Dark Everfree

Zigzag's ears perked up as she heard voices above. She whisked up everything and motioned for Stripe to follow her. She flew low and went into a nearby bush. She cleared some leaves out of the way so she could see. She looked up. 2 pegasi were flying out of the side of the cliff. She noticed the side of the cliff was open, and a unicorn was coming out too. He teleported to the ground and ran into the forest. The two pegasi spotted him and flew after him.

Zigzag suddenly heard Princess Luna's voice telling her to help him. She quickly responded, unable to control her own body. She quickly flew after the two pegasi, noticing a mare and stallion. She stayed quite close, but far enough not to be seen. She had never flown this fast before. It felt great to her. The wind rushing in her mane, her wings a blur, the vast amount of trees that made up the Ever free forest under her. She grimaced as she imagined what would happen if she were to fall from this high. She looked behind her, checking if Stripe was still behind her. Her eyes widened as she saw a white-zigzag trail behind her. She could barley make out Stripe, camouflaged in the colors.

Zigzag suddenly felt woozy. She wildly looked around and saw the unicorn aim a flash of light at her. It hit, and the world went black.

Zigzag woke up on a bed. "Not this again!" she groaned, rubbing a hoof on her head.

She saw Stripe snoozing next to her." Stripe! Wake up! We've got to get out of here!" she whispered.

Stripe woke up." Meow?" he asked.

"Hurr-" Zigzag was stopped by a voice in the hallway.

"I see you're awake." it said.

Zigzag gasped as she looked at Stripe with an angry look on her face. Stripe looked at her the same way. A purple unicorn with a dark blue mane stepped into the room. Zigzag grabbed Stripe and put him in her saddle bag, and opened the window, ready to fly away. She stopped when she felt something tugging on her tail. She looked behind her, and saw a green magical aura. She looked at the unicorn, whose horn was also glowing green. " Let go of me!" Zigzag demanded.

" Listen." the unicorn responded calmly.

Zigzag sighed and turned around. " What?" she spat.

The unicorn motioned for her to follow him as he exited the room. She trudged after him. Stripe flew onto the unicorn's back and laid down. " Traitor!" Zigzag hissed.

The unicorn lead them to an old library. " Oh my! It's so beautiful!" Zigzag said with sarcasm.

The unicorn looked at her curiously. He turned forward and started to walk. Zigzag flew up to the highest book shelf and a took one of the  books. She sneezed when dust flew on her face. The unicorn chuckled." My name is Starlight. What's yours?" he asked.

" Zigzag. Funny how someone who nearly kidnapped me and is a stranger is asking for my NAME!" she replied.

The unicorn looked hurt. Zigzag immediately regreted everything she'd said. Great. Now she was being a jerk. The unicorn took a deep breath. " I am Princess Luna's son." he said.

" What?! But.. but.. Princess Luna is a Princess! She isn't married! How-" Zigzag was stopped by the look of amusement on Starlight's face.

" Oh, so you find this amusing?" she spat. Starlight looked flustered.

"N-no not at all! You have to believe me! I really am the prince of the night!" he said.

Zigzag chuckled. " Of course you are! Your similarates to Princess Luna are striking!" she said.

Starlight calmed down at this. " Okay, back to business. I believe my mother visited you in a dream, correct?" he inquired.

"Yup, she told me to get her something called the moonstone." Zigzag said as she sat down on the rug. Stripe jumped off of Starlight's back and went under Zigzag's wing.

" Good. Now, the moonstone is an ancient artifact from long, long ago. Princess Luna made it to store her power. Ponies became greedy one day. They wanted the moonstone. They wanted to get power. Lots and lots of it. Princess Luna was devastated at this. How could she, the Princess, tear apart the goodness of ponies?" Starlight paused to see if Zigzag was listening. Zigzag stared intently at him.

He continued. " Princess Luna decided to destroy the moon stone. If it was going to tear Equestria apart, it was of no use to her. Celestia became worried. If Luna destroyed the artifact, the power was going to go back to her. Such an immense amount of power could corrupt a pony easily. Luna knew this, but was willing to do it for Equestria. But a unicorn, by the name of Darkshadow wanted this power. Not only the power, but something he had seeked for all his life. Immortality. He sneaked into the castle and attacked Luna. Luna was beaten. He took the moonstone and became an Alicorn. Celestia also tried to fight, but with the moonstone, he was just too strong. He noticed nightmare moon's challenges for the Elements of Harmony, and decided to make his own secret organization called the Shadow Bolts. This organization kills other ponies to steal their energy. They give this energy to their leader, DarkShadow. Once he collects enough, he will take over Equestria." Starlight finished.

" Are the pegasi that I saw Shadow bolts?" Zigzag asked. Starlight nodded as he looked at the clock above the fireplace.

" Would you like to sleep here tonight?" he asked Zigzag.

Zigzag nodded.

"Tomorrow we'll stop the Shadow Bolts." he yawned as he walked out of the room, looking for a few blankets.