My Little Pony: Friendship is Eternal

Chapter 3
Darker than the Night

Luna landed in Ponyville, just as many of its residents were in the process of evacuating. Guards were rushing from building to building, ensuring that each building was cleared of any ponies. With all the chaos of every pony rushing to and from every which way, Luna realised that simply searching for Twilight Sparkle would not be possible. She shouted using her Royal Canterlot Voice, knowing it would get everypony’s attention.

“WE ARE LOOKING FOR TWILIGHT SPARKLE!” The mob of various ponies paused, turning their attention to Princess Luna.

Twilight stepped forward, every other pony continued their frantic rush. “What is it Princess Luna? What is going on? Why is everypony being forced to evacuate? Why did it so suddenly turn to night? Where is Princess Celestia?” Twilight asked quickly.

“Calm down Twilight Sparkle, we have little time. Assemble your friends, then we shall answer thou’s questions.” Princess Luna said.

“I reckon there is no need to go through all that trouble,” Applejack said, as she and Twilight’s other friends, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie walked out of the scurrying crowd.

Rarity put down her many bags she was carrying, “I do say, what is all the commotion about? I was in the middle of a meeting with a very important client.”

“We have little time, and we require all your attention immediately. A great foe my sister defeated long ago has returned, and it is up to you to defeat him,” explained Luna.

“Who is this enemy? And how is it he managed to lower the Sun?” Twilight asked.

“We know not who he is. My sister only explained that he was her greatest foe, and she only defeated him using some type of secondary power of the Elements of Harmony.”

“The Elements have a second power? How can that be? And where is Princess Celestia?” Twilight once again inquired.

“The Sun going down only means one thing...” Princess Luna trailed off. Tears began to shed from her eyes as she looked away from Twilight and her friends. It was then that Twilight understood what had happened.

“The Princess...she...she...” Twilight also trailed off, and also began to cry while her friends soon followed. The Princess she had known and love as a teacher, friend, and in sort of way second mother was now gone. To Twilight this idea seemed impossible. Princess Celestia had ruled Equestria for over a millenia, how could it be possible? She was the strongest, fastest, and most powerful pony in all the land!

“My sister sent us a message for you Twilight Sparkle. She wants you and your friends to gather the Elements of Harmony to once again defend Equestria. Gather the Elements, she said he would come soon. We shall help evacuate the rest of the town.”

“You can count on us Princess,” Twilight said, wiping tears from her eyes. “Come on girls, the Princess left us a duty, we will honor her by living up to it. I still have the Elements in my library, lets hurry!” Twilight and her friends ran towards the library as fast as they could. Meanwhile, Luna, whose eyes and horn began to glow as she rose into the air. Behind her in the sky, the large bright moon rose into the sky, bringing some light to the early night.

The remaining ponies around her had stopped momentarily, dazzled by the display that Luna had just performed. “What are thoust waiting for? Keep moving!”

Meanwhile at the library, Twilight and her friends were having a difficult time finding the Elements of Harmony. “Darn it! Where did Spike put them? Ohhhh, I knew it was a bad idea to let him reorganize the library.”

“Why did you even put it back in that book Discord hid it in in the first place?” Rainbow Dash asked, as she began to throw the books off the shelves in order to look for the one with the Elements in it.

“Rarity help me open all the books using our magic!” Twilight called over to Rarity, who was gently picking books off of shelves one at a time.

“Fine, have it your way, but I am not going to help you clean all this up,” Rarity said.

Twilight looked at Rarity for a moment and rolled her eyes. Both of the unicorns stood side by side as their horns began to glow. All of the books suddenly had a dark purple glow around them as they lifted off all the shelves and opened, revealing all of their contents. The sound of metallic jewelry hitting the ground could be heard in the center of the room. Pinkie Pie, who was the closest to the Elements, began to toss them all to their respective owners. Each pony had a necklace with their cutie mark engraved into a gem on it. Twilight actually had a tiara with her cutie mark on it.

“Perfect!” Twilight exclaimed. “Now let’s go outside and wait for whatever this threat is. We will avenge Princess Celestia.”