Never Rest: Sweet Dreams

by Never_Rest

Rating: mature
Tags: Dark, Alternate Universe, Sad, Romance, Tragedy, Adventure
Length: 8938

This is a story of adventure,romance,and tragedy. Join Luna and her immortal friend Flare as they venture into Flare's memories,Battle his own demons and ultimately save his soul from the demon that is keeping Flare alive.

Follow Flare into his dream world along with Luna and a few old but new faces. As they journey to discover all that which Flare has been hiding from his friend Luna for decades. But not all is happy go lucky for our two heroes. For within this realm of sleep and dreams. Lies a demon of hate, destruction and worst of all Fear. Will Luna and Flare make it or shall they be consumed by darkness.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2015-03-15 05:48:27 UTC

Prologue: Colt in the Moon?

       “Luna when will you see me again?” A white male Pegasus stands alone in a very dark place. His voice is smooth with a thick Pegasus accent, an accent that is deep and twangs. ”The Pegasus’s sentence echoes throughout the entirety of Luna’s head as she lays in the middle of her room. Her eyes shut her mind open and her body being warmed by a fire in the fireplace nearby. The fire cracks and sends embers flying through the room. The room itself is full of cool and vibrant colors. Blue and purple silk curtains hang on either side of a large stain glass window. Depicting an image of Luna herself standing protecting the night. The rest of the room is small. Enough room for a nice queen sized bed a closet and a large rug. That covers the rest of the small room. The room would be larger if it wasn’t for the beautiful ebony fireplace. Atop the mantle sits her crown dead in the center. The walls are made of white brick of the finest moonstone. Her bed is an unkempt messy blanket lying on the cold stone floor.

       Luna’s eyes open and the door of her room open slowly. The voices in her head stops and a new voice start to echo. The voice is deep calm and kind of chaotic. It talks about one thing and then changes the subject as if to encrypt a message that only the most insane can crack. Then an image of a Chimera Horse looking dragon floats around in her mind. His body is a head of a pony, deer antler on the right, a blue goat horn on the left, one long fang, different sized pupils, a snake tongue, a goat beard, and white bushy eyebrows. He has the right arm of a lion, the left claw of an eagle, the right leg of a lizard, and the left leg of a goat. He also has a bat’s right wing, a Pegasus’ left wing, a horse’s mane, and a dragon-like snake’s tail with a white tail tuft. And his entire body resembles a snake or a Chinese serpent dragon.

       Luna shakes off the voices and turns to see Discord standing before her. He gazes at her with a giant smile. Luna gives him a sharp look and grits her teeth. She leans down in attack mode her wings flap wide open. Discord looks at her and laughs snapping his fingers he appears over her bed and falls down. The bed makes a loud thud sound that echoes throughout the castle. Luna turns around and assumes the same position. “Luna are we really going to go through this every time we agree to meet?” Discord says in his deep regal voice. “Discord why” Luna stops to think of what word to use. Her voice is old-fashioned canterlot. It is very old English American style. Discords eyes roll around as he twirls his eagle claw waiting for her to continue what she has to say. “Why do... you not... knock?” Discord laughs and rolls himself into a ball and rocks back and forth holding his stomach. “Princess you are a riot!” He chuckles a little louder wiping tears from his eyes. Then he stops suddenly and looks at Luna with a straight face. “Because I am curious to see what you are doing princess. What is it do you do behind a closed locked door all by yourself every night.”

       Discord looks at her body and begins to twirl his index finger on the bed and lies on his side towards Luna. Luna gets up from her stance and flattens her wings. She stretches her back. And then glances at his gesture and eases her angry scowl to a smile. “Sure Discord.” Luna says and then suggestively brushes her tail against the bed. She turns around facing away from Discord. Discord snaps his fingers and a door opens in front of her. “So you’re going to come to me and Fluttershy’s thing at the castle later today aren’t you Princess?” Luna laughs. “It all depends on what I and Flare do today. “Discord shakes his head. “Whatever it is I hope its fun. Oh Before you go remember it takes a few to get across the gap.” Luna nods and jumps into the door. Discord looks at the door and closes it behind her. He gets up and sits and stares at it his mood shifting from happy to depressed. His mind races as it usually does however it stops. His eyes widen as he stares at this door. This cherry wood door with gold leafing warped around the outer frame. In the center lies a solid gold emblem depicting the moon. The doorknob is a ball of brass in the center is a square cut ruby. It shimmers with chaos in the center.

He slowly turns away touching it gently as if it meant something deeper than just a dimensional gate. He then walks half way out with a sad expression on his long face. He gets out of Luna’s room and snaps his fingers making the guards wake from their enchanted slumber. They shake their heads and adjust their armor. They clang their long wooden handled silver tipped spears into an X in front of Luna’s door and give Discord a scowl. Both guards are white unicorns. Dressed in roman styled copper armor. The pony on the left has a cutie mark of a map, And the one on the right a cutie mark of a copper shield.  He looks at them with a sad expression and shakes his head. Then with little effort he snaps his fingers. He appears outside a tree house. A single light in the living room flickers.  Inside the home a shadow of a pony dances just out of sight. Discord makes it rain around him as he walks slowly up to the door. He walks on the bridge and up the path to a small door. He knocks as gentle as he can.

       A calm quiet shy sounding voice comes from the other side. “Ugh...  um... who... who’s there?” Discord manages a slight smile. “It’s an old friend of yours. Might I come in out of this rain? The small shacks door makes a series of unlocking noises and the door opens wide. Discord looks down at his yellow Pegasus friend with the long pink mane, and beautiful long tail. On her flank she has three lovely pink butterflies. “Discord!” Fluttershy looks up at the sky and looks around. There isn’t a cloud in the night sky except for a lone cloud over Discords head. “What’s wrong Discord?” A white bunny tugs on Fluttershy’s tail and points at discord and then pointing further inside the house.” Oh right... Ugh… come in out of the um... rain?” Discord bows “Thank you my dearest Fluttershy.” Discord walks in the cloud flashes into a rose and floats into Fluttershy’s mane. Fluttershy smiles and closes the door behind her. Discord sits at the dining room table slumped over his claws claws and paws under his chin. “Dearest Fluttershy... What is my purpose in life? Am I forever going to be chaotic will I ever find my true place in this world?” Fluttershy walks over to the coffee room table after admiring her rose in the mirror near the door across from her many birdcages and animal homes. Fluttershy’s house is as chaotic as Discord is. There are animals all about from mice to beavers. All nestled up in their own little homes inside of Fluttershy’s tree house cottage. As you enter the home you come into the living room and animal sanctuary. Across from there is the kitchen. And to your right is nothing but a wall. To your left is a staircase that leads upstairs to the bathroom, Fluttershy’s bedroom. The entire house is that of a German cottage mixed with an American country home.

       Fluttershy jumps up onto her stool and looks across from Discord. “Fluttershy I... I have been doing badly again.” Fluttershy looks at Discord concerning. “What have you been doing Discord? You can tell me.” Discord looks up at her tears in his eyes. “These are new what this I am feeling... is It is darker than even myself.” Discord says in a sad scared voice. Fluttershy smiles and puts her hooves onto his claws and talons. Discord looks at her and smiles. “Dearest Fluttershy I am sorry for all that I have put you through.” Fluttershy shakes her head “Oh Discord you're just lost is all. So what have you done Discord that has put you into such distress?” Discord sits up and crosses Fluttershy’s hooves and gently strokes them making Fluttershy blush and look away. “Have you ever heard the story of the mare in the moon?” Fluttershy nods “But of course Nightmare Moon also known as Luna.” Discord shakes his head yes. “That story is true but the last few years of Nightmare Moons sentence was left from the story.” Fluttershy looks at Discord puzzled. “Why are you coming to me then why not Twilight?” Discord looks down at Fluttershy’s hooves in his claws. “She would yell at me if I told her what I had been doing. At least you would understand Fluttershy.” Fluttershy nods and moves her hooves under the table out of Discords grips. “Go on tell me then.”

       “Once upon a long time ago lived a young stallion. In the glorious Pegasus cloud city known simply as Cloud Nine. A cloud ruled by the nine original Pegasus a small shadow of a stallion appears on the table-hopping about on a cloud all happily. “Then one day the cloud fell and the stallion would live the rest of his days in absolute hate towards every pony with a pulse. Legend states he became a living shadow.” The shadow glows red and becomes a sinister looking snake. “Discord what’s this have to do with you?” “Dearest Fluttershy this pony was banished to the moon nine hundred and ninety nine years ago. I have been letting Luna talk to this danger every night since I reformed!” Fluttershy gasps “Discord! You could get somepony hurt! What if he is just using Luna to get to Equestria or worst?” Discord puts his head on the table and covers his head. “All I do is mess up.”

Fluttershy calms down and gets up from her chair and walks over to Discord and lays her head next to his. “You always manage to make them better Discord.” Fluttershy kisses his forehead “We have to tell Celestia about this though Discord. About Luna and her second life about where she is going and who she is talking to. Who knows what’s going on” Discord nods and picks Fluttershy up into his arms and gives her a big hug. “Thank you for understanding. And I fear I may have released a cataclysmic chain of events” Discords eyes flash black and white. Screams echo in his head. “Or the end of us all.”

Chapter 1 A Demon on the Moon?

Luna’s door flashes with a great bright white light. The sudden flash sends a shockwave along the lunar surface. Causing great mounds of moon dust and rocks to fly up into space. The explosion that the door caused looks like a slow motion action movie. With the shockwaves ring slowly flying up into the air. Luna looks behind her before exiting. There is nothing but a small pink dot jumping about in the background barely visible. Luna smiles, and her horn flashes to life casting a film around her body that shimmers and gleams blue and purple. Her horn dies out but the new hue stays. She steps out onto the grey rocky dust. It makes a crunching noise as she steps like snow. Luna laughs to herself and starts to prance about happily. Letting the moons gravity take her high and drop her back down. Luna stumbles, as the moons gravity is hard to navigate. The stars above glow beautifully and the earth close by looks massive. You can see the pink clouds the blue of the ocean the white clouds and the green and rainbow hues of the equestra below. However further away from equestria the world becomes that of a desolate war zone. Half the world is beautiful where the other half is devastated.

The moon is the least bit fascinating. From where Luna is there is nothing but a sea of lunar dust. The north has some hills and large mountains in the distance. To the south there is nothing but flat land and one giant crater. To the east there is multiple craters and meteors. And finally to the west there is some pony hoof tracks leading far to the west. The path seems to go on forever going over some hills and around some meteors and craters found along the way. Luna smiles and heads in that direction. She hops and races happily to her destination.

After a few hours of walking, prancing, and singing, Luna finally makes it up a mountain with ease, and then stops looking over at the horizon. A beautiful star nursery acts like a sun giving light to this side of the moon. It glimmers and glows purple and white. The stars inside twirl as the cloud of dust creates them. Luna takes a deep breath and lets it out slowly. She looks down at the flattened area below and scans the area almost as if plotting for an attack. The area is surrounded by mountains and looks like a place for a prisoner, the canyon below is deep and there looks to be no exit from the bowl. Then the bowl shimmers with a purple hue showing that there is magical barrier acting like a ceiling.

She backs up and turns to her right. In Front of her is a tunnel she had made a long time ago. This tunnel leads down into the bowl. She walks up to the entrance and leans her head down. Her horn touches the barrier and the barrier responds by shimmering her colors and shutting down. The barrier melts from the center of the circle down to the sides. Until it is all gone. Luna starts down the tunnel looking all around her. Finally she reaches the end of the tunnel. She sticks her neck out and looks both ways. Then she steps completely out and hides behind a nearby rock quickly. She scoots down and crunches herself into a ball and tries not to laugh. From inside the canyon you can really see how tall the mountains are. Stretching far up into space. Along the walls are magic crystals and in the center of the canyon is a giant pink crystal floating between two metal rings. It is tall and tubular with points on either side. It is polished and cut beautifully. Luna peers down the canyon. Her target spotted. A small green tent far down the canyon sitting all-alone away from everything else. There are a few rocks along the way large enough to hide behind. But only for a short distance. About fifty yards from the tent. And after that it is a perfect clearing for about 10 more yards to the tent.

Luna carefully watches the tent for movement as she moves like a cat quietly darting from one rock to the next. Making sure she doesn't fall or make any sound.  Finally she reaches the last 10 feet. She moves into the tents blind spot and slinks low to the ground. She gets to the tents door and uses her magic to quietly part the tents flaps. She takes a quiet step into the tent. The green nylon fabric feels slick and scratchy on her hooves. But she continues to try and make little sound. The tent itself is as big as a small 4-roomed apartment. She is walking in the small living room decorated with two beanbag chairs a single TV. Hooked to the TV is a X-Hoof and a NeighStation. Controllers randomly dispersed in the room along with chips and other much needed gaming snacks. She looks at the TV as she walks past it. She comes to an opening just a few feet from the door to the right. She turns into the kitchen. The kitchen has a single stove powered by the magic generator under one of the sink cabinets. The generator is small and requires to be fed Alicorn magic once every two months. There is also a small fridge and two more cabinets just above the stove. She is Always looking behind her self every few seconds. She then sneaks into the last room of the small tent. It is out of the kitchen and right down the hall or straight across from the entrance. She enters the bedroom. The floor is littered with socks of blues and whites some with stripes, along with dirty sheets and blankets. Luna smiles for a second before perking her head up. Something moves behind her. She turns quickly to see nothing. She lowers herself back down.

       She walks back to the entrance and looks left to right. And then goes back down into the living room. She hears something going on in the kitchen. Two plates rattling together and a small fridge opening. She looks around the corner to find a white male Pegasus with a fiery red and orange Mohawk styled mane is standing on two hooves making a sandwich. Both side of his flank have burn marks his cutie mark is illegible. On both sides of his wings he has a strange enchanted rune. It is a circle and inside that circle is another circle that looks like a moon. The rune shimmers. Luna shifts down lower and walks closer real slow. She gets up on top of him and rises up slowly before she can grab him he turns and tackles her. Sending them falling hard to the ground. He stands over top of her his hooves pinning her down by her chest.

“Morning Princess.” Firebrand’s voice is the same voice heard in Luna’s dreams earlier last night. “Good err you're standing on my chest.” Luna grunts her face turning bright red. The Pegasus smiles and leans in to her. “You like it.” Luna smiles and blows the hair out of her now red face. “Can we not do that today? It would make the fifth time this week Flare” Flare lowers into her head and parts his hooves off her chest and rubs her head against his. “As you wish Princess.” Flare backs off of her and helps her up.

“Well it has been a stressful week for me I kind of just want you to stay here with me really Luna.” Luna smiles and rubs against Flare. “Don’t worry about...” Luna sits and thinks trying to convert her voice to a lower decibel and use more modern words. Flare rubs against her “Don't worry about me the elements have it under control?” He rubs his face against hers and flicks his tail in her face as he goes back to making his sandwich. Luna stands up and shakes her feathers and fur down. “So what are we going to do today then?” Flare reaches for some mustard on the counter in front of him next to the fridge. Luna looks around the small cramped kitchen she is standing just inside the doorway. “I have no idea Flare I mean we have explored nearly every inch of the moon.”

Luna looks over at the game room at a box labeled artifacts. And then back at Flare who is now holding a plate out to Luna. “That’s your sandwich not mine.” Luna says as she turns around to sit in the living room slash game room. Flare follows her and lays the plate down in front of her. “Eat I worry about you sometimes you do two things. You command the moon and you visit me. When do you eat?” Luna laughs. “I eat you have seen me eat.” Flare rubs his neck with his right hoof. “I just worry about you is all.” Luna picks the sandwich up. It’s a normal sandwich poor flare can't get much supplies. If it weren’t for Luna he would surely go hungry. In fact Princess Celestia never sends him rations of anything. Luna has been taking care of his every need since Discords transformation.

       Luna inspects the sandwich closer and splits it in two. It’s a normal sandwich lettuce tomato just Flare adds an extra ingredient most ponies find distasteful and that’s meat. Luna picks off the turkey and mystery meat and gives it to flare. “There you go Flare eat up.” Flare waits for Luna to turn her head he gets up and acts like he is stretching when he really hides the meat under his beanbag chair.

“That was good ugh whatever that was.” Luna laughs you worry about me eating and I never see you eat ever.” Flare takes a deep breath and lets it out and then he remembers something. “Luna you know how each time I go to mention something this week we ended up putting it off to do other things.” Luna takes another bite of the tomatoes and lettuce and nods. “I found something last week in sector NM It’s a hidden cave system. I didn’t dare go in alone so I waited for you. “

Luna drops the plate She chews the rest of her food quickly and swallows letting out a sigh after she manages it down. “Sector NM! I haven’t been in there in forever!” Flare smiles and faces Luna. “I know that’s why I have been wanting to take you. It looks like a really cool cave.” Flare jumps up in excitement he keeps to the ground thanks to the magical cell in the kitchen. It does more than just power everything. It produces air and keeps things down on the ground. Flare runs to his room and throws some socks out of the way.

“Oh by the way these need to go back to your place and I need clean blankets.” Luna stands up out of the chair. “What do I look like your wife?” Flare stops for a second. “No that would be silly Celestia would skin me alive.” Luna laughs but it sounds fake. “Yeah she would.” Flare comes out wearing eight rings four around each hoof and then four around each leg. These rings have red ruby centers that glow with bright blue magic. The rings are pure gold and very heavy. The ones above those are the same only they have an onyx gem in the center of the rings. Luna walks over to him.

“I love when you wear those. Are they charged?” Flare nods. “Just got them off their charger I am good for seventy two hours I believe.” “Good because last time we went out you lost charge in all eight nearly suffocated and flew into the sun your lucky I have magic.” Flare laughs and rolls his eyes. “I totally could have saved myself Luna.” Luna mocks him and turns hitting his face with her tail. “Your just full of fire today aren’t you?” Luna replies back quickly. “When am I not?” She steps out of the tent into the lunar wasteland. Flare takes a step out his bracelets flash and he locks to the ground allowing him to walk as if he was on earth. They walk straight back up out of the bowl and then keep going straight. The path to sector NM is rough and rocky. The rocks scrape against their hooves cutting them making them bleed. Finally after a few miles of jagged rocks the path finally leveled out into a flat ancient lunar lakebed. Craters litter this once great lake. Flare motions Luna to follow him as he starts to run towards one of the larger mountains straight on from where they are standing. They pass multiple rocks and hills some shaped like Nightmare Moon’s head.

       Flare stops once he gets to the large mountain cave. He pants heavily from the running. Luna walks up to the entrance. She stares at it inspecting it. She walks in slowly Flare follows close behind. Luna brightens the path and then after a few feet into the cave she stops in front of a wooden door. Luna puts her hoof on the door and rubs it. It’s a simple oak wood door. It has black cast iron hinges and a cast iron knob. Luna turns the knob and the door opens without a sound. She takes a step in and the entire room looks like that of the two sisters castle.

“Flare you found my home away from home!” Flare smiles and brushes past Luna. “Guess I got some major points for this huh?” Luna bumps him. “If your points were legal tender. You could buy me.” Luna blushes. Flare looks around. “I haven’t been in this castle in a...” Flare catches himself and becomes silent. Luna walks over to him with a concerned look. “Are you okay Flare?” He nods and walks around. The room is large and very empty. The only object in the room is the two thrones straight across from the entrance. It is not an exact replica but is close and made of lunar dust.

       Flare touches both the thrones. Luna walks up to him and sees he is upset. “You get like this and then you get quiet and you never tell me what’s bothering you.” Flare looks down at the ground. “I can’t tell you Luna” Flare’s eyes flash from beautiful orange red to dark grey and lifeless. “But Flare I can help you I am not here to hurt you. You know that I know that.” Flare backs away from Luna’s touch. “I don’t want you to hate me like every pony else does.” Luna laughs and raises his head to look into his eyes. Flare’s eyes flash back to their original color. “You can tell me anything.” Flare looks down at his bracelets “I am bound never to tell you anything of my life. Galaxia told me to keep my mouth shut.” Luna steps back. “Mother told you not to talk to me about your life?” Luna looks at him puzzled. “And my goddess also told me not to tell you.” Luna looks at him “Should we even be together then?” Flare looks down at his hooves. “I don’t know.” Luna bumps him. “Let’s explore a bit more and look around. I remember there is something in the Library.”

Luna and Flare walk back to the entrance and talk a hall to the left. They go up some stairs into a fairly small library. Luna looks around at thousands of pieces of paper. “By the Frost what are all these?” Luna looks around frantically. “My memories all my thoughts all my ideas.” Flare’s eyes flash again to a dull lifeless color. “I hope that we don’t have any of our information here.” Luna continues to look. “Not that I can remember. No wait nope because I lost this place three years before I met you. Does it matter?” Flare looks around and starts to read some of the old notes Nightmare left behind. “Anything about Chrysalis? Or Sombra?”

Luna turns to look at Flare whose eyes flash back to normal. Flare stumbles about. “Are you doing okay your acting stranger than Usual?” A voice echoes in Flares head. It is deep and dark. “It is time we leave this place what do you say? Oh who cares what you have to say.” Flares bracelets explode his eyes widen. Luna drops her notes and grabs him up. She goes to cast a spell to incase him in the same liquid barrier she is encased in. Her horn flashes to life and then dies. Flare beings to gasp for air. Luna presses her lips to his and blows in some oxygen. “Hold on!” Luna starts down the stairs and down the hall. A bright light flashes down the exit and causes a shock wave. Causing the cave to roar and start to crumble. Flare and Luna fly back Luna hits her head on the ground and lands on top of flare. Luna’s ears ring from the sound of the blast. She starts to pass out when a long tall figure flashes in front of her. Luna wakes up in the tent. Discord is laughing to himself. “And then what happened Flare?” Flare looks at Luna. “She is up!" Luna rises up out of Flare’s bed.

“What happened?” Discord flashes behind Luna. “Well when Flare’s bracelet things blew up like they are designed to do if an imprisoned Unicorn attempts to use magic to break free. The dust it admits is non-lethal to a Unicorn. However is extremely dangerous for an Alicorn.” Luna looks at flare his legs burnt from the explosion. “That is the second time I almost lost you within just a few weeks.” Luna looks at him. “That’s the second time I almost lost you to those stupid bracelets.” Flare looks at Discord. “I talked with Discord for a few hours. He came to tell you that your sister is beyond words. Anyhow we both sat down and talked.” Discord buts in. “I forgot how much of a riot Flare was! I made a suggestion that you Luna could go into his memories and instead of him telling you.” Discord makes air quotes. “He could show you and wouldn’t risk you know breaking a god’s word.”

       Luna smiles “Why the sudden change Flare?” Behind Flares eyes a voice echoes word for word what it wants flare to say. “I think I was being silly before. If we are to be more than just mates then we need to tell each other all of our secrets.” Meanwhile flare inside his mind is trying to gain back control. The darkness laughs and plays him like a puppet. It then sighs and lets him go but it is too late. Flare already agreed to let her see his life, which is worse than him telling her his life. “Luna! I...” “What is it Flare?” Discord opens another door outside the tent. “Dearest Luna I will be waiting for you here after you and Flare get done in there!” Discord shouts back at her. “I can’t wait for you to see my life.”

Flare smiles and hugs Luna. Flare lets out a sigh of relief, which only angers the darkness within him. He hugs her tighter. “I love you.” Luna wraps her neck around his. “I love you too.” “Promise no matter what you see hear or feel you will never leave me.” Luna pushes off of him and looks him the eyes. “I Luna Selene promise to flare of the Silver Shields to never leave. May this gift be a sign of my promise?” Luna slips off one of her shoes with her magic and places it in Flare’s right hoof. She then touches it taking air from both their mouths and concealing it inside the shoe as an enchant. “And may this kiss signify unity and trust. Binding us forever be it as friends or as a family.” Luna leans in and kisses Flare on the lips Flares eyes mix colors with Luna’s turning his eyes an orange green and hers the same. Discord shouts from outside. “Come on you two Celestia wants to talk to Luna and It has already been a few hours!” Flare looks at Luna in the yes. “That color suits you.” She turns and starts to walk out the door.

“So what you give me your shoe kiss me do this weird magic soul binding thing and just walk out without sealing the deal?” Luna laughs and shouts back at him as she walks out the door. “That’s what the kiss was for!” Flare screams back as Discord opens the dimensional gate. “You owe me later!” Luna shakes her head and shouts at him. “I will see you in your dreams!”  Discord at this point is just leaning against the open door and mocking them talking to each other. Flare laughs and waves and walks inside plopping down onto a beanbag chair. He takes the shoe into his hoof. It’s a small black shoe nothing special. Or at least there was a time when it wasn’t, But now its equivalent to a wedding ring.

Chapter 2 Family Reunion

The door flashes outside the castle in all its glory. Again causing a giant shockwave knocking down several bystanders and blowing freshly piled trash back into the courtyards. Discord puts a claw on Luna’s shoulder. With a look of despair he snaps his finger and flashes her to some sort of strange room. In the center of this room is a large round stone table covered in moss. The stone looks old grey worn down. In the center is a beautiful sword. There are chairs that go around the entirety of the round stone table. The back of the chairs had unique symbols representing cutie marks.  Luna looks around confused and yells out for Discord.  The room itself is huge. The room is circular and represents the design of the coliseums in roam. Marble pillars going around in a large circular pattern. On top of each pillar is a circle of stone. The ceiling is made of stone. And continues with the round pattern. Placing a circle on top of a circle on top of a circle until you can’t see inside the structure or see out. In the darkness of the room that isn’t lit by torches lays a faint shadow of another sinister looking pony. Luna gets a warm friendly vibe from the pony and manages a smile. Suddenly the pony arises, and from out of the darkness comes a tall dark reddish pony. He has two large horns on the side of his head, large fang and instead of a fluffy tail and main he has fleshy like black loose skin. The tail comes to a point but looks very disturbing and flesh like.

“Hello Luna” The disfigured pony’s voice is deep and dark. Luna smiles at the pony and looks at his flank. It is a green meteor with a lightning bolt behind the right side of the meteor. Representing it streaking through space. “Hello Hellstorm how are things going on in hell?” She smiles and adjusts her wings. As she talks to Hellstorm in a happy tone. “I am doing fine sister I just finished talking to Tirek once again.” Hellstorm says to Luna as he stretches his back. You can see two large scars where he had his wings removed the remnants of feathers jutting from his upper back. One of his hooves had been cut off to. Both of his eyes are lifeless they are just dark pools of nothing. Those who stare into his eyes are overcome by emotion. They feel his pain and see his memories.

Hellfire once known as Prince Bright Lance was one of three Alicorn males who ruled over the entire lost Island. The land before Equestria was discovered. His job was to protect the island to keep harmony. Then his brother Silver Star was born. He resented having to train his brother. Then when his brother was just seven years of age. There was an attack from a centaur clan. He left his brother alone in the castle as it was ransacked. His seven year old brother would go through eighteen hours of pure hell, pain and agony. His parents, and his brother doing nothing to save him. For all they could do is watch as the castle was ignited and burned down. Not even the powers of the combined Elements of the Universe could stop the tribe of over charged Centaurs. When they found Silver Star he was soaked in blood from head to toe. Surrounded by corpses. However the Seven year old had not killed them all by him. For there was two others with him for a centaur renegade and his brother Scorpan, Scorpan being a gentlemen explained their oppression and wished nothing more than to be free from the centaur life. And they did what had to be done.

Later that day Galaxia and Cosmos stripped their eldest son of his wings and horn. And sent him to the depths of the world as punishment. He was never to talk or come in contact with the upper world again. Until there came a day he could grow up. However it was not him that would need to learn to grow up and learn lessons from the past. His brother would later resent his entire family for leaving him in the castle. He would be banished by his two sisters but not before tainting one of them leaving them to continue his revenge. He would be banished to the stars and never to return. However he vowed he would assist a great evil to come after a thousand years of banishment.  The third Alicorn brother to Cosmos would watch over Lance now known as Hellfire. And raise him to be his next reaper of souls.

“So how is Uncle is he well brother?” Luna says with a concerned tone as she looks around for another pony. Hellfire shakes his head. “He didn’t come today he sent me instead. He said Galaxia and Cosmos wanted to see me. I am going to be real honest Luna I didn’t want to come.” Hellfire looks down at his one hoof. Suddenly the sword in the stone flashes multitude of colors. From the center of the sword's hilt shines three colored beams. One dark as night, another a sunset orange and the last a beautiful shade of pink. Then the sword shoots a shock wave and three other Alicorns appear in the room. Two females and one male alicorn. One princess Celestia standing next to her mother Galaxia a tall female Alicorn that shimmers of stars and the sun. Her base color is a transparent white. Her hair is that of midnight with a hint of stars. Towards the top of her head it turns into a beautiful sunset. Her eyes are gorgeous beyond words the beautifulness ocean teal.  And next to her is a tall male Alicorn. His body that of space. His hair waves around do to his power he is also the tallest of the three. His chest pushed out his head held high he is everything a king alicorn would be imagined as. Atop his head is a crown his eyes bluest of blue. They turn and face Luna and Hellfire. Hellfire slinks back into the dark hiding his face. Luna looks up at her father who she hadn’t seen in over a thousand and three years.

“Nightmare moon.” The king opens breaks the silence his voice shakes the room however he is talking in a calm normal voice. Luna looks at her sister who looks down and backs up. Luna looks up at her father. “Your majesty I am no longer Ni…” Her father looks at her as she breathes slowly fighting back memories and heartache. He raises his eyebrows and leans down into her neck. “I’ve missed you Luna. You as well...Lance." Galaxia breaks her silence and walks over to Luna motioning Lance to come out into the light.

“Dearest Lance my little Woona.” Her voice is so calming it makes your heartache with joy and your mind wanting more. Her smile washes all your emotions away leaving you relaxed. Hellfire steps out into the light. Galaxia immediately takes a step back her face turning another shade of white. She looks over at Cosmos who at the moment has no emotion at all on his face. Galaxia takes a deep breath and walks forward and touches her boys face. “Dear Frost what have we done to you.” Galaxia says to her poor lance holding his head into her chest. Celestia takes a step forward and clears her throat. “Dearest family I realize it has been a long time since we have all been together. Now is not the time for visiting May we all take our seats and discuss the matter at hand.Hellfire sighs and pushes his mother away.

“Sister is right mother we can catch up as soon as this meeting is over with. Uncle wanted me to say he couldn't make it today. But wishes he could have so he could talk to Cosmos.” Everyone takes his or her seats according to their cutie marks. Glaxia sits in the chair marked with the image of the solar system. And Cosmos sits at a chair with the symbol of what looks like the entire universe. Luna the moon and celestia the sun, And Hellfire sits in his old chair with the image of a lance and a shield. They are dispersed in random locations. Galaxia is sitting next to her husband. However Luna is sitting far away from celestia who is closer to her mom than she is on the far right side of the long round table. Hellfire sits across from celestia on the opposite side. Luna sits alone and has three empty seats in front of her mom and dad on the far right side sitting close to Celestia. Luna looks around and frowns. From the original Alicorns only the Celestial bodies have survived their battles or have overcome their evils. The rest of the group seem to have lost their battles entirely. Six chairs sit vacant. Their marks vanished awaiting for a new Alicorn to take sit and for him or her to mark it as their own. Luna turns towards her sister who stands back up. All eyes are transfixed on Celestia. She clears her throat and looks at all the officials standing there judging her every move. She swallows hard and lets out a breath. “Hello everyone I know it has been a long year and we have been through a lot. I just want to bring one little subject up that calls for an emergency meeting.”

Celestia looks hard at her sister and frowns. Luna immediately gets nervous. A single bead of sweat rolls down her forehead. Celestia clears her throat and looks back at the family. “But a certain serpent like dragon has brought to my attention a problem. Luna has been not only talking but sleeping with it.” Everyone shifts and faces Luna who then reacts by turning a shade of violet red. Celestia's news startles her father who stands up and flashes out of the room. Her mother gets up and walks away from the table. Even her brother gets up slowly and walks away from Luna. As if Luna had caught some sort of flesh eating disease. Luna remains standing looking at her sister. Celestia clears her throat. “Ugh si....sister we all of us” Celestia looks around. “Need to tell you something.” Her father flashes back in with some old vintage reel film and projector and flashes in a projector screen. The screen folds down and he loads the film in the projector.  he turns and faces Luna.

“You watch these do not move do not speak do not breathe until they are finished. Celestia, Lance, Wife let us leave her alone.” Everyone flashes out but Luna who sits and watches the old film countdown from ten. Then the old film bursts to life. A black and white image of pony stands before the camera. It is a Pegasus holding a timestamp. It reads February 8th 1809. The image of the pony rises up and then back down and the film fixes itself putting him back in his original place.

“hello Luna my name is well you know me as the guard. I am actually your everything.” The film skips and is cut and edited jumping forward to another scene where the same pony is standing in a girl’s room. A smaller Luna and celestia run in running around the guard making the videos. He turns and laughs  another pony enters the room. His beard is long and white image of stars on his flank.

“Ehhehehe oh my colleague making those documentaries still? hehehah” The pony laughs Luna watching the films she suddenly gasps and holds her breath. A single tear forms and begins running down her cheeks. The pony leaves and the Guard pony turns back towards the camera. “Luna I am sorry but as you grow I will become. The pony turns towards the camera as the other one leaves.

"LUNA as you grow and become a lovely princess. I know that no matter what I will always love you as if you were my own."

The film shutters and stretches until an image of her sister appears. She looks into the camera "control test three hundred thousand and twenty.” She steps away from the camera to reveal the same pony in chains guards standing around him. Celestia gathers her magic and blasts him again causing him to fall to his knees.

“For the three hundred thousandth time how old are you!” Celestia yells at the Pegasus. The Pegasus stands breathing heavily “I will not tell I shall not tell and you can't make me tell!” He yells at celestia “Why do you keep torturing yourself just speak up!” Celestia yells as she blasts him again. The film shutters and distorts in front of Luna.

She watches as her sister tortures this Pegasus. “Because I can't tell I cant it won’t let me!” The Pegasus gasps for breath as he attempts to get up. Celestia looks at him confused angry upset. “Guards chain him up to the wall again I will return later.” One of the guards approaches the Princess.

“Madam I was just informed that we have found something in his possession. Related to the incidents at the mage tower.” The guard says to celestia as he hands her the item. “We had our highest mage check it out and he said that it was an object that Swirl was working on before ugh well the event horizon.” The guard walks away leaving Celestia with the item in hoof. The item in hoof is an amulet. Depicting the image of a great Alicorn its wings stretched and in the center a red ruby. She looks up at the camera. “I am sorry sister” The image disappears and the film smacks against itself, until it is stopped by her sister who is now behind her.

Luna turns to see her sister who is now day dreaming the rest of the events. The poor Pegasus being beaten burned and interrogated for days,weeks,months,and years. Celestia did not stop not even when he begged, cried, pleaded, or when he would go silent for long periods of time. Celestia was hell bent on getting the words out of his mouth. She just wanted to hear these words.

“I did it I made Luna change I made her insane.” Those words never touched the Pegasus’s lips. “Please sister stop why are you showing me this?” Luna pleads to her sister. Who replies in a calm reassuring voice. “Because I love you. And you need to know what this Pegasus can do. Keep watching Woona”. Celestia in the distorted dream zaps the Pegasus with her magic. The Pegasus’s eyes turn dark black and a devilish smile appears on his face.

“Princess Elizabeth Celest Aliona. I have watched you relentlessly beat me for the past 985 years. Every night before bed even you would destroy me.” His voice is distorted deep dark twisted and demented. Celestia is taken back for a second. Luna’s enters the dream completely appearing in front of the demonic Pegasus. She examines his features. She walks around him his face and body horribly disfigured. His wings without feathers, His face so badly mangled it is hard to tell what he even is. His eyes swollen his face black and blue. something clicks inside Luna’s mind. She takes  a step back and looks at her sister with a horrified expression. “Flare! Celestia is this.” Luna screams at her sister who is looking at Luna with a stern grown up expression.

“Yes sister this demon can not be trusted. He will not stop until we are all devoured until we are all dead sister!” Luna exits her sister’s daydream and looks for an exit Luna starts screaming for discord her sister casts a spell, which stiffens her up paralyzing her legs. “Luna I am sorry but yes this is the pony you have been having a relation with.” Luna moves her head and looks at her sister. “I am not scared of his actions. I to sister wished hell on our world once. I have changed. What I fear most sister is you!” Celestia takes a few steps back and releases her sister who falls to her knees. “You are afraid of me sister?” Celestia looks down at her hooves. “I just wanted to avenge you sister for what he had done to you!” Luna gets to her hooves and backs away from her sister. “But Tia you did it wrongly you blamed someone other than yourself. Sister it was you that changed me into Nightmare Moon. It wasn’t his fault. It was yours!”

Celestia’s eyes widen as she begins to remember all the horrible things she had done to her sister over the years. All because she was jealous she was even alive.

“Tia you blindly blamed someone else for your own mistakes. Because you knew they had faults they had things that made them look criminal. Tia I do not blame you for trying to make up an excuse for your mistake. I know it must have been hard on you to even realize what you had done was wrong. I know you were jealous of me and my power over the moon and how mother wood read me stories to put me to sleep because I had to skip the entire day so I could do my duties at night. Sister I know how we can put this to rest. How we can change Flare make him like Discord. You have to trust me sister let me spend one more night with him. Let me talk to him I know I can fix him I can repair his broken soul.” Celestia looks over at her sister and nods. “After all I have done to you sister how can I deny you love. Go to him but you have been warned his power. Unlike you sister he is losing control over his demon. And his demon is not as well... Lets say his demon is very genocidal and is not satisfied until cities burn.” Luna nods and bows to her sister. “I am aware of his power dearest sister Tia. I will not disappoint you."

Celestia smiles behind her eyes the event still plays. Flare looks into Celestia's eyes and simply steps out of his chains. Guards charge at him and turn to dust. The castle begins to rip apart as he continues to walk towards Celstia. Lightning strikes outside his eyes turn redder his snout becoming a dragon like .Celestia falls over shielding her face. The demon's front hooves turn I to claws and wrap around celestia's throat. Suddenly a purple flash of magic strikes Flare. A purple pony stands tall against this evil.

“Clover you have made a not so Clever mistake!" Flare hisses at Clover. Clover scowls and her horn ignites. Celestia remembers the amulet and uses her magic and throws it to Clover. She puts it on. Her eyes flash white as she looks at Flare and charges her horn. He stands there laughing to himself. "What are you going to do? Banish me?" Clover's fur begins to rip from her flesh as a ring of magic forms around her. With one last grunt she says the word. "Exactly!"

She releases her magic it hits Flare in the chest. The force of the magic destroys the castle and ultimately destroys Clover leaving a burnt mark of Clovers cutie mark. Celestia sits alone surrounded by ash and remains of a once grand castle. She stands and grabs up the medallion. Celestia stands emotionless. She is too upset to talk to think. She just stares at the charred cutie mark on the floor. Then the silence breaks. Luna’s voice echoes in her head.

"SISTER are you ok?” Celestia Celestia shakes Celestia shakes her head. "Yes sorry LuLu" Celestia looks up and teleports her sister back to Discord who is alone in another room with Fluttershy. The room is filled with bright white colors with yellow and orange highlights. It reminds you of a sunset. There are three birch wood couches with white cushions and red pillows on each corner of the arm rests. The couches are all around a small white table. On the table is a silver platter with small finger sandwiches and a pitcher of lemonade sits next to it around the pitcher is small crystal glasses. There is a large stain glass window that depicts the image of celestia. The room is filled with beautiful vibrant colors, as the light hits the window. Discord touches Luna and smiles she flashes in a white light and disappears materializing next to Flare in his bedroom.