“Where ta hay is ta Princess?” Applejack screamed into the air. “Not ta mention, where ta hay is Rainbow Dash?”
Applejack was outside of the Twilight’s house and night had fallen a few moments before in only seconds, which Applejack found weird as that had never happened before. It had become all to silent, unless for the occasional ripping sound coming from inside of the house, causing the Earth Pony to flinch each time.
“Oh, where is she?” Applejack muttered.
Suddenly a two spurts of light came then; one blue and one turquoise. Applejack stopped pacing and stared at them in awe, and what came next she would have never guessed. Princess Celestia – with Rainbow Dash on her back – stepped forward from the blue light, and Princess Luna stepped forward from the turquoise light.
Applejack bowed down to both of the Royals as Rainbow Dash flew off of Celestia’s back.
“Where’s Twilight?” Celestia asked immediately. Applejack rose and opened her mouth and was about to say when a ripping sound like non-other sounded from Twilight’s house. The Royals didn’t cringe but galloped toward the door.
Yanking the door open with magic, Princess Celestia ran in and trotted respectfully up the stairs toward Twilight’s room with Princess Luna close behind her.
“Looks like ta Princesses are worried,” Applejack told Rainbow Dash as they went up the stairs together.
“Why shouldn’t they be?” was the only thing Rainbow Dash replied.
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Big Macintosh stood over Twilight when a new wound appeared on her neck. No, no, no! This cannot be happening, Big Macintosh thought. He continued to stand above her when a voice spoke making Everypony turn and look.
“Where is Twilight?” the voice of Princess Celestia asked.
“Right here, yer Highness,” Big Macintosh said stepping aside to shown a battered body.
Princess Luna walked toward Twilight first then asked, “Does anypony know what caused this – a book, a potion, an incantation perhaps?”
“Well, yer Highness, I found a book that Twilight’s been readin’. Ta words change too!” Applejack spoke up.
Princess Luna opened her mouth and calmly asked, “Can you bring it to me?”
“Sure, it’s right ‘ere,” A book flew in the direction of Luna and she caught it with magic.
She looked at the title, A Mare’s Tale. Opening it up, she found the same text as what Applejack had read. Luna looked up to see her sister work magic on Twilight’s body. “Celestia, don’t! It’s Dark Magic, don’t do anything more!” she warned.
Celestia stopped and looked up, “What?”
“It’s Dark Magic; nothing of normal magic can cure her. The only thing to cure her is another Dark Incantation to which is the remedy.”
“And do you know of the Incantation, Luna?”
“Fortunately, yes for I have read the same book before, and learned all of its Dark ways. Just move aside.” Celestia was reluctant but let Luna go inspect her student.
A few moments passed before Luna started to talk again, “You got us right in time Rainbow Dash, because the next strike would’ve started the inside-out rotation – not like the outside strikes you all have been seeing.”
“Dear sister, how do you know of this - Dark Magic Book in the first place?” Celestia asked.
Luna turned toward Celestia and said quietly, “It was the cause of my corruption. I read what I wanted to read – the lies, the Darkness. I read everything that was hatred around you and how Everypony played and pranced in the sunlight and not in the Dark.
“After a certain time of reading it, it gave me the same spell of changing what I was, to the evil I had become. I didn’t know it was fatal, I didn’t know it was Dark Magic; I simply recited the spell and poof! I became what all of the ponies called, ‘Nightmare Moon’.
“The spell changed the way I thought, the way I felt. While Nightmare Moon, I had no mercy, no regrets. I didn’t care if I was an evil pony and shamed you a thousand times over again. I just wanted ponies to fear me.
“Then you enchanted me for a thousand years into the moon using the Elements of Harmony. When I was finally free a thousand years later because of the stars and came down to take over Equestria, I kidnapped you only to have your student and her friends try to destroy me and my evil ways. I thought it was all a joke at first, but when they realized that they were the Elements of Harmony in another form, I grew afraid. I wanted to continue my despicable reign of terror, and not go back to what I was before because of the enchantment I cast upon myself.
“Then they turned me back into ‘Luna’ and you forgave me, but I didn’t forgive myself; so I searched for the old demon book and couldn’t find it. So I forgot, until this day of course,” Princess Luna finished her explanation with Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Big Macintosh, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, the forgotten Spike, and Princess Celestia having stunned facial expressions.
“Now leave Everypony, out of this house now! I have work to do and I don’t want to be disturbed!” she ordered snapping Everypony out of their reviver.
“Yes, Princess Luna,” Applejack replied walking out of the room followed by all the rest.