//------------------------------// // Facing the Nightmare // Story: Prince Sonic the Hedgehog // by castroedgar316 //------------------------------// Twilight and Sonic coughed against the purple smoke as they reappeared in a room that only the two of them occupied. At first. At the other end of the room, upon a raised section of floor where a broken throne resided, stood Nightmare Moon, the five Elements circling around her in lazy orbit. The dark royal herself laughed in victory: she had acquired that which had defeated her long ago! Now nothing could stop her! "You fools," Nightmare Moon laughed,"Did you really think I'd make it that easy for you to defeat me!?" Sonic got into a fighting stance as he looked on towards the Nightmare. “Hey! No victory laugh till you won Moony!” Twilight’s own look of shock quickly morphed into one of determination as she scrapped a hoof against the stone floor inspired by Sonic’s words. Nightmare Moon didn’t know what to make of it as she lowered the Elements to the cold stone, “You’re kidding. You’re kidding, right?” "Oh I'm dead serious!" Sonic said as he seemed to be ready to charge at Nightmare Moon along with Twilight. "I've had about enough of both of you!" Yelled Nightmare Moon as she charged at them. Sonic simply took out a chaos emerald, placed a hand on Twilight's back and said,"Chaos control!" They suddenly vanished from Nightmare's view only for them to reappear surrounded by the Elements. "Didn't see that coming did you?" Sonic asked with a smirk. Nightmare Moon gaped in temporary bewilderment as her opponents sudden disappearance and reappearance amongst the gathered Elements. The dark mare growled: she had been made a fool of again! Oh, the Unicorn would pay dearly for this, as would that damnable hedgehog! Twilight’s horn began to shine once again as she attempted to activate the gathered Elements, “Just one spark: come on, come on!” Seeing the Elements beginning to glow, Nightmare Moon shrouded herself in her mane and quickly swooped back to the Elements: she would not be defeated again! Seconds after returning to her equine visage, a bolt of raw magic from the Elements struck Twilight and Sonic, sending them flying halfway across the room into a sprawling heap. The Elements continued to transfer the magic between them as Nightmare Moon fell into a panic. Moments later, the Elements returned to their inert stone spheres, the magic leaving them. Nightmare Moon’s panic quickly turned to elation as she rose up and brought her empowered hooves down upon the Elements, laughing wickedly the entire time. Twilight felt her hope, as well as her heart, shatter along with the Elements. Nightmare Moon glared at the mare, “You little foals: thinking you could defeat me! Now you will never see your princess or your sun,” her mane extended high above her, ready to bring it down upon the broken Unicorn and send her into oblivion, “The night will last forever!” Her evil laughter rang out once more... Only to get interrupted by a heavily placed kick to the side of her face, sending her flying away towards the wall. "Don't think you've won yet, as long as I'm still standing there's no way I'm going to let you win!" Sonic said. The look in indignation crossed the mares face as she stood up, her anger flaring out of control. “YOU FOALISH HEDGEHOG! YOU WILL BE THE FIRST TO SUMBIT UNDER MY HOOF!!” "You better stand back Twilight!" Sonic warned, "Became things are definitely going to take the turn for the worse!" "Come on y'all, they need are help!" Applejack said as they ran their way up the steps to where the soon to be battle will take place. "Oh I hope they are alright." Rarity said. Nightmare Moon made the first move by sending bolts of magic towards Sonic, who had no problem dodging them all. Once he saw an opening, Sonic shot a chaos spear at Nightmare Moon that struck her in the chest. Angered by the hit Nightmare Moon shot bolts in every direction hopeing to hit Sonic. Although it's was harder, Sonic was still able to dodge them but had a hard time finding an opening again. While Sonic was distracted, Nightmare Moon charged a magic beam and when she saw the perfect moment, fired it at Sonic, digging him into the floor. Much to her shock though, Sonic got back up like nothing happened although he did wince once or twice. "Lucky shot." Sonic said,"But there's no way it's happening again!" With that said Sonic summons the chaos emeralds around him and, in a flash, becomes Super Sonic. "Get ready to have you flank kicked!" Super Sonic said. Growling, Nightmare Moon Moon charged at Super Sonic only to be met with a spindash to the chest. Frustrated Nightmare Moon charges up a large amounts of magic she could fire at Sonic but it didn't go unnoticed. That's when Super Sonic decided to charge an attack of his own. "Chaos!" Super Sonic said as he began to have a red aura surround him. "Uh oh!" Twilight panicked while surrounding herself with a shield, knowing what was coming next. Once both Nightmare Moon and Super Sonic were finished charging up their attacks, Nightmare Moon shot a large beam at Super Sonic. Super Sonic then yelled,"BLAST!" which was followed by a large blast of energy. When the two attacks collided, it caused a large explosion that left the room they were in with no ceiling. The attacks left them both drained, but Nightmare Moon then tackled Super Sonic too the ground, still a little winded to get her off him.She lifted up and drew power into her horn ready to fire at the hedgehog. “SONIC! NO!” Twilight cried from behind them feeling the possible end to her childhood friend. It was then that something seemed wrong with the night mare. She shook her head as her hoof pressed against it. “What! NO! I…I WAS SO CLOSE!” Nightmare’s voice began to falter and distort as she spoke, some of it not entirely her own. “STAY WHERE YOU ARE YOU…YOU WEAK FOAL!!” “N-No!” Another voice came from inside of her, this one different the the last. “You tricked me…you…you hurt my sister…you…I… I will not let you have your way!!” After recovering, Super Sonic used chaos control to get out from underneath Nightmare Moon then did a homing attack to her face. It was at that moment the other five made it up the stairs and stood behind Twilight, said mare was filled with renewed determination as her friends stood beside her and it was then that something clicked, “You think you can destroy the Elements of Harmony just like that? Well you’re wrong, because the spirits of the Elements of Harmony are right HERE!” She said motioning towards her friends. Nightmare Moon could only watch in shock as the fragments of the Elements rose up, bathed in light. “Applejack, who reassured me when I was in doubt, represents the spirit of Honesty,” Applejack watched as some of the fragments began to orbit about her at a frenzied pace. “Fluttershy, who tamed the Manticore with her compassion, represents the spirit of Kindness,” Fluttershy stared in awe as fragments swirled in the air around her. “Pinkie Pie, who banished fear by giggling in the face of danger, represents the spirit of Laughter,” Pinkie hopped with a grin as fragments joined her. “Rarity, who calmed a sorrowful serpent with a meaningful gift, represents the spirit of Generosity,” Rarity smiled at her ring of fragments. “And Rainbow Dash, who could not abandon her friends for her own heart’s desire, represents the spirit of Loyalty,” Rainbow Dash watched her friend, rather than her fragments. “The spirits of these five ponies got us through every challenge you threw at us!” Nightmare Moon was beside herself, “You still don’t have the sixth Element! The spark didn’t work!” “But it did,” Twilight continued, “a different kind of spark.” She turned to face her friends, “I felt it the very moment I realized how happy I was to hear you, to see you,” She looked towards Sonic. “How much I cared about you... The spark ignited inside me when I realized that you all...” She turned to face the vainly-thrashing Nightmare Moon, “...are my friends!” A magnificent bright light drew all eyes to the ceiling above, to behold the sight of a sixth orb: the sixth Element of Harmony. They watched as the sphere descended down from the air to float above Twilight’s head. Nightmare Moon tried to get away but Super Sonic got behind her and held her in place. “You see, Nightmare Moon, when those Elements are ignited by the... the spark that resides in the heart of us all, it creates the sixth Element: the Element of Magic.” The room was engulfed by an unmatched light, as the fragments gained color and forged themselves into necklaces around the five ponies, each one with a gem resembling their Cutie Mark. The orb, however, became a grandiose tiara with Twilight’s Cutie Mark, before settling itself upon her head. Super Sonic could only smile as he watched Twilight and the others unleash a massive double rainbow, which swirled around Nightmare Moon like a tornado,"NOOOOOOO!" was all Nightmare Moon could say before engulfing the entire room in a bright light.