Salt, Anger, And Booze

Salt, Anger, And Booze
Part 19: Gone For So Long

By: Major Frostwing

Twilight was sitting in her Library reading a book on Pegasus. It had been a year since her coronation... And since Jon disappeared. Twilight let out a sigh closing the book getting to her feet walking out of her home to go check on her friends. Each of them took his disappearance differently than her. Red took it the worse and still believes he is out there somewhere.

She waved at everyone in town that she passed making her way towards Sugar Cube Corner. She wondered what Pinkie Pie was up to. She took it almost as hard as Red but she bounced back in time. It was still rough to see Pinkie in such a deep depression. Twilight opened the door to Sugar Cube Corner to see all of her friends sitting at a table already. "That's oddly convenient." Twilight said with a shrug sitting down at the table.

"Hey Twilight." Pinkie said with a smile which made everyone else smile. "I already ordered your favorite." Twilight nodded her head in thanks as the whole building seemed to shake. All of them looked at each other in confusion as they looked outside to see nothing was wrong.

"Maybe it was just an earthquake?" Rainbow said with a shrug. They all rolled their eyes before getting up from their seats. They left the small bakery making their way towards Twilight's home.

When they finally arrived Spike was running out of the door a scroll held in his hand Twilight was handed the scroll as she read it over quickly.

"Girls I am going to Canterlot." Twilight said as the scroll dropped out of her hands. She took off in a mad sprint towards the train station taking to the air suddenly as a crack of air sounded from her take off. She forgoed the train and decided to fly instead. It was gonna be faster after all.

Twilight landed in Canterlot with a skid on her heels. She was out of breath but she kept going as she threw open the doors to the throne room to see Princess Celestia, Luna, and Cadence.

Twilight saw that they each had looks of somber defeat and she dreaded what was about to happen.

Nightmare sat atop of the mountains outside of Ponyville Umbra and Solaris still resting on her back as she stared down at the small town. Jon had told her everything she needed to know to be a terror on the battlefield along with all of his contingency plans. She had felt the rumble in the ground which made her look up towards the distance to see a large creature advance on Canterlot. Nightmare continued to watch in silence.

"You will protect them with everything I have taught you. Your enemies will cower under that brutality we share. But if you do not protect them or god forbid betray them. I will find a way to be in charge and throw you out of my body. I will kill you so painfully that Sombra's death would look like a quick death." Night replayed Jon's last message to her in her head as she closed her eyes getting to her feet. She looked down at the gauntlets on her arms as she gave them a flex. The metal crawled up her arms across her chest and down her legs.

"Time to get to work." Nightmare said in a two tone voice that seemed to echo with Jon's voice. The helmet crawled up the back of her head encasing her face. She stood watching the monster begin it's march towards Ponyville.

Nightmare flexed her magic as wings shot out of her back she took to the air slowly flying up high into the air resting on a cloud above the outskirts of Ponyville. That's where she waited to strike. She would strike without warning and without mercy. Just like Jon would.