The Fall of the Night

Disclaimer: I do not own My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Star Shadow, and any original characters from the show. All I own is this idea, and my OCs.

Chapter 4: The Battle of Ponyville

-2 hours after the town meeting-

“Okay the first thing we need to do is find a place where the fillies and colts can stay at during the battle.”  Shining Armor stated at the war meeting, “Do any of you know a good place?”

The six leaders, the mayor, and Twilight all thought about this until Twilight exclaimed loudly, “Oh, we can have them stay in the castle where we lost to Nightmare Moon; it’s in the Everfree forest nopony ever goes in there.”

Shining Armor thought it was a very good idea, “Great idea Twilight, but we’ll need at least two adult ponies to help them get there and to make sure they stay where they’re supposed to be at.”  Shining Armor told the seven other ponies in the room.  “Do you know anypony who would want to go with the all the fillies and colts?”

“I’m pretty sure Fluttershy doesn’t want to be in the battle, I think she’d be happy for us to ask her if she’d watch the fillies and colts.”  Twilight said answering Shining Armor’s question, “But I don’t think Fluttershy can do it on her own though.”

“Well we’ll have to ask for more volunteers then.”  Shining Armor told the small group of ponies, “But we’ll discuss that in the near future.  Now we need to talk about what to do when Nightmare Moon attacks.”

The meeting lasted well into the night.  The eight ponies made up their minds and began to prepare for the Battle of Ponyville, but what they didn’t know is that the assault was going to be a day earlier.

-Two Days Later-

The ponies were almost ready for the assault.  They have built barricades for when Nightmare Moon’s forces comes.  The fillies and colts were all in the castle in the Everfree forest with Fluttershy and the other volunteer, Cheerilee, and Shining Armor sent out pegasi scouts to watch the surrounding area.

Shining Armor was in Twilight’s house still sleeping when a knock on the door awoke him.  The white unicorn got up to check on who it was.  When he opened the door he seen one of the pegasi scouts he had stationed throughout the surrounding area.  She had a light blue coat, with a pink mane, and two lightning bolts in a shape of an X for her cutie mark.  “What is it Lightning Fast?”  Shining Armor asked the pegasus.

“It’s Nightmare Moon’s army!  They’re coming here at a fast pace!”  Lightning Fast told Shining Armor with a scared look on her face.

Shining Armor’s face grew serious instantly, “What?!”  Shining Armor shouted out confused.  “Lightning Fast, wake up everypony else and tell them to get ready for an all out attack.”

“Yes, sir!”  Lightning Fast said quickly and flew off to awake the other ponies.

-Two hours Later-

Night Shadow stood at the front of his and Shining Armor’s group with Shining Armor standing right next to him and Twilight was on the other side of Shining Armor.  “Are you ready, Night Shadow?”  Shining Armor asked.

“No.”  Night Shadow replied back to the white unicorn.  “I’m not ready.”

“Me either, nopony is ever ready for war.”  Shining Armor told to Night Shadow with a sad look on his face.

“Sirs, they’re coming!”  Lightning Fast shouted to the two unicorn leaders and sure enough they seen another army marching towards them.

“It’s time…”  Shining Armor mumbled to himself.  “Everypony, get ready here they come!”  Shining Armor shouted at the army with a sad look upon his face.

Nightmare Moon’s forces were getting closer.  Night Shadow looked up and was two ponies leading the army, one with a green coat and the other with a black coat.  “No… it can’t be…”  Night Shadow said to himself shocked at who the leaders were.

“What is it?”  Shining Armor asked Night Shadow with a curious look on his face.

“It’s just that I know the two leaders… the green one was my best friend, Wing Beat, and the black one is my brother, Star Shadow…”  Night Shadow said in a sad voice not wanting to fight his only family left and his old friend.

“What?!”  Shining Armor asked in confusion.  How could Night Shadow’s brother and best friend be in Nightmare Moon’s army?  Not just be in the army, but leaders of it!  Shining Armor thought to himself.

“They betrayed me.  I didn’t want Nightmare Moon to rule… it just felt wrong…”  Night Shadow explained to Shining Armor.

Now Shining Armor understood when Night Shadow said that he owed Nightmare Moon some payback.  “It’s okay, but don’t hesitate… they won’t for you.”  Shining Armor told his new friend.  “Now then let us get started.”  Shining Armor then shouted “CHARGE!”  To all the ponies and they charged towards the opposing army.

The unicorns shot magic; the earth ponies used knives and other quickly made weapons, and same with the pegasi except they were battling in the air.

Night Shadow was in the heat of battle, as were the other five leaders.  Night Shadow killed his first pony that day… it was a light blue earth pony… it was a face he’d never forget.

Night Shadow had many close calls in the battle, but luckily there was another pony to save him.  Shining Armor on the other hand was beside Twilight protecting her and fending off other ponies.

Rainbow Dash wasn’t doing bad in the air, until a familiar face popped up.  It was Star Shadow somepony she hasn’t seen since flight school.  They were very good friends back then, but now he worked for Nightmare Moon the very pony she was defending Ponyville from.

“Well hello there Rainbow Dash, it’s been what twelve years now hasn’t it?”  Star Shadow told his old friend.  “Come on help out your old friend, these ponies don’t deserve to live.  Nightmare Moon is the true leader not Celestia.  Celestia was the true evil one.”

“No, you’re wrong Star Shadow.  Celestia was a great leader.”  Rainbow Dash yelled back at her former friend, as she charged him with all her power.

“Sorry Rainbow Dash, I have no time to play.  I have other things to do.”  Star Shadow said as he flew down towards the crowd of ponies battling.  Rainbow Dash flew after him, but before she could catch up to the other pegasus, she was hit in the side from another pegasus sending her to the ground unconscious, luckily it was on the side where her friends were.

Meanwhile, on the ground, Shining Armor was fending off ponies with the help of his magic, and Twilight was doing the same.  Then out of nowhere a black flash came out of the sky down towards Shining Armor, and the next thing Twilight knew was that her brother was lying on the ground with blood seeping out of his neck and a black pony, who looked a lot like Night Shadow except he had a maroon mane and wings, standing over her brother’s limp body.

“Shining Armor!”  Twilight shouted out in pure horror of what had happened to her older brother.  Star Shadow looked at Twilight and laughed.

“Were you close to Shining Armor?  Well to bad, because now he’s dead!”  Star Shadow laughed with a sickening smile on his face.

Night Shadow heard his brother’s voice and looked toward the source of it and saw Star Shadow standing over Shining Armor’s limp body.  “Brother!”  Night Shadow shouted out at his older brother.  Twilight had a look of horror upon her face at what she saw.  Poor thing, her brother died right in front of her, and now his killer is laughing… this isn’t my brother he was nice a good pony… this can’t be him.

“What happened to you brother?  You used to be one of the nicest ponies around; you’d always help when help was need, or even when it wasn’t!”  Night Shadow shouted at his older brother who was now looking at his younger brother with a smile on his face.

“This world happened to me.  First the world took away mom and dad, and then I was put out on the streets.  The streets showed me no kindness the first pony to show me any kindness was Nightmare Moon.  She saved me from the streets, she is my leader!”  Star Shadow told his younger brother.  “Now then it’s time for you to parish from this world.”  Star Shadow had a sickening smile on his face.

“No!”  Twilight shouted at Star Shadow.  “You killed my brother, I will not let you kill anypony else!  You are an evil, twisted pony!”  Twilight’s horn began glowing with a purple aura.  “You will not get away with this!”  Then a large explosion happened and everything went black.