Return of Nightmare Moon

The whole temple began to crumble and shake.

"We have to go, now!" Wind yelled as she ran towards the door.

They charged through the hallways and out into the courtyard. The ground was still cracked from her fight with Deathangel. Just as they got out into the courtyard, the whole temple collapsed. Wind breathed a sigh of relief.

"We did it. We saved Equestria." She said as she caught her breath.

"If we saved Equestria, the how do you explain that?" Comet asked as he pointed towards the sky.

Wind looked up to see the moon move in front of the sun, completely eclipsing it.

"What the hell?" Wind said as the rubble from the temple began to shake violently.

From the center of it burst Nightmare Moon. She was glowing with a dark blue aura.

"I told you fools that you had no power here! Now prepare to die!" She yelled.

"Great. Now what?" Wind asked.

"Well, did you ever think of using dark magic?" A voice said from beside her.

She turned to see Discord sitting on her shoulder.

"And how are we supposed to use dark magic? No one here knows dark magic." Wind said.

"You still haven't figured it out have you?" He asked.

"Figured what out?" Wind replied.

Discord sighed and put his hand over his face.

"You can use dark magic. You dunce." He said.

"Me?! How do you figure I can use dark magic?" Wind asked.

"You inherited it from your father." He replied.

"My father. He was a pegasus. Pegasi can't use magic. Quite being stupid and give me some useful advice." Wind said.

"Yes your father was a pegasus, but, he did have access to dark magic. How do you think he was able to survive for so long in that cage with your mother? He used dark magic to stabilize their heart rates." He said.

"If that's true, why are they dead?" Wind asked.

"Well, he told me not to say anything. But, they're not really dead. They're in what's called a death trance. It gives the appearance of death, but with the body still in functioning shape." He said.

"You're just now telling me this?" Wind asked.

"Like I said. He didn't want me to say anything. You were supposed to find out about it on your own." He said.

Wind groaned.

"Okay, look. If you hurry up with PMS Luna over there, I can give you a spell to bring them out of their death trance." He said.

"Fine, but you better not be lying to me." Wind said.

"I'm not. Oh, by the way. You'll need a significant power source to amplify your dark magic to take out the nightmare mist." He said before vanishing.

'Significant power source?' Wind thought.

"I wonder. Vinyl, power up your bass cannon. And set it to eleven." Wind said.

"Okay. Why? If three metric tons of stone isn't going to hurt her, why do you think that my bass cannon will?" Vinyl asked as she readied her bass cannon.

"Just be ready. When I give you the signal, I want you to blast me with it." Wind said.

"But, it'll kill you." Vinyl protested.

"Just do it." Wind said.

Vinyl nodded. Wind flew up to where Nightmare Moon was. She heard the sound of the bass cannon fire up.

"So, you think you're invulnerable? Wanna place a bet on that?" Wind said.

"You are an insolent little brat! I will enjoy watching you die!" Nightmare Moon yelled as she raised a glowing black axe overhead.

"Now Vinyl!" Wind yelled.

She heard the bass cannon go off. The impact hit her like a brick, but, she was still alive. She felt the energy from the blast coursing through her body. She felt a tingle in her chest as a large blast of black and red light shot out. It struck Nightmare Moon just as she was swinging her axe. She screamed in pain as the light pierced her armor and filled the sky with light. Wind fell to the ground, out cold.