Chapter 3; Dealing With The Princesses.
“Wakey, wakey Luna. You overslept again, darling.” A voice spoke. Princess Luna woke up with a start, fear showing in her eyes. Nightmare Rarity stood in front of her, her nightmarish eyes glowing as she smirked. Luna glanced at her surroundings. She was in a grey bricked room, bars for windows and a metal door the only exit. She was being held in a standing position, her hooves raised above her head, contained with metal shackles. There was a magical blocker on her horn and her wings were clipped behind her back.
“Let me go thou painted maypole! You minus of knot-grass made! How dare thy take over Rarity again with such force?!” Luna spat, spitting in her face.
“With force?” Nightmare Rarity broke out into laughter, stumbling back on her hooves. When she stopped laughing, she looked back at Luna with a serious expression. “Oh Lulu. You really are that oblivious. I decided to let them take over my body.” She spoke as if speaking to a small foal.
“Thy cannot manipulate me once more, Nightmare. I shan’t fall to thy lies. Rarity, if you are listening to me, fight it.” Rarity raised a hoof, smacking Luna across the muzzle.
“Shut up. I don’t want to fight it. I still have control, Princess Luna.” Nightmare Rarity’s eyes had sifted back to their normal state as she spoke. “I still have control and I love it. They’ve given me what no pony could. Pure power and admiration. Something you fail to ever have.” Her eyes shifted back to their nightmarish state a moment later. Luna spat out the blood that had gathered in her mouth, the copper tasting liquid dropping to the floor.
“I see.” She whispered, head hung low. Nightmare Rarity turned her back to Luna. She turned back around with a closed box encased in her sapphire coloured magic. She opened the book and pulled out a talisman. It was small, white and in the shape of a diamond.
“I’m guessing you know what this little thing does, darling?” She spoke, tying the string around Luna’s neck. Luna didn’t respond. She stayed silent. Nightmare Rarity began to chant, the talisman glowing in response. There was a blast of blue light and the talisman changed to blue colour. Nightmare Rarity removed it, Luna’s size shrinking and her star-studded mane faded back to its pale blue version. She placed the talisman around her neck, the magic contained inside it being absorbed by Nightmare Rarity.
“Thy shall not achieve thy goal, Nightmare. Though thy may have stolen my magic, thy will not succeed.” Luna spoke hoarsely, looking Nightmare Rarity in the eyes. Nightmare Rarity’s eyes narrows before she spoke.
“You are no longer of use to me.” She stated, pulling out a knife with her magic. She plunged the knife into Luna’s chest, Luna letting a small gasp of surprise out before beginning to drown on her own blood. Nightmare Rarity left her corpse there, exiting the cell without any remorse.
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“Fluttershy? Pinkie? Rainbow Dash? AJ? Anypony there?” The lavender coloured alicorn shouted, looking through the bars of her cell. It was pitch black, save for a single light bulb inside her cell. She was frightened and alone. All she could hear was the dripping of water. She froze when she saw a shadow moving closer. It was one of the nightmare creatures. It resembled a cat, with crimson eyes it stared at Twilight. It moved closer and she began to pet the strange creature. It purred in a warped way, sounding more like gurgling than actually purring. Twilight smiled at it when it moved onto her lap, rubbing its head against her hoof. “What are you doing here?” She asked.
“To serve My Queen.” It spoke. Twilight Sparkle pulled her hoof back in horror, startled by it speaking. It was a female, obvious by the tone of its voice. “Please don’t be frighted, Element of Magic. I come bearing a message from My Queen.”
“What!? No!” Twilight stood up, brushing the creature off with her wings. She couldn’t use her magic to blast it away due to her horn being locked in magical chains that restricted magic. All magic.
“She requests that you join her in her future reign.” She spoked, crimson eyes staring intently at Twilight.
“No. No! NO! I won’t do anything for HER!” Twilight shouted, backing against the wall.
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Nightmare Rarity sat on her throne, gazing down at her hooves every once and a while. With a blast of light, Celestia burst through the door. “Afternoon, Celestia. I see that you realized something was amiss when the moon didn’t rise didn’t you?” Nightmare Rarity greeted, looking at Celestia with a look of boredom.
“Return my sister, Twilight and her friends, Nightmare.” Celestia shouted, stopping before the steps up to the throne.
“One, its Nightmare Rarity. Two, You can have your pathetic sister back but Twilight and her friends stay here if you want them to live.” She replied, grinning wickedly. Celestia sighed, bowing her head.
“I agree to your terms. Next time I shall not be so passive.” Celestia spoke. Rarity waved her hoof and one of her nightmare creatures left. It returned a moment later, dumping the dead body of Luna in front of Celestia. Celestia looked at her sister, tears welling in her eyes. “How dare you! You horrid nightmare! Taking over an innocent mare and making her murder my sister!” She screamed, slamming a hoof down onto the ground. Celestia charged her horn with magic before tackling into Nightmare Rarity. They both summoned swords with their magic, clashing with one another. “Die, you ghastly creature!”
“Oh Tia, you wound me!” Nightmare Rarity snapped back, pushing the sword further. The pair battled as if it was an elaborate dance. Yet, Celestia had the upper hoof with her wings, she dodged Nightmare Rarity’s attacked before they could even hit her. Nightmare Rarity slashed forward, catching Celestia by the wing. She fell to the ground with a thump, her wing wounded. Nightmare Rarity plunged her sword deep into Celestia’s other wing, pinning her to the ground.
“Tell me this, did Rarity willing accept or did you force it upon her?” Celestia panted, defeated and wounded.
“I willing accepted, Princess Celestia. But unlike your sister, I thought about it and I bargained. Guards! Take her to the dungeon. Put her with her little student. Get rid of that corpse as well.” Nightmare Rarity hissed. She pulled the sword out with her magic before trotting back to her throne. She watched as Celestia was grabbed and forced into chains. Her guards dragged her away, Celestia sobbing as she was lead. “One dead, three to go.” Nightmare Rarity said out loud with a smirk.