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// The Battle with Nightmare Moon 
// Story: The Dragon from Earth to Equestria 
// by Nemesis Sol 
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The three rushed towards the library.
Once inside Spike was quickly tired, and fell unconscious.
Twilight was about to pick him up, when Schwab nudged her aside, and picked him up over his shoulder like a infant. Schwab gently walked towards his make shift bed, and sat him down gently, he flinched when Spike suddenly awoke.

"We got to stop Nightmare!" He cried quickly going back to sleep.
Twilight walked over with a blanket, and wrapped it over him.
"Get some rest Spike, you've been up all night. You are a baby dragon after all."

Schwab, and Twilight went into the next room.
"So what do we do?" Asked Schwab before suddenly seeing a book fly over his vision.
Schwab looked over and saw Twilight frantically going through books trying to find information on the Elements of Harmony.

"Elements, Elements, Elements! Gah! How am I supposed to stop Nightmare Moon without the Elements of Harmony!?

Twilight was thrown off guard, when a certain Rainbow maned pegasus flew up to her face.
"And just what are the Elements of Harmony!? And how did you know about Nightmare Moon huh!? Are you a Spy!?" 
Rainbow Dash was suddenly pulled back by Applejack, and Schwab went over to Twilight to calm her down a little.
"Twilight, just take a deep breath, and we'll find out how to defeat her." 

"Y-your right, Schwab!" She said taking breaths.

Applejack managed to calm Rainbow down a little.
"Simmer down, Sally. She ain't no spy. But you do know something do you Twilight." She said.
Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie showed up behind her, and the 5 ponies stood before Twilight, and Schwab.

Twilight sighed. "I read about Nightmare Moon, and that these mystical items called the Elements of Harmony are the only things that can stop her. But... I don't even know what they are, where they are, I don't even know what they do!"

Pinkie Pie called out.
"The Elements of Harmony: A Reference Guide." She said looking at a bookshelf.
Twilight rammed over, and knocked her away.
"Where did you find that?" 

"It was under E!!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed hopping away happily.
"Ok." Said Twilight pulling out the book Pinkie found.

"The 6 Elements of Harmony, but only 5 are known; Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, Honesty, and Loyalty. The 6th is a complete mystery, but it is said that when all 5 are present the 6th shall reveal itself."

Schwab listened in, but notice something dark move in the corner of his eye. He looked over, And saw it vanish. He knew that Nightmare Moon was probably watching them. But kept silent as to not scare the others.

"The last known location of the Elements was in the Castle of the Two Sisters which lies in what is now the E-Everfree Forest!?"

The seven journeyed to the edge of town, to the entrance of the forest. "Well this is scary..." Said Schwab nervously.
Twilight looked on just as nervously as Schwab.
She looked at the others.
"Look. Id rather do this alone." 

"No way! We ain't letting no friend of ours go in there alone! We're sticking to you like caramel on a candy apple." Said Applejack leading the others into the woods. Pinkie Pie jolted up however.
"Especially if there's candy apples in there!" 

Schwab, and Twilight looked at her.
"What? Thanks things are good." She said before walking into eh forest after the others.

Schwab giggled a little bit.
With Pinkie Pie with them, they could get through the forest more easily, then being outright scared.
"Hehe... She does have a point however, those things are good." He said opening his wings, and gently flew in there.
Twilight groaned before following after him, and the others.

"So... You've never been in here before?" Asked Twilight.

"Oh, heavens no! Just look at this place! It's dreadful!" Cried Rarity.

"And it ain't natural either..." Said Applejack.

"What's that's supposed to mean?" 

"Folks say it ain't like the rest of Equestria."

Schwab stepped in the conversation.
"It means the Forest is haunted by supernatural presences, like witches, and stuff." 

"So? We're being haunted!?" Said Rarity.
"Basically yes. Other than that-" he was cut off by a looming Rainbow Dash.

"Nopony knows. Cause anypony who has ever come in."

"Rainbow quit it!" Said Applejack firmly, Rainbow completely ignoring her.

"Had never come out!!!" She screamed, jumpscaring Fluttershy, Pinkie, and Rarity.

Just then the side of the mountain they are on started to crack, and broke off in a landslide. Dark mist coming out from under.
Schwab, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash we're uneffected by the landslide, as they flew up in the sky to avoid it.
The others? Not so lucky.

"Guys, quick!!" Cried Rainbow Dash diving down the cliff, catching Pinkie Pie.
Fluttershy managed to save Rarity.
Applejack, grabbed a root, and held onto it.
Twilight continued sliding down, only stopping when she caught the edge of the cliff.
Applejack let go of the branch, and shuffled her way down to Twilight to grab her hooves.

"I got you!" 

"Oh, Applejack help me!" 

Applejack tried to pull her up, but was unsuccessful. She looked to the sky hoping for something to workout.
She noticed Schwab diving down below the cliff, and signed a claw to drop Twilight so he could catch her.

"Let go." She said.
Twilight looked at her madly.
"Are you crazy!?"

"No I ain't, what I'm telling you is the honest truth." She said.
Twilight looking at her, growing her pupils with anxiety, u til she let go. 
She screamed until she was caught.
She looked up, and saw Schwab holding her in place.
She sighed in relief, noticing Applejack hopping her way down safely.

Schwab glided down to the ground, and dropped Twilight off. Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy doing the same to Pinkie Pie, and Rarity.

"So, onward we go!" Said Schwab.

They continued their journey, until a Manticore appeared before them. It roared, and growled with malicious intent.
Schwab laughed nervously.
"Hehe. I'm not fighting that thing!" He said changing tone form nervous laughter, to down right seriousness. 
Twilight looked at him.
"Really? You can try to fight an evil alicorn mare! But not a Manticore?"

"That's different!! She looked like ya'll, and not a horrifying beast!"

The Manticore roared again and attacked. Rarity, Rainbow, and Applejack tried their best to subdue the beast but were futile in doing so.
Twilight was starting to charge at the beast.
While Schwab, and Pinkie just watched from the sidelines.
"I'm not fighting that thing, are you?" Asked Schwab.

Pinkie shook her head and replied; "No of course not!"

Fluttershy intervened however.
"Wait!" 

The fight stopped mid way.
Fluttershy walked up towards the beast. It roared until Fluttershy nuzzled it shocking everyone.
The Manticore looked at her, and then it's paw, and showed it to her. It had a large thorn stabbed into it.
"Aww, you just have a thorn."

Fluttershy but the edge, and pulled it out. The Manticore roared in pain until it hugged Fluttershy, and licking her.

"Aww, your just a big little kitty."

"Little?" Asked both Rainbow, and Schwab.

The group continued to move.
"How did you know about the thorn?" Asked Twilight.

"I didn't, but we all just need a little kindness."

"Ugh! I can't stand to see this forest! It's too gloomy." Exclaimed Rarity.
The soon walked into a tree filled environment blocking out the moonlight.
"I didn't mean that literally." She said.
Twilight grew annoyed. Again! Or at least that was Schwab's thought.
"That castle could be right infront of us, and we wouldn't even know it!" 

The trees appeared before them with scary faces. And they all screamed.
Schwab saw one right aside of him, and punched the crap out of it.
"Ow!" He said grabbing his knuckles.

"Punching wood hurts more than I'd imagine!"

Pinkie laughed at their faces.
"Pinkie! What are you doing? run!" Screamed Twilight.
'Like the trees, are actually going anywhere.' thought Schwab.

Pinkie Pie laughed, And started singing a happy song that lighten everyone's spirits, even Schwab's. They laughed, and all the trees lost their faces turning back into normal trees.

The exited, and wandered into a clearing with a river.
Schwab still giggling cause of how much he laughed.

They soon heard crying, and saw a sea serpent smashing the river, obviously in distress.

"Excuse me, sir? But why are you crying?" Twilight asked.

"Well I was here, minding my own business, and a cloud of purple smoke zoomed passed, and cut a peice of my mustache off!" 

Rainbow, and Applejack couldn't believe what they heard.
"That's what this is about?" 

Rarity walked towards them.
"Of course it is!! I can't stand to see such beautiful so wasted."

She walked up to the sea serpent, and the two had an exchange. Rarity grabbed, and picked off one of his scales in which he helped in pain.
"Ouch!! What was that for?" He asked.
Rarity took the scale, and pointed it out sharply cutting her own tail. The sea serpent did the dramatic pose, and allowed Rarity to wrap her tail around the missing peice of his mustache.

He exclaimed happily at his remade mustache, and allowed them to cross the river.

They finally came to a bridge leading the castle.
"There it is!" Said Twilight. She ran towards it almost falling off another cliff, Rainbow Dash grabbed her in time.
"What's up with you falling off cliffs today?" She asked.

"How do we get across?" 
Rainbow Dash shook her wings, and flew downward to collect a rope to connect to the other side of the bridge leading to the ruined castle.
Schwab perched himself on a stone looking over the cliff.
A fog had started to close in between the bridge. He couldn't see anything, and heard voices, but they were mumbled because of the fog.

"Somethings wrong." He said.
The others looked at him, and the fog with worry.
"Rainbow Dash!! What's taking so long?" Asked Twilight.
The fog became thicker blocking out even more noise.

Then silence. There was nothing but the faint sounds of breathing coming from the group. Schwab got worried, and almost fired at the fog, with his corrosive blue flames, when Rainbow Dash, came through with the bridge connected.

Everyone cheered, and crossed. He walked up to her.
"What happened?" He asked.

"I was talking to these 'Shadowbolts', but I talked them down. I'm loyal to my friends after all." She said travelling back with he others.
Schwab started to feel a pattern of sorts...
'Applejack: Honesty. Fluttershy: Kindness. Pinkie Pie: Laughter. Rarity: Generosity. And Rainbow Dash: Loyalty. All 5 Elements, but... Who is the 6th?' he thought.

They soon came into a room, with a setup, and upon it were the Elements.
Applejack spoke up.
"Come on Twilight, isn't this what you've been waiting for?"

"The Elements of Harmony we found them!"
Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Schwab flew up towards the elements and picked them up one, by one, and placed them gently at Twilight's hooves.
Pinkie Pie counted as they did so.
"1, 2, 3, 4... There's only 5!" She said.

"Where's the 6th?" Asked Applejack.

"The book said when all five are present, a spark shall ignite, And reveal the 6th element." Said Twilight.

"What the hay is that supposed to mean?"

"I'm not sure, but I got an idea. Stand back."

Applejack nodded, and called for the others.
"Come on now y'all, let her concentrate."

On their way outside, Schwab felt a presence at his back.
He shivered. Thinking was wind at first, he came to realize something. If it was wind why weren't the others affected? He then came with he realization. There was no wind at all today. It was still.
"Oh no." He said.

"What's wrong Schwab?" Asked Rarity.

"We need to go back now!" He said.
Just then a scream was heard. It was Twilight's.
They ran back in time to see a dark mist swirling like a tornado linking up the elements. Twilight jumped after them, and disappeared with the elements.
"Twilight? Where are you?" Asked Applejack.
Schwab looked around, and saw lights coming from another building.
"There!" He said flying through the window, and towards the main tower.
The others cried after him but he was already gone.
Applejack spotted a corridor leading to the tower.
"Come on y'all, we got to help them!"

Schwab flew up towards the roof looking for a opening. Luckily he did. He saw Twilight at the elements, and sparked them. Nightmare Moon appeared before her, and the elements stopped sparking.
"Where the 6th element?" Said Twilight.
Nightmare Moon laughed, as she stomped the ground shattering the elements.
Schwab flew down, and roared.
He picked up Twilight who looked happy to see him, and set her aside. He roared again.
"I'm here!! And I'm ready for round 2 Nightmare Moon!!" He roared.
He waited for her response to his challenge, in which she laughed.
"Hahahaha!! And what do you think you'll accomplish? Nothing! I will defeat you, and send you back to the afterlife!!"
The dark alicorn, and the dragon charged each other in head butts.
Soon the two flew upwards, and charged their attacks. 
Nightmare Moon fired a beam at him in which he dodged, he fired his corrosive blue flames back at her in return.
She dodged.

The two did a violent dance across the room, dodging, firing their attacks, and head butting the other. Twilight stared in horror,and dodged from time to time when one of their attacks came into range of her.
"Stop!!" She yelled, but they didn't listen.
Schwab and Nightmare charged each other again, but this time was different.
Before impacting her, Schwab dove beneath her, and tackled her from below crashing into the roof.
She gasped in pain, and Schwab bit her neck.
"Ow!!!! YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!!!" She roared.
Nightmare managed to shake him off of her, and stunned him with a violent push. She fired a attack before he could recover, and it blasted him to the ground by Twilight.
Twilight ran up to him.
"Schwab, are you ok? You can't beat her." She said.
Schwab stood up, and spread his wings.
"I've got to stop her!" He said before flying towards Nightmare Moon.
Nightmare fired another attack, and Schwab dodged it by swirling around it like a snake on a branch while preparing his breath weapon. He could feel the heat on his back, similar to how you would hold your hand over a stove.
He slithered towards Nightmare, and when he was face to face he blasted her into the wall.

Schwab remained in the air hovering.
Smoke filled the crater where Nightmare Moon was blasted. Thinking the fight was over Schwab turned his back, only for a massive beam to strike his back from the crater.
He roared in pain before crashing face first into the ground, sliding on it in a scorpion pose.
"Schwab!!" Cried Twilight running to his side.
He got up, and coughed blood. His right wing was injured, and it twitch violently in pain. He wheeze in pain, and coughed blood, his torso was scratched with bloody markings, and dark bruises. On his back between his wings was a massive wound that leaked blood, drip by drip.

Nightmare Moon perched herself where the elements once stood, and laughed.
"Hahahaha!!! Did you really think you could beat me!? That Night will last forever!!"

Twilight held Schwab gently, and heard the voices of the others.
Her eyes went wide, as she realized something.
She turned to face Nightmare Moon.
"Did you really think you could destroy the elements that easily? When the spirits of the elements themselves are right here!?" She said, as the Mane 5 stood behind her courageously.
Twilight began her monologue.
"Applejack: Honesty. Fluttershy: Kindness. Pinkie Pie: Laughter. Rarity: Generosity. And Rainbow Dash: Loyalty."

Nightmare was furious.
"But you still don't have the 6th element! The spark didn't work!"
Twilight continued to stare her down.
"But it did, a different kind of spark."
She turned towards the others.
"I just now realized the feeling I felt when I saw you, how much I enjoyed you, and how much I care about you."

She turned back.
"And when the elements are here, the Element of Magic shall reveal itself!" Just by her words alone the 6th element emerged from the power of the other 5.
But then something else happened. The elements working in tandem shown their power towards a singularity, and out of it emerged a new element in the shape of the Earth.

Schwab's Earth.

"And with them, we shall defeat you!!" Roared Schwab standing up, his eyes glowing a magnificent blue.
His body changed from its angelic appearance to a greenish-brown color like the earth, with his muscles resembling tree bark in a way but still looked organic.
His horns also did the same instead of a glow, the horns were wrapped by tree like skin like an elk. His feathered wings retracted into his body, and sprouted outward as bat-like wings, and the webbed flesh between them were a tanned color.

His body was no longer a ghost of a dragon, but instead a physical form, a truly reincarnated being.
He was alive, and no longer dead. Tide to Equestria forever.
The elements surrounding the others became necklaces, and Twilight's became a crown, and Schwab's became a gem.

Their eyes glowed, and the 6 Elements of Harmony shot a rainbow beam into the sky. Schwab fired his corrosive blue flames, and it swirled the rainbow beam.

Nightmare Moon was horrified, and she looked at the power of the these new 7 elements with terror.
The beam shot back down towards her, and engulfed her.

"Nooooooo!!!!!" She cried, feeling her flesh burn away like fire, and acid from Schwab's flames, and her body glowed, in a painful manner like she was about to spontaneously combust from the inside out.

A bright flash filled the room, and all was silent. Nothing could be seen except for the white flash that filled the entire room.

Nightmare Moon was defeated...