//------------------------------// // Prologue // Story: The Wondermane Mare // by thewriter133 //------------------------------// Princess Derpy: The Wondermane Mare By TheWriter133 Prologue The elements of harmony lay in the crystal castle of Twilight Sparkle. They were shrouded in a miasma brought on by the attack of the denizens of Tartarus. Cerberus had been severely injured due to the small fact that he had no sun throne powers now that Celestia was no more. Surrounding the elements were three figures. One was as massive as Tirek though he had a disguise that made him look normal, one was a mismatched god of chaos, and the last was a midnight Alicorn. Discord stood near Fluttershy who's pink and yellow form twitched fretfully. Luna was struggling against the miasma around Rarity. The grey stallion with an eye patch and a scruffy look to him stood over Twilight Sparkle element of magic and newest princess of Equestria. Inside Twilight's mind the mental form of the grey stallion stood holding back a shadowy form with rainbow hair. He managed to banish the nightmare only to turn and see Twilight staring at him. She spoke "Why are you here Blackmane?" Blackmane looked at her with his steely golden eyes "I am inside your head because you seem to be having nightmares." "Are you taking over Luna's job now as well?" "Hardly child. I am assisting her. She is currently struggling against your friends' Nightmares." "I don't need your help!" "Oh? So you running from Gothshy and Pinkie Terror was only an illusion." "SILENCE! I don't want the help of a blackmane. Your wretched cult killed my mentor. You killed Celestia!" The miasma surrounded Twilight Sparkle causing her to transform. She fired a beam of energy that sliced through Blackmane's mental form sending him into the waking world. He turned to a steel gray mare "Put her in the warded room. Ward the door and lock it. I will deal with her later." The mare nodded and pushed the rolling bed into a chamber filled with runes. She hurried out the door after warding it and pushed it closed locking it from outside. She hurried back to her teacher's side. Blackmane now stood over Pinkie Pie. Luna spoke "Be careful Baron Blackmane. Pinkie's mind is not to be trifled with." "Luna I have been through the lands of Wondermane. When you play chess with a Jabberwocky and talk to a smoking giant millipede. Then you can tell me what I can and cannot handle." His mental form entered into the mind of Pinkie. He was quite surprised when he wound up in a filing room. Everything was in order. He saw a straight haired Pinkie Pie sitting forlornly. He walked over to her and saw what she was staring at. Outside the window her chaotic mind was storming the wire fence. She looked balefully at him "Don't go out there this is the only safe haven I have left." Discord appeared and asked "Why is your mind attacking you?" "Not attacking. It's fleeing." Blackmane looked out the window "Fleeing from what?" Blackmane stepped outside into the storm. He saw Discord float next to him and turn some of the clouds into cotton candy. Blackmane then saw a shadowy form. This was the cause of the fear. The shadowy female turned to him and grinned maliciously. Blackmane spoke "If it isn't the shadow of Belphegor." The shadow mare smiled sweetly "Oh you've heard of me?" Blackmane grimaced "You don't belong here." "Oh? Do you plan on stopping me?" "Go back to your master." He waved his hoof and she vanished with a scream of fury. He appeared in Rainbow Dash's mind and saw her struggling to perform the Sonic Rainboom. Her fans were booing and jeering at her. He saw another shadow mare and recognized her as the shadow of Abadon. He smiled and adjusted her trajectory allowing her to perform her signature move. The shadow of Abadon vanished with a howl of rage. Blackmane was once again in the waking world. He saw Luna get thrown into a wall as Rarity woke up. The gem finder grinned darkly and advanced on Blackmane. Blackmane spoke "Essence get back to the temple. Pinkie I need you to find Ditzy Doo. Help her locate the Mavericks." His image disguise was washed away and a beam of fiery purple stabbed through his chest. His body vanished and Twilight Sparkle stood there smouldering. Her purple hair was pure fire. And her coat was venom white. She had somehow forged sharp iron armor that she wore along with a purple cape. Discord spoke "Love the new look Princess. Very Medival of you. All you're missing is a chain flail." "Silence Traitor! Twilight Sparkle is no more I am Aamon. You betrayed us now you will suffer." Fluttershy stepped in front of Discord "You will have to go through me bitch!" A fiery blue beam slammed into Fluttershy causing her to cry out and become a silvery crystal. The ground quaked and stone spears engulfed Discord re-petrifying him Applejack stood there wrapped in ebony chains. Dash backed up to protect the fallen Luna. Rarity spoke very sultrily "Come Dahling join us. Even little spikey wiky has joined us." A large purple drake shambled in he had gold armlets and numerous jewelry around his limbs. He let out a massive roar. Dash stood there "I will not let you near Luna!" Fire blurred her vision and when it returned she was being held by Luna. They were in the hidden Command Center inside the former castle of the Two Pony sisters. Now simply known as the castle of the moon. The statue of Discord stood there looking aghast, It was wrapped around the statue of Fluttershy. Dash stood there looking at all the unicorns. She also saw numerous Bat Pony Nightguard. She saw some spider ponies, diamond dogs, raccoons with daggers, possums brewing potions, and strange cat-pony wizards with mice bodyguards. A possum quickly clambered up Luna and sat on her back. One of the cats opened a scroll and spoke "Queen Luna our scrying indicates that the seven kings lead the forces from Tartarus. Your pet hound, Cerberus, is resting and in good health." Dash looked at Luna "who are the Seven Kings?" "They are better known through myths as The kings of hell. They represent Greed, Avarice, Pride, Lust, Sloth, Envy, and Wrath. They have names however. The one that took over Twilight was Aamon the Wrathful. Applejack was possessed by Lucifer the prideful. Rarity was consumed by The Fly of Envy, Beelzebub. And Spike was taken by Mamon the greedy. The one that was trying to posses you was Abadon the sloth. Fluttershy was struggling against Asmodius the lust filled. The one that weakened Blackmane was Belphagor the Glutenous." Cadance spoke "But Auntie how did they break free." "When Celestia was placed in the Sun for healing her powers disappeared from this plane of existence. The only way that Cerberus was able to keep guard was with the powers of both the sun, moon, love, and harmony. When Celestia assassinated you and your friends she broke harmony. When she tortured Chrysalis and tried to commit genocide against the changelings the crystal heart broke. Cadance and Chrysalis were two sides of the same coin. Without the darker aspects of love the heart was overpowered by the pure aspects of love and shattered." Rainbow collapsed in exhaustion "How did it it come to this?" A mustard yellow mare walked in with a pith hat on. Her cutie mark was that of a compass. She spoke "I am afraid that The Blackmane forces unearthed a powerful artifact. I was exploring the tomb of Starswirl the bearded. I noticed that the anvil of the night was missing." Luna looked down in shame "I am afraid I asked him to take it. When the wondermane forces attacked I became worried that the wyrm's agents would find certain artifacts of power and use them to resurrect the wyrm. So I asked him to collect them and keep them protected." A steel gray mare appeared "I also have something to do with these attacks. My master want's me to show you the days leading up to this attack."