a/n: Sorry, short chapter. Been working a lot and havent had much time. Hope you all had a wonderful HearthsWarming Eve. 3
Meanwhile in Canterlot-
"Luna, What has been taking you so long to bring about the night?" Celestia called out to the observatory. She waited a moment and called out again. "Luna? My sister? Are you well? The night should have come by now. Shall I raise the moon and stars for you?" Celestia began to worry, she knew she saw her sister go to the observatory earlier, she knew that she was awake. However, something seemed off. The way she had looked, tired, restless, and...was that anger she saw on Luna's face? Celestia began the climb to the top of the tower when she heard it, the cracking of the very ground her palace stood upon, the feeling of a new evil waking from the deep. "Sister!" She called out again, and begain to run to the top of the tower. She did what she could to avoid falling objects, paintings and potted plants fell from their places along the walls as the colored glass of the murals along the wall shattered and rained down upon her. She closed her eyes and covered her head with a wing to avoid any injury to her vision. A glowing gold spell from her horn pushed away and shielded her from the random objects that fell to her as she bolted to her sister.
However, on her arrival she took note of the shaking that had since stopped, but now an ominous feeling crept up her spine, and then, came a sound, a chilling one.. it was a voice all too familiar, "Oh come now Luna... Can't you see Bane has awakened? The castle itself shakes in fear of what is to come! Our new Kingdom of the Night will rise strong with the great deitys power to aid us! Think of the thousand years imprisonment your beloved sister put you through...Do you not wish to-" The Changeling Queen looked to the doorway past Princess Luna. "My my...We must welcome the soon-to-be-exiled princess..." She cackled, three aromored changling guards stepped from the shadows behind the Queen, all aiming spears at Celestia. "Luna, back away. Shes dangerous...Shes the one who-" "Celestia, I know. She took the form of Cadence for the wedding." Luna spoke softly and looked back to her elder sister. " How did you.." Celestia looked at the two with caution. The hate in her younger siblings eyes struck fear in her heart. She hadn't spoken much on the changeling queen, and with Luna having missed out on the fighting...
"My sister, what a fool you have become. Did you honestly think I would change? I let her in, I GAVE Cadence to her, I showed her the Crystal Cavern. I warned her of the elements of harmony... And now.. Im taking over, for good this time. My lord Bane has awakened. The creature of legend who spoke to me those thousand years ago, he wakes! " Luna's mane grew darker and darker, the stars in them flickering out with each word she spoke. Her eyes grew wide with that hatred and insanity that only Nightmare Moon held. Chrysalis laughed and her horn glowed with an eerie green hue. "Begone my sister, The Exiled Princess of the Sun!" She shouted as a deep blue and vivid green magic enveloped Celestia.
Try as she might, the sun godess couldnt break free. With both Chrysalis' and Nightmare Moon's magic, it was too much. So there she stood, frozen in time as a statue of dark crystal, her cutiemark glowed solid gold through the blackened stone.
Luna collapsed, and cried. When she looked up at Chrysalis again she was smiling, her head covered in a midnight black helmet, deep purple mane trailing over her back with small supernovas appearing in random intervals in it. The star's dying breath. Lightning crackled outside as Chrysalis helped Nightmare Moon to her feet.
"Ladies, Are we done here? I'd really hate to get this party started without my three favorite mares. " A Draconequus spoke from the ceiling, his head appearing as a flame on the chandiler. " Discord, Let Nightmare at least raise the moon. " Chrysalis spoke with a slight annoyance. "Well that won't do much good, Ive got the sky covered in cottoncandy...They won't see a thing." Discord spoke again as his candle flickered out, he took the form of the smoke that rose from the extinguished base and drifted down to the floor, taking a more solid form. Besides, I think we should wait a bit, let the six elements collapse first. The element of dark magic is already working her stuff. " He grins, and pulls on a tuft of Lunas mane, turning it into blue cotton candy. He takes a bite and offers some to the ladies.
"Discord, You said three favorite mares, do you mean my sister?" Nightmare speaks and looks at the statue. He laughs and falls down, shattering to thousands of tiny specs before reassembling. "Oh goodness no! You see, between the three of us, we have a very noticeable lack of the color pink. She will be here shortly, Pinkie cannon away!"He laughs as he is fully assembled "Oh that tickled... And what of your cousin, Nightmare? Sombra was his name? Will he be joining us? Or is he still a crystal obsessed shadowfeind? " He reaches over and pulls a piece of cheese off Chrysalis, who looks down at his claw in disgust.
The Lady of Night looked to discord, her horn glowing a blue and purple with black electricity cracking around it, The Sky grew darker as she lowered the sun, to make way for the never-ending night. Slowly she spoke, "My cousin is dead. Sombra was killed by Cadence when the crystal empire re-emerged. Being trapped in stone it is no surprise you hadn't known." She then raised the moon, only the moon. There would be no stars tonight.
Discord frowned upon the princess, "What a shame. Are you sure he's gone for good?"
"Yes." She said sternly. "There's no way he could have survived. Unless he retreated back to the shadows. If thats the case Bane's presence would have helped him along by now." Chrysalis looked at the two of them and cocked her head to the side, "Who else is there now? After the thousand some-odd years... How many of the Elements of Dissonance are left? Who will take the place of those long gone? There's Discord; Element of Chaos, Sombra, assuming he lives; Element of Greed, Nightmare Moon; Element of Cruelness, Myself; Element of Betrayal... Star-Swirl the Bearded passed away years ago... Who else would take the place of Dark Magic? Dishonesty too... That gryphon was a pain in the rear to find..."
"Ah, Chryssi Chryssi..." Discord chuckled and put his arms around both Chrysalis' and Nightmare Moon's shoulders. " That will be the fun part!" He hugs them both to him. "You see, The purple runt of the elements of harmony has lost her element, It doesn't take much to change the magic that resides in the heart..You know this as well as anyone, my lady." Chrysalis nodded and spoke once more, "You mean to say that Twilight will join us?" Nightmare Moon crosses her arms in front of her, "I can't say I'm fond of that idea.." "Well neither am I." Chrysalis sighs. "Ladies... It's only a thought, But..Can you imagine the power that she keeps locked away? Because she's not yet completed her training in the art of Grand Master Magic...Oh, its a mystery to everypony."
The two Queens looked to Discord and pulled away from him, his arms stretching to stay around them but eventually popping back to him like rubber. "Oh...You have been having fun without me? Thats..Too bad.." A bright pink pony with long straight pink hair stood in the doorway. Her hands had a touch of blood on them. " Sorry I'm late, Twilight just snapped and I had a rough time...So I decided to play along the way here. So much Fun Fun Fun!" She smiles and holds up a bloody guards helmet. Discord bolts to the door and picks up the perky pink twisted mind that was Pinkie Pie, successfully making her drop a syringe and scalpel out of a pocket. She squeaked and hugged Discord.
"Pinkie Pie? What did you... How...Augh..Nevermind.." Nightmare Moon put a hand to her face and sighed again. She looked to the two elements and shook her head. Kids. Though they have grown, they still love their laughter. Pinkie looks to Nightmare Moon, "Pinkimena." "What?"Chrysalis and Nightmare say in unison. "Call me Pinkimena."She speaks, a wicked twist to her usual happy smile.