Pride and Nightmare moon had been trapped for so very long, how long? They did not know.
“No need to worry Pride,” Nightmare moon told him “When the time is right the constellation of Scorpio will release us back on to the world then we can get our revenge.”
“Yes, soon our revenge then our world.” Pride hissed.
Time passed and soon and the star shined the two felt the their restrains loosen and finally relied. The glorious freedom they felt and so they took to the night sky. Nightmare Moon opened her senses. She had to attack Celestia while Scorpio was in the sky.
“Why is that?” Pride Questioned. “Why is this Scorpio so important? We have no legion to help us.”
“Scorpio is the astral sign for dark magic and we have that.” Nightmare Moon told him.
“Then we must find Celestia first.” Pride agreed.
Nightmare Moon expanded her senses so that is when she paused and seemed to think about something. “What is wrong?”
“Celestia is not in Canterlot, she is in a small town.” Nightmare Moon said puzzled.
“Then Let us pay her a visit so that we may then introduce ourselves to our new subjects.”
“Yes.” Nightmare Moon smiled.
It was not hard for her to find the place, the town was quite quaint. Nightmare Moon transformed into a shadow and snaked toward her target. They found her, Celestia, She was in the town hall. She was waited for her cue, waiting for the right time raise her sun for her ponies. She was sitting in a small room, no guards, no magic, no wards to protect her, no champion to fight for her. She was, in all accounts helpless? She reconstitute herself.
“What is this Celestia?” She boomed.
Celestia let out a sigh. “Hello sister, or is it Nightmare Moon? Or maybe Pride? I can’t tell truly. But I know that you are here for your vengeance and I am ready for it.”
“And you are not putting up a fight?”
“I do not want any of my ponies to be harmed as I am giving up to you. Besides, you will not kill me.” Celestia replied flatly.
“And how do you know that?” Nightmare Moon asked.
“You would want me to suffer, you're going to want me to watch me take over Equestria. You are going to force me watch as you work you unspeakable evil.”
Nightmare Moon and Pride thought of this and she was right. “We can not let her control us.” Pride told her.
“True, but she also has a point.” Nightmare Moon said aloud.
“I guess you are right, what will you do then?” Pride asked.
“I will imprison her in her own sun.”
“How Poetic.”
“Indeed!” With a black of black and midnight blue energy wrapped around Celestia forming a spire of dark-light. Without a sound the it shot into the sky far away from the small town. “Now lets get reacquainted with our subjects shall we?”
“Oh we should.”
She waited to be announced to make her grand entrances.
“Fillies and Gentlecolts, put your hooves together for our Princess Celestia...” She announced. The curtain slid open and she was reviled.
The crowds gasped, she was hurt. "What's do you not recognized your Princess?"
A Cyan Pegasus tried to shoot up to her but an orange earth pony stopped her. "What did you do with the Princess?"
"What is a thousand years in exile make our crone any less valid?" She leaned closer to a Pegasus mare, she cowered in fear.
"You're the Mare in the Moon Nightmare Moon!" A little lavender unicorn shouted at her.
“Ah, looks like someone remembers you.” Pride chuckled.
"Quickly get her she knows where the Princess is!" An older earth pony shouted as a group of gold clad came at her. "HOW DARE THEY." She snarled to herself.
"Don't," Pried said. "We must frond out what that unicorn knows she may become a problem. Let us escape for now."
I a swirl of dark mist they teleported out of the town hall and into the air. Nightmare moon began to exam the skies and the land below her. She saw a group of mares running from town. They were heading towards a magically enhanced forest. “Where are they heading?” She asked herself.
“The unicorn leading the way, it looks like the mare the recognized you.” Pride added.
“Then lets follow them.” Nightmare Moon said to her partner, she followed them as they entered a dense forest.
"Why is this place seem so familiar? I don't understand what is it?" Pride asked.
"It is the forest that surround our former castle... The Elements they are after The Elements!"
"The magical artifacts that banished us?"
"Yes, We must stop them!" Nightmares Moon shouted. The duo descended. "But we must not let them know we are trying to stop them or they may get help."
"If you are entreating Ideas I have a few." Pride purred.
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Some Returns Are Not Always Happy
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