Nightmare Moon tried to run, but she didn’t get even two steps before she was restrained by the thorns of a bone rose.

“Thank you Young Miss Ivy,” Mis Thorps said, offhandedly stroking the plant, which seemed to preen at the attention, and begin to give off the sound of quietly clicking from its boney petals, as if to say your welcome, Miz. Thorps,

“Please calm down little shade, I am not going to harm you, unless you try to harm me or my garden.” Mis Thorps rasped out through blood stained teeth, before coming with what would have on any other face been interpreted as a smile, but with how many teeth were are shown looked more like a grimace, “As a matter of fact I want to help you little shade, so here is what we are going to do.
First We are going to have you go and get ‘defeat’ by a group of six mares who you are going to get to lure to your old castle.

“Why?” Moon asked, “Why am I So Important to you, Why are you being so nice to me?”

Thorps paused and told a moment to think, and just for a moment the whole garden was still, before singer of mallow turned and only for A moment smiled, truly smiled with teeth red as a blood moon and said “because I am bored in the garden and it can tend to itself for a little while so I want to play a game of chance with The Goddess of THE DARK and Night herself, if you will allow me to?”

"And? What's in it for me?" Luna asked,

the Singer of Marrow paused in thought for a moment, before replying, "Information, on what you're getting yourself into out there?" gesturing to out past the edge of Her Garden, "Or maybe my cooperation?" now gesturing To herself, “Or perhaps you would like to speak with someone you long thought lost to you?” gesturing to a book bound in cord made with various patches of Skin covered with writing that seemed to writhe like snakes and oozed an air of final inevitability,
leeching the life from the air around it,

Luna took a couple steps away from that book, Something about it felt wrong, a wrongness that seemed to seep to the very core of her being. After settling a healthy distance away from the book of skin, Luna replied, “It depends on what sort of information you have?”

The Turner smiled, Or her version of a smile, All teeth stretching from ear to ear, “So you are willing to play My game?” she crowed,

“Yes” Luna responded

“Game is simple stop the elements of harmony, The win condition for you is that you succeed in this endeavor, the win condition for me is if you fail, that's all, the only another rule is no physical harm to any of the bearers of the elements.” The Keeper of Bones Grinned,

Author's Note

I am aware of how short this chapter is trust me it’s for a good reason