//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 // Story: My Little Phantom // by DannyPhantom79 //------------------------------// We see Kaio waiting patiently as he eventually sees a gold chariot being pulled by two royal Pegasus guards in the air and they land in Ponyville. The passengers which was a unicorn mare and a baby dragon got off the chariot and thanked the guards for their service. The unicorn mare has a pale, light grayish mulberry coat, a dark sapphire blue mane and tail with moderate purple and brilliant raspberry streaks in them, she had moderate violet eyes and her Cutie Mark is a pink-six-pointed sparkle surrounded by five small white sparkles. The baby dragon next to Twilight has light mulberry scales with a light spring budish grey underbelly and light lime green ear fronds, moderate pistachio eyes and moderate harlequin spikes. DyKaio saw the two and walked towards them while hearing them have a conversation. “She said to check on preparations. I am her student, and I'll do my royal duty, but the fate of Equestria does not rest on me making friends.” She said sounding very sure of herself. “Maybe the ponies in Ponyville have interesting things to talk about. Come on, Twilight, just try!” Spike encourage as she walks up to Pinkie. Pinkie walked up to Twilight and Twilight then tried to greet her. “Um. . . hello?” Twilight said nervous as Pinkie let out a really long gasp before jumping up into the air and she zoomed off over the two surprising them. “Well, that was interesting all right.” Twilight said unsure. “Hmmp, that’s an understatement of the century.” Kaio said not really caring. Both Twilight and Spike turned around to see a teenage pegasus colt with a midnight spiky mane and tail with a pure white coat with his wings pure white with shiny black feathers and sapphire eyes and a P under a black D. But he had a narrowed glare imprinted on his face. “And you are?” Twilight asking for his name but he was basically staring at her soul scaring her a bit until he talked. “I’m Kaio.” Kaio said in a monotone voice obviously bored of this conversation. “Let’s get this tour started already.” Spike couldn’t help but muttered “Well he’s a ray of sunshine.” The three started walking down the road as Twilight couldn’t help but notice the hateful glares thrown at Kaio. One had even threw a brick at his face, although, to him it’s an annoyance. “Why is everypony hurting you!” Twilight said very worried at about him. A feeling in Kaio felt unnatural to him so he suppressed it and glared. “Just drop it I don’t want to talk about it. What’s the first thing on that list?” Kaio said nearly emotionless. Twilight didn’t want to drop it but his glare said otherwise. “Fine and the first one is Sweet Apple Acres.” She said as Kaio panicked a little before he thought about the chances. On one, the Apple family will try and run him off but on the other hand, he could see Applebloom. So he chose the latter. “It’s this way. Come on.” Kaio said as the trio headed off to Sweet Apple Acres. “Here it is. I’m may hate the owners but their apples are good.” Kaio as they reached the entrance. “It does seem very country-like here-wait what did you say.” But she was then cut off by a voice, a voice Kaio hates. “YEE-HAW!” The trio turn to see Applejack kick a tree with her hind legs, making the apples on it fall down into the buckets below. Twilight began to introduce herself. “Good afternoon. My name is Twilight Sparkle-“ She was cut off by Applejack rapidly shaking her hoof. “Well, howdy-doo, Miss Twilight, a pleasure makin' your acquaintance. I'm Applejack. We here at Sweet Apple Acres sure do like makin' new friends!” Applejack very eager. “Friends? Actually, I-“ Twilight really unsure about the friend thing. “So, what can I do you for?” Due to Applejack's strength, Twilight's hoof is still shaking until Spike stops her before snickering and Twilight glared at him. She also gave a slight confused look to DyKaio for a second. Applejack took this distraction to glare at Kaio while he glared back. “Well, I am in fact here to supervise preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration. And you're in charge of food?” “We sure as sugar are!” “As long as it doesn't take too long. . .” Applejack then ran off and she rung a triangle and it made a loud ring. “SOUP'S ON EVERYPONY!” Kaio then suddenly remembered something. “Oh, that's right. The Apple Family Reunion also today.” Twilight then gave a shocked look to Kaio. “What?! And you didn't tell us before. . . HAND!” But all she meet was a smirk on his face. When Twilight finishes her sentence, a stampede came and the next thing Kaio, Twilight, and Spike knew was that they were in chairs with a table of delicious apple-themed food in front of them surrounded by Applejack's family. “This here's Apple Fritter. Apple Bumpkin. Red Gala. Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Caramel Apple, Apple Strudel, Apple Tart, Baked Apples, Apple Brioche, Apple Cinnamon Crisp... *deep breath* Big McIntosh, Apple Bloom and Granny Smith.” Granny Smith was sleeping on her rocking chair, and she is an elderly earth pony with a light lime green coat, a light grey mane and tail, light brilliant orange eyes, she wears an orange scarf with red apple designs on it and her Cutie Mark is an apple pie. Applejack woke her up. “Up'n Atom, Granny Smith, we got company.” “Wha. . .? Soup's on? I'm up, here I come, ahm comin'” “KAIO!” A voice startled everybody but Kaio smiled as a yellow blur crashed into his fluffy chest. Apple Bloom looks very identical to Blossom from the The Powerpuff Girls, but she is a yellow earth pony with a red mane and tail and a large pink/red bow on the top of her head. She now reaches up to his neck. She’s basically one of a few who can make Kaio smile. “Hey Bloom, how’s it going.” A rare genuine smile appeared on his face. The Apple family may hate him but they took a picture at this rare moment. Twilight had a bunch of food stuffed in her mouth before spitting it back out. “Okay, well I can see the food situation is handled, so we'll be on our way.” Twilight trying hard to leave, but the puppy eye no jutsu strikes again in the form of the youngest family member of the Apple family, Apple Bloom, making us all stay for brunch. Twilight looked at DyKaio confused and he nodded his head slowly, Twilight just sighed. “ . . .Fine.” Everyone cheered and the four had brunch as planned. After having brunch with the Apple family, DyKaio guided Twilight and Spike to another spot in Ponyville. “Food's all taken care of, next is weather.” “ Ugh. . . I ate too much pie. . . How are you not full?” She couldn’t help but wonder how he’s not sick. “Don’t question it.” She just left it at that. “What’s next on the list Spike?” “Hmm, there's supposed to be a Pegasus pony named Rainbow Dash clearing the clouds.” “Well, she's not doing a very good job clearing those clouds, is she?” “You may want to step back.” “Why” Then a blur crashed into Twilight right beside DyKaio which surprises him a little and he sees both of them crash into a mud puddle. “That’s why. Are you two alright?” Actually worried for the two something that rarely happens. Rainbow Dash has a baby-blue body, magenta eyes, and a rainbow-striped mane and tail. Just like her, she was one of the few. “Yeah, why you ask?” Not getting the situation. “Because you crashed into Twilight.” Rainbow Dash realized that she was sitting on Twilight by accident and she let out a sheepish laugh. “Uh, 'scuse me?” Rainbow Dash got off Twilight she laughs sheepishly. Twilight grunts with an unamused look as she was now covered in mud. “You might wanna clean her up Dash.” Just to keep in mind physically he has a body of a god, but mentally, he’s still a kid. “No problem.” Rainbow Dash flew off and came back with a rain cloud which she places above Twilight and jumps on it, making it pour rain on Twilight. The rain washed away the mud, but now Twilight's mane and tail were drenched. “ Oops, I guess I overdid it.” “You think?!” Twilight annoyance was palpable. “ How about this? My very own patented Rain-Blow Dry!” Rainbow Dash created a rainbow tornado around Twilight and when she was finished, Twilight's mane and tail were now all poofy. This made Rainbow Dash and Spike burst out laughing while Kaio had an amused smile while Twilight tries to prevent herself from exploding with anger. She then glares at Kaio annoyed. “Let me guess, this is your friend Rainbow Dash?” “Yep, she's the one and only.” Kaio said as Dash ruffled his hair. “What? Have you heard of me?” “Dash, this is Twilight Sparkle and Spike. I'm giving them a tour while they also are here to check on your duty as weather manager to keep the sky clear.” Kaio said with a small smile. Rainbow Dash then relaxes on a nearby cloud. “That's it? Don't worry about it. I'll do that as soon as I'm done practicing.” “Practice? Practice for what?” “The Wonderbolts! They're gonna perform at the Celebration tomorrow, and I'm gonna show 'em my stuff!” “The Wonderbolts?” “Yep!” “The most talented flyers in all of Equestria?” “That's them!” “Pfft! Please. They'd never accept a-“ Kaio interrupted Twilight by covering her mouth with his hoof. “Yeah, I’m gonna stop you right there. Twilight, I'll have you know that Rainbow Dash is the fastest flyer. I mean, I've raced her so many times that we're almost the same speed.” “You've raced her?” “Yep. She so fast that she can clear this sky in ten seconds flat.” “Ten seconds? Prove it. There's no possible way that anypony can clear ALL of these clouds in ten seconds.” Unknown to Twilight, the two pegasus gave each other smug looks as Rainbow Dash took off to the sky and pierced through the clouds, clearing the entire sky before landing on a nearby bridge. “Huh, what do you know, that’s 10 seconds Rainbow!” “Heh. If you want to see how much, then we race again.” “ Sure. Maybe later.” Meanwhile, Twilight and Spike were both shocked by Rainbow Dash's display of speed as Dash laughed at their reactions. “You should see the looks on your faces, they're priceless!” Rainbow Dash flies back in the air about to leave. “You two are alright. We should hang out sometime. Anyways, I gotta some other things I have to do. See ya later!” With that being said, Rainbow Dash flies off. “That. . . was. . . AWESOME!” Twilight then turned to Kaio still in shock. “And you're telling me you've raced someone THAT fast!?” Yep, but I’ve been holding back, I can go a lot faster but I've done a lot with Rainbow Dash actually. We've raced, done some weather jobs together, and even practice some aerial tricks in the sky. Twilight shook her head and looked at Spike. “Anyways, what's next on the list Spike?” “Hmm. Decorations.” Kaio just sighed in annoyance attracting the two. “Follow me. There's a unicorn that I unfortunately know who's in charge of the decorations and also she may be able to fix your mane Twilight. Just be prepared for some cursing.” The three then arrive at the town hall which is being set up with decorations for the Summer Sun Celebration. "Beautiful." Spike said, looking towards the one and only Rarity who was using her magic to look at different bows. "Yes, the decor is coming along nicely. This'll be quick." Twilight said, talking about the decorations. "If all goes well, I'll be at the Library in no time." "Yeah, the place is beautiful." Kaio said sarcastically. "But he wasn't talking about the decor, Twilight." "The what was he talking about?" Twilight asked. Kaio just pointed his hoof and she saw Rarity for the first time getting here. "How are my spines? are they straight?" Spike asked as little hearts were floating around him. Twilight rolled her eyes as Kaio sighed at him and we all walked up to the white Unicorn. "Good evening." Twilight greeted. "Just a moment please." Rarity halted Twilight before getting back to work. "I am, as they say, in the zone." She then took a look at a few more ribbons before deciding on a red one, tying it around a pole with her magic. "Now, how can I help you-AHHHH!" Rarity screamed when she took a look at Twilight's hair. "Oh my stars, Darling! What ever happened to your mane!?" "Oh, you mean this?" Twilgiht said, taking a look at her hair. "It's a long story. I'm just here to check up on the decorations and I'll be out of your hair, no pun intended." "Out of my hair? What about your hair?" Rarity asked, walking up to Twilight before pushing her to Rarity's house. She wanted to kick Kaio out but she then realized he’s a lot stronger than her and has no problem with beating up a mare. (A Few Minutes Later) Kaio watched from the sides as Rarity had Twilight wear all kinds of clothes. After a while, Rarity finally picked one outfit that looked pretty good on Twilight. "Now, why don't you tell me where you're from." Rarity said as she began to tighten the outfit around Twilight, suffocating her. "I've...been...sent...from...Canterlot!" Twilight managed to say, needing air badly. "Huh?" Rarity then accidentally stopped tightening the outfit, making both ponies fly, but they recovered quickly. "Canterlot! I am so envious. The glamor, the satisfaction, I've always dreamed of living there! I can't wait to hear all about it!" She then snuggled up to Twilight. "We are going to the best of friends, you and I!" Her words did not bring a happy expression to Twilight's face. Rarity then realized something about the outfit she gave to Twilight. "Emerald!? What was I thinking." She then walked away. "Let me get you some rubies!" "Quick, before she decided to dye my coat a new color!" Twilight said as she made a brake for it. Seeing as Spike was still in a daze, Kaio grabbed him and lifted him up to his back and ran after Twilight. Once we had made it outside, Twilight had abandon the outfit and Kaio gave Spike to her. "Wasn't she wonderful?" Spike sighed. "(Scoffs)Focus Romeo." Kaio said, taking the list from him. "What's next on the list?" Twilight asked. Kaio checked and replied. "Music. Good news is that it's the last one." Twilight smiled at that. Suddenly, we heard the chirping of birds. Curious, we went to check where it was coming from and saw a ton of birds chirping with the one and only Fluttershy supervising them. "O-Oh my." Fluttershy said, noticing that one of the birds was out of sync. "Everyone, can you please stop?" The birds did as she said and she went up to the one that was out of sync, a bluejay. "Uh...excuse me sir. Not to be rude, but your rhythm is just a tiny bit off." Wow. I've never seen someone so gentle to animals, I guess that was one reason why so many people liked her. I know I do. "Now, follow me please. A one, a two, a one, two, thre-!" "Hello!" Before she could begin, Twilight interrupted her by greeting her, scaring away the birds. "Oh my, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to frighten your birds. I'm just here to check up on the music and it's sounding beautiful." Kaio just walked up to Fluttershy and nuzzled her neck. “Hey Fluttershy.” Kaio said as Fluttershy put rubbed her wing on his head. She is the last one of the few. They flew down to Twilight as Fluttershy awkwardly shook her hoof, making Twilight smile nervously at her. Wanting to break the awkwardness in the air, Twilight introduced herself. "I'm Twilight Sparkle. What's your name?" "Um...I'm Fluttershy." "Come again? I didn't quite hear you." Twilight asked. "Um..my name is fluttershy." Even Kaio didn't know her voice could get that low. "I didn't quite catch that." Twilight said. Fluttershy responded again but what came out was nothing a a squeak. Meanwhile, the birds have returned. "Well, it looks like your birds are back." Twilight pointed out. "So I guess everything is in order. Keep up the good work." Fluttershy just let out a low squeak again. Shyness at it's finest. They both then walked away, meeting up with Spike. "Well, that was easy." Twilight commented. 'I wouldn't be so sure.' Kaio thought as he stepped out of the way of the soon in coming Pegasus. "A baby dragon!" Kaio just watched as Fluttershy shoved Twilight out of the way to get a better look at Spike. "Ohhh! I've never seen a baby dragon before! He's sooo cute!" "Cute isn't a word I would use to define him." Kaio said, helping Twilight up. "Thank you." Twilight thanked me for helping her up. "Don't mention it." He replied. "Well, well, well..." Spike casted us a smug look, one Kaio would happily wipe off, but he refrained himself from any violence like he normally do. Plus, he just a kid. "Oh my, he talks too." Fluttershy said. "I didn't know dragons could talk. That's so incredibly wonder I...don't even know what to say." Well, there's a lot of things we don't know about dragons. Twilight then used her magic to pick up Spike and put him on her back. "Well, I think we better be going." Twilight said. We then walked away, but Fluttershy followed us. "Wait. What's his name?" Fluttershy asked. "I'm Spike." Spike introduced himself. "Hi Spike." Fluttershy greeted. "If you don't mind me asking, what do dragons do?" "What do you want to know?" Spike asked. "Absolutely everything." Fluttershy said, making Twilight groan. Spike then proceeded to talk about himself from being an egg up until today and before Kaio even knew it, it was already dawn. Time sure moves fast here. "And that's the story of my whole entire life." Spike finished. I'm surprised Fluttershy didn't get bored of his talking. "Well, up until today. Do you want to hear about today?" "Oh yes please." Fluttershy asked. Before Spike could even begin to talk again, Twilight turned around to face Fluttershy as we had arrived at Twilight's new home and let me tell you, the place was huge! "I'm so sorry. How did we get here so fast?" Twilight said. "This is where I'm staying while in Ponyville and mt poor baby dragon needs his sleep." "No I don't!" Spike said before Twilight pushed him off. "Aww, look at that." Twilght said. "He's so sweepy he can't even keep his wittle balance." Fluttershy then scooped up Spike into her hooves. "Poor thing. We must simply get you into bed." She then entered Twilight soon-to-be home, but Twilight quickly followed and pushed Fluttershy out. "Yes, yes. We'll get right on that." Twilight said. "Well, good night." She then closed the door. "Aren't you going to join the party?" Fluttershy asked as she was about to step into the library. "No thank you. Too many enemies in one place." Kaio replied before he walked away. Later in Town Hall As soon as Kaio saw Twilight and Spike enter, He walked over to them. "Hey guys." They heard my call and walked over to me, well Twilight did, Spike was riding on her back. "Good to see you two again. Make any friends Twilight?" Twilight groaned at his question. Suddenly, Pinkie Pie dashed next to Twilight out of no where. "Isn't this exciting!" Pinkie Pie asked. "Are you excited cause I'm excited and I've never been so excited, well except the time when I saw you in town and went *gasp!*, but really who can top that?" Kaio cursed inwardly. Maybe he should have stayed away from Pinkie Pie for a little longer? Suddenly, the sounds of birds chirping caught not only his, but everypony's attention. After the birds were done chirping, a spotlight landed on the Major. "Fillies and gentlecolts." The Major said. "As Major of Ponyville, it is my greatest pleasure to announce the beginning of the Summer Sun Celebration!" Everypony cheered at that except for Kaio, Twilight, and Spike. The Major then continued. "In just a few moments, our town will witness the magic of the sunrise and celebrate this, the longest day of the year!" Kaio scoffed at that. "And now, it is my great honor to introduce to you the ruler of our land..." Kaio noticed that Twilight had glanced up at the sky. He glanced up as well and saw that four stars had joined together at the moon. "The very pony that gives us the sun and the moon each and everyday..." Here it comes. Kaio brace himself for what was about to happen any second. "The good, the wise, the bringer of Harmony to all of Equestria, Princess Celestia!" Rarity then moved the curtains aside to reveal...nothing. Well, that's just fucking great. Shit is about to hit the fan. "This can't be good." Twilight said. Seeing the non-present Celestia ignited shock and confusion among the crowd of ponies as they looked up at a taken back Rarity on the highest balcony staring into nothing. "Remain calm everypony." The Major said. "There must be a reasonable explanation for this." Trust me Miss Major, there is an explanation, but it had nothing to do with reason. "Oh, oh, I love guessing games!" Pinkie Pie said, jumping around. This isn't a game Pinkie! "She's gone!" Kaio heard Rarity exclaimed from above, igniting more gasps among the ponies. "She's good." Pinkie said, making me facehoof. "Everyone out of the building! Now!" Kaio yelled but Pinkie's shocked yell interrupted him. Oh what now!? He looked back up at the balcony, gritting his teeth as every fur on his body stood up when he saw the first sign of purple glittering mist. He know only one kind of pony who has that mist. Out of the mist, came the one and only Nightmare Moon herself. Black body, blue armor on her head and chest, a blue misty mane and tail, a crescent moon on her rear end as her cutie mark, and finally, turquoise eyes with narrowed irises looking down at us ponies. Kaio cursed inwardly again when she appeared. He also saw Spike faint. Dramatic much? "Oh my beloved little subjects." Nightmare spoke in a calm tone. "It's been so long since I've seen your precious little sun-loving faces." Nightmare Moon laughed evilly. "Why? Am I not royal enough for you?" "No, not really." Kaio muttered under his breath. "Don't you know who I am?" A villain with a cliché evil laugh? "Does my crown not count now that I've been imprisoned for a thousand years? Did you not recall the legends? Did you not see the signs?" "I did!" Twilight shouted, walking away from me and stepping out of the crowd. Well, it's about fucking time! I noticed the other ponies cowering away, leaving me, Twilight, and a passed out Spike out in the open. "And I know who you are. You're The Mare on the Moon, Nightmare Moon!" Everyone, but Kaio gasped. "Well, well, well. Somepony remembers me. Then you must also know why I'm here." Everypony in the room looked at Twilight, expecting her to have the answer. "You're here to...to..." Did she just gulp? Okay that's it, I think it's about time I step in. "Your here to bring eternal night to all of Equestria." Kaio yelled out, already had enough of this bullshit. "What do we have here?" Nightmare said, talking like he was something she had never seen before. "Another pony that remembers me?" “It wasn’t that hard to figure out your plan dumbass.” Kaio insulted her making her angry. “Remember this day, little ponies, for it was your last. From this moment forth, the night will last forever!” [laughter, thunder] [To be continued...]