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// Kira In the Limelight 
// Story: Death Note: Alight Equestria 
// by DeviousNights 
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Sycamore continued to crush Sweetie's hoof. She let out a soft whimper as he stared down at her. Her eyes were large and innocent, but he did not feel the least bit of remorse, especially since she had been snooping around.
Sweetie Belle was doing her best to keep her bravery and bravado intact. This was for Rarity. She was sure there was something she could do… but there was no talking out of this. Not how she accidentally stumbled upon it, how she “accidentally” pulled, pushed, and used magic on three different books that she had no way of knowing were the right books beforehand. Without prior knowledge, of course.
"So, you think you can just go crawling around like a little worm, do ya?" Sycamore asked, dragging her upstairs. He opened the front door and tossed Sweetie outside into a mud puddle. The rain was at least three times worse than it had been before, and did nothing but got worse. She twisted around in time to see Sycamore walking after her, rain sullying his mane.
"You think this is all some type of joke, don't you?" Sycamore asked, giving her a strong kick to her stomach. His kick knocked the wind out of her, and she struggled to breathe and scream at the same time. She rolled into the grass, attempting to escape the vile onslaught. Sycamore easily caught up and wrapped both hooves around her small throat, holding her up in the air.
"You must really think I'm gonna let you destroy our operation. We have a good thing running here. The triad of the new world." he shook her back and forth. Her breathing began to slowly cut off as she struggled against the might of the superior stallion.
He delivered a strong punch to the jaw of the minor, letting her sail once again into a puddle. Nightmare's lawn had almost completely flooded because of the destructive rainfall. Sweetie began to try to crawl away from the maniac, looking like a beat-up dog. Her crawling did no good, as Sycamore laughed at her failed attempts. His shrewd giggles filled the night sky, as if a hyena had just found its prey.
Sycamore cracked his neck and walked up to her once more. Sweetie Bell flipped frantically like a fish out of water, before swiftly rolling over and biting Sycamore’s front hoof. Her teeth sank all the way through his skin and caused blood to spurt from the large puncture.
Sycamore roared as he flailed his hoof about, attempting to toss the unrelenting Sweetie Belle off of him. Sycamore was suddenly forced backward by a black beam of light, barely visible in the dark storm. He struggled and shrieked as the burning sensation began to melt away the top most layer of his skin.
Lightning flashed to reveal the image of Princess Luna, who had been making her nightly check up on Equestria and seen the struggle. She walked up to Sweetie Belle and swept her under her wing, protecting her from the rain and any further harm.
"Who do you think you are, beating a defenseless foal?" Luna’s anger seeped through her tone, her horn beginning to illuminate.
"He's--he’s KIRA!" Sweetie Belle shouted from her cover. Luna's eyes went wide. Sycamore struggled to get up from the blast and clumsily got back onto his hooves, smoke and blood seeping from it.
"Kira… ? No… I'm not Kira... I am the hand of him..."
"What nonsense are you spouting, Gavin?" Luna demanded, her voice ringing in his ears. Her voice emanated and bounced off the surrounding scenery. She slammed her hoof into the messy sludge below her, causing some of the mud to fly into her mane.
"You will see. You will all see. When he becomes God of the New World." Sycamore proclaimed, raising his right hoof into the air, as pledging allegiance to a religious figure. His words sent chills even down the night princess's spine, causing her to back away a bit. Sweetie Belle clung tighter to her wing.
"What are you speaking of? Give me a full answer, or I will pass divine judgement!" She commanded. Sycamore gave an insane smile.
“Didn't I answer you already? You fools don't understand, and likely never will! Kira is justice! Kira's law… has become the world’s law! Even the Griffon Kingdom and Celestia knows wherever else, follow the rules of Kira! Because whoever doesn't faces the consequences. Some stupidity… only death can cure. Can you idiots not understand that?” Sycamore threatened. Thunder crackled even louder in the background as the rain slightly eased up. A strong gust of wind swathed over the area and his ponytail became undone, causing his mane to fly wildly in all directions.
"Kira is evil! That's what you do not understand, you heathen!" Luna’s voice became harsher.
"Evil my ass! Do you pay attention to the television at all? How many crimes do you see these days? Next to none! Do you think that just miraculously happened overnight?" Sycamore yelled, trying to prove his point. He swiped his hoof through the rain. Sweetie started crying again, rubbing her head against Luna's wing for comfort.
"I.....can't do this anymore. I wanna go home. I want Rarity..."
Luna’s tone softened.
"Don't worry, child. You can come back with m--"
"The hell she can! The child stays, or else!" Sycamore threatened.
"Or else what, Gavin? You'll kill me? Go on! Do it! Show me how you kill!"
That was the exact opposite reaction that Sycamore had expected out of her. He thought that the threat would at the very least sway her from her onslaught against him. But it seemed that she was going to make sure to see this through to the end.
"Well… so it's come to this, has it?" he commented, walking away with his back turned to her. "What's done in the dark must come to light, huh?"
Luna furrowed an eyebrow as he faced Nightmare's house.
"LUNA SOLSTICE!" Sycamore screamed at the top of his lungs.
Inside the building, Nightmare's eyes darted open as he rolled out of bed and readily levitated a pen and paper from under his pillow. He began to jot down a paragraph full of words, after a neatly written name.
"All according to plan. T'was too easy."
"It's over, bitch." Sycamore threatened, a crude smile stretched across his face.
“You ponies making all this noise.” Nightmare yawned, coming outside and ignoring the rain. “Do any of you know what time it is?”
Luna stared blankly at Nightmare. Was… this Kira? Nightmare Moonlit, leader of the Royal Guard, Commandant of the Armed Forces? Nightmare scratched the back of his ear and drank some coffee, balancing his levitation with his feather pen and piece of paper. Luna couldn't take any risks here. She decided restraining the sinful pair was the best things he could do at the moment, for her own, and Equestria's safety.
"Nightmare Moonlit, Sycamore Gavin. You are both under arrest under suspicion of being involved with mass genocide." Luna declared, walking towards the two stallions.
"Now, now, Princess, don't be hasty. You and I both know you can't legally arrest us unless Princess Celestia herself orders it." Nightmare shook his head at her ignorance.
"I am ordering it." A voice emanated from the sky as Celestia herself came down from the dark clouds, her colorfully-flowing mane a contrast to the depressing aura of the weather.
"Nightmare. The Interpol has already had their eyes on you for being Kira. This doesn't help your case at all. Surrender now." Celestia commanded grimly.
"Step back." Nightmare countered angrily.
"Excuse me?"
"Step. Back."
Celestia took another step forward, disregarding Nightmare’s direction completely.
"Step… back!" Nightmare screeched. Suddenly, Luna clutched her neck. She fell to her knees as she coughed and gagged up saliva. Her wings folded inwards as she rolled over like a poisoned insect, clutching her heart and beginning to roam at the mouth. Celestia rushed over to her fallen sister, who by that time, had already ceased moving.
"Now. Face me."
Celestia didn't respond as the rain continued to fall heavily on the grief-stricken alicorn.
"I said FACE ME!" Nightmare commanded angrily. Celestia turned around, deadly anger on her face.
“Now this is what is going to happen.” Nightmare began, madness sparkling in his eyes. “You will make me an alicorn, relinquish ownership of Equestria, and then banish yourself wherever the hell you want. Or else I will kill you, Princess Cadence, Shining Armor, Twilight Sparkle, the Elements of Harmony and this entire damn city. Give this power! Because I am the GOD… of this NEW WORLD!" Nightmare professed as lighting battled for the sky.