The Second of Gorpondret

4.The Second of Gorpondret

And i beheld the fall of the lords
And I beheld the fall of the moon
And I beheld the eye of the great one
And I beheld the deepest dark

I have not written in this tome for many days. The remembrance of the horrors of that day were enough to send me into a fit of sorrow and mania, and I was unable to find myself until today.

Now I shall continue.

Oh how I had underestimated the horrors that I would witness! I lost so much, yet they took even more, and I have lost almost all that I hold close, yet I remembered one that still may live! I began my journey, and it would be long, for my wings had been rendered useless in the past weeks, and so I marched to Canterlot, but I met yet new horrors on my way!

Gorpondret had shed her facade of the Alicorn Goddess, and had once again become the disembodied eye that I had before described!

Oh how they ran, and it was futile, for she would only need to cast her gaze upon them, and they were transformed into writhing masses of pus and fleshy tendrils, and these new beasts would infect any they touched, and it took only hours for thousands of these monstrous daemons to roam the streets of my beloved Ponyville!

It took me a great many days, but I was soon at the gates of Canterlot! And as I had hoped, they still fought! The royal guard still fought, and they were not alone! The Gryphons, the Dragons, and even the Diamond Dogs had come to make one final stand!

Oh, how my heart leaped when I saw him! My brother! My dear brother had survived, and he still led his soldiers! I wept in his embrace, and he into mine, and I smiled! i felt true happiness for the first time in oh so long! And we wept for his family! I wept for my dear sister! We wept for his dear daughter, and for our dear parents, and for all who we had lost in these days of calamity!

And others that i thought dead had come to our aid! Ember, lord of the Dragons had come, and with her had brought an army! And the great Yaks had brought hoards to fight alongside us!

And him.

He shielded us, and he protected all within Canterlot! Discord! Discord had used his great magic to protect my brother and friends! I embraced him in a hug, and the shock on his face brought another true smile to mine!

But I had not come to see any of them. I had come to see the one who, although it was unknown to me at the time, had started this nightmare!

Luna! Luna could not be seen, for a huge orb of darkness had enveloped her! And I could hear her screams, yet none could release her from her agony!

And a voice came to me! It's tongue was that of an ancient evil, and my mind felt as though it was being devoured as I heard!

"I am Neplohidratite, who has been named Nightmare Moon, and I have come to pave the way! Neglorik! Neglorik has come!"

And visions gripped me, and I saw into eternity, and my eyes were opened to the world outside of our own, and I was unable to hold back, and I spoke! I spoke her name, and thus released her!

I came upon a great truth! This blasphemous Godless thing could only be brought into our world through mention! Luna had been desperate for new power, and thus spoke a name she knew was forbidden, and that had been locked away, and yet she spoke, and she opened herself to the one called Neplohidratite, who drew power from mortal prayer, and through Luna, she wrote the accursed tome! The nightmare Verse!

The Nightmare verse! Thought to be a great spell was simply a catalyst ! And now, because of the foolish jealousy of a single Mare, the great plan of the deepest dark Neglorik has come to fruition!

Damndable Luna!

And Neplohidratite had gained power from Luna herself, and was able to enter my mind, and forced me to speak her name, and now she is able to take control once again!

Nightmare Moon!

Nightmare Moon has returned, and the sky bellowed in pain!

And I fell to the ground, and Nightmare Moon stood over me, and she told me something that would fracture my mind! She had planned this! She allowed everyone in Canterlot to survive, so that I would come, and I would speak her name, for she needed to the power of an Alicorn to speak it, and thus I was as Luna, and brought her evil once again!

And outside, I heard the screaming, and I teleported away, and from outside, I saw Gorpondret cast her gaze upon them all! They were transformed! Not even Discord could survive, for his magic never truly could hold them back, and so 2 of these creatures held possession of Canterlot, and I could hear the laughter of Nightmare Moon, and she flew into the sky, and darkness again began to take hold of the world!

"THE ELEMENTS ARE GONE, AND NONE SHALL STAND AGAINST US!" she cried, and I cried, and the planet cried, for she had returned!

And what of the elements! My great vision gave me a grim understanding of them! They never held magic as we know it, but instead a fraction of the same power that Neglorik himself held, and now nothing can stop them, and I fell to the ground and screamed, for all was truly lost!

And, at that moment, the great swamp in the north began to scream.