Chapter 3 The Dark Shall Rise

Chapter 3- The Dark Shall Rise

By: Big Odie

Authors note: For my horrible translations I used Google translate to Latin.

Twilight reached Canterlot early in the morning; she immediately went to the Canterlot Master Library to search anything on 'dark spirits' or 'ethereal beings'.

"Twilight Sparkle, my most favourite student, when I heard you came here so abruptly I almost didn't believe it." Princess Celestia said, walking into the library,

"Oh! Hello Princess, sorry it's just something really got me side tracked and it seems to be very important," Twilight explained in a hurry,

"It would seem as that, if you’re in this much of a hurry, would you care to explain so I may help you?" Celestia inquired,

"Well it started when I was out star gazing one night, I saw a figure out in the fields, moving towards town ... And after I used the spell I heard the word nightmare echo through my head, and so I came here to research." Twilight summed up, whilst Celestia Listened intently,

"Hmm, The only place I've heard of this nightmare before was-" Celestia said before being cut off,

"Nightmare Moon, yes but my library didn't speak of anything like this, I could feel it's presence inside him, it was much more different from Nightmare Moon." Twilight said, “It was like it dormant, like it was waiting, lingering.”

"Hmm, well I shall inquire the help of Luna, and I shall give you access to the Mystics' Wing," Twilights eyes widened at the word,

"How will the Mystics' Wing help?  it's filled with old spells that have been surpassed by others."

"Well if it's anything like what Luna had, then it's very old, and the Mystics' Wing has a dedicated area to ancient lore and legends," Celestia enlightened ,

"Alright" Twilight said walking towards the Indicated wing,

"I shall be swift," Celestia called out and left as well to her sisters chambers.

Twilight had been searching for hours, but to no avail. Turns out Celestia was not as swift as she intended as she came into the wing with Luna close behind her.

"Good Evening my friend," Luna said,

" Hello Princess Luna," Twilight said "I haven't been able to find anything of use,"

"That's because there isn't anything of use here." Luna simply stated

"What?” Twilight exclaimed,

"All the information on anything like the Nightmare has been lost in time." Luna explained "If what you have told my sister is true then we must not waste any time!" Luna said,

"Why, what's wrong with Odie?" Twilight asked

"We do not have the privilege of explaining now, the jest of it, is that Odie is the current carrier of the Nightmare," Celestia explained "Now we must get there quickly for this night is the anniversary of when Equestria was truly born, with that ... The Nightmare. I believe it will have enough power to attempt to take hold of Equestria tonight" With that the three left to the Princess' carriage.

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Odie was asleep within an hour of lying down, and had slept for a few hours before he awoke.  He quickly knew something was wrong when he saw he had awoken in a black endless void.

He heard the sound of a large grumble echo throughout the void.

"He-Hello?" he asked

"Hmm, it seems you've awoken, very well" a dark wispy voice echoed through the emptiness, "I suppose it's fitting to watch me wreak havoc on your new friends village." the voice said amusingly.

"Wait, what in the fucking hell is going on?!? I've been able to control you for so long! What happened?" Odie spouted out, mad that this thing could overpower him,

"Hehehe, you foal, I let you control me, it made my recovery so much easier!" The dark being said,

"R-Recovery?! What the hell are you?" Odie asked, now fearing that something had been 'recovering' inside him,

"I Am The Nightmare, you have been so foalish to not suspect anything of the darkness within you" the Nightmare,

spewed, " I lost much of my power due to the constant fighting with Luna, that when I was expelled I needed to rest, and

you were the perfect place" the Nightmare said, appearing in front of Odie,

"I'm no hiding place you bastard!" Odie yelled not controlling his anger, the entire black void turned a deep red,

"Well, this is quite different," the Nightmare said casually, “Noponies been able to fight my mind contortion other than Princess Luna. No problem, I'll just increase your magical exhaustion levels, … and there" Odie fell to the ground, he felt like he'd been drained of his entire life force,

"I'm sorry, but You have alerted the people downstairs with that tantrum, I must now go and confront the party outside,  so I'll just let you stay here and watch." The nightmare said leaving the void, which in turn turned a part of the void into a large screen view of what the Nightmare was seeing.

The 6 friends and the two Princesses were confronting the Nightmare, Luna and the nightmare were conversing, but then Luna reared up and cast'd a dark wisp towards him and the Nightmare, it blinded his vision but he regained it after a few moments. The large screen was filled with a black view. He felt his power returning to himself, and across the void a dark obsidian door appeared. Odie ran towards it seeing as it was his way out. He saw it slowly open, with a black alicorn standing in the door way, he knew her, or more so of her.

"Hello Odie, I have given you enough power to exit this realm but once you are out, you'll fall unconscious, I shall get Twilight to catch you though."

"Yes, Princess,"

"Spare the formalities we have much bigger problems," Luna commanded "Not to mention being under the control of a horrible entity"

"Very well, Luna, but … the Nightmare never did much whilst inside me, it said it was resting" Odie said,

"Hmm, this is not good, we'll have to talk later, but I must end this now" she said with solid resolve. She went through the portal ready to kill the nightmare, with Odie in tow.

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They reached Ponyville late in the evening, where they called the 6 friends to come to the library.  They all arrived with haste, where they immediately formulated a plan.

"Well heck, this ain't good" Aj stated the obvious

"Yes it's not good but we have the elements and Odie is currently asleep, so we should hav-" at that moment, the group heard Odie scream out,

"Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!"

All the girls stood there, they then rushed up the stairs in a hurry to check on Odie.

When they got there, Odie was levitating in the centre of the room. It seemed as if he was fighting to keep hold of his very sanity, you could see the pain he was in fighting a force which out matched you ten to one.

"Quickly Celestia, hold him in place!" Luna ordered as she that he was going through something 20 times harder than what she went through when the small portion of the Nightmare took control of her. She put an anaesthetic spell on him and used a spell she fabricated whilst on the moon.

"Hello Lulu," the Odie spoke in a dark tone,

"I-I, no… Free him, or I Will” Luna said realizing the Nightmare was in control,

"Heh, you’re kidding right? You don’t even have the power to do it!” Odie said smugly,

“Nope ...  Nocte Videte, Vocatus, Discussa Eum A Hic" Luna chanted as her eyes glowed a dull empty darkness, her horn started to protrude a black wisp leading towards Odie. It circled around Odie.. Then the wisp covered his entire body, one second he was there, the next he was replaced with a black void.

"Twilight, When the void is gone I need you to catch Odie" Luna ordered,

"Alright" Twilight said,

A full minute passed with Luna in deep concentration, all of a sudden the void peeled off into the air, destroying the entire back corner of the room. Odie fell from the sky and was caught by Twilights aura. The Nightmare was now in the air looking upon the group. It's face as if it liked this predicament. It looked to be a large stallion almost the size of Luna, but was completely made of smoke. It had shadowy wings, like a dragon, and a rugged horn.

“Who-who is that Luna?” Twilight asked,

“That is the Nightmare, the foalish creature that took control of me.” Luna said with a look of anger,

“Now, now, Luna my dear, that’s no way to talk to an old friend” The Nightmare said,

"We were never friends you fiend!" Luna said with her Royal Canterlot voice "You took control of me, I was forced to fight my dear sister, all because of you!"

"That's because you got in the way of my plans," the Nightmare said "You got in between me and Celestia, if you hadn't got in the way Equestria would be under my control!" the Nightmare started to grow in size "But it does not matter for now I have regained my full power and now Equestria shall fall!

"NEIGH! Timeo, Aeterna Ira, Solvite Tenebris Hic!" Luna called upon her power to dispel the Nightmare from this land but it was too late, for the Nightmare had already disappeared.

"Damn," Luna said looking down at the half torn floor, as she shed a tear. Celestia saw this and walked up and held her sister tightly,

"Thank you my dear sister, I- I needed that," Luna said, letting go of Celestia, "How is Odie doing, I tried my best at removing him from the shadows..." Luna explained but was stopped mid-sentence,

"He’s doing fine, but we really need an explanation for what's going on, I mean what is happening?!" Twilight asked, knowing everpony was now wondering,

"Yes, yes, we have some time now ... For this to make sense, you must know that when Equestria was made, a entity was formed to hold all the pain, suffering, and evil that every world has, that entity is The Nightmare." Luna started, “The Nightmare went from pony to pony, wreaking havoc on Equestria, that is, until me and my sister took reign over the world. Some nobles from the southern area came to us, pleading we help them. Once we found out about The Nightmare, we made it our duty to find it and destroy it."

"It had its own plans to take over Equestria, so it made itself easy to find, it was in an old weathering stallion, making itself seem harmless, so we were foolish enough to take the bait. We closed in, saying if it had any last words when it jumped out at Cele, I felt a rush and jumped in front of her, knowing if she was controlled, I would have no chance. It took control of me; luckily, Cele knew it must be stopped at all cost. She sent me and The Nightmare to the moon, where I learned more about it and its horrible thoughts"

"What happened to you while you were on the moon for a thousand years, umm if you don't mind me asking?" Fluttershy asked

"I was trapped on the moon with an entity of evil, I learned things most ponies should never hear, see, or even think about," Luna said with a horrified look on her face, "It gave me powers  of darkness that are just cruel and I can't talk about it but I can say, I now know what the Nightmare is, and  how powerful it is."

"All The Nightmare wants is to leave but it can’t because it’s bound to this world, so it wants to make Equestria just as miserable as itself." Luna explained, "The Nightmare has left to hide, so now we must wait until Odie wakes up, for he may still be attached to the Nightmare, allowing us to track it."

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