The Return of Nightmare Moon

     “Just what did you have in mind?” asked Chrysalis.

     “Well… I was thinking that you could disguise yourself as that purple pony; the barer of the Element of Magic. Feed off of the love of her friends and use her access to the Canterlot Archives to find a way to reverse the elements to free my mother. Then we can use our powers to defeat Celestia and set my mother free.” he said plainly and smiled evilly, feeling ever so clever.

     “Wow, clever talker AND a genius.” she said happily.

     “Thanks.” he said proudly.

     Later, under cover of darkness, they flew. They flew as high as they could to avoid being seen, there was complete silence between them, save for the buzzing of her insect wings and the eagle like flap of his. They were over Pony Ville, a thick layer of clouds would aid in their stealth. They descended as quickly as possible, the frigid air stung their faces and made their eyes water. After about half a minute of diving they broke through the thick soup of clouds. They flew quickly towards the library, landing in the middle of the street; they quickly but with the silence of a butterfly’s wing beat, picked the lock and entered the library.

     It was black as pitch inside, not a problem for they both could see in the dark. They moved past the vast shelves of books and headed directly for the spiraling, wooden stairs. They silently ran up the stairs and found a locked wooden door at the top. They turned to each other and smiled fiendishly, Chrysalis’s teeth glowed in the dark. Using his magic, Dark Flame unlocked the door.

     “Why didn’t you do that down there instead of having ME pick the lock?” Chrysalis hissed, her emerald eyes practically glowing in the darkness.

     “Sssshhh! You’ll wake her.” whispered dark Flame angrily. Chrysalis rolled her eyes but he was too focused to notice.

     He slowly nudged open the door. It creaked on its handles; Dark Flame winced but looking inside, found that neither of the houses occupants had even twitched. The dragon lay in his dog bed at the foot of the pony’s bed. Chrysalis entered the room and immediately fired off a green, goo like substance from her horn that cocooned him. He never woke and was instantly paralyzed.  They could see the blue, star covered sheets, rising and falling with each breath that the pony took. They moved silently as ghosts to the foot of her bed. She stirred and they held their breath, she simply rolled over, still sleeping. Chrysalis glued her mouth and she jolted awake. Her muffle screams were silenced when Dark Flame used his magic to put her back to sleep.

     Twilight slowly opened her eyes, she had no idea what had happened, it all took place so quickly. She did not know where she was, she only knew that it was cold, damp, and smelled funny. She suddenly realized that she couldn’t move her feet! They were glued to the ground by some kind of green, silk like substance.  Then she realized where she was, in a cave. Her thoughts raced, “Someone kidnapped me. They glued my feet to the floor and left me in a cave. Who did this and why?” Poor Twilight was scared out of her mind.

     “She’s awake.” said a cold and familiar voice. It was Queen Chrysalis!

     “Well well well, good to see you again Twilight.” said another voice evilly. It was Dark Flame. Twilight’s eyes adjusted and she could see them both standing near the mouth of the cave.

     “I bet you’re wondering why we’ve brought you here.” he said.

     “Y-y-yes.” Twilight stammered.  She was very worried; her two biggest enemies had her by herself in a dark cave.

     “DON’T TELL HER THE PLAN!” growled Chrysalis turning to Dark Flame.

     “It’s not like she will be able to do anything from her cocoon.” said Dark Flame plainly.

     “You’re right.” said Chrysalis coldly turning to Twilight.

     “What?” gasped Twilight. Her heart was pounding in her chest; her eyes were wild and filled with fear. She stood shivering in the dark shadows of her captors.

     “Well you see.” said Dark Flame menacingly as he slowly circled Twilight. She tried to follow him with her head but each time she reached a certain point she couldn’t see him. “Chrysalis and I have decided that she will take your place. She will feed off the love of your friends and search the Canterlot achieves to find a way to reverse the Elements of Harmony.  Once she has we will DESTROY Celestia and free my mother! Then darkness will reign FOREVER!”  After he had finished they broke into maniacal laughter which terrified the already traumatized Twilight.

     “My friends will stop you!” shouted Twilight angrily.

     “What a hopeful but utterly ridiculous sentiment.”  said Chrysalis, rolling her eyes.

     “You wait and see!” growled Twilight, now more angry than afraid.

     “I hate to cut things short but time’s up.” said Dark Flame. The cocoon that started around Twilight’s feet grew over her; encasing and paralyzing her.

     The two villains stood and laughed. Chrysalis transformed herself into Twilight and left the cave, leaving Dark Flame to plan his vision for the world.