Nightmare Dawn
It was a perfectly logical conclusion.
Princess Luna was threatening her unborn, and was thus a threat. Sometimes one needed to eliminate those threats with means that one could barely stomach.
Killing...
Thus, Twilight started by tearing apart a nearby building and forming the pieces into very large and very sharp sticks to try skewering the Night Princess. Things were somewhat in her favor by it being near the middle of the day and the voice in her head telling her what to do, guiding her every spell and movement.
Lightning Spells, even an Earthquake Spell were thrown into the mix as the two dueled in the middle of Ponyville. Guards were evacuating everypony, but Twilight didn't notice. All her attention was focused on her former friend who stood her ground with an angry glare.
"BEGONE FROM THIS WORLD, NIGHTMARE! YOU HAVE NO MORE CLAIM TO IT!"
Twilight sneered. "Your short-sightedness shames you, Princess... The only nightmare is the one whom would take an unborn foal from its mother!" She then dropped a house on the Princess...
... literally...
The younger Alicorn smashed her way out the front door with a roar of anger, advancing on Twilight with ball lightning striking the unicorn's shield.
"THIS IS FAR FROM OVER BETWEEN US, NIGHTMARE! RELEASE TWILIGHT THIS INSTANCE!"
"It hasn't occurred to you, has it? That I do this willingly?!"
"Twilight! That's Treason!" Rainbow Dash shouted from one side.
"It's self-preservation!" Twilight fired back - along with a lightning bolt pulled from a nearby cloud. She sneered, hitting Luna's shield again and again, storming forward.
You are a good mother.
"... I am a good mother..."
Protect the Foal.
"...Protect the Foal..."
The voice soothed her soul, at the same time guiding her body and her magic to try tearing Princess Luna limb from limb, to protect her friends, protect her foal. It was strangely calming to just give in to the voice, the programming flowing through her mind. The soft chant she breathed didn't go unnoticed, however.
.....
Thrown into a bush by the exchange of magic, Fluttershy poked her head up and blinked. She had heard those words before from Twilight... in the exact same tone. She watched her repeat that mantra again.
Now Fluttershy isn't the most brilliant of Pegasus in Ponyville. She never even completed flight school due to her weak wings, but her mind is quite sharp due to assertiveness training well over a year ago. Thus, she was more than able to finish her doctorate in record time. She was also able to catch on quite easily to what the repeated words meant; "Rainbow! That is Twilight!"
"What the hay you talking about, 'shy?! The bucking Nightmare has possessed her!" The guard lieutenant landed at her side to help her from the bush.
"It is! I've been listening to her mutter. She's repeating some sort of mental programming. I think that she's been brainwashed, and is following her programming to protect her foal!"
"So how do we snap her out of it?"
"Go get Shining Armor! Have him bring the rest of our friends here!" Fluttershy flitted up and headed right toward Twilight.
.....
The Alicorn was tough, that was rather obvious, but her shield was weakening.
Yes! Keep on her! Punish her for threatening your foal!
"Protect the Foal..." Twilight muttered obediently.
"Don't do it!"
Twilight wheeled on Fluttershy who hovered beside her. "And why not?"
"This isn't you, Twilight! She isn't the threat!"
Of course she's a threat! She thinks you're possessed!
"Of course she is, Fluttershy! She thinks I'm being possessed and thus wants to take away my foal!"
"No, she doesn't, Twilight. The Nightmare does. Remember? 'She's planning something'!" The butter-coated Pegasus pleaded.
Then she's relapsed...
"Then she's relapsed..." Twilight turned on Luna again, ignoring the Pegasus in favor of the calming voice.
"You know that isn't true, Twilight." Princess Celestia struck the ground, shielding her weakened sister from Twilight's wrath. "Listen to your friends." She turned to indicate the group of ponies running up to them.
Applejack slid off Shining Armor's back. "We're here for ya, Twi..." She limped forward.
"Yeah, Twilight! You still have to attend my party!" Pinkie trotted on the farmpony's left.
"Indeed, darling... I ran out once, I'm not doing it again!" Rarity had discarded her dress for speed, and advanced steadily on AJ's right, Spike riding on her back with a worried look on his face.
Landing on either side of the now-confused Unicorn, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash voiced their agreement.
"No... no! You're confusing me!"
Protect the Foal. The voice insisted. She has to be born!
"I have... I have to protect my foal!" She glared at them.
"We're not stopping you, Twilight." Applejack stood her ground. "We just want you back."
Twilight looked upon each of her friends in turn. They stared right back, not with expressions of fear or hatred, but of concern.
They've turned on you! They have to be stopped!
Twilight looked at the ground in front of her. She started to retort, but something caught her attention. Waitaminute... Turned on 'me'? You're supposed to be 'me'...
The voice didn't respond.
They were right. She scowled. You are not a part of me... she was right! The Nightmare!
You are a good mother. The voice whispered angrily.
"I am a..." She started to mutter obediently, but set her jaw. "NO!" She shook her head, causing the Princesses and her friends to step back.
You are a good mother.
"I..." She dropped to the ground, clutching her head. "Stop! It!" She hissed.
"You can do it, Twilight!" Fluttershy said from beside her.
"Yeah! Teach that Nightmare who's the boss!" Dash grinned.
Spike silently walked forward and placed a clawed hand on one of her forelegs.
OBEY ME! I'm doing this for your own good! The voice insisted. I love you... We made a child together... The reward you were denied your whole life by Celestia...
More Lies!
"We're right here, Twilight. We're all here, and we're not leaving you." Pinkie Pie's soft voice came from ahead of her.
Protect the Foal!
"Pro-" Twilight cut herself off, struggling to resist.
Memories flowed. She remembered the fight in the old castle ruins, seeing Applejack laying on the floor, broken. Rainbow limping, calling out to her.
She remembered the Nightmare, the promises made. Flashes of disjointed memories shot past, of her imprisonment.
You are a good mother.
"I..." She set her jaw.
Protect the foal.
"P-" Her mouth opened obediently, but she forced it shut. She instead forced her eyes open. All her friends were right here. Beside her. Supporting her. Even her adopted son, Spike...
She looked right at Spike. Then it clicked. She smiled. "Heh... that I can agree with..." Twilight closed her eyes and reached deep into herself. Not toward the Nightmare, not toward the Princesses, but to something else. Something she rarely touched upon, but was definitely there. Her horn began to glow.
Wait... what is going on? You can't have shed a year's worth of brainwashing that quick! The voice sounded worried. You have to fight the Princesses!
In a sealed magical vault many miles away and up a mountainside, inside an enchanted chest, a crown began to glow. Then, in rapid sequence, several ornate necklaces placed around it began to glow as well.
What are you doing? The voice insisted.
She tilted her head and called to them. Her friends began to shift uneasily, feeling the same source inside them being called to.
You wouldn't... You can't!
Twilight smiled. She summoned the magic that connected her to her friends.
This is impossible!
"You are urging me to protect my child..." Twilight whispered. "... my foal. Well, I am. I'm protecting her... from you!"
She reached into herself, and found the Nightmare. As she grasped hold of the taint, more memories flooded her mind, nearly making her lose contact with the spell. The creature was residing in her unborn, waiting to be brought into the world in a new body. The lies, the brainwashing, the rape... it was all there. A year's worth of memories cluttered together, stolen from her. They were still unclear, but that could wait for later. She had more important things to do, so she shut it out and focused on the Nightmare, on pulling her from her foal.
The mist lifted off Twilight's prone form, the changes wrought by the Nightmare's spell being peeled away to form the dark mare shape which suddenly dropped to the ground in their midst.
With the Nightmare away from her child, Twilight closed her eyes and completed her spell. The Elements of Harmony answered and came to her and her friends. The ornate jewelry flashed into existence on them to their shouts of agreement.
Twilight Sparkle stood shakily to her feet, glaring at the Nightmare. "This ends... now..."
The mist rose up. "YOU FORGET, TWILIGHT! YOU GAVE YOURSELF TO ME! MIND, BODY, AND SOUL!" The dark mare took a threatening step forward. YOU FORGET YOUR SACRIFICE?
"... no, I didn't..." Twilight muttered, but stood her ground amid her friends.
"You underestimated us!" Applejack snapped in reply.
"Yeah! You forgot about us!" Pinkie shouted.
"We came right back when we heard about Twilight." Rarity sneered in anger.
"We're her friends." Fluttershy put in with a brave face.
"And we don't abandon our friends!" Rainbow Dash fluffed her wings angrily.
The Nightmare stepped back only to be stopped by a magic shield erected by the Princesses who stood back and out of the way.
"You forgot the lesson we taught you during our first encounter." Twilight stepped through her friends, confronting the creature that raped her body and her mind. "You may have tore me apart... left me a broken mare... but I remembered the lesson: Friendship is Magic..." She smiled at her friends, who smiled back. She then looked back at the Nightmare, her eyes shifting to solid white, glowing, orbs, along with those of all her friends.
Pinkie actually managed to grin and waved; "Bye-Bye..."
The Nightmare only had enough time to scream in frustration before the Elements of Harmony literally drop-kicked her back to the Moon.
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And here we have the climactic battle. Now then... *points to blog* Ideas welcome for the aftermath of this world-changing event in the life of The Faithful Student.
This is interesting I await more.
When I grow up, I wanna go to the moon!
Hah, why wait?
*drop kicked to the moon*
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
...I'm sorry, it just fits too well.
That flustered my jimbobs.
Drop-kicked to the MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!
Hate to say it but that was a little too easy. Also, stealing your avatar for my 40k carrying case.
YAY! But i'd rather you not mention rape it kinda spoilt that part... though it may just be the use of the word. She could have been magically impregnated so it wouldnt really be rape... Dunno your story not mine. I loved Past Sins and this is shaping up to equally awsome.
-Sees two updates-
-Le read-
I've just returned from a hospital visit of my own. I was in there for quite a while due to the epileptic seizure that was brought on by this chapter's awesomeness. Even now I can barely contain my enthusiasm for the next chapter. But I have this hospital bill I need to worry about now too. Darkangel, I blame you for this. And that bill is very real you need to pay them right now
Oh oh, like two months later she gives birth to a changling
YEAH...Do what you think is best for the aftermath though i can imagin Luna is abit irritated though i dont see the other or celestia turning on her or punishing her particuly Luna in that reguard she'd understand more then anything i think
anyway i wont annoy you BRILLIENTCE!
more info i=on the memory next chapter like 2 mares =/=1 foal
MORE. This will not be the end, I will not allow it.b
Wait wait wait. . . This is too much like Past sins now. Sorry but I gotta un fave.
1294755 evil alicorn magic... perfectly logical explanation to this.
loved it, cant wait for MOAR!!
and so they drop kicked her back to the moon. buckin priceless. We need more. the flutter god commands it
Well that was fast, but then again it was predictable, so stretching it would have been boring.
Just found this story... freaking love it so far!
Can't wait for your next update!
Holy... Crap.... I really shouldnt read such stories before bedtime. The excitement is too much.
well, its was kinda meh... it felt a little contrived and rushed in a "shit is suddenly real" way.
I'm blaming fridge logic and a lack of willing suspension of disbelief.
1. Is this the end... I mean it was Good but I thought you were building up for something more extensive.
2. One thing I'm not sure on. Are you saying it was the nightmare itself that magically impregnated Twilight, or was there a stallion involved? You said she was 10 months pregnant and had been missing for 13 months. That's more then enough time for the nightmare and brainwashed Twilight go on a search to find a stallion with the right genetic characteristics to create the foal the nightmare wants and then gets Twilight to seduce him/ cast a love spell on him.
Your first MLP fanfic, and it got featured! Nice.
That was awesome! But what happens to the foal? Is it a girl or boy and unicorn, pegasus, earth, alicorn or other???
MOREEEE 
I have to agree with Wolf Guardian's second question. Was Twi "magically" impregnated, or is the term rape quite literal? At the very least, I'm hoping this will made a bit clearer in the following chapter(s).
Besides that, fantastic story. I have to admit, when I saw in the description, with Twilight waking up pregnant of all things, I was a little questioning of what the story would hold, not expecting good things. But it was featured, so I dived in anyways. Risk well worth taken. Can't wait to see how this is wrapped up!
1294466 The Nightmare is gone and just about everything returns to normal (including AppleJack's leg), but the Alicorn fetus remains; not an evil creature bidding it's time, just a foal waiting to blossum inthe world.
Tracked and faved.
Oh, and given some of the contents of this story, You might want to slap a "Dark" Tag in the tag boxes or whatever they're called here.
1294556>>1295165 No, it definitely was rape no matter how it was done.
1294855 No sir, definitely not like Past Sins; not even if Twilight gives the the coming foal the same (Nyx) as the one from said story.
1294560 Indeed!
1294855 How is this anything like Past Sins?
So, Twilight is going to have some kind of child related to Nightmare Moon.
There are two key differences between this and Past Sins:
- In 'Past Sins', Nyx was created magically and in this, Twilight has an unborn foal that was conceived traditionally.
(At least, I think it was conceived traditionally... I wonder how Twilight got impregnated by the Nightmare...)
- And another thing, the ethereal cloud version of the Nightmare in this story is altogether different than the one in Past Sins.
(I actually find this version of 'the Nightmare' to actually have more similarities to the one depicted in Through The Eyes of Another Pony.)
One other question. Why did the nightmare send Twilight back to Ponyville when she was about to give birth. From what I can tell there was nothing it had to gain by it and once she was found it was obvious the princess the princesses and the royal guard would show up and there's no way Twilight could fight all of them. If the only aim was to give birth to the foal and let it grow up I'd think the goal should be to keep her as far away from anyone who knows her as possible. I mean Luna was saying the Nightmare was this great tactician, what was the plan?
Okay. Do you know what 'literally' means?
It's not meant to be used like 'The scientist was literally on fire today. He had just created a cure for cancer and the end of world hunger.'
It's more like 'The scientist was literally on fire today. Perhaps he shouldn't have lit a smoke in a room full of chemicals.'
am I the only one who realizes that nightmare moon is a woman?
not trying to dis you or anything but I thought I might through that out there.
I love the way you made Twighlight twist the brainwashing to her own advantage, heck i like the whole story.
Respect brony 
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With wherever Twilight was imprisoned, be it a hidden lair deep beneath the ruins of the Alicorn Sister Castle or a secret moon palace, either way there would be next to no medical facilities there, let alone anybody to take care of them. The foal needed to be born, and if Nightmare was possessing the foal during that time, then quite literally nobody would be there to aid Twilight in it's birth. She would be alone to do so, and for them that would be nigh impossible.
Well that was an interesting end to Nightmare.
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*reads the lastchapter*
I approve. :)
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I approve of this reference.
I swear, one of these days, Nightmare. Pow! Straight to the moon.
1297016 I will not be stopped!
A bit rushed, I think. But that's just my opinion though. Can't wait for the next chapter to see how this'll wrap up
MOAR
1295248 . . .Really? Come on! It's right there! The foal is just a shell of Nightmare moon and Twilight basically fought the evil inside the baby.
I bet that the next story will basically be celestia and luna trying to poke the baby a lot.
MISCARIAGE!
My idea is that the foal is born without a soul and thus rips a soul from somepony near by to fill in. Just to make things a tad more interesting.
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Well then why send her somewhere where everyone would recognize her and want to help? Why not keep her hidden until the search is called off and then send Twilight to another country where nopony would recognize her, like the Zaharen where she can get medical help from a tribe of Zebras?
I just had an awful thought. What if the foal is useless? What if it's just a tool for the Nightmare to use to corral Twilight into doing what she wants by manipulating her maternal instincts?
1300695 I see your point. But they are eerily similar you gotta admit.
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Nah, you can't do that. She's not made of wood, therefore would not burn.
An interesting story, but an edit job is definitely in order. It'll be interesting to see where this is going... I just hope that this latest chapter is the climax of the story, because if so, it was anything but climactic.
My only real gripe about the story is that Twilight's whole reasoning for having gone to the ruined castle is shaky at best. Maybe I just missed something, or something was not conveyed, but I just don't see the logical progression in it.
Twilight is researching Changelings > Twilight can't find helpful data on Changelings > ??? > Go to ruined castle for books that may or may not exist!
It just doesn't feel... right... Like it was just an excuse to get her into that situation.
Aside from that though, it isn't a bad story.
My spidey sense is tingling... somethings not right... Nightmare Moon plans ahead, far ahead, i don't think she's done yet
Or is she?
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This is perhaps the best, and simplest description of my intentions for this story. You win a cute Fluttershy!
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She gave herself to protect her friends, when Nightmare tried turning her against them she violated the main clause, even if it had been a magically-enforced contract she wouldn't have any more hold over it.