[Canterlot. Deep Underground.]

The feeling in the cell was cold. A type of feeling Pumpkinhead hasn't felt in eons. The unforgiving cold on his armor like skin. His body suddenly twitched, sending a jolt of energy through the demons body. He opened his eyes and saw he was in a large indent in a wall with iron bars sticking through the ground. Pumpkinhead tried to move his body, but it felt as though he weighed an extra hundred pounds out of his three-hundred. The demon plunged his fists into the ground and used his force to lift himself off the ground and onto one knee. He lifted himself onto his feet and stood at his full height. A sudden hard surface hitting the top of his deformed head made the demon growl in annoyance and pain. He bended over slightly to avoid hitting his head more. Pumpkinhead reached his arm out toward the bar but it was thrown back as soon as his claw hit one of the bars. He roared and stomped toward the exit. He wrapped his fingers into a fist and swung it toward the bars. As soon as they connected, Pumpkinhead's arm snapped back sending his body along with it. The demon fell backward onto his tail and he snarled. He then heard someone clear their throat.

The demon looked up and saw the same white alicorn from before standing in front of the jail cell with crossed arms and a stern face. The demon looked at her with an unamused look and stood on its feet. He stomped toward the jail cell, not bothering to try and hit the bars again. He towered over her only by a head but because of the cell, he had to hunch to her height. With a cold tone of voice, she spoke to him. "Why did you attack the castle?", she asked. Pumpkinhead thought that was a joke of question at first. The reason he came was to acquire back his summoner. Seeing as though he couldn't speak English, the demon only gave the unicorn a scoff and looked away from her. Celestia began tapping her arm with a finger and deepening her scowl. A small electro bolt sparking from her horn. "I'll ask again, why did you attack the castle?", she said. Again no reply from the demon, who slumped on his hinge legs. A small vein popped out the alicorn's head, a sense of pressure building in her emotions. She gripped harder on her arms and she narrowed her eyes.

-No...I have to find an answer.- she thought.

Celestia took in a deep breathe and released it slowly. She loosened the grip on her arms and the vein disappeared back into her head. "Might as well start at the bottom.", she mumbled. "Why are you here?" The demon perked its head slightly and half turned to the white alicorn. She leaned in slightly to hear. Pumpkinhead couldn't speak a regular language, he had his brothers voice. He took a moment to think before an idea came on top him. The demon used his snake like finger to carve a word into the wall. The scratching of the nail against the wall sounded metal being shredded. Once he was done, Pumpkinhead motioned his head toward the alicorn who stepped forward and looked on the wall. Written in sharp style writing and in huge skinny letters was a word on the wall that made the princess choke slightly.

SUMMONER

She looked at the demon in confusion. "Someone...summoned you here?", she asked in a tone of trying to understand the term. Pumpkinhead nodded once and kept starring at the word as if it were in a trance. Celestia signed and scratched her chin. Pondering who could've brought the creature into Equestria. As she delved into her thoughts, the alicorn heard the scratching of the demons claw again. She looked and saw him spelling out a smaller word below the other carving. Once the creature was done, it scooted back and gave the princess a good view of what he wrote. She felt a shiver run down her spine upon reading the carving.

DAWN

Celestia couldn't stop starring at the text. A sudden feeling of dread coming over her mind. Her head looked slightly at the demon in shock. A mere child conjured such a violent creature, for what purpose she wondered. Celestia had countless things she wanted to ask the monster, she thought she turned into Twilight for a moment. Getting her mind back on track, Celestia cleared her throat and the demon looked at her with a raised brow. "Do you wish to speak with the child?", she said; against her own conscience. The demon stood up and locked eyes with the sun princess. With a nod, the creature growled in its throat. She figured answers would be given by the demon and Dawn if the two had their discussion. Celestia turned away from the monster and proceeded toward the exit of the empty dungeon. A guard at the entrance and let the princess go through, he stepped in behind her and slammed the metal door. Pumpkinhead crouched down in his cell and stared at the carving he made in the wall. His goal still alive inside him. Find his summoner, kill everyone. However for now he would be forced to behave himself.

Dawn yawned with a gaping mouth as she laid in a medical bed. bandages covering almost her entire body. Beside her, her mother Twilight stroked her mane and smiled down at her. "Thank goodness your awake." she said to Dawn. The filly looked up at her mother and smiled before leaning forward and hugging her side. Twilight returned the embrace without a moments hesitation. At the entrance of the medical room, the rest of the main six, along with Trixie, sat in a open room filled with chairs. Each with bandages of their own. Princess Luna didn't sit, instead she paced back and forth. Seeing the demon and Dawn share injuries was unsettling to her and she wondered what black magic was used to conjure such a beast. However what troubled her more was her blackout during the fight. The heavy feeling that came over her was still etched in her brain. Luna couldn't explain anything which was bugging her even more. A deep sense of mind came over her as she thought of the reasons as to why. It had to be HER, Luna's other self. She thought Nightmare Moon was sealed forever. She might have broken free.

Dawn scanned the room of the medical wing. She looked down at her hands and saw them full of scratches. She couldn't remember what happened besides the nice monster putting her in a closest and feeling extreme pain after words. She then noticed the monster wasn't around. He was gone. She saw her auntie Luna next to her and her mother and poked her side. Luna turned her head and looked down at her niece. "What is it Dawn?" she asked. The little filly tapped her fingers together, hesitating to ask her. "U-um auntie Luna...where's mister monster?" she looked up at her with puppy eyes. The princess of the night and of magic looked at each other in worry of her question. Luna swallowed and kneeled down to her height in Twilights lap. "Well, we've taken him to a very special infirmary so he can heal." she tried her best to lie but it seemed to work because when she said it, Dawn shed her first smile in hours. A small giggle came from the filly as her mother cuddles her. Luna let out a giggle of her own for a second before the sound of a throat being cleared caught the threes attention. They turned their heads to see Princess Celestia with a not so happy look.

"Twilight, Luna, a word please." Celestia motioned the two to follow her. The two exchanged worried looks for a second before following her. Leaving Dawn on the bed by herself. The filly signed and played with her hands while they were gone. She looked and saw the three alicorns talking in the shadow of the door to the infirmary. She couldn't hear their voices but she could see their movement. Celestia was moving her hands in a drawing fashion while the other two alicorns watched her. Minutes had passed by and they came back in the room with completely different emotions then when they left. Twilight looked as though she was about to have a nervous break down and Luna was trying her best to comfort her. Whispering to her and rubbing her arms. Dawn looked up at the two with a tilted head.

Author's Note

ACT 1 Complete!

(I'm not dead XD)