//------------------------------// // Daynight // Story: Under the Moonlight // by Thunderblast //------------------------------// Peace and quiet. Exactly how Thunderblast liked it, most of the time. It was the middle of a cool, crisp, June night, most if not all of Equestria would be asleep by now, but tonight was special. Most if not all of the ponies in Equestria are awake. All except one grey pegasus stallion. *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* "Oh come on... shut up ya stupid clock!" Said the muffled voice of Thunderblast, who had set his alarm clock to wake him up early. Very early. He had guard duty somewhere he never thought he'd have guard duty, Ponyville. Today was the Summer Sun Celebration, and this year's location happened to fall right in his homes back yard. Thunder slowly rose out of bed, mane and feathers ruffled from a rough nights sleep, and he sat up for a few moments to let his brain reboot. After waking up, partially, he got out of bed and walked out into his apartment living room, leaving the light off so he doesn't get blinded. Thunder made some eggs and and oats, a healthy breakfast to get his body going for the long day ahead. Afterwards, he took a shower, cleaned the rest of himself up, then put his armor on, and went out onto his balcony, which was still dark from night time. He gazed over the massive expanse of lights below and around him. Thunder had bought an apartment in a high rise not far from Downtown, giving him a breathtaking view of the city. He opened his wings and kept them level to the horizon, and let the cool breeze get into his coat and feathers. He took a deep breath, then took off from his balcony, and to the castle where the Princess was getting herself ready. Thunder and another guard were assigned a job for today, pull Princess Celestia's chariot to Ponyville, then stay by her side while the sun rises. It was a job Thunderblast had never done before. "Good morning, Skipper," a sleepy but mostly awake Thunderblast said, flying into the castle grounds. "Hmm? Ah, good morning Thunder," said a white pegasus stallion with a blond mane who went by the name of Cloud Skipper. He resembled Spear, but was just slightly taller than Spear, and had crystal-blue eyes like most guards. The only differences the two had were their cutie marks, mane styles, and names. "You ready for today?" Thunder asked the stallion as he landed in front of him. "Of course I am. Are you?" Cloud Skipper smirked. "Eeyup," Thunder replied, sounding a bit like his brother Big Macintosh. "Something feels off today, though." "What is it?" Cloud Skipper asked, putting on his helmet. "I don't know. It just feels...weird," Thunder said, looking up at the moon, and three bright stars which were slowly, too slow to see by the eye, moving towards the white planet. "I doubt it's anything," Cloud said. "Come on let's hook ourselves up, Celestia will be coming out soon." "Alright, just give me a second," Thunder responded, turning and looking back up at the moon and investigating it, narrowing his eyes onto it. Inside the castle, in her bedroom, Princess Celestia looked at herself in the mirror, and sighed, shedding a tear. "Everything alright, your highness?" A unicorn guard asked, standing at her doorway waiting to escort her to her chariot outside. "Y-yes," Celestia quickly replied. "Are you sure?" The guard asked. Celestia sighed again. "No... Not everything is alright, Corporal." "What's wrong? Are you sick or hurt?" The guard asked, walking up next to her. "No. Today is a day I feared for a thousand years," Celestia replied. Outside, Thunderblast and Cloud Skipper waited and waited for the Very Important Pony, Skipper constantly checking a clock on a street lamp. "Ugh, where is she?" Cloud said in a frustrated tone. "I don't know. She isn't normally late," Thunder said. "I know, but she can't be late for this. It's the Summer Sun Celebration." "Just give her some time, maybe she had to do some last-minute things and got caught up." "Fine." "My apologies, boys. I uh, got caught up," Princess Celestia said, as she walked out of the castle. "It's perfectly fine, your highness," Thunder and Cloud both said, bowing in respect. "See? What'd I tell you?" Thunder whispered to Cloud, who rolled his eyes. "Whenever you're ready, sirs," Celestia said, sitting down on the comfy seat in her chariot. At her word, the two stallions took to the skies, attached to Princess Celestia's chariot, and they worked their way to Ponyville, the princess bringing up a couple of small conversations with the guards, something not so typical for the guards or the princess. After arriving in Ponyville, just outside of Town Hall where the ceremony is to be held, ponies lined the square, bowing in respect as the princess landed and got off of her chariot. She said a few words to the townsponies before walking into the town hall to speak with Mayor Mare, then up to the backroom where some last minute things had to be taken care of. While Cloud Skipper kept watch outside of the building, Thunderblast walked through the crowd, hoping to see a certain blue rainbow-maned mare. "Rainbow Dash?" Thunder called out, working his way through the crowd, as a few more pegasus royal guards landed outside town hall to allow ponies in without stampeding the place. He continued looking around for her, then started to wonder if either she couldn't make it, or if she was looking for him at the same time. After searching the crowd for her, he sighed and went back to the town hall, only to get tackled by somepony. "Thundy!" Rainbow Dash said, giggling and hugging Thunder after tackling him. "Dashie!" Thunder said, hugging her back, getting a few awws from the crowd. "I'm so glad you're here!" Rainbow squeaked, getting off of Thunder, squeezing him again once he got back on his hooves. "I'm glad to be here! It's about darn time that they hold the Summer Sun Celebration here." "I agree. By the way, I saw you pulling that chariot," Rainbow said, nudging her coltfriend's arm. "Y-You did?" Thunder replied, smiling sheepishly and blushing. "Mmhmm. I also gotta say again, Thunder. That armor looks great on you," Rainbow said, checking out the stallion in armor in front of her, then winking at him. Thunderblast blushed a bit more, then moved his hoof over his face to avoid anypony seeing it. "Hey, don't you have to be guarding the princess?" Rainbow asked. "Yeah, but the celebration doesn't start for a few minutes. I'll go back just before it starts," Thunder said, smiling down at the mare. Rainbow Dash smiled back. "I wish you could come back to Ponyville all the time, Thundey." "Me too, Dashie." Thunder replied, walking with Rainbow Dash through the line of ponies to the town hall. After reaching the door... "Hey Dashie, i'm gonna go up to Celestia's balcony and check on her. I'll be back down after the sun comes up, alright?" Thunderblast said. "Alright." Dashie said, and they both gave each other a quick peck on the cheek, before Thunder walked up the stairs to the room just behind the balcony where Celestia is to raise the sun. "Your highness, are you almost-." Princess Celestia was not there. "Huh, maybe she's using the restroom or something." Thunder said, looking around the poorly-lit room. After a few moments, he heard the sounds of hooves clicking on the stairs and onto the wooden floor. "Oh, Thunderblast. I didn't expect to see you up here. Where's the princess?" A white unicorn with a purple curly mane asked. "Oh, hi Rarity. I think she's in the restroom or something." Thunder replied. "Hmm. Alright then." Rarity said, quickly checking out the stallion's armor. "Eugh, didn't the royal guard give you something less dirty and sweatier to wear?" Thunder looked down at his armor. "It's not that dirty, Rarity. Besides, this is the Summer Sun Celebration, not the Grand Galloping Gala." "I know, but still. A suit is better than sweaty armor." Rarity said, backing up slightly to avoid getting dirty herself. "Hey, this armor gets hot when you wear it. What do you expect?" Thunder said, grumbling slightly. "Hmph." Rarity said as she trotted back downstairs. Thunderblast rolled his eyes. "Ugh... Fashion mares." "I HEARD THAT!" Rarity yelled, and Thunder dodged a few flying objects. "Princess?" Thunder said, knocking on the bathroom door, accidentally opening it. When he peeked inside, it was empty, and Thunder gasped, then frantically ran around the entire second floor looking for the sun princess. After searching every nook and cranny for her, he stopped by her balcony and took a deep breath, and started to think she was doing other things elsewhere. Suddenly, he opened his eyes, which had shrunk, the moment he heard Mayor Mare's voice talking on the first floor to the townsponies. Then, out of nowhere, he noticed a purple smoke fill the room, and circle around him. "H-hello?" Thunder stuttered, starting to shake in fear. "And today, is where we mark, the longest day of the-." "AAAAAGHH!" Screamed Thunder, as he was knocked out of the doorway to Celestia's balcony, spinning out of control, then landing and crashing through the floorboards in a hole in the crowd, and everypony gasped once they saw a royal guard had just been tossed in front of them. Suddenly, there was a scream, and everypony looked up to the balcony where Celestia was due to walk out, and the purple smoke slowly formed into a black mare the size of Celestia, as well as a starry-smoke mane and tail, which waved on it's own. "Well, well, well. Look at all of my subjects." The pitch-black mare said. "I bet none of you know who I am.." "I do." One light-purple unicorn mare with a darker purple with a pink-striped mane said, with a purple and green baby dragon on her back. "You're Nightmare Moon." she said, gulping. "Well, looks like one of Celestia's students is here too." Nightmare Moon cackled. It's a shame none of you will ever see the day again! Today isn't the summer sun celebration anymore. Today is the day night time lasts, FOREVER!" she cackled more. "SEIZE HER! Only she knows where the princess is!" Mayor Mare ordered some guards, who flew up to attack the dark pony. "Stay back you foals!" Nightmare Moon shouted, before some lightning struck the guards, knocking them out of the air, landing in more holes in the crowd. She then fired a beam of magic, and tore some large wooden pieces out of the building, and dropped them onto the guards, trapping them, and she cackled even more, before returning to her smoke form and racing out of the town hall. "HEY! You come back here!" Rainbow Dash yelled, flying out with the smoke, but was too slow to catch up with her. "N-night time... Forever?" "Ergh..." Thunder groaned, struggling to pull himself free from the hole in the floor that he somehow fit into. He then felt something grab his tail, and he, along with some edges of the floor, came up and he was set down by a purple magic field. Thunder dusted himself off, and pulled some splinters out of his fur and wings. "Thanks" He said. "Don't mention it." The purple unicorn said. "Where's the princess?" she asked. "I don't know. I looked everywhere for her but she wasn't up there." Thunderblast replied, looking up at her and slowly standing up, but then sitting back down. "Agh." he said. The unicorn looked at the dragon on her back. "Let me see your leg." she said. Thunder looked up at her, ears down, and slowly moved his left hind leg out towards her, removing his hoof guard from his hoof so she could examine it. "Oh dear. You sprained your hoof." She said, gasping. Thunder sighed. "Grrreat." The purple unicorn grabbed a first aid kit, and wrapped up the area of his hind leg that hurt the most, then helped him stand up and learn to walk without using his hind leg. "Do I know you?" The unicorn asked, looking at Thunder and investigating him. Thunder looked at the unicorn closely. "I think so. Are you Shining Armor's sister?" he asked. "I am. Why?" She replied. "He's told me a lot about you." Thunderblast replied, smiling at her. The unicorn mare smiled back. "Good or bad things?" "All good, all good." Thunder responded, chuckling. "Pleased to finally meet you, Twilight." "Good to meet you too, er, what's your name?" Twilight asked. "Thunderblast. You can just call me Thunder though." Thunder said back. "Alright, Thunder. Look, I know it's your job to protect the princess, but..." Twilight stopped. "But what?" "I need for you to stay here in town and keep the ponies from panicking." Twilight continued. "That'll be easy alright." Thunder sighed, hearing some screams outside as ponies panicked. Twilight giggled some, but had to continue being serious. "Does that hurt?" A yellow pegasus mare with a pink curly mane asked a royal guard in a quiet voice, who's wing was broken. "Y-yes..Agh! It does." The guard replied, trying to fight off the pain. "I'm sorry, sir, but it'll hurt for juuust a little bit longer." The mare said, still in a quiet voice, as she wrapped up the stallion's wing. Meanwhile, the other guards, including Cloud Skipper, were being treated outside by medics. They all had similar injuries. "Look, Thunder. I'm going to go out into the Everfree and look for the old castle that the princesses once ruled in. Maybe the elements of Harmony are still there." Twilight said, wrapping up Thunderblast's wing, which was also broken. "The Everfree? Are you crazy? I can't let you go out there." Thunder replied. "I have to. Only I know where the elements might be." Twilight said back, finishing up wrapping Thunder's wing. "No, Twilight. I can't let you go out there. It's too dangerous. Especially with that Nightmare Moon thing out there." Thunder said, standing in front of Twilight as she tried to walk out the door. "Please, Thunder. Let me go out there." She begged. "No. I'm sorry. It's too dangerous." Thunder said in a serious tone. "HEY! YOU!" Another mare's voice yelled, and Twilight was tackled by Rainbow Dash. "You know who that...Nightmare...Moon or whatever it was called was. Are you a spy?!" "No! I'm not. I swear!" Twilight said, pinned down by Rainbow Dash. "Rainbow, she isn't a spy, now get off of her." Thunder ordered, walking over to them. "Fine." Rainbow said, getting off of Twilight, allowing herself to stand up. "Do ya know how to stahp her?" Applejack asked, walking up next to Thunder and looking at Twilight. "Sort of, but I need to go so I can figure it out." Twilight replied. "No way, uh uh." Thunder said, still in a serious tone. "You can't go out there." Rarity said, trotting up to them. "See?" Thunder said, closing his eyes and smiling, somepony finally saying his point. "...Alone." Rarity continued, and Thunder opened his eyes. "Gawh!" He grumbled. "I appreciate the offer girls, but I need to do this by myself." Twilight said, walking over to the door." "No can do, sugarcube. We're comin' with ya." Applejack said, walking alongside Twilight. "Mmhmm!" The rest of the mares said. "No! There's no way i'm letting you all go out into that monster forest. What if something happens to you six?" Thunderblast said. "Thundey, we'll be fine. I won't let anything happen to them." Rainbow Dash said, walking up to Thunder and smiling. "Dashie, what if you get hurt? What if you get trapped? I'll never know to come to you." Thunder said, his glare turning into a worrisome face. "We'll be fine, Thunder." Rainbow Dash said, kissing Thunder on the cheek, causing him to blush, then flying back over to the other mares. Twilight sighed. "Fine, i'll let you come. But stay close. We're going to be in the Everfree, especially at night time." she said. "Be careful, you six." Thunder said. "We will." Twilight replied, before running out of the town hall. "Don't ya fret one bit, brother. We'll be back before ya can say Zap Apples." Applejack said, and the rest of the mares ran out with Twilight. Thunderblast watched them leave, then lowered his head, feeling as if he failed his duties of being a royal guard, not to mention letting six mares, two of them being his marefriend and his sister, go out into the Everfree forest. "Thunder!" Yelled a familiar voice of a stallion, and when Thunderblast looked up, he saw two pegasi stallions, one mid-blue with a darker blue mane, and a white pegasus with a blue with a cyan-striped mane, similar to Shining Armor's mane. "Stormfire! Blitz!" Thunder stood up carefully, removing his helmet and smiling. "What the hay is going on?!" The white pegasus, a trainee Wonderbolt known as Blitz, said, as they stopped right in front of the injured stallion. "And what happened to you?" Stormfire asked, at the time an off-duty royal guard. "I got tossed across the room and into the floor." Thunder replied, pointing to a massive hole in the floor where he crashed. "Oh... Ouch." Blitz said, looking at the hole then back to Thunder. "Where's Rainbow Dash?" Blue asked. "She went out with a few other mares, including Applejack. They went into the Everfree looking for some....Elements of Harmony or whatever." Thunderblast said back. "What?! And you just let them go out there?" Storm asked. "They seemed confident that they could find it. Hey, if this helps bring back the day time, i'm willing to let them try." Thunder said. "How long have they been gone?" Blitz asked. "Thirty minutes." Thunder replied. "Don't you think they should have been back by now?" Storm asked. "I don't know. Maybe it takes a while to get there, I mean you never know." Thunder said. "True. Why don't we go and see if they're okay?" Blitz said. "No, Blitz." Thunder replied. "I agree, what if they're hurt or trapped?" Storm said. "Guys, I'm not letting any more of you go in there," Thunder puffed his chest out. "He's not a guard, he's a chicken." Blitz said, laughing. "Bwak bwak bwak," Storm laughed with Blitz. Their laughing was then interrupted by Thunder's guard helmet smacking their heads. "Ow!! W-what was that for?" Storm said, rubbing his head, now on his back on the floor. "You really want to go out there? Fine. Let's go." Thunder said, walking out the door, leaving his helmet on the floor. Stormfire then looked at Blitz, then they both watched Thunderblast leave, and got up to follow him. Thunder's seriousness suddenly dropped the moment the three reached the edge of the Everfree, and they were all shaking. "Uh... W-who wants to go in first?" Blitz asked, sounding very nervous. "Obviously...i-it's Thunderblast. He's the one with the w-weapons.." Storm stuttered. "Of course." Thunder groaned, then pulled out his spear and slowly entered the forest, Blitz and Storm close behind him. Suddenly, a new sound, other than the crickets and hooves patting the ground, began to fill the air. "W-what's that?" Blitz asked, and he huddled against Thunder and Storm. The three nervously looked around, hoping to find the cause of the sound. Blitz and Storm then turned to Thunderblast. "Oh, sorry. It's my armor rattling..." Thunder nervously said. "Sorry guys." "Dude, I thought you were a royal guard, not a chicken." Storm said. "I am a royal guard..." Thunder said, acting slightly more serious and less childish, but then opened his eyes which were small, and he looked around. "It's just... The Everfree scares me." "I think we can all agree..." Storm nervously said, still huddled against Thunder and Blitz. They looked around for a few more moments, then when they heard a twig snap, they screamed like little fillies and took off running deeper into the forest, Thunder leaving his spear behind by accident. Where the twig had snapped, out hopped a small rabbit, which sniffed the air and hopped in another direction, away from the screaming stallions. The three slid to a stop when they reached a cliff, a large chunk which had already broken off. "Whoa... That's a long way down." Thunder gulped, vision zoning out from the huge drop. "It shouldn't matter, we're all pegasi." Blitz said. Storm then pointed to Thunder's broken wing. "Oh." Blitz said. "I could always just do this..." Thunder said, before jumping down the edge and sliding on his hooves down the slope. "WOOHOO!" he yelled, and the two pegasi flew down after him. When Thunder looked ahead of him, he saw the slope dropped straight down. "Oh no.. No no no!" Thunder said, trying to stop, before falling down the cliff, screaming. "THUNDER!" Storm yelled, flying after his falling friend, catching him on his back. "Whew..." Thunder sighed, clinging on to Storm. "Thanks buddy," he shook. "Don't mention it, next time be more careful," Storm said, landing on the ground below. "I will, trust me," Thunderblast said, hopping off of Storm's back, accidentally putting pressure on his hind leg. "Ow.." he said, collapsing slightly, Blitz catching him. "We need to get that hoof checked out when we get back to Ponyville bro." Blitz said, helping Thunder walk. "It's fine, trust me," Thunder said, walking on his own again. After a few more minutes, they continued to search the dark forest. "Applejack?! Rainbow Dash?!" Thunder called out. "Rarity? Pinkie?" Blitz yelled. "Fluttershy?! Twilight?!" Storm yelled. "Pinkie?" Thunder asked. "You haven't met her, have you?" Blitz replied. "Nope." "She's fun, I'll tell ya." Storm said. A few more minutes later, they came to a small break in the forest, where they could see the sky again. "You think we're getting close?" Thunderblast asked. "I hope so," Storm said. "I thought you knew, Thunder?" Blitz said. "I don't. Twilight did mention something about castle ruins, so maybe we should look out for that," Thunder said. "Or... We could keep an eye out for them..." Storm said, gulping. "An eye out for who?" Blitz turned and looked, eyes shrinking. "Oh crap," Thunder said, as he looked at three royal guards, in what appeared to be nightmare lunar armor, and instead of regular wings, they had bat pony wings, and slits for eyes, as well as fangs in their mouth. "You're a little far from home, aren't you?" One of the bat pony guards said, licking his lips while another one hissed, all slowly approaching the three stallions, who slowly backed away. "Uh... L-look boys. We don't want any trouble..." Blitz said, getting slightly closer to Thunder. "Oh, don't worry, we're not here to give you trouble," another bat pony said, also hissing at them, then pouncing at Thunder, pinning him down and showing his fangs. "Aaah, Get off!" Thunder screamed, struggling to get back on his hooves. "Don't worry, this won't hurt at all," the bat pony said, opening his mouth and slowly lowering his head to Thunder's neck, who closed his eyes and braced himself for pain. Then, suddenly... CLANK! Thunderblast opened his eyes, and saw the bat pony unconscious on the ground next to him. When he looked up, he saw Blue holding Thunder's helmet, which he used to take out the guard. "Whoa, thanks," Thunder said, standing back up. Blue smiled, but then got tackled by another bat pony, Blitz getting chased around by the other. "HEY! You get off of him!" Thunder shouted, prying the bat pony off of Blue, then picking up a rock and smashing it into his face, knocking him unconscious, but when he blinked, the guards disappeared into thin air. "Wow. That was...strange," Blitz said, trotting over to them. "I agree," Storm said, looking at his surroundings to make sure they aren't hiding somewhere, or if there are more around. "We should probably keep moving," Thunder said, continuing down the path, Storm and Blitz close behind as always. After another short amount of time, they reached a foggy area. Thunder wasn't paying attention, and while he looked around, his hoof slipped off a cliff, but he pulled himself back. "Whoa, what's with you falling off cliffs today?" Blitz said, flying over to him. "I dunno," Thunder chuckled. "Hey, a bridge!" Storm said, pointing to a very unstable wooden bridge, which they all crossed without a problem. When they crossed, they came up to an amazing sight. "The castle ruins!" Blitz said, smiling slightly that they finally found the ruins that Twilight mentioned. Inside, they heard yelling, and evil cackling. "Oh no..." Thunder said, running in the front door with Storm and Blitz, and they came into a large room, where Twilight was sobbing slightly, looking at grey shattered orbs. "B-but... Where's the sixth element?..." Twilight cried. "Muahahahahahaha," Nightmare Moon, standing at the end of the long room, cackled as lightning flashed around her. Thunder, Stormfire, and Blitz all watched, and then, the rest of the mares came out to Twilight. Twilight then looked back at the mares, then a light bulb lit up in her mind, then she turned back to Nightmare Moon, and the shattered remains of the elements begun to slowly levitate into the air, and in bright colorful flashes, they formed into five elements. "W-what is happening?!" Nightmare Moon said, watching the elements form. "You see, Nightmare Moon. When I first came to Ponyville, I didn't know anything about friendship. Now that I realize it, the spark, was me finding friendship," the purple unicorn mare levitated the elements, which formed necklaces around them, around the mares' necks, and naming off the element names, as well as her own, which was the sixth element. The element of magic. Suddenly, the six levitated into the air, and their eyes glowed white, and a small rainbow from each element formed above them into one large rainbow, which circled around them, then at Nightmare Moon, slowly defeating her. "NOOOO!" Nightmare Moon cried, as she was blasted by the power of the elements, slowly transforming her into a dark blue alicorn mare, around the same size as a normal royal guard stallion, and she lay on the floor, with small glass shards around her. "We did it..." Twilight said, cracking a smile, as they were slowly set back down on the ground. "Indeed you did, Twilight," said the majestic voice of Princess Celestia, and suddenly, the sun rose into the sky over Equestria, bringing much missed light onto the land. The three stallions watching from the end of the room, smiled, cheered, and ran out to the six mares, Thunder picking up Rainbow Dash and spinning her around, then pulling her into a tight hug, Dash gladly returning it. Then, Princess Celestia appeared next to them in a bright flash of white light, and the nine ponies all bowed in respect to her. "Princess Celestia!" Twilight said trotting up to the princess after bowing. "Twilight! It is so good to see you once again. I also see you made some new friends today," Celestia looked over ponies behind her, including Thunderblast, Stormfire, and Blitz. "I have," Twilight smiled, then turned and smiled at her friends. "Ah, Thunderblast. Stormfire. Two of my best guards," Celestia said, walking up to them and smiling. "I see you had a journey getting here as well." "We did. It was quite the adventure," Blitz smiled up at her. "I bet it was, Blitz. Now, as you know, the girls over here got their elements, but what about you three?" Celestia said. "Hmm, oh right." she continued, then levitated out three more element charms, which were different from the elements the mares had received. One was a yellow lightning bolt, in the same design as the element of Loyalty, which was Rainbow Dash's element, as well as a silver cloud element, and a sword and shield element, in the color of Thunderblast's eyes. "Blitz, I give you, the element of speed. Your flying skills meet those of the fastest fliers in Equestria, such as Rainbow Dash, and the Wonderbolts." She said, smiling, and levitating the yellow lightning bolt, which formed a necklace around itself, to Blitz. "Thank you, your highness," Blitz said, close to cheering uncontrollably, and he bowed again. "Stormfire. You were a weather pony before joining the guard, yes?" Celestia asked. "Yes, your highness," Storm nodded once. "I give you the element of weather. Your weather-changing skills are some of the best, if not the best in Equestria," Celestia said, levitating the cloud element necklace around his neck. "Whoa. Thank you Princess Celestia!" Storm said, also bowing. "And Thunderblast... One of my best royal guards out there. I'd like to thank you for your service as a guard, as well as being concerned for your friends. You didn't want them to go into the Everfree as much as you didn't yourself, but you still found the courage to go in to look for your marefriend, sister and her friends, and for that, I give you the Element of Defense," Celestia said, levitating the element around Thunderblast's neck, and smiled. "Thank you, your highness," Thunder said, bowing and smiling at her. "Waaait a minute, I thought there were only six elements?" Twilight spoke up. Celestia then turned and looked at Twilight, again smiling. "There are only six, Twilight, but their elements are special. They are weapons. The answers will come later in your studies." "Whooooa," the three stallions looked at each other, then to their elements. "They are not actual elements, but they have powers similar to that of the elements, and have the ability to transform into weapons. Don't worry, you'll figure them out over time. But for now..." Celestia said, walking over to the purple alicorn mare with a light blue mane, who gasped in fear when she saw Celestia approaching. "Princess Luna," Celestia said. "It's been one thousand years since I've seen you like this." "S-sister?" Luna stuttered, tearing up in fear. "Please... Can we go back to before I was forced to banish you?" Celestia asked, kneeling down to her. Luna looked around, then quickly got up and hugged Celestia tightly. "I missed you, big sister," she cried. "I missed you too, little sister," Celestia said, also crying slightly. At that moment, the nine other ponies in the room all smiled, while Pinkie Pie cried like a foal, but quickly became happy. "You know what this calls for?!" Pinkie asked. "A party?" Storm said. Pinkie gasped, and immediately got into Stormfire's face. "Are you psychic?!" she asked, eyes popping out of their sockets cartoonishly. "Uh... N-no," Storm replied, before Pinkie dropped him onto the floor. "Oh, okay then!" Pinkie then hopped out cheerfully. Then, all eleven of them, walked over to the windows and looked out at the bright sunshine, all smiling. Luna nuzzled her big sister's side, while Rainbow Dash hugged the grey pegasus, and they all watched the sun rise, before returning to Ponyville to celebrate the longest day of the year. Dear Diary, It is the twenty-second of June, and probably one of the best, but also strangest days of my life happened yesterday. It's too long of a story to write on one page, but I'll break it down. First, Nightmare Moon, formerly and now known as Princess Luna, returned to bring eternal night time to the world, and I went on an adventure with my best friends Blitz and Stormfire, and we all got specialized element weapons. One thing I'm unsure of, is why they were given to us. I guess that's another thing we'll have to find out in the future.