Chapters Phantom War V: Dawning of Darkness
A few weeks had passed since the wedding and much has happened. Both me and Charming have been learning to further our control over our medallions. We’ve been sparing, extending our control to use the very might of the medallions. Charming had finally achieved Level 2 of his Medallion’s power while I’ve finally achieved Level 3, the final form. I’ve further my power by able to create constructs from Unicron’s Dark Energy. I can dark energy arm cannons, dark energy spears that can explode, even create dark energy swords, maces, etc. While some do saw that I’ve reached my full potential, I doubt it. Also, some changes were made for our empires. The Elements of Insanity had gained some new Insanity Freaks, one of them able to use Shadow Magic, which is rare power from what I’ve heard from my mother. I also recovered some more dark spirits, the new ones were Slade, Nightmare Moon, and even Charming’s Dark Side Spirit that somehow lived on. My empire was able to do aquatic battles now and the Equestrian Empire were still working on ways to make aquatic battles possible. Our allies, the Minotaur Empire, had rejoined us and all attempts to contact the Zebra Borg were not possible, considering that Adjutant had not rejoined. But I do believe she had fled to the Zebra Lands. Several different lands like the Dragon and Deer Lands have disconnected themselves from the world. Celestia has been attempting to contact the Deer lands but they are a peaceful race, not really into war. I discovered the Argonian Tribes have been at alert since our Empires combined and I couldn’t help but smirked at a challenge. The Timberwolf Clan has refused to sign any treaty, which made me a bit mad. But I didn’t mind them since they were weak. Finally, the Spectral Shadows had refused to sign the treaty with the Equestrian Empire and I didn’t attempt it since I don’t trust ghosts of Equestria that weren’t under my control. The Mane 6 left to go somewhere far in Equestria and we wished them good luck.
Me and Charming were using practice sticks that looked like swords [Similar to the ones from Star Wars: The Old Republic for Jedi or Sith]. We kept clashing, not losing an inch of ground. When we were about to clash, something popped in my mind and I heard voices in a distant.
A female voice said “…I don't blame you for what you tried to do here today. You've spent your whole lives thinking those marks are a good thing.”
Next thing I heard was Twilight’s voice, very angry from the sound of it.
Twilight demanded “Give them back to us or you will regret it!”
The same female voice replied “Well, now you can spend the rest of your lives here with us! And we'll teach you just how much better life can be without your cutie marks!”
Rainbow threatens and warns “Just you wait Starlight! Danny Eclipse and Charming Thunder will notice our disappearance and you won’t live to see the light of day again when Danny gets his hooves on you!”
Starlight replied “Let them come, they will suffer the same fate like you.”
The vision ended, my eyes were glowing purple. Reality returned to my eyes and Charming was staring at me.
Charming asked “Danny, you ok?”
“Twilight and the others are in trouble…” I said.
Charming demanded “Are you sure!?”
“Would I ever lie to you Charming? I saw a vision of them, a vision of the force. I know they are in trouble.”
Charming asked “Do we know where they are?”
“No…but I bet Spike does.”
Charming said “Time to go pay Spike a visit.”
I nodded and we left, taking the Rogue Shadow together since traveling as a group is a good idea.
We arrived to Ponyville and landed near Twilight’s Castle. We got out; Charming and me went to find Spike and we found him in the castle. We went over to him to chat.
Charming asked “Spike, do you know where Twilight and the others are at?”
Spike said “I think so…there is a map of Equestria inside the castle.”
“A map?” I asked confused.
Spike led us inside and we went to where the throne room would be at and we see a large table that had an auto projection of Equestria on it. There was a glowing signal on the map and we looked at it. When we finished looking at it, we went back to the Rogue Shadow and began to head to that location at fast speeds.
The Rogue Shadow landed near a town that was position to an equal sign. I was confused and we went down to see what was going on. My eyes were still neon green but underneath that was purple. I looked around at the locals as we walked in, not trusting anyone. They all kept saying “Welcome” and Charming was about to reply until I stopped him.
“Don’t talk to them. I trust them as much as I can throw them. Something fishy is going on and I don’t like it.” I told Charming in a cautious tone.
We kept walking around, they kept saying “Welcome” but I ignored them. We came across a house that had two ponies guarding a door and some banging against the door was going on. I didn’t think about it but my heart kept telling me to investigating it. We kept going until we came across a white earth pony.
The Earth Pony said “Welcome to our town.”
“We are pleased to come but we came in urgency.”
The pony asked “Why?”
Charming said “Well, my brother here-“
“That’s classified.”
Charming looked at me in confusion and I leaned to him to whisper.
“In my vision, I heard the name “Starlight” and I think they may be connected to her. We can’t give them any information until they are trustworthy.” I whispered my explanation to him.
Charming knew what I meant and nodded in agreement.
Charming said “Our business is our own. Who are you?”
The Earth Pony replied “I’m Double Diamond and I’m the 2nd in charge here.”
“Can you take us to the leader of this town?” I asked politely
Double Diamond replied “Our leader is Starlight Glimmer. I would gladly take you to her.”
My interest grew when I heard “Starlight” and mentally smiled.
“Do take us. I’m dying to meet her in person.”
Double Diamond began to walk us to Starlight’s house. Charming knew that this was going to be bad.
We arrived to Starlight’s house and he knocks on the door.
Diamond shouted “Starlight, we have visitors!”
He walked inside and we followed him. The door opened, revealing a light lavender unicron. She had purple mane with teal headline. She had purple eyes and I recognized her from my vision.
Diamond said “Starlight, these two wanted to talk to you.”
Starlight greeted “Welcome to our town strangers. We are glad to have you here.”
I recognized her voice instantly and my medallion began to glow.
Charming said “So…YOU are Starlight.”
Starlight replied “Yes I am. Can I give you a tour?”
“You can take us to our friends, Starlight, unless you want to die. ” I said in mixer of normal and demonic voice
Starlight gasped and began to back up. Purple markings began to spread around my body and my eyes turned purple.
“I believe we haven’t introduced ourselves yet. My name is Danny Eclipse and this is my twin brother, Charming Thunder. We are here to locate our friends and take back what’s rightfully theirs. Their Cutie Marks!” I declared.
Starlight began to back up. She honestly didn’t take the threat seriously but now she was starting to regret it. She had a plan and tried to act normal.
Starlight said “I can take you to your friends. They are up at the Cutie Mark Vault and I’ll gladly take you there.”
My markings began to subside but my eyes remained purple. Starlight began to lead us away from town .
We arrived to a cave and went inside. We instantly saw a massive glass wall and saw all the Cutie Marks. We were shocked to see so many. Then we noticed them. The Mane 6 Cutie Marks, my anger began to grow and we looked around, not finding the mane 6. However, we noticed Starlight at some sort of staff. We lifted it with her magic and began to hold it.
Starlight said “Behold the Staff of Sameness. We use it to separate our Cutie Marks. It was a great mage Meadowbrook's one of nine enchanted items. Do you want to see how it works?”
Before we could reply, she fired the power at Charming and me. Charming pushed me away and he got hit by it. He was struggling as his Cutie Mark was being taken away. I looked how it worked and smirked. Starlight threw Charming’s Cutie Mark into the vault and on Charming’s flank became an equal sign. Starlight looked at me with a grin.
Starlight said darkly “Your turn.”
“Try on me, I dare you. I promise you that I’m not going to join you.”
Charming shouted “Danny, run!”
“No way!”
Starlight fired the power of the staff at me and it hit me. I smiled when I wasn’t struggling and the power didn’t faze me. Starlight gasped when she saw what was going on. My Cutie Mark was not moving at all or being torn off like the others. Diamond and Charming gasped in shock as well.
Starlight shouted in disbelief “Impossible! Your Cutie Mark-“
“I’m no ordinary pony. I’m a Halfa!”
Starlight asked “Halfa?”
“Halfa! Half Pegasus, Half Ghost!”
They all gasped. Charming wasn’t surprised but wondered why being a Halfa was so important.
“You see…back when I was a no more than a foal, I didn’t have a cutie mark back then. My mother, Princess Luna, became Nightmare Moon when I was no more than four years old. After Princess Celestia banished her to the moon, Clockwork came to make a request. He offer to train me to ready myself to defend Equestria. But the only way to learn Ghost Power was to become a Halfa. I became a Halfa at the age of four. When you become a halfa, your appearance becomes permanent, meaning that I would NEVER have a Cutie Mark! So, Clockwork improvised and tattooed a Cutie Mark to my flank so when I grow up, I wouldn’t be a blank flank in public. Don’t you get it? WHEN BECOMING A HALFA, I WOULD NEVER GET MY CUTIE MARK!! MY TATTOOED CUTIE MARK IS FOR SHOW, I’M A BLANK FLANK FOREVER UNDERNEATH!!!” I explained, savoring every word that made Starlight worry even more.
They all gasped. The staff couldn’t work on blank flanks and my cutie mark was tattooed, not earned. Starlight began to notice that she lost the advantage she had before.
“Also, nice idea by the way. Using a made up piece of wood to make it look like it is an actual staff.”
Starlight asked in shocked “What?”
“I learned from Clockwork, Master of Time and he has all the knowledge of Equestria. I’ve learned of everything about relics in Equestria. And the ‘Staff of Sameness’ is NOT an Equestrian Relic.”
I fired a ghost ray at the stick, destroying it.
“I’m not stupid, you know. Now, you ARE going to tell me where our friends are at OR I’ll make you tell me.”
Starlight said “You won’t break me.”
“I don’t need to break you. I can overshadow you and see into your mind.”
I grinned and jumped at her. My body began to glow as I turned into clear and I entered her body. She shivered and I looked into her memories and everything. When I came out, I was smiling.
“Thank you for your cooperation. By the way, how about I get rid of that makeup you have coving your cutie mark?” I told her.
Starlight gasped in shock when she heard that and my eyes turned icy blue and I fired an ice beam at her flank and then melt it with some ectoplasm fire that got rid of the fake cutie mark, revealing her TRUE cutie mark. Diamond and Charming gasped and Starlight began to back up.
“If you aren’t an equal, so can your other villagers.”
I looked at the vault and fired an ecto-energy ball at it, destroying the glass. Starlight used her magic to catch Charming and the Mane 6’s Cutie Marks and put them into jars and she began to take off. I noticed and looked at Charming.
“Go to the others. They are in town in a house that are guarded by two stallions and the door locked. Tell the villagers what has transpired here and tell them: Starlight is a traitor.” I said to Charming.
Charming nodded and I took off after Starlight, running and not flying to make it more challenging. Charming began to head into town to tell the villagers.
I was chasing Starlight and we were going over some narrow rock bridge.
“Give it up Starlight! You are beaten, if you surrender now, I promise you that your punishment won’t be severe.” I shouted at her, trying to reason with her.
Starlight shouted back “Never!”
I groan and I continue pursuit. I followed her and we were approaching a cave.
“Ok, playtime is officially over!” I shouted officially.
I fired a ghost ray at Starlight, which hit her square. The containers fell and hit the ground, cracking open and the Cutie Marks flying out to rejoin their original owner. I smiled and looked at Starlight, who was extremely angry. Her horn began to glow with power.
Starlight shouted with anger “You made me lose my prized objects, now you will die here where they will forever remember you as the fallen hero!”
She fired her beam at me. I didn’t have time to create a shield but a purple shield rose from my medallion. I looked at it and the shield disappeared when Starlight’s attack finished. She gasped in shock by the protection.
“You know, ponies like you think they are so high and mighty that you should rule over the weak. But the weak shall always triumphant over the strong. I am someone far from weak! I am Danny Eclipse, Son of Princess Luna and King Sombra, twin brother of Charming, and Champion of Unicron the Destroyer!”
Purple markings began to spread around my skin and my eyes began to glow purple. My medallion began to glow very brightly.
“And I will NOT be overwhelmed by the likes of YOU!!”
A purple cocoon surrounded me and I began to change into a transformer. I was now a cybertronian Soldier, Titan class. I looked like Megatron and but different. My metal was Black as night and I had some streak on my armor that were dark blue and white. My right arm changed into a Cybertronian weapon known as “ Riot Cannon ” that looked like it was fully upgraded and I grinned at it. Starlight was terrified out of her mind.
“This is new to me…and I like it!”
I looked at the snow on top of the cave entrance and I shot my weapon at it, destroying it. I looked at Starlight and changed back to my normal form.
“Runaway Starlight. Run. Run away and never return. ” I told her, savoring every word of it.
Starlight began to run into the cave with fear. When she was inside, I heard hoof steps behind me and I looked. I see the Mane 6 and Charming. Rainbow hugged me and I hugged her back.
Charming said “We saw the transformation. How did you do that?”
“I don’t know…but I have the feeling that it’s important. Come on, let’s go home.”
They nod and we began to walk away. I looked at the cave and smiled as I know where to find Starlight whenever she is needed.
Author's Note
The beginning of my fifth Phantom War. And I've unlocked a Transformer Form. Awesome! To let you know, I own the game "Transformers Fall of Cybertron" so that is how I know about that. I've played it and I loved the "Gunner" vehicle mode so that is why Danny's Transformer Form looks like Megatron.
Phantom War V: Dawning of Darkness
The next day…
I was in my Transformer Form and testing my new form. My Riot Cannon was very powerful and fully capabilities. I transformed into my vehicle form and I looked like an alien tank. I shot a nearby tree, destroying it completely. I returned to my normal form and grinned at the smoking ashes of the tree. I see Charming approaching and he was awestruck from the destroyed tree.
Charming asked in confusion and anger “How can you transformed and I can’t?”
“Well, I don’t know how to…but I think you need to establish a connection to Primus. Time for some meditation, Charming Thunder.”
Charming nodded and we began to walk towards outskirts of Ponyville.
We arrived to the outskirts and I laid a blanket down on the ground along with two cushions. I sat on one cushion while Charming sat on the other cushion.
“Now, the objective here today is to look into the medallion and establish a connection to Primus’ power. To achieve the power, you must look through the knowledge of the primes and speak with Primus directly. Knowing Primus from Unicron, he will be willing to offer you some power but there are times when you take the power by force. I know you aren’t the violent type when power is needed but you must take the power by force and combined it to your very being. If you have to, fight Primus, face-to-face. I’ll be there to help you when you most need it.”
Charming nods and I put my hoof on Charming’s medallion. Charming closed his eyes and began to focus on the medallion in his mind.
I appeared next to Charming as we opened our eyes. We found ourselves in a magical place. We began to walk forward, passing all types of words, memories, etc. We arrived to what looked like a giant chamber. In the center of the chamber was Primus himself. Behind him was the Matrix of Leadership, on the wall with all of its glory.
“Remember; you must fight Primus if doesn’t give you direct connection to his very might. Hopefully, we won’t need to fight. But if we must, then you will know that I will have your back.”
Charming nod and began to walk towards Primus . He found some sort of hovercraft and managed to get on it to talk to Primus, face-to-face.
Primus said “Hello my champion. What can I do for you today?”
Charming requested “Primus, I need to establish a direct link with your power. You are holding me back and I demand to know why.”
Primus sighs in defeating, knowing this was going to happen.
Primus replied his explanation “I fear that you will misuse my power and you will use it for your own self desires. I’ve already seen your dark side and I feared that you will fall for that again. That’s why I refuse to give you the power required.”
Charming replied “But Danny has unlocked his power and he hasn’t misused it yet. Besides, I’ve shown you countless times that I won’t fall for selfish desires.”
Primus said “Still…I can’t let you have this power.”
Charming was angry. Not only did Primus not trust him but Primus won’t even allow him to further his grip on the power. Charming wasn’t power hungry but if Primus won’t allow him to access the power of Level 3 and transformation, he knew he would have to take if by force. Charming looked toward me and nods. I nodded back and flew up to Charming. Primus was surprised to see me in the medallion.
Primus demanded “What is the meaning of this!?”
“If you won’t give the power willingly, then we shall take it by force Primus. Charming WILL have access to that power if you like it or not!”
Primus laughed at the empty threat. However, he regretted it when I summoned the Dark Star Saber, jumped at him, and slashed at him. Primus was pushed back slightly. Charming summons the Star Saber and the two of us ready ourselves for battle.
Primus shouted with rage “You think you can come here to take whatever you like!?”
“You refused to allow access so our only way to control it is by enforcing restrains on you. We tried to be diplomatic but if you allow access then we will have to MAKE access. Charming, get to the Matrix of Leadership. I’ll handle Primus with Unicron.”
Charming nods and I transformed into my Transformer Form. I jumped up and landed on a platform. I fired my Riot Cannon at Primus, which hit him square. Primus growled with rage and attacks me. I dodged the attack and noticed that Charming was running to the Matrix while Primus was distracted.
‘Unicron, I could use a hoof here.’ I said to Unicron through thought
Unicron replied with glee “Thought you wouldn’t asked!”
Primus was about to attack again until I began to radiate with dark energy. Primus attacks and I summoned a Dark Energy Mace and managed to hit the massive hand, cracking the metal on it. Primus roared with rage and I jumped down and landed on Primus’ shoulder. I began to run up to his head and Primus was trying to grab me. I evaded the hands and my hands began to glow purple as the purple energy formed into Hammers. I slammed the dark hammers against Primus’ head and he was send launched backwards some bit, colliding against a wall. I transformed into my vehicle form and fired my cannon at Primus’ chest where he spark was at. The blast hit Primus’ chest and damaged it, not severally but scorch marks were revealed there.
Primus shouted with great rage “You will regret fighting me!!”
When Primus was about to attack, there was a blue glow and we looked. The Matric’s energy had grabbed Charming and Charming was pulled into the center core. Primus’ optics narrowed when he saw the Matrix infusing its power into Charming Thunder. Charming came out after a few seconds, the power fused into his very being. Blue markings were all over Charming and he erupted into a blue light. When the light dimmed, standing there was a new Charming Thunder. He was now a transformer. He looked like a combination of a truck and tank transformer. He was red with some yellow streaks on him. The Autobot logo was on his chest and I grinned at his appearance. Charming gave out a roar of power and saw his blue energy markings light up to that roar. Charming looks at us and I nodded to his direction. Primus began to get up, angry clear on his face. I jumped to Charming’s side and Primus stared at the both of us.
Primus shouted in even greater rage “You arrogant fools!! I’ll destroy you here and now!!”
Primus looked ready to squish us but both me and Charming had different ideas. I transformed into my vehicle form and fired my cannon at Primus’ foot, cracking it and making him fall backwards. Charming’s right arm transformed into a Neutron Assault Rifle [FOC] and he jumped up. He began to open fire at Primus’ head and I returned to my robot form. I jumped up and landed on a platform. I shot at Primus’ chest again and hit him again, cracking the wound more. We stopped and looked at the exhausted Primus.
“We beat you on fair ground. You know the rules Primus and now you must follow them.” I said with a smirk.
Charming asked “What rules?”
“Of course Primus never told you. Unicron told me AFTER I beat him in fair game.”
When Charming was about to reply, we heard Primus chuckling and we looked at him.
Primus said that sounded like an accusing “I knew he wouldn’t give you the power willingly. You took it by force, didn’t you?”
“Yes. You see, Charming, there is a pair of rules that Gods must follow. If the god loses to his Champion, the god has to offer complete and total support to their champion against their will. Primus still helps you, but now he is at your mercy. Primus is forced to give you the power you require. Now, we must continue our training to expand our power. And they can’t hold us back anymore. Come now, let us leave. The portal is back where we came from.”
Charming nodded and we went into our vehicle form. Mine was still a tank while Charming’s look like a truck combined with a tank . We made it to the portal and entered.
We opened our eyes and we see that we were still in our normal forms and I smiled.
“Now that we got that out of the way. Ready for some training?” I asked
Charming replied with a smile “You know it, brother.”
Author's Note
That's all and now Charming has his transformer form like he had requested.
Phantom War V: Dawning of Darkness
The next few days…
Charming and I had finally achieved total control over our medallion’s powers. We did some more training on our transformer form and when we believed we were finished, we returned to Canterlot to see how the search for the Vampony Empire was going.
Me and Charming came into the throne room. We see a change though; there were only 2 main thrones. We see a guard and he approached us.
“Guard, what has happened to the throne room?” I asked.
The Guard replied “The Princesses of the Sun and Moon saw fit to make the Counsel of Royalty in a new room. We finished it yesterday and the Princesses are waiting for you two, King of Harmony and King of Insanity.”
Charming said “Wait! ‘King of Insanty’?”
The Guard replied “While Charming Thunder is the King of Harmony because of the Mane 6 being loyal to him, Princess Brutalight demanded he be titled the King of Insanity.”
“I don’t know if I should be honor or fearful…”
The guard began to lead us to the new royalty meeting. We arrived in a few short minutes and we see what had changed. In the center of the room, there was a giant round table. Above it was a holographic globe that made a holographic map down on the table. We see several different thrones at once. There was a yellow throne that had the Celestia CM on the top of it. To the left of it was a blue throne that had Luna’s CM on the top of it. To the right of the sun throne, there was a pink throne that had Cadance’s CM on the top of it. There were other thrones too, all different types. There was Twilight’s Throne [Located next to Cadance’s throne], Charming Thunder’s Throne [Located next to Twilight], Brutalight’s Throne [Located next to Luna’s Throne], my throne [Located next to Charming’s Throne], Rainbow’s throne [Located next to my throne], and both Meta’s and Chrysalis’s thrones [Located between Rainbow and Brutalight’s thrones]. Twilight’s Throne was lavender and her CM was on the top of it, Charming’s throne was red and his CM was on top of it, Brutalight’s throne was dark lavender to purple and her CM was on the top of it, My throne was black and it had my CM on the top of it, Rainbow’s throne was cyan and her CM was on the top of it, and both Meta and Chrysalis’s thrones were green and on top of it was the Changeling Symbol on them. Everyone was sitting at the thrones and both me and Charming joined them.
Celestia said “Glad you could join us Danny and Charming.”
“It’s ok. So, tell us of the situation.”
Meta said “We believe that we have located them.”
Charming asked “Where are they?”
Chrysalis reported “They are located far out to sea, on the other side of the planet, near the Argonian Tribes. There is a lonely island where technology doesn’t exist. However, we discovered that there is an invisible magical barrier that prevents technology ships to get through, only shuttles and fighters.”
“So our fleets is useless against them?”
Meta said “It would seem so.”
Rainbow said “Then we fight them the old fashion: With our blasters, swords, and lightsabers.”
“If we march now, we won’t win.”
Luna asked “What do you propose?”
“Vamponies are better at status than normal ordinary ponies. We need to fight fire with fire.”
Charming asked “How shall we take this action?”
“Well, I’ve been out of contact with my Sith Masters for a long time now. I believe they can help me with something. I can train an army of Sith Warriors and Sith Inquisitors.”
Luna said “Keep going…”
“Sith Warriors were warriors who fought with a lightsaber and has almost zero connection to the force. A Sith Warrior’s skills with a lightsaber are unrivaled. Driving at their enemies with strong, crushing blows, the Warrior quickly beats his foes into submission or death. Though the lightsaber is the Warrior’s primary method of attack, he also uses his dark command of the Force to paralyze, terrify, and kill. Protected by heavy armor and his powers of intimidation, the Warrior wades into the thick of the fight and unleashes pure hatred and fury to eliminate all who would stand against him. That is why I think we need warriors to help our cause.”
Celestia replied uncomfortable “Normally I would disagree with the idea. But first, let us hear of these ‘Sith Inquisitors’.”
“Ah, yes. They prefer to use the Force instead of using a lightsaber. The Inquisitor fights with unlimited fury to create a storm of destruction. Expertise in conducting Force energies further allows Inquisitors to draw upon the life essence of themselves and others. This energy can be channeled to bolster their powers, harm their foes, and even to reinvigorate their allies. An Inquisitor’s skills with a Lightsaber are equally impressive. Often wielding a double-bladed Lightsaber, Inquisitors use quick, guileful, and lethal maneuvers to strike their enemies down with astonishing speed.”
Luna said “I don’t like Sith Warriors but the Sith Inquisitor sound useful enough.”
“Perhaps Jedi is more suitable? There are Jedi Kinghts and Jedi Consular.”
Charming replied, interested “Do tell more, I want to hear this.”
“The Jedi Knight’s graceful movements are awesome to behold. Freezing a moment in this display captures the deep commitment underlying the Jedi’s dazzling abilities. Though a Jedi Knight’s life is filled with battle and adventure, the Knight’s heart is dedicated to peace and service. An ironic observation to some, but greater wisdom suggests it is the Jedi Knights’ humble devotion which makes them so likely to become such famous heroes. The Jedi Knight enjoys the benefit of ancient teachings that have been passed down through hundreds of generations. Combining these time-tested maneuvers with the natural guidance of the Force, the Knight is capable of achieving extraordinary feats.”
Charming said “We can use Jedi Knights for our offensive army.”
“In a more peaceful age, Jedi Consulars may have humbly dedicated their lives to service as keepers of Jedi lore or as ambassadors in service to the Republic—tasks for which Consulars are uniquely qualified. However, as the shadow of the Empire has spread further across the galaxy, Consulars have stepped up to face the darkness on the front lines of battle as often as they’ve faced it when exploring the mysteries of the Force. Jedi Consular fights with an open conduit for the Force; manipulating massive forces to disable or even destroy their enemies.”
Celestia said “It’s hard, that’s for sure.”
“Here is an idea. Charming will gather a group of individuals who are worthy of Jedi Knights and Jedi Consulars while I gather a group of individuals to become Sith Warriors and Sith Inquisitors.”
Luna replied “A well suited plan if I say so myself.”
“I do have to make a request. Normally I would allow the Mane 6 to allow such access, but these powers may be too much for them. Believing something else isn’t a good sign of friendship.”
Twilight said “I would object, but I do see the logic in that.”
Brutalight added “Me too.”
“Alright, now that we got that out of the way. I was thinking that maybe we can train a special unit for us.”
Cadance asked “What do you mean?”
“I was thinking of a whole different and secret class known as the ‘Imperial Agents’. From what Revan had told me: Reconnaissance images of Imperial Agents are rare; between their varied disguises and stealth enhanced battle-gear, they can be hard to spot. If there is anything remarkable about their habits, patterns, and appearances it’s that they can change at any time. Many of the tasks set before the Imperial Agent call for a high degree of subversion and infiltration into hostile organizations, so it’s a safe bet that if they aren’t with their friends, they’re probably with their enemies. They relying on range, surprise, and an arsenal of state-of-the-art gadgets and weaponry, the Imperial Agent enter battle with a confident strategy. Though striking from a distance or from the shadows plays to the Agent’s strengths, a well-equipped operative is more than capable of evading his enemies when necessary or moving in close to quietly slide a blade between an opponent’s ribs. Whether on a solo mission or working in conjunction with a strike team, this operative keeps a finger on the right button for almost any situation.”
Charming said “You know; having them could give us the field advantage. What race do we recommend for Imperial Agents?”
“The Changelings.”
Meta and Chrysalis replied in unison, shocked what they just heard “What!?”
“Changelings have traits similar to the Imperial Agent. Besides, I’ve worked with changelings in the past. Who says they can’t do a job right?”
Meta asked “Are you sure…”
“I’m sure.”
Celestia said “Well, not that we got that, let us proceed with our plans.”
“I’ll return to Ponyville with Charming and we can find a location there where we can build our shrines.”
Luna said to us “Good luck.”
Author's Note
Finished to Chapter 3 on the list.
Phantom War V: Dawning of Darkness
Calamitous Returns: Crystal Temple Returns
A few days after the meeting, I was at the Crystal Temple. I was looking through the graveyard, hoping to find the long dead body of Calamitous. I arrived to the graveyard, smiling. I was alone with no one but myself with a mobile pod. I arrived to a tombstone and read it with a smile.
Here lies Calamitous
I used my ghost powers to dive into the grave and came back up with the dead general’s body.
“Calamitous…killed by my own brother. You shall rise again but under my control this time.”
I put the dead body into the capsule and began to make my way to my ship. When I arrived, I began to change my course to head to Ponyville.
My shuttle had landed and I took the capsule that had the body inside it. The capsule prevented anyone from seeing what was inside. I arrived to my house, which looked like a mansion, and I took the capsule to the basement. I put the dead body inside a healing pod and I needed to ready myself. Until then, I left to meet with Charming to retake the Crystal Temple that was abandon since Slade’s existence. Before I left, I looked at the dead general and smiled darkly.
“Soon…you will be reborn as a new pony, General Grievous: Supreme Military Commander of the Phantom Consortium. But I am missing something else…an A.I. that can be used under complete loyalty. But who-”
I got an idea and smiled as left the basement and headed up to the Soulless One and began to head over to the Crystal Empire to where Charming and the squad of reinforcements will await for us.
My fighter arrived to the Crystal Empire and I landed on a landing platform. When I did, I got out and met with Charming and Cadance. I came over to them, hugged Cadance and hoof bumped Charming. We began to walk towards the castle.
“So, how shall we reclaim it?” I asked
Charming replied “Well, after I supposedly eradicated the treacherous knights, I think some draconequus from Slade’s old force had retreated here for refuge. I’ve prepared a fleet to retake the temple.”
“I have an idea for them. We can hand them over to the changelings.” I said
Cadance asked “Why?”
“We can strengthen our alliance with the changelings this way. Also, I think Charming promised draconequus prisoners but never did fulfill the promise, I think…”
We got inside and began to make preparation of the attack.
Charming said “I’ve been in the temple before and you haven’t Danny. So, if we are taking prisoners, we need a team who can use stun blasters and won’t get killed easily.”
“I got some boys who didn’t die and were under my command during the Lunar Wars: Varilar, Thedrilith, and Lumylar. They will help us on the mission.” I said with confidence.
Charming nodded in response.
Charming said “Alright. Me, you, and your three other members will handle this operation with care.”
I nodded and went to call the three to them.
A shuttle landed on one of the Crystal Temple Landing Platforms. We came out of the shuttle and began to advance to the doors. Varilar was a Pegasus Pony; yellow coat with some red war paint markings on him. He had black mane and tail, his eyes were emerald green. His CM was a Shield and sword with a few drops of blood on the shield. Thedrilith was a Unicorn Pony; green coat, yellow mane and tail, his eye color was teal, and his CM was a cauldron with some elixirs around the cauldron. Finally was Lumylar, she was a changeling. Lumylar had black chitin but her shell, eye color, and wing color was pink.
“Let’s get moving.”
I pulled out a blaster and handed it to Charming. He took it and I took out twin blaster pistols.
“Remember: Stun only, no killing.” I ordered.
They nodded and we went inside.
We got inside and began to move in the shadows. Sure enough, we spot some draconequuses. I got behind them and stun the two together. Lumylar used her changeling spit and goo them to the ground, unable to move. We kept going and began to look around and hardly seen any action around.
Varilar said “I’m getting a bad feeling about this, sir.”
“Me too. It’s almost too quiet for comfort.”
Charming added “We need to press forward.”
I nodded and we began to press on.
We managed to run into some more draconequus and we found a secret chamber. We went inside and saw something different. A pony, an argonian, a spectral shadow, and a draconequus.
The Pony said in a dark voice “My master wishes to have the remaining draconequuses to join our cause.”
The Draconequus replied “We will join you if we get our revenge against Charming Thunder!”
The Argonian declared “The Argonians will back you up. We had no love for Equestria.”
The pony replied “Lord Harkon will be pleased to hear this.”
I almost gasped. Charming noticed my gesture and I grew an angry expression. So, Harkon was back and he is behind this. I came out of the shadows but motion the others to stay hidden. They see me and stood ready but the pony stopped them and kneeled.
The pony said, honestly surprised and shocked “Prince Danny, you have come…”
“Identified yourself Vampony.”
The Pony replied “Messenger Harper, my liege.”
Argonian demanded “Who is he!?”
Harper replied sharply “He is Nightmare Moon’s son and heir to the Vampony Throne!”
The other representatives gasped in shock and kneeled to me. I kept a calm head and held the authority.
“You mention Harkon, am I to understand that my mother’s 2nd in command is alive?” I asked.
Harper replied “Yes, my lord. We thought you turned your back against us.”
“No I haven’t. I never knew that I held relationships to Nightmare Moon until recently when I discovered of my fangs. I’ve already had my first blood and I have a mate.”
Harper was shocked to hear the news and replied in a cheer “That-That’s wonderful news, my lord!”
“Harper, who are these representatives?” I asked, eying the other creatures with curiousity.
The Argonian greeted “My name is Scales, leader of the Argonian Tribes.”
The Spectral Shadow greeted “They call me Doom…”
The Draconequus greeted “My name is Red Claw.”
“Pleasure to meet you all.” I replied to them.
Harper declared “The Argonian and Spectral Shadow Empires have joined the Vampony Empire. The Draconequus have joined us just now.”
“Excellent. Head out but do not tell Harkon of my appearance here. Charming, my foolish brother, thinks I’m with him to the end. I’ll pass information on their movements but I want you to keep me informed on Harkon’s movements.”
Harper replied with glory “Yes sir! The Vampony Era will come at last!”
I gave a false smiled and they left, but Red Claw remained behind. I pulled out a pistol and stunned Red Claw and he fell to the ground. Charming and the others came out, awestruck on what just happened.
“Sorry for any insults Charming. I needed to make it look real. At least we now have an informant on the Vampony Side. But now we have to wage war with the Spectral Shadows and Argonians.”
Charming said “We need to finish up and tell the princesses immediately.”
“We just got out of a war and we go into a more global war now.”
Charming joked “No rest for the wicked?”
I laugh with Charming and we began to finish the rest of the draconequuses in the temple.
We waited for the Changeling Prison Ship and it came. Meta and Chrysalis came down to see us.
Chrysalis asked “What do you want and why did you tell us to bring a prison ship?”
“We were hoping to strengthen our alliance with each other by giving you a new love source.”
I pointed towards the door and an army of chained draconequuses came out. Chrysalis and Meta eyed them widely and smiled.
Meta said with glee “Consider our alliance strengthen, King Charming and Emperor Danny.”
I smiled as a group of Changelings began to board the slaved draconequuses and we watched as they left.
“Now that is out of the way, time to discuss with the princesses.” I said to Charming.
Author's Note
That is it for this chapter.
Phantom War V: Dawning of Darkness
I was at the Mega Factory with Charming, Princesses, Mane 6, Meta, and Chrysalis. Beside me and Meta, everyone was in awe. They saw all sort of things. They saw the cloning facility where ponies were being cloned and being trained. Hundreds of different droids being made on the bottom level. They saw the shipyard constructing many ships and other factories making many different vehicles. I smiled at their awe struck faces.
“Impressive, isn’t it? This factory is vital to the Phantom Consortium and pretty special too. This very factory and shipyard made the Eclipse, armies, and fleets.”
Charming: “It’s no wonder why we were almost defeated when Lightning invaded us, with this factory, your armies are numberless.”
I chuckled at the comment and we pressed on.
“We have been developing new technology since that battle. We have combined Minotaur and Griffin technology, made aquatic vehicles and droids, etc. But the main reason why I have brought you here is because of my Adjutant, who left us after Lightning took over; I lack intelligence of the outside world. So, after some research and looking, I’ve found a more suitable replacement for her.”
Charming asked “Who is it?”
“Charming, are you familiar to the name of “Soundwave” from the Beast Wars?” I asked.
Charming was confused and nodded until he began to understand and his eyes narrowed. I noticed and smiled.
“Indeed. Soundwave is the replacement. He is faithful, loyal, true, etc. like the Soundwave from the beast wars.”
Twilight asked “You mind telling us who this “Soundwave” is?”
“Soundwave is Megatron's Communications/Surveillance Chief of the Decepticons. Soundwave is cold and almost completely devoid of emotion. Soundwave can speak, but chooses not to, preferring to communicate through replayed Cybertronians' voice recordings, including ponies he encountered. Soundwave is very skilled in combat and will not hesitate to finish off his opponents. Soundwave and his little pet, Laserbeak, will do whatever it takes to accomplish their assigned mission. Megatron is usually talked to Soundwave a lot during the Beast Wars. Soundwave is capable of hacking through pretty much anything he encounters. I managed to recreate Soundwave with some excellent parts and made him the size of us, he’s like Calamitous but not a cyborg, just a robot.” I explained to them about the knowledge I held on about Soundwave.
We arrived to the main computer room and we see a robot standing there, two tentacles connected to a computer and he looked like he was downloading data.
“While Soundwave, like I said before, will not speak, he does play back voice recordings of anypony he encounters.”
Soundewave finished with the data download and he turned to face them. He kneeled to my presence and I motion him to rise, which he did.
“Unlike Adjutant, Soundwave has been program with 3 Primary Directives. Directive 1: Obey any order I give him without question and follow my orders alone, no pony else. Meaning: He will follow my orders alone; he will not follow Charming’s orders, Luna’s Orders, not even Rainbow’s orders.”
Charming asked “Why just you?”
“Because I don’t want Soundwave doing many different things at once. Also, he’s my creation and he shall do my bidding without question. Soundwave doesn’t mind it, really. Anyway, Directive 2: If I’ve gone missing, ponynapped, etc. Soundwave begins to search for me by using the Satellite dishes to try to locate me. If he doesn’t find me in a week, he is programmed to halt his search and follow orders of a new master.”
Charming asked “Who is that new master?”
“Which leads to Directive 3: If I’ve died in combat or went missing in action for an entire week, he is program to go to Rainbow Dash as his new master.”
Rainbow shouted with glee “Sweet!”
Charming asked, disappointed “Why Rainbow?”
“Here is the chain he goes to, starting with me. Danny, Rainbow, Charming, Luna, Dusk, and finally Celestia. So, if Rainbow dies or missing, Charming would own Soundwave. The flow goes on until Celestia. If the results of Celestia death or missing, Soundwave gets his independence until one of his masters return from missing.”
Charming said “Ok, I get it now.”
“Anyway, what do you have to report Soundwave?”
Soundwave’s blank screen face began to show something. It looked like an open field with a red dot there. I smiled and began to think.
“You have located some sort of beacon in Equestria?”
Soundwave nodded and I turned to Charming Thunder.
“Charming, I think we need to find out what it is.”
Charming nodded and we began to head to our fighters. Charming had a new fighter that was known as the TIE Advanced v1 . I still was using the Soulless One and we took off, heading to the source of the beacon.
Charming asked “How exactly do we know where we are going-“
Charming was interrupted when a MQ-9 Reaper that was grey to near black was with them.
“Glad you could join us Soundwave.”
Charming was surprise to see that Soundwave took the form of a MQ-9 Reaper. Soundwave began to lead the two of us to the target location.
After a few minutes of flight, we arrived to the location. Soundwave transformed into his robot form while we landed and we got out to see what the beacon was for. We arrived and see a large pod. Soundwave used his tentacles to open the pod, retrieving two things. One of those things was a cube while the other was some sort of blaster. I recognized it and smiled darkly.
“The Resonance Blaster , One of the many artifacts created the Decepticons during the Great War. If that is here, who says the other artifacts aren’t here as well?”
Charming said “I remember something like that from the knowledge of the Primes. We need to retrieve these relics and lock them away.”
“No! We lock away the most dangerous ones like the Spark Extractor . We can use the other ones.”
Charming asked “Are you sure?”
“Yes…Soundwave, you can use the Resonance Blaster as your trademark weapon, if you wish.”
Soundwave nodded and we began to return to the Mega Factory where we can continue our search for the Iacon Relics.
Author's Note
That is all for this chapter. Now we got the Iacon Relics to hunt down and a war to be waged.
Phantom War V: Dawning of Darkness
War Meeting: Preparations
I called in a war meeting in Canterlot to discuss our current situation. Me, Soundwave, Meta, and Chrysalis had arrived to Canterlot. Meta and Chrysalis had Changeling Guards with them while I was with Soundwave alone. Normally I would feel unsafe but Soundwave was not an ordinary robot on the street. We were walking down a street until I felt something. My eyes widen and I jumped into the air. On cue, there was a blaster bolt and we began to take cover.
“Sniper!”
Soundwave deploy the mini-con from his chest, it was known as Laserbeak. Laserbeak took to go behind us and I tried to get a visual on the assassin. I was almost hit by a sniper blast and I retreated. However, we soon heard blaster fire and we saw the assassin fall to the ground. We took off to meet them and I grabbed him, revealing a blue bat pony. His coat was blue, his mane and tail was light and dark blue. He had slit yellow eyes. His CM was a star leaving a trail of color. I grabbed him, my eyes glowing blood red in rage.
“Who are you!?” I demanded.
The Assassin replies, scaried out of his mind “I-I’m Shooting Star !”
“Why did you attack us!?”
Star replied, still scared “I was h-hired by Lord Harkon to assassinate you and any political leaders who were with you!”
I threw him to the ground and used Ecto-Energy Constructions to tie up Shooting Star and I used Ectoplasmic Goo to gag him from talking. Using my telekinesis, I begin to levitate Star from the ground and he followed behind me. Laserbeak returned to Soundwave’s chest. We continue to walk towards the Castle.
We entered the Royal Counsel Room. Everyone looked at me with a blank expression, wondering why we were late.
“Sorry we are late; we were almost assassinated today by this assassin.”
I used my telekinesis to levitate Star to the table and dropped him on it. He was still tied up and gagged and the other royalty looked at Star was shock expressions.
“You recognize this scum?” I asked to Luna.
Luna replied “Shooting Star was a former night guard. His skills were impressive until he made an attempted murder on a guard for harassing civilians. There was no evidence and the harassed ponies reported that they were just chatting with him about a problem. Shooting Star left after the harassing guard was able to walk away as innocent. We later discovered that the guard was indeed harassing mares but we were too late when we discovered that the guard died. We couldn’t find the assassin but I thought it was Shooting Star as payback for lying.”
“Shooting Star here was hired by an old enemy of mine to try to kill me for returning back from the mists.”
Celestia asked “Who is this enemy you speak of?”
“Lord Harkon.”
Celestia and Luna gasped in shock when they heard the name. Celestia had an expression of pure rage while Luna had the expression of both anger and fear. Cadance and the others were confused why the name of “Lord Harkon” caused the chain reaction.
Charming said “I’ve been wanting to hear who this ‘Lord Harkon’ is. Why is he a big deal to you?”
Celestia replied “Lord Harkon was an old friend of mine and Luna’s. Luna held some love for Harkon because he loved the night a lot.”
Luna began to tell a tale “Harkon ruled as a mighty king and his domain was said to be vast and powerful. As the years passed and death approached, Harkon began to fear his own mortality. So, he made a deal with the devil and made a pact with Molag Bal and sacrificed a thousand innocents in his name.”
Charming asked “Molag Bal…wasn’t he the King of Rape, the Harvester of Souls, and the Lord of Brutality?”
Celestia replied “Indeed, he was. You see, Molag Bal was a daedric prince but he was later banished to his own plane.”
Luna continue her tale “Anyways…Molag Bal granted him immortality by turning him and his family into pure-blooded vamponies, giving birth to the Volkihar bloodline. It was at this point Harkon and Valerica's marriage began to break down, as they both became drunk with their newfound powers.”
Twilight asked “Who’s Valerica?”
“His long betrayal wife.” I replied coldly.
Cadance asked “Wait! Valerica betrayed Harkon?”
“From what I heard from Clockwork, Harkon uncovered an ancient prophecy written by a Draconequus called the "Tyranny of the Sun". Harkon learned that if it were fulfilled, it would blot out the sun and plunge the world in eternal darkness thus allowing his kin to flourish. Fancying himself as vamponic royalty, he found such a concept seductive and fiercely sought to fulfill the prophecy. To enact the prophecy he required the ancient artifact called Auriel's Bow and the blood of a Daughter of Coldharbour, namely his own daughter, Serana. While he was never close with Serana, his relationship with her deteriorated as he became more and more obsessed with fulfilling the prophecy. Ultimately, it reached the point that he was even willing to sacrifice her to achieve his goal. His immortality gave him the revelation that such bonds are fleeting, momentary and never endure. His mantra became "Power takes precedence" and he would not allow anything to stand in his path for domination. He was a heartless pony, if you ask me.”
Cadance asked “What does this have to do with Valerica?”
“I’m getting there. Anyway, Valerica saw the change in Harkon's behavior and disagreed with his goal. She believed that if eternal night fell, it would bring too much attention upon vampires and ultimately would lead to their extinction. As Harkon became obsessed with power, Valerica became obsessed with seeing him fail. In an attempt to stop him fulfilling the prophecy, Valerica fled Castle Volkihar with two Elder Scrolls that contained parts of the prophecy. She sealed Serana and one of the scrolls in Dimhollow Crypt for her protection and escaped to the Soul Cairn with the other. Harkon, enraged by her betrayal, commanded every vampire in his court to look for them, but after centuries of searching, he lost hope. But, to my guess, Harkon still seeks to find Serana and the Elder Scrolls.” I said.
Cadance replied “I see…”
“Then Harkon met Nightmare Moon. Nightmare Moon found out that there was a Vampony Family that could help her take over and because Nightmare was looking for a way to bring eternal night, Harkon supported her completely. When Nightmare kidnapped…me, she was already a pure blooded Vampony, so she bit me and began to turn me into a pure blooded Vampony as well. However, I was different for some odd reason. When my DNA was fused with Ghost Power to turn me into a Halfa, it did something to the Vampony DNA in me. So, I can walk among the sun without getting hurt by the sunlight. Rainbow was infused with the new Vampony Venom of mine and she is like me. We are a whole different species of Vamponies.”
Rainbow shouted with glee “Let’s create a whole different bloodline!”
“What do you have in mind?” I asked her, curious on her selected name.
Rainbow replied “How about…Lunar Bloodline!”
Luna said “I like that name…”
“Agreed. Our bloodline is now known as the Lunar Bloodline.”
Charming said “So, there are just you two…”
“Actually, if you don’t mind mother, can I request that three Bat Ponies from your Night Guard are picked to join our clan. While me and Rainbow are the main royal family, Clan Followers defend the royal family with their life. So, expanding it will help us some.”
Luna replied “Alright, I can do that for you.”
“Thanks mom. Anyway, we need to worry about the Argonian, Spectral Shadow, and Vampony Empires. They have united as one, if we ever go to war with all three, we will need to unite as one.”
Meta reported “The Changeling Empire is willing to fight besides Equestrian Empire and Phantom Consortium. Our mortal enemy is the Spectral Shadow Empire, we will be glad to fight by your side.”
Chrysalis asked “The Primals will aid us in this fight?”
“Indeed they will. We need to get Dusk a throne here too, you know?”
Celestia responded “I can arrange that.”
“Anyway, The Phantom Consortium will aid the Equestrian Empire and I’m sure the Minotaur Empire will aid as well.”
Charming said “If we are to wage war with those three countries, then we shall. If we engage the Argonians, we will surely lose.”
“You forget that you have me as an ally. My empire has already developed ways to fight aquatic battles. We can provide offensive means to fight them while you fight the Argonians for the base.”
Charming said “Alright.”
“Anyways, there was a Spectral Shadows. They are ghosts, how are you going to fight them?”
Charming asked “Uhhh…anti-ghost weaponry?”
I remained quiet but nodded back. I hated anti-ghost weapons because I hated weapons that attacked ghosts.
“So, we need to work on many different things. How are we going to fight against three different countries and train Jedi and Sith?”
Celestia said “You won’t be able to do it. Charming and you will be leading the offence against these empires. We may not need to get Jedi and Sith if we can find an alternative.”
“…Fine.”
Twilight asked “Now we got that out of the way, how are we going to fight the Vamponies?”
Luna suggested “How about the Worgens?”
Charming asked “Worgens?”
“Oh yes, them…”
Luna replied, remembering something “Oh, I forgot, Vamponies hate Worgens.”
“Their stench is too much even for my nose to bear. It’s like walking near them and your nose is filled with that disgusting smell.”
Luna asked “Tell me this then: How do you suggest we fight them?”
I remained quiet. We were going to ask Ivar Bloodfang, leader of the Bloodfang Pack for help.
“Can we really trust Ivar? He has attacked one of our cities before and he left after Celestia drove them out, they fled to Silverpine Forest. Can we really trust a feral pack of wolves?” I replied.
Celestia said “While I do question his loyalties and pack, we need his pack in this desperate time of need.”
I nodded and after the meeting ended, I left to head back to my old house.
Meanwhile at Volkihar Keep…
Harkon was sitting on his throne in the dining hall. The other Vamponies gathered there, waiting for the next event. Finally, a messenger; Harper, returned with bad news.
Harper reported “Lord Harkon, our Draconequus allies have been defeated and enslaved by the Changeling Empire.”
Harkon said “That is…disappointing. What of our other allies?”
Harper replied “Scales and Doom are awaiting command from you to beginning the war against Equestria. However, our spies report that Equestria has some allies of their own. The Phantom Consortium, Changeling Swarm, and the Minotaur Empire.”
Harkon asked “Powerful allies, am I right?”
Harper answered “Yes, my Lord.”
Harkon asked “Have you located Nightmare Moon or Serana?”
Harper reported “No, my lord. All search parties reported negative.”
Harkon shouted with anger “Continue the search! I need those Elder Scrolls or the Prophecy will never come true!”
Harper shouted and saluted “Yes, my lord!”
Harper left and another pony came up to him. His name was Spell Nexus , member of a cult that is loyal to Nightmare Moon. Spell Nexus was a light blue stallion with silver mane and tail, his eyes were light blue as well. His CM was a black circle with a black sun on it and a moon crescent on the center of it.
Nexus said coldly “Perhaps we aren’t looking good enough. I had received intelligence report from Professor Bastion Yorsets that he overheard the Princesses talk about a filly who had resemblance to Night Light. However, not many were relative to Night Light so he believes that this ‘Nyx’ is our queen, Nightmare Moon. I’m going to head over to Ponyville to see for myself.”
Harkon replied “Alright Nexus. Be careful though, Charming and Twilight won’t allow you close to Nyx.”
Nexus said “I know, Lord Harkon. Trust me.”
Spell Nexus left to head to Ponyville in a hurry.
Author's Note
Next chapter will be all about the three new Clan Soldiers. Their names are: Nightlight , Night Watch , and Echo
Phantom War V: Dawning of Darkness
Preparation and Grievous Reborn
Three days later…
Charming, me, and Twilight were on an Equestrian Shuttle that was on its way to an ocean that had an underwater culture known as The Mon Calamari. Our mission was to talk to Lee-Char, Leader of the Mon Calamari, about our situation with the Argonians. We were half way there when we began to talk.
Twilight asked “So, remember why we are here?”
“I know, I was told a thousand times. Our mission is to talk with King Lee-Char about the war against the Argonians and hopefully, they will help us in our war effort, like we need them to help us…” I groaned my reply.
Charming said “Just because you already made an army capable of combating the Argonians, doesn’t mean we don’t need reinforcements.”
Twilight explained to us “I did some research on the Mon Calarmari. They have a tension against the Argonians. Lee-Char wanted to bring peace between the nations but Lord Red Claw refused the Peace Treaty, which rose tensions.”
“Still doesn’t mean we need to be here…”
Charming replied “I agree with Twilight on this. Besides, opening a treaty with the Mon Calamari will be useful for our cause.”
“Reminder about this though. Equestrian Empire sign the treaty with the Mon Calamari, I’m going to sign no treaty with them.”
Charming said “Whatever you say Danny.”
I nodded and sat back down in the seat and began to think about something. I remember something during my Christmas Dance at Equestria High.
We arrived to the destination and we were above the water. I saw Charming and Twilight getting into underwater gear and I didn’t because I knew I could breathe underwater, but they didn’t know that. I mentally smiled, deciding to pull a prank on them.
Twilight asked “Danny, are you going to get into your swimming gear?”
“Give me a second-“
I accidently tripped and began to fall down the landing ramp that had lowered and I fell off. Twilight and Charming gasped in shock and horror and went after me. I inhaled the fresh air and hit the water in a dive. Charming and Twilight got in the water and I began to pretend that I was suffocating. I mentally felt amused when they were panicking.
Charming shouted in horror “Danny, NO!!!”
I opened my mouth and the bubbles began to leave my mouth. I began to pretend to drift to an eternal sleep. I slightly opened my eyes and mentally smiled and see Charming and Twilight about to cry. Before they could, I began to laugh. They looked at me and I smiled as I began to flap my wings in the water, making me soar in the water. I came up to them after a few laps and I grinned as they looked shocked and anger.
Twilight asked, shocked “How are you-“
“-Not dead? I’m a Halfa, Ghosts can breathe underwater, space, etc. I thought you knew because it is basic ghost abilities. Sorry for the show but had to do it, you should see the looks on your faces. Priceless! ”
I chuckled a bit more. Twilight facehoof herself for two reasons. The first reason on why she didn’t know that. The second reason was because she remembered Discord saying those same words when he took away her horn when he wasn’t reformed.
“Anyway, we should get going. It was fun while it lasted.”
Charming admitted “I’ll admit, that was pretty funny.”
“Well, let’s get moving. The longer we wait, the stronger Harkon grows.”
They nodded and we began to proceed. I decided to follow, not caring what was going to happen.
Meanwhile in Dimhollow Crypt, located somewhere near the Crystal Empire…
I was walking the darkness of the place. I had sent a clone of me to accompany Charming and Twilight so I can retrieve Serana first. I was with Rainbow, Nightlight, Night Watch, and Echo. We were walking into what looked like a giant cavern but kept low into the shadows. We got to the bottom of the stairs where we see some Vamponies looking at some sort of ancient ritual circle. I motion my companions and they nodded. We pulled out our blasters, ready for action. When I signal to fire, we pulled the triggers and we shot them dead. The Vamponies fell to the floor and we began to approach the ritual circle.
Rainbow said “We found it, now what?”
“Now, we release Serana…”
I approached the center and activated the center devise and a spike popped out of it and hit my hoof. I cried out in pain but it was short lived when purple energy began to radiate from the center and goes to a line. I licked my wound and the wound healed up instantly. Vampony Saliva heals wounds faster.
“Now to solve the puzzle.”
I began to move the alters that made the glow expand. When I finished, a coffin-looking thing rose from the ground and opened, a vampony fell out but managed to recover. The Vampony was light red, Black mane and tail, black bat-like wings, blood red eyes, fangs with her teeth, and her CM was rose but the flower was more blood red. On her back was some sort of golden scroll. She got up and opened her wings wide. She looked at me and I looked with the same evenness.
Serana asked “Unh…where is…who are you? Who sent you here?”
“My name is Danny Eclipse, Son of Princess Luna or Nightmare Moon and King Sombra. I believe you remember my mother?” I replied.
Serana said “Nightmare Moon…haven’t heard that name for so long…”
“I came here with my clan; The Lunar Clan. We represent Luna and Nightmare’s Crescents of the night and are Vamponies. Me and my wife are royalty and headmasters of the clan. The other three are our Clan Warriors. Now, I have you and the Elder Scroll.”
Serana asked “Are you with my father?”
“We are not loyal to Harkon’s Command. I outrank that Vampony but he tries to assassinate me to gain power. Where do your loyalties lie, Serana?”
Serana replied “I’m not sure yet. Let me reunite with my Father and I will judge him for myself.”
“Whatever helps you sleep at day…”
We began to walk back to the outside world.
My clone was in the war room with Gial Ackbar. We were working on the offensive plan to take the Capital of the Argonian Empire. We were interrupted when the door opened and we see King Lee-Char, Charming, and Twilight come in.
Charming asked “How goes the war plan?”
Ackbar replied “We have figured out a way we may win.”
“Here is the plan. My agents inside the place has reported that security is tight and secure but they do have some weaknesses. So, my forces are going to draw the Argonians’ attention and we will strike them where it hurts. Ackbar and I are going to lead an underwater offense with my vast army of Aqua Droids and etc. While we got their attention, Charming will lead the offensive to the landing platforms on the surface. Rainbow, Lightning, Light, and Rainbine will lead a fighter assault to help and provide support to the Bombers on their bombing run. The bombers will target the Proton Cannons that are on the landing platform. When those cannons are offline, Charming will lead the assault by landing new dropships that I had stolen from the Lunar Wars. It is called an “C-9979 landing craft ”. It can carry armies on them and will help us mobilize a large army against them. Charming will lead the army against the Argonians. Our Trident-class assault ships will attack when the city is under attack. Three separate boarding teams will deployed, being led by three separate commanders: Soundwave, Onslaught, and General Grievous.” I explained the plan to them.
Charming asked “Who’s General Grievous?”
“The, soon to be, Supreme Commander of the Phantom Consortium’s Military Forces. You will recognize him on sight Charming, I promise you that.”
Charming said, unsure “If you say so…”
“Anyway, they will help secure the Capital. When the Capital is secure, we will be one step closer to Harkon.”
Charming said “Seems to me that the Capital is as good as ours.”
“Now, we must prepare our forces.”
We all nodded and we began to return to our nations to prepare our forces.
Later…
I arrived to my hidden lab under my house and I was holding a shard of Dark Energon that I managed to get my grasped on. Calamitous was laying on a table and I smiled as I ready the shard to stab his chest into. I stabbed it into the chest of the great general and the shard instantly absorbed into the dead body. The body began to glow purple before a purple light flashed. Thank goodness that the doors and windows were closed, so the light didn’t leak out. When the light dimmed, I looked and smiled. The long dead general was alive! Calamitous was looking around his surroundings with his, now purple, slit eyes. The Decepticon Logo was on his shoulder armor and a small symbol was on his chest armor. He looked at me and I smiled.
“Dark Energon, the blood of Unicron, was the source that brought you back from the dead, General Calamitous. However, I think a new name is required for your ‘reborn’. You shall be known as General…Grievous.”
Grievous asked in anger “Where is Charming Thunder?”
“My brother is no longer your concern.”
I quickly tapped his forehead and he felt newfound loyalty towards his creator, me.
Grievous said “Yes…of course, milord. What shall happen to me now?”
“A battle is approaching and we must ready for it. You will be leader of the Imperial Legion. Your forces are just Imperial soldiers, a new design of armor that can rival the Equestrian Empire Soldier Armor. Get to work immediately, the attack will be soon.”
Grievous replied “Yes, milord. Do I have a starfighter?”
“A new Fury-class Imperial Interceptor for you.”
Grievous replied “Understood.”
“Go to work immediately…”
Grievous kneeled to me and left immediately. I smiled darkly, knowing things are about to change for the better.
Author's Note
That's all. The next chapter may take longer because I plan for it to be a long chapter to explain the entire battle for the Phantom Consortium.
Phantom War V: Dawning of Darkness
Meeting with Thirteen and Phantom
Two days later…
I was in Ponyville. I was bored and I’ve been having races with Rainbow and Rainbine to try to entertain me but I always won because of my incredible speed. I had been having to do several things. Grievous was mobilizing the army so I couldn’t do that. I thought about hanging with Charming and the others but Charming went to Canterlot. I needed something to past the time. Then, the thought occur to me. Why not race against my mentor who taught me to be fast? I smiled and also decided to make this more worth my wild. I went to go get Rainbow and Rainbine, it was time to see who truly is the fastest.
Rainbow and Rainbine were with me after some time of getting to find them.
Rainbow asked “What’s this about a race to see who is the fastest?”
“I’ve decided to call two old friends of mine to come here into Equestria and to test our speed. Now, to summon them…” I replied in simple.
Rainbine asked “Who are they?”
I raised my hoof in the air and a green circle appeared in the air.
“I call forth Johnny 13 and Danny Phantom!”
After a few seconds, two figures came out of the portal. One of the figures was a human teenager. He wore a white shirt, grey jacket, and wore a necklace with a skull on it. He had a motorcycle with him and he was on it. The other figure was a teenager or kid from the looks of it. He held some resemblance to me but he was a human. The figure had a black and white suit, white hair, black eye brows, and neon green eyes. They looked around in curious but then they see me and smiled.
Phantom said “Danny Eclipse, it’s good to see you again. It’s been too long.”
“Danny Phantom, I’m sorry. I’ve been busy leading an empire and waging a war.”
Johnny asked curiously “So why you called us dude?”
“How about a race to Canterlot?”
Johnny asked “No holds bar?”
“None whatsoever.”
Johnny shouted, accepting the challenge “You’re on!”
Phantom said “Alright, sounds like a prepared race.”
I smiled and we got ready to start the race. We got into our start position and prepared to race.
“Ready? GO!!!”
We took off in a dash, heading to Canterlot.
Meanwhile in the Mirror Room in the Crystal Empire…
The fake mirror was normal until it began to glow. Suddenly, it began to glow brightly. When the glowing stopped, there was a single figure there. He looked like a stallion but wasn’t flesh and blood. He was more to the wiring and mechanical parts stallion. His coat was Black, his mane was Dark Green and his tail was Dark Grey. The Stallion also had a Unicorn Horn and Black Bat-like Wings. The door opened, two guards, Shining Armor, and Cadance was there, looking at him. The robot stallion opened its eyes, they had circle of whiteness for pupils and there was eyes in there, they were slit, like Nightmare Moon’s eyes, but they were Dark Green. Outside the white circle was blackness. The metal stallion’s teeth were sharp. When the stallion moved, it sounded like gears whirling. It got up and looked at them. It looked confused at them and when it spoke, it sounded like the FNAF ‘ screech ’. Thinking it was a threat, the guards aimed their blasters at it. The metal stallion was alarmed and it closed its eyes. Then the eyes opened, revealing black soulless eyes with small round white pupils. The stallion bared it’s sharp teeth. It opened its mouth and it released a creepy laugh . They were creep out about that laugh.
The Stallion struggle speaking normally and said “Where…. is…. the…. Purple…. Guy…. "
When it spoke, it had strain itself to speak normally. It began to twitch its head at random .
Shining asked in horror “Who are you talking about?”
The Stallion replied, eye color kept changing colors “She murdered us…she betrayed us…we trusted her and she murdered us…we want revenge…”
They gasped. They heard the voices of Twilight, Rainbow, Fluttershy, and Pinkie speaking in cold vengeance.
Cadance asked in horror “Wha-What are you?”
The Stallion replied coldly “We are spirits…We are the lost souls of the Mane 6…But our body is known as Dark Metal…We haunt this body to hunt down Starlight…”
They heard Rarity’s voice in that talk.
Shining suggested “We need to call for the Mane 6…”
Cadance agreed “Yeah…”
We arrived in Canterlot and we were running around the place. I was laughing, the thrill was lively. I was in the lead with Johnny 13 and Rainbow behind me, both neck to neck.
“Yo Johnny! You’ve gotten slower!”
Johnny shouted back “Oh yeah!? Shadow, get him!”
Instantly, Johnny’s shadow left him and formed into a large black shadow ghost with green eyes. I smiled and began to go faster. Shadow kept following closely to me.
“Catch me if you can!”
I perform my Phantom Boom, leaving my trail behind me. Shadow accepted the challenge and began to go faster. I was approaching the castle until I see Charming and Twilight with someone else. I smirked and came to a stop in front of them.
“Duck.” I said simply.
Charming asked “Why-“
I made them duck and Shadow zipped past our heads. I laughed as we got back up.
“Nice try Shadow! You’ll have to do better!”
Shadow came back and began to float in the air. Twilight was freaked out to see it, Charming went into a fighting stance, and the pony looked like she had seen a monster. Shadow looked at me and dived down to me. Charming got ready until I smiled and both me and Shadow did a high five.
“You’ve improved a bit Shadow.”
Shadow smirked with the comment and we heard Johnny 13’s bike coming to a halt. We looked and see Johnny, Rainbow, Rainbine, and Danny had stopped. Johnny got off his bike and walked over to me.
Johnny said “Dude, we need to race more often. Most of us have nothing to do except fighting Phantom.”
Phantom replied, a bit annoyed “You know, I can hear you, right?”
“Calm down Danny, but yes, sorry for not visiting. I’ve been ruling an empire and fighting in wars.”
Charming asked “Uh…Danny? Who are these two?”
“Oh yeah. Charming Thunder, Twilight, and…”
The Pony replied “Moon Dancer .”
“…Moon Dancer- Wait, where have I heard that name before…oh yeah! Anyway, this is Johnny 13 and Danny Phantom, my mentors for Speed and Ghost Powers.”
Charming asked “So Johnny 13 taught you how to fly at hypersonic speeds and Danny Phantom taught you how to use your Ghost Powers?”
“Pretty much. Anyway, Johnny 13 and Danny Phantom, this is Charming Thunder; My brother, Twilight Sparkle; Charming’s Wife and Element of Magic, and Moon Dancer; Twilight’s old study pal.”
Twilight demanded “Wait, how you know that!?”
“Dusk.”
That was enough to make Twilight say “oooohhhh” before blushing.
Twilight asked “She looked in my memories, didn’t she?”
“Yup and I saw everything. Still, I was surprised you deny Moon Dancer’s invitation…but then again, if you didn’t then Nightmare Moon would have taken over all of Equestria and shrouded it into eternal night.”
Moon Dancer asked “Wait, Twilight had to make a choice?”
“Yes. It was either your party or Equestria. She chose Equestria because if the sun disappeared then the world would change forever.”
Moon Dancer said “Oh, I see…”
“Give me a second, I need to think.”
I sat down and closed my eyes. An invisible clone left my back and dived into the ground. The Clone went into Moon Dancer but didn’t possess her, just look into her memories and sees what happened through her life since the Nightmare Moon incident. The Clone returned back into me and I see what had happened. I breathe in and out and opened my eyes.
“My, my, my, we have an old Twilight in front of us. With all of that isolation, no wonder you didn’t have friends.”
Moon Dancer demanded “Wha- How did you know!?”
“I have my ways, you know.”
Twilight asked “What did you do? It was more than sitting to think.”
“A Halfa never reveals his or her secrets. Still, wasn’t that rude to pop the silence bubble that Twilight made?”
Twilight threaten “Start talking or I see into your mind.”
Johnny threatened “Attempt it and I’ll have Shadow grant you complete bad luck.”
I chuckle when Twilight was steaming off heat.
“Anyway, so what are you going to do Charming?”
Charming said “Well, she is my fan…”
“I know! Take her as your padawan!”
Moon Dancer asked “What’s a padawan?”
“It’s a Jedi replacement name for Apprentice. Sith use the word though, not Jedi. I don’t understand that at all…”
A familiar echoing voice said “Hey everypony, we got- Moon Dancer?”
We looked and see Brutalight coming down. AssSpike appeared next to Brutalight and nobody but me knew who AssSpike was.
Moon Dancer said, shocked and confused “What the- Two Twilights?”
“Not exactly. Moon Dancer, meet Brutalight Sparcake, Leader of the Elements of Insanity-“
Brutalight finished “-And the pony formally known as Twilight Sparkle.”
“Wait, what?”
Brutalight replied “We came from a different universe. A place known as Gmod. It was Discord who brought us to Equestria. The EOI were formally known as the Elements of Harmony.”
“That explains a lot then…”
Charming asked “Who the Dragon/Pony Hybrid?”
AssSpike replied, making his tone sound like it was hurt “You don’t recognize me? I’m hurt Charming…but if you want my name, you can call me AssSpike. I was the baby Dragon formally known as Spike.”
They gasped except for me and Brutalight.
Twilight asked, shocked “Spike? What happened to you?”
Brutalight interrupted “The talk will have to wait. We got a message from Princess Cadance. Some sort of robot stallion who calls himself appeared in the mirror room from the replica mirror. He claims to be known as Dark Metal and he is hunting down somepony known as Starlight Glimmer, you know her by any chance?”
Me, Twilight’s, and Charming’s eyes narrowed in shock.
“Why would he be hunting Starlight Glimmer?”
Brutalight answered “Something about wanted for murder of six victims.”
Charming asked “Why should we help him?”
Brutalight answered “Cadance claims that Dark Metal is possessed and haunted by the six souls of those murdered.”
Twilight asked “Why are these six important?”
Brutalight replied “Because the souls so happened to be the Mane 6.”
Me, Twilight, and Charming replied in unison, completely shocked “WHAT!?!”
Brutalight explained “Dark Metal spoke in Twilight’s, Fluttershy’s, Pinkie’s, Rainbow’s, and Rarity’s voices. They assume that Applejack’s soul is inside him as well.”
Before we could continue, Celestia came down to us.
Celestia said to Twilight and Charming in a calm but firm voice “Twilight, Charming, I want to talk to you alone. It’s about Nyx…”
Twilight and Charming nodded and they left with Celestia. I looked at Johnny 13 and Danny.
“Time for you two to leave.”
They nodded and I opened a portal and they left.
Moon Dancer asked, wanting to be confirmed for my reasons of the suggestion “Are you certain that I’m worthy for Charming’s training?”
“Of course. I see the potential in you, you are worthy. See you around Moon Dancer.”
I waved before I teleported away.
I appeared in the Crystal Temple.
‘It’s time that I found a new apprentice of my own. But who? I know, the force can tell me.’ I thought.
I sat down to mediate, using the force to locate a pony worthy for my training.
Author's Note
This is the chapter you have been waiting for.
Phantom War V: Dawning of Darkness
The Rescue and Dark Eclipse
A few days later…
I was finishing a lesson with Sharple and walked out to the command center. Nightmare Moon still had no idea and I alerted the Griffin Empire about Nightmare’s return. They set up a blockade and we managed to rally remaining Equestrian Loyalists. However, there weren’t that many since families of those loyalists were being threaten. Duran and his commando squad had departed yesterday to retrieve the Elder Scroll. The Mane 6 was being threatened as well, leaving them out of the game. I also heard that Celestia was sealed into the sun while Luna was sealed into the moon, leaving only Charming and Twilight into the dungeons. I had to rescue them but I’ve been experiencing my own dark problems. The seal I had in my chest seemed to be weakening, my dark evil self was awakening from stasis for many years.
“Please give me some good news…”
Grievous reported “We managed to stay hidden from the Nightmare Empire. They can’t find out base since it is so well hidden from the world.”
“Good, we need to rescue Charming Thunder.”
Grievous asked “How will we do that?”
“I’ll lead a rescue with Dusk, Sharple, you, Soundwave, and Proxy. We need to act fast before Nightmare discovers we have entered.”
Grievous nods and we began to head to the hanger bay.
“Is Trypticon hidden?”
Grievous replied “Yes, we had established contact with him and his cloaking devise is hiding him from the Nightmare Empire.”
I nodded with approval and we continue heading the hanger.
We arrived and see the team there, waiting for us. They were at the landing ramp of a Sheathipede-class transport shuttle , where we will use to get into Canterlot. We got aboard and took off, me flying the ship. Dusk was next to me and the others were in the back.
The Shuttle began to arrive to the Capital. We landed and saw a battalion of Shadow Troopers heading to greet us. I got to the back with Dusk.
“General Grievous, we have company, I think you could greet them.”
Grievous nods and begins to walk over to the controls to lower the landing ramp and push the button to lower the ramp. The Shadow Troopers looked and see Grievous coming down the ramp.
One of the Shadow Troopers asked, shocked “General Calamitous? You’re alive?”
Grievous grabbed his lightsabers and before they could act, Grievous cut them down and killed them. We got off the ship and we began to the castle.
The Guards see us approaching and both me and Dusk threw our lightsabers at the guards, killing them. We grabbed our lightsabers and went inside and got within the castle undetected. We began to make our way to the Dungeons and that was when we began to hear talking. We got into a position to hide and we began to hear the talking.
A male’s voice said “…and I see no reason why we must treat they so well, my queen.”
I looked out of the corner of my eye and see Spell Nexus and Nightmare Moon.
Nightmare replied “Nonsense, they are our ticket to getting Danny and controlling the Mane 5 from attacking me. If we killed them, the world will surely attack us. Besides, I have the feeling that the darkness is approaching. Harkon is close to finding the prophecy. When they find both Elder Scrolls and read them, we will finally put an end to the sun forever!”
Nexus replied “But, my queen, is it needed to return the cursed sun again? They won’t believe it’s you. They will surely think that Celestia is back…”
They began to walk away, now out of ear range. We got out of hiding, wondering what had given Nightmare a change of heart. I didn’t think much about it and began to move towards the dungeons. When we arrived to the door, we killed the guards swiftly and we opened the door, revealing a large drop down.
“Who wants to jump down?” I asked.
Grievous jumped down first, followed by Proxy, who changed his appearance to General Kota , and we looked down.
“Well, let’s go.”
They nodded and we jumped down.
Charming and Twilight, who were unarmed and their cell being enchanted to prevent them from using magic, were helpless and looking at the guards in misery. The guards were talking about why they were watching them when they were locked away. However, they were cut off when something landed in front of the cage. They looked and see General Grievous, he was holding his lightsabers.
One of the Shadow Guards asked, shocked “What the-General Calamitous? How are you alive?”
Suddenly, one of the guards was knocked out by Proxy, who was disguised as General Kota. Proxy grabbed his lightsaber and cut the other guard in half. Proxy returned to his true form as we arrived to the ground. I shot a ghost ray at the lock of the cell, breaking it. Charming and Twilight came out of the cell and I hand them their lightsabers that I managed to smuggle.
“We need to get out of here before Nightmare finds out we are already here. Grievous, clear us a path.”
Grievous nodded and began to run up the stairs with his lightsabers in hand. We began to follow with Twilight and Charming behind them. We made it up to the top floor and that was when the alarmed began to go off. A lot of guards began to rush to the Dungeons and they see us.
“Well,” I said “time to fight for our lives.”
Proxy transformed into Darth Maul , which almost made Charming heart stop. Proxy activated his double-edged lightsaber, I activated my lightsabers, General Grievous separated his hand into four arms and grabbed his four lightsabers and activated them, Dusk pulled out her two lightsabers and activated them, Sharple pulled out her lightsaber and summoned several different swords and held them with her magic, Soundwave put the Resonance Blaster and put it on, and finally, Twilight and Charming activated their lightsabers. We all got into fighting stances.
“Now THIS is a true battle with the combination of Sith and Jedi!”
Charming nodded and the enemy began to charge. We began to charge as well. We collided with them and began to cut down the enemy. We were surrounded and both me and Charming were back-to-back. We looked at each other before we began to cut them down. We blocked their blaster fire. Soundwave punched a trooper then another and began to use his trademark weapon and began to take down loads of enemies. He deploy laserbeak and he began to fire at them. Grievous was mowing down enemies with his four lightsabers. He stabbed two and cut down two more then proceeded. Sharple cut down one foe and used her swords to mow down groups. Twilight was cutting down opponents of her own with Proxy, who was still Darth Maul. Dusk was cutting down opponents like they were grass against a lawn mower. We were eventually together and kept hold of our ground. No matter how many we took down, more Shadow Troopers came back to replace the fallen.
Charming shouted “There are too many of them! We can’t take them all down!”
“Then it’s time we even the odds! Selected Ghosts of the ghost zone, your master calls for your aid! Johnny 13, Danny Phantom, Clockwork, Vlad Plasmius, Fright Knight, Ember Mclain, Skulker, and Frostbite, I call your assistance!”
Suddenly, the portal of the Ghost Zone opened. Johnny 13 and Danny came through first. They began to take down some Shadow Troopers. Vlad and Fright Knight came next, Vlad using his ghost rays to take them down while Fright Knight cut them down with his sword and pet, Nightmare. When, two more came through the portal: Ember Mclain and Skulker .
Ember said “It’s time to rock and roll!”
Ember began to play her guitar, her guitar was sending ghost attacks at the Shadow Troopers. Skulker began to fire ghost rays as well. Clockwork and Frostbite came through last and Frostbite fires ice beams at the Troopers, freezing them. Clockwork began to radiate with power as it began to launch waves of ghost energy at them. Charming smiled at the additional reinforcements.
“Now it’s a fair fight!”
We began to advance now. The ghosts began to back us up as we mowed down the shadow troopers and we eventually defeated them all. The ghosts returned and we began to run towards the exit that leads through the castle gates. However, little did I know that Nightmare Moon began to follow us.
Within the dark depths of my soul…
Inside a lonely cell that was pitch black, there would be believed to be no one inside the cell. However, a pair of blood red eyes slowly opened.
A dark and cruel voice said “Nightmare Moon approaches. It’s time to make her feel power she never imagined in her lifetime…”
The eyes disappeared from sight but there was a slight dark chuckle.
Charming, Danny, Twilight, Dusk, Grievous, Soundwave, Sharple, and Proxy were almost to the ship until they were stopped by Nightmare Moon and her soldiers.
Nightmare Moon said in a evil tone "Welcome home Danny..."
My eyes turned blood red and I felt pain in my chest. Suddenly, green flames began to surround me and it began to make the environment change entirely. The wing began to pick up speed, lightning began to crackle at the clouds as they turned dark. Even the night sky was beginning to change into green slightly. A green flaming tornado began to swirl around Danny and when the tornado blew apart, standing there was a adult-looking stallion. He was Black, his mane and tail were white but they look like flames, his teeth were still normal but he had fangs in front of them. And, to everyone shock, his CM was the same as mine. He opened his eyes, revealing blood red eyes. The stallion smiled.
"Hello Nightmare...and goodbye." The stallion aimed his hoof at her and a blast of ectoplasm happened, sending Nightmare flying away. The stallion began to laugh evilly. "Finally, after 500 years of being locked away in Danny's soul, I'm FINALLY FREE!!! Dark Danny is back and better than ever! Hahahahahahaha!!!"
Charming and the others couldn’t believe what just happened. I just turned evil because of Nightmare Moon. Dark Danny turned to Charming Thunder and the others. He glared at them, not even going to attack them.
“What are you doing, standing there for?” Dark Danny asked. “Get into the ship, my business is with Nightmare alone. I don’t need pests getting in my way.”
Charming understood that Dark Danny was sparing them to leave and get out of his way. Charming took the chance and began to take the others to the ship. Dark Danny looked at the troops and fired an ecto-energy wave at them, pushing them back and off the landing platform. Nightmare Moon returned and she looked angry. She fired a beam of magic at Dark Danny but he just used a shield to block the attack. He pointed his hoof at her again and fired another ghost ray at her, push her back slightly. He took a deep breath before unleashing his ghostly wail. The attack pushed her back and made her pushed back to the castle. Dark Danny smirked before he felt pain in his chest. He revered his form back to me and I got up and dashed to the ship before it took off. I put up the landing ramp and went up to the front and took a seat at the driver’s seat with Charming.
“Let’s get going before Nightmare recovers from Dark Danny’s Ghostly Wail.”
I took navigation controls and began to take us to the hidden base.
We arrived and landed inside the hanger bay. We got off the ship.
“Welcome to the Mount Phantom, the hidden base for the Phantom Consortium. In this place, we were going to monitor all enemy activity here. Come on now, we have a war to wage. I’ll show you to your living quarters.”
Charming and Twilight were shocked to know I had a hidden base in Equestria without their knowledge and I lead them to the section where the living quarters were at.
Author's Note
That is all for this chapter.
Phantom War V: Dawning of Darkness
The Truth of Dark Eclipse
I called Twilight and Charming into the meeting room to tell them the tale of Dark Eclipse on how he came to be and what he is able to do. I told them that it was just meeting to talk so they didn’t know and go to tell the others. I waited on my throne until I heard the door opened and see both Twilight and Charming coming inside. I pushed a button to lock the door and used a spell to make the room soundproof. While my appearance was Pegasus, I was still able to perform magic without a horn.
“Welcome Charming and Twilight, please take a seat near me…” They took a seat near me. I sigh and prepared to talk. “You are probably wondering who that stallion was back at the landing platform?” They looked at each other and nodded to me. Once again, I sigh, this was difficult “Well, his name is Dark Eclipse and he is my inner demon, my dark side, a similarity of Nightmare Moon.”
Twilight and Charming gasped at in shock.
Charming asked “Why didn’t you tell us sooner?”
“Because of three reasons. First reason: Would you really fully trust me when I told you that back then? No. You would have thought of me as a monster like the people of Amity Park. Second reason: I never felt his presence before now, and the seal was never weak back then. But now, the seal is weakening for reasons I don’t know why. Third reason: Wouldn’t you want to seal me away or send me to the dungeons to prevent the monster to come out?”
Charming and Twilight had to think about it. I did point out some key reasons.
“Well, time to tell you everything that had happened…It all started Five Hundred Years ago…To make it easier, you will travel through my memories.”
I walked over to them and touch their heads. We began to glow green and we began to go through my memories.
500 Years Ago…
Location: Ghost Zone
I had just finished training for my ghost powers. I was flying back to Clockwork’s Time Tower and when I arrived, I saw Clockwork holding a thermos. He put it down and I fly up to him.
“What’s that?”
Clockwork said “It’s a thermos Danny. It’s a tool used by the Fentons to trap ghosts in.”
“Why do you have something like that in your hand?”
Clockwork replied “Because there is someone inside who deserves a fate of eternal containment.”
“Who?”
Clockwork answered “An evil entity named “Dan Phantom”. He is an evil version of your best friend, Danny Phantom. I have decided to keep him here, away from causing trouble to the world.”
I nodded and left to go do something. Clockwork puts it somewhere and leaves. However, little did they know that a shadow loomed to the container and took it.
I was having a race with Johnny 13 and Shadow. We arrived to an island and we stopped there. We see a ghost of a creature holding a thermos. I knew it was the thermos that Clockwork wanted to be kept away. The creature opened it and let whoever was inside out. The green beam shot out and it creature a human-looking adult ghost. He had white flaming hair, teal skin, he had blood red eyes, and he had black and white suit and Danny’s insignia on his chest. The ghost was laughing evilly.
Dan shouted with glee “Freedom! At last!”
I got into a battle stance. The ghost looked at us and smirked.
Dan said “Well, well, well. What do we have here? I don’t recognize you, little pony, but you are a halfa as well, which grabs my attention. As for you, Johnny 13, you almost remind me of yourself from the future. A man on a wheeljack and old.”
Johnny 13 was angry and before he could act, I stopped him.
“I’ll handle him. You go get some help and make sure Clockwork is with you.”
Johnny was going to protest but understood and went to go get help. I looked at Dan Phantom and went to attack. I fired a ghost ray at him but he dodged it and charged at me. I created clones of myself and surrounded him. He stopped to look at the clones around him. There were 25 clones in total and he was impressed.
Dan said, impressed “Impressive, even Danny and I had a hard time making this many clones. But that doesn’t stop me.”
He inhales before unleashing his ghostly wail on me. The clones returned into me and I fell to the ground. I looked at him as he approached.
“Get AWAY!!”
I unleashed my own ghostly wail, which surprised him even further and it pushed him back. He went through a bunch of rocks and I get up, feeling slightly tired. Dan emerged from the rocks; he was injured with some scratches and bruises.
Dan replied, even more impressed “Impressive, very impressive. That was my move and only me and Danny can perform it. I invented it; Danny learned how to use it ten years earlier. Tell me, who taught you how to use your Ghost Powers?”
“Danny Phantom, he’s a good teacher, that’s for sure.”
Dan laughed and when he finished, he glared at me.
Dan said “No wonder why you can perform the Ghostly Wail.”
Before I could reply, Dan charged at me and tried to overshadow me, no, not overshadow, fusion. I was being overwhelmed by the evil in Dan and began to cry out in pain. Johnny 13, Danny Phantom, Ember Mclain, and Clockwork arrived and saw what was happening to me. Red cracks began to forge on me as I began to change. When the transformation ended, standing there was a whole different me. I was an adult now. My coat was still black, my mane and tail was still white but they were flames now. My front teeth look like fangs now, my CM was still normal. I opened my eyes, revealing them to by blood red. I could see myself as a spirit, invisible to everyone but Dark Eclipse. Eclipse looked at himself and smiled evilly. He began to laugh out loud.
Eclipse shouted “I have been reborn, no longer as Dan Phantom, but as Dark Eclipse!”
Eclipse looked at the others and smiled evilly. They got ready to fight. Clockwork made his first move.
Clockwork shouted “Time Out!”
Time began to freeze around, but Clockwork was shocked that Dark Eclipse was unaffected. He smirked.
Eclipse said “Your Chronokinesis has no effect on me, Clockwork. Dan Phantom exists out of time and he always had a time medallion with him, allow him to travel through time. I’m immune to your Chronokinesis, making you powerless against me!”
Eclipse fired a Ghost Ray at Clockwork, sending him away and unfreezing time. The others blinked before looking to see Clockwork down for the count.
Danny said “We need to truce up and stop him before he goes on a rampage.”
Eclipse replied “Like you can stop me Danny.”
Johnny sends Shadow at him but Eclipse fired an Ecto-energy wave at Shadow, pushing him back. Ember grabbed her guitar.
Ember said “Time to stop you.”
Ember fired a Flame Attack at Eclipse but Eclipse used Gas Mimicry to avoid the attack and when it finished, he fired a Ghost Ray at her, sending her flying. Danny looks at Eclipse and took off. Eclipse went after him and Danny fired Ghost Rays at Eclipse, who easily dodged. Eclipse fired Ghost Rays of his own but Danny dodged them. They collided to each other and began to hit blow-to-blow. However, it was short lived when I was pushed back to the ground and looked and sees Clockwork. That was when I see that he had the Elements of Harmony. Eclipse began to laugh out loud.
Eclipse shouted “What are you going to do Clockwork, throw them at me!? You can’t use the Elements of Harmony against me! Only the bearers can do that!”
Clockwork said “That’s true, if I didn’t have my time powers. With a proper reversal of time…” The elements began to glow “…they can be used again.”
Before Eclipse could stop Clockwork, The Elements fired their harmonic rainbow and it hit Eclipse. Eclipse was heard crying “NNNNNNOOOOOooooooo!!!” as the rainbow consumed him. When the flash ended, they looked and see me. I opened my eyes and looked to my chest, there was a seal mark there. It faded away and I looked at Clockwork. I began to cry as I hugged him, he happily hugged back and used his powers to return time for the Elements and send them back to where they belonged.
Present…
Me, Twilight, and Charming stopped glowing and I returned to my chair.
“Now you know Dark Eclipse’s origin. I always saw what Eclipse did and it pained me if it was bad. To my guess of Eclipse, he wanted to fight to fight Nightmare Moon but I managed to regain control. Every time I transform into Eclipse, I fear the longer it happens, the more I lose control. We need to use the Elements of Harmony to enforce the seal. If we don’t do it soon, I may lose myself for good this time…”
Charming and Twilight looked at each other with nervousness. They nodded and they left, I stayed in the room, fearing the darkness approaching.
Author's Note
That's all folks, until the next chapter.
Phantom War V: Dawning of Darkness
The Nightmare of the Rainbow Factory
This chapter is based off of Sonic.exe and the escape from the Rainbow Factory from Batonic Spider.
Night Time…
I lay on my bed, sleepy on how long the wait was going to be. I slowly began to drift into a slumber. Finally, I fell asleep and just before I did, I had linked my dream with Charming by accident.
I began to wake up in the dreamscape but I found myself strapped on a table. I began to look around at my surroundings until I found myself face-to-face with Pinkie, but her mane and tail were straight and her eyes were small. She had a maniac smile on her face.
Pinkie said “You are finally awake. Good. You are going to be a special ingredient for my cupcakes.”
“Pinkie? What’s going on?”
Pinkie replied coldly “I’m not Pinkie…I’m not that good side of mine. No, I am…Pinkamena Diane Pie.”
I knew that name well. Pinkamena was Pinkie’s evil and bad side. Rainbow encountered her before but nothing like this. I tried to get loose but the straps were steel pipes. Before Pinkamena could do anything, a blue circle hits her, knocking her out. I looked and see Charming holding a blaster rifle.
“You could have gotten out of that,” Charming said. “Why didn’t you?”
“Pinkie made sure that it was anti-ghost proof. I can’t use my powers.”
Charming came over to me and let me out of the bindings. I began to feel my strength returning and I began to stretch myself, my wings happily opening up to stretch. After stretching, I looked at Charming.
“I must have accidently sync our dreams into one, making a shared dream. Like mother, like son. Luna could do it, so can I. Come on now, we have to get out of here before the crazy horse wakes up-“ I said before being interrupted.
Pinkamena asked “Did you just call me a horse…”
We looked at Pinkamena, whose eyes were now normal size.
Charming asked “Do they wake up at the word ‘horse’?”
Pinkamena made an angry face.
Charming shouted in fear “Let’s get out of here!”
Charming and I went to the door and I looked out to see the coast clear.
“The coast is clear, time to juice!”
I grabbed Charming hoof and before he could react, I opened my wings and we took off like a blur. Pinkamena fired a rocket launcher at us before we got away but missed. Pinkamena sigh in disappointment.
Pinkamena said “Looks like it’s time for Plan B.”
We arrived in some sort of highway and I continue to fly us through. Charming was still holding on but he was now levitating because of my telekinesis and was even flying besides me.
“Where are we?”
Charming replied “Looks like a Rainbow Factory…”
“Rainbow Factory…where have I heard of that before-Oh yes, from the legends.”
Charming requested “Do tell.”
“Charming, the legend says that there’s long been rumors as to how exactly rainbows are made in Equestria. While a great amount of Pegasi ponies are employed in the Rainbow department of the weather factory, almost all of them do the low-end work. What’s known is that great streams of Spectra, the individual colors of the rainbow, flow through large grates and into vast vats. From there, workers carefully and equally mix the spectra into the coagulated rainbow pools that dot and run through the factory and surrounding city. Next, that mixture is pumped to the floor below, where other employees atomize it and store it until the active weather Pegasi deploys it in field. However, no one knows how individual Spectra are made. Supplies are never seen being brought in, leaving not even a clue what goes into a rainbow. Tourists, when visiting the factory, are treated to an extremely foreboding and plain wall, with massive solid doors baring entry to anypony at any time. While most of the facilities various signs and architecture is bubbly and welcoming, the Rainbow Factory’s upper floor was protected by harsh imagery of potential hazards and death, and the cloud wall was made not out of the clean white of the rest of the city, but of a black, quietly thundering fog. To become an employee of the upper Rainbow Factory meant sacrificing any life outside those black walls. Workers are sworn to secrecy and forbidden from leaving, and live inside the facility itself. Those few who ever managed to make it out not in a body bag were twisted and disturbed, too damaged to ever bring themselves to talk about it. A lot of theories were proposed; Dark magic from captured unicorns, chemicals and environmental hazards that no sane pony would tolerate, and even thoughts of another unknown sister of Celestia’s, destined to create the Spectra instead of raising the Sun or the Moon. None of them could be farther than the truth. Besides that, I know nothing else of the legend.” I explained from what I know.
Charming replied “That’s interesting…”
Before I could reply, something hits me and knocks to the ground. I heard Charming falling and I looked and see him screeching to a halt. A shadow knocked him out then me.
I began to wake up and got up. I see I was trapped into a cell and I see a familiar face on the other side. It was Rainbow Dash! But she was different. She had some scars, one on her chest and a small bit of her ear was gone and her upper ear was pierced. The whiteness in her eyes was faintly red and her eyes were blood red. She had a grin on her face and she looks at me.
Rainbow said “I see you are finally awake.”
“Rainbow…why are you doing this?”
Rainbow replied “I’m helping our family. I decided NOT to kill you because I still love you, but you must see…I still love you and I want to keep our family together.”
I was taken back and I looked down to the ground .
“No…this is a nightmare and the real Rainbow wouldn’t kill her friends. You’re not Rainbow!”
Rainbow looks away and begins to walk away. When she left, I punched the cell bars, destroying them. I began to walk out and began to wander in the halls. I pasted some robot Pegasus guards but they didn’t try to stop me. I’m a Pegasus so they think I’m a worker at the factory. My advantage, that was sure. I made my way to the manager’s office and I see two scientist ponies that got in my way. They tried to attack but I punch one away and grabbed the other by the throat.
“Tell me, where can I find the manager?”
Pegasus replied with a grin “You already met her.”
“What!? Rainbow’s the manager of the Rainbow Factory!?”
Pegasus replied “Yes, she will never be sto-“
My eyes instantly began to glow red and I snapped his neck.
“Rainbow Factory manager, I need to have a word with her.”
I opened the door and entered. Rainbow looked up and sees me and was surprised.
“You know, I was honestly shocked to learn that you were the Rainbow Factory manager. Now tell me, where is my brother!?”
Rainbow asked “Oh, him? He’s having the time of his life, in the Pegasus Device.”
“What?”
Rainbow replied “Let me explained…”
Rainbow closed her eyes and I could hear some music being played nearby. Rainbow began to sing.
Song Plays: Pegasus Device from SlyphStorm
Sung by Rainbow, Danny, and both
Deep in the pages of history
And when the little colts and fillies turn out all lights
You've proven to yourself and to all of us
I attacked Rainbow and we began to fight.
Charming was running, looking for the exit.
Charming asked “Where is that exit!?”
We tried to go down a hall, only to be intercepted by Pinkamena and two Pegasus Guards.
Pinkamena said “Welcome back, we missed you…”
Charming tried to run but was knocked out by Pinkamena and tied up.
I landed down and Rainbow tried to tackle me but I grabbed her front hooves and threw her aside, she hit the rail pipe. She put her head up to look at me.
Phantom screams echo through the ruined facility
A mighty machine built within the wake
You've proven to yourself and to all of us
Now accept your fate and die in the Pegasus Device.
Rainbow kicked me and I recovered to continue the attack.
Charming woke up and found himself tied up in a chair. He looked through the window and sees Pinkamena, who was smiling creepy like. She looked to Fluttershy, who looked she was a devil creation. She push a button and Charming felt like he was being electrocuted to death. However, he felt something inside him rising up. Suddenly, Charming had transformed into his evil form, Evil Charming Thunder. However, Charming still had control over his body and immediately teleported out of the seat.
I was in the prisoner section, I landed down and I see Rainbow walking over to me and made the killing gestured to me. I did some sort of evil devilish laughter and teleported the both of us over a machine and Rainbow kicked me, only for me to teleport in front of her, grab her throat and teleport us again. This time, we were above a machine and I dropped her down into it. She went inside and I began to fly away. I heard static and electricity going haywire and then heard it stop and I looked to see Rainbow flying above the machine.
All of the failures help to fuel success
In the bloody and visceral weather game of Chess
And just because you've disappointed you'll pay the price
Now accept your fate and die in the Pegasus Device
I was kicked out an office window and Rainbow wanted to follow me, only for me to teleport on top of her and kicking her towards the ground. Rainbow landed deep within the factory where water was at. She looked around and see no one but I appeared out of nowhere and I grabbed her, teleporting us again. We appeared inside a machine and we came out of it, Rainbow kicked me and I hit the ground but I bounced off and I turned around to kick her square in the face. She fell off and was falling down a volcano and I managed to catch her falling and teleported us away. We appeared on the factory highway and we began to make attacks of our own. After some blows, we began to fall and kept to our attacks. The music continue to play as we fought, we teleported again and we were in a weird room and we kept attack. After some blows, I knocked Rainbow to another room and I charged to finished her off, but when I was about to strike, Scootaloo got in the way. I halted to stare at her. She smiled until she fell to the ground and I was enraged, Rainbow had just killed her adopted little sister and I went to attack again.
Four Pegasi Guards went into the Pegasus Device to find Evil Charming, only for them to be killed. Pinkamena hears a crack and looks up to see Evil Charming coming down on top of her. She landed on the computer, accidently activating the self-destruct system. Evil Charming threw her to the window and teleported to go find me.
Me and Rainbow were clashing blows in the air. I charged at Rainbow but she flipped over me and knocks me away. We heard hoof steps and we looked and see pony prisoners leaving. Rainbow was about to attack and but I struck first and knocked her away. Evil Charming came behind her and knock her upward. He then used a teleportation spell to head up while I used my speed to race up there, I disappeared like thin air. I appeared in the sky, above the Rainbow Factory and see Evil Charming fire a magic bolt at Rainbow, sending her flying to me. She looked at me as she sees me crying.
“Forgive me Rainbow Dash.”
My hoof began to glow rightly and I punched Rainbow away, sending her flying to the factory and Charming began to fly away from the blast. I began to fly away, after Charming.
In the Rainbow Factory, where fears and horrors come true
Now I've awoken, and I'm taking back control
I woke up in my bed, sweating. I was crying, remember my dream. I teleported to Charming Thunder. When I arrived, I see Charming was shivering and Twilight was trying to comfort him. I appeared and they looked at me.
“Hopefully, we won’t dream about that nightmare before…”
Charming nodded and I teleported out. Hopefully, the day will go by fast.
Author's Note
This nightmare is over, the next few chapters will be near the end of the story.
Phantom War V: Dawning of Darkness
The True Identity of Nightmare Moon
I was in the research labs to talk to our Chief of Science: AZ-3 . He had come up with an idea of bringing back the dinosaurs and had already retrieved some samples of Velociraptors and had already begun to recreate them. However, the reason why I was summoned to the Research Lab was because the Velociraptor tried to escape their cell. I left the lab after AZ-3 told me that taming them will take too long, so I needed an expert, Charming. He had Sharple training with Proxy because of current developments. I headed to one of the training rooms where Charming was at. When I arrived, I opened the door and looked inside and sees Charming mediating.
“Excuse me, brother.” I said and Charming opened his eyes and turned to me “There is something urgent to talk to you about.”
Charming said “Come in.”
I nodded and came into the room then sat down in front of Charming, in a mediating stance.
“Our scientists have successfully revived some velociraptors, a dinosaur race before Equestria was made. With them, we can mount them with blasters equipped to them or maybe use their jaws to chew on their victims.”
"And I'm guessing that there is a bad news?" Charming asked.
"Yes. They are going crazy and are trying to break out of here. Twilight told me that you tamed the Predalien after you first met her and her friends. Could you perhaps do it again on them? We couldn't do it without Fluttershy so you are my only option."
Charming replied “I’ll do it.”
I nodded and we got up and left the room, heading to the research labs.
Me and Charming arrived to the research lab as Twilight was monitoring them. There were four velociraptors trying to break through the glass. Charming Thunder had to do something and rushed to the door.
Twilight asked, worried “What are you doing!?”
“Let him go, I know what he’s doing.”
Charming Thunder entered the room with the four raptors. They noticed him and turned their focus on him. They slowly approached him as he used his magic to talk to them. I watched, using the force to channel towards the velociraptors, to help Charming with his plan to talk to them, Charming didn’t notice it but no doubt felt the presence of the force.
"All of you stand down," Charming Thunder said. "Stand down." As he tried to touch one, the raptor tried to bite him and he pulled away his hoof away from its mouth. "Hey! Hey! What did I just say?" They hissed as they continued to slowly approach him. He turned to see the other one coming closer and raised his hoof at him to make him stop as he used his other hoof to stop the other. "Back up!!" The raptor roared and Charming Thunder decided to approach one of them. "It's alright. I don't want to hurt you." He then managed to pet the one in front of them as they begin to calm down. "Good, girl. Good, girl." He turned to the window and looked at Twilight who was worried and me. "They're good." He then exited the room and walked past them.
"Thanks for the help, Charming," Twilight said. "I'll inform you when they are trained and ready."
Charming nodded and left to head back to the mediation chamber. I looked at Twilight when he left.
“I’m needed elsewhere.”
Twilight nodded and I left as well, but not heading to follow Charming, but instead, heading to another mediation chamber.
I was mediating, clearing my mind and trying to think about my last encounter with Nightmare Moon. It made no sense, what was different from Nightmare Moon. During my fight, I felt something familiar with her from within. I felt hate, sadness, even rage…towards Charming and Twilight. I felt despair from her, it made no sense.
“Even in the darkest of people, there is always a reason why there is darkness in one’s heart.” A ghostly voice said.
I opened my eyes and sees Darth Revan .
“What do you mean, master?”
Revan replied “I mean: You felt something from the Dark Side of the Force within Nightmare Moon. If Luna isn’t the host, then who would go to hate and sadness towards Charming and Twilight only?”
“I felt a child’s presence in her…but who-“
Revan disappeared when I felt something from Charming. I felt Yoda’s presence and I smirked. From what I could sense, Charming wanted answers as well. Then I felt a connection there, Charming was planning to head to Twilight’s castle. I got up and began to walk towards Charming’s mediation room. When he left, he saw me approaching him.
“Where are we going?”
We were at the hanger, Charming told me we were going to Twilight’s castle. We were walking towards a XS stock light freighter
"You sure about this?" I asked.
"I must know the truth," Charming Thunder said. "I'm sure you need them too."
I nodded and we walked up the ramp. Once we were seated at the controls, I started the ship up and flew out of the hangar heading straight for Ponyville. From the inside, I felt something bad was going to happen.
Charming Thunder and I arrived at Ponyville and we wore cloaks as we entered the castle. We lowered our hoods and walked down the hallway of the castle. We then entered the security room where there are multiple screens showing where the security cameras are looking at. I went to the buttons and re-winded the security recordings to the day Nightmare Moon returned. Charming Thunder saw something in the bedroom camera.
"Danny, go to the bedroom camera," Charming said.
I nodded and at the same time, I felt great darkness inside that recording. I enlarged the screen for the bedroom and sees Nyx and Nexus in the room talking. Nyx looked like she was crying as Nexus handed her the glove Charming Thunder recognized. An explosion erupted in the room and Nightmare Moon appeared. Charming Thunder's eyes began to tear up as he watched.
‘I knew there was something familiar about Nightmare Moon. My own nephew is my mother…what a twist of-‘ I thought.
Charming said, couldn’t believe what he was seeing "It can't be. It can't be."
We then watched the clip where Nightmare shot down the guards and escaped with Nexus.
‘I knew that pony had something to be involved abou-‘
Charming said "Turn it off."
“Charming…”
"I SAID TURN IT OFF!!!” Charming shouted. “I can't watch anymore."
I turned off the screen and walked up to my brother. I placed a hoof on his shoulder and calmed him down a little.
"I'm sorry, brother. I didn't know."
Charming said "How could Nyx do this to me? I trusted her, I cared for her like she was my daughter. What made her decide to turn against us?"
"I don't know. But know she has become twisted to the dark side. The Nyx you know is gone. Consumed by Nightmare Moon."
Charming replied "I'm scared now to fight her, brother. What should I do?"
"Convince her to return to our side and she may be able to turn back to normal."
Charming asked "What would Twilight think?"
The both of us left the castle undetected and walked back to the ship.
“Charming, it’s not your fault. When I fought Nightmare Moon, I felt Nyx’s presence in Nightmare Moon. She is angry, sad, and upset towards you and Twilight.”
Charming asked “But why?”
We went up the landing ramp and I went to the controls while Charming sat beside me.
“She feels a need to be loved. Did you ever stay with her? Play with her? Comfort her in anyway?” Charming began to think about it but he realized he never spent time with her at all. “She wants to be cared. When you confront her again, you must show her that you care for her. Nightmare Moon resides in the Dark Side, but the power of love can overcome even the darkest of creatures.”
Author's Note
Next chapter is the battle for Canterlot! Me and Sonicdash123 will have to talk about it so we can decide how to make it.
Phantom War V: Dawning of Darkness
The Showdown: Light and Dark vs. Nightmare
I was in a Mediation Chamber, mediating and thinking of our next move. Grievous and Soundwave was with me, we were thinking of our next move.
“We can’t attack Nightmare Moon without hurting Nyx. We need a way to purge her existence and that cursed glove of hers, forever. But how can we do that!?”
A voice replied “Perhaps I can offer you some assistance in that quest?”
We looked and see Vanguard and Serana, and on Vanguard’s back was 20 Sunhallowed Elven Arrow and with those was Auriel's Bow .
“Agent Vanguard, you’re back with Auriel’s Bow! But, why didn’t you-“
Serana replied “It’s my fault. I told him that we should surprise you by coming back with the bow in person instead of calling back.”
Vanguard added “Now that we have the bow and elder scrolls, we have the element of surprise now. Auriel's Bow can help us defeat our enemies. Harkon and Nightmare Moon are creatures of darkness; the arrows will make them weak to fight us.”
“Will the arrows…”
Serana explained “They explode into holy light once the target is hit from Auriel's Bow.”
I sigh in relief. Now we have the advantage to stopping Nightmare Moon in her tracks and freeing Nyx.
“Soundwave, contact Twilight and Charming and tell them to head to the Hanger bay. We have a weapon that can defeat Nightmare Moon without spilling bloodshed.”
Soundwave nodded and send a message to Twilight and Charming. I left to head towards the hanger bay.
I was waiting on the landing ramp of a Nu-class attack shuttle . The hanger doors opened, revealing Charming and an angry Twilight. I saw a red mark on Charming’s cheek and tried my best not to laugh. They came to me, an angry Twilight at a loss of patience.
Twilight shouted in anger “Why did you call us here Danny Eclipse and it better be good!!”
‘Somepony’s mad…’ I thought before replying. “Thanks to my Consortium Agent’s work and Harkon’s daughter taking our side, they had brought back to us; Auriel's Bow.”
Twilight demanded “What’s so important about some stupid bow!?”
“Watch your mouth, Twilight Sparkle. Celestia herself crafted this bow and provided 20 Sunhallowed arrows. This bow and the arrows can weaken creatures of darkness, like Nightmare Moon and Harkon.”
Charming and Twilight gasped at the explanation, letting me to grin.
“The presence of Nyx inside Nightmare Moon makes to one hundred percent that we cannot kill her. The Sunhallowed arrows combined with Auriel's Bow can make the arrows explode, unleashing holy light and defeating creatures of darkness. When Nightmare Moon is down, we can end the nightmare…peacefully. So here is the plan: I’ll be the one using the bow against Nightmare Moon. While I do that, you two will be dealing with Nightmare Moon. Keep her distracted; don’t let her focus on me.”
They cheered and went inside. As I passed Charming, I whispered in his ear.
“She didn’t take the news well, did she?” I whispered.
Charming nodded and I left to head to the cockpit and began to pilot the ship. We began to head to Canterlot.
Our ship arrived and we landed on a nearby free zone from sight. I lower the platform to the cockpit and got off. Twilight and Charming got off their seats and we went to the landing ramp and went down it. It was night outside, not surprising, so we dashed through the darkness. We got inside the city with ease and we began to head into Canterlot Castle. There were a lot of guards but thanks to my invisibility, we got past them like taking candy from a baby. We got into the throne room and we see no Shadow Guards but we do see Nightmare Moon and Spell Nexus. We came out of the shadows and I used a spell to prevent anyone from escaping or getting into the throne room, both physical and magical. We looked at Nightmare Moon, who was surprised to see us.
Nightmare said “I’m surprised you three have returned. I must say, your here sooner than expected .”
“Nightmare Moon, your reign of tyranny ends here and now.”
Nightmare Moon gets up and activates her lightsaber. It was blue crystal with a white core. Charming and Twilight activated their lightsabers and I began to run towards the wall and began to walk on it.
Nightmare said coldly “Now this is between you and me now, Charming and Twilight.”
Charming shouted “We know who you are; Nyx!”
Nightmare looked surprised but didn’t last long. She readies herself.
Nightmare shouted “I’ll defeat you! I’m not Nyx! I’m Nightmare Moon!”
I pulled out Auriel's Bow and a Sunhallowed Arrow and ready the arrow. Nightmare surrounded herself in a magic shield and began to fire lightning bolts at the couple. They dodged and Charming fired a lightning bolt at the shield, shattering it briefly. Just enough time for me to fire the arrow. I did and it hit Nightmare before exploding in holy light. Nightmare screamed by the holy light and fell to the ground. I began to move again and Spell Nexus looks at me and begins to fire magic bolts at me. I dodged them and I glared at him. I created 10 clones of me and we scattered, confusing on who is the real me. Spell Nexus continue to fire magic bolts at me. Nightmare got back up but felt incredibly weak so she began to rally her energy to the moon. She began to glow blue and black at the same time. Charming noticed and charged, he wanted to stop her but when he hit the energy dome around Nightmare; he was pushed back. I noticed and began to draw the bow and arrow. Spell Nexus kept fire at each clone, destroying them. I was about to fire but Spell Nexus had hit the real me, making me fall to the ground and the remaining clones fusing back into me. I got up, feeling pretty weak. Nightmare was beginning to grow stronger. I growled and my eyes began to glow purple.
“Screw this! I’ll take away the Nightmare myself!”
I began to charge at Nightmare, purple markings began to expand around my body.
Charming shouted, clearly worried “What are you doing brother!? Are you nuts!!”
“I’m protecting and saving my family!” I replied with rage.
I hit the dome and I felt being pushed but I kept pushing against the force. I felt incredible pain as I pushed but I didn’t stop. Nightmare was shocked and increased the pressure. I felt the increase but didn’t stop. I began to reach out to Nightmare’s chest and touched it. My medallion began to glow and the markings began to glow and Nightmare began to have purple markings. She tried to push back but I held my ground. The markings began to expand until her entire being was covered in the markings.
“This is the end of you! Now and forever!!”
We began to glow bright purple. I place my other hoof on her chest and then separated my hooves, splitting Nightmare from Nyx. Nyx was in my left hoof while Nightmare was thrown to the right. She opened her eyes and sees her glove no longer on her hoof. Nyx was still asleep and I looked down to the glove and grabbed it.
“This thing is too dangerous to exist.”
I summoned the Dark Star Saber and stab the blade into the glove, destroying it. Nightmare gasped and I began to feel Nyx beginning to wake up. She opened her eyes and sees me smiling.
“Hey squirt. If you wanted attention, why didn’t you ask your old uncle Danny?”
Nyx hugged me and I hugged her back. I put her down and I got up and looked at Nightmare.
“Nightmare Moon, you have caused too much pain for this land to bear. For your punishment, you are to be sealed within Nyx for eternity, your power to only serve her alone. Nyx, do you wish to bear this demon witch in you for eternity?” I asked for her permission.
Twilight looked worried, Charming was protesting against this action but I ignored him. Nyx looked at Nightmare first before looking at me and nod. My right hoof began to glow and I place it on Nyx’s chest and Nightmare began to glow until she was pulled into Nyx. A seal mark appeared on her chest. I sigh before fainting and the last thing I heard was Nyx calling my name before falling asleep.
Author's Note
That's all of this chapter. The next chapter will maybe the last of this Phantom War.
Phantom War V: Dawning of Darkness
I was beginning to wake up. I opened my eyes and groaned. I began to look around my surroundings and found myself in one of the royal guest chambers in Canterlot Castle. I didn’t feel restrained so I’m not a prisoner, unless you call me being under house arrest, so I knew it wasn’t that. I slowly began to get up but felt something on my chest and I looked and see a curled up Nyx. I smiled and began to pet her mane. Nyx began to wake up and she looked at me.
Nyx shouted with glee and happiness “Uncle Danny!”
She hugged me and I hugged back. I got up and she got off me. I looked at her and smiled.
“So squirt, what happened since I passed out?”
Nyx answered “Charming and Twilight have been torturing Spell Nexus on how to release the Princesses.”
“Couldn’t Nightmare Moon release them the same way? You control Nightmare Moon, why not use her to release the spell?”
Nyx began to think about it and nods. I began to take us to the throne room where the spell can be casted. When we arrived, I looked around and see no one around.
“Alright, do it!”
Nyx said “Ok.”
Nyx began to change to Nightmare Moon and she was still in control. Using the same spell that banished the Princesses, Nightmare released the spell and the Princesses appeared in front of us, curious on why they were released early. They look at me and Nyx, who transformed back to.
Luna asked “Danny? Why is Nightmare Moon with you!?”
“Calm down mother, my nephew here released you because she now has a family that loves her. I am her Uncle and I will look after her when your mother and father cannot.”
Celestia asked, curious “And who is her adoptive mother and father?”
“Charming Thunder as the father and Twilight Sparkle as the mother.” I answered truthfully.
The Princesses gasped and I continued
“In order to reborn Nightmare Moon, they needed the blood of a pony. Twilight was that pony because of Nyx’s love for reading and learning. And because Charming Thunder is Twilight’s husband, his responsibility to Nyx is, by all rights, his.”
The Princesses looked at each other before they looked me and Nyx.
Luna said, disappointing me “We can’t allow her to walk freely…”
Before they could act, I pointed my hooves at them and they began to glow purple and purple circles appeared under the Princesses’ hooves.
“WE will watch her, care for her, with our lives! If you can’t accept that, then you are no better than Harkon and Nightmare Moon! I KNOW the banishment spell; you can have a time out if you try it!”
Luna was surprised that I even made the threat but Celestia was the most surprised. She never knew a Pegasus could perform magic, but then again, I am of royal blood so magic clearly ran through my veins.
Celestia said, trying to weaken my spirit “You wouldn’t dare…”
“Try me; Aunt Celestia.” I growled at her, making her hope of ruining my spirits look stupid. “You know I’m the type of pony who would go to extreme measures to protect my family. Nyx is part of the family; I’ll defend her, even if it IS my own family!”
Nyx was shocked and surprised that I would rebel my own mother and aunt just to protect her. The Princesses looked at each other and began to whisper to each other. When they finished, they looked at us.
Luna said “We have come up with a deal. Nyx can remain as long she uses her powers for good and she can live with Charming and Twilight. Danny, you are to be her Uncle and Guardian, you must watch over her.”
“Don’t worry, I can watch over her.”
The Princesses nodded and I halted the spell. Nyx got on my back and I smiled and I began to take her to the torture chambers where Charming and Twilight are at, no doubt.
Twilight and Charming were leaving the torture chambers where they see me and Nyx coming towards them. Nyx gets off my back and runs over to them and hugs them.
Nyx shouted with glee “Mommy! Daddy!”
They were confused until they see me smile.
“Nyx, here, had memory of the spell used. Spell Nexus didn’t cast it, it was Nightmare Moon. Nyx, who had access to Nightmare Moon’s power and knowledge, used her power to release the Princesses. They were going to seal her away into the moon, but I stopped them.” I explained to them.
Twilight shouted “You stood up against your own relatives to protect Nyx!?”
Charming demanded “What did you do!?”
“I threaten to use the banishment spell to give them time out and some time to think before they try to do it again." I replied. "They were shocked to see magic radiating off of me. Anyways, we came up with a deal. I’m Nyx’s uncle and guardian while Charming is the father and Twilight is the mother. As long as Nyx uses her magic for good, she can remain with us and not on the barren lands of the moon.”
Twilight began to cry and began to hug Nyx. Charming hugged with Twilight and I smiled. One big happy family. I turned to leave but I began to think about something.
“Hey Nyx? I know a spell to speed up the aging process. You want to use it?” I asked.
Nyx began to think about it and then nodded.
“How old?”
Nyx answered “As old as Light Sparkle, my adoptive big sister.”
I nodded and used the spell. Nyx began to grow and when she reached about Light’s age, she had her CM and everything. She looked really cute now. Her mane and tail was longer and it was nice and beautiful looking. She still had her Nightmare Moon eyes, her wings and horn grew as well, and her CM was blue shield for the night. I had a feeling it meant “Defender of the Night” or somewhere around there. I took her to a nearby mirror and she looked at herself. She smiled at her new appearance.
Nyx said “I look beautiful…”
“Whoever is going to be your special somepony is going to be a lucky stallion.”
Charming agreed “I agree.”
Nyx and Twilight began to talk about mare stuff and both me and Charming left.
“Charming, out next battle will be Harkon. We need to strike now before he realizes that Spell Nexus has gone missing. Organize your men and I’ll do the same. Tomorrow, we shall charge against the Volkihar Clan, we are going to take the fight to them. We are going to march upon Castle Volkihar, home to the most powerful Vamponies in our world. Bring everything and everyone, this battle may as well be…our last stand. ”
Charming nodded and left to go get the forces. I sigh and went to grab something. It was a silver moon with a purple gemstone next to it, which sparkled like the night sky. My chest began to glow blue and a sphere entered the necklace.
“Nyx is the only one to save me now...Celestia help us all if she loses this…Not even the memory spell can work on me, I’ll have to make her promise me to never lose or break the necklace…”
I sigh and packaged it, ready to give to Nyx. I knew what was inside the gemstone, where the sphere had entered. Deep inside it, locked away until ready to release, was a copy of my very being: My memories, knowledge, skills, etc. My mind is linked with the necklace until after the event of the Battle of Castle Volkihar.
Author's Note
This is my chapter, the next one will probably be the last one of this story.
Phantom War V: Dawning of Darkness
The Battle of Castle Volkihar and Amnesia
The next day…
I had finished wrapping up a present and we took a royal family photo . I gifted wrapped the present and when we finish taking the photo, I gave the present to Nyx. She gasped and opened the present, revealing the necklace that had the purple gemstone. The others looked and gasped at the present. Nyx put it around her neck and hugged me.
Nyx said “Thank you Uncle Danny.”
“It’s not a problem, my Niece. Just promise me you will never lose it or break it, the material to make the gemstone was unique and one of a kind. I’ll never be able to make it ever again.”
Nyx replied “I promise Uncle Danny.”
I smiled and we hugged. We went to the war room, where we were going to plan our next move. Soundwave, Grievous [which shocked Celestia and Luna a lot], HK-47, Duran, Agent Vanguard, and Serana were waiting for us.
“Alright, now that all of our generals and commanders have rallied, we are ready for the assault. We came up with plan, thanks to Vanguard and Serana’s Intel. Now, the castle is a good staging area to repel frontal assaults. However, thanks to Serana, we found hidden passages that Harkon has never noticed.” A red bot and arrow appeared to the side of the hologram of the castle. “The port so happened to have a hidden passage that leads into the castle from the side. Harkon avoids this passage because the Vamponies and Undead there are not under his control, and he rather not retakes the place. So, our plan is to divide and conquer. We contacted Ivar and his Bloodfangs to help us take the castle. Ivar told me under transmission that his pack has been under continuous attack of the Vamponies, which just encouraged him and his pack to attack the place. The Castle is of the stone age, meaning: it has no anti-air defenses. However, there is a magic barrier around the place, only letting fighters and transports into the barrier without inference. Some of us will only provide support from the castle so they can’t come into battle with the rest of us. Rainbow, Light, Nyx, Cadance, Grievous, and Duran will stay behind in the castle to defend it, in case Harkon’s allies attack the Capital while our forces are away. The attack on the frontier will be led by me, Charming, Celestia, Luna, and Shining Armor. Soundwave, Twilight, Vanguard, and HK-47 will militarize the abandon tower in front of the Castle to provide support. Blasters only, no mortars, Rocket Launchers, Grenades, etc. Serana will lead us to Harkon himself, where we will confront him. Celestia,Luna, and Shining Armor will lead the offense on the bridge while me, Charming, and Serana confront Harkon ourselves. When the Vamponies on the bridge are eradicated, The Assault Force will enter the castle to take it over. Ivar and his pack will arrive in time to provide any support. When our fight begins, we must ensure complete control. I’ll use Auriel’s Bow against Harkon to kill him. Charming and Serana can help fight Harkon on the ground. Be cautious; Harkon’s power is great, he rival the power of an Alicorn and when he activates his true power of the Vampony Lord, he will be an even greater threat. Any objections? No complains, please Rainbow.” I explained the plan to them.
No one spoke and I nodded.
“Let’s do it. We can’t use Vehicles; this is a trooper’s fight.”
They nodded and began to ready our assault…
Later…
An Airship, known as Nightmare's Fist [An ancient but very powerful Airship] was flying to Castle Volkihar. I whistled at the design of it and Charming was admiring it as well.
“When Nyx told us that Nightmare Moon had her own personal Airship, I couldn’t believe it but now I do.” I said
“It must have took her a while to make. The firepower from this could destroy Canterlot back before technology was even made.” Charming replied
“Anyways, we should be approaching the Castle now.”
Sure enough, we see it in the distance. To our surprise, we see an assault force on the bridge, Vamponies. They looked up at us but didn’t attack.
“Looks like we have been expected…”
Charming said “Seems so.”
We lowered the airship and opened one side of the bottom of the ship. A ramp lowered to shore and our troops began to march ashore.
“Why aren’t they attack?” I asked.
The Vamponies didn’t move. Twilight, HK-47, Soundwave, and Vanguard went to the abandon tower with snipers and took up gun positions. Our troops came ashore and we got into battle stances, we all stood our ground. The Vamponies didn’t attack yet, which confused us. Our forces were holding Vibroswords, we were behind the force. Twilight and her forces were holding Sniper Rifles. The tensions began to build up, each side preparing to attack. Finally, Vanguard pulled out his sniper rifle, took aim, and fired a shot at a Vampony. When the Vampony died, they began to charge. Our forces collided and we remained behind, watching the bloodshed fighting in front of us. Lightning Bolts from the Vamponies shot everywhere in the area.
Meanwhile…
Ivar Bloodfang and his pack of Bloodfang Worgens docked on the port, their ship was big.
Ivar speeches “I want you to seek them out. Strike them down as a true warrior of the wild. They won’t give it willingly; we can extract their foul powers by force.”
Darius said “Bloodsuckers. Vamponies, take every precaution. One bite and you can end up as one of them.”
Ivar shouted “Glory awaits! By Ysgramor!”
The Worgens growled in unison and howled in unison as well .
Ivar said “Now move quickly, and don’t leave any of them alive.”
The Worgens began to make their charge. Ivar led them to their assault, they began to battle against Vamponies and some Undead Minions. There was hundreds of worgens, all of them charging at the enemy forces, slashing and howling their attack. Ivar pinned a Vampony and began to rip him to shreds.
Back on the Bridge…
Our forces were still clashing. Vamponies were using Lightning and Blood Magic and some were even using ancient reanimation spells to bring back the fallen to serve their cause. Me and the others didn’t make our charge yet, waiting for the opportunity to make the charge. That is when we heard a loud growl and we looked. In front of the gates, there was a vampony who was holding a Battleaxe and cut the heads off of three separate ponies, who were part of our forces. We see our chance and me, Charming, and Serana began our charge. We approached and we see lightning being shot at us. I pulled out my lightsabers and prepare to cut the vampony’s head off. When we got up to him, I cut off his cut, clean off. We walked inside to prepare our showdown.
Back at the port…
Ivar and the Bloodfang Worgens began to advance up to one of the castle entrances, towards the hidden passage. While the Vampony forces took heavy losses but the Worgens lost some of their own. They were eradicating the remaining Vamponies then began to head inside the castle with the hidden passage.
Meanwhile inside the Castle…
Harkon was approaching the Dining Room and entered it.
Harkon said “Fools. They are determined and well-armed, but foolish to think they can defy us. The Vampony is eternal, and with immortality comes the revelation that bonds never endurances. With the world in shadow, we will never tire, never weakened, more than a match for their pitiful armies-“
He was interrupted by a loud sound that pushed back a squad of Vamponies. They looked at the source and see me and Charming approaching from the entrance with our lightsabers drawn. We looked down at Harkon, ready to fight.
Harkon said “Ah, you’re here. Good. I am Harkon, Lord of this court. You have come here to stop me from taking Auriel’s Bow and shrouding the world in darkness.”
“We meet again Harkon…It’s been a while…A thousand years to be accurate.”
Harkon replied “Ah, hello to you too, young Prince Danny, Son of Nightmare Moon and King Sombra. I’m honestly surprised you chose to fight against your own kin. Why?”
“My kin are the Equestrian Ponies, not you heartless blood suckers.”
Harkon replied “I sense you have made your own clan. This is traditional for both clans to clash, to find out which is the strongest.”
“True, but I don’t care about Tradition. You must die for your crimes, Harkon.”
Harkon said “I think we both know that your army of fools is no match against the scion of the ancient blood.”
Charming replied coldly “That is what you want it to be.”
“You are the fool Harkon, and you will die as one.” I added with great pleasure.
Harkon shouted “So be it. It ends here!”
Harkon used a spell and he turned into a bunch of bats. The other Vamponies teleported out as well. We looked at the empty dining hall and began to walk towards the center of it to head to the stairs but when we did arrive to the middle, there was a huge explosion and we were pushed back. We got up to look at the source and we see a giant Vampony. My eyes narrowed at the sight of it…
‘So this is the beast of the Volkihar Clan…’ I thought.
We glared at its pure blood red eyes and then we noticed we were surrounded by Master Vamponies. They were about to attack and I used my Ghost Powers to create a domed shield around both me and Charming, protecting us from their attacks. They were firing Lightning Bolts and Ice Spikes at us, but the shield held against the pressure of their attacks.
Meanwhile in the hidden passage…
Ivar and the Bloodfang Worgens began to head into a chamber they had giant skeleton-like spiders and they began to kill them off and then proceeding into the castle.
Celestia, Luna, and Shining Armor were finishing up the remaining Vamponies on the bridge.
Celestia shouted “For Equestria!”
They cheered and continue the charge where they entered the castle. The Worgens began to come out of the hidden passage. My ghost dome shield held and I kept it up without breaking a sweat. I looked at Charming and he was alright so far. The Vamponies kept to their attack. Suddenly, we began to see our assault force coming down the stairs to engage the Vamponies who were attacking us. We were even more relief when we heard howling and we looked and see Worgens. Charming never seen worgens before and he was amazed to see they were humanoid wolves with fur and not wood. Our combined forces began to kill off the Vamponies in the Dining Hall. I lowered the Ghost Dome shield and began to help the others. But before we could, the next second later, both me and Charming were inside a prison cage, inside Harkon’s Room. I smirked and grabbed Charming and turned intangible, walking through the bars and we continue heading to where Harkon was probably at.
Meanwhile in the Dining Hall…
The combined forces of the Worgens and our Militia began to attack the primary Vampony Giant. Their attacks combined, trying to kill it off. After five whole minutes of attacking creature, it turned into shadows and died off. The Worgens and militia began to hold down to relax.
Meanwhile in Volkihar Cathedral…
Harkon was standing next to the shrine where it was dedicated to Molag Bal. Serana walked into the place, looking at her father with anger and coldness.
“So, you’ve returned.” Harkon said. “Is your…pet…keeping you entertained?”
Serana replied, getting to the point “You know why we are here.”
Harkon said “Of course I do. You disappoint me Serana; you’ve taken everything I provided to you and thrown it all away.”
Serana said “You provided for me? Are you insane? You destroyed our family, you’ve killed other vamponies all over for some prophecy we barely understand.” She pulled out her short lightsaber, which was a purple crystal with a white core. “No more. I’m done with you.”
Harkon said, clearly disappointed “So,” Me and Charming walk into the room and return tangible “I see this ghost has fangs. Danny. I have you to thank for turning my daughter against me. How does it feel to hold the fate of the Vampony in your grasp? Exhilarating, isn’t it?” He walks down the few stairs in front of the alter to look at them forwardly “Let’s end this!”
Harkon ready a powerful Lightning Spell and Charming prepared his. They fired and their lightnings met, creating a massive surge in the center. Harkon’s power was too much for Charming push back.
Harkon shouted “You can’t stop the prophecy!”
“Actually, we can!” I shouted back
I charged up my Lightning Storm and helped Charming in the pushing. It worked too, Harkon’s lightning attack began to be pushed back.
Harkon shouted “Die!” We kept pushing back the Lightning Attack and it imminent when it was about to hit Harkon “No!” There was an explosion from Harkon’s side and we looked and see him weak and almost on the ground. “No. Serana, your own father.”
Serana shouted, not caring for her father “Back to dust!”
Harkon fired an unexpected Lightning spell towards Charming. It was about to hit until I got in the way and took the hit to the chest and head. I fell to the ground and Charming checked me, seeing that I still had a pulse and fear that I had died. Luckily, he found my pulse, faint and slow but still active. Harkon’s began to change. His began to glow blood red and then, he changed. His Vampony wings expanded, his horn was much sharper, his eyes were blood red, his teeth were sharper, and his hooves were now claws. He looked like a mutated Griffin but not exactly. His voice was evil, cruel, and sounded like a dark and cruel bug monster trying to talk but was having a hard time.
Harkon said “First you die Serana.”
Harkon chuckled before turning into bats and reappeared in the air, aiming a hoof right at Charming, me, and Serana. His left hoof pointing at them and it began to glow blood red as a red energy sphere surrounded Harkon. Suddenly, the Gargoyles Statues shattered, revealing living Gargoyles. Serana began to attack the Gargoyles with her Short Lightsaber.
Serana shouted “Quick, the bow!”
Charming nodded and grabbed the bow and Sunhallowed Arrows and began to draw it, aiming at Harkon. Harkon chanted a spell that began to reanimate skeletons from the dead to attack. Charming continue to focus at Harkon and aimed.
Serana shouted again “Break his shield, hurry!”
Charming made the final aim and the arrow began to glow as bright as the sun. Charming released the arrow, firing it towards Harkon. The Arrow hit its target and exploded with a great holy light. Harkon fell to the ground and erupted with a blood red light, his skin began to fade away, revealing only a skeleton of Harkon’s remains. The skeleton fell to the ground and turned into blood red dust that was glowing. The Gargoyles and Skeletons instantly died away. Charming and Serana approached the remains of Harkon.
Serana said, sigh and relieved that the fight is over “Well, that’s done.”
That was when they began to hear movement behind them and they looked and see me get up with a curious look on my face.
Charming said, glad to see me “You’re awake…”
I looked at Charming and had a curious look.
“Who are you?” I asked, not having the slightly clue who he was.
Charming gasped at what I just said. That lightning attack did more than just injure me, that was for certain. I didn’t know who he was but the only thing I did remember was my powers and skills and a few allies: names only. T3-M4, HK-47, Soundwave, and HK-50 were the only names I remembered, I don’t even remember my own name. I began to run away, heading outside the castle. Charming and Serana followed me.
A Consular-class cruiser , which was a big transport ship, landed on the shore. The others eyed it mysteriously and the landing ramp lowered. Soundwave and HK-47 came to the landing ramp and then they see me coming towards the ship.
HK-47 shouted “Hurry master!”
I boarded the ship and it began to take off. I looked down at Charming before closing the ramp. The ship, piloted by Soundwave [remotely], began to head towards the unknown lands of the Centaurs.
Author's Note
This is about the end of this story. The next chapter will be short, probably, and it will be about the new life of the Amnesia Danny. What will happen to Phantom War's Hero and Main Character? Also, this story was based to be similar to the Battle of Dawnguard .
Phantom War V: Dawning of Darkness
Aboard the Consular-class cruiser…
We were on a course heading to the Centaur Kingdom to begin a new life that HK-47 had told me about. I was going to begin a life of being a Bounty Hunter. I had thousands of credits [Economy advanced from bits to credits]. I already had a crew with me, ready for action and dying to hunt others. A battalion of HK-50s, programmed to serve me first and both Soundwave and HK-47 second. HK-47 had reprogrammed T3-M4 to serve me. As for Soundwave, he was going to be programmed to serve me alone and follow my orders. We had a list of what we were going to do. We knew that the Consular-class cruiser was going to be tracked down so we were going to ditch it on the landing platform. We were going to Pablo’s Shop to get me my bounty hunter equipment. Next, we were going to upgrade our droids, to make them even more deadly. Soundwave wasn’t going to get much upgrades but we had ordered ahead to have some parts ready for Soundwave. He had blueprints on two minicons named “Rumble” and “Frenzy”. I didn’t think much on it though, with Amnesia, it wasn’t much to remember besides powers and skills. Anyway, after the upgrades, we are going to get our new ship and upgrade it to the finest. Finally, we begin our new career as Bounty Hunters and we begin to make a reputation with can make me a dangerous pony.
“All I need is a name…”
HK-47 said “Recommendation: How about Shadow?”
“No…”
HK-47 asked “How about Yondu?”
“No, I don’t like that name. How about…Phantom…but needs to add something else to it, but what?”
HK-47 said “Phantom…Master? Keeper?”
“Wait, how about Lord! Phantom Lord!”
Soundwave nodded with approval. HK-47 admitted that he like the sound of that name. It brought fear and terror to the name itself and would make anyone terrified to know that Phantom Lord is after them.
HK-47 replied “One Hundred Percent Approved.”
I smiled and then we heard beeping. We looked at Soundwave and he showed a map. We were approaching the landing platform.
“Let’s go.”
The Cruiser landed and the landing platform lowered. We got off with our entire crew and Soundwave programmed the ship to explode when anyone from the Equestrian Empire tried to examine the logs and everything. Once entered by Equestrians, the ship would instantly explode. We talked to the Landing Bay Officer and told him to don’t touch the ship and leave it there until Equestrian Empire Ponies came to examine it. At first he didn’t approved but I paid him to just do it and he did. It is surprisingly easy to bribe others to do it without question. We left the Landing Zone and head into Pablo’s shop to begin the new life.
Inside the shop…
“Give me your best bounty hunter armor Pablo, if I’m going to be dangerous, I want the best of the best.”
Pablo, who was surprisingly a Griffin, went into the back and pulled out some armor.
Pablo explained to me “This armor is known as “TT-16B Master Powertech Imp ”. This armor comes with all types of equipment and toys. The armor is able to take blaster bolts with ease, it has a micro energy field, Penetrating radar, resistance to fire, poison, acid, and cold, 360 degree field of vision, Infrared Scanner, Environmental filter, and it can track 30 targets at once. Its weaponry includes Concussion Grenade Launcher, Wrist Gauntlets that has Flamethrowers, Fibrecord Whip, Wrist Laser, Concussion Rockets, and Stun Rockets. You can carry lightsabers with this armor as well. Its jetpack, known as a Mitrinomon Z-6 Jetpack , can allow you free mobility and flight. You don’t need your hooves to activate it, it can last you in flight for a while, you can travel fast with it in the sky, it has a magnetic grappling hook, and an anti-vehicle homing rocket.”
“I’ll take it, and can you add a Wrist attachable Carbonite Freeze Ray, Explosion Tarts, and Wrist Missiles? Plus, can I have it in black.”
Pablo nodded and went back into the back. After 10 minutes, he came back out with the upgrades and color change. I put it on and activated my equipment. I was impressed and paid for it.
Pablo asked “Anything else you desire?”
“Yes. I’ll take two of your R-30017 Aikion Blasters , one of your electrostaffs , and one of your electro-whips .”
Pablo nodded and got those weapons. I paid him for the weapons and left to head to Dr. Gubacher’s Droid Update Shop.
We arrived and began to talk with Gubacher, who was a Centaur who loved droids. We began to upgrade my droid crew, starting with HK-47. HK-47 was given new upgrades that would make him able to fight against Jedi Knights. He had Flamethrowers, Freeze Rays, Grenades, sonic screamers, cluster rockets, plasma charges, poison gas, and mines. HK-47 loved his new toys and he was given advance Targeting computer, which made his marksman skills even more deadly. His Sith Sniper Rifle was upgraded even further. HK-50s were given the same upgrades but not as advance as HK-47, making him a superior model. T3-M4 was upgraded with advance computer skills and some stuff, like advance stun ray and shield disrupter. T3’s skills of hacking would be able to rival Soundwave’s Hacking Skills. As for Soundwave, he didn’t received any upgrades but made his two minicons and they were able to become part of Soundwave, into Data Codes and Soundwave can deploy them from data codes, forming them into living metal again. After the upgrades, I pay the doctor before we left.
I was looking at the selection of ships I could use. Before I could saw anything, we heard a giant ‘BOOM’ from the landing platforms. I looked at Soundwave and his face showed the Consular-class cruiser picture with an “X” crossing it, meaning: The Ship’s Self Destruct Trap went off, telling us that the Equestrian Empire was here.
“We need to get out of here before they begin setting their search parties to look around.”
I looked at them and then I noticed a ship that grabbed my attention. It was one of a king ship, it was grey and brown. I liked it and looked at the shop owner.
“What is that ship called?”
The Owner answered “It’s known as the Ebon Hawk, it’s one of a kind. Do you like to buy this ship?”
“Yes and I want to upgrade it.”
I began to have the ship upgraded and when they were finished, I loved the new ship. We went inside and we see it came with additional Droid Pilots, Pilot Battle Droids . I had them upgraded as well to be able to pilot a ship with ease and no problems. I went to the controls and a Pilot went to the other set. I checked the fuel and we were loaded. We took off; heading towards the place where Bounty Hunters can be hired and welcomed at, it was known as Hutt Lands, a territory where not even the Equestrian Empire can touch without starting a war. Bounty Hunters, Smugglers, and Mercenaries were welcomed in those lands. To start a reputation, why not work for a Hutt? I knew just the Hutt to work for, Nem’ro the Hutt. We began to head there, beginning a new life.
Author's Note
This is the end of this story. The next one will be the life of Phantom Lord as a Bounty Hunter.
Phantom War V: Dawning of Darkness
The Dark Apprentice and Nightmare's Return
I have been mediating in the Crystal Temple without stop, only for food and water, no interruptions. It’s been a few days and I’m not aware what has transpired. However, that stopped when something snapped in my mind. I instantly shot my eyes opened.
‘That energy…its pure evil. I sense Insanity and Chaos within this pony…Perfect.’ I thought.
I smiled darkly and I teleported away, heading to a special area.
I appeared in the ruin castle of the royal pony sisters. I was looking around, trying to find the exact location of the dark energy source. I didn’t need to look far because a sword almost hit me and hit the wall, it was deep into the stone wall. I looked to the source and see a Unicorn. She looked a lot like Twilight, but she had a purple coat, blood red mane and tail with Black highlights. Her CM was a cross with a four pointed star behind it, the left and right were the only parts of the star exposed, the tips with exposed from the top and bottom. She had red eyes and I realized she was the one I was looking for.
The mare said in a dark but sweet tone “Hello baby, who are you?”
“I’m Danny Eclipse, Son of Princess Luna and King Sombra, brother of Charming Thunder, husband to Rainbow Dash, Emperor of the Griffin Empire, and Leader of the Phantom Consortium. Who are you?”
The Mare greeted “The name is Brutwilight Sharple.”
“Tell me, are you alone?”
Sharple replied “No, I have some ponies with me known as Drowned Brutalight, Cadenza, and Shadow Rush.”
“Do take me to them. I want to see them for myself.”
Sharple motion to me to follow her and I do. We go into the throne room and I see three new ponies in the room. The first one was an alicorn, teal and black for her coat, she had purple makeup around her eyes and she had blue eyes. Her CM was a black upside down cross with white aura around it like an eagle diving. I noticed she had a guitar with her, it was black and had blue streaks on it. The 2nd pony was another alicorn who resembled to Cadance. She had a white coat, her mane and tail was red, blue, and yellow. The gold on her was splashed in blood streaks. Her eyes were lavender and her CM was the crystal heart but it was red and behind it was 2 swords crossed. Finally, the last pony was a Pegasus and a male. He had a black coat, red mane and tail, he even had a red hat on his head, his eyes were red. His CM was a teal alien symbol on it. They noticed me and Sharple enter and looked at us.
Sharple said “Hey mates, I’m back with a pony who somehow knew we were here. Danny Eclipse, this is Drowned Brutalight, Cadenza, and Shadow Rush.”
“Pleasure to meet you three.” I replied.
“Likewise.” Drowned replied. “How did you find us so fast?”
“I was mediating in the Crystal Temple until suddenly, I felt a zinging feeling in the back of my mind and came here as quickly as I can. Come now, I’ll take you to our secret lair in Equestria. It’s not that far from here.”
They huddle up close to me and we teleported away.
We appeared in a room that was filled with Battle Droids. They were surprised to see the droids, except for me. I looked up to the command center and climbed up it and see General Grievous. He turns to me and kneels. The others see the gestured.
Grievous greeted “My lord, we have a report.”
“Alright, what is the report?”
Grievous reported “Our Imperial Spy who had accompanied Serana has reported back. Turns out, Harkon did have the Bloodstone Chalice as you predicted. Our Spy is a Vampony, mixed with the blood of a Vampony Lord and normal Vampony.”
“Well, what of the Chalice?”
Grievous continued “Our Spy was tasked to fill it and he did so to gain Harkon’s trust. There was attempt on his life from 2 vamponies who were hired by Harkon’s advisors but they turned against each other, our Agent killed them both while they were at each other’s throats. He returned the Chalice and met with Harkon again, this time, he reported that Harkon is after a moth priest.”
“A moth priest? But aren’t they located in Canterlot?”
Grievous replied “Indeed but Harkon had spread false rumors about the discovery of an Elder Scroll, which managed to attract the attention of a Moth Priest.”
“If they get their hands on the moth priest, this will end up bad!”
Grievous reassured “We send a battalion of Commandos to retrieve the Moth Priest, but they have failed to report back.”
A TX-20 came up to us.
TX-20 reported “Sir, our scouts had located a data pad at the hidden camp we had placed the moth priest. We analyzed it and discovered that our agent had taken the Moth Priest with Serana. Don’t worry; the Moth Priest is now our Agent’s Thrall is will obey his every command.”
“That’s good news. At least we don’t have to worry about the priest.”
We began to hear beeping and Grievous activated it. It was the hologram of a Vampony who was wearing Black Vampire Armor. Next to him was Serana.
“Agent Vanguard, report your progress.”
Vanguard reported “Lord Danny, I’m honored by your presence. Anyway, me and Serana have discovered that Harkon needs three Elder Scrolls to activate his goal. Harkon managed to discover another Elder Scroll’s location for the ‘Dragon’ part. It happens to be located at the hidden ruins underneath Canterlot itself. He’s sending Vampires to retrieve it. However, the 3rd Elder Scroll that was taken by Valerica is still missing.”
“We may yet be able to stop Harkon in his tracks.” I said with some confidence. “Grievous, contact Duran and tell him to lead an assault force down to the Underground Ruins below Canterlot. I’ll need to inform the Princesses and Charming about the change in events-“
Vanguard: “But sir, there is more.”
“What is it?”
Vanguard reported with grimace “Harkon had received a transmission from somepony named ‘Spell Nexus’ and he has reported that he managed to locate Nightmare Moon and has restore her back into power.”
“WHAT!?! We need to alert Celestia about this immediately!”
Vanguard asked “What shall our next step be?”
“Agent, I need you to locate the 3rd Elder Scroll before Harkon does. When you finish that task, you must have the Moth Priest read it in private to you. When you finish reading the prophecy, report back.”
Vanguard replied “Yes sir.”
The Transmission ended. I began to call the number to Canterlot. It was a bit before the transmission opened, but to my shock, it wasn’t Celestia or Luna, it was Nightmare Moon!
Nightmare said “Well, well, well. If it isn’t my son, Danny Eclipse.”
“Hello Nightmare Moon…”
Nightmare replied “Looking for Celestia and Luna? Unfortunately, they are no longer in control or ruling Equestria. Twilight and Charming put up a good fight though…too bad their under arrest and put into the dungeons.”
My anger grew and my eyes began to glow red.
“Hurt them and you die to my hooves. The Phantom Consortium will destroy your forces and retake Equestria!” I shouted in anger.
Nightmare reassured “Don’t worry about them; they are being treated like royalty down there. As from now on, from this day forward, the night shall last forever! And this is a new beginning of my new Empire, The Nightmare Empire!”
“We will fight to our last breath.”
Nightmare said “Its war then…”
“Seems like it.”
I ended the transmission and turned to Grievous.
“General Grievous, send out a Red alert, alpha red. Tell the Consortium…” I paused for affect “…go to war.”
General Grievous nods and begins to head out to give out the alert. I looked at Sharple.
“Brutwilight, you are now my official Sith Apprentice. I’ll just call you Sharple for short and you will receive training of the Sith from me. I’ll be your master in learning the ways of the Sith and the ways of the Force and Lightsaber. Do you accept?” Sharple nodded and kneels to me. I turned to TX-20. “TX-20, I have a set of instructions for you to do in order. Contact Admiral Matthew and tell him to round up any Equestrian Empire Loyalists and take them here. Then, I want you to contact the Crystal Empire and tell them what has happened. Tell them to double the guards, double the defenses, and double everything. Nightmare must not take that Empire! After you finished that, I want you to organize an elite squad who are ready for a rescue mission. When you finish doing that, get me and I’ll do my part.”
TX-20 nods and begins to do those instructions. I took Sharple and we went to go do some training.
‘I hope Rainbow is ok…’ I thought with sadness.
Author's Note
Events have become a twist! What will become of this story now?