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// The Shadow of Tambelon 
// Story: The Island of Tambelon 
// by Rakoon1 
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The kingdom of Tambelon used to be a land full of light and love. Everypony that lived there was always happy and filled with hope, guided by their queen, Nova, a powerful unicorn that always kept her kingdom safe… until the day the darkness arrived.

Grogar, one of the Lord of Chaos’ most loyal servants in the Pony Reality, arrived and was able to take down Queen Nova’s reign and conquer Tambelon. No one knows what happened to the queen, but one thing is certain. From that day on, the laugh and the hope left, only to be replaced by sadness and fear, with those feeding the Lord of Chaos’ power and influence.

But there was something much bigger happening in Tambelon, a plan to bring chaos to the Pony World in a way that would put the Lord of Chaos in charge. However, that plan was put into hold when the Lord of Chaos decided to put the Plan Eye of the Moon into action. With the latter’s failure, that plan was retaken…

The castle of Tambelon, formerly shining with a golden bright, stood with a dark color, having a three-pointed-star shape, with a tower at each three points and a central one that was taller.  At the top of the tallest tower, there was a chamber with a fountain at the center and a statue on an altar that was glowing with a dark light.

It was then that somepony entered at the chamber, wearing a black hooded robe. The mysterious pony advanced to the statue and then took out a sphere full of darkness and then said, with a female voice:

“I have more negative emotions for you…”

And the darkness started to be absorbed by the statue and, when it ended, the mysterious mare said:

“Although I think it’s useless, since it has been a long time… Beyond that, Grogar hasn’t come here for a long time and…”

“Rest assure, my dear…” a voice said. “Now you and Tambelon have my full attention.”

The mare turned to the water fountain that was there and the water arose to took the form of the Lord of Chaos.

“My lord…” the mare said, caught by surprise, knealing. “I thought you had forgotten about us.”

“I have to admit, I focused too much of my attention on casting the Eternal Nightmare Curse” the Lord of Chaos said. “But, not only that plan was a complete disaster, I got sealed in my own realm by a disgusting kid… However, there’s a way to undo that seal. I may not be able to go against the Natural Order, but that doesn’t apply to my villains. If they create enough chaos to disrupt the balance, then I will be able to break free… And we will start with my original plan. Dark Mistress, you’ll be in charge now. Make sure that you release him from his bounds.”

“You don’t have to worry, my lord” the Dark Mistress replied. “I’ll make sure that everything goes according to plan. And when I’m finished, the Smooze will come and will cover all the Pony World.”

“I really hope so” the Lord of Chaos replied. “I’m done with disappointments. Don’t fail me, Dark Mistress, or you’ll have the same fate as Grogar.”

And, having said that, the water that made the Lord of Chaos’ image just fell down to the fountain.

“Did you heard that?” the Dark Mistress asked to the statue. “Finally our time has come.”

And darkness came out of the statue and red eyes appeared on it, with a voice coming from it saying:

“Yes… The time has come for me to get out and cover everything. But a word of caution… I can feel a great danger approaching… A light will bring destruction over us. I can see other lights along with it… very powerful lights. But only one will cause our end. That light is guarded by three others. Once they are reunited, they will summon it. But we must carry on our master’s will. We shall turn this world into his own design! We can’t let anyone get in our way. Eliminate any foreign substance!”

“You don’t have to worry about that” the Dark Mistress replied. “I will not let that light to awake. You can be sure of that.”

It was night at the Light Kingdom and Twilight and Blue were sleeping quietly… at least Twilight was. Blue, on the other hand, was having a weird dream that was leaving him restless. He was dreaming with a castle that he never saw before with then three figures appearing, each one holding an unknown object and a voice saying:

“The time has come. The light guided by the three Talismans… will bring the beginning of doom… Let’s start with the destruction!

And Blue woke up, breathless and sweaty. He wondered what was that dream… if it was really a dream or not. And what were the Talismans and how could they lead to destruction. All that was causing a great confusion to the General of Balance.

At that moment, Twilight also woke up and, seeing her husband like that, asked:

“Blue, are you okay? You looked… unsettled.”

“Yes… I am okay” Blue replied, trying to calm down. “It was just… a strange dream, nothing more.”

Although knowing that he was just saying that just to not worry her, Twilight smiled and then told him, while caressing his face gently with the hoof:

“You don’t have to play tough with me, Blue. We have passed a very hard time with the war. It had only passed a few days and we’re still recovering from all the damages it caused.”

His dream hadn’t nothing to do with the war and, if it was more than just a dream, it could meant that a new threat was coming. However, like Twilight said, they were just recovering from the war with the Lord of Chaos and Ten-Tails. He couldn’t cause any more stress to his wife, even more because of a dream that could be just that… a dream.

“Yes, you’re right, Twily” Blue said. “I think… I just need to relax.”

“And I’ll be here to help you in any way I can” Twilight replied.

And the two lay down on the bed again, with Twilight cuddling on Blue and him placing his foreleg around her shoulders. Twilight quickly fell asleep, but Blue couldn’t sleep again, still thinking about the dream…