I awoke to something blasting next to me.
I jolted up to see Twilight barely standing while Nightmare looked down at her cackling, “You really think I would go down easily, ha, you’re more foolish than I thought.”
I slowly got to my feet as I was quickly tackled to the floor by a cyan blur. I looked up to see Rainbow Dash on top of me looking very pissed.
“What the hay is wrong with you monster!!” She yelled as she threw a punch at me. I quickly pushed her off of me, and stood up.
I saw the others running in and, as they saw all of us, a look of horror appeared on there face.
Nightmare looked at them and laughed, “So, you got other ponies to join you in the moon.”
I looked at her in horror at what she said. ‘She’s going to kill them,’ I thought. She than levitated all of them in front of her, and was charging up her horn.
I wasn’t going to let that happen. They showed me that there is still a reason to live and look forward to the future. I quickly dashed in front of the 6 ponies, just in time to get blasted by Nightmare’s magic. I heard the screams of everyone as the darkness enveloped me.
I thought it was over, that everything I did up to this moment was a waste of time. As I closed my eyes, ready for my end, a bright light appeared in front of my face. I opened my eyes to see a human and an alicorn standing in front of me.
“What the fuck,” I said out loud.
The figures just laughed, sounding like females. The alicorn trotted towards me.
“You are not ready to die, hero,” she said softly. Then, the human walked towards me. I couldn’t move, no matter how hard I tried to.
She then placed her hand on my cheek, which was soft and warm, and softly stroked it.
“You are this world’s hero. You must fight back and save them,” she said gently.
Then, both human and pony pushed me back. I was then being sucked in a strange hole. The last thing I heard them say was ‘we will meet again,’ then I was back in the old castle, right in front of Nightmare.
She looked at me in surprise, as I just stood there. I looked behind me to see the others staring at me in awe. I looked back at Nightmare and saw she was furious at me.
“No matter, you are only delaying the inevitable,” she said as she charged another spell.
I aimed my arm and shot, what looked like a bunch of nightmarish shadows, at her. This seem to break her concentration as it hit her directly in the chest.
I looked down at my hand, amazed by the new power I just shot at her. A smiled slowly appeared on my face as I fired more shots at her. She seemed to know what I was doing as she dodged all of my attacks. She then fired a bolt of lightning at me which I put a shield of darkness to protect me.
I dashed towards her and started punching her in the chest, head, even in the horn. She then got the upper hand on me. She cut me with her horn on my cheek, small trickles of blood dripped from my cheek. I look up at her just in time to get a hoof in my face. Knocking me back towards the others, she stomped towards me.
“Foolish human, do you not know that you and your friends are doomed. The elements are broken so, I am victorious,” she said, clearly thinking she has won.
I looked back at my friends and saw a look of fear on there faces. As Nightmare walked towards me, I started remembering the first day I met them. How honest AJ was when talking to me, how Pinkie would make me laugh even though I was sad as hell, how kind Fluttershy was when I told them my story, how generous Rarity was when she wanted to make me new clothes, how loyal Rainbow is to her friends.
The Elements started replaying in my head as I remembered. I came to a realization that these ponies were more special than I thought. I looked back at the terrified ponies and smiled, turned around, and started walking towards Nightmare.
Blood dripped from my head as I stood up smiling.
“You’re wrong,” I said, catching her off guard.
She looked at me surprised, “What?”
I chuckled, “I said you’re wrong. The Elements aren’t just stones, they’re personalities.”
I walked forward, drops of blood flowing down my hands. “Pinkie Pie, who made me laugh after everything I’ve been through and can make anyone who is sad become happy, Laughter.”
A necklace appeared on Pinkie’s neck. I smiled, walking forward, “Fluttershy, who shows that anyone deserves a chance, even if they done some bad things, Kindness.” The same thing that happened to Pinkie, happened to her too. A necklace, that looked like her cutie mark, appeared around her neck. The same thing happened to everyone else as I explained how they relate to the elements.
“But you don’t know where the last element is,” Nightmare said proudly.
My vision and hearing started blurring out as I was succumbing to the blood loss. I could hear muffles and see blurry visions, but that’s it. The last thing I saw was a rainbow colored blur coming towards me. ‘God dammit,’ was the last thing I thought before going unconscious.
Luna's Mind
I was walking around this dark abyss for a while, getting real tired of seeing the same thing. After everything went black, I woke up in this abyss like place. Only little star-like lights illuminated my surroundings. I don’t know what happened with the others, but all I hope is that they’re safe.
As I continued walking, I saw 3 figures, 2 looking like ponies and 1 humanoid, sitting down. I quicken my pace, happy I found others here with me. As I got closer though, I noticed something similar to the human. I may have done something loud because they all turned around to look at me. I finally realized what was so similar about him. He was the one who helped me when I almost died.
“Ah, it seems he has finally decided to join us,” he said, gesturing for me to sit.
I walked up and plop myself between the pony that also saved my life and a little light blue alicorn filly. The filly jumped up and hugged me, surprising the hell out of me.
"Thank you for helping me. If it wasn't for you, I don't know what would've happened," she said cheerfully.
“You’re welcome,” I said, “but, who are you and what is this place?”
She looked at me with her light blues eyes, ‘CUTENESS OVERLOAD,’ my mind screamed.
“My name is Luna and you’re in my mind,” she said. I gave her a questionable look and looked at the other occupants near me. The human sighed, “We’ll explain everything to you.”
Meanwhile…
As the light in the old castle started to dim, the ponies opened their eyes and looked at the aftermath. The spot where Nightmare was standing was now replaced by a small light blue filly alicorn sleeping.
"Ugh, my head," Rainbow moaned, rubbing her head.
"Every pony okay?" Applejack asked, worried for the others.
"Oh, thank goodness," Rarity exclaimed.
"Why Rarity, it's lovely," Fluttershy said to Rarity.
"I know! I'll never part with it again," Rarity said, petting her tail.
Fluttershy shook her head, "No, your necklace," she pointed at the jewelry around Rarity's neck, "It looks just like your cutie mark."
"What?" Rarity looked at her neck, "Ooh. So does yours," she said, pointing at the necklace around Fluttershy's neck.
Fluttershy looked down and gasped.
Pinkie started bouncing around, "Look at mine! Look at mine!"
Rainbow threw her hoof in the air, "Aw yeah."
Applejack trotted up to Twilight, "Gee, Twilight! I thought you were just spoutin' a lot of hooey, but I reckon we really do represent the elements of friendship."
“Indeed you do,” said a voice behind them. They turned around to see a white alicorn trotting towards them.
Twilight gasped, "Princess Celestia."
Celestia looked down at Twilight and smiled, "Twilight Sparkle, my faithful student. I knew you could do it."
Twilight was confused by this, "But... you told me it was all an old pony tale."
Celestia giggled, "I told you that you needed to make some friends, nothing more. I saw the signs of Nightmare Moon's return, and I knew it was you who had the magic inside to defeat her, but you could not unleash it until you let true friendship into your heart. Now if only another will as well. Princess Luna!"
Luna slowly wakes up and gasp at seeing Celestia.
Celestia walks towards the scared filly, "It has been a thousand years since I have seen you like this. Time to put our differences behind us. We were meant to rule together, little sister."
Both Twilight and Rainbow were surprised, "Sister?"
Celestia puts her head down, sadly, "Will you accept my friendship?"
"Whoa!" Pinkie exclaimed.
Luna's eyes water and she runs towards Celestia, hugging her, "I'm so sorry! I missed you so much, big sister!"
Celestia hugged back, fighting the tears that are trying to seep out of her eyes, "I've missed you too."
Pinkie pulled out a tissue and started crying herself, "Sniff, Hey you know what this calls for?"
But she was interrupted by a loud groan. They turned and gasped at what they saw. Trystyn was lying on the ground bloodied up from the fight against Nightmare. Fluttershy quickly ran towards him to see if he's okay. He was barely breathing, but was still alive. The other's joined her as tears fell down on his body.
Luna felt a pain in her chest, 'I did this to him,' she thought, 'This is my fault.'
Celestia puts a wing on her, "it wasn't your fault. You couldn't control your actions," she said gently.
As the muffled sobs of Fluttershy filled the room, Trystyn started glowing white. This surprised every pony in the room as they backed away.
Celestia stared at the glowing human, "It can't be," she said under her breath.
After the glowing stopped, they saw that all of Trystyn's wounds were healed. They heard him groan and saw him sit up, rubbing his head. As the human was getting his bearings, Celestia noticed a pendent around his neck. She realized who this human is and what his potential was. Trystyn's eyes landed on the ponies position.
He smiled, "Well, what did I miss?"
'Well that was weird,' I thought as ponies were talking, eating, or just having fun. Before all of this, a few events transpired that still confuses me. First, the 2 strange beings, known as John and Katherine, explained that I had some kind of destiny that involved saving Equestria. How that's my destiny? I don't know, and really didn't care.
Second, was that I'm able to absorb certain powers, like Nightmare's, and use it to protect myself and others. I thought this was pretty awesome. Third, I woke up and was caught up on what happened when I was knocked out. And finally, Pinkie dragged me into a party, which is pretty fun.
At first, the ponies were scared of me. That was until the others explained what I did and that I'm a 'hero.' That is not a word I would use to describe me, but I'm not them. Some welcomed me while others still seemed a little hesitant. As I was standing near a table I noticed that Twilight, standing next to Celestia, seemed upset and decided to see what's wrong.
After a few bumps into ponies and having to be careful not to step on the children, I made it too them. Whatever Celestia said, it seemed to perk her up.
Celestia took notice in me and smiled, "Ah, Trystyn, there you are. I have a special proposition for you."
She then explained how I will have to stay with Twilight and learn how to use magic. Twilight was shocked at first, but became happy knowing she'll be teaching me magic. I agreed and went to Sweet Apple Acres to get my stuff. After saying goodbye to the apples, and promising AJ I'll be back to work on the farm, I left.
'Seems things are starting to look up for me,' I thought, as I walked towards Twilight's house.