Child of the Night

It was the end of dusk, and the start of the night when I woke up. I smiled as I felt my magical strength increase, as well as my physical strength. I sigh as I stand up. My bones pop from being in one position for so long. I then walk around town hall to try to pinpoint where mother would return. I looked out a window to the moon to see that the stars were lined up for her escape from her prison.

I was on the balcony overlooking the inside of town hall when I felt where mother would be when she returns. Now that I knew where I made my way out of town hall, and started on my way to the town library where Twilight should be.

When the library was in my sight, I see that all of the lights are still on inside. I sigh as I pull up my hood again. I knock on the door to the library, and Spike answers it. He looks up to see my purple eyes now slightly glowing.

“Hey Osiris, if you’re looking for Twilight she is up in the bedroom.” Spike tells me as I enter the Library to see that the majority of the towns’ ponies are inside throwing a celebration. The ponies either didn’t notice I was here, or they didn’t care.

“Well howdy there Prince.” I thought to soon. I turn to see the earth mare Apple Jack.

“Hello Apple Jack.” I reply with a nod. I look up the stairs, and see a door at the end, and assume that is where Twilight would be.

“If you will excuse my Apple Jack, I need to speak with Twilight.” I say with a small smile.

“I’m not stopping ya, but when she went up there she was in tears.” She warns me. This makes me narrow my eyes, and start up the stairs after I thanked her for telling me that. I made it up to the door, and enter it without a second thought.

“Spike, I already told you I don’t want to play pin the tail on the pony.” Twilight says from her platform above the secluded library like area we were both in.

“I am a biped, but I’m not Spike.” I tell her as I remove my hood for her room was dark. She looks at me before going into a small panic attack.

“Oh, I’m so sorry Osiris. Please forgive me for calling you the wrong name.” She continues on from this about her apology. I roll my eyes, and with a dark flash of magic I am right next to her. I place a finger over her lips to get her to stop talking.

“It’s fine Twilight. You don’t have to worry about calling me the wrong name. It has happened before in my past.” I tell her. She nods her head so I remove my finger.

“So why are you here? I thought you were going to stay at the town hall until your mother appeared.” She asks me.

“Honestly Twilight, I hate being alone, so I came to seek your company if you don’t mind.” I tell her. She blushes at my comment, and I chuckle.

“I-I don’t mind you spending time with me.” She replies, obviously flustered. I smile softly as I levitate myself up next to her bed before I set myself back on the ground.

“How can you do that when I can’t with my magic?” She asks me. I chuckle at her question.

“It’s nighttime Twilight. I have enhanced power and strength now.” I tell her and sit down on the edge of her bed. She blushes, but doesn’t comment. I look her in the eye with my now slightly glowing purple eyes, and she calms down.

“How did you do that?” She asks me. I smile a sly smile at this.

“It is one of my subtle passive abilities that I have at night.” I tell her. She giggles at this.

“You have so many surprises about you Osiris.” She tells me. I caught a hint of passion in her voice, and something else, but I didn’t understand what. I just chuckle in a response to her statement as I shrug off the extra emotion I couldn’t understand.

“Osiris?” Twilight asks me. I look back to her with a tilt to my head.

“Can you um…” She whispers the last words so quietly it might as well have been a breeze in the air. I move closer to her so I could hear better.

“Ask again please.” I tell her. She blushes at my forwardness.

“Look into my eyes if you’re too nervous to tell me on your own.” I tell her softly. She did so, and immediately calms from my passive magic that my eyes use.

“Can you…” Her blush returned, but she kept looking into my eyes, grasping for their calming effect, “Can you hold me?” She asks quietly. I blinked a few times at the odd request. I was now searching from my memories on how she asked the question for emotions in her voice.

In her voice were want, passion, and the unreadable one that was the strongest of them all. I had to mull the thought of holding her around in my head before I came to a conclusion.

I bend down to my imitation leather boots, and unbuckle them before I slide them off. I then move farther onto the bed before leaning against the head board. My legs are crossed, and my clothing was smoothed over my legs.

“Come here.” I tell her. She blushes heavily to the point her ears turned a light shade of pink, but she stood up, and made her way to me. I roll my eyes at her slow pace, and picked her up much to her surprise for she yelps at my quick movement of her from the bed to my lap.

I was laid back enough that Twilight was able to somewhat lie on me as I wrapped an arm around her in an embrace. She squeaks at this, but soon snuggles into my chest with a contented sigh. From her sigh I read multiple emotions. Among them, which surprised me a lot, was…

Before I could finish my analysis on her emotions the door to the room opened, and in walked Fluttershy. She didn’t see us for it was dark where we were.

“Twilight um… it’s time to go see the Princess, if you want to that is.” Fluttershy says in her shy nature. I smiled silently at this.

“Okay, I’ll be down there soon.” Twilight replies quietly.

“Okay.” Fluttershy says before she leaves. Twilight hops off of me, and I raise my hood again.

“Um Osiris, can you not be seen by everypony, I don’t want to get embarrassed.” She tells me. I smirk as I ready my olden magic.

“Me nocte velamentum.” I say before darkness covers me in a cloak like embrace. This got Twilight to thank me before she went out of her room. I just used the cloak spell’s special ability, and melted into the shadow realm of this world before I phased into the town hall behind the curtains that would show Celestia when the time came.

I release my magic concentration, and my cloak dispels itself from me. I make my way down into the main hall of town hall, and waited for everypony to show up.

I was there when ponies started to fill the town hall, and I found Twilight easily as she was standing next to that pink earth mare. Spike was on her back, riding her, and I smirked with an amused snort as I made my way to her. I was suddenly stopped by a grey and blond pegasus mare as she fell down from the air in front of me. I pull her to her hooves out of kindness before I continue on my objective.

“Twilight, I want to warn you that Celestia is not going to be here. My mother is going to appear in her place.” I tell her as I stopped by her side. She nods to me.

“I was wondering where you went. How did you get here?” She asks me. I smile as I have always loved this answer.

“Magic.” I tell her with a big ole grin on my face. She rolls her eyes at me before I notice her glance up to my mother‘s moon. I just look at the mayor of Ponyville as she walks up to the podium under the overhead balcony behind her.

I tune her out as I feel the start of my mother’s return, and then look up to the balcony as everypony else did. Of course Celestia wasn’t there, and I was the only one besides Twilight that didn’t gasp. Twilight was antsy now, and looked nervous.

“Look at that.” Somepony says as a cloud of purple sparkling smoke forms on the balcony. It then condensed into my mother, to which I immediately bowed to, and stayed there.

“Ah, my beloved subjects.” My mother says as she looks over the crowd. She didn’t see me, so I stood up, and look right into her eyes.

“Mother, it is great that you returned.” I tell her as I make my way to the front of the crowd of ponies.

“Hmm?” She says as she looks at me. Her eyes narrow in what seems to be anger.

“You think you can fool me into thinking that you are my son?” She asks me as she tackles me to the floor with her metal shod hooves. I summon my magic. I place my hand on her chest with my fingers splayed.

“Grave pulsus industria!” I shout as my magic throw mother off of me. I use another pulse of magic to get myself to my feet.

“Mother, you know it is me. I am your son, and you know it.” I tell her.

“Prove that you are then.” She tells me.

“Amissa die noctuque regnas.” I say aloud to her, and her eyes widen before she turns into her vaporous form, and flees from me, and leaves the town. I was then bulled over as a rainbow maned pegasus tackles me. I quickly got to my feet, and put my hand up to the ceiling.

“Noctem en tro.” I say before my black magic covers everything in darkness.

“Me noctem velamentum.” I whisper into the dark before my cloaking spell covers me, and I move into the shadows of the building. I let my darkening spell fall, and then watch from the shadows.

I notice Twilight removes herself from the town hall as guards come and start searching for me. I roll my eyes, and slip out unnoticed, and follow Twilight to her temporary home.

I enter before she does so that I could get in without her noticing, and wait for her to enter. She does, and lights all of the magic candles, and the library is filled with light. My spell fails as the direct light hits me, and Twilight gasps at my company.

“Osiris, you scared me. How did you get here?” She asks me.

“I used a shadow cloaking spell, and followed you here, and I am sorry for scaring you.” I tell her. I look to the door of the library, and see somepony enter, and recognize her as Rainbow Dash.

My hands gain a blackish aura as I grab every single pony that was outside the building. I set the more friendly ones down, but kept Apple Jack, and Rainbow Dash in the air.

“Hey! Let me go!” Rainbow yells at me. I look her dead in the eyes, and she starts to calm down. Once she was no longer trying to harm me I put her down gently as I did Apple Jack.

“Will somepony please explain what’s going on?” Apple Jack asks to everyone. Twilight was looking through her books, so I nod.

“Yes I will, now will you all listen to me without questions so it will go by quickly?” I ask them all. I get a positive response from all of them, but Twilight as she looks for something.

“Okay, so here is what is happening. Nightmare moon, otherwise known as the mare in the moon, has returned, and is going to bring everlasting night as she had done a thousand years ago.” I tell them. This got the pink earth mare to gasp dramatically.

“But what about you calling her Mother?” Rainbow asks with an accusing hoof. I sigh as this was what I was afraid of.

“I know this may seem… strange, but she is my adoptive mother as she found me when I was a newborn. She took me in and raised me as her own, and I am what you see today, but know this, my Mother wasn’t always who she is today. She used to be known as Princess Luna, and she is Celestia’s sister.” I tell them.

“Let me get this straight then. Nightmare moon is your mother, and she found you one thousand plus years ago, and you are still alive.” Rarity says, “But how are you alive?” She then asks me. I close my eyes as the memory of that one night when Celestia came to me and my Mother resurfaces.

I felt the sting of tears in my eyes as I opened them again.

“I asked to be turned to stone so that I could see my Mother again someday.” I tell them as a tear falls from my eye, and rolls down my cheek.

“Celestia, seeing that mother would be all alone again after the thousand years, agreed, and used the elements of Harmony to preserve me in a stone state so that I could live to see her again.” I say as more tears fall before I wipe them away, and will them to stop.

“Twilight released me two days ago and I am here now.” This was followed by the pink mare hugging me in an unexpected embrace. Her mane was now straight, and flat against her head, and she had tears streaming down her face.

“You must be so lonely then, and you don’t have any more friends.” She says to me with a muffled voice. I slowly wrap my arms around her.

“I am lonely, and I have no friends, but I am also wanting my mother back so I need to go get the elements from the now olden castle, and return her to her pure state.” I say as I release her, and then push her away from me gently. I stood up, and went to the only bookcase Twilight hadn’t searched, and easily found the book she was looking for. I put it on a table before I walk to the door.

“If you read that, you’ll know where to find me.” I tell them as I exit the library, and start on my journey to my mother’s castle in the Everfree Forest.

My progress was halted by a purple aura encompassing me, and pulling me back to the library. I sigh as I am set down in the library, and Twilight looks at me.

“We’re coming with you Osiris, and you’re going to need our help." I narrow my eyes a tad.

“You don’t know how to get to my Mother’s castle, and I do. You will all stay here, and I will go to retrieve my mother on my own.” I tell her in my royal authority voice.

“No.” Says the pink mare. I look to her, and her main was still straight.

“Yes, you will.” I tell her.

“No we won’t.” Says Apple Jack. I glare at her. All the other ponies in the room ignored me, and told me the same thing, that they were coming with me. I then remembered a piece of advice from an old friend of mine.

You’ll never win an argument with a mare. Was what he always told me when the subject was brought up.

We were all now standing at the entrance to the Everfree forest, and I was looking at it with the comfort of home on my face.

“Well alright, let’s go.” Apple Jack says.

“Hold on girls.” Twilight says, “I think only Osiris, and I should go in.” I look to her with a smile of approval, but it is wiped from my face as the other five mares give disapproval.

“Okay everypony, I get it, shut up, and follow me.” I say as I start walking as I was getting annoyed at them all.

“Prince, how could you say such a thing?” Rarity asks in her drama queen way. I growl at her voice.

“Because you’re all just being a burden that I don’t want to carry.” I growl back at them. This got them all to hang their heads, and I turn back to the trail and continue walking.

I narrow my eyes as I sense magic use nearby, but couldn’t pinpoint its source.

“Careful girls, there is something different about this area.” I say as I slow my pace to a cautious walk. We were all walking along a cliff side.

I wasn’t watching the other’s progress behind me, but I knew one of them stepped in the wrong area as the ground beneath me gave way, and I started falling. I saw that I had at least two hundred feet before I hit the ground.

“Nocte gravitatis humilior!” I shout as I thrust my hands out to my side releasing a pulse of my magic. My spell got me to start to slow down as I landed with a soft thump. I look back up to the cliff edge to see that Twilight was hanging off of the edge.

I crouch as she starts to fall as I did, and jump with my lowered gravity. I caught Twilight in midair before I landed again with a louder thump than before. I let Twilight down as I release my spell.

“Are you okay Twilight?” I ask her. She nods to me. I look around to see that the other five were fine as well. I sigh in relief before we all continued on into my Mother’s forest although now we were walking towards a manticore that was angered.

I stop walking, and point at the manticore to show the others.

“That may be a problem.” I tell them as I look the manticore over. This got each of their attention, but I look on at their idiocy as they all, minus Fluttershy run and attack the manticore.

I then watch in horror as Rainbow Dash gets hit by the manticore’s tail, and slides to a stop in front of me. I run up to her, and start checking her over for a sting mark, and found one of her left side where she was hit. I curse as I can see the yellow under her skin and coat spread through her body.

“Adjuvabit eam noctem mihi salvum.” I say as I gather massive amounts of magic into Rainbow’s body. Her body starts to shake violently as my magic, and the poison inside of her started to fight. Rainbow is crying out in pain as I continue to push more of my magic into her.

I know my magic is going to change her into one of the nocturnal ponies, but it is the only option right now, so I continued with her cries echoing off of trees, and into the sky above me.

Her wings start to molt quickly, and then start to grow longer. Her mouth is now leaking blood like a fountain as her teeth change.

The poison was almost gone now, but it still fought with my magic.

Rainbow’s coat color darkened a bit, and her wings started to grow leathery as they transformed. Her mouth has stopped bleeding, but I could tell she was still in pain.

“What are you doing to her?!” Twilight asks me in worry.

“She was stung, and I know you don’t have enough magic to save her, so it is this or she dies.” I tell her. Tears of blood were flowing out of Dash’s eyes as they reformed as well. Her wings are now bat like, but still hold her coat color strongly. She is now a blue bat pony. Her mouth has visible fangs, and her eyes are still squeezed shut when the poison was finally gone.

I sit back from Rainbow as I rest what is left of my magic.

“A noctesque that was damn close.” I groan as Dash starts to stir. My eyes were most likely black now instead of their purple for my magic is now depleted for the time being.

Rainbow opens her eyes, and I see that they are still rose colored, but are now slit like a dragon’s.

“Ugh, what happened to me?” She asks as she rolls over to her stomach.

“I’m sorry, but you were poisoned by the manticore, and I had to use my magic to save you.” I say as I unsteadily got to my feet.

“Why are you sorry?” She asks me. I just hung my head in shame at what I turned her into.

“Uh guys, what is he talking about?” Rainbow asks the others.

“Take a look.” Twilight says as she summons a body mirror. I cringe as Rainbow Dash shrieks at what she was turned into. She then turns to me with anger in her eyes.

“How could you do this to me?!” She half asks half shouts at me.

“It was either this, or let you die from the manticore’s poison.” I reply with my head hung low. I was then caught off guard as I was embraced by someone. I look to the neck of the pony to see that it is Rainbow Dash who is hugging me.

She backs away after a few shorts seconds. She still looks angry, but it is lessened from before.

“I’m still angry for what you turned me into, but I’m happy that you saved me.” She huffs to me. I smile a bit as I stand up, and look for the manticore, and see that it had run off.

“Where is the manticore?” I ask aloud to nopony in particular.

“Oh, um it went away after I took the thorn out of its paw. He was just upset, and in pain.” Fluttershy says, and I notice her mane is in a ridiculous position, and looks as though it were licked into place.

“Then let’s keep moving.” I say as I look for my bearings on where we are, and then start on my way again with the girls following me.

“Osiris, can I ask you something?” Twilight asks me as she trots up next to me.

“You may.” I answer with a nod.

“How did your magic do that to Rainbow?” She asks me with concerned look in her eyes.

“It was because of the solar magic, and the venom inside of her. Manticore venom is a magic poison, not a vital one. It attacks the magic of the body it is injected into. Rainbow’s pegasus magic was being depleted by the venom, and if I hadn’t replaced her magic with my own she would have become magically sterile, and died. I saved her by replacing her magic with my own so that she can continue living, but because I’m a lunar magic user her body reacted to my magic, turning her into a lunar pony. This is how lunar royal guards are made. It is the final piece to the training, so she could now become a lunar guard if she wanted to, but she wouldn’t be able to protect Celestia, as she emits solar magic just by sleeping, and would be a major health hazard to a lunar pony. She would have to be my mother's, or my own guard.” I explain to her.

“But what about the fangs and the eye change?” She asks.

“Those are parts of lunar pony biology. The eyes are to enhance night vision, and the fangs are so that the pony can have an alternate food source in case they are out of provisions.” I tell her. She tilts her head at this before she connects two and two together.

“You mean she can now eat meat?!” She asks in shock. I face palm at her sentence as the others gasp. I groan as Rainbow drops to the ground at this.

“Yes, but you will still get sick, and now you won’t die if you do eat some. Your body can handle meat if it is cooked. However you can still eat everything you like without a problem.” I tell Rainbow. She relaxes a bit at this, but stays on the ground.

“What else can I do know?” Rainbow asks as she walks up to be next to me.

“You have slightly increased strength and dexterity, and can most likely fly faster now, but you will start to want to sleep during the day, and work during the night as you are a lunar pony now.” I tell her.

“So, basically you made me even more awesome than I was before?” She asks as she starts to get excited. I smile at this, and nod my head.

“In a sense yes.” I answer as I start moving faster as the forest started covering the moon, and darkening in turn.

I stop when I hear Fluttershy scream, and look to her to see her pointing at a tree. I look at the tree to see nothing, but I knew something wasn’t right, so I imagined the tree to be in a darker light, and noticed that the bark created a demented face.

I then hear the rest of them scream in unison at the illusions they thought they saw. I then look to the pink mare who I now know as Pinkie Pie to see her laughing at the trees.

“Pinkie, what are you doing run!” Twilight scolds the hyper mare.

“Oh Twilight, when I was a little filly and the sun was going dooowwwn…” Pinkie starts singing. I groan and face palm at this as it was the only trait that I truly hated about solar ponies. Their ability to burst into random song at the strangest of times.

“The darkness and the shadows they would always make me froooowwwn…” She continues. I walk up to one of the trees and start beating my head against it.

“I’d hide under my pillow from what I thought I saw, but granny told me that wasn’t the way to deal with fears at all.” I was now bleeding from my forehead as I increased my strength on my head beating.

“Then what is?” Rainbow asks.

I tuned the song out as it got on my nerves, and made me growl as I continuously beat my head against the tree. When the song was finished the tree I was using as a distraction had a large bloodstain on it, and I had a mild headache.

“A noctesque that was the worst torture that I have ever had to endure.” I say as my enhanced healing kicks in and heals my fore head rather quickly.

“Oh come on Prince, it wasn’t that bad.” Rainbow tells me. I wipe the blood off of my face before I look back at her.

“That is the number one thing I hate about solar ponies. I just hate that they burst into song at the most wrong times to do so. And that song alone was the tackiest one I have heard in my lifetime.” I say as I start moving onwards again.

“Um Osiris, why are you scowling?” Twilight asks me. I growl and keep moving ignoring her question. I didn’t listen to their talking as we neared a raging river. I could feel my anger radiate off of me and out into the air near me.

I could feel my dark side breaking through my inner defenses. That is until I saw the serpent that was causing the rapids to move as they were. My anger returned as I saw what was causing his distress.

“Your whining about your mustache like a foal for what reason now?” I ask him.

“Why darling can’t you see that his image is ruined without it?” Rarity asks me as she notices the serpent in distress. I give her a ‘are you bucking kidding me?’ look and she rolls her eyes as she steps up to the serpent. I smirk at her as she rips a scale off of the serpent, and then groan with a face palm as she fixes the mustache with her tail.

I was impressed with her generosity, but annoyed by her selflessness. I just charge my magic into my feet before I jumped over the ten foot wide river and landed on the other side with an audible breathe out of my mouth as my magic rests again.

The others, besides Rainbow Dash, were helped by the serpent, and I continued onward after they were all across.

It was an hour before we started coming close to the ruins of my mother’s fortress walls and buildings that her republic lived in.

“What is this place?” Fluttershy asks aloud.

“This is what is left of my home. This was where the lunar republic resided while the night lasted.” I answer as I become saddened at the sight of my old home.

I heard laughter coming from the ruins, so I hit my medallion and get into a readied stance for whatever was there. It was then that the creatures came out of the shadows. They had a body shaped like mine, but their ears were pointed, and longer. I could sense the magic that they could use.

“Great just what I needed to make this a regular day.” I say sarcastically as I lower my guard a bit and stand up straight again.

“Osiris, what are they, they look like you kind of?” Twilight asks me.

“They are the elven, or elves that still live in the forest. I’m surprised they survived this long.” I tell her.

An elderly elven man walks up to me with a wooden stave.

“Ya vanta mi i kerta i loome iluvitaar?” He asks me. I have to translate what he asked of me for a second.

“Excuse me for the pause, but it is I the child of the night goddess.” I reply as I hit my armor crest, and it turns back into its medallion form.

“You use the common tongue, yet you claim to be the Prince.” He replies.

“I am the Prince Osiris, son of Goddess Luna.” I tell him with a traditional royal glare.

“You carry yourself like him, but we saw the prince get turned to stone.” He replies to me.

“I was, but I was recently released by the sun Goddess’s apprentice.” I inform him. The elderly elf looks me over a few times with his olden and wise eyes.

“You speak of the truth, is this why the moon will not set again after all these seasons?” the elder asks me.

“I have no influence over the celestial bodies, but my mother has returned as well, and we are on our way to reform her.” I reply with a shake of my head.

“I will send a spell caster with you then.” The elder says as he waves a younger male elf forward to his side.

“Tinnuchon will assist you in your journey as it is his time to go on the great pilgrimage.” The elder tells me. I look to the young adult elf, and sense a powerful lunar magic inside him.

“Who is your great grandfather?” I ask him.

“Alfirinor my Prince.” He tells me with a bow.

“I was wondering why you looked like my old friend. You seem to have his magical prowess as well. I have a feeling we’ll get along well.” I say as I motion for him to rise.

“Please don’t bow to me Tinnuchon. It is unnecessary as I still don’t hold the crown of this land.” I tell him as I nod to the elder, silently thanking him once again.

“Very well Prince.” He says as he falls into step next to me as we all walk through the ruins.

“Prince, this is where we will have to part ways for now. My people wish you good luck.” The elder tells me.

“And I wish your people the same. I will return at a later date to see how your people are doing.” I tell him as we part. Him with his head bowed, and me with a nod of my head before my small group continues onward.

“So can I ask you questions about you and your race?” Twilight asks Tinnuchon.

“You are an outsider, so I will have to leave your questions unanswered.” He replies in kind.

“Oh, I’m sorry if I offended you.” Twilight tells him with a slightly saddened look.

“Twilight, I only know about the elven because I have the same bodily shape as them, and am able to use their magics. I was trained by then to keep myself alive as I am most similar to them. I can tell you this though. The elven people are a very secretive race that only show themselves to those that have earned the right to see them. You six traveling with me is a stroke of pure luck. You would never had seen one of them if you came without me.” I tell her.

“So will you tell me about them?” She asks hopefully.

“No as it is not my right. If you wish to learn about the elven people you need to earn the right to do so, and if you do, in the slight chance that you can, you will be sworn to keep their secrets. Failure keep their secrets will be your death.” I tell her. I can hear her swallow.

“Prince, may I know where we’re going?” Tinnuchon asks me.

“To my mother’s castle.” I reply as we come upon the rope bridge that crosses the cavern to my mother’s castle. We had to stop for the bridge was down, and was hanging from this side of the chasm.

“Are you sure I’m allowed there?” he asks me.

“As long as you’re with me or have my permission you can be there, or even visit. You will have to earn my permission though, but it is easily earned so just be yourself around me.” I tell him. He sighs.

“Rainbow, could you get the bridge back up?” I ask.

“Sure, be back in a jiff.” She replies before she dives off the edge of the cliff before I see her soar up to the other side of the chasm with the bridge in tow.

A fog rolled in blocking my view of Rainbow, and I tried to see through it. After a few minutes of silence Rainbow flies back across, clearing the fog out of the way.

“Great job Rainbow Dash.” I tell her. She smiles to me before we all cross the bridge to the castle

“Okay everyone. Be at the ready for anything.” I tell them as we enter the castle walls.

They all gave me a positive response before we entered the castle itself. Inside was a pedestal that held the elements of harmony in their stone form, but something was wrong. I hold up my hand for everyone to stop.

“Something isn’t right.” I say as I look around the room as I search for something that would give away my mother. I sigh as I can’t spot anything out of place besides all the missing decorations.

“See anything Tinnuchon?” I ask.

“No, nothing besides the stones.” He tells me. I relax a bit, but keep my guard up.

“Alright, do what you want girls, but be vigilant.” I tell them as I walk up to the pedestal holding the elements. I levitate the five white marble spheres down to the ground in front of Twilight.

“What do you want me to do with these?” She asks me.

“Give them the spark they need to be activated.” I tell her.

“Okay, but what will happen if it doesn’t work?” She asks as she lights her horn and starts concentrating. I don’t answer, but watch for my Mother.

“Prince, the elements!” Tinnuchon shouts. I look to the elements, expecting them to be active, but what I saw was my mother’s smoke form.

“Solidator.” I say as I point my hand at my mother. She solidifies into her bodily shape.

“How!?” She asks in slight shock before she teleports with the elements. I roll my eyes before I sense the end of the spell in a nearby room that was separate from the structure.

“Come on, before she hides the elements.” I say as I motion for them to gather around me. They do, and I use the silent version of teleportation to get us to the same room.

“Lunaris compedibus.” I say as soon as we arrive in the room, which causes my mother to be shackled to the ground with my magic.

“Twilight.” I say as I strain to keep Nightmare down. Twilight manages to fire a small lightning bolt at the elements before Nightmare Moon broke my spell with brute magical force.

Magic arcs between the elements as they activate.

“No!” Nightmare shouts, but then I watch in horror as the elements don’t activate, and just die in a sense.

“Ha Ha Ha Ha, you think you could defeat me like that?” Nightmare asks as she shatters the elements. I drop to my knees as I watch the elements turn into shards.

“But the spark…” I mumble. My mind tries to wrap itself around why the elements didn’t activate, but I only end up getting angry.

BU-DUM…

My magic starts to flare as my anger rises.

BU-DUM…

I feel my body change into its dark form. My eyes changed to slits, and my skin grew magic runes over itself. My long straight black hair turns ethereal, and waves in a none existent breeze.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!” I scream as my transformation completes itself.

“Mother, you need to end this nonsense.” I say in a dual toned voice that resonates power.

“My night will last, and there is nothing you can do.” She replies. I growl, and throw my opened hand towards her, sending a large bolt of magic at her.

“How dare you try to harm me?” She asks after she deflects the bolt. She fires a beam of magic at me, and I do the same. Our attacks meet in the middle, and clash for dominance.

At first Nightmare’s magic was overpowering me, but my anger fueled my magic, and turned the tables. Nightmare grunts in effort as she strains to overpower me.

I take my other hand, and add its power to my beam, and force my mother to lose in this battle of power. Nightmare is knocked back, and she lands on the floor with her helmet falling off of her head, and onto the floor beyond her.

“Twilight…activate the elements if you can… I’m running low on magic.” I say as I fall to my knees again. My body transforms back into its original form. I’m breathing hard, and my eyes are clenched shut as the pain from magic overuse rears its head with a sharp pain in my stomach.

I clutch my stomach and double over in pain.

I look up to Nightmare when I hear her groan, and watch as she stands up before she levitates her helmet back on. I grimace as my pain flares for a second, and slowly make my way back to my feet, ready to defend my friends to the end.

I notice how the element fragments start to glow.

“I won’t let you hurt them.” I say as I move into a lowered stance before I hit my medallion, and grab my sword as it teleports to me from the castle armory in Canterlot.

“And what is going to keep me from doing so? You don’t have the strength left to continue protecting them.” Nightmare replies as she readies to charge me.

“I can still hold my blade. I can still fight.” I say as I take deep breathes to keep focused and conscious. Nightmare glares at me before she summons her own blade, and charges me. I get ready for the fight, and parry her stab with a slice to her blade to push it out of the way. I then counter with my own slice to her shoulder only to get it blocked.

I had to quickly block her next swing from my left, and then took a step backwards to maintain distance between us.

I was now only on the defensive as I blocked and parried left and right from Nightmare’s attacks. She started adding more strength to her swings, and on one of her swings she shattered my blade into three pieces. I then tried to take a step back only to trip on a fallen pillar, and get her blade pointed at my throat.

“Go ahead and try to end your only son’s life.” I tell her as I see that Twilight had finally gotten the elements to change into their regalia state, and was charging up their power with the other five ponies there.

“I will if you continue to oppose me Osiris.” She tells me.

“Is it really a bad thing to want my real mother back?” I ask her. This causes her to hesistate, but that was all I needed. I quickly used this small window to bring my foot up and kick the side of her horn, making her drop her sword. I then kick her again to get her a few feet away from me.

“NOW!” I shout to the girls. They fire the elements at my mother, and the power envelops her in a small tornado of rainbow magic.

Once the elements were done firing their power at my mother I sluggishly, and painfully, got to my feet, and walked over to my mother before I fell down and fell asleep.