When she did wake up, the moon’s phase was full.
Note: The moon became the new sun.
I decided to use that to tell the time.
Also, Seka had gotten off me while I was in a completely unannounced sleep.
Thus I got up and left the building in the most awesome way ever.
I jumped.
From the evil balcony, to the kind and happily nice ground.
“TAKE THAT EVIL BALCONY!”
A mare with several waffles in her saddle bags passed by.
“Evil beware, we have waffles.”
Of course Seka had to pick then to make me leave my train of thought.
In other words, she came up from behind me, jumped on my back, and stood there.
I just shook my head and began the walk to Canterlot.
“Where’re you going?”
“Canterlot, find Surprise.”
“Why not look around Ponyville for the other Elements?”
I stopped.
“Does she live here?”
“Yes.”
“…”
“What?”
“Seka?”
“Yes?”
I threw her off me and onto the ground.
“Fuck off.”
I flared my nostrils as she left.
When I calmed down I went to the inn place thing whatever it is.
I really couldn’t have been bothered to learn what it was.
And there was the guard Luna mentioned.
I walked over to him and motioned for his attention.
And then facepalmed.
Facehoofed?
I was inside.
Thus no moonlight.
And if you don’t know what that means then you are an idiot.
I left out of anger, so I wouldn’t hit somepony.
I made my way to the Library, and entered through the already open door.
“Bolt, I need you to be a strong pony while we’re gone. I know you can make it on your own for a while.”
“But Mommy!”
“No buts, I have to do this for Equestria. For you.”
Fable came down the stairs and passed me.
She stopped when she went through the door, and her horned glowed.
She turned to me and smiled.
“Take good care of him Knifer.”
I nodded.
I wasn’t about to let anything hurt him regardless, promise or not.
I went down to the basement and looked over at my corpse, laying there in the bed peacefully.
The faint glow of magic was around the corpse, keeping it from decomposing.
Mostly.
The right eye was bleeding slightly.
Again.
There was most likely some internal damage, and I could tell my muscles were going through atrophy, the heart long since stopped beating, and the brain?
I couldn’t figure out how to get that to work.
I shook my head and laid down next to the bed, then fell asleep.
Inside my dreams was something odd.
It was still night, but there was something weird.
I was on a cloud.
And there were all those ponies.
Fable, Blondebolt, Chicha, Seka, Cerridwen, Luna, Shy.
We were all on clouds looking into what looked like an arena without a floor, also made of clouds.
And there in the middle was Nightmare Moon, hovering in place, laughing.
“Hello there my subjects.”
Everyone of them cowered in fear but me.
I snorted in anger.
“Knifer, how have you been? I didn’t expect you to figure it out so fast!”
“I will FUCKING MURDER YOU.”
She just laughed.
“Knifer, your aggression is getting in control. Calm down and watch the show.”
She disappeared, and beams of light appeared, focusing on a pegasus flying.
She was in armor, and I recognized her.
Blitz.
Some of the spotlights moved and showed a large horde of zombie pegasi.
Quickly the bleachers filled with other ponies from everywhere, and a spotlight appeared on me.
Gasps were heard.
“MY SUBJECTS, THIS IS KNIFER. HE MURDERED YOUR PRINCESS CELESTIA AND HELPED ME MAKE MY ARMY TO CONQUER YOU.”
For once, I actually cowered in fear.
They flung insults and random objects.
The spotlight eventually left me, and they stopped their throwing.
Everypony focused on Blitz and the zombies.
“This is the Nightmare arena, my subjects. If Blitz wins, she goes to the next round. If she dies, if any of you die, that’s it. You. Are. Dead. And you join my army.”