1000 years ago, Princess Luna's jealously over Princess Celestia made the Princess of the Night transform into the wicked beast known as Nightmare Moon. Luckily, Celestia managed to banish Luna on the moon for over 1000 years thanks to the Elements of Harmony. However, Celestia's current student Twilight Sparkle noticed signs that the Mare of the Moon may come back after so long in there. When she showed this to her teacher, she instructed her to go take part in preparing the Summer Sun Celebration, but Nightmare did come back as Twilight predicted. While Nightmare was adoring her eternal night and terrorizing everypony, Twilight and the rest of the mane six decided to go to the Castle of the Two Sisters to find the Elements of Harmony to stop Nightmare Moon. After overcoming some obstacles, they thought they were doomed the moment Nightmare supposedly smashed the Elements when in reality, they discovered THEY represent the elements as they formed and began to take down Nightmare Moon once and for all. Or so they thought........
In the midst of the dark room of the old castle, Twilight sparkle bellows to Nightmare Moon in determination, "Your reign of eternal night will be over, Nightmare Moon!"
As she and her friends powered up in an attempt to stop her. Then a rainbow came out of them and was coming towards the dark Alicorn herself.
Nightmare Moon's blood froze, and her legs locked for an instance, but suddenly, her dark lips stretched into a wicked, toothy grin, and regained posture.
And with a foul laugh, she said, "I don't think so, Twilight Sparkle, the night shall never end."
Purple light illuminated her horn, small shafts of lightning bursting forth, and a coil of purple smoke channeled through her horn. She raised her head up high and thrust forward with a fierce screech. A serpentine trail of smoke and purple lightning erupted forth, encircling the group.
With a loud crack, the amulets split in half, and fell to the stone floor with a light clang. Before any of them could react, they were thrown through the walls, shaking the very interior of crumbling castle, and scattered rock and dust all about in the next room.
They slowly picked themselves up, collapsing immediately. They gasped for air, and their muscles burned painfully. Nightmare Moon trotted nonchalantly into the dank, dark room filled with stone and old bones.
A loud bang echoed through the castle's labyrinthine hallways, and six, gold-shafted spears with leaf shaped blades appeared, suspended above the ground. They each gazed at the eldritch weapons with awe and fear, and then came a familiar voice trailing like a rolling breeze in spring. The spears shifted direction instantly, facing Twilight and her friends.
The moment lasted like a heartbeat, and it was over, their lungs filled with fire. Directed by some outside force, the spears drove themselves toward Twilight and her friends, tearing through fur and soft flesh. Warm, streams of liquid poured from their wounds, collecting into large, sticky crimson puddles around them.
Their faces paled, and their blood became as icy water.
"Well guys, I think this is it then, I love all of you and I'll see you in the afterlife." Fluttershy said weakly, and she smiled one last time, and nodded her head.
Tears stung their eyes, and their hearts ached.
"No!", they screamed, but one after the other, and quickly, light left their eyes, and only darkness passed before them.
"I never made it to the Wonderbolts, but I think I might in my next life. Lets hope-" Rainbow's head rocked back before she could finish. Pinkie simply cried as her mane and tail deflated like a balloon.
"Please help us, anypony!", she yelled one last time before soon dying as well.
Rarity, to her own surprise, spat, "May you burn forever, you dark whore!" before passing out from blood loss.
"Only the two of us are left, Twilight. I think we should join them." Applejack says as she then turns to where she first saw Nightmare Moon, but realized she's not there anymore. "Nightmare Moon!" She exclaimed, "You may have killed us, but believe me, your reign of eternal night will be put to an end, but not by us. We promise you that. All of us......".
She soon of course joined the five after that short speech. Twilight soon had her turn to cry, but then before she died, her vision began to get blurry. She saw what looked like a long blue pony walking by and looking directly at her.
"Help...us...please." Twilight's words barely left her lips as her head nodded, and darkness passed over her.
The last thing Twilight ever heard was a familiar mare cackling loudly as she drifted out. When she passed out, the blue pony she saw then noticed the cracked Elements on the floor and picked them all up. She smirked, bending down toward Twilight's ear, and whispered with a hiss
"Certainly."
With haste, the blue pony yanked out the spears with ease, tossing them aside, clattering against the ancient, stone floor. With demonic strength, she hoisted up all six bodies, and carried them into a large, round empty room. She placed each of the bodies in six, separate rings of volcanic ash spread about the room.
"Now," the pony said, "let's bring you all back to life." She laughed as a large ball of glowing dark blue light ascended from out of her chest.
She chanted, "Quod si omnes mortui sunt, tempus est ut omnes vivificabuntur. Nunc ergo veni, et animas vestras, ut renatis contendunt. Tamen revertere ad me, ut sint aliquid, et pugnat. Et post haec revertentur vivificabat!"
Next, six pieces came out of it and was placed into the wounds of the dead six, causing them to glow blue as well.
"Have fun coming back to life. Until then, sweet dreams my creations." She shut the door with a quiet snap and the room was filled with silence.
But not all is as it seems. After all...
...Death is not the end, but the beginning as there are fates worse than death......