//------------------------------// // Chapter Six: Snickers, S'mores, and Space Ponies // Story: A New Chaotic Life on the Road // by FeltyElk7 //------------------------------// It had been half an hour since we crashed on the moon and the remains of our trailer were still burning despite that fact that we were on the moon. Nightshade seemed to be quite upset about the whole thing and was currently pacing back and forth and mumbling angrily under her breath. "So, just to recap, we are now stranded on the moon with nowhere to live, no way to return to Equestria, and we may have just made your presence known to the ruler of the night.", Nightshade said angrily as she continued to pace, "Does that about sum up our situation?" "Yep.", I said as I pulled some sticks, a bag of marshmallows, some chocolate bars, and a pack of graham crackers out of nowhere. "And now you're just going to sit there and make s'mores?!", Nightshade yelled. "Nightshade, are you angry at me for doing nothing productive or are angry at yourself for accidentally setting the boosters to "Ludicrous Speed" earlier?", I asked. "I'M NOT ANGRY!", Nightshade yelled as her powers were reacting to her anger with her voice sounding more demonic, her eyes glowing red, multiple black tentacles sprouting from her back, and her head morphing into that of a wolf. She then proceed to take her anger out on some nearby moon rocks. Meanwhile, I just started at her with an "Are you serious?" look on my face before proceeding to making s'mores. Eventually, I got tired of listening to the sounds of destruction and anger screams, so I decided to go and calm her down by using the only thing powerful enough to do the job... a Snickers bar. "Nightshade, you need to eat this Snickers bar!", I yelled as I unwrapped the bar. "WHY SHOULD I?", Nightshade yelled in a demonic voice as she appeared in front of me. "Because you're not yourself when your hungry." I said as I opened her mouth and shoved the Snickers bar inside before closing it. Upon eating the bar, Nightshade returned to her pony form and appeared to be much calmer now. "So, have you finally calmed down?", I asked. "Yeah.", Nightshade said in her normal voice, though she did sound quite sad, "And to answer your question from earlier, I was angry with myself for crashing on the moon." "Nightshade, it was an accident.", I said, trying to comfort her, "There's no way you could have know this would happen." "But...", Nightshade tried to say. "Look, if I remember anything that I learned in my old life, it's that what's done is done and there's no use complaining about it.", I said, "Now then, why don't we go and eat some s'mores before Nightmare Moon shows up?" "Yeah, I'd like that.", Nightshade said as we made our way back to the fire. Fortunately for us, we didn't have to wait very long because after a few minutes, Nightmare Moon came flying in our direction and landed behind us with a confused look on her face. "Who are you two and how did you get here?!", Nightmare Moon yelled in the Royal Canterlot voice. "Well, I'm Breezy Day, this is my sister, Nightshade, and we arrived here due to an accident with our trailer, which is now destroyed and on fire.", I said as I slowly regained my hearing. "Also, could you please lower your voice?", Nightshade said as she cleaned out her ear, "I'm surprised they can't hear you all the way in Equestria." "How dare you!", Nightmare Moon yelled angrily, "It is tradition to use the Royal Canterlot voice!" "Maybe in Equestria, it is.", Nightshade retorted, "However, we're not in Equestria, are we?" Nightmare Moon merely stuttered as she tried to make a rebuttal, but came up with nothing. "That's what I thought.", Nightshade said with a smug look on her face. Having felt insulted, Nightmare Moon prepared to fire her magic at Nightshade. However, just before she fired, I fired my own spell in between the two of the to get Nightmare's attention. "Think very carefully about your next move, your majesty.", I said as I charged up my magic again while holding a burning s'more , "Your s'mores are burning." "Is this suppose to intimidate me?", Nightmare asked, trying to sound intimating herself. "No, but this is.", Nightshade said as she transformed into a black dragon and roaring at Nightmare. Panicking, Nightmare fired a powerful blast of magic at Nightshade. She quickly dodged it by unfurling the wings on her back and flying into the air. "You missed, bitch!", Nightshade taunted from above. "You're just full of surprises, aren't you?", Nightmare asked, getting to fly up towards her. "She's not the only one.", I said before using my magic to make plundervines grow out of the ground and attack Nightmare. Nightmare then flew into the air, dodging the vines as they tried to grab her. Suddenly, Nightshade rammed into her, causing her to hit one of the vines, which wrapped around her quickly. "Do you really think that this can hold me?", Nightmare asked as she struggled against the vine, "I am a goddess, you lowly peasants, and I will not be treated... " Whatever Nightmare was saying was cut off by the vines slamming her into the ground over and over again, until they let go and retracted back into the ground, leaving her in a craterwith bruises all over her body. "Puny goddess." I said as Nightshade landed next to me and returned to normal. It was then at that moment that Nightmare's rage went through the roof and she exploded in a burst of magic, blowing us back a bit. "THAT'S IT!!", Nightmare yelled as her eyes turned pure white, "I AM THROUGH PLAYING AROUND WITH YOU TWO!!" "You know, I was just going to say the same thing.", I said. I then used my magic to make the fire come alive and take the form of a large dragon before commanding in to attack Nightmare. "Hey, Breezy, didn't you have some kind of plan for how to deal with Nightmare Moon?", Nightshade asked as the fire dragon continued to fight Nightmare. "Yeah, but unfortunately, I need to get the spell I'm going to use to work perfectly so it doesn't harm Luna.", I said, " So, you'll have to distract Nightmare while I concentrate... " "That shouldn't be too hard... " "...for five minutes.", I continued, "And considering her recent display of power-Ah, I'm sure you can handle it." "Are... you seriously doing what I think you're doing?", Nightshade asked with a look of disbelief on her face. "Wouldn't you do the same if our roles were reversed?", I asked with a smirk on my face. "Touché.", Nightshade said before sprouting bat wings on her back and flying toward Nightmare. "And I just keep getting reminded of my failures!", Nightmare yelled as she finally destroyed the fire dragon. "Your failure to defeat us or your failure to defeat your sister?", Nightshade asked tauntingly. Nightmare merely growled and charged at Nightshade as they began to fight. Meanwhile, I was focusing my magic while singing a tune in my head at the same time. "Mahna mahna doo dooooo, doodoodoo.... mahna mahna doo doodoo doo.... mahna mahna doo dooooo doodoodoo doodoodoo doodoodoo doodoodoodoodoo I'm a-chargin' my attack." Once I had finished charge the spell, Nightshade suddenly crashed next to me, her body covered in cuts and bruises. "I hope you're ready to go, sis.", Nightshade said, wincing in pain, "I don't think I can stall her anymore." "Don't worry, sis. I'm all set." I said, "It's time to put an end to this." I then charge at Nightmare, who put some sort of magical shield to defend herself. Once I was close enough, I fired the spell directly at her. The spell collided with her shield and exploded in a massive burst of magic. As the magic covered the both of us, I felt like something was being ripped from my body. It was as if I was losing all my power. Once the feeling went away, I tried to stand up and see if the spell had worked or not, but a large cloud of smoke had engulfed the area. Fortunately, I was able to find Nightshade amongst all the confusion. "Did... did it work?", I asked Nightshade, but before she could answer, another voice spoke up as the smoke began to clear up. "Oh, it worked, all right." I turned in the direction of the voice and what I saw was enough to make me freeze in fear. "How... how are you here?", I asked nervously, "This doesn't make any sense." Standing before us with a Cheshire grin on his face was a being know throughout Equestria by many titles... The Lord of Chaos... The Spirit of Disharmony... The Mad King... Discord had returned. "My dear, what fun is there in making sense?"