Five Nights of Redemption
Hey guys this is chapter 12 of Five Nights of Redemption and yes I've seen the teaser for the sister location and all I can say is SCOOOOOT so yeah anyway let's continue the story
Chapter 12: power vs. magic
Celestia was indeed surprised by Moonlight Star, not just in his confidence that she would go down so easy but in his obliviousness that she was there, perhaps he didn't see her within the mass of others that could have blocked his view of her, another thing that surprised her and Luna was how Moonlight looked, his fur was a dark blue colour that resembled the night sky, parts of his fur was even twinkling like a star, his mane was bright yellow as bright as Celestia's sun, it was shiny and shimmery and would leave an impression in the eye if stared at for too long.
Celestia was very impressed by this Unicorn but what stopped her from liking him was the fact that he said he would be ruler and wanted to knock her off, she could see this was bothering Twilight as well, she had to get some info on this pony maybe if she speaks out he would be gracious enough to indulge her.
Celestia: "so, you want to knock me off my throne do you?"
Moonlight: "ah, Celestia, it's a pleasure to finally meet you, sorry I didn't address you in person but well, with all these other kind people here I couldn't see you my dear"
Celestia: "enough of the pleasantries, why are you trying to take my throne?"
Moonlight: "whoa now hold on, one step at a time, my ultimate goal is to take the throne, but not yet first I wish to destroy Canterlot high and secure it as a base"
Celestia: "why do you need a base?"
Moonlight: "so I can send my followers to do the dirty work for me"
Luna: "who's going to follow you?"
Moonlight: "oh Luna, so naive, after I tell them what I know everyone/everypony will follow me and let me rule over all"
Twilight was wondering what he meant by that, his cutie mark was that of a lunar eclipse so he had a destiny equal to both the sun and the moon, if she knew what he was on about it may have something to do with Luna's time as Nightmare Moon and how even though she has repented for her ways celestial harmony is still out of balance and somehow needs to be put right again.
Luna: "just spit it out all ready what is your plan?"
Moonlight: "forgive me but, I cannot be so rude, nor will I be condescending to my princesses, you see I love you both as equally, I am a servant to you both but... you are at fault, ever since Luna had her bout of jealousy with Celestia and became Nightmare Moon celestial balance has been here and there, days last longer than nights when it should be the other way around and days are colder then nights, now of course not all the blame lays with you but most of it does"
Twilight: "I knew it, I've noticed that too"
Celestia: "why didn't you say anything?"
Twilight: "I thought you could deal with it"
Moonlight: "obviously not, so now I will take the lead and control the day and night and that is why I need the Crystal Heart, with its power I will become an Alicorn King and then I can control the sun and the moon as is my destiny"
So now Moonlight's full plan is known it is only a matter of time before he will start his path of destruction and claim Canterlot high his new base to get to the Crystal Heart, Twilight tried to think of something and see if instead of going against Celestia and Luna maybe get Moonlight to help them restore celestial balance and bring things back in line to how they should be.
Twilight tried to talk to Moonlight but he just ignored her, he was looking at the school and its surroundings, he looked at a particular spot where the human Twilight had tried to understand magic in all its forms and blasted a hole in this universe and opened up a gateway to the main universe of Equestria, Moonlight thought "how interesting, if at any point I fail to use this school as a base I will use my magic to reopen that hole and simply drop into it and take the Crystal Heart" Moonlight was ready to start his master plan, he used his magic to force everyone/everypony away so he could charge a powerful magic shot.
The magic itself was powerful enough to send small shocks though the crew and make them all shiver in anticipation of what may happen, just seeing and feeling the magic alone was enough to have everyone/everypony in awe, Twilight tried to stop him, from what she knew if a pony was focusing on one type of magic they couldn't use any other type of magic but for Moonlight he could and so pushed Twilight away again, she tried again and again and in the end he used a magic barrier to stop her from interfering.
Mike and Jeremy tried using their light and dark powers first alone then as a combo, but nothing seemed to work on him as he was a pony of both the light and the dark, it seemed all was lost even when Pete tried to changed the lighting to amplify Mike and Jeremy's powers nothing seemed to happen, they had almost ran out of ideas until they realised that they had lost sight of Morice.
Freddy: "hey guys, has anyone seen Morice around here?"
Chica: "not within the last few mins while trying to stop Moonlight, why?"
Freddy: "I think he has cloaked himself, Bonnie, can you use a psychic wave to confirm that"
Bonnie: "sure, hold on"
Bonnie used a psychic wave to pinpoint the precise location of Morice, it works when Bonnie closes his eyes and uses his telekinesis to find things that he can pick up like people, animals and objects, he can use it to see through walls, magic shields and even invisible people, with it he saw exactly where Morice was, just as Moonlight was about to shoot his insanely powerful magic some force punched him in the jaw coursing him to shoot too high and missed the school.
Moonlight was confused about this he didn't see anything or anyone out of place, the crew were still a good distance away so how could something have knocked off his aim, that was when Morice uncloaked in front of him reappearing with a smug smile on his pale face.
Morice: "nice try mate but you should have counted everyone in our little group"
Moonlight: "little? There is like 56 of you or something, how am I to know every face I see when I've only seen and recognised 10 of you"
Toriel: "that is where you made a mistake my child"
Sans: "yeah now we have a BONE to pick with you"
Papyrus: "Sans, what have I told you about making puns?"
Sans: "that I should only make them in the very smallest of circumstances"
Papyrus: "exactly"
Sans: "but it's been ages since I've made a pun, how am I to function normally without my puns?"
Papyrus: "I don't know just don't make then around me"
Moonlight: "umm... guys, can we get back to you trying to stop me and me destroying Canterlot high"
Sans: "oh umm... sure ok"
Moonlight: "great now where was I? Oh yes, well forget you and your stealth, I can just try again and I bet you can't stop me from here"
Moonlight teleported across the courtyard and started charging another magic attack, Foxy and Finn being two of the fastest without going too fast like Stuart tried to catch him but as they got close he would teleport away to another part of the courtyard, at one point he teleported to the roof and none of them could catch him up there, even if Stuart could run up the side of the school he'd just teleport away again, this was proving difficult and Twilight was at a lose.
All seemed hopeless until Sunset and Starlight used their demon magic again, Moonlight was still focusing on charging his powerful magic until Sunset burst into a tower of fire again as well as Starlight being surrounded in time magic, Moonlight may have had the more powerful magic than them but the shear ferocity of Sunset's fire magic and the majesty of Starlight's time magic was enough to get Moonlight's attention.
Sunset used her magic to boost Foxy and Toriel's own fire powers, engulfing them in fire and giving them more powerful attacks, Starlight did the same for Freddy giving him a new ability, he can now throw small pockets of time to age the target either by making them older or younger, this would completely mess them up, now if only someone would do that for Sans and Bonnie.
Moonlight now saw them as a threat and tried to stop them, he used his magic to split them all up, it worked as everyone/everypony had scattered leaving behind a large crater where the magic blast hit, Moonlight tried shooting his magic as fast as he could he knew if he did this his magic wouldn't be as powerful but it had power enough to at least severely hurt anyone it hit.
Pinkie was impressed by the speed he could fire his magic and wanted to do the same back at him with Twilight, but then she remembered that they are in the human world and Equestrian magic is a little hard to come by here, but then there's always Sunset in her demon form.
Sunset: "Pinkie, what are you doing?"
Pinkie: "it's time to show him what I'm made of, arms forward, full power and hold on"
Pinkie had jumped onto Sunset's back, grabbed her tail and started to turn it like she was a Gatling gun, Sunset was surprised that it worked and she shot out small fire balls at around 3000 RPM, Moonlight couldn't compete with that and even got hit a few times before he teleported away, in his hast to get away I didn't realise he was right next to Toriel and Foxy, they use a continuous stream of fire to attack and they caught his tail and now he was holding his butt and running around trying to find a place to put himself out.
There was a fountain close by that he tried to get to but every time he got close to it, it seemed to get farther away, that was strange as he wasn't teleporting, he looked and saw what was going on, Freddy was using his time powers to pull him back a couple of seconds, he would have used it more but Marionette said too much time manipulation was bad for the universe so to finish off Freddy turned Moonlight into a young colt.
This got Moonlight mad and with his mind so young and emotional he lost the composure he had and went straight for his most powerful magic, he surrounded himself with his green magic aura and started to float in the air getting higher until he reached just above the school, even though he wasn't an Alicorn yet his mane started to shine and flow just like Celestia's and Luna's, the sky was changing, the clouds had moved away and both the sun and the moon were in the sky at the same time.
In any other universe this would be a nice spectacle to see, but in the universe of Equestria this is a bad sign, normally it's a sign of bad things to come but what's worse is that Moonlight has control over all of them, Freddy turned Moonlight back into a stallion but it was too late he had already resulted in his final act.
Twilight: "hey what's going on here, I thought you said you needed to be an Alicorn to control the sun and the moon"
Moonlight: "I did, but you've pushed me to my limit, so to do this I'm using all my magic reserves all at once, hope you like the power of the sun and the moon combined, if you can beat me now, then I'll join you in your adventure"
Undyne: "what do you know of our adventure?"
Moonlight: "just that you are helping a creature called Flowey become his true self again, it sounds interesting to me but my first priority is to bring celestial balance back to Equestria"
Moonlight then brought the sun and the moon together and made a lunar eclipse and with that created a celestial laser cannon, he shot it at the crew and again they all scattered and left behind a large crater this time several times bigger, this was the last straw for some like Opal, Ashe, Mike, Jeremy and Finn and they powered up to try and stop Moonlight.
Opal and Ashe went pearl form, Finn went rock form, and Mike and Jeremy used their light and darkness powers, as the sky went dark Moonlight tried to use the laser cannon to attack but just as he was ready the sky went bright again stopping the cannon from firing, Pete had gone white coursing all light to shine brightly and the cannon will only fire in the darkness of the eclipse, this also boosted the power of Jeremy's light powers.
So with that Jeremy went in to attack, using his light aura he launched light bombs at Moonlight, he took the hit and with the power boost he was hurt but with Moonlight's magic at max he healed himself very quick, Jeremy then launched light rockets at him, the barrage coursed even more damage which only made him angrier, Moonlight used his magic to hit Pete and he was knocked out, Sarah went to his side and she retaliated with sharp rose leaves and one grazed him.
This along with the dark sky made him fire the celestial laser cannon, it was a combo power of both the sun and the moon, it was powerful enough to destroy almost anything, Mike and Jeremy combined their powers together to create the Ying Yan barrier, it was the only thing that could stop the laser cannon, Opal and Ashe used their pearl powers to shot at Moonlight, he was too busy to notice any kind of other resistance so when a string of pearl shards hit him he was thrown off.
He knew after seeing Opal and Ashe what they were capable of, but when he looked at the direction the pearl shards had come from they were replaced with Pamela and crystal shards instead, he fired the laser cannon at her and she froze in fear, Pamela was almost hit by the laser cannon but Cyril had saved her in a Hawker Sea Fury.
They were on the retreat so he disregarded them and looked around and saw Sans had something in his eye socket, it was a bluey green kind of colour and had a black iris, he was also holding his hand out like he was holding something in the air and was trying to show him what it was, when Moonlight looked closer he saw that Sans was holding nothing at all, but as he was looking something else came into view.
Opal and Ashe had been charging their quartz to perform the move called shatter matter, they have to charge their pearl quartz by adding pressure to them and then release at the right time, Sans had held them in his telekinesis while they were charging so they could reach him, they released the pressure and some of the quartz hit him coursing massive damage and they stuck to him and burnt his fur and skin.
Of course he was anything but finished, since they had lost pearl form after using the move he just used his magic in a continuous stream and blasted them and they were hurt bad, Sans brought them down to Finn so he could assure that they did a good job then he took his turn, Finn though wave after wave of small rocks and big boulders, Moonlight took a few hits but actually moved out of the way to avoid them, he would have done this more often but in order to accurately direct the laser cannon he has to stay still.
Finn launched more boulders at Moonlight but they kept missing so he threw a misshapen rock and it clubbed him on the head, for a split second Moonlight lost consciousness then came back to more rocks and even pebbles after Finn tried to increase his rate of fire, Moonlight shot the laser cannon at Finn which he blocked but forced him to enter his magma form.
With magma form he has the strength of rock and the heat of fire, so using his rocks he covered them in some lava and throw a bunch of them at Moonlight, he caught one and it started to burn his hoof, along with the burning pearl shards he was starting to get really tired and shot Finn with his magic this time to which he couldn't do anything about and he was overwhelmed.
Twilight was getting worried about her friends and how selfless they are, trying their best to stop Moonlight but only coursing minor damage to him, together they may have weakened him but it took a combined effort to get this far and Twilight was worried that her friends had done all they could and couldn't give anymore.
This same worry was shared across all the humanised ponies and it gave them a power that they have felt lost to them for too long, their worry had given them the magic they would have in the pony world and they ponyed up, with their magic back they used it to attack Moonlight with their rainbow combo, but it didn't do anything, Moonlight's magic aura was protecting him from the attack and it didn't even change his mind on the situation that was still going on.
Twilight looked around and saw that Vinyl and Octavia were tending to the injured and Sunset and Starlight were still using their demon forms so Twilight used her magic to get some much needed help, Sunset had changed to her princess form with the shining fire wings and the orange mask, while Starlight had changed as well, she had a more modern dress with the same wings as Sunset but purple and a green mask and her hair is still wavy but flowing in the air like Sunset's.
Twilight even gave Vinyl and Octavia the power to pony up, their ears had moved to the tops of their heads and they could float too.
Twilight: "ok Moonlight, this is your final warning, give up now or face the new elements of harmony"
Moonlight: "ha, the elements of harmony, if I remember right the elements were sacrificed to give you that damn castle of yours which by the way is the ugliest thing I have ever seen"
Twilight: "you may hate my home but you cannot deny that home is where the heart is"
Moonlight: "well you are right but you left your home years ago, ever since that day I've wanted to catch up to you, Celestia may not have choose me for her little program but I can see that I am more powerful then you"
Twilight: "nothing is more powerful then, Magic"
Applejack: "Honesty"
Rainbow Dash: "Loyalty"
Rarity: "Generosity"
Pinkie: "Laughter"
Fluttershy: "Kindness"
Vinyl: "Talent"
Octavia: "Tranquillity"
Sunset: "Redemption"
Starlight: "and Perseverance"
Twilight: "with these new elements combined we have enough magic to stop you Moonlight"
Moonlight: "ha I'd like to see you try"
Moonlight put all he had into using the celestial laser cannon one last time, it was powerful enough to rip the world in two but with the newly formed 10 elements of harmony the laser cannon couldn't break through the rainbow combo and it powered through the laser cannon sending it back to the moon coursing it to go back to the other side of the world where it belonged during the day.
The rainbow combo then moved on to Moonlight surrounding him and coursing him to lose his magic, it also healed him as a sign of good will and everlasting friendship, Moonlight was exhausted after using the celestial laser cannon, as he said he needed to be an Alicorn to truly move the sun and the moon but pushed to his limits he can still do it but after using it for so long he was almost out of magic and badly needed to rest.
Twilight: "so Moonlight Star, have you finally learned that it is best to have friends instead of trying to fix a problem yourself"
Moonlight: "yes I believe so, I saw that no matter what universe you come from if you have a good heart you can make friends anywhere, and that trying to solve problems on your own can sometimes make more, it's best to have friends to help in a bad situation so you can come out of the other side stronger"
Marionette: "I think we've made some good progress today, now after a fight like that we should get some rest, shall we go back through the portal?"
Celestia: "no we can't, the moon affects the portal and may not be active now until tomorrow, we can sleep in the school as they have dormitories now"
So with the new addition of Moonlight Star everyone/everypony went into the school to get some rest, the dormitories were a nice change as they had the main rooms as well as bed rooms so if one is away they can have breakfast then meet up with the other crew, this is good as their adventure is coming closer to being complete.
That was chapter 12 of Five Nights of Redemption, I hope you liked it and that you'll come back for more, I also hope you liked the elements of harmony bit, please remember to fav follow and review and till next time
Venomous Book out
