nyx and the nightmare demon warrior

"Ay got granny's five gauge Minotaur whisky. Just be careful." Apple Bloom said with a bottle in her saddlebags.  hoofing it to Scootaloo.

"Thank you for taking care of 'him of darkness' young mares you have our boon{fire} {earth}." Two voices on the wind spoke. Giving both fillies quite a chill up there backs.

Castle of friendship

P.O.V. Spike

I hope Twi is here. We've searched everywhere. Man I just wanna deliver Nyx's message and drop off Flutters. Then it off to bed.

That's when the doorway to the castle's sub-level laboratories. The young drake could hear the machines hum. He could imagine Twilight sparkle princess frantically turning knobs and flipping switches like a mad mare while chewing on a tomato and dandelion sandwich.

Spike confidently opened the lab door. "Twi. Fluttershy needs a room, and what are you doing to that fire opal?"

"Oh hi Spike. course Shy can have a room, but why can't she sleep in her own bed?" The lavender Alicorn asked. He was about to answer when. *BURP* Twilight read the sheet of force magic. Her eyes went wide and her pupils turn to pin pricks.

"Spike get gauze, bandages, plaster and slings and as much pain killer as we can hall. hurry CMC are hurt or worse!" cryed a frazled mother Alicorn (witch are in fact just like any other pony mom just a bit more drastic).

Shoot there went my nap. Fair well and good bye.

Twilights p.o.v.

Oh, dear. oh, dear. oh dear! I am the worst mother ever.

! Nyx could be hurt or dying! no! she has to be conscious to message Spike. Well, there is some of a sliver lining. besides who else has the mana to make force paper? So what do we know? Alright twilight checklist time!! 1) Somepony is hurt badly. 2) Nyx is okay or not hurt badly enough to mess with her magic. 3) Nyx is at Fluttershy's cottage so she with an adult who can help, even if said 'adult' is Discord. 4) She was with the  ex-cutie mark crusaders. That's never a good sign.

So code brown just not a evil force trying to take over the word bad, but still really really bad. Now i'll have to get Rarity, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash 'cause they will be almost as worried as i am.

Twilight floated on her sattlebags and tightened the strap around her barrel, and then proceeded to ransack the medicine chest, taking everything and anything she could think of in short she took the medicine chest whole.

First stop, the northern outskirts of Ponyville to Rainbow's house with speeds fast enough to impress the Cyan Pegasus mare her-self. "Hey Twi whats hangin'? and have you seen Scoots, she should have been home at sunset. I hope no colt is playing with his Mr. Winky with her. If she gets knocked up she'll never be a Wonderbolt. 'cause I, Rainbow Dash will make him a honest stallion either that or a sorry gelding..."

"No last I saw the girls they were going to the white tale wood to 'dip their hoofs in the fountain of youth' so to speak.

anyway, can you round up AJ and i'll get Rarity. Meet us at Fluttershy's place. if I know them like I know I do, they in a sticky situation." I said as Rainbow Dash flew breakneck toward Sweet Apple Acres.

P.O.V. Third Person

Sugarcube Corner

A young brown colt-stallion by the name of One Button Mash sat in the far end near the wall of the bakery. Nursing a double root beer float who's float had long melted away. He was also nursing the beginnings of a heartache his mare-friend of one year had dumped him, that

had to be why else wouldn't have Sweetie Belle come.She had been so excited, even asked him to get the float to share. What a load of horse apples, now an hour later no Sweetie Belle. He took out the charm bracelet he had gotten for Sweetie, it held one charm for each month they had officially dated.Yup thirteen months down the drain.... hey wait one Celestia damn moment thirteen?!? one for January, one for February, one for March, one for April, one for May, one for June, one for July, one for August, one for September, one for October, one for November, one for December, and memory chip for his Joy-Boy XL-3D.

Engraved were the simple but powerful words, 'play me' and Sweetie's cutie mark on the other side.

Why not? I've hung in this far, I best get my bit's worth, Button thought  as he plugged the charm in his Joy-Boy.

The extra large screen blipt to life stating the standard video game junk plus a box mark 'Loot Code'. He clicked it. A text screen which read 'no loot acquired. Please acquire loot.'

When button pressed start a deceptively simple dungeon puzzle game, no real plot. Just defeat the prison guards, find keys, avoid traps, but the oddness soon became clearly apparent: no loot!, no treasure chests, no item drops, no gear upgrades, just keys . . . Wait maybe gain keys was the whole point. Sweetie I could kiss you! The locked chest only I could open! The young stallion giddy thought.

Button flipped his beanie in to his game face. He plowed though the game (and a whole bottle of apple's family harvest golden/granny smith cider,and a half dozen boxes of hey fries.) Finally the game was over he had won seven keys including the gate key. the credits went to some-pony named 'Darkus'. loot codes were asked for.

First skeleton then Moon to the left, Sun to the right. Stone to the moon's right, and fire the it's left. Sea goes on the right, Storm to left. press finish and get my prize=Sweetie Belle's message.

"Congratulations young Button. The gate is open. You may enter."

What the. . . a blinding flash. and he was in a white room that had the faint smell of ozone. The soothing 8 bit music played on it's loop.

"Hello, Sweetie Belle? You out there?" Button asked cautiously, hoping against hope the white coated unicorn was out there and would answer.

"Yes. I am. Sorry 'bout the date I got a bit too busy and lost track of time. Please come to Fluttershy's cabin there is someone I think you should meet." A disembodied digital voice of his beloved Sweetie Belle.

"How do I know this is the real Sweetie Belle and not some kind of sick joke? I want, no I need proof."  The brown stallion questioned. stamping  his hoof at the end in sorrow and frustration.

"You 'accidentally' kissed me on the Cloudsdale weather tour during the storm demonstration in our sophomore year. We avoided each other for nearly a year then we had our first date at the carnival and you won me ..."

"...Mr. Cocoa bean! I spent 50 bits to get you that teddy bear." Button remembered all too clearly the ring toss Fluttershy  had put up and after 50 straight losses kindly gave him a bear for his effort.

"Who do want me to meet Belle?" Button asked the body-less digital Sweetie Belle.

"In a name Darkus. Best be nice or at least civil. After all he whooped Discord's Draconaquus flank, and that was not his full power Nyx says, and I believe her every word.

The realm between time and space

A bronze Efrit with flame for hair was arguing a pro stance with her brother, a stone Tree-Walker who was sitting Buddha style.

"You know how much trouble 'he of darkness' can get himself into. We need a claw in the pot before 'she of light' and/or he does something we'll all regret. So the boons were a good choice." the Efrit implored the element earthen guardian.

"And you know as well as I sister, that 'thou of the core' can handle it with a wold shift like always. Do I need to remind you all the times you've been the the reason and 'he of darkness' save your sorry.Ungrateful metallic flaming, dare I say it, yes I dare! molten, keister."

"Hey you! take that back. I am not molten!! and our problems have only begun, 'he of darkness' has taken a nightmare to be his bride."

The Tree-Walker's face as unreadable as a slab of granite . . . sweat-dropped. "Saywhatnow?"

"What." The tree shot the Efrit a dirty look. "Ok, ok. hold your bedrock, but you heard me right and we know what that means . . ."

"'She of the light' will try to cut the bond."

"Can't, that's why  this is going to be so perilous. We sure got our work cut out for us."

"That we do sister, that we do."