An Equestrian Nightmare

CLANG!

Even in another world, the hatred between Siegfried and Nightmare couldn't be stopped. Despite both being ponies, Siegfried and Nightmare were still excellent fighters. The two exchanged multiple blows, each trying to destroy the other. Nightmare gained the upper hand (or hoof) when he sliced Siegfried's armor, destroying the chest piece. Siegfried retaliated by giving Nightmare a good smack with his left hoof, sending the Azure Knight back a few feet. The two then prepared their swords and charged each other again...but they were stopped when Celestia took both of their swords.

"Enough!" yelled Celestia, her voice reverberating throughout the palace. The two warriors looked up at Celestia and then back at each other.

"You know what I just realized, Nightmare?" said Siegfried.

"And what would that be?" growled Nightmare.

"Shouldn't your name match your gender?" said Siegfried.

What the hell are you... oh you bitch. thought Nightmare.

"At least I don't have a father to disappoint. Oh wait. He's dead." retorted Nightmare.

Siegfried rushed at Nightmare. Nightmare did the same. The two were about to fight again when Celestia stopped and picked up both with her magic.

"Are you two about done?" asked an annoyed Celestia.

The two rivals looked at each other and decided to "temporarily" stop their feud. "Yes." said both. Celestia then released them from her grasp.

"Why the hell is he here?" asked an outraged Nightmare.

"Funny. I was just about to ask the same thing." said Siegfried. The two glared at each other menacingly and then turned toward the princess.

"Now that I have your attention. I need to ask a favor of you both." said Celestia.

"And what would that be?" asked Siegfried.

"I need you to kill Discord." answered Celestia.

"Who the hell is Discord?" asked Nightmare.

"He's the manifestation of evil in this world." said Siegfried.

"Sounds like me and him could get along." said Nightmare. Celestia glared at him.

"Kidding."

"You better be." said Celestia.

"May I have my sword back now?" asked Nightmare.

"If either one of you try to attack each other. I'll kill both of you." said Celestia as she returned the swords. Nightmare grasped Soul Edge and tried to sense for fragments. There was one VERY near him. Nightmare looked for it and found it on Celestia's desk. The fragment levitated towards Soul Edge. The sword then absorbed it. A renewing wave of energy coursed through Nightmare, unfortunately returning some of his old personality. He then walked out of Celestia's office and made his way to the exit. He was stopped by Twilight.

"Where are you going?" asked Twilight.

Nightmare shrugged off Twilight's hoof "Places." he said as he left the palace. Nightmare was grabbed by Twilight, but broke free of her grasp and knocked her back.

"Don't dare stop me, you wretched cur." and with that, Nightmare left the palace. He observed the fact that Canterlot had fires everywhere.

"Hey you!" hailed a pony "Help us!"

"No." answered Nightmare as he smacked the pony with his claw.

There's another fragment close by. But where is it? thought Nightmare. Something shiny then caught his eye. He turned and saw the fragment embedded in a dead pony's skull. Nightmare then took the fragment and further increased his power.

Excellent. Two down,ten more to go. thought Nightmare.

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Discord watched Canterlot burn through his crystal ball.

"What a waste of power. Abyss would have made a nice general in my army." he contemplated. Discord then checked on Stalliongrad.

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Nightmare Moon was frantically running for her life. Flaming arrows and other objects landing right beside her. A unicorn then stood on a monument of Celestia and bellowed "In Soviet Stalliongrad, you don't destroy us. WE DESTROY YOU!"

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Discord facepalmed "Even resurrected she's still useless."

Rover ran into Discord's office and bowed "Master."

"What is it now?" he asked.

"Your weapon is complete." answered Rover.

A wicked smile spread across Discord's face "Excellent." He then got out of his chair and left his office. Discord casually strolled through his lair, passing a practice arena for his troops. He watched as a large diamond dog was knocked out by a stone cast at his head. To add insult to injury, the stone was thrown by a smaller dog, who celebrated his victory by howling at the sky.

"Master." said Rover. Discord turned his attention to his servant and saw the sword in his paws. He picked it it up, the sword was a deathly black, engraved with with the word DEATH on both sides. The hilt was that of a flaming skull with red eyes.

"It's all coming together quite nicely." said Discord. He then entered his dungeon and stopped in front of the first cell. Inside lay a certain princess.

"Wake up, Luna." Luna stirred from her slumber and looked at Discord. The color drained from her face when she saw the sword.

"It's time to visit your sister." Discord entered Luna's cell and smacked her with the hilt of his sword, sending her back into unconsciousness.

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Twilight stopped herself from crying and turned towards Siegfried. "How do you two know each other?"

Siegfried sighed "I'd rather not answer that."

"Alright." said Twilight. She could see the pain in his eyes. Note to self: Don't EVER bring that up again

"You do realize that we need him right?" asked Celestia. Everyone's (except Siegfried) jaw dropped to the floor at what Celestia said.

"You do realize he's evil, right?" asked Siegfried.

"He has good in him...albeit buried under all that evil and angst." said Celestia.

"Siegfried. You and Twilight are going to try to convince Nightmare to help us."

"Why?" asked Twilight.

"The combined power of both swords should be enough to destroy Discord. So I trust that you two will get him to help." said Celestia.

Rainbow Dash scoffed "Good luck with that."

"Oh have faith, Dash." absconded Rarity "Good luck."

"Thanks." said Siegfried. He motioned to Twilight and the two left the palace.

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Feels good to have my power come back to me thought Nightmare. He was walking through the Everfree Forest, wondering if there was anybody waiting for him.

SNAP!

Nightmare threw his sword in the direction of the noise. Soul Edge implanted itself in a nearby tree, turning it from a healthy brown to a sickly black. Nightmare removed the sword and brought it back to him. He continued down the path again...until he heard some noises to his right. He drew Soul Edge and scanned the trees.

"To scared to fight me?" asked Nightmare. He was answered by a manticore swiping at his face. The Azure Knight backed up and sliced the beast's chest, producing a nice cut.

To small of a space. Got to find open ground. thought Nightmare. He found his answer to be a nearby clearing with a waterfall. Nightmare broke into a sprint, trying to get their as fast as possible. He made it to the clearing and equipped Soul Edge. The manticore charged at Nightmare. Just before the beast hit him, Nightmare jumped over the manticore while simultaneously striking the beast's back. Nightmare landed and the manticore roared in pain.

"Aww, did that hurt?" taunted Nightmare. He was about to finish of the beast...until another one blind sided him. This one was bigger than the one Nightmare wounded. Nightmare was knocked over the edge of the cliff. He held on with his claw. The two manticores walked over and prepared to strike.

"Do it." said Nightmare. Before the manticores even moved, a blue streak went through both of them, leaving a horizontal cut on their chests. The two then fell forward and landed in the water with a thunderous SPLASH. Nightmare looked down and saw the bodies float back up to surface. He then looked up and met face to face with Siegfried. He extended his hoof in help.

"Why are you helping me?" asked Nightmare.

"It wasn't my choice. Now do you want help or not?" said Siegfried.

I think this feud has gone on long enough thought Nightmare. He grabbed Siegfried's hoof with his claw and was pulled up. The two warriors looked eye to eye.

Nightmare extended his claw "Truce?"

Siegfried shook Nightmare's claw without breaking eye contact "For now."