//------------------------------// // Bait // Story: Death Note: Alight Equestria // by DeviousNights //------------------------------// Sweetie Belle sat alone, dirty, and hungry in a dark basement cellar. She has been down there for a single day.. After the events had occurred, Nightmare, evil as he was, could not bring himself to kill her. However, she was still a witness to everything, Nightmare, right after the confrontation with Celestia, took Sweetie to his basement and tied her up with a nylon rope. Her fur was being chaffed by it, and her movement was very restricted. She sat sad and alone for a long time before Nightmare came back down stairs, her recoiling backwards in a futile attempt to get away. "Ah now don't think I'm gonna hurt you." Nightmare cackled as he revealed a baked potato he had levitated with him down the stairs. "Until I figure out what to do with you though, you'll be staying down here." Nightmare sat the baked potato down in front of her, just close enough to where she could bite bits off of it. "...when...can I leave?" Sweetie weakly asked in between bites. "Like I said, as soon as I figure out what to do with you. May be a day, weeks, maybe the rest of the year. Pray it doesn't get to that point though. It gets cold as all hell down here during the winter." Nightmare commented, cackling as he ascended up the stairs, Sweetie solemnly sobbing as he left her. Nightmare levitated a coffee cup from the kitchen, turning on the coffee maker in his living room. He had to move it because Ryuuk kept knocking it over while he was grabbing for apples. He wasn't that bothered by moving it, it did take some more of his magic strength that could be used elsewhere though. But he shouldn't have to worry about magic strength now. Ding. The coffee maker finished, topping off his coffee with a pure white chocolate glazing on the top, Nightmare grinning as it did. A sweet, sweet cup of victory for him. Nightmare took the coffee and began to walk towards his room, stepping over random piles of clothes as he did. He entered his room, sliding into his bed as he used magic to turn the small television on his shelf above on. It came on to static for a minute before it switched to the news station. Nightmare sat idly on his bed, watching the mini tv he kept in his room. The news was as expected. He grinned at the realization that everything was going according to his master plan. The television was turned to some sort of news station. It featured a pink earth pony mare with a yellow and pink mixed mane, holding papers between her hooves as did many newscasters. "It is a terrible week for Equestria. First came the passing of the Element of Generosity, Rarity Belle. Then, Seemingly without warning, late last night, Princess Celestia forfeited her reign as Princess of Equestria, instead forfeiting it to former police chief of New Horse City, Sycamore Gavin. Very little information is being given at this time, as the former princess herself is nowhere to be found." She reported, clear remorse in her voice. The screen swapped over to a very familiar face to Nightmare, Prince Sycamore Gavin. "It breaks my heart to say that Princess Celestia has not been found since she relinquished ownership of the country to me. We are organizing search parties in every corner of Equestria. Please do not panic." Nightmare smiled, taking a sip of his seething coffee. He pushed himself up further on his bed, getting himself into a comfortable position. It was hard to get into one, even considering his elated state of happiness at the events transpiring before him. Ryuuk slipped through his window, first glancing at Nightmare, then the television. Nightmare was lied back with a look of pure blessedness on his face, likely due to the cup of coffee being the best one he'd tasted in a long time, considering the circumstances. Ryuuk started to chomp at an item that was held in between two of his sharp fingers, until nothing but a stem was left. He scratched his head as he noticed a change occur in the television that Nightmare had been previously watching. The tv station then cut to a title card that said 'Broadcast will continue after a short break". A short period of time afterwards, the screen disappeared, cutting to a dark shot of a house, with a single light to the right of the screen revealing a blue unicorn mare with darker shades of blue in her hair. "Is that...?" Ryuuk asked quizzically, raising a finger to point at the screen before noticing Nightmare had remained oblivious to everything that was and had been occurring around him. Ryuuk shook his head, and as the mare began to speak, returned his attention to the television. From there another pair of eyes were visible to the left side, the camera panning more so towards Aryan Blues. She wafted some hair from her face as she stared directly at the camera. "Nightmare Moonlit." She began, snapping Nightmare out of his trance-like condition. She now had his full attention, as he stared, eyes wide at the television. He sat up, losing his concentration on his coffee, causing it to spill over into his carpet bedroom floor. He gritted his teeth and listened. "I know you are Kira. I cannot prove it. But I know who you are and what you've been doing. And I'm going to tell you firsthand. You ARE NOT going to get away with it. Point blank period. Everything you've done hasn't been justice. It's been nothing but for your own sick enjoyment. You can claim its for the greater good. But your nothing more than a murder. And that's why me and my friend here are going to get evidence and arrest you." She went on, swooping her hoof to the side as if signaling for someone. A yellow pony in a mask stepped forward, her frizzed mane becoming more noticeable the more she stepped from the shadows. She began to speak in a voice that sounded a tad similar to Princess Twilight's. "You should turn yourself in while you have the chance. We have audio evidence, and video evidence of you doing your killings. You can turn yourself in at the Hoovington police station. I will be waiting." Spark said, keeping the majority of her body in the shadows, most likely for security purposes. "DAMN!" Nightmare screeched, quickly tossing everything from his dresser, pulling out his cell phone. He dialed a number until the pony he called picked up. "Yes, yes I see the broadcast." Sycamore answered. Back at his place, he was in very much the same position as Nightmare, now worried about this damning evidence they might have against them. He was sitting on top of his bed with an angry expression on his face, not knowing what to do against the pair. "We have to kill them both." Nightmare responded, beginning to walk outside of his house, Ryuuk cackled as he tossed on his raincoat. It seeming to slide off of his body for whatever reason. He shook it off and instead began to listen more closely to Gavin. "Nightmare! It's not like you to just hop into stuff like this. You know if you go down there you'll be walking into a death trap." "Regardless of the fact! If we just let her blabber on it won't do any justice for any of our public images! We don't need any further damage to our reputation or else we will look even more suspicious!" "Even so! We can just burst in there and kill the both of them. We can't even get rid of Aryan anymore because of the Death Note rule! We would have to do that manually. And we can't kill the other one because not only do we not have a face, we also don't have a name for her!" "Damn it WHY?!" Nightmare yelled, attempting to toss his jacket on again. It wouldn't fit. He struggled before making a realization that explained the entire predicament. "Damn. Forgot about the wings."