flew away at speeds that both princesses knew that could not match
Their eyes widened when they saw the sky begin to change color from the vibrant sky blue into a dull pinkish red
Luna could no longer handle it as she floated back down to the ground and cried. She had gained her freedom from the darkness but she had once again lost her daughter "...Twilight…"
End of Chapter
I skipped the forest journey because, for one, I didn't think I could add anything to it apart from very small changes, which would just be page filler. And I don't think I could do the song.
None of this was planned but my cousin did tell me that if I do anything mean I better not do it to Pinkie Pie or Rainbow Dash. those are her favorite. I'm really hoping that she doesn't get mad at me for doing something like this.
I did a bit of research on the series and saw the evil Twilight which gave me the idea to add this. The design though is different as I felt like adding my own spin to it, in case an evil twilight fic has been done before. The flaming mane and tail was actually an idea I got from Danny Phantom's Dark Dan. I just used that idea for it.
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