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// Story: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Frightening! 
// by WatchTower1992 
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I could not move a muscle; I could not speak or even breathe. “What’s the matter, Fluttershy?” taunted Discord, who had turned all my friends and me—including Spike—into stone. The diabolical draconequus gave his signature maniacal chuckle. “Are you scared stiff?” he joked cruelly.
“Halt in the name of harmony!” shouted Princess Celestia, who had just exited Canterlot Castle. Once she spotted Discord, she landed right in front of him. “How dare you petrify the future wielders of the Elements Of Harmony!” she reprimanded. She prepared to attack Discord by firing a magical beam as bright as the sun at him.
Discord had thought far ahead; with a snap of his fingers, he created a black cloud to eclipse the sun. “Good night forever, Celestia!” he snickered. The solar beam missed him, and Celestia started to lose her strength fast. “Now begins the night that never ends!” he gloated as he watched Celestia collapsing in exhaustion.
“Discord, you will never get away with this!” hissed Celestia. Meanwhile, Angel came hopping toward my stone body and cried his eyes out when he saw me turned to stone. “It’s hopeless, little bunny!” cried the Princess weakly. Angel’s tears landed on my stone front hooves.



“Who dares interfere to steal my duty as Guardian Of The Night!” shouted Nightmare Moon in her Royal Canterlot Voice. She had descended to Equestria from the moon, where she had spent exactly one thousand years. “I’m afraid that I beat you to it!” taunted Discord. Angry at him, the fallen, and therefore, former, Guardian Of The Night charged her special magical attack to launch it on him.
Nightmare Moon’s lunar beam annihilated Discord. “Now, fallen sister, I have some unfinished business with you!” she told Celestia. Unfortunately for Nightmare Moon, however, my friends and I, including Spike, turned back to normal. “My little ponies!” cried Celestia softly.
“How did the seven of you get here?!” screamed Nightmare Moon. Terrorized by her voice, I galloped toward her, cowering in complete fear. “Ah—it appears that somepony is on my side, doesn’t it?!” she remarked. In desperation, I tickled her with my wings.
Nightmare Moon began to laugh her head off, but her laugh was not an evil laugh. “Oh, dear—it’s Nightmare Moon!” I shrieked, but my shriek was not loud at all. I galloped toward Celestia to flee from Nightmare Moon’s grasp. “Your Highness, please help me; I’m afraid!” I pleaded the princess.



“There’s only one way to vanquish Nightmare Moon—the Elements Of Harmony,” Princess Celestia informed me. “I never heard of those before!” I gasped. “That’s because I haven’t used them for one thousand years,” she explained. “What do they do?” I asked her with my eyes wide open.
“Nothing!” interrupted Nightmare Moon. “Your Highness, I’m more afraid now!” I complained to Celestia. “Fear is what you deserve to feel, my dear!” retorted the diabolical dark mare. “Please use the Elements Of Harmony—please!” I begged the princess.
Celestia, using her horn, summoned the Elements Of Harmony out of Canterlot Castle and armed herself with them. “Such a fool!” remarked Nightmare Moon. Celestia tried her hardest to charge her horn for a magical attack, but her strength was insufficient, so nothing came out of her horn. “Save your strength, sister, and go to sleep!” ordered Nightmare Moon.
“Your Highness, are you OK?” I asked Celestia. She wrapped her long, broad wings around me and embraced me snugly. “I will be, and I hope that you will be, too,” she answered. I remained in her embrace until I had no fear left.



Nightmare Moon trotted toward me and lowered her head to give me a terrifying gaze. “Please don’t hurt me; I love the night!” I squeaked. Princess Celestia could not believe her ears. “I happen to know that many animals are nocturnal,” I explained.
My friends stared at me as though I was out of my mind. “Finally, somepony appreciates the night!” said Nightmare Moon with a smile. Celestia kept me confined in the embrace that kept me comfortable. “I knew that at least one inhabitant of Equestria would come to her senses,” added Nightmare Moon.
Just then, Nightmare Moon howled in agony as her evil power disappeared from her. “Oh, my goodness—I can’t watch!” I cried, covering my eyes with my wings. Nightmare Moon transformed back into her true self—Princess Luna, the younger sister of Celestia. “It’s OK, Fluttershy; you may look now,” Celestia informed me.
Celestia trotted toward Luna and embraced her the way she embraced me. “Dear sister, I am so sorry that I banished you to the moon!” cried the elder sister. The royal sisters shed tears together during their embrace. “Will you accept my friendship?” the elder sister asked the younger sister.