Night Falls

3 years ago....

Adam wandered across a field; followed by the biggest clone army ever seen, they marched towards a dark castle mounted on the top of a small hill. Adam held in his prosthetic, robot, right arm; a large knight sword. The blade was made of Cybertronian metal; while the handle was made up of wood and copper. The end of the handle was molded in the shape of a snake's head; to give the sword a bit of a scary look. The captain of the clones stepped towards their leader, "What's are plan of attack sir?" Adam was silent as the captain awaited orders.

"Follow me." Adam muttered as he started walking forward. The clones didn't question him; they just followed Adam towards the enemy fortress.

As the big black castle got closer; some of the men began to shake in fear, but they moved past it and kept marching. Adam knew what was in that castle; he knew that he had to kill it, because if he didn't; Earth would fall to the might of this...thing.

Suddenly; the gates of the castle opened, revealing a lot of black, shadowy figures standing behind the door. Adam's army halted; their leader took a few more steps forward, to get a good look at the enemy. A horn was blown inside the castle; once the horn was silent, the dark army charged.

Hundreds; maybe even thousands ran down the hill, Adam yelled to his gunners. "Insert the energon fuses, charge up the heavy cannons." Adam ordered. The soldiers at the back of the army did as commanded; they inserted the fuses into the fuel tanks of the large gun turrets. The gunners sat down in the seats of the cannons; using the hologram screens in front them, they diverted power to the guns. Adam saw as the enemy got closer; but he had to wait for the right moment.

Just as the dark army was meters away; Adam gave the order, "FIRE!" he cried. The cannons were then blasted large, blue, plasma balls at the incoming enemy. Each cannon fired at least three shells before they ran out of power; the blast were very effective against the enemy, each blast took out ten or more soldiers from the dark army. However; some of them managed to dodge the blasts and continued charging.

Adam held his sword in front of him, "We might as well do something." he said. "Let's get in there!" Adam charged forward; followed by thousands of his troops. With their guns blazing and spikes on the tips of their blasters; the clone army pointed their weapons towards the enemy. Adam was swinging his sword in every direct; he had waited long for this day, he was going to end his enemy's legacy.

As soon as Adam cut down one of the enemy soldiers; the battle began.

Soldiers from both sides clashed together; stabbing, chopping, blasting their way through each other. Adam was lost in all the chaos; he looked all around him and all he saw was his men & the enemy being massacred. The boy took his chance to get some kills; he saw some dark warriors coming for him, he readied his sword and began chopping them down.

One of the warriors made the mistake of attacking first; but Adam dodge him and returned the favor with a strike to the back, the cut was large and the soldier died of blood loss. Another one met his end when Adam swung his sword; taking the warriors head off, sending it flying into the unknown. Finally; the last one leaped through the air and landed on top of Adam, they both wrestled around the floor. Adam got the drop on his and held the enemy close with his sword to his neck; with one quick slit, Adam sliced the warrior's throat. With those three dead; it didn't change the fact that there were still thousands of them killing his men.

The captain of the clones lost his blaster in the carnage; so he pulled out a small army knife and began stabbing at the enemy. He also pulled a pistol from his belt; that took out some of the distant enemies. The captain watched his brothers struck and shot down; as if they were in some kind of messed up butchers.

It him having to kill at least one hundred men; but Adam finally made it inside the castle. Once inside; he was greeted with more enemy soldiers, so he started chopping them down. One by one, they fell by his sword; he swung it in every possible direction. Not knowing that his battle was being watched by a more sinister shadow figure standing up on a platform; the lead figure called of his men. "Men, stand down." Without any questions; the soldiers instantly stopped fighting, they backed away from Adam.

When the courtyard was clear; Adam looked up at the leader, "You know, you are way uglier then when I last saw you." the boy commented. The figure then snapped his fingers and instantly teleported in front of Adam with a flash of light; the figure wasn't like his minions, he was wearing a modern day police inspector outfit and he had a mouth, it was full of sharp fangs. "You shouldn't of fear the night little boy, then I wouldn't be here." the creature muttered.

Adam lifted his sword; readying to fight, but the figure did nothing. "I always wondered." the figure said. "Why did you call me Nightmare." Adam didn't answer, he just held his sword with both hands.

Nightmare's hand the shifted like rubber; his hand then became a large blade. The two warriors charged at each other; swinging their weapons, until finally their blades clashed together. The two of them went into a battle of the ages; this was how a little boy, finally destroyed the monster that haunted his bad dreams. The fight raged throughout the courtyard; they fought with all their might, but Nightmare had the advantage. The creature of Chaos grabbed Adam by the neck; holding his blade shaped hand to the boy's throat. "You should have stayed in pony-land boy!"

Adam couldn't contain his rage; "It's called, Ponyville!" the boy cried. With that cry; Adam swung his sword in front of his face, taking Nightmare's arm off. The Lord of Fear cried in pain; Adam used the oppertunity to make a final strike.

The boy swung his sword one last time; as soon as the blade came into contact with Nightmare, the creature shattered into ash. Adam witnessed the wind blow away what remained of his enemy; he looked outside the castle and saw that Nightmare's entire army did the same. One by one; the shadow warriors turn to ash and were blown away in the coming wind. Adam began to march towards what remained of his army; the captain began to walk toward their commander, "Sir, did we win." the captain asked.

Adam only said one thing to his brave soldiers, "Yes, we won."

The clone army cheered in joy; the men dropped their weapons and raised their hands in the air. Adam soon joined in the cheering; holding his sword up in victory.

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The march home was a long one; the clones had to carry their heavy guns back to Ponyville, that was where their ships were going to pick them up. The captain kept all the men in line; Adam watched his brave army march past him, he couldn't be more proud of this day.

When one trooper's wagon broke; the wheel rolled down the hill, Adam rushed to the scene of the accident. "Take what you can of the wagon, leave the rest and the wagon here. There's no point trying to move it." The soldiers did as they were ordered and collected as much material of the broken transport.

The march continued on as normal; but a problem was growing, they were running low on food. It wasn't a problem at first; but as the days went on, one by one the soldiers slowly started to perish under the sun. Adam couldn't count how many men he had left; just over five thousand, which was a problem because he had five and a half thousand when their journey started. But when all seemed lost for the heroic army; fate smiled on them that day.....

They had reached Ponyville; they saw a crowd of the ponies waiting at the entrance, standing in the centre was Princess Celestia. Adam stood at the front of his men; he was the first greeted by the princess when the army came to a halt. "Welcome back humans." she greets. Adam bows to the princess and replies, "Thank you you highness, we have good news of the battle." The Princess guided the boy to follow her; but first he turned to his soldiers, "Boys; rest up, the transports will come and get you soon."

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Celestia and Adam begin to wander through town; she was taking him to meet with some ponies he wanted to see. "Thank you Adam; because of you and your army, my subjects can continue to live in peace and harmony.

As they arrived at the town hall; inside, the ponies were waiting for Adam. It was the Mane 6 and their families; but in the centre of the room, was Screwball and her husband Mothball. When the boy stepped into the room; he and Screwball locked eyes, they both just stood there for a minute.

When the moment was broken; Screwball rushed towards the both and Adam did the same with her. The wrapped their arms around each other and held themselves close; Screwy whispered in Adam's ear, "I got no word from you, I thought you must have died." Adam looked her in the eyes, "Ssh; I here now, all is fine." Mothball then joined them and greeted Adam with a hoove shake; suddenly, Zany jumped into Adam's arms. "I missed you." the five year old explained. Adam simply stroked the foal's mane while he was greeted by the others. Fluttershy and Discord watched their children greet their human friend.

The princess then approached the human once again, "So what is the news of the battle?" Adam put Zany down and explained, "Good news; Nightmare has been destroyed, we emerged victorious." Once the news was heard; all the ponies in the room cheered; Twilight said, "We must celebrate this victory." Everypony agreed with the statement.

Screwball took the moment to tell Adam the news that her and Mothball had. "Adam can we talk to you for a sec?" Screwy asked. Adam would never say no to her; so they took him to the corner whilst everypony else spoke among themselves.

Mothball started the explanation, "Adam; we've got some good news to tell you." Adam thought of what they were going to say; but he didn't want to jump to conclusions. "Adam...... I'm pregnant." Screwball said. Adam's face was in total shock; he was so happy for them, Adam wrapped his arms around both them. Mothball said, "We were hoping; if you survived the battle, if you'd be are baby's godfather." Adam put the couple down and was really shocked now; he replied, "Guys; I would be honored." They then joined the rest of the ponies in the main room; Twilight was about to speak, "I want to thank Adam for defeating the evil in the west." Adam bowed as the ponies clapped their hooves.

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You might think that the battle is over; however, this fight has only just begun.