//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 // Story: Mobains and Equestria Girls 2: Return of the Equestria Girls // by DarkMaster0224 //------------------------------// Chapter 3 Evil Returns (Heroes' POV) Out heroes were gathered outside Sonic and Tails' place, playing with their abilities. Sonic and Rainbow were running around the house, trying to see who was faster; Tails and Twilight were playing around with the many gadgets in Tails' garage; Knuckles and Applejack were arm wrestling; Rarity and Silver were flying around; Shadow, Ace, Fluttershy, and Pinkie were tossing a ball of chaos energy; Dark and Sunset where playing tag, while diving into shadows. Lilac however, was sitting on a tree stump by herself, looking sadly at the floor, 'I wish I knew what these nightmares were about.' "What are you thinking about?" Someone asked Lilac. Lilac gasped and looked up. She saw Sunset Shimmer sit next to her. "Hey Sunset." Lilac sighed. "Well that sounded like the weight of the world. What's wrong?" Sunset asked. "Dark didn't tell you yet? Ever since we defeated Nightmare Rose, I've been having these strange nightmares." Lilac said. "About?" Sunset asked. Lilac paused and looked away, "About me killing you all." "Oh. Well that's not necessarily a good dream." Sunset said. Lilac formed a tear in her eye, "I don't want those nightmares to come true." "They wont come true, Lilac." Sunset said. "How can you be sure?" Lilac asked, "Typically when dark warriors have nightmares, they actually happen." "Because you're a good person." Sunset said hugging Lilac, "You're my sister." Lilac smiled a little and hugged Sunset back, "Thanks, Sunset. I'm glad my brother met you." "Now let's go hang with the others." Sunset said standing up. Lilac and Sunset then walked over to the others. (Villains' POV) (Eggman's Empire) Eggman walked down a corridor, walking towards the weapons vault, "Grr. If Metal, Mephiles, and Nightmare Moon hadn't betrayed me, we, mostly I, would be ruling that other human world." He arrived at the vault and began to punch in the code, "Luckily I have one emergency back up plan." The vault opened and past weapons Eggman used to try to defeat Sonic. But in the back of the vault, he stored a special weapon. He opened the second vault, and revealed a giant glass orb with a dark blue mass of negative energy inside it, the last of the Dark Gaia energy he had left. "I will use this to power a new powerful weapon, and crush my opponents!" Eggman said. "Not so fast, Doctor." A familiar robotic voice said. Eggman whipped around and saw Metal Sonic and Tirek standing in the vault doorway. "Metal Sonic? How did you survive?" Eggman asked. "That is of none of your concern. I require your Dark Gaia energy." Metal said looking at the energy, "So hand it over, and maybe we can form an alliance." "Never. You'll just double cross me again." Eggman said. "I may, or I may not. It's your choice." Metal said, "But Tirek will be taking that energy now either way." Tirek walked up to the orb and then opened his mouth. Suddenly the energy within the orb began to suck into Tirek's mouth. Tirek's horns grew back; he grew in height; and dark blue markings appeared on his horns, "Ahh. That feels good." "What have you done with the Dark Gaia energy!?" Eggman shouted looking at the empty sphere. "Observe." Tirek said. The markings on his horns began to glow. "What?" Eggman asked. Suddenly several Dark Gaia minions appeared. "Woah." Eggman said looking at the minions, "Hmm... Maybe we can form an alliance. IF you promise not to double cross me." "And what can you offer to keep this alliance?" Metal asked. "More energy and abilities." Eggman smirked. (12:00 Midnight) (Dark's Home) (Lilac, Dark, and Sunset Shimmer POV) Dark, Sunset, and Lilac were sitting in the living room, discussing about Lilac's nightmares. "So these nightmares have been happening since we got back into Mobius?" Dark asked. "No actually. They began while we were still in the human dimension." Lilac explained, "They started on the night we defeated Mephiles, Metal Overlord, and Nightmare Rose." "Hmm. I wonder if Nightmare Moon has anything to do with these nightmares." Sunset said. "That can't be possible. Dark defeated Nightmare Rose. She's dead." Lilac said. "As far as we are aware. I know I stopped Nightmare Rose, but I'm not sure about Nightmare Moon's conscience." Dark said. Lilac's rage suddenly shot up, "So you're telling me that you don't know if Nightmare Moon is possibly within me!? ARG! And all this time, I thought you had saved me from her!" Dark and Sunset were shocked at Lilac's sudden change in attitude. "Lilac! Your brother sis his best. If not for him, you wouldn't be here right now." Sunset said, "You would be controlled by Nightmare Moon. It's not your brother's fault." "Yeah but that means that I might be corrupted by Nightmare Moon now!" Lilac yelled back. Then she stormed off to her room and slammed the door shut. The door being slammed caused the house to shake and a picture fell off the wall, cracking the glass frame also. Dark got up and picked the picture up and sighed. It was a picture of him, Ace, and Lilac smiling with each other, a very hard to get picture, 'What just happened? Lilac never bursts with rage like that.' (Lilac and ? POV) (Lilac's Room) Lilac stomped over to her bed and jumped into it, her anger still boiling, a couple of tears formed in her eyes, "I can't believe Dark never told me that Nightmare Moon may have still been alive. Or better yet, attached to me!" She began to doze off, not noticing a dark blue mist seep out of her sleeve. "Oh don't worry, Lilac, deer. You're mine now." Nightmare Moon whispered. The mist began to solidify into a dark blue mass of liquid. It attached a small bit to Lilac's hair, which crawled into her ear. Then the rest crawled over towards the foot of Lilac's bed. (Lilac's Nightmare) Lilac was in the human world once again, standing in front of the ruins of the Dark Castle. She then heard yells of pain, coming from inside the ruins. She ran to the source of the yelling. When she got to the source, she gasped. Nightmare Rose was holding Drake by the throat, "Give it up, Drake. You are no match for my power. I will finish you off quickly, then I will go for Lilac." She threw Drake into a wall. Drake then reverted back to Dark and Ace. Ace was unconscious, and Dark was just barely conscious. "Dark! Ace!" Lilac said running towards them. "Ah. Just in time." Nightmare Rose said snapping her fingers. Suddenly dark blue vines shot out of the ground and grabbed Lilac's legs, tripping her. Then several more strapped the rest of her body down. She tried to break free, but the vines only tightened, "Gah." Dark went to raise his hand to fire a beam, but Nightmare Rose grabbed his arm and lifted him by it. "Any last words you wish to say to your sister?" Nightmare Rose smirked, looking at the strapped down Lilac. "I'm sorry, Lilac. I failed to protect you." Dark said weakly. Nightmare Rose summoned a blade and then stabbed through Dark. "NO!" Lilac screamed, tears of sadness formed in her eyes, along with tears of fear. (Real World) The dark blue mass began to attach itself to Lilac's legs, and then spread up her body slowly. Lilac was still having her nightmare, unaware of the mass attaching itself to her. The mass covered up to her waist, then her arms, then her chest, and slowly up her neck. Suddenly, when the mass was covering Lilac's mouth, she woke up and her eyes widened in fear. Then nothing. The mass covered Lilac completely, and all went quiet. (Next Day) (Dark and Sunset POV) Dark woke up slowly, sunlight shone on his face. He groaned and waved his hand at the shades, causing them to close, blocking out the light. Dark smiled and began to roll over, but stopped when he felt two arms wrap around him. He turned slightly and saw Sunset Shimmer, fast asleep next to him. He gave her a slight kiss on her forehead. Sunset then began to stir awake, then she smiled and gave Dark a kiss back, "Hmm? Morning, Dark." "Sleep well?" Dark asked. "Yeah." Sunset said hugging Dark. "I wonder if Lilac is feeling better now." Dark said. "I hope so. I'm starting to really worry for her." Sunset said. Dark and Sunset got up and went downstairs to have some breakfast. "So what grade are you guys in now?" Dark asked Sunset. "We all now Seniors. But technically not until next school year starts." Sunset replied. 10 minutes later Sunset noticed that Lilac still had not come downstairs, "Hey Dark, I'm going to check on Lilac. She hasn't come out of her room still." She said. "Ok. Just make sure you knock first. Lilac doesn't exactly like surprises." Dark said while washing dishes. Sunset nodded and went upstairs to Lilac's room. She got to Lilac's door and knocked, "Lilac? It's Sunset." No answer. "Look, I know you're not exactly in a good mood because of last night, but I just wanted to talk to you." Sunset said. Still no response. "Lilac?" Sunset said opening the door. When she did open the door, she gasped in horror. Lilac's room had been trashed, and a giant hole was smashed through her wall. Sunset could feel some kind of familiar dark energy emitting from the room, 'It feels like...' Then she gasped. She ran downstairs, "Dark!" "What is it?" Dark asked. "Lilac's gone." Sunset said. "What!?" Dark shouted. "Her room was trashed, and a giant hole was smashed through the wall." Sunset said. "Lilac's been taken. We need to find her." Dark said. "Wait, Dark. Another strange thing I noticed. The room was emitting dark energy. But not just any dark energy." Sunset began, "It was emitting nightmare energy." Dark's eyes widened, "Oh no. It can't be." Sunset nodded, "Nightmare Moon has taken over Lilac."