The Mare of Nightmares

The three looked at Moority. Twilight was prowling around her. A flash of light and Moority had a small shield up around the Diamond Dog pup. Applejack stared speechless at Moority, almost as if in a trance. Moority winked at her causing her to blush. Rainbow Dash flapped in the air not registering the similarities. She smiled as she saw a flash. Celestia stood in front of Twilight. She had a frown on her face. The pup whimpered and Moority took a defensive stance.

Moority spoke venomously “Hello Princess.”

Celestia’s face went neutral. That was when Megan walked out of her home. Her draconic eyes spotted Celestia and burned with fury. She charged and struck Celestia with a thunderous crash. As the dust settled a dark red aura had surrounded the princess.

On the ground was a sigil that looked like a black sun. In front of them stood a Rhinoceros Headed man. He was grey. One would mistake his mishmash of parts to be something Discord would have created. His shaggy bull legs had leather straps encircling them. His eyes were gold with green pupils. He had a muscular if hairy torso, his hair was a deep black tied into two top knots. On his forehead was two long horns. His right ear twitched in agitation. The wind blew through his loin covering. If one were to look closely they would notice his bulging ballsack barely being able to be contained.

He spoke with a deep gravelly voice “I see the nightmare is still strong.”

Megan spoke in mocking deadpan “Blackmane! Ha Ha the fun has just been tripled.”

“Why do you possess the human turned unicorn Meghan?”

“She was weak and susceptible to my voice.”

Blackmane smirked, as best as his tusked mouth could. He then flicked his hand in a shooing motion. The unicorn dropped to the ground and a large shadowy mare fled from her body. The rubber pony was walking to help Megan up. She was denied as Megan stood on her own, wobbling slightly.

Megan spoke in a whisper, as if not use to her voice, “Rubber Pon5, please retrieve Tenta Dash and Tatzlejack.” she then turned toward Kimono with a disapproving glare only to have Goopy Pie engulf her vision.

Goopy spoke “It is not their fault Megan. You have no right to punish them. It was that purple Alicorn’s fault they did what they did.”

Both Blackmane and Princess Celestia turned toward Twilight Sparkle. Blackmane conjured a black circle with foreign runes inscribed in it. He then thought better of it and banished the death chakram.

Celestia spoke “Twilight Sparkle, I am very disappointed in you. Rainbow Dash sent me a letter after your little fiasco last night. Using one of my little ponies to experiment on is a severe breach of trust and security. If the Elements of Harmony had not already been placed back in the Tree of Harmony you would have damaged them. Now the nightmare returns and your friends distrust you.”

Blackmane spoke “There are more pressing matters than a too-smart-for-her-own-good bookworm loosing trust. Friends can do their best to look past and try to heal a breach. It will take time but it will happen. However, The Nightmare is free from her confines. I suspect she is looking for a new host. I also suspect that Ponyville will be in danger soon.”

Rainbow Dash got up in his face “Is that a threat, ugly?”

Blackmane blinked at her before moving her gently away from his face. He snorted “It’s Tuesday.”