As John holding his ground while his bracelet continue to use the stolen Elements of Harmony on a ritual circle that encasing the soon corrupted Night, who was holding her heart from her darkness, the energies of the magic begin to repel the darkness that snaked through her. He can hear her crying in pain, knowing that the darkness soon going to turn her into her former self, the monster that she once was, he grunted himself as he pushed more of his bracelet power to excel the energies.
Night, please, stay with me.........his thought begged to the pained mare. He knew that he's now the criminal of Canterlot, even saving Ponyville from the Dragons. But he knew that he's doing for a cause. His cause of giving Night a second chance. But even in a bright light that the ritual glows glared at him, he still sense her, and the darkness that starting to fight back the Elements while his data power starting to reformed her. From the lines of data streaks around her, it then latch on to it and start to materialize her misty form from her front legs into solid, organic parts.
As he continue to push forward to save her, his memories flash back of this disaster event. No, I don't want to know it. It's too much to remember my friend in deep pain! his thought screamed as his memories, now flash to this point of this event.
Flashback
After disappeared into a bluish azure flames, the flames reappeared back at the cave as John materialize from the swirl of the flames. Then he sighed as he store his weapon back to his back, his suit burned it away, only back to his normal self. Then he use his horn as bluish azure magics starting to release out the dark misty forms surround himself as it detach out of him and begin changing into the dear friend with her gentle green eyes.
"Looks like Ponyville is safe now, John." she said, which he nodded at her.
"Yeah, but still, I can't believe that there's a dark force that's not magic from this place can cause them to turn them into savages." John wonder about it. It doesn't make sense, what kind of dark and evil energies that's not originated from Equestria could do this? As he pound at his thoughts, he begin remembering of the time that he woke up in the forest with the book. Maybe, the book might give a clue to what's happening on this peaceful place.
But he remember that there's only one page written or rather already written. How did it happen? Did somepony wrote on it? No, can't be. The book is hard to open it but only himself. But why only himself?
"John, " Night snapped out of his trance thoughts "it's better if we make dinner before it's get late." She gestured her head up to the sky now begin to darken the skies. He nodded as they started to prepare for food for dinner.
At the cave, John threw some firewood as the fire cracking noise warm the two ponies at the cave. He then roasted the grass but with hays that he scavenge from the Sweet Apple Acres that which he told her where he gotten from as Night scold him for stealing it but not to purse it. After the hay became roasted, he then wrapped it around the grass that he poked them on the stick and put it on both big leaves trays with two leaves cups that holds both waters that he gotten from the lake.
He pass the meal to her on and to himself as they begin munching on their meals, quietly. Night allow her taste buds to savor the flavors of his creation, "That was pretty good, John. I didn't know that hays can be used in this fashion for food."
She took another as John agreed with her, "Yeah, me either."
After a couple of minutes (perhaps hours), they finish their meals as John use the stolen books, now being beaten, withered, and wet as pillows for him and Night to sleep in together. Once Night rested her head on the book pillow, he grabbed the now torn, dirty, and smelly stolen clothes and laid on top of them with only their heads visible together.
"John....."
"Yes, Night?" John take glance at her, quietly.
"Are you still sure that you want to start your mission?" she question him quietly "You don't have to do this. You been so much for me of sake of giving me a chance to live."
"I do, and I when I made a promise, I keep it to make sure it'll never be broken." John responded, the voice of his determination still linger him "You're too important me to lose you."
Night sighed yet even she hold her small smile, her thoughts ranged further. John, you really do value me. But, I know that soon or later that when the time comes, I need somepony to look after you.
"Night," John gentle voice was heard as she saw him, laid back to the bed and wrapped her around her in a caring embrace, "thank you for everything. No matter what happens, whenever you go, I'll find you to be with you. Together forever."
With that his eyes slowly closed down and sleep as Night rubbed his lime green mane, feeling the silky texture of it. She smile a bit as she laid her head on top of his and let herself fall into a deep sleep.
Later, as both ponies sleeping peacefully, unnoticed, a dark snake like energies begin to wrapped around her from top to bottom as from the bottom of her hind legs, latched on her turning her normal fade black mist into a deeper black with her cutie mark of her black colored moon turning into a full moon with the black crescent shaped on the middle. She then grunted as the darkness continue to consume the rest of her.
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In her dream where she was fixing their new home, she saw John running towards her as she embrace him as both let go as John smile at her and smile back at him as together they finished their dream home. Suddenly, a rumble was heard as outside begin to turn black and tinted red as lakes begin to go dry, grass withered away as they look and saw a black and a tinted red aura mare stared at them menacing its deep blood eyes. John then changed into his 'Kite Blade' attire and grabbed his daggers, in his defensive stance.
Then he charges at the intruder prepare to strike but the intruder use its dark magic to knock him away.
"John!" Night screamed as the intruder started walk towards her, reducing everything to nothing as she backed away as about to head back to the cave, it was blocked by a big rock. She dared look back as the intruder with glare that frozen as the only thing that happen to her, was her shrilled scream.
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John shot his eyes open, hearing Night's screamed as he got up and saw her thrashing around, worried for the stallion, "Night?! What's wrong?! Are you ok?!"
He removed the blanket and mortified at this sight : half of her body is being turned into jet black with a tinted red aura as a darkness snake continue to consume her, putting her in deep pain.
"John! H-Help! My darkness is.....ah!" Night grunted then screamed as it continue to consumer her from her neck.
No, no, no, no, no! his mind screamed as he continue to watch this horror as he dash and skim the pages of the stolen books fast as he can until he found a ritual spell that can remove a essence from the owner's body. But it also stated that in order to do it, six powerful magics must be placed on each circle to perform it. Wasting no time, he changed into Kite Blade and hurried outside, but not using his magic as he fired at her, the darkness is frozen in time.
"Night, hang tight! I'll get the elements!" he shouted as he use his mist form and dash out of the cave.
End Flashback
John continue to use his magic for support as the elements of harmony continue to repel the darkness, yet the darkness kept fighting back. But as he about to excel it more, a vision showed him six mares, one princess, and a royal guard is at the front of the forest that he inhabited. Snap, those ponies are looking for me. I can't let them get near to our home! his thoughts ranged as he use his magic to conjured a protection.
As the girls and Shining Armor awaited for Princess Luna, the girls felt nervous about going in the forsaken forest. But still, Kite Blade stolen the elements of harmony and fled here in a cave near to the ancient castle of two sister, Luna and Celestia's old castle, the only clue that somehow Twilight able to know where he is. She also explain that somehow she can use her magic to 'feel his presence' but some think that she might take a interest of him which she denied at it. Yet Twilight wonder of it : how can she can use her magic to 'feel his presence' and why did the phantom girl told her to help.......wait, if not mistaken, maybe it's possible that the stallion that the phantom girl mention is Kite Blade. If that's true, then..........
She snapped out of her trance thought when Luna flapped her wings down to the ground, the stern never left her face, "All right everypony, we need to find Kite Blade and retrieve back the Elements of Harmony that he reside in the caves of the castle that Tia and I once set. Does anypony have any rejection to go on this perilous journey?"
Applejack's the first one to speak up, "Ah' not going to runaway after that pony stolen the elements. Beside, I'm going to return the favor after his last attack on me."
"Yeah, beside, this so called 'savior' is going to learn to never underestimate Rainbow Dash!" Rainbow added.
"I agree, beside, we need to stop him from abusing the elements. I know that it was forsaken that he want to use them to save somepony that he desperate, but we can find another way to do it." Rarity agreeing.
"Um, well, I do want to make sure that, he well....." Fluttershy mumbled quietly.
"No way I'm going to miss this! Beside, maybe after getting the elements back, I can try to throw a Welcome to Ponyville and Thank you For Saving Ponyville party all in one party!" Pinkie piped up, getting odd looks from the group.
"As Captain of the Royal Knights, I'll make sure that Kite Blade will be brought to justice for injuring our guards." Shining Armor nodded.
"And Twilight?" Luna asked her which she got her attention.
"I'm not running away. Beside, the elements is what brought our friendship together." Twilight responded which Luna smile at her.
Luna turned and said, "And now, we off the search!"
With that, the ponies now trekked into the forest stay behind her, while the fog covered up the road and keeping their eyes for any creatures that might popped up. As the fog became dense, Luna, Twilight, and Shining Armor use their horns as light signals as they continue to trek forward. From the quiet noise with crickets playing tunes to the endless sleep of the sky, the ponies continue to follow Luna. Twilight stayed on her side, while continue to be drifted in her thoughts. So the phantom girl wants me to help Kite Blade recover his memories. But why? Did he got a amnesia? And what purpose does he connect with the strange anomalies happening in Equestria? And why me only? Why not my friends?
"I see that you have lots of things happening in your thoughts." Luna said, getting her attention. " 'fraid not. We'll find him and interrogate him of his reason of stealing the elements. "
"All right, Luna." she responded as they continue to walk further into the depth of the forest.
Unknown to them, Luna also having thoughts like her, and the recent conversation with her sister. If the girl is the same that my sister told me about, could that mean that something happen to Equestria after my sister met her?
Flashback
"A human girl?" Luna asked Celestia who was watching the night sky at the window of the throne.
"Yes, it happen after your banishment to the moon when you're Nightmare Moon." Celestia explained though that Luna deadpanned at that dreadful memory "One night, when Star Swirl and I begin to investigate the strange energies in the Everfree Forest, we found a human girl lying unconscious. For all ponies, we never met a hominid being because we all thought that they gone extinct a thousand year ago before ponies came. After we brought back to his library, she was awaken with no memories. So me and Star Swirl decide to 'adopted' her as our own foal or child in human words. We promise that she isn't allowed to leave the library, for we feared that a sight of a human might bring panic to all ponies. We taught her everything that Star Swirl and I learned along with caring for her. I even name her, 'Radiant' as I felt attach to her that I never want to let her go. But that's when we facing a Parasprite threaten our kingdom. Radiant, sense our trouble, rush out of the library and to our surprise, she use a power that we never seen. A power that petrified and turning it into stone. After that, she got her memory back. It turns out, she was a A.I. being created by humans' own technology , but act as a ruler or a goddess to them on their artificial world. She then begin to disappeared from us as being attach to her, I couldn't allow her to go. But she told me that she was lucky to have a gentle mother and a gentle grandfather as she disappear, return to her world."
Luna mouth was agape at this tale. Her sister and Star Swirl had been secretly taking care of a A.I. human girl after being banish to the moon from everypony. Still, she saw her sister eyes watering, dripping down tears. She understand this. How is like to find a child and become a parent to them but leaving them to their life is even harder. She nuzzled her cheek and hug her.
"It's all right, Tia. I understand how much you miss her. But I know that deep inside, you know that you did the right thing." Luna soothe her which Celestia sniffled a bit and return the hug.
"Thank you, Luna." she then look at the night sky and her thought called for Radiant's true name,
"Aura."
End Flashback
I wonder if........this Kite Blade........Luna's thoughts continue to drift about him, but shaking those thoughts, as they continue to headed deeper until the fog faded, reaching their destination.
"We're here." Applejack said as the ponies take glance of the old castle now as ruins. Luna frowned as memories of her corruption as Nightmare Moon flooded her as Twilight saw it with her worried expression.
"Luna, are you ok?" she asked her snapped out of her trance.
"Yes, just fine, Twilight. Just seen those ruins made me wish......." Luna trailed off of her thoughts, sadden of those memories.
"You never be jealous of your sister?" Twilight guessed which she nodded.
"Luna", Fluttershy came to her side as Luna glance at her, "we cannot change the past that's already done, but we can start changing the future. So don't dwell on what have you done before."
Luna gave her a small smile at her attempt to cope with her, "Thank you, Fluttershy."
"So where's the waterfall that pony lived?" Rainbow looking from left to right, using her hoof to peered at the location.
"It should be close to right side of the forest. Not that too far from the old castle." Luna pointed at the direction as she head toward that direction with the others following her.
"So, any idea of how we're going to fight him back?" Applejack asked them which they haven't thought of it.
"Well, for one thing, he stand on his hind legs in order to use his daggers." Shining Armor pointed out " Since he's a unicorn, he might tried to channel his magic to power up his weapons along with his special attacks along with using his bracelet power."
"Right, Spike said that his final attack, Da-ta what you called that, can change anypony or anyone upon a hit into who knows what he'll do." Rainbow added which the others nodded.
"Don't forget, his blades glows in different colors, so we need to be very careful of his attack he's about to preformed." Twilight said "So me and my brother can preform a shield that can block most of his attacks, but I'm not certain if it's enough against his Data Drain attack."
"But, what about those bluish flames chains that he used?" Rarity asked "If those chains caught you, he'll able to pull towards himself or charging at us."
"By my guess, those daggers that he used, it has a elemental magic to it so me, my brother, and Luna can perform a barrier if that happen." Twilight responded.
As they came to a stop, they found a lake clear in a night sky as on the right a waterfall crashing down to it while at that, a stone ridge that was entrench to make a bridge as the others walk towards it, only their sight, they're no sign of a cave near to a waterfall.
"What?!" Twilight stuttered "B-but I don't understand! There was a cave near to a waterfall!"
"Calm down, Twilight." Luna placed her shoulder to calm her down "This is the right place, correct?"
She nodded as Luna said, "Well it's seem that our 'savior' likes to hide a lot."
"What do you mean?" Twilight asked as Luna walk towards the big bolder as she place her hoof on to it which phased through, surprising the others.
"It would seem that he able to develop a camouflage spell onto the cave's entrance, making what look like to be blocked. Me and my sister able to sense it." Luna explained as she use her magic to dissipate the camouflage spell he conjured and revealed the entrance to the cave. As the ponies enter, all they see is pitched black with only caverns with sounds of water dripping down was heard. Both the princesses use their horns as their magic energies shine on their horns. Then the ponies continue to walk on the caverns ; the princesses flash around their lighten horns around the cave. Applejack and Rainbow Dash cautiously monitor the caverns while walking, Fluttershy felt her legs shaking in fear as gotten closer to Rarity, who was complaining of the dirt of the caverns which irritated Applejack, Shining Armor have a neutral look on the caverns, and Pinkie Pie.........well it's Pinkie Pie, just bouncing with her smile while trying to lighten up the mood.
As Rarity kept complaining, Applejack, at her breaking point, glare at her, "Would you please stop complaining, Rarity?! We're on the mission to get back the elements from Kite Blade!"
"Oh I know, but I never understand why would he choose this as a home! I mean, just look at this!" Rarity pointed out "Dark, gloomy and dirty caves! And not to mention waters that was dripping on my mane and my coat!"
Applejack rolled her eyes as the others continue to walk on the caves until they heard a squish! sound from Rarity's hooves and gasped loudly, "Uggh! What the -?!"
She look at her hooves and it was covered in some type of bluish and pink frosting on her hooves- wait frosting? The others came to her side as Pinkie gasped loudly at this sight,
"Those frosting! That's looks like my MMMM cake!"
Princess Luna and Twilight flash their light up hooves on the ground and found something that Pinkie gasped again : it was a cake that was mushy, stale and being eaten.
"My cake!" she shriek at the sight of her beloved cake.
"How did Kite Blade got this?!" Shining Armor asked them incredulously.
"Um, girls, I don't that the only one. Look." Rainbow pointed as the princesses' horns flash to her direction, revealing something that Applejack, Rarity, and Twilight fainted.
"That's m'ah missing apple tree!" Applejack shriek.
"My award winning clothes!" Rarity added.
"And the missing books!" Twilight said as the others came to their stolen stuffs. Applejack shed a tear bit, seeing the horror of her tree now wither and died, Rarity fainted again after seeing her creation now not only covered in dirt and mud but wrinkled and tears, and Twilight levitate the books now wet, soggy, and torn. Her expression was shocked and her mouth quiver as she about to bawl but struggling her feelings. As for Pinkie, well.........Rainbow had to clamp her scream with her hooves.
"So, Kite Blade is the thief from last night?!" Rainbow exaggerated with a scowled and smack her hooves "Oh, that's it! When I get my hooves on him, I'm going to buck him that'll sends him to Tartarus!"
"That's right!" Rarity said, getting back up with her eyes now with daggers that want to take revenge and her pupils have fire in them and the scary thing happened is her voice that sound similar to what happen to Pinkie when Applejack broke the Pinkie Promise before "NOPONY! RUIN! MY! CREATION!"
Shining whispered to Luna, feeling scared which she nodded at his response, "Good thing Spike isn't here otherwise well..........."
"Same thing!" Applejack tip her stetson hat with her eyes now in fire and snort her nostrils "I'm going to buck him for ruining m'ah good apples!"
"Save the bucking for me!" Pinkie voice was heard but in a similar demonic voice and pulled a huge wooden hammer with a metallic rings on each side and her cutie mark was seen on the middle "NOPONY STEAL MY CAKE!!!!!!!"
However, instead of Twilight, growled in rage like the rest, she saw that the torn clothes was folded and used as a blanket that's big for only two ponies on the side; she then take a look of her books along with the stale cake, the apple trees, and the fire was in the middle, along with leaves that are carved in plate and cup shaped, she begin pieces the clues that she gasped at the solution. She shift her gaze to her enraged friends (except Fluttershy, hiding behind Luna), who have fires in their eyes, and steam snorting from their nostrils, preparing to charge forward to buck him.
"Girls, wait!" Twilight called their attention despite their enraged expression "We can't hurt him!"
"And why not, Twilight?!" Rarity narrowed her eyes "He stole our stuff last night and soiled them!"
"I know, but I think he use them as a surviving tools not just for himself but for somepony else." Twilight gestured to the leaves shaped plates and cups as she explained, point to each individual stuffs to their respective friends (except Rainbow and Fluttershy) "All I know is that he been living with somepony else in the Everfree Forest. My guess is that the pony that Kite Blade was closer, he had to scavenge some stuff from the forest to make a living. Rarity, your award winning dress that Kite Blade stolen, he used them as pillows and blankets for them. Applejack, your stolen apple tree was used for firewood for their fires to keep them warm. Pinkie, your 'MMM' cake was used for him and the pony for the things that he unable to afford. And my books, he must trying to learn of magic because maybe he unable to go to school. But with those design of plates and cups from leaves, he must able to gain rations for each other. They're trying to survive together."
The others then soften their expression, seeing how she making sense of his reason of stealing their stuffs. Fluttershy then quietly asked Twilight, "If that's true, then we need to at least help him and that other pony he deeply cared."
"Flutters, not to question, but he STOLE the Elements of Harmony, and plus I don't if we can try to, since he always being um what's the word................." Rainbow's expression changed with her voice raised " a JERK!"
"I agree with Fluttershy, we had to help him." Twilight said which the others widened her eyes in gaped manner as she continue, "I don't why though, but I felt something in my heart."
She placed her hoof on her body, "I felt something weird when I saw him the first time. I can somehow, felt, a void and........" she closed her eyes "a loneliness in him."
The girls raised their eyebrows in confusion manner, but then gave a exasperated sigh. Rarity then spoke up, "All right, darling, we'll get our elements back from him and convince him and the other pony to stay at Ponyville."
"I don't know, but I'll give a try to help him though." Applejack nodded.
"Same thing!" Pinkie appeared, surprising the others "Beside, what Kite Blade and that other pony needs is some friends to help him!"
"And Rainbow?" Twilight asked her, pouting with her legs crossed then gave a exasperated sigh, "Fine."
Twilight smiled that her friends able to calm down then glance back at her brother, which he nodded as he read her mind. She nodded along with Luna and Fluttershy too as the others continue traveled to the deepest parts of the cave.
As they reached to the deepest part of the cave, they saw something that surprised them : from the end of the huge cave, a two towers stand on each side with another on the middle. It was old as ancient that nopony ever seen with a stained glass showed various pictures of bipedal humans. Humans that Twilight never seen before.
"What's this?" Twilight asked as Luna step forward then placing her hoof on her chin.
"It's look like a cathedral." Luna responded which the others turned to her.
"A cathedral?" Applejack asked.
"Yes, it's a church building that pony used in the ancient times. Ponies come to here and pray for the spirits of the harmonies to guide them when Discord starting to cause disharmony to Equestria and before me and my sister seal him away. Since then, many of them are rarely used outside of Equestria to pray for the spirits of the harmonies." Luna explained to them. " I have a hunch that the elements of harmony are inside."
She turned to them with a serious expression, "I'll need to ask all of you to prepare what you need to prepare before we enter."
The others nodded as they start looking into their stash with items, magics, etc. As they look around, the ponies able to find supplies from the mysterious markets. Once they checked twice or even 35 times, they came back to Luna as she asked them, "Are you all set? Once we enter, there's no going back."
The others nodded as the others now enter the cathedral. Inside, empty wooden seats was set on each side as the ponies able to see the stain glass shine on the seats, which is strange that there is no sun to reflected as each of the stain glass shows more of the humans. One is a boy wearing a strangely wizard outfit with a grey hair and a somewhat pale skin with red rectangles on his face, holding what to appear a staff. The other was another boy who looks mean with red eyes and a red tattoos on his face and a shaggy silver hair with some of his clothes have midriff on parts of his body, holding a curve dagger with spikes attach to it and finally another boy who looks like Kite Blade, but have a red vibrant and a belt on the hips.
As they reached to the end, they saw someone familiar: a pony wearing a orange and yellow garbs with a hat, standing on their way with a determine eyes.
"Kite Blade!!!!" Twilight shouted as the ponies charged towards him which he unfazed by them. As they stop, the gotten into a battle stance.
"Looks like you got no where to run or hide!" Shining Armor said readied his horn.
"Now where's the elements of harmony?!" Twilight asked him which he wasn't imitated by them.
"You shouldn't come here. I need them to use their powers to save somepony that I care for." Kite Blade coldly replied.
"Kite Blade, we understand why you stole them, but we can try other ways to save that somepony you cared for!" Luna trying to reason him which he closed his eyes.
"I know, but......" he turned back to them "......you wouldn't understand who I was trying to save."
"Kite Blade......." Twilight muttered.
"Perhaps I show the pony I deeply cared for. " Kite Blade said as he use his spell as the walls then begin disintegrate and reveal a ritual spell already in motion fixing up parts of the body with the Twilight Bracelet continue to activate the elements of harmony. As the ponies begin to see inside of the ritual bubble, their eyes shocked as they felt that all of the villains were defeated, gone from existence. A pony that almost brought the eternal night a year ago. Nightmare Moon.
"NIGHTMARE MOON?! You, the savior of Ponyville, are trying to resurrect NIGHTMARE MOON?!!!" Rainbow screamed.
"Have your lost your mind?! That monster is the embodiment of darkness, hurting both Luna and Rarity and almost putting Equestria in serious jeopardy !" Applejack snapped at him.
"My mother is no longer that monster she was once." Kite Blade replied which the others widened their eyes in a shocked expression "She's now changed. Because of the elements of harmony now linger inside of her and the emotion of the Princess of Night, she's now suffering and I'm the one who can end it."
"Kite Blade, Nightmare Moon is a dangerous being that shouldn't be here. It caused misery and sorrow that put all of ponies in danger!" Luna shouted, feeling the painful memories of what she done before, which he glare at them.
"You resurrect Nightmare Moon and it would be the end of Equestria!" Shining Armor added.
"You, and every ponies wouldn't understand that she's now a new being not the embodiment of darkness. She's everything to me! She the only friend that consider my mother to me and she's being suffering of her dark half consuming her! I made a promise to her that I'll stay with her so she'll able to get a second chance and to live in Equestria! And if you ponies won't understand my reason and the suffer that we felt," he pulled his daggers from his side and got into his battle stance " then I'll defend her and keep that promise we made!"
Then suddenly, the glass stained break down as each of the pieces begin to dissipate into magics and flew to his side, created a clone of him only this time with two bulk like gunmetal clad shoulder armors and a gunmetal chest armor holding a huge sword through his front legs as another create with a identical design of the human boy holding his staff. Then as more magic comes, created five more of him with each of them holding different armors and weapons, ready to punish their gaped foes.
"Oh boy......" was all of the words that Shining Armor said as all of them now charged at them which they charged back.
Shining Armor fires his magic at 'The Mage' form of Kite Blade which he use his staff to conjure a barrier then reflect back at him, knocking of his feet but holding his ground. Then 'The Mage' form begin chanting a spell as a thundercloud strike a lighting bolt heading towards him as Shining conjured a lavender barrier as the lighting bolt bounce out. Then Shining use his spell as a magical sword appeared from his mouth as he charged at the Mage which he block using his staff as he conjured a fire spell and knock him out of his way.
Grrr..... that Mage form of him is starting to irritate me.....Shining Armor growled in his mind.
Meanwhile both Rainbow and Applejack are having trouble with the 'Heavy Sword' Kite Blade, slamming his giant board sword at them which they dodge it easily as a 'Sharpshooter' form of Kite Blade jump and holds what to appear to be guns with energy blades coming from the trigger guards as he fires multiple magic shots at them which the two ponies grunted in pain.
"Those guys are getting in our nerves!" Rainbow exclaimed as he charged at the Heavy Sword Kite Blade which he block using his weapon as a shield as he thrust his front hoof and punch her in her face which she flew back as the 'Sharpshooter' lock on her but a lasso caught his waist as he thrown to the ground. Applejack then trotted to Rainbow and use a potion bottle to heal her wounds.
"Thanks, AJ" Rainbow said, gave her a smile as the two ponies now got back into their battle stances prepare for the two.
While as Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and Rarity dodge from 'Heavy Axe' Kite Blade, swung his massive axe into the ground as a 'Knuckle Master' Kite Blade thrust his fire hoofs at them madly, which Rarity dodge quickly but too late when the hoofs burn through her mane which she shrieked at this.
"HOW DARE YOU,YOU RUFFIAN!?" Rarity enraged at this with her voice became something that's deadly as she block each of the 'Knuckle Master' 'fist' and counter back at him using her martial arts. The 'Heavy Axe' Kite Blade charge at her which Fluttershy intervene using her famous 'The Stare' which stunned him at this sight. As on cue, Pinkie Pie use her party cannon and fire a pink glob on him which he begin struggle to break free.
"Booya! Hope you like my famous Pinkie's Super Duper Yummy Delicious Bubble Gum Cake Batter!" Pinkie pie said triumphantly but it was short lived as the 'Heavy Axe' use a spell and a bluish flames burn the sticky batter, freeing him.
"Uh-oh." Pinkie piped as the 'Heavy Axe' now ticked at her, charging at her with a battle cry only she dodge this time as she use her party cannon, fire the sticky cake batter but the 'Heavy Axe' cut the batter away as he slice the party cannon in half.
"Hey! That was my favorite!" Pinkie angrily said as she pulled another party cannon from....... wherever she gotten from "Good thing I had lots of spare party cannons!"
As she fire a different batter, the 'Heavy Axe' kept sweep the batter away as he sweep back at her, Pinkie struggle to break free of her batter. Then the 'Heavy Axe' now confront Fluttershy as she use her stare at him only to use his stare back at her which both of them are in the stalemate.
As for Twilight and Princess Luna, Twilight charges at Kite Blade himself while his clone, a 'Paladin' charging against Princess Luna as each of them clash their own magic swords, dodging each of their attacks as one point, Princess Luna use her magic and fire a big beam but the 'Paladin' use his sword and cut the beam in half then charges at Luna which she blocks the attack.
Then Kite Blade's daggers begin to glow white as he speed up towards Twilight, which block it using her own magic barrier. She then can see through his azure flame eyes which filled with so much sadness and burdens to help the former embodiment of darkness which she then seeing something in her mind :
Memories of them. From the first time they met and caring for each other despite of the struggles and her original nature, John's words were true. Nightmare Moon did change and begin suffer from her inner darkness. If that was true then........ She snapped out of her stupor and continue holding the barrier.
"Stop this, Kite Blade!" Twilight shouted, holding her barrier up "We can try another way to save her! Please allow us---"
Her words interrupted as a side kick break the barrier as Kite Blade fire a azure flames on her, causing her to stumble down.
"You'll not touch her nor take her away from me!" Kite Blade growled at her. "I promise to protect her even if I died here!"
He then charged at her raise his daggers as Twilight teleport out of the way before he slash her and ended up with Luna who pushed out the Paladin which did a double flip and landed near to Kite Blade who glared at them with his piercing eyes.
Luna grunted, holding her stance with Twilight hesitated but remain vigilant as Luna spoke, "This had to stop, Kite Blade! If we keep fighting each other like this, then Nightmare Moon--"
"She's no longer that monster!" Kite Blade interrupted her "She had changed! And even if there's still part of that darkness, I'll make sure that I'll be there for her as a light!"
Both of them charged at them with Kite Blade charging a bluish light as he shouted, "AZURE SWORD MODE!!!!!!"
With his daggers now envelop into a azure flames, he dash towards them as the two princesses conjured a magic barrier, Kite Blade slammed his blades into it, indented a crack into it as the Paladin now swing his magic sword into the crack as the barrier now shattered into pieces, Luna and Twilight grunted in pain due to the magic now shattered as Kite Blade and the Paladin swung their weapons into them, causing them to bounce into the dirt.
Both of the princesses grunted, struggle to stand up as Twilight use a potion as a healing energies rejuvenate them. Twilight take glance at Luna and said, "Luna, I think I begin to see that Kite Blade is telling the truth."
Luna winced at her words in utter shocked, "What do you mean, Twilight?! You know that's the embodiment of darkness that almost destroyed Equestria-"
"Yes I know, but when I face him, something allow me to see into his memories. Nightmare Moon was originally planned to use him to steal the Elements of Harmony to revive herself. But something had change her. Kite Blade apparently deeply care for her despite of the awful things she done as he worked hard how much he's risking everything just for the sake of giving her a second chance which in truth, a half of her darkness self is controlling her even she struggle to control it." Twilight interrupted her conjured a barrier as the two fighters charging at them "My guess is that since she's originally a part of you then to Rarity, half of the personalities combine with the magic of the Elements able to revive her as another living pony."
Luna widened her eyes at her statement as Twilight grunted with the shield starting to break. Luna conjured multiple magic beams as Twilight lowered the shield, she fire at them which once hit them, hold them in a magic grip as they begin to struggle to break free.
"I don't believe it. My evil persona and darkness now reborn as another pony......" Luna muttered in depression. She couldn't hardly believe that what Twilight saying is true since she sense her honesty from her. Her nightmare persona......the one that cause so much pain and sadness......now resurrected as another pony or in case.......another Luna. She gaze at the ritual which Night gaze back at her and to Luna surprise, a tear was gliding to her face.
Suddenly, Luna widened her eyes as a thought came to her head. Please.........you need to........stop the ritual........before.......it'll rise again......She shook her head at the voice in confusion. Was that Nightmare Moon? Why would she want to stop the ritual unless.........She widened her eyes as she realize at that answer as she gallop to the ritual and use her magic, gripping the bracelet that keep the Elements of Harmony magic going as she struggle to remove it.
"Princess Luna, what are you doing?!" Twilight shouted.
"No! Don't you dare stop the ritual!" Kite Blade screamed struggle to break free as Luna continue to pull it out of the ritual.
Luna take glance at Twilight which Twilight, read her mind nodded as she gallop to her friends who still struggle to fight against the other clones as she conjured a freeze spell, holding the clones in place which some of them begin to struggle, screaming through their teeth.
"Guys! Princess Luna need help!" Twilight shouted as she rushed to help the lunar princess with the others now following her as they each of them attempt to help Luna pull the bracelet out of the ritual.
"Nooo! Don't!" Kite Blade screamed, continue to struggle with anger yet tearful eyes as the ritual begin almost complete half of the body as the magic now begin to materialize the neck and the head. The ponies pulled harder as if they pulling a heavy no a colossal part of the castle until, with their strength, finally.......able to remove the bracelet.
Kite Blade look in horror as the ritual begin to dissipate into nothingness. The magic that holds and channel the Elements of Harmony were dropped down with a metal sound with Night fall to the ground. Twilight levitate the elements as they check to see if they're ok luckly their answer is already seen as the ponies sighed happily.
"Thank goodness." Twilight said as they heard Kite Blade's scream, breaking out of her magic grasp and rushed towards Night.
"Night, are you ok?!" Kite Blade asked her which she moaned little while looking at what she's now. Half of her body became similar to Princess Luna's coat with only difference is the azure and light blue tail mane but her neck and head remain as a mist.
Kite Blade glare at the ponies, anger begin to boil over his mind yet able to control himself, "Do you know what you have done?! Night is almost being complete to be a living pony. And you took that chance away from her! Why?!"
The girls even Shining Armor were startled at his voice raised but Luna stepped forward with her stern glare at him, "Because Nightmare Moon or 'Night' that you called her, want to stop the ritual."
That answer surprise Kite Blade and the other ponies, "What?"
"Night realize that her dark half can be free through the use of the Elements of Harmony and render it useless once all of the magic is gone, so she tried to stop your foolishness but you been devote to give her a second chance had blinded you. Luckly, the Elements of Harmony still have enough magic within it." Luna explained which his eyes widened in surprise then take glance at her.
"Is that true?" Kite Blade ask her, wanting to know the answer which she gave a weak nodded.
"Y-yes. It's the reason why....... I tried to......stop you.........John." she said, still holding her breath "My.......darkness.....tried to.......revive.......through....the use of........elements.........and render it........useless........"
Kite Blade was mortified at this. All this time, he allow to put the entire world in danger because of his promise to help her give a second chance? Does he had the right to called himself a 'savior'?
"Don't blame yourself, my son...........I should told you the reason............ I........"
But before she can ask further, Night screamed in so much pain that a pure darkness wave pulse through the cave as ponies were shocked at the event as the darkness consume her into an orb until the orb burst out, revealing to Princess Luna, Shining Armor, and the Mane 6 along with Kite Blade, having a shocking expression, their old enemy.
"Night!" he screamed as the old enemy landed on the ground. Once Night was a kind and gentle mother figure to Kite Blade. Now the darkness took her away from him and turn her into a monster of the past she spoken of. Pure jet black mane with dark blue mane and light blue armor around her. But what's worst is the eyes open with icy pupil that have slits and sharp teeth. But what's different is the eerie dark red aura surrounded her.
"AHAHAHAHAHAH! AT LONG LAST, FOR THE THOUSAND YEARS, I HAVE BEEN DEFEATED BY THE ELEMENTS. NO LONGER! NOW THAT I'M REVIVE, I'LL RESUME WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE!" the monster cackled with voice that neither sound like Luna, Rarity, or even Night as thunderclouds begin shot everywhere.
"Night, NO!" Kite Blade pleaded as the monster take glance at him with scowl glare. Then she lower her horn and using her magic as it blasted him to the ground unconscious shocking the other ponies.
"Kite Blade!" Twilight shouted.
"NIGHT IS NO MORE! NOW AND FOREVER, I AM NIGHTMARE MOON!" she shouted as the ponies rushed to his side and check for any injuries.
"He's unconscious, Twiliy." Shining Armor said earning shocks from the others as Princess Luna turn her attention towards Nightmare Moon with a furious scowl.
"AND NOW, THE NIGHT SHALL LAST FOREVER!!!!" With thunderclouds crash down, the ponies now prepare for their worst foe.