Living Under the Equestrian Sun

Living Under the Equestrian Sun

Chapter: 1

The Last Resort?

Show Timeframe: Season 1, Episode 2

Nightmare Moon was cornered. Fear began to enter her thoughts but was quickly diminished. She had a plan, there is no need to worry about it. It would work perfectly.

The Elements of Harmony were charging, prepared to banish Nightmare and bring Celestia back. Something was off though, Nightmare Moon was laughing, laughing with such a force it sent chills down their spines.

“HAHAHAahaha! I knew! I knew you would use the Elements of Harmony! To get rid of me is just the ticket to your own destruction! The second I am gone they show up. My magic is already imprinted upon the creatures! No matter how hard you try, you can’t get rid of them, even I know you don’t have what it takes to kill them!” Nightmare Moon spoke.

The elements gave way to a bright light, blasting towards Nightmare Moon. Upon finishing that, Celestia had returned, and Luna was forgiven, but before they could leave, the ground where Nightmare Moon stood began to spark. The electricity sparked around the area, getting stronger. Just then, there was no more sparks, but instead a beam shot up into the sky a bit. The energy collected itself into a ball, a ball of black magic, and began to slowly condense itself.

Then, just like that, it vanished.

That... is where the rip began.

The air itself cracked open, within the cracks held the endless, empty, black void. Screams began to exit out the portal, getting louder and louder, and then, it split, two voices could be heard, before they finally hit the floor with a thud, silencing them.

There was two creatures, spread out on the stone slabs of the ruined castle floors. One was wearing what seemed to be a black jacket, angel wings faded on the back of it, blue jeans, black shoes, and what seemed to be a black fedora, sunglasses and goggles hanging around its neck.

The other creature on the other hand, had a brown jacket with tan horizontal rows, blue jeans, grey shoes, earbuds that were knocked loose of its ears, it seemed to be taller than the other one, but the other one was bigger in mass.

Before any of them could get any closer to the creatures, they began to groan in discomfort.

“God.... Damn it....” The one wearing the black jacket said aloud.

Slowly they began to get up and noticed each other. “Andrew... You alright, man?”

The creature wearing the brown jacket, named Andrew, responded. “Yeah, or at least close enough to that... Stone floors tend to be painful Shawn...”

Both Shawn and Andrew, now on there knees looked around something catching their eyes about the place.

“Andrew, doesn’t this place seem... familiar?”

Before Andrew could respond, a black aura began to shape over their hands. Slowly it creeped up containing their whole body in its power. Both of them, eyes wide in shock, quickly changed from their shocked behavior to that of pain. Both clutched their heads in pain, screaming loud, their agony could be heard in the ears of the Princesses and main six.

Fluttershy could not stand to see anything in pain, even if it was unknown. She turned towards Celestia, her eyes showed that she was pleading for her to do something, and just like that Celestia nodded, not even taking a moment to think, charged her magic and released it upon the two creatures. The screams fell silent and as Celestia’s aura faded the creatures were on the ground, unconscious.

Twilight was the first to recover from what was happening. “What happened to them?”

Celestia’s eyes portrayed sorrow. “Nightmare Moon's magic was altering these creatures, from what I could tell, it was altering with their memories, blocking them.”

“Why would she do that?”

“We may know.” Luna spoke from the group. She walked up to the creatures, looking at them. “How would thy act, if thou had no memory of thine location, surrounded by things in which  thou had no knowledge of?”

Twilight stopped and thought about it. “Scared...”

“Thus these creatures might have lashed out. Scared, alone, and had no knowledge of where it came from.” Luna was almost put to tears looking at the creatures that she had done this to.

Celestia was studying the creatures, taking in details about them both.

“We should move them.”

Everypony present looked to Celestia, Rainbow Dash being the first to speak up. “What do you mean? I don’t want to question you Princess Celestia, but aren't they supposed to be evil?”

Celestia looked at Rainbow Dash. “Yes, they were supposed to be, but I stopped whatever that was going to do that. You’re all just going to have to trust me on this.”

Everypony accepted that, but they all still had one question, Twilight being the one to ask it. “Where should we move them to?”

“Is there a house in Ponyville that is for sale? I am sure that you all wouldn’t want a creature you have no knowledge of in your homes.”

Twilight thought about it for a minute. “Yeah, there is if I remember correctly.”

Celestia smiled. “That’s good, I will take us there, but I will have to leave afterwards, there is something I need to get settled.”

The home sat in the back of the town, with a fine layer of dust. The house itself was not furnished except for a couch that seemed to have been left behind, across from a fireplace.

In the center of what seemed to be the living room, a light appeared and with a flash, The two princesses and the mane six were inside the room along with the two creatures.

Celestia looked at the creatures one last time. “I have to go, but I will return when I have finished what needs to be done. I am sorry to ask for a favor so soon, but could you stay with them until I finish what needs to be done sister?”

Luna nodded. “Tis no trouble.”

Celestia looked to the main six. “If they are to awaken before I come back try to calm them down, no doubt they will be scared, but I am sure you all can handle it.”

With a flash of light Celestia was gone.

The room was replaced from its usual darkness by a flash of light, then a horn began to glow as the torches of the room lit up, one by one. Celestia walked down the dark hallway, the grey stone blocks being lit by only some torches. Eventually she reached the end of the hall, and at the end, was some statues.

Her horn glowed once more and one of the statues began to glow with the same aura. Slowly cracks began to form over it, and at once, the stone shattered away. Celestia faced where the statue crumbled, the shadows still blocked the end of the hall.

“They have arrived.”

The shadows shifted, and a dark tone responded. “Really? Remarkable how much time flies...”

“What should I do?”

The shadow leaned forward. “I can not tell you, you have to do this on your own.”

“What do you mean you can’t tell me? You have helped me numerous times before but why not now?” Celestia responded pleading just a bit. “I don’t know what to do.”

“Celestia, you will know what to do when the time comes. You are just going to have to trust me on this.”

Celestia’s head sunk. “But what if I fail?”

The shadow chuckled back. “Trust me, you won’t.”