After that, the night came, and everyone was in the Town Hall, Nate was alongside RD, who were talking about something.
"Look, all I'm saying is that when they appear, you have to grab their attention, like one of Pinkie's hugs and never let go." He said while eating some cupcakes, courtesy of his crazy companion.
"That much? No problem!" Dash said with a cocky smile as she flew up, "With my Buccaneer Blaze, I'll have them on my fingers!"
"You sure will," with a roll of his eyes, Nate looks up in the sky, the moon especially, and saw the four stars landing on the big cheese, the image of the Woman in it disappeared. ('And so…it begins…I'm so excited!') he smiles as he throws some biscuits up and lands in his mouth.
"Ladies and Gentlemen!" The voice of Mayor Mare spoke through the microphone, making everyone pay attention, "As Mayor of Ponyville, it is my greatest pleasure to announce the beginning of the Summer Sun Festival!" Everyone cheered at her words for a moment, "Soon, our town will witness the magic of the sunrise and celebrate this, the longest day of the year!"
('Longest? Wrong bitch! I have been here for three years, and I'm the OP one by knowing everything!') Guess who commented on that in the kids' show.
"And Now! It is my great honor to introduce to you the ruler of our land; The very person that gives us the sun and the moon each day!" she pointed at the balcony where the Princess would appear. "The Bringer of Harmony to all of Equestria, Princess Celestia!"
('...Hey, I just realized that rhymes!') Nathan said as the curtains were moving aside to reveal…nothing but darkness, which causes the panic and shock of everyone. ('It's showtime!')
Nate went into action as he uses his Naruto skills to exit the hall, and sprinted to the Everfree Forest. ('Now, the girls have to be the one to take Nightmare Moon down, BUT, there's nothing about exhausting her nor I can't help getting the elements!') he said as he appeared in front of the only place he could call normal in his world.
('I never went for them or moved them, what's the point of it? However, I did search the castle all too well, while everyone does their things, I only need to get ready for this day…I just hope I'm doing something right and nothing crazy.') "Well...I'm a Bandicoot, craziness is in my blood," he said to himself as he walks inside the forest, never noticing the dark blue mist from behind.
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The orange-haired boy began to slowly bring the stones down on the floor in a circle, "...Well...That's one part of it." Nate dust his hands out before he smiled up, "Now to the fun part!" He quickly turns around and Spears something behind him.
"Gaaaaah!" He heard a shout and then, fell himself rolling away from it, he somersaulted to his feet, and just like he thought, Nightmare Moon was in front of him, standing up while holding her stomach in pain.
She was a beautiful woman with long flowing dark-blue hair like the night, her eyes full of purple darkness, she had dark bronze armor on her top, arms and hands. There was a long blue skirt that reached and covered her legs, and behind her were two long blue-dark wings.
"Damn," Nate couldn't help but be amazed, "Never thought she was a beauty," he mumbles out.
"You mortal…How did you know I was behind you?" She asked in her demonic voice.
"Eh, let's call it a sixth sense," he replied as he then cracks his knuckles, "So…Since you're here, how about you and I have our dance while the others get here?" He asked her.
Nightmare Moon was confused at this human, and he didn't show any kind of fear nor hatred, he attacked her with hesitation and now, "You dare challenge me, mortal?" Honestly, she could only chuckle at his bravery or stupidity, "I'll give you credit, you have guts to be asking that." Suddenly, several tentacles came out from behind her, "And what makes you think those girls will reach here in time?" She asked him.
"Because," Nate smiled at her, "They are what they'll end you…for good."
The Night Princess growled at him, "Such insolence! I shall not accept it!" She summons dark magic from her hand and throws it at him.
Now, an average person would have dodged that, but…"Suck it!" Nathan spun around like a tornado and…bounced the projectile back.
"What?!" The woman was shocked as she dodged her attack. "W-What is this madness?!" She asked in shock, he was an earth Equestrian, right? Magic ones have them flow in their horns while Wings get summoned from their back!
Nathan blink at her before he began to chuckle, "Madness?" his chuckle slowly commenced to become a laugh, an uncontrollable laugh that surprised the Woman of the Moon, "Oh~ Sweet, Sweet, Luna…I'm a Bandicoot! Madness is in my legacy!" he suddenly charges at her at super speed, which takes the woman off guard as he tackles her hard, followed by him going behind her and duplexing her on the ground, making a significant dent on it.
However, the night queen teleports away from him and reappears far away. She summons dark magic orbs and begins to launch them at Nathan, who commenced to run like crazy, jumping, and sliding to avoid them. The last one, however, he spun around and sent it back fast at her, forcing the girl to form a magic shield.
Taking the opportunity, the crazy boy appeared and punched the magic shield with strength enough to create a crack out of it before throwing another one. This one broke through the magic-shield and daze Nightmare Moon a little, enough for Nate to punch her in the face, followed by another one and ending it with a knee strike that sends her into a wall.
She recovered quickly and threw several spear-like magic attacks at Nate, who Matrix dodge them, almost scratching his nose. He then began to somersault back with skills. Nightmare Moon was on top of him and formed a spear on her hand, and dropped down faster than light, just as she was reaching the orange-haired, Nathan brought a large rock from out of nowhere and stopped the spear from hitting him. She then pulls back, breaking the night princess's magic spear and slamming the rock hard on her, knocking her down and making blood drip down her forehead.
"And that's how you kick a Princess ass in First Blood!" Nathan said.
He wasn't ready for her to appear behind him and ram him hard with her fist and then getting kicked away into a wall, creating dust around it. Knowing she couldn't give him the chance to stand up, she launches all her tentacles forward, all of them impaled inside.
"Hmph, you should have known you that you have no opportunity from the start." She said as the dust cleared up to reveal Nate, trap inside her veins.
"Well, shit. It looks like the fun's over," Nathan said, rather sad than scared. "...Well, just like Pinkie said; 'It was super-duper fun!" he imitated her.
Nightmare Moon looks at him in curiosity. She has never seen an Equestrian without magic to give her this much of trouble, "...I should end you now for the trouble you've caused me," she said before smiling and walking in front of him, "But...I have a proposition for you."
Nathan perks up at her words, although he may know what she might say, "Uuuuuh~ I'm listening." He said, making her smirk.
"Why don't you join me?" Yep, saw it a mile away, which story was this section rip-off from again? "You have an interesting power, join me, with me as the ruler of Equestria and your strength, nobody could defy us." she suddenly grabbed his cheek and caressed it, "And if you play your cards right…You might be my King~," she said...Good damn, bad girls do know how to speak sexily.
Nathan blushed at her words but quickly shook it, "Interesting offer you have there…" he said before his face turned serious, "But I'm afraid I'm going to decline."
Moon didn't take that too well as she growls at him, "And why, may I ask?" Yep, she's mad.
"First off; Eternal Night? That's the plan?" Nathan looks at her with a deadpan face, "Is ridiculous, so what if you make the night last forever, how will you and everyone survive? Half of the living things here need solar power from the sun to live, and before you start talking about them adapting, what makes you think they all will adapt to the darkness?"
"Hmph! So what? If the fate of Equestria is to die, so be it!" Nightmare Moon said with resolve.
"I know that already," he rolls his eyes before raising his two fingers, "Second, you speak as if the Moon is more important than the sun, well you're right and wrong at the same time!" His words appeared to have affected her a bit, "I have always believed that the sun and the moon are equally important because they both most coexist together no matter what."
"...Don't you compare my beautiful night with my sister's light, they are nothing alike!" She growls at him, clenching her fist.
That reminds the crazy boy something important, "And that brings us to the last point…I would have no problem in joining you," he then smiles at her, "But I wanted to do it with Princess Luna."
Those last words made the night queen blush in anger before punching him in the face in anger, "Don't you even dare call me that! Luna is weak; I'm not! I'm Nightmare Moon!" She screams out of her lungs.
"No…" Nate responds with his cheek swollen, "Luna is not weak…She will never be weak…" he looks at her in the eyes, he could feel the fire inside him, "She's strong…stronger than you!" His words earned him a knee to the gut.
"Silence, you fool!" She orders in anger, "Luna will never be stronger than me!" She summoned a whip and began to use it on Nate, who grunts in pain, "What would you know, you mortal?! You don't know the pain I suffer because of my sister!" She whips him more and more, "How everyone enjoyed her morning but never enjoyed my night?! She made me feel unimportant!"
"...No…" Even in pain, Nate stood firm, "You're...wrong…it's not only you who was in pain…" he looks at her with an angry face, "Celestia…was in pain as well…because she had no other choice but to banish her own family…So don't you fucking tell me what pain is when you haven't seen what you did to her!"
*FWAHP*
"Silence!" She shouts and shuts him up a whip to the face, leaving a red trail. She was about to continue when she felt several presences getting close to the castle.
Nate smirk at seeing her like that, "Looks like…The girls surpassed your stupid traps, Loony."
AJ's honesty that Twilight would be okay from immediate doom. Fluttershy's kind nature prevented Manticore's rampage. Pinkie's laughter helps through the scary forest. Rarity's generosity to help the snake's dilemma. Rainbow Dash's loyalty to them between getting a chance at fame.
Even he saw what element they each represent...Way before coming here.
"Tch...Hehehe," she makes her whip disappear, "Then I will simply destroy them myself." She then made a mist, and Nathan vanished through it. "Eternal Night will fall…And nobody is going to stop me." She said before becoming a mist and flew upward.
When Nate returned to his senses, he found himself in a dark place, he didn't know it very well where, but it looks like...a dream.
"Where in the?" Was all he could ask as he saw that he must have been in Nightmare's prison, "...I should have expected this." He mumbled as he looked around and noticed that vines were gone, so he stood up and walked around for a bit. He looks at his body to see it covered in scratches, and there was blood coming out on some of them. ('Damn…So much for a kids show, am I right?') he continued to walk until he heard what he thought was sobbing.
"Hello?" He calls out as he walks forward, he hears a gasp.
"W-Who's there?!" The voice sounded...young.
"...Okay, consider that Moony put me inside a possibly different dimension, am I talking to Princess Luna?" Nathan asked.
He heard another gasp, "W-Who are thee'?!" suddenly, a light appeared, forcing the orange-haired boy to cover his face. When it died down, he saw something unusual. Different from Nightmare Moon, he saw a small version of her, only that this one had a modest blue dress with the moon emblem on the front, a little black tiara on her head, and was shorter than the original.
The girl suddenly covered her mouth in shock as she noticed how injured this man was, seeing the blood dripping down was scaring her.
"Forgive my rudeness and my…clothes, your highness." Nathan apologizes, "My name is Nathan Bandicoot, it is an honor to meet you in person, Princess Luna." He bows to her, hiding his blush, ('Dammit! Why does she look cute!? Not now!')
However, Luna looks down to the floor, never saying a word before tears begin to drop down her cheeks, "...We are sorry."
Nathan raised an eyebrow, "Sorry? For what?"
She pointed at him with her finger, "Thee wounds...She made them, didn't she?" she began to sob even more.
She suddenly felt herself in a hug, she looked up and saw Nate wrapping her tight, "Don't be…This isn't your fault."
"It is!" She counters back, "We are Nightmare Moon, we are darkness, we hurt thousands, we hurt…We hurt Tia…" she broke down once again.
Nathan felt sad, was this how Luna felt all those years ago? Every time in this lonely place, if so…She must be hurt more than he thought.
Even Celestia was more hurt, I mean, forced to banish your own family…Either you're a cold-hearted bitch, or you have no choice and as far as we all know…Is not the first one.
"...Say, your highness," the girl looks up at him, "What if I told you…She forgave you for what you did? And is waiting for you to return?"
Luna's eyes widened, "W-What?" She moves back away from him, "W-What nonsense thee are talking?!" She pointed at him accusingly, "Thy no way my sister…would forgive us though easily!"
"Wrong." Nathan responds with a smile, "Don't underestimate the love of family… She has already forgiven you for what you did."
"How can you be sure?! What proof thou have?!" She asked him, only for the crazy man to say…
"I don't have proof…I just have a sixth sense." He said as to her, "And you need to trust her...I know she'll forgive you and welcome you back with open arms," he then turned around, "Now then, please excuse me." He readies himself for battle.
"What are you doing?" She asked before feeling her again. "She's coming…" she trembles in fear as smoke began to appear and molded into a figure. Soon, that figure reveals itself as Nightmare Moon.
"You…! To think you'll find her in here. You have proven to be more trouble than you're worth, so I shall correct the issue and eliminate you." The dark embodiment began to growl as she looked behind Nate, "And you...Do you think a mere Earth boy can save you, Luna? Even your sister chose to seal you away instead of trying to help you. You need me. I make us strong. Without me, you'll go back to being the mare no one cared about while everyone loved and worshipped your older sister!" Those cruel words came out of pure excitement. "You're too weak, Luuuuuuna. Your sister, even change the history of the nation to disregard your existence!"
Nate glared at this, as far as he knew, Nightmare Moon was the jealousy of Luna, but this...This thing must have a mind of his own if it's insulting her.
Luna looks down in shame. She let her weakness make this monster. Tears began pouring down from the Alicorn's eyes, sliding down her cheeks as her head hung low. The darkness seemed to take great pleasure in reminding her how forgotten she had become.
"Hey," she looks up to see Nate, "If you have time to listen to this thing, you also have time to trust that sister of yours."
"B-But...she is right…Tis my weakness that allowed this abomination to come to the surface. Truly, it is thy penance and responsibility…as well as my sister's right for banishing me." Luna said with sadness and red eyes.
"Nobody started perfect," Nate said as he remembered some words from an MLP Fanfic, "But if you don't fight and let this demon win…Equestria, it's inhabitants and your sister...will be gone forever," Nate said as he then charged forward to the thing.
Luna was about to shout at him to stop when, suddenly, a memory came to mind.
(Flashback)
It was a rather stormy night, and Luna had just had a nightmare. A whimper had escaped her lips, and terror coursed through her. She found herself unable to go back to sleep.
Every sound sent spine-tingling terror through her. The shapes that the looming shadows that seemed to litter her room caused nothing but unrest. She found herself unable to drift back to sleep. Without a second thought, she dashed out of her room and into her sister's room next door. When she woke her sister up, she had tears streaming down her face.
"It's alright, Luna." Using her wings, Celestia had wiped the tears from her frightened sister's eyes. 'Why don't you sleep with me for the night? I'll keep you safe from the shadows.' That feeling, Luna gripped to that feeling. That wonderful feeling of having Celestia as a big sister.
Luna suddenly found herself enveloped by a warm light. She let out a gasp as she recognized where she was. The palace? But how?
She began looking around until she recognized the sound of something. "Tia?" she got closer and indeed recognized the voice of her sister. "Tia. TIA!" she found her sister standing on the balcony, the moon high in the sky.
"If only I tried harder. Maybe you'd be here with me now." Celestia spoke to herself, peering up into the heavens.
"Tia," Luna called out to her, reaching to touch her sister only to go right through her. What was going on?
"I remember when our parents first brought you home. You were the most adorable little girl. You were so energetic you almost always tipped over…I was so nervous that you wouldn't like me." A solemn laugh escaped the lips of the princess. "But when you immediately tithed over and hugged my face, all my fears subsided."
Luna now realized what was happening. She was inside a memory.
When Nightmare Moon trapped Celestia and began draining her power, did that somehow connect them? Or did the bond they used to share with the Elements had something to do with it?
"Do you remember when you first try to pronounce my name? The only part that you got was Tia." She remembered the happy times. "I failed you, Luna...As your big sister, I was supposed to look after and protect you…I was so naïve back then…Remember when we got crowned as Princesses and our defeat over Discord, the love, and admiration of so many ponies. Remember when we banished Sombra? Every time we accomplished something great, I felt so proud that I began to lose sight of what inspired me in the first place…I remember that day I was first assigned to raise the Sun…I was so nervous, but then you came running up to me. I remember your words clearly.
"Tia, I hope to grow up to be like you someday." Her lips curved into a brief smile. "As long as you were there to support me, I felt like I could do anything. I let my ego as the older and wiser sister get the best of me. I mistook your concerns and loneliness as mere overreactions. Because I failed to take your concerns seriously, I may have lost you forever. " Sorrow then etched onto the face of the Alicorn of the Sun. "I failed you, baby sister." Tears began to flow from the Alicorn's eyes. "Not a night doesn't go by when I think of my failure and how much you must suffer. Only now, when it is too late, I wish to act as your big sister." Her words were now angry, but they were direct at herself. "Luna…sister…if I could have one more chance I'd do it all over again. I'd never abandon you. It isn't fair!" she suddenly wailed. "That you have to suffer for my failures." She whispered. "I know I don't have any right to ask you this, but can you ever find it in your heart to forgive me?"
"Sister…I'm the one who should apologize. I shouldn't have been so quick to throw away our bond. I…I won't let this thing win. I won't let it do what it pleases anymore." A new surge of power coursed through Princess Luna-
(End of Flashback)
"Enough with the flashback! I need help over here!" The scream of Nathan brought Luna back from her thoughts as she saw the orange-haired boy struggling with Nightmare Moon's tentacles once again. The bastard was holding his own against a powerful being, but now, he was wide open.
"This is the end, you mettlesome creature!" The evil Alicorn bared its fang as its magic began to glow and was aiming at his heart.
An explosion of dark, yet benevolent energy drew the attention of both combatants. They turned as Princess Luna transformed. Her light azure mane transformed into a brilliant Persian blue color. Her light coat was now a deep cerulean color, and what was once a little girl now stood a goddess of a woman in a shimmering blue gown painted with white sparks reminiscent of the sun.
"About damn time, your highness!" Nate said with a smirk as a blue spear hurled Nightmare Moon from him.
"Forgive my tardiness, brave young warrior." Luna smiled at him, standing next to him as he jumped back to his feet. She was now taller than him by three inches. "We thank you for your words." She then turned to her dark counterpart, "Let us take this parasite out of my mind." With that, her two long blue wings appear,
"Now that's an order I can go with," Crash moved his arms at her, "After you, my princess."
"RAAAAAAAAGH!" Nightmare Moon suddenly battle cries, and she charges forward, only for Luna to summon a shield strong enough for the dark being to crash into it.
"Hi-Ho! Here I go!" Nate yelled out as the shield dropped down, and he the Spinning-Closeline on Nightmare Moon, making the dark creature spin in the air. Allowing Luna to summon a small orb and hit her Nightmare form on the face, creating an explosion that sent it tumbling to the ground.
('Holy Apples! I didn't know your highness could fight like that! Is she secretly a relative of Naruto? She just did the Rasengan!') Nathan thought as he dodged several magic shots in his direction. Luna retaliated by shooting a dozen magical shots into Nightmare Moon's path, and this one summoned a force shield. Then, Nightmare's hair solidified and attacked the dark Alicorn sending her flying back, and then, she got wrapped in a rope.
"In Master's words…Get over here!" Nathan pulled with all his strength, bringing a surprise Nightmare Moon, who received a boot to the face, "Helluva Kick!" Her head snapped back, and landed hard on the ground, "Watch out, I'm heavy." He then Leg Drop's on her throat, feeling it getting crushed. He moved away from her, at the same time, a charged ball of energy struck the dark creature's body, exploding.
Luna descends to the ground and regroups with Nate, the smoke clear up to reveal her counterpart standing up, her armor was almost broken, blood was coming out from her mouth, and she was breathing heavily.
"How...How am I like this?! I am power incarnate! I am pure darkness!" She asked with her anger.
"No…Your just a shadow possessing a body," Nathan said as he turned to Luna, "The embodiment of the Princess' Envy, Sadness, and Anger...Something she decided to move from."
The Princess smiled at him again, "Thou are correct, young warrior….I thank you for it." She glared at Nightmare Moon, who suddenly began to tremble in fear, "Now…Let us throw this abomination out of my body." Electricity began to form around her as a giant violet, and black orb began to appear over her head, almost like a Spirit Bomb.
"Right after you, your highness!" Nathan smiled as he took out a big orange bazooka launcher, decorated with voodoo leaves.
"No…No…No! I WILL NOT LOSE! DARKNESS WILL RULE OVER EQUESTRIA!" And with that, Nightmare began to breathe air as magic began to form around her. "DARKNESS STREAM!" she launches a dark blue beam from her mouth.
"Thou shalt not rule me no longer! Moonlight Burst!" Luna yelled with her might as she sent the giant ball forward, colliding against the beam.
"Don't count me out yet!" Nathan's launcher began to charge up before yelling, "Taste the Madness of Bandicoot!" And shoot an orange beam that hit Luna's orb and began to merge with it. After a few seconds, it began to push back Nightmare Moon's attack.
"NOOOOOOOOO!" The dark woman screamed in terror as the attack impacted her. The result was a colossal explosion that created a destructive cyclone.
From there, everything was white.