"Dawn, my dear! Why did you disappear!?" Zecora shouted, looking through the woods around her hut. She sighed and rubbed her gray, aged mane. "You're in for some trouble, you Twilight double!" she called again. It wasn't smart to be making much noise at night in the Everfree, but she was beginning to worry for her adopted daughter. The two had become very attached, as if Zecora were Dawn's real mother, and the Zebra had never experienced anything as dramatizing as this was. Suddenly, she heard a growl.
Zecora stood, still as a statue, as two Timberwolves walked up to her. They glared at her with their shining, green eyes for a moment. Then, they pounced.
That night, the Pack ate very well. Zebra tasted much, much better then pony- and this one was very old, it would've died soon anyways.
The Alicorn trotted quietly through the Castle. The Nightmare was waiting for her in the woods- but, for now, she was alone. Finally, she found what she was looking for- a large door with a 20k gold lock. She rubbed her hoof against the silver metal, and teleported to the other side. Her horn sparkled with light, for her to see, and she looked around until she saw the box. Picking at up with her hooves, she closed her eyes and teleported once again- back into the Everfree.
"What took you so long?" the Nightmare asked flatly.
"Well, I had to find it first! And a guard saw me- I'm lucky he thought I was Moth- ...Princess Twilight." Dawn replied harshly.
The Nightmare would've rolled her eyes, if she could've, "Fine, fine."
Dawn frowned at the Nightmare's rudeness, but didn't say anything about it as she opened the small box. There was a bright flash before the Nightmare was once again in her true form as Nightmare Moon, but without a cutie mark. Also, she was still mist, but that had turned dirt-brown. "Now what?" the Alicorn asked.
"Now, you think about all of those ponies- they don't care about you at all. Your younger brother is third-in-line to the throne- but that's where you should be! You should be the Ruler of Equestria right now, in fact- you should be Princess Twilight Dawn!" the Nightmare hissed, inching closer to the other mare. There was another flash, and both of the ponies were gone- replaced by another. She was a copy of Nightmare Moon, but different. Her mane and tail where almost the same as before, but completely sunset/sunrise orange- besides the white flecks of stars. Her coat was pinkish-gray, like a really old stuffed animal that had originally been bright pink, and her eyes were slits (like a dragon's), but also stayed dark blue. Her height rivaled that of Princess Celestia and Princess Twilight's combined, and she had a new cutie mark- Nightmare Moon's, but with white where the black was, and instead of the moon, there was a dawn/dusk orange starburst, like her real Mother's.
"Who are you now?" the Nightmare asked from inside Dawn's head.
"I am..." Dawn paused.
"Nightmare..?" the Nightmare started.
"Nightmare Dawn."
"Perfect," Nightmare agreed. "And I know where your brother is."
"YES!" Dawn shouted, "TIEM TO GET MY REVENGE!"
"I'll help you cast this spell. Let me control a part of your magic."
"Of course I will," Dawn said. Her horn glowed gray, her new aura, and they were gone once again. "To New York!"