Teaser excerpt

As some of you may know, I have been working on a sequel to The lone stallion for quite some time now and I am very pleased at how it's coming along. I won't start posting until it's completely done and I have looked over it so there aren't any mistakes (no, I am not taking this too seriously, why do you ask ). However, I will share a small excerpt from the story. Enjoy my lovelies

Darkrim smiled as he and Luna flew through the beautiful starry sky.

She held him on her back so gently as if he were her own foal, showing the banished prince all of the beauties that her wonderful night could show.

The moon was at its brightest tonight and the stars themselves twinkled in a wonderful array of blinking light mimicking the slow waltz as they danced their lights across the sky.

Luna continued her flight showing Darkrim sights of Equestria which were simply marvelous at this night.

The Wild Joke spread across the Everfree forest gave off a beautiful pale blue glow under the bright moonshine. It looked to Darkrim as if the sea itself spread across the grassy floor of the Everfree forest.

As they moved higher the dark blue unicorn noticed Luna’s horn glowing in an array of rainbow colors. Suddenly, from Luna’s horn came out a wonderful spectrum of colors, spreading their gorgeous shine across the sky.

Darkrim watched in awe as Luna’s regal magic made the colors dance alongside with the twinkles of the stars above them.

He felt mesmerized as the beauty of the night sank into his mind.

Luna couldn’t help but smile as she noticed Darkrim’s amazement of her wonderful night. It was so long since somepony enjoyed it and the night guardian felt like all of her hard work was finally being appreciated. As she looked up to the skies above, Luna suddenly had an idea. She smiled a playful smile at Darkrim.

“Prey-tell Darkrim”, Luna said in her royal voice, “How would thee like to see the moon and stars up-close?”

Darkrim’s grin widened.

“Princess”, he spoke slyly, “I would be most honored”.

The second Darkrim uttered those words Luna’s horn became infused with white energy as she enveloped them in a bubble of protective magic. Luna’s wings then began to dart towards the skies above. Darkrim looked at the lights of Canterlot slowly shrinking until they were nothing more than just a dot on the vast land below.

Once they reached this altitude, Luna turned over to Darkrim.

“Hang on, your highness” she said.

Darkrim held for dear life onto Luna. She sped faster and faster until her speed became so fast that she looked like a beam of light being shot into outer space.

Darkrim closed his eyes in anticipation as he felt a mixture of fear and excitement well up in his heart.

Soon the night regal slowed down and ultimately came to a full stop.

“You can open your eyes now, your highness” Luna said comfortingly.

Darkrim slowly opened his eyes as a miraculous sight appeared before his eyes.

Magnificent stars that shone so bright back on Equus now seemed so close to him that the prince felt like he could touch them and, yet, they were just as far from his grasp.

Beneath his hooves Equus shone in all of its beautiful glory.

Equestria was unnoticeable anymore and only a field of green remained in its wake. From this height Darkrim saw just how many lands there were, unexplored by equine hooves. What creatures they held, what secrets they told?

As Darkrim pondered all of this, Luna flew over to the moon.

Darkrim’s gaze was still glued to Equus as he felt they landed on something. Luna lifted up her shield and bowed down, to let Darkrim off of her back and onto the grey surface below.

Darkrim, still in a daze, observed this new place he was led to by the nocturnal guardian.

It was so much different from Equus, but it had a certain charm to it.

As he walked through the cold stone of the land below he felt like he was being watched. Something was lurking in the dark shades of the vas stars above, lurking behind. Every now and then he could see something dark slip just past his eyesight. He chose to ignore it and followed Luna.

She sat on the lunar ground and looked up to Equus.

“It looks so amazing from up here” Darkrim commented, but Luna didn’t reply back. Instead she just looked at the Equus. The banished prince found this weird.

“Umm, Luna” he waved his hoof at Luna’s eyes, trying to get her attention. Nothing happened.

Darkrim shook and yelled at the princess, but she did nothing. She just blankly stared at Equus.

The dark blue unicorn averted his eyes at Equus only to find, to his shock, that it wasn’t there anymore.

In its place was now a dark void, slowly consuming everything around him. Only now did Darkrim truly realize what was going on.

He began to panic as the dark void began to slowly morph into a shape of a pure black serpent with purple eyes and purple energy coming from its mouth.

The beast unleashed a hellish roar as it rushed towards Luna, engulfing her whole.

Darkrim wanted to run and scream, but he couldn’t move his legs. He felt trapped, paralyzed by fear.

As the monster devoured the night regal it turned its unrelenting purple eyes towards Darkrim.

With its jaw unhinged the monstrosity rushed towards the banished prince, showing off the sharp rows of its black teeth and a hellish purple glow coming from within.

Darkrim managed to scream once as the monstrosity came hurdling towards the banished prince.

He awaited the worst, but instead of ending up in the beast’s digestive tract, Darkrim woke up with a loud scream.

He panted quickly as beads of cold sweat erupted on his forehead.

His screams alarmed Amethyst, who was ordered by Luna to guard him.