As I looked around I couldn’t help but notice a smoldering pile of ashes and next to a mare, a bipedal creature holding a torch. I saw five mares and my student, with one of the mares laying down by the biped.

“What is going on here? Where is my sister? And who are you?” I asked while pointing at the biped.

“Dear me, have you already forgot your father? How long has it been, my dear little Sunshine?” The creature asks me and I am hit by memories long forgotten.

“My dear little Sunshine, what have I told you about stealing from the cookie jar? You know that if you want one you have to get one for your sisters as well. We don’t want them to be jealous now do we?” The creature said to me.

“But dad, why do they have to get one as well when I want one?” I heard myself ask.

“That is simple, you will be a ruler one day, along with your sisters and you all need to learn to share. I want you to be a good ruler not a tyrant.” He said to me and the memory ended.

“Dad? I-is that you?” I ask beginning to tear up.

“Yes my dear little Sunshine, it’s me. Oh how I have missed you so much.” Dad said while walking up to me.

--P.O.V Twilight Sparkle--

“Is anyone else confused by what is going on?” I ask.

“yeah” Was my reply from everypony else.

“Do you think we should interrupt this moment?” I ask and then notice that Rainbow Dash was waking up and looking around.

“Hey what is that thing doing?” She asks before charging Princess Celestia and what appears to be her father.

“Rainbow, wait” I called to her.

“Get away from the princess monster!” She yells at Hunter, but she didn’t even get close to him before she was caught in a yellow glow.

“What do you think you are doing!?” The princess yelled at Rainbow.

“Protecting you from the monster?” She replied questioningly as if she wasn’t sure

“Let her go, she has done nothing wrong.... Yet. Hehehee” Hunter says with a very creepy grin and laugh.

“Of course dad.” She replied before looking back at Rainbow and quietly saying to her...”Try to hurt my father and I will hurt you. Got it?” She asked Rainbow, who in turn nodded very quickly, at which she was let go and dropped on the floor. We then heard a very familiar laugh.

“Hahahahahaha. Did you think your pathetic little attempt to kill me would do anything? I am the night, nothing can harm me.” We heard the voice of Nightmare Moon say.

Dear oh dear me, what was it? The feelings of abandonment, the feelings of betrayal, or the thirst for power? What caused you to turn into this? Tell me, please. I can’t bear to see the ones I took in and raised suffer like this.” Hunter begged, the grip on his torch tightening. “Please Luna, tell me, so I can help. I can’t stand to see you like this.”

“Why, father actually cares? This is so surprising, but you are the reason this happened. Dear little Luna, was so pent up with feelings of abandonment and betrayal, that I hardly had to do anything to convince her to let me have control. And now I will show you how much power I command, for now the Night. Will. Last. Forever.” She said with a psychotic cackle.

*Sniff* “I... I never wanted to hurt you. All I have done was to protect you, but it seems I wasn’t strong enough to stop this before it began. But I can end this and free you from this retched nightmare. It is the least I can do to make up for what I have done.” He said before walking over and retrieving his mace and whispering something into Applejack’s ear.

P.O.V Gascoigne

“Now miss I want you to get your friends, get the Elements of Harmony, and find out how to use them. And take my sunshine with you. She will help protect you if I fall here. Now go and hurry, I will only be able to last so long.” I whispered to the blond maned pony.

P.O.V Applejack

And so I ran to my friends. “Girls we need to hurry and get those Elements of Whatsit, you to Princess. And we need to go now, he can’t hold her for ever.” I said to them while beginning to gallop into the main hall, and I heard them run to catch up to me as well as the sound of electrified metal striking flesh was heard, followed up by the sound of flesh being ripped into and a scream of pain the sounded like Hunter.

And as soon as we entered the entrance hall we spotted the elements and rushed over. “Come on Twilight, you know what to do right?” I heard Rainbow say sounding worried.

“Of... of course I do, the book said that a spark was needed to reveal the sixth element. So let’s give it one.” Twi said before lowering her head and using a lightning spell on the elements, but nothing happened, and before she tried again she seemed to have had an epiphany and instead she started spouting out the obvious of what are actions on the trip here meant and after she said each one the stones seemed to dissolve into dust and reform as necklaces except for Twi’s who had a crown. And after the noise died down it was at that point that we noticed the sounds of fighting had stopped which made all of us tense up immediately. And after a few seconds the silence was interrupted by what I could just barely tell was the body of Hunter being thrown through the hall’s entrance straight into the Princess followed by Nightmare Moon walking through the doorway with a smug look on her face.

“Well well well, what do we have here six little ponies and one older sister who all think they can defeat me. Well let me enlighten you to something, YOU CAN’T. Father was always stronger than both Luna and Celestia here. But seeing as I defeated him that makes me stronger the anypony in this room. And I wouldn’t even bother with those silly jewelry, they will not be able to help you. But seeing as I am getting a kick out of your efforts to stop me I will let you get a free hit. So go on do your worst.” Nightmare Moon said waiting for us to attack.

“Come on girls, she wants it so lets let her have it.” I said and after a couple of moments we figured out of to use the darn things and they shot out what was apparently a rainbow, which seemed to home in on Nightmare Moon who seemed surprised about something.

“NO THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING TO ME. I WILL NOT LET MYSELF DIE HERE.” She screeched out as she hastily cast a spell, but before it was completed the Elements completed their job and disappeared leaving behind two different ponies. One mare who looked like a very young Nightmare Moon and one who looked about the same age as the other but with teal eyes, light blue hair, and light purple coat. And before we could do anything else we heard a groan come from where the Princess and Hunter were.

“Ugg would somepony get Father off of me?” The princess asked.

“Of course Princess, just give me a moment. *Pant Pant*. Those elements took a lot out of me.” Twi said panting before floating Hunter off of the Princess.

“Thank you, Twilight now... what.. happened?” The Princess asked noticing the two mares who were beginning to wake up. “Luna is that you? Ohh how I have missed you.” She said before running up to the mare with the light purple coat and nuzzling her.

“Sister is that you? Where art thou? What happened to the Nightmare?” Luna asked beginning to noticing the sleeping form of the mare next to her. “WHAT IS THAT THING DOING WITH A BODY?” Luna screeched and attempted to conjure up a Moonlight Spear but was to weak to manage the spell and the backlash knocked her out again.

“Well I think it is time that Luna, Nightmare, Father, and I take are leave. I hope we can meet again under better circumstances next time.” Princess Celestia said before teleporting away, along with the bodies of Nightmare Moon, Hunter, and Luna.

Author's Note

Hey everypony, I know it has been a bit since I have posted a chapter for this story. So heres a chapter and a huge apology. Also tell me in the comments if you can tell the reference that is the chapter title.