My Friend, Nightmare Moon

by evanim26

Discovery and Confrontation

Back at canterlot, Princess Celestia had just finished rising the sun and was currently trotting to Luna's room to check on her. Once she entered, she saw Luna on her balcony lost in thought. Luna didn't hear Celestia enter as she stared up at the sky.

Celesta stepped next to Luna "Luna?"

Luna looked at Celestia "Oh, Tia. I didn't hear you come in." she said

"What were you thinking about little sister?" Celestia asked

Luna sighed "I saw and fought Nightmare Moon last night." she said

Celestia gasped "Were you able to defeat her?" she asked

Luna shook her head "No, instead I was expelled from the dream by the owner." she said

"But...wouldn't that mean..."

Luna nodded "Yes, the filly who has been infected is either under a spell from Nightmare moon, or she is defending her of her own will."

"Who would willingly defend somepony like Nightmare Moon?" Celestia questioned

"A filly who doesn't understand the kind of threat Nightmare Moon is to Equestria." Luna said then she sighed "After I was expelled out of the dream. I tried to get back into it as fast as I could, but by the time I did, it was already disappearing. I tried to talk the filly into giving up Nightmare Moon, but she just looked at me and said "I will never abandon a friend"." Luna explained

Celestia thought for a moment "It seems clear that this filly believes Nightmare Moon to be her friend. it doesn't sound like something a pony would say if they were put under some kind of mind control spell." she said

Luna huffed "That filly is being foolish! Nightmare Moon is nopony's friend! she is an evil being that must be destroyed to prevent any future disasters!" she said angrily

Celestia put a hoof on Luna's shoulder "Calm yourself, Luna. we'll find this filly and Nightmare Moon, but we must approach this with a calm head. or, we risk Nightmare Moon escaping and lose the filly as well." she said

Luna took a deep breath and nodded "Yes, you're right. sorry for my outburst."

"It's alright. Oh, I almost forgot." Celestia said then she teleported a piece of paper into the room "Twilight sent me this letter yesterday. I was going to bring it to you as well, but my royal duties got in the way. I was so exhausted that I fell right to sleep after lowering the sun."

Luna took the letter from Celestia "You received a letter from Twilight that could have helped us in our search for Nightmare Moon, and you forgot about it until now?!" she said

Celestia rolled her eyes with a smirk "I forgot. my royal duties took up a lot more time than I thought. can you really blame me?" she asked

"Yes." Luna said as Celestia giggled then she opened the letter and read it over as it explained Twilight's findings of the fight at school and the filly named Amber Night "Amber Night? a filly who entered the Everfree and came out unscathed after three days."

"I believe we have our prime suspect." Celestia said

"Indeed." Luna said then she closed the letter "I will go and meet with this filly, personally."

"Are you sure that's a wise decision?" Celestia asked

Luna nodded "If this filly truly is infected by Nightmare Moon, then I will need to be there to contain her until we are able to remove Nightmare Moon from her mind." she said.

Celestia hugged Luna "Be careful, Lulu. there's no telling what kind of tricks Nightmare Moon will pull."

Luna hugged back "Do not worry, Tia. I will not be beaten by a monster like her." she said then she let Celestia go as she trotted to the doors of her room where two pony's were standing guard "Ready a carriage. we will be leaving for Ponyville soon."

The guards bowed "Yes, your majesty."

Lucy woke up and trotted downstairs to find Amber had already made herself some food "You're up even earlier today. what's with the sudden change to your sleep schedule?" she asked

Amber shrugged "I just want to get to school on time."

Lucy smiled "If you keep this up, then I may not have to get you up at all." she said then she went to make herself some breakfast and sat next to Amber "Amber, how are you feeling today?"

Amber raised an eyebrow "Fine, why do you ask?"

"I just wanted to make sure you're not feeling too tired in the mornings." Lucy said then she began eating

Amber nodded and continued eating her own food. Once she was done she gathered her things and trotted to the door.

"I'm off!" Amber shouted as Lucy waved her off then Amber left the house and began trotting to school.

Amber continued on her to school without going off course, which made Nightmare raise an eyebrow

"Are you not going to get another snack like before?" Nightmare asked

Amber shook her head "I want to get to school on time for once."

"Is it because of your new friends?"

"...Maybe."

Nightmare rolled her eyes "You get a few new friends and all of a sudden, you're a good little filly who gets to school on time." she said

"Hey, it's not all about my friends. I also want to get through my detention as quickly as possible, so I can be done with it." Amber said "And what did I say about my other friends? I may get some other friends, but you'll always be my number one." she said

"I don't care." Nightmare said though she won't admit it. it did make her slightly happy.

After only a few minutes of trotting did Amber finally arrive at school. Amber saw other fillies and colts enter the school as Cheerilee waved at them, and as soon as she saw Amber she was a little surprised.

"Amber? you're on time for once?" Cheerilee said

"You don't have to act so surprised, Ms. Cheerilee." Amber said

Cheerilee cleared her throat "Right, sorry. I shouldn't have acted that way. I'm just shocked you weren't late this time."

"After what happened the other day. I decided to come on time so I can do my detention for the day." Amber said

"Well, that's very nice of you, Amber." Cheerilee said which made Amber smile

"Hey, Amber!" Scootaloo called from behind making Amber turn around and see the Cmc trotting to her

"Hey, Scootaloo, Applebloom, and sweetie belle!" Amber greeted

Sweetie belle ran to Amber "Hey, Amber! we thought of an awesome idea we can do later today."

"Really? what is it?" Amber asked

Before Sweetie could tell, Applebloom covered her mouth "We can talk more about it during recess." she said

Cheerilee stepped forward "I'm sorry girls, but Amber has detention so she won't be able to be at recess." she said

"Aw, well we can always talk after school." Scootaloo said

"Um..actually.." Before Amber could speak, the school bell rang making everypony run inside.

Applebloom put a hoof on her shoulder "We'll talk later. trust me, you're gonna love what we have planned." she said then she ran inside

Amber sighed "I forgot to tell them I'm grounded. I should tell them after school."

"Or perhaps. you don't."

"What do you mean?"

"If you don't say a word then you'll be able to go out and have some fun." Nightmare said

Amber raised a brow "Why do you want me to go out and follow them?"

"Being cramped inside of your home is already annoying enough. I would very much rather be anywhere else than there." Nightmare said

"But I'll be disobeying my parents."

Nightmare scoffed "You will only be gone for a few minutes. I am sure they will be fine with that." she said

"I guess I could go and have fun just for today." Amber said

Cheerilee came back to the door "Amber, come inside. we're about to begin."

"Okay." Amber said trotting inside

Luna had just arrived in Ponyville, and after exiting her carriage she was met with Princess Twilight and her friends.

"Princess Luna? what are you doing here?" Twilight asked

"I have come to meet with the filly known as, Amber Night. I believe she is the one who has been infected." Luna said

Applejack stepped forward "That's nice and all, but Twilight already used her magic on Amber. she said she wasn't able to pick up any traces of Nightmare Moon."

"That is because Nightmare Moon can not be found using simple mind spells. we must use more powerful magic to find her. not to say your magic is not powerful, Twilight." Luna said as Twilight nodded "I will meet this filly myself and find out the truth. please guide me to her home."

"It's right this way." Twilight said, she began trotting to Amber's house along with her friends and Luna. Once they had arrived, they saw Lucy leaving the house but when she turned and saw Twilight and her friends she stopped right where she was.

"Um, hello everypony." Lucy said nervously

Luna stepped past Twilight and her friends "Greetings-."

"Oh, Princess Luna!" Lucy cut Luna off and immediately bowed "I apologize for not recognizing you sooner, your majesty." she said

"It's fine, and you do not have to bow. I simply came to speak with the filly known as, Amber Night." Luna said

Lucy stood back up "Amber? what...do you want with her?" she asked

Before Luna could speak, Twilight spoke first "We just want to speak with her. is she here?" she asked

"No, she's at school right now." Lucy said

Twilight nodded "We should head to the school then." she said and everypony nodded as they turned to leave

"Wait!" Lucy shouted making them turn back "You must tell me, what's wrong with Amber?" she asked

Twilight glanced away and back "When did we say there was something wrong with her?"

"Please, Princess Twilight. I think it's pretty clear that something is wrong with her. both you and Princess Luna are here, and all of the element bearers." Lucy said making Twilight rub the back of her neck

Rarity stepped to Lucy "Sorry darling, but we can't tell you that."

Lucy shook her head "Don't give me that! I'm her mother and I have a right to know what's wrong with my daughter! please tell me. what's wrong with Amber?"

Applejack sighed "Twilight, we have to tell her. it isn't right to lie to her own mother." she said

Rainbow rubbed the back of her head "She's right, Twilight. we have to tell her something."

"I will explain it to her." Luna said trotting forward "The rest of you should go and retrieve Amber."

"I think I'll stay with Luna to help fill in the details. will you girls be alright getting Amber by yourselves?" Twilight asked

Rainbow waved her hoof "It's just one filly. I'm sure we'll be fine." she said

Twilight nodded then trotted with Luna to Lucy "Let's go inside, it's better if others don't hear this." she said and Lucy nodded so they entered her home.

"Come on everypony! let's go and get that filly!" Rainbow said flying off while everypony else followed

After the others had left, Twilight and Luna explained to Lucy why they were investigating her daughter. Lucy was horrified to learn just how much danger Amber was in with Nightmare Moon inside of her.

Lucy looked down and sighed "This explains so much."

"What do you mean?" Luna asked

"I've seen Amber do things that I haven't been able to explain myself. some of the things shouldn't even have been possible." Lucy said

Twilight and Luna looked at each other then back to Lucy "Can you tell us the things Amber has done?" Twilight asked

Lucy nodded "It first happened the same day she came back to ponyville. when I went to get her for dinner I heard her talking to somepony, but when I opened the door there was nopony there so I wrote it off as her talking to the stars or, something. she does that a lot." she explained

Luna nodded "We can probably assume she was talking to Nightmare Moon. were there any other moments?" she asked

"Yes. it happened yesterday. After I had come back from speaking with Cheerilee I called out for Amber, but when she didn't hear me I went up to her room, and when I peeked inside of her room I could hear her talking to somepony again but nopony was there." Lucy said as both of them slowly nodded "But the weirdest part, was that I saw her holding up a book using magic!"

Twilight gasped "That's not possible. a pegasus can't use magic, let alone a pegasus filly."

"It would seem we truly do have the right filly. all the evidence lines up perfectly. Amber Night has been infected by Nightmare Moon." Luna said

"Please, you have to save my daughter. I couldn't bear to see her hurt by Nightmare Moon." Lucy begged

Luna trotted to Lucy and put a hoof on her shoulder "We will do everything in our power to save your daughter and defeat Nightmare Moon. you have my word." she said and Lucy nodded

Twilight stood up "Come on, I'm sure the others have Amber by now." she said and Luna nodded as she followed Twilight and left the house

"I'M BORED!" Amber shouted

"Amber, please. I understand that you're bored, but can you please stop yelling?" Cheerilee said

"But there's nothing to do, and I already completed all the work you gave me. why does detention have to be so boring?" Amber said

Cheerilee shook her head "It could be worse, you know. you could have been suspended like Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon." she said

"Yeah, you're right. I guess I should just power through it." Amber said laying her head on her desk.

"We could always escape using magic while she's not looking." Nightmare said

"No, Moony. it's only fair we take the punishment for our actions like Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon." Amber whispered

Nightmare sighed "Very well."

While Cheerilee was busy grading papers, a knock soon came on the schoolhouse door causing Cheerilee to stand up and trot to the door. once she opened it she saw all five ponies

"Oh, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie. why are you all here?" Cheerilee asked

Amber gasped once she heard all the names "Uh oh. do you think they're here for me?"

"I suggest we don't take that chance. shall I get us out of here now?" Nightmare asked

"Yes please." Amber said so Nightmare used her magic to teleport Amber out of the schoolhouse

"We were wondering if a filly named Amber Night was here?" Applejack asked

"Yes, she's right over her-." Cheerilee cut herself off once she saw that Amber was gone "Wait, where did she go?!"

All of them ran in and looked around "Well, this is quite the conundrum. where on Equestria could she have gone?" Rarity said

Rainbow groaned "Getting a simple Pegasus filly should have been a piece of cake. now we don't even know where she is anymore. she could be anywhere in ponyville." she said

"Or maybe she's just right outside." Pinkie said looking out the window and so did everypony else and they to saw Amber currently running away from the schoolhouse

"Come on, we have to catch her!" Rainbow said flying out the door while the others followed

"Wait, why are you chasing Amber?" Cheerilee asked as she stepped out the door

"We'll explain later!" Applejack said as she ran past

Amber ran as fast as her hooves could "Why didn't you teleport me further away?"

"It's hard to focus when I'm still inside of the mind of my host. just be happy that you didn't end up in the wall." Nightmare said

"Where do we even go? there's no way we can go home, they know where I live." Amber said

"I suggest you run into the everfree. you'll be able to hide there and lose them." Nightmare said

"I'll have to go back there again?!" Amber said

"Do not worry, with my magic charged to acceptable levels. I will be able to protect should we find danger." Nightmare said

"Okay." Amber said so she instead began flying as fast as she could and with the addition of Nightmare's wings, she was able to fly at speeds that equal to an adult pegasus.

Rainbow Dash was quickly gaining on Amber "Stop! we only want to talk!" she said

Amber quickly made a sharp turn which threw Rainbow off for a bit but she quickly recovered and continued her pursuit. Amber pushed her wings to their limits in order to stay away from Rainbow Dash, but she knew that she didn't have much of a chance against the fastest flyer in Equestria. if she could at least reach the everfree then she would have a better chance at escaping.

Amber was closing in on the everfree and Rainbow was closing in on her until she was suddenly lassoed by Applejack and was being pulled to the ground.

"I got her!" Applejack said

Amber struggled to stay in the air "Moony! I need help!" she yelled

"Who's Moony?" Rainbow said hovering nearby when suddenly Amber teleported out of the rope and continued flying away leaving everypony stunned "How did she do that? pegasi can't use magic!"

"I bet one of my apple ciders that this Moony pony is probably Nightmare Moon." Applejack said tying her rope back up

Rarity gasped "Wouldn't that mean that Amber is the one who has been infected?" she said and Applejack nodded

"Then we need to catch her as soon as possible!" Rainbow said

"But, didn't something seems off to you?" Fluttershy said making everypony turn to her

"What do ya mean sugarcube?" Applejack asked

"Amber didn't seem like she's been hurt by Nightmare Moon. in fact, she seemed more afraid of us." Fluttershy said

"Oh right, When Applejack caught her with her rope she called out to Nightmare Moon for help." Rarity pointed out

"Does that seem like something somepony would say if they were being hurt by Nightmare Moon?" Fluttershy asked everypony.

Rainbow groaned "How about, instead of standing here we go ask her ourselves?" she said

"Right, let's get going." Applejack said so everypony ran after Amber who had finally reached the everfree

Amber was breathing heavily "I can't believe we made it."

"Hurry up and enter the forest before they have a chance to catch up." Nightmare said and Amber did as told and ran into the forest

Once the others had reached the forest Rainbow landed at the entrance "Great, she ran into the forest. how are we gonna find her now?" she said

"We'll just have to go in and keep an eye out." Applejack said

"Go in there again? no, thank you. I will stay out here and keep watch." Fluttershy said

"Please, Fluttershy. there's an innocent filly in there all alone. we have to go in and find her to make sure she doesn't get hurt by any of the dangers within the forest." Rarity said

Fluttershy still looked unsure but nodded "Alright, I'll do it. to save Amber." she said then she entered the forest along with the others

Amber laid against a tree breathing heavily "I'm done. I can't move another inch."

"I'm surprised you were able to last this long avoiding capture. you're more persistent than I thought." Nightmare said

Amber smiled "Do you think they'll find us?" she asked

"Not as long as we stay hidden."

Amber was going to say something else until she heard hoofsteps so she huddled against the tree and made herself as small as possible to keep from being discovered.

"AMBER!" Applejack called out "Please, we just want to talk. honest."

Even though Amber also knew that Applejack was one of the most honest ponies there were, she didn't move from her spot and only attempted to make herself more hidden.

"Ugh, this is gonna take us forever. she could be anywhere in the forest." Rainbow said

"We'll just have to keep looking. she's gotta be in here somewhere." Applejack said

Amber stayed quiet as she heard their hoofsteps pass her by, and when she couldn't hear them anymore she peeked around the tree and sighed

"HI!" A voice yelled from behind causing Amber to yelp as she jumped back and turned around to find Pinkie Pie

"Uh oh!" Amber said taking off and flying through the trees

"Wait!" Pinkie said

Amber flew as fast as she could through the trees until she stopped and looked back "Did we lose her?"

"Hey!" Pinkie said hanging from a branch causing Amber to fly off again

"Wait!" Pinkie said popping up from a bunch of leaves in front of Amber making her turn in another direction

"Hang on!" Pinkie said popping up from a hole in a tree, and Amber was going to fly off again but stopped and sighed

"Wait, I'm trying to escape from Pinkie Pie." Amber said as she floated to the ground and Pinkie joined her "Alright, you caught me. are you gonna take me to Princess Twilight?"

"No, silly. I only wanted to talk." Pinkie said

"Talk? about what?" Amber asked

"About Nightmare Moon. she is in there, isn't she?" Pinke said and Amber nodded slowly "Good. Can you tell me why she's there?"

Amber shrugged "I don't really know."

"Hasn't she given you a reason?" Pinkie asked

Amber rubbed the back of her head "Sort of. she said she didn't have enough power to go to another pony, but that was two days ago so I'm not sure if that's still true." she said surprising Nightmare

"You think Nightmare is staying on purpose?" Pinkie said and Amber nodded "Why would she do that?"

"...Maybe, because she really does see us as friends." Amber said

Pinkie raised a brow "Friends with Nightmare Moon?"

Nightmare scoffed "That is not the reason at all why I'm staying."

"Oh yeah. then why are you staying in my head?" Amber asked

"It's because...” Nightmare trailed off as she tried to think of a reason to convince Amber when suddenly they all heard screaming coming from the forest

Applejack and the others were trotting around the forest when they to heard the screaming "That screaming...it's Applebloom!" Applejack said

"And Sweetie Belle!" Rarity said

"And Scootaloo!" Rainbow said

"What in tarnation are they doing in the forest?!" Applejack questioned

"Who cares? they need help so let's go!" Rainbow said flying off

Rarity turned to Fluttershy "Fluttershy, please go and bring Twilight here. we might need her help." she said and Fluttershy nodded and flew off while everypony else ran after Rainbow

Amber gasped "I recognize those voices. it's Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo. what are they doing here?" she said

"Oh no, we need to go help them." Pinkie said

"Wait, Pinkie. you need to go and get the others. I'll go and save them." Amber said

"What?! I can't let you go alone." Pinkie said

"I'm not alone, Moony will help me. trust me." Amber said

Pinkie still looked unsure but by looking into Amber's eye's, she was sure she would be fine so Pinkie nodded "Okay. I'll be right back." she said running off

"I am not sure where the idea I would help you came from." Nightmare said

"Wait, what? you're not gonna help me?" Amber asked

"No."

"But those are my friends over there. I need your power to help them." Amber said

"They do not matter to me."

"Moony, please?" Amber said

"No."

Amber huffed "Fine! I'll go save them myself." she said running in the direction of the screams

"What are you going to do on your own?" Nightmare asked

"Anything I can." Amber said

"Fool. you are just going to get yourself killed." Nightmare said

"That may be true, but I'll never abandon my friends." Amber said

Nightmare sighed "I should've known you would say something like that. very well, I will grant you the full use of my magical power. but this fight is yours not mine.” she said using her magic to make Amber's disguise disappear and when it did Amber looked a little different than before.

Nightmare's usual look was still there like hear wings and slit eyes, but the color of her eyes went from their normal green to an Amber color. while her mane was flowing with a large Amber stripe going straight through it. also Amber was now the size of an adult pony. once Amber had finally arrived at her destination, she saw the three fillies cornered by a group of timberwolves, and just as one of them ran at the fillies. Amber ran and jumped in front of them and bucked the timberwolf in the nose, knocking it back. then she turned and faced them and unintentionally gave them an intimidating look making them back up a bit.

"Woah, who is that?" Scootaloo said

Applebloom took a good look at the pony and gasped "I know that look. it's Nightmare Moon!" she said

"What?! Nightmare Moon?!" Sweetie Belle said

Amber turned back to them "Are you guys alright?" she asked

"Why do you care?!" Scootaloo said

Amber was confused "What are you talking about? I care because you're my friends." she said

"We're not friends with a monster like you!" Applebloom said

"What? a monster?" Amber said then she finally looked at herself and realized what they were talking about "Oh! wait no. guys, it's me, Amber Night." she said

Scootaloo scoffed "You expect us to believe you're Amber?"

"it's really me!" Amber said but it still didn't look like any of them believed her "Moony, can you use your magic? I need to convince them it's really me."

Nightmare sighed "Fine."

Amber was disguised again "Guys, it's really me. truthfully." she said

"I don't know, this feels like a trick." Sweetie said

"Okay, ask me something only Amber would know." Amber said

Applebloom thought for a moment "What were we planning to do with Amber earlier today?" she asked

Amber thought for a moment "You didn't say. you were planning on telling me during recess but I had detention so we were going to go to your clubhouse after school."

All of them were shocked "Amber? what happened to you?" Sweetie asked

"I'll have to explain later, for right now I'll protect you while you escape. Moony?" Amber said turning back into the other form

"Escape where? we have no idea where we are. let alone where the exit is." Scootaloo said

Amber looked around quickly and saw a familiar dirt path past a few trees "Over there, there's a dirt road. follow it until you arrive at some old ruins. wait there until I get there. okay?" she said

Applebloom nodded "Come on you two." she said

"Will you be okay all by yourself, Amber?" Sweetie asked

Scootaloo chuckled "I'm sure she'll be fine. we all saw how she bucked that timberwolf. if any other of them mess with her, she'll take them down no sweat." she said making Sweetie smile

"Just be careful, okay?' Sweetie said

"Don't worry, I got this." Amber sid then the fillies ran off to the dirt path "Hey, Moony? how do I blast magic like you and Princess Luna did?" she asked

"Really? you're asking that now? whatever happened to "I got this"?" Nightmare said

"Moony, please?" Amber said

Nightmare rolled her eyes "Very well, this will have to be a quick lesson. do you remember how it felt when you focused your magic to lift the items back then?" she asked

Amber nodded "Yeah, is blasting magic the same?"

"Almost. you still focus your magic on your horn. except instead of focusing it on a specific item, you just shoot it all out in the direction you're facing." Nightmare explained

"Okay, I got this." Amber said focusing her magic as the timberwolves were approaching slowly now that they were sure she wasn't a threat to them

Amber closed her eyes and focused her magic then she shot it out, but it missed the timberwolf in front of her

"Whoops." Amber said

"Try again."

Amber closed her eyes and focused her magic again then shot it out, missing the Timberwolf again.

"Come on." Amber groaned out

"Once more. focus. pay attention to where the target is and fire." Nightmare said

Amber focused and this time kept her eyes open and on the timberwolf approaching her, and just as the timberwolf jumped at her she shot out her magic hitting the wolf dead center, knocking him into a tree behind the others.

"I got it!" Amber shouted

"Good. now do the same for the others." Nightmare said

Amber focused her magic again and shot the timberwolf to her right away. then the one to her left jumped at her so she quickly shot it with a weaker less focused beam keeping him back. then she focused and shot him again with a stronger beam when suddenly three more timberwolves came out from the trees.

"Looks like I'm gonna be at this for a while." Amber said

Applejack and the others here running through the forest looking for the files when suddenly Pinkie ran into her "What? Pinkie? where did you come from?" Applejack said

"No time. I know where the fillies are. follow me!" Pinkie said running off so the others just followed her

Amber blasted back the last timberwolf but while she was busy with them the others had reformed themselves "This is getting annoying. I need to get rid of all of them at the same time."

"Then simply blast them with as much magic power as you can. that should knock all of them away." Nightmare suggested

"Something like that might take a lot of time and focus to do. I doubt they'll give me that time." Amber said when suddenly a barrier appeared around her "Moony?"

"I will at least help you with this." Nightmare said

Amber smiled "Thanks, Moony."

"Just hurry up! as I said before, it's hard to focus when I don't have full control." Nightmare said as the timberwolves clawed at the barrier

Amber closed her eyes and focused as much magic as she could on her horn and charged her magic making a small black aura appear underneath her and it was slowly growing. the Timberwolves were starting to make scratches on the barrier.

"Are you finished yet?"

"Almost." Amber said as the barrier was starting to crack

"Amber!"

Amber re-opened her eyes "Now, Moony!" she shouted as Nightmare let the barrier down then Amber blasted a huge beam at the timberwolves, knocking all of them, including the parts of the ones she's destroyed, away. what Amber didn't know was that the light from the beam was so bright that it could be seen by every pony in ponyville.

After Amber had fired the beam, she was left breathing heavily as she looked at the few trees she accidentally destroyed "Wow. who knew magic was so powerful?" Amber said

"That will certainly be the last we see of those timberwolves. you did well, Amber. I am impressed." Nightmare said

Amber giggled "Thanks, Moony. now we should go and check on the others." she said spreading her wings and taking off to the castle

Rainbow Dash and the others had finally arrived at the location only to see the destruction Amber left "Woah, it almost looks like Tirek himself came through here." Rainbow said

Applejack looked around "I don't see any of the fillies."

"Then they must be alright. they must have escaped before...whatever happened here happened." Rarity said

"I hope so. I don't know what I'd do if Applebloom got caught up in this." Applejack said

Princess Luna and Twilight had finally arrived at the area "What in equestrian happened here?" Twilight said

Rainbow shrugged "We don't know. all we saw was a bright flash of light, but when we got here it was like this." she said

Luna looked around "This much damage would require a large amount of magic. an amount that almost equals a princess's." she said

"You think this was Nightmare Moon's doing?" Twilight asked

"I am not certain, but there aren't many unicorns who can cause damage like this to the everfree. I suggest we find Nightmare Moon as soon as possible before more damage is done." Luna said

"Before that, I need to find my sister. she's somewhere in the everfree and I refuse to leave her here any longer." Rarity said

"Very well." Luna said then she spotted the dirt path "This dirt path leads to the castle of two sisters. your sister probably ran there for safety." she said

"Then let's get moving." Applejack said running off while the others followed

Amber arrived at the castle and once she opened the doors she found the others hiding behind the statue with plates "It's okay, it's just me, Amber." she said

Scootaloo stepped out but kept her distance "Sorry, it's just that...you look so different in that form." she said

Amber looked at herself "Oh, right. Moony?" she said turning back to normal

Applebloom and Sweetie stepped out "That's much better." Applebloom said

"So, what were you guys doing in the everfree?" Amber asked

"Well, we were playing around at the playground when we saw you run away and our sisters and their friends chasing you. we thought you were in some major trouble so we followed." Sweetie explained

Scootaloo nodded "When we saw you run into the everfree, we snuck by them and went in to find you." she said

"But we ended up getting lost. that's when a group of timberwolves found us making us run away and eventually get cornered." Applebloom said

Sweetie giggled "I guess in the end, you ended up finding and helping us." she said

Scootaloo laughed as well "And man did you show that timberwolf. you jumped in and saved us like a hero from the comic books." she said

Amber rubbed the back of her head "Heh, it was nothing."

"What are you talking about? it was awesome. the way you bucked that timberwolf back. I wish I could do that, then I would like to see anypony or monster mess with me." Scootaloo said bucking the air making everypony laugh

"Applebloom!" Applejack yelled from outside

"That's my sister." Applebloom said running outside followed by Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo "Applejack!" she yelled running into her sisters' hooves

"Oh, thank Celestia you're alright." Applejack said

"Oh, Sweetie Belle. I don't know what I would do if you were hurt." Rarity said hugging Sweetie

"Squirt! you weren't too scared, right?" Rainbow said

"Nope, I wasn't scared at all." Scootaloo said

"That's a lie, you screamed at the same time as us when you saw the timberwolves." Sweetie Belle said

"Shut up!" Scootaloo said making everypony laugh and chuckle

Amber watched from behind the doors of the castle with a smile "I think I should go out to." she said

"You do that then they'll immediately try to capture you." Nightmare said

"No, they said they only wanted to talk. if I can explain to them why you're not bad anymore then maybe we can come to an understanding." Amber said

"You're making a mistake."

"We'll see." Amber said then she stepped out from behind the doors making everypony immediately stop laughing and stare at her "Hello everypony." she said nervously

"Amber Night." Applejack said then she let go of Applebloom and trotted to her and stared at her

"U-um. I-." before Amber could speak she was pulled into a hug by Applejack

"Thank you for saving my sister." Applejack said

"Um, you're welcome." Amber said then she was joined by Rarity while Rainbow simply gave her a pat on the back

"You did good kid." Rainbow said

"Well, I didn't do it alone. Moony also helped me." Amber said

Applejack and Rarity moved back "Nightmare Moon helped you save our sisters?" Applejack asked and Amber nodded

Rarity cleared her throat "Excuse us if we're a little skeptical that Nightmare Moon helped you." she said

"Well, it's true. she helped me defeat the timberwolves and save them." Amber said

Rainbow, Applejack, and Rarity all looked at each other "Sorry, but we just can't believe somepony as evil as Nightmare Moon would help anypony rescue our sister's." Applejack said

"That is because it isn't true." A voice behind them said then Amber was suddenly blasted with magic and put into a bubble as Princess Luna stepped from behind them "Nightmare Moon would never help another pony. especially when helping that pony doesn't benefit her at all." Luna said

"Princess Luna?! what are you doing here?!" Amber said

"I have come to capture Nightmare Moon, and get rid of her once and for all." Luna said

"Wait!" Applebllom yelled running forward only to be stopped by applejack while the same happened to the others "Nightmare Moon isn't bad. she really did help Amber save us." she said

"Yeah, it's because of both of them that we're alright." Sweetie Belle said

"Princess Luna, you're making a mistake." Scootaloo said

Luna scoffed "I am making no mistake. Nightmare Moon is an evil being that almost brought an end to all of Equestria and killed Celestia, no doubt that that's still her goal. which is why she will be transported to Canterlot where she will be removed from Amber and destroyed to prevent any further destruction." she said

"No!" All three of them shouted while trying to get past their sisters

"Stay back you three. this has to happen to protect Equestria." Applejack said

"But it's wrong! Nightmare Moon saved us!" Applebloom said

"I am sure she did." Twilight said trotting from behind "But she must still answer for her crimes against the princess and all of Equestria. I'm sorry, but this must happen." she said as the three of them had tears in their eyes then Twilight looked at her friends "You can go ahead and take them home. Princess Luna and I can take care of Nightmare Moon."

All of them nodded and each took their own sisters, and surrogate sister, home. while everypony else left as well. Amber banged her hooves on the bubble trying to break it while a black mist tried to escape it as well

"Do not bother. this spell was made to contain even powerful beings like yourself. it would take a lot more than that to break it." Luna said

"Princess Luna, please. you're making a mistake." Amber said

"No, I'm not. I am doing Equestria a huge favor by getting rid of Nightmare Moon." Luna said

"but, Nightmare Moon isn't the same as before. she's changed. she's become better. just give her a chance and you'll see the good she's done." Amber said

"Silence! I will not be swayed by Nightmare Moon's empty words! no matter what you say, you are going to be destroyed. once and for all so that nopony may ever suffer like I have when I allowed you to enter my mind." Luna said facing away from Amber then she fired off a spell that glowed brightly in the sky making the carriage she arrived in ponyville on land in front of them. once she opened the door she levitated Amber into the carriage while Twilight and herself sat beside it "Take us back to Canterlot." she told the guards who nodded and begun flying

"Well, it would seem this is the end for me." Nightmare said

"Not yet, we can still convince Princess Celestia." Amber whispered

"Excuse me if I doubt that the very same Princess I tried to destroy will believe either of us." Nightmare said

"I believe we can convince her. we at least have to try, or it really will be the end." Amber whispered but her whispering didn't go unnoticed by Twilight.

Comments

[evanim26]

10821422
This got a good chuckle out of me

[Loganic]

Reading this again, I kinda wish most of them didn’t think Amber/Moon were good, I like the stories where the heroes think they are saving the Protagonist from formerly evil spirit who is no longer evil but they don’t know that/don’t believe.

[evanim26]

10825376
Well, Luna is still thinking like that so if it's any constellation. You have that.

[Ali della Morte]

10825413
Don't you mean consolation?

[evanim26]

10825583
yes, I was trying to think of the word.

[Loganic]

10825413
Yay.

[Yubella]

"I am sure she did." Twilight said trotting from behind "But she must still answer for her crimes against the princess and all of Equestria. I'm sorry, but this must happen." she said as the three of them had tears in their eyes then Twilight looked at her friends "You can go ahead and take them home. Princess Luna and I can take care of Nightmare Moon."

She technically already did. That's like executing someone again for the crime of surviving their executions