Without Twilight

By: Ephraim Blue

Prologue - Memories of the Past

She awoke with a start. It was pitch black where she was sleeping, and the floor was as cold as ice. She got up slowly, being extremely cautious about everything she did.

Her sight was dim. She couldn't see more than a foot in front of her face. Where am I? she thought to herself. She put a hoof on the floor in front of her. She couldn't tell if there was a huge drop or not. Her face sweated like a furnace on a cold winter day. After feeling the floor, and determining that there was not a huge drop around her, she got up and moved forward. She was still cautions about the floor, so she kept one hoof on the ground in front of her.

She could tell that she was on a small, metal room. She came to the wall not long after she started to walk. Staying along the wall, she made her way around the small room. She eventually discovered that she wasn't going anywhere fast. The door she found had been locked tightly and prevented her from leaving this small area.

Staying in one of the corners, she tried to remember what happened before coming to this strange place. Sadly, there was only one thing she could remember.

She repeated what she could remember in her head multiple times, scared that she might lose it too. My name is Twilight Sparkle, she said to herself. My name is Twilight Sparkle. My name is Twilight Sparkle. My name is Twilight Sparkle.

Rainbow Dash loved her home. It was filled with books along every shelf. It was one of many places she excitedly sat and read books that came to her liking.

Her mentor, Princess Celestia, had allowed her to stay here in Ponyville to study friendship. When she came here, she thought that was a stupid thing to study. Still, she would have never met her four best friends if she didn't.

Her memories got the best of her, and took her deep into her own thoughts. Back to the day she came to Ponyville.

No reply came. Rainbow at first assumed that he hadn't heard her, until she saw him sleeping on a book she told him to read.

She quietly walked over to the sleeping dragon, being careful not to wake him. Right when she was next to his ear, she yelled at the top of her lungs: "SPIKE WAKE UP!"

The startled dragon awoke instantly, lost his balance, and fell onto the floor behind him. "Don't do that, Rainbow," he said once he realized what was going on. "You know I don't like being awoken when I'm having an ice cream dream."

"How am I supposed to know wether you were having an ice cream dream or not?" Rainbow asked back.

"I read something about the Elements of Harmony, and I thought that the book would provide more information about them."

Spike handed her the book, which she quickly flipped through to the 'E' section.

Rainbow ignored her and continued to the 'M' section of the book. "Mare, mare, mare. AHA!" she slightly yelled when she found the page. "The Mare in the Moon. Myth from old pony times. A powerful pony who wanted to rule Equestria. Defeated by the Elements of Harmony and forever trapped in the moon. Legend has it that on the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars will aid in her escape, and she will bring nighttime eternal!" *Gasp* "Spike! Do you know what this means?"

It has come to my attention, that we are on the brink of disaster. It is in fact that the Mare in the Moon is in fact Nightmare Moon! If she arrives, she will bring with her eternal night!

Something must be done to make sure this terrible prophecy does not come true. I await your quick response.

"But the day after tomorrow is the Summer Sun Celebration. She is going to be extremely busy."

"That's just it, Spike. The celebration marks the longest day of the thousandth year. Its important that she is told at once!"

The rest was pretty simple. She was sent to Ponyville, the sight of the Summer Sun Celebration, and was supposed to check up on the decorations, music, ect. She, however, had different plans. Once she was done with checking the preparations, she went strait to the local library she was staying at. She planned on studying about Nightmare Moon, but found it impossible due to the pink pony she encountered when she came to Ponyville.

The party was great and all, but Nightmare Moon still appeared and her new friends went into the Everfree Forest to defeat her using the 5 Elements of Harmony. Once defeated, she turned back into Princess Luna, Princess Celestia's younger sister. Rainbow was allowed to stay in Ponyville with her new friends that she made there.

She came out of her memories as quickly as she went into them. Spike was in the kitchen, calling to her, but she had been too distracted to notice.

"She wants you to come to Canterlot. Something came up and she wants you there immediately."

"No. She said to come alone. Strange. She never explained why," he noted. "She always does."

"Maybe it was too important to write about," she said. "Anyway, if the girls ask where I am, tell them Celestia summoned me and I had to leave without saying goodbye."

"Rainbow Dash nodded back at him and flew as quick as she could out the door. She flew strait for Canterlot, and strait for the mystery that awaited her there.

Twilight Sparkle lay on the icy cold floor. Ever since she got here, that was the only feeling she could tell about this dark room. It was freezing cold.

She quickly got used to the cold. It was the only thing she could feel, which made it easier to adapt to her small environment. The metal walls around her were like a barricade. They seemed to want to keep her in.

Why? she asked herself. Why am I in this room? What does everypony who put me in this room want with me? Who am I?

A light quickly flickered on, making Twilight flinch at its brightness. Adjusting to the light, she could indeed tell she was in a small metal room. She continued to glance at her surroundings until she spotted a door along one of the walls. Immediately, she ran towards the door, only to turn the handle and find out that it was locked.

Sinking back into the corner she once sat, she once again gathered her thoughts. Okay, she thought. My name is Twilight Sparkle, I'm in a small metal room with one door that is locked, and I cannot remember anything that happened before I woke up in this room other than my name. Yup. That basically sums it up.

She continued to sit in the room, waiting. Waiting for something to happen. Waiting for a chance to escape. Waiting for Somepony to come to her aid.

Unexpectedly, Twilight heard the door give a small click. The door opened soon after, and revealed a cyan pegasus standing in the doorway.

"Hello," the pegasus said. "My name is Rainbow Dash. I would like to ask you a few questions, if that is a right with you."

Without Twilight

by Ephraim Blue

Prologue - Memories of the Past