It was time for Knighton to return to Ponyville before the break of dawn. Luna personally escorted him back to the train station where the Friendship Express was waiting.

"I had a wonderful time with you tonight." Knighton said.

"I did too." Luna replied as she leaned her head into his neck. "Thank you so much for coming tonight. You've made this the second best night of my life."

He smiled and kissed her back. "I feel the same way."

"I wish you could stay just a little longer."

"But alas I cannot," he spoke in a humorous theatric tone. "for it is time that I must depart and sleep in my warm hay bed so that I am not tired and cranky in the morning."

She snickered. "I do not wish to see you grumpy. I will let you go now, but I will surely miss your company."

"I will miss yours as well, my love." Before going, he gave her one final passionate kiss. "I love you." he whispered.

Her cheeks lightly blushed, looking up at him with her glittering eyes. "I love you too." she whispered back.

"I promise to see you again soon."

"I know you will."

Knighton turned from her and hopped on the train. The whistle blew as the iron horse tuned its wheels and went forward. Knighton popped his head out from one of the passenger windows and waved to her.

Luna waved back as the train moved farther into the distance, making its way back to Ponyville. Knighton… she thought. Return home safely… She flapped her wings and hovered from the ground. She turned and flew back to the castle to rest.

. . .

Meanwhile in the flaming lair of the warlock lizard Komodo, he watched Luna enter her room through his orb from his throne. She jumped into her bed with a big smile and giggled. He grinned devilishly at the orb. "That's right princess…" he growled. "Sleep well and dream, for your dream will soon become a nightmare." He chuckled, swishing the orb away into mist. He stood up from his throne and approached his large pit of fire. He stood over the pit and looked down at the roaring flames deep within. "I can feel that my powers are slowly returning. Now is the time to act." He pulled out a knife from behind his back and raised his arm above the fire. He took the knife and pressed the blade against his palm. He slit his palm, forcing him to bleed. He grinned as he growled in pain. He then gripped his hand into a fist. Five drops of his black blood fell into the flames. He whispered incantations in the dark language.

From the flames, five black clouds of mist flew up from the pit and around Komodo. They landed on the other side of the pit, changing shape. The mists formed themselves into the warriors of Komodo's army. The five warriors had bright bloodthirsty eyes with scales the color of brown and black. Their body shapes were muscular and strong with sharp claws and long spiked tails. They all had a set of weapons: long widened curved swords and shields. Their forms were complete and let out hisses and growls, viciously revealing to have razor sharp teeth.

Komodo looked at them proudly and smirked. "Yes! My warriors have returned!" he roared. He walked over to examine them. He looked at one who was staring back. He grabbed hold of its jaw. He chuckled. "Just like my warriors from before: cruel, vicious, merciless, and hungry for blood." He stepped back and stood. "My warriors, I am your master! You have been brought back from the depths of the underworld to do my bidding! You have been created once again to take over this land for ourselves and to get revenge on those who have stood in our way! There are six knights. Pony knights." He growled to their mentioning. "They are the ones responsible for destroying the last of our army. But they won't stop us this time. You have also been summoned for a special mission. Two of the knights have grown attached with these mares." He raised his arms and summoned two magical orbs, one in each hand. In the orbs revealed Fluttershy and Princess Luna.

The warriors looked at the images of the mares. Their pupils widened and their eyes narrowed. They all hissed ferociously at them and licked their teeth.

"Find these two and bring them here unharmed." Komodo commanded. "They will be the ones the knights will come for. When they get here, kill them. When they are dead, do as you would like with the mares." He looked to three of them. "You three will bring this princess mare back to me." he said, showing them Princess Luna. "You will find her in the west tower of the castle. She is also a practitioner of magic so be careful. The only way you can stop her from using magic is to cover her horn using a piece of cloth or whatever." He turned to the other two. "You two will go after this one." He showed them Fluttershy. "You will find her in a small cottage. She'll be easy to capture. She has no ability to fight back." Both orbs vanished in his hands. He handed both teams a black stone for each. "Once you have captured them, smash these beneath you. They will bring you back here. Now find them! Bring them to me! Kill anyone who stands in your way!"

The lizard warriors roared and hissed ferociously as their battle cries.

Komodo raised his arms, swallowing the warriors in dark mist. The mist swirled swiftly. In a bright flash, they disappeared out of thin air. Komodo was left to cackle alone.

. . .

A black cloud of mist flew across Equestria and headed to Canterlot. As it approached the castle, it dove down. When the mist touched the ground, a poof a smoke appeared and faded. Three of the lizard warriors stood against the west outer wall.

"This is where we will find the princess." one said in a dark voice.

"Let's hurry." the second one said hastily. "It's almost dawn."

Using their sharp claws, they climbed the wall. They peeked over the top to find no guards around. They swiftly leapt over and landed in the courtyard. Dashing through the shadows, they found the west tower and made their way up. They landed on the balcony. The glass doors to the room were left open with the translucent curtains blowing with the wind. Inside they found the princess sleeping in her bed.

"There she is…" the third hissed. "What's the plan?"

The second pulled out a long piece of thick cloth. "We have to wrap this around her horn so that she's powerless." he whispered.

"But what if she wakes up before we do?" the first asked.

The second one gulped. "Say your prayers then…"

They carefully crept up to the sleeping princess and surrounded her bed. The second warrior slowly and lightly wrapped the long piece of cloth around her horn as the other two watched. He felt his muscles contract as it took much energy to wrap the cloth. Sweat formed and ran down his thick skin. One mistake would cost them their lives. After an intense two minutes, the horn was finally covered and tied.

The third sighed with relief. "Good thing that didn't wake her up or we would've been in-"

CUCKOO! CUCKOO! CUCKOO!

The warriors' black hearts jumped by the sudden alarm. They turned to find a clock with a little wooden bird going in and out chirping loudly.

"Quick…! Turn it off…!" the first whispered to the third.

The third rushed over to the clock and looked around it, trying to find a way to turn it off. "I don't see an off switch…!"

"Well find a way to turn it off and fast…!"

He took the first idea that came to his mind.

CUCKOO! CUCKOO! CUCK- SMASH!

His fist was lodge into the clock, shattering the small wooden box. The force of the smash managed to turn it off, but it made an even louder noise when his fist made impact. "I got it…!"

The second lizard smacked his own face.

They heard a quiet mumbling coming from the bed. They all turned. The princess had woken up.

"What's going on…?" Luna said, still dozed off. When her vision came back from sleeping, she saw three large lizard warriors in her room with one of their fists in her cuckoo clock.

"We're dead…"

Luna let out a terrified scream, covering her upper body with her sheets. "What are you doing in my room?!"

"Grab her!"

Luna focused her horn, but nothing happened. She tried again. Nothing happened. "What's going on?! Why can't I use magic?!" She looked up and found her horn wrapped in cloth. "Oh no!" She looked to the lizards coming at her. "Just because I can't use magic doesn't mean I can't use my hooves!" She jumped out of bed bucked one in the chest, making him fly across the room and crashing into the wall. Another one jumped at her, but leaped out of the way. She landed on his tail, making him yelp in pain. "Get away from me!" she cried. "I'm warning you!"

The third grabbed her from behind. "Gotcha!" he exclaimed. She struggled hard in his grasp.

The second took some rope from his belt sated typing he limbs.

"Let go of me right now!" Luna screamed. She kicked the second lizard in the stomach and his face.

Using one hand, the lizard holding onto Luna wrapped a piece of rope around her muzzle to keep her from screaming again.

Luna continued to struggle. Her screams were now muffled.

The lizard that she kicked in the stomach and head finally managed to tie her legs together and wings. He tied them tightly making Luna squeal loudly. "Stupid mare." he growled. "Let's get her back to the master now."

The warriors got together and the first lizard smashed the black stone beneath their feet. A cloud of black mist swirled around them. They too shaped into mist it flew out.

. . .

Meanwhile, another cloud of black mist carrying the other two lizard warriors flew to Fluttershy's cottage. The lizards appeared from the mist and landed on the small stone bridge. The animals that were outside of the cottage saw the lizards and quickly hid from them.

The lizards approached the cottage quietly hissing. They looked up and saw light coming from a closed window on the second floor. They silently climbed up and peeked through the window. They saw the yellow coated mare cuddling in bed with a white bunny.

"I always love warm hugs before going to bed." Fluttershy said to Angel. "They always make me feel safe."

Angel smiled and cuddled with her, making her giggle.

"There she is…" the first whispered to the other, grinning. "Let's just break in and take her. That animal will be of no help to her."

The other nodded and prepared to attack.

"I can't think of anything that would make this night go completely in the opposite direction." Fluttershy said gently rubbing her muzzle against Angel's head. A loud crash coming from her window made her jump. She quickly turned and saw two large lizards in her room looking at her with their sinister looking yellow eyes and showing their sharp teeth. She gasped climbed out of bed. "Run Angel!" she screamed. They fled the room in terror.

The lizard warriors snarled ferociously and went after her.

Fluttershy and Angel climbed down the stairs as fast as they could into the living room. "Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!" she exclaimed. "What are we going to do?!" Loud stomps from upstairs along with vicious growls could be heard. The stomps and growls grew louder and louder. Her heart began to race and started to sweat. She looked down to Angel and shoved him underneath the couch. "Angel, if anything happens to me, get help!" She ran to the front door. She managed to unlock and open it, but the lizards got into the living room from the second floor. She let out a yelp and flew out.

One of the lizards caught up to her. He leaped up high and grabbed her tail. He yanked her down, forcing her crash into the grass.

She groaned in pain from the hard impact. She felt herself being dragged along the ground by the lizard pulling her towards him by her tail. Her legs were being bound with rope. She tried to let out a scream, but her muzzle was quickly tied tightly.

"I got her!" the lizard called out to the other.

The other lizard went over to him and picked up Fluttershy and placed her over his shoulder. "Perfect. Everything's going according to Master Komodo's plan." he said. "This mare and the other one will surely get those knights to try and rescue them. When they do, they're going to be bathing in their own blood."

Yorkshire and the other knights were the first thing that came to her mind and gasped. They want to kill Yorkshire and the others?! she thought. She struggled and whimpered over the lizard's shoulder, but it did no good.

The lizard mercilessly chuckled at her. "You can't get yourself out of this one, mare." he hissed to her. "You're needed for our master."

From the cottage, Angel peeked out and saw the lizards carry off Fluttershy. Tears ran down her cheeks. There was nothing she could do get herself out. He then saw a cloud of black mist forming under them. The mist swirled around and vanished along with them. Angel could not see her anymore. His foot thumped in a quickened pace and tugged at his ears. He remembered what she had said before her unfortunate capture. He hopped out from the cottage and over the bridge. He went to find the only pony that could save her.