My Little Pony: An Unexpected Return

"Hey, you guys? Do you know where Dash and Spike went?" Twilight asked, glancing around.

" More than likely, they turned back." Starlight soon shook her head. "What am I saying? It isn't like Rainbow Dash to turn back from a threat..."

"I... I don't understand... Where did he go?" Mayor Mare questioned, looking around frantically.

"What do you mean, Mayor?" Starlight and Twilight asked with concern.

"The pony... He was right here, on this table! Now he's gone!"

"I think that he's not the only thing that should be gone..." Celestia warned, lighting her horn and flashing it towards the ceiling.

The group gasped as they saw the Ponyville Medic Team hanging unconscious from the ceiling, held only by metal bars ripped from the table and fused with the ceiling.

"Where... How... Who did - Aah!"

"Mayor Mare?"

No response. The remaining ponies glanced at each other, then formed a protective circle, horns glowing with energy.

"Where are you/ Show yourself!" Celestia cried, her voice raised in defiance.

A chuckle was heard from somewhere in the room, soon followed by a low growl. ""You of all ponies shouldn't have come here, Celestia...:"

"You know him?" Starlight asked, looking at the white alicorn.

"We have a bit of a... history, so to say," Celestia replied, then called out, "I have come to speak on a truce!"

"A TRUCE!?!" the voice roared in rage. "How dare you even think of such a choice! You couldn't even agree to a truce after you banished my mother! Then you tried to get rid of me as well, and for what? Something that was BEYOND my CONTROL!!! Why should I trust you now?"

In response, Twilight stepped forward, spreading her wings as she began to speak.

"Look, buddy... I don't know what happened in the past, but things have changed, believe it or not. I assure you, Celestia is not the same as she might have been before. Why don't you come out and we can talk?"

The voice gave no sort of reply, leaving the group to stare at each other in confusion.

"Did you scare him off?" Starlight asked.

"No," Celestia said, and the mares noticed she was beginning to quiver in panic. "He's waiting."

"For what, exactly?" Twilight asked, looking around.

"The chance to strike."

Almost simultaneously, a column of purple fire came flying towards the group.

Celestia came forward and created a force field to block the flames, then shot a beam of energy in the direction in which the fire came from.

The light landed and caused a sudden flash of light in the room, letting the mares to see the visitor momentarily.

Twilight and Starlight gasped.

What on Equis is this?

The visitor was a silver colt with a black mane. His mane had a spiky design to it and a large strand of hair stretching out past his face, each tip having a purple tip. He had white spikes running down his back and reptilian tail, and two on each leg. He had a scaly underbelly, the color very similar to cobblestone. His eyes had a beautiful light green iris with a blue tint, and reptilian pupils. His wings were similar to that of a dragons', as well as his horns and fangs. Most disturbing, though, was his unicorn horn; It looked like it would be as long as an alicorns', yet it was bent down the middle, giving it a somewhat boomerang effect.

"Is he... an alicorn?" Starlight asked Celestia, voice full of worry.

Before Celestia could answer, however, two iron chains came flying in their direction, enwrapping Twilight and Starlight tightly and hanging them from the ceiling.

As Celestia watched in horror, the creature pounced onto the alicorn, knocking her to the ground. As he prepared to breathe fire, she teleported before he could. Reappearing behind him, Celestia kicked him into the wall in front of them

In response, he opened his wings and simply glided his way out of harm. He breathed fire, but this time used magic to create a dozen little will-o-wisps that floated around his body.

Well, this isn't going to end well...

The creature sent the balls of fire, one by one, in Celestia's direction. The princess was able to dodge the first five, but once hit by the sixth, she couldn't dodge the remaining.

When the smoke cleared, the enwrapped ponies gasped in horror as they saw Celestia on the ground, body covered in burns. They saw the creature close in on her, the lines on his horn beginning to glow purple.

"Any last words?" The creature snarled.

As if in response, the door opened.

"Moonshadow! It is you!"

"Mom?!" The creature gazed in wonder, the ran towards...

"Princess Luna?!"