Green Lantern's Light

After floating in space for a few more minutes, Twilight decided to head home before her ring runs out of power again. She flew into the atmosphere and landed right next to Ponyville. Her lantern uniform disappeared and she started walking home. When Twilight entered her home, she was shocked to see that the stores were closing and the sun was setting.

Wait, was I gone for almost two days? The trip must have been longer then I thought. Twilight thought.

She also looked around see if anypony was looking for her. But it was getting late and they might had to call off the search so the Night Guards could take over. Twilight reached her home and took a breath, she bet that Spike was in there with the girls wondering where she was. She entered and saw that Spike was alone and busy clearing up the library.

"Hi Spike." She said.

"Hey Twilight!" Spike said as he brought her some food.

"Sorry I was gone for so long, it was weird what I been through." She said as she ate.

"Twilight you just went out for some air, you've been gone all day." Spike said.

Twilight nods before noticing Spike say all day, not for almost two days.

"What is it today?" She asked.

"Wednesday." Spike said.

"Wait Wednesday? But it's Thursday today." Twilight said confused.

"No, it's Wednesday. Twilight, did you fall asleep again?" Spike said then asked.

Twilight was supremely confused now. She sat for a moment, trying to get the timeline straight in her head. She had been launched to Oa late Tuesday, and arrived on Wednesday. She spent the whole day there, and the last part of it traveling home. So today should be Thursday. But according to Spike, it was Wednesday. She moved her plate away and took out a book and read it.

There was a theory by a famous physicist named Quantum Starlight that time works differently in space. His thinking was that as more time would pass for a space traveler than an Equestria-bound pony. Twilight read to herself.

But it was an early theory, so I suppose there’s room for error. I'm living proof that time actually moves slower in space. So that means I was gone for a couple of hours! Not almost two days. Twilight thought as she looked up from the book.

Spike walked up to her and was about to say something when he belched up an scroll and Twilight read it.

"Hear he, hear all! Princess Celestia and Princess Luna is welcoming all ponies to the castle to celebrate the second year of Princess Luna's return. Twilight Sparkle and her friends are invited to come to the castle as soon as they're ready." She read.

That means it was also the second year that Twilight moved to Ponyville, met her friends and became an Element of Harmony. Twilight then turned to Spike who was looking at her hoof and noticed he was staring at her ring.

"Spike, I would like tell you, I just got it and it's no normal ring. I'll explain later, but I need to get the girls and head over to Canterlot." She said and walked up to her room.

A few minutes later, Twilight sat on the train with her friends around her. Rarity had already knew about the invite and had everypony's dresses ready. Twilight was wearing the same dress that she wore at the Grand Galloping Gala, only with few changes, her stars were now six pointed and she was wearing a crown. In fact, Rarity give everyone an crown. Twilight liked the dress, but thought the crown was a bit much. She looked out the window wondering if she should tell her friends about the trip she just had.

"I say darling, wherever did you get that ring?" Rarity spoke up.

Twilight was confused before she remembered that she was still wearing the Green Lantern ring.

"Do you have an special some pony?" Rarity smirked.

That got Twilight by surprise.

"What? No!" Twilight said flabbergasted by the question.

She really never thought about settling down with another pony. So Rarity's question wasn't something she could answer.

"Easy there Twi. Rare doesn't mean anythin' by it. We just never seen you wearn' a ring." Applejack said calming her down.

"Well, it's actually an old toy ring I used to have when I was a filly. It was too big for me then, but it fits me now. I just never took it off once I put it back on that's all."

Twilight was not ready to tell them yet. She was still trying to get over all that she has seen and heard. The others thought about it then Rainbow spoke up.

"So are you going to wear that ring at the castle?"

"Not sure, but I just can't bring myself to take it off." Twilight answered.

"It's a really nice ring, looks almost real." Fluttershy said and tried to get an closer look.

Twilight pulled her hoof away and said, "I know, I thought the same thing too."

"Well, enough about the old toy. Let's get ready for the party!" Pinkie said happily.

The others nodded and Twilight held up the ring. She looked at it and saw it blink for a second. She was a bit confused, but bypass it for now. There was still many things she hasn't learned about the ring.

Hours later, everypony was enjoying the party. Twilight was trying to find Celestia and Luna, she was thinking about telling them about the ring and the Green Lantern Corps. She believes they might believe her more, after all she was Celestia's student. Twilight stopped in front of one of the royal guards. He looked at her and smiled. He stood aside and Twilight walked up to the princesses. Some ponies noticed the ring and she got a few eyebrow raises.

"Princess Celestia, Princess Luna." Twilight said and bowed.

"Lady Twilight." Luna said and bowed back.

"I see you came my student." Celestia said and bowed back as well.

"I was hoping to talk to you. There is something I got tell you, something that happened to me yesterday." She said.

"Oh, what is that?" Celestia asked.

Twilight took an deep breath and was about to tell them when an hoof pulled her away and she was throw towards the ground. Remembering her training back at Oa, Twilight flipped herself and landed on her hooves. She turned to see an white stallion with a golden mane and tail. He was wearing a red cloak and had an shaft in his hoof.

"Was that mare bothering you princesses?" He asked them.

"Smoke, we have told you before, if we know the pony and are not troubled by him/her they are not bothering us." Luna scowled at him.

"That is Twilight Sparkle, one of the elements of harmony and my student." Celestia said just as upset.

Smoke backed off, he knew it was bad to have the princesses mad.

"My apologies. I did not know. At least she is unharmed." He said bowing.

Celestia and Luna turned away from Smoke and walked up to Twilight. Her friends joined them as well.

"Are you alright darling?" Rarity asked.

"Yeah, who was that?" Twilight answered then asked Celestia.

"That is Smoke, our new guild." Celestia answered.

"Well he's an meanie!" Pinkie growled.

"Don't be too hard on him, he was just doing his job, though we have told him a number of times to check with us before he takes them away." Celestia told them.

"By the way Twilight, how did you ace that landing? That was awesome!" Rainbow asked.

"Well, from seeing all the dangerous stunts you pull, I figured I'll find some ways to land on my hooves if anything ever blows us away." Twilight said, making an excuse.

"Now, Twilight there was something you wanted to tell us?" Celestia asked.

Before Twilight could even explain, Smoke stepped up and everypony stopped and looked at him.

"Welcome everypony! I'm glad you can make it here. I also welcome the elements themselves. Now that everypony is here, I can finally move on to the next phase of my plan." He said before smiling evilly.

Before anyone could question what he was talking about, a group of armored ponies that were not the royal guards surrounded them and on their armors was a symbol that was shaped like an black sun. Celestia knew who they were.

"The Black Sun Kingdom, the only kingdom to follow Nightmare Moon ways." She said and also got an spell ready, but her horn fizzed out nothing.

"So sorry my dear princess, but we have disabled all unicorns and alicorn magic. There is no hope for all." Smoke said.

Twilight just looked at smoke before feeling her ring. She didn't see it blink, but knew she had to stop them. Twilight quietly snuck into the crowd and was able to get somewhere where no one can see her.

"What do you want?" Rainbow asked in anger.

"Simply put, Equestria. We are even going to name Princess Luna our queen and rightful ruler." Smoke said.

"I will not let that happen again! I worked too hard on this! I am not the mare I was 1,000 years ago!" Luna shouted.

"It will be some time before we awake Nightmare Moon in you again, but now we have the elements and we can destroy them with ease." Smoke said as a few of his guards took their swords.

"These are no normal swords, they have the ability to draw magic out of thin air and use them even with our spell up. Say goodbye." Smoke explained and the guards fired.

The mane six braced themselves as Celestia and Luna stood tall.

The blasts hit them and Smoke smiled, he knew not even the princesses could survive that. However his smile faded when he saw an green barrier around them.

"WHAT?!" He shouted in shock.

The others were just as confused. The green barrier disappeared and Smoke looked up to see Twilight in her green lantern uniform. Many ponies were surprised and the rest of the mane six look at her in confusion.

"Who's that?" Rainbow asked.

"I don't know. I like the suit, but there's a little too much green." Rarity said.

"Maybe she's a super hero!" Pinkie shouted.

"Pinkie I doubt that pony is a super hero, plus all magic has been blocked off." Rainbow told the pink party pony.

Twilight floated down and stopped just over everypony's heads. Smoke growled before ordering.

"Take her down!"

The guards fired again, but Twilight threw her ring up and made a U-tube construct that took the magic blasts and shot them back. The guards dodged the blasts and charged at Twilight. Twilight let her construct fade and put up a brick wall that had the guards run into. Some avoided the wall and went to attack her. Twilight quickly made sword constructs, held two in her hooves, and she swung her swords to block attacks. Good thing Hal taught her how it made other constructs. Twilight used the two swords in her hooves to deal with guards in front, with two swords on either side of her and two more in the back. She was able to fight them off before taking to the air. She flew away for a bit before turning around and constructing an shovel that scooped the guards up and dropped them into some green cages she just made.

Twilight landed and turned back to Smoke who was shocked to see all that.

"What? But the spell stops all magic! How are you able to use it?!" He demanded.

"Because this isn't magic." Twilight spoke for the first time since she arrived in her Green Lantern uniform.

Smoke raise an eyebrow.

"If it's not magic, then what is it?" He asked.

"It's willpower." Twilight said and threw her ring forward.

A wall once more appeared and Smoke slammed a shaft on the ground and a shock-wave destroyed it and knocked Twilight into the air. She stopped herself and saw Smoke rise his shaft and fired lighting at her. Twilight acted quickly by making a lighting rod that absorbs it. Smoke then had the ground shoot out and grabbed her hooves. Twilight was pulled towards the ground and she landed on her chin. She shook it off and constructed an sledgehammer and broke the ground around her hooves. She then swung her sledgehammer and knocked Smoke into the castle wall. Twilight stood and quickly shot out an claw construct and grabbed the shaft. She pulled it back and caught it.

"You tried to get close to the princesses so you can take them out easier, you knew how the guards work and learned about the Elements of Harmony. What you didn't count on was that I was here to stop you.

"Who are you?" Smoke asked.

"I'm a Green Lantern." Twilight said and snapped the shaft in half.

Soon the spell that was cast dropped and all unicorns felt their magic return. Twilight turned to the Princesses and smiled. She then flew into the air and away from Canterlot, thinking maybe this hero thing wasn't so bad. As she flew, the princesses watched as their guards took their enemies away. Celestia could almost place the unicorn she just saw with somepony she knew. She also heard well what the pony said. It was using willpower instead of magic. Celestia had to find out and the only way was to call Twilight to the castle tomorrow.

Celestia wasn't the only one who thought she knew who the pony really was. Spike was there the whole time and he saw everything. He needed answers and Twilight was going to talk.

"Twilight wake up!"

Twilight open her eyes groggily. She was still tried from last night. Still she got up and saw Spike standing next to her bed, his arms crossed.

"Spike? What time is it?" She asked.

"It 9 in the morning, but you, explain, now." He answered.

"Spike, I..."

"NOW!"

Twilight sighed and turned to her ring laying on the table.

"Ok, the truth is, that's not a toy ring I had when I was an filly. It belonged to a creature by the name Coma-Sui. Don't ask because I'm not sure. Turns out he was an member of the Green Lantern Corps. They're kind of like the police, only they protect universes. When I accepted the ring, I joined the same corps. I was taken to Oa, the home planet for the corps, there I was taughtt about the ring and what Green Lanterns do. All the things you saw me make out of green energy were constructs. I made them all out of my will. So I agreed to become an Green Lantern." Twilight said.

Spike just sat there, surprised to hear all that. He was confused on what Twilight said, but there was one thing that crossed his mind.

"Show me the uniform." He said.

"Really Spike? Out of all the things I told you, that's what you want to see?" Twilight asked.

"Come on Twilight. You know I didn't understand half of what you said. Show me the uniform please." He said.

Twilight sighed and grabbed the ring in her magic and walked over to her table.

"Ok, Ring. Hoof." She said, holding up her left hoof and placing the ring on it.

Twilight stood ready and soon called her energy. However, nothing happen. Both Twilight and Spike were confused.

"Did you break it?" Spike asked.

"No, I must have forgotten to charge it last night when I got back." Twilight said and pulled out her lantern.

Spike rose an eyebrow as Twilight placed her ring on the lantern and said the oath.

"In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. let those who worship evil's might, beware my power, Green Lantern's light."

Spike looked at Twilight as she pulled the ring back.

"What was that?" He asked.

That was the oath of the Green Lanterns. It let's me recharge my ring." She answered and stood ready again.

Once more, Twilight called on the energy and this time her uniform appeared on her.

"Whoa green!" Spike shouted as he stared.

The two were quiet before Spike started to smile really big.

"You're a super hero!" He nearly shouted.

"Just hero Spike." Twilight said.

Before he could said anything to why Twilight was a superhero, he belched up an scroll.

"The Princess? Why did she send me a letter?" Twilight asked and open it.

Dear Twilight Sparkle,

I'm sorry for calling you after what happened last night, but we need to talk. I await for you at Canterlot.

Princess Celestia.

Twilight was wondering why she was call. She removed her outfit and got ready. She's not sure, but something tells her that Celestia knows she's a green lantern