15 minutes through heaven, hell and everything between

-Planet Terra, kingdom of Heleria-

In beautiful field two armies are face to face ready to battle. on the other side all the knights have white armors and other side has black armors. Middle of these two armies stands man in old looking black trench coat and fedora. He carries gigantic sword on his back. Half of the sword is black like deepest pit of hell with big and beautiful white diamond in it. other side is like pure snow with big black diamond, that looks like hole in space. His right hand is bandaged like it would have been burned, but he still moves it completely freely like healthy hand. With first glance his left hand looks normal. But when you look closely you can see small black colored flame like marks going up from his every finger all the way to his shoulder. His hair is mix of brown and grey with small highlights of black. his eyes cannot be seen from under the shadow of his fedora, but no one needs to see them to know that they are eyes of man who has seen everything.

"Hello stranger!" yells the commander of white knights. "what are you doing in middle of our battle field?" The man in middle looks at the white commander and then at the black commander. Suddenly he starts to laugh. It's the laugh of someone who has just heard a good joke. His laugh continues almost ten minutes and both commanders and their armies start to look uncomfortable. Finally his laughing decreases to chuckles and ceases completely.

"Battle field you say?" the man finally speaks "I don't see battle field. All I see is beautiful field where I was going to take my nap, but it is now being trampled by two idiots and their groups of morons." Both sides are perplexed from the words of this stranger. Suddenly the black commander loses his nerves and starts to yell.

"Who do you think you are?" he yells to the mystery man "Why do you think you can just come and start to taunt me and my army?" The commander of white knights agrees with the black commander. "yes who do you think you are to come here and mock us and our battle?"

The man in middle sighs "I was going to finally have a nice nap and not having to fight against anything" "Hey at least they aren't trying to kill you yet." Another voice interject "Yes, but it won't take long before they are." "Do you want me to scare them off?" "No need to. I try talking to them and if that doesn't work I run" "Suit your self." The man pinches the bridge of his nose for a little while and starts to talk with loud voice.

"My name is Lord 15 minutes and I can see that every one of you wants to go home to your families." Minute stops for a second (pun not intended) and continues. "Do you your self even know why you're fighting?" He asks. "Do you know why you left all of your loved ones?"

"Yes!" Yells one of the black knights. "we are fighting, because... um because. Commander why are we fighting against white knights?" Black knight one asks.

Black commander sighs and answers to his knights question. "We are fighting, because they don't want to wear black armors." All of the knights turn to their commander and there is one thought that is filling all of their heads. "WHAT!" Comes out of every last one of the knights. "What do you mean we are fighting them because they don't wear black armor?" Yells one of the black knights "Commander You didn't bring us here for the same reason? Right?" says one of the white knights. Both of the commanders look frightened of their own armies and start to edge slowly in the middle where Minute still stands. He looks at both of the armies and sighs.

"Could you all shut up!" Minute yells with voice that sounds like thunder. Suddenly everything goes quiet. Even birds are quiet like everything alive suddenly ceased to exist. "Okay, now everyone listen to me and listen good. Why don't we stop all of this stupid fighting and take nap or start to meet the other knights?" Minute asks. "All of us must have had long day and we haven't eaten anything" He says "At least I haven't" He thinks and sighs again.

For little while everyone looks at Minute and then they start to throw their weapons to ground and take their armors off. Both of the commanders look at the sight of their armies with perplexed looks. Finally they both just shrug and start to take their own armors off. After a little while the field starts to fill from the voices of talking, drinking and singing of drunk knights.

"Heh, you actually succeeded in talking them off from that fight." The voice in Minutes head says "yes, but I'm still hungry and In need of nap." He says to The voice. " I just wish that I wouldn't have to be the one that stops fights all the time." Minute thinks. Suddenly he feels that someone slaps him in the back and tells him to come eat and drink. Minute just shrugs and goes to table that has been build surprisingly fast. All around he can see drunken knights singing, drinking, eating and just having calm conversations with each others. "Maybe this isn't so bad." He says while taking sips from his keg.

-Planet Equis, kingdom of Equestria-

Little purple unicorn could be seen running through the castle corridors. Her name is Twilight Sparkle and she was in hurry. She had just found out about old prophecy that tells about Nightmare Moons return. She had read how thousand years ago two sisters kept look of the cycle of night and day, but younger of siblings became jealous of her sisters day. She saw how all the ponies played in the day her sister brought forth, but hid and slept through her beautiful nights. As she saw this her jealousy started to grow until she transformed in her jealous rage to wicked mare of darkness, Nightmare Moon. She said that she would shroud the world to eternal night. Her sister saw this and decided to use strongest magic in Equis. The elements of harmony. Elder sister used the elements of harmony to banish Nightmare in moon. After that the elder sister took upon her self to look after the cycle of night and day. It's said that Nightmare would come back at the longest day of thousandth year of her banishment.

"And it just has to be the day after tomorrow" she thinks while running to her quarters. "Spike! Spike!" She yells while opening door to her tower "Spike?" She didn't notice that when she opened the door it hit a ladder that was behind it.

"Woah, woah." Comes sudden yell from behind her. Before she has time to turn Around, Little purple and green dragon comes tumbling down from the ladder. Finally Twilight notices the purple dragon behind her. "Spike, What are you doing? Now is not the time to sleep." She yells at him "You have to help me search the copy of Predictions and Prophecies." Spike groans while walking to one of the bookshelves. "No, no, no no no! Spike!" "it's here" Spike Yells from one of the upper shelves with book in his hand. "Thank you, Spike." She says and takes hold of the book with her magic and starts to pull it. She didn't notice that it was still in hold of her little assistant and pulling it would bring him down with it. "Wait, Twilight stop!" Is all he can yell before twilights magic pulls the book from his grasp and brings him crashing down. "Elements, Elements. where is it. Aha, The elements of harmony see mare in the moon." She says while browsing her book. "Mare in the moon?" Spike asks while cleaning all the books Twilights search left all over place. "But that's just an old pony tale?"

"Spike! It's not just an old ponytale. I have seen all of the signs." Twilight tells. Spike looks at his care taker and groans. "Twilight is this again one of your things where we tell Princess Celestia something and then she says not to worry, because it's nothing?" Spike says while continuing his cleaning. "Do you remember that one time when you told her that you were being followed by ghost? when you told her about it she reassured you that it was nothing, but shadows." To this twilight blushes deeply and turns her gaze. "To me it looked like ghost." She mutters. "And besides I was only 9 years old." She says little louder. The little dragon assistant just sighs to this. "Well, what do I have to write to her?" Spike asks knowing that Twilight wouldn’t stop before she gets what she wants. Twilight starts to smile.

Dear Princess Celestia it has come to my attention that we are in immediate danger. You see the mythical mare in the moon is in fact Nightmare Moon. She will be freed on the longest day of thousandth year and that is day after tomorrow. I wait your answer.

Your Faithfull student Twilight Sparkle

PS. This time I have researched this and seen all the sings of her return.

"Now send it." Twilight tells to her assistant. "You mean right now?" Spike asks with one of his eyebrows risen. "of course I mean right now. When did you think then?" she says with stern look on her face. Spike looks at her little while and sighs. He takes deep breath and blows fire to the letter so it burns to ashes that fly out of the window. "there. it's on its way, But you know that she is probably so busy that she can't read it right away? Right?" Spike tells her. "Oh, don't worry. Princess always has time for my letters." Twilight says with enthusiastic look on her face. Spike just continues to clean their quarters. Suddenly he burps a letter. "I told you so." Twilight says with smile. "Yeah, yeah what ever." Spike grumbles. "So what does it say." he asks.

My most faithful student Twilight. You know that I trust you completely? But even you should stop sometimes reading those old books. Now I'm going to send you and spike to overlook this years Summer Sun Celebration in its location: Ponyville. I trust you can have this done.

Your teacher Princess Celestia

PS. On another note please make some friends when you are there.

Twilight looked like she had seen ghost. "well, look at the bright side. At least we get to stay in library." Spike Tells her. Twilight turns her eyes to Spike and after little while she answers to him. "Yes that is good. I can continue my research in there." Spike looks at her little while and turns away. " we probably should go, so we get to our carriage." He says and opens the door.

-1 hour later-

"Finally we are here." Twilight says with look that tells she would wish to be somewhere else entirely. "so this is Ponyville I thought It would be smaller." Spike says. "well do you remember what Princess said? You better start making some friends." Twilight turns her eyes to Spike and gives him an angry glare. "She said to check on preparations. I am her student, and I'll do my royal duty, but the fate of Equestria does not rest on me making friends." Spike looks at her little

while and sighs. "well you could at least try." He says and points at the mare that just came to them. She has cotton candy looking mane and tail and also pink coat. "Uh, hello." Twilight says to her with awkward smile. suddenly the pink mare gasps and makes gravity defying jump and stays in air couple of seconds. She then runs away with great speed. "Well, that was interesting all right." Twilight says. "I have to study how she was able to defy gravity without wings." Twilight thinks while starting to walk on her first destination.