Five Nights of Redemption
Hey guys this is chapter 13 of Five Nights of Redemption, here is a chapter about Moonlight Star and his story and the crew also get back to MT. Ebott, let's go
Chapter 13: getting back on track
As the sun rose up to its position above the horizon, Moonlight woke up from a very bad dream, he had this dream quite a few times when he first thought of the plan to over throw Celestia and Luna to regain celestial balance but now it bothered him greatly, after Twilight's intervention all he wanted to do was to be friends with her and help her where he can, the other thing was he knew even with the amount of magic he was capable of using he still couldn't move the sun or the moon all that well, he even remembers reading somewhere that Twilight tried to do it when she first became an Alicorn and it was very hard for her.
Moonlight came down into the dorm room and saw Sans and Papyrus eating these strange looking things called Temmie flakes, Toriel on the other hoof was eating a piece of butterscotch pie, and Undyne was eating some prawns, it seems that all the monsters had been woken up by the sun since they were not used to it and it peered through their eye lids and woke them up.
Moonlight: "morning everyone"
Toriel: "ah, good morning my child"
Moonlight: "your child?"
Sans: "oh that's just the way Tori speaks, soon enough you'll most likely start calling her mum"
Moonlight: "why?"
Papyrus: "because she's just so nice and kind, she'll protect you even with her life if she has to, that's why we call her goat mum right"
Moonlight: "is this true?"
Toriel: "indeed it is, if any harm were to come to you, then it's my duty to help you, I consider all to be my children, but make no mistake if you decide to join in our adventure it's all to do with my biological child, you stay with us then you are helping me"
Moonlight: "then I shall help you, my mother"
Undyne: "ha, well would you look at that, he's warming up to you already"
At this point the rest of the crew woke up and came for breakfast, Moonlight saw Twilight and told her about his dreams to destroy Canterlot high and to invade the Crystal Empire to use the Crystal Heart's magic and become an Alicorn in order to rule over Equestria with an iron hoof, he also said how he didn't want that anymore and that it's best to stay with the crew and his fellow ponies.
Twilight was pleased to have him say this, it meant he was progressing well and he was on the right path to forgiveness, this could make him another new element, it was said in a book written by Starswirl that the elements of harmony can grow in size if the right personalities present themselves and so far there is 4 more, and if Moonlight keeps going in the direction he is now he may just become the first Alicorn King.
The crew now finished with their breakfast and now was ready to go back to the main universe of Equestria, they got their things and were ready to head back, they all gave one last look at their human bodies and Jeremy was probably the sadist as his name would change back to Chip.
Jeremy: "aww, I'm going to have a name change again, it gets so confusing after a while"
Mike: "don't worry, I've been there with you since we were kids, do you really think it's easy to forget your real name?"
Jeremy: "I guess not"
Chica: "if it's anything I'm going to miss this body, I look so gorgeous, so you're not alone Jeremy"
Mangle: "are you joking, I can't wait to get back, I need my tail"
Foxy: "you obsessed with that thing or something?"
Mangle: "of course I am, it's my best feature, without I'm nothing"
Monty: "big deal, I still have my power no matter where we go so let's just keep going"
Marionette: "he's right, let us carry on"
Celestia: "the portal should be open now, let's go"
So everyone/everypony went through the portal back to the Crystal Empire where Cadence was waiting, she was getting worried about the situation at Canterlot high as whatever happened with the sun and the moon there also happened here too, there was no laser blasts but like the legends say if they ever occupy the sky at the same time something bad would happen, they came through returning to their pony and anthro forms.
Cadence was relieved to see everyone/everypony safe and sound, they did what they do best find a problem and solve it with friendship, the new friend this time was Moonlight Star, she looked at him and he seemed hesitant to look at her like he was a dog that had done something bad and knew it and his owner was very much pissed off at him, but Cadence was nothing but understanding as she also knew of the celestial imbalance and it was only made worse when she was put in charge of the daily cycle.
Cadence: "so you must be Moonlight Star, it's great to meet you, may I just say there is no need to fear me and my status as a princess, I know what you tried to do but it's ok, celestial balance has been all over the place for a while and with me in charge I can tell it's only gotten worse"
Moonlight: "well thank you princess, I know I tried to take matters in my own hooves but I don't think it worked out so well, the idea was to take your empire so I could use the Crystal Heart's immense magic and become an Alicorn King to take control of the sun and the moon for myself"
Cadence: "well that may have worked but you underestimate the power of the sun and the moon itself"
Moonlight: "perhaps you are right, so I have another proposal, what if I were to help you when Twilight is not in need of my help, I could ensure proper balance to the sun and the moon and I could also give direction to Pegasi if the weather becomes too erratic"
Cadence: "that sounds amazing, you could help out with a lot of things there and I do believe Twilight would be happy with you helping out your friends"
Celestia: "indeed, we would be most grateful for your assistance if you could do that for us"
Moonlight: "it would be my pleasure"
Luna: "but before you can do that there is something you'll need in order for you to take on such a role, follow me"
Luna led everyone/everypony out of the mirror room and down the tower to where the Crystal Heart lays, it's magic and majesty radiating the power of love all over the empire giving the ponies that live there that sparkle of crystal, Pamela was impressed at this as all they needed was an artefact to give them the same power she has, but was it power or magic, she touched the Crystal Heart and it did nothing for her, Cadence smiled at her curiosity and Cadence touched it, it gave her a crystal coat and shine and her mane was somehow tied into a bun and just to prove a point Rarity touched it too and she was given a crystal coat as well.
Moonlight tried to touch it and he was given a crystal coat but he wanted more, at least he was sure that's why he was here.
Cadence: "you thought it was as simple as that didn't you, when you wanted to take the throne for yourself you thought you could just touch the Crystal Heart and become an Alicorn?"
Moonlight: "well yes that's exactly my reasoning, is it not so simple?"
Luna: "I'm afraid not, in order to use the Crystal Heart in this way you must perform a kind of ritual"
Moonlight: "and what does that in tale?"
Mangle: "he said tail, I love my tail"
Toy Bonnie: "you lovable idiot, he said tale not tail"
Mangle: "what's the difference?"
Finn: "spelling my dear"
Celestia: "anyway, in order to use the Crystal Heart you must use your magic on it in combination with ours, Twilight, are you ready?"
Twilight: "yes, I hope this means you become the element of forgiveness"
Moonlight: "we'll see shall we?"
So Moonlight shot his powerful magic at the Crystal Heart and it started to spin in its place, then Celestia and Luna used their magic on it and it spun faster, then Twilight and Cadence used their magic on it and it spun so fast the floor around the Crystal Heart turned blue and spread throughout the empire turning all the ponies into their crystal forms.
Moonlight was still using his magic on the Crystal Heart when he got a magic feedback, it travelled through his body and he started to float in the air, he stopped using his magic and opened his eyes only to have them shining with white light, his whole body was shining and soon new appendages grew on his back, they stretched out to their fullest and flapped a few times to test their strength then they gave their full control to Moonlight.
Moonlight dropped to the floor dazed and drowsy, he looked around and saw two beautiful feathered wings, he stretched them out and moved them around, he was astonished and when a small gust of wind blow over them and made the feathers move he felt it and a tinkling sensation was sent up his spine, it seemed a bit premature to have this new status but he was happy none the less.
Moonlight: "Celestia, Luna, thank you so much, I'm not sure if I really deserve this yet but I'm grateful"
Celestia: "you are welcome, if you feel you can put it to good use then please do your best, besides I'm not the only one you should be thanking"
Moonlight: "of course, Twilight my dear, you used your magic to give me these wings and for that I thank you, is there anything I can do to repay you?"
Twilight: "well, I already have Sunset and Starlight under my wing, literally right now, the light from your transformation was a bit too bright for them"
Sunset: "well that and the fact that I'm so jealous right now"
Twilight: "don't worry Sunset, you'll get there soon, so yeah I guess one more would be ok, just tell me when you want to visit Celestia to help her and you can go but remember to send me letters on how you're doing and Spike should receive them"
Freddy: "well this has been one hell of an eventful morning but I have to ask, what now?"
Pinkie: "PARTY! Please"
Celestia: "umm... ok"
Pinkie: "YES!"
Vinyl: "finally, now where's my synth"
Octavia: "don't worry I have my Cello"
Vinyl, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie: "BORING!"
Octavia: "philistines"
So they went into the tower and set up their equipment and partied hard, Vinyl had her turn table, Octavia had her Cello for those who liked a bit of classical, Bonnie and Oscar had their Guitars for those who liked rock and for songs that had lyrics Freddy, Chica, Pete, Sarah and even Twilight sang along, Toy Chica was a little jealous of her sister as even though she had a good voice she was a little stage frightened, it was weird to have this when she was always on stage with Toy Freddy and Toy Bonnie, but then they were on stage together which gave her more confidence, the songs they were singing were solos and she wouldn't be able to do that, someone/somepony would have to catch her singing in the shower for her to have a chance of showing off her great singing voice alone.
Moonlight was having fun too, the room they were in was huge, large enough for Cyril to use his power to fly an Avro Lancaster around in, so this also gave enough room for Moonlight to test his new wings, their strength was enough to let him fly at a decent speed, fast enough to avoid confetti shot from Pinkie's party cannons, but if he wanted to catch up to Twilight let alone Rainbow Dash he would have a lot more work to do, at least he was faster than Fluttershy but then again everypony was faster than her and she didn't care, she would just let her pet Hawks do the flying for her.
Moonlight was enjoying the party a lot he felt like a box of rocks had been lifted off his back, but as he looked at the crew having fun and enjoying themselves he saw an image of what it would have looked like and the destruction of everything if he was to continue his plan to rule over Equestria, it would have been a broken dystopia of death, a kingdom ruled by him would have been worse than that of King Sombra, the image coursed him to fall to the ground and everyone/everypony stopped to check on him.
Pip: "dude, are you alright, what happened?"
Moonlight: "I... I saw something, I saw what this place would look like if I still wanted to rule over all by myself, it was horrible, I can safely say I don't want that at all"
Twilight: "well that's good, you are becoming friendlier towards us every minute and I hope you are forgiving yourself for what you've done"
Moonlight: "but that wasn't the only thing I did, in order to attain the magic I had to try and beat you I had to extract other pony's magic, much like how Terik did with you and your friends, but I didn't just stop there I tortured them for info on you, god I was so evil"
Twilight: "it's ok, you're with us now"
Moonlight: "but I should still account for what I've done, if not it may tear me apart"
Moonlight then started to sing about the pain he's coursed and wanted to end it all to feel like a pony that can help the world not hurt it.
(Now play Awoken be Wooden Toaster)
Moonlight: "what course have I to feel glad?
I've built my life on judgement and coursing pain,
I don't know those eyes I see in the bloodstained chrome,
Now everything that I've had and everything I've known has been thrown away,
And with time, I've come to find this isn't my home,
I stoked the fire, seen more pain the you can know,
The tears of the broken have washed away my soul,
Pushed by desire to change the way my stream will flow,
Now I've awoken and I'm taking back control,
I try my best to block out the screams, but they're haunting me in my dreams,
Please break my shackles, I want it to stop.
I man these wretched machines, day in, day out, the grinding wears in my brain,
Undermining my sanity, making me question my reality,
But life is not as it seems, should I take a chance for freedom and throw it all down the drain?
I've been imprisoned please burn my transgressions away,
I stoked the fire, seen more pain the you can know,
The tears of the broken have washed away my soul,
Pushed by desire to change the way my stream will flow,
Now I've awoken and I'm taking back control,
I try my best to block out the screams, but they're haunting me in my dreams,
Please break my shackles, I want it to stop."
After the song Twilight was a bit sad that Moonlight was enjoying himself at the party but had visions of his past that lead him to doubt himself, there's been plenty of ponies that have doubted themselves before but this was a bit more than that, Twilight would have to do her best so he could fully earn the title of the element of forgiveness and Alicorn King, for now though she just gave him a hug and everyone/everypony slowly joined in.
The party was raping up and the crew all pitched in to clean up, that was one of the most energetic and raucous parties Pinkie had ever thrown and it was only the early afternoon, none of them had any cider either with made it all the more awesome, but now it's time to get back to the matter that had bought them all here in the first place.
It was time to go back to MT. Ebott, when they last left off they were about to go to the Hotland laboratory but as they were about to make tracks to go Flowey sent them back to Equestria, but then again it seems he is in control of the whole thing and Marionette didn't like it, if he wants to he could unleash his ultimate power but he didn't want to risk it for nothing as it would destroy all of reality if he's pushed too far.
Everyone/everypony got their things ready for the next part of their big adventure, all tools, food and extra bits and pieces in their saddle bags and pockets, now all they needed was the inter dimensional vortex, and on cue it appeared in front of them, they stepped through and they travelled through, more universes they haven't seen yet was uncovered, one had a purple Dragon alongside a shining yellow Dragon Fly while another universe had an orange Bandicoot with some kind of floating tiki mask.
They also saw the blue police box again, there seemed to be two figures outside of it arguing about timey wimey, wibbly wobbly stuff, Chip noticed that the one that looked human had a striking likeness to an actor named David Tenant, while the other figure was a pony that Twilight knew as Dr. Whooves but had another alias by the name of the Time Turner, he sometimes travels time and space with Derpy.
They finally got through the vortex and arrived at the lab, yet again in a heap.
Mangle: "hey everyone get up, it's far too hot here for you to just sit on my tail, are you ok my baby, yes you are"
Chip: "god damn, you are in love with yourself"
Mangle: "look, I like what I've turned into ok, besides a tail this perfect is something that deserves love"
Chip: "will I would love my tail but it's not as long and puffy as yours, plus you don't see Finn doing that with his tail"
Mangle: "well then I guess tails are another girl's best friend, and I'll put it on my list of favourite things"
Mike: "guys focus, this is where we find out the full story behind Flowey, so from now on we need to stay serious"
Cyril: "I'm always serious, seriously silly"
Stuart: "yeah silly and stupid"
Morice: "and we always end up in a heap after going through a portal to other universes, that looks so serious, what if we go to that one universe with space marines and plasma weapons, oh yeah so serious we'd die"
Marionette: "ok we get it we suck at serious but as long as we get the job done does it matter?"
Mike: "guess not"
Sans: "hold that thought, I have to go... do something but don't worry you'll see me again soon"
Bonnie: "where's he going?"
Papyrus: "no idea, he likes to just disappear at the most inappropriate times"
Mike: "ok then, anyway"
Mike rang the door bell which was weird for a lab to have on it but it did, at first there was no answer but after another ring of the bell someone answered, she sounded nervous and a bit scared but then she saw Undyne and the anthro crew.
?: "oh... oh, hello, wh... who are y... you?"
Freddy: "hi my name is Freddy Fazbear, this is my friend Mike, we're here to learn about Flowey and his possible connection to Asriel Dreemurr, can you let us in?"
Alphys: "oh well I'm Alphys, doctor of monster science, I'm sorry but unless you have the former Queen there with you I can't let you in"
Toriel: "I'm here my child, now please let us in I have to know if that Flowey creature is connected in any way to my son"
Alphys: "ashubwbf, Queen Toriel, I... it's an... honour to be in... your pr... presence m... my lady"
Toriel: "it's quite alright my child, and it's former Queen you don't need to hold me in such high regard, now about the door?"
Alphys: "well I can open it but... well, I created a robot that has the ghost of a personality that loves fashion and drama, he's a bit of a crazy show bis guy, he's very eccentric and stylised, you may run into him and he has a bit of a blood lust too"
Twilight: "don't worry DR. Alphys, we can take him, right Moonlight"
Moonlight: "yeah no problem, he sounds easy"
Rarity: "are you joking Twilight, there is no way I'm letting you touch him, his mine I'll show him who's the fashion statement around here"
The door opened and everyone/everypony went in to find this eccentric robot to see what had got Alphys so scared, the blood lust was most likely the main course but some people that love fashion can be annoying even to Rarity who is a fashion fanatic herself, plus Alphys was an anima mentalist and those kind of people never mix well together, so they went to sort him out and then Alphys can come down and show them her findings on Determination injections and how Flowey came to be.
So that was chapter 13 of Five Nights of Redemption I hope you liked it and now things are going to get intense so please keep an eye out for the future chapters to come and please remember to fav, follow and review and of course till next time
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