//------------------------------// // Chapter 1- The Armor // Story: The Belle Of a Nightmare // by Cloudheartswirl //------------------------------// The Belle of a Nightmare ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter one “Ugh…… why do we have to go and find some old fabric in the old castle?” I whine as My sister, Rarity, and I trot through the Everfree Forest. “Because Sweetie belle, I'm making a new line of dresses! Im calling it….. Antique chic!” My sister poses for a second, then back to trotting. “So, I need to see and get bit more of the ‘Antique’ fabric to make it more fabulous! After all, it’s all about the details! Besides, I thought you wanted to come with me?” Rarity chuckled. “Because I thought we were going to explore the forest!” I huffed. “You and the others, rarely let Me, Applebloom, and Scootaloo go into the forest before, so, I thought that we were going to explore the forest a bit more, maybe even find something cool!” I glare at Rarity. “Well Sweetie, That’s because, One, you’ll don’t know what Dangerous thing you’ll find in here! Plus, you were smaller and younger, I couldn’t let ANYTHING happen to you! And Second, You are older now, even though you are still small, You can use your magic to protect you! Plus you have your cutie mark now, that means you're one step closer to Marehood! Now come along now!” Rarity trots faster. I sigh and follow after her. It’s true, I was getting closer to being mare and not a filly anymore. Though not that long ago, my friends and got our cutie marks. Our talent is to help ponies figure out what their density is. It’s been little challenge, trying to find ponies with these problems, but, we push on though! But, hey, it gives us the time to do what all three separately like to do! Like, scootaloo, who likes to ride her scooter all day, and Applebloom, who likes to build and repair stuff. Then there’s Me! I love to sing to my heart's desire. I always wanted to sing in front of a crowd. Though truth be told, I’m kinda scared to sing in front of a crowd. Which is why I kinda hoped that my cutie mark would involve singing, so I could get over it and perform for ponies. But…. my destiny isn’t that…. But that doesn’t mean i'm not happy with the destiny I got! “H-hey! Wait up!” I quickly follow after her. We soon reach the castle and we walk inside. I look around at the old cracked walls. It’s feels like this place can crumble at any minute. We walk around for a bit and I'm already getting bored, looking at some of the same old crumbling walls. “Oh my CELESTIA!” My sister suddenly scream, almost right into my ear. Ow. I see her run ahead looking some old torn banner. “This is PERFECT! Oh, but it’s missing a piece of fabric! I need to find the torn piece!” Rarity proclaims. I huffed. I don’t waste more of my day in here. “Rarity, can’t you just take it without it?” I point out. “Well….. I could… But, let’s see if we can find the missing piece first!” she said. I sigh, yeah that figures. Wait, maybe this is my chance to explore abit…. “Maybe I could look around then, by myself that is!” I Squeed. Rarity looked at me worriedly. “Oh, but Sweetie, this castle is full of hidden doors and traps, and trust me, I should know…..” She looks away. What is she talking about- oh wait, I remember, she told me about when Fluttershy and her went to the castle. I snicker abit. Rarity mane had gotten dirt and some twigs in it and when she came home that day, I tried to get her a ‘mane makeover.’, because well, I thought I could get my cutie mark as a mane stylist. Let’s just say that didn’t end well. “Please? Besides, If I get into trouble, I can just use my magic!” I squeed again. “Oh alright, but be care-” “OK RARITY!!” I cut her off and ran down a hall. “Just be careful!!” I hear Rarity yelling behind me. I run past halls and looking into each room. Some of the rooms had some old furniture in them and some old books I really couldn't care about. I wanna see something interesting! I then see some light coming into another room. I trot in there to see that the room is huge and not only some cracks in the walls where light is coming in, there was also some old stained glass windows. Wow, for a empty big room like this, it’s kinda pretty. Something shiny catches my eye. I trot over to it. It looks like a piece of armor. I pick it up with my magic to see it a little closer. It’s light blue with with a lighter color moon in the center. “Wait a minute, I seen this somewhere before….” I say to myself. Thinking… Thinking…. I started to think back to Nightmare Night. It then hit me in the head. “This is…… Part of Nightmare moon’s Armor!” I look around to see more smaller pieces around the floor. This must have been the room where Rarity and the other defeated Nightmare moon! Wow, even that was so long ago, there’s not dust or any rusting on it. I use my magic and put it in my hooves. Honestly, I don’t think I should be holding it, but this is a piece of history, not only making my sister a protector of equestria, it’s also what Princess luna turned into! As I look at it more, It’s actually kinda pretty. But still, to hold in my hooves…… It’ll be cool to take this with me! I could get some stuff and turn this into a necklace! Thought Rarity might not like me having some old Nightmare moon armor with me…. But what to do-- “Sweetie! Sweetie belle! I found the other piece!” I hear Rarity yell down a hallway. Oh no, I can’t let Rarity see me with this!! I panicking around, then I got an idea. I’ll just do what pinkie does! Put stuff in her mane! I put the Armor into my mane, and mess with it until it covered it. “Sweetie? Sweetie Belle! Where are you?” Rarity yelled again. “Coming Rarity!” I said then double check my mane to make it err, secure in my mane. I then trot out of the room and run into Rarity. “There you are Sweetie! I worried There for a second that-- Umm… Sweetie belle, what is going on with your mane?” I she looks at me with a worried face. “Oh um…. I had trip over something and uhh….. scruffed up my mane!” I squeed. “Oh my! Well when we get home, I shall fix your mane! Anyways I found the piece! Once I sew this back together, it will fabulous! My next line shall be perfect!” She started to troted away. “Hey, wait up!” I yell as I trot after her. Meanwhile In Canterlot….. “Ah, Is it that time of day already?” Luna asks as she see’s Celestia finishing lowering the sun. “Luna you must really keep track of time you know.” Celestia joking said. “You know that I have to sleep during the day.” Luna huffed. Celestia chuckles. “I know sister, but now you must rise the moon so that the ponies of equestria may have sweet dreams.” Celestia trots away then looks back. “And that includes me.” She then trots away again. Luna chuckles then. “Goodnight dear sister.” Luna then trots to the balcony. Looking at the sky she prepares to rise the moon. “Time to sleep my subjects.” Luna says then uses her magic to raise the moon. “Huh?” She suddenly feels something a sudden plus, a very dark sudden plus. She feels dark magic in the air. Her vision suddenly flips to black and normal until she see’s a very familiar sinister grin. She hears laughter. “Show yourself!” Luna is then Armed with magic and all very well alerted. Eye’s glow out of the darkness and the sounds of the laughter gets louder and louder until…. “Your Highness!” One of the Night guards snaps her out of it. “H-huh….” Luna blinked, her vision is back to normal and all is what is was before. “Y-Your Highness, Are you alright?” The Night Guard asks. “Y-Yes Night Guard…. Please go back to your post, everything is fine.” Luna says. The Night Guard nods and trots off. “...Something wrong. The vision….. I can feel it….” Luna says as she finishes raising the moon. “Something too familiar…. I just can’t put my hoof on it….” Luna puts her hoof to the chest then looks up at her bright moon. She can feel it from the moon as well and from her own heart.