The Mayor came to Luna slighlty worried "Is something wrong ?" pegasus smiled "No, student and teacher need to talk" , then Colgate came "Do you see that magic, wow first the heart, and now this, I mean they are shadows, but they reciting their pieces from romanticism era of literature, as if they were living " then another mare came, Luna smiled "Coco how are you ? "
"I'm good, it was lovely, but i must go back, I need help Miss Rarity with work"
Mayor turned again to Luna "Is something wrong between Celestia, and Princess?" Luna thought for a moment "Probably not, the point is that Tia reads a lot of books, the Princess sent her here to take some rest from studying, but it seems to me that she did it under the wrong pretenses" Coco who, was walking toward the doors turned her head "What do you mean? "
Dark blue pegasus started rubbing her chin, "Well, in a nutshell, she sent her here, to check preparations for Hearts and Hooves Day Special Event, but it seems that wasn't needed"
Mayor laughed a little, but she was interrupted, because from somewhere came the sound of explosion, and after a moment the shadows of poets began to disappear, and a lot of sudden it got darker, many ponies started looking around, and leaving the town hall.
Outside, ponies were staring at the full moon, shadows started to fall onto the ground like a meteorites, until there was an another explosion of magic, from which the light for a moment blinded ponies, some began to panic, then there was a sudden silence, and then...
"Huh ?" Ivory started to turn, so she could look at other ponies, she saw that they have become aggressive, and began to quarrel with others "What is happening?" she asked
"Flitter please, come to your senses ! What is wrong with you !? " Colgate ran to the distressed Cloudchaser "What's going on?" pale persian blue pegasus mare turned to her "You tell me, because I do not know, it just, I don't know she got mad at me a lot of sudden, but from what I can see, this also happened to other ponies"
"So what do we do?" Coco timidly asked
"Let's go to the library, Princess should be there, she probably will know what is going on," Luna said, and quite a number of ponies that were still normal, began to run after her
At the Library, the Alicorn was laughing, then she looked at Princess Twilight "Ah, my dear sister, how you've grown " after she finished those words, a lot of ponies came running, when they stopped, she smiled spreading her wings ""Ah, our subject came to admire us "
"Who is this ?" The Mayor asked
"Oh, you grieve us with your ignorance my little ponies"
"STOP !" Princess Twilight cried out with spread wings "Please run away from here, it is dangerous ! "
"HOW DARE THOU INTERRUPT US !, WHEN WE SPEAK TO OUR SUBJECTS !! "
"These are not your subjects ! "
"BLASPHEMY ! I AM BLEEDING HEART, THE TRUE RULER OF THIS LAND " when she had finished her speech, the sound of whispers grew larger, and an increasing number of ponies started to fall into dread
"Now you remember your queen my little ponies, here comes the new era, THE ERA OF ETERNAL DARKNESS "
"Not if I can stop you!"
"Poor sister, maybe you've grown , but you can't do anything to me, not without Elements of Harmony! " Celestia was frightened, her heart was beating like crazy, she looked up at her teacher "Princess ? " fear was present in her words, Bleeding Heart began to laugh
"I'll do anything to stop you !"
"Really?, Then defend thyself ! " Suddenly horn of dark purple Alicorn lit up, and Princess Twilight was pinned to the ground, Celestia run up to the monster standing in front of her, she wanted to do anything to free her precious teacher, but the attempt ended almost in disaster, magic bullet flew past unicorn grazing her cheek, causing slight bleeding, Tia was in shock
"HOW DARE YOU, COMING AT US LIKE THAT ! "
"Ce-Celestia !" Princess horn started shining in dark violet
Bleeding Heart began to laugh maniacally, thrusting Princess a little deeper into the ground, "You trapped me for one thousand years on the moon, you betrayed me, and traitors are treated like garbage, maybe this time I will banish you," she looked at the frightened ponies standing before her, chuckling, once again began to speak ""What about the Tartarus sister? Perfect place for such a fool as you are "
"NO!" Celestia screamed, looked terrified , "And you still dare oppose your queen!" Alicorn eyes were all white and horn was now enveloped in dark purple color, white unicorn stepped back
"Just as I thought "
Suddenly, Princess of Equestria stood up, breathing heavily, she was covered with a dark purple aura
"Oh" Bleeding Heart started laughing, Twilight closed her eyes to steady her breath, the aura which she was surrounded seemed to reinforce, once her breathing was calm, she opened her eyes, there was compassion in them, she looked with those eyes at her student "I am sorry, I cannot do anything, but I have faith in you...Goodbye" when the speech was over, the aura surrounding her had disappeared, moment later body of the Princess was shining in white and purple colors
"Oh sister, I always thought that you were a fool, but not a coward, but do not worry, ponies will live well with their NEW RULER !! "
"And who said, that I'm leaving them with nothing? I have faith in them !" And with this, she changed into a light ball, and shot in the sky, that after a while, shone a blinding light
"WHAT ! THOU REALLY DID IT ! "
After a few moments of silence, everypony looked upwards, they saw sun, and the moon together, and it was not an illusion, but it was not day and night, it was something in between, some were confused, some were frightened because they were now alone with a monstrous dictator. Finally, Bleeding Heart looked at ponies in front of her " BOW TO US ! "
"NO !" Celestia shouted, shocked ponies looked at her
"You, you were a student of my sister, you are strong, I can feel it, but you can be even more powerful, if you become my apprentice, It will save your miserable life ! "
"No, I'm not going to listen to you!"
"It is very unwise of you" Alicorn laughed " I wish I had some time, but the moment has come" she looked at the city which was at the top of the mountain "MY TIME HAS COME ! "
" I will stop you !" Alicorn approached the frightened unicorn, looked into her eyes, and what seems to be unlikely for all, kissed her, Tia tried to back off, then stopped moving, her eyes lost their sparkle. When their lips parted, Tia fell to the ground, Alicorn was already ready for departure "You have wonderful memories of Twilight, but my stupid sister didn't even bothered to tell you, if the elements are active, they cannot be used by mortal believe me there is no hope for any of you AHAHAHA ! " and she flew away
Luna, Mayor Scrolls, Coco, Colgate and Cloudchaser rushed to the shocked unicorn, and helped her to get up , Cloudchaser asked, "Where is she going ? "
"She looked into my memory, she's going to Canterlot " Luna hugged Celestia "What now ? " Coco asked, and all of sudden, ponies around them began to panic, and run home, some were simply arguing with each other. After a while, and older mare came to them, her coat was green "Granny Smith ? " Mayor asked
"Mayor dare to explain what is going on, it's all so strange, in guild everyone was fighting, they say that guild need to be dissolved ! Tell me what the hay is going on !" elderly mare voice was worried
"Um it's complicated Granny Smith, in short the evil Alicorn escaped Lunar Prison and..."
"Oh mah stars ! I better go home, an check on Jackie and Apple Bloom, better to be together when the world ends"
"Merchant Guild ? dissolve ? " Colgate asked with raised eyebrow
"Probably the same thing happened to them, what about those we saw earlier" The Mayor responded, Celestia suddenly stood up, her face full of determination
"Tia ? " Luna spoke "Where are you going ? "
"In the library should be the answer "
"What answer ? " the other five mares said in unison
"There should be a book, about the elements of harmony "
"The book that you look for, is not in the place, where you want to find it" said a mysterious voice, and everyone turned to see a zebra " Book that you're looking for is in my possession, you see the patron told me to bring it here, Forgive me for being late "
"Ah ! " Coco exclaimed " You live with that strange pegasus in the forest "
"Do you really have that book ? "
"Wait Tia, what if those elements don't work " Luna was looking into her eyes, Celestia sighed " Lulu i must try, I can't just sit here doing nothing ! "
Zebra came close to 6 mares " My name is Zahara" she took the book out of her bag
"Wait ... since when we immediately trust a stranger ?" Cloudchaser asked
"She is a zebra, Zebras live in peace with other tribes " Tia replied quickly " Wait, your patron know about us ? Who is she ? "
"Explanations later, there's no time " Zahara replied, white unicorn looked to the book, and found what she was looking for " There are six elements, but only five are known: Generosity, Compassion, Laughter, Loyalty, Integrity, the last is unknown , the last know location of elements is in ancient castle, it is located in the... "
"EVERFEE FOREST ! " Celestia looked at the frightened Coco, Colgate, Cloudchaser and Mayor Scrolls "What is wrong with this forest ? " slightly frightened Coco said, "This is no ordinary forest, all the plants grow on their own" next was Cloudchaser "The weather manages itself " then Colgate interjected "The Animals are taking care themselves" Celestia looked at Zebra " You and your patron live there ? " Zebra chuckled " It not so bad, at any rate, we must hurry. I can go with you, but not too far, I must return to my hut ".
Celestia turned her gaze toward Luna " Lulu stay with them in Ponyville, I hope that we see each other again " But Luna was standing next to Zahara "Let's go"
"What ?" -Blue coated pegasus turned to her " You coming ? "
"What ? , Yes but i'm going alone " Suddenly Mayor came to her, and put a hoof on Tia's back " We go together " studious unicorn looked at Coco "Are you not afraid?
Meek Earth mare smiled "Better together than alone " Celestia looked at five mares in disbelief, Luna put a wing on Tia's back "You can't be alone now " Unicorn sighed "Let's go together "
Zahara smiled, and when the white unicorn was beside her she said "It is nice to have some friends " there was no answer, but unicorn thought to herself They all crazy, even Luna...
The six ponies and one Zebra entered the forest in silence. Not knowing what awaits them there, they knew only that Bleeding Heart must be stopped.