The Nightmare

King Sombra, the black hearted unicorn from the capital in the north, the Crystal Empire, rose to power, ruling over his subjects with an iron hoof. He was quick to turn the helpless ponies into his slaves, with ambitions to expand beyond the borders of the north.

Naturally, Nightmare Moon was eager to align with Sombra but knew she had to be fast, as Celestia and Luna would want to be quick to quell Sombra’s reign of terror. However,to the evil mare's delight, she managed to arrive before the royal sisters and Sombra welcomed her personally.

"So, you are the evil presence I felt approaching. I must say, I never expected another pony to have such, exquisitely dark magic as mine. I King Sombra, formally welcome you to my empire," Sombra said.

"Thank you for the warm welcome but we can't waste time, the Alicorn Princesses of Equestria are coming to end your reign."

"Yes, I heard. I have many eyes all over Equestria, even in Canterlot.. Come into my palace, we can make our plans."

They evil duo entered the throne room, finding a few mares chained up along with Sombra's guards.

"Leave us now!" Sombra ordered.

"Yes my King." As the guard lead the others away, Sombra quickly stopped them.

"Captain wait, take them with you as well." Sombra said gesturing to the chain up mares. "And don't be afraid to have some fun with them, think of it as a prewar bonus."

“Thank you, my King.” he said bowing to Sombra, whilst eyeing the mares who only looked down in sorrow and shame.

The guard lit up his horn and detached the chains from the wall.

"Alright, you heard our King, now get moving." The guard ordered.

The mares walked out as they were told, some silently weeping as they knew what awaited them. Sombra walked around Nightmare Moon looking at her body

"I must say, you put all those mares to shame."

"My dear King, you do know how to woo a Princess don’t you.” Nightmare Moon chuckled to herself, enjoying the attention."

"How would you like to queen instead?"

His response was practically being tackled to the floor by the Nightmare Princess, looking over him with a ravenous expression etched across her face. She quietly leaned in closer, until the two dark ponies noses were touching, her hot breath all across his face.

“I say, let’s skip the wedding and skip right to the good part.” She practically devoured his mouth as she began to kiss him with fierce intensity that he returned in kind. Had any guards bothered to remain by, they would’ve heard a chorus of sensual and suggestive sounds, whilst the throne room shook and rattled in ways they’d never heard before.

Meanwhile Celestia and Luna and their army had finally arrived, being met with the oppressive atmosphere of the Crystal Empire and plight of its inhabitants. Needless to say, it left more than a bad taste in the mouths of the two princesses.

"Such a wretched place, ponies in chains,forced to work against their will. How can anypony condone such cruelty." Luna said in disgust.

Celestia’s own expression remained completely stone like, as her eyes looked upon what was before her. "It's worse than that sister. Look Sombra's guards are raping some mares."

Needless to say the sight was almost too much for either Princess to stomach, Luna more so, who tore her eyes away from the sight, practically collapsing in shock at the sight.
It was true. The guards were raping some mares it was a horrible site. Luna felt like getting sick watching it and she soon turned away from it.

"This...this is horrible."

Celestia could only offer her sister a comforting wing, though keeping her eyes locked on the horrid sight before her. "Don't worry sister we will stop all of this. Guards!” All the soldiers, whose own expressions remained stoic despite all before them, stood ready, awaiting their orders.

“Free every pony in chains, and capture every soldier or guard you find.” Her expression turned deathly serious, her teeth grinding at the cries of misery from the mares and slaves. “Use extreme force if necessary, leave no stone unturned.”

"Yes Princess." The captain said before lead the guards into the empire.

They engaged in battle with the empires guards, though they managed to catch many of them by surprise. Granted some guards saw them coming and retaliated with swords and spells. The battle gradually grew in intensity, with some of Sombra’s soldiers actually using slaves as shields. Eventually though, the more experienced guardsmen were able to roundup most of the guards, though there were casualties on both sides, as well as a few civilians.

Looking at the sorry state of the citizens, the guards doing their best to comfort the unfortunate victims of the guardspony, Celestia’s expression continued to grow harsher, her horn starting to ignite with burning intensity, as if she wished to pass judgment on the captured ponies.

However, Luna quickly stopped her. “Sister, I fear we have another complication. I sensed the presence of Nightmare Moon. I fear she may be trying to ally herself with Sombra.”

"Then we must get to them and ensure that doesn’t happen. We’ll make certain neither of them plagues Equestria ever again. This ends today.” She said with great intensity, just as more of Sombra’s guards arrived, with Celestia and Luna’s own army meeting them head on.

The battle between the two armies raged on as Luna and Celestia entered the palace to find Sombra and Nightmare Moon. However, as they approached the door, they heard more than a few sounds they hadn’t been expecting.

“Sister, do you hear….”

“Yes Luna, I do.”

“....Are they doing what I think they are? Slut…”

Luna’s simply blast the doors off their hinges, having given no course to things like ceremony or proper process anymore. Thankfully, the attack was enough to pull the two wicked rulers away from themselves, though both Princess could make out the sight of cum running down Nightmare Moon's hind leg.

“Well, it would appear we have some gate crashers. Come to see my new kingdom dear sisters? Or maybe they want to join in” The Nightmare Pony chuckled, unaffected by their sudden intrusion.”

“"I would give it to them unless they want to join the chin up mares." Sombra added. “Nightmare, you didn’t mention you have a twin. I wonder if she’d be interested in joining the other mares in serving me.” Sombra’s own words dripped with such vile intention it made both Princess’s skin crawl.

"Enough," Luna shouted in a tone that made the Royal Canterlot Voice seem like a whisper. “You….you...FOUL CREATURES! How on earth can you sit there and laugh at the misery of the ponies around you.” Her glare turned especially harsh when her eyes focused on her Nightmare counterpart. “I cannot even fathom how you were ever a part of me. I’m ashamed of that fact, but I intend to use all of my power to see to it that you never plague Equestria with your evil for another moment.”

With a war cry that threatened to shatter the crystal walls around them, Luna launched a powerful spell at her darker half. The beam flew with such speed that neither of the pony’s in it’s direct path knew how to react. Yet Nightmare Moon was able to hit the floor quick enough to avoid the shot, though not before it managed to clip one of her still open wings, leaving a noticeable hole near the top.

The shot caused the dark princess to howl in absolute agony, roaring and biting back pain, her fierce gaze sending out hate in Luna’s direction. “YOU FILTHY FUCKING HARLOT! I will Eviscerate you for that.”

She prepared to retaliate only for sounds outside to catch her attention. Sombra, who was closer, looked out a nearby window, to a sight that made his stomach drop. Before him was the sight of his army surrounded by Celestia’s guards, many either restrained, captured or in the process of such. Regardless of how, it was clear whose side was favored in this battle.

Sadly for both parties Luna, still consumed by anger made a follow up attack. Aiming another powerful spell she eviscerated most of her evil side tail and, to the shock of both parties, Sombra's cock. Needless to say, his scream of pain could be heard all across the empire, even amongst the fighting.

Said pony was currently huddled on the ground in the fetal position, biting on his tongue to the point of bleeding, just to distract himself from the burning pain below. His glare burning red with hatred at Luna, struggling to get out a threat. “"Ow my cock you bitch. for that you will be punished." “You….I will make you rue the day you crawled out of your mother’s hole you disgusting sow.” He struggled to get up, yet his threats continued without fail. “Before this day is done, I’ll see to it you are reduced to a broken toy for my entire army, a worthless doll who only knows giving pleasure to others and nothing more.”

However, Celestia opted to step in.“I beg to differ. It would appear your so called mighty empire is about as sturdy as glass King Sombra.” Celestia’s voice taking on a mocking tone that made the Crystal King seethe with rage. Her own horn quickly illuminated with more magic, her sister following suit, matched by the sounds of several guards making their way up towards their location.

“You two have lost. I suggest you surrender and settle for spending the remainder of your days in Tartarus. We’ll even be nice enough to give you a cage to share.” Celestia’s own expression quickly turned smug. “Think of it was a wedding present.”

Sombra however, wasn’t intimidate, his own dark magic flaring up in his horn as he prepared for a fight. “If you think I’ll let myself be intimidated by two arrogant aristocrats such as yourselves, then your kingdom is as much of a farce as I believed it to be. I’ll enjoy wretching it from your control, after I step over your broken bodies to do it.”

Naturally, he turned to Nightmare Moon for support, and she seemed to reciprocate. Her own horn igniting with similar dark magic. However, instead, she simply offered a smirk to the three powerful ponies before disappearing via teleportation, leaving the others completely floored.

Sombra, quickly recovering from his shock, practically exploded with fury, his magic firing randoming in every direction. “MOON, YOU TRAITOR! HOW DARE YOU DECEIVE ME!”

The Royal Sisters were similarly shocked, Luna though sharing Sombra’s anger, furious that they allowed her evil twin to escape.

However, Celestia quickly helped her shake it off. “We can worry about her later Luna, for now we need to deal with Sombra.” However, Luna almost didn’t hear her sister, her rage now burning even hotter than before, her magic flaring up stronger and larger than Celestia thought possible.

Sombra however, didn’t seem intimidated, read to retaliate. “Do you think you can stand against me, I will make you suffer….”

His words were cut short as Luna’s magic fired with fury unlike any the Dark King had seen. A wave of magic crashed towards him, with the king trying to raise a barrier of black crystals but they offered no defense. A single cry from him was all that was heard before his outline was reduced to dust.

By the time the spell ended and the smoke cleared, there was nothing left but a small pile of soot and smoke. Luna meanwhile, stood firm despite the attack, her gaze at the cruel king’s remains unflinching and cold. Celestia, though glad one threat had been eliminated was still uneasy at the show of force made by her sister.

"Luna that was too drastic.”

"No it wasn’t. He didn't deserve to live. After the countless atrocities we witnessed here alone, simply locking him away was not an option. Trust me sister it is better this way.” Her expression quickly hardened as her gaze shifted to where Nightmare Moon at once stood. “And now, that bitch Moon is next."

As Luna walked away Celestia took a moment to reflect all the horror that had occurred, having some difficulty simply coming to terms with all that had taken place. Once more she felt concern for her sister, not unlike what she’d felt before Nightmare Moon had come to power. It made her truly fear the days to come.

However, neither Princess had much time to process things as two guards appeared before them. “Your Highnesses. We’ve successfully managed to capture all the opposing forces. While there were some casualties they were minimum and we’ve worked to free some of the other captive ponies.”

Celestia actually perked up at the news, if only a little. “Thank you Captain, after all that’s happened some good news is appreciated.”

Luna didn’t listen to much as she prepared to walk out and start the search for Nightmare Moon only to be approached by two ponies she recognized as the true rulers of the Crystal Empire, King Quartz Crystal and Queen Desert Rose.

"I want to thank you and your sister Princess Luna, the horror that Sombra caused to our kingdom and subjects was unforgivable." the King said, his gratitude hanging from ever word.

Luna, despite her still simmering anger, was able to put on a smile and show relief for her fellow monarchs. "It was no trouble. Both my sister and I are grateful to see you and your wife weren't killed by Sombra."

The Queen visibly flinched at the mention of their tormenter. "Yes, he said we were more valuable alive. Though I will not lie, there were moments when I wished he had let us die." the mare replied, her face showing both dread and exhaustion, clearly having had to endure much trauma as a result of Sombra.

"It is good to know peace will return to this empire now. My sister and I remember it before Sombra and we hope now you can return it to it former glory."

"You have nothing to worry about it Princess Luna, you have our word we will be better leaders and we will make sure our daughter is a great leader as well." The mare replied again.

Luna left the castle to see the aftermath of the battle between the two sets of guards. Seeing nothing but blood, guts, separated hoofs, horns and wings as well as a whole bunch of dead bodies

"Captain?" Luna called out.

The captain walked up with some bad looking wounds.

"Yes Princess."

"Good to see you still standing. How did your battle go?"

"A fair amount of casualties unfortunately Princess, I'd say at least 300 of the Royal Guards didn't survive and there was some civilian casualties,those bastards tried using them as shields."

“How many?" Luna asked, all but emotionally numb by all that had happened. Though she almost felt grateful for that, as it was likely the only thing keeping her from descending into a complete emotional wreck. .

"I'm not entirely certain, though I can at least say it wasn’t substantial. Despite their numbers many of Sombras guards were cowards or simply forced into their position. Some of them actually surrendered the second they had the chance.”."

"Please, identify as many as you can. We should honor and remember the dead, to allow them to be forgotten would be as bad as leaving them to suffer under Sombra’s rule.” Luna spoke, feeling the numbing sensation starting to wear off and she unlikely to stand for much longer.

"At once Princess." the captain left to begin his count.Luna, quickly looked for an empty location and quickly hide behind an abandoned house. Once she was out of sight the Princess finally collapsed, tears falling from her eyes without end, whilst she fought the urge to release the contents of her stomach.

Her body felt as though it’d been torn apart and beaten against a stone wall. Between the emotional strain and the mass of magic released, the fact she was even conscious as this point as a miracle. Yet that wasn’t at the front of Luna’s mind, rather…

“I should have stopped this. I allowed that...thing to take control of me and now all this has happened. How can I call myself a ruler when I contribute to the deaths of my subjects and cause harm to all those around me.”

Luna practically buried her face into the ground, grief and sorrow practically drowning her along with her tears. “How can I live with all that has happened.”

“You can start by not blaming yourself for this.”

Luna’s eyes opened, despite her many tears, finding her sister looking down at her in sadness. “Celestia?”

The Princess of the Sun merely lowered herself to the ground before her sister, before taking her into a hug, offering her some comfort. “You can’t blame yourself for all that has happened sister. None of this was your doing.”

“But, Nightmare Moon.”

“Took advantage of you in a moment of emotional vulnerability when I should have been there to help you. Really if any pony should shoulder the blame for all that’s happened, it should be me.”

Luna’s own eyes widened as she buried herself deeper into her sister’s neck, horrified at such a notion. “NO! Celestia, this was my mistake, my fault. If I hadn’t been so weak willed, this wouldn’t…”

Celestia pulled Luna’s face directly towards her own, looking at her, tears leaking from her own eyes. “That’s enough. We aren’t going to get anywhere if we keep blaming each other for this. Our country and subjects need us to be strong in the face of all that has happened.”

The Princess of the Sun lifted her sister up and pointed towards the area that had just been a battlefield, in the midst of being cleared and counted by the guards.

“Equestria will change greatly because of what has happened and we must act accordingly.” She brushed aside the tears in her eyes. “Now we must be act as a beacon and help guide our subjects. There will be time for tears later.”

With another hug Celestia made her way back to the guards, to provide what support she could, while Luna worked to wipe away what tears remained on her face. Despite how she felt, Celestia was right and they had managed to win a fairly substantial victory.

Yet, as she looked to the Horizon, she couldn’t help but feel like the battle had only just begun.

Nightmare Moon returned to her dark hiding spot with no tail (although a spell can fix that), a hole in her wing, no ally and no army, just the remainder small remainder of Sombra's pitiful guards

"Where are we? What happened? Where is the king?" One of the guards asked.

"Listen to me, all of you!" Nightmare Moon shouted so the guards would hear her. "King Sombra is dead, I am your new leader.

"What? Why would we follow you. You abandoned the king the first second you could, why should we even trust you?" one guard asked.

She didn't even answer him, opting to simply blow his head off with her magic, resulting in silence from the other guards.

"Anypony else? No? Wonderful!” Her shout effectively quieted the remaining guards, a minor detail that brought a small grin to the Princess’s face.

“Now then, it’s clear that few of you trust me and that is, understandable. However, you should consider this as an opportunity. Sombra’s ambitions were small and short sighted. He gave you an empire, but I can give you a whole kingdom.”

At the mention of a kingdom, the many soldiers looked intrigued, but also unsure at the prospect.

“And how exactly are we supposed to accomplish that. Equestria has two princesses, who just killed our King and have the might of an entire army at their call. There’s only maybe a dozen or so of us….” He paused as he took a glance at the unfortunate fool who got his head blown off. “Less than a dozen.”

Another Guard chimed in as well. “Even if you are as powerful as you claim, even you can’t take a whole country down with only a small group of soldiers. What’s your plan for that.”

Nightmare Moon’s expression shifted from simple joy to more of a sultry look, sending shivers down the spines of the ponies there. Though whether it was fear or something else was difficult to determine.

Regardless the Nightmare Queen made her way over to the group. “That’s simple. The main issue with Sombra’s army was that they were loyal to him only out of fear and most surrendered before the fight even began. Thus our main goal will be to build up an army of strong and loyal followers, willing to die for me if the need arises.”

“And how exactly do you propose we accomplish that.”

Said pony who inquired suddenly found the princess right in his face, holding his chin till it was pointed up towards her, their snouts practically touching, with a lustful gaze being sent his way.

“Why, the old fashioned way of course. And I’m looking to have a large army.”

By that point the other soldiers quickly picked up on what she was implying and for many that was all the incentive to turn their apprehension to excitement. All now gazing at their queen with barely contained arousal as she gave them a longing gaze.

“So, who's first?”