Chapters It was a cold and stormy night as rain poured down quite heavy. It was surprisingly strong for the edge of the everfree forest. I took a look and heard thunder and saw a magnificent dark blue bolt of lightning hit the ground. The impact forced me two meters away from the window, into my chair. Dang whiplash effect. I was rubbing the spot on my neck I hit, I heard a small, weak knock on the door. I quickly ran over and opened it. Before I saw the pony, I re-adjusted my cloak so that they didn't know I was an Alicorn. When I saw who it was, my jaw nearly came dislodged. "Princess Luna!" I whispered under my breath. I ushered her inside, wrapped her in a blanket and brought out some decaffeinated coffee for her, and a glass of water for me. She picked up her glass almost instantaneously.
"Thank you. You are a gentlecolt." She said before she sipped some of the coffee. She let out a little "mmm" of surprise when she tasted it. Ah the glory of hazelnut creamer and sugar in coffee.
"What has brought you to my house when usually everypony is sleeping?" I asked, most likely pointing out that I stay up profoundly late. Rainbow Dash would most likely call me an egg head if she found out why.
"M-m-my sister accused me of treason and kicked me out of the palace. She-she said I was bound to become evil again. So she cast me away." She said, as I wrapped some gauze around the small incision in my neck from a spring I caught on during the throwback. "I'm so sorry sir! I didn't too badly hurt you, did I?"
"Its fine your highness. I learned my own way of first aid. Besides, it's only a small wound. It should heal in just a few days." All of a sudden the wind forced the door open and sent my cloak flying, revealing my dark-blue wings. I managed to muster a "Oh no..." as I put the cloak back on and closed the door with magic. Luna gasped at what she saw.
"You..." she trailed off as I looked her in the eyes. "Want to keep it a secret, don't you?" She changed her original question. I nodded just barely. It was supposed to be a secret that nopony but me knew about. One more person might send it spreading, but for some reason, her voice was persuading, so I dropped the subject.
"What will you do now?" I asked after we finished our drinks. I used my magic to put it all in the sink so I could wash it later.
Luna replied, "Hopefully, I'll find a house to stay at and get a job nearby but I'll have to go disguised."
I accidentally let out my train of thought for a moment. "No matter how hard you tried your highness, you could never hide your incomparable beauty." Both Luna and I looked at each other. My face turned pale, and by pale, I mean snow white. (No dwarves here!) Although larger than her, I was shy-er than her. "Aaannnnddd... I said that out loud." She nodded. I slapped myself right across the face as soon as she blushed. "No sense in taking it back. Here- tell you what. I'll pay you 20 bits an hour to kind of tend to my garden and clean my house while I'm gone off to work, since if I'm gone and my garden isn't tended to, the vegetables taste horrible. Also, you may stay in any room you like until you can move into the castle I've been rebuilding in my spare time."
"That's very kind, and I'll take you offer..."
"Its Clex. Clex Alletto." I said as I walked out to do the dishes, leaving Luna in front of the fire. After I was finished, I walked in to find Luna fast asleep, a small smile on her face.
The next few weeks were as regular as the first. I left to Ponyville to do odd jobs, heaven knows what each day, while Luna cleaned the house and tended my garden. Nearly a month of gardening left the vegetables nearly perfect. I had made a Delicious pumpkin pie, and also a salad, zucchini bread, some squash, and some beans. I also had mashed potatoes.
Tonight, Luna asked me something surprising. "Could I sleep with you tonight?" She asked. I was momentarily dumbfounded. Why would she want that? Against my mind, by body went and told her that I didn't mind at all as long as she didn't have a tendency to push people off beds. I felt like slapping myself again. "No promises!" She giggled. Oh great. I thought. I hope that she doesn't kick me off my own bed. I wonder why she wanted to stay in my room. Eh I'll figure it out someday. And I headed for bed. I was almost exhausted, remembered I had to take a shower, and headed to the bathroom only to hear the water running and humming. So I respectfully waited but Luna was done. When she walked out, I nearly dropped my jaw. She looked absolutely beautiful. Well, or beautiful than usual. She smiled at me, and I shook my head to regain my train of thought. I heard a small giggle as she walked down the hall. I thought,Why, Why does she torment me so?
After everything was done and I headed for my bed, Luna was already fast asleep snoring the night away having dreams about who knows what. My best guess was that she was actually dream walking, and getting some well deserved rest simultaneously.(whose dreams I wonder...) I crawled in parallel to her, and was pulled into a hug by the adorable mare. I don't resist and I was nice and cozy for the rest of the night. Why? I thought. Why does she have to be so warm and cute?! I practically felt like I was in heaven. She was so soft. Without a moment's notice, I fell into a deep sleep.
I woke up to the smell of pancakes and realized Luna was awake. When I got downstairs, I saw a batch of pancakes and Luna was wearing a apron that said KISS THE COOK. I chuckled as I grabbed a plate, fork, and knife and sat down. Luna turned around from getting herself a plate and said, "Aren't you forgetting something?"
"Not that I'm aware of, why? She gave me a sarcastic look. "Well I got the butter and syrup..." She laughed.
"No silly goose," she said. "This!" As she walked over to me and planted a kiss on my cheek. I face-hooved
"Wow. I must not have played attention to the apron." I said as I grabbed two pancakes from the stack. She laughed as she sat down. All of a sudden there was a knock on the door.
I walked over to the door to see three members of the royal family from another dimension. "Ah hello Dusk! Luna, Celestia, faring well?" I said I heard Luna get up from the kitchen.
"Quite well, thanks." Dusk said. Do you mind if we have breakfast-"
"Who are you?" The Luna from my dimension said.
Dusk whispered in my ear, "how did you get princess Luna to stay at your house?" His Luna hit him in the face lightly, as she pulled him aside to talk. I swear I heard something about her being his girlfriend, and how he shouldn't leave her for my dimension Luna.
"Luna, this is Sir Dusk Chaser of the Lunar Royal Guard, and both princess Celestia and Luna from his dimension." I explained.
As the three princesses caught up over breakfast, me and Dusk were talking about how I got Luna to stay with me. So I filled him in on how she was cast away by her sister and how she wound up here, all the way to this morning. "I just CAN'T believe you got her to sleep with you!" Dusk said.
"Says the colt that slept with Luna every night of his childhood and did and still currently is dating her." I said "I've only been taking care of Luna for a month now. And she asked ME if she could sleep with me. I still don't know why."
After we finished talking, Dusk said,"do you mind if we stay with you for a few weeks? The time machine needs to recharge.
"No problem!" I said. What floor would you like to be on? 1,2,or 3?"
"I think we'll be on floor one." Said dusk.
Dusk and I had finished moving everything in while the girls were still gossiping. "Girls will be girls, eh Dusk?" I asked
"No kidding!" He replied, as if he found it annoying. My dimension Luna went to the garden, and the other two princesses cleaned up.
Soon enough, we were all settled in around the fireplace, as I put on a fresh song. I heard light snoring, and found Dusk's Luna fast asleep, her head on him. Me and my dimension Luna just said "DAWWW."
As I transferred the 'couple' to their respective bedrooms, I overheard dusk's dimension Celestia talking to my Luna. She said, "I figure that you and Clex make quite a couple from what I've seen, Luna." Dusk poked his head out of his room, still dreary from almost falling asleep, and ushered me into his room.
"Celestia is right you know." He said. "You and your Luna make quite a couple."
"Yes, I've realized that. I was thinking of making Luna-"
"Mine or yours?" He said hastily.
"Mine obviously!" I said. "Any who" I stopped as I heard hoofsteps. I told him, "we'll finish this chat tomorrow." So without further ado, I took my shower and went to bed. Luna was there again. Great. I crawled in the bed to be once more locked in a tight embrace, but I didn't struggle. At least I liked it.
When I woke up, I felt something push me off the bed. Oh yeah Luna was there, although she was wide awake and was stretching. She must have heard me collide with the ground, because when I groans and turned over to look at the ceiling, she poked her head over the end of the bed. She started laughing. When I got up after having found a pillow under the bed, she finally said, "Sorry Clex." I was so tired, I just grunted.
When I went to the door, Dusk, the other Luna, and Celestia were standing outside the door. Then they all burst out laughing. "What?" I asked. Dusk was the first to stop laughing.
"We just found it funny that Luna pushed you off the bed, and when she apologized, you sounded like a monkey!" He said, trying to suppress another giggle. Then both of the other two princesses stopped as well, and I went downstairs to make breakfast. Soon, we were all full with pancakes. I walked over to my Luna,and said in her ear, "I'm sorry Luna." She gave me a hug, which earned a collective AWWWW from the guests. Oh brother.
As I was going to Ponyville, I heard a snap and caught a flash out of the corner of my eye while I was doing the transformation spell, but thought nothing of it as I finally became a unicorn. I then hustled to my first job.
Luna's P.O.V
As I finished tending to the garden, which was about four hours after Clex left, I went inside to see all three inter dimensional travelers, jaws on the floor eyes bulging while they were looking at the paper, Equestria Daily. I trotted over to them and looked at the headlines. It read, NEW ALICORN SPOTTED ON THE EDGE OF PONYVILLE! It showed a picture of nopony other than Clex. All four of us unanimously said, "Oh no!"
Clex's P.O.V
As I returned home, Dusk ran over to me and showed me the paper. I read the headlines and looked at the picture of me and said, "Well I'll have to turn myself into a unicorn even before I leave this house." While I was changing back into an Alicorn. "And I'll also have to be extremely cautious about news reporters and other princesses in case they've read the paper." Then I added, "Beside you lulu. That I can handle." All she did was put on a warm smile. Oh yeah, almost forgot! I thought. I whispered in Luna's ear, "I'll need my bedroom back by the way." Then she put on her puppy dog face and said,
"Pwease wet me stay anuver night!" (Translation: please let me stay another night!) Dusk looked at me as if I'd done something horrible. Then he gave me the look that said,We both know she loves you, just let her stay if you want her. (personally, I didn't even know that look existed)
I finally let out my breath, not realizing I had been holding it, and said "Fine you can stay," and then I added so only Luna could hear, "whenever you want." She squealed in delight. Then, the unexpected happened; she tackled me in a humongous, breath taking hug. The other Luna, Celestia, and dusk all started laughing. I managed to muster up a small "a little help here???" Before Dusk was able to pry Luna away, to the sadness of her. All of a sudden, there was a knock on the door. Then a,
"Hello? Anybody home?"
All four of my friends let out a GASP as I went to the door. It was princess Celestia. As soon as I saw her I gave her a stare as cold as dry-ice, which could and it most likely would kill a lesser pony. "What. Do. You. Want." I snapped. Both lunas, the other Celestia, and Dusk had already hidden. Dusk alone knew how powerful I became when infuriated, and I had a tendency to lash out, but he forgave me for the incident.
"Oh I just came to see the newest Alicorn in Equestria. Although, idve thought you'd be a mare." I literally growled, which in turn made me so angry, my mane started to turn into midnight blue flames, and my pupils became rather... reptilian. I grew taller and darker, until I became black and I suddenly gained a helmet, along with body armor aswell.
"Luna isn't the only one who has...encountered the nightmares. In fact, in some instances, I've learned to welcome them." Celestia let out a GASP. She called for her guards, whom I effortlessly knocked out. "No. It's just you and me Celestia. For safe measures," I put up a barrier around us, like a battlefield dome. "Now your petty guards may not help."
"First: who knew you could be such a hot head. Secondly, I defeated my sister already, and I can defeat you too!" She shouted. Apparently we were gaining a crowd. I instantly grew even larger still after Celestia taunted me. I then let the shadows take over. There was no way I would win this war. The nightmares had me flash my humongous fangs, and had me shoot lasers at Celestia. They got lucky only once, leaving a smoking hole in her mane. The shadows provided me with all I needed to fight. Strength, stamina, courage, and carelessness about my adversary. Celestia on the other hoof, fainted from exhaustion while using a giant fireball spell. Only damaging me slightly.
"Pitiful." I said. "Just pitiful. You only managed to last twenty-five minutes celstia. What happened to your confidence?" I jeered. "What happened to, I defeated Luna, and I can defeat you too, HUH?" Celestia could hear, and that is all she could do. "You call yourself a leader. You think you are the strongest. You think you are capable of ruling this land, being so weak? No wonder you had your sister help you. You were simply leaning on her, to try and prove you are strong. Alas, you've kicked her out. Left her for dead. What are you going to do?" I continues to make fun of her ans I circle her. "Go ahead. Plead for mercy. Plead to have me let you keep your life, so that I may take it away. Casting away you sister was dumb. Even dumber, you chose to fight me. I bet you'll be glad I end this." I say the last sentence as I draw nearer. I then hear from the doorway dusk and my Luna talking.
"Leave him be Luna! In this state, he might kill you! Look how easily he took out celstia." Dusk said. I suddenly started shaking violently and the shadows all seemed to have a mind of their own, making me feel like they were pulling me in all directions at once. I began wheezing and coughing as I shrunk I then started coughing up clots of blood.
The last thing I remembered was feeling a gentle hoof put under my head to support it, and a very beautiful mane tickling my face, before I passed out from the brutal beating I had received during the fight as the shadows left me.
Once I was back to normal size, and regained some consciousness, I heard snippets of converaation like, "He lost...needs blood.... find....donator...type O blood. I then was administered more anesthetics so I would fall back asleep. Before I did however, I saw Celestia sitting in the bed next to mine, staring at me with a chipped and burnt horn, a broker wing, and a front hoof cast. I noted that there were three dark blue figures and one white one outside the window, talking nervously. I then finally fell back asleep.
I woke up to a welcome sight: both Lunas, Dusk, and Dusk's Celestia, all watching me. I looked at both Lunas and said, "who is who, you two look exactly alike." The one on the my right, whom I presumed was my Luna, walked over and gave me a long kiss,smack on the muzzle,and I was unable to resist due to being strapped down during surgery. I didn't mind though. I looked over where Celestia had been, to find she was asleep. I then turned to my Luna and said, "I'm sorry. The shadows consumed me as they have done once for the past ten years. I don't know why they controlled me and forced me to do such things. She gave me a quick hug and said,
"I accept your apology, although I am not the one you should apologize to." I then realized my Celestia was wide awake and listening. I then turned to her and said, "I'm sorry your highness, but will you forgive me?" She only replied with turning her back on us, so when I was granted leave, I made a card and put it on Celestia's medicinal table, a few feet away from her bed. I thought to myself, I wonder what that weird green glint in her eye was.
Although I played it no heed as my Luna playfully shoved me into a mare referred to as 'derpy' and occasionally, 'ditzy'. "A thousand apologies miss!" She accepted with a nod, for she had a muffin stuffed in her mouth. Dusk then tapped me on the shoulder and said,
"Shouldn't you be hiding yourself?" He asked cautiously, wary of the gaze of the crowd.
"Don't you know everyone reads Equestria Daily?" I said. "I'm lucky I'm not swarmed by hundreds of thousands of ponies, although I did manage to do considerable damage to her without really trying.." I trailed off, seeing as it would most likely become a huge argument for some reason nopony cared about all that much.
Now that everyone knew Clex was an Alicorn, there was no need to disguise himself. Lucky for Clex, nobody messed with him after he nearly killed Celestia. He still had his work, amazingly enough. Every day when he trudged into Ponyville, people would get out of his way. He felt miserable. He only wished he could just be back home with his friends.
DUSK'S P.O.V
Dusk woke up to the smell of pancakes. Clex's Luna sure knows how to cook! He thought. I then nudged Lulu awake who just said, "five more minutes?" And rolled over, falling off the bed with a yelp of surprise. I just laughed and helped her up. I then got the door for her saying,
"After you milady." Luna blushed and proceeded out the door while I stayed back for a minute to think about yesterday.How did Clex get so large and black? He was never that rude to Anypony from when he visited my dimension in the TARDIS (or so he called it) and what was with the, "Luna isn't the only one who has... encountered the shadows." I mean, I knew he is powerful when angry, but not murder powerful!
I then went to the kitchen and saw the three mares deep in a 'gossip session'. I then walked in, and sat down, waiting for pancakes. As soon as I got my first bite, he started drooling. I thought, These are better than the Chef's! I must know how she learned to make these. There was then a knock at the door like yesterday. I walked up to the door and opened it and saw Celestia from yesterday standing there. "Where is Clex?" She asked. She looked very, VERY, angry. The three mares stopped talking.
"You're not finding out. He's sick as it is, Celestia." I was NOT in the mood. I was already pissed she actually WANTED to fight one of my friends.
"How about, tell me now, before I end your useless life!" There was a strangle green glint in her eye that I remembered.
"Not a chance, CHRYSALIS! How about we take this outside." I said, as she turned back into a changeling.
"Very well then," she said in that creepy voice of hers. "It shouldn't be too long." She had no time to react as dusk created a whirlwind sucking her in. There was a constant stream of yelling, getting louder then quieter. It was hilarious. I didn't notice, but Chrysalis had charged up an attack and shot me right in the side, sending me flying. I grunted, gift up, and was greeted by another blast to the side. That was all Clex needed to see before he knew what was coming.
CLEX'S P.O.V
Dusk was going to try to send her spell right back at Chrysalis. I knew it wouldn't work. Instead, the spell would become infected and useless. I put down the groceries, and silently charged at Chrysalis, knowing I was invisible except for my shadow. I then was overwhelmed by hatred and started getting larger and darker, and grew his vampiric fangs.Oh no. Not again! I thought. The last thing hmy real body saw was Chrysalis' attack be absorbed by my body as the nightmares forced me to charge.
THIRD PERSON P.O.V
"What is your business here, changeling?" Nightstalker growles. "You should not be here. Any resistance is futile, weakling."
"Be quiet. I am here to put an end to the royal sisters, so equestria and all its love shall be mine!" Chrysalis shouted.
"Well I'm afraid that will not happen. You will perish to my might!" He said, as he charged and rammed her, slightly cutting her with his horn. That gave Dusk enough a chance as well to charge, knocking her unconscious. Nightstalker then levitated the changeling into a trash can, which he threw into the river, putting a few bricks in it.
"I see that you have finally learned to control your nightmare form." Dusk told Clex. "Now I don't need to worry about you trying to kill me."
"Well if you anything purposely to provoke me..." Clex started.
"Yeah yeah, I get the point." Dusk said. They then walked back to the house where both Lunas and Dusk's Celestia were.
"Who's up for some princess hunting at the royal castle?" Said Clex.
"You're not seriously THAT bent on killing your Celestia, are you?" Dusk's Celestia said.
"Oh no. We're going to find her and announce to the public what happened. Then Luna here," he nodded at his Luna. "Can go back to living at the castle, and you three will be able to go back to your dimension. Everything will be back to normal. Plus, then I can go back to my everyday lifestyle."
"But Clex, won't you be lonely?" Dusk asked. "Don't you want someone to live with you or anything?"
"Well personally, I wouldn't mind if someone lived with me, but Luna probably wants to go back to the castle. Then she won't have to work." Clex joked. "So are we gonna go find Celestia or what?" So they all set off with a few flashlights just in case, and told the guards their business, who strangely enough just let them in.
They all started in the lower levels of the castle, where stuff was usually stored, and the flashlights came in handy. They spent around an hour searching, until Dusk's Luna shouted, "I THINK I FOUND HER!" In the ROYAL CANTERLOT VIOCE! Everyone, including he guards who had decided to aid them in their search, came running. Sure enough, Celestia was in a green sack connected to the ceiling, unconscious. One of the guards cut her down using a spear. She coughed and stood up, surprised at (to her anyways) seeing herself, although younger as well as her sister, and a younger version of her sister.
"What happened?" Was all she asked, despite her curiosity. "And why are there two Lunas and another me?"
"Well... it's a loooong story your highness." Clex said a bit sheepishly.
"Well, I'll be interested to hear it over lunch and a cake." She said, her stomach rumbling at the thought of marble cake with buttercream frosting. She unconsciously started drooling.
The guards headed back to their posts, and the four princesses and the two stallions made their way to the kitchen. While they ate, Clex explained everything, including him turning into Nightstalker, which Dusk thought he would keep secret. Celestia was glad to hear that Clex took care of her sister. "Thank you for taking care of my dear sister while Chrysalis was in power. For that, I would like to make you the captain of the royal lunar guard!" She said, proceeding with stuffing her mouth with a big forkfull of cake. She let out a "mmm" of enjoyment. Clex tapped Dusk on the shoulder.
"Looks like you and me aren't all that different. Just be cautious about the whole nightmare thing. You may not have experienced it yet, but you should still be cautious about it." He whispered.
LATER, AT THE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
"Without further adieu, princess Celestia." The stallion backed down from the podium.
"My dear ponies! Unbeknownst to you all, Chrysalis was ruling for a short period of time as me! But thanks to the help of three inter dimensional travelers, and a special pony that controller the nightmares inside him, I have been saved." She then ushered for the four to come to the podium."the three travelers are Sir Dusk Chased of the Lunar Guard, and Princess Luna and Princess Celestia." They all bowed, with cheering from the crowd "and the special pony, who is now Captain of the Lunar Guard in this dimension, the pony who controlls the nightmares inside him, Clex Alletto." Clex steppes forward, in his new armor. It was black, surrounded but a stripe of red, and the helmet was pure black with a red poof sticking out the back and top.
"Citizens of Canterlot! I am the newly instated captain of the Lunar guards. I have defeated Chrysalis with the help of my friend Sir Dusk Chaser, who knocked her unconscious. I then stuffed her in a garbage can with a few bricks and threw her into a river near my house." This caused everypony to laugh, including Celestia. "Although, this would not have been possible without him. I appreciate that he helped me. I wish no more than for you all to give him great respect, for he is the true hero." Clex then stepped off the podium, concluding the announcement.
"You know, you didn't have to mention me Clex. You could have taken all the credit." Dusk said.
"Nonsense! You are my friend and the true hero. You deserve the credit." Clex replied. "Now if you'll excuse me, I must talk to Celestia, because I'll apparently be moving into the castle. I think we both know who requested THAT to happen."
"Me!" A new voice joined in. It was Luna from Clex's dimension. She had somehow snuck in between the two best friends. "That way, we can spend more time together!" She was very excited.
"You realize that I now have new duties, right? I be asleep during the day, and awake during the night. I don't know if you're supposed to be nocturnal, but I won't have much time to spend with you. But that means that when you have breakfast, I'll be having dinner, and when you have dinner, I'll be having breakfast. I'll probably be asleep during lunch though. I hope you and your princesses will visit soon!" He added the last part for his friend, as he and his princesses had entered the TARDIS, which they had reached.
"Oh you count on it!" Dusk said. Then, the three left, leaving Luna, Clex, and Celestia alone.
"Well I don't know about you two," Clex said to he princesses. "But I'll need to head to bed. So if you don't mind showing me where-"
"Follow me!" Luna said. Clex rolled his eyes.She's over a thousand years old, and she can't help but act like a filly! /i] he thought. He followed Luna to his new room, and he went to bed, putting his armor on the table. "See you at 'breakfast' Luna." He said to Luna, who went back to her duties.
It had been 15 years since the defeat of Chrysalis. Everything was all nice and peaceful... except for a single city, where a seemingly monkey-like creature had just stolen a unicorn's magic. Another unicorn, a guard had seen it, and scurried off to send a message to the head of the Lunar Guard. After he had just sent it, the same creature stole his magic as well.
Clex was leisurely walking about his post, sword by his side. All of a sudden, a scroll popped up into his face. He was momentarily taken aback, and almost reached for his sword, when he realized it was just a scroll. It had almost hit the ground, when he grabbed it with his magic. It read
Dear Captain of the Lunar Guard,
I have reason to beleive a new threat has come to Equestria. The legends must be true about this Tirek person, for he has just stolen a unicorn's magic. I don't have much time left before he finds me here. You must warn the princesses!
-Captain Ravenheart
Upon having finished reading it, he quickly trotted to where the night court was taking session. The guards posted were hesitant to let him in, but when they saw the letter, they quickly opened the doors and let him through. "Guards! This trial isn't over-" she was cut off as Clex ran up to her podium. He said,
"Princess Luna! I'm afraid I have terrible news from Captain Ravenheart." He then allowed her telekinetic grin to bring the scroll closer to her face. There was a white unicorn stallion standing to the side, who looked rather angry.
"Who do you think you are, barging in on my case!?!" He said angrily.
Clex calmly replied, "the captain of the Lunar Guard, one of five who helped defeat Queen Chrysalis. Pleasure to meet you your snobbiness. As well as Princess Luna's boyfriend." The entire crowd said things like,
"Ooooh!" And "You just got burned!" That one seeming to come from somebody's kid, and the there was a smacking noise shortly thereafter. By then, Luna had finished reading the letter, and was looking quite surprised and scared at the same time.
"Night court is closed for tonight." She calmly said. The white unicorn with blonde hair was about to say something, but Clex just picked him up in his telekinetic grasp, and forced him out the door, much to the amusement of the ground. "So what are we going to do about this?" She asked, now walking with Clex, who had taken his helmet off so her voice didn't sound muffled. As he held his helmet with his wing, he accidentally bumped into derpy again.
"Sorry!" He said. Luna quickly whispered into Derpy's ear, who then nodded and continued down a different hall. "I'm not going to ask." He said.
"Oh not to worry. I just told her I wasn't able to play any video games tonight." She gave a light smile as they got to Celestia's private quarters. They then entered, to find a hilarious scene before them. A piece of cake was on a fork, which although she was asleep, Celestia was holding in her hoof. The cake didn't even move an inch. Then Clex had the most brilliant idea ever. He strode over to the cake, took it, cut it in half with his magic, and ate one slice. The other half Luna ate. As soon as they were finished with their snack, Celestia's head shot straight up.
"Cake?" She asked, in a adorable voice. She saw frosting around Clex's mouth, and said, "why you little-"
"We needed to get you to wake up, so Clex could relay the news he has received." Luna said. Clex then gave a summary of the message. Celestia then told a nearby posted guard that she needed him to get a message out to princess Cadence to come to Canterlot.
"If Tirek has returned, we're in for a whole life of trouble." Celestia said, looking off into space, reminiscing of the cake.
Clex ran to his quarters. He then wrote and sent a letter to another dimension. One with three ponies that could greatly help the three that cannot have their magic drained by this dimension's Tirek. Lulu, Tia, and Dusk.
(That parallel universe)
Dusk was asnooze, after a tiring day of guarding (excuse me, hanging out with) the princesses. He was about to get in bed when a scroll appeared in front of him. He grabbed it and started reading it. It read,
Dusk! Luna! Celestia!
My equestria is in dire need of assistance! Lord Tirek has returned and you three are the only ones incapable of having you magic drained. I fear for my princesses. We need your help.
-Clex
His eyes widened as he read it over and over, making sure he wasn't missing anything, or downright hallucinating. "Don't worry Clex. We're coming." He said to himself as he ran to the princesses' chambers.
"Lulu! Tia! Get up! Clex needs our help A.S.A.P!" With that, both doors opened to reveal two surprisingly awake princesses. One eating cake, the other one with a jar of cookies.
"Well then, what are we waiting for?" Celestia said.
"Yeah! Let's go!" Luna chimed in. With that, the trio made their way to the teleporter.
They all hopped in and Dusk pressed the correct button. In a matter of seconds, they were in Clex's dimension in the middle of the throne room. "We came as quick as we could." Dusk explained. "Where is Tirek?" He asked. Clex walked forward.
"Ah Dusk. Good to see you again. Tirek is making his way here as we speak, stealing the magic of more unicorn's along the way. We have at most three hours before he arrives. When he does, he'll most likely take my, Celestia's and Luna's magic, rendering us useless." He said. "However, he is unable to steal yours due to being from another universe, and you three will be able to defeat him. Oh, and I forgot to mention to all of you I met this stallion who was eager to help. He calls himself anonymous, and he is incapable of magic, despite being an Alicorn." With that, a five-foot black stallion with wings and a horn stepped out of the shadows.
"Pleased to meet you." He said in a metallic tone. Everyone was taken aback (besides Clex) that his eyes were black with the exception of his iris which was pure red.
"There's one more you all ought to know. He's also agreed to help. He's the only Vampony that can be in sunlight without dying, as well as the only Vampony. His name is-"
"Castor Vailde." Came a raspy voice seemingly from everywhere. He then appeared next to Clex and said,"Its... nice.... to meet you all."
"Don't worry, he drinks wild animal blood." They were all quit scared when Castor yawned- his fangs were four inches long. "Now let's get to work."
Soon after the seemingly terrifying introduction of Clex's two friends, all the ponies readied their most useful spells, weapons, and other things in their most likely not useful attempt at stopping Tirek. During getting armor and other things, there was a horrifying noise of sword being dragged against stone. Everypony turned to where the sound was coming from, to see an odd creature. One with a black coat, rippling like waves dragging a sword with his magic as he steadily approached Clex. "It... it isn't." was all Clex managed to say before he rushed to the shadowy figure. "Cold Lightning!" He then gave the stallion a humungous hug. "Everypony, this is my Older Brother, Cold Lightning. Formerly known as-"
"Defiant. Wrath." Muttered Celestia. "Its been quite a while, hasn't it?" She said angrily, being given a confused look by everyone but Cold Lightning. "Since you attempted on my life." Cold Lightning trotted up to the throne and quickly scribbled on a notepad and hoofed it over to Celestia who read it cautiously.
Please, Princess of the Day, Forgive my past sins. I was reborn as Cold Lightning and came at my new brother's request. A bonus for you, you no longer need to hear my voice.
"Why should I trust you? Maybe you're here to also finish the job? Also, why do you say 'you'll no longer have to hear my voice'?"
Cold began scribbling again. For starters, because like I wrote, I am here at the Behest of Clex. Second, that was my past life. I am no longer an assassin, but part of the Lunar guard courtesy of my brother. Finally, i have become mute. My healing powers weren't good enough to create me to be able to speak again after my throat was slit on a mission. I believe you know which one. He then backed away, bowed and returned to Clex's side, who proceeded to give him a hoof-bump.
"Alright, but don't try anything funny Defiant, or else I'm throwing you to Tirek." She said. Within moments of her finishing her statement, there was a deafening roar. Tirek then burst into the throne room, magic stealing spell at the ready. Celestia and Luna had no chance, and were both stripped of their magic instantly, giving the other seven ponies time to get defensive positions.
Castor landed on Tirek's back, unbeknownst to everypony, and drew his fangs down Tirek's back, causing Tirek to howl in agony as his hand instinctively shot to the spot he was cut. Anonymous then charged Tirek with an odd, two barreled pole connected to a wooden stock that shot out metal balls, ripping into Tirek's left leg. Clex and Cold took this time to pull the princesses to the Royal infirmary, leaving the two abnormal ponies and the three alternate dimension travelers to face Tirek.
Sir Dusk Chaser got in from of the two Alicorns and cast his shield spell, while they continuously fired rapid shots of magic, ticking Tirek off horribly. He then turned to them and Anonymous with his magic stealing spell, but had a great surprise. "WHAT?! NO MAGIC? HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE!!! YOU FOUR ARE FREAKS! HOW ARE YOU CASTING SPELLS AT ME???" He then swiped his hand, only to be repelled by Dusk's shield spell, followed by being pulled into a small tornado, all the while being whipped around in circles. It was about that point that Clex and Cold came back, horns ablaze to see a funny sight to behold. A Minotaur yelling whilst being whipped around in circle. They, however, payed it no heed and shot rapid successions of magic at the beast, causing him to enrage further. He then sucked the magic of the two brothers and stood up in the Tornado, it having no more effect on him.
Castor flew down to his downed friend and friends brother and shouted to the the four over the tornado, "Its up to you now! I neeed to get these two to the infirmary where its safe. Good Luck!" Castor then hoisted both brothers onto his back, and trotted to the infirmary, leaving Anon, Dusk, Luna, and Celestia to fend for themselves.
"Im going to have to ask you three to look away from me." Shouted Anon. The three did without question as he brought out from his side a collapsable metal tube, which he put a metallic, pointy mace-like object into and fired at Tirek. There was a whistling noise as it flew towards the Minotaur and the three watched in awe as it exploded against his skin, leaving a humungous bruise and burn mark, but nothing else.
"Where did you get that?" asked Dusk as Tirek caught his breath and the Tornado died down. "Because I want one!!!"
"Im not at the liberty to say." was all Anon got to say before he was grabbed by Tirek and crushed in his fist, causing a sound like lightning to be heard as Anon went out like a light, then he was flung away like a discarded toy that a filly had no more use for. Dusk became so enraged that he turned into his shadow form, and released a wave of dark energy, forcing Tirek off his feet and onto the ground.
Some energy was released and the two princesses and Clex regained their magic. They then became so bent on defeating tirek that they turned into their 'shadow forms'. Clex became Nightstalker, Luna became Nightmare Moon, and Celestia had become Solar Flare, each gaining a badass set of armor. Nightstalker got a shadow sword, Nightmare Moon a Sickle and Solar Flare a battle-ax. They then charged to the throne room to the denial of Castor Vailde and the doctor Mythic Tune.
Once there they began battering Tirek with both weapons and spells, him losing size, power, and ground each time he was struck. Soon he was no more than the weak creature he was when he first broke out of tartarus. Weak, defenseless, and seemingly unimportant or threatening at all, that cowered away in the face of the four shadow ponies, begging for mercy. The four turned together and came to an agreement on his punishment.
The four shadow ponies used their combined powers to force Tirek to another universe, one that was far, FAR, away from Equestria, one that would remain invisible until four hundred full moons passed. One filled with bustling, bipedal creatures just like them, only the gender ratio was 50:50, and their life was a lot worse. A universe, where the only inhabitants that knew of the pony existence were mocked and made fun of. Ones called Bronies, and Pegasisters. Most of which knew it only as a show besides two males who thought otherwise...
Soon after the four had returned to their original forms, Clex ran to where he spotted the remains of his friend Anon. "*sigh* This will take more that a screwdriver, Anon. Im not sure you'll be able to be repaired." There was crackling as Anon turned his head to face his friend.
"I know. In fact, nothing will. But always remember, no matter how long it takes, I'll always be back." With that, Anon went offline. Clex turned around to see three confused ponies.
"I know what you're thinking. You see, Anon was a Termi-Pony sent from the future to assassinate Sun Butt."
"Hey!" Celestia shouted.
"He was one of the other two on the mission with my brother, although my brother was literally a different pony back then."
"But I thought that your brother's partners were killed!" Lulu interjected.
"Actually, he was, but due to somepony in the future named John Connor,or something like that, he's set back in time to correct bad events such as this one. I'll even buy you all your own mansions if he doesn't show up before the next catastrophe."
"You're on!" she replied. Dusk and Tia nodded.
"Do you think we'll every see Tirek again, Luna?" Clex asked his princess.
"Im afraid so, and we might have two more problems on our hooves when he comes back. With that, the duo shared a hug and started to leave, when Castor and Cold walked up. Castor spoke up.
"Me and Cold must leave now. We are no longer needed. We hope we helped you with Tirek." WIth the short goodbye, castor flew off into the night sky through the hole in the roof from the tornado, and Clex's brother teleported away.
"You know something Luna? I think well be seeing those two again soon enough..." Clex said as they fixed the ceiling and headed to their respected places and jobs. "Sooner than we might expect." Clex whispered to himself.
I know that this book has more dislikes than likes, so I was wondering if s actually want a book two, or this be it. Please, leave your choice in the comments. Depending on how many yes's I get or how many no's I will or will not make another book. Peace out.
