The Night Shall Last FOREVER!

by SonicRainboom360

Rating: teen
Tags: Princess Celestia, Twilight Sparkle, Sad, Princess Luna, Gore, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Nightmare Moon
Length: 3638

The Lunar Republic has come back and Luna wants Equestria to be ruled with a new, and better light; Celestia takes no chances with her sister and gathers her army of ponies, when Luna too gathers an army the two forces wadge war upon each other.

The war between the two sisters have been going on for months, Pony's fighting each other, the Solar Empire was being attacked by the Lunar Republic and Celestia had to do something before her kingdom is destroyed. Princess Twilight and Princess Celestia have been hiding in a secret place for days. The rest of the ponies where in underground tunnels to shield them from the war above. Nightmare Moon has sent a letter to the two princess stating that Celestia must meet Nightmare Moon at the abandoned Colosseum on the other side of the canterlot mountains, Celestia agrees but does not tell Twilight about the upcoming events.

Published 2013-07-28 09:20:02 UTC
Last updated 2013-07-28 09:20:02 UTC

The beginning of it all

The beginning of it all

Celestia waited for her sister at an abandoned coliseum, the stone pillars helped it stand and it's walls where decorated with long, green and brown vines. Luna appeared through the thick fog...but it wasn't Luna, it was Nightmare moon. Her eyes both cold and dark as her mane and tail sparkled with blue and purple. Celestia stepped towards her, now they where face to face, eyeing each other down.

"Please, Luna I know you're in there, stop this madness before it's to late. "

"I don't need your pleading, that comes later" Nightmare remarked.
"I don't need your pleading, that comes later" Nightmare remarked.

Celestia flew up about the same time Nightmare Moon did, they eyed each other and Nightmare's eyes went white as her horn shot a large beam of white light toward Celestia. Celestia counteracted and shoot a yellowish beam toward Nightmare. They had their magic against each other. As both their magic went out Nightmare Moon charged at Celestia and body slammed her to the ground. A large cloud of dust filled the air, as Celestia tried to stand stumbling over a bit she was hit with another beam from Nightmare moon. Celestia was smashed against a pillar as a few rocks fell down and creating a crack in the stone. Nightmare picked up Celestia's crown as she watched her sister try to stand -to defend herself and her kingdom. Nightmare Moon threw the crown up against the wall laughing maniacally . After Celestia stood up she shot a weak beam at nightmare, this caught her off guard never the lest and shot Nightmare in the breast plate sending her back and hitting a wall. The beam bounced off Nightmare Moon's armor and hit a wall of vines opening it up to reveal a cliff. After Celestia got her breath and energy back she ran to Nightmare Moon full force, but Nightmare disappeared and re-appeared behind Celestia, swinging a large heavy rock and hitting her in the side making her tumble and bleed.

It was an ongoing battle until a special pony arrived. Princess Twilight had appeared to save her teacher, when she had Nightmare Moon in her sight, Twilight shot a multicolored beam to Nightmare. Once it reached her it caressed the dark mare and swung her near the edge of the cliff. Nightmare Moon rolled and was caught by vines before she could fall off.

"Princess! Princess Celestia are you okay?" Twilight said trying to comfort her mentor and help her to stand.

"Yes Twilight, I am. How did you find me?" Celestia said standing up and brushing the dirt from her .

"I saw glow from your magic and I had to help."

"Thank you Twilight" She replied limping over to Nightmare Moon who was trying to stand.

"Luna, I know you're in there, stop this before one of us gets destroyed." Helping her sister with the tangled vines.

Just as she was helping her sister Nightmare swung her head around cutting Celestia's cheek with a sharp knife and standing up. Celestia could feel the blood rush down her face as she stepped back grunting through her teeth. She wiped it away and Nightmare moon swung at her again, the knife was exceptionally sharp. She jabbed at the air toward Celestia but missed. Celestia backed up and Twilight ran to her side.

"I'm not Luna anymore sister, I'm Nightmare Moon!" Yelling strongly through the knife in her mouth. "This is destiny, to rule Equestria, and take you down along with your precious Empire!"

She swung again and again, then Twilight conjured up all her strength shooting a large beam of magic to Nightmare, this sent her over the cliff and dropping the knife. They didn't move as they watched her fall over the cliff. Celestia raised her hoof.

"Luna, no!"

The sound was distant to Nightmare moon. But as quickly as she fell she appeared again. Rising above the moon, her eyes and horn glowing a slight purple and grey. She was soon surrounded by pegasi, they were all wearing Lunar Republic armor and charged at Celestia and Twilight.
They both looked at each other and nodded, they both sent the strongest beam of force toward the approaching enemy. This sent them flying back far, some dropping their weapons. Nightmare Moon screamed in rage as she called upon her unicorn soldiers. They too surrounded Celestia and Twilight, but both princesses flew up and Twilight smashed down hard on the ground sending a rippling effect through the concrete. It's shock went to the unicorns and also sent them flying out in different directions. The ground was now cracked and shattered as the turned to Nightmare Moon who was screaming even louder, her eyes glowing brightly.

"You can't win this Nightmare Moon, surrender now and face the consequences!" Twilight yelled to her.

"NO! I am the night and the night never surrenders to anypony!! She yelled as she called upon more mercenaries.

"GIVE THEM NOTHING! BUT TAKE FROM THEM, EVERYTHING!" Nightmare roared through the dark sky, the never ending night making them unaware of how long they have been at war. A black fog surrounded the two princesses as they Lunar Republic ponies charged at them. It was almost impossible to see who was around them, Twilight was stabbed in the shoulder and blood rushed out as she let out a yelp. This didn't stop her from fighting, she shoot at who ever was in front of her and Celestia did the same. But there were to many and both princesses were captured.

"Bring them to me! I want to see them beg..." As she said that Celestia was weak and couldn't move, same for Twilight.

"Like I said sister, the night shall last forever!! Bring them to the castle." She told the ponies as Nightmare flew off towards her new throne, she could see they yellow armor mixed with the blue as she watched the ponies below fighting with each other.

Once she reached the castle and walked inside Nightmare was surrounded by Royal Guards.

"Nightmare Moon, by the order of Princess Celestia stop or we will be forced to kill you."

"Oh no boys, you wouldn't want to do that. As she finished her sentence the Lunar Republic ponies who captured Celestia and Twilight barged in with the two in chains and a spell around their horns to prevent them from escaping.

"Chain them up to the wall over their!" Pointing to the left wall close to the throne. As the guards dropped their weapons Nightmare Moon rested upon the throne.

"You see sister, I was right. I should have been the ruler all along. This is a new era for Equestria, the New Lunar Republic is ruling now, and the moon shall stay!" Raising her hooves in accomplishment. As the Lunar Republic ponies bowed saying:

"ALL HAIL LUNA!"

Author's Note

The next chapter will be out as soon as possible. I have a flight tomorrow and I'll finish another chapter on there. Only one more chapter I believe before you all know if the Lunar Republic takes over, or the Solar Empire reclaims it rightful place as leader.

A plan for the better good

The war outside has subsided a bit, they could still hear the faint screams, or metal against metal as two ponies go into combat. Princess Celestia has been de-throned and chained next to Princess Twilight so they could see what Nightmare Moon was doing to her once beloved kingdom. It was saddening to watch such a great kingdom crumble under a sister's jealousy.

"We must think of a plan Twilight, or we will be stuck here forever watching our world crumble" Celestia whispered towards Twilight.

"Yes, I agree princess. I already have one but we must wait until everypony is asleep." Whispering back trying to avoid the guards

The night remained constant, but eventually Nightmare Moon went to Celestia's room to sleep. The guards remained; Twilight was thinking hard as the whole room went blacker.

"I know of a chant, I read it in a book that I borrowed from Zecora. It doesn't need any magic just speak it and it'll work." Twilight said as Celestia nodded looking back into Twilight's eyes.

Twilight began to speak the strange chant quietly. It was a strange chant and Celestia has never heard of it before. She wasn't even sure it was English. But never the lest a glow formed from Twilight's horn, it grew bigger and bigger. The guard realized this and went to retrieve Nightmare Moon from her slumber. Twilight kept saying it until it broke the spell from her horn, then forming over to Celestia and breaking her as well from the spell. This allowed the two princesses enough time to break the chains that where bounding them to the wall. Once Twilight and Celestia were free they both flew out of the castle before Nightmare Moon reached them. They flew and flew reaching Twilight's library and quickly going inside. Once barricaded inside Twilight called out to Spike.

"Spike!? Are you here?" She yelled as she searched the house.

"Twilight! Twilight you're home! I was so scared. I barricaded all the windows and doors. I was so scared somepony would break in!" He said as he hugged her tightly. Twilight hugged back and released him.

"Spike, I need the Elements of Harmony book, quickly." As Spike nodded and retrieved it to give to Twilight.

"Ugh, Princess Celestia, are you okay!?" Spike asked and went to go get the first aid kit from a closet.

"We had a rough time with Nightmare Moon and her disciples..." She replied as she let Spike patch her up and clean out her wounds.

"AHA! I found it!" Twilight said pointing to a page in the old book. "It says here on the waning gibbous moon her powers are at the weakest point, and that's tomorrow! We need a , princess" She said as she bookmarked the page and closed it.

"Yes we do, tomorrow you say? We can do that, call up the other girls and assemble them here, right now." Princess Celestia demanded softly. Twilight called each of her friends here and the all ran quickly inside shutting the door back up. "Twilight were so glad you're okay. You too Princess Celestia, where have you been!?" Rainbow Dash said happy to see her friend once more.

"In the castle, now we need to think up a to destroy Nightmare Moon before tomorrow. Tomorrow is a waning gibbous and that's when her powers are at their weakest. We could use the elements of harmony again but it wont be enough to take out her army. Everypony, call up any and everypony that you know, we need back up." Twilight said in a stern voice as she ran to her stakes of paper and giving each pony about 50 sheets, ink, and a quail feather.

As everypony began to write letters and Spike was sending them off; remarkably pones started showing up at her door. More and more ponies came until her library was over flowing.

"Rarity, you take the ponies you know into your boutique, Rainbow Dash take them up to your house in Cloudsdale,Pinkie Pie Sugarcube corner, Fluttershy your cabin, and Applejack to your barn. Hurry we don't have much time. Explain what is going on and why they were sent here. Then report to me so we can fit them with armor and weapons."

Once everypony was settled and fitted with Solar Empire armor they found around Ponyville, Twilight could see the moon turning into a Waning Gibbous. The stars shined and the dark purple sky glowed. Then everypony gathered to the city square, faces cold, and weapons raised high. The Solar Empire flag moved in the wind and the only sound anypony could hear was the breathing and the heartbeats of those around them. Twilight walked in front of the army and raised the flag higher. Some pegasi were flying with swords in their mouths and shields attached to their front legs. Body armor covered every inch of the ponies and it shinned and reflected from the moonlight.

Nightmare Moon was expecting them, she was standing on the balcony watching and waiting. Her army gathered as well and were assembled in hundreds of rows. They didn't out match Celestia's and Twilight's army though, thousands even millions of ponies ready for battle were facing each other and standing side by side. They would die for their kingdom and everypony knew that.

"Ah, my dearest sister" Nightmare Moon said is a mocking tone "What lovely little army you have, this should be easy."

"Nightmare Moon, turn back now and we will end this, if not our army will destroy your's and yourself." Twilight said loudly across the town square.

"The night will never back down to anypony, we will conquer you and the Empire, and once we do, you two will be the first to die." Nightmare Moon said as she on looked at the enemy team.

The air was thick with tension and revenge. Nopony dared moved, make a sound, anything they just stood there facing each other down. Celestia was holding back the erg to cry at the sight of her broken kingdom.

"Enough, ENOUGH!" Nightmare roared as she gave the signal to charge. The Lunar Empire soldiers yelled and raced towards the Solar Empire ponies. Celestia's army did the same. She flied up watching everypony charge at the other team. Swords raised and weapons at the ready. The two teams smashed into each other. The front ponies each died instantly. They screamed as some were stabbed and penetrated by arrows. Dust and rubble few around making it harder to see from the ground pony's view. Twilight and Celestia stayed back and were flying in the air waiting for Nightmare to make the next move. The sight of her soldiers being killed made her furious and she screamed in rage. The large howl echoed through the streets. Nightmare Moon lunged herself at the two alicorns, She shot arrows at the two from her bow, the arrows blazed with blue fire. Twilight and Celestia tried to dodge them while they were too flying at great speed towards the Nightmare pony.

The anger in their eyes made it clear that only one army will stand, the other will fall in their own blood. The three ponies were cutting through air like a knife.

When they reached a distance Celestia conjured up her magic and shot a large ray towards Nightmare. Nightmare Moon dodged it and kept flying towards the two princesses. Twilight used a reflecting spell to cover her and Celestia. This made Nightmare Moon bounce back abut a mile or so, but it didn't stop her. Lunging herself again and this time sending her own magic towards them both. Celestia shot back, their magic pressed against each other and it wouldn't quit until one went out. They kept at this for a long time, sweat dripped off Celestia's face and Nightmare's eyes turned white. She pushed even more force and her magic was overpowering to Celestia's alone. It hit her and sent Celestia flying and crashing into the hard cold ground. Dirt and rocks flying everywhere, Twilight was astonished but shot her own magic to Nightmare. Twilight's experience with magic wasn't as much as the two sister's but she had enough. Twilight's eyes glowed and so did her Element of Harmony she was wearing around her neck. As Nightmare was racing towards her, she noticed Rainbow Dash's, Rarity's, Applejack's, Fluttershy's and Pinkie Pie's pendent was as well glowing. This had only happened once before and she knew this would be the demise of Nightmare Moon. The six Elements raised above the rest of the ponies. The five other ponies were now floating against Twilight's side. All eyes were pure white and their Elements glowed fiercely.

Nightmare Moon's eyes widened but she didn't stop. Racing and screaming to the Elements; the ponies eyes opened and a beam shot from each of their Elements, each different colour they formed a bigger- rainbow like beam when it came together. Forcefully it shot at Nightmare Moon and she was soon hit with the power. It wrapped around her like a tornado letting out a rippling sound through the air. Nightmare Moon was now completely covered the the magic, but something went wrong. Terribly wrong.

Author's Note

Chapter three coming soon, probably the last chapter but we'll see how it goes. Thanks for reading, and leave a comment.

In the end

Once the Elements had Nightmare Moon covered in the power, they tried to hold it for as long as possible. Sweat dipping off their faces. Nightmare Moon has been waiting for this and was unable to do such a thing last time because it caught her off guard.

Nightmare Moon began to use her magic. It was much more powerful than the girls alone. Her horn began to glow a light red colour and once it was very visible to the mane six she shot it in the direction of them all. It was very strong and Twilight couldn't figure out why her powers were that advanced during the time of the moon. But never the less they all kept going. Nightmare Moon clenching her teeth together begins to fly forward. The force of her magic and the initial strength was overwhelming. Their magic against her's in a battle for the world. Nightmare Moon relaxed and then shot once again. This time she used as much power as possible. Some of the girls were too weak and couldn't handle it. The red beam shot through the elements and hit Twilight in the chest. This sent her and the others flying back hitting the ground hard. Some arrows hitting around them, they tried to get up and move out of the way of the war as quickly as possible. Nightmare Moon-still flying in the air chuckling, the flew off to the castle. Celestia was nowhere insight and Twilight was deathly afraid that she had been thrown into the middle of the battle ground. The girls took refuge behind a small brick building as the watched Nightmare Moon fly off. Twilight could feel the kingdom slipping away.

Nightmare Moon arrived at her domain and walked proudly to the front door. Once she opened the door and walked in she was instantly stabbed in the shoulder by Celestia. Her horn penetrated the dark colour of Nightmare Moon's flesh, and she screamed out in pain. Her eyes wide with fear and apology, Celestia had tears running down her face as she could feel the warm blood rushing out and over her head. Celestia pulled out forcefully and Nightmare Moon feel on the ground screaming in pain. Celestia knew this was the only way to weaken her sister so she could overpower her in order to regain balance. Scratches and blood covered the once pure coat Celestia had. Blood covered the floor as Nightmare tried to stand. She stumbled over into the sight of Celestia and shot a weak beam to her. Princess Celestia quickly reflected it off and walked over to Nightmare who had tears going down her face. She sighed deeply.

"Nightmare Moon, I am and always will be the ruler of Equestria. You are just a power that has overpowered my dearest sister. Leave now and never come back."

B-but I'm nightmare moon, thy ruler of the night and all. You cannot defeat me, peasant. Y-you have no power over the night..."

Nightmare knew she had been defeated when the Elements of Harmony barged into the room. They looked down utterly shocked at the sight of what had happened moments before.

"It's okay girls, everything is under controlled." Celestia reassured.

"You sure about that, princess? It doesn't look like it to me" Applejack said.

"Yes I'm sure" Celestia said looking back down to Nightmare Moon.

Nightmare Moon looked into Celestia's eyes. Her eyes-cat like screamed in rage. Celestia stood her ground. Growling came out of the form Nightmare Moon, and the whole room was shaking. A dark, mist like substance came out of Luna and dropped her on the floor. It quickly seeped out of the door and into the streets. Once it was completely gone everypony stopped fighting. Looking around as if they had no idea of what has happened the past months.

Luna laid on the ground, bleeding from her wound. She was weak and frail. Celestia helped her sister to stand. Everypony knew that Luna had never wanted to become Nightmare Moon, but it merely took over her body and mind.

After a year of the war being over, the ponies resumed their ordinary lives. They will never forget the bloodshed. Stains fill the streets and walls. Applejack made an effort to cover them up with paint but it's still remains. Houses have been re-built, stores have once again opened and most ponies can sleep in bad at night. But sadly thousands of ponies smiling and laughing are faced with realization that most of their dear friends will never return.

Celestia still rules over Equestria next to Twilight. Luna rules the night once again. She still has the visible scars from Celestia but has forgiven her. Luna has been under careful watch along with the night encase anypony catches a glimpse of the dark mist.
No sightings have been reported, and the sun and moon correspond equally once again.

Author's Note

So yeah, sorry it was sooo short but my ideas were running low. I hope you all enjoyed it and comment what things I could do better. Thanks again for reading my first FIMfiction :D Much love!