//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: An idea and Summoning // Story: The Dark Side // by Dynomation //------------------------------// Princess Luna stood on the balcony overlooking the land both her hands resting on the cold metal bar, she looked over her kingdom, her moon grazing the sky with a pale light, everything was calm. Apart from her. She was milling over a though in her mind ‘If the elements are gone what’s stopping something from invading?’ that through had plagued her mind like Nightmare Moon. Whatever she did it would stop nagging at her mind. She needed to do something to insure her subject safety, Celestia would say don`t worry Twilight and her friends can overcome anything. Luna wished that Celestia confidence in her ex-student would sooth her fears, but it didn`t nothing. Exhaling sharply a small cloud of cold air formed in front of her, she released the balcony`s rail and walked back into her room, she sat down on a chair near a large desk the candles casting a shadow on the adjacent wall. “What can I do?, Celestia must agree to my opinion before I can do anything!” she told herself, her inner conflict surfaced again. As Nightmare or that part of her would simple scare her conscious into the backseat, but now she needed something to banish her doubt but… “That it, scare the enemies from Equestria!, from our subjects!” jumping to her hooves, she hadn’t noticed the large shadow she was casting as she laughed with victory at the thought, but her idea suddenly came to a realisation. “Who could scare beings like Chrysalis how lack a soul?” nothing she knew could do that. Only beings like Nightmare had that power, and being long gone with no way of resurrecting herself meant that Nightmare Moon was not an option. Luna idea was dashed at the thought, only warriors with great power made changelings and dragons run, even Discord wasn`t scary to them more of a powerful annoyance, Luna only way of retaliation against Discords action was a heavy narcotic. Luna doubted that bugs had alcohol, so only a complete lack of fear or, less fear than a pony was probably their antidote to the spirit of chaos` schemes. Luna slumped back down into her chair, looking at the desk, the wind howled through vents in the castle like heavy asthmatic breath chilling her slightly, “I know of nothing that can scare a changeling” she said. Dragon and other monsters could be scared off by the guard, even one guard and a leviathan would leave its place of residents, but a changeling would fight and try to kill the guard. Luna milled over in through. She continued to think throughout the night about what to do, just like she did the night before, only of a different way of stopping invasion, but this idea wasn`t the kind of idea that should be ignored. As dawn broke, Luna was still deep in thought, she could lower the moon without thinking about it, the show Celestia does for the sun rise, was just that a show, Luna finally decided to talk to her sister about the matter. Luna walked through the corridors smiling and greeting anypony she meet along the way, all the early morning staff she considered her friends, all where polite and generous. Finally stopping outside her sister chambers, she entered after a calming breath, a look of hard determination crossing her face. Celestia smiled at her sister both, then she noticed the look on Luna face told her something was wrong. “Sister l would like to speak with you in private, please?” she said, Celestia nodded gesturing to the guard with her head “Don`t let anypony in, under any circumstances” she told the guards. “Yes your highness” replied the two guards existing the doorway and the metal clang coming from the closed door, signalling the guards and stood to attention outside. “So Luna you seem troubled, pray tell what`s the matter?” asked Celestia placing a bookmark in the tome she was reading, and levitating it to a large bookshelf on the far wall. “Sister, I am worried… about Equestria” she sighed unsure of truly expressing her feelings. “Worried about Equestria? How so?” the older alicorn asked. Luna gave a face of determination “What if the Twilight and her friends aren`t enough?” she finally said. Celestia didn`t response as Luna continued “What if the changelings or an army of dragons, I don`t say that Twilight is incapable of defeating them, but what if she and her friends aren`t enough?” asked Luna. It caused Celestia to think deep about it, she had total faith in her student and her friends, but Luna worries dawned on her, without the elements the only force protecting Equestria was herself, Luna and their respective guard forces. “What do you propose to defend Equestria then?” she asked curious her sister was more resource full than ponies releases, and she took defending Equestria as her highest priority and she was expecting an idea of improving the military forces… No Luna idea seem to be even more radical. “We have to summon a warrior that can inflict fear into anything they choose” she stated, the idea was a drastic contrast to Celestia idea… yet it seem a good idea, but the sun alicorn still had her doubts. “Sis- Luna are you sure we summon a being of your description?” she question, the uses of Luna full name made it clear she wasn`t messing around she was scared of the implication. “Tia, we aren`t going to summon a demon with no remorse, we are summoning a warrior with courage and valour is what my suggestion was” she replied in return consoling her sisters worry. Celestia smiled “I will agree with you Equestria could use someone of that calibre to defend us, I suggest through we only reveal this warrior to the public in a time of crisis” she stated. Celestia wasn`t with the plan 100% but it was a good second or third option if Discord was behaving or not. Luna smiled slightly, and levitated the largest tome over them, and flipped through the pages, finding the right spell she read it title. “A warrior dark, but with honour and a power great a magic, unyielding and determined, with elements of fear and hope, come forth and protect the world... is that the title or the spell?” Luna asked her sister, who only shrugged. A black cloud rose up from the floor and carpeted the floor and it raze higher with every passing second The door lock magically without ether of the sisters doing it, still continuing to rise the cloud started bubbling and boiling on the ground on the far side of the room. A bright blinding light shot out of the boiling cloud, leaving both Celestia and Luna blinded. Blinking to regain their vision, a large black figure rose to its full height. Heavy asthmatic breathing echoed in the room.