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Rule of the Royal Pony Sister’s year 12

Crystal Temple of the Wind

In a Chamber High in the Mountain of Canterlot a single woman was running around Frantically yelling as loud as she could.

“Father you must awaken they have already sealed her and stolen your Casket. Now they come here to seal you as well. My Lord WAKE UP!!!” but despite her yelling the Crystal Flower she stood before at the center of the chamber remained unmoving or showing any signs of hearing the woman's pleas. She took a step onto the Dais it was raised on, then the next. All the way to the top and Fourth Dias she stood before the Flower as it rose towering above her. she put her hand’s on it and the pedal she held glowed faintly. she dug deep within herself for a energy not that of her magic and let it overwell her. Then with all her might she thought to the center and whispered under her breath. ‘ Father Randiare, My lord you must awake from your slumber, Sombra broke our…, his vow to you and the Crystal Empire is now in rapture of the Shadows. Already he buries Randiare and sings her prison to keep her asleep. The Kingdom is soon to recover under two rulers, but i fear the previous know of this Chamber and that you now sleep, and soon you too shall be sealed away. There is a secret order going around killing all the bearers of the Elements. I am now all thats left of your order, and the guild has disbanded itself as you commanded.’ she stops as many different emotions start to drag her mind in every direction as she contemplates her next words. ‘And my daughter was born yesterday as of last week, you’d like her for she laughs and giggles at everything and already shows a spark for greatness, but…. i am dying, already i feel my life slipping away. Please my lord help us.’ she begged.

She stood there waiting for something to happen, anything at all. Nothing did and she let her hands fall to her side. she took a step back and sat down on the dais edge and looked around. The cavern was dark and would have been black if not for the Light Staffs she had planted around the walls. she looked over and saw the Black box of chalk she had drew. Her last fail safe should she fail tonight. across the Cavern she saw her Spear, Silver in color and standing a proud 6 feet from bottom to top with a specially Handcrafted, by herself, 6 inch Black Spear head. The Head was designed to inflict damage as the top 3 inches were a standard arrow shape that thinned out and came down to a jut out almost reminiscent of a sword hit, a repeat neck and then two blade like parts coming back up. The Staff of the spear seemed plain from here but she knew that the ruins she had cut and enchanted herself were all there. Her favorite and most difficult allowed the Spear to shrink so that only the top 3 inches of the blade showed and the bottom of the staff collapsed into the top 2 feet. The bonus was that it only required a little bit of wind energy to activate. She had failed though in her first task and as her life continued to drain out of her tears started to come forth. She then cried openly for all her brothers and sisters who had died, her husbands fall, and most importantly her Daughter who would never know who she was.

As she sat on the edge of the highest tier she watch her tears fall to the ground below her, wondering what she would do know. Then as one of her tears fell she saw it shine. she looked up and saw the whole Cavern was awash with a multi-hued light. She looked back behind her and saw the flower was pulsing in color. All except on pedal which glowed with a soft, dull, cream color. She ran to it and placed her hands on the pedal. A presence immediately overcame her and a voice that spoke as if it had seen everything but wished for more whispered in her ear calming and relaxing her body like a balm.

“My young champion. You have been my stalwart daughter of faith for these last 300 years and have served us well. The news of your daughter brings much light and joy to me and it saddens us to hear of your plight. What is her name?”

“Twilight, my lord. Twilight Dusk Shine.”

“A poetic name to be sure. Your husbandes fall is a tragedy on its own but your brother will care for your daughter well, no?”

“Yes my lord she already has him wrapped around her little finger.” she giggled a little to herself as she heard him laugh vigorously. she looked at the top of the pedal imagining it was her lord who stood there and she noticed suddenly two tendrils one green the other black float out. the black wrapped around her back and while the green lightly ran across her face. It wiped the tears at the corner of her eye.

“Shhh child, you stand at your own twilight and soon night shall fall but do not fear. Death isn’t a monster hunting you. He is merely the companion wishing to guide you on. Now i know that though you cared for that idiot you had to call a husband, but what will become of your fare Wife?”

The question hung in the air as she retreated a hand from the pedal surface trying to wipe her memory of the Horrible scene that she had walked in on.

“Clover where is FireFly.”

It was a statement, a demand to answer yet she still held her tongue as the images of coming to her house to find her true love’s neck slashed and heart pierced by a single crystal spear. She felt a coldness on her arm and looked to see the Black tendril flowing into her skin. It suddenly retracted and both tendrils turn red and withdrew into the Crystal FLower it’s color becoming angry hues of purples and reds.

“SO THIS IS HOW HE FALLS! NOT TO SHADOWS BUT TO POWER ITSELF. HE FIRST FORCES HIMSELF ONTO THE AND THEN BREAKS HIS VOW OF PEACE AND DEFENSE OF HER AND KILLS HER WITH MY POWER. HE AND ALL WHO FOLLOW HIM WILL PAY FOR BREAKING THE BOND OF LOVE BUT EVEN MORE FOR KILLING THOSE I CLAIM AS FAMILY. THEY WILL PAY!!!”

Even separated she could hear him now as the chamber lit up a dark red in response to it’s master’s anger. The floor became a blaze of reds, gold's, and yellows.

“I promise no swear to you Clover upon my awakening i shall bring my wrath on the empire and all who art of his descent shall feel my wrath!”

“ My lord no please you know FireFly wouldn’t want that she was to caring of a soul to wish for pain on even her worst enemies” She pleaded for it was the only thing that kept her from trying on Sombra's life as well. It was silent for a time as the color faded from the chamber and the Flower took a more pleasant showing of colors that seemed to once again calm and sooth.

“Very well but i will curse them when once again i walk the land.”

“But my lord they come for you now surely you must wake.

“I can not for the world still must heal, Our war still affects the land and Discord's influence is still not gone. I sense a new evil will arrive not long from now after this. But i promise you that when Harmony’s keep meets your fate and seeks my truth then I shall awake. And I shall do what i wish I was awake to do for you my Daughter.”

“I understand” She said aloud. She was going to activate her box when suddenly a paralyzing spell hit her from behind. She looked at the floor as she heard the clanking of armor and the flapping of wings.

“Oh my dear Clover did you think I didn't know you were this things whore?” A feminine voice called behind her.

“Platinum!” she spat, good my voice still works. she thought as she was lifted and turned.

“The One and only and that's Queen Platinum to you still dear.”

“Ha you still a queen, face it you hag you lost that title you're nothing but a High Lady of the court to Celestia and Luna!” A Hand with a heavy gauntlet on it hit her across the face.

“If i were you i wouldn’t talk to the queen like that.” a deep voice called.

“High Lord Hurricane, and let me guess you're here to High Lord Pudding Head?” She called out as the aforementioned Uman stepped out of the shadows

“Present and accounted for, so nice to see you again Clover though the”….

“Silence you Viper i don't need you lies right now” She cut him off with just as another hit from the gauntlet cut a bit of her skin.

“My what a bad tongue she has my lady.” Pudding said to Platinum.

“Yes and to think she was once my Archmage.” She took a look at Platinum as they all three stood around her. both Pudding and Hurricane holding her as the spell was disabled. She wore an actual regular dress meant more for an outing rather than court. and a black cape with a hood, she even had a purple and silver breastplate underneath the cloak. Hurricane wore his signature armor and a cloak of the same kind as Platinum, pudding was wearing regular trousers and a tunic rather than a court shirt and pants, and a cloak all three had their symbols of power

“If you're not High lords and lady then where are your Symbols of Power?” She asked pointedly to try and throw them off foot.

“Foolish girl i wouldn’t wear it so close to this abomination what if pieces of the crystals it harbors got on it, id have to commission a new crown. That one” she said as she pointed to a small storage space where it rested. “Has been passed down since the dragon's owned this land. so it’d be quite impossible to just remake.”

So you're all here, and being selfish brats and idiots. what's the deal then. Platinum becomes queen, Hurricane let me guess you get to be her general. Oh and lets not forget Pudding head, you get to be her advisor.

“Right on the money my dear” Pudding confirmed just before Platinum hit him outside the head.

“Imbecile she already knew she was right.

Oh my apologies my Queen.”

Platinum rolled her eyes. “Hurricane your troops can leave, and Pudding get that elemental person here so we can begin.”
They quickly followed their orders, and the troops that had come with them left while a single figure in a brown robe entered the chamber. He walked up to Platinum and bowed at her feet.

“What is your bidding my Queen?” He asked reverently to her. Platinum smiled at the praise before speaking.

“Do that which you explained to us and seal this monstrosity with his own power.”

“As you command.” He walked down to the last step of the Dias and took out a piece of white chalk and began writing and drawing on the floor. She watched silently as he drew lines all over the cavern and didn’t even notice the anti magic collar going around her neck till her energy stores froze. she felt to iron as it slightly chafed her collarbone as she twisted her head back and forth. ‘Damn why didn’t I think of using my magic’ she chided herself. She watched as he for what seemed hours drew. Platinum entertained herself by using her magic to clean and beautified herself. Finally he stopped his drawing and looked back to the dais from the entrance of the temple cavern and called out. “There my Queen just as i explained it is now ready to redirect the energy toward your bidding. this is where we must now ask do you wish to continue or stop for there is no going back from here.” He warned. Platinum looked from her spot at the top of the dais and looked around at the white lines. Clover couldn’t see them too well as the cut that Hurricane had made on her face had been opened above her eye, so her vision was a little blurry and with the anti magic color on regulating her energy was like lifting a mountain and her condition already made her weak as it was. Despite that as soon as she heard him speak her skin paled and her blood froze. ‘Latin he’s speaking the language of the Lords’ she thought as he spoke and coaxed the earth in the crystals to move and crack as ordered.

“NO what are you doing working for them to seal one of the Lords. you're like me and shouldn't be working with these mon…” A grunt of pain cut her off as Hurricanes fist met her stomach.

“Silence you stupid element dog.” He commanded as he hit her again this time in the chest.

“Hit her if she speaks against us again Hurricane”. Platinum instructed as she watched her new Archmage do the job she wanted.

She had lost. Her lords sealment was coming, her daughter would be hunted, her wife was dead, and she was dyeing. SO she did the only thing left to her, and prayed.

The next half hour was the most brutal and calm in her life as she prayed while hurricane unleashed his fury on her. She could feel the broken bones throughout her body but she never cried out in pain nor showed any recognition minus the grunts when she was hit.

“Hurricane her words are starting to become ingrained in my memory.” Platinum warned him as she tried in vain to pay all her attention on her Archmage as he worked.

“She won’t silence my Lady.” He responded through gritted teeth at her defiance as he hit her again. Pudding Head who was holding her was getting annoyed as well.

“Try breaking her jaw” he suggested. Hurricane stopped mid blow to her left shoulder.

“Huh good idea” he said as he pulled his fist back to hit her face.

“My Queen it is done they heard, halting Hurricanes punch.

“Finally we can finish this” She said as she pulled to Crystals that had been given to her by Sombra the apparently “New Ruler” of the Crystal Empire. not that she cared. with her plan she would rule them as well in the coming years. She took the two crystals each looking like a thin diamond and poured her energy into it before whispering a spell the crystals had come with. She felt a small tug on her energy nothing much and ended as the crystals took on a transparent glass like look. “ Here place these as your two keystone pieces she said as he bowed to receive them.

“Yes your Highness. He walked back toward the entrance.

“Good now Clover any last words...No oh well Hurricane finish it, im tired of her babbling.”

“As you wish your highness.” He said as his fist spun around to hit her square in the jaw. blood wiped out of her mouth with a few teeth and made a spot on the Flower as well as began to pool on the floor as she sagged in Puddings grip.

“Hurricane now look at that” Jokingly chided him as she pointed at the pool of blood on the floor. Now im going to have to clean my new Throne room. His head whipped back as he laughed it’s baritone sound booming throughout the Cavern. As it died down though they heard a thud and looked over to see clover on the ground and pudding slowly backing down of the dais. “Pudding Head where are you going, grab her before she does some…” She cut herself off as she looked over at the flower as it started to pulse a dull red that was getting brighter and bigger with each pulse. Soon all three stood at the bottom of the Dias.

They all watched as the red pulsing soon encompassed the whole Flower and the markings on the floor began to all quickly glow the same way with aura’s popping out of the ground where they were at.

“What’ happening? What’s going on?” Puddinghead asked.

“He’s waking”. they all heard the low mumble. They looked up at clover her face looking down at them as she lay on the ground bleeding from her mouth. “He’s finally waking” she said the ghost of a smile showing on her face. They looked back at the Flower as it and the room pulsed a few more times before the whole flower started to spin. each of the flower’s different ring’s of pedal spinning in a different direction than the last. A shift came about it as the top opened a little to emit a single beam of gold light that coated the cavern and walls with it’s color. They all watched in awe as the light bubbled out and extended. when it dissipated from in front of the Flower a single man stood there. He must have been easily 8 feet tall if not more. He wore a strange garment. At first Platinum thought that is was a dress. but something was off with it. she could just make out two different set’s of fabric fold for legging like pants despite how it looked and around the waist it was held by a green sash of some kind. There were also small tears at the hip that showed a red legging of some kind underneath. on his forearms were two silver etched black steel arm bracers. He had a chain of some kind around his neck that went under his shirt. He breathed in a deep breath and the air around them seemed to grow heavy and freeze, finally after an unknown time he exhaled. Platinum watched as his eyes opened, and she gasped as she saw the irises take up his entire eye before shrinking and narrowing into vertical slit’s even thinner than a dragons, it gave him an almost snake like look. His eye’s were a deep dark blue that seemed to almost freeze her blood and the air in her veins. ‘This is what we were trying to seal’ she thought to herself. ‘ I Thought it was just a stronger element user than clover or my Archmage, but this. Is he even human?’ the questions went off continually in her head and were ,unbenounced to her, mirrored by her companions.

Then she heard it speak in many different voices that sounded like all of her companions and her own speak even though the creature’s lips never moved.

“This is sacred ground that you have entered uninvited on and committed sin on despite the warning’s of it being a Holy Peace area. Will you now stand to be judged?” none of them said anything as it looked each of them over once. “Very well you stand now to be judged. You have first entered an Area your kind is forbidden to see unless invited, on this you stand...Guilty. You have done harm to others in the name of a false pretense both inside and outside of this Temple in collaboration with a fallen monster, on this you stand...Guilty.” it spoke in her mind. Finally remembering she had a mouth she spoke up for herself.

“We are doing what is right for our people in freeing them from your kids try..

“SILENCE WORM YOU WERE NOT GIVEN PERMISSION TO SPEAK!”The voice boomed as the Man stared directly at her.He looked at platinum first before raising his hand ready to snap his fingers before speaking again. “Your lives are now to be matched to those you have ruined.”

“You while working with other’s in collaboration of another have ruined the life of a daughter who now will never know who they truly are and must grow up orphaned from the rights of a true family. YOU ARE GUILTY”it boomed as it snapped it’s finger’s and a tendril black as night sprang out faster than she could see it and struck her in the chest. it rose her several feet of the ground where she now hovered eye level with the Man. The tendril’s power slowly started creeping over her body and covering her.

Next he looked at Pudding Head, who was too scared and stunned to move.

“You while under the employment of one guilty and in collaboration of a fallen monster are responsible for the life of many elementalist’s and most importantly a Wife to the one i call daughter and through you never got the chance to be here with her wife, will never see or hear her daughter, and was killed before her time was due. YOU STAND GUILTY.” It boomed at him at it snapped it’s finger’s again. This time the tendril struck it’s prey at his forehead he gave a mild grunt as he was lifted into the air just as Platinum was.

The grunt allowed Hurricane to come to his senses as he took a fighting stance and drew his sword. “Come at me demon i don’t fear you”.

“You are to pay more than the other’s. First while in the employment of one guilty together with another guilty and in collaboration with a fallen monster have killed those of my kind. Those crimes make you GUILTY.” He snapped his finger and another tendril flew out, this time at him. he threw his sword in front of him to guard himself. The tendril went right through his sword without harming it and struck him in the chest.

“You have spilt my own blood in my temple breaking the serenity and purity of this Temple, for this you are GUILTY!”He snapped his fingers and four more tendrils pierced his chest on each side.

“Finally you have broken my Daughters body shortening her already shorten life, and through your actions before entering this temple now has had to Orphan a Daughter she will never see grow up, nor teach about the joy’s and hardships in life. With this, YOU ARE GUILTY!”He raised his hand as two more tendril’s pierced both his arms and legs, and rose him into the air beside his conspirators. They were all instantly cocooned once they were at the same height.

“You all stand accused and guilty of your crimes. Your soul’s are now forfeit to us and we take from you what you have taken from other’s. WE curse you to spend eternity to burn and hate the living while in service to us. Any last words?” he asked the black cocoon that held Platinum.
“Then as my duty as your Last Shadow i take your soul and destroy your body.” He proclaimed as he closed his outstretched hand and made a fist. The three cocoon's quickly shrunk and a single Crunch could be heard from each one till only a mass of tendril’s floated in the air. They retreated from the air as he reopened his hand and down from the air floated a dark mist that quickly hid itself in one of the storage places in the wall.

The Archmage watched all of this from his spot near the entrance in thrall at the Lord of Wind. He wasn’t truly loyal to Platinum, but she had his family so he served. he watched as the Lord’s and Lady were turned and cursed for eternity and tried to hide in the shadows of the archway.
he then watched the Man as he lowered himself till he sat down next to the young girl and cradled her head in his lap.

“Wake my daughter. You must wake your time is not yet here.” Clover heard the voice and was slowly coming around. she felt warm, amazingly warm and cozy.

“Five more minutes please.” She heard a loud booming laugh and finished waking up to see her Lord holding her like he use to when she was a child. “You did wake up my lord she said happily, to bad i'm to late to celebrate with you.”

“Clover i'm not awake. this is just a shadow my power is pouring into. i Still Sleep. I’m sorry.” he said meaningfully to her. She watched him before smiling and speaking again.

“Im sorry for failing you my lord, I wont be there when you awake or to see my daughter grow. Can you watch her?” she asked hopeful.

“No her fate is in her hands and she must go through life as best she can.” she felt her face drop at the words. She looked to the side as a tear came to her eye. She was surprised though when something wet dropped on her cheek. She looked up and saw that he had shed a tear and was holding back many more. “My dear do not fret if she is even half of your wife she will do just fine in the world, but i can offer you a choice. Join me in my sleep and i shall bind your soul so that when the time comes you may say what you want to her Daughter's, Daughter’s, Daughter or Son.” She looked in surprise at him was she being offered what she thought.

“My lord i do not wish to live forever, especially with..

“You won’t” he cut her off as he cupped her face, “You’ll live till i release your soul after you speak your piece, i promise.” he said. she thought about it for a second before smiling and nodding her head. He kissed her forehead whispered in her ear,” Then finish what you started and let us sleep.” She nodded and reached out a hand till she felt the chalk square she had drawn. She dug out all of her power even that which kept her barely alive and began to place her final and greatest spell.

The Archmage had watched as they spoke unable to hear what they were saying till after the Lord Had kissed the girl’s forehead and looked at him saying “Then finish what you started and let us sleep.” The Archmage stood frozen for a second but nodded his head and dropped the first crystal into a slot just big enough for it. The aura’s died away and the lines turned a brilliant white color. He watched the Dais as it sunk into the ground. He then dropped the second and saw the final act’s of his sealing circle activate and the flower move ever so slowly into the ground. The Man bent and Kissed the girl’s forehead as a Gold Square lit up on the ground and her arms went slack. Her body then began to glow the same color and dissolve into mist. he watched the Lord stand up the mist condensing in his cupped hands. He pressed them together for a second before holding in one hand a Purple 6 pointed star with a gold shape at it’s center. He pulled the chain out from under his shirt as Half the flower now was sunk under the floor. He put the Star on the chain that glowed Gold before fusing with it. He looked at the Archmage just as the flower started to close to give one last Warning.

“I will not sleep forever and when i wake i shall bring justice to the crimes of past.” And with that he shone a bright gold and disappeared as the flower closed back up before disappearing below the crystal flooring.

For an unknown time the Archmage stood in his place at the entrance. he waited for something to bring him a punishment like the others but none came. Finally he breathed in and out a few times before pulling a scroll out. A testament that, as there was no resistance and need for a fight, he was thinking of burning. But he now pulled out an empty parchment and copied it while adding a few lines in it to warn those who should find the place. he then took the old parchment and cast a spell to copy their signatures before levitating it up to an empty storage space. HE walked out and took one last look at the Great Serpent spanning the archway to bow and write in Latin a warning to stay away.

He knew it wasn’t enough, and that what they did today wasn’t the end but merely the beginning of greater evil.

Author's Note

Okay so I decided to revise a few thing's. and add a prologue that contains hints and items from throughout the story. Now im having stupid problems with it and it won't let me upload from google doc's which is pissing me the fuck off.....I will leave the address for it and advice you read it from there rather than here. if someone can help me directly upload documents from google do'cs id be eternally grateful.....by the way the first chapter now has both the first and second, I thought it ran better........ANd Mordteiva has no comment right now but if she does you'll be able to tell.

Never mind thanks to Eldarado I fixed Google doc's. so know enjoy

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The Secret Element

New Discoveries

Canterlot Castle Perimeter Wall

‘Ten years, it’s been ten long years’ Rainbow thought to herself as she

patrolled the south parapet of Canterlot Castle at sunset.

“Captain”

Rainbow had been ignoring the call of her subordinates that afternoon for an hour so she could enjoy the end of her afternoon before she handed charge of the castle over to the

Night Guard Captain.

“Captain please you need to hurry over to the signal tower and see Captain Dark

Light.

I’ll handle Dark Light myself after we finish the last patrol of the Parapet.

But Captain.

You’re my new Lieutenant and I understand you were transferred to the

Star Guard from the Day Guard but we ain't too uptight around here. Never have

been never will be. Do you even know the Star Guards secret motto?” She

questioned the guard just next to her, Silver Shine she remembered the name in the

back of her mind.

“Ummm well no I didn’t know we had one. Frankly captain I don’t know

much more about the Star Guard other than the rank structure and duties.” He said

scratching the back of his head looking slightly embarrassed. Rainbow stopped

walking and looked out to the south of Canterlot. She could just make out Ponyville

from this spot.

“Not much to tell about Ten Years ago I joined the Guard for training to be

Princess Twilight Sparkle’s Captain of the Guard. All of my highest ranked officers

trained with me. About 5 years ago I decided to completely abandon my dream of

the Wonderbolts and just stayed in. Too loyal some say but so what. It was also

about that time that the Guard’s name got changed to the Star Guard when Twilight

took control of the stars from Princess Luna. The guard also took a secret sworn

oath of loyalty they picked up from me to protect Princess Sparkle with their lives no

matter what other order’s we receive.

Okay but is it true what they say in the Day Guard that most of your Guard are really

Changelings?

Yes when we befriended them seven years ago due to Twilight’s efforts in friendship

they gave us 1000 Changelings to Twilight to do as she wished with. I trained them

and now they are loyal to no hive but her.” She smiled and reminisced about the

past for a minute.” Alright were done here let’s go ahead and head out to the signal

tower.

Yes Ma’am, just one more question ma’am is it true about…” He hesitated for a

minute looking around sheepishly, “you know”.

She opened her wings and laughed before replying happily, “I’d of thought my wings

could have told you that”. Now let’s get….” She stopped wings poised for flight and

just seized up.

“Captain is something the matter?” he waited a second or two without a reply.

“Corporal over here.” He called to the nearest soldier he saw.

“Its sergeant sir, sergeant Night Tail what’s the problem”, asked the magi. He

pointed with his wings to the Captain. The sergeant walked over and looked at the

captain, he watched as the sergeant looked at the captain’s eyes before he suddenly

backed away. “All call to arms Star Guard man your station’s in the castle now!” He

yelled. It snapped Rainbow out of her stance.

“Sergeant Night Tail have all soldier’s report to the north courtyard district on the

triple!” the sergeant saluted before running off giving orders. Rainbow looked

around for a second for the blue Aviaon with Silver hair that was her new lackey.

“Lieutenant Silver Shine Report immediately to Captain Dark Light.

But Captain what’s going…

Don’t Question my orders just do it!

Yes Ma’am.” He Saluted and flew as fast as he could wondering what was going on.

Rainbow watched him leave then looked to the west side and took off

muttering under her breath, “Dammit Twi you better be safe when I get there or ill

send whoever is responsible to darkest pit of Tartarus in ten seconds flat.

North Canterlot Castle Corridor’s

“Come on Sucker Punch let’s go” Twilight complained to the empty corridor as she

passed a servant.

“Excuse me your Highness”, He asked confused.

“Oh sorry I’m not talking to you my bodyguard is dragging his feet this

afternoon, There you are now let’s go slowpoke" she said to the wall next to

her, "oh and can you send some chamomile tea and cider to my quarters at the

change of the Guard, Thank you.” She called as she ran down the hallway again.

‘What a strange girl’ he thought as he balanced the supplies in his hands and walked

away.

Twilight ran around a corner and through a few more corridors’ till she

came to the throne room on the north side of the castle. It was empty this

afternoon as Celestia had taken care of all the questions of the court. Twilight did

hold court but mostly for the guilds as she controlled most of them. Usually her

court consisted of the guild leaders asking her questions about what she was

working on or stellar event’s she had planned and other such things. Today though

she wasn’t doing any of that, no today she was finally going test out a scroll she had

found in the Library. It had been about 5 weeks ago when she had the dream of the

tome in question hidden under the floor of the Star Swirl the Bearded section. A

secret door and a bit off magic showed her a whole room the size of a jail cell filled

with old scrolls from someone named Merlin all except one which was simply

titled, ‘The Power of Crystals’ by Father, she knew by the look of the scroll the other

half of the name had been scraped off with time not much of the scroll was

readable due to age or the script it was written with that she didn’t recognize. But

none the less she had found a map of the Castle, well not the same castle per say

but it looked good enough, which showed the underground crystal caves beneath

Canterlot Castle. Most importantly a secret room beneath the throne room.

“Your Majesty what are we even looking for here?” she heard just behind

her. She turned around to see the Changeling male that was her personal Guard. He

stood about Seven foot FIve, black as night and his skin was hard like an insect’s, his

eyes had slitted iris but the face looked normal. If it weren’t the fact his skin was

armored and had holes in it he would have looked like a normal person. That and if

you got rid of his insective wings.

“We are here looking for a secret entrance to the crystal caves beneath the

city.” She said matter of factly as she snapped her fingers. A scroll appeared in her

hand a second later. She was an Alicorn and thus stronger than most magi who

need to channel their power through and object. She unrolled the scroll in the air

next to her and sighed as a blue feather fell from it. She picked it up a spun it

around her hand for a minute. “Why is it the blue one’s molt first” she asked aloud

as she looked at her wings. They each had two solid vertical bands of blue on her

otherwise lavender wings.

“Maybe it’s because Captain Dash’s wings molt before yours Princess.” Punch said

as he put a comforting hand on her shoulder. She just sighed again as his razor sharp

claws lightly rested on her skin.

“Maybe but it still makes me sad when I have to watch them go first before my

lavender ones molt away.”

Don’t let it get you down your Highness. Now what was it you were saying

about a secret entrance?” He asked offhandedly as he walked around the throne

room. That snapped her out of her reprieve and she tucked the feather in her hair.

She snapped her fingers again and felt a small tug on a few of her hairs before she

looked back at her scroll.

“How does she look?” She asked as she looked for the map. The Changeling looked

over toward his ward and scrutinized the feathers in her hair.

“Yep fit’s in just fine with the other five your Highness.” He replied. ‘Hmmm

six years’ she thought as she gazed toward the ceiling. Six happy years. When

Rainbow had proposed to her she remembered trying to teleport away only for

Dash to grab her and get dragged along with her. She had only teleported to her

room but as soon as it ended Dash tripped her and held to the ground. “Uh uh

egghead you’re not going anywhere till I get my answer” she had said with a kiss.

She agreed and they had a small service in the gardens that only her Guard, friends,

and family including Rainbow’s knew about it and because they didn’t want total

publicity over it, never fully announced it. Instead she had created a spell that had

swapped some of hers and Dash’s feathers permanently in place of rings. Also every

year when the first of her feathers molted she used another spell that attached

them to her hair making them still apart of her. Dash on the other hand would have

hers gilded in a Liquid Lavender Steel and pressed into her Wing Plates. She

breathed in and out to bring herself back to the present and looked at the diagram

on the scroll.

“Okay well according to this scroll were looking for a symbol that looks like this”

she said as she pointed to the top of the scroll which supported a square with four

smaller squares connected at its corner.

“What’s it called?”

I don’t know I think it has something to do with this Father character that wrote it.

Okay who’s this Father character?

Don’t know the scroll is written in a language that I’ve never seen before.” She said

as she showed him the scroll. She watched his eye’s look over the scroll before

stopping. “What is it?” she asked. He pointed to a single ruin on the page.

“That symbol is on the floor in the deepest chamber of my hive. We don’t know how

it got there nor the person who put it there. We are merely told that it harbors a key

to something in the past.

That makes no sense, that’s all you know?

Yes.” He said shortly before walking to a wall to look for the symbol. She

inwardly growled at the lack of complete data and walked around the room for over

an hour to find the symbol. Despite the intensity of the search and her spells they

never found it. She was sitting on the throne looking at the scroll when she heard a

grunt of curiosity in front of her. She looked over the scroll and saw Punch

scratching at the floor.

“What did you find?” He held up a green paint chip almost too small to tell the color

of it. “Okay what’s this about?” she questioned him. He pointed to the floor where

he found the chip at.

“The floor has been retiled since it was first built. There is another tile below this

one.” He stated. She looked at his logic and flew up above the floor and hovered for

a second thinking. Then it hit her the floor plan and the symbol.

“Punch can you move the throne if I lift it?” she asked. He gave her a

quizzical look. “If I can put just enough power into a spell I might be able to lift it up

and lighten it just a bit but from what Celestia told me it hasn’t been moved as long

as she’s lived here.” He shook his head once before speaking.

“I can try your Highness.” He put his hands on the front of the throne and

waited. Twilight concentrated her power into her right hand as much as possible. It

in turn started to glow a pale Purple and turn evermore Lavender. Finally when she

couldn’t get any more power she pointed at the throne and released the energy and

watched as the throne began to glow. Punch put all his weight behind his hands into

pushing the throne around in any direction but it didn’t budge. Eventually she just

let her power go and the aura about her hand and the throne ceased and Sucker

Punch dropped to the ground exhausted for the time being. “It didn’t work.” He

stated breathlessly as he sat on the ground. Twilight reopened the scroll getting

angrier by the second at it.

“UUHHHHHHH, this thing is so infuriating why won’t it just open up the

passage or tell me how!” she yelled as she used a spell to propel the scroll at the

base of the Throne. It hit it at terminal velocity due to her wind spell. The scroll

stayed there having imbedded itself in it. “Oh great now I’ve done it. Gone and

broke the throne because I can’t get this passage way to activate and open up.” The

throne shook for a second then the symbol appeared around the scroll. It glowed a

faint green and lavender before the throne lifted into the air about 20 feet to reveal

a tunnel leading down with large stairs. “Punch get up we found it, we found it” she

squealed with joy as she lit a ball of light in her hand and walked down the stairs. He

rolled his eye’s thinking ‘I’m going to regret this I can tell just like the time she found

a new potion to render other’s invisible.’ Before heading down the stairs after her

still feeling the echo of a burn that potion had left on his arm.

*Secret Passage

“Sucker Punch hurry up or I’m leaving you up there” He Heard Twilight call from

in the tunnel. He really hated that name, especially when the other palace staff

or guards used it. But when it came to his Princess he couldn’t help but let it pass.

Especially because for the first three weeks he punched everyone that came near

her. Prince Blueblood and most of the nobles still didn’t like him, thus his need

to travel camouflaged. He quickly caught up to her as she was walking down the

stairwell watching the walls and ceiling in the low light her spell provided.

“Princess I suggest you take a close look at this cavern” he suggested to her and

pointed toward the ceiling. Which was pocketed with holes and crevices. It looked

like it should have already caved in long ago.

“It’s okay it looks weak but I’m detecting hidden struts threw out the ceiling made

of other rock and stone holding it in place. That’s still not saying that a strong

enough impact won’t bring it down so let’s see”. She stopped in the middle of the

stairs to contemplate her next move for a minute. He watched her face scrunch up

and her eyes narrow before going wide and a smile breakout on her face.

“I got just the thing.” She said as she pulled a rod from her waist. It was her wand

which looked like a Lavender horn with the spirals that were cut into it. He took a

step up the stairs to give her room to use her spell. Also so he didn’t get hit by any

magical backlash that normally accompanied her wand use, which she reserved for

only her most powerful of spells. She concentrated for a few seconds and the aura

of her magic surrounded the rod in her hand before she swirled it in front of her and

unleashed its power. He saw the walls and ceiling glow a faint pink before returning

to their dark color, he ran to catch twilight as she started to fall over.

“Princess are you okay?” he asked worriedly as she blinked rapidly a few times

before answering.

“Yes I’m fine the staircase is much longer than I thought it was so the spell took

more of my energy than I expected” she said wearily as she stood up and balanced

for a second. She put her wand back in her waist belt before going continuing on

after reactivating her recently shut off light spell. They descended into the darkness

for a few more minutes before twilight stopped and started looking at the left

hand wall. “Hey Punch what does this look like?” She asked him while pointing to

something on the wall. He got closer to the wall to see it and saw a single runic

symbol cut into the stone.

“A symbol?” He asked questionably.

“Exactly and it’s a match to one of the symbols on this scroll.” She said as she

brought the scroll into his view point and pointed its match. “That’s not all, look”

she said as she pointed down the wall on both sides where he noticed the symbols

continued both up and down the wall and Stairway. “We must be getting close to

the bottom she said as she hurried down the stairs as the symbols became more

and more clustered together.

A Few more minutes going down the stairs and they finally reached the bottom

and stood before a giant archway big enough for a whole Military Company to

march through with space to spare and its height was that of the front palace doors.

Its design was curious as it towered over them looking like it was cut separately

from the rest of the mountain. Twilight went over to the walls of the Archway to

examine them and finally started to cheer up. She could finally read the script, at

least some of it. She saw Arabic, Equestrian, Italian, even Germanium. She took the

most interest though in the Greek as it was the native language for beginner magic

users who didn’t have their Soul Mark to perform their natural magic. She quickly

read and re-read it before translating out loud, “Beware the who travels this gate

for in it the Winds Rage Slumber must never break”. She immediately re-read it one

more time but here translation didn’t change. She went to the Equestrian one which

said “Warning the Gate of The Wind is to be sealed to hide its Rage!” Suddenly

getting an idea she cast a temporary but powerful ‘Read It” spell so should read text

she could speak like it was Equestrian. Every one read something similar about a

Gate and the Wind’s Rage. Her curiosity was getting the better of her now and she

started to head through the Archway.

“Your Highness I must protest, we should head back and report our findings.

Besides we don’t know how long the passage will remain open.” He insisted with

a slightly worried voice as he tensed up as if expecting an enemy to just show up.

The cavern seemed to taunt him as the blackness outside Twilights light spell shifted

and turned at the corner of his eyes. The Archway above looked to be daring him

with its spiral design. ‘Wait spiral’ he thought as he looked at it closely and saw it

was actually a creature carved out of the mountain to serve as a gateway into who

knows where. Most disturbing is the creature it depicted had a Dragons head but a

powerful serpent’s body with something on its body, what though he couldn’t tell as

Twilight’s Light spell moved on with her into the chamber beyond.

*Hidden Chamber

Twilight was amazed for everywhere she looked her light spell reflected off

of crystal of the purest kind, the thousands of shades and hues easily lite the

chamber they stood in. it had what looked like a stairway that traveled beyond her

sight and in the center a raised dais. The chamber itself was circular and easily as

large as the Throne Room if not bigger she looked at the walls and noticed small

cubby like spaces to her left. Punch was breathing down her neck now but she

shook it off as she walked to the four rectangular rock slits in the otherwise crystal

wall. The slit’s themselves weren’t of any note four feet long and two feet wide and

only noticeable due to the fact that they were actual rock. She reached her hand

into the bottom ‘cubby’ and groped around it went back another two feet. She slid

her hand along the back wall till she touched something cold. Curiosity overcoming

her she grabbed it pulled it out slowly, to reveal a Platinum and Diamond Crown of

the finest make. She looked at the crown turning it in her hand this way and that

marveling at its workmanship till she saw something inscribed on the inside. It was

in Greek and to help out Punch she read it aloud.

“‘Ζήτω η Αυτοκρατορία,’ Long live the Empire” she mused to herself for a minute

trying to think of what empire it could mean before having a sudden idea and

looked at the front of the crown and there sat the Emblem of Queen Platinum of

Pre Equestria. She gasped aloud staring at the crown. She heard a scrape come from

next to her and jumped to see Punch holding a weird looking hat and pulling out

War helm from the top ‘Cubby’. She took it safe to assume that these were truly

the last vestiges of the Three rules of the Pre-Equestrian Era. But why were they

here.

“Hey Punch what’s in the top one” she asked as she pointed the 12 feet up to it. He

shrugged his shoulders as used the three lower ones to climb up to it. He reached

his hand in and grunted in surprise.

“My Lady there is a scroll and an old Tome up here” he called down to her.

‘Good finally some information I can use’ she thought to herself, before calling up to

him.

“Carry the tome down and toss me the scroll”. She waited as he complied. She

watched the scroll fall and quickly caught it in her magic to bring to her safely. She

used a small spell to see if it was safe to open, and finding nothing overly bad slowly

unrolled as Punch climbed down. Out Loud to the chamber she read.

“Let it here stand that we the Ex-Rulers of the three races of Equestria herby lay

our lives down to seal away the Creature and through the world it’s family so

that they may never wake and tear our nation apart. May those who find this

proclamation be warned that the one we seal today will not forever sleep and

when it wake all the world shall fall to His power. To help we take from him His

weapon of mark and Servant of Power. Together should He reclaim both these

items we shall all surely be doomed. Long live the Princesses and forever sleep the

Last Shadow.”

She looked at the three signs of power in front of her in fear. She

couldn’t place the fear but something told her now was the time to run or else.

She looked to the Head ornaments before her, and now they looked less majestic,

instead they looked sad and burdened with the fact they had lost their owners to

some unknown cause. Punch came to stand next to her and once more put his hand

on her shoulder.

“I’m fine Punch, I just need a minute to myself please.” She could feel his reluctance

to move and leave her. “Just please one minute, look around and tell me what else

you can find.” She listened as he sighed and walked on toward the center of the

room they were in. She stood there and wrapped her arms around herself wishing

it was Rainbows instead. She suddenly felt a shift in her magic as it started to drain

drastically. She sighed and sat down before taking a small emerald about as big as

the soul mark on her hand and flicked. Immediately she felt the power drain shift to

the gems energy store. ‘It must be dusk’ she thought. It happened to her 4 times a

day every day for two months now. At dawn, noon, dusk, and midnight. She knew

the source of the drain but not the reason nor how to stop it. She also still hadn’t

told Rainbow who just though she had a really bad head cold. The gem‘s she had

stored around a few places and that she carried on her she had filled with power or

else she would blackout and wake up drained of energy both magical and non. She

sat there feeling a coldness starting to settle in as the drain of her power though now

much less still seemed to steal the heat from her body. She shivered then relaxed

as she felt the drain stop. She did a quick check on her Mana levels and found it

was low, enough for the light she was casting throughout the room and a few other

medium level spells.

“Your Highness over here I found something.” She heard Punch call out to her.

While his princess had been “Collecting” herself as she liked to say. He had done as

asked and started looking around at first it seemed like an over extensive Crystal

cavern. There were what looked like tool marks cut in everywhere on the floor.

Probably where they at fitted the pieces together with magic by the looks of how

perfectly they fitted together. At least that’s what he thought till reached a point

close to the center where the lines stopped and circled the middle of the room. He

walked on from there scrutinizing the seamless floor till he saw another Circle, and

another a little further in. he saw something slightly odd about the floor after the

farthest circle, once again there were lines but these ones were painted in black

lettering he couldn’t read but what really caught his eye was what lay beneath it.

He looked in wonder at the object below him. It had overlapping enclosed scale like

structures that bound inward on themselves. The only thing he could really compare

it to was like looking at the top of an exotic flower.

“Your Highness over here I found something.” He called out to his princess.

“What is it Punch” she asked when she reached him. He pointed below himself to

the object below and Twilight was instantly amazed in wonder and the object that

swirl with a multi-color facet of Violet, Red, and Blue. She kneeled down to stare at

it and send a tendril of magic but was instantly rebuff with an extremely powerful

detection spell. Normal not a problem for her but in her current status a real pain

in the rear. Her hand brushed the lettering and felt the difference in the floor and

moved Punch over a bit so she could read it. She but a touch more of power into

her light spell to read it clearer but it still seemed almost blurry and unintelligible.

She ran her hand over the outline the script was in and some of it rubbed into her

fingers. She pulled her fingers up to look at them and rubbed the mixture a bit. She

brought her fingers to her nose and took a small smell. It smelled like chalk and

something else almost forbidden like a type of spirit. Then it hit her.

“Magic Kindergarten” she breathed.

“Your Highness” punched asked.

Twilight extended her fingers to him. So he could see the mixture as she explained it

to him.

“This is what’s known as Chakra Sand. It’s a type of chalk mixed with diluted spirits

and lace with magic to solidify and carbonize to once again become chalk. In its

broken form it takes a resemblance of sand which is where it is enchanted with a

certain spell or depending on how fine you make it several. You then commit it to

an object in any language by script with a command word or phrase that activates

the spells in the Sand. It used to be used to hide secret passages, vaults, messages. At

one time even assassinations. Know we use it to teach young children who are first

learning their power how to focus it and apply it outside themselves.” Punch looked

at her to the powder in her hand and asked a small question.

“Assassinations?”

“Yes well the sand can hide whatever it’s used to write. Say you enchanted it and

write a phrase someone you want dead or something destroyed with a phrase

someone says a lot. Or disguise it as a secret letter. You then just wait for them to

activate the script, reveal the phrase, and then say it. Watch.” She told him as she

ran her fingers over the ingrained powder on the floor. She ran a tendril of power

which the powder absorbed before glowing a rich, soft, golden color and displaying

a small phrase. ERSI MFOR ETH SEHAPTD OT ETH SWHAODS. Twilight stared at it for

a minute. She eventually sat back on her feet in defeat.

“I can’t read this” she stated aloud to herself.

“That makes no sense” Punch said next to her

“I know two unknown languages in….

Not that Princess how is it one can come from the depths but still be in shadow?”

He asked quizzically.

“You can’t but wait” she stated almost going into a scientific explanation. “You can

read it?”

“Yes” he said looking at her. He caught the look of disbelief on her face and started

to explain. “It’s a simple trick of displacement. In the old days before the Rise of

Nightmare Moon the Changelings only sent out the Collector’s that had a distinct

disability that mishmashes the words they read.” He started

“Dyslexia?” Twilight asked in his minor pause.

“Yes we later stopped when you all figured out something was amiss with a large

group of people flowing in with this ability and pulled them out before they were

caught. We still have it but it’s a lost point and we can look past it.” He finished

explaining to her.

Twilight leaned forward again and asked, “Okay then what does this say? Exactly?”

Punch stared at it a second and the answered her in a clear voice.

“RISE FROM THE DEPTHS TO THE SHADOWS.” The effect was almost immediate as

the floor shook and started to rise. They quickly retreated as the object under the

floor rose up. They stopped outside the circles huddled close to each other as the

floor stopped shaking. They looked back as a small thud rang around the chamber.

The center of the chamber now resembled a four tier raised Dias with the top about

twenty feet above them. Sitting on the top was and accurately carved Lotus Flower.

They stood there and just stared at it waiting for something to happen. Finally

Twilight decided to break the stillness.

“Well I guess now we know why it said from the depths into the shadows, could you

imagine this place without my brilliant shine?” she quibed. It brought a few chuckles

to them both. A good lesson Rainbow had taught her to break a tense moment

i.e. this chamber, a first date, or telling her parents she was dating her. A Good or

bad joke never goes amiss. She wriggled out of Punches grip and climbed up to the

flower marveling at its texture and workmanship. She wondered if it was all one

piece or several that just fitted together.

“Your Highness I must insist you come down from there immediately it’s not safe.”

Oh Punch its fine just look at” She said as she ran her finger along the top of one of

the closed petals before exclaiming and falling back. Punch quick to move caught

her and carried her down. She looked at her Index finger and saw a small cut. Punch

quickly pulled a small strip of spare linen and wrapped it. She slapped his shoulder

after he was done back on the main floor.

“You distracted me” she stated. He simply rolled his eyes and looked back at the

Flower. He really wished he had just dragged her out of this place back to the

palace. Banishment would have been peaceful, depending on how the moon was in

the winter. The flower suddenly pulsed. He could just make out with his heightened

sight a thin trail of red slowly fall into the bottom and disappear into the center of

the Flower. It pulsed again this time a Ruby Red color. The ground light up with a

red light and stretched outwards along the lines Punch had seen earlier. The lines

were quickly engulfed in the light. He grabbed Twilight and picked her up before

running as fast as he could out of the room. He never made it for as he got halfway

the lines suddenly pulse a dark green and shoot up into the area before striking back

down. The Room went dark for a second before the Flower lite the room back up.

HE was still running he was close to the archway. Maybe 50 feet to go.

SCARPE

He froze as he heard the sound of rock sliding on rock and looked back as the

flower’s pedal slowly spun against each other a circuit or two before opening. In

the center stood a being on a Black Crystal Throne. His head was resting on his

propped up fist. HE was looking in their direction. Its Mouth opened probably to

proclaim some final command to kill them in a second. HE turned from the Man and

Crouched with his princess in his arms to shield her. He listened to hear what he was

sure would be the last sound before he died.

SNORE.

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Author's Note

okay like I said this use to be two chapters now it's one big one. now again I ask please read the google doc's version, it looks better, plus as I adjust that one and hopefully with some help with all of you ill be uploading my stories instead of copy pasting.....HELP ME PLEASE...... but do enjoy oh and comment I live off your comment's besides if you don't I just think im that awesome, so comment plz

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Awakened Nightmare

They stayed frozen as they were for a large chunk of time as the Man on the throne continued to snore away. Punch slowly lifted his head to look over his shoulder to see the raised dais the man sat on. He slowly rose to his feet dragging the young princess with him as yet another snore resonated throughout the chamber. Even after they were standing, he still clutched the princess to his chest protectively. Twilight finally though pushed him off as her curiosity told her it was okay to let go. SHe took a close look at him from where they were. she could tell he was tall, or was that just a trick of the light from the cavern and the height at which he sat, He wasn’t wearing any kind of clothes she readily recognized, and for at least the time being he was deep asleep. She looked over at Punch and opened her mouth to whisper something,. She halted and they stared wide eyed when the Man snorted and readjusted his position on the THrone he sat, Now opting to sleep on his other arm that like the previous he had propped up at the elbow. His breathing evened out and became normal,

It became eerily quiet without the snoring rebounding around it. They looked at each other for a second time. Twilight looked back at the man for a small time. Then she felt a nudge in her mind. She looked back at Punch. before she heard his voice in her mind.

“Princess i think it would be best if we leave now before he awakens.” His mind's voice sounded genuinely worried. It was a small safety thing that her personal guard which consisted of ten Changelings had insisted on. They taught her how to make a small like mini hive with her and she could directly speak or command them through it.

“Punch we should stay, if he wakes and no ones here it could be like telling Chrysalis to stay away from the West wing of the Castle. No we should wait for him to wake and be friendly and diplomatic.”

“Then we come back with Princess Celestia, as it’s her position to make relations with foreign or unknown Nation’s and group’s.” He pointed out to her as he began to steadily pull her toward the Entrance. She looked back toward the raised throne once more as she shuffled behind him before silently submitting with a shake of her head and walking toward the entrance. She clutched the book close to her so that she didn't lose it. Sad that she couldn't meet this strange man but inwardly giddy at the prospect of a new book to read. Still something was wrong she could feel it. The chamber once dormant now felt, alive, as if it was filled with some force both vast and old. On a whim she decided to extend her magical presence, she didn't feel any magical force other than Punch’s. Still the presence remained like a blanket that had been through over her world making it difficult to breath. She pressed forward with her search delving deeper past Punch’s. Still nothing was apparent nothing strange. There! she felt something miniscule tiny. it wasn't very powerful and was fading away as if it was losing energy. It was also very old energy, and not whatever was making her feel watched. She continued to ponder on what she had found and didn’t even notice that Punch had stopped walking till he pulled her back

She looked at him accusingly before using her mind speak to brett him.
“Why did you do that?” He didn't answer her but instead decided to point forward. She looked ahead and saw the archway they had entered through earlier. She looked at him with her brow raised. “This is the way we came in so logically this is the way out . Let’s go.” She said clearly annoyed now. But as she made to move forward he grabbed her arm again and yanked her back.

“Look at the ground”. His mind speak was filled with a sense of urgency. She looked at the ground of the arch. It didn't look different. The ground in front of it was covered in the etch marks that surrounded the ground around the chamber. Now though they were lite with a slight bluish tinge, much like the rest of the markings. she noted it as she looked behind her to see the rest lite with the same color tinge. The Open flower gave off a soft light that made it easy to look at and lite the whole chamber up . She concentrated back at the ground of the arch. Nothing looked very concerning except the slight flicker at it’s corners but,...wait flicker. She looked at one of the corners and watched it till she saw a jump of the light from the ground of the arch into the archway itself. She used a bit more magic, berating herself on the waste, and could detect all kinds of metal and more importantly Electricity.

“It’s electrified.” she said as she looked at him. He shook his head.
“But why would it be electrified now there weren't any traps before, so why now is their one to keep us from simply walking away?” Punch was no help in this as he merely shrugged. On a whim she took a step forward and watched as the ruins glowed a bit brighter. “It’s not a trap. But then somebody wants to keep us here. And we weren't followed down here so who could...it...be?” Twilight slowed her monologue as the feeling of being watched made the hair on the back of her neck raise.They looked once at each other before slowly turning around to face the center of the room. Where there apone his trone sat the Leaning form of the man on it. His head resting on his hands as they form a perch. His head resting comfortingly on it. They stared at him as he slowly reclined and sat straight up in his chair, His hands resting now on the armrests of the throne. They waited as if for some unseen signal or him to speak.They stood for a minute or two before his hand came up beckoning them to come forward.

Twilight quickly got ahold of herself and walked forward till she stood a couple of feet from the base of the Dias and cleared her throat.
“Hello Sir, my name is Princess Twilight Sparkle Co-ruler of Equestria and and User of the Elements of Harmony.” She bowed at her waist a bit and noticed Punch wasn't around her. She quickly waved her arm behind her as if she was calling him forth. She also yelled in her mind for him to get up here and be hospitable. He quickly came up and bowed like the princess did as she introduced him.
“And this is Valatietion Kreagern. One of my personal guards and best friends. She looked up to the Man and saw a confused look on his face. He opened his mouth but no sound came out. she watched him and could tell he was talking but she heard nothing. He seemed to notice and cleared his throat before speaking again.

“Appologies mea oblitus sum, quod nemo potest dicere, quod luanguage. Sed nunc qui estis vos, pendentia, in area prohibetur?” His voice came to her clear and pronounced. But she could hear the touch of sadness.

“Im sorry,” she told him, “i don’t understand”

He Cleared his throat again “Tu nu înțelegi dvs. luanguage bază elementară, au un fel nostru cu adevărat căzut atât de scăzut?

I don’t…

His Face contorted into a slight amount of disappointment as he spoke again ” Έτσι, αυτό είναι το πόσο μακριά ο κόσμος δεν πέφτει καν να μιλούν τις γλώσσες τους μάθαμε. Και ήταν τόσο σίγουρος αρμονία δεν θα μας αλλάξει.”

She froze up for a moment as she translated what he said in her mind. But it still wasn't good enough for him as he quickly started to clear his throat and cough up some kind of blockage.

‘Hmmm” He coughed again before continuing. “Hello,hello. Ehh what a horrible dialect. Im going to hate speaking like this. Now Who are you to think you have the right to enter this forbidden chamber.

“Im sorry we didn't Know it was forbidden.

Dont play stupid with me child” He warned his voice become firm. Sucker Punch came out of the bow he was in and got an arm protectively in front Twilight.

“Watch what you say this is one of the Princesses of Equestria where you live. So show her your respect.

My Respect. My Respect is not something to give boy know butt out of this conversation as your life is currently in my hands.

Are you threatening me sir?” He Punch asked threateningly.

“NO im informing you, Your species is forbidden upon death to come within ten klicks of this Temple. The only thing stopping me from killing you is the fact the princess trusts and protects you.” Twilight decided now was a good time to jump in and prevent something she had never seen.

“Okay okay, Punch please thank you but, please stand down.” She put her hand on his arm as he put it back to his side. “Now im sorry sir for having trespassed we truly did not know that this place existed until a scroll showed me it. So Please can we all be calm and just be friends here?” It was an innocent question enough, But one she soon regretted making.

“ Friennddss.” His voice hissed out darkly as he suddenly jumped up from his throne. Now being so close she could truly tell his height, He was easily eight feet maybe close to nine. She could just see part of his chest and arms as the muscle clenched under the skin. His eyes now that she looked gave her great pause with their Vertical snakelike slit’s. It was enough to make them feel as if he was pushing them away his bare hands as they stepped back. “ After all that your kind has done to me and more importantly my family you want me to let that be and call you friend!” The etchings started to show what Twilight thought was Magical aura’s as they started to appear and become an ever darker green. They were suddenly frozen and showered into mist. “So even now my power is trying to be sealed. That will have to be first dealt with.”His voice was laced with discontent. They watched as he raised his hands breathing as he did till he held one arm eye level palm down and the other to his waist palm up. The Auras reappeared as he breathed in once more. Twilight looked around and saw that the entrance was bathed in a harsh purple light from two points on either side of the arch. “Now we begin.”

He breathed out and slowly, as if they were being repealed from another, he brought his hands together. The Air grew heavy and hard to breath as the Chamber seemed to vibrate with power. The Auras shot into the air as his hands came ever so slowly together. They became a Dark Green that it could almost be black and sparks of black lightning hissed out of them at their base. The two motes of light next to the arch were slowly growing dimmer and dimmer as the Auras got higher and higher. The air continued to get harder to breath. Twilight fell to her knees gasping. Her vision was blurring as the air became too thin and heavy to breath. She tried to cast a spell around her but failed to do so without both hands to hold her up from the ground. Just before she completely lost consciousness and could blackout she heard a single piercing cry.

Trouble, Punch had known there was trouble. The Archway had only been the start. Ever since walking through it he had felt on edge and the voice in the back of his mind had begun whispering to him once again. For his sake at being at his princesses side he did as he always had when he heard it, ignored it. When the had risen the flower the whisper had become a shout, but not of warning as it usually was. No it was as if something deep down was in celebration. He was almost deafened by it when the Man had started speaking. Now with his power filling the chamber it felt like the voice was outside and almost acting like a shield. He stood by the princesses side trying to get her to breath as she fell to her knees. Her arms shook violently about ready to drop out from under her. Punch looked at the Man of the Dais as his hands came close to touching one another. He felt something stir inside him. An energy he didn't recognize, he called on it pulled it forward and yelled with all his might to try and get the Man ‘s attention..

“Stop!” The single word acted like a catalyst. He watched as a thin white clear bubble popped into existence. It spread for a good ten feet all around him before the Power in the chamber eradicated it like a leaf in a blender. At the same time the Aura’s vanished and Twilight feel to the ground gasping in large lungfuls of air. Punch crouched down next to her to check on her.

“How fascinating” He heard behind him. Punch shot up to his feet and whirled around to find the man right in front of him. “You are a true enigma to the world, and you’ve been suppressing your power. For shame as its a gift not a disease.” Punch threw his arm at the man hoping to hit him the chest. His move was easily dodged as the man took a few steps back smiling. Punch noted the teeth as they looked normal except for the Canines looked draconic with their curved sharp edging.

“Why” he asked him. “Why are you against us we have done nothing to actually harm you”

“That which was done in the past must be accounted for in the present, and no one will stop my plans from bearing fruit.” He told him the seriousness in his voice causing him to pause for a second as he picked Twilight off the floor.

“What plans” Twilight whispered breathlessly “What plans could you have that would justify the death you might bring for petty revenge?”

“For one i will force Harmony back on to this realm, i shall bring fall to the houses that imprisoned me” He looked Twilight in the eyes as he smiled before continuing on.
“And i shall bring an end to Princess Twilight Andromeda Dawn Sparkle.” Punch immediately materialized in her view his arms pushing her behind his larger form.

“You will not lay a finger on her!”

“You are nothing boy, You have stood up to many foe’s but if you go against me you will fall here and not return.”

“I will do everything to protect my princess!” The man breathed out a heavy breath, His head hanging as he looked down at him with a sad expression on his face.

“You are blinded child. You have allowed the Light to cover your eyes and thus you are unable to look toward the Void and hear it’s whispers. Such a shame to end at your age, But if you stand against me then i shall do what i must. Punch had slowly been pushing both him and twilight back. There was now an easy 30 feet between the two men as they stared at one another. “On your request then” He said as he took a stance. His left foot which was clad in some kind of sandals he put horizontal and stretched toward them. His right foot went vertical back with his leg at a almost perfect right angle. his hands coming to rest above his head and in front of his waist. She had quite a lot of guard training and had read up on most combat technique’s but this one was new to her. it looked like both an offensive and defensive stance.

Punch turned his head toward her and with a heavy stern voice odered her away. “Princess please go, i will hold him off so that you can get reinforcements.”

“Punch what are you doing. you can't hope to fight him.”

“Princess!” his voice bit at her. she looked into his eyes and saw the fear. In all the time she had been with him he had never been afraid. “Please i don't know how long i can last but i don't wish for you to get involved.” Not as if she could argue with her power still diminished.

“Come back to us Valatietion. thats an order.” she told him as she walked off toward the door. She heard his whispered reply as she started to jog.

“As you command my Princess.” Twilight ran not daring to look back till she got through the Archway. She hid behind one of the pillars and did the one thing she regretted doing the most that day. SHe looked back to watch. The man stood as he was unmoved, but in front of him where Punch use to be was a large imposing beast. It’s large crest and body armor plated, the legs strong and sinuous ending with razor sharp claws. It opened it’s mouth and let loose an enraged hiss. It’s lips curled back and showed its mouthful of sharp teeth. It crouched low it leg’s tensing to spring as its long flat tail stabilized it’s body. This was Punch’s combat form. A skill unique to only two other race’s that she had seen only once before.

“What a most unique skill. If there becomes time you will have to teach me this.” The man spoke to Punch. Punch growled before his voice came out echoed as if through a long tunnel.

“The only skill i will show you today demon is how to die.”

“If that is what you will then it shall be.” Punch’s legs tensed as he sprang forward running with all his speed toward the Man. Twilight watched as the distance quickly closed but he didn't budge nor move. She saw punch hit him then he was covered by the Crest on Punch’s head.

‘did he really get him?’ Twilight wondered to herself. Something was off though. Punch’s legs were strained as if they were still pushing, and she watched one leg lift up to move forward for more purchase. She saw soon after a sandaled foot appear to the side of Punch’s crest. ‘He caught him?! but how at that weight and speed he should have been crushed.’

She heard him chuckle before speaking in a amused tone, “That was a very good try but you're going to have to try better than that if you wish to kill me.” Suddenly an arm came around the back of Punch’s crest and his legs. There was a small groan and then punch was lifted and then balanced on the man’s shoulder. Punch’s head directly on the man’s Shoulder while his body was left to swing as he tried to get the Man to drop him. The Man’s arms lite in a small subtle green light before spark’s traveled up and down Punch’s body. He tensed as the current went through him for the next several minutes. Finally it was too much and he dropped his form still held as he was on his enemy’s shoulder. The Man brought his legs together and crouched. and whispered one sentence to the CHamber. “Im sorry for this, may you please forgive me.” Twilight’s eyes grew as she realized what he was gonna do, but couldn't stop. The man leaped an easy 10 feet into the air before coming back down on the lower three tiers of the Dias , and on top of Punch.

The ground and Tiers splintered, cracked and indented with their impact. Punch could barely stay conscious as he watched the man get up without a scratch. He raised his arm slowly but quickly dropped it. He could feel the pool around him as his blood leaked into the ground. He couldn’t feel his legs nor anything below his chest. His ribs were on fire and his heart was fading. But despite all this he could still hear, even though his vision was fading. He saw the blurring shape of the man turn torward the entrance a look of satisfaction on his face. “Run. Run as fast as you can.” Almost soon after he heard the faint steps of a running figure.

‘Damnit Princess i said to run.’ not that it mattered as his life left him. ‘In the end i failed you your highness, may the gods forgive me.’

“You have not failed, not yet at least.

‘wait wat’. his brain was becoming sluggish.

“I can offer you a choice a very simple choice. It is the only way to protect the princess so that she may live.”

“Then what you kill her. Why protect what you want to kill?”

“Simple I plan to save her and her future.” Okay my brain must be gone. Save her? he said he’d kill her. “Im sorry for my theatrics but they are necessary. Punch suddenly felt a warm presence at his side. His vision made it so he only saw blurred outlines now. But this man his face, one full of sadness and regret came in sharp. Before he could anything else the Man started whispering in his ear. His whole plan every last detail. So many holes everything built to be stopped with at least three backups for it if it did. An Impossible plan but one he felt was destined to be played out.

“Valatietion, Will you help me complete this. TO save the Princess and her future?”

“Yes. Yes i will...My Lord.”

“Then prepare for the worst pain in your life’. That was the last thing Valatietion heard before he was lift and the man bit into his neck. He felt not his blood flowing out but something flow in. It immediately set his body on fire. Just before he lost consciousness he heard on last command. “Should you survive my blood collect the Tome and escape to the rendezvous undetected.

May your path be relite and it’s obstacles become clear. Till Darkness or High Might come.” The Man said reverently. to which Valatietion was able to whisper as his wakeful mind slept.

“Amen”

Author's Note

Okay so I Finally got this third chapter into a form I can except. Am I happy with it not exactly. This is going to be a long AN so please bare with me.

1-To all who have waited sorry. ADHD so you know I concentrate and then Squirrel!...or in my case MW3 online. or its my fav's and or 600 read later list.
2-I will be going back to the previous two and doing summarys and giving credit to those who deserve it for some of the things, I.E. Pictures, Names, Characters ect.
3- to explain a few small things

The Race's Now instead of doing Unicorns and all and making this Anthro I decided Humanized would be better. Thus I need to classify the three "Pony" races. I wanted to use my own ideas here so here they are.
Unicorn's- Magi( I got this idea from watching the Mummy one day)
Pegasi- Avion's( Its the scientific classification for winged creatures with a twist[had to make it slightly different]
on a side note if your wondering how the wings work.I think of the Maximum Ride series with Maxx and all them.
Earth Pony- Uman( this is the Romainian[very down to earth kind of culture] word for human. so I thought it was a fantastic idea, that and I love forieghn Luaguage's and culture's
Alicorn's- I didn't mess with this because it just seemed like a good thing, and you know the saying why mess with a good thing, well I decided to heed it here.

Certen terms
Soul Marks- I don't own that idea and I cant find the story I got it from, sorry, But all praise for that belongs to another Author that I just ran with.
Sucker Punch, A.K.A Valatition, the Nickname isn't mine either that belongs to Dark0592
And for those who have figured out the Mysterious Man.......NO SPOILEIRS YOU ROTTEN DOGS OR IT"LL BE THE END OF YOU!!!!!!

Okay summary time.

After having risen the Cyrstal Flower and releasing this Mysterious Powerful Strange, he threaten's Twilights life and kills her bodyguard and friend.
What did he say to Punch to get him to join? What are his powers? and will he complete his mission before anyone can intervine find out next time
also what's with Twilight's apparent Power drain and or illness??

3

First Shadow

act 1

Throne Room

20 Minutes after Order’s

Chief Sergeant Light Stream was the first to get his platoon through the castle to the throne room. Other’s had opted to close off the multitude of hallways. They were beginning to to set up their magical defense’s when they heard a hollow thud that caused the room to quake. Light looked toward the back of the room to watch as the throne rose with the end of the quake. Rock dust and debris billowed out as Princess Sparkle stumbled out and fell to the ground. She flipped onto her back as she frantically scrambled behind her.

“Princess! All Call to station’s. Corporal's remove the Princess through the side entrance and post there.” He ordered his men as he fought to pick up the frantic Princess as she tried to fight his touch. “Princess you have to calm down you're safe. Princess! Calm down whe…” He noticed her mouth was moving and leaned in to hear what she was saying just under her breath.

"Έρχεται. Έρχεται. Πήρε να ξεφύγουν. Πρέπει να βρω Dash. Έρχεται. Πάρα πολύ ενέργεια. Ω Celestia είναι πίσω μου! Έρχεται. Έρχεται. Έρχεται.” She was staring wide eyed at the throne as it slid back into place covering the passage beneath it. He quickly called over a Magi.

‘What's she saying cadet.”

“I don’t know sir she’s not making any sense she just keeps repeating ‘He’s coming. He’s Coming.” The Cadet looked squarely into her eyes before she could be ushered into the next room. He spoke evenly and calmly “Πριγκίπισσα που έρχεται”. Her eyes snapped to him and she seemed to calm down. She looked around as the door was closed in the side room they were in near the front of the Throne Room. “Πριγκίπισσα που έρχεται” he asked her again.

“θάνατος” she whispered as she slacked and curled in on herself on the floor repeating the word again and again. They left the room. Light reminded the two Corporals to stand by the door.

“What did she say.” Light asked the young Magi. He was slightly shaken and seemed unsettled.

“Death. She said, Death is Coming.” Light took that in and felt a chill run down his spine. Princess Sparkle had faced Deity leveled opponents and beat them without being afraid. WHatever she saw down it that passage Had scared her though. Enough to break her and make her frantic.

“Form up I want a standard formation around the front of the throne. Spears to the front Archer’s to the rear. Let’s go hussle. You!” he pointed at a Uman axeman.

“Sir” He saluted to the sergeant.

“Run back to the first formation and have them send runners all the way back to Command and notify them where we are and that we have the Princess secured. Go!”

“Sir, yes Sir” The axeman quickly disappeared as the Formation quickly formed in a four man deep, ten man long, Crescent formation materialized out of the rest of the soldier's. Soon a deep thudding could be heard from under the Throne. It quickly got louder and before they knew it the Throne, and an unmissable amount of debris shot into the ceiling and hung there.

“Shields Up!” Light ordered and a quick bubble formed from the Magi not holding Bow’s, and the soldiers in the first two ranks pulled their shields up to make a phalanx. The dust parted as a single figure walked out into the room. He was taller than anyone he had ever seen. supporting long black hair that went down to his waist. He also had the strangest assortment of clothing. The black cloth seemed almost form fitting to his body leaving his shoulders and arms exposed. The cloth on the legs also had a seam open along the side of his hips were red leggings could be seen, ‘probably for better movement’, Light thought. The cloth on top though almost looked like a dress the way it’s rippled form almost acted as a single unit. and it seemed to tie together at his waist by means of a large multi-wrapped Green sach. Light watched out the corner of his eyes as a Avion’s wings dropped along it’s back, like a sail without wind. The man walked to the edge of the raised platform where the Throne use to stand. He looked across the room before speaking, his voice echoing out like several people were speaking.

“Insectssss” the word hissed out a if spoken from three people, sending a shiver through the room. Light watched the man as the dust slowly billowed around him. he licked his lips and breathed in to help regain his composure.

“Halt!, by the order’s of the Captain of the Star Guard you are to surrender yourself to the authority and custody of the Princesses and the Equestrian Nation. Furthermore you…

“No”. Light was cut off as the man spoke.

“Im not asking you to comply. I’m ordering you to.”

“I said no. Only those with the will to rule have the right to order another. Even then they can only order those below them. You are below me Insect. By what right do you think yourself otherwise?”

“I have the Authority of my rank presented by My Captain. Who in turn was given her authority and the right to give me mine by our Princess and her Co-rulers. Who are given the trust of the Nation to know what is right and needs to be done. You have no one but yourself.

“No. I have the whole of the world at the tips of my fingers alone. So think before you challenge a Matriarch, insect.”. The man looked at the ranks of the other soldiers, before refocusing on him. “Listen to me now. Children. My very young children this will be the only chance i give you. Back down now. Surrender your weapon’s and leave, present to me the Princess know as Twilight Sparkle. Thus I may finally finish a great sin done unto this realm.” His eyes continually scanned the soldiers as he spoke as if invoking them with his will. Instead of the response the man asked for the Soldiers around Light tensed, the phalanx grew spikes as the spears held by the shield bears sprang over them.

“We will never surrender our princess to you! AT ARMS!” He yelled to the platoon. The air filled with the sound of swords being draw and arrows pulled out of quivers.Axes readying in the hands of their owners and wings preparing to fly.

“So you will stand as a shield in front of her?”

“We are the shield of the Equestrian Nation and the Sword of the Princesses!” The man's posture changed he seemed to lean back as he gave a half smile, as if in amusement.

“ Then let us test that blade shall we children? The man swept one of his feet back, almost as if bracing himself. Light decided that if he was going to be given an opportunity to catch this man before he could fully prepare he should strike now.

“Archer’s, Draw!” 12 soldiers quickly brought their bows to aim as they pulled back, Their arrows charging with non-lethal spells. Their order’s afterall were to capture anyone not authorized to be in the castle. He waited a second longer. Silently giving the man a chance to surrender in light of how outmatched and and obviously outmanned he was. “Fire”. he said directly to the archers. There was a clear ‘twang’ as 12 arrows flew simoustanly toward their goal. Light watched as the event seemed to unfold in slow motion near the end as the arrows neared their mark. ‘Just move asshole, come on move!’ he silently cried. But despite it all the man didn't budge. Just before the arrows hit their mark and each other he watched the man give a really large toothy smirk. A detonation quickly engulfed the raised platform as the different spells collided and mixed. The small cloud covered the platform entirely. They stood there watching silently waiting. ‘Damn fool’, Light thought to himself.

“Ha ha ha ha ha.” ‘Impossible’ light thought as they heard the low chuckle. He looked up to the cloud to watch as a hand broke through it and swept to the side. The cloud dispersed to show the man standing without a wound on his body, and an amused smile on his face. Light thought it made him look more sinister than anything else.

“That’s it? Thats all you got? And here I thought you might have something.” Trying to salvage the situation Light quickly spoke up against the comment’s.

“Those were low level NON-LETHAL spells.” The man shook his head as it hung toward his chest with disappointment reigning in his voice.

“I give you a chance to test your blade and you use non-lethal attacks that I dont even feel.” To bad. Now Children,” His head raised back up a small spark now present in his eyes as he spoke, “It’s my turn. Let us test your shield.” His right hand came up and held away from his body at a slight angle, with his and slightly pinched. The look in his eye grew to one of foreseeable enjoyment, to the Soldiers it made them think of a mad demon ready to kill.

SNAP

Twilight snapped herself together as she heard a large snapping noise. She saw her immediate surroundings and recognized the side room to the Throne room. She felt the uneasiness from early coming from the main CHamber and pushed a painting of Canterlot Castle aside. It was a special commision by Princess Celestia so she could watch nobles conduct their court. She had the painting made to cover the spell on the wall where she made it seem like a window through the wall. She saw a small platoon of soldiers standing at the ready to attack. She looked in the direction they were facing to see to her horror the man from the CHamber. She watched as he breathed in a deep breath his hands raising with his chest. And most curiously a subtle green aura that started to coat his body. As he started to breath out as a circle of light shone around his feet before he clapped his hands together. He smiled before speaking again.

“Διαίρεση” he commanded as he pulled his hands apart. Twilight watched as seven points of green light appeared between them. He then spread his arms out to his side and she saw them tumble out in front of him. Thats when she saw they were disk’s, small green disk’s no bigger than a human hand. His left hand fell to his side as the the disk’s tumbled in place. He raised his right hand loosely over the disk’s and they straightened out parallel to the floor.

Light was watching the mans spectacle. He watched as he breathed in and out. They were still waiting for some spell. Yet none came. nothing changed about the man other than him clapping his hands together once. “Διαίρεση” ‘What in the name of the divine was that?’ Light thought to himself. He looked at his magi but they all gave a blank look. None of them knew what he had said. He watched as the man's right arm came up about the level of his neck and extend all the way out, before lowering down to the level of his hip. “φέτα”, thats when something happened. there just above the top stair leading to the platform a white disk appeared making a humming, buzzing noise. The formation flexed a bit in it’s direction. Then to either side another appeared. Then another one to either side of those, till seven of the white disk’s floated there. They heard him give a low growl before speaking once more. “μύγα”. His hand Flexed over the disk’s as he spoke and suddenly they launched forward like a storm of arrows. They raised their shields and swords to defend themselves as they strengthened the barrier. The Disk’s passed right through the barrier.

“Brace!” Light gave the last command as the disk’s hit the formation, and summarily passed through it ripping it to shreds and cutting every last person who stood before them. Light felt an intense pressure pass through his shoulder as he was flipped through the air. The Room quickly filling with the screams of the Soldiers as their shields were shredded like tin foil before the spectral blades flying around them.

Twilight watched in horror as she watched the now red lined disk’s fly through the air cutting soldiers to pieces without actually going for a kill. It was torcher and horrendous. SHe quickly entered the Room and ran through the large double door’s SHe closed the doors and look back just in time to come within inches of one of the Blades as it embedded itself in the wood. The blades on the disk’s edge still spinning. SHe quickly ran down the hall in a random direction as the disk’s embedded themselves into the door in her wake.

Main Battalion Guard Headquarters

15 Minutes after Orders

Lieutenant Star Crater was waiting in the main foyer of the Night guard wing. And as usual on most days he had begun his ranted pacing.

“Stupid Star Guard Captain is late again. Doesn’t that women understand the function of time, or for that matter procedure!” His junior officers were sitting at a table to the far left of the room playing a game of cards as they tuned out the lieutenants rant. It was too common an occurrence for them to really care about, besides it kept him off them. Unfortunately fate seemed deem to ‘Brighten their day’ as it were. For soon after they heard a few crashes before the Lieutenant of the Star Guard crashed through the Foyer doors and collapse breathlessly on the ground.

“......Need…..to speak…..to the…...Captain…….Immediately!” He wheezed out between several breath’s. The other junior officers quickly pulled him to his feet and gave him something to drink.

“The Captain is busy Silver. What do you want?” Star asked him annoyed at his state.
‘the whole guard is so lazy he can't even get here without a few breaks in between i bet, not to mention his Captain still isn’t here.” he mocked to himself as Silver slowed his breathing down.

“There’s been an emergency call given by Captain Dash as of Five Minutes ago. She sent me ahead to appraise Captain Dark Light of the situation.

“So thats why she’s late, she wants to bullshit with her Command just before the change of the guard.” Silver despite his exhaustion quickly moved forward into the other Lieutenant's face.

“What did you say about my Captain.” He breathed out.

“Come even you must admit there lazy, Your captain leisurely walks from the palace to the Middle of the City before heading up the Mountain to get to Headquarters everyday. So what stupid excuse could you give me to think that she needed to muster her whole force just before the change, thats makes it seem worthy for you to have run from wherever you were to here.” He mocked to Silver as the other Junior officer’s pulled Silver back.

“I flew up here you bastard, and in a record time nonetheless. My Captain patrols the whole city everyday to make sure it is one hundred percent safe before she retires for the night! She called her forces into the Castle itself on a feeling she had, one that i….” The double door’s behind Star suddenly opened to admit the Captain of the Night Guard . Captain Dark Light was an opposing Uman. Standing almost four feet wide at the shoulder with muscles like steel. His close cropped green hair was long in three places were it looked like spines went along them. The room quickly filled with soldiers calling attention to his presence. His Almond colored eyes looked straight at Silver before speaking.

“Take a deep breath Silver and repeat to me everything that happened before she sent you here.” He calmly asked. Silver relaxed a bit as he told the Captain the events that transpired on the South Parapet. When Sliver had finished his tale Star spoke up before his Captain could.

“What stupidity is this? Is all the Star Guard insane to listen to a woman who clearly has lost her mind?”

“Star?”

“Yes Captain?”

“Shut up, and call in our forces. We shall need to move fast to support and reinforce Captain Dash. Especially as only her honor guard are with the castle limits this Month.”

“But Captain.” Dark gave his lieutenant a very cold stare before speaking.

“Do as your ordered Lieutenant. Unlike you I have know the Captain for the last 14 years and one thing I’ve learned is her Instincts are sharper than a fresh recon report. Silver!”

“Yes Captain.”

“Return to your main forces at a steady pace, no need to wind yourself on the way down. Find Rainbow and tell her i shall be there within the half-hour.” He ordered to the Lieutenant. Silver put his fist over his heart and bowed shortly at the waist before quickly jogging out. Dark Light went back into his office to pick up his Weapons muttering as he left the foyer, “Dash I Pray that your feelings are wrong for once.”

Canterlot Castle Hallways

5 Minutes after First Contact

A small group of soldiers moved through the Hallways in the direction from which Princess Twilight had come. The group numbering just five soldiers two of which were Uman, two Avion’s, and their Sergeant a Magi, soon came across the Throne Room door’s. the first thing they noticed was the presisant buzzing noise leading to the door’s. Just to upon finding out that there were seven enchanted Disks trying to cut through the door, only to appear to have gotten stuck in the process. Even though they were investigating what happened, Sergeant Clover Fall couldn’t help but be impressed with the sight. The doors were designed to withstand a Thunder of Dragons barging on it, and it had spells so old and power embedded into the wood, one would have to be stronger than the princesses to harm it. He was about to touch one of the disks when they all stopped spinning. He pulled his hand back from the door and looked at the disk he was in front of. the white blades didn't give off any kind of Magical energy he could feel, or should considering what they were lodged in. he brought a finger up and touched the top of one of the blades, which then began to spin once again. The others quickly followed suit and without a sign of hesitance or resistance flew back into the Throne Room. They all looked at each other as they readied their weapons, and for a time just stood there doing nothing.

Finally Clover grew tired of waiting a moved ever so slowly up to one of the holes and peered in. What he saw would give Nightmares to any regular person not having seen bloodshed. The floor was slick with blood . It covered the floor, and crawled up the support pillars and walls. Soldiers were strewn around , he couldn’t tell if any of them were dead but one or two looked as if they had a layer skin as the only thing holding a limb to them. ANd in the center standing over a body was a single man. His height he couldn't tell from so far in the room, he wore strange clothes, had long hair and the disk’s he saw earlier were flying in a circle randomly around his body. He was staring at the door rubbing his chin as if contemplating some great mystery. The man then sighed and shrugged his shoulders, his hands going into the air in front of him as if in defeat. His right hand came up and the disks quickly started to fly around his wrist .He flexed his palm toward the door, and the disks launched themselves toward the door. Clover quickly retreated from the door just as the disks pelted back into the door. Now there were two at the top, two at the bottom , two to either side and one embedded in the seam between the door’s. Then like it was hot butter. The disks moved simultaneously around the door, cutting all the hinges and locks when the disks finished making one circuit around the door they dissipated leaving no trace they were there. They watched to see if the door would fall and readied themselves to get out of the way. Time seemed to slow for them as they watched the door, nothing and nobody moving. They relaxed a bit, Clover took a few steps toward the monolithic doors just as a knock resounded off them. A mighty groaned soon bellowed out as both doors slowly fell forward. They all quickly ran out of the way throwing themselves to either side of the door’s path as they came down. With a large resounding thud, the two once grand doors hit the floor. The small group stared at the doors then toward the entrance as a series of foot steps became present. There atop the once standing door’s standing taller than anyone they knew alive , was a single man. with blood slowly dripping off his right hand.

“Freeze in the name of the Princesses!” Clover yelled at him as his team readied their weapons.

“Why?” He asked. His voice sounding distorted, almost like multiple people were speaking. His head hung in dejection.

“Excuse me?” Clover couldn't help it the question threw him off.

“Why will you all stand against me? I am merely trying to right the wrong done to this world and return its Harmony. All I ask is you stand down, and let me pass so I may reacquire the Princessss.”

“You will not touch the Princess” One of the men to his right called out. The atmosphere in the corridor seemed to freeze as everyone’s weapons pointed at this one man. He sighed before raising his hand. They readied themselves for a spell, only to watch the man put his hand against his face. With a harsh twist his head snapped to the Left , accompanied by the sounds of his neck popping. To Clover though it sounded like someone broke the man's neck it was so audible. He repeated the same gesture to the right. His arms went limp as he then rolled his shoulders. The joints popping just as loud. He breathed out slowly and loud.

“If that is your wish. Then it will seem I have to choice but this one. To war it shall be, May it be glorious and bright.” he spoke as if wistfully his head raising to stare out a nearby window at the sun as it started to set.

“To war with this asshole!” one of his Spearmen proclaimed as he jumped at the man. from the side. His spear raised to be thrusted into him. The man didn't react at all. Then a quick as a viper the man shift his legs apart and grabbed the spear just behind the tip. Then easily used his arms to whip the spear plus soldier to his left. The soldier smashed into the ground at a speed faster than his original charge. His mouth opened as a few drops of blood flew out. His spear was now in the hand of the very man he had tried to attack.

“Cobble!” The other spearman in his squad yelled. He gritted his teeth and readied his spear. Then charged at the mans back. When he got within striking distance he planted his feet and thrusted the spear ahead of him. The man pulled his right leg in, easily sidestepping the weapon, and grabbed the spear just like before. This time he thrusted back. The butend slamming into the chest of the soldier who held it. He gasped as his breath left his body. He let go of his spear and threw his arms onto his legs to hold himself up. The man took the two spears and lined them up, he leisurely walked up to the gasping soldier and swung the spears at him like a club. The spears hit his chest just behind the points and snapped them clean off. The soldier flew a good ten feet before slamming into a pillar where then slumped unconscious to the ground. The soldier next to him yelled out a hearty war cry before charging his sword raised to slice the man in half. He swung only to have the man use one of the Spear shafts in his hand to deflect the attack. Then in rapid succession hit him once in the stomach. Then immediately to the bottom of his chin, and lastly across his back. The momentum of the attack sending him crashing into the wall next to Clover.

That was it he had to act. He charged the man himself while drawing both his blades. He stepped onto the doors, Just to have one of the shafts come flying at him. He used one of his blades and slashed out of the way, Then the other shaft popped up and he used his other sword for that one. That was a mistake for after both deflects he had opened himself up the Man loomed in front of him a single leg raised. One which he firmly planted into Clover’s chest. He flew back and slammed into the PIllar next to one of his soldiers. His chest felt like it was dipped in molten lava, and he was pretty sure he could feel a rip or two pressing against the underside of his armor. His vision was blurring. He watched though as the last soldier an Axemen got right behind the man his axe raised up to dispatch this monster. He failed though as well. For the man seemed to sense him and crouch so that they stood eye level and planted his right hand into the mans chest. But rather than fly back as he should have from such a hit,if his kick was anything to judge by, he seemed to slump over the mans arm. Blood then poured from his mouth as he wheezed for air. The man yanked his arm back and stood as the soldier fell at his feet. His hand now covered with fresh blood. His face though threw CLover off, he seemed sad and maybe even depressed as if the fight had caused him an emotional pain. He knelt down to the soldier at his feet and put his hand on the soldiers chest. he waited for a second or two before standing back up. He looked at Clover as his vision doubled and made it hard to see anything but outlines.

“He’ll live, and so will all your men. It is not yours nor their time yet. Now be ready to sleep for your dreams will not come this time”. The mans right hand raised high into the air before slamming in the ruined door beneath him. Clovers vision quickly fell and the blackness of unconsciousness took him.

Twilight didn't know how far she had run yet, only that she needed to run farther.
Is there anyplace really safe from me? Twilight froze as the sound of the man’s voice popped into her head. She looked all around the corridor she was currently standing in. she was the only one there, yet she could feel him, almost like was was right next to here. She looked behind her toward the back of the long corridor to see a green light filling it. She watched as is quickly filled the corridor and zoomed past her. She looked out a near by window to see it was actually a bubble slowly expanding outward, but from where? I found you. The voice sounded in her head again. It felt as if he was looking right at her. she heard a whisper of buzzing and started running again.

Luna listened intently to the sound of running water coming from the bathroom.

‘Uh it been ten minutes already, how much longer?’, She was wearing an extremely sheer set of lingerie that at the same time seemed to cover nothing, yet accentuated all her curves and features perfectly. She looked herself over one more time from her place on the the bed. ‘ If this gets the reaction I hope it does I must thank Rarity for making it for me.’ Of course she tried not to think of the embarrassment between them both as the measurements were made. It was worth it, or would be hopefully, to see the look on her loves face. She felt a sudden chill creep up the back of her neck, and looked around noting the closed blinds and windows. ‘where did that come from’ she thought just as a sudden green light flashed through her room. As it went by her she felt uncomfortable, like someone was inspecting her. Yet at the same time, safe, and protected. ‘ My Queen.’

“Whos there” Luna called out to the room. A sensation growing in her that felt old and hungry rising. ‘I hope that we may one day serve you as we should’

“I demand you show yourself!” she practically yelled as she jumped off the bed looking around. She felt the chill on her spine spread through her body. ‘ITs him!’ she heard a voice inside her head call out, one that she had thought gone forever.

“Nightmare? No thats impossible, the elements destroyed you.”

“ We must act. He is reborn and shall seek the destruction of the world!”

“No i wont let you take control again. I’d sooner die then…”

“We won’t control you, but act now or the ones you love will die, and the world will be crushed under his fingers!”

“Who, who are you so afraid of?” Luna demand. there was silence in her mind for a time. She waited and counted to twenty. She was starting to wonder if she just imagined the voice.Then like a harsh winter wind it return this time it was different sounding not that of the nightmare but of three other voices, one she could hear the tones of someone feminine while the other two were obviously male.

“We have to act if you wont, we will.”

“NO i refuse to let anyone control me again.” Luna was clutching her head as a pain like a spike ran through it. she fought it for what felt like a few minutes before a cooling fell like water ran up her spine.
“Luna the one love and those you care about are in danger. If you don't act then they may very well be killed.” Nightmare’s voice sounded in her head as images of some humanoid creature covered in cloaks of shadows held the still beating heart of her love. While in the background her sister and friends all were held impaled through their chest.

“No please, stop. Your lying just like last time.

“Im sorry Luna, but I won't let this come to pass.” Nightmares voice said with regret. Wait regret. But before she could go along that train of thought a heavy cold like a thick blanket consumed her mind.

Luna woke from the Darkness in her mind. she was laying on her side. She could hear, almost like she was in the room itself, the sound of the water as it went down a drain and wet feet as they walked on tile. The sound was all hyperfocused, she looked toward the bed. Noting that for some reason it seemed sublime and unreal, like she was viewing someone else’s view and not her own.

“Luna you can move, wake up quickly. He’s on the move.”

“Nightmare what did you do. No i can't leave, If Celestia see’s me she’ll think I turned.

“Luna please I promise nothing will come to harm im only giving you my power, but you are in control just go, and when things are safe I’ll, well I’ll leave.”

“NO i wont be used again!” Luna said with determination as she stood up. Wait she stood up. By her own will. Last time when she had Let NIghtmare Moon take control she wasn't in control. It was more like watching a showing of what was going on. “What trick is this/”

“None I swear just go and save whoever you can.”

Luna stood in the spot she was for a time not knowing what to do. On one hand she looked like she was turning into the Nightmare, her eyes she noted were slitted like a cats and aquamarine, and she stood taller. Her skin was a more Olive tone than white. Her hair was still Midnight blue, her face hadn’t really changed , nor anything else for that manner. She noted as she looked at a mirror on a wall, thankfully she was wearing a Dress Uniform. “ Fine ill help” she said as she walked out of the room. “wait i dont even know where im going”

“Yes you do just follow the sensation thats surrounding your spine.” she said matter-of-factly. Luna was going to argue when she noticed the feeling. ‘It’s coming from the west wing. And so is Twilight.’ and with that she walked down the hallway.

Back in her room a tall figure walked out of the Bathroom a Towel wrapped around thier body.

“Hmmm I wonder where Luna went usually she waits for me before starting the Night Court.”

Author's Note

Okay so I was having problems with Google Doc's. It prevented me from having any of the story viewable, but the site still showed I had Xthousand of words. I figured out that it was because I was using symbols that the site disagreed with, will remember that for Later.

If any pictures or links I have here arnt viewable on any of this chapters do comment or PM about that so I can get another to replace it. Another thing im looking for inspiration on a race name for the Alicorn's besides Alicorn. If you have an idea do tell. Lastly a quick summary to go after all this for the lull's
But ask questions they give ideas and things.

SUMMARY
Having exspaed from the Chamber below Twilight runs into a mobalized squad of soldiers. The man followers her an engages the platoon easily sweeping them and their attacks away. She then runs through the castle to try and get away. The Castle quickly fall's into disorder trying to stop him. Elswhere Luna is getting *ahem* ready for some private time. But lo and behold Nightmare Moon still exist's inside to resurface, but wait she's not after eternal night *GASP* and lends Luna her power. Why? Will He be stopped? Will Twilight escape? And will the Night Guard Mobilize in time or make a difference?

Lastly a disclaimer

I do not own any images, or videos used in the chapter above or previous, Nor My little pony, which is property of Hasbro and Lauran Faust. Nor any quotes or lines from other sources.

UPDATE

As of Last month I have stopped the original story arc for this story. My recent dealings with Rising Night and Stories im writing else where have shown me that I can write at a higher Quality so I Shall Be stopping it temporarily to re-write it

The First Change as you no doubt may have noticed(If you followed the story) Is its name change from the Secret Element to World's Element. I'm going to be making this a series extending over at least two maybe three books

So bear with me as I work to make this story better than it currently is