Author's Note

This is a retelling of the Rise of Lord Naturus, one I plan to be better than the original. Instead of killing them, Naturus would seize the throne, forcing all sentient races to bow down to his might, yet sparing them.

Prologue Part One: Awakening

Here's the opening theme down below.

"...and I have but one duty now..." Nightmare Moon said.

"...to destroy you!!!" She shot a laser at a spooked Celestia who flew up, flying through the hole in the roof just in the nick of time.

"...and where do you think you're going?" Nightmare said as she too flew upwards into the sky, chasing her sister, taking the fight to the star-speckled skies of the night. Nightmare shot another laser at Celestia, who again dodged it, flying upwards and to her right as another one struck a random tower. Celestia kept dodging lasers while being chased by her possessed sister. Said lasers struck things like windows, roofing and a support bridge, which one of the pillars fell to the ground.

Nightmare shot another laser, and this time, it hit Celestia, causing her to fall to the ground, or rather the castle floor through a hole in the roof, leaving her seemingly unconsciousness for a few moments until she got up, looking at Nightmare in anger and sadness.

"Oh dear sister, I am sorry, but you have given me no choice, but to use these!" she said as she used her magic to open a secret hatch in the floor. Cogs and gears clanked happily as the stone contraption turned and rose up from the ground.

Celestia flew upwards and once again used her magic, this time taking five certain jewels from holes in the machine, and from the central sphere, a six-star-shaped gemstone rose up. Celestia circled the gemstones around her so fast that it was a blur. She stopped using her wings and used the energies of the gemstones levitated up to Nightmare Moon.

Nightmare Moon charged up a sky blue blast while Celestia swirled the gemstones around her.

Both were preparing to unleash the powerful bursts of energy when a deep rumbling.

"Huh?" they both said.

"FOOLISH HORSES!!!"

The voice was deep, rumbling, and had a strange echo to it. Celestia looked to the Tree of Harmony, to see it was shaking like mad.

"W-w-we are not hors-s-s-es, we're p-p-ponies..." Celestia said in fear. Even Nightmare Moon was scared by the sudden outburst. White light burst from the Tree of Harmony, causing a visible aura to form around, an aura that vibrates to the voice's speech.

"I DON'T CARE, AND TO BE HONEST, I CANNOT TELL THE DIFFERENCE, ANYWAYS, YOU REALLY THINK I WOULD LET YOU USE MY GEMSTONES FOR YOUR OWN CHILDISH WHIMS FOR ANY LONGER THAN THIS!!!"

"I d-didn't mean to offend you, Mr. Voice, but-" Celestia said.

"Oh what, I was just getting what was rightfully-" Nightmare said.

Both alicorns were talking at the same time before they were interrupted by a now angry Tree of Harmony.

"SILENCE, PEASANTS!!!"

Both alicorns were shocked about it. No one would DARE to talk to them like that.

"You are not the one to call me peasant, you stupid vegetable. I'm the true Queen of Equestria, and you are the one that has to bow down!!!" Nightmare said as she charged a blast at the Tree, but to her surprise, it just bounced off, unaffected.

"Wow, that's a foul ball! Oh, and I forgot to mention, which I didn't forget to mention that I'm immune to magic. I was suppressing it just so I can see what you would do with my power, and I'm not pleased!" The Tree said, regaing his compsure after a laugh at Nightmare's failure. He was dead serious about that.

When Celestia regained her composure, she said "How come you have magic but you are immune to it? It makes no sense!"

"You are foolish, mortal. My energies are not magic at all, but something else entirely, now, I know you are shocked about the incident, but when I reveal my true form, well, BEHOLD!!!" the Tree said as the Elements of Harmony were snatched from Celestia's magical grasp and latched back onto the Tree. The crystalline surface broke apart, letting out smoke, the crystals were then absorbed by the being within.

"What in Equestria is that thing!!!" Celestia said as the smoke cleared.

What she saw looked nothing like a pony. The being was bipedal in structure, and had dark blue skin all over, with indigo-blue markings on his hips, arms, hands and legs. Five horn-like structures stood where his head should be. By far the strangest feature the being had was that instead of a face, he had one huge eye, reminiscient of a cat's or snake's, resting on the front of his head. As soon as his eye opened. He spread his birdlike wings, which had indigo claws on them, releasing a shockwave of white energy, lightning striking the ground on either side of this strange, new being. Both Nightmare and Celestia's jaws dropped (literally) to the ground when they saw the being. They thought Discord looked strange, but the 'Sapien of Harmony' made Discord look like he fit in in every way.

"I AM NATURUS!!!" the being yelled.

"Now, I have business to do..." he said, before pointing a finger at them.

"AND IT INVOLVES YOUR DEATH!!!"

Naturus held out both of his hands, letting out white and golden energy burst out of them. Both Nightmare Moon and Celestia lost control over the sun and moon, watching the two celestial bodies seemingly merge. They expected both to shatter into a million pecies and rain down from the skies, but instead, the product was a black sphere surrounded by a corona of light. Both sisters had to shield their eyes at the new eclipse, Celestia was screaming in pain, both alicorns fell to the ground and something ignited.

Luna's Mind

The Pesadilla has taken over Luna's mind for only a while, drowning her soul in the shadowy swarm that is Pesadilla, which digested most of the poor alicorn's soul, leaving Luna to only be able to see and hear what was going on. "I hath failed to protect myself... and my sister... and now the Tree hath become something resemblant to thy 'humans' Discord hath talked about..."

Luna was about to wonder what would happen next when she noticed that Celestia was, screaming in agony. Whatever Naturus did was either poisoning Celestia or she fell on a stalagmite. Whatever the case, she wanted to help her sister, and her desire to help her sister, almost sealed by the Pesadilla, gained more and more strength. "I hath to taketh... take back control..." she said, budging with her new strength through the Pesadilla. "I need... to save her..."

YOu Can'T SAve heR, sTop tHoSE thOUGHts!!! !

"Pesadilla, thou art nothing but a phantom, be gone from thy life..." Luna said, fighting the Pesadilla, and found it's sweet spot, a magenta and red crystal. She rammed into the crystal, shattering it into pieces.

NoooOOoooOooOOooOOoOOoo!!!

The Pesadilla faded into a gentle ball of light, which went into Luna.

Celestia shielded her eyes with her free hoof, being bathed in the light of the new body and being crushed by the overflow of several energies. "Why... how..." she said. She was about to lose hope when a blue flash of light filled her eyes. She expected Nightmare Moon struggling to escape, but in her place, she saw a dark blue alicorn mare with black gradient on her legs and snout, a pair of wings similar to Nightmare Moon's, and a mane, again similar, but with more stars. The alicorn was decked in black regalia, complete with a crown. The new alicorn's cutie mark was the same as Luna's, and Celestia knew it now once the alicorn opened her eyes. Instead of the catlike slits of Nightmare, the exact same eyes of the Luna she once knew, not altered the slightest.

"Lulu... is that you?" Celestia said. "What the?" Naturus said, never expecting that, and the energy shock became more gentle. Just as Celestia got up, the new Luna tackle-hugged her.

"Sister... I'm glad I'm back..." Luna said, crying in tears of joy.

"And I missed you, the real you. Looks like you have a new look." Celestia said as Luna turned at herself, looking, and seeing that she had became a combination of her old self and Nightmare Moon.

"Shhh, let it all out, whatever you did was worth it."

"Yes... a touching reunion." The two alicorns looked to see Naturus slowly clapping his hands. He laughed and said "I guess I should put those touching words on your tombstones." Celestia and Luna looked down at themselves to see plundervines growing.

"EEK!!"

Both alicorns jumped upwards, taking to the skies, just of of the vines' reach.

"You really think taking to the air would prevent your doom. Give up! You're rule is through!!! Your kingdom's now mine!!! Time to bow down to me!!!" Naturus said as he held his hands outwards again, this time creating a gem-studded titanium sword for each hand, each one with a golden hilt.

"Let's do this, let us do this once and for all."