Chris cries as he hugs Wheela and Scootaloo in his arms, finally reunited with them. Within his travels he never forget about them. All he ever thinks about is finding his cure quick and be with his family.
Wheela was the first to pull away from the family hug and rubs her tears off with her front legs. But Scootaloo didn't let go. She held onto Chris's leg for her dear life. "Uh Scootaloo?" Chris said. "Think you can let go for a little bit?"
"No way." she said as her arms and legs didn't give. "I'm not letting you go again dad." she stated.
Chris smiles and pats her head. "Was I really gone for that long?"
Wheela couldn't help but giggle. "Three years, six months, twenty-five days, four hours, and forty-nine minutes."
"You kept count?" Chris raised his eyebrow.
"No, Scootaloo." Wheela sighs. "She counted everyday for your return, I couldn't blame her. I missed you too."
Chris drops his pack and walking stick and gently peels the little filly of his leg and held her to his eye level. "Is it true? Did you and mom miss me that much?"
Scootaloo nods really quickly. "Uh huh, I was afraid something bad happened to you, mom and I were worried sick about you."
"Well then?" Chris said, putting down Scootaloo and picking up his stuff. "How about I make it up to you and mom, that I'm not going anywhere...for a really long time."
Wheela and Scootaloo were shocked. Scootaloo couldn't hold in her joy and began bouncing around Chris. Wheela walks up to him. "R-really?" she whispers in disbelief.
Chris nodded and looks into her eyes. "Really, Oh that reminds me." he said and puts his walking stick down and digs his pocket to pull out a small present. "Compliments from the Cake family." he said giving it to Wheela.
Wheela opens it to see a small heart shaped chocolate cake. "Awe Chris, you really shouldn't have." she said with full of heart.
"That's to prove how much I care about you and Scootaloo." he said putting his walking stick on his other hand and lifting Scootaloo in his arm for her to ride on his shoulder. Wheela smiles and ate the heart, causing her to giggle with joy and happiness from the delicious sweet chocolate taste. She then stood on her hind legs and places her front hooves to his shoulders to balance herself and kisses his lips passionately, Chris didn't mind as he deepens the kiss.
"Enough of this mushy stuff, did you get me anything?" Scootaloo said impatiently while hugging his head.
Chris makes a hearty laugh. "Have you been good?" she nods. "Did you listen to your mother?" She nods again. "Alright, look in the small pocket in my pack." He said as he walks to the house with Wheela by his side.
Scootaloo dug in the pack to find a present the size of her head, the tag written. "To: Scootaloo." she quickly unwraps it to reveal a small blue suited Pegasus plushy with its mane and tail imitating like fire. "A Wonderbolt Spitfire plushy?" she took a closer look at the thigh to see a signature.
"Also autographed." Chris added.
Scootaloo squealed with joy. "I love it dad, thank you so much!" she hugs her fathers head again.
When they got into the house, the inside is big than the outside. stair cases, large kitchen, etc. Chris raises his pack and walking stick to the air as they glowed bright green and levitated. "To our room." he stated, causing the pack and stick to fly off. He then puts Scootaloo down. "Alright Scootaloo, get to your room and get ready, I was thinking we should head into town and help out the Cake family?"
"Got it dad." She said and gallops to her room.
Wheela smile faded and nuzzles to Chris's sealed left hand. "Have you found the cure you were looking for?"
Chris smile faded as well and shakes his head. "No, for a thousand years I still couldn't find a cure." he said as he brushes Wheela's mane with his sealed hand. "I'm starting to doubt there is a cure?"
"Don't say that." Wheela said as she pulled back and looks at him straight in the eyes. "The Chris I knew never doubted one bit." She then stood on her hind legs and wraps her front legs around his neck and nuzzles her head to his shoulder. "But what I do know is you never give up."
Those words pierced his heart, Chris and Wheela look into each others eyes and kiss each other passionately.
"Dear Twilight, my prize student." said Spike reading the letter to Twilight as they ride from the chariot being pulled by two royal Pegasus guards. "I know you have been worrying, but it's just a myth." Twilight turns away as she looks to the ground. "So I decided to send you off to supervise the Summer Sun Celebration in this location, Ponyville." Spike said as he could see a large town up ahead. "And, I have an important task for you to complete, Make some friends." but all he earned was a groan from Twilight. "Look on the bright side Twilight. The princess arrange for you to stay at the library, doesn't that make you happy?"
Twilight took a moment to think. "Yes, Yes it does." she said, Spike thought he had gotten through to her. "Because you know why because I'm always right." and the moment passes. "We'll check on the preparations as fast as we can, then go to the library and to find proof of Nightmare Moons return."
"Then when will you make friends?" Spike intervened. "Isn't that what the princess said?" he said as the chariot starts to land.
"She said to check on the preparations." Twilight pointed out. "I am her student, I will do my royal duty, but the fate of Equestria does not rest on making friends.
The chariot lands and lets Twilight and Spike to get off. Spike turns to Twilight. "Maybe the Ponies and Ponyville have interesting things to talk about?" he said seeing a pink Mare with cotton candy mane and tail trotting in her on own business. "Come on Twilight, just try?" he insisted as the mare stops in front of them.
Twilight gave it a shot. "Uh hello?" she said nervously. The pink mare gasps and zooms in a random direction in a blink of an eye. Twilight looked at the direction to see a tail of dust. "Well that was interesting alright." she said and walks away.
Spike sighs in disappointment and follows.
"Where do you want this Mr. Cake?" Chris said lifting a large cake by the tray.
Mr. Cake places down a plate full of cupcakes on a table. "Over by the red velvet cheese cake."
Chris places the cake where Mr. Cake said. "Phew. That's a lot of cake for a small town?" He said looking at the rows of about ten to twenty cakes on each table. "This could break a world record?"
Mr. Cake chuckles. "Well son, just wait till you meet Pinkie Pie." he said as he pulls out a small cake out of his back and places it on another table. "She has an appetite of a full grown dragon." Chris chuckles with Mr. Cake and continues putting the cakes away.
Wheela, Scootaloo and Mrs. Cake now cooking in the kitchen. Wheela took out a fresh batch of cookies, using her wings that are oven mitten. Scootaloo using her mouth to help Mrs. Cake decorate some cupcakes. "Thank you so much for helping us Wheela."
"It was nothing Mrs. Cake." Wheela said placing the try of cookies on a cooling rack. "You guys are practically family to us."
"Yeah," Scootaloo agrees before placing the frosting bag down. "Dad said there are only two of you, he thought you could use an extra hoof."
Mrs. Cake giggles and rolls the dough. "Isn't that right?" she said putting in small cookie dough balls in a tray and into the oven. "Your father is really sweet isn't he?" she jokes causing Scootaloo to giggle loudly.
Wheela laughs softly too, masking her worried face about Chris's curse that is spreading in his arm. Mrs. Cake stops what she was doing as she saw through her and walks Wheela and places her hoof on her shoulder. "Wheela, is everything alright?"
Wheela gotten back to reality and shakes her head. "Nothing Mrs. Cake, everything is alright." she lied and got back to work. Scootaloo looked worried about her mother, but she got back to decorating.
Mr. Cake and Chris started loading up the cart out front of the shop for tonight until a pink blur just burst from the door and slam into Chris, causing him to tumble to the floor as the cake he once had in his hand flied in the air and perfectly lands in the cart. A pink mare jumps on Chris's chest. "Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh." she said hyped and sugar rushed. "There'sanewPonyintownandIdon'tknowwhathernameis,IneedtothrowherawelcometoPonyvillepartyrightaway." she then zooms and grabs a large bag full of party stuff out of who knows where and three trays of cupcakes and stuffed it in the bag. "I'llmeetyouguystonightintownhallbuhbye!" she said quickly and zooms out the shop.
Chris got up with a confuse face and looks at Mr. Cake. "What the heck was that?"
"That was Pinky Pie," Mr. Cake chuckles. "Believe it or not she works for us, but we decided to give her the day off."
Chris couldn't help but laughs as well. "I can see why."
Wheela, Scootaloo and Mrs. Cake got out of the kitchen with the fresh baked goods on their saddles. "Everything ready Honey?" said Mrs. Cake.
"All set dear." Mr. Cake said putting on the harnesses of the cart.
Scootaloo hops onto Chris's shoulders for a piggy back ride as Wheela walks besides him with a smile. Mrs. Cake got on the cart to rest herself due to her pregnancy. Chris pushes the cart for Mr. Cake to help move the heavy cart to Town Hall.
"SURPRIES!" shouted the Pinkie Pie as well almost half of Ponyville are now partying in the tree like library with Twilight and Spike both surprised. The Pink party pony walks up to Twilight and Spike. "Hi I'm Pinkie Pie, its really nice to meet you. Thought about throwing you a surprise party and I did!" Pinkie said very quickly in one breath. Twilight just tries to ignore her and as she pours herself a drink and starts drinking through a straw. "From the other Ponies here your name is Twilight right? Its really nice to meet you and I hope we could become great friends."
Twilight choked as she then turns red, "Hey is she alright?" Rainbow Dash said looking at Twilight. Twilight's hair began to burst into flames and runs upstairs.
Spike picked up the bottle Twilight drank from. "Hot sauce?" Spike read the label.
"Ooh." Pinkie Pies hoof tip the bottle and pours the sauce on a cupcake and ate it. The other Ponies were shocked she could eat it without a problem. "What their good?" she said in a mouth.
The Cake cart arrives at Town Hall with almost out of breath. Scootaloo hops off of Chris for him to breath heavily with Mr. Cake laying down for pulling the heavy cart full of cakes as well Mrs. Cake.
Wheela giggles. "Out of breath already honey?"
Chris chuckles as he got his posture straighten out. "I'm just out of shape after walking around the world is all."
Wheela smiles and gives him a kiss on the cheek. "I'll see you inside dear." she said as she uses her wings to pick up some trays of goodies with Scootaloo with a tray of cookies balanced on her head. Chris stretches his back and hefts a large cake and brings it inside.
An Earth Pony mare commanding orders to other ponies to put the food and beverages along with lights are put up. "Yes, yes, right over there," she said, "We need to make this perfect for Celestia's arrival."
Chris puts down the cake on the table where the stand is put up for the Cake family. He smiles at the decorations for the Summer Sun Celebration as he remembers this place being born from the beginning.
"Chris?" said the Earth Pony recognizing the human.
Chris turns to see the old mare. "Megan Mare?"
He receives a chuckle. "That's Mayor Mare to you young man?" Mayor Mare introduced reintroduced herself.
Chris smiles softly with a light chuckle. "Sorry mam, it's been so long since I've last seen you."
"It sure has been." she said. "I would like to speak with you more, but I must return to keep this building st-No, NO, not there over here!" she said and runs off.
Later tonight, all almost till sunrise, all of the Ponies gathered inside Town Hall for the arrival of Princess Celestia to raise the sun. Scootaloo, now on Chris's shoulders as she rests her head on top of his. Chris smiles with his eyes look up. "Are you sure your not tired?"
Scootaloo yawns as she wipes the sleep off her eyes. "No way, I'm not missing this with you dad." she said stubbornly before letting out another yawn.
Wheela flies above Chris and lands next to him with a smile. "She may be a Pony, but she has her stubbornness like her father." she informs him, earning a light chuckle.
A chorus of singing birds sang for the peoples attention, conducted by Fluttershy. A spotlight aluminates the stage to reveal Mayor Mare. "Fillies and Gentlecolts." She said giving out a speech. "As Mayor of Ponyville, I give great pleasure to announce the beginning of the Summer Sun Celebration." Everyone in Ponyville cheers. "In just a few moments, our town will witness the sunrise and celebrate the longest day of the year." she said pointing at the yellow curtain that pictures an Alicorn with the sun.
Chris let out a smile before looking out the window to see four stars circling the moon. Wheela found her husband feeling troubled. "Is something wrong?" she said in concern.
"Yeah." he said seriously. "Trouble."
"And now, it is my great honor to introduce to you the ruler of our land, giving us the Sun and the Moon for each and everyday," Mayor Mare continues. "I give you the good, the wise, the bringer of Harmony to all of Equestria....Princess Celestia!"
The curtains open up on the upper levels was Rarity who stands to introduce the princess. But she was gone? Everypony began whispering in almost panic.
"Remain calm everypony." Mayor Mare said trying to calm her citizens. "There must be an explanation for this?" she said as she was confuse too.
"She's gone!" shouted Rarity.
Suddenly a dark blue mist appears up on the upper levels, the mist turns to solid to form a pitch black Alicorn with silver armor.
"Nightmare Moon." Chris growls curling his sealed fist.
"Oh my beloved subjects." Nightmare Moon said looking at the crowd. "It's been so long since I've seen your sun loving faces." she said as almost everypony began to shiver in fear.
Chris pulls Scootaloo out of his shoulders and hands her to Wheela. "Take care of her." He said as he passes through the crowd.
"What did you do to our princess?" Rainbow Dash said angrily before about to charge in, but was held back by Applejack.
"Woah there nelly." She said holding her tail by her mouth.
Nightmare Moon laughs evilly. "Why? Am I not royal enough for you don't you know who I am?"
"Oh oh, I love guessing games." Pinkie said playfully. "How about Hoky smokes, how about queen meanie, oh oh black snooty, black snooty!" but she was stopped when the orange mare stuffs an apple in Pinkies mouth.
"Does my crown no longer count?" she leans towards the light yellow pink haired Pegasus. "For I've been imprison for a thousand years?" she then goes towards. "Did you not recall the Legend? did you not see the signs?"
"I did." shouted Twilight, grabbing Nightmare Moons attention. "I know who you are. Your the Mare of the Moon. Nightmare Moon."
Everypony gasps as they remember now. "Well, well, well.I guess somepony did remember me." Nightmare Moon said impressively. "Then you know why I'm here."
"Your here to...to...to." Twilight then began to feel fear.
Nightmare Moon laughs evilly, but was interrupted by white and black magical chains wrapping Nightmare Moon. "Who dares assault your ruler." she said as she struggles. A glow of white and purple magic came in front of the audience is a human with a staff. "Ah if it isn't The Grey, the most powerful sorcerer in Equestria. Tell me, how was walking the lands as the last human for the last thousand years."
Twilight was shocked to see the Grey up in person, and in Ponyville?
Chris mood turn to anger. "I've been around trying to undo what you had done to me." he said showing her his sealed left arm glowing dark purple due to using his power.
"Oh yes, the curse I've given you." Nightmare Moon laughs evilly as the chains began to shatter. "But with those many seals you have now, your power is now diminished to half of what you really can do." she said as she spreads her wings, breaking the chains with a dark shock wave blasts the room, forcing Chris to slam the end of his staff to the ground to create a white shield to block the shock wave. The attack stopped at the same time the shield breaks, causing Chris to kneel on one leg to struggle to get up. "Remember this day little Ponies for it is your last, on this day forth," she said flapping her wings. "NIGHT. WILL LAST FOREVER!" laughs evilly as her mist hair swirl up the ceiling creating lighting bolts. That Night, has brought terror to Equestria, once again.