//------------------------------// // Chapter 9: Sunny and Moonlight's backstory. // Story: Sunset Shimmer's magical adventures Volume 3: The Conclusion, Part 1 // by Justafanfictioner //------------------------------// “I guess we should start at the very beginning” said Moonlight. “Sit down, because it’s going to be a very long story” Moonlight asked Sunset Shimmer to use her magic to connect their mind. “Narrator, you’re up!!” said Moonlight. Moonlight and Sunny were born in a small village, hidden in the moutains. They were born to the same mother, but had different fathers, since she loved both of them. They were born with a special power that, once mastered, could reveal to be the key to defeat Grogar. Unfortunately, a spy working for Grogar, living in the village, caught wind of that information and revealed it to his master. This one was amused and didn’t believe the spy...No one could stand up to him, not even a draconequus or an Alicorn, so why should he be afraid of two babies? Was what he believed. But then, an evil plan germinated in his demented mind: He was going to kidnap those two babies and raise them himself. So, Grogar headed to the village, accompanied by a small legion of his most vicious monsters. He sent them attack the village and it’s inhabitants and in the space of an hour, there was no survivor left, Except Sunny, Moonlight and their mother, Astral Radiance, who escaped by an underground tunnel leading to a forest. She had been seriously injured by one of the monsters and she was losing blood at an alarming rate. Aware that she wouldn’t survive the day, she locked all of her memories inside Moonlight’s brain. Once he would reach adulthood, those memories would by unlocked. “You must avenge me, my son” said Radiance. “But above all else, protect your little sister” The mare sat against a tree, holding her two kids. She kissed them one last time before Grogar showed up, then used the last bits of magic and concentration she had to teleport away, leaving her two babies behind. A couple minutes later, Grogar found the two babies thanks to their cries. He grabbed the basket in which they were placed and carried them back to his castle. For the next 18 years, Sunny and Moonlight were raised to become Grogar’s Twin Shadows. In the meantime, he did magic experiments on Sunny and Moonlight. Their training was different as well, with Moonlight’s one being focused on his intellectual abilities and Sunny’s, on her physical abilities. One would be a master tactician and the other, a killing machine. Unpenetrable defense and Unstoppable offense. And sure enough, they proved to be the forces of darkness’ greatest warriors. But all changed the day Moonlight turned 18. That day, the memories his mother implanted in his subconscious were unlocked and he learned the terrible truth. He chose to deny it at first, but those memories persisted until he would admit they were real. “She want me to avenge her” thought Moonlight, laying in his bed. “But i can’t put Sunny in danger doing so. Plus, i doubt i have the power to hurt him, even less kill. The best thing to do is to wait for an opportunity to present itself, if it ever present itself...” And so, a couple more years passed, during which Moonlight and Sunny accumulated experience and reputation among the forces of darkness. Their reputation became such that it reached to the ears of the King of Equestria and was bringing fear in the hearts of his subjects. Grogar was so impressed by their success on the battlefield that he made them Supreme Generals of his army. He also proposed them to have unique battle names. So, Moonlight decided to call himself the Untouchable Shadow and Sunny, the Undying Flame. Then, one day, Grogar decided to attack Canterlot, last bastion of defense of Equestria. He would make the royal castle his own and make the city his new capitale. Meanwhile, The King of Equestria already anticipated an eventual attack from Grogar. He came up with a magic device that would eradicate the Darkness from Equestria and kill Grogar. But for it to work, he needed to strike at the heart of Grogar’s empire: His castle. The king was certain that Grogar would send Moonlight and Sunny, his greatest fighters, attack Canterlot, while he would remain at his base. He needed a volunteer to infiltrate Grogar’s castle, but couldn’t find one brave enough to do so. That was until a mare unicorn by the name of Gusty accepted to do it. “Today will mark a new starting point for Equestria!” said the king. “Today will mark the end of Grogar’s reign!!” Meanwhile.... “Today, we will bring that stupid king to his grave!!” shouted Grogar to his troops. “Then Equestria will be truly mine to rule, and yours to enjoy!!” He looked at Moonlight and Sunny. “Failure is not an option...” he said. “Do whatever you have to do to conquer Canterlot...Even destroy it if needed.” Moonlight smiled, not because of what Grogar just said, but because he already knew the king’s plan to take down Grogar. Of course, he didn’t told it to his master...Since it might just be the opportunity Moonlight was waiting for. Sunny was also smiling, from the excitation of laying waste to Canterlot and fight the King head-on. Later, Grogar finally sent them and a big part of his army on their way to Canterlot. On his side, the king already sent Gusty on her way, and was currently posting troops to defend the capitale. 3 hours later, Grogar’s army showed up from the sky, they were thousands and ready to die for their master. Leading them was Sunny and Moonlight. “Catapult squad, fire at will” shouted the king. The catapults started firing flaming bombs at the enemy. “Ballista Squad, fire at will!!” shouted the king The ballistas unleashed a barrage of deadly projectiles. “Engineers!! Activate the magic orbs!! Reduce those creatures to ashes!!” he shouted. Moonlight was looking at the spectacle, impressed. “Gotta say, that’s some impressive firepower they got there!!” he said “That’s going to be an exciting battle!!” Sunny landed in the center of the city and started making her way to the castle. She turned into a dragon as many soldiers were rushing toward her. She sent them packing in an instant and continued advancing. “My lord!!” shouted one of his generals. “Their projectiles are decimating our troops! What do we do?!” “We counter attack!!” he answered. “Infiltration squad, you’re up...Destroy those weapons!!” A small squad of shadow creatures appeared near the catapults, ballistas and magic orbs. “Demolition squad!!” shouted Moonlight. “Smash that barrier into oblivion!!” He suddenly noticed that there was no civilians in the city and sighed. “Well, i guess we can forget using the populace as hostages.” he said. “They’re all probably inside the castle...speaking of the castle, we need to bring down that barrier protecting it...” Once all the catapults, ballistas and magic orbs had been destroyed, Moonlight ordered his troops to concentrate their attack on the magic barrier. In the city, Sunny had made quick work of the soldiers blocking her way. “She’s a monster!!” shouted one of them, terrified. “Run for your life, everyone!!” Eventually, Sunny had to stop her advance due to the magic barrier blocking her path. Suddenly, a magic circle appeared under her and immobilized her in place. A squad of elite guards, specialized in magic, showed up and started blasting her with magic beams. “That hurt!! You bastards!!” said Sunny, mad. Moonlight saw Sunny being pinned down by the enemy and jumped in to rescue her. But as he was doing so, hidden ballista started firing at him. He turned his body into a shadow mist and all of the projectiles went through him. He immediately destroyed all of the weapons before continuing his way. Using a spell Grogar taught him, Moonlight disabled the magic circle under Sunny. The magicians stopped firing beams and retreated. “Oh no!” said Moonlight, enraged. “You won’t escape me!!” Above each of the magicians, a shadow cloud appeared. Lightning came out of it that stroke them down mercilessly. Meanwhile, the barrier was starting to break down. “I guess i have no choice...” said the pony king. “I’ll handle them myself!!” He appeared in front of Sunny and Moonlight a couple moment later. “Playtime’s over, kids!!” he shouted. “This city shall be your burial ground!!” “Nah, it will be yours...” said Moonlight. He used his magic to summon shadow crystals out of the ground. “Those magic crystals nullify magic on direct contact” said Moonlight. “It will also prevent a certain someone to hear us. Now, let’s have a talk...” Meanwhile, Gusty arrived to Grogar’s castle and was presently making her way to him. She was carrying the weapon on her back. The plan was simple: One, make her way to Grogar, two, use the magic artifact to depower him and eliminate any monster within a 30 miles radius, and three, steal his bewitching bell and bring it back to the king. She made her way inside his throne room a couple minutes later, where there was nobody. “Now, to get his attention.” said Gusty. She sat on his throne. A couple minutes later, a monster entered the room. When this one saw the unicorn sitting on the Emperor’s throne, he immediately gave the alert. “Intruder!!” shouted the monster. “Get her!!” A large group of monsters entered the room and attacked Gusty. This one took out one monster after another, with her powerful magic. The monster who gave the alert was the only one sparred, and he was terrified. “I came here to take down Grogar” said Gusty. “Do you think i wouldn’t come prepared? Go get him...” “It won’t be necessary.” said someone. It was Grogar who entered the room. As she hoped, he had his magic bell with him. “There you are...” she said. “I’ve come to take you down, in the name of the king!!!” Grogar noticed she was carrying something on her back. He also felt a lot of magic power emanating from Gusty. “What’s your name, darling?” he asked. “Gusty” answered “Gusty the Great after i defeat you...” Grogar laughed. “Then, come at me!!” he said. Gusty smiled and unwrapped the magic weapon from the bag it was in. It was a staff, that she planted into the ground, creating a magic circle. The next instant, a beam of light came out from the magic circle, reaching to the sky. Thousand of small magic circles soon covered all of Equestria one of them bigger than the others. “Darkness, begone!!!!” shouted Gusty. The next instant, the magic circles unleashed powerful magic lightning, who rained down on every evil monsters and creatures in Equestria, Grogar included. Only Sunny and Moonlight were not targeted by the magic attacks. After a couple minutes, the magic circles disappeared and the magic rain stopped. By the time Moonlight and Sunny arrived to the castle, Gusty was already far away, with Grogar’s bell in her possession. They found Grogar lying on the floor, extremely weakened, but conscious. “Father!!” yelled Sunny. Moonlight looked toward Grogar and looked him straight into the eyes with a mocking smile. “Need help?” said Moonlight. “I’d love to help you, but i believe you casted on me and Sunny a curse that prevents us to use our magic against you, didn’t you?” “Only magic meant to hurt or kill me” said Grogar. “Healing magic is the only kind of magic that you can use on me, So patch me up already...” Sunny casted an healing spell on Grogar and he got back enough strength to stand up. “Did you at least accomplish your mission?” he asked. “Yes and no...” answered Moonlight. “We couldn’t take over Canterlot...On the other hand, the king is dead...Sunny ate him...” Grogar looked at her with disgusted eyes. “I’m a monster, i know!!” she said, ashamed. “That horn is what’s left of him...” Moonlight showed the horn to Grogar. “What’s the casualties?” asked Grogar, to change the subject. “Everyone was wiped out, except me and Sunny.” answered Moonlight. “I realized to late what the king’s secret plan was...” “The king was after my magic bell...” said Grogar. “That retched unicorn stole it without me being able to do anything...I’ll get it back eventually, one day.” “Anyway, staying in Equestria is no longer an option.” said Moonlight. “We just commited regicide, the enemy have your magic bell, you have almost no magic left and finally, your entire army is dead. Remember that world you sent me to multiple times? Well, we should go there...” Grogar sighed. “I guess we have no other choice” he said. “Did you found a suitable place for my castle?” “Yes” said Moonlight. “Those are the coordinates.” “Then proceed to the teleportation.” said Grogar. Moonlight activated the castle teleportation system and entered the coordinates of their destination. Their destination was the Human Dimension, a world without magic.