The day after Nightmare Night, Natsuki was walking through the streets. The club was having a day off and for her that meant going for a walk, she liked reading but she needed the fresh air like anyone else. The city of Everfree like any other city was not devoid of it’s criminal elements, someone hit on the back of the head.

She blacked out instantly from the impact, the stallions stuffed her into a bag, one of them chuckled “This one is lighter than I thought.” They carried her into a basement and dropped her onto a chair, binding her to it with rope.

A few hours later, Natsuki awoke in the room. It was single metal room with a metal locked door, five ponies carrying flintlocks were sitting in the corners. She growled angrily “Where am I!”

One of the ponies smirked “Right where we want you to be, we have been running this little business all sneaky like. We have been capturing ponies and selling them to the right buyer for a lot of cash. You are a once in a lifetime haul and unlike your friends, you are weak and powerless.”

Natsuki growled as tried to break the rope, the dark blue bipedal mare in the corner chuckled “It would take an Earth Pony raised on a farm to break through those ropes.” The mare taunted her “Face it, you’re destined to be a slave far from Equestria.”

Natsuki roared as something within her filled her body, a powerful burst of purple energy exploded outwards from her body. She looked in awe as the energy settled into a purple aura around her body, she grinned as she turned to the dark blue mare and fired a purple ball of energy reducing her to nothing.

The other four fired their flintlocks, the black balls bounced off her. She looked at them “Come and get me.”

The twp bipedal pegasi rushed her first with the two quadrupedal pegasi following behind. She dodged the punch of one before punching him so hard he flew backward hit the other bipedal pegasus sending them both flying into the wall. The other two pegasi stopped in their tracks, with two quick punches they crashed into the other tow leaving them in a pile on the floor.

Natsuki roared as she charged purple energy into a ball between her hands “Galick Gun!” Natsuki fired the purple blast obliterating the four Pegasi and sending a powerful beam tearing through the underground of the Everfree City. Natsuki winces “Oops.”

A second later Monika appeared behind, Monika clicked her fingers undoing the damage of the Galick Gun. Monika deadpanned “Congratulations, you have the powers of Vegeta. Now let’s get you out of here, I already rounded up the idiots upstairs. I was tracking you all the way”

Natsuki growled “Then why didn’t you get me out earlier!”

Monika rolled her eyes “So that you may get a chance to unlock your own abilities, I figured it was something like that. If it went bad I would have jumped in instantly and destroyed them.”

Natsuki smirked “This makes me the second strongest of the four of us, do you mind being my training partner? I would like to be able to use my abilities more.”

Monika frowned “I’d rather you spar with Luna, she would love to get a good fight whenever she gets the chance. If she’s busy then I will free up some time for you, that is all I can say.”

Natsuki smiled “That suits me fine, I need to go and speak to Luna.” Monika sighed as her friend rushed out of the building at rapid speed, she really didn’t want to clean up another mess.

Natsuki barrelled into the castle “Where’s Luna!”

One of the guards frowned “She is currently inspecting the armyat the barracks, if you wish to find she should be there. Still she might be rather busy so don’t…”

Natsuki burst out of the castle running towards the barracks. Luna frowned as she saw Natsuki running “Young Natsuki, why are you running around so fast?”

Natsuki grinned “I just unlocked my own abilities and was looking for a sparring partner. Monika suggested you and I’m not taking no for an answer.”

Luna let out a chuckle “You are quite smug but since you are so eager I will put you in your place. Of course here is a poor place for such a fight.” Luna’s horn glowed and the two teleported to frozen tundra far past the Crystal Empire, both were hovering far above the ground.

Natsuki powered up her purple aura flaring outward, she rushed forward at incredible speed slamming her elbow into Luna’s gut sending her flying into a nearby mountain.Natsuki roared out “How did you like that!”

Luna teleported in front of her without a scratch, Luna smirked “Impressive speed but you are lacking in the power department!” Luna punched Natsuki in the gut followed by a double handed blow sending her hurtling towards the ground.

Natsuki roared angrily as she charged purple energy between her hands “I’m not going to lose to you! Galick Gun!”

Luna rolled her eyes as the purple blast came towards her, she then knocked the blast away with one hand. Luna frowned “Is that the best you got? I am sorely disappointed.”

Natsuki’s anger began to bubble inside her, even with her power unleashed it was not enough. Something within began to burn, the snow around her began to melt and bubble. Her hair began to flash gold for brief moments at a time, she then let a tremendous roar as her aura flared outwards. A huge crater forming from her power. Her aura was now a bright gold as was her hair, a golden tail stuck out of her back.

Luna teleported front of her, only for her punch to be caught by Natsuki. Natsuki delivered a powerful punch to Luna’s gut, before kneeing her in the face. Natsuki smirked “Super Saiyan, I must admit I was not expecting that.”

Luna grimaced as she stood up “That attack actually hurt but I still have the power advantage.”

Luna rushed forward delivering a barrage of punches and kicks, Natsuki dodged them with ease. She smirked as knocked Luna away “Power means little if you can’t hit me.” She then frowned “Still I’m curious have you ever handled any diplomacy with any other nations.”

Luna had taken some damage from the punch, she turned invisible using magic and punched Natsuki in the back of the head “Officially no but in secret yes, the Changelings, Sirens and even the Undead Lord just to name a few. I have an agreement with Grogar to keep them out of Equestria and the surrounding territories, in exchange for leaving him to his own devices.”

Natsuki frowned as she stood up “Why don’t you tell your sister about any of this?”

Luna shook her head “My sister has little respect for the darkness, but I have made agreements. The Changelings need love, Grogar and the Sirens want to be left alone. The Mist Walkers have their own bay and I have had it marked as a place of danger on any Seas Chart. I even resolved their conflict with the Sirens.”

Natsuki frowned “How many undead does Grogar command?”

Luna shook her head “He is not that bad, he just runs a nation of undead. Skeletons and Ghouls live amongst Necromancers of various kinds. From what he has told me it is illegal to enslave undead there and the punishment he doles out is very severe for breaking that law within his kingdom. While I can’t give you an exact number but the last time I visited it numbered in the millions.”

Natsuki frowned “Well I suppose Undead don’t really need to eat so their population can grow much larger than a living population.”

Luna frowned “Enough talk, let’s get back to fighting.” Natsuki grinned, both rushed at each other ready to finish their confrontation.

Author's Note

Luna tends the darker creatures of the world.