Essence of the Gods

by SnowyNight

Rating: teen
Tags: Tragedy
Length: 3734

How much can one brony hate Equestria? NOTE: Not prose, poetry

NOTE:: This is poetry, as opposed to prose; excuse the short chapter lengths, they're structured as songs. Sorry for any confusion.

Equestria. The birthplace of the magic of friendship, the residence of the hopes and dreams of many a man-child and the creepy interests of many an Internet lurker. We know this as a world where anything can happen, a save haven where the ills of the world can be forgotten for thirty minutes at a time.

But what we often forget is that a camera is only one lens, at one time, in one place. We often forget what ends up on the cutting-room floor, what happens behind the scenes. We suspend too much disbelief. This is a look at a possibility. One strand of many leading off of the sealing of Nightmare Moon, asking questions like: "Did Nightmare Moon have an army?" "Can alicorns have children?" "How much of a Marty Stu can an OC be?" and "What would really happen if a brony was transported into Equestria?" Enjoy.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2014-02-18 16:30:05 UTC

The Night Mares

Send forth the messengers, rally to our cause

The ponies burned, the ones forsaken, start with those who've broken laws.

We cannot waste this gift by Harmony bestowed

But for Luna's sake keep quiet, else the guard may block our road

By moonlight bright, soft candlelight, hide well our darkest plans.

Deliver us, do guide our steps, spread our word across the land...

The Night Mares are coming to take back what is our Queen's.

Best you start running lest she poison all your dreams.

In this dismal twilight we'll regain that which was ours.

Hide if you fear the night, when lonely ones give back their scars.

Finally, alone, I see the ways by which we might

Win back our queen, dear Nightmare Moon, who's given up without a fight.

The key lies with this pegasus, who's been burned more than most;

How curious the cinders to the fire now play host.

By moonlight bright, soft candlelight, hide well our darkest plans;

Deliver us, do guide our steps, spread our word across the land...

The Night Mares are coming to take back what is our Queen's,

Best you start running lest she poison all your dreams.

In this dismal twilight we'll regain that which was ours;

Hide if you fear the night, when lonely ones give back their scars...

The letter's sent, the seeds are sown, the Son of Fire will be mine.

Set against the Twilight One, I'm sure he'll do just fine...

Though ignorance is bliss, know that much now rides on you.

Ride now, Sunny Cur my prince, and blaze the path most true!

The Night Mares are coming to take back what is our Queen's.

Best you start running lest she poison all your dreams.

In this dismal twilight we'll regain that which was ours!

Hide if you fear the night, when lonely ones give back their scars.

The Night Mares are coming to take back what is our Queen's.

Best you start running lest she poison all your dreams...

In this dismal twilight we'll regain that which was ours,

Hide if you fear the night, when lonely ones give back their scars!

The Summer Sun Celebration

Part 1: A Goddess Boldly Stands

Late! I can't be late today of all

Days, the night your brilliant light will

Rise into the sky, shining high where

No pegasus would dare to fly.

Soon enough the sun will shine,

Illuminate the mystery of my

Mind. We'll bear witness to your intensity,

It's my destiny, my

Cutie mark is drawing me to you...

...I'll find out why they worship you, (Princess Celestia)

Fin'lly understand the cause behind their

Blinding love, oh, the blinding

Sun will rise on another day

A Goddess boldly stands to light the

way, in a nation where all ponies have a

say. Free to live, love, laugh and play

The rubble slips beneath my hooves,

Hard-packed, the pony-crafted grooves

Send me flying to the ground, the closest

I'll ever get to flight unbound

I must uncover the story,

Must see with my own eyes the glory

Of the morning star that should

Even now emerge from- *cut off*

Darkness in the hall. A face

Emerges, serpentine,

(from the) Gloom out steps a nightmare, pacing,

Terror strides tonight.

Part 2: Rise Up, Ponies

Watch, watch as she

Stands where our princess

Should. Perhaps the

Signs were misunderstood?

Perhaps the

Sun just forgot to

Rise? Whatever you do,

Keep doubt from showing in your

Eyes...

...there she lies! An imposter, pretender

Rise Up, Ponies! Our defender is

Gone! Into the nightmare Her radiance

Shone, but no light is shining back

All hope is lost. Save yourselves.

Canterlot has fallen.

Flee from the nightmare, lunar vengeance has

Come. Soon will the cost be paid for the

Sins we had forgotten. All our

Hopes and dreams, decayed and rotten.

Now this frightful affair threatens to

Take away our sun.

Part 3: Approach

Gone now, the ponies have fled the terror

Nopony left in the hall, save me

The pegasus whose gravest error

Lay in wait upon the balcony.

(Some) Remnant of the darkly magical

Art that brought this beast to term

Now does this dance turn tragic?

All shall fall, everypony shall burn

But the sun will shine on another day,

Our goddess shall return to us to stay

So rise up ponies, with voices gay

Come together now and pray

"Princess Celestia, deliver us,

From this painful hardship

May your return be swift, your vengeance just,

To your ears from our bloodstained lips.

Part 4: Touch

Ensnared by madness - lost in sadness

Where lies the pegasus who lost the way?

So enthralling; now he's falling

Ever-deeper, he goes astray

The nightmare persists, a catalyst

For a horror incomprehensible

Awakening the darkness in his heart,

Nightmare Moon's dark plan realized in full

I understand their need for faith... (...Your little ponies)

Hope I can bridge that gap before it

All goes dark, Celestia save me!

Part 5: An Equestria United

Freed from darkness, ponies will sing

"Praise the sun & moon, the diarchy

Returned, an Equestria United, peace at last"

(And so) The sun did rise an another day,

Our goddesses returned to guide our way.

In a nation free from evil's sway

Such forces held forever at bay.

Chained in darkness a sleeper waits

To upturn this fragile harmony

Rouse the Night Mares, open the gates

A pegasus awaits his destiny.

Raise the banners! Sound the call!

Affiliates, one and all! Unite!

Their strength is a sham! Their glorious "leader" a lie!

Now is the time to fight or die!

Dear Celestia

The wheels are set in motion, actions made that can't be taken back.

Terrifying notions ever since the Moon pressed her attack.

To dare suggest stability may just be an illusion, a mirage

They've served too long - complacency's set in, and her visage

Sits high above it all,

Accepting all responsibility.

And if it falls?

The dominoes will follow and

The light never shines on these blackened memories.

I fear I may be losing my mind!

And the tangents will go, and the misery shall grow

And Celestia shall meet her demise.

Too long, my teacher, has it been since you've answered for your faults.

Iniquity has found its way inside your cardiac vaults.

Read no malice in my act, I'm just a tool of destiny

(and ever) Will I be the foal who fell for you, dear Celly...

I never wished to part,

But fate has more in store for you than me.

Right from the start

I accepted well that

The light never shines on these tainted memories,

I fear I may have finally lost my mind!

And the stormclouds will gather, and ponies will scatter

And Celestia shall understand her doom.

Soon will Sunny Cur my son arrive to set you free.

Soon I will see you again, well past where even you can see.

And as the towers fall, I hope you'll understand I'm right

This is the path that Ponykind must take. Your loving suitor, Harmony.

I love you still.

Postscript I truly understand your pain.

You needn't fill

That role of mother anymore.

May light never shine on these blackened memories.

I'm glad I finally lost my psychic mind!

And the fires will rain, so Celestia, refrain

From halting Equestria's end!

A Midsummer's Nightmare

Fire in the heartland, terror driving ponies far

All denied by one willing to steer astray the raft

What bullshit is this? How can you justify your wrath?

Better 'tis by far that you take the game and throw.

Bridge

Twinkle, twinkle, Twilight Star. We've been watching you thus far.

Don't you sleep, don't you peep. Lest we take your soul to keep.

Should your vigilance go stray, we'll destroy you - best obey.

Chorus

A midsummer's nightmare, an affront to all the gods

May they judge us fairly as we throw them to the dogs

Burn the alicorns in fact, clip their wings, let them see

As their paradise falls to my will with ease!

Verse 2

Violent night, hallowed night

Finally the time is right

Blade takes action to cut the harpstrings

Through the stillness their cries do ring

For the Matriarch!

For the Matriarch. Amen.

Bridge

Never fret, dear Luna. I haven't left you out.

I'll do you last and fill my glass with every single shout!

Chorus

A midsummer's nightmare, an effigy of all the gods

May they judge us well as we throw them to the dogs

Burn the alicorns in fact, clip their wings, let them see

As their paradise falls to my will with ease!

Verse 3

The graveyards resound with the cries of the damned

Deemed unfit for your light

Loyal to Luna, they paid for their love

With sacrifice, incite.

Bridge

If Shining goes to spread justice today,

He'd better secure his wife.

If Cadance is left in her palace today,

She'll surely lose her life.

We are the Night. We are the Mares.

We break the foundation, catch you unawares.

Tonight's the night we end your life

Dear princess!

Chorus

A midsummer's nightmare, heresy to all the gods

To Tartarus with their judgements as we throw them to the dogs

Burn the alicorns in fact, clip their wings, let them see

As their paradise falls to my will with ease!

Outro

And "Celly", oh rue, I'm coming for you.

To settle accounts and debts due.

The Horses Ride Tonight

Ground to dust, the wishes of a nation

Once so cherished, abandoned.

Steel and rust, these confines only hasten

The return to life unburdened.

The matriarch did say, did say,

To ride our fears away.

To wait until the day, the day,

The horses' riding night.

And into measured hooves, behooved,

To follow every wish.

Until displeasure grew, it grew,

And caged this flying fish.

To know, to know

The freedom of the snow.

And graze, amaze

Those were our finest days...

Flip the harness, shelve the shoes

The horses ride tonight,

Sailing on Equestrian blues

Straight for that morning Light.

Everypony's welcome,

To understand this might.

Better pack for Kingdom Come,

The horses ride tonight.

The Night Mares came to see, to see,

If we might make amends.

While everypony's welcome here,

It don't mean we're all friends.

And so with heavy heart, one heart

We came to our accord.

We'd raid Equestria's towns, her towns,

Sow the seeds of the Nightmare Lord.

But still, but still

Those gently rolling hills

Make right, our fight

To share the morning light...

Flip the harness, shelve the shoes

The horses ride tonight,

Sailing on Equestrian blues

Straight for that morning Light.

Everypony's welcome,

To understand this might.

Better pack for Kingdom Come,

The horses ride tonight.

The horses wild, dear pony-child,

Ride past where ponies do go.

If freedom rests within your chests

Take pride and leave the show.

Flip the harness, shelve the shoes

The horses ride tonight,

Sailing on Equestrian blues

Straight for that morning Light.

Everypony's welcome,

To understand this might.

Better pack for Kingdom Come,

The horses ride tonight.

The Sunshine Incident

Fate. It must have been fate that's brought us

Here, the place where everything we hold

Dear will be waged in this final contest,

This fight in the war of ideals.

Lies. You've given me nothing other than

Lies, obscured the truth from these burning

Eyes. Now this whirlwind of fire

Aimed at you from the skies.

You've given me nothing I can use to save myself

I cannot accept this gift of friendship and good health

The Night Mares captured me and showed where I should be

I cannot escape the chains they used to set me free

Oh princess, my princess, you never let me see

Just settled for hiding me in the Everfree

Oh mother, my mother, I understand the truth

You drank of my father like a noble does vermouth

Ponyville, the day has finally drawn

Near when every ill you ever could

Fear strikes the spark as this burning

Tyger draws ever near.

Sleep, and know that paradise never

Keeps; into the sweetest fruit decay

Creeps. Even princesses expire,

Fuel the fire so deep.

And now the fire burns away all that I once was.

I hope that it gets to you before it burns all I loved

I can't even say I truly wish to bring you to death.

But then the fire sparks and thus the thought is undone!

Oh Princess, sweet Princess, each day is agony.

If I cannot kill you they'll never let me be.

Even death will not save me from these wards of necromancy.

Unless I can kill you, then my soul they'll finally set free

Too bad the Elements are all locked away,

Else you might have had a chance.

The magics so black you used on Harmony

Will turnabout, make you dance.

And the Night Mares will dance upon the ashes of this land.

His prophecy, now realized will lay the final hand.

And the Princesses will fall, Equestria will be no more

How could he see this as the path to peace forevermore?

The fire will burn away until its task is complete

Your sacrifice for Ponyville's sake is so sweet

Your caring heart's the weapon I'll use to kill you.

My magic unlocked at last, this alicorn in true!

They'll never forgive me for all the wrongs I have done

The murders, the thefts and now the deicide to come

I wish that the Fire burned somepony else instead

At least once I've killed you, I'll be allowed to rest.

The Tyrant has risen, quick, ponies, go summon

The Elements to stop this wrong.

Ponyville burns, will we never learn

Why madness has plagued us so long?

Nightmare Moon's return, it began

Discord and Chrysalis, Sombra, now this fire lord

The Sunshine Tyrant pursues his dark plan

To kill a princess - he's out of his gourd

The Elements are lost, inside that damnable tree

Six ponies will have to do to bring back harmony

Please, Elements that were, do stop this mad pony

Oh, Princess Twilight, save your mentor, set us free!

(Fear not the) Sun will rise on this tragedy,

This God of Fire won't threaten harmony.

And our nation won't be set ablaze,

We will see the return of better days~

You've arrived. Celestia, just in time to

See me kill the Elements of Harmony,

I've already had my way with

Two - what can you hope to do?

Sunny's gone. The fire's burned him all

Away, just like I'll do to you

Today. Your little ponies are going to

Pay... unless you kill me first.

I've murdered too many of your children to ever count

Fair price for the father you killed, held in thrall for advice

I wish I could show them what I've seen behind your mask

Your death and my freedom will have to suffice.

Here Princess, come Princess, it's time for you to burn.

To play the final role before your world ceases to turn.

This magical inversion was a harder part to learn.

Now the spell is cast, and

Equestria Lost

We are a nation in transition, dwelling in our dark despair. The night is

Falling, Nightmare Moon is coming, ponies unaware.

They say that fourteen years is old enough to do what must be done;

Celestia has trusted me to take up arms, the smoking gun...

I see what they will do my teacher, those that come for you.

My prophecies may break this harmony, I know what I must do -

Celestia! You trust in me to do what must be done.

Despite my tender age, I will not falter in my run.

I fear I understand the cost too well, I do my job for you

While I weep for Equestria Lost.

Five years we are closer now to the day of darkest reckoning.

I have not failed you though you may find my methods sickening.

Your exile is a blessing; truly have I suffered in your service.

May your daughter and my son stand strong as one, face up to this...

The menace that you seek lies not with those who terrorize.

Greater is that which lies beneath perfection, deceit and lies...

Celestia, you trusted me to satisfy your need.

Has time so clouded memories of deception and greed?

I leave your hall to raise my son, the one who'll take that smoking gun,

But first... we'll weep for Equestria lost.

My Little Ponies: so you assert that you know what's best for us?

Take it from one who sees all, we are better in the dust.

The seeds that I have sewn will bring about your necessary end.

Dear teacher, don't I wish we could go back and once again be friends?

Celestia, dear, you trusted once that I would do my best.

I promise as you burn me I have not failed your test.

I know my son can face your might, I know he won't give up the fight,

But still... I weep for Equestria Lost.

I weep for Equestria Lost!

I weep for Equestria Lost.

May the Elements Rise

The darkness has risen, Nightmare Moon unbidden

Has come back to conquer the sun.

Canterlot has fallen, young foals are all bawlin'

All hope is lost - Nightmare has won.

Run now, dear children, do fear her dark gaze

She seeks to take over your minds.

Ponyville blackened, I fear she will raze

Everything good and kind.

The blackest night falling down on Equestria,

Where has our sun princess gone?

Dear princess, sweet princess, take pity, Celestia;

We know not what we have done...

We had no warning, the soft light of morning

Will not warm us with loving care.

Hope, it has faded, for only the jaded

Can do anything but despair.

The only hope that the darkness will pass

Rides with a guest in our town.

May Twilight Sparkle bring bright dawn at last,

Before all happiness drowns.

The blackest night falling down on Equestria,

Where has our sun princess gone?

Dear princess, sweet princess, take pity, Celestia;

We know not what we have done.

May the Elements of Harmony rise

To take back Celestia's throne.

From golden farm to æthereal skies

Help us to take back our home.

Though the Tyrant may sit high above us,

We will not bow, bend or break.

With the Elements, we ponies victorious

Need not worry, hide nor shake.

The blackest night falling down on Equestria,

Where has our sun princess gone?

Dear princess, sweet princess, take pity, Celestia;

We know not what we have done.

The blackest night falling down on Equestria,

Where has our sun princess gone?

Dear princess, sweet princess, take pity, Celestia;

We know not what we have done...

I've Used Up All My Happy Endings

I've used up all my happy endings,

Lost more than I've found.

Burned more than I have created,

Lost without a sound.

Don't think me a mere spectator,

Trapped by another's will.

My actions are my own, though that knowledge

To swallow is a bitter pill.

The seeds they planted quicken in my heart

The fire burns defenses down.

Harmony, you fucked me over,

Taught me wrong on purpose - now I'm drowning

I've used up all my happy endings,

Lost more than I've found.

Burned more than I have created,

Lost without a sound.

I want to believe your majesty

Is more than mirrors and smoke

But how can I make that leap, when I've seen

You the day your composure broke?

The night sky blazed with the noonday sun

The pony I called father, burned to ash

And as you hid that smoking gun,

My memories left in a magical flash.

I've used up all my happy endings,

Lost more than I've found.

Burned more than I have created,

Lost without a sound.

One day, I know, the fire started

The day I saw you burn him will consume me.

But the day that happens,

I swear I'll take you with me...

And on that day the Elements failed to rise

Your death, so sweetly came to be

I never guessed the price I'd pay

For what it's worth, it was only destiny.

I've used up all my happy endings,

Lost more than I've found.

Burned more than I have created,

Lost without a sound.

I've used up all my happy endings,

Lost more than I've found.

Burned more than I have created,

Lost without a sound.

The Fire

The fire knew. The fire knew.

Just what to do, no limit its view.

We are dead. We are gone.

The very essence of your godhood... blown away.

They told me Inversion could murder a soul,

Prevent your regeneration.

Wiped from existence, no more your goodness will

Light up all creation...

But still I feel your presence in Equestria

The failsafes I never knew.

Your'e good and gone, though, else the

Fire would not have taken me for fuel...

The fire burns, the fire burns.

Powered by ponies' fear and Equestria's turn.

It took our family away,

No Harmony left for Celestia's Sunny day.

Ponies mourned for but a season

Ere their Princess returned,

Peace came at last, though no rhyme or reason

Was found for why Sunny burned...

But still the fire burns just out of sight

Its energy boundless, lighting the night

The fuel should have run out by now,

What keeps its fury unbowed?

The fire burns, the fire burns.

Powered by ponies' fear and Equestria's turn.

It took our family away,

No Harmony left for Celestia's Sunny day.

I know you're out there somewhere still,

Each wildfire is proof.

Their volume increased, how long until I

Again have to take you in hoof?

But still I battle, gaining little ground.

The firestorm embattling all around.

My soul, my sacrifice - I won't drown,

I'll find my way back home - once lost, found...

The fire burns, the fire burns.

Powered by ponies' fear and Equestria's turn.

It took our family away,

No Harmony left for Celestia's Sunny day.

The fire burns, the fire burns.

Powered by ponies' fear and Equestria's turn.

It took our family away,

No Harmony left for Celestia's Sunny day.

I wish I could take my last rest,

Too much left unfinished...