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// Everfree 
// Story: the end of nightshade's reign 
// by Foolish hoominzez 
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The town of Everfree was quite stunning. The castle was large, with many steeples and turrets, it was a melancholy dark grey, and matched the princess perfectly. The town consisted of many buildings, some small and humble, others large, but all were the same in this sense: It could blend into the shadows if an invasion was about to happen. 

Nightshade trotted around the castle, seeming calm and merely going about her duties, but on the inside, she was a wreck. Shadowsphere was amazingly powerful, and Nightshade's little trick wouldn't be appreciated. If the darkling queen got too angry, who knew what could happen. Nightshade could be in huge danger. Even worse, her subjects could be endangered. Nightshade decided now was the time to blend the town into shadows. She walked onto the dark grey marble balcony and cleared her throat.  Using the Canterlot Royal Voice, she announced, "CITIZENS OF EVERFREE, A THREAT HAS BEEN MADE AGAINST OUR TOWN! THE BUILDINGS WILL BE BLENDED INTO THE SHADOWS AT SUNSET! PLEASE EVACUATE TO CANTERLOT OR CLOUDSDALE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! IN A FORTNIGHT, THOU MAY ALL RETURN!" Some ponies stormed out of their homes immediately, the pegasi flying up to Cloudsdale. Some stayed to pack their things, knowing they didn't have too much time. 

One pony, however, didn't heed the princess' warning. That pony was none other than Doctor Whooves. He was inside the TARDIS, working on the main core. It seemed it had malfunctioned somehow, and he didn't pay much attention to the princess' message, even though he left the door of the TARDIS open in case something like that happened. 

As Nightshade surveyed her town being slowly deserted by its inhabitants, she heard a small buzzing in the distance. She gagged. The darklings were going to come soon, and the ponies needed to leave now. She cleared her throat once again. "CITIZENS OF EVERFREE, PLEASE HURRY! THE THREAT MAY BE APPROACHING SOON!" Now almost all the ponies rushed out of their homes, galloping towards Canterlot, which was a while away. Some of the pegasi flew by the castle on their way to Cloudsdale. Nightshade became nervous and shot a huge blast of magic at all the ponies headed towards Canterlot. They teleported much closer to Canterlot. 

Soon, the entire town was deserted. Nightshade turned the buildings into shadows and headed back inside her castle, pacing about nervously. That's when she realized somepony still remained. Somehow, that strange stallion who identified himself only as 'the Doctor' had failed to heed her warning. But Nightshade was too concerned about her own safety then that of a foolish stranger's. If he was stupid enough to not listen, it was a surprise he wasn't already dead. The buzzing of darkling wings became much louder. Soon, a loud THUMP was heard behind Nightshade. The grotesque darkling queen stood behind Nightshade, grinning evilly. 

"Well, well, look who it is!"