Seven minutes had passed since I left my sister, and already I was watching the large group of civilians clustered within the large building where I found my sister. I thought wether I should've gone on a rampage or chose another route to making my first appearance. I chose against the rampaging route, after all, Celestia might not be the only threat against my victory of taking over Equestria.
I'll have to be careful, staying hidden and within the shadows would be a slow yet effective process. I could make a small, perhaps intimidating appearance to show Equestria that I am here. Doing this will cause them to do one of three things.
One, the most obvious result, they would panic. This would be a good result, making the cleanup of Equestria end more swiftly, but will not help me in any way concerning their abilities and threat factor towards me.
Two, they'll search for the Princess. They'll be wondering where Celestia is, and will assume that she's been captured. This will be an annoying result since they could actually succeed in it if they are given enough time. But some of them might think that I've captured her within something too hidden or well guarded, so they might not even think it'll do any good to look for her.
Three, they'll try to find their 'weapon'. NOW, this has a completely unpredictable result. It all depends on if they actually have it within their grasp at this moment of time, how easy it is to find it if it's not, what the weapon actually does, if the weapon can be controlled easily, wether it requires magic... Totally unpredictable. But nonetheless, I must plan for it and prepare, for it is perhaps one of the biggest factors that could be my demise. At this moment of time improvisation is the only choice, but I can plan out the options that I can take depending on the variables. For all I know, it's a spell that can be cast upon me, so I must tread with caution, especially since I'm one thousand years out-of-date.
Yeah, now that I mention it, this has quite a lot of flaws. Especially if-
But none of them can alter our overall motivation.
No, none of them matter.
I looked up to the sky to see my prison, the jewel the I still cherish yet cower to- until I saw that that jewel had four other jewels surrounding it. There were four stars surrounding the moon. My shadow form darted into the cover of the Everfree forest and turned into my alicorn form.
I peered closer towards the scene above me in awe, what was happening? My mind processed what my eyes were looking at and my mind was ever so slowly placing the pieces in order... Well, sort of, I finally knew why my prison's barrier had dissipated, the stars overwhelming power was pressuring it to snap. One, perhaps two, stars could be just a bit too small to overpower the barrier, but three, let alone four stars is definitely going to push it to the limits. I'd also noticed that the moon's surface was starting to change too, maybe... No, the moon cannot be destroyed, the surface carries some magic qualities but anything that doesn't contain magic of sorts is completely safe... I could've died if I hadn't-
Well you didn't die, so don't think about it.
Okay, no distractions.
My alicorn body gave way to the shadow form and I darted to the ceiling of the building, above the balcony, giving me a good view of the crowd. I looked down to the balcony below to see a white mare, equipped with a rather unique purple mane. She was obviously the pony to open the curtains, to introduce Celestia. Too bad she's not here.
I looked upon the crowd with my nonexistent eyes, until they focussed upon a brownish pony, obviously in her fifties or sixties, with dull grey hair. She obviously has a role of leadership as she had a white spotlight upon her and many eyes were glazing over her. I just caught a snippet of her speech.
"As Mayor of Ponyville I am proud to-"
Yes, she was the mayor, quite a large role. Does she threaten our- my plan to invade Equestria?
"The magic of the sunrise-"
She is definitely a loyal servant to Celestia.
She'll be the next one to rot.
Yes, she will...
Unless she is referring to the celebration... Oh sweet Celestia, I should've known that you would find other ways to make your sun shine brighter than it already is.
I focussed my attention back towards the balcony and noticed that the curtains were open, and that everyone was staring at the absence of their Princess. Now, it was my turn. "Keep calm everypony, there must be a explanation!"
My shadow form hovered over the balcony, now visibly noticeable in the light. As I transformed into my alicorn body I heard gasps of shock. As I opened my eyes I looked straight into the hearts of the ponies. "Oh, my beloved subjects," I gave them all a wicked grin, "It's been so long since I've seen your precious, little, sun loving faces."
"Hey! What did you do to the Princess," shouted a voice from the crowd and replied with a chuckle.
"What? Am I not royal enough for you? Don't you know who I am?" A bright pink pony came into my view and spoke some words, words that fell on deaf ears.
"Does my crown no longer count now that I have been imprisoned for one thousand years?" I turned towards the white mare on the balcony with me.
"Do you not recall the legend?" I turned towards a yellow pony with pastel pink hair and stared into her petrified, bright, turquoise eyes, "Did you not see the signs?"
Then, a new voice met my ears, "I did, and I know who you are!" I turned my head to see a lavender made with two streaks of pink and purple in her hair, "You're the mare in the moon, Nightmare Moon!"
Smart pony, smarter than everyone else.
And also a threat.
I looked into her eyes and replied, "Well, well, well... Somepony remembers me... Then you will also know why I am here."
The pony looked down at her hooves and stuttered her next sentence,"You're here to- to..." She finished with a uncertain gulp. I laughed quietly to myself.
I looked away from the pony and turned back towards the crowd, "Remember this day little ponies, as it will be your last. From this moment forth, the night will last forever!"
Good night, my little ponies...