Eternal Darkness

“Oh come now Angel, if you don’t eat the rest of your food you will be hungry in an hour.” Fluttershy, a yellow coated pink-maned pegasus explained to one of the many animals she cared for. This particular one being a white bunny who since its arrival a year and a half ago had given her plenty of attitude. Due to her good nature and kindness she rarely ever raised her voice; instead she prefered speaking in a soft, gentle tone.

Angel Bunny leaned back on his hind paws, putting him in an upright biped state. He crossed his arms to show his disagreement, leaving the remaining green vegetables untouched on his plate. Fluttershy’s eyes narrowed as her face lost its emotion, giving her a cold and sinister look at showed the bunny that she was dead serious. Angel stood his ground for a few more seconds before the stare got to him. He lowered his head in a apologetic fashion, defeated. He turned his attention back to his remaining food on the polished white plate and then returned to his quadruped form, followed by his continuation of his meal.

Fluttershy’s kind and gentle face returned once more. “Thank you Angel, I’ll get you a carrot for when you’re done the rest of your food.” she spoke. Though she gave her animals a sinister stare once in awhile she would never dream of harming such innocent creatures, she had always been too gentle for violence.

Upon hearing such a sentence the bunnies ears perked up with recognition towards the mention of a carrot. His hesitation gone he began to devour the remaining greens on his plate as though they were the carrot itself.

The yellow coated pegasus smiled to herself with satisfaction before she turned and began trotting towards her refrigerator to get the carrot.

Knock, knock, knock!

She gasped from the sudden and unexpected noise, her body tensing up immediately as a natural response. She slowed her breathing, calming herself as she remembered that it probably was nothing at all.

But what if it is something? Something that is dangerous or harmful? Or what if its both?

Her own thoughts began to panic her, her breathing becoming heavier as a million thoughts of who or what could possibly be behind her front door raced through her mind.

“Fluttershy its Dash!” A voice called out though it was muffled from the door.

Fluttershy’s panic evaporated from her being at the sound of the familiar voice, this voice specifically being her best friends and the only friend that lived in Ponyville. Fluttershy trotted towards the door followed by pushing down on the lever-like handle to open it, allowing a breeze of fresh air to enter her small home from outside. Peeking her head out from behind her door her light blue eyes met with her friends... They then met with another set belonging to another pony, this pony being a unicorn.

Fluttershy immediately tensed up once more and felt a lump form in her throat, preventing her from saying anything more. “Hey Fluttershy, lovely day isn’t it?” Rainbow Dash asked, receiving a small meek nod from Fluttershy who seemed to be slowly sinking back into the safety of her cottage.

“This is Twilight, I thought we would come by and...”

SLAM!

“Crap.” Dash sighed before face hoofing. “Fluttershy open this door!”

Fluttershy stood awkwardly on the other side of the locked door, scared of the stranger on her property. “D-Dash.... come back later..”

Rainbow Dash growled with annoyance before an idea formed in her mind. “Fluttershy, if you don’t open this door I’ll break it down.”

Fluttershy eyed the door awkwardly. She knew Dash could if she wanted to but she didn’t know if her friend actually would or not.

“I’ll break it down, you know I can Fluttershy. Remember my fifth month of training? I kicked that door off its hinges and it was stronger than this one!”

Fluttershy deciding to act quickly before her friend actually did it unlocked the door nervously and opened it.

Rainbow Dash smiled at her success before gesturing a armor clad hoof towards Twilight. “This is Twilight Sparkle my new friend, Twilight this is Fluttershy.” She introduced, pointing from Twilight to Fluttershy.

“Nice to meet you Fluttershy.” Twilight greeted, extending a hoof and showing a smile. Fluttershy hesitantly shook Twilights hoof.

“Um, hello... Twilight.” Fluttershy greeted meekly before noticing Spike on Twilight’s back. “I-is that a... Baby dragon by any chance?”

“Yep sure am!” Spike replied proudly before Fluttershy’s nervousness began to fade and her interest overcame her.

“How in Equestria did you get a baby dragon?” Fluttershy questioned with surprise, her eyes fixated on Spike.

Twilight smiled, glad that the awkward atmosphere was now gone. “Well I’ll tell you the whole story if we find a place to sit down.” Twilight spoke before Fluttershy nodded, excitement clear within her features before leading both Twilight and Rainbow Dash to a shaded spot beneath a large pine tree. Spike climbed off Twilight’s back before he sat down in between both Fluttershy and Twilight.

“When I was a little filly my parents noticed that I had a passion to learn magic. I loved studying new spells and learning about famous unicorns so my parents decided to enroll me into Princess Celestia’s school for gifted unicorns. Here I quickly rose to the top of my class and Princess Celestia quickly noticed me. She accepted me as her personal student and for my first task she wanted me to hatch a dragon egg. I spent almost a month trying to perfect the spell required and sadly every time I tried it on the egg it failed. One day I managed to get it just right and he hatched.

From that day on I raised Spike and he has become both my best friend and my assistant. He is actually quite helpful.”

“Thank you Twi.” Spike thanked, receiving a nod from Twilight and a smile.

“No problem!”

Fluttershy examined Spike’s spikes on his head and back and though dull now would most likely become sharp later on in life. “Is it true you eat gems?” she wondered, directing the question to Spike who looked up to her.

“Yep, my favorite kind though is fire ruby.” Spike answered with a smile before beginning to rip grass with his claws to occupy himself.

“So Fluttershy you still are prepared to look after all the pets for the celebration?” Twilight wondered, pulling out the scroll to mark it off if she answers in the positive.

“Of course, I have everything prepared.” Fluttershy said before poking Spike’s shoulder with her hoof.

Spike turned back to face Fluttershy and gave her a look of curiosity. “What?”

“I was just seeing what your scales are like.” Fluttershy explained, receiving a awkward gaze from Spike. Noticing the awkward atmosphere forming between the two Twilight spoke up.

“So you require no assistance from the Princess?”

“Oh no I will be fine, but thank you.” Fluttershy said, turning her attention back to Twilight. “Would you like some lemonade?”

Twilight smiled at the unexpected offer. “That would be lovely, thank you.”

Fluttershy gave a small nod before rising to her hooves and approaching her cottage to get the four of them drinks.

So many years....

Orange and red blanketed the sky beautifully in a glorious sunset that would bring romance and happiness to some who would wish for it to last longer. To her however it sickened her; she wanted nothing more than for the sun to go down. It was not because she wished to sleep, it was because she wished for her night to claim its rightful place in the sky. Her night, the night that she loved, the night that had been stolen from her grasp.

Nightmare Moon’s heart burned with hatred though her face was emotionless and her eyes unreadable. A millennium ago she had fought for her night and she had failed because of six elements that her sister hid behind like a coward.

Her coat was black like the night and though many ponies possessed a similar coat, her mane and tail were unique to her only. Her mane flowed lightly in the air, seeming to ignore gravity and portray an entire nebula within it. Stars seemed to sparkle within the light violet and blue nebula that was her mane. Her eyes were cold, being a moderate cyan in color but her pupils resembled those of a cats in shape. She was one of the two remaining Alicorns alive but unlike her sister who was the princess of the sun she was the princess of the night. Covering her form was protective purple armor that from a distance could be seen as black. Engraved on the chest plate and on the flank plates was a white crescent moon that dimly glowed. The armor also concealed her cutie mark, it being of a crescent moon surrounded by a patch of violet. From her enchantments she had made the armor both weightless and magic resistant, allowing her to wear it at all times within the chaotic Badlands.

She could see the border of Equestria from this distance, its powerful walls preventing those who did not have clearance to pass from entering Equestria, or so they thought. A pony approached Nightmare Moon, not a random one but one that had given her their soul as a sign of their loyalty. The pony was female with a dark grey coat with its only eye being yellow that possessed a cat-like pupil similar to Nightmare Moon’s, her mane and tail being black. Her teeth were sharper than normal but the most noticeable characteristic was her wings. The Pegasus’ wings were not feathered but instead were black and similar to the wings of a bat. Her form was covered in armor similar to Nightmare Moon’s but unlike Nightmare Moon her armor did not possess the crescent moons and her helmet was of a different model. Her armor possessed a stone on the front of her chest plate, the stone resembling both the color and shape of Nightmare Moon’s eyes, this being a sightstone.

From her mouth all the way to her jaw bone on the left side of her face was a horrible scar from when she was younger; caused by a spear that had sliced its way through her cheek. It had never fully healed, causing those who stood beside her to see her teeth and the tender flesh of her gums. She had lost her other eye years ago and wore a black eyepatch where it once was.

Nightmare Moon had known she was coming a few minutes ago, the sight stone on the chest of her armor making sure of that. “What?” Nightmare Moon asked emotionlessly, receiving a bow from the mare standing behind her.

“I have the mirror my princess.”

“Good, put it down in front of me Umbra.” Nightmare Moon ordered, calling her by her name. Umbra approached her princess before grabbing the shard of mirror off her back with her teeth and dropping it down in front of Nightmare Moon. “Leave me.”

Umbra gave a small nod before turning around and beginning to walk away. Nightmare Moon looked up to find the sunset now gone, it now turning to the night by her sisters will. The moon under her sisters power rapidly began to move across the sky, causing the moonlight to spread across the land as the moon found its starting spot within the night sky. She looked down to the mirror before her eyes glowed white along with her horn, both radiating dark energy. She cast a spell at the mirror, causing it to glow brightly and then revert to normal, though now she was no longer looking at herself. Within the mirror was a figure shrouded in the darkness of the Everfree forest.

Its pupils were black like all other creatures but the iris around it was very different than other creatures. Around its pupils its eyes were a very dark blue but on the outer edges it was a very bright green at the bottom half of the eye but at the top half it remained blue though lighter. Its sclera had a very light greyish blue coloring to it, the entire eye seeming to be more reflective than a ponies. The eyes and the shape of a gnarling jagged horn were all Nightmare Moon could see of the creature in the dim light of the moonlight that leaked through the tree’s of the Everfree forest but she knew who it was.

“Mother.” A female voice spoke, its voice sounding like two voices speaking slightly out of sync with each other.

Nightmare Moon smiled darkly. “Its time to execute the plan, Chrysalis.”

Chrysalis smiled sadistically. “Their pain, is my pleasure.”

With that the communication ended and Nightmare Moon saw herself in the mirrors reflection once more, her eyes cold and merciless. A small smile spread across her features, revealing her sharp teeth before she chuckled lightly.