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// The Third Nightmare 
// Story: The Queen Beckons 
// by AlicornPriest 
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	The Night Mare greets her upon her entrance. “I could feel the effects of the peytral shattering from here. Very impressive work.”
"What exactly did that do?" Twilight asks. "I thought for sure it would free you right away, but I guess it didn't."
"No, but it's the first step. I have another gift for you," says Night Mare Moon.
"Hold on," Twilight says. "I can't stay long. Celestia is looking for me. If she figures out I'm asleep, she could find me, in here or in real life, and then our plans would be ruined."
"You're absolutely right. But what is your plan, exactly?"
"Celestia told me where to go. Apparently, the Elements of Harmony and Ponyville are connected somehow. Do you know anything about it?"
"No, I don't. It must have been founded after I was banished."
"Selene?" Twilight asks. "Is this... is this right? Are we really doing what's best for Equestria?"
“You are doing exactly the right thing,” she replies. “How did the play go?”
“...I believe you. Completely,” Twilight says.
“Then you are ready to become my servant?” Night Mare Moon asks.
“I already am,” says Twilight.
“Take my hoof,” she says. When Twilight does so, the dreamscape begins to warp and twist. Twilight's head pounds with some strange agony. The hoof before her begins to turn black at the edges, and she can feel her horn lengthening. She pulls her hoof away, but the effect remains. The Night Mare continues, “I have marked you as my right hoof. In the coming rule, you will be my confidante, my voice, and perhaps even my successor. No more will you be the setting sun; you will destroy it. You will be... Black Nova.”