//------------------------------// // The Party Part: 2 (Last Part) // Story: The Lunar Puppet // by Luna Bruce //------------------------------// "What school do you go to?" Emilymena asked the filly Daring Do. "Ponyville Elementary. You?" Emilymena pondered over that question for a few seconds. "I never really went to school. I live on a Rock Farm so I just get home schooled." Emilymena replied. "What's a Rock Farm?" Daring Do asked. "Well, it's a boring place where you put rocks on different fields and sell them to ponies across Equestria to get bits." Emilymena replied as if it was the most obvious thing in the universe. "Now, where's the lucky birthday foal that gets to help me read the first story?" With that question, Twilight put up her hoof to get the animatronic's attention. "Me! Me! It's me!" Twilight said, jumping up and down. "Happy birthday then! Come on inside with your friends and we'll get this party started!" The Daring Do animatronic said, leading the foals inside the hut-like house inside the building. "Now, what's your name birthday girl?" The animatronic asked Twilight. "My name is Twilight Sparkle!" Twilight replied. "That's a pretty name, Twilight." "Thanks, Daring!" The Daring Do animatronic walked towards one of the many bookshelves that littered the walls and got one of the books. Emilymena sat through the first story which was Daring Do and the sapphire stone. After the story she remembered that her parents were going to pick her up at 12 in the afternoon. Emilymena sneaked outside of the hut to ask one of the employees what time it was but couldn't find anyone. "Greetings little filly! What art thou doing out of Daring's Hut?" A regal sounding voice said behind her. When she looked behind her she saw an animatronic. But not any she had ever seen. It was a pony with a blue coat and a short light blue mane and tail. It was also an Alicorn. It's eyes were black as if someone or something had torn it's eyes out. "I have to leave at 12. What time is it?" Emilymena asked shakily. She then noticed that the animatronic had a black tiara and a black necklace with a a crescent moon in the center of the necklace. "The time is not important right now. I have something to tell you." The animatronic said, motioning for the filly to follow it. Emilymena hesitantly followed. The animatronic took Emilymena outside the building. "Why are we out here?" Emilymena asked, but the animatronic continued to walk behind the building where no one was in sight. "You didn't answer my question! WHY ARE WE HERE!?" Emilymena asked the animatronic, rage in her voice and eyes while spreading her Pegasus wings. "Have you ever heard about The Mare In The Moon?" The animatronic asked calmly. "Yes, but why are you asking me this?" Emilymena asked. "Well, ever since my sister Luna was banished, I had to rule Equestria alone." The animatronic said. "Huh? Who's Luna?" Emilymena asked the animatronic. "She turned into Nightmare Moon and I had to banish her." The animatronic said. "Wait-then that means you and "Luna" were the sisters from the story!" The animatronic nodded. "But what does this have to do with anything?" Emilymena asked, confusion in her eyes. "Because, since I had to rule ALONE I had no one to keep me company. That was until opened a location before this in Ponyville. I was fed up with being alone so I did something that I'm going to do to you to a young colt." The animatronic lost it's regal demeanor and started to let out insane giggles between each word which frightened Emilymena. "W-what are you going to do to me then?" Emilymena asked shakily. "I can't just let you leave me here alone! That's why I'm going to keep you here forever!" The animatronic broke out an insane laugh as it stuck it's blue horn into Emilymena's left eye and popped out the bloody eyeball in one swift motion. Blood immediately started to pour out of the open wound as she screamed. Emilymena started to sob openly with her remaining eye. The blood coming out of her left eye socket was starting to take the shape of tears going down her cheek as she sobbed. Through her blurry vision, she noticed that the animatronic's cutie mark was a pair of marionette strings. The animatronic then stuck it's horn into her right eye socket and pulled that bloody eyeball out as well. The last thing that she saw was the animatronic's blurry cutie mark as she had been looking right at it. She then couldn't see anything but darkness, but she could feel herself starting to loose consciousness from the blood loss. But before she could, she felt something sharp stab her right in the center of her chest. She then collapsed on the hard ground as her mind was trying to comprehend what was happening. She then heard hoofsteps walking away from her. After a few seconds the last thing she thought of before her final breath was the animatronic's cutie mark. "You'll pay for this..." was Emilymena's last words before she perished to her own obliviousness. She didn't even get her cutie mark yet... To Be Continued...