The New Lunar Empire

A lavender unicorn mare with a dark blue mane and tail, both of which had a pink highlight, wearing a blue dress shirt, blue jeans, and purple boots walked into a bar in Manehattan.

“The usual, Gary,” said Twilight Sparkle.

As Twilight drank her martini, Gary, the bartender, looked out the window.  “Nice night, isn’t it?” he said.

“It’s always night, Gary,” said Twilight.

“Didn’t used to be,” said Gary.

“Oh, don’t tell me you believe in that stupid legend about that glowing ball of gas. The Sun or whatever it was called,” said Twilight.

“I’m not saying I do. I’m just thinking about how nice it would be to have some light and warmth, instead of it being so cold all the time,” said Gary.

“Gary, how long has it been since The New Lunar Empire has risen?” asked Twilight.

“About a thousand years next Tuesday,” said Gary.

“Exactly. And a thousand years from now, there will still be eternal moonlight. So, why bother believing in children’s stories?” said Twilight.

To that, Gary had no answer.

“That’s what I thought,” said Twilight. With that she took another drink and was about to leave when she heard loud footsteps and saw one of the few things that truly scared her. A purple 6”00 dragon with wings and razor sharp green spines. His claws looked like they could cut through a single building and his teeth could easily chomp a pony in half. He wore a black button-up shirt, black pants, and black boots. Instead of starting a bar fight all he did was simply walk up to the bartender and sat down on a specially made seat.

“One Sapphire Shore and don’t buck it up this time.” The dragon ordered the bartender who nodded but was also shaking at the same time.

“Y-yes, Mr. Spike, sir,” said the bartender.

Twilight, trembling in her boots in more ways than one, approached the dragon.

“H-hello,” she said.

“What do you want, little pony?” snarled  Spike.

“Nothing, just… my name is Twilight Sparkle,” said Twilight.

“I’m Spike, Nightmare Moon’s personal assistant,” said Spike. “Say, you wouldn’t happen to be the Twilight Sparkle who’s working on creating a form of plant that can actually grow in the moonlight, would you?”

“Y-yes, that would be me,” said Twilight, some of her fear leaving her.

“Well, your work has Her Highness impressed. If it works, how fast do you think you could mass produce it? Scientifically speaking,  I mean,” asked Spike.

“Well, recoding an organism is no cakewalk. It could be some time before it’s ready,” said Twilight.

Spike let out a burp, and in a puff of green flame, a card appeared.

“This is my number. Keep me posted,”  said Spike, before taking a drink. Twilight moved out of the dragon’s way as he got up and slammed the glass down, shattering it, and then walking out of the exit before extending his wings and taking to the skies.

~

In Moon City, the capital of The New Lunar Empire, Nightmare Moon sat on her throne, locked in an internal struggle.

You know how you’ve been succeeding this long? Luck. And one day very soon, that luck will run out and me and my sister will be avenged.

Nightmare Moon laughed out loud. You really think that some stupid prophecy stating that the Elements of Harmony, which I personally destroyed, will rise again will actually come to pass? Please, you and I both know you and Celestia are nothing more than a memory! she told her inner voice, the part that was still Luna.

That maybe so, but in the end, the Elements will unite and bring you down! said Luna.

At that moment, Spike flew into the room.

“Your Highness,” said Spike as he bowed to Nightmare Moon unaware that she was still arguing with Luna.

“NOT NOW SPIKE I’M IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING YOU DUMB LIZARD!” Shouted Nightmare as Spike suddenly lurched back in surprise.

“I-I’m sorry… is now a bad time?” He asked to which she only replied with a snarl.

“No, it’s a very good time because we now get to play my favorite anger release game.”

“Uh-oh… not torture the lizard!”  cried Spike.

Within moments, the castle was alive with the sounds of Spike screaming as he was zapped and blasted with magic.

~

Out in the ruins of Cloudsdale a pegasus was zipping in between the ruined buildings and crumbling structures at near breakneck speeds. She wore a black leather jacket, blue jeans, and black shoes which allowed her to easily to blend in with the clouds. She had a rainbow colored mane and tail, and a sky-blue coat. She was fittingly named Rainbow Dash.

Rainbow did a loop-de-loop before landing on an old skyscraper.

Hard to believe this place once helped to stabilize the weather. Of course, in this darkness that doesn’t really help, thought Rainbow.

Just then, a pair of Shadowbolts flew up to her.

“You are in a restricted area. Come with us, please,” said one of the Shadowbolts.

“All right, I’ll come with you… if you can catch me!” said Rainbow, before flying off at breakneck speeds.

The Shadowbolts tried to pursue her, but they only ended up breaking their noses as they crashed into a building.

“Captain Spitfire would kill to have somepony like her on the team,” said one of the Shadowbolts.

“I wouldn’t put it past her, either,” the second said.