Author's Note

So I added music for the special effects and everything. Green means the music starts and Red means it stops.

Also for the Enderman that the heroes are fighting. I made a little nickname for him called Mutant Ender because I wanted to give him a name so they could remember him by.

Anyway enjoy.

Chapter 4-Surviving the Nightmare

*The castle of the two sisters, 4:08 AM*

As it was still nighttime, Brandon and the others somehow got teleported inside the Castle. Brandon then paused and looked at his surroundings.

He clearly doesn’t remember being in the Castle at the time, nor did he even know how he even got here. The others looked around as well, while trying to figure out what they were seeing. “How did we get here?” Brandon asked.

Ink then began to realize in shock where they were at. “We’re in the castle of the two sisters.” He said while being on guard.

“Well this is unexpected.”

Everyone turned their attention to Nightmare who was standing there and looking at them. Tai looked at her angrily and surprised while cracking his knuckles. “Oh great, just what I already need.” He said sarcastically.

Brandon looked at Nightmare with seriousness. “Look lady, were here to shut down your stupid little plan. We can’t let you kill these ponies by making nighttime last forever.” He said.

She glared at them with concern and seriousness. “If you honestly think that you all can defeat me, then your all fools.”

“Well to be fair, your much more of a dolt than Ruby.” Weiss said sarcastically.

Nightmare eyes widened as she heard what Weiss said. She couldn’t believe that she was being insulted by one of these creatures, more importantly a girl.

“HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT TO ME. DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?” Nightmare shouted angrily.

“We honestly don’t care who you are. What we only care about is what you have become.” Ink said.

“I mean really, your forcing ponies to live in the dark for the rest of their lives. To me, that seems like you want attention.” Yang stated angrily.

“There is nothing wrong with using my magic for my personal gain.” Nightmare said.

Brandon clenched his fists knowing that it wasn’t going to end well. His outfit magically changed into his badass trench coat again. “I won’t tolerate with any of this madness. What your doing is completely wrong and messed.” He said sternly, while getting into his fighting stance.

Nightmare then had a evil smile on her face and laughed a little to herself. “So you think that you can take me on....WELL GO AHEAD AND TRY!”

Ink pulled out his giant paintbrush and sighed. “Welp don’t say we didn’t warn you.” He said with his eyes closed.

He then opened his eyes and swung his paintbrush slanted, splattering gray paint on Nightmare’s whole body. Nightmare looked at Ink with a confused and serious face. “You’re kidding me right,” She asked.

Ink then smiled and closed his eyes at the same time. “Nope, it’s the exact opposite.” He said happily.

Ink then began to snap his fingers. As he did that, the paint around Nightmare’s body began to turn into chains wrapping her. She looked surprised and angry about her body being chained up. “What is this?” She asked.

“Were making sure that you don’t try anything stupid at the moment.” Tai said sarcastically.

Nightmare couldn’t believe what she was seeing. She was already getting outsmarted and embarrassed by these six humans and a skeleton monster. She tried to focus on her magic to break out of these chains, but nothing happened. “This is ridiculous. I can’t break out of these chains with my magic!” She angrily stated.

“Be glad that you aren’t turned into a fucking kabab.” Brandon said.

“He’s right you know.”

Everyone then turned their attention to a Enderman, but this one was different then the rest. It has all four arms outside it’s body, but they were muscular. Same with the rest of the body, looking like It was on steroids.

Brandon got confused and weirded out by the Enderman. He didn’t know what to expect from this creature, but he knew that it didn’t look like the previous Endermen he fought before. If anything, it didn’t look like anything he has seen before.

“Can we help you with something?.” Ruby asked cautiously.

“Give me her dark magic, and I won’t kill you.” He said while pointing at Nightmare.

Brandon looked at the Enderman with a serious face. “No.” He simply said.

“Besides why should we give it to someone who looks like he’s been doing steroids?” Tai said.

“GIVE IT TO ME NOW OR I WILL RIP ALL OF YOU IN HALF!” The Enderman shouted.

“Look man, if you don’t want to die then don’t mess with us.” Brandon said.

The Enderman began to charge at Brandon and throw a hook punch with it’s upper left fist. Brandon dodged the punch and threw a uppercut on it’s stomach.

The Enderman felt the pain and groaned while still standing. He then felt a powerful smack on the side of it’s face, as Ink jumped and swung his paintbrush horizontally.

He was then sent flying backwards, which he then destroy one of the pillars with his back and kneeled on the floor. He got up and looked at Brandon and Ink with anger. “I WILL DESTROY YOU TWO.”

“Good luck with that.” Brandon said sarcastically. He summoned his sword and began to get into his kendo sword-fighting stance.

Ink glanced at the others with concern. “Be careful you guys, he’s dangerous.” He said.

The Enderman grabbed a chunk of the destroyed pillar and threw it at Brandon. Yang activated her shotgun gauntlets and fired a explosive shot at the chunk. She then fired four more rounds at him.

The Enderman teleported away after Brandon swung his sword horizontally at him from the left side. Brandon looked around his surroundings, trying to find him while being on guard.

Brandon then sensed that something was behind him. He immediately did a backflip, dodging the Enderman that tried to grab him from behind. After he landed on the ground, Brandon and Ink then swung their weapons at the Enderman, only for him to grab both of them with the top part of his hands.

Ruby began to fire a bullet at the Enderman’s face with her crescent rose. He tilted his head to the right side to dodge the bullet. Brandon immediately swept the Enderman’s legs, beginning to let go of Ink’s paintbrush and Brandon sword.

The Enderman teleported away from Brandon and Ink. Brandon was being cautious and slightly irritated with how many times he had to deal with surprise attacks.

The Enderman re-appeared above Brandon and Ink with a giant boulder. Brandon and Ink’s eyes widened as they saw what he was holding. “Is he insane?” Brandon worryingly asked himself.

He threw the boulder at the two. Brandon and Ink on the other hand dodged the boulder that almost killed them.

As Brandon was getting up, he felt the impact of the Enderman’s left hook punch hit his face. This then sent him flying backwards, dropping the sword from his hand.

Brandon rubbed his face and looked at the Enderman with anger. “You are so going to regret that.” Brandon hissed.

Brandon then came at the Enderman and threw a right hook punch at his face, in which created a explosive flame to happen. This sent the Enderman to skid backwards while still standing.

Brandon went back for his sword and picked it up. “Though I have to admit. You may be powerful, but you are no god.” He said.

He then began to run up to the Enderman while holding his sword with both hands. The Enderman tried to grab him again, but Brandon went underneath and then stabbed the Enderman in the back of his left leg.

*Meanwhile with the Main six*

Twilight and the others have finally made it to the castle of the two sisters. After dealing with many obstacles along the way, they have found where the Elements of Harmony are located.

“So what’s up with you and these humans.” Rainbow asked.

“Yeah especially that Brandon feller.” Applejack added.

Twilight turned around and looked at the others. “To be fair, I don’t know anything about him or the other humans. The only thing I know is that I used to be friends with one when I was a filly.”

Everypony was shocked at this news. They couldn’t believe that this magical unicorn was friends with a human when she was little.

“And why haven’t you told us about this.” Applejack said sternly.

“Look girls, I will tell you guys about this later. Right now we got to find the Elements.”

They went inside the castle only to find out that it was completely abandoned and destroyed from the inside and out. There were even big cracks on the ceiling and the walls.

Besides all the damage, they made their way to the room were the Elements are located. To her surprise, she realized that the Elements were gone.

This made Twilight very confused. She thought that this was where the elements were located.

“Wait where are the elements? I thought they would be here.” She said confused.

Twilight wasn’t understanding what just happened. She thought that they would be here, but if not where else. Everypony else was concerned with what Twilight was thinking.

They then herd noise coming from the other side of the castle. It made Twilight and the others concerned with what was going on.

“What the hay was that?” Rainbow asked.

“I don’t know but we better check it out.” Twilight replied.

They then headed to the room that was making all the noise.

*Back to Brandon and the others*

Brandon skidded backwards into one of the pillars. Due to the fact that this Endermen was crazy and tough, Brandon and Ink were the only ones able to get a hit on him. Mostly Brandon because the others had little to no success at all, not even Tai.

“Man this guy is ridiculous, I can’t even get a few more hits on him. Especially when he has four arms and teleports.” Tai exclaimed.

Weiss summon a glyph and lunged at the Enderman while thrusting her Rapier named Myrtenaster. The Enderman however dodged that, kneed her in the stomach and punched her in the face with his lower right arm. This sent her flying backwards, only to be caught by Ink.

Brandon then realized something that he never thought about. If he got rid of the four arms and somehow turn off his powers, he could easily get rid of that Enderman easily.

“Hey Ink, I think I found a way to beat him.” Brandon said confident.

Ink looked at Brandon with concern and went up to him. “Alright what is the plan?” He asked.

Brandon leaned in and whispered in front of his face while covering with his left hand. After hearing the plan, Ink smiled and grabbed his paintbrush.

Meanwhile Tai was trying to block all of the Enderman’s devastating punches to the face and body, but he couldn’t block all of them. Tai then collapsed on the ground after being injured multiple times.

The Enderman then tried to slam both of his fists on Tai’s back, only to realize that all of his arms are being grabbed by other arms.

He looked at saw Ink behind him, putting the brush end of his paintbrush which had purple and pink paint surrounding it.

The Enderman tried to break free, but every time he did that it made it harder for him. He tried to teleport, but his power wasn’t working for him.

Brandon then walked up to the Enderman and brought him close to his face. “Alright start talking, who hired you to do this?” He asked.

“If you want more information, find the other Assassins. They will tell you everything.”

Brandon then sliced the Enderman’s head off. The body then fell on the ground and began to disintegrate into dust along with his head. All that was left was a weird orb laying on the ground.

Brandon and the others turned around and saw the ponies come up to them. They then looked at the humans and were surprised by the fact that they made it here first.

“How did you guys get here before we did?” Twilight asked.

“Well long story short, we got teleported by Nightmare and then this Enderman tried to fight us.”

As Brandon and the ponies were talking, Tai was being helped out by Weiss and Blake who were putting his arms around their shoulders. “Ok Brandon, I think it’s time for us to go home.”

“Awww do you guys have to go, I wanted to throw you a welcome to Ponyville party.” Pinkie said whining.

“Sorry but we can’t stay here for long.” Ruby said.

Applejack got suspicious and looked around. She then looked at Brandon with concern. “Hey were is this Nightmare Moon you were talking about?” She asked.

Just as they were going to get out of here, they herd laughing coming from Nightmare Moon. All of them turned and saw her standing there, looking down on them. “Well guess we found her.” Yang said.

“Did you really think that your magic chains were powerful enough to prevent me from using magic?” She asked assuringly.

Brandon looked at Nightmare sternly. “Look, we’re trying to prevent you from doing something stupid and all you care about is making nighttime last forever. I’m mean do you really think that this is what your sister wants, to see you corrupted by the darkness.”

Nightmare looked at Brandon with concern and confusion. She didn’t know what to think about what he said.

“We understand that your jealous of your sister, but this isn’t helping your problem. I mean why did you think that she sent you to the Moon?” Brandon explained.

“She did it to get rid of me.”

“I honestly doubt that, she probably did it because she had no choice. Your actions were what got you there in the first place.”

Twilight stepped in the conversation and walked up next to Brandon with seriousness. “So all were asking is for you to stand down and let us save you with the Elements of Harmony.”

Nightmare looked at Both Brandon and Twilight. She then closed her eyes and grinned. “You are all fools. I destroyed the Elements and there is nothing you can do.”

Nightmare then flashed her horn and reviled a bunch of broken gravel laying on the floor. Brandon and the others looked at the broken gravel, then looked at the Nightmare. “These are supposed to be the elements?” Ink said.

Applejack sighed and looked at her with seriousness. “The Elements of harmony are more than just stones.”

“It’s part of who we represent.” Rainbow added.

Twilight stepped in the conversation. “They’re right. We don’t need the Elements, because we are the spirits of the elements of harmony.”

The shards began to glow and levitate off the ground freely. Brandon saw this and then looked at Nightmare who was completely shocked. “Are you for real. You were just talking shit to us a second ago and now you start acting scared...pathetic.” He thought to himself.

Nightmare couldn’t believe what she was seeing. She was supposed to be winning, but it looks like the tables have turned against her. “But how?” She said shocked.

“You think you can destroy the Elements of Harmony? Well, you're wrong!" Twilight began. "The spirits of the Elements are right here! Applejack, who reassured me when I was in doubt, represents the spirit of Honesty! Fluttershy, who tamed the manticore with her compassion, represents the spirit of Kindness! Pinkie Pie, who banished fear by giggling in the face of danger, represents the spirit of Laughter! Rarity, who calmed a sorrowful serpent with a meaningful gift, represents the spirit of Generosity! And Rainbow Dash, who gave up her heart's desire to help her friends, represents the spirit of Loyalty! The spirits of these give ponies got us through every challenge you threw at us. Nightmare Moon!"

“Wait a minute, you don’t have the sixth element.” Nightmare said trying to act tough.

“That’s where you’re wrong. When all those elements ignite a spark, that spark resides in all of us and creatures the element of magic.” Twilight finished. After she said that, the crystal shards around the ponies turned into five necklaces. Each of them had a different jewel shape.

The orange apple for honesty, the red lighting bolt for loyalty, the purple diamond for generosity, the pink butterfly for kindness, and the blue balloon for laughter. As the five mares wore their necklaces, a unbroken stone appears above Twilight’s head and turns into a golden tiara with a magenta colored six-pointed star on her head.

Her eyes began to shine out a white light as all six of the mares began to charge up with a rainbow colored light. As they did that, Ink began to swing his paintbrush which then splashed gray paint on her again.

He then snapped his fingers and the gray paint became magic chains around her body. She struggled to break free, but no success ever came. “NO NO NOOOOOOOOOO!!!” Nightmare shouted.

As the girls joined hooves together, the light began to shine even bigger. In a few seconds, a rainbow colored light shot forward from the group toward Nightmare Moon, getting her trapped into a rainbow colored twister. This then made her scream in pain, making Brandon and the others completely shocked at what their seeing.

Brandon then felt Ink’s hand on his shoulder. As he looked behind, he saw Ink give him a serious look. “It’s time for you guys to go home.”

Brandon nodded his head and looked at the guys. “Come on guys let’s get out of here.”

They all nodded and began to head out to the exit unnoticed, while Blake and Weiss were helping Tai out.

*At the Everfree forest*

As the sun was beginning shine in the sky, Brandon and the others were being led by Ink. They were finally going back to their universe after a crazy adventure they have witnessed.

Ink took out his paintbrush and created a portal. “This portal will take you back to your guys universe.”

Tai tried to walk on his own, despite being injured. He made his way towards Brandon and looking at the portal with relief. “Man I so glad we get to go home.” He said happily.

“Alright team, lets get back to our world’s.” Ruby said.

Blake turned her attention away from the portal and looked at Ink. “What about you?”

Ink looked back at Blake. “I’m going to stay here and investigate this universe a little more.”

“You be careful now.” Brandon said.

Ink smiled at Brandon. “Thanks, you too.”

As Brandon and the others entered into the portal, Ink began to think about those people who he had encountered. “Those guys seemed interesting, especially the guy with the trench coat if I’m not mistaken.”

*Back in Stewartville, MN 5:00 pm*

Brandon and Tai both came out of the portal. They were both surprised that they made it back near the back school entrance.

“Oh my god, we’re finally back!” Tai exclaimed.

“I know right, Ink got us back to our universe. Though the only thing that concerned me was why we were in that place?”

Tai looked at Brandon worried and concerned. “I think we should head home for now.”

Brandon looked back at Tai. “Are you going to be okay walking home?”

“Yeah I will be fine. I just need to relax at home.”

“Well okay then, let’s head home.”

They then began to head home to their neighborhood. As they were walking, Tai and Brandon couldn’t stop thinking about what they just witnessed.

As they got to Brandon’s house, Brandon and Tai both looked at each other. “Man I don’t know what the fuck is going on?” Tai said.

“That’s what I want to know.” A female voice said.

Brandon and Tai both turned their heads to notice Toriel at the front door. She had a stern look at them, while holding Astell with her arms.

“Where were you two.” She asked.

Brandon and Tai both looked surprised at Toriel. “We were hanging out with each other since I haven’t seen Brandon in a long time.” Tai explained calmly.

Toriel sighed and began to look at them with concern. “Okay, but you should have at least called me and told you guys were first.”

“Sorry about that.” They both said.

“Anyway I’m glad you guys are ok. Everybody was worried about the two of you.” Toriel said reassuring.

“Hey Brandon, I am going home. I will see you later.” Tai said while beginning to walk to his house.

“Ok, see ya.” Brandon said.

As Tai walked back to his home, Brandon did the same thing while Toriel went inside. Brandon opened the front door and closed it when he was inside.

*Meanwhile with the mane six*

Twilight groaned as she began to wake up. As she started getting off the floor, she looked around and found her friends on the floor. The only thing that she didn’t notice was the humans were gone.

As the ponies began to get off the ground, Twilight noticed that her friends were wearing the elements of harmony around their necks.

“Hey girls, Brandon and the others are gone.” Twilight said worryingly.

Rarity came up to her with a confused look. “Whatever do you mean?” She asked.

“I mean that they left while we were using the elements!”

Applejack stepped in the conversation. “I think one of them were talking about going home.”

“Whatever do you mean?”

Turning their heads to the cracked window, they watched the sky go from dark to light, where the sun begins to rise over the hills, shining the light through the window. Then, a massive sphere of light emerges from it and floats through. It settles to the floor in front of the group and disappears, revealing Celestia herself.

“Princess Celestia!” Twilight said Happily.

Princess Celestia smiled at her. “Twilight Sparkle, my faithful stud-.”

Her speech was interrupted when Ink teleported near Twilight. His arms were crossed and his face was serious.

“We need to talk.” He said.