Inheritance of the moon

The walk to the library should have been just like every other day he went, quiet and uneventful. Once already this walk had been interrupted and it wasn't even by a friendly pony. "That took more out of me than I'd have liked." Muttering lightly to himself, there was a bit of a way to go and he prayed to Luna that nothing else stopped him. Of course that's when a bush sprang to life as he passed it and a very pink pony tackled him.

"Hey Midnight! I was just out and about looking for you!" Oh goddess Pinkie was jumping on his ribs, at least it felt that way from here. "Didn't forget about you, nope! Things have just been soo loopy with everything." To show just how loopy things had been here eyes did that weird spinney thing that ponies often got after being spun around and around. "So I'm throwing you a party, a welcome to Ponyville and sorry for forgetting party! Yep right here!" For a brief moment she would bounce back into the bush and reappear moments later with...a cannon?

As soon as the mare was off Midnight quickly backpedaled away from the bush, giving it a wide birth for the inevitable return of the party pony. "But I'm." There wasn't enough time to finish his sentence, as soon as the cannon touched the ground Pinkie yanked the cord on the back of it. A BOOM would cause him to duck for cover while holding his ears, no warning left his ears ringing. "in a rush..." His voice sounded very far away though it would start to clear within a few minutes. Looking up from his spot on the ground Midnight couldn't do anything other than blink. Pinkie hadn't been kidding, before him was a full blown, albeit small, party, complete with streamers, balloons, punch, and hats.

"Tada! A party just for you, it has absolutely everything! Even music!" Zipping to the table which had appeared from the cannon was a boom box, clicked on it played soft rock. "See even..." Moving around the table and even going so far as to look under Midnight she would blink, look around, then blink again. "Whoops! I knew I forgot something, silly Pinkie you forgot the cake. Be right back!" Once again she would jump back into the mysterious bush.

This was, if anything, a chance to make a run for it. However Midnight had been raised better than that and really if he ran now she would track him down later. "Right..." Sitting up he would just wait, surely it couldn't take the mare long to get the cake, right? No sooner than an hour later the bush began to rustle again and he had actually taken a few sips of the punch, the mare knew her sweets. "Welcome back..."

What came out of the bush was not Pinkie Pie, it did look like her but the colors were so much darker. Oh no, he knew exactly who this was. "Not you again, I just got rid of you."

Leaping from the bush Hatred made her grand entrance once again, this pony was something special alright. What surprised her upon her exit of the bush was that Midnight was right there and there was...a party? "Oh no Midnight, it seems I am interrupting something and so I am right on time." What ever was going on here had kept him outside in the sun and if she was correct then Midnight would be all the weaker. "This will be fun, well for me." Then she moved but instead of forward she jumped back into the bush and vanished, only to reappear from a bush behind Midnight.

Oh no was all Midnight could think, Pinkie Pie was perhaps the most random pony in town if not all of Equestria! While he hadn't seen a lot of the pink mare there were more than enough rumors of her abilities to worry him. Before he knew it Hatred was gone and if his guess was right she would appear behind him. Spinning he was able to catch a streamer to the face before the dark blur vanished again. "Horse apples."

Around and around she went, where ever she stopped no pony knew, except for Hatred of course. With each and every jump or random movement there was something new in her hooves, there were streamers, cupcakes, fruits, vegetables, party hats, and anything else one would expect from a party. Best of all this was so much fun, Midnight couldn't stand a chance against her now. "Aw poor Midnight's too slow, I'm going to take my time ending you!"

By now Midnight was finding that keeping up with the shade was a dizzying affair, it was just impossible for him to keep up at this time of day. Again and again he would trying to grab the earth pony with telekinesis or shoot her with a bolt of magic, it just never seemed to hit or even be in the right place at the right time. This situation was bad and he knew it, there was just no way he could keep up. Every move was countered, even when Midnight tried to make a dive for the table which held the radio, needless to say the radio was now on the ground in a few pieces and the table was just gone. The struggle would go on for another ten minutes before hatred seemed to grow bored.

"Now that I've had my fun it turns out that I have bigger and better things to do, like taking over this happy world and bringing it to it's knees." Without hesitation she would reach a hoof into the giant mane of hers and pull out a cannon similar to the Pinkie's party cannon. "You should see the look on your face, ti's going to end for you and you have that look. Not going to try anything? I thought not." Then she yanked the cord which was followed by a large boom, even if Midnight brought up his shield this close whatever was launched would hit him.

Whatever was meant to come out however certainly didn't, instead of shooting a party or even a ball there was...a fluff of pink? And it was moving. A fit of giggles and a flailing Pinkie announced her valiant return, if not some what comical arrival. "I got the cake! That was so fun!" Indeed there was a cake sitting on a brand new table just in front of Pinkie Pie. "Sorry it took so long, had to bake an all new cake, the old one just walked away! At least the hoof prints suggest as much." Never to point a hoof at someone she would turn to look around, her eyes going wide at the sight of...her? "Oh Breezy this she's so cool, did you make her? Colors are a bit off but oooo" Bouncing around the now awestruck mare she just continued to talk and talk. "Oh oh oh can she talk? How about dance? I want to see her dance, I'll dance too if she does."

"It's one of you elements! ARGH I'll destroy you both! And shut up!" How could this mare have known what Hatred was up to or even know she was here? But she was an element of harmony and better yet Pinkie was alone safe the weak Midnight. It was, at least to her, a fight she could win easily. Jumping back with the cannon Hatred would pull the cord only for the real Pinkie to be gone. "What where?"

Hatred's mane began to shake which lead to Pinkie appearing out of the top. "You're grumpy, you should laugh more or my face might get stuck." As if having the greatest idea ever Pinkie's eyes got bigger. "I know I know I can sing!"  Taking a deep breath she was about to start the laughter song, until a hoof was shoved in her mouth. Did such a thing stop the pink mare? Heck no! With hoof in mouth she just mumbled the song as loud as possible.

Hatred, Luna bless her, let out a moan of ultimate suffering. As it turned out being one of those things that was so often laughed away was bad, even now her coat itched. "Stop it...stop it...stop it...STOP IT!" It was too much, with about of anger Hatred would yank the overly obnoxious pink mare from her mane who was promptly caught by Midnight. Without hoof in mouth, a mistake on her behalf, it left Pinkie Pie completely unhindered in singing and now even Midnight joined in. "No...Noooooo!" Yanking the cannon's cord all that was produced was cake, streamers, and party hats! Pain wasn't the right word for how she felt, the body Hatred used began to waver and dull as if the song it self was forcing her away. "Enough! I will be back, mark my words! I'll get you and all the elements!" Not able to wait any longer she jumped in a bush and vanished.

Midnight just watched as Hatred left and moved to explain what just happened, what Pinkie did next just left him dumbstruck.

"You have been fighting with something that may or may not been related to Nightmare Moon, which has been taking the shape of the elements of harmony in an attempt to cause chaos so that the powers of meanness can take over." A rather large breath later she would continue. "And so she has taken you as a personal threat and seeks to take you out before conquering Equestria and she's starting to wear on you which is why you decided to go see Twilight!" At the end of summarizing everything that had been happening Pinkie Pie would smile with a squeak. "You should go see Twilight, she's like super duper smart! We can party later."

His mouth just hung open at this point, was Pinkie psychic? "Um...alright....I'll go do that." Something was horribly wrong with this mare and so he started to back away. "Talk to you later." Once a good distance away he would take off running towards the library.

Hatred stumbled out of a bush in the Everfree forest, her form was already beginning to waver and fall apart. "No more...no more...I'll have to...destroy them all. All of them!" The guise fell apart, there was only one form left to take and she did just that. This unicorn felt strong, everything about the shape just felt right. As the shade took form she couldn't help but think that perhaps this shape would be even stronger than Nightmare Moon, but then there wasn't a true physical body to control. "We shall see how this form fairs, Element of Magic what have you for me."