Twilight groaned as she got to her feet. "Wha, where am I?" she asked. She looked around to find herself in the darkness with her friends next to her. One by one, her friends slowly began to rise all groaning in pain. "Girls, are you alright?" asked Twilight.
"I think so darling," Rarity answered.
"I feel weird," said Spike.
"Where are we?" asked Cadence.
"I don't know but there's nothing but darkness around us," answered Twilight.
"Luna!" Celestia's voice spoke up.
"Celestia what's wrong?" asked Cadence.
"Luna, she's gone I could've sworn she got sucked up with us," answered Celestia.
"Wait, everypony quiet!" Twilight shushed. The group grew quiet as they listened. A faint sound of wind could be heard.
"What is that?" asked Applejack.
"Wind?" asked Rainbow. Just as she said that, the sound of something scurrying caught the group's attention. "What was that?" asked Rainbow. The thing scurrying could be heard again followed by a child's giggle. "Ok whoever is doing that needs to stop," said Rainbow. Twilight shot her a glare and walked out into the open.
"Hello is somepony there!?" Twilight called out. Nothing responded.
"Look Nopony is here," said Rainbow. Suddenly Twilight felt a cold sensation on her back as an unseen force shoved her onto the ground.
"Twilight are you alright?" gasped Fluttershy.
"Somepony just pushed me!" Twilight yelped. This time she felt a small tug behind her as she was suddenly picked up and levitated in the air by her tail as a cackling played throughout the area. "SOMEPONY HELP!!!!!!" Twilight screamed.
"But Twilight that's a cool trick," said Pinkie.
"That's not me!" Twilight shrieked.
"Alright whoever is doing that needs to stop!" demanded Rainbow as she flew up. Just then a cold sensation zipped past her and smacked her across the face, knocking her back on the ground. At that same moment Applejack's hat began to levitate off her head as a child's giggle could be heard.
"Hey give here that hat back!" said Applejack. But as she tried to reach for the hat, it only levitated higher and higher. Eventually it was out of her reach. While all that was going on something tugged at Fluttershy's tail making her yelp and grab her tail out of fear.
"Yeah invisible friends!" Pinkie cheered. As she said that an invisible force slapped her across the face. "Hey that's not nice!" said Pinkie. At that moment she suddenly jerked back and was thrown onto the ground.
"This is scary I don't like this!" whimpered Rarity.
"RARITY!" Spike's voice called out to her. She looked over to see Spike being levitated off the ground as a child's giggle rang out.
"Hey put him down!" demanded rarity as she tried to reach for the dragon.
"This is madness it can't be happening, I don't believe in ghosts!" yelped Cadence. Just as she said that something began to pull at her mane, tail, and wings. "No, not me, why me!!!!" she screamed.
"Cadence!" Celestia reached out to try and help her only to be pulled back by some unseen force. As the group struggled to deal with their own ghosts, the sound of cackling, child's laughter, and sinister laughing rang out in the area all at once.
"ENOUGH!" an angry voice roared across the area making the ghosts stop their mischief.
"Thank Celestia that's over," said Twilight.
"Or is it?" asked Luna. Twilight's ear twitched and turned towards the voice with a smile in hopes of finding Luna. But what she found was something she never wanted to see. Standing there in front of her was Nightmare Moon, grinning demonically at the shocked group. "Hello again," cackled Nightmare Moon.
"Luna, no!" Twilight cried. Suddenly the sound of mechanical whirring began to play out.
"Heh the Luna you knew is gone," cackled Nightmare Moon. As her laughter echoed through out the area, 11 figures slowly emerged from the shadows, all of them in different shapes and form. 9 of the 11 figures seemed to resemble animals while the other two resembled a young child and some sort of puppet. All of them were withered away and had razor sharp claws and teeth and made whirs and clicks each time they moved.
"What are those!?" shrieked Rarity.
"These are the mechanical monsters that appear in your dream," answered Nightmare Moon. Suddenly a bright light flashed above Nightmare Moon, as a large figure suddenly took shape. The thing was big with giant vines for arms. A T.V. set had set on the top of a humanoid mouth with eyes and multiple wires hung from the ceiling.
"Ok that's big," said Rainbow. Several cackles suddenly rang out as four short skeletons appeared next to the monster machines. One skeleton was black with red and yellow eyes, another was completely black with six tentacles protruding from it's back, a third had a cracked skull with one glowing eye, and the fourth was wearing a black jacket and red T-shirt with one yellow teeth and one red eye. All four smiled demonically at the group.
"Eek skeletons!" Fluttershy yelped covering her face. A sinister laughter began to ring out as a second large figure appeared next to the T.V. plant abomination. A giant wizard wearing a blue cloak with stars. He wore black sunglasses over his eyes, and had two golden horns sticking out of his head.
"Welcome to your worst nightmare!" they all cackled in unison. The ponies got into battle stance prepared for what was to come when another voice spoke up.
"Trying to take the spotlight for yourself sister?" The group turned around when a bright light enveloped the entire room. Once the light died down Celestia was shocked to see who was standing there. "Hello Celestia," Daybreaker cackled.
"You why are you?" Celestia stuttered.
"Oh it's not just me," laughed Daybreaker. Just as she said that, the devil suddenly appeared, followed by a giant skeletal turtle. His shell was black and had multiple giant spikes protruding from in on all sides. It's glowing yellow eyes burned into the group and his red hair flowed from the heat around it. The devil swung his giant yellow pitchfork while cackling. Next to the two, a small black puddle began to flow out of the ground and took the form of a demon. He had pie cut out for eyes and was grinning wildly. It's appearance almost made him look like he just jumped out of cartoon. "We're here too you know," laughed the group in unison.
"Well, well if it isn't the princess of love," said another voice. The group turned behind them to see Chrysalis, Sombra, and the Shadow Pony emerge from the darkness.
"Chrysalis and Sombra!" Cadence yelped.
"And the Shadow Pony," Applejack growled.
"Oh it's not just us," laughed Sombra. Just then from out of nowhere, a creature with a black body and grey hair, slowly rose from the ground, followed by a much smaller creature with an entirely grey body with orange eyes. Finally from behind them a giant black and red bird emerged from the ground. It's large body seemed to resemble the letter Y and it's deep blue eyes stared at the ponies intently.
"We brought company," cackled Chrysalis.
'Who are these guys?" asked Rainbow.
"They are our agents," a voice responded. The group looked up to see the same two tears appear above them. Twilight didn't think of it before but it was at this moment when she realized those weren't tears in the sky, but rather giant eyes.
"Who, who are you?" whimpered Fluttershy.
"I am Eclipse, I am one of the 5 Menace Controllers," answered the voice. "And these folks around you are the Menace's personal agents,"
"Menace?" asked Rarity.
"That is correct, Lord Pitch Black has given the Menace specific orders to deal with the living," Eclipse beamed.
"Deal with the living?!" Fluttershy yelped.
"Yes, for years on end, we Menace have been sealed within Event Horizon and left to suffer the endless torture that has been dropped on us as punishments for our sins when we were still alive," Eclipse beamed.
"Well if it's punishments then you'll just have to learn to accept it," said Twilight.
"SILENCE, HOW DARE YOU TALK TO A MENACE CONTROLLER LIKE THAT!?" Eclipse roared causing the ground to shake.
"I want to go home," whimpered Fluttershy.
"Oh sure I'll let you go," laughed Eclipse.
"Really?" asked Rainbow.
"Under one condition," said Eclipse.
"What's the Condition?" asked Twilight. Eclipse looked over to his left as two figures suddenly appeared. Twilight's eyes widened as she recognized one of the figures.
"TWILIGHT HELP!" Starlight called out to her.
"Starlight!" Twilight cried out. She looked at the figure next to Starlight, and saw what seemed to be a creature in all black. It had a giant head and long arms with giant claws and short stubby legs. The creature seemed to be shining regardless of there being no light, almost as if it's body was metallic.
"Here are my conditions, grant me their souls and I shall allow you to escape here without harm!" Eclipse beamed.
"WHAT!?" the group shrieked.
"You heard me, their souls for your release, not a very bad deal is it?" asked Eclipse.
"OVER MY DEAD BODY!!!!!!!" Fluttershy screamed. The group all turned to look at her in shock.
"What was that, what did you just say to me?" asked Eclipse.
"I said we would never do that, even if it's for our release, even if we only know one, we would never give up ourselves for those two, BECAUSE STARLIGHT IS OUR FRIEND!!!!!!" Fluttershy screamed. The entire room went silent as Fluttershy gasped in fear.
"You, you would come to regret those words, you foolish being," said Eclipse. Starlight and the other figure disappeared. As Eclipse roared,"GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!!!!!!!" With a flash the ponies vanished leaving the three groups watching in awe. "AS FOR THE REST OF YOU, GO AND FIND THAT LAST PONY AND BRING HER TO ME!!!!!!" The groups all yelped and ran back into the darkness leaving Eclipse alone. "Just you wait Lord Pitch, I will surely be the one to free us all," laughed Eclipse as he vanished.