The battle between the chaotic evil, and lawfully good has ended…

Before it actually started.

After a moving speech about friendship, an unusual anime style transformation sequence and one rainbow blast later, Sunset Shimmer was brought down to her knees and left in a crater of her own failures, both figuratively and very literally.

The stolen magic from the crown and her hubris was her ultimate downfall.

There was no chance of her actually succeeding in her goals. All Sunset wanted to do with the magic she obtains was conquer someplace called Equestria. And the first and only solution that she devised at the time was… you’re not going to believe this but just listen… was to turn every ordinary teenage student into mindless zombie soldiers and use them to attack this Equestria place.... somehow.

Was she going to use the dark magic to turn the teens into demons just like she did to herself and at her two cronies when they arrive Equestria?

Or was she going to plot a long-term scheme that involved training her brainwashed teens into highly skilled and cold-blooded soldiers?

Or will she single-handedly defeat any of those who oppose her with magic somehow?

Whatever the answer might have been and whether it would've succeeded if her plan came to fruition, she pathetically failed and lost everything with the simple magic of true friendship.

Of course, that sounds kind of ridiculous but it happened and seemed to make sense... somehow.

After the giant exploding orb of light and the dark ominous clouds have left the scene, the amazing six girls have succeeded but were seen lying down on the concrete ground, probably exhausted from using all the magic they had recently gained on demoness Sunset Shimmer.

The liberated students have gathered near the ruined remains of the school's front entrance and observed the appearance on the aftermath of the overdramatic light show or "fight" between the six girls and the fiery-haired demoness.

One by one, the girls regained their senses and go up from the ground. Twilight being the last one with some puppy licks to the left cheek from the purple dog Spike. The lavender girl's eyes immediately opened wide, slightly raised up to the ground, and opened her arms to her pet dog for a hug.

She and her friends went to her side and stared in awe at what they had just done. On their sights was a giant crater and what... rather who was at the deep bottom, within the black smoke.

As the black smoke finally dissipated and the girls looked closer, they were shocked to see the fiery-haired girl was brought down to her knees and left in a crater of her own failures, both figuratively and very literally. Her entire body covered with wounds of all kinds, her hair frizzled and had stray strands sticking out. It appeared she has become the crater's core of failure and guilt.

The girls and students of CHS might have been impressed by the results of the battle… while, on the school roof, the pair of shadows were dissatisfied.

Don’t get them wrong. They’re grateful that the conflict was immediately extinguished with the stereotypical climax of the power… no, the “magic” of friendship and not through bloodshed and death.

The pair felt a little displeased that the battle for the world's fate looked like child's play to the girls and the only damage that occurred was caused by the fiery-haired demon girl; she crumbled the school's front entrance with dark magic and the iron grip of her right hand. There was huge crater after she got blasted by a beam of rainbows.

The destruction of past times that dark magic was used that the duo witnessed was far worse and there were actual casualties which range from a dozen to hundreds or even the entire population of a small village.

(During the same time as the fight had concluded, on the rooftop of Canterlot High...)

After rubbing their eyes due to direct eye contact on the bright flash from the giant orb of light, the pair contemplated their thoughts on what they witnessed.

"T-that was amazingly..." The dark outfit man said, shaking his head disapprovingly. "disappointing."

"Yeah, very anti-climatic." Luna agreed, shaking her head as well. "My expectations on that fight and the terrifying build-up that Sunset set up have diminished by a single rainbow blast."

"I presumed that there would be a little resistance considering we just witnessed this Sunset Shimmer turned into a winged demon that had similar potential to that half of Darkon's power." The man lowered his weapons to the ground and crossed his arms in disapproval. "or maybe it was a quarter of it... or a pinch."

"But all she during that long sequence was just stand... I mean, floating still and took the blast directly." Luna said. She would felt relief by now but she felt the fiery-haired girl's presence was still there.

She took off her mask, exchanged her dual pistols for a crossbow, which was deep down the duffle bag. "However, I can sense that the good-for-nothing threat has yet to be eliminated. I can understand that because she was hit by rainbows, not by a Hyper Beam or Solar Beam. "

She loaded her weapon with an arrow and aimed with precise accuracy at the bottom center of the black smoke cloud on the crater. "Whatever the attack might have been, it was not super effective. Sensei, while everyone is still disoriented and Sunset has been weakened, we can execute her-"

"No." He responded, his tone of voice had a hint of disgust. "Let the proper authorities or those young girls take care of that mess and the damages she caused. We had no reason to be here in the first place. Besides, Our presence has not been compromised." He let out a grunt and tossed both his guns back to the bag. "I had to close my store for this disappointment..."

"Sensei..." Luna said, feeling furious that her friend and teacher denied finishing of the delinquent girl to ensure that she doesn't have other evil tricks up her sleeves.

The girl who claims to call herself Sarah "Sunset" Shimmer deserves the most severe consequences that will occur on her for her actions she caused this night.

Luna knows that there are groups or an organization who would take interest in the redhead's capabilities in both academics and dark magic, most likely attracted the attention of him.

There were only two ways to stop any of those horrible circumstances from occurring; one was to use their connections to take the girl away and be hidden from modern society until they find a non-lethal solution. This idea, however, the woman gave this unnerving thought that the girl's future to their world would be safe, even if she is sent to prison or somewhere secluded and secured.

The other option that the woman favored more was immediate execution. However, the idea was denied by her teacher.

"Sensei, you... you..." Luna looked at her friend with an infuriated scowl. "How c-could... How could you just let her go? Do you know what will happen if we-"

"I know." The man said before the woman could get another word out of her mouth.

"Wait, Luna." The man felt a shock of realization.

"What?" She snarled at him. "What's so important that you have to-Mmmph!"

The man covered Luna's mouth with his right hand. "I know you're frustrated by my decision..." He said sternly. "But there are more important matters that we have to focus on. Do you understand?"

The woman was about to protest but she could see the commanding glare through the small opening of his mask. She, instead, silently nod and decided to listen to what the man has to say.

"Okay then, here's the question. Why aren't any of the faculty staff with the students or even nearby during the event?" He asked. "I don't sense Tia or any mature adult presence within the group. Do you?"

She felt so shocked when she heard his question as if she was struck down by lightning. It would seem that the weather today was cloudy with a high chance of unusual magic and an ambiance of Sunset's malice.

"You're right." Luna put away her crossbow and zipped close her duffle bag. She got up from the roof's floor and was about to rush to the window.

"Luna, wait!" The man shouted. He grabbed hold of her left wrist.

"What is it now?" Luna was feeling more irritated towards the man for interrupting her.

"Your stealth disguise." He said in a deadpan tone.

Luna looked down and saw that she wasn't wearing her usual vice principal outfit. This oversight made her feel embarrassed. "Oops, forgot about this." She said. She shook her head as she thought it didn't matter. "It doesn't matter. I'll just tell Tia and the others that I..."

"Luna, NO!" He tensely informed her while. "Have you forgotten why you're not supposed to wear that outfit near any of the school faculty staff?"

"Oh, that's right." She facepalmed after she realized what her teacher meant by his statement. "I forgot about Mister Doodle. He might recognize my outfit."

"No, not that." The man tried to correct Luna's reason, however, jolted his head up at what she just said. "Wait... Doodle? As in Mister Donald Doodle, the guy that we... He still works HERE!"

"Yeah..." She sheepishly replied, scratching the back of her head and trying to look anywhere to avoid her partner's gaze.

"Shit..." He cursed under his breath, feeling anxious. "Do you think he still remembers our little... 'mistake'?"

"Oh yeah, he does. He's still pissed off on what we did to him and his house." Luna crossed her arms and looked up at the sky with an annoyed expression. "He talks about our little... 'mistake' like all the time at the teachers' lounge and uses that moment as a comparison whenever he lectures every delinquent in CHS."

"But that was like years ago... He really needs to forget about that." He groaned and shook his head. "We'll talk about that later. Right now, you should go down and inspect the reason why the school faculty staff... heck, any adult in this school are not doing anything during this crisis."

"Got it," Luna said. She removed her black biker jacket, revealing a white tank top under it. She shoved the jacket into the already cramped and heavy duffle bag.

As she slowly walked towards the open window into the school's library, a wild thought popped out of her head.

While her teacher was occupied with observing the students down below, Luna took out one of her pistols, that she was about to use to shoot on Demon Sunset, out of the duffle bag and concealed it on the back of her pants.

"I'll just leave the weapons here and go check on Tia and the others." She informed. Half of her body was already inside the school dome. "Sensei, just..."

The man finished her request before she could say it. ".... Make sure Sunset or her... 'former' minions don't make a quick getaway. Yeah, this isn't my first time I had to do this."

"Thank you."

And with that, Luna got back inside to check up on the adults while scheming her assassination of Sunset Shimmer.

After a quick wardrobe change and concealing her weapons in a secret compartment in the Vice Principal's office, Luna exited her room and, in a quick yet cautious manner, walked down the hallways as it was littered with a certain pink poofy haired girl's excessive amount of decorations and other trash.

"Pinkie always overdoes her party decorating," Luna smirked as she thinks about the pink girl and the multiple detentions she gave on the girl's past antics.

The floor was completely covered with streamers, ribbons, balloons and party favors; these were the nice and fun parts of the mess. However, there were bad and disgusting ones like half full cups of fruit punch and squished baked goods that would make the Head Party Planner fuming with psychotic rage.

Luna could have sworn that she also saw bottles of liquor and still smoking cigarettes or rolled up joints. After the disaster was properly contained and Sunset was "taken care of", she'll have to do a strict inspection on all of her students' lockers and maybe conduct a surprise drug test.

The clinking and squishing noises that the items were making every time her feet collided made the Vice Principal cringed with disgust and disappointment.

"Ugh! Seniors..." Luna commented in her head, shaking her head disapprovingly at the sight. She had to be careful of where she was walking and stepping on. She regretted changing out of her comfortable black boots for the pain-inducing and noisy as Hell office worker heels shoes.

She sighed in relief as she finally reached her destination; the school's auditorium and indoor PE room. It is where the Fall Formal celebrations were being held... but all of the students were outside observing the aftermath of Sunset's mayhem. Luna was there to inspect the school faculty as she expected the worse.

And her suspicions were correct as soon as she entered the room and her eyes adjusted from the disco lights, she was shocked to see that every school staff were lying unconscious on the messy auditorium floor in uncomfortable positions.

"Oh no..." Luna gasped in horror at the sight she saw. "Celestia!" She yelled out her sister's name for a response. "Tia!... Tia, where are you?!"

No sort of response was met. This increased Luna's already high panic levels.

As she searched frantically for her sister's whereabouts, she saw most of the teachers lying down on either the floor face first or leaning against a wall or on the stage. The only common item that everyone had were red plastic cups with spilled liquid contents of fruit punch.

She slowly approached one of the teachers and some sort of bad luck, that teacher was Mr. Doodle, the man that Luna and her friend were cautious about interacting. He was lying near the punch bowl table.

"I'll check on Mr. Doodle first and then the punch bowl." She pondered. She was disgruntled by that idea but she was close to the man for a quick analysis and had little time to check up on every unconscious individual and her sister before the students or the authorities will arrive at the scenes.

"Mister Doodle! Mister Doodle, are you okay?" She shook the man's right shoulder but the only response she got was a cantankerous groan. She attempted to do it for two more times but the results were the same.

"Well, at least the drinks weren't poisoned." She muttered with a relieved sigh. She unceremoniously dropped Mister Doodle back to the floor.

Luna took a sniff of the area to have a better understanding of what the familiar scent was but couldn't identify it.

It took a closer inspection by pouring a cup of punch and slowly inched her nose close to the drink. As soon as she did the action, she immediately retched, almost losing her equilibrium, feeling woozy and nauseous from the smell.

She now knew what the extra ingredient that was put in the punch and she feared what it was.

"Nightmare..." She growled, feeling both afraid and furiously tossed the cup aside, splashing the contents all over the auditorium floor.

This despicable drug that ended the life of someone special to Luna, who held most dear than even her own older sister and her Sensei.

"You've done it this time, Sunset..." Luna growled with a tone that resembles that of an unknown monster. Although her entire body quake, She only felt her right fist trembling and ache the most as if was ready to commit the greatest sin towards the fiery-haired girl.

Luna had to let go of her unrelenting rage for the time being as she had the more important task of waking up her sister and maybe even the other staff (except for Mister Doodle). Luckily for Luna, she knows a special remedy for quickly waking up people who consumed small amounts of Nightmare without the use of chemical substances.

Suddenly, a wild idea hatched inside Luna's mind. She gulped and slowly approached her sister's body. She then took a deep breath for she was going to commit a painful deed to her sibling. This will be the second time she did this to Celestia and this one will be for an emergency.

"I'm truly sorry for this, Sister." She sincerely apologized to the Principal as she balled up her right hand into a fist and, in a quick and slightly strong motion, punched her older sister directly in the stomach.

Punching someone in the stomach is much more effective in waking up people than slapping them in the face... or that's what Luna's Sensei told her when he thought her the procedure.

Obviously, in a normal reaction from being punched in the stomach, Principal Celestia immediately got up, eyes widening to the point that it looked like they were going to pop out like a cartoon character, coughing a lot, and her body and limbs jolted wildly were flailing around and seem to be foam a bit on the mouth as if they were frenzied snakes.

Luna will have so many regrets after the night ends.

"What is wrong with you, Lulu?" Celestia yelled in a subtle yet furious tone while still lying on the ground.

Luna dragged her sister into the Vice Principal's office to provide her better first aid treatment. She gave her sister a special medicine that flushes away the Nightmare's horrible effects and gives Celestia a boost on her vitality.

Unfortunately, it only took literally thirty seconds of recovery for the Principal of CHS to realized that the culprit for her gut being punched was from her very own Vice Principal/Little Baby Sister. Celestia would have forgiven Luna for this act if it wasn't for the fact, as soon as she regained consciousness, Luna dropped her and tried to hide behind the stage curtains so that she won't get blamed for the punch.

After waking up, Celestia felt her body numbed and had difficulty getting up from the floor. She still had the dangerous sedative lingering around her blood veins but somehow, had enough strength to use both her arms to lift her upper torso but just barely.

"Lulu, can I have some assistance with this?" She gently requested. Her arms were trembling from her own weight and appear to give out any moment.

Luna cautiously approached towards her older sister, feeling slightly nervous from the stunt she pulled. She reached her arm and grasped tightly on to her sister's. An ordinary woman with a slim physical would have complications when they try to attempt to lift heavy objects, however, Luna is anything but ordinary.

Luna raised her sister to her feet with ease. Celestia had to cling on to her sister as her legs quake and not able to support her weight as if she hasn't walked for years. Nightmare is truly a frightening drug.

"I will overlook the painful deed that you've done to me... for now," Celestia weakly whispered to her sister's ear. "Could you please tell me where are all of our students?"

Although it was weak, Luna can hear the urgency and panic on her sister's voice and composure. Luna had to thought of the right words to say for she didn't want her sister to be in more distress.

"They're all fine, Tia but..." Luna hesitated as she can't find the proper words to explain what occurred during her sister's absence.

"Luna, please. Whatever the matter might be, I can handle. There's no need to hold back and worry about my feelings. Just... please, I need to know."

"Oh no. I understand that you are capable of taking bad news, Tia. It's just that... It's really hard to give an understandable explanation." Luna meekly explained before clearing her throat. "Ahem... All you need to know is that it's Sunset's fault..."

"Oh, not another accusation again." Celestia groaned while facepalming. "Lulu, I know Sunset might be a bad apple and might have caused some discord recently..."

That last word caused Luna's emotions to snap. "What do you mean 'recently'? She's caused a lot of damage towards the student body ever since she enrolled in this school. Sunset is more than just a bad egg... She's the literal teenage Devi-"

Suddenly, a wild slap to the face appeared when Luna was about to say the word 'Devil'. It was the offended Celestia who dealt the blow.

"Don't you dare finish that sentence, Luna!" Celestia yelled. "I'm beginning to..."

Luna covered her sister's mouth. "No, listen to me, Tia. Sunset Shimmer, the girl who we thought was just another cliche teenage bully..."

Celestia softly muttered. "I'm pretty sure you're the only who thought of her like that."

Luna heard her sister's remark but ignored it and continued on. "... literally transformed into a real demon monster and hypnotized the entire student body."

After Luna was finished with her explanation, Celestia had an uncertain/confused expression on her face; her right eyebrow raised high and her lips tightened. A typical expression that expresses a person's judgmental opinion on a crazy person.

"Luna, you know that I will always believe you and know that your judgment is quite important..." The Principal said with a reassuring tone. However, her skeptical look slowly formed into an irritated one. She raised her voice that sounded stern. "But that has got to be the most absurd and rude accusation on Sunset Shimmer that you have ever concocted. How dare you talk about one of my students like an undesirable pariah!"

Although it was understandable for Celestia to defend Sunset, Luna didn't want to back down on her statement and repeat the same mistake.

"Are you serious, Tia?!" Luna lashed back her sister. "I know defending your students isn't just your duty as the principal... Is this because Sunset looks like..."

Luna was cut off once as suddenly, she got tackled down on the floor by her own sister.

"Don't you even dare say her name!" Celestia growled as she quickly lunged towards her sister and used her right hand to choke her neck. This action was a complete surprise to Luna.

"Ack! Grk!" Luna choked in desperation as she tries to let go of her sister's vice grip on her neck but to no avail. Celestia might appear like an ordinary woman at a single glance but in actuality, this woman possesses hidden strength that still surpasses her sister's.

"You have no right to even mention her name, Luna!" She hissed, her expression contorted into despair. Her grip was loosening up enough that Luna escaped. Her tears dripping down her cheeks, some dripping down Luna. Her breathing becoming heavier by the second. "I know that Sunset deserves the most severe punishment for all the horrible acts she caused over the years but... but... she looks just like her..."

She covered her face with both of her hands and collapsed, her head landed at Luna's chest. Luna anticipated this moment, so she patted her sister's back while she wailed in despair.

While Luna soothes her sister's emotional distress as best as she can, she briefly closed her eyes and began to recollect a... horrible haunting memory on the last time she made her older sister fall into despair and the reason why she can't mention her in front of her sister.

(December 8, 200X, Winter- Freezing- Memories of Luna)

Celestia and I were below a basement at an unknown location that we have been forcibly dragged into. The walls, floors, pillars and basically everything else in the room were lined up with cold grey metal. The temperature was more freezing than the calm winter days I have experienced. So many corpses and puddles of blood were just lying on the ground that we could barely see the floor's surface.

Tia and I were trapped in that one despicable room for several days. Our clothes were covered with cuts, stains of unknown substances and their own blood. Both of us were exhausted, freezing, our vision was distorted, starving, thirsty, and in a lot of pain.

I can endure this experience but my sister couldn't. Her sense of hope that someone might rescue us from this Hell slowly diminished with every hour we spent inside. Celestia's mental had a worse experience than I did for I just committed the most horrible and unforgiving act against her. She finally had enough when...

"... I'm so sorry, Tia." I muttered, dropping both my knives and dropping to my knees. My hands trembled with fear and sorrow as they felt warm and wet with fresh blood. She tried to cry out but could only heave heavily as my emotions were conflicting with each other.

"We... I had no choice." was the last thing I said to her that day.

"Nooooooo!" Celestia shouted with all of her might as she ran past her sister and towards the lifeless corpse of a young girl with long red and yellow hair. She embraced the girl's body, not bothered with having her clothes stained with more blood.

The young girl's eyes and mouth opened wide and her hair was completely mangled, making her appear like a frenzied beast. She wore a ragged brown robe and wore no footwear. Her nails from her hands and feet looked like they haven't been trimmed for many years. Her teeth were jagged and sharp like fangs.

And for some unknown and horrifying reason, her muscles and body degraded her body into that of a scarecrow's. She also had visible dark crimson blood veins all over her amber yellow skin body that appear to look like lightning streaks from Hell. There were two large stab wounds on her stomach and heart. the deranged-looking girl final expression was fear, rage, resent and with no regrets or tears.

It was my fault that I delivered the final fatal blows on this girl's body... maybe, also why she appeared like a deranged caged beast. I was too late to save her.

Before this dark memory of mine dissipated into the void once again, I remembered the noises that still haunt me to this. The long metal hallway echoed with Celestia's grieving screams over her only child... and also the maniacal laughter of a man that she once loved.

That damn bastard Sombra.

Author's Note

True darkness has cast upon these two sisters once again.

Misfortune and fear seem to follow them, no matter what circumstances they are in.

Happy ending requires many painful sacrifices and revealing everyone's darkest secrets.

What sacrifices and secrets will these two sisters give away to obtain their well deserved happy ending?

Hey guys, sorry for the very late posts. Just been pretty much occupied with plenty of other works liking writing experiment fics, looking for work, and reading some stuff to improve my writing.

Anyway, that's it for now.

Thanks for reading this tale of secrets,

Nightwatch the Rogue Shinobi Fading Out.