“Shadow Fang, can you still sense our unwanted nuisance?” asked Night Shade.
“No” replied Shadow Fang as he turned round. His coat was the same colour as Nightmare’s but his mane and tail were coloured a dark red, “They’ve flown off, but strangely, not in the direction of Ponyville or Canterlot.”
“You don’t mean to say...”
“They could well have been a Changeling, which is going to cause complications for Nightmare if they are.”
Night Shade facehoofed, “This isn’t good.”
“Indeed” said Nightmare as she stepped out from the shadows, she turned to Shadow Fang, “If what you say is true then it means we now have two problems.”
“Wait, two problems?” said a puzzled Night Shade.
Before she could reply a loud crash was heard from the main room.
“Again, Silent Wind.”
Silent Wind charged towards the stallion before her, but appeared to trip over thin air before she reached him. She face planted the ground and came to a skidding stop at his hooves. Eventually she let out a long groan, whilst the stallion rubbed his head in confusion.
The stallion’s name was Aegis. He had a silver coat with a black mane and tail. He was renowned for his incredible endurance and stamina in combat.
Laughter echoed round the room and a black mist, similar to that of Nightmare’s, stopped next to Aegis. From the mist materialised a dark blue coated mare with a black mane and tail, who immediately fell on the floor laughing
“Astral Moon” sighed Aegis, “we’re trying to train here and we don’t need practical jokes right now.”
“He’s right Astral Moon” Nightmare began, as she walked into the up to them, “The task I have for you doesn’t involve practical jokes.”
“Sorry Nightmare, what task?” asked Night Shade.
“Celestia is sending the Elements to try to stop me, but... I want them silently dealt with and thrown in the castle dungeons, alive.”
“But Nightmare” replied Shadow Fang, “there’s only five of us and six of them.”
“Which is why, Shadow Fang, I’ll be dealing with Magic myself. Moving on, you will each be assigned a target which must be dealt with silently. Night Shade, your target is Loyalty. Silent Wind, Kindness. Shadow Fang, Laughter. Aegis, Honesty. Finally, Astral Moon, Generosity.”
“It will be an honour to carry out your orders, Nightmare.” Said Night Shade.
“It has been a thousand years since you have received a task from me, go forth and restore The Lunar Unit’s reputation and glory.”
“Ready girls?” asked Twilight.
They all nodded in response.
“Let’s go and beat Nightmare again.”
They slowly made their way into the Everfree Forest, completely blind of the impending danger.