VI

'You must be,' said the Cat, 'or you wouldn't have come here.'

Celestia stood in shock as Nightmare Moon, also known as her sister Luna, gave her a devilish smile. A bluish aura began to emit from Nightmare Moon, making her more intimidating.

“Well? Are you not entertained, sister?” Nightmare Moon asked. “Or are you stunned at how I look like? Well, what do you think of this color? Is it not beautiful?”

“Tournament? There will be no such thing!” Celestia exclaimed. “I will not let you disrupt the festivities!”

“Disrupt? HA! I have already started MY festivities!” Nightmare Moon answered as she gestured towards the glass windows. “Why don’t you see for yourself?”

Celestia did not know what her sister was talking about. Nightmare Moon was still insisting on having her sister take a peek outside, with the latter curious on what she has done.

Slowly, Celestia took a step and walked towards the glass window. She walked to the point that the entire city of Neo Canterlotand the dark sky were visible. She scanned the whole horizon, but did not see anything out of the ordinary.

Nightmare Moon approached Celestia and placed her hand on her sister’s shoulder. She then leaned towards Celestia’s ear while still wearing a devious smile.

“Your precious city is fine. It’s still a modern marvel,” Nightmare Moon whispered. “But I think the eternal moon makes everything much more lively.”

Upon hearing this, Celestia quickly looked at the moon. Her eyes shrank and she stood there in shock; the moon shone an eerie bluish glow. The floating broken pieces began to move around the moon, almost as if the moon was alive.

“You see that, sister? I could say I’ve already won, but this is only the beginning,” Nightmare Moon said to Celestia. “I wouldn’t want an easy victory now would I?”

“You’ve gone mad, Luna!” Celestia replied.

“AND WHOSE FAULT IS IT?! WHO WAS IT THAT SENT ME TO THE MOON?!” Nightmare Moon yelled angrily as she took out one of her blades and hacked Celestia’s table.“Which one of us REFUSED to accept such power?!A limitless power that God had bestowed upon us!”

Celestia stood in fear as she slowly backed away from her sister. Nightmare Moon took a deep breath and sheathed her blade back. She turned her back on Celestia and headed towards the windows.

“I could kill you right now, foolish sister of mine,” Nightmare Moon said. “But I need you to be alive. I need you to see everything you’ve built get burned to the ground.”

“It’s not too late, Luna,” Celestia exclaimed, “You can still be the sister I know and love.”

“…The love was lost once you sent me to the moon,” Nightmare Moon glared at her sister. “You have a week to find your champions, you wouldn’t mind if I borrowed the arena, right? Until then, the entire world will be shrouded in darkness.”

With that said, Nightmare Moon broke one of the windows with her fist. She made her way outside and began to dematerialize into a smoke. As she was about to disappear, Nightmare Moon once more turned to her sister.

“Oh, I’d be fascinated if you entered the tournament… Daybreaker,” Nightmare Moon grinned. “Someday, you’ll realize how wrong you were… and how right I was.”

Nightmare Moon disappeared in Celestia’s sight, but her evil cackles were still heard. It began to become faint, leaving Celestia in dead silence. Suddenly, multiple peacekeepers stormed in the room, but were already too late since Nightmare Moon had already left.

Celestia’s angst grew. She wouldn’t sleep for weeks once again.

Standing alone in a dark room, Evelyn was tied up on a chair at the center. Her body was bruised and her clothes were all tattered including her underwear. Even with her whole body tied up, she could not feel her limbs. She was parched, not able to speak and her eye sight was blurry.

Suddenly, a large man appeared from the shadows wielding a large machete. Evelyn’s sight began to work properly, and seeing the man horrified her. She tried to scream for her life, but not a single sound came from her wind pipe. At last, the man raised his machete and hacked towards Evelyn.

Evie, wake up!

Evelyn instantly opened her eyes and found herself surrounded by medics and a man that had slicked black hair and a goatee. He had a white t-shirt underneath aflak vest, gray pants, a holster, knee-pads and black combat boots. He also had a few tattoos on both of his arms, wrist tape that had an X symbol on both of his hands, and multiple guns around his body, one of which was a sniper rifle behind him.

Evelyn quickly stood up and looked around her. Still shook and sweating, she was still unable to speak due to her fright from her dream. Around her were multiple medics tending to the wounded peacekeepers.

“WHERE IS NIGHTMARE MOON?!” she screamed to the man.

“Easy, easy! She’s long gone now,” the man replied. “You’ve been out for a few hours.”

Evelyn stood in silence and took a deep breath. She pinched the bridge of her nose and walked towards a crate which she sat on. The man followed on and sat beside her.

“Straight Edge, what time is it?” she asked.

“First off, call me Punk,” the man known as Straight Edge or Punk replied as he slapped his knee twice. “And it’s already nine in the morning.”

Evelyn looked in shock as she quickly gazed at the sky. The night sky and bright stars were still visible. The moon shined the bluish aura from earlier and the debris was still hovering around it.

“What… is happening?” Evelyn asked as she covered her mouth.

“From the looks of it, its Nightmare Moon’s doing,” Punk theorized. “She either froze the moon in place or the time. Either way, looks like we won’t be seeing the Sun for a while.”

“…This is all my fault; I let her get away,” Evelyn cried as tears came down from her eyes. “I’ve failed President Celestia.”

“This isn’t over, Evelyn,” Punk said as he placed his hand on Evelyn’s shoulder. “We can still prevent ragnarok and save the mighty sun god known as Celestia!”

Evelyn rubbed the tears out of her eyes and took a deep breath. Punk let out a goofy grin and gave her a thumbs up, earning him a fist to the shoulder.

“Idiot, that goofy smile won’t help us capture Nightmare Moon.” Evelyn rolled her eyes.

“But did it capture your heart again?” Punk joked.

“Shut up… and please, call me Lieutenant… Private Straight Edge.”

The two began to chat as Evelyn recovered and the man known as Punk tended to her, trying to make her calm after recent events. However, the job wasn’t still done as Nightmare Moon still roamed the city.

Suddenly, an explosion occurred at a nearby street that was near Evelyn and Punk’s area. The two and the standing peacekeepers became full alert and started to mobilize towards it. However, Evelyn raised her hand and stopped the peacekeepers.

“We will take care of this,” Evelyn commanded as she gestured herself and Punk. “You have done enough for today. You all need some rest.”

With that said, Evelyn and Punk headed towards the explosion, wondering what was happening at a time like this.

Author's Note

- LOG 006 -
Having no official permanent army to handle threats, multiple armed forces were organized. Two examples are Neo Canterlot's peacekeepers and Tokyo Dome's Akeboshi Rockets.

However, some of these forces are not mandated by the Government.

Another one bites the dust!