//------------------------------// // Endless Night.... Long for Light... // Story: Journey of the Heroes Part 1: Friendship is Magic // by MetaMaster54610 //------------------------------// Celldweller based title FTW! Although I wish they had used the vocal version of the song during the fight with Brandon in Dead Rising 2.... Eon is awesome! Twilight tossed and turned, trying to muffle the sounds of the party. She groaned. Suddenly, the door opened. Joey walked in, wearing a lampshade on his head. "Nyeh, hey Twilight, we're playin pin the tail on the pony! ...I just realized how strange that sounds.... You should totally join us!" "NO!" Twilight snapped. "Everypony in this town is CRAZY! Don't they have any idea what time it is?" "It's only eight, Twilight." Joey said. "AND IT STARTED AT 12 IN THE AFTERNOON!" Twilight snapped. "And it's gonna end tommorow afternoon! We're continuing right after that Sun Celebration thingy! Lighten up, Twi. It's a party." Joey tried to convince her. ":JOEY! IF YOU DON'T HURRY UP, I'M TAKING YOUR TURN!" Krillin's voice sounded from downstairs. "That bastard!" Joey shouted. He ran down the stairs as fast as he could. There was a loud crashing sound, followed by the sound of breaking glass. "Owwwwwww......." Krillin moaned. "Sorry." Joey said casually. Twilight rolled her eyes. "I thought I'd have time to learn about the elements of harmony, but silly me! All of this silly friend making has kept me from it!" She said in annoyance. Suddenly, she heard a loud crashing noise. "Tristan, you broke her clock you fool!" Achmed shouted in annoyance. "Um.... Noo.....It jumped.: Tristan said nervously. Twilight buried her face in her pillow and growled. She looked at the moon, got up and went to the window. Then she started talking to herself. "The legend says that on the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars will aid in her escape, and she will bring about everlasting night. I hope the princess was right. I hope it is just an old ponytale." She said sadly. Suddenly the door flew open to reveal Tristan. "Hey Twilight! Stop talking to yourself! It's time to watch the sun rise!" He said, wearing a lampshade on his head. "Tristan, how do you have a lampshade on your head?" Twilight asked. "I only saw one lamp." Suddenly, Joey ran up to them. "Tristan! Gimme back my lampshade!" He said angrily. "No! It's mine now!" Tristan said. Joey chased him down the stairs. Twilight sighed. 30 minutes later Everyone was at the place where the Summer Sun Celebration was taking place. Pinkie immediately ran up to Tristan. "Isn't this exciting?" She said excitedly. "Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-" "Are you excited, cause I'm excited, I've never been so excited, well except for the time that I saw you walking into town and went GASP, but I mean really, who can top that?" "-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!" Tristan concluded at the same time Pinkie did. The birds music sounded and the spotlight shined upon the mayor. "Fillies and gentlecolts-" She began. "Wait a minute!" A male voice shouted from the audience. "Did you just call us 6 year olds?" "Um... No." The mayor said nervously. "I was just..." "It should be mares and gentlestallions, shouldn't it?" A female voice said. "That's... not how we...." The mayor began. "Yeah, it should." Another voice sounded out. "...... Okay. Can I please continue?" The mayor said, looking unamused. ".....Sorry." The three voices said. "Ahem...As I was saying, as mayor of Ponyville, it is my great honor to announce the beginning of the Summer Sun Celebration!" The cheers were thunderous. "In just a few moments, our town will witness the magic of the sunrise, and celebrate this, the longest day of the year." Twilight nervously looked at the moon and was terrified to see the mare in the moon disappear. "And now.... it is my great honor to introduce to you the ruler of our land." Achmed nervously hid behind Twilight. "The very pony who gives us the sun and the moon each and every day.... The good....the wise...the bringer of harmony to all of Equestria....Princess Celestia!" Fluttershy got her birds to start their song, and Rarity pulled down the curtain to reveal....nothing. "This....can't be good." Twilight said nervously. "Oh thank God!" Achmed shouted with relief. "No prison for me!" Everyone glared at him. "Um.... I mean, oh no, who would do such a thing." Everyone started talking to each other nervously. "Remain calm everypony, there must be a reasonable explanation!" The mayor said. "Ooh! She wants to play hide and seek!" Pinkie said. "I know! Let's look for her!" Tristan said. "Blue can help us, right Blue?" He turned to look at the ground beside him. "Thanks Blue!" And with that, the two left to hunt for the princess, deciding that a tablecloth with a blue liquid spilled on it was a clue and taking it with them. Rarity leaned over the balcony. "She's....gone!" She said in disbelief. There was a large gasp, and a brief silence, except for the offscreen voice of Tristan singing "We are looking for Blues Clues, we are looking for Blue's Clues...." Suddenly, Pinkie gasped, and both she and Tristan were back in the crowd. "But we didn't get to Blue Skidoo yet!" Tristan complained. Then he noticed the figure that had appeared on the stage. [Insert Dimentio's theme here] "And so I arrive! Like a leaf releasing itself from its branchy prison!" The figure said. Achmed stepped forward and glared daggers at the figure. "You!" He snarled. "Ah, what have we here? It's the human dry bones! He has such anger. Like a man who stubbed his toe on the stairs." "Shut it you asshole!" Achmed snapped. "I keel you so freaking hard, you'll be in the heaven angels go to when they die!" "You are a fool. I have a vast arsenal of magical abilities." Dimentio replied. "Well, so does Twilight!" Spike said smugly, much to Twilight's dismay. "Is that so?" Dimentio said with an infuriatingly pleasant tone. "You bet it is! So you better leave, or she'll kick your ass!" Krillin said. "But I am not here to harm you." Dimentio said calmly. "We simply came to deliver a message." "We?" Twilight asked. Suddenly, another figure fell from the sky and landed on the stage, grunting in pain when he landed. "AGH! God damn it, Dimentio! At least give me a pillow or something to land on!" He said. "My apologies, Marik." Dimentio apologized with a bow. "I will be sure to give you something of the.... soft, cushiony variety before we teleport next time." "Damn right you will!" Marik snapped. "But his injuries give me chortles!" A third voice sounded as a third figure floated down on some sort of machine. "Shut up, Fawful!" Marik snapped. "Nobody likes you!" "I have disagreement. Everybody enjoys my company because my grammar is funny." Fawful retorted. "Well I find it annoying!" Marik snapped. "Well you also have stupidity." Fawful said. "Of the most stupid variety." "Take that back or I'll feed you to O'Chunks you stupid bean!" Marik snapped. The two started sissy fighting. Rainbow Dash interrupted their epic fight to the death. "What have you done with our princess?" She snarled. She tried to fly at them, but Applejack held her back by the tail. Marik and Fawful followed Dimentio's example and looked directly at her. "The bigger question is.... what HAVEN'T I done with the princess?" Marik said smugly. Then he burst into loud laughter. "Y'see, it's funny because I'm evil." Twilight gasped. "You pig!" Rarity shouted. "You beast!" Krillin snapped. "You lucky bastard!" A random pony in the audience shouted. Everyone but the three villains turned to glare at him. "Um.... I mean.... how dare you?" He said, giving a cheesy smile. "Where is the princess?" Twilight snapped, glaring at the three. "Why, can't you tell?" Dimentio said. "We do not have your sun princess. We do not know anything of her whereabouts. But Nightmare Moon will know plenty! For she is the one who will probably know!" "N-Nightmare Moon.... I knew it." Twilight said, looking at the ground. "Well!" Fawful exclaimed. "Seems one of them has knowledge! She clearly read the book that tells of the Mare stuck in the cold lonely moon!" "Quite right, my little beany friend." Dimentio replied while patting Fawful on the head, much to the latters annoyance. "I do hope you ponies, people and skeletons have enjoyed this day, for it will be your last! For Nightmare Moon has brought eternal night! And thus the night will last forever!" "Why are we working with Nightmare Moon, anyway?" Marik asked. "Because the count gave the orders, shut up." Fawful replied. The two started sissy fighting again. To be continued.... Well, that was an interesting way to end the chapter..... How will this crisis be solved? Who is Nightmare Moon? [Like you don't know.] Where the hell is Bowser? And seriously.... Is Tristan EVER gonna learn how to brush his teeth? The last one is never gonna happen, but you'll find out the answers to the others soon enough!