Back to Present Day.....
Queen Night Star POV:
She watched diligently as her children finished the last of the defenses and traps within the castle. She knew tomorrow would be the day that Mistress Luna, or rather "Nightmare Moon" as her corrupted mind called herself, would return from her banishment. She closed her eyes as she can still remember the day she lost her Mistress. It has all started on a day like any other in the castle, wandering through the pantry of the castle’s kitchen, playing hide and seek to cheer her up, but she knew something was off. Her Mistress never acted calmly when rejected by her sister in topics about the night. After all, she was the one who comforted her during her tears of sorrow. She has always been upset at the fact that many of her subjects dismissed her over her Shining “Perfect” sister who controlled the sun. One moment it was just the usual banter and yelling, then all of a sudden screaming.
Then it happened......
Queen Night Star opened her eyes to push away the memory of the battle that took place nearly 1,000 years ago. She did not want to think about it anymore, not when she was so close to getting her back. She looked below her to see her friend Arthur work as hard as he could breaking down the stones and getting practice for the battle that would surely commence upon her Mistress’ inevitable return.
He’s always been there for her needs, putting her needs first over his own, talking with her to make her laugh, and even helping her in her cause without question! She couldn’t have asked for a more better friend. Which is why she planned on helping him find a way to return home as soon as this was over.
”BUZZ-WOLE!”, She heard him scream as he smashed the last of the large rocks into smaller pieces. His fist shined with a bright red light before it disappeared as he stood upright. He looked up at her and gave her what he called a “thumbs-up”. She nodded as he flew up in the air to and exited through one of the holes in the ceiling, most likely to head to the forest to obtain another Timber wolf meal to replenish his energy.
From what he wrote to her, Timber wolves provided him with the energy that was akin to food and water. While he didn’t need to do this often, he always went every 4-5 days just in case he got hungry. She shuddered slightly, while she knew that Arthur was as harmless as a fly on most occasions, she didn’t want to see the front end of those attacks that he does, especially the punching one.
She looked back to her children as she prepared to tell them new orders.
"Now that we have finished the defenses, I want all of my children to bunker down within the Webway within the next 6 hours. As for you my guards, we shall help our friend Arthur with the traps we have set up. I want 2 guards at every station, one active and one resting. We cannot fail this fight. " She ordered with a serious voice.
"Understood Mother!" replied back the most closest guard, as all separated to accomplish their task ordered by her.
She looked up at the sky from one of the larger holes in the ceiling, as she looks at her Mistress' moon one last time.
"I will save you Luna..... I promise."
Later that night....
Arthur POV:
I had just finished my hunt as I made my return back to the castle. I had noticed not too long ago that Timber wolves were forming closer and closer to the castle, however they all seem to look sick or weak rather than healthy as what I had seen from the book on creatures within the Everfree. I even had the luck to actually see one form a few hundred yards away from the castle, though it did try to attack me once it saw me. It didn't matter now since all were easily taken care of, with an added bonus of obtaining more energy to keep my body full.
Even now it still does feel strange to eat another living being's life force. I am even surprised that I don't show any sorrow for them once I destroy them, just contempt. While I think it's due to my nature as an ultra beast, I cannot be truly certain of it......
Anyways, I don't want to cause any more stress to my friend Queen Night Star, as she has enough on her plate as it is with the whole "Nightmare Moon" planning. While I do not believe I could do that much damage to the literal corrupt goddess of the moon from what I've been told and read about, I will do all that I can to ensure her defeat is inevitable.
I returned back to the castle as I make my way to my room for the time being. It was already dark outside as the full moon shine brightly in the sky, providing some natural light for me to walk down the halls without much trouble. I see Queen Night Star muttering to herself on top of some old pony armor on one side of the wall, looking quite distressed. I walk towards her as I rub the top of her head gently with one of my fingers. She stops as she sighs happily, her face relaxing as she stops all movements to get as many head rubs as possible in that moment.
I remove my finger as she looked upset for a moment before she looked up at me with a calm smile, knowing my reasoning for my action. "Thank you, I needed that. It's just so stressful planning! What if we got the timing wrong? What if she can't be saved? What if we fai-OW!"
I stopped her by flicking one of her legs with the least amount of force, as I gave her a look. While I didn't have my materials to write with me at the moment, I still knew other ways to speak my mind. She looks up at me annoyed before she speaks.
"Fine, I'll stop and take a break, just don't do that again, that hurts." She sighs as she starts to crawl away. I pet her on the head as she looks back at me with a gentle smile, knowing that I didn't truly mean to hurt her.
"Yeah yeah, I forgive you...." She looked down for a moment but looked back at me again with gratitude in her eyes. "....and thank you for everything, I could have never gotten closer to my dream if it wasn't for your help."
I blush in embarrassment as I try to come up with a meaningful reply in return. She giggled at my bashful look, her mood looking happier, as she waves that it's fine to not reply back and turns around again to return back to her Webway. I return back to my own room after a moment to lay down in my own bed. I had mainly done this as to get as much rest as possible for what could be the most important fight of my life tomorrow, but now with my friend's heartfelt gratitude, I had a stronger determination within my mind to win. My only hope now was that things will go according to plan, and nobody would interfere........
If only I had specifically said nopony.