//------------------------------// // Chapter V // Story: Nightmares heir // by zet22x //------------------------------// Chapter V Night teleported to the first place that came to mind, the complex he awoken in. Standing just outside the complex, he stared blankly, running Celestia’s words though his mind. “I didn’t have a choice! It was that or the whole world would have died in darkness!” “You think I didn’t love her too! Huh! She was like my very own filly!” “Didn’t have a choice....” he said to himself. “Did I have to kill her?” he asked himself. “Am I the monster?” He sat on his flanks repeating it in his mind over and over again tell he snapped. “RRRaahhhhh!!!!!!” Night reared up on his hind legs and slammed them down, his horn glowing furiously firing beams in every direction cutting holes in anything the beams impacted. “Am I the monster!!! Tell me!!!!” He thrashed more, bucking at the air, ripping trees from the ground, and throwing rocks where ever his magical torrent decided they should go. After completely destroying the forest in a fifty meter radius he collapsed on the ground exhausted. “I have no purpose... I killed her.” “No I was lied to.” “No no no! I saw the look in her eyes!” “I have to go back.” “No I can’t.” “Yes.” “No.” The whole forest was quiet, not a singal creature would dare to come around such raw power. Night lay on the ground unable to get up; his mind a mess of every kind of emotion. Out of the corner of his eye he saw something emerge from the redrawn forest line. It was a young filly. ‘Crystal Rose’. As Night watched her move about the ruined forest, tree and rocks began to move back into place as the memory played out. she ducked behind a downed tree giggling then he saw himself only a young colt, come through the forest line. They were playing hide and go seek, there favorite game. Just as he was about to find her she popped out from her cover and scared him. “Hahaha.” Night chuckled to himself. He remembered that day well, it was the day they had their first kiss “Night!?” He heard somepony call his name, looking to the right he saw Nightmare Moon scolding him for kissing Crystal Rose. “Night I told you, you’re too young for kind of thing.” “Night!?” He heard his name being called again. This time from behind, looking he saw himself talking to Crystal Rose. She was crying telling him they couldn’t be together anymore, her family was moving to Trottingham. “Night!” “Night!” Everything began to fade around the edges of Night’s vision, Night was now laying on his back and his side hurt, he felt his side lifting his hoof to his face and saw it was bloody. The noise of battle could be heard, at first it was quite but it slow grow louder and louder. All around him a battle now vividly raged. Night heard whimpering; looking up he saw Crystal Rose, she was standing over him holding a bloody sword in her mouth, eyes full of tears “Please just die Night.” Night pushed her back and stood to his hooves. “Crystal we don’t have to do this! Please!” “Night wake up!” Night felt the ground start to shake. “Night wake up!” *slap* Something slapped his face. “Ow! I don’t remember that happening.” “Night wake up!” *slap* “Wait. That felt real.” *slap* *slap* *slap* *slap* Night opened his eyes and saw Trixie bathed in a light purple glow from her horn. *slap* “AH! I’m up! I’m up!” “Oh thank Celestia, Trixie was getting worried.” She said “Where are we and why is it so dark?” He asked “The complex Trixie found you at. Your lucky Trixie had a hunch you’d come here.” She said. “ Wait, why am I lucky?” He asked “Trixie found you in the middle of huge circle of downed trees and displaced rocks- “So that makes me lucky?” He cut her off. “No. Your lucky because after Trixie found you that manticore showed up again and chased Trixie inside. So Trixie had to run down the stairs and now the stair well is collapsed.” “Yep Night sure is lucky you found him.” He mocked *slap* Ow. “Hey Night was only playing around.” He mocked her again *slap* “Tri- I don’t find it funny thank you. She said sticking her nose up at him. “ Do you even know how to get out of here?” “Well if memory serves the complexes lower section is a armory and three stories under ground, so if the stair well collapsed we’ll have to a long walk ahead of us.” Night said. “How long?” Trixie asked. “Five hundred meters.” Night stated. “Oh.” Trixie said. Night stood to his hooves as his horn began to glow a light teal adding to the light from Trixie’s horn. “Is there anything down here?” Trixie asked. “This complex was mostly untouched from what I could tell from the out side. Most likely it’s still stocked with weapons and armor from the war.” Night said. “Wow... Do you think there is any spell books down here?” Trixie asked. “Yes there are, however unless you can read Olde Equestrian then no.” “Oh... Could you teach me?” Trixie asked. “Who said we’re staying together after we get out of here.” Night said as he started walking in to the main room of the armory. “Trixie thinks it would be a good idea if we stayed together.” Trixie said following him into the room. “Pray tell why does Trixie think it’s a good Idea.” Night said looking around the room. The room was lined with racks of standard battle gear of the time period. Swords and armor The armor resembles Luna’s guards armor, the sword looked like basic short swords. “How is this not rusted?” Night asked himself putting his horn to a chest plate, he could feel strong preserving magic on the plate. “Must have been a ready stock for mom’s army when she returned.” From the main room there were four adjacent rooms and a hallway on the north most end of the room leading to the corridor. Trixie walked over the the first room on the left, it was stocked with saddle bags and helmets. “Trixie found some saddle bags we can use.” She said levitating two out of the room. Night looked into the first room on the right, it was a medical bay, lining the walls were potions for treating minor wounds, major wounds, and poison cures. “Most excellent, I have found potions we can use.” Night said packing three of each into his new saddle bags and giving the two remaining of each potion to Trixie to pack. Trixie moved to the second room on the left, this one was filled with books, she packed three of them in the hope that Night would teach her there spells later. Night looked into the last room, it had black hooded legionary cloaks and a map of the old world. Night grabbed two cloaks and tossed one at Trixie. “Take this milady and put it on.” “What is this for?” Trixie asked. “We need to conceal our faces. Celestia is looking for me right now and soon she’ll be searching for you as well.” Night said turning to walk into the corridor. The corridor was pitch black, damp, and smelled like mold. Walking down the corridor Night turned his head to Trixie and asked. “Lady Trixie, w-what happened after I departed?” Trixie looked up like she was thinking. “After you left Luna-. --------------------------- Luna stood frozen in place, her legs still wrapped around the air were Night once stood, she started to shake fresh tears running down her face. “I... I don’t under s- stand.” Luna stammered Celestia walked up and hugged her then all the girls joined in a huge group hug. “Celestia.” Luna said “Yes.” she responded *Sigh**Sniff* “We have to f-find him.” Luna said. “P-princess.” Fluttershy began. “I think he just needs time, h-he didn’t look he wanted to leave.” “Ah reckon Shy, is right” AJ added *Sniff* “I Know what tho speak of but we must find him.” Luna replied “But Princess I’m sure tha-.” Twilight was cut off by Celestia.“Girls we have to find him, there is no telling what he’ll do in his state.” Luna cringed thinking of what they would have to do if it came to that. She looked to Celestia then to the ground. “I’m going back to Canterlot, I’ll put out the word for find him.” “Princess Luna wait, the girls and I want to help look for him.” Twilight said. Luna turned her head over to Celestia asking the question with out saying it, Celestia nodded her head. “Ok girls I’ll send a carriage for you once I get to Canterlot.” “Celestia are you coming?” “No I’ll ride in the carriage with the girls, I have some things I need to tell them.” She responded. Luna nodded her head already knowing what Celestia planed to tell them, then with a glow on her horn she teleported. Celestia turned back to the girls and said. “I believe this story would be better told inside, all of you gather your things and meet me at Twilight’s house.” With a nod the girls were off to gather there things. Trixie followed Twilight and Celestia back to the tree house. Once at they got there Twilight packed her harmony tiara, favorite reading book, quill, ink, and blank scrolls. She thought about packing some spell books but they would be worthless against somepony as skilled as Night was. “I wonder if the princess went easy on NIght.” She thought. “Well it wouldn’t hurt to ask.” “Hey Princess, this may seem kinda silly, but did you take it easy on Night?” Trixie’s ears perked up, she wanted to know too but didn’t just want to go and ask, but Twilight knew the Princess her whole life so she could ask almost anything. “I’ll be talking about that once the rest of your friends get here.” Celestia responded. Not suprised by the answer Twilight walked into the kitchen and got some water then offered some to her guests, they both politely refused. Suddenly the door open as Rainbow came flying in followed by the other girls. “Before we start I need to ask all of you, are you sure you want to do this?” Celestia asked the group. “Yea, no pony attacks the princess and get away with it.” Rainbow blurted out. The other girls nodded there heads. “Look girls, Night is very dangerous, he was Nightmares’ best and if you cross him, even with your friends helping you, he could kill all of you. I need all of you to understand that it will be nothing like when your fought Nightmare Moon. Luna won’t be there holding him back like how she did to Nightmare.” The group was quiet for a while tell Twilight spoke up. “I’m doing this for Night and Princess Luna, I can’t stand the idea of not doing anything to help.” With Twilight’s words courage returned to the girls. “Twi’ is right princess. Ah am doing it for Night and Luna too.” “Yea, besides I have to kick his flank a little for hurting you.” Rainbow added “Teach you...” Celestia thought to herself looking at Twilight as her thought turned to Crystal Rose. “So princess did you take it easy on Night?” Twilight asked eager for her mentor to tell her. “No, no I didn’t. I could have beaten him but in no way did I go easy on him.” Twilight was shocked as the scale of Nights power came into perspective. At first she thought Celestia was taking it easy on him for Luna but after hearing that she was scared, but also excited to take a crack at that kind of power. “Girls it’s time I told you about Crystal Rose.” “Your first pupil.” Twilight reiterated to the group. She knew of her but not of her life. ----------------------- I was conducting damage control in Trottingham. We had just broken the seige of city leaving it in near ruin, most of the standing building were in flames. After putting out the flames on a section of houses I heard screams for help coming from one of the burning buildings a few blocks down, by the time I got to the building it was collapsing in on it’s self and the screams had stopped. Seeing it was a lost cause I started to leave to go help others when a huge flash of light engulfed the collapsed house vaporizing it to it’s foundation, after the light faded I saw three ponies laying on the ground - a filly and her parents. I was able to revive the filly but it was to late for the parents. Her name was Crystal Rose. With her parents dead I took her in and helped her overcome the trauma of her parent’s death.Three months after I took her in she asked me to train her, she was determined to help end the war. She was able to pick up spells with ease and growing strong fast. For three years I fed her, trained her, and loved her as my own. Till that day... ----------------------------------- “That’s enough.” Night stopped Trixie. “Trixie is sorry she didn’t mean to-” Trixie was stopped again “Ti’s okay Trixie, I’m just not ready to relive that yet. Besides I can see the end of the tunnel.” Night said Pushing open the heavy bunker door Night was greeted by the moon and stars. He looked around, seeing they were out of the forest and in a small cove hiding the entrance of the bunker, they climbed out of the cove and saw the city of Fillydelphia. .