Quann's gaze turned towards the moon, he steadied his resolve as he swore to Twilight to defeat Nightmare Moon. The clearing bristled with a strong cold gust as he stood before the everfree forest it was much scarier looking at it the mythical creature filled forest at night.
"So why am I out here, lets see I was talking to Twilight and then I got bored listening to her talk about the Canterlot library so I looked at the mare shape on the moon, then everything went fuzzy after the picture of the mare disappeared." Quann said
Yeah that was the gist of everything that happened so why was he here.
"Thou do jest, I see an Alicorn in my presence, but not my dearest sister which I sought after for so long. Who stands before I speak quickly, or suffer my wrath?"
His eyes looked around him trying to find the source of the voice as a violet mist settled in the clearing.
"So you refuse my royal acquisition the audacity of your actions shall not go unpunished."
Quann stared in awe from behind his goggles and mask as the violet mist began to rise into the shape of a wave, he braced himself as the mist washed over him like a rippling wave.
"Beset your gaze on the mightiest alicorn in all of equestria, tis I Nightmare moon."
The mist dissipated from around Quann and their stood the owner of the mist's voice. The very dark cerulean coat glowed, against her shimmering dark violet mane and tail as it seemed the stars were infused within it themselves. Her horn glew with an ominous cobalt blue aura, which set off her monstrously large wings, stretched themselves. Quanns Goggles met the cat-like blue eyes both waiting for anything to happen and then the Moon Mare decided her next course of action. Which Quann took full advantage of as first he pulled down his gas mask and reached behind him and quickly pulled out his Javelin and aimed it at the mare.
‘I’ll give you a nightmare. . . . Bitch’ Quann thought as squeezed the trigger
"Are you amazed at such rega..." She never had the chance to finish as Quann fired the missile which slammed into the the mare Resulting in a large explosion, never letting off the downed mare's presence he shot another missile at her watching the downed mare's form slide backwards landing back on her hooves.
“Oh no I aint done yet Bitch!” Quann shouted as he fired tired two more rockets
‘What THE FUCK!! SHE IS TOUGHER THAN ONE OF THOSE FUCKING BRAWLERS BACK IN THE NYZ!’ Quann screamed in his mind as he put the Javelin back on his back.
"You dare challenge me, and with such a crude weapon, even as you are beneath my station. So I shall show weak you truly are." Her horn glowed as Quann prepared to charge at the alicorn, before he froze mid-hoof, surrounded in Nightmare Moon's magical aura.
"HA you actually thought you stood a chance, how fortuitous that your barbaric tendencies led to your downfall. I thous require your name to be used as an example for these peasants." She said
The alicorn of the night pulled Quann closer smirking at the foolish actions of her own kind, before he spit across her face with a smirk across spread across his own.
"The alicorn that spit in your face and the stallion that is about to kick your sorry ass all over equestria is me Raptor Two-one." The proud blonde alicorn's grin fell flat as he was thrown magically into the air as he stood high above the trees.
"Thous death will doeth me no justice, instead I shalt revel in this mediocre task goodbye Raptor Two-one may you know your place amongst the peseant of the afterlife." She said
“Fuck you. . . Nightmare”
The violet alicorn's horn glew with a cobalt aura before a deafening explosion erupted from where Quann once was held.
"You have reaped what thine sows, and now on to more grave matters addressing the denizens of my lunar kingdom." She laughed as she flew off ready to make her grand appearance.
Quann felt pain as the explosion sent him flying, his body wracked with pain as he braced himself for impact like Rainbow Dash had taught him, hoping that he didn't die. The impact wasn't as brief as the alicorn would have hoped for, each time he even touched the ground he found himself skipped off of it and sent back into the air, before returning to the ground. A wave of pain shot through his body each time he hit the dirt before finally he stopped and crashed into the ground. He didn't bother moving when he stopped, the only thing he could feel at the moment was the intense pain everywhere, not taking into account that he just rag dolled across the outskirts of ponyville.
Nightmare Moon's magical induced explosion had really Fucked up his body, in fact he pretty sure some of his feathers were gone thanks to it, not that the fact mattered since he was sure both were broken.
"Never again, I'm never going to think of spitting in the face of any pony if this is what's going to happen to me. Come on Quann, I can do this just need to warn Twilight, then get back at Nightmare Bitch." His body tried desperately to push himself upright and messaging cooper as soon he finished he fell to his right bringing the pain he bottled up back in full force and promptly blacking out.
Cooper
Twilight thought's went back and forth on the alicorn issue, Nightmare Moon was due anytime today when the moon was up and it was already 5:45 A.M so that meant by Twilight's calculations six hours and thirty more minutes until the day was up and Nightmare Moon would be sealed in the moon for another thousand years. she could only hope that Celestia would come soon even a little early for the summer sun celebration, her gaze turned towards the clock again only a minute had passed by.
"Twilight you up, its time to watch the sunrise."
She watched her assistant excited knock off the lamp shade waiting for her to join him.
"Come on Twilight stop worrying about an old ponies tale." She hoped to Celestia that Spike was right just this one time, not once looking at the moon as she left her room.
Twilight looked on at the countless pegasi, Unicorns and Earth ponies standing in city hall, waiting for Twilight's cherished mentor to appear and raise the sun And right next to her was Reaper's personal guard of Raptor. Spike riding her back as a horse, before pointing to a familiar pink pony running towards them.
"Isn't this exciting? Are you excited, cause I'm excited, I've never been so excited oh except for the time I saw you walking in the town and I was like "HUUHUU", but really who can top that?"
Twilight was thankful that the music started so soon saving her from trying to keep up with the hyper Pinkie Pie.
‘static’
‘beep’
‘beep’
She looked over to the armor wearing pony who held up his communicator and she got closer to so she could see what it was.
“Reaper one-one, this is Raptor. How copy?” came a voice over the communicator making twilight turn get close enough to hear Raptor because she was worried about him but she couldn’t here anything. That is when she herd Cooper start talking.
“Raptor.” Cooper replied confirming his How copy.
“The Tango Blew Past me. She is now your primary target. And is now Oscar Mike on your Position. Protect the others ‘cough. Cough’ if you see her you are cleared hot. Take that fucker down. Let’s show her what happens when you mess with fucking Blackwatch” Quann said
“Copy that.” Cooper said
‘cough’
‘static’
“Raptor, Raptor Respond. Fuck” Cooper said ignoring twilights pleas. As the spotlight dropped to a single earth pony as she looked proud to be introducing Princess Celestia.
"Fillies and gentlecolts! As mayor of ponyville it is my great pleasure to announce the beginning of the summer sun celebration." She said
A loud cheer erupted from the ponies of ponyville each and everypony excited about the festival to come.
"In just a few moments, our town will witness the magic of the sunrise, and celebrate this the longest day of the year. Now it is my great honor to introduce to you the ruler of our land, the pony who gives us the sun and the moon each and every day, the good, the wise, the bearer of harmony to all of equestria Princess Celestia." She continued
Twilight's mind was racing at this point, she managed snick one glance at the moon already and the mare head was gone, this was bad, really bad. She wasn't surprised when Celestia wasn't there as Rarity pulled the curtains, she was probably battling Nightmare Moon with Quann as Twilight stood here doing nothing.
"Remain calm everypony their must be a reasonable explanation."
Pinkie Pie hopped up and down as she spewed out guess's why Celestia wasn't there.
"She's gone." Rarity said to the confused pony crowd and Twilight felt herself shrink as Pinkie Pie took a deep gasp at the violet mist that started covering the balcony where Celestia was to reside.
"Oh no Nightmare moon." The weight off her back disappeared as Spike fainted and fell to the ground.
"Oh my little avid subjects its been so long since I seen your precious little sun-loving faces."
Everypony except cooper cowered before NightMare Moon's gaze, Twilight was genuinely surprised as Rainbow Dash was the first to speak out against Nightmare Moon.
"What did you do with our princess?" Rainbow Dash Yelled
She watched as the Cyan mare tried attacking the alicorn as Applejack held her at bay and wrangled the pegasus in from meeting her untimely end at one of the alicorn's magical attacks.
"Muhehehehahaha! Am I not royal enough for you, don't any of you ponies know who I am?"
This time Pinkie Pie was the next to rise at her inquiry as Applejack swiftly stuffed a cupcake in the pony's mouth.
"Does my crown no longer count, now that I've been imprisoned for a thousand years? Did you not recall the legend did no pony see the signs of my return?" She had enough of the Royal Alicorn picking on the citizens of ponyville.
"I did, I know who you are, you are the Mare in the Moon, Nightmare Moon." Twilight ignored the gasps of the ponies behind her, instead glaring at Evil mare.
"Well, Well, Well. Somepony remembers me, then you must know why I'm here?" The unicorns voice started to falter as the alicorn laughed at her pitiful attempt.
"Remember this day little ponies as it were your last, from this moment forth the night shall last forever." The violet mist swirled around her as Lightning struck randomly inside the building.
"No its not, when Raptor gets here he's going to kick your flank in ten seconds flat." The crowd gasped as one little filly walked out from under the curtains.
"Raptor's the strongest and Kindest pony I know, so no way some Moonmare Night is going to beat him."
Twilight smiled as another filly stood next to her and stared at the alicorn with only the slightest fear in both of their eyes.
"Yeah Sweetie Belle's right no one can beat Raptor." Ponyville collectively nodded at the mention of the blonde alicorn, did he inspire that much in the people of this town for two fillies to foolishly challenge an alicorn, as she approached them both one hoof at a time.
"Did this Raptor have a mane and tail that of a Black color with a Red pulsing stripe on both while his coat was a darker shade of your friend (motioning to twilight)?" Nightmare Moon asked
Twilight and the rest of ponyville could only watch as the pegasus filly nod slowly.
"Good, now young Sweetie belle this Raptor he was an alicorn was he not?" The unicorn filly nodded staring at who seemed to be Rarity in concern, as the seamstress mare eyes glared daggers at the back of Nightmare Moon.
"I see well I recall facing an alicorn of that definite description and name." The alicorn let the residents of ponyville talk to themselves as she just listened to their small chatter.
"Then what happened to Raptormiss Moonlight Mare?" A third filly stood next to the two fillies as she looked on at Nightmare moon, Twilight was personally thinking that the fillies were intentionally teasing the proverbial dragon at this point.
"The name is Nightmare Moon, you intolerable foals, and do you really want to know what happened to your precious Raptor?" The fillies all nodded in fear this time as she stood defiantly over them all.
"It's simple really I blew the insufferable idiot up like I'll do to anyone that stands in my way, any further questions little foals?"
Twilight's heart sank at Nightmare Moon's proud declaration of Quann's death, and the fillies bawled out in tears as the alicorn laughed at each sob coming form the poor fillies, before going back to the balcony she made her grand entrance on. And Cooper spun around taking his M4 into his wings and Javelin into his Hooves as the Blue of his lights turned orange and he took aim at Nightmare Moon.
"Somepony arrest her, only she knows where the princess is?"
The mayor proclaimed, and as swiftly as the royal guards rose Nightmare moon swatted them all away as if all they were gnats.
But that is when every pony heard a defining series of cracks and a loud swooshing sound followed by the area where Nightmare was exploding.
Every pony held their ears turning to the source of the noise. And Gasped when they saw cooper pointing some king of weapons and firing them at Nightmare Moon in his wings he held something like a small tube with another smaller tube on top with handles on the bottom (his M4) and standing on his hind hooves and in his fore hooves he held a large tube at least as large as a mare if not as big as Pinkies Cannon.
“Hay Bitch let’s see if you can handle me as easy as throws other guards. For hurting my Best friend now, I’m about to show You what happens To anyone who messes with Blackwatch” Cooper said firing another Missile salvo impacting with Nightmare Moon and taking aim and firing his M4 at her scoring more hits after all he was always a better shot than Quann. Firing his last Missile he tossed the Javalin away and got back on all fours. And advanced on Nightmare shocking the ponies that this Pegasus was openly challenging an alicorn and making them wonder if cooper was this strong how strong was Quann.
‘damn that was my last mag’ Cooper thought as he threw away his M4.
He stood in front of the quickly dispersing dust cloud at the ready for an attack. And an attack came in the form of a Cobalt burst of magic that slammed into him pushing him back halfway from his previous position and the other ponies looking back.
“Twilight get the elements” cooper said the other ponies watched him as he charged back at the cloud only to have another attack hit him but he was scent airborne from the attack and doing a backflip his wings were covered in a mass of Black and orange tendrils when and when he landed it made the ground under him crack creating a small dust cloud covering him from sight.
But when the dust cleared they saw cooper standing lake normal but instead of wings he had two long blades attached to the parts of his wing that remained that were also covered with the tendrils.
Cooper Charged the dust cloud but now when the burst came now clearing out the smoke he blocked it with a cross of his blades in an X formation. Pushing him back a bit but he jumped and tried to stab her with his blades which resulted in her moving out of the way and him stamping his blades into the ground and getting stuck. But when He got them unstuck she was gone. Finally pulling his blades out of the grown he turned his wings back to normal and huffed.
"Well look at the time I got to tuck Spike since he's a baby and all so bye everypony." Twilight said
Twilight lifted the baby dragon in to the air and took off galloping back to her temporary library home. she tucked spike in as fast as she could after she arrived, wasting no time in searching for a book on the Elements of Harmony.
"Elements, elements where is that boook? I can't defeat Nightmare Moon without the Elements of Harmony?" Her horn glowed with an ethereal glow as she sorted through books left and right trying to find some sort of clue.
"And just what are the Elements of Harmony? And how did you know about Nightmare Moon? Are you a spy?" The Rainbow maned Pegasus came crashing into the library her eyes teary as she glared Twilight down, making random accusations against the studious mare as Cooper slipped in.
"Simmer down sally. She ain't no spy, but she sure knows what's going on, don'tcha Twilight?" Twilight stared at the earth pony that barged right in along with a few other ponies, all staring her down.
"I read all about the prediction of Nightmare Moon,s ome mysterious objects called the Elements of Harmony are the only thing that can stop her, but I don't know what they are, where to find them. I don't even know what they do." Twilight broke her gaze away from the group of watchful eyes to stare at the moon.
"The Elements of Harmony: A reference guide." Twilight's eyes turned toward the Pink mare before bumping her out of the way.
"Where did you find it?" The pink mare bounced around telling the unicorn it was under E in a sing song voice.
"Thank you Pinkie Pie, Now their are six Elements of Harmony, but only five are known. Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, Honesty, and Loyalty, the sixth is a complete mystery. It is said that the last location of the five elements are in the ancient castle of the pony sisters. It is now located in what is known as the Everfree forest." Twilight said
Twilight along with he rest of the other ponies except cooper felt scared as she read the everfree forest aloud, as one violet cloud of mist went off into the night sky towards the everfree forest itself missing the body of Quann/Raptor.
"Now to defeat that rogue and make her tell us where she is hiding Raptor." Four of the six mares nodded in agreement at Rarity's proclomation, while Twilight stared on in disbelief.
"Didn't you hear Nightmare Moon tell everypony she blew him up." She watched the mares glare at her and in coopers case his lights clash orange before Rarity stepped forward.
"I don't know how things are done in Canterlot dear Twilight Sparkle, but I am not one to believe what some charlaton says about quann unless he has some proof of the action he is very much alive and I will bet my boutique on that claim."
She ignored the collective gasps from the ponies around her, instead focusing on Twilight just begging for her to make some sort of statement.
"Well then come on everypony we all need to be heading towards the Everfree forest now don't we?" Rarity smiled briefly before heading out the door insuring that nopony saw the look of concern on her face.
Later
Twilight found herself standing before the everfree forest alogn with five other mares and one evolved blackwatch, the frightful loooking forest wasn't their looks of concern at the moment, all seven mares and stallion attention was on one sole alicorn before them.
"See I told ya Twilight nothing can kill that thick headed Alicorn." Rarity smiled at the berthing form of Quann, but a wave concern washed over her as she inspected his fallen form.
"What do you suppose happened to him Rarity?" Everypony knew what happened and Twilight was sure of that fact.
"Well come on then Twilight lead the way now I'll be right behind you all very shortly." The others sputtered as she lifted the alicorn with her magic taking a few steps keeping pace with the ponies ignoring the protests of one pony in particular.
"Put him down Rarity, you might injure him more." Twilights protest rang true as she glared at Rarity.
"Twilight I'm not going to leave Raptor behind while each of us move forward, it's not fair or safe." Twilight was sure that it was more for the sake of herself then Raptor's own safety.
"Rarity please we can't carry him through Everfree forest it's not safe." Twilight pleaded to the poor mare before she watched Rarity set Raptor down gently.
"Twilight please let me bring him along anything that happens to him, I'll take personal responsibility for his safety so please Twilight let me bring Raptor along?" Twilight stopped in her tracks she didn't have the heart to tell her no after the heart felt plea, and it seemed like no else minded that she brought Quann/Raptor.
“Ill stay back and help carry him.” Cooper said receiving agreements from the mares
"Fine but you all don't need to come with me, I'm perfectly capable of handling this all by myself." Twilight said
This time it was the five mares to take a step forward.
"Now sugarcube were your friends and we'll stand by your okay, now lets a get going, so we can take Raptor back to the hospital." The lavender unicorn smiled as they trotted alongside her into the everfree forest, all intending on finding the Elements of Harmony and to defeat Nigthmare moon.
As Rarity and Cooper were caring Quann/Raptor Cooper tuned his head to Quann.
“Hang in there man they might need us in the fight before tonight is up.”