A black mare with a beautiful mane that reflected the night sky, even in the lightness of day, stumbled in her hoofsteps. A long journey takes toll on physical health no matter how powerful the self is. The black mare raised her purplish black head. At the very top a long horn stood, the very tip having a faint glow, but slowly losing power. At the small surge of mystical energy, the night mare gasped. It was all to much for her, as she couldn't even lift up her large feathered wings.
She remembered who she was doing it for, her older sister, the sun ruler. She had died a mere 2 years before, as a year seems like a month to immortal alicorns, to the dark force trying to take up her land. After the funeral, since there was no more alicorn princess besides the mare, she was named queen, the first to ever rule over the land.
"Being immortal doesn't mean you live forever," the beautiful mare whispered to herself, but in a way that would seem as a mantra to a passing stranger, but no one would be in this beautiful arctic cold.
She tried to stay up, in which she barley succeeded in at the thought of her beloved sister, giving her strength once again, as if the mere memory of her dear sister fueled her physical strength.
She walked for about a mile or so until she saw a peek of what looked like a black crystal. She shriveled at the dark thought, but still struggled to go on. After of what seemed as long as her imprisonment that grew from jealously long ago, she saw of what became of a crystal empire, now into a maze of black gems, and dull ponies in shackles who once brought the most light to her dear land. She looked up to what seemed as a neon green and red castle covered in matched black crystals.
A deep voice called from above whispering, "Luna, how pleasantly surprising to see you."
The dull ponies looked up to the black mare, one even shouted, "An alicorn!"
Ignoring the statement, Luna replied to the dark voice,"I can't say the same."
The voice laughed, "Well, my apologizes," a black and green crack came upon the night sky, surged with power.
The shock came down her spine while her eyes gave out.
The black mare's eyes opened to hooves walking. The little light that was in her area burned her night bound eyes. She stood up, the rest helped her gain energy. She tried walking forward, but shackles held her hind hooves, which made her look back. She was in a large cell that held her against the wall. She sighed and sat down, forgetting why she was there.
"Hello, my love," The dark voice spoke once again.
The memory came back in a flash. The voice had struck her with lightning, making her to faint. She looked up to her captor, or at least his eyes.
"It really has been a long time, my dear Luna."
Luna stood tall, "And what do you want, Sombra?"
"King Sombra to you!" He spat out to Luna. A gray stallion emerged with dark eyes, blasted with green and red, all with a matching black mane. At the front stood the long horn which in a way resembled Luna's horn, but gray with a redden tip, showing as a scar of darkness. Luna had a scar too, but on her cutie mark. A black splash, showing that she was once too consumed by an evil darkness.
"Well, Sombra," at that point he rolled his eyes, " do you want me here besides the obvious?," Luna grumbled.
Sombra's eyes flashed at a great light, " Luna, dear, I just want you to be on my side."
Luna's eyes glowed to that statement, mumbling. A second after, her eyes matched Sombra's. Luna gasped falling to the cold hard ground. She whispered, "Sombra, she is evil, even on our standards. Don't make me bring her back."
"My dear Luna, even I know that when you do bring her out, even you don't have full control. All it would do would bring her on my side," Sombra laughed, as he already planned the whole thing out.
Luna quickly got up, her mane getting faster of the flowing process, "You coward! You yourself need help, the Great Sombra! And to call yourself king!"
"I just want to rule with you. Together, we rule Equestria in eternal darkness. All of these pathetic ponies will look up to you, and will appreciate your night."
This got Luna's attention, her eyes glowing even more, " Night and Day are mine now. I will not fall for your tricks." But after her second sentence, she was breathing heavily, as if speaking mere words was draining her sanely conscious energy.
Sombra gave a long laugh, "You are trying to hold her back, aren't you? You don't want to give up to my excellent reasons. She won't hold back, Luna, let it go. Celestia isn't here to be your burden. You are free."
At that point, Luna was panting, trying to not give up to her dark side, trying not to be played, trying not to relive her memories with the gray stallion. She was twisted with both emotional and physical pain, trying to hold back darkness that has always been her one true fear, the one thing that held her back from her beloved sister for a thousand years, "I will not give up to your cruel forces, Sombra."
Sombra grinned at the pained mare, "How delightful. To think, you can defeat your other. Just delightful."
It was too much. The torture. The pain. The memories. Luna started to glow. Armor appeared on her chest. Her frame grew. But all the while, she still had the eyes. The ones Sombra forced her to have. Luna eyesight started fading. She panted all the more during transformation. Luna eventually lost consciousness.
Sombra released evil laughter. His plans with Luna were complete. His plans with Nightmare Moon were just starting.