Author's Note

So, don’t take this story too seriously right now, since my skills are mediocre at best, worse even, so take this story and chapters to come with a grain of salt. It’s gonna be a bumpy ride, so, bear with me right now, and I hope you enjoy.

Entry One, Castle of the Two Sisters

“!!” I awoke to my usual attire. Wait, was it usual? Where am I? Who am I? Ugh... My head. I wasn’t on any usual bed. It was, a... platform. A platform that fit my body. I might as well explain my look. I was around five foot ten, the average size, with dirty blonde hair and blue eyes, rectangular glasses on my face. I had a red shirt on my chest, with blue jeans on my torso, with black slip on shoes, with a black jacket covering my arms, shoulders, and back, unzipped down the middle, showing the red shirt. I would say this is my usual attire, but I wasn’t entirely sure. Every fiber of my being said it was, so what the heck?

I tried to gain of sense where I was. The platform, it seemed to be different from the blue surrounding ruins, the platform being black itself. Above, seemed to be a slowly deteriorating hole from where I just came from. Now, where was I? Well, I was clearly in some ruins, with the color blue. I didn’t want my suspicion to be correct, but we all know where I am in the end. The room I was in was a small room, with a door-less entry way. Weary, I carefully exited the room, and decided the best course of action would be to wander.

Sun and Moon Temple

I then entered a part of the ruins that seemed to be an actual main part of whatever building I was in. In the center, was a pedestal. On it, were five stones, that were of obvious need. I knew what was to come soon, with it being night. So, looking around, I picked up what appeared to be a sword, but to my stand point it could be used as a dagger. I stepped closer to the rocks, picked one up and held it in my hand. It appeared to have a diamond shape on it’s front.

“Hey! What are you doing with the element!” a feminine voice shouted, one I knew somehow.

“!” By the startled jump, I accidentally crushed the stone in my hand?

“NO!” the same feminine voice shouted in agony. This caused me to look towards the angered, multicolored, small mares. With weariness, I kept my guard up as the mare in front yelled in rage. “How! How could you just destroy that key to defeating Nightmare Moon?”

“...” I didn’t talk, I only looked down and shook my head.

“Answer me!”

“Maybe it’s one o’ them monsters Nightmare cooked up!” the orange mare suggested. Knowing what would come next if I stuck around, I quickly scanned for an exit, there was one to my left, but that only took my back to the dead end. There’s the way behind the ponies, but it was a set of stairs so even if I could surprise them, I would be at risk. There was the unknown right, and hopefully luck was on my side tonight. Knowing ponies were gullible, I quickly pointed left, and they looked, and I gave a surprising burst of speed to the right, and went down a path unknown to me. At some point, they figured it out, and sent the rainbow one behind me, with a DASH of speed, hearing the rapid flaps of wings.

I seem to have stepped on a hidden switch and fell through the floor, in time to as I heard the mare fly right over my spot, and continue down. I remember this hidden part. I tried to look for the hole and found it, as I reached in and felt my hand grasp an arm. With a pull, the wall turned, and I quickly pulled again and jumped away as the wall went back to it’s original position. I found myself in a hall, the walls lined with amputated hooves... they were fake. I wandered the halls once again, seeming to go deeper into the ruins. I heard the sound of aplenty hooves above, seems like they were chasing the fake me.

I found a staircase that dove deeper into the ruins, and so I decided it was a good idea to keep going. When I went deeper, I found myself in a hall of mirrors. Mirrors upon mirrors lined the walls, and passing in front of them I saw me, myself, and a sadistic looking... I. I looked deeper into it, only for a shadow beast to leap at me from the mirror. I quickly leapt to the side as it went into another mirror, and saw the shadow crawl from one to the next. So I did the smartest thing, smash the mirrors. I smashed the one that thing came out of, and smashed every single one it crawled to. And when it seemed to try to go to previous mirrors, it appeared as if it couldn’t. Smirking, I continued, before the thought of the ponies being able to hear quickly appeared. Apparently that quick thought was enough for the monster to leap on my back, as I felt like teeth sunk into my back. This was when I found out my vocal cords didn’t work, as I tried to scream but couldn’t. I grabbed the beast, presumably by the neck, and holding it in front of me, I took the small sword and stabbed it in the neck, and watched as black ooze fell and the being turned to dust.

“Very good,” I heard an ominous voice purr. “We knew the minute we saw thou, he would be the proper fit.”

“!” I quickly looked around, my small sword at the ready.

“Weary, well why shouldn’t he, in the presence of one as magnificent as me? This one will prove useful,” that voice complimented, “It is natural for thou to be alert, though there is no need.”

That was when a dark mare appeared before me, seeming to be at eye level with me. “Your heart holds much darkness. And your style,” she looked me up and down, “yes you will do quite nicely.”

I held the knife in front of me before being thrown to the side by magic. “That is unnecessary. We do not wish to harm thou, we merely hold a proposition. A... bargain per say.”

I only stood on guard still. “You see, when we rule again, we will need an army, you see? But we just can’t easily find a captain, so, one that is strong and loyal.”

I only raised a brow and tilted of my head in confusion. (CLICHE ALERT!!!) “You will gain all the power your heart desires, the ability to kill... I mean defeat your enemies with ease. You could do what you want, as long as you obey me.” I gave a thoughtful gesture. “Here’s a sample, follow.”

Then she placed her horn in the wall, (the mirrors fell to the ground) and the wall split and an entryway was opened. “Quick.”

I followed her through as the wall fell back into place, putting us in darkness, that was until she lit her horn and gave view to a little pedestal, that had a handle looking thing, with a skull at the end. It seemed like a key of some kind, it seemed... familiar. I then heard the hoovesteps of the mares behind the wall. “OH COME ON! There’s no way we lost it, it had to have gone further!”

“Rainbow, we ‘ave to go back, Twi’ might almost be done with whatever spell she needed. Come on,” said AJ, as I heard the hoovesteps go the opposite direction, then disappear entirely. That’s when Nightmare Moon decided to talk again.

She gestured to the weird handle on the pedestal as she said, “This is the Crucible, a weapon that is only able to be weld by few. It is one of two in this world. If you wish to gain this power, you need only to grasp the blade.”

I hesitated, what if she was lying. It could be a trap knowing her. “Don’t believe me? Watch,” she said as she grasp the object in question with her hoof, and a shock went through her, red electricity. “If it accepts you, you will gain power aplenty.”

Staring with awe, I grasp the weapon, waiting for the shock... but it never came. I held the supposed great weapon in my hand, wondering now how to use it. Looking towards Ex-Luna, with a confused expression. “It is unknown how to activate it, but it is told you only need to will it.” Looking back towards it, with renewed vigor, I placed it in a belt loop, not knowing where else to put it, and nodded towards the alicorn.

“Great.” She then teleported us both outside, and back in the same room I accidentally crushed the element of harmony. Right as the five mares came back.

“Sorry Twi’ we just couldn’t find him...” she slowed as we made eye contact. Twilight looked up, and saw Nightmare Moon, with me in front of her. With fear etched into the features, I only shook my head.

“You foolish mares! You really think you can defeat ME! Nightmare Moon!” the mare gloated behind me. Upon which I quickly turned and threw a punch towards the mare, causing her head to jerk to the side, in which she slowly looked back towards me with a sinister smile. “You, dare defy me? You signed the deal upon touch-” she was rudely interrupted by a knee to the chin, upon which she had enough and blasted me across the room. I rolled and flipped and landed on my back, which was painful. I looked up with wide eyes as she was about to blast the main characters of this story. “I’m glad I learned from my mistakes,” she said gleefully, as the blast went off, the unicorn of magic not having enough time to react, but I did. This was there story but it was obvious something changed, so now, with the Crucible in hand, I went in between the beam and the mares, and with a red blade made of pure energy, blocked the beam, while absorbing the energy.

The TRUE battle begins.

As the mysterious being absorbed the energy to Twilight’s awe, he then released by sending an arcing beam straight back at Nightmare Moon.

“So, you decided to play the big dog hm? It will be your undoing!” she shouted in anger. With silence, he only stood in defense in front of Twilight, sword in front of him. He his stance low as Moon charged him, only for Moon to become a dark tornado, sucking in Twilight and the mysterious creature.

As they appeared again, in the tower right next to the main castle, Twilight only watched as the two mysteries of Equestria fought it out. The creature on the defensive, as he gave a look to Twilight, twitching his head to the elements minus one. She finally figured it out, as she ran over. Nightmare about to get in Twilight’s way, if not for the new fighter grabbing the alicorn’s tail, and throwing her to the window. Clearing herself of dizziness, she then charged a beam and threw it his way, but it went past him, as it bounced off the wall behind him, and would’ve went to his back, not for him blocking quick enough. Then he felt a beam attack his back as the Princess got his back while distracted. He then couldn’t move his body and felt a hoof pin him down, and start to crush his back, and spine. He only hoped they would... defeat her in time. He felt something move out of place, and then darkness. He was getting quite sick of darkness anymore.

Chapter 1
Silence