"Yubel."
"What is it my queen?" She asked as I called for her.
"I want you to move Nightmare for under the castle in the rooms I've made there to a different room. Transmogrify any useless items into essentials for her room. Also stay with her until I am finished with the ponies." I told her, my voice was darker than normal. I wasn't going to take any chances with these ponies after they attacked Yubel, and when they here about Nightmare their reactions will be worse.
Yubel nodded her head before walking off. I sighed to myself when the six ponies started to wake 'Here we go.' I thought as the first off them, Rainbow Dash, roused from her sleep.
"Huh?" She said puzzled as her features changed to surprise than to anger "What's the big idea!" Once that outburst had finished the others started to wake up from their forced slumber.
I smirked to myself before replying to the comment she made "The big idea is that your trapped." I stepped out of the shadows, and started to approach the cells "There is also another thing, you're in my territory now and are prisoners of war." I said to her just as I was right next to the cell she was in.
"Wait, WHAT!?!?" Twilight cried out from the cell she was in.
I shadow walked over to where she was, just for dramatic effect "As I just said you are a prisoner of war, the war against the Gentle Darkness, me, and the Light of Destruction." I said before stepping backwards "Don't even try to get out of those cells, they are enchanted so that only spirits and myself can open it."
"Why are you doing this to us?" Twilight said, she sound confused probably think 'What did I do to call for me being a prisoner?'
My smirk turned cold, possibly cruel "You tried to assault a queen, also your nation declared war upon my empire over 10,000 years ago. Your nation tried and succeeded, for a period of time, to banish me from my home and scatter my forces. Forces that I was building up to protect the world from what you ponies sold yourselves to." I said to her "Also you six ponies have aided in harming someone innocent of all crimes convicted upon here, when all she was doing is getting food."
"What do you mean we sold ourselves? And who did we harm that was just getting food, I haven't harmed somepony in my entire life." Twilight said, the others growing impatient but were most likely seeing her as their only chance to get out. They were right about her being able to get them out eventually, but that was if they were good little ponies and aided me.
"You sold yourselves to the Light of Destruction, you serve its strongest champion. And have been for millennia, even before that you served her parents." I told her, her eyes filled with realization as she started to open her mouth before I interrupted "As to who you have harmed, you hurt her just yesterday and you've just forgotten." At the end I started to growl "After all she was the "Queen of the Night" and was going to "Plunge Equestria into eternal night"!" I said the last part in a yell, I was getting mad and was expelling it onto them.
"Ya mean Nightmare Moon!?! Are you crazy! She did start to plunge Equestria into eternal night, and would've if not for us!" Applejack and Rainbow Dash shouted.
I scoffed "Nightmare Moon was, as the start of her name suggests, a Nightmare. Which is a creature that feeds off negative emotions, sure they amplify it bit but the rest was all Luna's fault! Nightmare never put those thought into her head, they just appeared by themselves. And with the amount of negative energy in her Nightmare got stuck to Luna, which trapped her inside of Luna. All of the eternal night fiasco could have been avoided if Luna had someone to confide her feelings too, but the eternal night was all of Luna pent up rage and jealousy being revealed. Which eventually turned to evil." I said "And as such Nightmare has little to no reason to be blamed for Luna's tantrum, but the Light of Destruction did play a part. It tried to control Luna multiple times, and she came to me commonly to get rid of bits of it unconsciously. The outburst was caused because Nightmare most likely tried to protect what it was latched onto from the Light of Destruction, causing all the negative energy from both parties fighting to enter Luna causing the "Nightmare Moon" incident."
"So what your saying," Twilight started "is that Nightmare Moon was bound to happen and you delayed it."
I nodded before speaking "You are partially correct, if Luna was able to keep seeing me I could have kept the "Nightmare Moon" incident from ever happening. But Celestia stopped me by raising a barrier so that I couldn't come near Luna or herself. That barrier though did work in my favor, it allowed me to raise a pupil, one that never even knew me but always attended my lessons. His name was Sombra and he was able to cause quite a bit of destruction, I was going to stop him if I got released. Which I almost got released from the amount of negative energy he created."
I sighed "But alas he was defeated, after two years into his reign the two sisters were able to stop him. Though he banished the kingdom he had made, as to not let Celestia get a hold of it. But enough of that what we should discuss is..." That was all I was able to get out before Yubel walked into the room.
"My Queen." She said before bowing, looking towards the ponies cautiously "The Nightmare has woken up."
I nodded "Excuse me," I said towards the ponies "But I have business to attend too." I started to leave before saying "We will continue this later, for now Yubel watch them." She nodded as I shadow walked towards Nightmare's destination.
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(3rd Person pov, Celestia mind)
On the floor of a mindscape a filly with a pure white coat and pink hair was laid down crying 'Why?' She thought 'Why does this always happen to me!' Her tears started poring out faster as a white substance started to descend from the walls "G-Go away!" She cried out desperately backing up before the substance split and lashed out at the poor filly.
"Oh, but we still have to talk." The creature said before taking on the filly's grown up form "After all Celestia," the difference between what Celestia would look like and what this creature was "you still have business with me." It had fangs, it's eyes were slitted and it's hair was pure flames.
"I don't owe you anything!" Celestia cried out "You've controlled my entire life, and you tried to do the same to Luna!" After she had finished that sentence the being rushed up towards her and gripped her hooves around Celestia neck, slowly starting to choke her.
"Oh my my my." The creature purred "But you do owe me something," it said before throwing Celestia outwards "your entire existence! Your parents sold you life to me before you were even born." Celestia coughed trying to get some air into her lungs before the monster that always hurt her did anything else.
Celestia looked up and stared defiantly into the beings eyes "You will be defeated Daybreaker." She stated just before Daybreaker rushed over to where Celestia lay before kicking her in the stomach sending Celestia flying.
"LIES!" Daybreaker roared out "YOU KNOW THAT IS NOT TRUE, SOON THE DARKNESS WILL BE DELETED FROM THIS WORLD!" After that her composure started to return "However, my slaves still trust your disguise. Soon though I will burn away your shell and give rise to myself." She gloated "My master and I will soon be able to destroy everything you love." She turned towards Celestia "Starting with your precious sister." She said in a cruel voice before she started laughing manically.
Celestia growl "YOU WON'T HURT HER!" She shouted before trying to rush forward and hurt Daybreaker who, as soon as Celestia got close, shot a close range fireball.
"Wow, you really are pathetic." Daybreaker said as Celestia screamed in agony as the flames consumed her, biting at her fur and sensitive flesh. Daybreaker rolled her eyes, getting bored with this charade, as she dispelled the fires. As soon as she had done so Celestia collapsed into a broken heap of charred pony.
Daybreaker sneered "Don't you die on me yet." She said as she cast a minor healing spell, not enough to give her power but enough to help her survive. She walked closer "Besides, your powers of divination are still required. At least until master has defeated the Darkness and ensured that the Light will rule!" She said before starting to exit the mindscape 'Soon,' Daybreaker thought to herself 'soon all of her precious little ponies will bow to me, while the glorious Light of Destruction rules the world!'
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(Transition to out of Celestia/Daybreaker's mind into her personal chambers)
"Celestia" opened her eyes from concentrating on projecting her true form into the mindscape 'That pony is tiresome.' She thought to herself as she stretched her muscles, she looked out the window and smiled viciously. Luna was raising the moon from her tower, she thought that she was safe with her sister. Oh how wrong she is, her sister was lost long ago.
Daybreaker and the Light of Destruction were always confused on how Luna was barely, if any, affected by the Light that was planted inside of her at birth. It changed her form to look more like one of the lights creations but there was still the look of Darkness, the real Celestia saw her sister true form twice. Once quite recently and once a thousand years ago. Daybreaker giggled to herself maliciously, thinking of the one inside of the mindscape and her reaction to hearing how her sister died.
"You seem to be enjoying yourself." A male voice from the corner said as Daybreaker turned to face the equine in question.
"My liege." Daybreaker said bowing towards the pony in front of her.
"Now now, there's no need for formality Daybreaker, after all everypony is equal in the Light." The pony said before moving out of the shadows.
"Yes Blueblood." Daybreaker said rising from her position.
"Now then," Blueblood started, his white robes shining even in the moonlight "I believe it is time to start our plan." "Celestia's" face adopted a cruel smirk before she bowed.
"It will be done my liege." Daybreaker said before walking out of the room, she had to meet with some very special guests.