Even though it may seem that destroying public property may not seem like much, it is a serious crime none the less. And the amount of property destroyed didn't help either. You were sentenced two years to prison, with visitors allowed. The only ponies to come and visit you were, Luna, your foal Vinyl, and Iron Wing. You are half way through your sentence, with only a year left to go, you cannot wait to get out and see what has happened since you were gone.

"Hey Discord, are you there?"

Silence

"I'm coming in"

Still silence consumed your mind.

Location: Your Mind

"Discord, are you here?"

You see or hear nothing. Your mind is a blank canvas, waiting for an artist to come and bring life to it. It is just a white room filled with nothing but eerie silence.

"Discord, if you are there please let me know, okay? I'm leaving now"

Location: Your cell

"What is happening? Discord is gone, I'm in prison, the general pupulation hates me... am I losing my mind?"

"No that ship sailed and sank a long time ago" Discord says.

"Discord! Where have you been?"

"Minor bump in the road, you being in jail, so I had to take care of some things"

"Don't worry, I only have a year left of this place, then I can go back and see my family"

"I heard you get visitors, how is Luna doing?"

"Honestly, I don't know, she hasn't been visiting for a couple months now and I am getting worried" You say with a sigh.

"Oh, so this is when it happens"

"Wait, when what happens? What are you talking about?"

"You might want to ask your step-sister that, but, when you get the news, don't let her know you knew you would hear about this, okay?"

"Fine bu-"

At that moment Celestia walks through the dungeon doors, with Vinyl on her back.

"CELESTIA, what have you done with Luna?" You say pressing your body against the cell bars.

"That's why I am here to tell you what happened, and I hoped you would not raise your voice so I brought little Scratch here" Celestia said looking towards Vinyl.

"Hi, daddy" Vinyl says waving a hoof.

Your mind gets side tracked to Vinyl, she is getting big, soon she should be able to go to school, and start learning about magic. Thinking about your foal you start to smile to yourself looking at no one particular before you train of thought gets interrupted by Celestia.

"Vinyl can you go into the next room? Your father and I need to talk" Celestia says bowing her head to get on eye level with little Scratch.

"Okay, but can I play with the guards?" Vinyl says pointing a hoof towards the now nervous guard.

"Fine but don't get to rough okay?" Celestia says chuckling a bit.

You wave to Vinyl before she leaves the room.

"Okay since you are here, you are going to answer my questions" You say sitting down in the back of the cell.

"Okay, what do you want to know?" She asks sitting down in a chair the previous guard was using.

"I heard Luna went missing, where is she?" You ask getting up from the cold floor.

"You might want to be sitting down for this" She says, and you take that moment to sit back down.

"You remember back when you were tested on? Back at the facility, they found a recording of what had happened, and Luna saw it, she saw everything you and the people in there had done. She was angry with the people who called for the testing and had them thrown out of their position, but there was one person who she couldn't face..."

"Who was it? What did they do?" You say bolting upwards.

"It was me, I'm the one who called the facility to test on you, we needed some of your powers to protect ourselves from the upcoming war of the Griffons and Minotaur's. We needed to take what you had, to harness your essence..."

You couldn't find the words to react, so you just sat there, staring, staring into nothing but your own thoughts.

"Night Music, I know you are angry, but it was for a good cause, it was for the survival of Equestria, you have to understand"

Still you just sat there silent, something in the back of your mind kept nagging you, to take your revenge for harming you, but you wanted to hear more.

"A little after that was when Luna started to stay in her room day in and day out, never left, the only one who entered was Vinyl, and she usually came back out looking down, or crying sometimes, probably to see her mother in such a state" Celestia said tearing up a little bit.

"She became so depressed, even to the point of being unable to even see Vinyl sometimes, then she started having nightmares, being taught the spell to see into another's dreams, I wanted to see what she was thinking, but when I got there there was nothing, nothing but a black void and her, until she started dreaming of something else, the black void would start to swallow her every day, the same dream for months on end, until it swallowed her completely" Celestia was now looking at the floor, her gaze not moving.

"Celestia, what happened to her!?" You say jumping up and grabbing the cell bars, your vision blurry from the tears streaming down your face

"After that, something, happened, she changed, and not long after that, she turned into someone else, someone who called themself N-Nightmare Moon, she wanted the throne, to have the power to get you out, and away from you punishment..."

"Punishment, what punishment!?" You ask startled and worried

"Do you remember the incident?" She asks furrowing her brow.

"Only a little bit, not much, I know that I had a brother there and he died protecting me"

"Well, after that, you had changed, changed into something else, something worse than Death itself, you changed into a Sound Strider at it's full power, well not full power, but something close to that-"

"What was my punishment!?" You ask looking at her.

"There was much more than just damage to property, there were casualties, the ponies that worked there and the ponies in close proximity to the incident"

"So, an eye for an eye then?" You say lowering your head.

Point of View: Unknown

"Yes, as crudely as you put it, an eye for an eye, you must be executed, the people call for your blood"

The room fills with silence until...

Laughing takes the silences place and you say,

"So͘ ͜you̷ finally do ͝i͘t̷? ̧y̷o͏u fi̸n͢a͏l̡ly ̵s͡ay ́wh̨a͟t̀ yo҉u ha̛vȩ b͞e̶én ͘d͠readin̷g̀ ̡to͘ say? ̷t̕he s҉a͝me ͞wo̕rd͡s҉ th̴at ̡dr̶o͘ve Lu͞na iņto ͢th̴e͞ hooves o̢f͏ Nightmare an͠d ̕o̕n͝t̛o the ̧m̛oon͘? T͘he ͝s̴a̵m͟e̡ ̵s͢u̷bj͟ec͞t̢ ̴that you ̡ar͝e ͘g̢o͝i̡ng t͞o ͝h̵a͏ve͟ to̶ tell̨ ͜L͠una̕'̢s ҉fo̸a̧l̛ whe̵n the͘ ͏ti̷me҉ comes ́aro̴und.͝ ͞T͞his͏ ̛is̕ ̧gr̕a҉nd,͘ bu̢t̶ yo̷ur̛ ͠pon̴ie͞s̨ ̵w͡il͞l n͝eve̡r͡ ͘geţ ̵re͜demp̵t͜i̛o̷n, ͜they̶ wil̡l҉ ҉ne̕v͜e͢r g͏e͘t ͠wh̴a̕t̡ ̶t̷hey̕ ͠d̛és͟i̕re, t͘h̛e͠ onl͡y t̵h̀i͝ng͘ ͏the͡y get̷ w͘il͠l b̨e͠ ͠the͘ ni̷g͘htm̸are̕s I҉ ͢wil͞l ̛giv͜e͟ t͢he͠m̛ ͢w͏h̡en̵ ̛they̡ se͢e ̵t͞he҉i̴r ru̶ļer̷ b͟eg f͝o̶r̕ he̛r̷ p̛it͏if̨ul l͞i͏f͢ȩ"

The words come out distorted and gravely.

the look on Celestia's face goes from sadness to shock and fear.

"Do ҉y͢òu w͘a̛nt͟ ͜to͟ ͠k͝no͢w̴ why̛ ͞wȩ ̡fel̸l͠ ͠in̕ ͜l̸o͢ve ͏w͜i̢t͘h ͟L̵u͏n̨a҉ ̶d̨e͏ar̛ st͟e̶p̴-͏sist͢er? ̧It ̶w̕as̛ ͡b̴ȩcau͘se ̢s̕he s̀a͜w ͘us ̷foŕ wh͠at ͡we weren't,͞ ͝s̸he҉ saw̨ p͏a̴st ͏the͟ fact͜ ͞th̕a̶t we ͠were ̵a̷ ͜fr͡e͏ak,͏ ̡t̶h̷e͟ fàc͝t that we co͞u̷lḑn̨'t͢ ̀t҉ru̡s͝t́ a͏nyon̵e.̛.̴. ̨b́ut̶ she̷, ̡sh̨e̡ ҉b̶r͝okȩ ͏past t̛h͡a̴t sh̕ell th͏at̸ ͘we were ͝and ҉o͜pe͠ne͘d ҉us ̛u̶p̧ t̡ơ ͡e͡v̛ery̷t͜h͡in̨g ͏t͟h̀a҉t̛ l҉i̕fe̡ ̨i͜n̛ this ͠rea͏lìty̛ ͝h̡a̸s t҉o offe̷ŕ,̡ ҉Lo͘v̶e͞, f͟a͡m̸il͞y ̸an҉d ́f͘ri̶en͘d͞s҉hi̵p̴,͝ s̨hè w͠as t̡h͝e͘ on͝e͠ wh̵o ͝ac͜tual͞ly wan̶te̵d t͏o l҉oo͠k upon us a͝nd s̶ȩe̵ t̡h͢at̵ ̀we ̧were ơrdi҉nar̴y, s̕om̀e͢t͠hi̶ng n̡o͢rmal̸,̡ t͝h͜e̕ ̴fa͟ct̸ ͞t͠h͠at ̶we weren't ͠d̡if͠f́eren̕t the͠n̷ ̢a̧n͏ypon͏y̵ el̸şe"

"Then please, face your execution with dignity and hope that you may see Luna in your next life"

"O̴h҉ ͝n͡ơ p̡r͟in̴c͠e̴s̷s,̴ w͏e̴ ̡wóņ'̕t b͝e ͘f̴acin͏g͢ ͡t͝he̡ he̕a͝d͟sṕon̛ie'̧s ͞ax͢e͜, not̕ t͘o̕da҉y,̶ w͏e ͝w͏i͜ļl ̛b͟ȩ awày̡,́ ̷awa͠y͏ ̴un̷t͡il̷ L͜una͠ may ҉ćom̵e͢ ̷b̕ac͏k, untíl ̛Ni̷ght ̡h͘as͢ ̸c͟oo̴l͢ed ̕do͞w̡n͟ f͢r͜o͞m ̧his̛ anger͡, ͠but ̶w͘h҉en ̡he ͡d̕oȩs r͡e̸m̨emb̡er,̸ ͡he͏ ̵w̶ill̴ ̕cóme ̵b̕ac̕k, ̢and c͏al͘l̛ úpòn̴ ̛t̛he͡ fur̴y̵ ̕of m͡y ͜powe̵rs͘ to ̵b͏rin̷g ̕yo͟u ͘t͠o ̡t͝he ́bo̵t͞t͠o͢m͜ ͞of Tar̷t̕a͟rus ̢w̧her͜e̛ y͠oú w͘il̢l be m͏y̸ ̀p̷la̕y ̕thi̧ng, ͝án͢d no p͞ony͟ ͠w̕i̧ll ̛b́e ̸the҉ ẁi͝s͜er͟"

"You think you can escape? this cell was especially made and enchanted for you, you are stuck here whether you like it or not" She says with a large smirk.

"̡M̛ay ̛I ̵c҉all ̵u͏po҉n͏ ͏the ͠p͟owęr͏s͠ ͢of̵ th͡e Soun͡d S̡tride͝r̨s,̴ ̛in th̡e̡ ̷na̡m̛e̴ ͟óf̀ Ni̡ght ̴M͠u̕s͏i̡c,͟ I call͟ f̷or͡th th͠e͏ ͏pow͢ers of ͝Chao͘s͜ ̴a͜nd ͡Ins̕an̕i̕ty,̛ ̸Di̷sc̨o̵rd̛,́ Jake, g͡ive ̀me̶ yo̶u͟r̡ powe̶r̵s͜ ̸now͘ s͡o͟ ̨t̨h̷a͠t͏ I͟ m҉įg҉ht͡ aid m̷ysel̷f͏ in͢ s͞elf pr͞eser͘v̸ation,̴ s͏ơ ̨I m͠i̵g̨h̢t ̕br̶ing ͟thi҉s̕ ͢go̸d̡d̛e̵ss̡ ̢óf͠ ̵t̨he̸ su҉n to ̶h͞er k͟n͝ees̡ l͞ater̴ ̵i̧n he͟r͠ ͘l̢ife̛, j͜u͡st h̷e̢lp͢ m͘e͠ a҉nd t͡hat͘ ̡s̡ha̧lļ be͡ you͏rs͜!́"

As you say that, you begin to draw a large rune into the concrete floor.

"Guards get in there and stop him! before he does anything dangerous!" Celestia shouts.

"̢͝We͢ w͠i̢͢l͝l̴ ̢̨m̷̷͝e̕e͘͡t͝͞ ̵͡aga̶̴͡i͜n,̢̀͠ an҉̵ḑ ̕͏w̧͡e͜ ̶͜w̶҉il̸͡ļ͢ bę̶̛ b̸a̧͘͞c̨k̸҉ f́͡or̵̷͝ ̀͘vén̸g̶e̢̨à̡n̸͡ć̕҉e ̶̕f̸͟͝o͟r̶̢ ̴͘͢o̕̕ù̵͜r͢͞ ́s̛̕҉w̧͟͡e̡͝e̶͟͝t͟ ͘͝ļ̨͟ơ̸v̛͝͝è͘͝"̢̀͞

And as you say that the Rune begins to glow and a flash fills the room.

Point of View: Celestia

"Where did he go?! How did he get out, I enchanted that myself!"

The guards just sit there, some staring into pace like they have seen their own demise, others looking at you scared of might become of you in the future.

"We will find him! FIND HIM AT WHATEVER THE COST! JUST BRING HIM TO ME!"

"Yes your highness, we will begins searching at once" The gaurds say leaving the room.

"Good, once we find him we will have his powers" Celestia says before her horn glows green and she leaves the room.

Author's Note

Sorry everybody, I have been busy, but here is a Christmas present, hope it meets everyone expectations?

Night Music here, this has been another chapter of the Legend of the Sound Striders, if you want info on the other Sound striders you will have to go read my other story, Death isn't the End, :P.