//------------------------------//
// Once you open your eyes 
// Story: A Moonlights Lullaby 
// by LemonCake 
//------------------------------//


-;- Chapter Two -;-
Once you open your eyes


Twilights eyes fluttered. she opened her eyes slowly, to see that she wasn't at the Grand Galloping Gala. Neither was she at home. She didn't know where she was. Twilight pushed her legs, hoping that she could be able to stand. Unfortunately, her body crashed onto the ground before she could try. 

She looked around. Twilight was in a room filled with potions she's never seen, cauldrons, dead bodies. She flinched at the sight. She slowly tried to get up one last time, and to her surprise, she was able to stand without falling over. Walking with wobbly hooves, she made her way over to a wooden desk, filled with sketches of natural disasters, and one that met her eye.

"The war of the Crystal Empire."

she was stopped by a voice from behind her that made her frozen.

"I see you've found my desk."

Twilight turned to see a grey colt with electric green eyes, and a shiny black mane. He had a cocky grin, that couldn't fool anybody. She started breathing with difficulty. King Sombra.

Twilight gulped down hard, and said in a aggressive, yet shaky voice. 

"W-what do you want from me. Spill i-it."

"What do I want from you? That's quite basic. A pony like you should be able to know." King Sombra said with intelligence.

Twilight gritted her teeth, getting in the position to charge. She aggressively swiped her hoof into the ground, making dust fly behind her. 

"Now now Twilight, we don't need to get aggressive do we."

Twilight charged at King Sombra with speed, but flew backwards with a thud. King Sombra had used an orb to reflect her. Twilight, desperately trying to stand up, collapsed to the ground. Tears welled up into her burning eyes.

"I s-said...what do you want from m-me."

King Sombra walked up to Twilights collapsed body and looked down to her.

"I want your power."

Twilight flinched at his echoing voice, and looked at him aggressively. 

"You'll never take it."

Twilight's horn lit up in a quick second and sent Kind Sombra soaring to the other side of the room. He smashed into a rock wall, causing him to fall onto the ground. He got up quickly, and charged over to Twilight. 

"This is it Twilight. You're done for. Why did you fight back, you should of just stayed where you were. Get up. 

Twilight slowly closed her eyes, awaiting her painful death.

. -;- . -;- . -;- .

"Twilight?" Pinkie pie said, lifting up a bush, searching for the purple pony.

Applejack was pacing back and forth, mumbling nervously. Rainbow Dash was soaring through the sky, keeping watch for anything suspicious. Fluttershy and Rarity were galloping up and down the Crystal Empire corridors, hoping for a sight of Twilight.

Rainbow Dash cam soaring down from the sky with a stomp. 

"This is useless Applejack. She might be out of Equestria by now."

Applejack rolled her eyes in annoyance. "We have to keep looking Rainbow. I'm not giving up on Twilight until I find her."

"Applejack, what if she's dead."

Applejack froze. The thought of Twilight Sparkle dead, made her panic. 

"Applejack?" Rarity said to her with a shaky voice. "The others and I are going into the Evergreen Forest to search more. Come and catch up If you'd like to." Then Rarity and the others quickly set off into the darkness.

Applejack turned slowly, narrowed her eyes, and glared at Rainbow.

"Listen Rainbow, If you don't give a damn about Twilight, thats just fine with me. Leave, if you must. But I'm not stopping until I see Twilight next to me, you hear?"

and with that, Applejack, galloped off into the darkness.

"Care? Of course I care about Twilight. Why would she expect I didn't care?"

Rainbow Dash opened her mouth, but no words came out. She closed her mouth, and narrowed her eyes. If they were going to find twilight, she knew the others were searching in the wrong place.

End of Chapter 2