//------------------------------// // The Revival Of NightMare Moon // Story: Twilo-Pinkie // by ChickenHooves //------------------------------// A certain blue dragon was sitting in the Everfree Forest. He was very annoyed that NightMare Moon was destroyed by the Elements Of Harmony two years ago. He saw the menacing mare as his 'idol', so to speak. He liked the night almost as much as NightMare Moon did, and he seemed to be the only person to enjoy it. He just didn't understand why all the ponies grieved over it. "I'll get you back, NightMare Moon," he whispered to the moon, which was gleaming through the canopy of trees, his plum coloured eyes glistening in the moonlight. Suddenly he came up with an idea. If I could just find a Harmony Stone, he thought, I could bring her back! The clock in Twilight's tree house called out a 'cuckoo', signalling it to be the next hour. Twilight Sparkle, a young unicorn mare who was sent to Ponyville to learn the magic of friendship, was playing a game of 'Gem Hunter' with her friends Rainbow Dash, one of the fastest flyers in Equestria, Pinkie Pie, a pink earth pony with a love for partying, and Rarity, a fashion diva. "I'm playing extremely well," Rarity exclaimed. "I've got a lot of your gems, Twilight!" "She's right, Pinkie," Twilight said to the cupcake maned pony. "There goes your gems for getting Celestia to live here in Ponyville." "Don't be so sure, Twilight..." Pinkie said with a tone of excitement in her voice. "Hey, look outside, everypony!" she said as she pointed her hoof outside. "NightMare Moon is coming!" All the ponies except Pinkie looked outside in shock and horror. Pinkie gave a quiet snicker and grabbed Rarity's stack of sixty gems. The ponies turned around, Rainbow was one of the ones confused. "W-Where, Pinkie?" she asked. "I don't see her!" "Oh, err... False alarm, Rainbow," Pinkie said, holding her laughs back as much as she could. "Must have been some shadows." by now, Pinkie couldn't hold it any longer, and she fell on the floor in a burst of laughter. Twilight, Rainbow and Rarity stared at the party pony in bewilderment. "Are you okay, darling?" Rarity asked. A burst of blue and green flames came out of the forest, followed by the dragon from before. His eyes were no longer purple, but were a moderate Azure colour. His previously marine-coloured scales were now a navy blue, similar to his idol. The flames seemed to never disintegrate, and he was breathing it onto every living thing he could see, including the grass, plants and trees. The ground was shaking like a magnitude four earthquake. Meanwhile, the residents of Ponyville were able to feel this too. "S-s-stop rocking the table!" Rainbow Dash shouted as the four ponies were bouncing up and down due to the earthquake. "Y-you're m-making me s-s-sick!" "I'm n-not r-rocking the t-t-table!" Rarity replied. "The whole house is s-s-shaking!!" she exclaimed as she fell off her wooden chair. "P-p-perhaps o-o-one of us should have a l-l-l-ook ou-o-out-s-s-side!" Twilight asked. Rarity stood up, and replied: "I'll go, because all of you are being huge cowards!" She trotted out the door, umbrella-saddle on her back to protect her from the rain. It didn't help that there was an extremely stong gale, and so her umbrella continuously flipped upside down, collecting rainwater in it. Rarity quickly ducked behind a large rock as a large stream of flames passed above her. When it was gone, she peered above the rock. She gasped as a navy blue dragon was breathing blue and green fire every chance it got. Suddenly it started glowing, then with a flash, a tall, black-and-blue mare was standing there. Her mane was flowing on an invisible current, and was as dark as the night sky. Her mane and tail seemed to be coming out of the dragon's body, and the dragon smiled at the mare. The mare's wings flapped, blocking as much of the moon's light as they could. "Oh no!" the dragon screamed. "Somepony's seen us!!" the mare's mane and tail snapped off, but the dragon was glowing a with a purple aura. One of his eyes were still an azure colour. He ran off after Rarity extremely fast, but could still not catch up with the white unicorn. He started to breath out small columns of the blue and green fire, each shot missing every time, making Rarity sigh in relief. "I guess Princess Celestia will be visiting after all, huh Twilight?" Pinkie laughed. "But Pinkie, you cheated!!" Rainbow screamed. "That's not--" she was interrrupted by the loud slamming noise of the door, followed by a panting white unicorn. "Everypony..." Rarity panted. "You've got to run! Quick, NightMare Moon's coming!!" The blue dragon came upon the tree house. He laughed as he filled his mouth with the strongest flames he could bring up. He opened his mouth and blowed it as hard as he could into the library. "Yeah, yeah, Rarity," Rainbow said. "I'm not going to fall for that again!" Twilight looked out the window and gasped. "She's right! Everypony run!" Twilight, Pinkie and Rarity ran out, but Rainbow kept her post. Spike ran after his friend, and roomie, and out the door. The room in which the ponies were playing in began to glow with a white colour. "Why are you even paying any attention to--" Rainbow asked as she was interrupted by a crash of wood. A few screams came from the tree house as the entire house collapsed on top of her, also on fire. To be continued...