3rd Person POV
Two days since Alex was last seen

"Heya, Twi. Yah haven't seen Alex anywhere roun' here, have yah?" Applejack asked as she walked into Golden Oak library.

"Can't say I have, why?" Twilight replied.

"Ah haven't seen 'em for a couple days now."

"Really? Last time I saw him, Fluttershy was going to show him her animals. Why don't we go ask her?" Twilight suggested as the two friends set out. "Spike, I'll be back soon!"

"Wait!" They heard Spike call back as he came running down the stairs. "I wanna come."

"Why, we're just going to see Fluttershy."

"The last time I stayed at the library, you lot went and fought Nightmare Moon. I wanna join in on the fun... And it beats cleaning." Spike said.

"Fine." Twilight huffed.

It didn't take long for the three of them to get to Fluttershy's cottage. Twilight knocked on the door and stepped back a little.

"Who is it?" They heard a small voice from the other side.

"Its just us!" Twilight called back.

The door opened and they greeted eachother. Fluttershy brought them inside and went to make tea.

"So why are we at Fluttershy's?" Spike asked.

"Ah can't find Alex, an' he hasn't been back t' the farm since he came here." Applejack answered.

"So he's missing."

"We don't know that." Twilight said as Fluutershy came back and set the tea on the coffee table.

"So what brings you three here... If you don't mind me asking."

"We're looking for Alex. Have you seen him?" Twilight asked.

"Well... No. Not since we... Um." Fluttershy answered, but stopped trying to avoid mentioning what happened between them, but her blush told the three otherwise.

"You... what?" Spike asked.

"...kissed." She whispered.

"Come again." Applejack said, leaning in further.

"we... kissed."

"Fluttershy, you're mumbling." Twilight said.

"We kissed!" Fluttershy yelled and instantly shrank into her chair.

Applejack and Twilight were quite stunned, not only at Fluttershy raising her voice, but the fact that her and Alex kissed.

there was an over dramatic gasp that came from the door and the four of them turned to see who is was. Rarity had just opened the door to here Fluttershy yell. "We kissed? Who did you kiss?" She said, excited about the new catch of gossip as she sat down next to Fluttershy.

"Alex." Spike said nonchalantly

"Alex? You kissed Alex?" Rarity asked in disbelief.

"So when you say kiss. Do you mean 'kiss' or 'kiss, kiss'?" Twilight asked.

"How was it?" Rarity over excitedly added

"Well..." Fluttershy started.

"I really don't need to be here for this." Spike said as he got up and went to check on the tea.

"... It was. Okay." Fluttershy continued after a short pause.

"Okay? Jus' okay?" Applejack interrupted.

"*sigh* it was amazing. He was so... I can't even explain it. There was so much emotion and passion." Fluttershy stated in a dreamy tone, staring off to nothing.

"What happened after that, Darling?" Rarity coaxed for more.

"He. Um... Ran off."

"He ran off? Where did he go?" Twilight asked.

"I don't know, just that he was gone by the time I got to the door."

"The only place close enough to be gone that quickly is... Oh no."

"What?" The other three asked.

"The Everfree." Twilight answered.

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Alex POV
Several hours earlier

I woke up with a blistering headache. I groaned in annoyance at the blunt pain and went to massage my head only to find out my arms were strapped to a table. 'Oh dear god, I hope that nightmare isn't turning to reality. Best thing is to stay calm... The worst thing to do is freak out'

"HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!! WHERE AM I? WHY AM I HERE? Why do I smell blueberries?" I screamed.

"I just love how you stick to your plans." I heard Nathan's voice.

"Shut up, Nathan. How about you do something." I said out loud as I started struggling against my restraints.

"I can pretent to unlock those chains. I cant guarantee anything as im still stuck in your head."

"Oh ha, fucking ha. Your just hilarious." I said with sarcasm dripping from every word.

"You are a most intriguing creature." A voice came from the shadows in the corner.

I looked over to see the feminine figure step into the light. She looked a lot like Celestia, only she didn't. She had a long horn jutting out of her flowing night sky mane 'Luna?'. She had very large, slitted cyan eyes decorating her attractive, angular face. She was wearing medieval looking armour that had cracks and broken chucks in it. She also had large, dynamic wings that fluffed around a little as she waited for my response. My eyes scanned over her body and I couldn't help but notice that even her armour couldn't hide her curvaceous figure and large assets.

She noticed me looking her over and gave a small smirk and revealed to me her sharp, pristine teeth.

"Whew, I though I would be alone here. How's it going?" I asked, visually calming at her presence.

"what the fuck is wrong with you? You freak out, but as soon as you see the scary lady that strapped you here, your all calm." Nathan stated, obviously confused about my metal state.

'Dude, shut up. If I play my cards right, who knows maybe I can see what's under that armour... I mean just look at her, she's so damn hot.'

"we're doomed."

"You aren't afraid?" She asked

"Terrified. But don't tell whoever put me here." I said, playing dumb.

There was a genuine giggle that was released from her lips. "You are either very idiotic, or very charming... It's hard to tell the difference with you." She said.

"Believe me when I say it's both. I'm Alex by the way, you are?"

"I Can't believe I'm saying this, but I think you might actually be on to something right now."

"I have many names, but the one you will be most familiar with is Nightmare Moon." She said in a calm manner.

'I was expecting more thunder, lightning and shouting. Maybe she's new to the whole villain concept.'

"So... What's a pretty place like you doing in a mare like this?" I said, trying my best at humour. 'Maybe if I keep her laughing she won't eat me or whatever.' She tilted her head at my deliberate mix of words.

"I don't understand." She said.

"Yeah, I think the panic is getting to me." I replied to which she responded with more of a confused look.

"I'm dying right now, but she isn't cutting us open so keep up the good work."

"I'm beginning to believe you are more troubled than I first thought." She said.

"AH HAHAHA"

"Ouch. Okay, all jokes aside, can you please not cut me open. I like my insides where they are, thank you." She didn't reply to my pleading, instead she seductively stalked up to the table and placed her hand on my chest. It was then that I spotted her very long and very sharp looking nails. I gulped at the sight and started to sweat. She started tapping her fingers around my upper torso like a piano as she continued stalking around me.

"Should I have the need to cut you open..." She started, her voice was filled with malice and dripping with bad intent. She continued to circle me until she stopped at my right side and leaned herself over me where she had her mouth extremely close to my left ear. "... I would have done so already." She finished before taking a deep breath and removing herself from me. "I merely wish to interrogate you." She said as she turned away from me.

"Whew. Oh man, I thought I was in serious trouble for a second there..." I said while mentally wiping the sweat from my forehead.

"Oh I never said you weren't in trouble..."

"You're so done."

"... But that all depends on why you are here." Nightmare Moon finished.

"Right. I'll tell you everything you want to know... If you undo the chains." I offered.

"Come on... She's evil. There's no way she's going to just let you go like that." As if on cue, her horn glowed along with the chains and they released me.

'You were saying.' I thought to Nathan as I got up from the table.

"Right. So, what's the first thing you want to know?" I asked Nightmare while sitting on the table.

"I wish to know why you are here. What is your purpose."

"Well, I kind of freaked out after a... moment with my friend and needed to find somewhere to vent and I came across these ruins and decided to go on an adventure. What about you?"

"I AM ASKING THE QUESTIONS!" She yelled at me. Which I involuntarily raised my hands in a surrendering way to calm her down.

"Okay, okay, okay."

"What are you?"

"Huh, I would've thought that would be the first question, it usually is... I'm a human, and no I don't mean any harm." I said in hopes of not getting into a fight with her. From what I've heard she rivalled Celestia... That's not a fight I want to start.

"A human, hmm? Are there more of you?" She asked, getting a little nervous.

I dropped my posture and stared at the ground after the thought of being alone hit me. "No, I'm the only one." I said with a sigh.

Unknown to me, Nightmare dropped her defences for a second and felt a little bad for me. She regain her composure to not show weakness. "What powers do you hold?"

"Honestly, I don't even know. It's sort of stressful. " I answered. "How about we go somewhere else, It doesn't seem so comfortable here. Do you have somewhere more... Inviting?"

"Is this the part where you get her out of that armour?."

'Okay, you got me there. Just let me focus on getting out of here.'

We ended up back in the room where she knocked me out. I knew because there was a large hole in the wall opposite the door.

"Can I ask a question now?" I broke the silence after we entered the room. She was still very uneasy of me being here and always kept me in view.

"It may be accepted... Chose your words wisely."

"Um... Why are you here? And how are you here? From what I've heard, you're supposed to be super evil and not even existing right now." I said which I pretty much regretted instantly as her demeanour dropped into one of sadness. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean..."

"No, it is okay... It's true, I was born from Princess Luna's pure jealousy of her sister's day, But my intentions were not of what's been told. I just wanted everypony to appreciate her... Our night."

'Theres always two sides to every coin... It's just this coin is the personalities of the goddess of the moon.'

"I'm sure ponies love the night. I know I do. But if I'm correct and your a split personality. How did you get into real life?" I asked.

"It was the elements of harmony. With our time on the moon, I was able to establish enough of a presence in her that when the elements hit us, it 'freed' Luna from my grasp." She explained as we sat on the bed in the room that was lit by candles.

"Wait, but why weren't you. You know... Destroyed."

"The elements are forbidden to cause death, because I had developed inside of Luna, the elements saw me as another being... That is just a theory." She started.

"And they didn't kill you because they can't. I get it now."

"So when's the part where you get her out of her armour." I heard Nathan say, full of sarcasm.

'Can you just like, stop talking.'

"So why are you still here?" I asked.

"Because everypony views us as a monster and if I were to make an appearance, the princesses would have me executed immediately."

"Geez, that's harsh. I mean I get it, eternal night and whatnot. But still."

"I just wish I had somepony to connect with." She said with tears forming in her eyes as she started crying.

'This is not how I saw this going' I thought as my weakness for people being sad around me kicked into gear. 'ARGH! Why does everything have to happen to me, I mean seriously... A supposedly evil mare is opening up to me, a stranger and a random from an unseen race, and is now crying because she has no friends... I hope I don't regret what I'm about to do...' I thought as I wrapped Nightmare in a hug. 'Im such a softy when I come to pretty women'. She recoiled a bit from the sudden contact and close proximity, but eased up from the emotional feeling and returned the hug. "I can be someone you can connect with if you want." I said. She had never felt such emotion flow through her that it pulled everything to the surface and she held onto me tightly and started crying her eyes out.

'Ah, fuck.'

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Twilight POV
Two hours later

We met Rainbow dash soon after we exited Fluttershy's cottage and Pinkie showed up not long after. It was good because it maximizes our search time to find Alex.

We filled in the two mares and headed into the forest. I sent out a magical pulse every now and then to find Alex, but nothing was showing up. I had started losing hope after what felt like hours of searching.

"Anythin' yet, Twi?" Applejack asked as she came out from behind a tree to my left.

"Nothing. Do you think he's..." I stopped myself before I finished that sentence. I couldn't think that way.

"Twi, we saw Alex go up against that demon guy and Timberwolves. Sure he get's beat up a lot, but he always pulls through." Rainbow said, joining the conversation.

"Both times he ended up in the hospital in a critical condition." I mumbled to myself. I decided to send out one more pulse before giving up. I charged my horn and released the magic. A couple of seconds later I felt something. "Hey, I felt something from... That way." I said while pointing in the direction of the feeling. I felt it getting stronger as we ran towards the signal. The others had joined us and rainbow was flying above. I saw her come to a stop and land up ahead. We burst through the tree line and saw why Rainbow had stopped. It was the castle of the two sisters.

"I hope he isn't in there." Fluttershy whimpered, hiding behind Applejack. I sent out another pulse and it confirmed he was in there.

"He is." We went across the shaky bridge and into the ruins. It was darker than last time, so I flared my magic and summoned three orbs to provide light around the six of us.

"I think it might be best if we went in groups of two. Pinkie and I will go this way, Applejack and Fluttershy go that way and Rainbow and Rarity go that way." I instructed which was followed by nods and the respective pony going in the respective direction and one orb followed each group.

Pinkie and I found ourselves down many cracked hallways. It hadn't changed since the first time we were here. "You know Pinkie, it's been over a month since we were last here." I said, breaking the silence to lighten the mood.

"I know. Time sure does fly when an alien enters your life." She replied. I could hear the others calling out Alex's name and slowly getting louder. We came to a section where four hallways met. Applejack and Fluttershy appeared from the one on our left and Rainbow and Rarity came from the one of the right.

"Any luck?" I asked.

"Nope." Applejack and Rainbow answered together.

"Let's go this way." Pinkie suggested while bouncing on the spot in front of the empty hall. The six of us started to walk down the hall when we heard footsteps behind us. They were light and fast, yet held power to them. They got closer and closer to point where It sounded like whoever it was, was right infront of us, but shrouded in the shadows. The footsteps were followed by panting. The six of us started getting nervous and got ready for a fight, should the need arise. Just as the tension reached an all time high, a body bursts from the darkness and into the light of my magic orbs.

"Whew. I thought... I lost you girls... back in the forest." Spike said between breaths as he leant against a wall to keep himself stable.

"Spike! Don't scare us like that." Rarity said with annoyance.

"What happened to you? Where did you go?" I asked.

"Looking... For Alex *deep breath* when I went back to the spot we were looking, you were all gone and a small pack of Timberwolves showed up and chased me here." Spike answered regaining a comfortable flow of oxygen into his lungs. "They wouldn't cross the bridge, but when I got inside I heard you lot and ran to catch up."

"Spike, you're a dragon that breathes fire." Rainbow started.

"Yeah, and you're a pegasus that can fly, what's your point?"

"Fire burns wood. Timberwolves are made of wood." She continued blatantly.

"...and" Spike said, completely oblivious to his major advantage over the wolves.

"You could have turned them to ash with a burp. You didn't need to run from them." Rainbow said, spelling it out for him.

"...oh." Spike came to realise his stupidity, which all six of us facepalmed to.

"Shall we continue looking for Alex?" I suggested. "You know. That thing we came here for."

We went down the hall and heard faint laughter. It wasn't evil or dark like we expected. It was the genuine laugh of a mare. 'what is somepony doing in these ruins... and why are they laughing?' I thought.

We continued in the direction of the sound and eventually saw some light flickering from one of the rooms. I signalled for the group to stop and be quiet. We tip-toed up to the door with Spike in the lead. He peered around the frame of the door and halted.

"Spike. What is it?" I whispered from behind him. He pulled his head back and looked at me with a weird look.

"It's Alex, but he's with..." He gulped in between his sentence "...Nightmare moon." He whispered back. I didn't believe him so I pulled him back and had a look myself. Sure enough, there was Alex and Nightmare Moon... Talking... and laughing. I looked back to the girls and Spike behind me. "Okay. Nightmare Moon has obviously got Alex under some sort of control spell." I explained in my hushed tone.

"We have to stop her." Rarity said, maybe a little too loud so I covered her mouth with my hand and pulled my finger up to my lips.

Alex POV

"We have to stop her." I heard come from the hall. I looked over to the door, but saw no one. Nightmare had obviously heard it too because she looked a little spooked that someone else was here. I recognised the voice to be Rarity's, which can only mean that the others are here as well.

"That must be my friends. They're probably looking for me." I said to Nightmare. I saw she had become a little sad that I would most likely be leaving. I could tell she was enjoying this little chat of ours. "Why don't you meet them?" I asked. Nightmare did not like that idea at all. She grimaced at the thought of ponies running in fear or worse. "Come on. It's not like they'll kill you or anything." I persuaded

"How do you know that? They could be the cause of my execution." She said, starting to freak out.

"I'll act as a barrier. They won't hurt me and if I stand up for you, then maybe they'll see that your actually a nice mare that had good intentions, but was guided by wrong ideas."

There was something that sparkled in her eyes after I said that. I think it was just the thought of being able to know more ponies. Little did Alex know, it was actually the thought of him standing up for her.

'Did you say something, Nathan?' I thought.

"huh? Uh... No."

It was at this point Rainbow dashed into the room and went went straight for Nightmare. I quickly stood up and got into Rainbow's way, where she ran into me fell backwards, but I caught her before she could hit the ground and set her back on her hooves. The other six followed in and got into fighting stances.

"Hey girls, how's it going?" I asked.

"Alex you've got to fight her influence!" Twilight shouted at me.

"Influence? What?" I questioned

"She's controlling you for her own gain. It's what evil ponies like herself do!" Rainbow yelled, not taking her eyes off Nightmare. I looked back at Nightmare, still sitting on the bed, but with her head down.

"Okay. I think everyone just needs to calm down a bit." I said, but no one was listening. They all started blaming Nightmare for things and starting saying some pretty mean stuff that I could see was tearing it's victim apart. "Girls seriously. Stop. She's not as bad as you think." Still, no one heeded my words. I was starting to get frustrated and I could feel it building up. "Girls! Come on! Stop this!" I raised my voice, but again, they continued their verbal attack on Nightmare. I released a growl as I felt my frustration fill to the point of burning. "Stop! You girls have no idea about her!" I shouted, trying to get their attention, yet they continued. It was really starting to raise my anger.

"Alex, Calm down. You don't want to lose it in front of them." Nathan said, but it was too late I could feel the control slipping from my grasp.

I couldn't take it anymore. "STOP!" I bellowed as flames enveloped my body. This surely got the attention of everyone present. "YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO SAY THAT SORT OF SHIT!" my voice was starting to crack and demonise. The fire around my head, hands and feet were burning furiously and out of control. I could see the girls were very frightened of my appearance and I came to realise what happened. I looked back to Nightmare and she had moved herself away from the heat radiating from my body.

"Alex, you need to calm down before you completely lose control. It might even act as a beacon for Ishrahg." I heard Nathan inside my head and followed his words. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. When I opened my eyes, the flames were gone along with the heat and I was back to my normal self.

"I'm sorry you all had to see that..." I knew Applejack had already seen me like that, but I could tell it was worse to have this sort of thing directed at you. "... But the things you were saying about Nightmare, and ignoring me, just... tipped me over the edge. I'm sorry." I said to the girls and Spike.

"Alex? Wha... What was that?" Twilight asked as all others present slowly came back to their senses.

"It doesn't matter right now..." I started saying.

"It does matter, you just exploded into fire." Twilight interrupted.

"No It doesn't! Not right now!" I yelled, getting a little angry at her trying to change the subject. "You lot said some stuff that was way too harsh." I said in a much more calm tone.

"But, she's the reason the Princess was sent to the moon." Rainbow said.

"And why a whole platoon of Royal guards were slaughtered." Twilight added.

"And she's really mean." Pinkie also added.

"Yah can't seriously be takin' her side." Applejack said in disbelief.

"Okay. She's done some bad shit, but she had to..." I started.

"She had to kill ponies?" Twilight interrupted again.

"Twilight, I swear. If you interrupt me again, you will personally find out what sort of things I can do now." I threatened.

"There was no need for that." Nathan said. He was right, that threat was over the line. She recoiled and shut up. Can't argue with results.

"I'm sorry. Nightmare explained to me why she did what she did, and it's understandable." I said as I turned back to nightmare. "Go on. Tell them what you told me."

She stammered a bit but went on. "The guards that tried to stop me, when I was still a part of Luna, had the full intent of killing me. I know their orders were just to subdue me, but I could see it in their eyes." She started.

"Get to the point." Rainbow interrupted impatiently. I shot a glare her way. "Please, continue." She said quickly.

"I was acting in self defence, and I do regret using such a strong attack spell on them. You would have heard the story differently to what happened because I am the only one, beside Luna, who was there that still lives." She said, solemnly.

"Okay, but what about the whole 'night for eternity' thing? I mean you did try it twice." Spike said, which was a fair question, and the same question I asked.

"The first time was because we just wanted to see the night be appreciated. If it were to replace the day, ponies would see its beauty and the effort Luna puts into it. When we returned from our imprisonment, we saw that ponies still did not appreciate the night. I came up with the idea that if we were to take Celestia before she could raise the sun, ponies would notice the night sky... Alex has explained to me that there would have been better ways." Said finished.

"Wow, how could you think that was a good idea?" Spike asked, which received a look from Twilight, who was starting to understand the concept of two sides to every story.

"I was 'born' from the princesses' jealousy. My moral thoughts are skewed at first. Also, when you spend a thousand years on the moon, you start to resent the pony that sent you there." Nightmare explained.

"So does everyone understand why she did the things she did?" I asked and the seven infront of me nodded. "Good, now before we go anywhere. I want to apologise for getting a little angry at you lot." I said in a guilty tone, rubbing the back of my head.

"A little?" Rainbow joked but got elbowed in the ribs by Applejack.

"It's okay Alex. We understand... Some of it." Twilight said.

"How did you explode into fire and get all scary?" Pinkie asked.

"Why don't we leave here, then I'll explain everything."

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Golden Oak Library

Getting out of the ruins and the forest was easy enough, but when we made it to the edge of Ponyville, Nightmare was pretty hesitant to keep walking because of how ponies will react to her presence. I suggested an illusion spell and a name change. After a look in Rarity's handy mirror, we ended up with a unicorn mare with midnight blue fur and an azure blue mane and tail. Here eyes were still the brilliant cyan, but were no longer slitted. Her armour had changed to a casual long sleeve shirt and pants that still held the blue metallic colour of the armour. Pinkie came up with the name Night Bloom and Nightmare liked it. I still reckon Adolf Nightler is better... Even though it has a dark joke behind it... But what they don't know can't hurt them.

"... So that's when I made the deal and woke up in the hospital." I said, finishing the part of Ishrahg giving me his powers. I'm not entirely sure if I should tell them about me and Nathan's ideas of what Ishrahg is planning with me yet... 'Ah shit. I still need the tell them about Nathan.'

"Yes. Yes you do need to tell them about me... and about how we're omnivours, but that doesn't really matter for me since I'm in your head." Nathan said.

"Wow, that sucks." Rainbow said.

"Not really. I mean, I can light myself on fire... How cool is that?" I said and Rainbow smiled in agreement.

"So did you find out anything of this Ishrahg? Like why he was in Equestria." Twilight asked.

"Um. Yeah. So it turns out he's the son of... What was his name..." I started.

"Jakhael."

"Jakhael, who is the God of the underworld."

"So yah got powers from the god uv' the underworld?" Applejack asked.

"The powers of the God's son, yeah. Anyway, Jakhael died a few hundred years ago and now his five sons..."

"four."

"Four sons. Are at war for the throne. Ishrahg was apparently the biggest contender so the brothers teamed up and killed ishrahg's son and wife so he was no longer eligible for the throne. That's why he was here, looking for someone to hold his powers so he could take back the underworld by force." I said.

"Who are his brothers?" Pinkie asked.

"I have no idea."

"We have to report this to Princess Celestia." Twilight said with urgency.

I agree. Having Equestria ready for any sort of repercussions of another war of the underworld."

'How could a war in the underworld effect Equestria?'

"Normally it wouldn't, but since you are now an heir to the throne and technically from here, all other forces will seek any type of advantage, such as setting colonies in this realm. The last time there was a war of this magnitude, it was well over a millennia ago and it was when Jakhael and his brothers were at war and Jakhael came here to bolster his forces. Do you know of the Badlands?"

'Sort of, it's that desert between Equestria and the Dragon Kingdom.'

"Well, it use to be an expansion of forest and contained many rebel colonies of most races that had subjects that disagreed with their monarchs. Jakhael found the area and gave the rebels power if they fought for him, they did so and the demon war moved to the badlands. To say his planned worked was an understatement. Jakhael took control over the underworld and set his sights on this world. I doubt she would answer, but if you asked Celestia she could tell you of the battles that occurred at the border of Equestria." I proceeded to relay what Nathan said, although in a shorter form.

"How do you know so much about this?" Twilight asked.

"Okay now's probably a good time to say that I've got another person in my head." I admitted.

"What?" They all asked together.

"Applejack, you remember when we found that other human just outside of your farm?"

"Yeah?"

"Well, his name is Nathan Summers and he used his powers to imprint himself in my head so he could live... Now I have another human living in my mind and he knows all these things, which begs the question... How does he know all of these things?" I said.

"I've done my research." Nathan said in my head.

"That makes sense." I said out loud.

"What makes sense, darling?" Rarity asked.

"Sorry, I was talking to Nathan." They all shared looks of concern with eachother.

'Is there anyway you can show yourself to them?'

"Not that I know of."

'Bugger. Hopefully they just take my word for it.' I decided to rejoin the conversations in reality. Perhaps at the wrong time.

"I think Alex might've hit his head a little bit too hard." I heard Fluttershy whisper to the others. 'Fluttershy... That hurts.'

I did notice Twilight had gone somewhere. "Hey, where's Twilight?" I asked which caused Fluttershy to jump.

"She went t' go write a letter t' the Princess." Applejack answered.

I needed to make sure only certain things were put into the letter. I got up and ran over to Twilight's study area and saw she was about to give the scroll to Spike. "Wait! Can I see that letter, please. There's only a few things I want the Princesses to know at the moment." I told Twilight.

"I guess you can, but we need to tell Celestia everything." She said, handing me the letter.

"I know, and I will, but we need to be careful about what we put in the letter." I lied as I read over the letter. "Can you please change it so that it only tells of the possible demon invasion... And not about my powers and Nightmare Moon."

"Why not?" She asked, taking the letter and re-writing it on another piece of paper.

"Well, I think it would be best if she heard of what I can do from me, and I know she's a very powerful princess and everything, but don't you think it would a little hard for her not to get emotional about the thing that caused her sister so much pain and let said emotions make actions that could cause Night Bloom to end up very hurt?" I explained.

"Oh, I see now." She responded.

Twilight finished the letter and Spike sent it. A few moments later, Spike let out a big belch and a letter formed from the flames. Twilight took it and read over it. She said that the Pincesses were very concerned about the information and were making going to make a hasty visit to properly discuss why we beleive there could be a demon invasion.

"It shouldn't take them long to get here." Twilight said, ending her spiel. I could see Night flinching with worry clearly plastered on her face.

"Are you okay, Night?" I voiced my concern.

"I'm concerned that they will figure out my true identity, or the spell might fall."

"You could hide. I like to hide from awkward situations." Fluttershy proposed. 'I don't think that's something to be proud of.'

"I'm sure you'll be fine, darling. If it comes to it, Alex would be able to keep everything civil." Rarity said.

"Yeah, he did that with us. He'd be able to do it again." Rainbow added.

"They have an unhealthy amount of faith in you."

'I don't need your pessimistic comments right now. Even if they're true.'

"You could go to Sugarcube Corner. The Cakes are very nice and there's plenty of cupcakes you could eat." Pinkie suggested enthusiastically. Night, however, was quick to decline.

"I would prefer as little interaction as possible with other ponies." She said sadly.

"Well then why not just hide in Twilight's room or something?" I thought I'd come up with a pretty good idea and Night must have agreed by the way she look hopefully at Twilight, but Twilight didn't seem so keen. "Come on, Twi. It's only for a little bit, please."

"Okay, fine. But please don't touch anything. I have a particular way I like to keep everything." She groaned. This made Night release a sigh of relief.

As if on cue, there was a knock at the door and Twilight answered it while Night Bloom hurried upstairs. The princesses came in and sat down while everone, but myself bowed. 'I never know when to do this.' After greetings were exchanged we got right to business.

"So Alex, would you care to tell us about your theory of a demon invasion." Celestia started.

"Well, as you say, it's only a theory. Basically what happened was..." I told them everything about Ishrahg and the powers and me being an heir to the underworld and Everything else up to Nathan, but left out about Night Bloom.

"I see. While that sounds very plausable, there isn't much we can do at this moment." Celestia said after I finished. It looked like she went deep into thought.

"I wanted to ask one more thing." I added.

"Of course." Celstia replied.

"What I wanted to talk about was that Nathan informed me that this sort of thing has happened before."

Celestial looked at me curiously before speaking. "I don't know how you you've come to this conclusion. I'm not aware of any demon invasions during my rule."

"Hmm."

'What are you thinking?'

"Maybe I was wrong. Can't say I know much about it, maybe it was before her rule."

"Wait, so you're telling me all this without actually knowing yourself?" I accidentally said out loud.

"I know this happened, okay. But I wasn't there. I may know more than you, but i'm not a living archive." The group watched Alex seemingly argue with himself.

"Humans seem to be very... Different in nature, don't they?" Celestia whispered to Luna who just nodded in agreement. "I think our business here is done. We have a lot more to think about. Thank you, Alex." She said before she started walking towards the door.

"Can't we stay a while longer, sister?." Luna asked quietly, but quickly gave up on her efforts before following her sister. They both said their farewell's and left in their chariot. We went back inside to see Night coming down the stairs.

"You can drop your illusion spell now if you want, they're gone." I said to her as I sat down on a couch. I noticed her look herself over as if it was a hard decision. I suppose it would be, this way she was a normal mare and not portrayed as an evil bitch. Her body enclosed itself in a cyan glow and she returned to her self. "What a day." I said with a sigh as everyone started taking seats. Nightmare was a little hesitant to sit with us, so I gestured for her to join and she came over sat next to me.

Not much was said for the next while. We were just letting today's events settle down a little, but I just decided I wanted to be in a mood where I didn't like silence.

"Hey, Rainbow. What's it like having wings?" I asked out of no where.

"What d'you mean?" she replied.

"I've always wanted wings, but I can't grow them. What's it like having wings?"

"Oh, it's awesome. If I want to go somewhere fast I can just spread these babies..." is she still talking about the wings?

"You're so immature... but that was a good one."

"... And just fly. It makes everything so much easier." Rainbow finished.

"I'm so jealous." I thought out loud.

It was'nt much longer before everyone started getting up and going to leave. I got up as well and started to walk out with Applejack and back to the farm, but before I left the library Nightmare, who was back in her disguised form, tugged on my sleeve. I turned around and found her awkwardly looking around and avoiding eye contact. "What's up?" I asked.

"Um... I have no where to go... Can I stay with you?" She asked with her cheeks burning brightly and hope in her eyes.

I really don't know how Applejack is going to react to this...

"You can't just make her go back to those ruins. They're so depressing and she must have a shit tonne of bad memories there." Nathan said to me.

"Hold that thought." I said to Night Bloom and walked over to Applejack. I saw all hope wash from her as I turned away. "Hey, Applejack." I said, getting her attention.

"Yeah." She said and turned away from the others.

"I know this might not be in your best interest... buuut Night hasn't got anywhere to stay and the ruins have got some really bad memories for her and she asked if she could stay with me, so I'm asking if that's okay?" I could tell by the way she was looking at me that she didn't like the idea.

"Look, Alex. Ah know yah wanna help her an' ah can respect that, but there's no more rooms at the farm." I'm glad she was at least understanding about it, but there's one more sleeve up my trick.

"She can take my bed. I'll sleep on the floor or something." Applejack was stunned by my suggestion. Mainly because I was willing to give my bed to someone who tried to end daytime.

"Are yah sure, ah mean this is Nightmare Moon we're talkin 'bout."

"I know. I've slept on the floor for someone before, it's not new to me. I'll take full responsibility for her." I said, sweetening the deal.

"I can only see that ending badly for you."Nathan said, but I ignored him.

Applejack gave an exasperated sigh. "Fine, she can stay with yah, but if ah hear or see her doin' any evil stuff. She's gone yah hear." She said in a hard tone, setting the rule.

I placed my hand over my chest for emphasis. "you have my word."

I went back to Night Bloom and told her the good news, leaving out the part of me sleeping on the floor. She was pretty ecstatic to hear it and jumped up and down then wrapped me in a hug while saying 'thank you' over and over again. I don't know why, but I thought she would be acting a little more... I don't know... Dignified. I thought the same about the princesses, but I mean they were feeling themselves up infront of me for amusement.

Me, Applejack and Night went back to the farm to see Big Mac and Applebloom packing up their equipment. Applebloom came over to us first while Big Mac went into the barn. "What took yah so long, AJ? We had tah do yer stuff as well." She complained.

"Turns out Alex was... Further away than ah thought." Applejack answered. Big Mac strolled over and stood next to Applebloom and just crossed his arms. "It's ah good thing Alex was able tah help us get ahead, otherwise we woulda' fallen behin' today, AJ." He was not impressed.

"I got lost in the Everfree the other day. Applejack came to my rescue. If she hadn't taken a walk from her work, I would still be out there now." I partly lied.

"Oh, in that case, it's okay with me AJ. Glad yer okay, Alex." Applebloom said, but Big Mac didn't say anything. He uncrossed his arms nodded to his younger sister before turning to Night.

"An' who's this?" He asked, rasising an eyebrow.

"My name is Nightm-Bloom." She said and gave a nervous smile.

"Nice to meet yah. Ah'm Big Mac." He said as they shook hands, albeit hesitantly on Night's half.

"An' Ah'm Applebloom." Applebloom added as she waved to Night.

"Nough chit chat, dinner's up!" Granny shouted from the kitchen window. We all went inside and sat around the table. I could see Night was uneasy about everything and stayed as close to me as possible without making it uncomfortable. It was another dish that I couldn't recognise , but it was delicious none-the-less. A thought dawned on me as we all finished up.

"Did you guys know it's been nearly a month and a half since I arrived... Even though most of it I was either in the hospital, unconscious or both." I said which gained a round of laughter at the last part. There was a little more talking after the meal was finished, mainly about what happened while I was lost in the Everfree. I told them that I found myself in the castle of the two sisters, went exploring and found Night Bloom, who was also lost. Two days later, Applejack shows up and leads us back to Ponyville and they bought the story. I got up and collected the dishes and took them to kitchen and started washing them. Granny came in and told me she was going to do them, I said that I was fine doing them, but she refused to let me do so. Long story short, I found out Granny may be old, but she has a very strong swing.

I led Night upstairs and showed her where the bathroom was, then took her into my bedroom. She had a good look around the room and a blush started forming when she saw the one bed. I grabbed one of the four pillows and threw it on the floor at the foot of the bed. I saw Night had a confused look so I explained that I'll be sleeping on the floor. Her expression of confusion changed to one of guilt and she tried to take my position. I told it's fine and that I did the same thing with my brother so it wasn't new to me.

Night Bloom POV

"I can't take your bed. You have provided me with friendship when nopony else would, you stood against your friends for me and was the cause of the first time I laughed. I have to repay you somehow." I said, trying to convince Alex.

"If you want to repay me, let me give you my bed." He said. I opened my mouth to protest, but I could see he wasn't going to give in.

Does his kindness and generiousity know no bound? I thought. I gave a sigh in defeat, "Very well. If that's how you want it."

"Cool. I'll be back in a second." He said before leaving the room. I looked at the bed and walked over to it. I placed my hand on the mattress and felt it was very soft, much more so than the mostly decayed one I used at the castle. I sat down and smiled as I enjoyed the way I bounced a little. The door opened and Alex walked back in the two rolled cloths.

"Here, you can take first shower." He said, handing me one of the cloths. The fabric was very foreign to me, it was rough but soft.

"What is this? and what is a shower?" I asked, completely confused.

"Oh right, there's a huge time jump from what you're use to. This is a towel, surely you had them..." He started, which I nodded to even though they were quite different. "Right. A shower is like a vertical bath. You stand in a small room like thing and water washes over you while you clean yourself." He explained. The concept was very hard for me to understand and he saw this. "It might be easier if I show you."

He took me into the bathroom and showed me the 'shower'. Upon seeing it, I was able to understand most of what he said. I turned the taps and the water burst from the faucet. "I think you can figure out the rest." He said before he went to leave. "If you need anything, call out." He said before closing the door behind him.

I altered the taps until the water was of a comfortable temperature. I went to undress, but I couldn't shake the feeling like somepony might walk in. With a simple spell, I locked the handle and continued on. Once I was fully undressed I stood under the water and revelled in the sensation of the flowing water pour over my body.

After I had washed my fur and mane, which was incredibly more dirty than I had noticed, I turned off the water and got out of the shower where my attention was drawn to the mirror. Using my hand, I wiped away some of the condensation and was unfortunately greeted with the reflection of Nightmare Moon. The smile I didn't realise I still had fell to a frown. I flowed magic through my horn and my hand that was still touching the mirror glowed. The mirror distorted and changed to my disguised self. I felt much better looking like this. My mane was that of a normal mare along with my height. My eyes were no longer slitted and my teeth, no longer sharp. I still don't understand why I was given sharp teeth. They don't allow me to eat meat, but only make it difficult to eat everything else. I really wish this form was permanent or if ponies would not be frightened by my real looks like Alex.

Pushing my thought to the side momentarily, I wrapped the towel around my body. It was enough to cover my features, but came a little higher up my legs than I would have preferred. I wasn't exactly dry and my mane was still soaked, but there were other ponies who needed to bathe before retiring for the night. After collecting my garments, I unlocked the door and stepped into the hall. The cold air brushed against my wet fur as I opened the door to Alex's bedroom and went in.

Alex POV

I was on my phone playing some games and listening to some music while I was waiting for Night to finish in the shower. I was just about to beat the game when the door opened. I briefly looked up to see it was Night Bloom. I was going to continue on with the game, but I instantly looked back up and stopped playing from what saw. I didn't mean to stare, but there was something about her water coated body that made it impossible to peel my eyes away.

Holy Fuck. I thought as my jaw hung slack.

"Amen." Nathan was obviously in the same state I was. Even though she was in a disguised form, her magnificent body remained: her large breasts, wide hips, flat stomach... Everything else. The lust was flowing extremely strong through me right now. I felt like taking her in any and every way...

I need to have the coldest shower I'm to resist this... It isn't right... but it doesn't sound wrong either... I struggled to hold myself together.

"The shower is free to your use." She said, partially breaking my trance.

"Right. Good idea." My words were fast and forced as I bolted for the bathroom, towel in hand, and locked the door behind me.

Holy shit, the things I would've done to that. I thought, recalling the sight and doing my best to make the memory as detailed as possible.

"Dude. If you do this right, there's no reason why you couldn't." Nathan said.

"No. It's not right, I've only known her for a day... She probably doesn't even want to do that with me." I said as I got ready for my shower.

Night Bloom POV

I laid in the bed as I tried to go to sleep but my thoughts were plagued. No matter my efforts they always returned to one... Alex. He was so accepting of me, even when he was chained down, he cared about why I did what I did, he cared about how I felt, he cared about where I stayed... He cared about me. I felt something I had never felt before, it was a burning sensation deep within me. I felt the need for something, something I didn't know of, but something I felt Alex could give me... I think I want to... mate with him.

Alex POV

"I feel like this is very weird." I said as I lathered myself with the soap.

"What do you mean?" Nathan asked.

"Just the fact that I'm showering and you're here."

"What the fuck man? Why make this so weird?"

"I just..."

"I can select what I see, hear and feel what you do." He explained.

"Oh, that's good."

"Your disgusting."

"So that thing with Fluttershy..."

"Saw it, but I didn't feel it... and it would've been disturbing to hear it."

"Whew. So can you select what thoughts of mine you can hear?" I asked.

"I can always hear your thoughts, but if you talk to me out loud, like your doing right now, I can block you out."

"This is so confusing."

"To you maybe."

I rinsed off all the suds and turned off the water. I let the water drip off me for a little bit before I got out and started drying myself off. There was a large banging on the door that made me jump and almost slip over. "Don't take too long in there." I heard Big Mac on the other side.

"Yeah, just a second." I called out.

I picked up my clothes and got a whiff of what I smelled like. I recoiled and dropped the clothes. "Woah, I don't know how people could stand being in the same room as me." I said as I bent down and picked them back up, this time more prepared. I unlocked the door and returned to my room.

"Hey, night. It's just me." I said as I closed the door behind me. I dropped the clothes by the door and turned around to have something collide with my lips. Night had launched at me and was now kissing me. I sank into the kiss and returned the gesture. Our tongues started dancing around each other and exploring the others mouth. This was going to lead to one thing. I was drived by lust and my hands ran over her body, my right found its way to her breast and I started massaging. In return she moaned into the kiss and her head fell backwards from the pleasure separating us. I used this moment started kissing her neck.

"Oh, Alex. This feels so good." She said softly, remembering there are others in the house.

"Then you'll love this." I said as I paused massaging and wrapped both hands around each of her thighs and lifted her up. I took her to the bed and put her on her back while I laid over top. I noticed that she was already naked. Our lips pressed back together as we joined in another make out session. I used my left arm as support while my right glided to the inside of her thigh where it drew circles and slowly made its way up. She released more moans into the kiss as my hand reached its target. With two fingers, I started working on the lips of her quickly moistening pussy.

She reached down with one of her hands and undid the towel. It fell to the ground as she started stroking my cock that hastily got to attention. We separated briefly for air as my fingers pushed into her folds. More moans were elected from her throat before I retracted my fingers and repeated the process. Soon she was gasping for air in between moans, I sped up and started trying different angles. "Alex... I'm so close." She struggled to keep her voice down. I double my efforts again and her legs tightened around my hand as her body went stiff and she cried out, but muffled it by covering her mouth with her hand and her juices sprayed over my hand. After a few moments, she rolled to the side and pushed me onto my back and she slid down my body. A wave of pleasure rocketed through my body as her hot breath brushed my cock. She brought her tongue to the base of my shaft and slowly brought it up to the tip where she wrapped her lips around the head and started sucking. A hefty groan escaped my mouth while she used her's expertly. I could feel pressure start to build up and knew I would blow my load soon. I've lost my endurance over the long time since I last did it. The thought was lost from Night's amazing blow job. She quickened her pace and I did my best to hold on. I think she knew I was close. Another groan got loose and I was ready to finish but she stopped and was breathing heavily. I shifted around and got her back up on the bed.

"Do you want to continue?" I asked which she nodded to. I lined my cock with her pussy and slowly pushed the tip in. We both moaned from the pleasure and I continued to push in. There was a look of pain that crossed her face. I halted any movement to let her adjust. "Take as much time as you need." I said to make sure she didn't feel pressured into continuing as I kneaded her breasts to drown out some of the pain.

"Okay. You can start now." She said and I slowly pulled out to where it was just the tip still inside. I pushed back in, faster than the first time. We both released pleasured sounds as I picked up speed. I lowered my upper half and and started sucking on her nipple as I rammed her pelvis with my cock. I felt the build up of pressure again as I neared my thresh hold. "Alex, I'm so close. Harder." She said getting louder. We were too caught up in the moment to control our noise level. I obliged and put full focus on going harder.

"Argh, Night. I'm gonna cum." I said, gritting my teeth.

"Inside, ah... I want it inside." I did as told and with a final thrust, I shot my seed deep inside her as we both cried out.

I collapsed beside her as we laid in the afterglow, panting.

"That was one hell of a run." I said once I regained my breath. Night didn't reply so I looked over to her and saw she was already asleep. I smiled and pulled the covers over us and let sleep take hold of me.

Author's Note

Woah, things are getting heated. I wonder how Fluttershy is going to feel if she finds out... and what will happen if the Princesses get wind of Nightmare Moon being around? So many possibilities.

This chapter was a bit longer because it's very dialogue based and I felt like making it a bit longer so more happened. It was also my first shot at a clop scene so feedback is appreciated.

hope you enjoyed.