//------------------------------// // Mare in the Moon Part 1 // Story: With a Knowledge of Everyting... // by Lord Guffington //------------------------------// Mare in the Moon Part 1 I back up slowly from the carriage as the two Royal Guards eye me warily. I make an audible gulp as the take a step closer me. Well, might as well introduce myself. "Um, hi?" The guards back up a few steps, taking the carriage with it. Their eyes are wide with fear and their mouths are agape. I hear a gasp come from both of them, and a male voice coming from the carriage. "Hey guards? Why did we move backwards?" came the voice. Wait a second, I know that voice! I walk around the dumbfounded guards and the carriage, and am greeted by a lavender unicorn with a darker purple mane with a pink stripe, and a purple and green dragon. Excuse me, baby dragon. As they both lay eyes on me, the dragon's face is as equally confused as the guards, while the unicorn's is a mixture. Shock? Astonishment? Fear? Excitement? It could be any of them. "Um, hi?" I repeat. The two back up, then the unicorn speaks up. "H-hello there. I'm Twilight Sparkle, and this is Spike, my assistant. What in Equestria are you?" she says, carefully taking a step forward. I put on a face of fake shock and put the hand of my good arm on the chin my open mouth. "Why you've never heard of me? Everypony in Ponyville has heard of me!" I put my hand down take away the look on my face. "Nah, I'm just messing with ya'. I just arrived here today. I'm not from around here." By now the guards have gotten over the shock of a new creature in town and have gotten their harnesses off, weapons at the ready. Twilight stops their approach with a raised hoof. "Wait. I want to learn about this creature," she says while lowering her hoof. I'm taken aback a bit her choice of words. "Thank you sirs," she says to the guards. With that, they put their weapons away, put the harness back on, and fly off to the giant city on the mountain. I stare where they're heading for a while until my attention is turned to a lavender unicorn. She studies my shape for a while before looking me in the eyes. It gets a little awkward, so I break the silence. "So..." I began. "So... what are you?" she asks, raising an eyebrow and taking a quill and piece of parchment out of nowhere. Oh no. "Listen, I know you wanna perform experiments and take notes on my life, but yoou can call me Christian for now. So can we get to why you're here?" I say, hoping she'll agree. "But... okay. We can do that later. Oh, and I'm here to supervise the Summer Sun Celebration. In case you didn't know, It's when we watch the Princess raise the sun, and it's the longest day of the year. And I'm also here so I can make some 'friends'," she said while raising her hooves to emphasize on the word. "Cool. Look here come one of the ponies that live here," I said pointing at Pinkie Pie. She was happily trotting down the path Twilight, Spike and I were standing on. I waved to her, she waved back and then walked up to Twilight with her contagious smile. Spike, seeming to finally snap out of his trance, spoke up. "Y-yeah. Maybe the ponies here have something interesting to say! Come on Twilight, just try!" he said, putting his claws up to Pinkie. Twilight gave a nervous smile. "Uh, hello?". Pinkie activated her brain and realized that, even though she knew everypony in town, she didn't know this one! Which means there's a new pony was in town! That meant that she probably lost some from friends! That must mean she's lonely! That must mean she doesn't have any fun! That means another party needs for a new pony to be thrown! That all took about .42 seconds. With a loud *GASP* and a jump to the air, Pinkie took off to Celestia knows where. Twilight stood there confused, Spike a little disappointed, and me? I was smiling, knowing that she was going to do that of course. Twilight noticed my smile and look even more confused. She shook it off and gave a look of being unamused. "Well that was interesting alright," she said with a roll of her eyes. Spike sighed and hunched over, arms hanging limp. We all three started walking towards Sweet Apple Acres. How could I tell? I could see it in the distance. Oh I knew this day was going to be a long one. ---------------------------- " 'Summer Sun Celebration Official Overseer's checklist!" Spike said, holding a quill and parchment. "Number 1: banquet preparations, Sweet Apple Acres!" We walked through the gate. Well the other two walked, while I had to crouch a bit. Seems empty. I wonder where any of the Apple Fam- "YEEHAW!" We all stop and look over to see an orange earth pony wearing a Stetson hat galloping towards a tree. Right before running into it, she stopped, did a 180, and kicked with her hind legs. The tree shook by the force of the kick, loosening all of the apples, and then falling into the five baskets conveniently located around the tree. Impressed with her work, she held her head high, eyes closed, and put on foreleg over the other like someone would with their feet. "*sigh* Let's get this over with," Twilight mumbled while holding her head low. Spike and I followed closely. We walked up to her as Twilight spoke first. "Good afternoon. My name is Twilight Sparkle," she said with a smile. He face quickly contorted into pain as Applejack furiously shook he hoof like it was nothing. "Well, howdy do Miss Twilight! A pleasure meetin' your acquaintance! Ah'm Applejack. We 'ere at Sweet Apple Acres sure do like makin' new friends!" she said proudly. "F-friends? A-a-actually I-I-I..." Twilight said between stutters of being shaken so hard. "So, what can Ah' do ya for?" Applejack said as she took her hooves away. Twilight, closing her eyes thinking they would pop out, was still shaking her hoof vigorously. Spike took action and stopped her hoof and backed away, Trying to stifle his snicker. I admit, even though I'm pretty good at keeping a straight face, I laughed a bit too. Applejack noticed my presence and got into a defensive stance. "And what in tarnation are you?" "Relax. I'm not going to hurt you. So Twilight, what were you going to say?" Applejack relaxed a bit, but still kept an eye on me. "Oh right," Twilight said, getting rid of her glare for us. She cleared her throat and spoke again. "Well, I'm here to supervise preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration. And you're in charge of the food?" she asked Applejack. "We sure as sugar are! Would ya care ta sample some?" She asked while leaning closer to Twilight, "As long as it doesn't take too long," she said as Apple jack dashed off to a rusty, old triangle. She hit multiple times before shouting, "Soup's on, everypony!" I heard many hoof beats before turning around. I looked and some many ponies of many colors stampeding towards a gazebo. With my quick wits, I run as fast as I can to a nearby tree. Spike and Twilight weren't as fast as me though, so they got caught in the trampling and were put in front of a table under the gazebo. I decide to walk over and join the group. A few of the ponies are ones I remember seeing around the town. Applejack appeared next to the dizzy unicorn and dragon. "Now, why don't Ah introduce ya'll to the Apple family." "Thanks, but I really need to hur-" Twilight was cut off by a apple fritter appearing in front of her face. AJ continued to say the name of her relatives. "This 'ere's Apple Fritter, Apple Bumpkin, Red Gala, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Caramel Apple," by now, there are so many names I just zoned out for a bit. Applejack sure does have a lot of relatives. My thoughts were interrupted by Applejack gasping for air. "Big Macintosh, Apple Bloom, and-" she stuck a green apple in Twilight's mouth, "-Granny Smith! Up and at 'em, Granny Smith! We got guests!" The green old mare was sleeping in a rocking chair with her front hooves on parts that were too long, which was probably the purpose of them. Se awoke with a snort and looke around before her eyes stopped on Twilight. "Huh-oh-wha-? Oh, soup's on! I'm up, I'm up," she mumbled, slowly making her way towards us. Applejack gave Twilight a pat on the back before saying, "Why, Ah'd say they're already part o' the family." Twilight spit out the apple she was force fed by AJ. "Ack! Haha. Okay, I see the food situation is handled, so we'll be on our way!" Twilight says. Everypony looks at her in disbelief and a cute little voice speaks up. "Aren't ya gonna stay fer brunch?" Apple Bloom asks with puppy dog eyes so cute, I may need to see a doctor and check for diabetes. So, I made a joke out of it. "Hnnnggg!" I exclaim, grabbing my chest. Everybody looks at me in panic before I say, "It's... too... cute!" Everybody breathes a sigh of relief, and some even chuckle. Twilight speaks up to break the silence. "Sorry, but we have an awful lot to do," she says sadly. Everybody gives an "Aww" and looks at the ground. Twilight looks worried for a second and then rolls her eyes. "Fine." Everypony starts cheering and then the feasting begins. ---------------------------- We start walking towards Ponyville, Spike looking full and happy, me feeling full and happy, and Twilight looking like she's about to explode and looks a bit miserable.Spike speaks up. "Food's all taken care of, now next is weather," he says, checking off a box on the checklist. "Ugh, I think I ate too much pie." She says, head hanging low. I swear, she would've looked pregnant if I didn't know she ate an entire buffet. "Hmm. There's supposed to be a pegasus pony named Rainbow Dash clearing the clouds," he says looking in the sky. I look up too. Do I hear a faint whistling noise? Twilight also looks up and looks around. Yep, definitely something flying through the air. "Well, she's not doin-" I cut her off before she finishes. "Get down," I say sternly, running out of the way. Am I healing quicker here? Because my arm isn't hurting so much anymore. "What do you mea-" she was cut off by a flurry of colors crashing into her. They both land in a convenient mud puddle that splashed the spot I used to be standing in. Rainbow Dash looks at what she just crashed in and gave a sheepish smile. "Heh heh. Uh, excuse me?" she says, leaning closer to get a better look at Twilight. Their both covered in mud and Twilight looks even more miserable. Rainbow laughs a bit more before saying, "Here, let me help you." She flies of and goes to get a darker looking cloud. She brings it right over Twilight and starts repeatedly jumping on it. A torrent of water falls on Twilight as the cloud becomes a light gray, then a white. She looks down at her progress and laughs at a waterlogged Twilight. "Oops. I guess I overdid it. Um, uh, how about this!" She starts to fly around Twilight so fast, it makes a rainbow tornado. "My very own patented," she stops flies a few feet away from me. "Rainblow Dry! No no, don't thank me. You're quite welcome." She looks over to Twilight to admire her work, but before her stands a purple unicorn with a giant puple and pink afro for a mane. She tries to keep her laughter in, but fails miserably and falls on the ground laughing like a maniac. Spike notices this too and joins Rainbow Dash. Me, although finding the situation a bit funny, blur my vision to not see everything clearly, put on my best straight face, and walk over to pat Twilight on the shoulder. "Don't be mad Twilight. I don't find it fun-" "How are you doing that?" she asks staring into my eyes. "Doing what?" "Your eyes. They're golden now. I mean the part that used to be brown." "What do you mean?" I'm pretty confused by now. Never have I been told my eyes are gold. They're usually a dark brown that is almost too dark to differ it from the pupil. She pulls out a mirror out of nowhere. I hold it up to my face and am met by the blurred outline of my head. I look closer and, sure enough, I see a hint of gold. I quickly un-blur my vision and and pull the mirror away. Everything is more detailed for a few seconds, then goes back to how I saw eveything before. By now, Spike and Rainbow have stopped laughing and were looking confused. Heck, I was too. "How did you do that?" Twilight repeats. "I don't know. To me, I'm just blurring my vision, and when I do, I've never been told my eyes turn golden." "Well anyways, I'm Rainbow Dash! The fastest flier in all of Equestria!" Yep, sure sounded like her.\ "Really? I've heard that you're supposed to be keeping the sky clear," twilight says with a groan. She sighs, "I'm Twilight Sparkle. The Princess sent me to check on the weather." Rainbow flies up to a cloud and lays on it like she's about to take a nap. "Yeah yeah, that'll be a snap! I'll do it in a jiffy, just as soon as I'm done practicing." "Practicing for what?" I think I know. "The Wonderbolts!" Rainbow shouted, pointing at a poster that said "Wonderbolts! Will be presented at the Summer Sun Celebration!" It showed a drawn picture of three Wonderbolts sitting proudly, while four more flew ovehead. I knew it I called it first! Rainbow continued her rant of their awesomeness. "They're gonna perform at the celebration tomorrow, and I'm gonna show the my stuff!" "The Wonderbolts?" Twilight asks. "Yep!" "The most talented fliers in all of Equestria?" "That's them!" "*Pfft* Please. They'd never accept a pegasus who can't keep the sky clear for one measly day!" Twilight says with a smug grin. Rainbow was now looking down from her cloud at Twilight. "Hey. I can clear the sky in ten seconds flat!" "Prove it," Twilight said, narrowing her eyes. Rainbow looked offended and I swear I could see determination in her eyes. I knew this would be a perfect opportunity to prove that theory, so I start counting in my head. One... Rainbow start flying towards the nearest clouds and starts bucking them. Two... She's zipping across the sky, kicking and punching clouds. Three... She's adding tricks, like loops, corkscrew, and dives. Five... She starts announcing her stunts, like saying, "And loop da' loop around and BAM!" Ten. Well that proves that theory. "Hey, would you look at that! It was ten seconds," I say. I'm easily impressed by her actions of sky clearing, especially in such a small amount of time. "What did I tell ya? Ten. Seconds. Flat. I'd never leave Ponyville hanging," she looks over at Twilight, who's mouth was open in astonishment. She starts laughing at the face she's making and says, "You should see the look on your face! HA! You're a laugh Twilight Sparkle. I can't wait to hang out some more. Se ya later Christian!" Twilight snaps out of it as she says that. "Wow!" Spike exclaimed as Rainbow flew away. "She's amazing!" He picks up a part of her mane and starts bouncing it around. He tries to stifle a laugh, but fails. I also can't help but laugh a little. Twilight walks away with a mad look on her face. "Wait! It's kinda pretty one you get used to it." We start walking towards the Town Hall. Oh boy, I bet I know who's here. ---------------------------- "Decorations!" Spike looks up from the checklist he was checking off. "Beautiful," he says in a hypnotized voice. All around the room, there were sparkling banners and streamers everywhere. We start walking towards the stage of the Town Hall. "Yes the decor is coming along nicely," Twilight says. I'm just admiring at how shiny everything is. "This 'oughta be quick. I'll be at the library in no time. Beautiful indeed." "Not the decor, her!" Spike points at a white unicorn with a curly indigo mane that seems to have taken forever to put in that do. She lifts up many different colored ribbons ranging from yellow, to blue, to green. "No, no, no, oh heavens no! Hmm," she continues completely ignoring us. I look over to Spike to see his reaction. Did I just see is eyes turn into hearts?He adjusts the spines around what I guess would be his ears and would-be hair if he were like humans at all. "How are my spines? Are they straight?" he asks worryingly. I swear I see hearts floating out of him. Twilight rolls her eyes and walks up to Rarity. "Good afternoon, I-" she's cut off as Rarity raises a hoof. How many times is she going to be cut off today? The world may never know. "Just a minute darling, I'm in the zone, as it were," she says, picking up more ribbons. She finally finds a large red on and ties it into a bow.(No, like a shoelace!) "Oh yes! Sparkle always does the trick, does it not? Why Rarity, you are a talent. Now, um, how can I help yo-AGGHH! Oh my stars, darling! What ever did happen to your cheveux?" she asked as her eyes laid on Twilight's hilariously styled mane. "You mean my mane? Well, it's a long story. I'm just here to check on the decorations, then I'll be out of your hair!" Twilight said, waving a dismissive hoof. "Out of my hair? What about you hair?" she asks, walking over to Twilight. "Wait! Where are we going?! Help!" Twilight screams. Spike somehow levitates into the air, and uses the tip of his tail as a propeller. I swear, Spike is the strangest dragon I've ever seen. For now at least. I follow them to wherever we're going. I'm betting 5 bits it's the Carousel Boutique. ---------------------------- You owe me 5 bits now. Anyways along the way, Rarity asks me, "I've never seen such a creature like you before! Do you always wear clothes?" I nod. "Well then, I must make you a new set of clothes for you to wear." I was about to argue about getting stuff from people and not paying them back, but, like in all fan-fictions say she would persist, I decided against it. Inside the boutique, it looks like any normal clothing store would. Rarity keeps switching outfits on Twilight as if she were a mannequin. "No, no, no, uh uh, too green, too yellow, too poofy, not poofy enough! Too frilly, too shiny," after about a dozen more designs, she finally found one that looked like a fancy, small saddle that was covered in gems. "Now go on, my dear. You were telling me where you're from." She reached out with her mouth (again with the mouth!) and pulled back on the straps as strong as she could. By the look on Twilight's face, it looked she was pulling too tight and she might die of suffocation, her eyes larger than normal. "I've... been sent... from Canterlot... to- HUH?" each word getting weaker, due to suffocation, until Rarity let go of the straps sending Twilight across the room. I looked at Spike, still in his love entranced state. I rolled my eyes, then continued listening the two mares' conversation. "Canterlot?! Oh I'm so envious! The glamor, the sophistication! Oh, I've always dreamed of living there! I can't wait to hear all about it! We're gonna be the best of friends, you and I!" Rarity said, stepping up to Twilight, so close, it was too-close-for-comfort. Twilight, with her look of surprise, knew what that meant. Rarity looked down at the clothes Twilight was wearing. "Emerald?! What was I thinking? Let me get you some rubies!" With that, Rarity ran off to a different part of her store. "Quick! Before she decides to dye my coat a new color!" Twilight shouted running out the door. Spike gave a sigh of happiness. I pondered on what to do next for a few second. I poked my shoulder to see if it was done healing. Fortunately, it was, so I took off the sling and gauze, putting the sling in my pocket and gauze in the nearest trash can. "Come on buddy, time to go," I said to Spike. With no response from his trance, I picked him up and threw him over my shoulder like I would a sack of potatoes, and walked out the door of the boutique. ---------------------------- I'm pretty sure we're far away enough so we won't be seen by the fashionista for a while. I put Spike on Twilight's back, which she didn't seem to mind at all. Even though he's a baby dragon, he weighs a bit more than my six year old sister. "Wasn't she wonderful?" Spike asked while coming out of his trance. "Focus casanova, what's next on the list?" Twilight asked. "Ahem, oh, uh, music! It's the last one!" Twilight seemed grateful for that, and I did too a little. My feet were killing me.I hear a tune being whistled (Note: since I don't know what they were whistling, I put this here because I like to whistle to it) We walk forward though some bushes and come upon a canary yellow pegasus that's conducting a tree of birds. One seem to not be tweeting it correctly. "Oh my! Um, stop please everyone," she flies up to the failing bird. "Um, excuse me sir? I mean, no offense, but your rhythm is just a teeny-tiny bit off." The bird nods in understanding, and Fluttershy flies back to her spot. "Now, follow me please. A one, a two, a one two three-" "Hello!" Twilight exclaims, walking out of the bushes. I face-palm remembering she was going to do that. Fluttershy's birds fly away and she becomes frightened as well. She looks at the newcomer and lowers to the ground. "Oh my. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to frighten your birds. I'm just here to check up on the music, and it sounded beautiful!" Twilight says without forcing any of it. Fluttershy paws at the ground a bit, and Twilight has a worried smile as she looks at our spot, then back at us. "I'm Twilight Sparkle. What's your name?" "Um, I'm Fluttershy," she says quietly, just audible for me to hear. "I'm sorry, what was that?" "Um, my name isFluttershy," she says again quietly. "Didn't quite catch that," Twilight says, taking a step forward. Fluttershy takes a step back and makes this adorable little whimper. Must... not... have... heart attack. Deciding to take action, I step out of the bush. "Fluttershy, don't you know it's rude to not accept ponies' comments?" I say playfully. She notices me and darts behind my legs. "Heh. Sorry Twilight. She's a bit shy around new ponies." By now, the birds have flown back onto the tree, ready to practice some more. "Hey Spike! Why don't come out and say hello to Fluttershy?" Oh, I know how this is going to end. Spike steps out cautiously and takes a look at Fluttershy, and vice versa. Fluttershy speaks up first. "*gasp* A baby dragon! I've never seen a baby dragon before! He's so cute!" Spike takes the compliment and looks over to Twilight. "Well, well, well," he says as he crosses his arms. "Oh my! He can talk! I didn't know dragons could talk. That's just so incredibly wonderful... I just don't even know what to say!" she says as she observes Spike. I hear a pang! noise and Spike's covered in a pink and sparkling aura. He's lifted over me and Fluttershy and placed on Twilight's back. "Well, in that case, we better be going," Twilight says as she starts to walk away. "Wait, wait! What's his name? Oh wait, it's Spike. Hi Spike, I'm Fluttershy. Wow, a talking dragon! And, what do dragon's talk about?" "Well, what do you wanna know?" "Absolutely everything!" Twilight let's out a groan of frustration at Fluttershy's answer and I pat her on the head, giving her a comforting smile. "Don't worry Twi. I feel the same a bit too." Twilight gives me a thankful smile in response. "Well, I started out a cute little purple and green egg," Spike starts. ---------------------------- "...And that's the story of my whole entire life! Well, up until today. Want to hear about today?" Spike asks Fluttershy. "Oh yes please!" Fluttershy answers immediately. I notice we're in front of a large tree that has lots of windows and balconies. "Hey you two. We're here," I interrupt them "Yes, and this is where I'll be staying while in Ponyville, and my poor baby dragon needs his sleep," Twilight says. "No I don't!" Spike retorts. Twilight catapults him into the air by bucking her hind legs, and he lands on his bottom. "Aww, wook at dat. He's so sweepy, he can't even keep his wittle bawance," Twilight says to Spike like some one would say to a baby. Fluttershy swoops in and pinks him up into the air. "You poor thing. You simply must get into bed!" she says before flying into the library. Twilight charges in and pushes Flutters out. "Yes, yes. We'll get right on that. Well, good night!" Twilight says before slamming the door in Fluttershy's face. We both stand in front of the door for a while before I speak up. "Let's go in through the back." She nods and we walk through. I hear Twilight and Spike talking together in the pitch black dark. "-ightmare Moon is coming, and we're running out of time! I just need to be alone so I can study without a bunch of crazy ponies trying to make friends all the time. Now where's the-" I interrupt her by clapping my hands twice. Clap, clap! Apparently, somepony knew what it meant, because the lights burst on and a loud "SURPRISE" was shouted by everyone in the building. I saw Twilight give a sigh and I walked over to her. "Hey there." "Oh, hi. Were you the one who made that sound?" "Eeyup." I swear I thought somepony was watching me. "Did you throw this party?" "Nope. Pinkie Pie did." "Who's that?" "You know that pink mare we saw who did the loud gasp and ran away?" "Oh you mean her?" "Yep she ran away and threw this party for both me and you." "Why both of us?" "Well, it was originally for me, but then you showed up, so she combined the two. Here she is now." "What? I don't see anyp-" Twilight was cut off by an explosion of confetti to the face and a whole lot of pink. Pink, pink everywhere. "HiI'mPinkiePieandIthrewthispartyjustforyou!Ohandyoutomisteralienperson.Sowereyousurprised?Huh?Wereya?Wereya?Huhhuhhuh?" she said in one breath. Like I said before, I understood every word that spewed from her mouth. "Yes, very surprised. Especially since libraries are supposed to be quiet!" Twilight said to the pink party pony. "Hahasilly!Whatkindofwelcomepartywouldthisbeifitwerequiet?Imean,duh!Booorring!Yousee,Isawyouwhenyoufirstgothere,remember?Iwasall*GASP*runningrunning.Yousee,I'veneverseenyoubefore!AndifI'veneverseenyoubefore,thenthatmakesyounew!AndIknoweverypony,andImeaneveryponyinPonyville!Andifyou'renew,thanyouhaven'tmetanyoneyet.Andifyouhaven'tmetanyonyet,thanyoumustnothavefriends!Andifyoudon'thavefriends,thanthatmakesyoulonely!Andthatmademesosad,andthatgavemeanideawhichmademego*GASP*andthatideawastothrowagigantisuperduperwonderfulwelcomepartyandinviteeveryoneinPonyville!So now you can make lots and lots of friends!" I saw Twilight pouring herself a goblet of hot sauce. "Confound these ponies, they drive you to drink, right?" she nodded. "Well, unless you want burning insides, I suggest you don't." She looks at me confused. I grab the bottle from her and let her read it. She wasn't paying attention to the label as she took a gulp of her spicy drink. As soon as her mind registered what she had done, I could tell it was too late. Her cheeks were bulging, face a burning red, and eyes soaked with tears. "Are you alright sugarcube?"Applejack asked from the group of ponies behind us. I could feel the heat radiating off of Twilight as if she were about to explode. A second later, she jumped into the air, mane on fire, and dashed up the stairs. "Congratulations, your Twilight Sparkle has evolved into Ponyta," I say to myself. Everypony looks at me in confusion. "It's a reference from my world." I decide to go check on Twilight after watching Pinkie pour somehot sauce on her third cupcake. I found her in her bedroom with her head underneath the pillow. "Hey Twi, what's wrong?" "All the ponies in this town are CRAZY!" she exclaims with the pillow on her head. "Do you know what time it is?" "Lemme guess. Hmm... night?" Twilight continues to glare at me. "Yeah i know what it is. It's the eve of the Summer Sun Celebration. Everypony in town has to stay up, or they'll miss the Princess raise the sun." Twilight stared at me in disbelief. "How do you know all this stuff, Christian?" Look's like number two is Twi. I sat down next to her and told exactly everything I told Flutteshy, again, keeping out certain stuff. This time, however, I kept away certain events of the future. I answered all the questions she had. By the time I was done, she had taken it the same way Fluttershy, understandingly. As soon as our talking was over, Spiike burst through with a lamp cap on his head. "Come on you two. It's time to watch the sun rise!" We both left and started heading for the town hall. ---------------------------- Pretty much he wholle town was inside the Town Hall by the time we got there. Pegasi flying above, ponies on the ground and in the balconies. I must say, the banners looked a whole lot better at night. I also like the dark for many reasons. A few being that it's cooler, it's harder for me to be seen, and it's also more beautiful for the stars, auroras, and the moon to be seen... What was I doing? Oh yeah the rising of the sun. I hear the birds start the intro song and I say, it got me hype for this. The birds quieted down before a spotlight was shone on Mayor Mare. "Fillies and Gentlecolts. As mayor of Ponyville, it is my great pleasure to announce the beginning of the Summer Sun Celebration!" Everypony cheered a loud cheer. And I mean loud! My ears start to ring a bit. "In just a few moments, our town will witnes the magic of the sunrise, and celebrate this the longest day of the year. And now, it is my great honor to introduce to you the ruler of this land." I look at Twilight, who's staring at the sky through the windows. I look to the sky and notice the moon. It is larger than ours, but something's wrong. Didn't it have the shape of an alicorn head on it? Oh buck! "The very pony who gives us the sun and the moon each and every day, the good, the wise, the bringer of harmony of harmony to all of Equestria," I look to Twilight, who looks at me. I can tell we're thinking the same thing. "Princess Celestia!" the mayor shouts. Fluttershy's birds start singing, Rarity pulls back the curtain, and the spotlight lands on... nothing. Everypony is chattering, but among them, I heat Twilight say, "This can't be good." "Remain calm everypony," the mayor says to wuiet the uproar. "There must be a reasonable explanation." "Ooh Ooh! I love guessing games!" Pinkie shouts. "Is she hiding?" she looks at her hooves, hopefully finding her there. "She's gone!" Rarity exclaims from the balcony she stands on. Everyone makes a loud gasp in shock. "Oh, she's good!" Pinkie says. Twilight and I see a mysterious purple mist crawl through where Celestia was supposed to be standing."Ahh!" "Oh no!" Twilight whispers beside me. I stroke her mane to keep her calm. She looks at me and I give a supprting smile. We both look to the mist to see it moving all by itself. Then out of nowhere, A large dark alicorn covered some evil looking armor, her mane and tail the same as the mist. "Nightmare Moon," Twilight whimpers beside me. Spike faints and falls off her back. "Oh, my beloved subjects. It's been so long since I've seen your precious, little, sun-loving faces," Nightmare Moon says. "What did you do with our Princess?!" Rainbow shouts. She tries to charge her, but Applejack grabs her by the tail. "Whoa there nelly!" Nightmare gives a cackle that obviously belongs to someone evil. "Why? Am I not royal enough for you? Don't you know who I am?" "Ooh ooh ooh! More guessing games!" Pinkie says cheerfully. "Um, Hokey Smokes! How about Queen Meanie? No, Black Snooty! Black Snoot-!" Pinkie get's cut off by an apple to the mouth. She flies up close to Fluttershy. "Does my crown no longer count now that I've been imprisoned for a thousand years?" She flies over to Rarity, somehow holding her chin with her mane. "Did you not recall the legend? Did you not see the signs?" "I did," shouts Twilight. "As did I," I join in. "And we know who you are. You're The Mare in the Moon..." she begins. "...Nightmare Moon." I finish. Everyone makes a gasp. I'm not sure if it was because there was an evil of legends in front of tham, or that I knew who she was. "Well, well, well. Somepony who remembers me. Then you also know why I'm here?" Nightmare Moon asks. "You're here to... to...," Twilight stops herself before going too far. "You're here to bring eternal darkness because of jealousy," I finish for her. "Who is this foul creature who defies me?" she asks, a small hint of anger in her voice. "I..." I take a step forwards. "...am part nightmare too." Dammit brain, stop lying. "How could you possibly be part nightmare to? You walk on two legs, you have little fur, and you seem childish. How could a creature like you ever possibly ever defeat me?" Well, now's my chance. I take a few steps forwards, and make sure eyes are visible. "Hit me with your best shot and we'll see." Her horn charges up, and I see a small electric shock run through it. I give a quick thanks to everyone and everypony in my life, to Celestia who brought me here, and to my family for raising me. I see the lightnning bolt traveling torwards me. I do a quick memory thought process of my plan, then blur my eyes. I see the lightning bolt make contact.