Twinkle on the Moonby FirePrincessChaptersChapter OneChapter TwoChapter ThreeChapter FourChapter FiveChapter SixPrologueChapter One Chapter One Night Glider was back home. The small apartemnt had thousands of photos on the wall. Night Glider liked photography,even when she was in the isolated town. Her favorite photograph was of a pony,that had long star like hair. She was a model,or so she thought,because why would she have stars in her hair. But that very pony had offered her ice cream at a young age,but then when Night Glider tried to get it,she was dragged away. That's all she remembered. Night Glider was too tired to make some burrito on the microwave,she just flopped in her bed at the back of the room. One the lights were out she rested her head on the pillow. She closed her eyes and began to breather heavily and enjoy the silence. The only noises at night were the night birds singing and the occasional sound of trots outside. It was quite a pleasant settlement. Then a new noise joined the group. One far different from the others,it was the sound of someone whispering:Skylar! Skylar! Come home! It repeated itself over and over. Eventually it felt like someone was looming over Skylar and whispering it in her ear. Then,Night Glider felt something,a hood stroked her hair! Night Glider turned around expecting one of her friends trying to prank her,but was dissapointed to witness no one standing beside her bed. She could've sworn someone was touching her. And talking about someone named Skylar who must've been missing. She tried to go to sleep but all the birds lost there song and all the star cross lovers seemed to lose there trotting noises. The night was dead silent and quiet. The only sound now was,"Skylar! Skylar! That is your name." Night Glider was now sitting upright in her bed,looking around the room to see who was saying it. "I'm not Skylar!"Night Glider protested. "But you are,Night Glider."The voice responded creepily. Night Glider tried to gasp for air and stop panting in fear. "Leave!"Night Glider commanded. "I shall not leave my child again."The voice snickered. "Show yourself."Night Glider called. "You've seen me."That was the last she heard of the voice for that night. Night Glider decided to sleep at her friend,Sugar Belle's,apartment for the night. Sugar Belle warmly excepted her in and asked about the voice. Unlike most ponies,Sugar Belle loved stories. The more fascinating,the more real it was. Sugar Belle dreamed of being an author by combining all the stories she heard. But she didn't believe in her own story. But she should. "Thanks."Night Glider said as she hugged her friend "No problem."Sugar Belle said as she got into her own bed. Night Glider curled up on the floor on top of a pillow with a thick blanket. It wasn't glamorous but it was better than the creepy voice following her around and whispering gibberish in her ear. Night Glider could now sleep,but without the comfort of her bedroom sounds. Instead Sugar Belle played her radio. It was hard to hear from where Night Glider was,but she didn't care one bit. Night Glider looked at the ceiling,on it she thought she saw the lady with stars in her mane. She was rocking a child. The child was navy blue with a white mane. It kind of looked like Night Glider. The woman was now breast feeding it and the foal was suckling. They dissapeared but this time they reappeared. They came back older. The foal could now walk and the mother was giving her some ice cream. The child gleefully accepted it but then was dragged away by none other than,Stralight Glimmer. The woman cried and cried and tried to get it back. But Starlight teleported away. Night glider got a good look at the mare before she could pace herself back to sleep. Her eyes were the same cat like moons that Night Glider had once possessed. The same all blue ones with the purple tints on the oustide. The sa,e ones that looked into your soul and pierced your heart. Night Glider knestled her head in the pillow and curled up in an even tighter ball. Warmth surrounded her as she tried to drift off to sleep. But she could faintly hear someone calling Skylar! Skylar! Come home! The voice wasn't as up and close as it used to be,it sounded like a voice several miles away trying to reach her. But it wouldn't because Night Glider put the noise aside as her imagination. She pretended that the creepy voice calling for its "oh so loved Skylar" wasn't there and it was simply a gentle breezes wind. Night Glider covered her ears and prayed that the sound ringing would dissapear. Eventually it did and the sound of Sugar Belle murmuring in her sleep was the only noise heard in the night. At least one thing normal on the daily agenda was happening. Secretly beneath the mind of Night Glider was a villain plotting. Well two. They both planned to regain a lost creature of their kind:Umbreons. The most famous Umbreon was King Sombra. They were basically shadow or night spirits. Th night spirits possessed the bodies of others but could live without them. The only problem was that the body they possessed had to become there desire. That made it very hard to carry out mischievous plans. They were good at tempting and tricks though. Much like Night Glider herself. Night Glider too possessed the traits of mischief,her being the first to wonder outside the isolate old home,she also was quite fond of the night,for in her times of living in an awful town she enjoyed night flying in the town. But she had only heard of Night Spirits in old mare's tales and she never cared for the spirits much. Chapter Two Chapter Two Night Glider opened her eyes. She wasn't in Sugar Belle's studio apartment anymore. She was in what appeared to be a family room. The room had a fireplace and a warm sofa. The only thing that drew the warmth away from the room was the fact that Night Glider was tied up. She was completely caught in a hard wooden chair in an unknown room. It was the oddest thing that had happened in her life. "Hello."A familiar voice said. It sounded much like the voice from the night before. "Show yourself."Night Glider commanded as she gazed around the room. From the shadows a pony with a sleek black coat appeared. She had a wavy purple mane with white streaks in it. Her eyes were also much like the cat like eyes Night Glider had seen in her eyes. This pony also had golden armor on with occasional diamonds on it. The mare was quite elegant and majestic compared to Night Glider with her messy bed head and tired eyes. "Hello,Skylar. I've heard so much about you."The mare welcomed her. "Huh?"Was Night Glider's only response. "Oh."The mare began."Your birth name is Skylar. Some fake mother named you that. Oh! Where are my manners? I am Nightmare Rarity." "Uhh...." Nightmare Rarity explained,"You were born a Night Spirit. But you were taken. Your original name was Skylar but somepony named you Night Glider. It was terrible. But now we have you back." "Wait...." Nightmare Rarity continued,"Night Spirits are Umbreons;ponies with dark powers. Our kind is known for possessing bodies and being quite..well...tricky. I possessed Rarity,and now I look much like her with an identical personality. I also share her same desires. Although my mission failed to be the real her,I enjoy my new self." Night Glider couldn't say anything. "Your mom told me all about you and you being taken to that horrible town. But now your home,cousin."Nightmare Rarity exclaimed. "Wait..... "You must be missing me."Another voice said. From the depths of the shadows a black mare appeared. She had a pure black coat and heavy blue armor. On the front of her chest plate was a half moon. From her neck up was a long helmet. It had spirals all around it. Then the most distinct two details about her were her eyes,cat like moons,and her starry hair filled with moons. Much like her favorite photo. "Mom?"Night Glider mumured under her breath. "Yes. Remember me?"The pony said. She looked like Nightmare Moon! "You're...you're...N-n-ightmare Moon!"Night Glider was able to pant. "Mmhmm."Nightmare Moon nodded. "Your e-eyes."Night Glider stammered. "Yes."Nightmare Moon agreed."It is a distinct trait about our kind." "Our?"She asked. "You are one too."Nightmare Rarity chimed in. "Me?"She didn't understand. "Why yes. Ever felt like something was taken from your life? Ever like maybe you were taken? That's because your destiny with us."Nightmare Moon explained. "You are home."Nightmare Rarity added to lighten the mood. "Well it doesn't feel like home."She remarked as she looked at the ropes. ""Oops."Nightmare Rarity said as Nightmare Moon gave her a cold look. "Let me remove those."Nightmare Rarity corrected herself as she untied the ropes that were across Night Glider. Night Glider was now standing up as the two dark mares began to do business. Night Glider decided to explore the room. She noticed many photos of Princess Luna and Celestia. Most of them were vintage paintings of the war they went through. "Where are we?"Night Glider asked her "mom." "In the mountains of the Frozen North. Living in the empire is too risky so we isolate ourselves. But we have each other."Nightmare Moon kindly kissed her on the head. Odd. Night Glider continued to explore further off the other rooms in the house. She was able to find a large is dining room with thousands of chairs. The table was longer than a normal one for sure! It also had a long red table cloth and many fancy candle sticks. It was extremely formal and looked as though it would seat twenty ponies. She was also able to find a staircase but she didn't dare go upstairs. "Enjoying it?"Nightmare Rarity asked Night Glider. "Yeah."She responded. "I bet this is all confusing,darling."Nightmare Rarity told her. "Yeah..."She agreed. "You'll get used to it."Nightmare Rarity presumed. "It just feels awkward."Night Glider confessed. "I know dearie."Nightmare Rarity explained."It all seemed so odd,but life will be better here. You'll soon get to know that our kind isn't obsessed with power. We just see things in a new light...the dark." Night Glider looked at a large painting of Nightamre Moon and Celestia fighting each other with there horns. It was beautifully painted and detailed. "Yes. We have had a few problems in getting our point."Nightmare Rarity said as she looked at the painting with Night Glider. "A few?"Night Glider remarked. "Well other than that we have been quite mistreated by normal ponies."Nightmare Rarity started."For years we have had to hide due to the cruel Princess Luna banishing us. Not all of us are bad and some of us have changed. Ever since Nightmare Moon...none of us can even see other ponies." Princess Luna? Evil? ..."But here at the house the three of us can be happy. Now that your here,we can be much happier. Maybe even get revenge. It's just so good your here." Nightmare Rarity then embraced a hug upon Night Glider. It felt good to be wanted somewhere for once. Her whole life she had just been in the shadow...a simple other pony. Now she was being hugged and kissed for just being there. She was being appreciated. And it felt good. Chapter Three Chapter Three Nightmare Rarity had truly made Night Glider feel hospitable. Especially when they shared the same bed. It was hard for Night Glider to contain herself with such a hot pony. But in the middle of the night Night Glider was awoken by some pony rustling her whole body. Also the pony called,"Wake up! Wake up!" Night Glider awoke to see Nightmare Moon. The mare was wide awake,showing not the slightest bit if tiredness in her half moon eyes. The mar had an urgent look on her face. Her hair was tightened in a pony tail,the stars weren't as free and spread. "Come on."She beckoned ag Night Glider as she got our of bed. Night Glider followed the pony through the hall and down the stairwell. It was very silent,Night Glider didn't have the nerve to speak to Nightmare Moon though. "Come on outside."She encouraged Night Glider. "Why?"Night Glider was able to ask. "To fly..what else would we do?"Nightmare Moon looked shocked."Is that something you don't do?" Night Glider shook her head. "Well every night we practice our powers and fly through the beautiful night sky. And if we are lucky we see sour dark father in the sky,smiling at us." "Father?"Night Glider questioned. "Yes. Sombra,the most successful Umbreon."Nightmare Moon explained. "Oh."Nigh Glider realized."I don't know about powers?" "It will come to you." Nightmare Moon then flew out into the open night sky. Nightamre Rarity was there too...floating in the air with a trail of stars behind her. Nightmare Moon followed Nightmare Rarity as both lead a path of shining lights. Night Glider tried to join them. So she flew in the air and past them,since Night Glider was very fast yet she had thousands or millions of stars follow her trail. It was almost unbelievable. "Uhh....not that much."Nightmare Rarity called from behind Night Glider. "I can't stop!"Night Glider exclaimed as the stars multiplied into millions. Eventually Night glider landed in the thick and white snow. Her newly acquired friends followed her down to the wet and slippery ground. "What was that,darling?"Nightmare Rarity asked her. "I don't know."Noght Gloder bashfully responded. "That's more stars than I've ever seen in my life."Nightmare Moon commented."I think you've been blessed with powers untold but uncontrollable." "It was just one flight....I'm sure it'll get better."Night Glider suggested. "Maybe...."Nightmare Moon said. "Hopefully."Nightmare Rarity said. "So are we going back in the air?"Night Glider asked curiously. "So you want to?"Nightmare Moon asked. "Yes."Night Glider answered. "Than come on then."Nightmare Moon exclaimed."We shall fly till your hearts content." The three then soared through the glamorous sky and plunged into the darkness. Night Glider couldn't control her power and couldn't stop making stars and purple spiraling swirls. It was beautiful but out of hand. Compared to Nightmare Moon and Rarity she was a star and swirling machine. Ofcourse this was her first time! She was more a pro at first time. Night Gliders till didn't get why she was with these ponies that and claimed to be her af,ily. Bit it felt good to eh loved and for once she felt complete in her life. Unlike her old life,she was now happy. It was very rare for her to even smile,but with her parents she felt warm even in the cold mountain weather. "Do you think we should head back inside?"Noghtmare Rarity suggested as she gently landed back onto the soft snow. "Okay."Night Glider agreed. "Good. My mane was rather in a tiff."Nightmare Rarity said as she straightened her mane's curls. Nightmare Moon joined the two mares on the ground. "Isn't this much better then your old home?"Nightmare Moon asked Night Glider. "Yeah."Night Glider admitted. "No need to be shy. You are with ponies who respect your decisions and won't judge you like the others out there. We are all one big family."Nightmare Moon explained. The ponies lead her back to the house. From the outside it appeared as nothing more than a shack,but on the inside it was a lot bigger in size. It must've been some sort of spell. Since they didn't want ponies getting curious about a mysterious light up house in the misses of nowhere. "Remember to wipe your hooves, darling."Nightmare Rarity told Night Glider. Night Glider nodded her head. One inside Nightmare Rarity went up the stairs and into her room. Nightmare Moon on the other hand went to the family room. Night Glider decided to follow Nightmare Rarity up into her room. She seemed more friendly to Night Glider and Night Glider had to admit she liked Nightmare Rarity a big. But just a tad. When Night Glider entered the room,Nightmare Rarity was slipping into her bed. "Are you heading to sleep?"Nightmare Rarity called from the bed. "Yeah."Night Glider responded. "Dear,you don't talk very much."Nightmare Rarity stated. "Yeah.."Night Glider was a bit embarrassed now. "Well come on sweetie,you have a big day ahead of you."Nightmare Rarity reminded her as she closed her eyes. Night Glider got in the bed with Nightmare Rarity. Both were snuggled underneath the warm covers. Night Glider thought it was just a dream,but Nightmare Raity kissed her on the nose. It was a split second one and was barely noticeable. That is why Night Glider put it aside as a dream. Dreams were sometimes the best things in life. Chapter Four Chapter Four Sugar Belle put one last missing poster. It titled Missing:Night Glider. It had a picture of Night Glider,Party Favor,Double Diamond and Sugar Belle all posing with Twilight in the background. It was in the very time they had lived in half there life. It was an isolated town where cutie marks were illegal and taken by a "stick". "Another one?"Party Favor asked from behind her. "Yeah."Sugar Belle blushed. "Are you ever gonna take a break?"He asked her. "No. I really miss her."Sugar Belle reasoned,tears almost dripped from her eyes. "It okay."Party Favor said as he hugged her gently. Sugar Belle had never been hugged so..seriously as he just had. It was definitely not a normal friend hug,but something more long and important. It was odd. Sugar Belle soon escaped his arms and said,"I just really wish she was back,she was like a sister to me...."She almost cried in the middle of her sentence. "It's okay to cry."He told her. Sugar Belle hugged him again,purely because she was sad and scared. "Shh...shh...it's okay."He assured her as he stroked her curly hair. Sugar Belle cried on him and warmed herself in his arms. She could hear his heart beating like a drum. It soothed her. It felt like they were hugging for the whole night under the street lamp. When in reality it was only a few minutes. "It's not."Sugar Belle was able to reason under all her tears. "She'll come back..."He reassured her. Night Glider had dissapeared mysteriously and in Sugra Belle's house! Therefore she had no no where to stay,since the police were investigating her apartment. "I don't have anywhere to stay!"She whined a she nuzzles his chest. "You can stay at my house."He cheered her up. "Really?"She said as she looked up at him. "Yes."He kindly replied. "Thank you!" She squealed as she gave him a tight friend hug. "Any time."He said as the two walked down the dark sidewalk and to the apartment building. The four ponies had lived in that apartment for a long time,we'll ever since living in the twin that is. They had just always been friends even when they didn't have cutie marks. It felt like they inseparable,but Night Glider had dissapeared. The big question was she kidnapped or...just ran away. It pained Sugar Belle to think that. "Here we are."Party Favor welcomed her into his apartment. Thank Celestia that Party Favor had a bunk bed for both of them to sleep on. "Do you want the top bunk?"He asked. "Nah."Sugar Belle replied as she looked around the room. To be honest she didn't really care about anything at the moment except finding her friend. The rest of the night was peaceful. Party Favor supplied Sugar Belle with a microwaved burrito for dinner. Then they both slipped in bed. Sugar Belle was tired from putting all the posters up around town. She almost fell asleep instantly but she kept hearing a voice in her head."She is gone." The voice continued,once Party Favor was asleep,Sugar Belle said,"Who is there?" The voice replied,"You wouldn't know me." Sugar Belle then demanded for the mysterious whisperer to reveal themself. That's when a long magically appeared. It was Celestia..only her hair was pure fire and her eyes were filled with sparks of enthusiasm. "Sugar Belle."The pony began."You are a spirit of the sun. That means you can predict the future and it is your job to stop night spirits from taking over. You,my child,have a friend. Night Glider? Well she is really Skylar,daughter of Nightmare Moon,who is still out there. We must strike her down." "Who are you even?"Sugar Belle asked. "Solar Flare. The Celestia you used to know and love."She replied. Sugar Belle gasped. "Your not Celestia..." "We must kill your friend...and anyone who gets in our way!"Solar Flare exclaimed. "No. You aren't the real Celestia,she would never want to hurt anyone!"Sugar Belle protestsed. "I am the NEW Celestia."The flame mare snapped. "No! Get out of here."Sugar Belle commanded as she ran to the kitchen and grabbed a knife. "Suit yourself. I could've given you power...."The mare then dissapeared in a whirl of flames. Strange things were happening in Equestria....the strangest of all,Party Favor had slept through the whole thing. Remarkable! Chapter Five Chapter Five The next day,Night Glider was given the two most beautiful things in her life. "Come here."Nightmare Moon encouraged from the kitchen. Night Glider obediently entered the kitchen to see what she wanted. Nightmare Rarity had two jars on the table in front of her. "What is it?"Night Glider asked her. "Galaxy jars."Nightmare Moon responded. "What?"Night Glider looked at her as if she said she was pickling pickles. "Watch."The mare ordered as she picked up a jar with her magic. The mare added some cotton balls,then some glittering stars,and a small blue orb. The ingredients were very odd,totally not normal pony things for sure. Then once Nightmare Rarity put the objects in the jar it let out a large boom,and then she quickly put the lid on the jar. In conclusion,the jar then had what appeared to be a galaxy in it! "How?"Night Glider asked Nightmare Moon "Well,when those ingredients are added,it takes a teeny chunk of the Galaxy. Then we contain it in the jar. It makes lovely decor." Nightmare Moon explained. "Wow!"Night Glider exclaimed."Can I try?" "Sure."Nightmare Moon offered her a jar. Night Glider was given the ingredients:stars,cotton balls,and the special orb. Only when Night Glider tried to seal the Galaxy inside,it would shut! "Oh dear,you added too much!"Nightmare Moon hollered. The ponies both the tried to close the jar;pushing together as hard as they could. The Galaxy almost slipped out,but the two ponies were able to cram the tiny piece of the universe in the jar. "You are a natural."Nightmare Moon complimented. The jar now had little stars and planets in it that shined and glimmered. It was absolutely stunning in every way. Night Glider was amazed and looked at Nightmare Moon,who was clearly proud of her daughter. "Your powers are amazingly strong."Nightmare Moon commented."They might need to be controlled......oh! Nightmare Rarity has a gift for you upstairs." "Cool."Night Glider said as she snatched her galaxy jar and rushed upstairs. Night Glider then arrived in Nightmare Rarity's room and saw Nightmare Rarity with a huge gray bag being levitated with her magic. "Look!"Night Glider exclaimed,showing Nightmare Rarity the jar. "Exquisite,darling."She responded."But I must give you something too,my dear." Night Glider looked at the bag,knowing that some thing was in there and all signs pointed to it being something for her. Night Glider swore she saw something move inside of it,but it could've been her imagination though. "Look in the bag."Nightmare Rarity told Night Glider. She peeked in the bag to see a small gray squirrel creature. It scampered up Night Glider's arm and nestled in her long white mane. The creature was like nothing Night Glider had seen before. It looked like a flying squirrel only with a glossy,gray coat instead. The animal seemed to be curled up in Night Glider's hair as if it was it's nest. She could've sworn the animal was trying to take a nap in her hair. "What is it?"Night Glider asked as she gently took the animal out of her hair and played with it. "It is a sugar glider."Nightmare Rarity explained."You see,it is nocturnal and it has a similar name to your's. Oh! And here is the best part,it can fly!" Her voice turned into an excited squeal. Night Glider looked down to see the sugar glider leap out of her hooves and glide softly down with parachute like flaps that came out of its arms. They were like furry wings that came out upon command. "You have no idea how far I had to travel to get that cutie..."Nightmare Rarity was then interrupted. "Thank you!"Night Glider exclaimed as she hugged her friend. "No problem,Skylar."Nightmare Rarity replied. Everything seemed so right in the world. Everything was wrong in the world! Sugar Belle had just read the paper,Celestia had turned evil and was being confined. Also Luna was given a horrible disease. To make matters worse,even the prized Twilight Sparkle was having evil thoughts. The only normal pony in the royal family was Cadence,who discovered that a strange power from the Frozen North was causing the chaos. She presumed it was Sombra or maybe one of his old followers. Whatever it was various search parties were being sent out,ponies soon forgot about the missing pony. Deep down,Sugar Belle thought that maybe the dissapeared of Night Glider was linked with the odd rampage in the Royal Family. The only good news was,she was sleeping in her house again and in a maybe relationship with Party Favor. Also Double Diamond had gone a ski trip and said he would keep an eye out for suspicous activity. Sugar Belle hoped and prayed that this nightmare would end. Forever. But she had to face reality,her posters weren't working. Her search parties were having less ponies attend. She just felt like giving up on her attempts to find Night Glider. Party Favor wouldn't let that happen though and she wasn't backing down so easily too. Party Favor, as well,was noticing these strange things. He began to make "Get Well Soon Princess" parties so he could lighten the mood in the town. They seemed to work quite well for the most part. He was also seeing the connection with Night Glider missing and the princesses going half insane. It turned out that,Night Glider was closer related to all the chaos in the princesses then she thought. A matter of fact,Night Glider was the reason and she didn't even know it. Her powers were out of control and effecting ponies thousand of miles away from the Chrystal Empire. It would take a while for her to relapse it,but she was being used. Even a mother can betray her own offspring. Chapter Six Chapter Six Night Glider couldn't sleep,not a wink. The night for some reason was too impossible to sleep in. She decided to look around the head outside to see the sky. According to Nightmare Rarity it was soothing to the soul to look at the sky at night. Besides what else could she do? One she stepped outside she was cold,but the sky was beautifully light by thousands of glittering stars that were arranged in the sky. It was glorious looking and heavenly at the same time. She couldn't help but rember how she had flown with her friends in that same exact sky. Her new friends that was. Her sugar glider,which she had named Galaxy,was sleeping peacefully in her shoulder. She was shivering a bit too but just clings closer to Night Glider like a baby and its mother. "Night Glider?"She heard. She looked around. She couldn't see anything in the white snow,but then a month of snow moved. That wasn't a clump of snow,that was a pony and it was a very important pony too. It was Double Diamond and his red scarf wasn't on,which had made it hard to see him. He approach the patio that she was on and walked up to her. "What are you doing here?"They both asked at the same time. "Looking for you,where have you been?"Double Diamond asked her. "I've been here."Night Glider explained."Life is amazing here with my new friends." "New friends?"He was clearly shocked. "Yeah...they understand me."Night Glider all of a sudden felt awkward with him. "What about us?"Double Diamond exclaimed."Suagr Belle has been looking non stop for you!" "Its the least of Equestria's worries."Night Glider snapped. "No! Ever since you left,well,the princesses are going evil,having diseases or just plain getting sick. It like someone is using you." Night Glider gulped. Could she tell him the truth? "Look...I've been staying with Nigmare Moon. I am her daughter and.....its just I fell better with her...and...and..."She tried to say. "You have to come home though."Double Diamond nagged. Galaxy was wide awake and could tell something was wrong. Very wrong! "But..."She tried to explain again. "You already have a home..."He reasoned with her. Eventually,Night Glider was able to realize that her real home was with her real friends. She needed to be with them. The two then walked off together through the snow and back to the empire. "You must tell me though,what's on your shoulder?"He asked to lighten the mood. And it all whet off from there.... "Where is Skylar?"Nightmare Moon bolted into Nightmare Rarity's room. "I don't know. Her Galaxy Jar isn't here."The mare responded. "She was going to be my secret weapon for total domination!"Nightmare Moon grunted. "Count to ten."Nightmare Rarity told her. "I can't when my chance of beating Celestia is so close!"Nightmare Moon growled as she searched the room anxiously. "I think maybe you should give up on that."Nightmare Rarity suggested to her. Nightmare Moon face hoofed. "Maybe we should settle down...."Nightmare Rarity thought out loud. "No!"The mare ejected. "Fine."The mare moaned as she helped Nightmare Moon search the room for Night Glider. "What if she wanted to leave?"Nightmare Rraity suggested. "No!"She snapped in reply. "You seriously need lame scented candles or something."Nightmare Rarity insulted Nighmare Moon."Or at least a new hobby." Prologue Prolouge For Night Glider it always felt like something was missing in her life. As if someone in her life was grabbed from her in the early foal years of her life. That was t very likely,for her whole life she had lived in the "perfect town",which really was home to terrifying secrets. Yet she kept on imagining life with this mysterious pony who seemed to missing from her life. Her life was not a good one ever since she moved to the Chrystal Empire. Yes the weather was chilly,but she also lived in a studio apartment. Many might think it fun to have your friends as neighbors;she saw it as annoying. For Party Favor was always hosting late night parties,or Double Diamond was snoring,or even worse Sugar Belle tried to make muffins. "I feel like something is missing."She told Double Diamond one day as they both enjoyed coffee in the lovely air. "What? My extra whip cream."He said as he sipped down his mocha. "No."Night Glider grunted."I feel like someone is missing from my life." "Like...."He tried to get more details. "I just feel like someone in my life isn't there. Like a brother or a sister,and it all started when I moved here to the Empire. It's just so different."Night Glider confessed,then she took a sip of her latte. "Look I think you need to see......"Then Double Diaomnd began babbling like a lunatic about a psychologist who could help. Night Glider looked into her latte to see her reflection. Her reflection! It wasn't normal! Instead of having normal plain eyes,she had cat like eyes that were blue as the moon. The eyelashes had turned purple too. Nightmare Moon? She shook her head. She looked back down to see a latte;this time it held the reflection of a perfectly normal pony. In a normal town. In a normal country. In a normal world. She kept looking. She wanted to make sure the eyes didn't slither back.
Chapter One Chapter One Night Glider was back home. The small apartemnt had thousands of photos on the wall. Night Glider liked photography,even when she was in the isolated town. Her favorite photograph was of a pony,that had long star like hair. She was a model,or so she thought,because why would she have stars in her hair. But that very pony had offered her ice cream at a young age,but then when Night Glider tried to get it,she was dragged away. That's all she remembered. Night Glider was too tired to make some burrito on the microwave,she just flopped in her bed at the back of the room. One the lights were out she rested her head on the pillow. She closed her eyes and began to breather heavily and enjoy the silence. The only noises at night were the night birds singing and the occasional sound of trots outside. It was quite a pleasant settlement. Then a new noise joined the group. One far different from the others,it was the sound of someone whispering:Skylar! Skylar! Come home! It repeated itself over and over. Eventually it felt like someone was looming over Skylar and whispering it in her ear. Then,Night Glider felt something,a hood stroked her hair! Night Glider turned around expecting one of her friends trying to prank her,but was dissapointed to witness no one standing beside her bed. She could've sworn someone was touching her. And talking about someone named Skylar who must've been missing. She tried to go to sleep but all the birds lost there song and all the star cross lovers seemed to lose there trotting noises. The night was dead silent and quiet. The only sound now was,"Skylar! Skylar! That is your name." Night Glider was now sitting upright in her bed,looking around the room to see who was saying it. "I'm not Skylar!"Night Glider protested. "But you are,Night Glider."The voice responded creepily. Night Glider tried to gasp for air and stop panting in fear. "Leave!"Night Glider commanded. "I shall not leave my child again."The voice snickered. "Show yourself."Night Glider called. "You've seen me."That was the last she heard of the voice for that night. Night Glider decided to sleep at her friend,Sugar Belle's,apartment for the night. Sugar Belle warmly excepted her in and asked about the voice. Unlike most ponies,Sugar Belle loved stories. The more fascinating,the more real it was. Sugar Belle dreamed of being an author by combining all the stories she heard. But she didn't believe in her own story. But she should. "Thanks."Night Glider said as she hugged her friend "No problem."Sugar Belle said as she got into her own bed. Night Glider curled up on the floor on top of a pillow with a thick blanket. It wasn't glamorous but it was better than the creepy voice following her around and whispering gibberish in her ear. Night Glider could now sleep,but without the comfort of her bedroom sounds. Instead Sugar Belle played her radio. It was hard to hear from where Night Glider was,but she didn't care one bit. Night Glider looked at the ceiling,on it she thought she saw the lady with stars in her mane. She was rocking a child. The child was navy blue with a white mane. It kind of looked like Night Glider. The woman was now breast feeding it and the foal was suckling. They dissapeared but this time they reappeared. They came back older. The foal could now walk and the mother was giving her some ice cream. The child gleefully accepted it but then was dragged away by none other than,Stralight Glimmer. The woman cried and cried and tried to get it back. But Starlight teleported away. Night glider got a good look at the mare before she could pace herself back to sleep. Her eyes were the same cat like moons that Night Glider had once possessed. The same all blue ones with the purple tints on the oustide. The sa,e ones that looked into your soul and pierced your heart. Night Glider knestled her head in the pillow and curled up in an even tighter ball. Warmth surrounded her as she tried to drift off to sleep. But she could faintly hear someone calling Skylar! Skylar! Come home! The voice wasn't as up and close as it used to be,it sounded like a voice several miles away trying to reach her. But it wouldn't because Night Glider put the noise aside as her imagination. She pretended that the creepy voice calling for its "oh so loved Skylar" wasn't there and it was simply a gentle breezes wind. Night Glider covered her ears and prayed that the sound ringing would dissapear. Eventually it did and the sound of Sugar Belle murmuring in her sleep was the only noise heard in the night. At least one thing normal on the daily agenda was happening. Secretly beneath the mind of Night Glider was a villain plotting. Well two. They both planned to regain a lost creature of their kind:Umbreons. The most famous Umbreon was King Sombra. They were basically shadow or night spirits. Th night spirits possessed the bodies of others but could live without them. The only problem was that the body they possessed had to become there desire. That made it very hard to carry out mischievous plans. They were good at tempting and tricks though. Much like Night Glider herself. Night Glider too possessed the traits of mischief,her being the first to wonder outside the isolate old home,she also was quite fond of the night,for in her times of living in an awful town she enjoyed night flying in the town. But she had only heard of Night Spirits in old mare's tales and she never cared for the spirits much.
Chapter Two Chapter Two Night Glider opened her eyes. She wasn't in Sugar Belle's studio apartment anymore. She was in what appeared to be a family room. The room had a fireplace and a warm sofa. The only thing that drew the warmth away from the room was the fact that Night Glider was tied up. She was completely caught in a hard wooden chair in an unknown room. It was the oddest thing that had happened in her life. "Hello."A familiar voice said. It sounded much like the voice from the night before. "Show yourself."Night Glider commanded as she gazed around the room. From the shadows a pony with a sleek black coat appeared. She had a wavy purple mane with white streaks in it. Her eyes were also much like the cat like eyes Night Glider had seen in her eyes. This pony also had golden armor on with occasional diamonds on it. The mare was quite elegant and majestic compared to Night Glider with her messy bed head and tired eyes. "Hello,Skylar. I've heard so much about you."The mare welcomed her. "Huh?"Was Night Glider's only response. "Oh."The mare began."Your birth name is Skylar. Some fake mother named you that. Oh! Where are my manners? I am Nightmare Rarity." "Uhh...." Nightmare Rarity explained,"You were born a Night Spirit. But you were taken. Your original name was Skylar but somepony named you Night Glider. It was terrible. But now we have you back." "Wait...." Nightmare Rarity continued,"Night Spirits are Umbreons;ponies with dark powers. Our kind is known for possessing bodies and being quite..well...tricky. I possessed Rarity,and now I look much like her with an identical personality. I also share her same desires. Although my mission failed to be the real her,I enjoy my new self." Night Glider couldn't say anything. "Your mom told me all about you and you being taken to that horrible town. But now your home,cousin."Nightmare Rarity exclaimed. "Wait..... "You must be missing me."Another voice said. From the depths of the shadows a black mare appeared. She had a pure black coat and heavy blue armor. On the front of her chest plate was a half moon. From her neck up was a long helmet. It had spirals all around it. Then the most distinct two details about her were her eyes,cat like moons,and her starry hair filled with moons. Much like her favorite photo. "Mom?"Night Glider mumured under her breath. "Yes. Remember me?"The pony said. She looked like Nightmare Moon! "You're...you're...N-n-ightmare Moon!"Night Glider was able to pant. "Mmhmm."Nightmare Moon nodded. "Your e-eyes."Night Glider stammered. "Yes."Nightmare Moon agreed."It is a distinct trait about our kind." "Our?"She asked. "You are one too."Nightmare Rarity chimed in. "Me?"She didn't understand. "Why yes. Ever felt like something was taken from your life? Ever like maybe you were taken? That's because your destiny with us."Nightmare Moon explained. "You are home."Nightmare Rarity added to lighten the mood. "Well it doesn't feel like home."She remarked as she looked at the ropes. ""Oops."Nightmare Rarity said as Nightmare Moon gave her a cold look. "Let me remove those."Nightmare Rarity corrected herself as she untied the ropes that were across Night Glider. Night Glider was now standing up as the two dark mares began to do business. Night Glider decided to explore the room. She noticed many photos of Princess Luna and Celestia. Most of them were vintage paintings of the war they went through. "Where are we?"Night Glider asked her "mom." "In the mountains of the Frozen North. Living in the empire is too risky so we isolate ourselves. But we have each other."Nightmare Moon kindly kissed her on the head. Odd. Night Glider continued to explore further off the other rooms in the house. She was able to find a large is dining room with thousands of chairs. The table was longer than a normal one for sure! It also had a long red table cloth and many fancy candle sticks. It was extremely formal and looked as though it would seat twenty ponies. She was also able to find a staircase but she didn't dare go upstairs. "Enjoying it?"Nightmare Rarity asked Night Glider. "Yeah."She responded. "I bet this is all confusing,darling."Nightmare Rarity told her. "Yeah..."She agreed. "You'll get used to it."Nightmare Rarity presumed. "It just feels awkward."Night Glider confessed. "I know dearie."Nightmare Rarity explained."It all seemed so odd,but life will be better here. You'll soon get to know that our kind isn't obsessed with power. We just see things in a new light...the dark." Night Glider looked at a large painting of Nightamre Moon and Celestia fighting each other with there horns. It was beautifully painted and detailed. "Yes. We have had a few problems in getting our point."Nightmare Rarity said as she looked at the painting with Night Glider. "A few?"Night Glider remarked. "Well other than that we have been quite mistreated by normal ponies."Nightmare Rarity started."For years we have had to hide due to the cruel Princess Luna banishing us. Not all of us are bad and some of us have changed. Ever since Nightmare Moon...none of us can even see other ponies." Princess Luna? Evil? ..."But here at the house the three of us can be happy. Now that your here,we can be much happier. Maybe even get revenge. It's just so good your here." Nightmare Rarity then embraced a hug upon Night Glider. It felt good to be wanted somewhere for once. Her whole life she had just been in the shadow...a simple other pony. Now she was being hugged and kissed for just being there. She was being appreciated. And it felt good.
Chapter Three Chapter Three Nightmare Rarity had truly made Night Glider feel hospitable. Especially when they shared the same bed. It was hard for Night Glider to contain herself with such a hot pony. But in the middle of the night Night Glider was awoken by some pony rustling her whole body. Also the pony called,"Wake up! Wake up!" Night Glider awoke to see Nightmare Moon. The mare was wide awake,showing not the slightest bit if tiredness in her half moon eyes. The mar had an urgent look on her face. Her hair was tightened in a pony tail,the stars weren't as free and spread. "Come on."She beckoned ag Night Glider as she got our of bed. Night Glider followed the pony through the hall and down the stairwell. It was very silent,Night Glider didn't have the nerve to speak to Nightmare Moon though. "Come on outside."She encouraged Night Glider. "Why?"Night Glider was able to ask. "To fly..what else would we do?"Nightmare Moon looked shocked."Is that something you don't do?" Night Glider shook her head. "Well every night we practice our powers and fly through the beautiful night sky. And if we are lucky we see sour dark father in the sky,smiling at us." "Father?"Night Glider questioned. "Yes. Sombra,the most successful Umbreon."Nightmare Moon explained. "Oh."Nigh Glider realized."I don't know about powers?" "It will come to you." Nightmare Moon then flew out into the open night sky. Nightamre Rarity was there too...floating in the air with a trail of stars behind her. Nightmare Moon followed Nightmare Rarity as both lead a path of shining lights. Night Glider tried to join them. So she flew in the air and past them,since Night Glider was very fast yet she had thousands or millions of stars follow her trail. It was almost unbelievable. "Uhh....not that much."Nightmare Rarity called from behind Night Glider. "I can't stop!"Night Glider exclaimed as the stars multiplied into millions. Eventually Night glider landed in the thick and white snow. Her newly acquired friends followed her down to the wet and slippery ground. "What was that,darling?"Nightmare Rarity asked her. "I don't know."Noght Gloder bashfully responded. "That's more stars than I've ever seen in my life."Nightmare Moon commented."I think you've been blessed with powers untold but uncontrollable." "It was just one flight....I'm sure it'll get better."Night Glider suggested. "Maybe...."Nightmare Moon said. "Hopefully."Nightmare Rarity said. "So are we going back in the air?"Night Glider asked curiously. "So you want to?"Nightmare Moon asked. "Yes."Night Glider answered. "Than come on then."Nightmare Moon exclaimed."We shall fly till your hearts content." The three then soared through the glamorous sky and plunged into the darkness. Night Glider couldn't control her power and couldn't stop making stars and purple spiraling swirls. It was beautiful but out of hand. Compared to Nightmare Moon and Rarity she was a star and swirling machine. Ofcourse this was her first time! She was more a pro at first time. Night Gliders till didn't get why she was with these ponies that and claimed to be her af,ily. Bit it felt good to eh loved and for once she felt complete in her life. Unlike her old life,she was now happy. It was very rare for her to even smile,but with her parents she felt warm even in the cold mountain weather. "Do you think we should head back inside?"Noghtmare Rarity suggested as she gently landed back onto the soft snow. "Okay."Night Glider agreed. "Good. My mane was rather in a tiff."Nightmare Rarity said as she straightened her mane's curls. Nightmare Moon joined the two mares on the ground. "Isn't this much better then your old home?"Nightmare Moon asked Night Glider. "Yeah."Night Glider admitted. "No need to be shy. You are with ponies who respect your decisions and won't judge you like the others out there. We are all one big family."Nightmare Moon explained. The ponies lead her back to the house. From the outside it appeared as nothing more than a shack,but on the inside it was a lot bigger in size. It must've been some sort of spell. Since they didn't want ponies getting curious about a mysterious light up house in the misses of nowhere. "Remember to wipe your hooves, darling."Nightmare Rarity told Night Glider. Night Glider nodded her head. One inside Nightmare Rarity went up the stairs and into her room. Nightmare Moon on the other hand went to the family room. Night Glider decided to follow Nightmare Rarity up into her room. She seemed more friendly to Night Glider and Night Glider had to admit she liked Nightmare Rarity a big. But just a tad. When Night Glider entered the room,Nightmare Rarity was slipping into her bed. "Are you heading to sleep?"Nightmare Rarity called from the bed. "Yeah."Night Glider responded. "Dear,you don't talk very much."Nightmare Rarity stated. "Yeah.."Night Glider was a bit embarrassed now. "Well come on sweetie,you have a big day ahead of you."Nightmare Rarity reminded her as she closed her eyes. Night Glider got in the bed with Nightmare Rarity. Both were snuggled underneath the warm covers. Night Glider thought it was just a dream,but Nightmare Raity kissed her on the nose. It was a split second one and was barely noticeable. That is why Night Glider put it aside as a dream. Dreams were sometimes the best things in life.
Chapter Four Chapter Four Sugar Belle put one last missing poster. It titled Missing:Night Glider. It had a picture of Night Glider,Party Favor,Double Diamond and Sugar Belle all posing with Twilight in the background. It was in the very time they had lived in half there life. It was an isolated town where cutie marks were illegal and taken by a "stick". "Another one?"Party Favor asked from behind her. "Yeah."Sugar Belle blushed. "Are you ever gonna take a break?"He asked her. "No. I really miss her."Sugar Belle reasoned,tears almost dripped from her eyes. "It okay."Party Favor said as he hugged her gently. Sugar Belle had never been hugged so..seriously as he just had. It was definitely not a normal friend hug,but something more long and important. It was odd. Sugar Belle soon escaped his arms and said,"I just really wish she was back,she was like a sister to me...."She almost cried in the middle of her sentence. "It's okay to cry."He told her. Sugar Belle hugged him again,purely because she was sad and scared. "Shh...shh...it's okay."He assured her as he stroked her curly hair. Sugar Belle cried on him and warmed herself in his arms. She could hear his heart beating like a drum. It soothed her. It felt like they were hugging for the whole night under the street lamp. When in reality it was only a few minutes. "It's not."Sugar Belle was able to reason under all her tears. "She'll come back..."He reassured her. Night Glider had dissapeared mysteriously and in Sugra Belle's house! Therefore she had no no where to stay,since the police were investigating her apartment. "I don't have anywhere to stay!"She whined a she nuzzles his chest. "You can stay at my house."He cheered her up. "Really?"She said as she looked up at him. "Yes."He kindly replied. "Thank you!" She squealed as she gave him a tight friend hug. "Any time."He said as the two walked down the dark sidewalk and to the apartment building. The four ponies had lived in that apartment for a long time,we'll ever since living in the twin that is. They had just always been friends even when they didn't have cutie marks. It felt like they inseparable,but Night Glider had dissapeared. The big question was she kidnapped or...just ran away. It pained Sugar Belle to think that. "Here we are."Party Favor welcomed her into his apartment. Thank Celestia that Party Favor had a bunk bed for both of them to sleep on. "Do you want the top bunk?"He asked. "Nah."Sugar Belle replied as she looked around the room. To be honest she didn't really care about anything at the moment except finding her friend. The rest of the night was peaceful. Party Favor supplied Sugar Belle with a microwaved burrito for dinner. Then they both slipped in bed. Sugar Belle was tired from putting all the posters up around town. She almost fell asleep instantly but she kept hearing a voice in her head."She is gone." The voice continued,once Party Favor was asleep,Sugar Belle said,"Who is there?" The voice replied,"You wouldn't know me." Sugar Belle then demanded for the mysterious whisperer to reveal themself. That's when a long magically appeared. It was Celestia..only her hair was pure fire and her eyes were filled with sparks of enthusiasm. "Sugar Belle."The pony began."You are a spirit of the sun. That means you can predict the future and it is your job to stop night spirits from taking over. You,my child,have a friend. Night Glider? Well she is really Skylar,daughter of Nightmare Moon,who is still out there. We must strike her down." "Who are you even?"Sugar Belle asked. "Solar Flare. The Celestia you used to know and love."She replied. Sugar Belle gasped. "Your not Celestia..." "We must kill your friend...and anyone who gets in our way!"Solar Flare exclaimed. "No. You aren't the real Celestia,she would never want to hurt anyone!"Sugar Belle protestsed. "I am the NEW Celestia."The flame mare snapped. "No! Get out of here."Sugar Belle commanded as she ran to the kitchen and grabbed a knife. "Suit yourself. I could've given you power...."The mare then dissapeared in a whirl of flames. Strange things were happening in Equestria....the strangest of all,Party Favor had slept through the whole thing. Remarkable!
Chapter Five Chapter Five The next day,Night Glider was given the two most beautiful things in her life. "Come here."Nightmare Moon encouraged from the kitchen. Night Glider obediently entered the kitchen to see what she wanted. Nightmare Rarity had two jars on the table in front of her. "What is it?"Night Glider asked her. "Galaxy jars."Nightmare Moon responded. "What?"Night Glider looked at her as if she said she was pickling pickles. "Watch."The mare ordered as she picked up a jar with her magic. The mare added some cotton balls,then some glittering stars,and a small blue orb. The ingredients were very odd,totally not normal pony things for sure. Then once Nightmare Rarity put the objects in the jar it let out a large boom,and then she quickly put the lid on the jar. In conclusion,the jar then had what appeared to be a galaxy in it! "How?"Night Glider asked Nightmare Moon "Well,when those ingredients are added,it takes a teeny chunk of the Galaxy. Then we contain it in the jar. It makes lovely decor." Nightmare Moon explained. "Wow!"Night Glider exclaimed."Can I try?" "Sure."Nightmare Moon offered her a jar. Night Glider was given the ingredients:stars,cotton balls,and the special orb. Only when Night Glider tried to seal the Galaxy inside,it would shut! "Oh dear,you added too much!"Nightmare Moon hollered. The ponies both the tried to close the jar;pushing together as hard as they could. The Galaxy almost slipped out,but the two ponies were able to cram the tiny piece of the universe in the jar. "You are a natural."Nightmare Moon complimented. The jar now had little stars and planets in it that shined and glimmered. It was absolutely stunning in every way. Night Glider was amazed and looked at Nightmare Moon,who was clearly proud of her daughter. "Your powers are amazingly strong."Nightmare Moon commented."They might need to be controlled......oh! Nightmare Rarity has a gift for you upstairs." "Cool."Night Glider said as she snatched her galaxy jar and rushed upstairs. Night Glider then arrived in Nightmare Rarity's room and saw Nightmare Rarity with a huge gray bag being levitated with her magic. "Look!"Night Glider exclaimed,showing Nightmare Rarity the jar. "Exquisite,darling."She responded."But I must give you something too,my dear." Night Glider looked at the bag,knowing that some thing was in there and all signs pointed to it being something for her. Night Glider swore she saw something move inside of it,but it could've been her imagination though. "Look in the bag."Nightmare Rarity told Night Glider. She peeked in the bag to see a small gray squirrel creature. It scampered up Night Glider's arm and nestled in her long white mane. The creature was like nothing Night Glider had seen before. It looked like a flying squirrel only with a glossy,gray coat instead. The animal seemed to be curled up in Night Glider's hair as if it was it's nest. She could've sworn the animal was trying to take a nap in her hair. "What is it?"Night Glider asked as she gently took the animal out of her hair and played with it. "It is a sugar glider."Nightmare Rarity explained."You see,it is nocturnal and it has a similar name to your's. Oh! And here is the best part,it can fly!" Her voice turned into an excited squeal. Night Glider looked down to see the sugar glider leap out of her hooves and glide softly down with parachute like flaps that came out of its arms. They were like furry wings that came out upon command. "You have no idea how far I had to travel to get that cutie..."Nightmare Rarity was then interrupted. "Thank you!"Night Glider exclaimed as she hugged her friend. "No problem,Skylar."Nightmare Rarity replied. Everything seemed so right in the world. Everything was wrong in the world! Sugar Belle had just read the paper,Celestia had turned evil and was being confined. Also Luna was given a horrible disease. To make matters worse,even the prized Twilight Sparkle was having evil thoughts. The only normal pony in the royal family was Cadence,who discovered that a strange power from the Frozen North was causing the chaos. She presumed it was Sombra or maybe one of his old followers. Whatever it was various search parties were being sent out,ponies soon forgot about the missing pony. Deep down,Sugar Belle thought that maybe the dissapeared of Night Glider was linked with the odd rampage in the Royal Family. The only good news was,she was sleeping in her house again and in a maybe relationship with Party Favor. Also Double Diamond had gone a ski trip and said he would keep an eye out for suspicous activity. Sugar Belle hoped and prayed that this nightmare would end. Forever. But she had to face reality,her posters weren't working. Her search parties were having less ponies attend. She just felt like giving up on her attempts to find Night Glider. Party Favor wouldn't let that happen though and she wasn't backing down so easily too. Party Favor, as well,was noticing these strange things. He began to make "Get Well Soon Princess" parties so he could lighten the mood in the town. They seemed to work quite well for the most part. He was also seeing the connection with Night Glider missing and the princesses going half insane. It turned out that,Night Glider was closer related to all the chaos in the princesses then she thought. A matter of fact,Night Glider was the reason and she didn't even know it. Her powers were out of control and effecting ponies thousand of miles away from the Chrystal Empire. It would take a while for her to relapse it,but she was being used. Even a mother can betray her own offspring.
Chapter Six Chapter Six Night Glider couldn't sleep,not a wink. The night for some reason was too impossible to sleep in. She decided to look around the head outside to see the sky. According to Nightmare Rarity it was soothing to the soul to look at the sky at night. Besides what else could she do? One she stepped outside she was cold,but the sky was beautifully light by thousands of glittering stars that were arranged in the sky. It was glorious looking and heavenly at the same time. She couldn't help but rember how she had flown with her friends in that same exact sky. Her new friends that was. Her sugar glider,which she had named Galaxy,was sleeping peacefully in her shoulder. She was shivering a bit too but just clings closer to Night Glider like a baby and its mother. "Night Glider?"She heard. She looked around. She couldn't see anything in the white snow,but then a month of snow moved. That wasn't a clump of snow,that was a pony and it was a very important pony too. It was Double Diamond and his red scarf wasn't on,which had made it hard to see him. He approach the patio that she was on and walked up to her. "What are you doing here?"They both asked at the same time. "Looking for you,where have you been?"Double Diamond asked her. "I've been here."Night Glider explained."Life is amazing here with my new friends." "New friends?"He was clearly shocked. "Yeah...they understand me."Night Glider all of a sudden felt awkward with him. "What about us?"Double Diamond exclaimed."Suagr Belle has been looking non stop for you!" "Its the least of Equestria's worries."Night Glider snapped. "No! Ever since you left,well,the princesses are going evil,having diseases or just plain getting sick. It like someone is using you." Night Glider gulped. Could she tell him the truth? "Look...I've been staying with Nigmare Moon. I am her daughter and.....its just I fell better with her...and...and..."She tried to say. "You have to come home though."Double Diamond nagged. Galaxy was wide awake and could tell something was wrong. Very wrong! "But..."She tried to explain again. "You already have a home..."He reasoned with her. Eventually,Night Glider was able to realize that her real home was with her real friends. She needed to be with them. The two then walked off together through the snow and back to the empire. "You must tell me though,what's on your shoulder?"He asked to lighten the mood. And it all whet off from there.... "Where is Skylar?"Nightmare Moon bolted into Nightmare Rarity's room. "I don't know. Her Galaxy Jar isn't here."The mare responded. "She was going to be my secret weapon for total domination!"Nightmare Moon grunted. "Count to ten."Nightmare Rarity told her. "I can't when my chance of beating Celestia is so close!"Nightmare Moon growled as she searched the room anxiously. "I think maybe you should give up on that."Nightmare Rarity suggested to her. Nightmare Moon face hoofed. "Maybe we should settle down...."Nightmare Rarity thought out loud. "No!"The mare ejected. "Fine."The mare moaned as she helped Nightmare Moon search the room for Night Glider. "What if she wanted to leave?"Nightmare Rraity suggested. "No!"She snapped in reply. "You seriously need lame scented candles or something."Nightmare Rarity insulted Nighmare Moon."Or at least a new hobby."
Prologue Prolouge For Night Glider it always felt like something was missing in her life. As if someone in her life was grabbed from her in the early foal years of her life. That was t very likely,for her whole life she had lived in the "perfect town",which really was home to terrifying secrets. Yet she kept on imagining life with this mysterious pony who seemed to missing from her life. Her life was not a good one ever since she moved to the Chrystal Empire. Yes the weather was chilly,but she also lived in a studio apartment. Many might think it fun to have your friends as neighbors;she saw it as annoying. For Party Favor was always hosting late night parties,or Double Diamond was snoring,or even worse Sugar Belle tried to make muffins. "I feel like something is missing."She told Double Diamond one day as they both enjoyed coffee in the lovely air. "What? My extra whip cream."He said as he sipped down his mocha. "No."Night Glider grunted."I feel like someone is missing from my life." "Like...."He tried to get more details. "I just feel like someone in my life isn't there. Like a brother or a sister,and it all started when I moved here to the Empire. It's just so different."Night Glider confessed,then she took a sip of her latte. "Look I think you need to see......"Then Double Diaomnd began babbling like a lunatic about a psychologist who could help. Night Glider looked into her latte to see her reflection. Her reflection! It wasn't normal! Instead of having normal plain eyes,she had cat like eyes that were blue as the moon. The eyelashes had turned purple too. Nightmare Moon? She shook her head. She looked back down to see a latte;this time it held the reflection of a perfectly normal pony. In a normal town. In a normal country. In a normal world. She kept looking. She wanted to make sure the eyes didn't slither back.
