Chapter 6

The Origin of Hellraiser

Twilight Sparkle and Neo had temporarily gone back in time to see the origin of the person who is behind the attack on Equestria. Right now, they had come back to the time when Princess Luna became Nightmare Moon, they had just saw her transform right before their eyes and they were in shock.

Nightmare Moon began destroying the throne room with her magic. Neo and Twilight had to get out of the way to avoid falling debris. Twilight forgot they were back in time and she thought it was really happening for a second.

"Luna! Think of how long you were banished to the moon! You'll give us no choice but to send you back there if you don't stop!"

Nightmare Moon walked towards them, then from behind them, they saw Princess Celestia. Nightmare Moon tried to shoot her with a beam of magic, Princess Celestia blocked the beam with her magic and said, "Luna, I will not fight you! You must lower the moon! It is your duty!"

Nightmare Moon said, "Luna? I am... Nightmare Moon! I have but one royal duty now: to destroy you!"

Nightmare Moon shot another beam at Princess Celestia, Princess Celestia flew away to avoid getting hit.

"And where do you think you're going?" said Nightmare Moon.

Nightmare Moon flew after Princess Celestia, Neo and Twilight floated above the castle to watch what was happening, Nightmare Moon kept shooting at Princess Celestia. Princess Celestia kept dodging the beams until Nightmare Moon shot a beam at her directly in the chest. Princess Celestia screamed in agony and fell down into the throne room. Nightmare Moon laughed an evil laugh, enjoying her victory.

Twilight and Neo ran over to the fallen Celestia, Twilight cried and said, " No... Why would Luna do this? Why now?"

Forgetting she and Neo were seeing the past, then Princess Celestia got up. Twilight was relieved to see that she was alright.

Princess Celestia said, "Oh, dear sister. I am sorry, but you have given me no choice but to use these."

Suddenly, the floor opened and a stand came out of the floor, holding the vintage Elements of Harmony.

"Are those the Elements of Harmony?" asked Twilight. "But that's how they looked in... the past."

That's when Twilight remembered that she and Neo were in the past.

"This is the night she banished Luna to the moon."

"That's right Twilight," said Neo. "We are seeing what happened that night."

Then Princess Celestia levitated the elements, they formed a ring of energy around her. She floated up out of the castle, she hovered across from Nightmare Moon.

With tears streaming from her eyes, Celestia blasted Nightmare Moon with the Elements of Harmony. Nightmare Moon fired back with her own magic but the Elements and Celestia's magic combined proved to be far more powerful. She was engulfed in a rainbow of light and she was blasted to the moon. After she went into the moon, an image of a unicorn's head appeared on the moon's surface, which became known as The Mare in the Moon.

Neo was shocked by what he saw. He had never seen that image before, but deep down inside, he felt bad for Princess Luna. Not wanting to see anymore, he pushed a button on his time travel wristband device. Twilight held onto him and they returned back to their time.

When they got back, they were standing right where they were when they had left. Their friends were there and they looked a little surprised. Twilight asked them why they were staring at her and Neo. Applejack said that the whole time they were gone, Neo and Twilight had been frozen like Neo said would happen.

Fluttershy said that they were really worried about them and they were so happy they came back.

"Did you find out whose rump we need to kick and where we can find them?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"I saw something from a long time ago," said Twilight. "But it didn't explain what's happening now."

Then they saw that Neo was crying.

"Neo's what's wrong?" asked Fluttershy, her face full of concern.

The ponies were very concerned and they waited for him to answer. Neo said that he and Twilight saw Princess Luna becoming Nightmare Moon and Princess Celestia banishing her to the moon and he found it heartbreaking. He even said that he was happy that he wasn't around back when that happened, he would have been begging to Princess Celestia every day to bring Princess Luna back.

The ponies tried to comfort Neo, Twilight said that Princess Luna will never become Nightmare Moon again, she has learned her lesson and she is the sweet princess that she is now. Neo felt better and he told the ponies that they are the best friends he ever had. Appreciating his nice comment, they all gave him a group hug.

Then Neo and Twilight decided that they had to try again with his time travel device. Neo activated his device and he and Twilight went to another time, this time they were seeing what happened the time when Princess Celestia and Princess Luna turned Discord to stone.

Then Neo's device took them to another time in the past, they were now deep into the Everfree Forest before a tree made of crystal. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were there, they referred to the tree as the Tree of Harmony. Twilight saw in the trunk of the tree, there was Celestia's, Luna's and her own cutie mark.

Princess Luna said to Celestia, "Are you sure about this sister?"

Celestia said, "We have managed to discover the only means by which we can defeat Discord and free the citizens of Equestria. Even without these elements, the Tree of Harmony will possess a powerful magic. As long as that magic remains, it will continue to control and contain all that grows here."

Then suddenly, the time travel device took them to another time, but this time, it was a time on Earth. They were now in a dark chamber with many windows. Ahead of them was a human man sitting on the floor, he appeared to be holding a puzzle box and he was trying to solve it's puzzle. Neo thought the man looked very familiar.

"Neo, where are we?" asked Twilight. "And who is that human?"

"I think we're about to find out."

Of course the man didn't see or hear them since they weren't really there, they were just seeing what happened in this time.

The man moved around the centerpiece on the puzzle box. When he got it aligned correctly, it flashed and the man dropped the box on the floor. The man backed away for a second. Then suddenly, the windows in the chamber darkened and the room was now dark.

"Neo, what's happening?" asked Twilight, feeling scared.

"I think I know who this person is now," said Neo.

They kept watching what was happening, then the center of the puzzled box opened. The man slowly moved to look inside the box, but right when he looked into it, chains with sharp hooks came out of the puzzled box and hooked into his body. The man screamed in agony, Neo and Twilight freaked out for a second.

Then the man suddenly began to transform. A knife cut his entire face, the knife made cuts down and across his entire face, the man seemed to be enjoying what was happening to him. After his face was completely cut, tentacles appeared and began sticking sharp pins in the enter of each cut on his head. When his head was full of pins, a hammer rose above him and hammered the middle pin deeper into his head. The man screamed but he sounded like he was enjoying the pain.

Twilight was sickened by what she had just seen, Neo was starting to figure this whole thing out now. When the man stopped screaming, he said, "Ah, the suffering. The sweet suffering."

This man was no longer human, he was now a demon of pain, suffering and pleasure.

Neo made an angry look and said, "Hellraiser."

Then his time travel device began taking Neo and Twilight back to where they came from. Neo and Twilight were back where they had left, the mane 6 and Spike were still there. Twilight was very sickened by what she just witnessed, she felt like throwing up. Neo didn't seem surprised at all.

The ponies saw how sick and distressed Twilight looked, they asked her what happened.

"It was horrible, I have never seen anything like it."

Then Twilight looked at Neo and said, "Neo, what's going on? What did we just see?"

Neo was silent, he was a little afraid to tell them, he knew they would find it disturbing.

But then Rarity said, "Neo darling, please tell us what happened. We need to know."

"Please Neo," said Fluttershy. "The fate of Equestria depends on us."

Neo sighed and said, "I know who is behind this now."

"Who?" They all asked.

Neo didn't answer, Twilight said, "Please tell us Neo, we have to know. Please tell us everything."

Neo took a deep breath and said, "Hellraiser."

"What?" they all said with surprised looks on their faces.

"That's what I call him," said Neo. "Some call him the pope of hell, some call him Pinhead, but I call him Hellraiser. He is a demon who is known for taking humans and other creatures and practicing experimental sadomasochism on them. He is a demon of extreme pain, pleasure and suffering, and I think he has somehow taken control of the Everfree Forest and is using it to take over Equestria."

The ponies and Spike couldn't believe what they were hearing, but it made sense to them because of the strange vines coming from the forest. The ponies believed him.

Twilight thought to herself and said, I'm starting to think this Hellraiser you speak of has kidnapped Princess Celestia and Princess Luna and is holding them hostage, and he has taken control of the Everfree Forest. He has probably taken control of the Tree of Harmony."

"The tree of what?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"It's where Princess Celestia and Princess Luna found the Elements of Harmony," said Twilight. "I think this Hellraiser has taken control of the Tree of Harmony and is using it to control the forest."

"Well then, we'll have to save this tree," said Applejack. "Where is it exactly?"

"It's somewhere in... there." She pointed to the Everfree Forest.

"Then that's where we're going," said Neo. "We have to save the tree and stop that son of a bitch from taking over Equestria. Let's go girls, we got a demon to exorcise."

The ponies agreed with him and they went on their way to the Everfree Forest.

End of chapter 6.