Green is to play music, Red is to stop music.

Kingdom Hearts: Harmony of Hearts
Chapter 14
Spirits and Nightmares (Final)

Equestria: Canterlot Castle Guest Wing

Shining Armor and Flash Sentry barged into the bedroom that Twilight and Princess Luna were using to enter the later’s dreams. When they entered the room, they found Twilight on the bed, her face grimacing as if in pain or in a horrid nightmare. Luna was unconscious on the floor, a tendril of magic coming from her horn and attaching to Twilight’s forehead. Luna also held a grimace on her face.

Shining ran to the bedside and began to shout to her as he shook her. “Twilight! Wake up! Silver’s in pain! He needs you!” The only response Twilight gave was a groan of discomfort and shifting.

Flash stepped forward and tried, a bit more gently. “Twilight. Your brother...no...OUR brother needs you to wake up. This Nightmare is hurting him.” No response.

Shining shed a few tears. “Why won’t she wake?” He asked to nopony in particular. “She’s not this deep of a sleeper. What’s going on?”

“Ansem has her trapped in a Nightmare, along with Luna.” A voice was heard. Both the stallions turned their heads to the voice and found that an offshoot of Luna’s magic had taken a 2D silhouette form that flickered between the form of unicorn and a bipedal creature. “I’ve placed her in a Dive into the Heart. There, she should unlock her potential as a Keyblade bearer and be able to stand a chance against Ansem.”

Shining and Flash looked at him with confusion. “Who are you?” Flash asked.

The flicker sighed. “I’m the son of Princess Luna and King Sombra.” When he said that, Shining and Flash summoned the Keyblades that Silver gave them and readied themselves to fight. The flicker “stepped” back without hands/a hoof up. “Hold on! I’m not finished talking.” Shining and Flash relaxed a bit, but didn’t put their Keyblades down. “Thank you.”

The flicker took a deep breath and explained. “My name is Black Heart, and as I said earlier, I’m the son of Princess Luna and King Sombra. That may sound impossible, but it’s more possible than you think.” He turned his gaze to the window. “Over a thousand years ago, before King Sombra became corrupted, him and Princess Luna were married.”

“WHAT?!”

“Completely true. However, for one reason or another, Mother was not able to bear foals. So, Father took what research that Starswirl the Bearded had done on cloning and set to have a son and heir for them both to raise and love. He took a portion of his flesh and sample of her blood and bound them together to form me.” He shook his head. “However, Dark Magic was the only method that could bind the two together. While it did bring me into existence, something within himself snapped. He considered me a failed clone and made the attempt to destroy me. Mother saw and intervened, forcing the spell that was to destroy me to instead transport me to safety. And it did.” He turned back to Shining and Flash. “I was sent to another world into the future...well, technically 19 years ago, but it was the future in the past perspective.”

“From there, I made friends, lost friends, fell to Darkness, and now live for the Dawn.” Black Heart then summoned a Keyblade in his hand/hoof. It was angelic, in a demonic way. The blade was a maroon dragon wing with an angel wing to make the teeth of the key. The guard was an angel wing and a dark blue dragon wing. The Keychain had a strange heart symbol on the end of the chain.

“With my mastery of the Keyblade, I’ve become an expert Dream walker, like Mom. However, I have to take the form of a Dream Eater to do so.” He then looked at Shining briefly, and then dismissed his Keyblade. “Speaking of Keyblades and Dream walking, why are you trying to wake her up?”

“Our brother, Silver Crown, is in pain for some reason. We know it’s connected to Twily and what she’s dreaming about,” Shining explained.

“Who’s Silver Crown?” Black Heart asked.

“He used to be called Sora,” Flash said. Black Heart jerked his head back in surprise.

He chuckled lightly. “So Sora has an Equestrian background as well. I just hope that Joshua isn’t joshing me.” His form then lit up a bit brighter. He turned to Twilight’s sleeping form. “Her Dive is complete. She should have the power to force Ansem out of the dream.” He turned back to Shining and Flash. “But it’s best to be prepared for the worst. But first, Shining, may I see that keyblade?”

Shining tentatively hoofed over the keyblade he was given. Black Heart looked to be in concentration and Silver’s Keyblade was replaced with a brown bladed keyblade with a blue guard. It seemed rather sturdy and heavy.

Black Heart gave the keyblade back to Shining. Before Shining or Flash could say anything about why he changed the keyblade, they were enveloped in a dark grey aura and began to feel a bit sleepy. Black Heart then spoke. “Your Dive is complete. AWAKE!”

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Equestria: Dreamscape

Shining’s and Flash’s vision went from black to white and back to black. They regained consciousness just as they heard the sound of a blade passing through flesh. They both jumped to their hooves, with their respective keyblades out and ready. What they saw surprised them.

Twilight had a blue keyblade outstretched in her hooves as if she had slashed something. Looking behind her, there were a large number of strange creatures that were in pieces and slowly dissolving into darkness. Just in front of her was a bipedal creature (human, if Flash could guess) with no fur, was wearing clothes that sent chills down their spines, and had long white hair. The human had a look of angry bewilderment. “How is this possible?”

Aside from those two, Flash and Shining also saw Princess Luna frozen in fear, staring at the strange man. Beside her was a yellow unicorn with a white mane and tail and an odd heart shaped cutie mark. He was comforting her, whispering, “I won’t let him harm you, Mother.”

The man looked from Twilight to the unicorn and then back again, gaining a smirk. “Ah, Black Heart…”

“Cut the talk, Ansem, and just leave!” The unicorn, Black Heart, spouted out.

“I don’t follow the demands of a failed clone,” Ansem said back.

“Then follow our demands!” Shining shouted, as he stepped forward in front of Princess Luna, with Flash by his side. “Leave now!”

Ansem just stared angrily at the group. He held his glare before softening it into a smirk. “Fine. Since you asked. I’ll leave.” He summoned a portal of Darkness and turned to leave. Just as he stepped into its threshold, he turned around, his smirk still on his face. “Before I leave, I wish to leave something in exchange for these.” He held out his hand, showing six jewels, The Elements of Harmony, floating in them.

“NO!” Black Heart, Twilight, and Shining shouted. All three of them fired a spell directly at Ansem as the portal was closing. When the spells hit him, he was knocked into the portal and the after effects of the spell combination traveled to the Elements and they vanished from sight. The portal then sealed closed.

Darkness then flowed across the floor towards Princess Luna. It then started to form the physical form of an alicorn. It was completely black, mane, tail, and body. Its mane moved much like how a Gorgon’s hair moved. The Dark Alicorn stared down at Princess Luna with red draconic eyes. “No,” Princess Luna whispered, “Not again!”

“Behold, The Night Terror!” The Night Terror moved forward towards Princess Luna, but found four keyblades and their wielders in it’s way.

“Mother,” Black Heart said, “Go! Run! We’ll hold it back.” Before he could say more, four mane tendrils grabbed him and the other keyblade wielders and began to open up a massive portal of darkness. Before long, everypony that held a keyblade were sucked into a black void. They could see each other and the Night Terror clearly as day.

The Night Terror began its assault, it turned into a mass of black tendrils and attack Black Heart. He jumped back, turning into a small orb of darkness briefly. Shining came from behind and gave the mass a bash or two before having to erect a barrier to avoid getting hit.

The Night Terror reformed and began to attack Shining with a red ethereal sword. Shining was able block the attacks, by both barrier and blade. Flash then did a flyby slash, diverting its attention to him. It fired a multitude of red beams at him, but by both luck and Flash’s aerial maneuvers, they missed.

A purple beam of magic struck the Night Terror in its face and it turned to Twilight. She began firing spells, both from her horn and keyblade to keep its attention on her. Black Heart then dark rolled behind it and struck one of its wings. The Night Terror turned to attack him with its red sword, but Shining struck out and the sword was knocked out of its hooves. Flash then did another flyby slash, this time taking its horn off.

The Night Terror began to convulse, as if it was dying. Then, the group was feeling as if it was being pushed by a powerful wind. The Night Terror then dissolved into darkness and the void they were in were lit up by a bright light.

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Dream Traverse Town: Fifth District

Twilight shook the dizziness from her head and stood up. She felt unstable and placed her hand on a nearby building to...wait...HAND!?

Twilight jerked her hand back when she realized that she wasn’t a pony and wasn’t in the original dream. She walked to the edge of what looked like a community pool and looked in. She saw what she looked like when she went to Canterlot High, but her clothing was slightly different.

For one thing, she noticed that she was wearing jeans, replacing the leg warmers she had on. They weren’t too tight, nor too loose, seeming to promote that movement wouldn’t be hindered. She was also wearing fingerless gloves, ones that had small metal nubs that covered each knuckle, and her cutie mark on the backhand side of the glove. On her shoulders, strapped with leather (ick) straps was a set of purple leather (ick) pauldrons. She was also wearing a belt that had what looked like a small pouch with a zipper.

Looking around, she saw the building she was trying to lean against and saw that it was huge and brightly colored. Above the door hung a sign that said “Flower & Plant”. As curious at the building was, she felt a slight pull to explore the rest of the town. She followed the pull away from the pools and the large building.

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Dream Traverse Town: Fourth District Fountain Plaza

As Twilight wandered, she arrived at a large area with a large fountain in the area away from another building and graffiti covered walls. She walked past the fountain, towards the building. She walked over a large grate-like manhole cover. Just as she had walked over the top of it, she heard something scraping and a shadow loomed behind her.

She turned around slowly and saw a strange cat like face growl at her. She was scared a bit from the surprize, but the poorly done growl didn’t scare her, even with the plaque-stained teeth. What scared her was his size after he climbed out of the manhole. She didn’t see any chance of escape or chance to reason with the giant peg-legged cat. So she summoned her keyblade and readied for a fight.

The monster cat began to try to pummel Twilight with his fists, but every time he tried to strike her, she would bat those fists away with her keyblade. Any attempt he made to slam her, either with his fists or body, she would cartwheel out of the way. He would charge her and she would slide under his legs, catching his peg leg with the teeth of her blade and causing him to trip and fall face first onto the pavement. Even summoning lightning was countered by quick thinking with a shield spell.

After a while, the peg-legged cat began to tire and Twilight went on the offensive until he was scrambling to get back under the manhole cover. Once he was back in the manhole, Twilight dismissed her keyblade. “That was...interesting.”

After taking a brief moment to rest from the fight, she continued searching the brightly lit ghost town.

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Dream Traverse Town: First District Plaza

Twilight found that the town seemed to have been abandoned. There wasn’t sight nor sound of anything living. She arrived in a portion of town that had two or three shops and a small cafe. She guessed it was probably the main center of the town. She began to walk to a large set of double doors on the opposite side of the plaza. Just as she was about to open them when she heard voices. She summoned her keyblade and crept to a nearby alleyway, where the voices were coming from.

She peeked around the corner and saw two cloaked figures. One in a black cloak with his or her back to Twilight, the other in a white cloak and facing her. The figure in the white cloak was speaking, but Twilight couldn’t make out what he was saying.

The Black Cloak spoke in response to what the White Cloak said. “I don’t care if you wish for me to keep time in balance. If my true self is to be revived, it won’t be for you to keep time in place.” White Cloak seemed to object, but Black Cloak summoned a crystal sword and pointed it directly at his opposite’s face. “I don’t care if time is completely ruined. In fact, if all of the worlds are bent to his will and the Crystal Empire wasn’t restored, he can bring it back and it will serve as the Capital of…” He paused, taking a few sniffs of the air.

“That scent...I’ve smelt it before.” Black Cloak turned around facing Twilight’s direction. Twilight hid before he could see her, but she knew it was going to be a short lived victory. She heard footsteps coming closer to her hiding place, so she readied herself to bolt at the first sign of a black cloak.

She was instead greeted by the sight of White Cloak’s...well...White Cloak. “Where do you think you’re going,” he said. “We’re not finished talking.” Twilight silently thanked whatever divine being she could think of.

“The conversation ended when Princess Twilight Sparkle decided to eavesdrop on the conversation.” Twilight froze up in surprise. He had known where she was.

“How would you even know she’s there?” White Cloak questioned.

“I was in her castle. Her scent was thick through the whole building. I smelt her just behind you.” Before Twilight could even try to run, she heard the sound of something being teleported and then something impaling the ground. To her shock, she saw that a barrier of clear crystal had been erected...or dropped...between the two figures and herself.

“Twilight! Run! Head to the Portal! I’ll hold him back!” White Cloak shouted out as he pulled a phone out of his pocket and began to frantically press buttons. Twilight didn’t pay much attention to that, but she did heed White Cloak’s first warning. She ran to the double doors she was at earlier, but there was an orange orb with spikes in front of it. Inside the orb was what looked like Equestria. Canterlot was obvious, the Everfree Forest was noticeable next to Ponyville, and the Crystal Empire was a shining beacon for that world. Orbiting that world in full glory was Equestria’s Sun and Moon.

Before she could even get close to the door and the orb, dark crystals emerged from the ground and blocked her escape. She then felt the impact of someone hitting her back. Both her and White Cloak tumbled into the crystal barrier. After they untangling from each other’s limbs, they stood and faced Black Cloak.

Black Cloak dismissed his swords and walked closer to the two. White Cloak stood between him and Twilight. “Don’t you dare harm her!”

Black Cloak then laughed and lowered his hood. He had a square-like jaw, grey skin, and long black hair. “I’m amused that you think I would be the one to harm her, Yoshiya Kiryu.”

Yoshiya was about to respond, but Twilight cut him off. “Who are you?”

Black Cloak raised his hands in the air and the air around them seemed to become distorted with black and dark purple energy. He opened his eyes, which turned green and began spilling shadow, and answered. “My name...is Sombra.”

Author's Note

It's been a while, yes, but when Writer's block hits, you feel like this -->
So, yeah, It hurts.