Age of Darkness

Deep in Canterlot Castle Zorak clicked his long nails in frustration, glaring daggers at the thestral sitting across from him. Black Rose, Captain of the Third Night Guard Division had just tossed a rather large stack of papers on his desk. Zorak continued his optical assault for a good five seconds before reaching over and grabbing one of the pages.

"What are these," asked Zorak with a firm commanding tone.

Black Rose cleared his throat and wiped the sweat that was pooling on his forehead away "t-they're request's from the citizen's, most of them are requesting aid."

"Aid from what," asked Zorak with an uninterested tone.

"Griffon attacks," said Black Rose timidly.

Zorak sighed and handed the paper's back to Black Rose "Send a detachment of Day Guards to aid them," said Zorak leaning back into his seat.

"But si-"

"THAT'S AN ORDER," bellowed Zorak angrily.

"Of course sir, right away," whimpered Black Rose fearfully.

"Begone," commanded Zorak motioning towards the door with a hand.

Black Rose was quick to exit the room, maybe too quick.

Zorak clicked his thumb and forefinger, eliciting a small spark of dark flame to erupt from his finger tips.

"Insufferable fool," growled Zorak in agitation.

Ever since Nightmare Moon had taken the throne, the Griffon King had tried many times, and failed, to return the 'true monarch' to her throne. He was such a fool, how dare he insult Nightmare Moon in such a way. Zorak knew he had to put his anger aside, after all, if things continued like they are, he'd have to get involved. His duties were quite taxing and really boring, but it took some of the stress off of his dear friends shoulder's.

Many of ponies of Equestria had at first thought having Nightmare Moon as a leader would end in tragedy. They were wrong of course, in fact Equestria remain mostly unchanged. There were of course very few, minute, details that were different, but that's only because Celestia and Nightmare Moon had different ruling styles. As Zorak got more lost in thought he glanced across his office to one of the mirror's at both sides of the door. His long brown hair swayed slightly over his left eye, his deep brown eyes were encircled by faded black rings. And his skin was as pale as ever. Not much has changed, still the monotonous in's and out's of his everyday life. Zorak lazily tapped a nail against his desk as he decided to get back to work.

Though you're probably wondering how this all happened, well it's simple actually. Zorak had started off as a relatively normal teen, and in case you're wondering, yes he was a Brony. Anyway, he had been wandering deep in a seemingly ominous forest. The weirdest thing was, he didn't know why, it was almost like he was being called there by an outside force. The forest was dense and scarily quiet, despite this he pushed on. Deep in the forest he came across an abandoned stone temple, the walls were old and crumbling. Many old pillar's laid around the structure in an unorganised mess, and yet the temple still stood tall. The inside was just as bad, except for a large black marble altar. On said altar stood a long, almost cylindrical dark purple crystal. The words 'Tread carefully, for anyone who touches the crystal will be filled with limitless amounts of dark power' were written in latin on the wall above the crystal. Of course he couldn't read latin, so he had no idea. He eyed the crystal for what felt like hours, not knowing if it was somehow protected. After all, it seemed rather valuable, and who in their right mind would have an altar for a worthless jem. Soon his curiosity got the best of him and he walked up the the crystal and touched it. As soon as he touched the crystal a thick, murky, black fog began pouring from it, entering his body in any way it could. He blacked out, only to wake back up being cradled in Nightmare Moon's forelegs. Being a brony, he knew who she was, but was too enraptured by her beauty to be able to form a coherent sentence. She was much more gorgeous face to face than when he saw her in the show. Zorak stuttered bashfully, which she chuckled at softly and gently told him to calm down.

Soon afterwards he was calmed down, he told her who he was, what he was, and even about the show back in his world. She seemed unconvinced for a short period, but after telling her more, she inevitably gave in and believed him. Shortly after their meeting Zorak began experiencing brief flashes. Brief snippets of what looked like hieroglyphics, but the weirdest thing was, he could understand them word for word. It was then that he found out what he was capable of, and asked if he could help Nightmare Moon, which she was curious as to why he wanted to. And he replied with a very embarrassed 'love confession' of which Nightmare Moon found greatly amusing, and agreed to let him help.

After that there isn't much else to tell, Zorak and Nightmare Moon's combined strength was enough to plow through any defense Celestia had. Easily wiping out the Element's of Harmony, and even Celestia herself. Afterwards Nightmare Moon was so impressed with his loyalty and strength, that she appointed him as her second in command. Soon afterwards the two of them had become very close, to the point where Nightmare Moon even allowed him to see her more gentle and emotional side. What she didn't know was, she was becoming a little bit too attached to him.

Meanwhile in the throne room...

Nightmare Moon sat in her throne, her mind flooded with thoughts and memories. Thought's of her dear friend Zorak to be exact, the only person she has ever allowed to see the more vulnerable side of her. She hated to admit it, but she had been thinking of him a lot more as of late, and she didn't know why, which angered her to no end. Thinking back to all the times she had yelled at or scolded him caused her to visibly cringe, and she had no idea why. How had he gotten into her head, how had he gotten so close... how had he become so irreplaceable. She knew he had feelings for her at one point, and couldn't stop herself from wondering if he still felt the same, no matter how much she tried.

"Oh no," said Nightmare Moon her voice almost cracking "I've fallen for him."

She thought back to all the happy memories she had made with him, smiling happily as a result. This only proved to strengthen her fears, a feeling of dread happiness flooded over her. What if he was no longer in love with her, they had known each other for several years now, so it wouldn't shock her if he'd changed his mind. But still, she couldn't stop herself from wondering what it'd be like to be held in his strong arms, cradled into his firm chest, the sound of their breathing aligning in sync... stop it stop it stop it, you fool, you're only making it worse. Thinking on it only served to complicate things. There was no use dwelling on it now, she had to get to the dining hall, her stomach was crying out, demanding to be fed. Nightmare Moon gracefully raised herself from her throne and began her usual walk down to the dining hall, hopefully the chef's won't disappoint her... again.

Zorak had reached his wit's end, he was doing all his work, but he didn't feel that he was getting anywhere. Soon his stomach started calling out to him, so he decided to take a break and get some dinner. Taking the normal, monotonous walk down to the dining hall, a thought crossed his mind. I wonder if Nightmare Moon will be joining me. Walking in through the double doors he was surprised to find Nightmare Moon standing adjacent to him at the other side of the room. The look on her face told Zorak that she was just as surprised as he was, but then she smiled.

"I guess you'll be joining me," asked Nightmare Moon.

"Such a rare and momentous occasion, I think I shall," said Zorak jokingly.

Nightmare Moon and Zorak sat across from each other at the large round table as they waited for the waiter's to come take their orders.

"I sent a letter to Queen Chrysalis this morning to discuss the terms of our Alliance," said Nightmare Moon trying to start a conversation.

Zorak gasp jokingly "if I didn't know any better, I'd say you're cheating on me."

Nightmare Moon laughed "of course I am, you can't expect me to stick to one lover right, after all I have to have my colt-toys and scissor sister's to tend to my every lustful need."

"It hurts, I don't think my heart can go on any longer... I'm shattered," said Zorak dramatically.

Nightmare Moon laughed loudly and clutched her stomach "but in all seriousness, the Alliance between Equestria and The Changeling Kingdom is a very important thing."

"Ugh... Politics," groaned Zorak.

"Oh hush now, you can at least act interested," said Nightmare Moon with a smirk.

"Fine," said Zorak with a chuckle.

"We don't hang out much anymore," said Nightmare Moon suddenly looking slightly downtrodden.

"Yeah I know, I've been to busy with trying to keep your life from being to stressful, and you've been to busy ruling a country," said Zorak sorrowfully.

"Well in that case, I'll make plans for us to spend time tomorrow then," said Nightmare Moon turning her gaze to her friend.

"You sure," asked Zorak.

Nightmare Moon nodded happily.

Dinner had gone by rather uneventful, just the two of them exchanging jokes and eating. The minutes flew by as Zorak and Nightmare Moon talked. Now that they had ate they decided to go their separate ways, Zorak back to his office, and Nightmare Moon to her room.

Nightmare Moon closed her bedroom door and slumped exasperatedly, she had a long day. She had almost bitten the heads off of countless nobles who had irked her ire, had gone through countless petitions and letters, and many many more things. And then there was the thing with her 'discovering' her feelings for Zorak. While she had known of her feelings for some time now, it wasn't until earlier that day that she actually put any thought into it. And it scared her how she cared for him, it felt almost unnatural, almost unnerving. Brushing her thoughts aside Nightmare Moon flopped down into her bed lazily, using her magic to remove her regalia. Curling up into a ball her mouth began to water as lewd thoughts entered her mind. After thirty minutes of gentle moaning she suddenly sat upright.

"By Faust I have problems," said Nightmare Moon fearfully.