The Huntsman

Twilight looked in horror as her fears had been proven true. Nightmare Moon the mare in the moon had returned to Equestria as the legends had foretold, but not only had she returned she had somehow managed to kidnap Princess Celestia.

"SEIZE HER, ONLY SHE KNOWS WHERE THE PRINCESS IS!" commanded Mayor Mare.

A group of four elite royal guards flew up to apprehend her but, where stopped by without a seconds thought by the ancient deity of darkness.

"Stay back you foals!" shouted Nightmare Moon as she blasted the guards with a powerful lightning spell.

Twilight new that she may very well be the only hope for everypony in there so she dropped Spike and, charged upstage to confront the former princess of the night.

"What have you done with Princess Celestia!" demanded Twilight with an undertone of nervousness. "Why are you doing this?"

The dark mare looked to her and gave a devious smile saying, "Ah you must be my sisters newest student, may I ask your name?"

"Its. . . its Twilight Sparkle," answered Twilight more unsure than ever.

"I see so now we both know each other," said the Mare in the Moon. "My sister was always good about making sure her students knew just about everything about anything."

Twilight having built up more confidence asked, "What are you getting at Nightmare?

The dark alicorns smile disappeared from her face and she answered, "Well you see since I know my sister has taught you so well, that means you might know how to defeat me, and that makes you a threat."

As she finished speaking she blasted Twilight with a bolt of lightning that caused her legs to freeze up. Then she flew up to the top of the room and began charging up a large ball of dark energy. Twilight struggled as much as she could but her legs would not move, she wrecked her brain for a way out of it but her mind was frozen with fear and she could not think of a single spell to get her out.

Nightmare Moon finished charging up her attack, "NOW DIE!" she said, sending her deadly spell hurdling towards Twilight. She closed her eyes sure that she was doomed but after a few seconds, she was still standing. She opened her eyes to see that some strange creature was standing between her and Nightmare Moon holding a sword in its hands.

"What on earth is this thing some sort of familiar!?" said Nightmare as she began to de-materialize into mist. "I will be back and know this, my night will reign forever!"

Twilight thought about what Nightmare Moon had said. Could she have summoned a familiar to protect herself. She did know a few spells on that subject, but most of them were for small animals like rodents, or birds, even Owlowiscious had been summoned that way. However she didn't even know what this thing was could she have summoned it completely by random.

The creature lowered its sword suddenly as though it was stuck in midair and it had only just now freed it. It looked around very confused and seemed to be angry. Twilight decided to explain what was going on to it, but needed to get to a calmer location first. She concentrated a teleportation spell that brought them the Ponyville Library. When they popped into the library, again the creature seemed startled about where it was but Twilight was ready to explain the situation now.

"Listen, I know your probably a bit lost and confused right now, but I can explain anything you don't understand," said Twilight with a calming voice. "My name is Twilight Sparkle, what yours?"

"What kind of name is Twilight Sp-" began the creature, turning around "- arkle?"

"Its not that bad a name and why the pause?" said the purple unicorn.

"A talking, purple, unicorn," said the creature. ". .  . . WHAT THE HELL WAS WRONG WITH THAT WOLF!"

"AH!" screamed Twilight by the outburst. "What wolf what wrong?"

The creature took a breath and turned away to talk with itself, "Okay so, that wolf was probably sicker than you first thought, but that's okay because it just means your dreaming. . . . While also bleeding profusely in the middle of the forest."

"Hey don't ignore me!" said Twilight irritated that her possible familiar had such a bad attitude.

It turned back towards her and said, "Okay maybe if I play along and go with this dream I'll wake up quicker, so what did you ask me?"

Twilight still irritated said, "I asked you what your name was."

Having settled to completing his "dream" the creature answered, "My name is Jacob Rivers."

"Well Jacob listen I'll be happy to explain to you everything you want but right now we're a little pressed for time, and I'm going to need your help."

Before Jacob had a chance to ask anything there was a loud knocking on the door, and suddenly it burst open and a rainbow colored streak flew threw the room, followed by a group of four other mares and a small dragon.

"Alright TWILIGHT, you have some explaining to do!" asked Rainbow Dash fully riled up. "How did you know about Nightmare Moon are you a spy, how did you stop her at town hall, and WHAT IS THAT!?"

Jacobs sanity couldn't handle much more, first a unicorn now a pegasus, he was about to lose it so he finally shouted, "Hey I'm not an IT I'm a human being, and I want about as much explained as you!"

Applejack trying to lower the tension said, "Rainbow, Mr.Human-"

"My name is Jacob," said he with a shortening patience.

"Well, Rainbow, Mr.Jacob, I'm sure Twilight here can answer your questions, and I'm sure she's not a spy, said Applejack. But she does seem to know a lot, right?

Twilight began explaining, "I first heard about Nightmare Moon while I was studying back in Canterlot, while researching ancient legends, the books I read said that she would return 1000 years after her banishment which fell on today. They also mentioned that she was originally banished by some mysterious object of great power called The Elements of Harmony. I tried to find out more on them but I had to come here to help out with the celebration, so I wasn't able to finish my research and I can't find anything on them here."

Suddenly the pink earth pony popped out of a pile of the books in the back and said, "The Elements of Harmony: A Reference Guide."

"PINKIE, HOW DID YOU FIND THAT!" said Twilight completely unsettled.

"It was under "E!" sang Pinkie Pie.

Jacob began to fall into the recesses of his inner mind and thought, "Why the fuck am I having this dream, this doesn't make any sense, and why is it lasting so long?"

Twilight grabbed the book from Pinkie and brought it over to her podium in order to read it to everyone.

"Oh. There are six Elements of Harmony, but only five are known: Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, Honesty and Loyalty. The sixth is a complete mystery. It is said, the last known location of the five elements was in the ancient castle of the royal pony sister," read Twilight.

"And where in Celestias name is that?" asked Rarity who had been silent up till now.

Twilight continued reading and said, "They are located in what is now. .  THE EVERFREE FOREST!"

All of the ponies and Spike seemed to have any positive emotions that were floating around drained from there very being, while Jacob on the other hand/hoof did not know what was so bad about the woods, so did not know what to be afraid of.

Since all of them seem to be shocked in silence he finally asked, "Okay so why am here then, Twilight?"

She shook her head straight and answered, "I think when Nightmare Moon was about to kill me, I cast a summoning spell that brought you here to protect me.

"You think!" exclaimed Jacob. "You either know or you don't!"

"Look I was scared," said Twilight. "I searched my brain for anything that might save me, I don't even remember casting it.

". . .  .Fine then, lets just go to this castle so I can finish this dream," said Jacob with a sigh.

Applejack and Rainbow then both asked Pinkie and Rarity, "What does he mean by dream?"

Rarity answered first saying, "I don't have any idea, how would I."

Pinkie followed saying, "Oh that, yeah he's in denial."

"What do you mean by that. . . . and how do you know that" asked Rarity.

"Well he just got tossed between worlds like a super big volley ball game!"

Rarity replied saying, "So he trying to cope with the new location and ponies."

"Yup!" said Pinkie cheerfully.

So the bandwagon set out on their journey to find the Elements of Harmony, they marched to the edge of the forest and held a brief discussion while entering.

Twilight asked the group, "So none of you have ever been in here before?"

"Good heavens no!" responded Rarity with a tone of horror. "Just look at it, its dreadful."

Applejack added to her statement saying, "And plus it just ain't natural."

"What do you mean?" asked Twilight.

"The plants grown on their own, the animals take care of themselves, and the clouds move without any pegasai!" answered Rainbow Dash.

". . .  . So its an ordinary forest then?" asked Jacob.

Rarity completely jaw dropped said, "How on earth is that an ordinary forest!?"

"Do clouds and plants really not do anything by themselves here?" Jacob questioned.

Twilight asked back, "Do they where you come from?"

Jacob relied"Of course they do why wouldn't they, and also why is my own mind making all these stupid adjustments to the world around me, I mean for . . . . ."

He paused for a moment as though he had just realized something.

"OH GOD THIS IS REAL!" shouted the human.

The group all replied in unison, "Of course it is!"

However Twilight asked, "But why did you finally accept this."

He answered thusly, "My minds not stupid enough to make weather require intervention."

After which he was struck on the head by Rainbow Dash who had taken offense to the idea that the need for a weather pony was stupid.

"Hey I help clear the clouds in town so, the weather patrol is NOT stupid." said Rainbow Dash bluntly.

Having been angered by being hit Jacob replied, "WELL EXCUSE ME ITS NOT EVERYDAY YOU GET SENT TO A WHOLE NEW WORLD WITH CREATURES THAT DON'T EXIST, AND NATURE THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE."

His voice appeared to be so loud that it began to shake the ridge they were walking across, until it collapsed. All of the group save Rainbow and Fluttershy were sent tumbling down. Jacob grabbed on of his spare knives off his belt and stabbed it into the ground to stop him, while the two pegasai saved Rarity and Pinkie.

Applejack and Twilight on the other hand kept going further down the slope. Applejack finally stopped after grabbing onto a root, but Twilight went all the way to the cliff edge.

Applejack yelled to Twilight, "Hang on I'm comin."

"Applejack what do I do?" asked the panicking unicorn.

The work horse pondered a moment then told Twilight, "Let go."

"Are you crazy, I'LL DIE!" screamed Twilight.

AJ with a calming voice replied, "Now listen if you let go you'll be safe, that the honest truth."

Twilight debated to herself and moments and said, "Okay." releasing both hooves and plummeting.

Luckily both Fluttershy and RD were there to catch her and place her safely on the ground, then the rest of the group.

Later after more walking, and having to hear Rainbow Dash talk about how much of a hero she was, Jacob had finally had enough.

"Rainbow Dash, we were ALL there, we know what happened," scolded Jacob. "You don't have to-"

"ROOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAR"

"Manticore!" screamed Twilight.

Jacob having never seen such a beast did the first thing that came to mind, shoot an arrow at it. So he drew and fire off an arrow as quickly as possible, but the manticore merely swiped it out of the air and shattered it. This only appeared to make it angrier.

Then the rest of the group save Fluttershy all tried their own combined tactics on how to bring it down. All the while Fluttershy was trying to get their attention quietly and politely until finally she had an outburst.

"WAAAIIIT!" shouted Fluttershy as they were about to charge the manticore.

Fluttershy then flew up towards the manticore and showed it that she meant no harm, after which she asked.

"Now what seems to be the problem?" said the yellow mare.

The monster revealed a splinter in its paw from the shattered arrow, and that it was in pain.

Fluttershy then said, "Oh you poor baby, now this might hurt for just a second."

She then pulled the splinter out using her teeth, the beast let out a ghastly roar, but then immediately calmed down, After Fluttershy calmed the monster down a bit more, the group continued on.

"How did you know the splinter was why it was angry?" asked both Twilight, and her human companion.

Fluttershy answered, "I didn't, sometimes you just have to show a little kindness."

"Sounds like a good way to get yourself killed if you ask me," thought Jacob.

As the group marched on nothing significant happened for some time, aside from Raritys complaints about mud and dirt. That is until a blue mist settled over the trees around them, turning them into horrible looking demons.

The whole group began to scream excluding our veteran hunter, who was not frightened by scary trees, and one Pinkie Pie. Instead of screaming Pinkie Pie chose to laugh at the horrible looking trees.

"How can you be laughing, RUN!" said Twilight,

Giggle at the Ghosties

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The group once again set off after having a laugh at some not so evil trees. They came upon a rushing river, that had now area thin enough to cross.

"How are we gonna cross this?" asked Pinkie.

In the distance they heard someone sobbing very loudly, and they turned to see a great sea serpent, bawling in the river causing the water to churn.

"Oh what a world, WHAT A WORLD," bawled the serpent.

Rarity walked up to the creature and asked, "Excuse me sir, what seems to be the problem?"

The beast replied, "Well you can call me Steven Magnet, and you see I was just sitting here, minding my own business, when this tacky little cloud of purple smoke just whisked past me and tore half of my beloved mustache clean off, and now I look simply HORRID."

"That is the best name ever," said Jacob ignoring the issue at hand.

"That may be," said Rainbow, but you've got to give me a break on all the crying."

Applejack annoyed told the group, "That's what all the fuss was about."

"Why, of course it is. How can you be so insensitive?" said Rarity. "Oh, just look at him. Such lovely luminescent scales."

"I know," said Magnet between sobs. "All ruined without my beautiful mustache!"

Rarity's eyes narrowed and she said, "I simply cannot allow such a crime against beauty!"

The fashonista then bit off one of the scales of the, FABULOOOOOUUUUUUUS, sea serpent.

"Ow what did you do that for?" exclaimed Steven.

Rarity then used the scale and swung her head behind cutting off her own tail. She then used her magic to attach the severed tail to the stub of Magnets mustache.

The sea serpent then cheered in delight, "Oh-hohohoho! My mustache. How wonderful!"

"Great job Rarity now we can cross," said Twilight. "But what about your tail?"

"Oh short tails are in this season," said Rarity. "Plus it will grow back."

"So would the mustache," said Rainbow Dash snarkfully.

Twilight then gathered everyone saying, "Alright everypo- er, everyone lets cross now."

"Please, allow me." said Magnet, extending his body to act as stepping stones across the river.

As all of the ponies hopped across his back, Jacob stayed behind for a moment to recover the scale Rarity had discarded, it was extremely sharp for a scale and it may be useful, he never let anything that could be useful go to waste. After placing it inside his bag he quickly followed the rest of the group.

They continued on for a few minutes until finally the castle of the royal pony sisters came into sight.

"There it is, the elements of harmony are inside these ruins!" exclaimed Twilight as she ran ahead of the group.

Not looking where she was going Twilight failed to see that the bridge was out, and the front half of her body was sent over the edge of a deep abyss. Scrambling to get back up she was eventually pulled back up by Jacob, and Rainbow Dash.

"Whats with you and falling today?" asked Rainbow sarcastically.

"I need you alive if I want to get home, if I can get home," added Jacob.

Twilight having regained her composure responded, "Right so now what do we do?"

Rainbow then rolled her eyes and said, "Duh," flexing her wings before flying down to pick up the fallen bridge.

She flew down on their edge of the chasm, and then emerged from the mists to fly across. Jacob wondered how a creature with such small wings compared to its body could fly so well.

Almost 10 whole minutes had passed since Rainbow Dash

"What the hell/hay is taking her so long?" groaned Jacob and Applejack at once.

"Whats SQUEAK?" said Pinkie Pie as she was playing with her toy horn.

Jacob pondered Pinkies question for a moment and decided it didn't matter so he ignored the question saying, "So, what do you suppose is taking her so long, Twilight?"

"I don't know," said Twilight digging through her bag for some binoculars, "Its hard to see through all the fog."

She then levitated the binoculars to her eyes and looked to the posts where the other side of the bridge connected and saw Rainbow Dash surrounded by three dark ponies.

"OH NO!" screamed Twilight as she passed the binoculars so the rest could look, "RAINBOW, DON'T LISTEN TO THEM!"

"Flutters!" shouted Jacob

"Yes. . .and its Fluttershy,said the startled mare.

"Whatever!" said the human callously, "Listen fly over there and warn her about whats going on."

Fluttershy the buried her face into her forelegs and replied, "I Can't"

"Why not!" barked Jacob equally confused as he was annoyed.

"I'm scared," replied the frightened Fluttershy.

Jacob paced back and forth for a few moments then turned to the rest of the group asking, "Any ideas?"

As the group frantically debated on what course of action to take or how to motivate Fluttershy to cross over to help, they failed to notice the rope on the bridge growing taut. Nor did they notice the fog clear to reveal Rainbow Dash flying back towards them.

"Whatcha all talking about," said RD knowing full well what they were arguing over.

"You came back, what happened?" asked Twilight.

Rainbow Dash smiled and said, "Well I was offered a pretty good deal, but I couldn't leave my friends hanging."

As the ponied all cheered for Rainbows loyalty to them, Jacob grew more and more irritated then exclaimed, "Alright ra ra, good for her, can we get a move on now!"

"What in tarnation are you all rearin to go for?" said Applejack.

"I do say, can't you let Rainbow have her moment in the spotlight?" added Rarity.

Jacob rubbed the bridge of his nose, calming himself and then said, "Look Nightmare is obviously trying to find these elements of harmony too. So the longer we wait we risk the chance of her getting them. Plus I've been thinking these elements are supposed to be the most powerful magical item in existence right?"

"Right?" said Twilight unsure of where he was going with this.

"Well if they're so powerful, maybe after your done defeating Nightmare Moon you can use them to send me home," said Jacob with a desperate look upon his face.

"Hmm you could be on to something," said Twilight, "But your definitely right about one thing we do need to get a move on."

"Alright gals were movin out then," vindicating what Twilight had already said.

So the party of ponies and one human crossed the bridge and trudged on till they came upon the castle of the royal pony sisters. The structure was massive with towers sticking up at every corner, that is if the tower hadn't fallen over do to years of neglect. All together the castle was ominous but all together BARE there was hardly anything inside of it, save rocks, plants, and torn tapestries.

They entered a large hall that had probably at one time held large banquets or celebrations. At the center of the room was a large pedestal with several arms sticking out from it, and on the end of each arm lay a stone sphere each with  different design on them.

"Are these the elements Twilight?" asked Applejack.

Twilight nodded and said, "I think so, lets get them down then shall we."

Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash flew up and retrieved each orb and set them gently on the ground in front Twilight.

"One, two, three, four, . . there's only five!" said Pinkie distressed

"Where is the sixth?" asked Rainbow Dash.

Twilight thought for a moment and said, "The book said: when the five are present, a spark will cause the sixth Element to be revealed."

"What the hell/hay does that mean?" said AJ and Jacob in unison once again.

Pinkie then perked up, "You still haven't told me what SQUEAK means mister human," after having dropped her blow horn again.

Jacob sighed and said,"Listen, I'll tell you when this is all over, is that okay?"

"Pinkie promise?" asked Pinkie Pie.

"Sure," answered Jacob extending his pinkie finger.

Pinkie backed up confused and said, "That's not how you Pinkie promise."

Jacob the backed up equally confused and asked, "Well then how do you do it?"

"Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye," answered the pink pony doing gestured to follow the rhyme.

The veteran hunter couldn't quite process what he had just saw so he just said, ". . . Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye, I promise I will tell you what hell is. Happy now?"

"Sure am!" said Pinkie bouncing up and down.

Right after their exchanged Twilight announced, "Alright everyone I'm going to try and create the spark, so I need to focus."

Applejack then began funneling the group outside the room, "Alright everypony lets give her some quiet so she can concentrate."

"I'm going to stick by the door in case something rears its ugly head in here," said Jacob, "And based upon our luck so far it will."

"Alright but be quiet," replied Twilight as she knelt down and focused her magic.

As she focused, a blue wisp flew into the room and surrounded the elements of harmony and began forming a vortex around them.

"Aah!" screamed Twilight grabbing Jacobs attention and that of the girls outside.

"The elements!" exclaimed Twilight as she jumped into the vortex swiftly followed by Jacob.

The girls were just about to reach them when the vortex along with Twilight, Jacob, and the elements vanished.

"Where the SQUEAK/hay did they go?" said Pinkie and AJ at the same time.

Rarity looked out one of the shattered windows to see a light coming from another wing of the castle, "Look over there, and Pinkie PLEASE get rid of that horn."

Applejack then rallied the girls saying, "Come on lets go get em!"

While the group of 5 tried to find their way over to the light Jacob and Twilight found coughed out a few puffs of smoke and looked up to see none other than Nightmare Moon herself holding the elements of harmony around her head.

Jacob's eyes narrowed, he looked to Twilight and said, "You grab the elements I'll cover you." as he un-slung his bow and drew and arrow."

"Right," answered Twilight with equal determination.

Twilight charged the Mare in the Moon with a charged spell glowing from her horn.

"Ha, your kidding right?" said Nightmare with a tone of arrogance.

As she was about the send a bolt of dark magic at Twilight an arrow struck her in her wing causing her to swing her head, making the spell miss.

Nightmare extremely angered said, " GAH, WHY YOU INSOLENT FOAL!" sending another bolt of lightning at him.

The bolt struck his bow causing the string to turn to ash and the bow itself to completely shatter. Jacob drew his sword and ran up to assist Twilight.

"Do you honestly believe you can defeat me?" said Nightmare, charging Twilight.

Just before the two clashed Twilight unleashed the spell she had been charging and warped over to where the elements were laying, and prepared to try the spark again.

"NO!" shouted the dark mare charging towards her, only to be stopped by Jacob with his rapier pointing directly at her.

Nightmare glared at him with more hate than can be accurately described and said, "Move now and I may let you live."

"I don't think so," replied the human. "I need those things to get home."

"Very well!" said Nightmare extending her head to stab him with her horn.

Jacob parried the horn off to the side, and slashed at her side ripping the arrow out from her wing, making a puff of crimson and blue feathers float through the air, and making her to grow even more furious. Jacob prepared to strike a fatal blow towards her heart when Nightmare had finally had enough.

"THAT'S IT!" roared Nightmare Moon as she surrounded them both in an aura of absolute darkness that he could not move in. She ripped the sword from his grasp and charged him with both her horn and the sword. Her horn struck right in the middle of his stomach just below his diaphragm and the sword impaled him just a breadth above his heart. Nightmare then blasted his body with a strong telekinesis spell across the room causing him to slam against a pillar knocking out what little air he had left in his lungs, and shattering the sword sticking out of his chest.. He lay there un-moving as blood poured from his body creating a large pool of blood in seconds.

"Now for you TWILIGHT SPARKLE," said the dark mare.

Twilight, nearly panicking returned to the elements saying, "Come on just one spark,"

She focused all of her magic and the elements began to glow with an energy that was not her own, but before as she was about to activate them, Nightmare warped in front of her and blasted her back with another blast of kinetic magic. However even without Twilight's magic the elements continued to radiate and strange energy.

"No, NO!" said Nightmare growing afraid.

As their radiance reached its peak and Twilight thought they would soon awaken the sixth element, they suddenly dropped dead back to stone.

Twilight broken let out, "But, but wheres the sixth!?"

"HAHAHA! You little foal! Thinking you could defeat me?" said the mare in the moon as she stepped on the elements shattering them entirely, "Now you will never see your princess, or your sun! The night will last forever!"

Just then the rest of the ponies charged into the room to see the scene laid out before them.

"Twilight are you there? Don't worry we're comin. Hang on for us." said the group all mixed together.

It was at that moment that Twilight felt a revelation as to what the Elements of Harmony truly were, and a spark appeared in her eye.

She turned to Nightmare Moon as her friends gathered around her and said, "You think you can destroy The Elements of Harmony just like that? Well, you're wrong, because the spirits of The Elements of Harmony are right here."

The shattered pieces of the elements began to float around the room glowing with a new found energy.

"What the!?" remarked the dark mare.

"Applejack, who reassured me when I was in doubt, represents the spirit of... honesty!"

"Fluttershy, who tamed the manticore with her compassion, represents the spirit of... kindness!"

"Pinkie Pie, who banished fear by giggling in the face of danger, represents the spirit of... laughter!"

"Rarity, who calmed a sorrowful serpent with a meaningful gift represents the spirit of... generosity!"

"And Rainbow Dash, who could not abandon her friends for her own heart's desire represents the spirit of... loyalty!"

As she said this the shattered remains of the elements began to float around their corresponding bearer.

Nightmare growing more concerned stammered out, "You still don't have the sixth Element! The spark didn't work, and your friend is still going to die!"

Twilight merely smiled and said, But it did! A different kind of spark, and we will save him. I felt the spark the very moment I realized how happy I was to hear you, to see you, how much I cared about you. The spark ignited inside me when I realized that you all... are my friends! You see, Nightmare Moon, when those Elements are ignited by the... the spark, that resides in the heart of us all, it creates the sixth element: the element of... magic!"

The sixth element appeared above the six ponies and began to emit a blinding light, and from that light it repaired the piece of the other elements into their true form. Each of the original 5 elements changed into a necklace and adorned itself to their necks, but the sixth element, magic, changed into a golden crown atop Twilight's head.

The six friend began to levitate up and a beam of magic flew from each element forming a brilliant rainbow, that speed towards Nightmare Moon. She tried to flee but felt something holding her down by her leg, she turned to see a trail of crimson that lead right to her, and a human who had used its sword to drag itself over to her.

"You're. . . not going anywhere," said Jacob between coughs of blood.

"NOOOO!" shouted Nightmare as the spell struck both of them, enveloping them in a vortex of magic.

The spell finished off with a great flash to reveal everyone laying on the ground, half-conscious.

Jacob looked down at his chest to see the wounds had completely vanished, and unlike before when they were healed by that abomination, he felt calmer as well. Although he still felt as though he had not regained any of his lost blood and he was till quite sore. He looked over to his side to see that Nightmare Moon had disappeared and in her place was another pony this one a lighter shade of blue and much more timid looking. "Twilight, girls!" shouted Jacob, "Is everyone alright?"

"Yeah we're all here!" said a mix of the ponies, "Are you okay?"

Jacob still lying on the ground not wanting to move answered, "I feel like SQUEAK but I think I'll live. .  . what was that noise."

"That was me, sorry," replied Pinkie Pie.

After making sure everyone was all in one piece a blinding light appeared from one of the windows. The light began to fade revealing a tall white pony with wings and a horn much like the pony next to Jacob.

"Princess Celestia!" gasped all of the ponies.

"Twilight Sparkle, my faithful student. I knew you could do it," said the princess in a motherly voice.

"But... you told me it was all an old pony tale," stammered Twilight.

"I told you that you needed to make some friends, nothing more. I saw the signs of Nightmare Moon's return and I knew it was you who had the magic inside to defeat her, but you could not unleash it until you let true friendship into your heart," replied Celestia turning her head towards Jacob and the Nightmare replacement. "Now if only another will as well, Princess Luna!"

The small princess seemed to finally wake up entirely and gasped in fear towards the larger alicorn.

"It has been a thousand years since I have seen you like this, it is time to put our differences behind us, "spoke the Princess. "We were meant to rule together, little sister. Will you accept my friendship?"

Luna remained quiet for a moment and finally ran into her sisters embrace and exclaimed, "I'm so sorry! I missed you so much, big sister!"

The two embraced in a hug using their wings and finally Celestia broke away from the bonding and looked over to Jacob who was still lying on the ground. "And I must thank you as well Jacob," stated the alicorn, "If it weren't for you Twilight might not have been able to awaken the elements, thank you so much for returning my sister to me."

Jacob exerting a large amount of effort managed to stand back up and say, "Your welcome, but I was in it for my own gain. I just wanted to get back home and those elements seem like my ticket back." He took a step forward and immediately regretted that decision. He suddenly felt as though he would fall into a sleep that would never end, he began to stumble and lose his footing, and finally he hit the floor. Next was only nothingness.