Metroid Prime: Into Darkness

Is it fear or courage that compels you fleshing?

                                            -Megatron

The Guardian focused his new power to levitate a stone that was on the ground. This ability was barely used since the Luminoth would rather die then allowed themselves to be possessed.

The Emperor had given him a new code name: Telekinesis Guardian. It was long, but fitting.

He and a number of other Ing had received many abilities from the one called Twilight Sparkle, one Guardian had gained the ability to teleport great distances, another had the power to fire magical bursts from his horn, much stronger than his previous attack, while another could conjure objects and items, and the list kept growing with each ability stolen.

The Emperor was satisfied that even though they had not been able to possess the princess, the abilities his warriors wielded more then made up for their loss.

He now sat in his chambers waiting for word of when his army would begin their first conquest for this world.

His soldiers had already informed him of a city to the far north of this land that held a great power. After some debate, the decision was made to invade that city.

Now, all he had to do was wait for his warriors to get into position.

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The decision was made that Twilight and her friends would stay at the crystal empire for the time being, the Crystal Heart would protect any unwanted portal spells from being cast while within the Empire after a few enchantments.

Twilight and her friends made their way down to the train station as the whistle signaled the engine's departure.

Twilight sat in the safest passenger car possible, surrounded by her friends. She felt safe with them with her.

"Who do you think is trying to get to Twilight?" Spike asked, trying to start a conversation.

"Do you think it could be Sombra?" Rainbow Dash questioned, recalling the events that transpired.

"It can't be. We defeated him, remember?" Applejack replied.

As the ponies discussed who might be behind the attack on Twilight, she looked out the window and saw the Royal Sisters riding beside them in carriages of their own.

Twilight was worried, and she had good reason why. A force they had never faced before was attacking them.

She tried taking a nap, hopefully it would relieve her of some stress. She closed her eyes and slowly drifted off into sleep.

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Twilight found herself  in a dark place yet again, she scanned the area for dark moving puddles, but thankfully she found none.

But then the sound of hooves trotting echoed through the area.

"Who's there!?" Twilight yelled.

The purple alicorn turned around expecting to see another puddle, some monster, or something, but what she saw surprised her.

Standing there was the Princess of the Night herself.

"Princess Luna!"

Twilight ran up to the lunar alicorn and hugged her.

"What are you doing here?" Twilight asked.

"My sister suggested that I enter your dreams to hopefully find the cause of your nightmares."

"Well, it's a good thing you're here."

Twilight led the Lunar Princess down the black void's path.

"What was the thing that attacked you, an evil double if I recall correctly?"

"Yeah, they were surrounding me, like they wanted my very being."

"Well, let's see how they face off against the Princess of the Night for a change."

As if on cue, the voice spoke to them again.

"We'll see about that!"

Luna turned to face the challenger.

To her surprise and horror, it was Nightmare Moon.

The dark alicorn persona gave a small chuckle.

"No, you were destroyed by the Elements!"

"Oh no they didn't. I survived, if only by a little. But now I'm much more than you think..."

The void suddenly warped and distorted, then filled with purple and black. Luna found herself floating in the sky of what appeared to be a dark Equestria.

She was baffled at what laid before her.

"What is the meaning of this!?" Luna demanded of the Nightmare.

The dark entity laughed again before speaking.

"Oh Luna, you thought that by giving into your hatred and greed created only me? No, it created something much worse."

The Nightmare gestured towards the dark land.

"Because you so arrogantly gave into the darkness, it in term created a dark version of Equestria, along with a race of beings that are in term, entities of pure darkness, or in this case, the Ing."

Luna was petrified in fear and disbelief.

"No... This isn't true..."

"Yes, your hatred and jealousy created all of this, and now its coming to bite you in the back."

Nightmare Moon let out a sinister laugh as dark puddles formed themselves into claw shaped monsters with a single, big red eye.

Luna had enough of this nonsense.

"I don't believe you. This isn't real! You're lying!" The Princess shouted at Nightmare Moon.

"Oh don't worry," Nightmare began. "Soon we shall be together again."

The dark entity lunged itself at the Princess.

While Twilight woke up shocked, it was Luna who was screaming this time around.

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The Emperor was satisfied. He could literally taste the fear that these ponies emitted.

It was fitting that the Luminoth had given them the name 'Ing.' In their language it meant 'Terror.'

The Ing could feed off of the fear that comes from their foes. It gave them strength, and unlike the unwavering Luminoth warriors they had faced in battle, these ponies were full of fear, the very sight of something scary was enough to send an entire town into chaos.

But the Emperor snapped out of his daydream when a Hunter addressed him.

"Emperor."

The one eye of the Emperor looked down on his subject.

"Speak."

"Do you think the ponies will believe the nightmare you gave them?"

"I am certain."

"And are you certain we can trust our new... Allies? They don't seem very trustworthy."

The ruler of the Ing Hive knew what his Hunter meant. Shortly after they had arrived in this world, they met a race of shadow-like creatures who called themselves the 'Dark Forces.' Their leader who called himself Shadowfright (or Larry as some called him) had offered an alliance between their species.

While it was true that both the Ing and these dark creatures possessed similar powers such as manipulating dreams, the Ing could easily possess them and take that power for themselves.

But since they were unfamiliar with this new world, they needed a little assistance, in exchange for a base of operations. The Dark Forces would aid them in their conquest of Equestria.

But only time would tell how long this alliance lasted.

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The train had stopped as the royal carriage was set down, when Luna had awoken from her dream, she was so startled that they had to stop the ride so Luna could calm down and catch her breath.

"It's okay, Luna." Celestia comforted her sister, the ponies were around the princesses as they tried to explain the situation.

"You're okay, Luna. Just calm down."

Luna started to regain her usual demeanor. After a few minutes of silence, she was acting somewhat normal.

"What happened?" asked Rainbow.

Luna looked at the group.

"I took Celestia's advice to go into Twilight's dreams, try to figure out what was the cause of the nightmare."

The princess paused for a second.

"What did you see?" Celestia questioned.

Luna and Twilight made eye contact. Not having experienced the dream, Twilight was slightly confused. She explained the dream she saw.

Now everypony was even more worried than before.

"Ing? I've never even heard that before." Celestia stated.

"And Nightmare Moon? The last time we met her, we destroyed her with the Elements of Harmony." Twilight said.

The situation was even more unstable than ever, the ponies now dealing with what appeared to be a whole new enemy.

"Well, whatever it is, these Ing present a threat to Equestria. We have to get to the Crystal Empire so we can devise a plan. It's the most protected area we can get to right now."

Before anypony could get back in their vehicles, another carriage descended from the sky.

As it got closer to the group Twilight realized that the riders where royal gaurds from the Crystal Empire.

The flying vehicle touched down on the earth, and a Gaurd stepped out of the carriage with a look of worry on his face.

He ran up to the group, and they knew that this couldn't be any good.

"Um... Shining? Whats wrong?" Twilight asked.

Shining Army looked at his sister, then over to the Princesses.

"I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the Crystal Empire is under attack"

Twilight's eyes widened.

Now everything was definitely not going to be fine.

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