Hello everypony, I regret to inform you that this isn't actually Chapter 14, it's just another author's note. JK! This is your extra chapter! And I have to let you know a couple of things before you start reading. First being that you are going to see a HUGE shift in Nightshade's personality from this point on. Secondly, whenever Dawn hits at something, she'll be using her charge attack, since I didn't get any suggestions for it. And finally, this is going to be the BIGGEST plot twist I have ever written, so if you don't like it, feel free to criticize it to your heart's content! Still, I bet that none of you could've seen this coming! Anyway, here's your first extra chapter. I hope you enjoy The Nightmare Rises Part 1! And if you like it, make sure to check out the next chapter!
...It was night by the time we reached Manehattan, I looked over to Nightshade. She just had a blank look on her face.
"Shay? You ok?" I asked, feeling worried.
"I'm fine," She said coldly, "We should find somewhere to rest. We can stop the creatures in the morning."
"Sounds good to me," Snowglider agreed before we set off for the Inn (Yes it's the same one where I met Snowglider and Sunbeam). Once there, we rented a couple of rooms and went to bed. Thankfully, I didn't have any dreams that night.
When we had all gotten up and had breakfast, we set out with our butterfly nets and were ready to catch us some critters.
"Where is everypony?" Sunbeam noticed, and when I looked around, I noticed she was right. The city looked abandoned, the streets were empty and the small stands were all set up, but nopony was there to run them.
"Yeah, I thought this was supposed to be the busiest city in Equestria," Snowglider said in a snarky tone.
"That is rather odd, isn't it?" I asked, "I wonder what happened to them."
"It doesn't matter where they went!" Nightshade snapped at me, "All we need to worry about is catching these creatures and then moving on to the next location!" I cringed at her harsh tone, this is the Nightshade I know and love, I was wonder why she was acting all cheerful in that dream.
"Alright, let's start looking around, maybe we can find them," I said warily. Then we split up to cover more ground. I was walking down one of the alleys when I heard laughter behind me.
"Who's there?" I demanded as I spun around to see… nothing, "Where are you? Show yourself!"
"My dear sister, how can you be so blind?" a cold and harsh voice came from all around me as the shadows began to dance on the walls, "So young and foolish, always looking for the good in everypony, even when there isn't any. It's time for you to learn that friendship isn't the solution to everything."
"Who are you and what are you talking about?" I demanded. The shadows swirled around me before pooling together and taking the form of Nightshade. "Shay? What's going on?"
"You really don't know do you?" She just chuckled, "The 'Shay' you speak of never even existed! Your sister was erased from your life long before you can even remember! She was too weak to stop me! Just as you will be! This is the day that Harmony will fall! This is the day the darkness will rise! This day will forever be remembered as the Day of Shadows! And nopony will stop me!"
"What has gotten into you sister?" I asked, concerned. Nightshade glared at me.
"What has gotten into me? WHAT HAS GOTTEN INTO IS WHAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN ME! I am your worst Nightmare, I am everypony's worst Nightmare! I AM NIGHTSHADE FALLS AND EVERYPONY WILL BOW BEFORE ME!" She shrieked as she donned midnight blue armor (It looked exactly like the armor Nightmare Moon wore, except the color), her teeth grew into fangs, and her pupils narrowed into slits, "I really enjoyed watching your ignorance, it's a shame I have to banish you. But you'll have to wait your turn, because there are others I have to get rid of first." Then she dissolved into shadows.
"No!" I yowled and jabbed at the shadows but only succeeded in blasting a hole in the alley wall, "I need to warn the others." I shot out of the alley and froze on the street.
The city began to darken as a gusting wind began to blow. I looked up to see a pitch-black cloud of shadows block out the sky, throwing the city into total darkness. I lit my horn to allow me to see and dashed off, taking turns blindly before I came to a stop in the town square. I noticed a small glow in the center and made out my friends in a small group.
"Mom!" I called to her, she raced over and squeezed me in a hug.
"Dawn, you're okay! Where's Shay?" She yelled over the wind.
"I don't know! She disappeared before this storm started! I think she might have caused it!" I replied as the wind grew stronger.
"Why would she do this?" Dad sounded confused.
"I don't know! All I know is what she told me in the alley!" I shouted before explaining my encounter to them.
"What does she mean she's not your sister?" Sunbeam yelled, "That doesn't make any sense!"
"Guys! We can talk about this later!" Nightblade yowled, "The wind is getting too strong!"
"We need to find shelter!" Silverwing said with a worried look.
"Over there!" Snowglider pointed to a small, windowless house. We fought our way through the wind to the building and made it inside just as it began to rain liquid shadows.
"Help me lift this couch!" Silverwing grunted as I picked up the other end with my fore-hooves. We flew it over to the door and set it down to act like a barricade while we piled chairs from the dining room on top of it. The others gathered in the center of the living room while I flipped on the lights.
"Is everypony alright?" I asked, shivering from the sudden cold caused by all of the shadows. They all just nodded and continued to quiver in fear.
"What are we going to do?" Sunbeam whispered.
"First we need to find Nightshade," I said in a determined tone.
"And how are we supposed to do that with all of these shadows everywhere?" Snowglider said sarcastically. Then the lights flickered before going out, plunging us back into darkness.
"EEK!" Sunbeam shrieked as me and Mom lit our horns.
"Now what are we supposed to do?" Snowglider huffed in frustration.
"Find some kind of light source so we can-," Silverwing started.
"Wait! Where's Nightblade?" Sunbeam wailed, panicking.
"He's gone!" Snowglider shouted.
"Alright! Everypony stay calm!" We can't help him if we're getting ourselves lost too!" Silverwing ordered, "Okay, pair up! Find a buddy and stay by their side at all times! Dawn, do you know any spells that can temporarily give the rest of us magic?"
"Yes but you might not like it and you'll only be able to cast very basic spells," I warned.
"That's fine, we only need to cast a lighting spell," She said quickly.
"Okay then, everypony gather around," I sighed, charging my magic. I first cast an illusion spell to make them appear to be unicorns, then a binding spell to trap them in the illusion, and finished with a transformation spell to make them become the illusion (I actually tried to turn them into oranges because that's the easiest variant of the spell, but anything would work just as well).
"What happened to my wings?" Snowglider cried in shock.
"I had to get rid of them because I can't do alicorns, they're too difficult to hold while I cast other spells," I explained.
"That's fine Dawn, you did great," Silverwing said gratefully. After a lot of arguing and stray levitation beams, we finally managed to get everypony's horns lit.
"Okay, get with your buddy and start looking for supplies like food, water, and materials for a fire. And remember to stay with your buddy at all times!" I said calmly. We into our groups, Mom with Dad, Snowglider with Sunbeam, and me with Silverwing. "Mom, Dad, you check this floor. Snowy and Sunbeam, you take the second floor. Me and Silverwing will take the basement. You all got that?" Everypony nodded and we split up to search the house…
That's all for this chapter! I'm sorry for the cliffhanger, but it's the only place I can split the chapter without causing problems for the next chapter. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it! Because things are about to get a whole lot more interesting in the next chapter. Including, THE BIGGEST PLOT TWIST I CAN POSSIBLY THINK OF! Dunt dunt duuuuuuun! Anyway, stick around for the Nightmare Rises Part 2!
So remember to let me know what you think, and I'll see all of you guys in the next [spectacular] chapter!