Summer nights, it feels good on ya skin, doesn't it? Yea, watching the moonrise, having nightly conversations and BBQ’s, watching them mares get on the dance floor and get crazy...Your conscience loves that.

By the way, get up. We have no idea when your new shift starts, so be ready in case they call you down.

“Awe, tittie twinkles!” You say in anger as you quickly rush out of your bed. You enter the bathroom that was installed by that unicorn you never got the name from, and begin your morning, or in this case, evening, routine. You brushed your teeth, washed your face, and hopped into the showers. After doing that, you got out of the shower butt-naked and ran around your room, looking for the locker that possesed your uniform. You found it, and began to walk towards it.

Click!

“What was that noise?” you say as you walk towards the locker. You look around the room, studying everything in sight. Then, your eyes came across that really big teddy bear Princess Celestia left here when she first introduced you your room. You always felt something was...off about that teddy bear, and honestly, your conscience thinks the same. Just look at them soulless eyes, that thick, fake brown fur. It just spells out stalker right there, bro! Seriously, just look at it!

You walk closer to the bear, examining everything on and around it. You look closer at it’s eyes, staring it down even, and watching it’s every move.

“Something does feel odd about this bear,” You say, taking a few steps back. “Like, it’s spying on me, watching my every move. I don’t like that one bit. It reminds me too much of the TrotboxOne.”

Fanboy!

“I am not!” You say in a whiney tone. “Whining? I’m whining! Mothafucka I wil show you whining-You no what? I do not have the time for this, I gotta get dressed.” You say, trotting off to your locker.

Click!

“Fuck it, that’s it.” You say, turning around to the bear. “I’m throwing this out-”

RING RING-RING RING.

You look down at the bear, and notice that strange banana phone that was there from before, right between the bears legs. Raising a brow, you trot over to it, and picked up the phone.

“Hello?” You say politely. You heard heavy breathing, female mostly, but she did not yet speak. So, you asked again. “Hello? Who is this?”

“Is this the new royal guard?” The females voice sounded a bit scratchy, almost as if she was done giving oral. Ha, she gave head!

“Yes, this is the new royal guard, how may I help you?” You say, still looking straight at the bear.

“Report to the Royal Throne Room in an hour, your initiation will commence by then.” You look at the clock, and was shocked that it was already 9:00 P.M. But what in the hell could they mean about your “initiation”?

“Okay, I’ll be there. But wait, I don’t have-”

“Armor. You will be supplied with it when your initiation is complete. For now, bring Day Guard armor.” She hangs up the phone, leaving you butt-naked and confused. You hanged up as well, and made your way to the locker, dressing yourself.

“Alright, I’ma get the hell on out of here, maybe wander the halls a bit until I reach the throne room.” You opened the door,and turned off every light in the room. As you began walking outside, you gave one final look at that bear.

“Man, that shit is straight up creepy.” You close the door slowly, walking away from your massive apartment-like room.

Click!

“I swear, if I do not find the throne room in less than an hour, I just might run back into my room. I ain’t about to wander off into the darkness.” You say as you walk around the candle-lit halls. Everywhere you turned, it felt like a freaking maze, and your mind kept imagining horrible, unspeakable creatures that can just pop out and kill you!

“What the fuck, brain?”

Your conscience can’t help it! It’s scary bro.

“Whatever, I’m just gonna go back-”

*TING...TING...TING.*

As if walking in the dark wasn’t bad enough, now your sound-whore abilities are kicking in. You turned around quickly, glaring at the darkness that was behind you. No other noise came from behind, so you slowly turned around and kept a fair distance away from the darkness.

“Fuck this shit!”

Ha, just kidding, you hauled ass out that bitch.

But the more you ran, the more you began to hear noises surround you. Every step you took, every look you gave behind, beside, and in front of you, the noises would grow louder and louder. You can say you were going insane, but you’re not.

You just wanna get the fuck up out of here!

You make a right turn, and down the barely lit hallway, you could see a giant door, signaling you that it is indeed the throne room.

The noises grew louder and louder, and just before it was about to reach you, you epically dive in front of the door, opened it, and closed it ever so quietly, despite it being such a large door. You heard the noises muffle and quiet down. You gave a sigh of relief, thankful that you were not caught.

“Holy fucking shit, that was one hell of a run.” You say, taking a deep breathe. You turn around and examined the throne room, a little shocked that there wasn’t anypony in sight.

Well it’s fucking dark, what did you expect?

Anyway, you walk down towards the throne, and to your surprise, the normal red carpet that was on the ground, was black! You could only tell due to the moonlight entering the castle through the large windows to the right left of the room. You look around, and every color in the room wasn’t it’s normal color. The white, marble floor and walls were a dark blue, and if you squinted closer, the throne itself had a more dark and twisted, yet beautiful and mouth-gaping design.

The seat was black, and the the hoof rest was darkblue. On the very top of the throne was a crescent shaped moon with black spots behind it. Something about this throne gave you chill right down to the bone. In fact, this whole freaking room gave you a sense of uneasiness, and that didn’t sit right with you.

You began to walk away backwards, still unable to turn away from the strange yet jaw-dropping sight of the throne. But as soon as you moved back any further, you bumped into something that you are sure was not there before.

It was breathing heavily, and damn did it sound scary as fuck. Yet, you kept your cool, and brought out the big balls. You turned around slowly, mustering all the confidence and bravery you have in your body.

“Who are...HOLY SHIT.”

The thing that you bumped into was a pony, but a really fucked up pony. Her maw appeared as more of a snout, with rows of sharp teeth ready to rip you into shreds. The eyes were wide and dead, like all of the life has been sucked out right through them, and the pony is now a hollowed out, living corpse. Is smiled at you, and it’s tongue whipped everywhere when she began to move.

“Are you the new Night Guard? It’s a pleasure to meet you.”

“....HI AND BYE!” Was the last thing you said before running away behind the throne. Luckily, due to the Day Guards leaving spears to protect the princesses, you picked up one of them and popped out from behind the throne.

“Alright, I have no idea who the hell you are, how you got into this castle, but you are getting the hell out.” You say in such seriousness. The creature began to do something that made you go “Whaaaaaa?”

It began to giggle. Then it began to laugh. Then it began to laugh so hard, it fell to the floor. “Did you record all of that, Derpy?”

“Derpy? The fu-” Before you could curse, every candle in the room began to light up, and the colors of the throne, floor, and walls, and the door began to revert to it’s normal color. You were so confused, that you didn’t even notice a blonde mare standing right in front of you unil she poked you.

“Ha! We got you!” She said, flapping her wings. “You almost peed your suit!”

“Wait a minute...haven’t I seen you before?” Actually, yes, you have. She was the mare you met when you were called up into Princess Luna’s room. Here eyes were-You know what, your conscience isn’t going to describe her, you already met her before.

“If you’re here,,,then where is Princess Luna?” You say, completely baffled. Then, you aimed your attention towards the laughing monster before you.
The creature got up slowly from the ground, still giggling. “I am Princess Luna-Oh wait, please excuse me.”

She began to change right before your eyes. Here light blue and coat changed into a darker color. Her mane and tail dark blue, a celestial mane just like Princess Celestia, except with star-like lights flowing beautifully in her mane. Her coat was a dark blue, and on all four hooves, were metal horseshoes, which were more of a greyish color. Her cutie mark was a crescent moon on top of black spots, much like the emblem of the throne, which was now it’s regular color. The Princess of the Night laid her judgmental eyes on you, sending a stare able to pierce right through your soul. Yet, she had a kind smile on her face that gave you a feeling of safety.

“Hello. So you are the new Royal Guard that signed up for both shifts, correct?”

“Yes, your highness.” You say, bowing down to her. Hoofsteps could be heard walking in front of you, but you kept your head low.

“Rise, my subject.” Princess Luna said, touching your shoulder. You did as you were told, and looked up to the princess. She was smaller than Celestia, but still taller than you. “It seems that your initiation is complete.”

“Forgive me if I speak out of term, Princess, but your initiation was to scare me?” You say,tilting your head.

She giggled. “No, not really. I just wanted to see how long it would take me to scare you. It took a lot longer than I thought, but in the end, I was able to do it.” She walked around you, and all you did was stand up straight. “Though I am curious, how did you know that I was behind you the entire time?”

“Well, specifically, I didn’t know you were behind me, I just heard a whole bunch of noise. Forgive my language, but It’s called ‘sound-whoring’. You say, looking at her. For a split second, you saw a little gleam in her eye, as if it was a good thing that you are able to sound whore.

“Sound whoring...Hm, that could be useful in future events.” She says, taking a step behind you. “I sense promise in you, private. You are officially entered into the clan-Er, I mean, you are now a Night Guard. But as or your armor...”

Her horn began to glow, and she, and your conscience is not bullshiting, she freaking thrusts it into your body. Like, no bullshit, it pierced your armor, yet you could not feel it in your body. You saw the horn, but didn’t feel any pain.

“HOLY SHIT YOU STABBED ME.” You say in complete shock. She backed away from you, and smiled. Though, you weren't smiling, you were still in shock. “YOU STABBED ME.”

“Calm down, private. Look at your armor.” Princess Luna said,

You did as you were told, and noticed the whole in the armor was gone. The color scheme was different as well. It was a dark blue, almost like Princess Luna but a bit darker. However, that wasn’t the only thing you noticed. You could feel new appendages on both sides o your body, and when you saw them, you nearly flipped out,

“Bat wings!? That’s awesome!” You say, fully able to flap them.

“That is not all, look into this mirror.” The Princess of the Night said, hovering a mirror towards you. You looked into said mirror, and noticed how the pupils were reptilian like, and your ears were pointed too. Your hearing was greatly increased, which made you hear almost everything in the room. You looked up Princess Luna and Derpy

“I look like a boss.”

“I am glad you like the new look.” Princess Luna said turning around. “However, that look only lasts once a night. If you were a full time Night Guard, you would look like that even in daytime. Now, follow Derpy and I, your first act as a Night Guard begins now.”

“Yes, princess.” You began to walk behind Derpy and Princess Luna, ready to begin your epic journey as an awesome looking Bat pony.

‘I look like a fucking boss!’

Author's Note

And now the Lunar Arc begins! Fuck yea!