//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: Abducted by a Nightmare // by hupedupe //------------------------------// I wasn't planning to attend. At all. But Pinkie just wouldn't leave me alone until I said yes. But hey, I DID manage to get her to make me cakes in return so at least there's that. I walked to the Town Hall alongside Pinkie, Rarity, AppleJack and Rainbow Dash. I didn't see Fluttershy any where, poor thing, still must be shiting bricks at the sight of me. Well, half of the town still does so but that was two years ago. When I first came here I was confused as hell. Talking ponies, like seriously, how would you react in my place? After I got from my daze, I decided to go into the town and was met with screams of terror, running up and down the streets and finally, so I wouldn't say I didn't have enough, I got attacked by Rainbow Dash herself. I ended up with bruises and a monocle but nothing too serious, Rainbow on the other hand... lets just say she was getting acquainted with hospital care for a week. When Dash was laying on the ground, I was wrapped in a rope and sitting on my ass. Mayor Mare sent a letter to Princess Celestia explaining what happened. I was expecting some bitch who would sent me to prison or something worse, though when she came to solve the situation, she asked me who I was, what was I doing here, where did I come from, etc. I answered her questions as best as I could, though some of them were hard to explain. After everything was said and done, I was offered I could stay in Equestria for now, I was given citizenship and such. Though I didn't left without a punishment. A month of forced labor. But she did give a hundred bits to start with. Except for the fact I wasn't paid for my job, it wasn't all that bad. As the local handyman, I got to know the ponies and they got to know me... some of them at least. The first one to accept me was Lyra. An adorable mint unicorn, she and her "roommate" BonBon (I had to explain her name literally meant "candy" in one language when I laughed) became my first friends in here, and they are the people I live with. After them, it was Pinkie and AppleJack. Though not liking me at the beginning because I sent her best friend into the hospital, she warmed up to me after she learned I was quite hard-working when I felt like it. And Pinkie is Pinkie. Then it was the Blossom sisters working in Ponyville's (I know, awful name) Spa. Rarity. Well we are not exactly friends, more like acquaintances who behave decently to each other. The first time I burped in front of her, I laughed at her reaction. She told me that I was acting like a brute to which I told her "each of us is bit of a brute." Anyway, back to present. We approached the Town Hall and entered. The place was filled with tables with cupcakes, muffins, punch, fruits and other things. At this point, I counted with a lack of chairs so I brought my own. I set it down next to table with champagne on it and drank straight from the bottle. "I believe that you had enough for tonight, Martin." Rarity said. "If I'm to be here then atleast I'm gonna make it short." I replied, finishing a second bottle. "But you're going to miss the Princess." Pinkie said. It took me little bit to realise what she meant. I looked at her before I replied. "Have I ever told you you're annoying?" I asked in disinterested tone. "About 136467 times," she said with a smile. "Your countin' it?" AJ asked. But she didn't get a reply as Pinkie was now talking to a purple unicorn who had a purple lizard on her back and had purple and pink streak in her mane. About what? Hell if I know. Birds and trumpets played short and celebrating tune before reflector pointed at a podium where Mayor Mare stood and began speaking. "Fillies and Gentle colts, as Mayor of Ponyville, it is my great plesure to announce the beginning of Summer Sun Celebration." Ponies all around cheered. I took a swig from my champagne and it found them empty. I look at a pile of champagne bottles I made. I jolted upright and stared at the pile, wondering where did it go. "You drank it all, Asshole," whispered Rainbow from above me. "Already?" I asked, barely "in the mood" from it. "Yeah." She confirmed and looked at the podium again. "Do piči," I cursed, not believing that I already drank it all. "In just a few moments our town will witness the magic of the sunrise and celebrate this the longest day of the year." I really don't understand why they do it, we have "the longest day of the year" too and we're not celebrating it. It's just another day for fucks sake. "It is my great honor to intoduce to you the ruler of our land, the very pony who gives us the sun and the moon each and every day. The good, the wise, the bringer of harmony to all of Equestria." Jeez, she's taking her time with it. "Princess Celestia!" another tune and pull of the curtains revealed... an empty spot. I sat upright in suprise while the ponies talked amongs themselves. Mayor looked at the crowd with nervous expresion. "Remain calm, everypony. There must be a reasonable explenation," She said. "ooh ooh, I love guessing games, is she hiding?" Here we go, Pinkie thinks a serious situation is a joke or game. Or both. Rarity came to a railing where the Princess should have been and confirmed her absence, which caused all of the ponies to gasp in shock and me to be more alert. "Oooh, she's goooooood," said Pinkie. Seriously, I don't know if she has brake liquid in her head or what, but I swear I'm going to lose it one day. Few seconds after she said that I heard her yelp in fright. I looked at her, then where she was looking and saw a blue-ish mist rising up on the balcony where Celestia should have been. The mist then widen a little bit before spliting in half and revealing large black mare with blue chest plate and blue helmet. For some reason I found her adorable. Though I did so with all ponies. "Oh, my beloved subjects. It has been so long since I have seen your precious little sun-loving faces." She said in slow and low voice. "What did you do with our Princess?" Dash exclaimed and tried to charge the black mare but was stopped by AppleJack bitting down on her tail. The black mare only chuckled in tone about as sinister as your average 3-years olds insults are insulting. She then began monologuing how none us knew who she is and yaddy yaddy yadda. In the middle of said monologue I gasped and let out burp more akin to a roar of some large animal. It was a good one. The burb caused the black mare to stop monologuing and look at the crowd. "Who dares to interrupt me?" she yelled. In my mildly inebriated state, I raised my hand and opened my mouth to explain myself but her face was milimeters from mine before I could say a half of a word. I fliched hard and widen my eyes as I leaned agains my chair. "And what manner of creature are you?" She asked. I opened my mouth to both explain myself and to explain what I'm but couldn't. I'm not allergic to horses or fur in general, but my nose is very sensitive to being teased by soft hair or bushy blankets and stuff like that. And her mist-hair was doing just that the entire time the black mare was in front of me. My eyes became half-lidded while turning up into my skull. "HIIIIIIIIPCHIE-IIIICHIE," I sneezed hard into her face. In my defense, I would have covered my mouth if the mare wasn't so close to me. She reeled backwards before scowling at me with bared fangs. I would have been terrified if she wasn't scowling like a pony. Adorably. The scowl then turned into a smile which actually gave goose bumps. "You will be perfect." She said before she turned towards the crowd. "Remember this day, little ponies. For it was your last. From this moment forth... The Night... shall last... FOREVER!" She then began laughing diabolically before turning into the blue mist. Said mist wrapped itself around my body and began draging me out of the Town's Hall. I grabbed the door's frame and held for dear life. My body jerked when the mist's movements were halted. And then it jerked again as the pulling force became stronger. My fingers began slowly sliping before the fucking plank I was holding onto fucking tore off. "KURVAAAAAAAA!" I screamed As I was getting dragged into the Everfree Forest. Yay. This was a catastrophy. Nightmare Moon was back and she also took some strange, furless creature with her and was planning Celestia-knows-what-with-it. Rushing into her libary, Twilight tucked Spike into his basket and began searching for any book that might tell her more about the Elements and how to use them to defeat Nightmare Moon. "Elements Elements. Ohhgrh, how can I stop Nightmare Moon without the Elements of Harmony." Rainbow Dash got into her face when she finished her little rant. "And just what are the Elements of Harmony? And how did you know about Nightmare Moon, huh? Are you a spy?" She got forcefully dragged back by Applejack who then spat out her tail with a sigh. "Simmer down, Sally," she said calmly, "she ain't no spy. besides, Nightmare Moon took Martin with her into the Everfree Forest and who knows what she's planning with him." "You care about that asswipe? Did you forget what he did to me when he first arrived here?" Rainbow asked indignantly to which Applejack frowned. "No, Ah didn't ferget and Ah don't approve of it but if ya haven't attacked him first, ya wouldn't end up in the hospital. Besides, he ain't that bad once ya get ta know him." Applejack turned towards twilight and the other girls made her way towards her. "And Twilight here sure knows what's happenin', don't ya Twilight? " Twilight then explained to girls what she knew about Nightmare Moon and how to defeat her with the help of the Elemetns of Harmony but she wasn't able to find any book which says what they are, how to use them or where to even find them. "The Elements of Harmony. A reference guide." Came Pinkie's voice. Twilight immediately rushed next to Pinkie and accidentally bumped her so hard she flew away. "How did you find that?" Twilight asked in shocked voice. "It was under ´EEEEEEEE´," Pinkie said happily as she bounced her way towards her friends. "Oh," Twilight said quietly. She pulled out a book and began reading outloud about the Elements. After that she and the other girls made their way towards... "The Everfree Forest!" They exclaimed in unison as they stared at the terrifying forrest. The looked at each other with uncertain faces before venturing forth. Let me tell you... being drag through a murder forrest by a magical mist. Fucking. SUCKS. My body bumped into anything and everything it could as I was being drag to god-knows-where. After what felt like hours I ended up in abandoned castle, I was dragged along stairs until we reached the top and then I was dragged through turns and twists until we reached a spacious room with windows and columns on both sides. There was a platform with three stairs leading up to it and a huge window behind said platform. I was dropped on my stomach while the mist disappeared. I sluggishly put a hand on my back as I tried to stand up. With emphasis on "tried". CRACK "Uuupphh, my back." POP-POP-CRACK. "OHH, MY BACK!" I'm not a doctor but I know for sure a human back is not suppose to make these sounds. After some time my pain began rapidly subsiding and I felt great again. I looked my body up and down and saw all of my injuries were gone. Minor as some of them were. "Mmm, much better." I jumped to my feet and franticaly looked everywhere for my kidnapper but couldn't find her. Then I heard her clearing her throat behind me. I quickly spun around and there she stood with a cartoonishly evil smile on her face. I would have awed if I wasn't scared shitless. She began making her way towards me while I began backing away from her. "Hey, now. Look, I apologize I interupted your monologue with that burb, I had a few bottles of champagne and several carbonated drinks before that." I shrieked when my back touched a wall behind, not because it scared me or because it was cold, but because I had to roll sideways so could keep backing away. "And I didn't mean to sneeze into your face either. It's just that my nose is ticklish and you were really close so I couldn't cover my mouth." The entire time I was explaining myself, she was following me while looking at me with eager face. Som v piči, I thought to myself. The mare began to slowly lower her stance and for a moment I thought I saw her ass (which for a pony looked pretty awesome) wiggle, "Look, I'm sure we can disscus this as adu-AAAAHH," I shirek in high-pitch voice, making me sound like the rooster from Family Guy when the mare pounced at me. I thought for a moment I was done for sure. Imagine laying on the ground while something heavy with mouthfull of sharp teeth was laying on top of you. Pretty awful, huh? She did Then something I never would have expected her to do. The mare on top of me wraped her legs around before laying on her side and began to cuddle me, or with me. Whichever. Her muzzle rubbed against my head and carefully yet firmly nuzzled my face. I was confused as hell, I was willing to bet my balls she was going to rape and killed me... or kill and then rape me, depending on which order she'd choose. But here she was, cuddling me like a fucking teddy bear. She let out a content hum while holding me. "Okay, what the actual fuck is going on? I thought you wanted me for some nefarious reasons." She squeezed me tightly before replying. "It has been some time since I held somepony like this. But there will be more time for fun after I destroy the Elements of harmony, then my beautiful night shall last forever." She chuckled in what I guested was supposed to be a sinister and seductive tone. Great. I had to find some way to free myself and get back to town. Either that or hope somebody would be stupid enough to try to save me, giving me the window of opportunity to escape. "And do not worry, nopony knows where we could possibly be and even then, I left plenty of traps behind us and even if they found us, they be dealt with quickly enough I will not even have to let go of you." ... Fuck my life fuck my life fuck my life. It has been 3 hours since Twilight and the girls entered the forest. And in the meantime they got to know each other while overcoming different obstacles along the way. By now they were crossing the bridge to The Castle of The Royal Sisters. They openned the double doors leading to a room with an altar of some kind in the middle of it with five handles each holding one sphere. "Whoa," Applejack looked at it in amazment. "Come on, Twilight. Isn't this what you been waitin' for?" She asked as Twilight came up to the altar with a smile on her face. "The Elements of Harmony," she began, "we found them!" She exclaimen as Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy flew up and began carrying them on the floor in front of Twilight. "Careful, careful." She said as Pinkie began counting them. "one, two, three, four... uhh," she trailed off as she realization came to her. "There is only five." "Where's the sixth?" Rainbow asked. Twilight layed down as she began to recite. "The book said: If the five are present, a spark will cause the sixth element to be revealed." "What in a hay is that suppose to mean?" Applejack asked "I'm not sure, but I have an idea," Twilight replied as she looked at the spheres intensely, "stand back. I don't know what will happen." She said as she began channeling magic into her her horn. "Come on now, ya all. She needs to concetrate." Applejack said as she left with the rest of the girls. Twilight bit her lower lip as sweat began trickling down her forehead as she tried to summon the spark which would reveal the sixth element when a scream broke her concetration. "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE!" I opened my eyes and saw a wall of black fur in front of me. Pulling my head back, I realised that I was still in the black mare's graps. I must have fallen asleep at one point. Not my fault that she was so warm and soft and was cudlling me. "What is the matter?" The mare asked as she lifted her wing from me. "What do you mean?" I asked back. "You were squirming in your sleep before rolling over and putting your head against my chest." She answered. "A bad dream." I replied simply before rubbing my face. "Do you experience those often?" Why was she asking. Why did she care? "Why are you interested? Aren't you here to do bring eternal night? Which by the way is a really bad idea." The mare let out an irritated snort before replying. "I can ask anything I want. And spare whatever sun-loving propaganda you have. My night shall not be overshadowed by the day any longer. It shall last forever and it is going to be glorious." What the fuck? "Okay first of all. You must have tons of friends with this attitude," I began sarcastically, "and second, this isn't about propaganda... or loving the sun for that matter. This is about survival." "What could possibly be so important about the sun it turns around survival?" The mare scoffed. "Well... lets see, hmm, hmm-hmm," I feigned ignorance before I started throwing facts at her. "The celestial bodies that are supposedly moved by Princess Celestia don't move around the planet but the other way around. If the celestial bodies are being moved but then would be suddenly stilled in one position, then this entire world would be screwed. One half burned to crisp and the other frozen solid. The frozen part, A.K.A your kingdom, would break down even sooner. Without photosynthesis, plants can't grow and produce oxygen which would eventually killed all the life here unless you would find a way to trick them into thinking the sun was shining down on then." I let out a long breath before running my tongue over the inside of my dry mouth. Man, I was thirsty. "What?" She either didn't understand or she couldn't believe what she heard. "In short, without the celestial bodies moving, the planet and all the plants are going to die which is going to eventually kill the rest of us." The mare let go of me and stood up with me following. Silence surrounded us while she was looking with disbelieve at me before replying. "What trickery is this!" she demanded with a scowl on her face. "What kind of nonsense and lies are you feeding me here!" "None. This is all science backed up with evidence my people gained through observation and studying-" I was slammed against a wall, levitating above ground while being strangled. "YOU DON'T WHAT IT IS LIKE!" She roared with some kind of super voice at me. "I brought the night for the ponies, arranged the stars on the sky, created numerous constellation, I fought in numerous wars, hunted and slayed monsters who preyed upon the ponykind and they just dismissed it ALL! All I asked for a bit of gratitude and respect. Not ONCE I asked for adoration or love but many scoffed at me and said I was attepting to 'impress them'! You don't know what it is like have all of your hard work thrown into your face!" I grasped at my neck, trying to dislodge whatever was wrapped around it, only for my hand to rub against it. As the sceconds passed the force got stronger and stronger, for moment I though I was done for sure. My head was light, my sight was blurry and it was impossible to breathe. And the just like that, it was gone. I fell to the ground and began gasping for air while coughing and gripping my neck. I looked up and saw the mare laying on her belly with her wings slumping against the ground. She was looking at the ground with defeated and watery eyes. I didn't know how to take it in, she was trying to strangle me a few seconds ago and now she laying here while tears are running down her cheeks. "I just wanted for ponies to see me as an equal to my sister. And now I learn that the way I want to do it leads to total destruction." She looked up and stared right into my eyes with desperation clear in hers. "Do I truly want so much?" I looked down as speeches and lines from different movies and games began running through my head. A lot of them were good but I couldn't decide which one would be the best for this situation. After a while I said fuck it and decided to say my own thing. I sat down with my legs crossed and began speaking. "I know what it's like to do everything you can, doing your best and yet no one cares." looking back up, the mare eyes were still sad but now they had curiosity in them as well. "I was born to a pair of apathetic assholes who pushed me out of their way anytime I wanted to show anything to them when I was a kid. Once I wanted to show my drawing to my mother but she didn't even acknowledge I was there so I put the drawing right in front of her face. Do you know what she did? She crumbeled the drawing before tossing it behind her and telling me to stop bothering her while she worked. I was so devastated I cried for hours and didn't came out of my room that day." "The only time they would show even a pinch of an interest would be when money they put away suddenly disapeared." I rubbed my face for a bit before continuing. "And eventually I started drinking and smoking, I wandered with boys outside instead of attending school. This got their attention. They yelled at me and slapped me a few times. I knew it wasn't ideal but it was at least something. It wasn't until somebody found me lying on the ground with vomit next to my face in The City Park." I inhaled and exhaled deeply. "They called me an ambulance, payed the doctors to get me rid off alcohol poisoning and visited me while I unconsious. When I regained consiousness, my sight was blurry but I saw somebody off to the side, their head laying next to my waits while holding my hand. After some time, my sight adjusted and I saw it was a woman. At first I though that it was my mom because the woman had the same hair color. A doctor then entered the room and looked me before speaking. He told me about the incident I just told you about, after he was done, another man entered and looked at me. He came up to the woman sleeping next to me and shook her lightly. The woman groaned before stretching a little." "To make the rest short, they were a maried pair trying to get a second child but they were having trouble with it. When they found me in The City Park, the woman said she had a feeling about me, that her intuition went haywire, telling her there was something very wrong with me and needed help." I stopped for a moment to ruminate about that moment. "The woman asked if I was interested in getting adopted by them. I was uncertain and very skeptical about their reasoning and motives and told them no. While visibly saddened, they understood and the woman gave me her phone number in case I changed my mind." "Half a year later I had a very serious argument with my biological parents after which they told to pack my things and get out. Having nothing to lose, I called the woman and told that I accept their adoption. 'Where are we suppose to pick you up?' was all she said. I told them the adress and within an hour their car stopped in front of me. They helped me to move my thing into their car and brought me to their home. It wasn't all rainbows and flowers after that, as there were still a lot of things to work on but me and my new family made due." I inhaled and exhaled deeply before rubbing my face and wiping my tears. Looked at the mare who had a neutral face. I haven't told anybody about this, not even my pony friends. I only told them it wasn't always easy and left it at that. "Well... now you know." The mare came up to me before laying down in front of me. We looked at each other for a moment before the mare pulled into a gentle hug. Her fur was soft and her touch was firm as she held me close. "I'm sorry you had to go through such hardships." She pulled away before looking into my eyes. "I suppose we are not that different." I laught a little before replaying. "I suppose we aren't." This moment got interupted by a rainbow trail followed closely by yelling. "GET BACK, NIGHTMARE!" Rainbow Fucking Dash. Of course. Who else is so blinded by her ego and attacking everything she doesn't like. She looked at me and let out an annoyed snort before she was shot away by some kind of blast. I Looked towards the direction which it came from and saw a pissed off Nightmare. I was about came up to her when a lasso wrapped around my torso and dragged me away until AJ stood above me. "Ah got ya partner. We ain't gonna leave ya 'ere ta that scum." I tried to protest but before I could, AJ charged Nightmare. That left me with 3 other mares. Rarity, Fluttershy and then the purple one. Fluttershy was cowering behind the other 2 while they surveyed the fight, thought the purple one looked at me from time to time. She then turned to Rarity and told her to watch over me before she joined the fight. She didn't looked happy about it but complied. They suddenly gasped with terryfied looks. I looked over and saw Nightmare holding the other girls in her magical grasp while they were squirming weakly. Nightmare then brought the last 2 to herself while undoing the lasso. She brought the girls in front of herself before speaking. "You little foals, thinking you could defeat me!" She yelled while, from what I could tell, tighting her grasp, causing the mares to gasp as their squirming lessened. "Now you will never see your princess or your sun. This is the END for YOU!" My eyes widened as the grasp got so tight the girls tried to take a breath but couldn't. I stood up and ran up to Nightmare before grasping her horn with one hand and her withers with the other. That caused her magic to sputter out. She looked at my hand before looking at me with narrowed eyes while barring her teeth at me. It would have scared me more if she wasn't blushing like crazy, almost her entire muzzle was red. "Let. Me. Go," she groweld. I shook my head. "Is this how want to be remembered? As a killer? As a monster? Nightmare, there must be something else that can be done. "They want to use the Elements of Harmony on me. Something that is going to imprison me on MY OWN MOON FOR 1000 YEARS!I WILL NOT SUFFER THAT FATE! NOT AGAIN!". Nightmare began pushing me away but I held her as firmly as I could. "Surely we can figure something out. Something which won't require for you to kill anyone or be imprisoned, you just... Have to... Stand... DOWN!" It was starting to get harder and harder to hold her still. I used her horn to turn her head to my left while I went around her and wrapped my right arm around her neck. I then began rocking violently so she would lose her balance. She reared up un her hind legs. I was lifted of the ground before Nightmare began shaking her head. That caused me to flop back and forth but I managed to hold on. "NIGHTMARE! NIGHTMARE!" I yelled in hopes I could get to her and calm her down. "IS THIS WHO YOU WANT TO BE?" She shook her head harder than before and since my grip was weakened by the onslaught, I let go. My back and the back of my head impacted the wall behind me hard before I fell down. As I layed there, my sight spun as if I just got off of a roller-coaster while I saw spots of black. I tried to get up but I left extremely weak and floped back down. Twilight looked at Martin's form with shock as he tried to stand up but failed again and again. She then looked at Nightmare Moon who for some reason was looking at him as well, though her expresion was that of horror and worry. Twilight shook her head to clear out her mind before giving Nightmare a determined look. "You know Nightmare. Even though you ARE more powerful than us, we still managed to overcome ALL of your traps and tricks. We managed it because we share a bond stronger than you can imagine, because of The Spark that is present with the ponies that are now standing by my side." Nightmare ignored Twilight the entire time, instead focusing at Martin's struggling form. "Friendship." There was a bright glow coming from above them. The girls and Nightmare looked up to see sixth element descending and coming towards the girls. The other five elements rose up from the ground and traveled around the girls. With their respective elements by their side, they rose high into the air as they began to glow. Nightmare was looking at them in pure horror as she slowly backed away. What terrified her more however, was the thought that she would never see Martin again. I looked up and saw the girls levitating high in the air while terrified Nightmare was looking at them. Suddenly a rainbow beam shot out from the girls and went towards Nightmare. It took me a milisecond to realise they must've been using the Elements Nightmare spoke about. With the help of fresh adrenaline I stood up and sprinted towards Nightmare. "NIGHTMARE!" I screamed at the top of my lungs as I touched her. The moments that followed were the most excruciating moments in my life. It felt as if I was electrified, set on fire and submerged in a freezing cold water at the same time. I bellowed in agony while a thought that this is it passed my head. After too long, it was over and I fell in heap and lost consciousness. When I regained it again, I felt that I was laying atop of something, but I as too sore and weak to care. I was just glad that whatever it was, it was soft, squishy and fluffy. Though I did find it strange that it was inflating and deflating at regular intervals. I decided to ignore it in favor of more rest. I then heard multiple voices talking. Opening my eyes I saw it was the girls examining their new baubles adorning their bodies which, as I learnt later, were the Elements while for some reason they didn't noticed us. Sometimes, I just don't understand these ponies, they are perfectly able to notice you from kilometers away, but the moment you stand next to them, they act as if some aura of ignorance was surroding them. "Jezz, Twilight. Ah thought you were just spoutin' a lot of hooey. But Ah reckon we really DO represent The Elements of Friendship." AJ said. ... What kind of fucking gay bull... "Indeed you do," said a gentle feminine voice with an echo that radiated with power. A voice I might have heard once, but will never forget it. I shut my eyes as a bright glow illuminated the room we were in. When the glow subsided, sure enough. There she stood, in ALL of her glory, with regal posture and small smile. Princess Celestia. The girls then one by one bowed down to their princess, with the exception of Twilight. Instead, she gasped and rushed towards the princess and began nuzzling with her. "Princess Celestia." She said happily. "Twilight Sparkle, my faithful student." Celestia replied just as happily as she nuzzled her student. Celestia then straightened her posture before speking again. "I knew you could do it." She said while looking at Twilight with pride. "But... you told me it was all just an old ponytale." Twilight said with confused face. "I told you that you needed to make some friends. Nothing more. I saw the signs of Nightmare Moon's return" -Then why the hell didn't you prepare accordingly?- " and I knew you had the magic inside of you to defeat her." Bullshit. You couldn't have known. When the fuck did you managed find out and prove that it was these 6? "But you could not unleash it until you let true friendship into your heart." Aha, so now a literal friendship can defeat the BBEG! Okay. "Now if only another-" Celestia stopped speaking and froze in place while mouth was slightly open. finally. "Took you long enough," I rasped. They stared at us with wide eyes and jaws hanging open. "Are planning on standing there whole day or are you going to help us." That did it. Celestia shook her head before she began speaking. "Martin! What by the Faust are you doing here?" she asked. "Oh you know how it is, just wanted to see what an abondoned creepy castle in the middle of a fucking murder forrest looks like, talking with beings who could kill you with a THOUGHT, and then letting my ass be blasted with enough rainbow that would make the entirety of fucking LGBTQ+ want to go straight." I replied with enough sarcasm to make Micheal fucking De Santa proud. She frowned at that before speaking. "At least get off my sister!" she ordered. "Sister?" the girls said in a suprised tone. "I would love to but it's miracle I can speak, let alone move," I replied. Celestia shook her head before her horn ignited with a, and let's put a hand over our heart and be honest here, beautiful golden aura. Said aura then formed around me before lifting me to my feet. I looked up at Celestia again who was waiting for my go. I nodded and the aura dissipated. I was able to stand for about 3 seconds before my legs gave in and if it wasn't for Celestia's quick reflexes, I'd ended on the ground. I was lifted up in the air while Celestia looked around for something to solve this situation before she focused on something specific and her eyes widened. I was the put asided against a wall in a sitting position. It was then that I saw that the mare I was laying on before was awake and looked ready to piss herself while she was looking fearfully at Celestia who was looking at her with neutral expression. "Princess Luna." Celestia said gently before making her way towards her while Luna was slowly dragging herself away but was stoped by a golden barrier. "It has been 1000 since we last saw each other." She continued before laying down in front of her sister while looking at her with sad expression. "Please, let's put our differences behind us and be sister again and rule together like we were meant to do. Will you accept my friendship?" She stood up while awaiting her sister's answer. I waited with baited breath before I heard a weird sound and looked towards pinkie who was in a weird position. Bitch. I thought darkly. I looked back at the princesses and saw Luna looking at down before she sprung forth and began nuzzling with Celestia. "I'm so sorry for everything! I missed you dearly, sister!" Luna looked up at Celestia with teary eyes while Celestia did the same. "As I did you." Celestia let out a relieved breath before she sniffed a bit. There was a sound of someone blowing their nose so I looked towards the source of it and guess who it was. Pinkie fucking Pie. She was crying in a way that just bloody disturbing. Her mouth was opened to the point her jaw should have been dislocated, her tears weren't running down her cheeks, instead they flew up a bit before falling down in an arch like a fucking waterfalls. All I could do was stare with wide eyes and mouth hanging open. then, as if by a spell, she was okay before speaking. "Hey! Do you know what this calls for?" she asked innocently. "A therapist?" I asked, causing the pink satan to giggle. "No silly. A PARTY!" she exclaimed happily before she threw something beneath her and caused a thick cloud of smoke to appear. After a bit of waiting, the smoke cleared and Pinkie was nowhere to be seen. We all looked at each other before we agreed to let it be. I once again tried to stand up and with great difficulties I succeeded. Celestia casted a spell on me and I felt great. With all that done, we made our way home. When we broke out of the forrest, a party could be heard going underway. A banner that said 'Welcome home princess Luna' was standing in the middle. Ponies were running up and down while playing many games. A Carriage that was draged by 4 pegasi guards came to us before the princesses got on it and began going through the town. The girls and I went separate ways, while they joined the games and festivities, I just mingled for the most part. I did partook in a few games but didn't really competed like the others. I also met Lyra and Bonbon, they told they saw me getting draged away and asked if I was okay. I reassured them I was fine. After some time I felt something tap my leg, turning around I saw that it was princess Luna wearing a wreath around her neck. "Yes, your highness?" I asked politely. "I just wished to thank you for saving me from Nightmare Moon and her evil," she said with a greatful smile. Caught off guard, I was silent for a moment before speaking. "I... uhh... I... y-you're welcome your highness," I said. I didn't know what to say to that. Sure Nightmare wasn't a saint. Misguided. Sure. Misunderstood. Definitaly, but evil? No. "I... I think I should go get some rest. It was a lot for one night." "That would be wise. Rest well, Martin." She said with a nod before she left. I wondered for moment how she knew my name but then it occurred to me that she must've asked her sister. I sighed before I told my roommates I was going home. When I arrived, I headed towards my room and got myself some clean clothes and a towel before going to the bath room. I took a refreshing, cool shower before filling the tub with hot water and took a relaxing bath. After about an hour and a half I got up and wiped myself and trimmed my nails before draining and cleaning the tub. Looking at myself in the mirror, I saw clean-shaven, short haired guy with forest green eyes. "To bola teda noc." I said to myself as I kept looking at my tired eyes. Suddenly they flashed purple while a feminine voice resonated through my head. "MARTIN." I shierk while jumping in fright. As my legs pushed against the ground, they somehow generated enough force to throw me up and cause the back of my head to smack so hard againt the wall that I lost consciousness. When I opened my eyes I was met with complete void, causing me to immediately shut my eyes and clog my ears and curled up as fear began spreading through me. I'm not scared of the dark per se, but I don't like the imagination of what may be lurking there. And after playing Subnatica and watching Lovecraftian horror, that fear was tenfolded. "Martin." That voice spoke again, this time gently. It feelt familiar but that couldn't be right. "Please, Martin. Open your eyes." Fuck you, you whore. Whatever you are, go rot in hell, helheim, tartarus, I don't care, just rot! I thought. You put a lot of effort into saving me. It would be a shame if you let go to waste now, Saving? I searched in my memory the number of people and couldn't find anybody. Unless... I gingerly opened my eyes a bit and began looking around. All I saw for was the void until an indigo light shone before me. As the light began to dim, I could make out a silhouette of a horse shaped creature with horn and big wings. No. It... isn't. Is it?. It was! It was Nightmare! Alive and healthy. Nightmare made her way towards me while I straightened my posture. When she a few steps away from me, she smiled brightly at me, showing me her two fangs and sharp teeth. I shuddered at the thought of them cutting into my flesh. Nightmare stopped smiling immediately and gave me a sad face instead before looking away. "Sorry," she muttered weakly. "N-Nightmare... how... why... what is happening? I thought that the Elements destroyed you!" I exclaimed, causing Nightmare to look at me with 'I don't know' face. "I don't know! I thought that I was dead as well, but here I'm. You must have done something to make the Elements fail." "But all I did was touch you before getting zapped as well." We both looked at each other, not knowing what to say. It was like that for a bit before I decided to break the silence. "Whatever, I'm glad it happened because I can rest easy knowing you're okay." That caused Nightmare to give a small smile. A smile that soon turned into a grin. "That makes two of us. And I already know how to thank you for that." I was already not liking whatever she was thinking about. "Oh yeah? What's that?" Her ass wiggled as her stance lowerd before she pounced at me, causing me to shriek.