Twilight Blows Up Nightmare Moon

by iAmSiNnEr

And the Stars Will Aid in Her Destruction

Twilight Blows up Nightmare Moon

By iAmSiNnEr

Edited by Stinium Ruide

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“...but you must simply stop reading those dusty old books!”

Twilight gasped. She couldn’t believe what Spike just uttered.

How…

She snatched the scroll away from Spike’s claws with her magic, and read the parchment for herself. She read it, she reread it, she re-reread it…

Celestia did not care.

Her jaw dropped. Her pupils dilated.

B-but—

“Twilight?” Spike looked at her with concern. “Are you okay?”

“No, I’m certainly not okay!” Twilight sputtered indignantly. “Princess Celestia just brushed aside an Equestrian level threat! Does she not understand—”

“Yeah, yeah.” Spike waved it off. “She’s also assigned you to go to Ponyville and you know, um...make friends?”

Twilight furrowed her eyebrows. "Make friends?! Equestria is in danger and she wants ME to make FRIENDS?"

“What are you gonna do about it?” Spike shrugged. “The Princess clearly thinks Nightmare Moon isn’t a threat, you should go enjoy yourself at the Summer Sun Celebration!”

“Spike!” Twilight exclaimed sharply, before rushing to the lectern and pointing a hoof at an illustration of a shadowy figure. “If I’m right about Nightmare Moon, this might be the last Summer Sun Celebration ever! How can I enjoy myself if the world is going to end?”

Spike tiptoed and peered into the contents of the book. “I don’t think Eternal Night is going to end the world, Twilight. You’re just overreacting. Relax, she’s probably just a myth parents use to scare their fillies!”

“No,” Twilight stated firmly as she slammed a hoof onto the page. “I refuse to believe that. Nightmare Moon isn’t just a myth! There has to be a spell somewhere around here I can use to—”

“Do what?” Spike chuckled. “Travel to the moon and blow Nightmare Moon up like what the Power Ponies do in the comics?”

“Oh, Spike, you genius!” Twilight’s eyes lit up. “I can go to the moon and stop her before she ever returns to Equestria and sends us all into Eternal Night!”

“Wait, no, it was just a joke—”

Twilight’s horn lit up, and before Spike knew it, a cascade of books flew down to them. Without a moment of hesitation, she began frantically flipping through them. “Spell to travel long distances…spell to travel underground...oh, where is that spell to travel to the moon?” she muttered as her eyes spent precious seconds hunting that elusive spell down.

Spike let out a lungful of air. “I guess this means we’re not attending the Summer Sun Celebration?”

“I found it!” Twilight shouted in exhilaration. “I’ll be back, Spike!”

“Wait, what? Twi—”

With a flash of light, Twilight was gone.

“This is bad,” Spike gulped. “I should probably tell Princess Celestia about this.” Shaking his head, he produced a quill and paper from the nearby table and started writing.

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Twilight emerged on the desolate lunar surface, her spell depositing her onto the grey ground unceremoniously. Her throat contracted, and she nearly choked at the surrounding vacuum.

Oh, right.

With a quick spell, oxygen flooded her lungs, letting her breathe again. Much better. Now, where is—she froze as a shadow loomed over her, plunging her senses into darkness.

She lifted her head up slowly to see an armored black-colored alicorn baring her fangs at her. I assume that’s her. I definitely didn’t think this through. I should probably run now.

“Has my sister sent me a snack?” The alicorn hissed. “As graceful as the gesture is, it will not work. Once I shall return to Equestria, the night will last," she threw her head back as she cackled evilly—“FOREVER!”

Oh yeah, time to run. Pushing herself up from the dusty surface, she broke into a gallop, and ran for her life. “NOOOO! I DON’T WANT TO BE EATEEEEEEEEEN—”

Suddenly, a flash of light blinded her senses. Twilight slammed head-first into an armored chestplate, and fell backwards. “Where do you think you’re going?” Nightmare Moon demanded, her horn glowing an iridescent blue. “You’re mine, now.”

“Stay away!” Twilight squeaked as she backed up, scrambling backwards. “I know a lot of spells!”

“Indeed?” Nightmare Moon smirked confidently. “Pray show them to me?”

“Like this!” Twilight lit her horn, and the ground underneath the mad alicorn blew up. Dust billowed everywhere, and Twilight coughed as some of it entered her lungs.

Twilight cautiously approached the cloud of dust, peering through it. “Did that work…?”

“Nope!” Nightmare Moon replied cheerfully as a blue-colored bolt of magic slammed into Twilight, sending her flying.

Oomph, Twilight rolled on the ground, groaning from where she had slammed into it at high speed. Ouch, that hurt. Right, what can I do? Stun spell. Transfiguration spell. Freeze Spell. Buck it, let’s use them all.

“Come on, now,” Nightmare Moon chided. “Did you really think that you, a lowly unicorn, could hurt the Alicorn of the Night?”

“Yes,” Twilight answered. “And I’ll prove it to you.” Springing forwards, she fired a stun spell at the alicorn, forcing her to pull up a shield.

“This is futile!” Nightmare Moon laughed. “You cannot hope to—”

“Wrong,” Twilight teleported behind her, firing a freeze spell. Immediately, the alicorn was encased in ice. “I can.” Twilight fired her last spell, a transfiguration spell just as Nightmare Moon broke out of the ice.

“YOU CANNOT DEFEAT ME—” she bellowed as she charged at Twilight. The unicorn smiled as the alicorn charged straight into her trap.

“Nope!” Twilight replied cheerfully. “You cannot defeat me!” At that, the ground under Nightmare Moon exploded with a force one hundred and sixty-nine thousand, three hundred fifty-seven and two-thirds times larger than the earlier explosion.

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Celestia paced around the ruined castle, waiting for Nightmare Moon to arrive. “Where is she?” she muttered. “It’s already ten minutes past the thousand-year mark!”

Maybe Twilight did actually go to the moon and—Celestia pushed away the thought. There was no way any pony could have gone to the moon using a simple spell, even Twilight!

Just in case, I should go and check—A flash of light, and Nightmare Moon collapsed onto the ground along with Twilight beside her.

“Princess!” Twilight exclaimed joyfully. “I defeated Nightmare Moon, and Equestria is safe again!”

Celestia blanched at the sight. Wait...this isn’t how it’s supposed to go—

“I told you she was real!” Twilight beamed. “Did I do a good job?”

“Twilight?” Celestia found her voice.

“Yes, Princess?”

Slowly, Nightmare Moon began turning back into Luna.

“That’s my sister you just attacked.”

Twilight turned around to see Luna lying on the ground, motionless. “Oh, horseapples—”

Author's Note:

I regret nothing.

Quality shitposts go brrrrr

if you were tricked by good start

Don't worry.

It was all meant to be.

Comments

[Meowofy]

...Well, I mean, it certainly saved Twilight a whole load of trouble XD

Definitely adding to favourites. Also, FIRST!

[Corwyn]

Source of Cover Art?

[iAmSiNnEr]

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Here.

[Corwyn]

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Thanks!

[OP Omni God-Emperor Doom]

Spike tiptoed and peered into the contents of the book. “I don’t think Eternal Night is going to end the world, Twilight. You’re just overreacting. Relax, she’s probably just a myth parents use to scare their fillies!”

Tell that to logic and reality, fool!!!!

I mean, what happens when you don't have the sun? Or that the sun is on the other side of the world, burning everything.

[Xarmar13]

Maybe there will be a sequel where Twilight becomes a fugitive for attacking a member of the royal family and has to blow Celestia up which makes things even worse as doing this ends up with Twilight being forced to take responsibility and rule Equestria.

[ThePinkedWonder]

I regret nothing.

Good. Don't regret a thing. If anything, give us MOAR!

[ArlynntheDragon]

In the words of Fez the foreigner: "You poor fool."

[Babroniedad]

Oh Twilight, you OP little twerp. lol!

[Block]

Celestia: Do you know what this means, Twilight?

Twilight: Oh no, am I going to be executed for regicide? Please don't execute me, Princess, I thought she-

Celestia: No, Twilight, I won't be executing you. Not so sure about Luna though...

[PrincessEnchanteDream]

Welcome to another episode of What Should’ve happened vs What actually happened.
Jokes aside, I’m not laughing, just rolling around on the ground trying to breath*snickers*

[sykko]

Hilarious.

What's next? Twilight turns Discord into road gravel? Twilight uses a can of Raid on Chrysalis? Twilight uses a spotlight on Sombra? Twilight puts Sunset Shimmer in detention? Twilight turn Tirek into a half-centaur?

[Lemonshrike Catworthy]

Beautiful.

[Gavier]

At least one person is going to need a therapist or seven.

[King of Kings]

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Which is why Princess Luna was, is, and always will be worst pony. When you're reaction to people not liking your art is to try to kill everyone, then there is a very significant historical figure that would like to shake your hand.

[Wild Stallion]

“That’s my sister you just attacked.”

Twilight turned around to see Luna lying on the ground, motionless. “Oh, horseapples—”

Don't feel bad Twilight. You were defending yourself. Plus now she can't ravage the countryside! It's a win, win!

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She's certainly up there, although it's not like the show didn't give us plenty of terrible people to use as examples.

10928689

What's next? Twilight turns Discord into road gravel?

Twilight puts Sunset Shimmer in detention?

Yes Please!!! I hope someone is taking notes.

10928178
Logic? Reality? We are still talking about MLP right?

[OP Omni God-Emperor Doom]

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Logic? Reality? We are still talking about MLP right?

I know. But ironically, other stories actually tend to talk about that issue. Trust me.

[FirewaspRambo]

Yo, why Twilight only got two legs!?

[King of Kings]

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She's certainly up there, although it's not like the show didn't give us plenty of terrible people to use as examples.

Yeah, but she's the only character that I can think of that has a real world counterpart. On a totally unrelated note, did you know that Adolf Hitler was once an aspiring artist?

[fanreader999999]

Eh.

[link4]

then she returns, and tia is like, YOU BLEW UP MY SISTER

[PonyDragon]

She lifted her head up slowly to see an armored black-colored alicorn baring her fangs at her. I assume that’s her. I definitely didn’t think this through. I should probably run now.

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Source.

(Didn't found a good picture for the last scene, but if you know one post it here..)

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Good story!
I enjoyed reading it.

[Lack of Tact]

What an explosive plotline.

Brava.

[FirewaspRambo]

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What is a half centaur? A Faun? No arms? No horns? No backside?

[iAmSiNnEr]

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Hmm... A horse and a human side by side!

[Movingtarget Productions]

Bruh did she take a random trucker's trailer loaded up with C4 and chuck it at her?! XD

[iAmSiNnEr]

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She "Unleashed the Magic"

[sykko]

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I was thinking she turned him into something akin to a torso boy.

[CrimsonEquine]

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You're a moron.
Luna was never an artist.
Nothing you say makes sense.
Also, who is Princess Luna's real life counter part?

[iAmSiNnEr]

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I would like to kindly ask you not to call people morons in my comment section. People have a right to their own opinions. If you want to argue, present evidence and do it in dms.

[Snake Man448]

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You are just in the minority. Might be because you're overly edgy.

[iAmSiNnEr]

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I am going to politely ask you to remove the link, or post it somewhere else. That is a Mature-rated story, my story is an Everyone rated story. That link should not be here.

[DarkChiyo]

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My little Pony: Nuclear Warheads are Magic....kind of....^tm

Wonderful little story you have here.

[FanOfMostEverything]

Hey, if it works, it works. Though now Ponyville is more of a light banishment for Twilight to learn to appreciate her fellow pony and not, you know, explode them.

[King of Kings]

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Luna got mad because ponies weren't staying up during the night to appreciate her night.
This, even though she also controls the dream realm, and is necessary for making sure that ponies don't have nightmares.
What were they supposed to appreciate, if not the stars?
I'm pretty sure that I already stated who Princess Luna's real world counterpart was, but if I need to spell it out...Princess Luna's reaction to ponies not wanting to stay up to appreciate her night reminds me a lot of how Adolf Hitler reacted to not getting into the art school that he wanted to get into.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Adolf Hitler:

In 1907, Hitler left Linz to live and study fine art in Vienna, financed by orphan's benefits and support from his mother. He applied for admission to the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna but was rejected twice.The director suggested Hitler should apply to the School of Architecture, but he lacked the necessary academic credentials because he had not finished secondary school.

On 21 December 1907, his mother died of breast cancer at the age of 47, when he himself was 18. In 1909 Hitler ran out of money and was forced to live a bohemian life in homeless shelters and a men's dormitory. He earned money as a casual labourer and by painting and selling watercolours of Vienna's sights. During his time in Vienna, he pursued a growing passion for architecture and music, attending ten performances of Lohengrin, his favourite Wagner opera.

The origin and development of Hitler's anti-Semitism remains a matter of debate. His friend, August Kubizek, claimed that Hitler was a "confirmed anti-Semite" before he left Linz. However, historian Brigitte Hamann describes Kubizek's claim as "problematical". While Hitler states in Mein Kampf that he first became an anti-Semite in Vienna, Reinhold Hanisch, who helped him sell his paintings, disagrees. Hitler had dealings with Jews while living in Vienna. Historian Richard J. Evans states that "historians now generally agree that his notorious, murderous anti-Semitism emerged well after Germany's defeat [in World War I], as a product of the paranoid "stab-in-the-back" explanation for the catastrophe".

I mean, sure, Princess ,Luna might not have been trying to kill a certain group of individuals, but her actions would have ended up killing everything on the planet. Maybe she's more a representation of humanity at its worst, though. I mean, we're not actively trying to kill everything on the planet, but our actions will end up leading to the mass extinction of everything on the planet if we don't get our collective act together, so...

[FirewaspRambo]

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That sounds about right.

[AdmiralTigerclaw]

Well, it's canon that the princesses keep getting Worf'd.

[Sir Starshine]

Well, this was some entertaining stupidness.

[iAmSiNnEr]

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Ooh, that gives me an idea for a potential sequel.

[Goldfinch142]

Love it! Why make friends when you can blow ponies up instead?

[Venerable Ro]

Dust billowed everywhere, and Twilight coughed as some of it entered her lungs.

Wanna be careful there, regolith is remarkably bad for your lungs.

[Marmo]

Wheres that pic from?

[Captain Neckbeard]

"You can't just shoot a hole into the surface of the Moon!"

Wait, that line wasn't in the story...
Well, it should have been. Upboat went anyway

[Twilight_Shimmer]

a thought occurs to me. all twilight would need do is say to Celestia is.

"I tried to warn you of Nightmare Moon's return and you just laughed it off and told me to "Not read into fairytales" or something along those lines and to "go make friends" I had NO way of knowing Nightmare Moon was your sister as again, you laughed off Nightmare Moon existing. So I took matters into my own hooves since you decided to not tell me ANYTHING"

[Streakofscarlet]

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This may be bordering on Thermian argument, but the show itself doesn't seem particularly concerned with the whole death aspect of eternal night. It's never once brought up, NMM was more shoving her art in everyone's faces than killing them with it, and it's not like advancements can't be made to adapt to no sunlight. Also, when we SEE what happens when Celestia has been trapped in the moon for "years", it's still not brought up. I think it's safe to assume that they adapted to it, or NMM knew that it was lethal and actively prevented it. She wanted an ego boost, not a body count.

[OP Omni God-Emperor Doom]

10931259

You have a good point!

[OP Omni God-Emperor Doom]

10931520

It makes sense when you see that alternate Nightmare Moon Timeline more thoroughly.

[scifipony]

I liked it. I gave it a thumbs up because, well, Twilight would go crazy and do that. I would just like to know what last spell she used. It seemed kind of specific. I’m sure the number was a clue, but it flew over my head. Could you please fill me in, putting it in a spoiler tag if you must. Thanks.