Chapter 2: Nightmare Showdown

Chapter 2: Nightmare Showdown!

They arrive at a broken bridge leading to The Castle of The Two Sisters, Twilight gasps excitedly. “There it is, the ruins that hold the Elements of Harmony, we made it!” They run ahead not noticing the bridge is out, “We’re almost there...” Twilight notices the fallen bridge and tries to stop but, she still falls over the edge,

“I gotcha,” Michael dives in to help her and catches her hand, “Rainbow, a little help?” Rainbow salutes and flies below Twilight to help her back on to the cliff, “Phew, that was close,” Rainbow lands back on the ground and Chuckles.

“What’s with you and falling off cliffs today?” Twilight groans in annoyance, “But this busted bridge is no problem for Ponyville’s greatest flier!” Rainbow flies into the canyon, grabs the ropes holding the bridge, and starts tieing them on the other side of the gap. Michael spots 3 Ponies in dark bomber jackets and jeans,

“Wait who are they?” Twilight look across the gap at the 3 ponies, “They don’t look too friendly to me,”

“Oh no, Rainbow!” When she says this the lead Pony’s goggles glow and the Fog from the canyon thickens, “Don’t listen to them,” after a few unnerving minutes Rainbow flies over the now repaired bridge, clearing away most of the fog. “Thank Celestia, Good job Rainbow!” Everypony starts crossing the bridge.

“See I never leave my friends hanging,” Rainbow says confidently. They cross the bridge and enter the castle ruins cautiously once they enter a familiar tune begins to play. The castle itself is in bad shape, most of the ceiling is missing, Vines and roots are all over the walls, and overgrown grass and moss is everywhere. In the center of the room is a statue-like object that has 5 orbs with gem patterns on them and a large orb with moss on top of it.

“Come on Twilight,” Applejack says while everypony gathers around the statue, “Isn’t this what you’ve been wait’n for?” Twilight steps closer to the statue.

“The Elements of Harmony, we’ve found them!” Rainbow and Fluttershy fly into the air and start picking the orbs off the Statue and setting them on the ground next to Twilight, “Careful, don’t drop them,” as they finish setting the orbs on the ground pinkie hops forward and counts them,

“One, two, three, four, uh... There’s only five?” Pinkie looks at Twilight worriedly, she recounts them silently then looks at the statue, “Where’s the sixth?” Michael steps up to the statue and examines the Larger Orb,

“You guys think this is an element?” He easily picks up the orb thanks to his [Golden Gauntlets], brushes off the moss revealing a star gem shape on top of it, places it next to Twilight, and holds it steady making sure it doesn’t roll away. “It has a star shape on it, so I would assume it’s one too,” Twilight inspects the big orb, and spots the star shape on top,

“Your right, it is an Element,” She turns back to the smaller elements, “Hold that one there, I’m gonna try magic,” Her horn lights up, “You all may want to stand back, I don’t know what will happen,” The others leave the castle leaving Michael and Twilight with the Elements.

After a few moments of twilight trying some spells, a dark Purple cloud flows in and surrounds the elements, Michael spots the cloud and yells to Twilight, “Twilight, the ‘tackey’ purple cloud is here and it’s got the Elements!” He steps in between Twilight and the cloud, Drawing the [Master Sword] and [Hylian Shield]. "Girls come quick," He shouts and hears the girls outside call for them and Hooves running toward them. The cloud creates a tornado with the Elements strong enough to drag Michael and Twilight into it and Teleports them to another location.

They arrive in another part of the castle with a large explosion of Purple smoke causing both Michael and Twilight to cough a few times, “Where are we now?” Michael waves the Hylian shield to disperse some of the smoke, The smoke dissipates itself Revealing Nightmare Moon, clad in dark blue steel armor, laughing evilly with the Elements, Michael steps forward,

“Give the Elements back!” Nightmare Moon looks at the man with a smirk, “Twilight Stay behind me,” Twilight hides behind Michael and secretly prepares a teleportation spell,

Nightmare Moon chuckles, “Oh heroic fool,” She pauses for a brief moment, “Do you really think you can defeat me, Nightmare Moon!?” Lightning strikes behind her dramatically and Boss Music Starts playing, Text appears at the bottom of Michael’s Vision; ‘Corrupted Princess, Nightmare Moon’, “You don’t stand a chance,” Michael growls and gets into a charging stance,

“I’ll distract her Twilight,” He whispers. “Go for the Elements,” Michael finishes and charges at Nightmare Moon prompting her to charge right back at him with her own weapon, A black Scythe with a crescent moon on its blade, They collide in the middle of the room, Sword to Scythe, Michael is struggling to keep her back, “Twilight now!” Twilight Teleports to the Elements and tries her best to activate them, causing Nightmare Moon to lose focus for a second and allowing Michael to kick her sending her back a little.

She growls with anger, “You will pay for that Foal!” She slashes at Michael with her Scythe but, he blocks it with his Shield just in time, She backs away, creates several orbs of dark magic, and launches them like cannonballs at him, He dodges and blocks all but one of them hitting him in the back sending him flying a few feet across the room.

“Ah, Son of a...” He slowly gets back up turns back toward Nightmare Moon who is heading for Twilight, “Twilight Look out!” He drops his Sword and Shield and gets out his [Fairy Bow] and [Light Arrows], “Hey Nightmare Moon!” She looks toward him and slows down her charge, only to see an Arrow made of Light careening her way, she attempts to dodge it but it hits her in the leg, The arrow itself doesn’t leave a scratch but the Light energy is shocking her making her drop her Scythe and stop her advance.

She struggles against the Light, “Ahhh! What kind of magic is this?!” She attempts to move but the Light is still holding her, Michael puts away the bow, grabs his Sword and Shield, and sprints to Twilight as fast as he can, Nightmare Moon growls in pure hatred, “Oh no you don’t!” Her horn lights up and she tries to cast a spell only for the Light to shock her again causing her horn to fizz out. “I gotta get out of this spell,” She fights against the Light and once Michael gets in between her and Twilight she breaks out of the Light and grabs her Scythe.

“Twilight any time now, I’m not really trained for this,” Michael says a little worried as Nightmare Moon slowly advances on them with a fiery look of rage in her eyes. “Stay back, Nightmare Moon,” He Pauses looking for the right words, “Or else I’ll have to get serious,” She hesitates for a second then continues her advance calling his bluff, The Elements start sparking with magic causing Nightmare Moon too panic.

“No!” Nightmare Moon teleports behind Michael and in front of Twilight and slashes at her with her Scythe, but misses as the Elements throw Twilight away colliding into Michael. The Elements start glowing and rising into the air making Nightmare Moon gasp, but stop and fall to the ground shattering making Twilight gasp and Nightmare Moon Laugh maniacally. “Your efforts have failed, and now the Night will last forever!” Dark energy flows from her Hair and the room starts to darken when suddenly,

“We’re on our way twilight, Keep your guard up Link!” The girls shout as they are getting close to the room, and Twilight has an Epiphany.

She gasps then looks at Nightmare Moon with confidence, “You think you’ve won just because the Elements of Harmony shattered?” She pauses for a moment and the Boss music fades, “Well you’re wrong because the spirits of the Element’s of Harmony,” She pauses as the girls arrive in the room, “Are right here!” She gets up off Michael letting him get back on his feet, and everypony strikes a confident pose making Nightmare Moon growl in anger.

The shards of the Elements Glow and rise into the air confusing Nightmare Moon, “Applejack who reassured me when I was in doubt, represents the spirit of Honesty!” The shards of an Element gravitate around Applejack, “Fluttershy, who tamed the Manticore with her compassion, represents the spirit of Kindness!” Another Element gravitates around Fluttershy, “PinkiePie who banished fear by giggling in the face of danger, represents the spirit of Laughter!” Pinkie is surrounded by an Element, “Rarity who calmed a sorrowful serpent with a meaningful gift represents the spirit of Generosity!” Rarity gets surrounded by an Element too, “And Rainbow Dash, who could not abandon her friends for her own heart’s desire, represents the spirit of Loyalty!” Rainbow strikes a heroic pose and is surrounded by an Element.
“The spirits of these five ponies got us through every challenge you threw at us,” Nightmare Moon interjects,

“You still don’t have the sixth element, the spark didn’t work!” She flairs her wings in anger.

“But it did, a different kind of spark,” She turns to her friends, “I felt it the very moment I realized how happy I was to hear you, to see you, how much I cared about you, the spark ignited inside me when I realized that you all are my friends,” The large shattered orb sparks to life and gathers around Twilight. “You see Nightmare Moon when those Elements are ignited by the,” She paused to think for a second, “The spark, that resides in the heart of us all, it creates the sixth element, the Element of Magic!” The Elements all glow a bright white and transform into necklaces for Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow, Fluttershy, and Pinkie, and Twilight’s Element transforms into a crown, once the Elements are in their new forms the girls all float together, and a Beam of Rainbow energy shoots directly at Nightmare Moon and surrounds her in a Rainbow Tornado.

A bright light fills the room for a few seconds, once the light dissipates all the girls are on the ground exhausted, they all shakily get up, “Everypony ok?” Applejack asks, Michael nods and sheaths his Sword & Shield, then Rarity chimes in,

“Oh thank goodness,” Her tail has magically grown back,

“Why Rarity, it’s so lovely,” Fluttershy adds,

“I know, I’ll never part with it again,” Rarity flips her tail around and admires its regrown glory,

“No, your necklace, it looks just like your cutie mark,” Fluttershy points out,

“Gee Twilight, I thought you just spouting out a lotta hooey, but I reckon we really do represent the Elements of Harmony,” Applejack says,

“Indeed you do,” A bright golden light shines from a window and the sun rises over the horizon, Celestia appears from the golden light and lands with grace, EveryPony but Twilight and Michael bow for Celestia.

Twilight gasps and walks over to Celestia, “Princess Celestia,”

“Twilight Sparkle,” They hug, “My faithful student, I knew you could do it,” Celestia states with a smile,

“But you told me it was all an old pony tale,” Twilight says confused,

“I told you to make some friends,” Celestia paused for a moment, “Nothing more,” She looks to the others in the room, “I saw the signs of Nightmare Moon’s return, and I knew it was you, who had the magic inside to defeat her,” She looks back at Twilight, “But you could not unleash it until you let true friendship into your heart,” Twilight looks at her friends happily, “Now if only another will as well, Princess Luna,” they all look toward where Nightmare Moon was and see a new Alicorn in her place, “It has been a thousand years since I have seen you like this,” Luna trembles in fear at her sister, “Time to put our differences behind us, we were meant to rule together, little sister,” Everypony but Celestia and Luna gasp, “Will you accept my friendship?”

Luna stands up and hugs Celestia tight, “I’m so sorry,” She sniffles, “I missed you so much, big sister,” Celestia hug back even tighter,

“I missed you too,” Celestia and Luna have tears running down their faces, and Pinkie is crying uncontrollably,

She stops suddenly and gasps, “Do you know what this calls for?” Pinkie breaths deeply and yells, “A Party!”

As everypony is leaving the castle, Celestia and Luna stop Michael to talk to him, “Thank you for protecting Twilight, it means a lot to me,” Michael bows on his knee, “What is your name brave warrior?” Michael stands up and looks at her.

“My name is Michael, but as of right now, I go by Link,” Michael stands in a serious pose. “I’m here to protect the innocent and vanquish evil,” He finishes and Celestia Smiles.

“Well met hero, would you care to join us in Ponyville to celebrate the return of my sister?” Michael bows on one knee again,

“It would be my honor, your Majesties,” Michael stands back up and joins the others on their trek back to Ponyville.

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==== Back in Ponyville ===

All of the townsfolk are celebrating the return of Princess Luna, Pinkie decorated the entire town with party decorations, As the party is happening Twilight is sitting in a corner looking sad about something, Celestia walks over and sits next to her,

“Why so glum my faithful student?” Celestia pauses, “Are you not happy your quest is complete, and you can return to your studies in Canterlot? Twilight looks down,

“That’s just it,” She paused for a moment, “Just when I learn how wonderful it is to have friends, I have to leave them,” A tear falls from Twilight’s eye,

“Spike, take a note please,” Spike, a dragon just a head shorter than twilight, grabs a quill and parchment from his pockets, “I, Princess Celestia, hereby decree, that the unicorn Twilight Sparkle shall take on a new mission for Equestria, she must continue to study the magic of friendship, she must report to me her findings from her new home in Ponyville,” The girls cheer and gather around Twilight for a group hug,

“Thank you, Princess Celestia, I’ll study harder than ever before,” Twilight spots Michael sitting alone with a serious look on his face, Celestia follows her gaze and stands up to go talk with Michael. Celestia sits across from Michael at the table he is at,

“Is something wrong, Michael?” He looks at Celestia and nods slowly, “Please tell me what’s wrong young hero,” Michael straightens in his chair,

“I just remembered I have nowhere to go...” He closes his eyes, “No family to go back to, no friends to go to, not even a home to return to,” Despite his previous actions and behavior, Michael sheds a tear for his lost life, “Princess, can you help me, can you give me someplace to call home?” He opens his eyes and looks at her,

She shakes her, “I cannot help you,” She pauses and smiles, “But I think, somepony else can,” Twilight slowly walk over to them having heard the entire conversation,

“Michael, you can stay with me, There’s an extra bedroom in the Library that you can have,” Michael slowly get up and hugs Twilight,

“Thank you Twilight, I couldn’t ask for a better friend,” She happily hugs back, after a few seconds the other girls join the hug for another group hug with spike joining in too,

End of Chapter!

Author's Note

took me 3 days to make this, and I forgot to save once, I am very bad at that.