Crimson Night

-CRASH-
“What the hell was that?!” Twilight exclaimed. She had been observing the moon and the stars through a telescope when the crash had sounded. It sounded right outside her front door. She looked at the time, four in the morning.

She walked downstairs. Right before she opened her door to see what the crash was, she heard a roar. She recognized it as a the roar of an Ursa. Whether it was a minor or a major she didn't know. She stepped outside and saw that it was in fact a major, and there were ponies running around in panic. A cart had crashed in front of her door, explaining the crash noise.

“Whoa, is that a Major?!” Spike exclaimed.

“Spike go back inside. I need to go help.” Twilight said, closing the door with magic. She galloped towards the beast, where ponies were running away.

“Dash! Quick go to Canterlot and warn the princesses!” Twilight called to the Pegasus flying above her, instantly scolding herself for not telling spike to do it.

“I'm not leaving you guys!” Dash called back as she dodged a house thrown at her after bucking the beast in the head.

“You won't be! You'll be getting help from the Guard and the Princesses now go! No tiem to argue, ponies could get hurt!” Twilight yelled, pushing the Pegasus towards Canterlot. With a growl, Dash flew off and was out of sight in seconds.

“Fluttershy, go find anypony that needs help or is hurt and see what you can do! Rarity, I need you and Applejack to go gather the scared ponies and all the foals and get them to safety! Pinkie Pie, use that party cannon to distract it from the town if you can!” Twilight called over the storm the chaos had created.

The others didn't hesitate to do as they were told, they knew Twilight knew what she was doing. The beast roared as it flung another building at them, but Twilight blocked it with her magic alone and set it safely back in it's place.

“Go!” she yelled and they ran instantly to do what they had been assigned. Pinkie already had four party cannons set up behind the creature, detonating them and startling it away from the town. It growled and smashed them, pinkie somehow appearing on a rooftop instead of under it's claws a moment later.

“I think it just made him madder Twilight!” Pinkie called, her mane going a bit straight.

“just go help Fluttershy!” Twilight called back.

“What about you?”

“I took out a Minor, and I've gotten stronger, all I need to do is hold out until Dash comes back!” Twilight called as she began gathering magic in her horn.

“...Fine! Be careful!” Pinkie called. Twilight didn't respond as she concentrated on a shield spell. She cast it around herself and then used a motion spell to launch herself into the gut of the Creature. It acted like a tackle, and filled the Ursa with hostile magic form the shield, causing it to convulse. Twilight used the remaining magic form the shield to teleport away as it swung at her, but it nicked her leg. She hissed in pain and took weight off her the hind right leg as the Ursa got to it's feet.

It glared at her, no longer interested in the town. Seeing this, Twilight brought it towards the Everfree and away from any collateral damage it could inflict on top of what it already had done and gather up her magic again. The Ursa learned from last time and quickly charged her before she could cast a spell.

Throughout Ponyville, the scream of pain was heard, amplified by the raw magic. Twilight had a gash along her ribs and her flank, and she now sported a gash starting on her right brow and ending with a curl at the nose where the little claw on one paw had caught her face.

Still determined to not give up, Twilight created another shield around herself. It was nowhere near powerful enough to hold the Ursa back for more than a minute tops, but that was it's purpose as she gathered all of the magic she could muster. The Ursa smashed itself against the shield multiple times and was infuriated by the fact this tiny thing was so powerful.

When the shield began to crack, Twilight released the magic. It was so powerful, the shield disintegrated along with a few trees on the edge of the forest. The Ursa Major was sent flying into the air, away from Ponyville to where she remembered an Ursa den being.

Twilight lied there, panting, before passing out from exhaustion and loss of blood.

“Did anypony else hear that?” a Night Guard asked when a scream was heard all around. Luna just started flying faster, outdistancing them easily. When Rainbow Dash had collapsed form exhaustion in the throne room, telling of the attack, Luna left immediately. Celestia was currently in a very important treaty negotiation with the Griffons and Dragons neighboring Equestria, she had enough on her plate. Half of the Night guard was following her as she sped towards Ponyville. They all stopped mid air when they felt the power of the magic explosion, and stare in awe as an Ursa Major was sent flying through the air.

Luna recovered first and sped towards the source, the guards recovering moments later. When they caught up to Luna, who was staring at a tiny crater. They looked in, and gasped as they saw the mutilated pony.

“Is that?”

“Oh no...”

“Blergh!”

“Celestia is not going to like this.”

“Quiet all of you!” Luna scolded and picked up the Lavender unicorn gently with her magic. “Meet me in Ponyville.” Luna said and teleported.

Fluttershy and Pinkie yelped at the flash of light, but were relieved to see it was Princess Luna. Relieved, however, until they noticed what she was putting on an empty makeshift cot in the middle of town hall.

“Oh my Celestia! Twilight!” Fluttershy screamed, yes screamed, and dropped the cup of tea she was drinking and dashed over.

“Can you take us to the Library? She needs a bed now!” Fluttershy asked to Luna. Luna instantly teleported herself, Twilight and Fluttershy to the library and set Twilight in her own bed, where spike was looking out of the window worried.

“Princess Luna? What happened to Twilight?!” Spike yelled, rushing to the lavender Unicorn's side.

“I'll tell the tale when Twilight is stabilized. Fluttershy, tell me what to do with my magic and I'll do it.” Luna said.

“if you know how to stitch a wound then start with this one.” Fluttershy ordered, nodding her head towards the wound she had miraculously cleaned so quickly on her flank. Luna pulled a suture kit form the medical pack Fluttershy had grabbed and began her work.

“Spike go downstairs and wait until I call you, this won't be hard to watch. When I call you, I will need a rag and a bucket of clean water.” Fluttershy said without looking at the dragon.

“o-ok.” Spike said, on the verge of sobbing.

“I'll take care of it, I insist...you did so much for her already, let me give you a break.” Luna said when Fluttershy called Spike up for the cleaning rag and was about to start.

“...alright...make sure you don't agitate the stitches.” Fluttershy cautioned. Luna nodded. They both had solemn looks on their faces.

Fluttershy walked down the stairs, and broke down crying in the living room where the other Elements, besides Dash, were wondering what was going on.

“Fluttershy is she alright?!” Rarity asked.

“I-i-i don't know...s-she's lost so much blood and...and....she's hurt...I don't k-know if she's going to make it.” Fluttershy explained, breaking into tears with much greater force. When Applejack made to go up, Fluttershy stopped her.

“Luna's trying to do something with magic...it might be best to leave them be for now...” Fluttershy said.

“You're not going to make it...are you Twilight?” Luna said sadly, her horn glowing as she cleaning the stitched wounds. “I don't know how you'll react to this...but I can't lose you...you're the one pony that didn't fear me, the reason I am here now, sane...” Luna whispered as the magic surrounding her horn turned black and created a sort of cloud of black gas. The gas was absorbed into Twilight's nose and slightly open mouth, causing her to cough a bit, and then used her magic to attempt and heal the wounds now that they were stitched up.

Twilight groaned a bit in her unconscious state as she twitched and her body morphed ever so slightly as all of her wounds closed up. The gashed on her underside and flank faded to barely noticeable, though she didn't dare try the one on her face. Too many important things to attempt to remove a scar so big.

Twilight stopped twitching, and settled into a peaceful slumber. She was now a bit taller, had fangs and her mane and coat had darkened a bit. She was also more toned, but not more than AJ or Dash Luna cast a spell to hide the fangs.

Luna walked downstairs, where Dash had arrived and needed AJ to hold her back.

“So is she alright or not?!” Dash yelled.

“She's fine...don't worry. I am rather well versed in certain magics...I would let her rest, but making sure she is alright will do no harm...I must return to Canterlot and tell Celestia what has happened.” Luna said.

“Wait Princess, what DID happen?” AJ asked.

“Twilight defeated the Ursa Major. She got hurt while doing it, that's all I know...I only arrived to see the aftermath. I have a battalion of Night Guards here, I will order them to do what the ponies of ponyville ask of them to help what they can.” Luna said.

“Thank yuh princess...fer everything.” Applejack said.

“Of course...Spike, write to Celestia and I when she wakes...but that might be days later, depending on how fast she recovers...” Luna said. Spike nodded and Luna left.