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// Her Return 
// Story: Diamond Heart 
// by Wayofthepen 
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I ran on all fours as fast as I could at Lisp.  Stupid pegasi are so fast.  He had just got on top of Bumble and was about to begin pummeling when I tackled him.  “Easy, there!  You don’t even know the-”  I was bucked off of him.  Lisp charged once more at Bumble, who had just got back to his hooves.  Stupid Lisp, he didn’t even see me take his guitar.  Getting to my paws while holding the guitar was the easy part, now here comes the hard part.

Gripping the guitar by it’s end gave me an odd feeling, like there was something wrong with the instrument.  I charged at Lisp, who was once more on top of Bumble.  I started to swing the guitar as I closed the distance.  He turned to see me bashing his face, sending him flying backwards.  Maybe I shouldn’t have hit him that hard.  I didn’t want to kill him after all.  When he touched ground, he stayed still.  I offered Bumble a paw, which he took.  “You alright?”  He nodded, but he looked a little far from ok.  Bruises here and there, but nothing major.  “Alright.  Do you know where Twilight Sparkle lives?”  He nodded and pointed in the direction of Ponyville.  I slung the guitar over my back and gave Lisp one more glance.  He was starting to wake up, so I decided to keep on walking.

The walk to Ponyville was apparently longer than I had anticipated.  When I was about halfway there, I heard a loud roar from behind me, along with Twilight running straight for me.  "Hey!  What's the rush?"  She came to a halt right next to me, panting hard.

"A manticore is near the town, the others and I are going to stop it from coming any closer."  I nodded and she took off once more.  A manticore, in the same direction I just came from?  Logic here must be twisted around a little bit.  I took off after her, doing my best to stay hidden.  Dashing along the treeline, I saw Bumble, but he was different.  He was much taller, his yellow was a darker shade, and his mane and tail were flowing.  

"Bumble? You look different."  Twilight said, scanning him over.

"I am not Bumble, I am Nightmare Moon!"  She yelled in what sounded like the Royal Canterlot Voice, yet a little quieter.  Twilight and her friends let out a scream of fear.  Twilight was the first to come to her senses and bring forth the elements of harmony.  They took their positions and fired at her, to only show no effect.

"What?! Why isn't working?!" She laughed at Twilight, with a grim expression on her face.

"Using Bumbles evil side, my power is magnifed by hundreds! Your Elements are NOTHING!"  She gave everyone an evil glare, and flew into the sky.  "I may not be a alicorn, but I'm very powerful, and I will do what Luna wanted to do: Ever lasting NIGHT!" She said as the moon came up even though it was around noon, by my guess.  She flew off as I stepped out from the bushes.  I managed to get a scream from Rarity and the others, but not Twilight.

"Well, this is trouble."  I said to Twilight, who nodded in response.  "Our best bet is to inform Celestia before Nightmare Moon can cause anymore trouble."  I shifted my sight towards Rainbow Dash.  "Don't worry.  We can get him back...Somehow."  The five ponies were staring at me, but Dash nodded to me hesitantly.

"I'm sorry for their behavior.  We should head to Canterlot immediately."  I gave her a nod as we took off for Ponyville.  We were going to need to get some sort of ride there, but I assume that Twilight has some means of getting us there.  I hope...