//------------------------------// // Chapter six. The truth is revealed // Story: Student of the Night // by Thestoryteller //------------------------------// Celestia's cruel sun shone through the curtains like they were see through and landed on First base's closed as he rolled over to avert from the Suns gaze. "Mom, tell Celestia to keep the sun down for five more minutes." First base said groggily. Deciding it was time to get up, First base opened his eyes to meet a very familiar face. "Gooooooood mooooooooring Firsty!" Pinkie yelled. "Gahhhh!" First base yelled as he jumped out of bed. "HAPPY WELCOME-TO-PONYVILLE PARTY FIRST BASE!" Derpy, Dinkie, Pipsqueak, and Pinkie shouted. "Have a morning muffin First base." Derpy said as she offered a muffin on a silver plater. "Oh uh, thanks Derpy." First said as he took the muffin and took a bite out of it. Instantly his eyes widened and his pupils shrank as the muffin took its corse, First base dropped the muffin and began running in place for some odd reason. "Mum, what was in that muffin?" Pip asked. "Oh it was one of my sugar muffins sweetie, I baked it for First because Pinkie to,d me he's not a morning pony." Derpy answered. First base couldn't hold it in anymore, he needed to run and burn off his energy and fast before he exploded. "ComeonPipIthinkit'stimeforschoolI'lleventakeDinkiesoundgood?greatthanksbye!" First base said at a very fast pace. He then grabbed Pip and Dinkie and ran out the door. "Slow down mate, your gonna tear me arm off if ya don't slow down!" Pip said as he tried to slow base down. "What's worse you could hurt me sis." "Your right, Dinkie hop on my back." First base said. "...what?" Dinkie said. "Hop on my back, it'll be easier to carry you than dragging you." "O-okay." Dinkie stuttered as a light blush appeared on her cheeks. She climbed on top of First base back and held on tight to his neck. "Away we go!" First base yelled as he reared up and punched the air. Once he was on all fours again he ran off like a speeding bullet. They sped through town at a very fast speed, so fast that everything became a blur to First base, he couldn't tell what was what. "Look out!" Pip yelled as the group tackled something to the ground. Or rather Somepony. "Ow, hey watch where your going there buddy." A brown colt with an orange mane and orange eyes said as he rubbed his head. "Oh sorry there...Button mash?" Pip asked. "Oh Pip its you how ya doing old friend?" Button asked. "Fine, fine, back from Manehatton I see." "Yeah, moms work there ended yesterday so today I came back." "H-h-h-hey P-p-p-I-I-I-p w-w-h-h-h-o-o I-I-s-s th-th-this g-g-u-u-y?" First base asked as he bounced up and down uncontrollably. "What's with him?" Button mash asked. "First base this is me old mate Button mash." Pip said as he pointed a hoof at Button mash. "Button mash, the pony bouncing uncontrollably is me new friend friend First base." "Whys he bouncing like that?" "He ate one of me mums sugar muffins." "Oh, yeah that you'll do." "C-c-c-a-a-n-n s-s-o-m-m-e-p-p-o-o-n-n-y p-p-l-l-e-e-a-s-s-e g-g-g-e-e-t D-d-d-I-n-n-k-k-I-e o-o-o-f-f-f-f of m-m-e?!" First base asked. "First has a point we best get me sis of her before he takes her bleedin' head off." Pip said as he and Button began to walk towards First base. "Okay now mate, don't worry I'll hold you down while Button mash here gets me sis off ya. Sound good?" First base responded by nodding his head. "Okay three...two...one!" Pip yelled as he jumped at First. But then First base dogged it and ran off. "Mate I thought I told ya to stay still!" Pip yelled. "I'm sorry but I can't control my legs anymore!" First base yelled. "Uh oh." Pip said. "Uh oh what?" Button asked. "It's just as I feared, first base needs to get rid off all that energy that's built up inside of him, and because he didn't get rid of it before his muscles are responding involuntary." Pip said. "Huh?" "He can't control his actions anymore." "Oh, wait then how do we stop him?" "We chase him ya dolt." Pip said as he raced after First base. "Oh, right." Button said as he gave chase too. As First base kept running and running everything wasn't a blur anymore he could see where he was going only problem was he couldn't control where he went. But as he was running he saw a familiar Pegasus flying about. "RumblehelpIcan'tstop! First base said as he ran past Rumble. "Huh?" Rumble asked as a green and orange blur pasted him. "Base was that you?" "Ruuuuummmble!" Pip shouted. "Pip what's going on?" "It Base mate, he ate one of me mums sugar muffins!" "What?! Your mom gave him one of those, doesn't she know those things are dangerous?!" "Come on we need your help." "Hang on, there's no way we can catch Base on our own, we're gonna need help." Rumble said as he began to fly off. "I'll be back." Meanwhile Base was still running uncontrollably as he did his best not to hit any buildings. "Are you okay Dinkie?" First base asked. "I would like to get off da ride please." She said. "Me too." Base said as he turned his head straight forward again. "SOMEPONY HELP US!" First base yelled. He kept running and running until suddenly he came to a stop. "Huh?" First base said confused. "Need any help?' A voice asked. First base looked behind him to see our two main characters, Nightwing and Flash. "Flash, grab the kid and fly into the air." Nightwing told Flash. "Got it Nightwing." Flash said as he grabbed First base and flew into the air. Nightwing flew up and began to inspect First base. "Tell me kid what's your name." Nightwing asked. "My name is First base." First base answered. "Well First base you have something that I like to call 'a super sugar rush'." Nightwing said "A super sugar rush?" "Yeah it's what happens when your body is so chalk full of energy that you can't control it anymore." "Is there a cure for it?" "Lucky there is, you just need to burn off that energy." "How?" "Simple, you run." Nightwing said bluntly. "I have a large hamster wheel you can run on to burn that energy at my house, let's go." Nightwing said as they all flew over to Nightwings house. In his backyard Nightwing had set up the wheel and got Dinkie to let go of First base. "Okay Flash let him loose." Nightwing said. Flash nodded in response as he let First base go and he began to run on the wheel. "Hey Nightwing can I ask you something?" Flash asked. "Sure." Nightwing said. "Why do you have this wheel and how long have you had it?" "Why, because this isn't the first time I've sealed with a sugar rush." Nightwing answered. "How long have I had it, about two weeks maybe." "Follow up question, how long will this take?" "Somewhere between three minutes and." Nightwing paused as First base began to slow down. "Now." First base flopped down on the wheel with his tongue out and was gasping for air. Nightwing walked over to him and looked down at him and said. "Feeling better?" Nightwing asked. First base responded by giving Nightwing a slow nod. "Good, now let's get you off of that wheel and get you to school, I bet the teachers worried about you." First base somehow found the strength to get up and walk alongside Flash and Nightwing with Dinkie as well. On the way there they all ran into the C.M.C. "Base there you are, we've been looking everywhere for you." Rumble said. "When Pip told us you had one of Derpys sugar muffins we came as fast as we could." Applebloom said. "Thank you guys for caring but Mr. Nightwing here and Flash helped me, so I think I'm all good now." First base said. "Oh, well if you say your okay mate then it's fine with me." Pip said. "You guys all better get to class, it's gonna start soon." Nightwing said. "Oh right." First base said as the C.M.C all ran inside the school, but First base turned back to Nightwing and said. "Thank you again Mr. Nightwing." "No problem First base." Nightwing replied as First base went inside the school and Flash and Nightwing walked home. When First base entered the school he noticed that Button mash was sitting in the desk that was between Pip and Rumble. First base looked up to Cheerly and asked. "Ms. Cheerly where am I supposed to sit?" "You can sit next to me First base." Dimond Tiara offered. "Um...you could sit next to me." A small voice said. First turned his head to see that the small voice was Dinkie. Deciding it would be better to sit next to someone he knew First base sat next to Dinkie. While Dimond cursed at Dinkie for that. "Okay class today we have a very special guest visiting us." Cheerily said. The entire class talked amongst one another about the visitor and who he could be. But then the whole room went quiet once they heard a knock on the door. "You may come in." Cheerly said. The door swung open as a familiar bat pony walked into the room. "Hello fillies and gentlecolts, my name is Nightwing, and it's a pleasure to meet you all. "Hi mr Nightwing." The whole class said. "Now let me tell you something's about myself." Nightwing began. "First, can anypony tell me what kind of pony I am?" Nightwing asked, then a filly with a white coat, red poofy mane, purple eyes, and glasses raised her hoof. "Yes, you with the glasses." Nightwing said as he called on the filly. "Your a bat-pony, ponies that are half bat and half pony." The filly said. "Your correct young one, I am a bat-pony. But can any of you tell me what I have that normal bat-ponies don't?" Then Scootaloo raised hoof and Nightwing called on her. "Is it your eyes, because you have red eyes, while normal bat-ponies have yellow eyes." Scootaloo said. "Correct, now can anypony tell me why I have red eyes instead of yellow?" No one in the class room raised their hoof to answer Nightwings question. "No one, come on it doesn't hurt to guess." Nightwing said. Then out of the corner of First base's eye he saw Dinkie's hoof was slowly beginning to raise. But Nightwing met her halfway and called on her. "Um...is it...is it because..." Dinkie tried to say but had a hard time making the words come out. "No need to rush yourself, take your time." Dinkie took a deep breath and then poured it all out. "Is it because your a vampire bat-pony that drinks blood instead of fruit like the other bat-ponies with yellow eyes?" She asked quickly while stunning everypony I the class. "Why...yes, that is correct Dinkie." Nightwing said. "Wait...you drink blood?!" Rumble asked. "Yes I do." Nightwing said bluntly. "Unlike the normal bat-ponies you've seen that eat fruit, I drink blood." The entire classroom went wide eyed when Nightwing confirmed that he drank blood. "Haha, don't look so afraid I'm not going to drink anyone's blood." Nightwing said, calming down the classroom. "Besides, I drink blood because it's a food source for me, I drink it because it helps give me strength and improves my brain." Pip raised his hoof which Nightwing called on. "If your a bat-pony, why are ya awake during the day. Doesn't the sun burn bat-ponies?" Pip asked. "Ah, I was hoping one of you would ask me a question like that." Nightwing said as he turned towards the chalk board, levitated a piece of chalk, and drew a wooden stake, garlic, a chalice of holy water, and a picture of the sun. "Who can tell me what all these objects have in common?" Nightwing asked, Dinkie once again raised her hoof and was called on. "All those objects are things that ponies believe could hurt Bat-ponies." "Correct, ponies thought that Bat-ponies weakness's were these objects here. But who can tell me the three things that are an actual weakness to Bat-ponies?" "Gold, silver, and crystal." Dinkie answered. "Correct again, now who can tell me why these things are a Bat-ponies weakness?" Nightwing asked. "Yes you in the back." "It's because gold, silver, and crystal are the only metals that can be enchanted with magic." Button mash answered. "That's why the royal guards armor is made of gold, silver, and crystal, because they are enchanted to withstand almost anything." "Correct, now that we know what I am, who can tell me who I am?" "Your the student of Princess Luna." Applebloom answered. "That's right, I am the student of Princess Luna. Now who can-" "What stuff does Princess Luna make you do?" Dimond Tiara asked. "Well, kinda random stuff really. A little tests here and there I guess-" "Have you ever fought a dragon with Princess Luna?" Pip asked. "Well we did once but it wasn't that big of a deal-" "Have you ever built a-" "ENOUGH!" Nightwing shouted silencing everyone in the classroom. "There, now can anyone tell me what this is?" Nightwing asked as he lifted up his crystal. "It's a crystal." Silver spoon said. "Yes,but what kind of crystal?" Dinkie examined the crystal trying to figure out what it was when it came to her. "That's a magikia crystal." Dinkie said. "A crystal that uses the magic within a pony and focusses it through the crystal like a unicorn horn does, but only a shadow knight can use them." "That's correct Dinkie-wait what?" Nightwing said as he walked up to Dinkie. "What was that last part you said?" Nightwing asked. "That, only a Shadow Knight can use them. Ponies that know how to wield magic without a horn." Dinkie explained. Nightwing looked to miss Cheerly and said. "Miss Cheerly I'm afraid I'm gonna have to cut my visit short, I need to go look at something." Nightwing said as he ran off. "Well, it looks like mr. Nightwing had to leave in a hurry so let's move on to today's lesson." Nightwing kept running and running as he headed for his house, he couldn't believe it it was true. It couldn't have been true, but just to be sure he needed to see for himself. He burst through his home doors where Flash was reading a book on the couch. "Oh hey Nightwing, your back early what happened?" Flash asked. "No time to explain we need to find a book called the 'Lunar empire'." Nightwing said. "Why?" "I just said don't ask questions!" Flash and Nightwing searched the house from top to bottom in search for the book but couldn't find it. "We've searched all over the house Nightwing, I don't even think we have the book." Flash said. "Your right, we don't have the book." Nightwing said. "But I know someone that does. Follow me." Nightwing said as he ran off with Flash behind him. The two ran and ran, until they stopped at there destination. A large crystal tree. "The friendship castle, why are we here?" Flash asked. "If there's one pony that has that book, it's Twilight sparkle." Nightwing said as he knocked on the door. A few seconds later a purple dragon with green scales on his head that ran all the way down to his tail opened the door. "Nightwing and Flash, what are you two doing here?" The dragon asked. "We're here because we need a book that Twilight owns." Nightwing answered. "Oh if you want that come on one in." Nightwing and Flash entered the castle and followed Spike to the Library. "Here we are the Library section of the castle." Spike said as he opened the door. "Anything else you need?" Spike asked. "Yeah, where does Twilight keep the book 'The Lunar Empire'?" Nightwing asked. "Oh that one, we don't have it anymore." Spike said "What?!" Nightwing yelled as he got up in Spikes face. "Where did it go?" "Uh, some lunar guards came here and took it." Spike answered. Nightwing let go of Spike and trotted towards the door with an angry look on his face. Flash followed behind. "Nightwing, what are doing?" Flash asked with worry in his voice. "Flash get Lightning strike and Comet tail, we're going to see my Teach." A pair of binoculars scopes around the royal castle of Canterlot as Flash spots several sets of guards. "I have to thank you guys for helping me with this." Nightwing said to Comet tail and Lightning strike. "Are kidding me, when the student of Princess Luna asks you to help him storm into Canterlot and confront said Princess you don't refuse." Lightning strike said. "Besides we'll always help our friends no matter what." Comet tail said. "Well, I don't know if I see a way in the place is heavily fortified." Flash said. "Then we enter from a secret entrance." Nightwing said. "There are secret entrances in Canterlot's castle?" Comet tail asked. "Course the are, just not a lot. There's one that leads to a hallway near Teach's bed chambers." "Then what are we waiting for let's go." Lightning strike said. Comet tail climbed on Flash's back and casted an invisibility spell on all four of them as they moved, undetected, to the secret entrance. Once inside Comet tail removed the invisibility spell as the moved through the tunnel. At the end of the tunnel was a vent pan that Nightwing easily removed with his magic. The group followed Nightwing as he trotted through the halls. Then they came to a large door with a crescent moon on it. "You guys watch the door while I have a conversation with my teach." Nightwing said as he opened the door and closed it behind him. "You know, you could have knocked." Luna said. "I did." Nightwing said. "Now you have some explaining to do and now." "What are you talking about?" "You know exactly what I'm talking about, why are trying to keep your book from me?" "Because you don't need to read it." "Or is it because your worried I'll find out I'm a Shadow Knight?" Luna stopped dead in her tracks when Nightwing said Shadow Knights. "You knew, you knew I was s shadow Knight and you kept it from me, Why?" "...." "Answer me Luna!" "You want to know why I wanted to keep it from you, it's because I wanted to protect you." "Protect me from what?" "From turning into something evil." "What are you talking about?" "A long time ago, before I became Nightmare moon, I met an earthling that had a magic inside of him that was different than earthling magic, it was almost similar to my lunar magic, so I made him my student and taught him what I knew. But the more he learned the more powerful his magic became, and the darker it became. Soon it became so dark that he became evil and waved war on Equestria. "Waged a war, but there has never been a war in Equestrian history." "That's because I erased the memory of there ever being a war, I defeated my student and exiled him from Equestria, but when you came along I saw you as a second change for a student, but I see now that I have failed again." Luna said as she hung her head low. "Hey, Teach." Nightwing said as he lifted up her head. "You haven't failed anyone,what happened to your old student wasn't your fault, but if you had just been honest with me, then I would have known about this and would have done everything I could not to be evil. And besides, I'm not your old student I'm Nightwing and I'm far stronger than your old student." "Your right Nightwing, I'm sorry I hid the truth from you. I promise I won't do it ever again." "Good, now me and friends have to go home." Meanwhile the C.M.C and Dinkie were leaving school. "Hey Dinkie?" First base asked as he ran up to Dinkie. "Ummm...yeah First base?" Dinkie said. "How did you know all those questions?" "I...um...I read a lot of books." "Read a lot of books? Hay Sis, you would read every book in Equestria, given the chance!" Pip said. "Well, maybe." "But still, why do you think Mr. Nightwing ran off like that?" First base asked. "Who knows, maybe he just needed to do something and forgot about the time?" Rumble suggested. "Yeah maybe it was something like that?" Button mash suggested. "Come on you guys we need to hurry home and complete our homework." Dinkie said. And with that, they all ran off to do their homework.