Of Seized Shadows and Light

by Kailoulou

Rating: teen
Tags: Dark, Horror, Alternate Universe
Length: 2499

She is coming and she will stop when there is nothing left to take from Eqeustria

She is coming…

It will inevitable that she will return. Few will predict her return and be prepared for her arrival. She will be defeated in battle but will manage to flee before she is freed from her past, she will then come then and enslave all of those under the light of the sun. She will stop at nothing, she will not stop until she has drained this world of her sisters light and shroud it in pure darkness. Who will be our savior in those literal dark times?

- Star Swirl the Bearded from a record book entitled "The Hidden Truths of our Great Enemies."

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2015-11-15 19:51:27 UTC

The False Regicide

"The Element of Magic!" The purple unicorn levitated into the air with five other ponies. A white aura surrounded her and the others. An orb was built of these foundations and the reborn Elements of Harmony unleashed the magic of friendship upon Nightmare Moon. Two rainbow ribbons intertwined each other and formed into a single ribbon. The magic ribbon then began to rise until it made a curve and descended downwards towards the Mare in the Moon.

She shrieked  "no!~" as this magic descended upon her. But she caught herself in time before the magic pulverized her and formed a quick defense spell. She was wrapped in the ribbons of rainbow and began to compress her into oblivion. She felt the pain of the magic from the transformation spell. Her body being contorted into her previous form of her weak self. She screamed in agony, she had to stand until the magic was done. She was Nightmare Moon, she was not about to succumb to what had banished her previously. She held her ground against the magic that oppressed her. She kept holding against it until it was finished. The magic had exhausted itself, in return Nightmare Moon was weakened. The joints in her legs grew weak and she collapsed to the ground. She still remained in her Nightmare body had not transformed.

The light around her began to be filled with the light of her sisters daylight. She saw that the ponies levitated back to the ground and then began to embrace one another and began to celebrate their so called victory against her. A blinding light then filled the room and a pony came out of nowhere. This pony happened to be her very so called sister, her name was Princess Celestia. In her appearance she was white, her mane flowing with the colors of the sky throughout the day. She bore a horn that carried magic she did not deserve for she was weak against her foes. She carried wings upon herself that were useless for traveling and even less for combat. In her wake, the ponies who had bodies of yellow, orange (which was a hideous color), blue, white, and pink bowed before this false princess. The purple one though ran up to Celestia and stayed near her leg and gave a smile to her. The purple unicorn then spoke words that Nightmare Moon did not care about. All that mattered is that she must rise above these pathetic creatures and become something more, something more powerful. To fall before the elements of Harmony, such a weak weapon it was, was almost like humiliation to her.

Then she remembered what was stored in her mind. A dagger that seeped with darkness that could teleport her to any location she would like to be at in the known universe. She rose up from the light stained ground slowly. She then conjured the knife from her mind. From her mind a knife was conjured, its blade was straight, the material of the blade was darker than obsidian itself. A dark aura rose from the blade itself. The handle was made of a matter that defies description that even Star Swirled the Bearded could not comprehend (if he was still alive). She stood at the platform and all of the ponies began looking at her with Celestia being in delay behind them. All seven of them looked there with questioning yet worried faces. Nightmare Moon began to laugh demonically, her voice was hoarse. She then laughed and began to ready the knife to the bottom of her naked chest. She place it closer until it pained her to place it that close to her flesh. The ponies all began to look terrified as if she were about to kill herself they all began running up to her to stop her before she cut her throat. But they were too late, she made the move and sliced open her throat,  but instead of blood seeping out, there was a dark aura seeping out.

A vortex appeared over Nightmare Moon's head and it began to slowly consume her. The ponies were halted in their tracks in the wake of the vortex opening. Nightmare Moon was eaten up entirely by the vortex and the dagger was then dropped afterwards with a clinking sound. Now the dagger was an old, battered down one with no special enchantments to it. In wake of the vortex opening and sucking Nightmare Moon the seven ponies who stood before Nightmare Moon being eaten by the vortex were only left with two conclusions, either Nightmare Moon just killed herself. Or that she fled in time before they could catch her.

The Moon,

Two minutes after Nightmare Moon getting away...

Nightmare Moon laid unconscious on the cold surface of the moon in the middle of a crater. The darkness of space lingered above her head, the cold, gray rock underneath her body. This was Nightmare Moon's home. The thousand years she endured and she banished herself back her again for it was somewhere she was most familiar with. It would be an ideal place to start her legacy and begin an empire that no pony would ever predict or be able to retaliate against.

The dark aura from the blade that she cut herself with rose from her body as she laid there, motionless, almost as if she was dead. She then sprouted back to the reality that she was in. She quickly arose from her state of unconsciousness and looked around her only to reveal to herself that she safely landed back on the moon. Nightmare Moon then noticed that she was in the middle of a large crater, she looked around and noticed that there was a glow wherever she looked. She then began questioning it's presence. She looked towards the ground and it glowed. She then noticed her eyes were glowing the color that was almost a cyan color but had a more pale tone to it. She was transforming already, the blade she cut herself with already began the transforming process of her body, it was the eyes first, she wondered what was next.

She eventually stopped thinking about what was next and realized what she had to do was find a way out of the crater she was in. She eventually found a safe place to teleport to that was outside the crater. She filled her horn with magic and then casted the spell that teleported her to the location she desired. Nightmare Moon then suddenly appeared on the surface of the moon and had a full view of the planet that awaited her arrival. She gave a slight smirk and looked towards it.

"I will have all of their dreams crushed and their light eaten. I never got to truly show what I am capable of to those pathetic ponies. All of them and their leaders, even my sister will bow to me and is inevitable."

Of Old Lore Forgotten in Time

Four Minutes after Nightmare Moon was eaten by the vortex...

The seven ponies had finished gawking at what happened before their very eyes. To see Nightmare Moon be eaten by a mysterious vortex was something they would have never expected, they would have thought they would have freed the soul that was trapped within Nightmare Moon's body. It almost seemed as if it were a defeat to the six ponies for they did not fulfill their task of liberating that soul.

The seventh pony, the sister of Nightmare Moon, Princess Celestia of Equestria held her sister dear to her heat. She had hoped that the six ponies she had employed were able to free her sister from her previous form. This was truly a defeat for her, her sister had fled before she could convert her to her light. She would not be reunited with her sister for a long time, if not, ever again. This idea burned in her mind with a flame that was greater that nopony else could comprehend. To be so close to reunite with her sister and let her slip under her hooves. Her eye became clogged with tears of hatred, anger, despair, and most of all sadness.  She tried her best to mitigate these tears and refrained from showing her subjects that this was a more important matter than what they showed. She tried and tried, but she eventually couldn't hold her self out and she finally broke out into the tears and fell to the ground for she could not bear this pain upon herself anymore.

In reaction to this the six other ponies, Twilight Sparkle (the purple one), Fluttershy (the yellow one), Applejack (the ugly orange coat one), Rarity (the other white colored one), Pinkie Pie (the pink one) and Rainbow Dash (the light blue one) quickly turned their heads to the sound of their Princess weeping. Of course Twilight was the first one to rush over to the aid of Princess Celestia.

She ran over towards Celestia and said "Princess Celestia!" and then stopped at her and crouched down to her level "Princess Celestia- Whats' wrong?" Twilight's voice was soft in tone and clearly stated that Twilight was worried for her.

"Sh- sh- she escaped, she came under my hooves and escaped," she could not control herself crying. Her voice was broken, muffled for she spoke too quickly.

"Everything will be fine your majesty," as Twilight said this she assumed a resting position next to Princess Celestia and placed her hoof around the bottom of her neck and began to stroke her mane. This was fairly awkward for her Princess Celestia was almost twice the size of Twilight but it did not matter. Princess Celestia needed all of the comfort. While this was happening, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity all approached to the vicinity of the two but stood at a distance for this was something quite personal. It also appeared that Twilight was comforting her and that if all of them came the Princess Celestia would become overwhelmed at how many ponies there are around her.

During the time Twilight was comforting Celestia. Celestia eventually steadied herself and eased herself from the fact that her sister got away. But it still lingered in her head, it was a fact that she wouldn't be able to swallow for a long time. She eventually rested her head on the temperate floor and soaked herself in her day. She needed some rest that was for sure, she felt fatigued and wanted to take a nap. But something in herself did not allow her to. Celestia after laying down in silence for a moment rose her head up and turned her head towards her most studious student ever, Twilight Sparkle and gave a smile towards. "Thank you-- for comforting me."

Twilight looked at her and gave her a slight smile but quickly changed into a questioning face, "Princess?"

"What is Twilight?"

"Why does this matter to you so much?" Her face gave a clear meaning that she wanted to look into this.

Celestia turned her towards the sun and gave a slight sigh and turned back towards her subjects and rose up. "She was... My Sister. I know it seems impossible. But it was my fault. A thousand years ago, I had most of the ruling power over Equestria and my little sister, Luna --That was her name. Luna had grown jealous over how much power I had and demanded that we both have equal power for we both raise something that ponies loved and rejoiced. The sun and the moon. I had turned her down and she grew more and more angry with me and eventually transformed into Nightmare Moon. We waged battle and I remember one very specific moment. It was after Nightmare Moon shot me with a beam of magic that took me out of the air. I had fallen through the castle roof and collapsed to the ground and I was knocked out, or so I thought. I was actually conscious now that I think of it but I felt a cold wind upon my back. It sent shivers down my spine as I felt it go through it. I finally raised from the state I was in and I had decided that it was necessary to use the Elements of Harmony against my own sister who had succumbed to the forces of darkness. We continued to fight until I had played my last card, the Elements. We then had a magic duel and I won. I thought it would be best to banish her to the moon for one thousand years where she would learn from her actions. But it is clear that she did not and now has sworn vengeance on this world."

Twilight Sparkle stood there in what could be described as sympathy, awe, and horror all at the same time, "I'm sorry your majesty, we did not mean to hurt-"

"It doesn't matter now, what matters most is that you did well in reclaiming the Elements of Harmony. Now you know it's true power and what it is capable of. But I feel my sister will not go down without a fight and it will be much harder than previously. The Elements of Harmony choose who wears their powers and to be chosen for the Elements is a great honor."

"Princess, I'm only a bookworm."

"I'm just a farm gal," spoke Applejack.

"I must say these pendants are quite fashionable If I do say so myself," said Rarity.

"I'm only like animals, not fighting," spoke Fluttershy in a obviously shy voice.

"Weeeeeee~ I can't wait, I'm super excited!" Exclaimed Pinkie Pie.

"I cant wait to kick some flank!" Shouted Rainbowdash in an ecstatic tone.

"Well you can be at least humble darling." Muffled Rarity.

Celestia gave a small smile to the excitement of the ponies. "And you Twilight, I want you to lead your friends to take back my sister from the darkness. Can you promise me this-- and I will actually help you this time."

"You can count on us your Majesty!" She gave a smile to Celestia.

"First things first though, get situated into Ponyville. Meet the residents and know the locals, it is always good to know your way around." After Princess Celestia said this the ponies then began their ways back home towards Ponyville. As soon as they dissapeared from her sight Celestia turned her head towards the platform where blue dust remained  and a single dagger remained. She walked towards the platform and conjured a vial and placed the blue dust into the vial and levitated the old dagger in front of herself and spoke, "Let see who is really pulling the strings of my sister." Celectia then teleported in an instant and left the massive hall empty with nothing even inside of it only the cold stone, some vines, and the rubble of ancient past.