Twilight woke up with a very bad headache not remembering what just happened.
Looking around she saw that she was in some sort of dungeon?
"Where.... where am I?" she asked to no one in particular then rememberd that Luna was there with her "Luna? Luna where are you?"
"It's alright Twilight Sparkle," Luna's voice called out.
Turning around Twilight could hear the rattling of chains at her hooves. Trying to get them off with magic only made her headache worse. Then she felt there was one of those anti-magic rings on her horn blocking her magic from getting out.
Seeing that Luna was (by the look of it) untouched, she asked, "How come you look alright but I'm in chains with this ring on my horn?"
"Because the only one who can hear and see me is you Twilight," Luna said coming over to put one of her blue wings over the purple Unicorn. "Sombra didn't see me so he did not capture me. And although this is a dream, you will not wake up from it until you can see and admit that you going to Ponyville was a good thing. Oh and I'm not allowed to do anything either, I'm just here to make sure you're ok."
Just then a bell rang out though out the place and doors were opening up everywhere.
"All right you New Ponies." A familiar voice rang out. "Everyone out of your cells. The King and Queen want to see just how useful you are."
King and Queen? Twilight thought then, considering what she had learnt and already seen, Well the king must be Sombra.... so the queen.... *gasp* Nightmare Moon
"Didn't you hear me you in that last cell I said 'Out of your cells'. " Twilight looked up to see...
"Rainbow Dash?" except it wasn't Rainbow Dash. This Rainbow was dressed in silver and blue amour shooting bat wings out of her back, with Luna's ... no Nightmare Moon's cuite-mark on her breast plate.
"Just how in Nightmare Moon do you know my name Unicorn?" Non-Rainbow asked walking right up to her staring into her eye. There was still loyalty in there, Twilight saw, but there was no love or friendship in her heart.
Not knowing what to say Twilight stayed quiet and dropped her eye contact with Non-Rainbow, tears forming in her eyes as she walked out the door.
After being chained up with a long line of other ponies they were led through a crystal here, a crystal there dark Canterlot Palace being led to the throne room by Non-Rainbow in silence.
As the doors opened, all around her were statues all with fear on their faces as though they were screaming and trying to get away from something. Looking up Twilight could see the three ponies, (well two ponies and one draconequus) that she really did not want to see at that moment, Nightmare Moon, King Sombra and Discord sitting on one of his infamous cotton candy clouds.
Non-Rainbow stopped everyone then walked forward a bit more before taking off her helmet and and bowing to them. "To the Three Rulers of Equestia, I have come forth bringing new ponies for you to choose their fates," she said without a note of sorrow in her voice.
"Well done Miss Dash, another excellent hoard," King Sombra said eying all the ponies up spotting Twilight at the end smiling a little. "Would you like to pick first Nightie?"
"Yes I think I would..." Nightmare Moon answered also inspecting the ponies before her.
Apart from Twilight there were two Pegasi, a mare and a stallion (Twilight thinking they're siblings), four Earth ponies, a colt, a filly and two mares and one other Unicorn, a stallion.
"Hmm... For my guard I will take, the stallion Pegasus, and the stallion Unicorn," Nightmare Moon said at last, smiling at how the two Pegasi were trying to stay together as some of the guards came forward to take the stallions away.
"For my Crystal mine, I will have the Unicorn mare and the Earth colt and filly," Sombra said, eyes still on Twilight as though trying to remember (apart from when he caught her) where he had seen her before.
"Well as for me I think I'll just take the Earth mares," Discord said while magicking up a giant magnifying glass to inspect the two mares "I mean, really how much fun will that Pegasus be now?" he said motioning to the weeping Pegasus mare for the loss of her brother. "I mean come on."
"Well if no one wants her would you like to do the honors my Lord of Darkness?" Nightmare Moon said walking up to her throne.
Without saying anything King Sombra's horn lit up with black and green bubbles as his eyes went bright green and red with the purple mist seeping out of the corners. Then without warning a beam shot out at the Pegasus. Screams could be heard all around the room although it only seemed to affect the prisoners.
Must all be used to it, Twilight thought looking around briefly counting how many statues there were. At last the screams stopped and Sombra shut off his magic. In the Pegasus's place was a new statue, frozen in the pose it was in when the spell hit it fear in her eyes mouth wide as though still calling out her screams.
"Miss Dash. Please make sure the rest of these wimpy ponies make it to the right destinations," Nightmare Moon said looking at Non-Rainbow with (to Twilight's annoyance) glee in her eye staring at Sombra who, for some reason, was still looking at Twilight.
"Of course my Queen," Non-Rainbow said bowing again "And all very good decisions." Then getting up, and putting her helmet back on, she walked back to Twilight and everyone else questioningly looking at the pony on the other end with a quill and parchment, getting a nod from her to say that she got everypony there noted down on where they had to go. And walked her prisoners out the door again.
After the doors shut.
"Well, I need to be getting back to Discord-ville," Discord said, stretching his back, calling Ponyville by his new name for it. "That pink pony I got last week is an excellent court jester and guess what? She's happy to get paid in chocolate rain," he said smiling. "Oh and Sombra you might want to forget that purple Unicorn if you know what's good for you." Then with a bang and a flash of light he was gone.
"Give it a rest Discord," Sombra said walking up the steps to his throne next to Nightmare Moon's.
"He did have a point Sombra," Nightmare said, eyes on her husband "For all the while I was looking at you, you were looking at that Unicorn. Care to explain?"
Getting a bit nervous Sombra said "I was the one that caught that Unicorn my dear, and for some reason she looked like someone I think I knew but I couldn't put my hoof on it." Well it was the truth wasn't it?
"Well alright," Nightmare Moon said. "I can't think of who, but please remember I'm your only mare," she said rubbing her head up against his chest affectionately.
"Of course my dear," Sombra said a wicked look in his eye. "Till death do us part."