Chapter 5

Into The Past

Back in Ponyville, Neo, Spike and the mane 6 were now on their way to the Everfree Forest to try to stop the forest from invading Ponyville and the rest of Equestria. They were pretty sure that Discord was behind this attack, but they were unaware that Discord was now dead.

The ponies tried to summon Discord with the Elements of Harmony, but after 3 tries, Discord didn't show up. They were wondering why it he hadn't appeared, Twilight thought it was strange, she knew that the Elements of Harmony were always strong enough to summon Discord or anyone they think might be behind an attack on Equestria.

The ponies tried a few more times, but Discord still didn't show up. Twilight started to think of why Discord wasn't coming, she thought that either Discord is somehow ignoring the summon or he could in fact be dead.

Neo wanted to know who this Discord was, he had never heard of him. Twilight and the ponies told Neo all about Discord, they said Discord was a dragon like creature with various body parts and he was known for always causing chaos around Equestria. There was even a time when he caused so much chaos and so much trouble, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna turned him to stone. But after 1,000 years of imprisonment, he had somehow come back.

Neo found the information interesting, he thought they should keep moving. But suddenly, 3 demonic creatures jumped out and tried to attack Neo and his friends. Neo physically fought the demons and the ponies tries shooting at them with the Elements of Harmony. Eventually, the ponies manage to vaporize 2 of the demons while Neo was still fighting the 3rd one. The ponies helped Neo by using the Elements of Harmony, their teamwork and their friendship defeated the demon and they kept on going.

Neo stopped where he was and he decided to take a look at a sharp vine that was coming from the Everfree Forest, he looked at the vine and the mane 6 came over to him. Twilight asked him what he was doing and Neo said he was examining the vine. Twilight wondered why he was doing that but she let him do what he needed to do.

Neo saw that the vine had sharp hooks around it, the mane 6 thought they were thorns but Neo said they were hooks and not thorns. Neo began to think this was familiar to him, had a surprised look on his face and the ponies wanted to know why he looked so surprised.

Neo said he had a feeling who was behind this now, they asked who he thought it was but he felt like he couldn't describe it to them. Neo knew that he had to see this suspected person's origin before he could go any further, so he said to his friends, "Girls, I'm gonna have to go back in time."

They all gasped, then Twilight said, "Neo what do you mean, that's impossible. Even alicorns can't do that."

"I know, but I know a way."

Neo took a device out of his pocket, it looked like an electronic wristband, he put it around his wrist and said, "This will allow me to see what happened in the past that will probably give me the answers we'll need to save Equestria and stop whoever is behind this."

Twilight asked what it is was and Neo said that it was a time travel device. It doesn't physically take him back in time but it allows him to see events from the past. The ponies and Spike found the device fascinating.

But before he could do anything, Rainbow Dash flew in front of him and said, "Now wait a minute Neo. If you're going to go into the past, we're gonna go with you."

"No Rainbow, you girls need to stay, I need to see the events myself. I appreciate your loyalty, but I must go alone."

"Neo, I'll go with you," said Twilight. "I don't want you to go alone. As you're best friend and as princess, I am coming with you."

"Okay, but only you. The rest of you need to stay here in case the forest keep invading. Come stand by me Twilight."

Twilight came over and stood by Neo, Neo also told the girls that when the device works, they will still physically be where they are, but they will appear to be frozen, so he told them not to be concerned. If they appear to be frozen, that means the device is working. The girls understood.

Neo typed in some numbers on his device and pushed an activation button. When the device began working, Neo told Twilight to hold onto him, if she didn't hold onto him, it will just take him instead of both of them. So Twilight held onto Neo as the device began working. Light appeared around Neo and Twilight and everything around them began to spin. After a minute of spinning and being surrounded by light, they stopped and were now in a different place.

They looked around, they appeared to be in a hall in front of 2 thrones.

Twilight shook her head and said, "Where are we?"

"I'm not sure yet," said Neo.

Then they heard a loud female voice shout, "Not... another step!"

They looked ahead of them and they saw Princess Luna come out from behind the blue throne and she stopped in front of it, she had an angry look on her face.

"Princess Luna!" said Twilight. "I don't understand. Where are we? Why did you and Celestia disappear?"

Princess Luna acted like she didn't notice them, she just said in an angry voice, "Did you really expect me to sit idly by while they all basked in your precious light?"

Twilight didn't know what she was talking about.

Neo said to Twilight, "Twilight, she can't see or hear us. We're seeing a vision from the past."

Then Neo and Twilight saw Princess Luna walk up to a balcony and she shouted angrily, "There can only be one princess in Equestria! And that princess... will be me!"

Luna stomped her front legs on the ground, causing a crack that broke apart the wall behind her. When the wall broke down, Neo and Twilight could see the sun. Then Princess Luna raised her hooves in the air and moved the moon in front of the sun, causing a solar eclipse.

Then suddenly, the eclipse's shadow enveloped her in darkness. Then a ball of darkness spun around her for a few seconds. When the ball disappeared, she was now black. She opened her eyes, revealing snakelike eyes, her teeth turned into sharp fangs and she laughed an evil laugh.

Neo and Twilight had just seen Princess Luna turn into Nightmare Moon right before their eyes. Twilight stared in disbelief at what she just saw, she just couldn't believe what she just saw. Neo had the same look, but it seemed like he expected to see this, Neo had a feeling of what was going to happen next.

End of chapter 5.