Stolen in the Night - Chapter 2 - Tomorrow Dawns in Darkness

Characters: Stolen Night

Cameos: Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Princess Luna, Princess Celestia, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Nightmare Moon

Night waits patiently in the throne room of an ancient palace, he smiles after hearing a teleport spell at the door.

“Well, hello there Celestia.” He taunts the bound alicorn, “Wasn’t it only a hundred years ago you said there was no way Luna could beat you?”

Celestia turns red and looks away, “Shut up, she snuck up on me, okay?”

“Whatever helps you sleep at, well now I guess it’s anytime.” At that a dark cloud flows into the hall. It manifests as a tall, pitch black alicorn. Night kneels before her.

“My princess, your crown.” He points a wing toward the nearby pedestal.

“You have served me dutifully this past millennia,” Nightmare Moon surrounds Night with her magic, “I have but one more task for you. Captain of the Lunar Guard, Stolen Night, will you end the quest of the new Elements of Harmony?”

The shield and dagger of his Cutie Mark materialize. Shield strapped to one wing, dagger sheathed under the other. Night bows his head, “Of course, my princess.”

Six mares gather outside the Everfree forest, each of them having done something for the ruined festivities in Ponyville.
"Listen, sugarcube, we aren't going to let any friend of ours go into that scary forest by herself."
The group pass the tree line and are quickly lost in dense foilage.

Night paces outside the palace ruin, still unaccustomed to armed flight. The pegasi begins speaking to himself,

"You've only to kill one of them to make the elements powerless. That's what you have to do to make her happy. Remember Night, if you can just stand a little bloodshed tonight...”

He sits nearby a large chasm, the bridge broken. Night closes his eyes, listening, his ears prick as he begins to make voices out of the forest. He disappears into the shadows as a purple unicorn nearly runs off a cliff.

Night steadily rounds back to stand guard outside the palace ruin. He prepares to face the soon-to-be Elements of Harmony. The lone sentinel hears the clopping of their hooves as the six approach, he stands atop an incline, wings outstretched.
"Abandon your quest, or I will end it for you." He shouts with much more certainty than he had. Once the six were fully visible he gasped, before him were four ponies he had honestly considered his friends.
"F-F-Fluttershy!?" He gaped, unable to grasp her involvement.
"Night, w-what are you doing here?" She answered, just as confused.

Author's Note

Yes, I do realize I took forever on such a short chapter, It's because I was finalizing the plan for the next few. Anyway, Thank you for reading, you're great Etc. Etc.