In the beginning of time, it was believed that stallions were gifted to mares to do treasure, but due to the fact that so few of them existed they were deemed a 'luxury'. Due to the lack thereof stallions, wars were fought over obtaining them. No stallion knew what it was like to be free back then. Then Solaris and his sister came and unified the land, proclaiming that stallions, though fewer in number we equals with the mares. Nopony could laugh harder than they who first heard this, for they the rulers of the three tribes back then were a bunch of sexist extremists.
Oh how they made fun of her brother, she the Goddess of... something and fertility even though she was yet a virgin. The leaders of each of the tribes offered up their best husbands to her in an attempt to curry her favor... along with a chance to lay with her brother. She didn't take the offerings but allowed the mares to try their luck at her brother.
Long story short, Solaris shot each and every one of them down and ended up uniting the land through hatred of him. Every generation, a mare of each the bloodlines is offered to him in a mock of submission in an attempt to bring him under the influence of a 'true leader'. This never works.
anyway, back to Dusk and the lot.
Barb and I entered the Town Hall and the place was bustling with ponies trying to find seats with their friends. 'Ugh, just peachy. ponies being all buddy buddy.' I thought. I trotted over to an empty seat,sitting down without a thought. Barb sensing what I was doing, jumped to the next open seat.
Mayor Mare cantered up to the spotlight, signaling everypony to pay attention (like they weren't already(eye roll)) and cleared her throat. "Attention everypony, this year our majesty, King Solaris has graced our little town with this years Summer Sun Celebration!" everypony else broke out in cheers, "Now now, everypony, hold onto your cheer till after the Celebration so we can give Solaris our fullest cheer potential!" a few ponies persisted, "I SAID QUIET!" err pony stopped finally. She cleared her throat again, "Thank you, now, without further adeu, Solaris!"
Mayor Mare backed up and waved a hoof, signaling the curtains to fold away. With a collective gasp, we all stared on an empty backdrop. after a few seconds, starlit smoke began pouring and condensing on the stage accompanied by the sound of sinister laughter. The smoke pooled into an orb at the middle of the stage, condensing into a blackish mass. Slowly a Figure began to take shape. The legs, long and powerful; the body, defined and lithe; the head, clearly a mare. She flared black wings and sported midnight armor that accentuated her curves and defined her muscles. She smiled, showing off razor sharp teeth, lastly she opened her beautiful dark blue draconic eyes, her gaze pierced my very soul.
"Hello... mine subjects. We bid yo-"
"Who the hay are you?!" Blitz flew up and buzzed her. "where's Solaris? We want to see Solaris!"
Her fury was clearly evident, "Thou dost not know of thine ruler? Thou dost not know us? Is there nopony among you who hear of my-"
"Barb... get to the library and get the book on the Elements of Harmony, were going to need them."I jumped up on the stage, striking a dramatic pose, "I know you! You are the mare in the moon... Nightmare Moon! I saw the signs, and I am-"
"Going to be my personal sex slave." she slid up to me and somehow pulled me into a rather... close... hug.... lets leave it at a hug. "You will be mine for all your years."
Blushing heavily, I struggled in her grasp, "What? No! I'm Solaris' personal student! I'm here to stop you!"
"Oh! that just makes this all the more sweeter! Our dear brother sends a stallion to us like a bribe! Hardly fair we say. But, enough of that talk, we shall depart to our castle posthaste!" she smiled and lit her horn.
I struggled even more, trying to get out of her hooves, "What?! Nonononononononono-!"
Blitz
With a flick of her mane, Dusk had been taken by the evil looking Alicorn mare that had been practically treating him like a strip pole, leaving the rest of us dumbfounded as to what had just happened. After what felt like an eternity I snapped out of it. With a rush of air, I slammed down on the stage and galloped about to look for them back stage. Finding nothing more than ropes and stage props, I galloped back to the main hall, "We need to find him! Ponies, hurry and gather a search party!"
BOOM
Dusk appeared out of the blue, dropping on my back with a flash of light. Like a dead weight, I had to catch his limp smelly body. He groaned after a few seconds of gasping for breath. "Oahhh... I feel like a Manticore just mauled my backside." he rolled off and limped off to the door, leaving us all speechless again.
"Hey! Get back here! How do you know her?! Get back here!!" I galloped after the strange stallion with the curse. Butterscotch following along with Rarity, Applejack and Pinkie pie in tow. We followed him till the library, in witch he tried to lock us out. I flew up and around, trying for the window. With a crash, and glass getting scattered, I landed in the foyer.
back to the present.(Dusk)
"They are rather bothersome. You're going on your own, I am not going through the Everfree at night. I'm going back to sleep, see you all later!" Barb waved at us and began walking up the stairs.
I rolled my eyes. "OK, since were going into the Everfree, we're going to need antivenin, Manticore spray, rope-"
"Or we could take the shortest route and skip all that." Pinkie Pie pronked down next to me, "Or... we could take the long rout and take a rom-" Rarity shoved a hoof in her mouth.
"I never got a chance to properly apologize for earlier... I guess you were right, about being prepared for scheduled visits, not the decor though."