The Party and The Nightmarish Encounter
"And that's the story of my whole life.... Well up until today. Do you want to hear about today?" Spike asked.
"Oh, yes please," Fluttershy said with her enthusiasm.
All of the sudden they were at the library and Twilight seized the opportunity to get some alone time and said as she whipped herself around to face Fluttershy, "I am so sorry. How did we get here so fast? As you may recall, this is where we are staying while here in Ponyville, and my poor baby dragon needs his sleep."
"No I don't, wah oof," Spike said as Twilight made him slip off her back.
"Aww, wook at that. He's so sweepy he can't even keep his wittle bawance," the lavender princess said in a babyish tone and gave Fluttershy an awkward smile.
Fluttershy then swooped over, picked up spike and took him inside as she said, "Poor thing, you simply must get him to bed your highness."
Twilight galloped in after her said, "Yes yes, we'll get right on that. Well, goodnight."
Twilight shuts the door after waving to her, not even giving her time to bow.
"Hmpf, rude much?" Spike asked rhetorically, annoyed at Twilight's behavior.
"Sorry Spike, but I have to convince my mom and sister that Nightmare 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 light?" Twilight asked as she looked around for the switch.
All of the sudden, the light came on by itself and like her eighth birthday party, there were many ponies all around who all said at the same time, "SURPRISE!!!," making the young princess and Spike jump in surprise.
After Twilight calmed herself she sighed thinking 'oh no, more distractions'. The Pink earth pony came up to her and said as she bowed, "Surprise. Hi, I'm Pinkie Pie, and I threw this party just for you your highness. Were you surprised, were you were you, huh huh huh?"
"Very surprised. Libraries are supposed to be quiet," Twilight said extremely annoyed.
"That's silly, what kind of welcome party would this be if it were quiet your majesty? I mean duh, boooooring. See I saw you when you first got here your highness, remember. You were all 'Hello' and I was all 'Huuh', remember?" Pinkie Pie said as Twilight started to walk towards the snacks and drinks.
Pinkie Pie continues, "You see, I've never seen you arrive here before, and if I've never seen you arrive here before, then you must be here for the first time, because I've seen everypony, and I mean everypony in Ponyville your highness. So that meant that you were new around this area, and didn't know many ponies from here, and if you don't know any ponies then you must not have any friends around here. And if you don't have any friends around here then you must feel lonely without your other friends here, and that made me so sad. So I had an idea, and that's why I went 'huuuh'. I'd just throw great big, ginormous,super duper, spectacular welcome party and invite everypony in Ponyville. See, and now you have lots and lots of friends your highness," Pinkie Pie finished.
Twilight hadn't realized she had drank hot sauce and turned around holding her breath. "Are you alright there your highness?" Applejack asks.
Twilight then felt as if her entire body had caught fire, including her mane and tail. She made a bolt for her bathroom upstairs to wash it down with water. Pinkie Pie watched with the rest of her friends and said, "Awww, the princess is so happy she crying."
As twilight made it further up the stairs, Spike grabbed the bottle she had poured and said, "She drank hot sauce."
Pinkie Pie poured it on a cupcake and ate it, and said with her mouth full "Whath, it'sth good"
Many hours later, Twilight was resting on her bed as she tried to block out the noise, and felt it would be rude to try and stop the music. Not to mention making her not very well liked if she sent all the ponies home, but she thought that all the ponies staying around this late was getting a tad ridiculous. Just then Spike opened the door and said, "Hey Twilight, Pinkie Pie's starting pin the tail on the pony, wanna play?"
"No, all the ponies in this town are CRAZY! Do you know what time it is?" Twilight asked in her annoyance.
"It's the eve of the Summer Sun Celebration, everypony has to stay up, or they'll miss your mom raising the sun. You really should lighten up Twilight, it's a party," Spike said as Twilight mocks him while closes the door behind him.
"Here I thought I'd have time to learn more about the Elements of Harmony, but, silly me, all this ridiculous friend making has kept me from it," Twilight said thinking there's no time left to study.
She stared out the window at the moon as she tried to vent her anger, but as soon as she caught a glimpse of the moon she got up and started saying, "Legend has it that on the longest day of the thousandth year the stars will aid in her escape, and she will bring about everlasting night. I hope my mom and my sister were right. I hope I am just overreacting."
Just then, the dream she had as an eight year old filly flashed in front of her eyes, and she said, "Uh, and I hope that dream I had a while back was nothing more than a dream."
Just then the door swung open again and Spike said, "Come on Twilight, it's time to watch the sunrise."
Soon the ponies make their way to the town hall and the royal guards bow to Twilight as they see her walk in. Many other ponies bow to her as they offer her a spot up front for the ceremony. Soon all of the ponies whispering about their excitement to see Princess Celestia raise the sun. Pinkie Pie skidded over to the princess and said "This is so exciting, are you excited your highness, cause I'm excited, I've never been so excited, well, except for that one time I saw you walking into town and I said 'huuh', but I mean really who could top that your highness?"
Soon Fluttershy signals her birds to anounce the mayor's arrival. "Fillies and Gentlecolts, as mayor of Ponyville, it's my great pleasure to announce the beginning of the Summer Sun Celebration."
All the ponies cheer and the mayor continues, "In just a few moments, our town will witness the magic of the sunrise and celebrate this, the longest day of the year."
Twilight looked out the window at the moon and watched in fear the mare in the moon disappear, and not leave her mark as the Mayor continues, "And now, it is my great honor to introduce to you the ruler of our land, mother of princess Twilight Sparkle herself, the very pony who give us the sun and the moon each and every day. The good, the wise, the binger of harmony to all of Equestira...."
Fluttershy signaled her birds to be ready as the Mayor said, "Princess Celestia."
Rarity pulled the rope to draw back the curtains and once they did, nopony was there as Rarity said, "Huh?"
"This can't be good," Twilight said.
"Remain calm everypony. there must be a reasonable explanation for all of this," the mayor said.
"Oo, oo, I love guessing games your highness, is she hiding?" Pinkie Pie asked, staying calm as always.
Rarity came out where every pony could see her and said, "She's gone."
This in turn made everypony gasp, and Pinkie Pie said, "Ooh she's goooood. Waah!"
Everyponies attention turned back to where a blue mist of some kind had formed. "Oh no...... Nightmare Moon," Twilight exclaimed, crouching in fear at the sight of her aunt's evil form that had over taken her.
Spike faints at the site of the mare as the dark Alicorn said, "Oh, my beloved subjects, it's been so long since I've seen your precious little sun loving faces."
This made the foals in the room huddle together or hide behind their parents. "What have you done with Princess Celestia?" Rainbow Dash asked.
She was about to attack the mare when Applejack held her back and said with a mouth full of Rainbow Dash's tail, "Hold it Nelly."
The Alicorn laughed wickedly and asked, "Why, am I not royal enough for you? Don't you know who I am?"
Pinkie Pie then said, "Oo, oo, more guessing games. Um, Hockey Smokes, how about Queen Meany, no, Black Snooty, Black Snooty, (mumbling sounds as an apple was shove in her mouth and Applejack tries to play an innocent smile)"
"Does my crown no longer count now that I have been imprisoned for a thousand years? Did you not recall the legend, did you not see the signs?" Nightmare Moon asked as she continued to make the ponies cringe in fear.
Twilight then gathered her courage and said, "I did, and I know who you are. You're the Mare in the Moon. Nightmare Moon."
This in turn made all the other ponies gasp once more and Nightmare Moon said, "Well, well, well. A descendant of Celestia's bloodline still remembers me. Then you must know why I am here, dear niece," Nightmare Moon said.
"You're here to...to," Twilight couldn't even finish her sentence as she gulped in fear looking at her Aunt.
The dark mare of the night laughed once again and said, "Remember this day little ponies, for it was your last, from this moment forth, the night will last forever. Ahahahahaaha. And you, my dear niece, you and I will have our own little quarrel soon."
Her magic soon started encircling the the room and the mayor said, "Seize her, only she knows where Princess Celestia is and she's threatened Princess Twilight."
The royal guards began to close in on her as she said, "Stand back you fools."
Using her magic, she swatted them away like flies knocking them unconscious, and soon disappeared in her mist and flew through the doors as they opened. Rainbow Dash finally breaks loose from Applejack's grip and flew after the mist while she yelled, "Come back here!"
She didn't get very far and the mist was too fast for her. "Nighttime, forever?" she asked to no pony in particular.
She then watched as Twilight bolted out of town hall and soon took to the sky with Spike on her back. "Where is she going? And what was all that talk of her being that ponies niece?" Rainbow Dash asked herself as she followed the lavender Alicorn.
Soon Twilight was back at the library and she laid down spike in a basket as he was still asleep from fainting. He woke up with a start and said, "We gotta stop Nightmare."
As soon as he had jolted awake he was out cold again. Twilight placed a blanket over him and said, "You've been up all night Spike, you are a baby dragon after all."
She soon shut off the light and closed the door. She then started trashin the book shelves looking for a book on the elements of harmony. "Elements, elements, elements. Oooh, how am I supposed to stop Nightmare Moon without the Elements of Harmony?" Twilight asked herself.
"And just what are the Elements of Harmony, your majesty? And how did you know about Nightmare Moon? Are you a spy disguised as Princess Twilight?" Rainbow Dash asked as she vented, not knowing what she was doing.
She was soon pulled back to reality as Applejack pulled her tail once more and said, "Simmer down Sally, she ain't no spy and you should know better then to treat Princess Twilight like that."
Rainbow Dash realized how ridiculous she had sounded and soon said, "I'm sorry your highness, please forgive me, that was completely out of line."
"It's alright Rainbow dash, I forgive you. You were just needing to let some anger out. Just try to let it out on something like a cloud next time," Twilight replied.
"I'll keep that in mind your highness," Rainbow Dash said.
"Thank you," Twilight says.
"Ah reckon ya'll know what's goin on you majesty," Applejack says.
Twilight was a bit nervous to answer but summed up her courage and said, "There's two things you all need to know. The first thing, Nightmare moon is my aunt, Princess Luna. Darkness overtook her long ago before any of us were born and she transformed into the wicked mare you all witnessed. The second thing you need to know is that there are some mysterious objects known as the Elements of Harmony that are the only things that can stop her. But I don't know what they are, where to find them. I don't even know what they do."
Everypony in the room turned their attention to Pinkie Pie as she said, "The Elements of Harmony, a reference guide."
Twilight skidded into Pinkie Pie accidentally knocking her away as she asked, "How did you find that?"
"It was under 'Eeeee'," Pinkie Pie said as she bounced around the room.
Twilight felt a little foolish and said, "Oh."
She soon brought the book down and showed it to the five other mares as she read out loud, "There 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 known location of the five known elements was in the ancient castle of the royal pony sisters of day and night. It is located in what is now..(Scene change like in the show to the Everfree forest)"
"The Everfree Forest," All the ponies say together.