Nightmares Return

by deleted account DNB

Rating: everyone
Tags: Adventure, Princess Celestia, Discord, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Main 6, Nightmare Moon, Princess Luna
Length: 3285

Princess Luna gets corrupted by Discord into becoming Nightmare Moon once again, and its up to her sister to show her true love to save her from Discord.

Princess Luna gets corrupted by Discord into becoming Nightmare Moon once again, and its up to her sister to show her true love to save her from Discord. The main six try to escape the caves beneath Canterlot while Celestia tries to reconnect with the elements on the moon.

Published 2013-01-04 01:50:01 UTC
Last updated 2013-01-04 16:18:03 UTC

chapter 1 the transformation

chapter 1 the transformation

It was dark night in the Canterlot sculpture garden were Luna is walking through the garden when she stops in front of the Discord statue. She looks away for a brief moment, and turned around to see that the statue was gone.  Then she said, "Huh,were did it go?"

A flash of light appeared out of no where at in plain sight was the spirit of disharmony himself. "Did you miss me Luna. I definitely  missed you. I see you have returned to your night duties," said Discord. "Why are here, I thought." "Thought I was defeated by Twilight Sparkle and her so called friends. I was released through this." He put out the remainder of Sombra's horn. Luna tried to take the horn away from him, yet he teleported away and reappeared behind Luna.

"Enough, get on with your business with me," she said.      "This is important, have you ever noticed that you aren't given enough appreciation. Even less than before you were imprisoned in the moon," Discord said, and he put his paw around her. " In the past I have been only recognized as a thing of fear to all of my loyal subjects, but since I went to Nightmare Night I learned that its fun to be scared. So now I am treated with respect, and you can't fool me," Luna said. Discord said in reply, "Who said I'm trying to trick you. I'm here to help you see. I have noticed for the last few months that your so called loving big sister has not let you help her with decisions. "So, my sister doesn't want to make a wrong decision" "Did you ever notice that your sister doesn't let you help her with anything." " She doesn't want to get hurt," she said.

Discord then snaps his finger, and flashes back to when Celestia told Luna to go check the kingdom during Cadence's wedding day. Luna starts to tear up over how she was treated . He makes a huge grin, and shows Luna the wedding ceremony of the real wedding. Discord said, "Now were where you during this moment in your nieces life?" She said, " I was checking over the rest of Equesrtia to make sure the threat couldn't harm my subjects."

Discord then took her to the dreadful day when she was imprisoned. She started t o cry some more and shouted, " I can't take it! Your right I have been treated unfairly, and I need my old power back. But how it was taken when I was changed by the elements." Discord showed her Sombra's horn again. "If you place this on your head on top of your horn it will become yours along with all of the dark magic that came with it. Hey, but its your choice to be unappreciated and tossed aside," he said. Luna gives in to the deal and levitates the horn onto her head. It covers her original horn and starts to transform. There's a flash of light from the moon, and Luna reappears. She looks how she did when she was once nightmare moon put with Sombra's horn and red armor, and red moon on her flank. "I am now ready to serve you master," she said. " I'm glad now bring me the elements of harmony," he said. Suddenly she went away, and then reappeared with the elements in her hoof, and gave them to Discord.

He laughed and said, "well done. Now to make these a bit more dark." His eagle claw glowed and Luna's new horn shot a beam of light aiming for the claw. That energy was absorbed through the claw and dispersed to the elements of harmony. The elmenents turned dark and the jewels changed as well. Then the elements attached them selves to Luna's ankles, writs, neck, and head. Suddenly the sun was starting to rise and he saw Celestia. "Go use the eclipse," he said to the now corrupted princess of the night. As fast as light she re-raised the moon to cover her sisters bright sun. The entire kingdom was cloaked in a state of darkness. Princess Celestia flew in front of Discord and said, " What have you done to my sister Discord?" "Me? What did I do? Well, I did nothing to your so called sister, all I did was show her the in-deniable truth that she needed to see." "You'll never get away with this." "Oh, but I already have isn't that right my servant," he said pointing at Luna. "No, it can't be," Celestia said sorrowfully in shock. Luna flew in the air and yelled, "Let's see how you like being imprisoned for one thousand years." The elements of now disharmony sparked a dark rainbow and it took her all the way to the moon. She was now trapped and has no way to reach Twilight and her friends.

Meanwhile back in Ponyville,Twilight is organizing her library when Spike enters with a letter. " It's from Shining Armor. Dear Twilight, Canterlot has been taken over by Nightmare Moon and Discord. Luckily, all the citizens have been evacuated to the Crystal Empire. Princess Luna has been taken over by the elements of harmony that have been transformed into the elements of disharmony. Princess Celestia has disappeared, and Cadence is helping me protect the empire.  Please come to Canterlot and stop Discord. Love, your big brother best friend forever. Spike go and get Pinkie, Rarity, and Fluttershy and I'll get Rainbow and Applejack. Now let's go. Twilight and Spike gathered their friends and headed to Canterlot by Balloon.

chapter 2 the hostel takeover

chapter 2 the hostel takeover

"Look it's chocolate rain you guys," said PInkie as she pointed to the sky full of cotton candy clouds."We must be close," Twilight said. Suddenly the wind sped up and the balloon went strait into the clouds. "Rainbow, can you move the clouds off the balloon," asked Twilight. She nodded and flew into the air and grabbed the clouds. "I got it," said AJ as she lassoed the clouds. After, AJ flew them  towards the Everfree Forest so that the creatures could eat them. "Wait, i wanted those," said Pinkie. Twilight shook her head, and steered the balloon towards the entrance of the castle. A lightning bolt shock the balloon causing them to fall. "Girls join Hooves," Twilight screamed. The six were connected and twilight transported them to the entrance.

  "Well, well if it isn't my favorite pony girls," Discord said. He appeared before the girls, and snapped his fingers to try to take away their wings, and horns like he did before. "Not this time," Twilight said as she put a protective bubble shield around them. Discord look shocked, but quickly said, " This time I have a friend. Oh, Nightmare come on out were ever you are and greet out guests." Nightmare Moon rushed down from the tower, and stood next to the spirit of disharmony. "Do you see her outfit it doesn't even match with all of her jewelry," Rarity said. Nightmare bowed to him, and asked, "Master, should I imprison these weak ponies with my so called sister up there?" "What have you done with our princess," Rainbow shouted. She dashed toward the villain when the elements reacted and made a shield around him.

"What in hay was that," said AppleJack. "It was what i like to call a disharmony dome. Since I now control the elements I can help my master take control of this kingdom, and the sun will never rise ever again," said Nightmare Moon as she laughed." So Twilight Sparkle what will you do now that I have the elements of disharmony? How can you possible defeat me? Now it's time to eliminate you six so you can't foil my master plan. Now Nightmare banish them to the special place," said Discord. As he had commanded she engulfed the six in crescent moon shaped hoof-cuffs. They were separated into groups of 2 (AJ and Rarity), (Twilight and Fluttershy), (Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie), and sent below the castle. Before they went down Twilight said, " Head for the middle and stay together."  In a second the entire group was gone. Discord cheered and then went along to take over the rest of Equestria.

Back on the moon, Celestia is trying to find out how she could escape. "If only I gave her just a little more responsibility and a little more freedom. Maybe that's why Luna decided to put on Sombra's horn, and gain her old power back," she said to her self. She then stared down on the planet and all she could she was her castle covered in chocolate rain. She then tries to make a portal so that she could contact Twilight to see whats happening, yet she fails in this. Out of no ware, the stars aligned in such a way that it looked like Luna. " My sister, its me," said the constellation of Luna. She replied, "I knew that it wasn't the true you when you said you didn't think you were appreciated." "No, i still think I'm under appreciated, yet I want my body back. It's being Discord's little puppet and I can't get it back unless we destroy the horn. Also, since I put on the horn for a reason about how you treat me you have to be the one to use the elements of harmony or I will still be Nightmare Moon after words," said Luna. " I understand, but I have confidence in you to help me escape this place," said her sister. Luna explained to her how it takes one full day for the stars to align in the way for a portal to open. Meanwhile, Celestia is trying to remember how she connected with elements originally.

"Where in tar-nation are we Rarity," Applejack asked. " It seems were in a ahh, crystal cave! Look at these rubies, emeralds, and crystals. Come on and help me gathers these precious jewels," said Rarity. Applejack's face just told Rarity that the jewels don't matter right now, and we have to find the others. The two ponies walk up to two paths one with emeralds and a narrow path. They each go towards a different route, but stop because the chain is short. "Come on sugar-cube, let's go on the right path I can see the exit unlike the other path," AJ said. Rarity replied, " Why should we pass on these precious emeralds I mean we can always go down that boring old path, but we won't ever go down this beautiful path ever again." So Rariy and Applejack are arguing over which path to take, yet Aj convinces her to go down the shorter path.

In the middle section of the cave Twilight and Fluttershy are in from of a huge water fall. "How are we supposed to get around this waterfall. I mean you can fly Fluttershy but I can't," said Twilight as she starts pacing around. "Maybe you could I mean if you could make wings like how you did with Rarity when we went to see Rainbow in the Best Young Flyers Competition ," said Fluttershy. Twilight gladly takes her idea and tries it out. She succeeds and the two fly over the waterfall, yet see three branching paths. "We should take the middle route Fluttershy because it likely leads to the center of these caves." "But it's so dark," replied Fluttershy. "Don't worry look there is lanterns on the sides, I just have to lit them up," said Twilight. So she used her magic to light up the path, and the two went down it.

Pinkie Pie and Rainbow dash were in the part of the cave with the crystal mirrors. "Look at my funny face," Pinkie giggled. Rainbow Dash replied, "We don't have time for this Pinkie Pie we have to get to the others as fast as we can now come on." Pinkie nodded, yet turned around and made one last funny face. Just like the others they came across two paths. Suddenly they heard, "Come on Rarity stop trying to find jewels we have to find the others." Rainbow told Pinkie, "That's AppleJack! Now Pinkie let's dash!" So Rainbow flied through the so fast that Pinkie couldn't even do anything. Eventually they crashed into Aj and Rarity and all of their hoof-cups had been destroyed by the collision. AJ, Rarity, Rainbow, and Pinkie now press on to find Twilight and Fluttershy.

Meanwhile, most of Equestria has been taken over by Discord except the Crystal Empire who is being protected by Cadence, Shining Armor, and the crystal heart. Discord told Nightmare Moon to not go near their because those three threats could destroy the horn, and his chances of ruling the land. The main six are trying to reconnect while its been half a day on the moon so twelve hours till their princess can return. She has remembered a little about her connections with the elements but not a lot. Now she's casting a memory spell to remember her past connections.

chapter 3 the reconection

The memory spell's vision showed that Celestia and Luna each had 3 of the elements of harmony. Luna had generosity, laughter, and loyalty, and her sister had magic, kindness, and honesty, They combined their power to turn Discord to stone. Also, she saw when she took Luna's elements to stop her she eminently connected with them because she was saving her kingdom. "I just have to fix the elements and i should be able to get my sisters body back," she said proudly.

Back in the caves, Twilight and Fluttershy are going down the path when they stumble a sleeping Ursa major and its baby. Twilight whispered, " What do we do now?" "Come back later," said Fluttershy."No, it's blocking the path. We can't get around them. I guess I'll have to force them to move," said Twilight. Twilight caused a huge rigging sound and the two beasts awoke. They both roared at the pony. Twilight tried to put them on a huge leash while Fluttershy tried to tell Twilight, "Wait.". She succeeded in leashing the baby, yet the mother wasn't happy about that. "Wait," said Fluttershy in an attempt to stop Twilight. She then made the baby levitate in the air and teasing the mom. "Wait!", screamed Fluttershy. She came up to the Ursa and came up to it nicely and rubbed it's belly.The Ursa and baby slobbered her and said, "Can you nice Ursa help me and my friend   get out of this cave please." They hopped on the Ursa, but crashed into the wall. On the other side was the other four ponies. Also, the Ursa broke their chains and went back to their cave.

"Alright every-pony, let's get going. We have to get out of here and stop Discord," said Twilight. The other five nod, and run towards the lighted path and finds a giant telescope. When looking around they notice that there is pictures of different constellations. "This place needs some of my expert taste. I mean just look at color of these walls, hideous." said Rarity. "Really," said Applejack. "Hey, look every-pony it's Princess Celestia on the moon," said Twilight. Twilight looked through the telescope. She saw the princess staring into space. "Let's try to talk to the princess. Princess Celestia, can you hear me," said Twilight, but no response. "Hello, hello, Twilight can you hear me," said Celestia. "We sure can Princess, why are you on the moon," asked Twilight. " That doesn't matter right now what matters is you six helping me escape. Luna's body has been tacking over by Discord, and it has to be me to defeat Discord or Luna will remain Nightmare Moon forever." "Hold on a second, how can we help you escape,"asked Twilight Sparkle. The Princess explained that in two hours the stars will be aligned in the shape of her and if the six focus on their friendship it could create a portal so that she could escape.

Above the cave Discord is the palace throne room editing the stain glass windows to have only himself. "Hm, maybe I should have one of me imprisoning those six fools, or maybe me making chaos. I just make both," he said to himself. Just as he stated he changed the pictures of the girls defeating him and Nightmare Moon. Just as he finished Nightmare Moon came back with a scroll. She stated, "Ninety percent of Equestria now bows down to you. The other ten percent is my so called sister, the six prisoners, and the ponies in the Crystal Empire." He laughed but stated, "Excellent job! Let's check on the former ruler." He ventured to the castle observatory, yet ran into the girls. "What? How did you escape the caves. I thought you chained them together and exiled them from each other," he screamed. Nightmare Moon answered, "I am certain I did master, they should have been eliminated by the Ursa Major but I guess not." Twilight and the others gathered in the circle and the stars have aligned.

chapter 4 the final confrentation

As the six girls concentrated on all happy times they had together six stars shined a huge beam of bright white light. In a flash Princess Celestia appeared before them, yet her necklace and crown where changed to appear like Luna's. "So we meet again body snatcher," said Luna through her sisters body. "Was that," asked AJ. Celestia said, " Yes it was the real Princess Luna who is sharing my body because of that spirit tricking her into wearing King Sombra's horn. And I'll never forgive you for what you have done." Discord laughed at the princess and stated, "I doubt that and you can't win because I have the elements boo hoo. Now to eliminate you all from existence! Nightmare Moon turn them to stone!" She nodded and the elements started to glow in a dark light.

Suddenly Luna's spirit took over her big sisters body and used her magic to make the sun rise once again. With the sun back the elements of disharmony were changed back to the elements of harmony. The six items were taken of Luna's body and all on to her sisters. "Now I have a confession to make. I'm sorry little sister, you see the reason I didn't let you help make decisions was because I wanted you to make your own decisions, but also I told you to patrol the rest of Equestria during our niece's wedding ceremony because I know you sometimes can't take all of that mushy stuff. I promise to make it up to you right now by saving your body," said Princess Celestia. Quickly after words the elements responded to Celestia's apology. A huge rainbow surrounded Nightmare Moon, Discord, and herself. The elements freed Luna's body and restored it as well. As for Discord he and Sombra's horn where turned to stone.

The six girls cheered for their princess, and were transported back to Ponyville to continue there everyday lives. The big sister ran toward Luna at the speed of light and instantly hugged her. "I'm sorry for causing all of this my sister I just wanted." "Respect. Now I realize what you want and I broke my promise for us to rule together. But no longer I swear to keep our responsibilities equal deal," asked Celestia. Luna said, "Ok, now it's a deal." So the two sisters redid their respective responsibilities for the kingdom, and put in time to spend time with each other and also their subjects.

                                                                     The End