Twilight begins to summon the elements, to stop Nightmare Moon once and for all.
Twilight spoke up, as a light began to shine. "You think you can destroy the Elements of Harmony just like That? Well your wrong! Because the spirits of the Elements of Harmony, are right HERE!" She said, opening her arms gesturing to her five friends, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Applejack.
The shards of the broken stone elements begin to glow and move around the mares in front of Nightmare Moon. "What?" Was all the Princess could say as she looked in surprise.
"Applejack, who reassured me when I was in doubt, represents the spirit of HONESTY!" She called, as light surrounded the orange mare, and an Element Of Harmony appeared on her neck as a Necklace.
"Fluttershy, who tamed the Manticore with her compassion, represents the spirit of KINDNESS!" She continued as light surrounded the yellow pegasus and another necklace appeared on her necklace.
"Pinkie Pie, who banished fear by giggling in the face of danger, represents the spirit of LAUGHTER!" A light engulfed the Pink earth pony and a necklace appeared on her.
"Rarity, who calmed the sorrowful serpant with a meaningful gift, represents the spirit of GENEROSITY!" A necklace appears on the white unicorn.
"And Rainbow Dash, who could not abandon her friends for her own hearts desire, represents the spirit of LOYALTY!" Another necklace on the Cyan Pegasus.
"The spirits of these five ponies got us through every challenge you threw at us!" Twilight declared.
"But you still don't have the sixth element. The spark didn't work!" Nightmare said with a sly grin on her face.
Twlight was focused still "What?! It had to have worked...I felt it when I realized how happy I was to see all of them...my friends..." she said turning back to Rainbow and the others.
"It would seem," Nightmare said, looking down on the six ponies before her with an air of smugness, "that my sister chose her student poorly. Perhaps one who doesn't make sappy speeches about friendship, and actually uses it."
Twilight looked afraid "Wh...what are you going to do?!"
"Oh," Nightmare said, "Nothing." She then lit her horn and encircled the six girls and the element fragments in her magical aura. "Except imprison you six, take over Equestria, and bring about eternal night, or at least get the appreciation I deserved for crafting the night sky, as not even I am stupid enough to truly bring eternal night, as I would have no subjects left. No, I think I'd rather just reverse ponies sleeping habits."
Twilight spoke up. "Uhh...I'm actually partly nocturnal...I always did like to look at the stars..." She said admitting a pleasure of hers. Fluttershy and Rarity both then spoke.
"I raise many little animals, some of which are also nocturnal....so I tend to be awake late at night sometimes..."
"And I tend to work through the night to be able to fufill my commissions...Sometimes I've even used the night sky as inspiration! It's always been a dream to create something for royalty..." Rarity admitted.
"Hmph," Nightmare said. "Regardless, I will not be the blindly trusting pony my sister is. Though I am glad to see some appreciate the night, I can not allow any pony who tries to stop, or usurp me, eventually, go unpunished. I am not one who wants to be seen as weak. But," Nightmare said, getting surprised looks from the three mares that spoke up, "should you prove that I do not have to worry about you three, I will reconsider. Until then, you will be treated like any other traitor to the nation." She then glared at them. "Am I clear?"
"Yes," they all said.
"'Yes' what?"
They spoke again. "Yes, Your highness?" they asked, hoping that was the correct answer.
"Better," Nightmare said. She then looked to Applejack, Pinkie, and Rainbow. "And what of you three?"
AJ looked to both as they nodded and she stepped forward "If we are all Honest, heh...So long as you don't hurt any of our own friends, or our families, we have no qualms with you...." She explained, before pinkie spoke up.
"Infact I throw parties all the time, and in my experience the best ones happen at night!"
Rainbow nodded having her own little secret love of the night, but more for another reason she'd rather not admit in public.
"So long as they do nothing against me, directly or indirectly, I shall do nothing against them."
They nodded "Then we won't have any problem against you, Princess." They said, smiling.
Smiling, Nightmare said, "Excellent. In that case," Nightmare used her magic to surround the wings of the pegasai, the horns of the unicorns, and the legs and arms of the earth ponies. This negated the abilities of the six, and would make them easier to deal with, should they decide to try to rebel against her, "To Canterlot."
There was a flash of purple magic, and the seven of them, along with the shards of the five elements, disappeared.
CANTERLOT
They all appear in the throne room, as Nightmare smiles.
"HALT!!" a royal guard shouted, and the four that were in the room encircled her.
Twilight spoke up "It's alright...she's not that bad..." She said
"Stand aside, Twilight Sparkle," the guard said. "She kidnapped the princess, and she knows, so we have to interrogate her."
"She's not hurting us now. So put down the weapons." Twilight said.
"Not until she ays where Princess Celestia is."
Crossing her arms in annoyance, Nightmare said, "I do not know where she is. She ran before I even returned, so what ever you think is an effective interrogation, which I think is just isolating a pony from others, is not going to work."
The guards were clearly stunned by it.
"And that is why I don't like assumptions," Nightmare said, walking to the throne.
"Now," she said, sitting down on the throne, "seeing as how my sister is gone, I am the next ruler by relations. Now, bow down and declare your loyalty, or you will be considered a traitor to Equestria."
All ponies present bowed before her.
"Good," Nightmare said. "Now, take Twilight Sparkle and her friends to the dungeons. Then spread the word to the other guards. I shall announce this to the public tomorrow."
They nod and go to do so, with the girls giving no argument or fight.
"Now," Nightmare said once they had left, getting up from the throne, "to find where my sister fled."