Tears started to form in her eyes as Twilight and her friends stared at the now shattered Elements of harmony. This was supposed to work! How could Nightmare Moon win? The book of Prophesies and Predictions said that she and her friends would defeat her! How could she have been so terribly wrong?

All these thoughts and more were bubbling inside of her head, but before Twilight could say anything, Nightmare Moon spoke. “I am victorious! Eternal moon will reign supreme in this land! All will bow before my majesty!”

“Not if I can hel-” but before Twilight could finish Nightmare Moon interrupted her.

“SILENCE!” Nightmare Moon said,and then conjured jail cells for Twilight and her friends, imprisoning them and gagging them, so they could not speak. After doing so, Nightmare Moon turned around and summoned Celestia from her prison.

“These were the best defense against me? Six weaklings that were easily defeated. I see how you have placed great faith in your student. Watch now, as I corrupt her with my dark energy. I shall give her a spirit of darkness to possess her, and her abilities and use her against you!” Said Nightmare Moon to Celestia. And promptly did so. Letting loose some of her magic to seep into Twilight.

If Twilight was not wearing a gag, her screams would have been heard for miles around. Her friends slumped in defeat as they saw their friend go through a terrible transformation. After the process was complete, Twilight was almost unrecognizable. With a dark purple skin tone and dark blue mane and tail, with little stars ingrained in the tail. She was released from her prison and stood proudly by Nightmare Moon.

“Don’t you see Celestia, I have won, your reign comes to an end. There will be no one who can oppose me now.” Said Nightmare Moon. “Now then, let us get a bigger audience!” So then Nightmare Moon teleported all eight of them, and positioned them in the middle of Canterlot square for all to see and addressed all who were around.

“Behold! Your ruler, princess Celestia and her heroes, defeated and caged. Celestia is weak, unable to combat my power. We must have a strong ruler to lead our nation. Therefore, I impose myself as the new ruler, Queen Nightmare Moon.” After saying this, Nightmare Moon turned around and addressed her captives.

“Because of this new age, all must start anew with me. All shall have a name that has been renewed by the moon! Come, the one I made new, kneel before your Queen. You shall be the beginning of a new empire.” Said Nightmare Moon. “You no longer shall go by your previous name, but rise as Dawn Lighter, as one who lights the way to a new era of eternal night.”

After doing this, Nightmare Moon addressed the now growing crowd once again. “We must rid ourselves of our past, so that we may be in unity, as one race, under me. Therefore, we must get rid of the weak, Celestia shall reign no more, and is therefore useless to me.” After saying this, Nightmare Moon position Celestia, helplessly, in front of all who were present.

After doing Nightmare Moon conjured a deep and dark spell, and unleashed it onto Celestia, for all to see. Nightmare Moon had turned Celestia into stone! Then she decapitated the now statue Celestia in front of all of them. There was a collective gasp among the crowd as such a brutal thing had never been done before.

“BEHOLD! Let this be an example to all that I will not hold back on any punishments. And this is what will happen to any who oppose me!” And to exaggerate her point, Nightmare Moon crushed Celestia’s head, turning it into dust.

A single tear ran down the newly named Dawn Lighter. Sensing her weakness, Nightmare Moon turned around and hissed at Dawn Lighter. “Learn to control your host, or she will control you. I will not deal with any insubordination. Now then, let it be known among all the land that all will be renamed. Come to Canterlot Castle for the census.” And with that, Nightmare Moon flew off to the castle, while Dawn Lighter was running behind.

The five remaining friends huddled around the now decapitated statue. Celestia had been all they had known. What was life going to be like without her? Twilight had been their friend, their leader. Who would she be now? Would they still be friends? Or was she going to rule over them?

“Do we even bury her?” Asked Fluttershy.

“I do not think we can.” Said Applejack.

“Rarity, why did you not do anything?” Said Rainbow Dash angrily. “You could have freed us, then we could have gotten Nightmare Moon when she was focused on Twilight.” This outburst from Rainbow Dash was surprising to all of them, completely out of character.

“I-I did not think I could do anything, it all happened so fast that it did not cross my mind to resist.” Replied Rarity.

“Rainbow Dash that was uncalled for, Rarity was just as surprised as the rest of us.” Defended Applejack.

“Yeah well now we lost Twilight and Celestia today, and you were the only one who could have stopped them, since you are the only other unicorn in our group. In fact, I do not think we are a group anymore, now that Twilight has gone over to the evil side.” Said Rainbow Dash.

“You don’t know that, you saw her resist her possessor, there is still hope.” Said Fluttershy.

“Hope? HOPE?! Hope was lost when Celestia was killed, murdered in front of everypony to see. The elements and Twilight were our best chance against Nightmare Moon. Now both are gone. Don’t give me any hope. We lost today, and I don’t think it will get any better, in fact I think it will get worse, much worse from now on.” Said Rainbow Dash. She then decided to fly off in anger.

“Rainbow Dash come back! We need to stay together! There is hope, there will always be hope!” Yelled Fluttershy.

“I-I could have done something? Could I have stopped this if I tried to? Is this all my fault?” questioned Rarity as tears started to fall.

Fluttershy turned around to comfort her friend, saying “no, no it is not your fault, there was nothing we could do to stop Nightmare Moon. Don’t blame yourself today Rarity.”

“But I could have tried to do something, anything. This is all my fault, I should have freed us when Nightmare Moon was focused on Twilight, now Celestia is dead and its all MY FAULT!” Cried Rarity running away.

“Rarity come back! If we don’t stay together, we-we.” But before Fluttershy could finished, Applejack interrupted her.

“I don’t think we are a group anymore Fluttershy, I think we lost today, badly, and I don’t see a way we can fix it.” Said Applejack.

“But what are we to do then? There must be something we can do! Pinkie Pie, what do you think? You have been awfully quiet this entire time.” Said Fluttershy, turning to Pinkie Pie.

“Dead, Celestia dead…” Said Pinkie Pie, clearly not taking it well as she then started to shiver.

“Oh Pinkie Pie it’s OK. You must be strong; things are going to be different now, but we will be OK.” Said Fluttershy trying to soothe her.

Applejack started to look up, seeing the moon still in place. “But will things be OK Fluttershy? Will they? What will we do now?” She said.

“I do not know Applejack.” Said Fluttershy, sighing, as a final tear fell from her face. “I do not know.”

Author's Note

The end- Just kidding! I am just getting started, sorry for the long delay in getting the first chapter as writing is tough. Hopefully these responses are not too out of character, but I am trying to work on making arcs for most of the main six, and this seemed to be the best way. Anyways enjoy!

Edit. Touched up a few pieces that helped make sense what the characters say.