Starting this new life
Chapter 5: Everlasting Nightmares
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I have many questions, like, how did I end up here. Not in this world, I already know that, I meant hanging upside down from a shadow tendril while everyone else flees from the quite literal evil goddess.
Honestly I think I just went insane, but pain is a great wake up call. Especially when you're being used as a human shield to block wooden chairs and tables.
"Fool's, all of them... except that purple girl" Nightmare said idly sitting on the ledge as the guards throw more chairs. "You know, you make a great shield... though trying to fight me was a bit idiotic" Nightmare said and used me to block the incoming chairs.
"WILL YOU FUCKS STOP THROWING CHAIRS!!!" I screamed at the idiot's and was hit with another. "DONT IGNORE ME!"
"You seemed to have grown feistier Thomas, to be honest, my dear friend... it's making my heart race" Nightmare said and waved a hand coated with magic and tossed the asshole guards out the hall. "But my dear play thing, I believe I tortured you long enough"
"Ya... Ya think" I panted finally getting rest after being pelted with those damn chairs. "You can kill those guy's outside if you want... I won't tell" I said and Nightmare giggled.
"Still as cute as I remember you, once I rule this land and kill those who defy me.... I'll make you mine" Nightmare said turning me upright and pulled me close to her.
"Uh, you know you kinda want to bring everlasting darkness right, so wouldn't being your king, or whatever, be bad?" I asked and she answered with a small kiss, though it felt longer since it felt soooo nice.
"Run along now" Nightmare jested and vanished. I fell to the ground with a hard thud and I groaned slightly, I looked around for a minute and saw that no one was here.
"'Thomas oh my gosh dude are you alright?', ah Im fine guy's nothing but scratches and light bruising, thanks for asking though" I said to myself as I stumbled to my feet and limped my way towards the exit. "No, no one actually help me that'll be too much"
As I reached the front I felt the bruises start healing, I thanked Maud silently for the ring and soon I was walking to the Treehouse. Had to find the girl's or at least Jackson.
Once I made it to the entrance, I opened it and was instantly struck with a book to the face knocking me to the floor. "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS WORLD, AND IT KICKING MY ASS!?" I roared scaring the people inside.
It was Jackson and the girl's, I got up and calmed myself down. Getting angry isn't gonna help anything, just had to calm down.
"Were you been Thomas?" Rainbow asked.
"Ah, you know, I was taking a stroll, thinking of the stars, taking in the moon and- oh yes- GETTING USED AS A HUMAN SHIELD FOR AN EVIL GODDESS!" I exclaimed, I wasn't to happy with them right now. "By the way, thanks for asking if I was okay"
"Are you?" Pinkie asked.
"*deep exhale*... yeah... yeah I'm fine, sorry for exploding a little" I said sitting on the couch. "Well at least we know what nightmare is doing... what now?" I asked
"Well... that's what we're trying to find out, I read somewhere that the one thing that can defeat Nightmare Moon is something called the Elements of Harmony" Twilight said and scoured through the room of books along with everyone else. "Unfortunately, we found nothing so far"
"Whats it called?" I asked getting up and began searching as well.
"Elements something, I know I read something like that back in canterlot but I can't find it any-"
"Oh hey Pinkie look, I found it" I said showing the pink girl. "The Elements of Harmony, a reference guide" I read out and was shoved out of the way by Twilight.
"Where did you find it?!" She demanded, stunned about how I found it so fast.
"It was under E~" Pinkie answered in a sing song voice.
"Oh" Twilight said before opening the book. "Okay, it states that there are 6 fragments of the elements of harmony Loyalty, Kindness, Honesty, Laughter, and Generosity"
"But that's only five, what about the sixth?" Jackson asked.
"That's the thing, no one knows what the sixth element is, it's a complete mystery. It does say that a certain spark will appear if all elements are brought together which will make the sixth element appear" Twilight continued, I took in whatever information she gave and started thinking of what to do if Nightmare appears.
"That's all well an good sugar cube, but we still don't know where the heck these things are" Applejack pointed out which made the others ask the same question. Where were the Elements of Harmony.
"It says its location is in the castle of the two sisters, deep within the everfree forest" Twilight answered and the girl's all gave a horrified gasp.
"THE EVERFREE FOREST!" The girls shouted and me, Twilight and Jackson just looked at them confused.
"What's so bad about this Everfree Forest?" I asked.
"The Everfree Forest is something of an unnatural place where the weather can't be controlled, wild animals run loose, full of insects and I heard thats where dark magic was created" Rainbow explained, her voice a bit terrified. "The weather thing gets me, it's not natural!"
"Sounds like home, ay Tommy" Jackson joked and I kinda had to agree with him.
"You said it man, but I think we should head over before Nightmare Moon gets to the elements, if we know about them she sure as hell does as well" I said and felt a chill go down my spine, I spun around but saw nothing. "We gotta hurry"
Alright... lets go get the elements of harmony" Twilight said and we all headed off to the Everfree.
The Everfree Forest
True to the girl's word, the forest did give off an unnatural vibe to it. It didn't help that I had this strange feeling that something or someone was watching. Waiting, for what I don't know, but I think it best we continue moving.
Twilight at first did try to have not follow her in but we just went on in anyways, like she could beat Nightmare on her own.
"So Thomas, how do you and Jackson know each other?" Rarity asked trying to lighten the mood a bit.
"Well Im his best friend, though mostly his bodyguard" Jackson said and I slugged his arm. "You know its a little true"
"Bodyguard? I don't know about that Jackie, he looked like he went through some hell before he found us" Rainbow said. "Even showed us some of his scars on his body"
"This guy, with scars pfft hahaha!" Jackson laughed and I rolled my eyes. "This guy doesn't get scars, for as long as I've known him he hasn't gotten a scar in his life" Jackson said chuckling.
"Yeah yeah Jackie, things change" I said a bit annoyed he was outright saying I was a pansy. "I'll have you know that I've gotten plenty of scars back home"
"Okay, name one time you got stitches" Jackson said and I went to say something, but nothing even came to mind. "That's what I thought, this guy doesn't even know how to fight"
"I told you that in confidence you dick!" I said and punched him in the side. Surprisingly it actually hurt him a little, even he was surprised feeling some sort of pain.
"Alright you two, that's enough" Applejack said and we stopped. "If ya don't mind partner, can ya tell me where ya got yer hat?"
"Oh, I got it from Pinkies dad before I left the rock farm" I said tipping it up. "I think it suits me honestly, what do you think Aj?" I asked the cowgirl.
"Ah think so too" Applejack agreed, but her tone changed when something popped up in her mind. "Though something's got me wondering about this Nightmare Moon woman"
"Yeah, what is it?" Twilight asked.
"Well, you said she wants ta bring everlastin darkness and would destroy anybody tryin ta stop her right?" Applejack asked and Twilight nodded. "Then... why didn't she kill Thomas when he went to fight her?" Aj questioned and they all stopped to look at me.
"What?"
"Why did Nightmare not kill you Thomas?" Jackson asked and they all looked at me with suspicion. I couldn't just tell them I had met her way before all this, that would paint me as the bad guy. I had to think carefully with my response.
"I honestly don't know, maybe she thought I was to weak and took pity on me or somethin" I said scratching my head. "But I can tell you that she did make me suffer for awhile, being a human shield was not fun" I said and the girls cringed at the thought.
"Well at least now you're okay, and I kinda see her thinking you're a lil weak" Jackson said and I rolled my eyes. "I'm not saying you aren't strong, but your physical features makes it like that"
"Thank's, I'll work on that" I said and we continued walking. The moment we started walking, it looked like it was becoming more dark, it reminded me of when me and the guy's were transported here. "I can't see a thing"
"Ditto man"
"Oh, I think I stepped in somthin" I heard Applejack say and our eyes finally adjusted to the dark and Rarity let out a shriek. "Relax, it's just mud-oof!" She said running into a tree making a weird face, once she got a look at it she screamed and so did everyone except me, Jackson and Pinkie.
"Dude get a load of this, looks like Jay's dog" Jackson joked and I looked and laughed a little.
"Holy shit, why is it so accurate?!" I asked still laughing, Pinkie was a tree over making face's with one of them.
"What are you guys doing?!" Twilight asked. "Run!"
"Twilight calm down, it's just a tree" I said giving it a few solid knocks.
"Yeah look" Pinkie said making more faces at the tree and we laughed at this.
"But they're dangerous!" Twilight said and we suddenly heard a melody play out and Pinkie bounced with the beat. Pinkie started singing and during the song the girls, jackson and I saw the faces start shifting in the trees. And when pinkie laugher at it, the tree was back to normal.
"Girls, all you gotta do is laugh" I said and noticed the one me and Jackson were laughing at disappeared. One by one everyone started having fun and laughing at the tree's. It was a pretty wholesome moment I have to say.
Once that was said and done with, we continued walking through the forest. The density of the trees lightened up after a while, and soon we heard something... crying?
"Oh whoa was me!" A voice cried and we heard sobbing, we walked a little further and we saw a huge purple serpent with pretty great orange hair and half a mustache.
"Ay dude, why you crying?" Jackson asked and the serpent sniffled.
"Well, I don't know, I was just minding my own busy when suddenly a purple cloud whooshed right past and cut off my beautiful mustache" He answered then started sobbing again. "Now I look simply horrid!" He bellowed out and began bawling over the mustache.
"Really?" I said turning to Rainbow who shrugged. "Uh look mr. Serpent, trust me when I say that it'll grow back, why not just cut the other side to even it out?" I suggested which only made it worse. Now he was crying even harder.
"Men" Rarity scoffed rolling her eyes and flicked my ear. "You don't know true beauty" Rarity said and I rubbed my ear. "You poor thing, you have such beautiful scales and gorgeous hair, it must've taken hours to make it so perfect"
"Oh you have no idea" He said, this went back and forth for awhile.
"But it's all incomplete without your beautiful mustache" Rarity said.
"Its true! Im hideous!" He bawled out again.
"I will not stand by while someone needs help" Rarity muttered to herself and ripped off one of his scales making him yelp. "Thomas darling, be a dear?" She asked holding her hair back and handing me the scale.
"You sure?" I asked and she nodded, I shrugged and cut off a good portion giving her this punk rocker look. "Here you go"
"Thank you darling, now then" She said clearing her throat and took the locks of hair and tied it up to the other end of the cut mustache making it whole again. "There we are, now you look smashing"
"Oh it's beautiful!" The serpent exclaimed and thanked her hundreds of times. He even helped us across the river, after he left we journeyed forward once more.
As we walked Rarity was brushing her hand over her short purple hair. She looked a little sad knowing her beautiful hair was gone. I sighed and took off my hat and placed it atop her head.
"You know, I like the short hair, it really suits a beautiful woman like you" I said and she blushed a bright rosy red.
"T-Thank you, darling" she said covering her face a little.
"Hey so, Jackson, where have you been if Thomas was living at a rock farm?" Rainbow asked.
"Living in Canterlot Castle with Twilight, Spike and Princess Celestia" Jackson said and everyone but Twilight was astonished by this answer. "I'm actually pretty great friends with Celestia"
"Thats gotta be a lie, no way you lived at the castle and became friends with the princess" Rainbow doubted.
"Well, I got a feeling he's tellin the truth sugar" Aj said and Jackson thanked her.
"Oh yeah real exciting, bet you didn't fight and run away from an evil deity" I muttered and clicked my tounge. "Couldn't have been all that good, must've been boring" I shot and got glances from the others.
"I'll admit it was kinda boring, I was usually just reading and being the Princess's secretary" Jackson admitted, but still got a bit of praise from the girls. "What happened with you Thomas?"
"Ah ya know... almost froze to death, almost bled out then saved and got doused with alcohol and got my wound cauterized closed and worked for a full week in the blazing sun gathering crystals while still recovering... other than that nothing" I answered getting shocked and horrified looks from the group. "Not that big a deal really"
"How in god's name are you still alive?" Jackson asked and I shrugged.
"Im tougher than you think" I said and it was silent for a while after that. It was so quiet that you could probably hear a dog whistle.
For some reason I felt a chill go down my spine, and the scar started burning a little. Nightmare was thinking about me, no doubt it was her cause only she would have that much power to make me have this feeling.
I stopped and felt my body start getting a little hot, it felt like it was a thousand degrees. I took off my shirt and wiped the sweat off with it and wrapped it around my neck, I could feel the cold air brushing past my exposed skin and it felt great.
"Thomas darling, why did you take off your shirt?" Rarity asked and I finally noticed everyone had stopped to see what was wrong with me. I wasn't a very muscular guy, not by a long shot, but I had some muscle on me even if it didn't show.
"Sorry, just felt really hot for some reason" I admitted and caught up with them. "My scar's started burning a bit, thought the cold air would help me cool off a little"
"Well you okay now?" Pinkie asked and I nodded.
"Honestly it's nothing bad, just a little burn some cool air can't help. Anyways how far do y'all think we are from the castle?" I asked continuing on, they followed after and Twilight hummed.
"We should be able to reach it in a few minutes, though I'm not sure-" She was caught off by a loud and pain filled roar. We stopped in an opening and their we saw an old enemy. My old enemy.
"That mothafuckin manticore, I'd recognize that fuck anywhere" I said and felt my sword appear, I grasped it and held it out pointing towards the bastard. "If nobody wants to join in, leave this fuck to me"
"You sure-"
"DAMN RIGHT I'M SURE, HOW THE HELL DO YA THINK I GOT THESE SCARS!?!?" I screamed at Jackson who backed up a bit terrified. I walked forward and so did the beast, it went from a simple walk to a light jog then a full on sprint. "C'mon, get some!" I yelled as I jumped up and swung down.
He dodged swiftly and tried to stab me with its stinger, luckily I deflected it with my sword and grabbed it before jabbing it in the floor. As it struggled to get out, I grabbed a rock and bashed it against it's face.
He flung his paw against my chest, throwing me back a couple of feet. The beast yanked its tail free and charged at me, I did the same and slid under his tackle. I then used the blunt end of my sword to hit him on his back, but I was cut on my arm by his back claws.
I hissed at the pain but I just fought through it, thinking I was distracted he went for a lunge to get a chunk out of me. Unfortunately for him, I never took my eyes off him and once he came I smashed the blunt end against his face, knocking him to the side.
"That all you got, you overgrown mutated cat!?" I said and he cut my side with his stinger. "You cock sucking motherfucker!" I yelled and cut off his tail. "Was bein nice not usin the sharp end, now Ima just fuckin kill ya" I growled and raised my sword only to be stopped by Fluttershy.
"Don't hurt him!" She cried and got in front of me.
"Shy get out the way, he might kill you" I said but she wouldn't and walked to the manticore. After a few minutes there was a loud roar then the beast was nuzzling the girl like an actual cat.
"It wasn't looking to fight, it was just hurt" Fluttershy said and I groaned, it felt like I was burning up slightly then I felt a sudden chill.
I spun around only to see nothing, just the moon and the stars. The sword vanished and I was left slightly bruised and cut by a stinger... wait.
"Is... isn't the sky su... s-supposed to be black...." I trailed off and felt my body swaying a little and I collapsed on the floor.
"Thomas! Are you okay?!" Twilight asked
"

" I yelled pointing up then having my arm plop to the ground.
"Shit, that stinger must've had a little bit of poison we gotta suck it out!" I heard Jackson say then I saw a blur of colors.
"W-Wha... what's up with you guys?" I asked and suddenly felt my body get turn to my left side. "Im-Im fine guy's nothing to worry about" I muttered more.
I then suddenly felt soft hands on my side and then soft lips. There was a minute of this weird pulling and then it stopped, I was slowly feeling better now and the colors started taking shape.
"Ooooh... What happened?" I asked and looked around seeing the girls and Jackson standing over me, except for Applejack who was whipping her mouth.
"You alright partner?" Applejack asked helping me up.
"Yeah... thanks" I said and felt my face flush a little. "Anyways, we should keep moving"
"Agreed, we should be very close by now" Twilight said and soon we continued on. Applejack was helping me walk since the poison had made my senses go awry, honestly it felt oddly nice.
After getting here in this land, shit hit the fan so quick. It got a bit better meeting the pie family, but was balanced out with recovering from almost dying and hard work in the unimaginably hot sun all day. Getting just a little bit of help was heavenly.
"So Thomas, Ah actually wanted ta ask ya somethin" Applejack asked loud enough for only me and her. "Why did ya lie ta me when Ah asked about Nightmare Moon?" She asked, my heart honestly stopped for a second.
"I-I don't know-" She placed a finger on my lips.
"Sugarcube, Ah can tell when someone is lying and Ah'll tell you right now, Ah won't be mad at you if ya tell me the truth, right now" Applejack said and I sighed.
"Okay... guess I'll tell you everything," I said. "I'm not from this world, neither is Jackson or my other friend Jay, when I first came here I was chased and almost mauled by a manticore, Luckily I managed to get away from the beast, but I was on the brink of death and that's when I met Nightmare, she took me to her castle and healed me, though very quickly after that it kinda went sideways when she tried to take over my mind only for her magic not to work on me, also she seemed kinda infatuated with me, even then I was still tossed out a window and then tossed into a river" I finished and Applejack hummed.
"Seems you have taken quite the beating when ya got here, it is strange that Nightmare Moon had the hots fer you" Applejack said and I chuckled.
"Well, guess that goes to show my mom was right, I am a handsome man" I said and we both chuckled a little.
"Yer mom sounds like a very nice lady" Applejack said and I hummed.
"She really is... though it hurts knowing that I'll never see her again" I sighed and felt a tear run down my cheek. "Damn, guess that thought just hit me"
"Oh sugarcube it's alright, you ain't alone... I dont have my parents either" She said.
Guess I know your pain now huh, feels.... empty" I said and she hummed in agreement.
"Like a hole in yer heart right?" She asked and I nodded. "Ah know how ya feel sugarcube, but don't you worry, you have us ta help you now" Applejack said comforting me.
"Thanks Applejack, that... that really means a lot" I thanked her and we continued walking on while keeping a steady conversation going. That is until we saw a deep gorge blocking our path just a few more yards from the castle.
"Now what?" Pinkie asked and we decided to see if there was any other way around, but as soon as we began walking back I saw something purple and black for just a split second and then suddenly the floor gave way and we began tumbling off the mountain.
Rainbow and Fluttershy were the only ones that could fly, Pinkie and Rarity were caught by the two pegasi women and set down at the bottom. Applejack and Jackson grabbed onto some rocks and began climbing down slowly, but me and Twilight continued barrelling down the hill. As we tumbled I smacked into a rock hard enough to break a few fingers trying to grab it, I gave a loud cry before I was tossed off the ledge as was Twilight.
I quickly reached out and grabbed her with my mangled hand and bite back the cries of pain and held back the tears, once I had gotten a good grip I shot my good hand up to grab the ledge. Twilight and I would have most likely died if Applejack hadn't dove down and grabbed my hand, cause I was just a few inches short of the ledge.
"Thank god!" I exclaimed and gripped her hand hard while keeping Twilight from slipping out of my hand. "Thought we were goners" I said
"Ah gotcha don't you worry y'all just hang on" Applejack said and we were both struggling to get me and Twilight up. After a few tries it was clear that we were too heavy to lift up, and even Applejack had to agree. "Damn, if Ah had better footing Ah would've got both of you up here by now" Applejack grunted.
"We gotta think of something, and quick" I said and for Aj looked around for a bit then suddenly looked up.
"Let go" She said looking me dead in the eye.
"What! No way!" Twilight screamed in terror but I kept my eyes locked with Aj's.
"Ah promise you, everything will be fine-"
"You don't know that, how do I know you're not lying!" Twilight yelled and grew even more terrified.
"Sugarcube this is the full honest truth, do you trust me?" Applejack asked us and we stayed silent for a minute and I used whatever strength I had left to hoist up Twilight to me. I hooked my arm around her waist and let go of Applejacks hand.
"This was a terrible Idea!" I screamed on the way down, I almost went deaf from how high Twilights screams were. We fell for a couple of more seconds before we felt three pairs of arms catch us, I looked around and saw Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and. "Oh that's bullshit!" I exclaimed seeing Jackson floating.
"Quit whining and lets get you both down" Jackson said and soon enough every had been lowered to the ground safely.
"Lord Jesus, I thought we were gonna die for a second their" I panted out.
"I know, I can't feel my legs" Twilight added and it was then we realized we had been embracing each other tightly the entire way down.
"*Ahem* Uh sorry, was trying to uh... hold you up till you got some feeling back in your legs" I said as we separated.
"I was feeling how shakin' you were so I... tried to comfort you" Twilight said and we both grew red in the face.
"Okay you awkward love birds, we just need to follow the path back up the cavern" Jackson said.
"We're not love birds, or awkward!" Twilight and I said in unison and we face palmed.
"No way can I ever love someone like him" Twilight said and I furrowed my brow.
"Whoa, Whoa, Whoa princess attitude" I announced and the group decided to... back up a few steps. "Who do ya think yer talkin too? Cause Ah got news fer you, ya ain't no pretty sight either!" I shot and she glared at me and I at her.
"What did you say" Twilight asked in an angry tone, the group took another step back.
"Oh did I hurt yer feelings, sorry I was distracted by the bitchiness" I shot at her.
"I can say the same to you, you self righteous prick" Twilight shot back, now you could see the lightning as our glares harden at each other.
"Oooooookay guys, c'mon, let's just go to the castle, grab the elements and hate each other after, sound good?" Jackson said the only one brave enough to step forward, with a scoff from Twilight she walked on the path forward.
"*groan* The hell's her problem" I muttered and we all followed.
"Ah, I'm sure she's fine, probably just stressed and didn't mean to say that to you" Jackson said and I sighed.
"Probably" I said looking at Twilight, she must've sensed it cause she gave me a sideways glance and gave a loud 'hmph'. "Or probably not" I growled.
(Twilight 3rd pov)
'Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!' Twilight thought. 'I cant believe how insensitive I was, I didn't mean to call him those things, for some reason I just said it unconsciously. Does he hate me, ooooh I need to make sure he's not to mad' twilight finished thinking and looked back to Thomas then suddenly glared at him and gave a loud 'hmph'.
'WHY DID I DO THAT!? WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME!?' She yelled in her mind.
(Thomas pov, outside the castle of the two sisters)
We continued walking until we were met with a thick, heavy fog rolling in knocking our vision away from us.
"Okay, this is it" Jackson said as we saw the castle just a few more feet away.
"Yes we're almost there!" Twilight exclaimed and rushed forward, but I quickly grabbed her arm and yanked her back making her fall onto me, toppling both of us. "Hey, what's the big idea!?" She demanded straddling me.
"Oh ya know, how about you look before you run through fuckin fog!" I yelled and pointed behind her, she turned and saw the huge cavern with a broken rope bridge just a few feet from us. "A thank you would be nice to hear" I said but she just glared at me.
"Uh, guys, you do know people are present right?" Rainbow asked us and we noticed the whole group was looking at us with smug looks and a blush from Fluttershy. Twilight noticed how she is positioned on top of me, and her hands gripping my shirt hard. "You guys want a minute alone ooooor..."
"What, no!" Twilight said pushing herself off of me and dusted herself off. "C'mon, we gotta keep moving"
"Gee thanks Thomas, I can't believe you saved me twice Thomas" I mumbled to myself as I got up and dusted myself off. "*sigh* Alright, what do we do now, the bridge is broken and that's the only way across" I asked.
"Uh, you do know we can fly right?" Rainbow said fluttering her wings and I gave an 'O'. "I'll have this bridge back up in a jiffy" she said and dove down the cavern, we waited for a few minutes then she popped back up with the other end of the bridge and landed on the other side.
We watch as she began to tie the ropes together on a few rocks on her side. When suddenly the fog suddenly moves in front of us, completely obscuring our vision.
"Rainbow!" I called out only to hear it get muffled. I looked around and noticed that I could barely see myself or anyone else around. "Rainbow Dash!" I called again, but still nothing.
I continued looking until I saw a break in the fog, I saw Rainbow surrounded by four people wearing black spandex suits along with a yellow lightning bolt and a skull in the center. "She's in trouble... okay... okay, okay, okay!" I yelled hyping myself up and sprinted forward aiming towards Rainbow.
If I remember correctly, the cliff was at least eighteen feet away, and at the speed I'm going I should be able to get close enough to the edge at the other side if I jump with everything I have. It was gonna be a long one, but I gotta try something, to bad I didn't think of anything else.
"This was a terrible idea!!!" I screamed as I felt the edge of the cliff. I used all my leg power to hurl myself towards the otherside. "Fuuuuuuck!" I screamed a bit more as I flew through the fog surprising both Rainbow and the group surrounding her.
"Thomas?.... THOMAS!?" Rainbow yelled in fear for my life and zoomed towards me. I reached my hand out as I started descending, just a few more inches and I can catch myself. But fate had other plans because I was just a bit short, I was about to start falling to my death when I suddenly felt a hand grab mine. "Holyshitholyshitholyshit!" Rainbow exclaimed and pulled me up.
Once I hit the floor on her side, it felt like my heart was going to explode. I seriously thought I was gonna die right then and there, thank god Rainbow was there. Speaking of, she seemed to be having her own heart attack.
"I can't move, is that normal?" I asked the woman.
"I can't either so.... probably" She said and we both started giving out weak chuckles. "What were you thinking dude?"
"You were in trouble, I just sorta... moved" I muttered, the little break didn't last long when the four people surrounded us and glared at me. "They don't look happy"
"Quiet!" The leader said and planted her foot on my chest. "Now Rainbow, like we said before, choose!"
"Choose?" I asked and was stomped on slightly. "Okay, that was a dick move" I groaned.
"Join us and be apart of the shadow bolts or..." The leader said and lifted me up. "Be like this weakling, unable to fulfill your dream"
"Don't do it Rainbow, accomplishing your dream comes through hard work and dedication, not from abandoning your friends" I said only to get punched in the ribs.
"Silence!" The leader shouted at me.
"I choose my friends, if being apart of your group is hurting other people then I want nothing to do with it!" Rainbow stated and the leader growled before throwing me back to the woman. "You okay?"
"A few bruises here and there but nothing I can't handle" I joked.
"You'll regret this" The leader growled before she and the other three vanished into the fog. Once they were gone, so did the fog and we could see our friends again.
"What... happened?" Applejack asked confused then saw Rainbow trying to calm my nerves from almost dying a fourth time. Rainbow quickly tied the bridge up before coming back to me.
"What's up with you?" Jackson asked seeing my trembling body.
"Just kicking death's door as hard as humanly possible, you know, the usual" I answered clinging to Rainbow. "Sorry Rainbow I just... I just need a few more seconds is all" I said and she comforted me.
"Bud, are you okay?" Jackson asked.
"No I am far from alright... I almost died four times since I've been in this world!" I exclaimed making him reel back. "Look, I just need a second is all..." I said and let go of Rainbow.
The group took a second before heading forward, leaving me with my thoughts. All except Applejack, she sat down with me and we sat there in silence.
"Why didn't you go with them" I dryly asked.
"Wanted ta keep ya company is all" She simply stated. "Listen... Ah don't know what ya been through these past few days, but you are one tough guy not breaking down all those other times before"
"Thanks"
"So why now?" Applejack asked and I sighed.
"Everybody has a limit, and I reached mine" I admitted. "Honestly... I've reached my limit entirely, from Earth to Equestria, constantly getting beaten up or facing death... do you know what it's like to look over your shoulder everyday thinking about what might happen, or getting jumped for no reason! Back home I was a loser with only one good thing in my life, and now I can't see them anymore, they're gone, I've lived a miserable life Applejack... and now I'm living a life I never asked for!" I ranted, my voice cracking and tears streaming down my face. "Do you know how it feels to be called nothing" I choked out.
"Thomas Ah-"
"This world I live in now should've made me happy, so why am I crying... is it cause Im homesick, do I hate it, or is it because I know the same thing will happen to me just like my life back home" I continued. "I guess I really am noth-"
"Don't you dare finish that sentence!" Applejack shouted cutting me off. "You ain't just nothin Thomas, you were brought here for a good reason, Ah may not know what but Ah sure as hell know that you are something. Maybe you didn't ask ta be here, but what if this is what you needed... yer life sounded so awful back where yer from, with only a single good thing, so maybe the world was tryin ta give you a better life to live" Applejack said and got up. "Ah'm gonna head in, you can join us when you... feel better" she said and left.
I was left with my own thoughts, trying to wipe the tears off my face. 'Damn emotions, every second is a pain in my ass and... and I cant fuckin stop crying!' I thought and got back up.
I could feel all these emotions pouring down on me, I hated it, of all the times to break down why now. "I need help... I need serious help, but nobody wants to give me a second" I muttered.
"I know what that's like" I spun around and saw that blue woman again. She seemed more formed than before, and she wasn't floating like before. "That's how I became that horrible person inside, I let them control me and went so far as to trapped myself in my own mind"
"But you don't know what I had to deal with my whole life-"
"And you don't know what I've had to deal with" She countered. "We're the same Thomas, just not from the same world" she continued and walked up to me, she stood at eye level with me and raised a hand to wipe my tears. "You're gonna be ok Thomas, you just have to accept why you're here"
"Why am I here?" I asked.
"That's what you have to figure out for yourself, but just know that no matter what, you'll always have someone looking out for you" She said and I chuckled.
"I don't know what to do and I'm not sure if I want to know" I said and started walking towards the castle. "But you're right, I'm here for a reason, now I gotta go find it" I finished and when I did heard a scream, I rushed inside but I got blinded by a bright light and I felt my body shift and fall on the floor.
I opened my eyes and noticed the whole room blurry, my stomach was churning and soon I felt my blade on my back. I stumbled to my feet and hurled up whatever I eat at the party.
"Jesus... that fuckin burned" I choked and wiped my mouth and noticed my vision stop being blurry. I then took notice of Twilight, on her knees with 5 stone balls and Nightmare moon standing just 10 feet from her. "And now I gotta deal with this, how many times can I say 'fuck' in one sentence" I muttered and began walking towards the two.
"Did you honest think you could defeat me?" Nightmare said with a smile that would scare anyone. "Oh, my soon to be king is here, hope the journey was worth while Thomas"
"Thomas?" Twilight questioned and looked back to see me. "You look horrible"
"I know, but shut up for a minute will ya" I said and panted slightly. "Alright Nightmare, this ends here" I stated pulling my sword off my back.
"Oh my dear Thomas, I was being so nice all those times we met... but this time, I won't be so kind!" Nightmare exclaimed and summoned a soul sucking obsidian blade with a midnight silver guard and a black handle grasped in her hand. "Now then, I hope you're ready to die"
"Uh Twilight, ya might wanna, oh I don't know- figure out a plan!" I yelled at the paralyzed girl, it seemed to snap her back to reality. "You figure out something while I hold her-" I was interrupted, very rudely I might add, by the woman trying to plunge equestria into darkness with a short magic blast to my right arm.
"Oops, hope you don't need to use that right now" Nightmare said with a cackle, my arm fell limp and I began struggling to hold the sword.
"Oh you dirty bitch!" I yelled at her.
"Save the dirty talk when we get in bed" She joked and flew at me barely giving ne time to block her slash. I stumbled back a bit and quickly dodged another strike, but as she swung she spun around kicking me in the face then smacked me with the blunt end of her sword. "Is it to much Thomas?" She asked throwing her blade in the air and proceeded to beat the shit out of me.
'I can barely keep up, she's so fast!' I yelled in my mind and was suddenly grabbed then head butted. My vision grew blurry again, but I still felt her fists connecting against my body. Nightmare then took a step back and used her whole body to send the hardest punch I've ever felt, connecting with my chest and stomach.
I flew back, passing Twilight and tumble away until I hit the wall at the end of the room. I coughed up some spit and blood as I laid there, my body pulsing with unrecognizable pain. Nightmare erupted with laughter as she caught her sword, she walked over to me and gave a small but terrifying grin.
"A little weak, but I will change that when you become my king, I'll make you stronger than any being on this planet" Nightmare said then lifted her sword up. "But first, you gotta stay here for a bit"
"I did it!" We heard Twilight exclaim and Nightmare snapped her neck towards her and her eyes widen seeing the stone orbs start glowing and spark around Twilight.
"No!" Nightmare yelled and teleported in front of Twilight and kicked her back. "Nononononono this can't be happening, not again!" She was paralyzed with fear, that is until the orbs stopped and fell back on the floor.
"What... what happened!?" Twilight asked her voice shaking it. But it was drowned out by the growing laughter from the Nightmare moon.
"Stupid old rocks!" Nightmare said and crushed the five rocks.
"Twilight... kinda blindish over here, what happened?" I asked struggling to get up.
"She-she destroyed the Elements of harmony" She answered.
"What!" I screamed and coughed up more blood. "H-How in gods name did she do that!?" I asked
"I don't know... but now she's... completely impossible to defeat" Twilight said and looked completely defeated.
"C'mon Twilight, there's always a way, to say it's impossible is to rule out any possibilities that can beat the impossible" I said tried getting to my feet, but fail in doing so. "C'mon Twilight, ya gotta think!"
"I-I... I can't!"
"Damn it Twilight, do something!" I yelled at the girl but before anything happened, I heard heavy footsteps and I saw Nightmare approaching us, sword in hand. "Twilight, move!"
She was too terrified to move, her face turned pale as she saw the evil entity walk towards her. Seeing this I struggled constantly to get up, but I failed each time.
"It was fun beating you senseless Thomas and watching this pathetic being try to be defeat me" Nightmare taunted and raised her sword. "Now it's time to die!" She said and swung down, but it hit nothing.
"F-Fu... F-Fuck" I panted holding Twilight in a bridal position and it took everything I had to do anything. "H-Here for a reason... my... ass" I muttered out and fell to one knee.
"T-Thomas‐"
"Shut... up... and get outta here!" I exclaimed and threw her towards the door just as Nightmare swung her sword. It sliced my chest giving me a deep cut, I coughed up more blood as I fell to my knees. "It just keeps... gettin better" I choked out.
"That was completely idiotic dear Thomas, why would you do such a thing?" Nightmare asked grabbing me by the throat and lifting me up.
"Honestly, no fuckin idea" I answered. "My body moved on its own is all" I continued.
"My dear Thomas... I so wanted you around longer" Nightmare said and ran her sword through my body before I could say anything. "Don't worry my love, I will make sure you come back" she said dropping me to the floor.
I felt so... cold and immeasurable pain rocked my body. I could see Twilight screaming and reaching out for me, then I saw the others soon come in, but that didn't matter because I began seeing an all to familiar black tunnel closing in. That dream I had two days ago... it came true.
'This is it... death finally answered the door, and... I'm not afraid anymore, It feels so common now... do I just, wanna die now?' I thought as the darkness finally filled my sight. 'I came here for a reason, to bad I'll never find out... why Im here' I thought once more and let myself drift in the endless void of death.
(Third P.O.V)
The group stared at Thomas's dead body at the feet of Nightmare moon. The evil woman slowly turned her head back towards the group and gave a wicked smile. Her hands were bruised from beating Thomas and her face bloodied from slashing and stabbing him, and yet her smile remained.
"Well, well, well, it looks like you brought back up dear Thomas, oh how you spoil me with prey" Nightmare said excitedly and ripped her sword out of his body. "Don't worry my love, they're right behind you!" She yelled and rushed forward.
Jackson summoned his lightning and threw it at the woman, only for her to deflect it out of her way. He threw two more and charged forward, the first lighting bolt was deflected like the last but the second one was grabbed by Nightmare and tossed back to Jackson who was hit point-blank by it. He tumbled back a bit before getting back up and manifested a lighting staff, the second he got close he swung his staff over and over at speeds even he could barely see. Thought each time, Nightmare blocked each attack and laughed after each strike, almost like she was just toying with him.
"Your different from my dear Thomas, stronger too" Nightmare commented spinning around Jackson's attack and slammed the back of her fist against his face. "Though not as cute or adorable" she continued getting a foot away from Jackson, she studied him and shook her head. "He's much cuter"
"I'll fuckin kill you!" Jackson roared and continued his onslaught again. "You killed my best friend, one of the only people that still remembers home... and you took him away!" He screamed at her.
"So what you pathetic oaf, as soon as I kill you and those six, I'll bring him back to life and he will rule by my side for eternity" Nightmare said pushing Jackson back. "Now if you be so kind as to die, that would be just great" she finished laughing again. As the two continued fighting, the girls all ran towards Thomas's body, they couldn't believe he was dead and they checked three times for a heart beat. But nothing.
"He's... he's really gone" Rainbow choked out and tried not to cry, pinkie was already bawling her eyes out as was Fluttershy.
"I know we barely met him but it felt like... it felt like he was here for years" Rarity said taking off Thomas' Stetson. "He was so kind... he was like a little light in the dark" she finished.
"Ah...*sigh* someone who finally knows mah pain, is the one that dies" Applejack said and kneeled down, she flipping his body gently on his back and they all flinched seeing the huge bloody stab wound. "You deserve more than this, you deserve something better than this place"
"He... risked his life multiple times to save me... he tossed me out of the way because he knew Nightmare was gonna kill us both if he didn't throw me away" Twilight said and teared up again. "Now he's gone"
"What happened to the elements" Rainbow asked.
"Nightmare shattered them, they didn't even work and I don't know why!" Twilight answered. "The spark didn't show up like the book said, I don't know what to do"
"Well... things may seem bad now, but we have ta put our heads together and figure this out, cause you'n Ah know Thomas wouldn't want his friends ta join him in death" Applejack said and the group agreed. "Don't worry Twilight, we'll find another way... for Thomas's sake"
"... You're right Applejack, you and Thomas are right" Twilight said and stood up, she looked at the broken shards of the elements then her new friends and came to a realization. "I figured it out!"
"Figured out what darling?" Rarity asked, before Twilight could answer, the group saw Jackson get blown back and go through a wall.
"An annoying one that boy was, all brawn but no brains" Nightmare groaned and stared at the group. "Now then, where were we?" She asked and ran towards the girls, but quickly stopped hearing someone... screaming?
"What is that noi-" Pinkie started but was stopped when something shot pass them and tackled Nightmare.
"Remember me you bitch!" Jay shouted and threw Nightmare with everything he had and made her crash against the wall. His body was fully formed to fit his new drake like features, his arms and legs completely solid and covered with gray scales and having each of his nails sharpened to a point, his already toned body was taught and burned to the normal shape of a drake and on his back was pitch black wings that was covered in gray and black scales. "Ready for round 2"
"Oooooh, you're that dragon boy from the castle" Nightmare said with a curious tone and ripped herself out of the wall. "Didn't I teach you a lesson last time we fought?" She asked and chuckled seeing all the cuts on his body.
"This time, I got back up" Jay said and moved out of the way of Jackson's lightning bolts catching Nightmare by surprise. She dodged just fast enough to only get grazed, but it still blew her forward when it struck the wall behind her. The second Nightmare was launched forward Jay flew forward and threw a hard right to her face making her fly to the left a couple of feet.
"Good to see you up and about" Jackson said.
"Wish it was under better circumstances... that body back their, was that..." Jay ask and Jackson nodded. "... Let's send her back ta hell"
"I couldn't agree more" Jackson said and they both rushed the evil goddess.
As the three fought Twilight was telling the others her plan and how they represent the elements entirely. It was then that the shard of the broken elements started to glow slightly.
"Are ya sure Twilight with, ya know, bein the embodiment of the elements?" Applejack asked and Twilight nodded.
"Yes, and I think I know how to unleash the power" She explained. "Applejack, when we were on that cliff you told me the honest truth and I knew right there I could trust you with anything because of how honest you can be so you represent the element of Honesty" Twilight explained and on command the shards of Honest floated towards Aj.
"Pinkie pie, you made us feel better when we were faced with those trees in the forest and taught us that happiness and laughter can beat fear any day, so you represent the element of Laughter" Twilight went on and the shards of laughter floated to Pinkie.
"Twilight, it's working!" Rainbow said in awe, then noticed that Jay and Jackson were starting to falter against Nightmare. "Uh, you might wanna hurry a bit"
THOMAS'S MIND (pov- Thomas)
"I'm still here... why?" I mumble looking into the void. "Aren't I dead?" I questioned.
"Do you wish to be?" A voice hummed in my ear, it was familiar and chilling all at once.
"I'm not quite fond of the idea of dying" I answered and opened my eyes, once I did I almost fell over seeing a giant clear box with someone chained in the middle. "What the hell"
"Funny, I thought this was hell, then again I guess that would make a helluva lot more sense" The person said with a chuckle, he looked up and I almost froze seeing his face.
It was just completely covered with a dark shadow, only his narrowed eyes and his jagged smile were all I could see. He giggled like a little kid seeing my reaction.
"What's the matter Thomas... never seen a demon before?" he asked but his expression and his mouth never moved or changed. "Careful, I like to play with victims before anything else" He added and chuckled.
"W-what in God's name are you or better question... who?" I asked and we just stared at each other for a painfully long time. His face never faltering, not even once, and those eyes in an endless downward crescent making it look like he was laughing.
"Good question Thomas, was hoping you would've known since, well... I lived by your side for countless years" He stated and it didn't seem like it, but I could feel burning hatred from his eyes. "I honestly couldn't tell you who I am because I don't even know
"This is so... confusing" I said with confusion an began trying to wrap my head around this. "A demon thats been with me all my life, this new world I live in now, my new friends and feelings, countless times of how I nearly died... what the fuck is going on!?" I demand and punched the glass.
"Your world got flipped the second you ran into those woods, you believed you were safe when really, all you were doing was running right into danger, and now you're too much of a coward to handle it... pathetic" The man taunted. "Not to mention the brutal beating and stabbing from that Nightmare lady, we would've died if we didn't have incredible durability and faster regenerative attributes, you can thank me for that"
"Regenerative... Attributes?" I asked and the man sighed.
"We share a mind and a body dumbass, but since your the main person controlling, you are able to use whatever powers I possess... with my permission of course" He answered. "I do have limitations like any other being, so don't get all cocky ya hear"
"... Wait, all those bruises from the Flash Twins back home, why I was able to wake up so fast and walk around at the rock farm... it was your power helping me"
"What ya want a cookie, of course it was my power... your lucky we didn't permanently hit the grave with that stab, but I highly recommend not fighting that woman... unless" He stopped.
"Unless what?" I asked.
"Unless I give you more power, maybe then you can actually beat that chick" He answered."If you really wanna beat this chick, you might have to go a bit crazy" He finished and chuckled.
I thought about taking his offer, but how can I trust someone I barely know and more over... someone thats a demon. I felt like if I didn't act now, something bad would happen.
"I don't have much of a choice" I started, getting the man's attention. "But get one thing straight lad, mah body. mah rules, deal?" I said and the man erupted with laughter and slowly went down to a chuckle.
"Heh... deal"
THIRD POV- THE CASTLE OF THE TWO SISTERS
Jay and Jackson lay on their backs at the far end of the castle beaten to a pulp. Both boys had black and blue bruises, a few broken bones, and blood coming out of their mouths.
"Jay... you alive?" Jackson asked groaning to the man.
"Ugh... barely" Jay answered and struggled to sit up. "She's... to damn strong man"
"You said it... *sigh* still got some fight in you?" Jackson asked and stumbled to his feet along with Jay who spat out some blood. "Guess so... I suppose, it's round 2 then" Jackson groaned and the two began limping back towards Nightmare, who was leaning on her sword, yawning in boredom.
"Not enough huh, how many times do I have to pumble you both?" Nightmare muttered and decided to leave her sword. "I don't even need my sword for you two, I could kill you with my two hands," she said and chuckled walking towards the two.
"Jay, Jackson!" Twilight called and all three of them looked to see the girls wearing amulets and Twilight was wearing a crown. Each of them had a different colored stone in there new items. "We got the elements working, keep her busy until we're ready!" She ordered and Nightmare was quick to take action.
"Should've killed you all from the start!" Nightmare roared and shot towards the girls but was caught in mid-launch. By a red tendril. "What in the name of-"
"Oh… I… Feel... Great~" they all heard then saw Nightmare get flung across the castle and get embedded into the wall. "Doesn't feel good does it"
"T-Thomas?" Jay asked and the group looked towards the man, now engulfed in what looked like fire. His eyes were red and his pupils were like a fox's, his hair was disheveled and his clothes torn to nothing but tatters, and the most prominent feature on his body, was the giant black markings on his chest spreading across it and over his arms like paint on a wet canvas. "Your... alive?"
"You're damn right man, now if you excuse me... I got some anger to relieve" Thomas said and reached out his hand summoning his sword then in a flash he was in front of Nightmare. With barely any time, Nightmare dodged his attack just before he could hit her and went to retrieve her sword. "I don't think so love" He said and grabbed her sword with another tendril.
He yanked it out of the ground and brought it back to his other hand. Nightmare looked at Thomas with both anger and confusion, but nonetheless she began using her blasts against him, but it had no effect whatsoever. Each blast getting deflected or missing entirely.
"How is this possible?!" Nightmare roared and rushed towards the man going for close quarters combat. She threw punch after punch while Thomas dodged. "You were supposed to be dead, you were weaker than this damn it... what the hell happened!?" She demanded as Thomas caught her fist.
"I just got stronger" He said and pulled her in for a hard knee then slammed her to the ground, ending it with a kick to the chest away from the others and in the back of the room. Her body hitting the steps, spinning her around before smacking face first into the floor.
"Holy shit man... you got really strong" Jay said in amazement then froze seeing Thomas' gaze. "Y-You still with us bud?" He asked, they stared at each other in silence until it was broken with a snort from Thomas.
"Of course man, by the way, you look like hammered shit" Thomas joked and the two laughed.
"Glad your still with us man" Jay said and looked Thomas over. "You look like you've seen better days dude"
"Uh guys, not to break up a touching reunion but, we got an evil goddess to distract" Jackson jumped in and got the two to focus.
"Twilight, how long do you need?" Thomas asked the woman.
"We're almost done charging, just hold her off for five minutes" Twilight ordered and the man quickly rushed Nightmare and continued wailing on her. "You two... you two look like hammered shit"
"Thanks for that" Jackson said sarcastically and got up. "C'mon Jay, we gotta help Thomas!"
"Uh, dude" Jay said pointing to where Thomas was and saw him going blow for blow with Nightmare. Their fists connected each time they swung and even kicked up dust from said fighting, Nightmare went to sweep his legs, but Thomas dodged and gave a hard right landing a direct hit but simultaneously getting kneed in the face as well.
The two fell to the floor with a hard thud, but quickly sprung back to their feet and began literally throwing each other through the walls, throwing punches and kicks at one another.
"Is that all you got!?" Nightmare taunted.
"Not even close!" Thomas replied and they both threw a punch so hard it shattered all the windows with the sheer force from said punch.
"Okay... that looks really intense" Jackson admitted and the two watched them fight so fluently, like watching two masters in the art of fighting sparring. Except this time, it had lives on the line.
"Okay, we're done charging up the elements, we just need her to stay still" Twilight said as the girls floated up in a ball of pure light.
"You are asking way to much Twilight... *sigh*, alright jay, let's do it" Jackson groaned and they both sprinted into the fight. Throwing a bolt of lightning, Thomas grabbed Nightmare and flung towards it, but Nightmare grabbed it and used her momentum to throw it back to Jackson getting a direct hit. Before she could laugh, Jay kicked her back to the ground and Thomas followed through with a spinning kick of his own landing right in the middle of her back launching her away.
She tumbled roughly against the ground losing her pieces of her armor and scratching her body up. She suddenly came to a grinding halt using her hand to dig into the ground and stop her momentum. She shakily got on her hands and knees, it was then that Thomas felt something was off, and it was when Nightmare has looked back up to the boy's and the whole room felt heavier.
"What's the matter Nightmare... are you finally pissed off?" Thomas asked and give his own furious glare at the woman whose eyes felt like daggers piercing through the others eyes. "Now you know how I feel" He spat out.
"I'll kill... Every. Single. One of you" Nightmare growled rising back up to her feet and gave out a wild roar filled with enough fury to rival a damned soul. She rushed forward and drove jay into the ground throwing punch after punch, beating the man into a bloody pulp before grabbing his leg and slammed him against the ground over and over again then spun him around and tossed him out the window hitting and knocking down multiple trees.
Next she blasted Jackson, who was still recovering, with multiple magic blasts sending him crashing to the wall. Before he could even blink, Nightmare kneed his face against the wall and continuously smashed it in the wall till his body was out the wall. With Jay and Jackson out the way she set her sights to Thomas with intent to kill.
"Someone's a sore loser" Thomas joked and quickly blocked a kick with his own. "Can you feel it Nightmare, that little feeling that eats you up when you know you can't do anything but run... how long have you felt like this?" Thomas asked only to be answered with a growl.
The two fought without holding back and without concern for others, they were in their own little world of fighting till their knuckles bled. Twilight and the girl watched the two effortlessly exchange blows that could destroy anything they wish, fighting to live.
"Twilight, we can't use the elements if she's moving around to much" Rainbow said and Twilight couldn't agree more, but the situation escalated so much that they couldn't move unless they were wanting to die. "What do we do?"
"We... have to wait, and trust that Thomas can get her weak enough to keep her still" Twilight said and just as she did she heard a groan from Jackson. She snapped her head towards the man and noticed how beaten he was, she used her magic to levitate him over to them. "Jackson, oh Celestia, I can't tell if he's breathing or not!"
"Let me have a look" Fluttershy said and kneeled down to the man, she did the basic checks of finding of heart beat, then check his pluses from his wrist to his neck. After a few minutes, she clasped her hands in the middle of his chest and struck him, scaring the others. Before anyone could question her, Jackson sprang up gasping and coughing heavily. "Welcome back" She said with a smile.
"I... thank you" Jackson said and hugged the woman. "I thought I was a goner"
"I-It, was no problem" Fluttershy whispered and Jackson thanked her a few more times before letting go. He looked back to Thomas and Nightmare fighting and whistled in amazement.
"Who knew Tommy was this strong, then again, I felt it slightly when he hit me in the woods, but I didn't think it was this much" Jackson admitted seeing Thomas trade blow's with Nightmare. "But we need him to keep her steady"
"Agreed, although I'm pretty sure we can only wait and see" Twilight said, Jackson went silent and pondered for a moment. He began visualizing his next steps, deciding what action to approach, but every outcome was the same. Getting pummeled by Nightmare until he passed out.
"*Groan*... This is crazy, this is crazy, this is crazy!" Jackson repeatedly mumbled to himself then full-tilt sprinted towards Thomas and Nightmare. He quickly dodged magic blasts deflected by Thomas and the flying debris from said attacks. With a quick maneuver, Jackson began fighting with Thomas catching Nightmare off guard and a helluva lot more furious. "Thomas, we gotta end this now" Jackson said.
" know, but this is harder than it looks Jackson" Thomas replied. "We gotta do something and quick, ideas?" He asked just as the two caught a fist and a leg from the woman then kneed her back a couple of feet away.
"We put her in a hold just long enough for the girl's to work their magic" Jackson said and Thomas nodded. "Still got some juice let man?"
"Just enough, can't hold this forever though... let's make it count" Thomas said and rushed the evil goddess and bombarded her with every attack they had. Each strike landed and felt heavier than the last, Nightmare couldn't follow the boy's movements so she was stuck in the onslaught.
"Twilight get those damn rocks ready!" Jackson called out and a second later the six floated in the air and began getting the attack ready. "Tell us when!" He said summoning his lightning and engulfing his right in it to make Nightmare feel more pain.
"Almost... okay, we're ready!" Twilight shouted and the two quickly put Nightmare in a stronghold, keeping her in place.
"NO, I WILL NOT LOSE TO PEASANTS LIKE YOU!!!" Nightmare roared and began to shake Thomas and Jackson off of her, the grips were getting looser and looser as she thrashed about. It took one more hard shake to make Jackson's hold break and Nightmare ripped her arm free from his clutches then elbowed him, knocking him to the ground. She set her sights on Thomas once Jackson was dealt with and began punching away at the mans face.
Thomas began losing his strength with every punch Nightmare swung, Nightmare sensed this and continued wailing away. Just as Thomas was about completely drained, Jay quickly sprung forward and caught Nightmares fist and put her in the same hold Thomas was doing. Jackson struggled to get to his knees, but once he did, the man held Nightmares legs tight as to have her completely immobilized.
"TWILIGHT!"
"GIRLS!"
"DO IT NOW!!!!!" The boy's screamed at the top of their lungs, almost ripping it to shreds, and just as they screamed, The girls blasted the four of them with a rainbow beam. It wrapped around them, covering them inside the beam of energy.
"NOOOOOOO!" Nightmare screamed in agony before her cries faded away into a distant echo, and just like that... she was gone.
THOMAS'S P.O.V
All I saw was nothing but the bright shining light surrounding me, then out of nowhere, an explosion blew me, Jackson and Jay in different directions. I didn't go that far, but I was left with my whole body aching and completely sore, I stared at the ceiling for a good five minutes before I mustered up the strength to sit up.
"Thank you" I heard and look up to the most beautiful woman I've ever seen kneeling in front of me. Her hair was short with a soft baby blue color that matched her cyan iris, her skin was a light purple that looked absolutely perfect and looked smooth to the touch. She no taller than I from what I can tell, and that she's wearing is a white worn sun dress with a colored in crescent moon in the middle. "Are you alright?" The woman asked with a small giggle, her voice as calming as a still river.
"Ye... yes" I answered, unable to form any other words. "Who... who are you?" I asked without thinking.
"Her name is Luna, Princess Luna" a voice echoed and we both looked to see another beautiful woman, who Im assuming is Princess Celestia. "It's been a long time... hasn't it?" Celestia asked slowly walking towards us, I can see Luna cowering in fear seeing Celestia.
"I... I-I" Was all Luna can say before coming face to face with Celestia, she kneeled to Lunas level.
"Please, we were meant to rule together little sister" Celestia said pretty much shocking everybody in the room. "Will ever forgive me and... accept my friendship?" She asked, the girls were on the edge of their metaphorical seats along with Jay and Jackson.
Luna looked to me, almost as if she was asking me to answer for her. I simply smiled at the woman and she began tearing up, she instantly latched onto Celestia and began crying her eyes out. "I'm so sorry, I've missed you so much" Luna cried and Celestia embraced her with tears of her own.
"I've missed you too" Celestia weeped and the two held each other for as long as they could. "Thank you all for bringing my sister back to me"
"Ah ya know, no big deal" I said dismissively chuckling a little then, I then felt a soft hand from luna cup my cheek and then a small peck on the other. "I-uh…. T-thank you" I Stuttered out as Luna giggled from expression.
"I can't thank you enough Thomas, as well as your friends" Luna said with the brightest smile I've ever seen. "Im finally home"
Author's Note
Wow, that took a loooooong while, but I do hope you enjoy this chapter. Stay frosty guys and gals,later
P.s.- Incase u got confused with the spongebob reference, Thomas yelled Finland
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