The Night’s Return Chapter 4

All Image Credit - MarioMaster02

Written and revised by - Anonymo

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“Twilight!” Nightmare Moon snapped at the cowering mare, her long and dark horn beginning to glow brightly, “Come here!” A deep black aura snatched tightly around Twilight’s hooves, bruising them as she was pushed carelessly back to her master’s side.

Twilight gasped in pain and shock, “Ah!” she could sense an evil and immensely powerful aura all around the dungeon, much worse than anything she had felt previously from her new master. ‘Why is it so different from before? I-it was evil then, but n-now… It’s horrible. I can’t stand it, it’s overwhelming!’

The solar princess struggled in the grasp of her chains, calling out to Nightmare Moon and her former pupil, “It is taking over, the evil that’s manifesting deep within my sister Luna! The full power of the moon will be unleashed, all of Equestria will be doomed!” Celestia spoke desperately, “I beg of you sister, do not let the evil take over your soul, you can still be saved if you fight it!”

Nightmare Moon laughed maniacally, her head reaching to the ceiling as she raised her hoof, “I have no desire to fight it my ‘dear’ sister! I wish to become one with it! I shall let the power consume me from the inside out!” She lowered her horn towards her sister, a dark pulse of life-sucking energy shooting into the chained alicorn as she began to scream and writhe in agony.

“Celestia!!” Twilight cried, beginning to shamefully cower in the corner once again, ‘I can’t let this happen! She’s going to die’ She could feel the restrainment around her horn that sealed her magic, but with the amount of raw energy in the atmosphere it made it even easier to cast a spell. ‘I can do this..’ Twilight screamed out loudly, a purple and black aura surrounding her body as the brace around her horn exploded into bits, flying across the dungeon and all over the floor.

“W-what?!” Nightmare Moon shouted in surprise, before quickly solidifying her dark energy into a spear and launching it through the chained alicorn’s heart out through the other side of her body, blood and organs spilling everywhere with sick splats. “Hahaha!” She laughed out loud at her victory, smiling as her sister barely held onto life. She looked towards Twilight, “Too late, your attempt was completely futile!”

Twilight froze in shock, her mind unable to comprehend what just took place in front of her. ‘....’
She yells loudly, “No!! Celestia!” the mare runs to her former teacher’s side, holding onto her blood-soaked body desperately, “Please don’t die..” Twilight’s tears began to mix in with Celestia’s blood as she cried in sadness.

The solar alicorn spoke faintly as her voice wheezed, blood dripping from her mouth ”T-...Twilight.. N-nev..er.. G-giv-ve in…” Her last breath left her with those words, her body slumping as all of her muscles relaxed.. She was dead.

“Hahahahaha!!” The dark alicorn’s laugh echoed throughout the dungeon, looking down to her dead sister and her new found student in gratification. “This was not as planned, however, just as entertaining!” The evil aura stretched throughout the room as her power began to grow, the moon shining slightly brighter than before.

“No…. no…” Twilight stared at Celestia’s dead body, her hooves beginning to shake as she felt a new emotion that she had never before experienced in her life. Rage. She turned around, looking fiercely to Nightmare Moon as her horn lit up with a spell, a large blast of purple energy blasting out from her horn towards her master.

A dense black knight shield appeared in front of Nightmare Moon in an instant, completely diminishing the ball of energy into nothing. “What a joke.” A demonic hand and arm made of dark energy shot out from the alicorn’s mane, picking up the small unicorn like a piece of paper and squeezing her tightly.

“A-ahh!!!” Twilight squealed and writhed in pain, barely managing to cast a teleportation spell to the outside of the cell. ‘I have to do something better.. I’m no match for her..’ She thought as Nightmare looked at her through inside the cell.

“Fool.” A giant burst of magic energy exploded out from Nightmare’s body, the metal and the entirety of the cell being blown to pieces flying around the dungeon. She trots out and tries to find the purple mare as the dust begins to clear.

*Breathing hard* “O-ow..” Twilight hid behind a stone piece of wall, a small lighter sized piece of metal stuck in her thigh near her cutie mark. ‘S-she is c-completely insane… I-I dont think there’s hope for m-me.’’ She began to crawl out to where she could see through the rubble, noticing Nightmare Moon beginning to come towards her area. ‘I can’t give up..’

Twilight stepped out from her hiding spot in an instant, her horn glowing brightly as she forced a nearby pillar to fall into the direction of Nightmare Moon, before quickly beginning to run in the opposite direction. ‘I-it’s a dead end..’

The same demonic hand of energy from before shot out from the dark alicorn’s mane, branching off into three separate arms as they grabbed ahold of the giant pillar, throwing it the air above Nightmare Moon. “I warned you Twilight.” The pillar broke into thousands of pieces in the air, before being shaped into spikes and launched towards Twilight.

‘Is this r-really how I’m going to d-die?’ The small unicorn backed into the corner of the dungeon wall as she noticed the thousands of spikes that were about to rain down upon her, her horn beginning to glow as she mustered up as much energy as she could to form a protective barrier around her body.

The shards of stone began to pound against the barrier, drowning out all other noise as the unicorn struggled to maintain her protective barrier, ‘I-I can’t keep up!”, Twilight thought as her barrier began to weaken, before inevitably collapsing. “A-ahh!!” The unicorn screamed in pain as the shards of stone began to impale her small body, only managing to cover her face with her hooves as she dropped to the ground.

Nightmare Moon trotted slowly to the fallen mare, smirking at the sight of her bloodied body shaking violently on the floor, “I told you that you may never leave your master’s side. It is either me, or death.” The dark alicorn pushed her hoof against one of the shards protruding from Twilight’s side, causing the unicorn to yelp out in pain.

“O-ow!! P-please.. Please don’t hurt me anymore..” The purple mare cried as she lay limp on the floor, the dark alicorn standing tall above her fallen body. “I-I don’t want to d-die..” Twilight spoke out in fear, feeling the true reality of death for the first time in her life. ‘Celestia..’

The dark queen used her magic to begin pulling out each and every one of the stone shards from the bleeding mare’s body, each one eliciting a small yelp of pain from the defeated unicorn. “How many more lessons shall you have before you truly learn? There is no escape from me. This is the way of life. Take the protection of those who are much more powerful than you, or be killed by them.” Her horn began to glow once again as a deep black aura surrounded Twilight’s small body, sealing each of her wounds that she gained from battle.

The purple unicorn could care less of her physical pain being gone, “I can’t believe you killed her.. Y-your own sister..” Twilight spoke as she remained lying on the cold dungeon floor, her head buried between her hooves as she cried out in mental distress.

Nightmare Moon cackled out loud, “Enough of this. We are leaving now and are to begin my conquer at once. I shall show all of Equestria who is the true ruler of this land, and you will grow powerful by my side.” She grabbed the crying Twilight from off the ground using her starly mane, lifting her onto her back and walking towards the crumbled cell where the former sun princess lay dead. “But before that, there is one more thing that I must do.”

To be continued...

Author's Note

I apologize for the long delay. Forgot my password for a while, and have been pretty busy in real life. This story is not dead, and it won't be until I finish it.