Nightmare and the Moon

                               It was a warm, festive night and all were celebrating in the colourful city of Canterlot.

"Come on Lulu, if we don't get to the 'Duck' stand in time, all the good prizes will be gone!!" Celestia scolded as she dragged her dear, younger sister through the joyous, and quite loud crowd.

" Tia..." whined Luna, still trying to escape from Celestia's tight grasp. " You know I don't like those kind of games, I never win! " and it was true. Each year the Night Festival would occur, Celestia would show Mother the abundance of gifts she had won, Luna however, would be empty-handed.

                                Celestia was now holding a large, plush pony. She looked down at Luna surprised. Usually whenever she'd won or received something, Luna whine so much that even the Royal Guards wouldn't be able to calm her down.

" Is everything alright? " Celestia asked, clearly concerned of her sister's unnatural behaviour. She wondered maybe Luna was scared again. For the past few nights Luna kept having nightmares.

"Oh I'm fine, really" she murmured. But Celestia wasn't buying it.

"Maybe.. you're hungry!" suggested Celestia as she once again dragged Luna to another stand.

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                                    Thunder could be heard from up ahead. "It's almost here." stated Clover. "Not much to wait out now. If we set out immediately we can stop it, we'll need our Elemental Gems, if we are to complete this task.

"Already on it chief!" a heavily armoured pegasus with a bold face saluted proudly. One who might've seen him for the first time might have been a little frightened by his booming voice. Or they might have been disapproving of how arrogant and hot-headed he was. He really knew how to make a storm out of his anger when he wanted to, which makes him live up to his name, Commander Hurricane. Although this may be, he wasn't picked Element of Loyalty for no reason. With time to warm up and if you were on his good side he was actually a really nice friendly type person. As were all the other Elements.

                                      They each wore their Elements one by one and set out into the night, Princess Platinum, daughter of the Unicorn King was the Element of Generosity. Private Pansy a frail and shy pegasus, the opposite to her commander was the Element of Kindness. Chancellor Pudding-Head, representative and ruler of the Earth ponies bore the Element of Laughter. Smart Cookie her advisor was the Element of Honesty and last but most certainly not least, Clover the clever the very special apprentice of the legendary Starswirl the Bearded was the Element of The Magic of Friendship, which included the Magic itself. Their job was to protect the princesses at all costs and to do so, they needed to get there before IT did.

                                      "You better now?" Celestia had been trying to console Luna as best a she could. But Luna didn't answer.

'Maybe she's jealous of my winnings'

                                       "Here" she offered as she pushed the plushie, a candy bar, a whistle and a stack of party toys toe=wards Luna's side of the table. She smiled cheerily, hoping to cheer Luna in the process. 'It worked!'. But not for long.

                                       Their smiles soon dropped as they spotted an unexpected thundercloud above. A shadowy figure emerged from the cloudy mist. Luna stared at the monstrous 'thing' in horror. It was like her worst nightmare had come true. In fact her worst nightmare had come true.

"Run away to somewhere safe!, Quickly!!" A husky, deep, familiar voice rang from behind them. Celestia and Luna's parents were dashing in their direction. Their father with his signature sword, their mother counted on her alicorn magic. Rather than fighting, their moth went to guard the children as the father leapt at it. He aimed the sword at the monster attempting to stab or at least harm it in some manner. It was only stunned.

                                      Celestia and Luna were ordered to run away as this was the opportunity. Leaving their parents, city, kingdom and home behind, they fled into the Everfree Forest.