Summer Sun Celebration comes with more than Nightmare Moon's return... Because there's another visitor...
Summer Sun Celebration is coming! Twilight and Spike have traveled to Ponyville for ensuring everything is ready. However, Twilight can't forget one thing: after 1000 years, the Mare in the Moon could return.
Oh, and another pony appears at Ponyville. But... isn't it Princess Luna?
This story has been requested by JimmyHook19. Hope you like it!
P.S: Apologies for chapters 1-4 being short. I wanted to go direct to the point. Don't worry, next chapters should be longer.
Jimmy Hook was at his home, spending the holidays. The activity he loved the most, besides swimming, was having some time with My Little Pony.
So far, the show was already on its 8th season, and a lot of changes took place. Besides, by taking a look at the walls inside his room, anyone could tell that Jimmy was such a great fan of Sunset Shimmer, a character who appeared as a villain, but was eventually reformed in the end.
However, Jimmy couldn't get a thought out of his mind.
What if Princess Luna kept the design she had on the very first episode? Sure, her current design was cool, and everyone loved it. The real problem was that Jimmy just couldn't see Luna like that.
With his computer connected, he looked for a photo of Younger Princess Luna on the Internet, and he found quite a few.
"Oh, Luna. Why couldn't you keep that design?" Jimmy asked.
He grabbed a coin, putting it over the table, in front of the computer.
"I wish things could change back." He said, before making the coin spin.
He stood up and went to the kitchen for grabbing a snack. When he got it and went back to his computer, the coin was still spinning. It looked like it was moving faster each passing second.
Jimmy tried to grab the coin, but a spark made him move away.
Suddenly, everything started to shake, as the computer's screen broke, revealing a portal. And Jimmy was about to fall inside it!
He tried holding to anything he could reach, but it was futile: he finally got through the portal.
After some seconds without seeing anything, the portal reopened, dropping Jimmy right in the middle of a forest, in a river. Jimmy swam to the surface and rested a bit.
"What just happened?" He asked, his voice sounding strange. He reached with his hand for readjusting his glasses.
However, he noticed that he didn't have his glasses. Even more surprising was the fact that he didn't have hands...
In fact, his entire body looked different.
"My body!" He said. For reassuring himself, he walked to the river. He wanted anything similar to a mirror for seeing his new body.
When he did, he realized he was not human, but equine. Hands and feet didn't have fingers, and they looked more like hooves. Blue made its way through his body as his hair now was a light blue mane. He also had a tail with the same color.
And a crown...
And a strange symbol on his backside, showing the Moon over a dark background.
Jimmy finally understood: he had turned into Younger Princess Luna!
While he was shocked because of all of those things, he was also happy: he finally saw his favourite character again! Even if he was that character right now!
He snapped out of his thoughts when a gentle voice called him.
"Um... Excuse me, but... weren't you supposed to be... on the Moon?"
When they got out of the Everfree Forest, Ponyville was there.
"Hey, um... What's your name?" Fluttershy asked.
"Oh, I almost forgot! I'm Jimmy. Nice to meet you." Jimmy said.
"Um... Sorry, but isn't that a name for a... male?" Fluttershy asked, surprising Jimmy.
"Well, eh... it's a long story. Do you think that Applejack will believe me?"
"I think so. For being as honest as she is, she also can easily tell if anypony isn't telling the truth." Fluttershy said.
"Wow..." It was everything that Jimmy could think about. He already knew about AJ's abilities thanks to the show, but actually seeing the cowmare was totally different.
While thinking about it, they arrived at Ponyville.
"Oh... Maybe you would like to look for a way to Sweet Apple Acres that doesn't end up with anypony seeing you." Fluttershy said.
"Why?" Jimmy asked, before realizing, "Ooooh, it's because I'm Princess Luna, right?"
Fluttershy nodded, "She has been in the Moon for a thousand years. Knowing that, I don't think anypony would like seeing her calmly walking around."
"Is there anything we can do?" Jimmy asked.
"Maybe you could teleport us to the farm." Fluttershy said, pointing at Jimmy's horn on his head.
"Sure! I can do that! Ok, stay close to me." Jimmy said.
Fluttershy stood beside Jimmy, who started concentrating so the spell could work for making them get to Sweet Apple Acres without any problem. After a few seconds, they were able to do the teleport.
There was only one issue: Jimmy didn't exactly aim for the right place, and they ended inside a kitchen.
"Huh. Did we teleport inside the farm?" Jimmy asked.
"I'm afraid not... This is Pinkie's kitchen." Fluttershy answered, just as Pinkie entered the kitchen. The party mare stopped in her tracks, silently staring at them. Her face told Jimmy that she was surprised.
"Sorry! Wrong place! See you!" Jimmy said, before trying again and teleporting away with Fluttershy.
Pinkie kept staring at the place where our friends had been standing, and her mouth opened until reaching the floor.
Leaving what was supposed to be Sugarcube Corner, Jimmy and Fluttershy teleported, appearing between a bunch of apple trees. Standing a few metres away from them, a farm could be seen. They finally arrived at their destination, and nopony (besides Pinkie) saw them.
"Now, that's a thing ya don't see everyday." Jimmy heard, turning around to see a well known Earth pony walking towards them.
"Oh, hi there, Applejack! It's so good to see you!" Jimmy said, but the farmer felt a bit confused, not knowing what to say, mainly because from her point of view, Princess Luna knew her name.
"Don't worry, Applejack. Oh, and it's not Princess Luna." Fluttershy said.
"Say what now?" Applejack asked.
"Long story short, I'm a human in a pony's body. Some kind of portal appeared on my world and I fell inside, getting here." Jimmy said, nervously.
Applejack stared at Jimmy's face with a serious expression, thinking about what Jimmy just said. Inside his mind, Jimmy hoped Applejack could believe what happened to him.
Suddenly, they heard something at the distance. The sound of a tree being kicked.
"What was that?" Jimmy asked, turning his head for looking. Applejack chuckled.
"Don't worry, sugarcube. That's mah brother, Big MacIntosh. We are collectin' apples; or at least Ah was doin' that until ya came here."
"Oh. Sorry, Applejack. We didn't know you would be working." Fluttershy said, lowering her head.
"It's ok. We've been here fer a while, so we'll take some rest. Wanna come?" Applejack said.
"Sure!" Jimmy said, while Fluttershy simply nodded. Both of them followed Applejack towards the barn, where an older pony was.
"Well, Princess or not, Ah suppose ya'll know mah family, or maybe not. In any case, Ah'll give ya their names. That one there is our grandma, Granny Smith." Applejack said, pointing at the older pony. "There's Big Mac comin' here." She pointed at her brother. "And mah sister Apple Bloom is-" She was interrupted when Apple Bloom instantly appeared behind her, looking at Jimmy's new form.
Jimmy didn't see Apple Bloom's cutie mark anywhere, until he remembered. "Of course, this is the very first episode. She still doesn't have it! Anyways, let's just carry on."
"Hi there!" Jimmy waved at Apple Bloom, whose face showed excitement. Applejack and Fluttershy giggled.
"Now, don't get too excited, sis. It's not the real Princess Luna." Applejack said.
"Huh?" Apple Bloom was feeling confused. The Princess of the Night was right in front of her, but Applejack said that wasn't her. However, her sister never lied...
What was happening then?
"What are you then? A clone? A magic spell? A disguised pony?" Apple Bloom asked.
"A transformed human." Fluttershy said.
While the filly tried to process the information, Applejack spoke.
"Ya need ta learn more things at school, sis." She said, chuckling.
By the time, Granny Smith and Big Mac already heard everything, and they were as amused as anypony who knew about Jimmy's secret.
"Ah knew it! Humans would come here at any moment!" Granny said.
"Granny, ya've been sayin' that since last week." Applejack replied.
"Really?" Granny asked.
"Eeyup." Big Mac said.
Jimmy giggled. "Wow, nice family you have, Applejack."
"And we're not the only ones! If ya knew how big our family is!" Apple Bloom said, jumping around.
"Heh, I would love to meet them. However, this is not exactly the right moment." Jimmy said.
"Why? What's the matter?" Applejack said.
"Well, do you remember the story of Nightmare Moon?" Jimmy asked.
"Oh! Ah know! Miss Cheerilee told us about it. If Ah'm not wrong, Princess Luna got jealous and didn't want ta make the night go away. So she transformed into Nightmare Moon, and fought against Princess Celestia, who banished her ta the Moon." Apple Bloom explained.
"Yeah, that's it. And I'm afraid she could come back." Jimmy said.
"What!?" Fluttershy said.
"Hold on a second. Wouldn't that be a bit difficult? Ah mean, Nightmare Moon has been imprisoned on the Moon fer a thousand years!" Applejack asked.
"I don't think a thousand years can prevent her to have her revenge." Jimmy answered.
"What are we gonna do?" Fluttershy asked.
"The only thing we can do, at this moment, is telling others. I don't know if they will believe us, but we have to try. Is there any information about Nightmare Moon?" Jimmy said.
"Ah think the library could have any book about that. We can ask the new librarian." Applejack said.
"Oh, that's a good idea! Who's the librarian?" Jimmy asked.
"Ya know some unicorn called Twilight Sparkle?" Applejack replied.
Jimmy just couldn't believe it: he was going to meet all members of the Mane 6!
And, if he wasn't wrong, he would also meet a powerful enemy...
And that was the one million dollar question: how would Nightmare Moon react to another Princess Luna?
After a nice conversation, Jimmy and Fluttershy said goodbye to Applejack and her family, and took the way towards Ponyville, intending to visit the library, where Twilight would probably be. They hadn't even get to the middle of the way when Fluttershy spoke.
"Oh dear... I almost forgot."
"What is it, Fluttershy?" Jimmy asked.
"I need to go back home. My animal friends could be waiting for me, and they have to eat." Fluttershy said.
"Well then, you can go home if you want. Meanwhile, I'll go to the library to see if Twilight is there." Jimmy said.
"Sure thing. I'll go now and see how they are. Have a nice day, Jimmy!" Fluttershy said, before beating her wings and flying away, while Jimmy waved goodbye at her.
"Ok, let's see Twilight. Maybe she knows more things we could use against Nightmare Moon, in case she returns." Jimmy said, before continuing to walk.
At some point, Jimmy saw something on the sky. Focusing more, he saw what was supposed to be a female Pegasus sleeping peacefully on a cloud. The multiple colors on her mane told Jimmy who that was.
"Rainbow Dash?" Jimmy called, loudly so the Pegasus would wake up, but she didn't.
"Rainbow Dash!?" Jimmy called again, a bit louder, although it still didn't work.
Thinking a little, Jimmy realized something: Princess Luna had the ability to go into The Dream World, a place where the Alicorn could get inside ponies' dreams, changing things on them and solving problems if she found a nightmare.
Well, Jimmy thought about doing the opposite thing, so he concentrated for a little time. A few seconds later...
"AAAAAH!!" Rainbow's scream was followed by her falling down, collapsing with the ground. She got up, a bit dizzy, and shoke her head for recovering.
"Ok, who the hay thought they could just wake me up and pretend it's a-" Words died when Rainbow noticed who was right in front of her.
"Princess Luna!? Oh! Uuum... I wasn't sleeping! I promise! I was... uuum..." Rainbow went up for grabbing the cloud she was sleeping onto, going down later. "...accomodating the clouds! Yeah!"
Jimmy giggled, "It's ok. I suppose you enjoyed the nap, right?"
"Heheh... Yeah, you got me there." Rainbow's face was blushing.
"However, I have to tell you something. I don't know if you will believe me, but Applejack and Fluttershy did." Jimmy said.
"Huh? What is it?" Rainbow asked.
"Well... I'm not exactly... Princess Luna. What I really am is... a human trapped inside Luna's body." Jimmy said.
Rainbow kept silent for just a little time before speaking. "Applejack and Fluttershy believe you, right? That's what you said earlier."
"Yes, they do. I know you'll probably think I'm lying, that this must be some sort of prank or something, but what I'm telling you is the truth." Jimmy said.
"Well, I believe you." Rainbow said.
"Really?" Jimmy didn't expect Rainbow to believe him that fast.
"Yeah! Sure, you have Luna's body, her wings, her horn, her crown and all of that; but, as awesome as that is, a human transformed into a pony is even cooler!" Rainbow said.
"Wow, thank you! I didn't think I could be that nice!" Jimmy said, smiling.
"No problem. Anyways, what are you doing here? Don't you have... uh... a world as your home or something?" Rainbow asked, curious.
"That's right, although I got here after falling into a portal. Next thing I remember is this." Jimmy answered, pointing at his new body.
"Well, don't worry about that. Tonight is Summer Sun Celebration, and I'm sure you'll have a nice t-" Rainbow was interrupted when Jimmy remembered.
"Summer Sun Celebration! I almost forgot! Do you know Twilight Sparkle?"
"That unicorn at Golden Oak Library? Yeah, why?" Rainbow said.
"I need to talk with her! It's about tonight!" Jimmy said.
"Well, whatever it is, get on me!" Rainbow said, spreading her wings and offering Jimmy to climb onto her.
Just as Jimmy did it, he shrieked as Rainbow proppeled into the air. 3 seconds later, she landed.
"We are here!" Rainbow said.
Jimmy looked around, gasping in awe as he saw Golden Oak Library.
"It's... beautiful..." Jimmy said, entranced by the sight.
"Or at least, it was beautiful... until Tirek came..."
"Hey!"
Jimmy snapped out of his thoughts when Rainbow called him.
"Weren't you in a hurry?" Rainbow asked.
"Oh! Heh, sorry." Jimmy jumped down. "Also, thanks for the trip!"
"You're welcome. Whatever you need, I'll be happy to help. Now I need to go, but this has been fun. See you!" Rainbow said, before proppeling into the air, disappearing.
"She's so great. Another good friend for the list! And now, for Twilight." Jimmy said.
He walked to the library's door and knocked on it.
"Incoming!" A voice was heard inside, before the door opened, revealing not Twilight, but a small dragon.
"Oh, hi there, Spike!" Jimmy waved.
"Princess Luna!?" Spike exclaimed, surprised.
"What happens?" Another familiar voice was heard, and Jimmy knew who it was.
Right now, his current location was Equestria, inside the tree known as Golden Oak Library, and he was talking with Twilight Sparkle and Spike the Dragon, both of them searching for something within the books.
As Twilight's eyes scanned the books that were floating around her, her face told Jimmy that she got really interested for the topic they were talking about: what exactly happened to Jimmy, because he transformed into Princess Luna.
"Ok, let me see. As you told me, you're a human male, who comes from a different place. You decided to spin a coin but it turned into a portal, which made you fall inside, teleporting here. On top of that, that same magic decided to change your body, and now you currently have Princess Luna's body." Twilight said, recalling everything that Jimmy explained.
"That's pretty much what happened, yeah." Jimmy said.
"Well, I think I did read something about humans. It was inside one of these books." Twilight said, still looking on them. "Spike, did you find it?"
"Not yet. I found books about potions, creatures, the Everfree Forest... but not the one you say." Spike replied.
"We'll keep searching then. Oh, and Jimmy, would you like any book for reading while we're busy?" Twilight asked.
"Umm... I don't know. I guess I could look for something." Jimmy said, walking to the shelves.
He tried to reach the books with a hoof, until he saw Twilight looking at him with an odd expression.
"What?" Jimmy asked.
"I'm surprised that you are trying to do things like you were at your world. I mean, you have magic. Wouldn't it be better if you tried to levitate things?" Twilight said, pointing at Jimmy's horn.
"Oh, that! Heheh, sorry. It's just that I'm not still used to these things." Jimmy said.
"No problem. I'll be glad to help you with-" Twilight stopped talking because of something. "Do you hear that?"
Spike and Jimmy listened, eventually hearing what was supposed to be a pony screaming. And the sound was getting closer.
"That sounds way too familiar..." Jimmy said, just a few seconds before something busted through the library's door and collapsed with the shelves, making every book fall down.
When Jimmy, Twilight and Spike looked around, they saw a pink hoof sticking out of a pile of books.
"Are you ok, Pinkie Pie?" Jimmy asked.
With a few efforts, Pinkie emerged from the books, her eyes spinning around. She shook her head for focusing on Jimmy's question.
"Sure I am! Good thing it wasn't a pile of stones, because those hurt even more than books, you know?" Pinkie said, before gasping when she realized who she was talking to. "Princess Luna!!"
Jimmy couldn't avoid Pinkie as she jumped and grabbed him for a hug. On the other way, it felt surprisingly good.
"Sorry for my emotions, but I simply didn't think I would meet you someday! I was able to get a chance for meeting your sister, Princess Celestia, although I met her when you weren't at Canterlot! Curious thing, right? I even prepared a cake for both of you, but I had to cut off the half which was going to be for you!" Pinkie explained, pointing at Jimmy.
"Umm... Pinkie? May I tell you something?" Twilight asked.
"Sure, Twilight! What is it?" Pinkie asked, still excited about meeting Princess Luna.
"Well, I performed a few spells for gathering some information, also looking within the books for one in particular, and... umm..." Twilight said, doubting.
"Is everything ok?" Pinkie asked.
"Let's just say that's not Princess Luna." Twilight said.
Pinkie's face changed instantly. "Huh?"
"It's a human, who comes from another world. He ended up here and, as you can see, his appearance has... changed." Twilight said.
With a shocked expression clearly seen on her face, Pinkie looked at nowhere and took out a sign which said "Is there a magician within the audience?" before tossing it away.
"Should we keep looking for that book you mentioned, Twilight?" Spike asked.
"Oh, yes! But it's going to be hard with this mess. I'm not sure if we-"
"Found it!" Pinkie said, standing pm the pole of books while holding one on her hoof.
"Really?" Twilight asked, serious. She levitated the book in front of her, and started inspecting it for information.
"There it is! The things I knew about humans." Twilight said, showing the book so the others could see.
The book mentioned a lot of traits about humans: bipedal, clothed, so different from each other...
"Wait, how is it that you, being a male, have transformed into a female Pony?" Pinkie said.
"Umm... Well... It's a long story." Jimmy said, chuckling.
"It's ok, there's no problem with that." Twilight said. "Anything else you wanted to ask, Jimmy?"
"Actually, I came here for another reason. Tonight will be Summer Sun Celebration, right?" Jimmy said.
"Yeah! And I already got the party ready!" Pinkie said.
"I'm afraid that somepony won't want to have a party." Jimmy said. "And that will be Nightmare Moon."
"What!?" Pinkie exclaimed.
"I also believe she will return! What can we do?" Twilight asked.
"Tell others. If they believe us, they will be happy to help." Jimmy said.
"What if Nightmare Moon really comes?" Spike asked.
"I guess the only thing we'll be able to do... is fight against her." Jimmy said.
Twilight, Spike and Pinkie looked at each other and nodded, determined to help Jimmy for stopping Nightmare Moon's arrival.
Getting out of Golden Oak Library, Jimmy took one way, while Twilight, Spike and Pinkie went to different places. Their objective was to warn more ponies about the incoming threat.
Everything could happen, the most likely scenario being that maybe not everypony would believe that Nightmare Moon could return to Equestria. Or maybe there would be enough for defending at least Ponyville.
But what about the rest of Equestria? Jimmy pondered on that question as he went in search of more ponies.
An hour later, Jimmy had already found some ponies.
On a bench, he saw Lyra and Bon-Bon spending some time together. Although Lyra's way to sit initially surprised him, he decided to ignore that and told them about Nightmare Moon.
Later, Jimmy was walking around when he saw a familiar grey Pegasus with odd eyes.
Derpy wasn't exactly sure why Princess Luna was talking about Nightmare Moon, which was basically her. But after a while, she finally understood what was happening.
At some moment, Jimmy also found Roseluck, Lily and Daisy. How did that end? With the three of them on the ground, terrified.
"Well, at least I told them." Jimmy said.
All those ponies had two things in common: they were surprised to see a human in a pony's body (especially Lyra, for some reason), and they believed what Jimmy said about Summer Sun Celebration. They also agreed to try helping, so that was a plus.
Making a stop, Jimmy looked around. To his left, more places, and the Town Hall standing at the center. Jimmy thought he could also try to speak with Mayor Mare.
And then, he looked to his right, and saw a well-known building: Carousel Boutique.
"Oh, maybe Rarity is there! I'll also tell her about tonight. Hopefully, she won't use her fainting couch." Jimmy said as he walked to the Boutique's door.
The doorbell ringed as Jimmy opened the door and entered.
"I will attend you in a minute, darling!" Rarity called.
Jimmy saw Rarity working on a dress. He also saw mannequins wearing beautiful dresses.
"No doubt she is the best fashionista ever!" Jimmy thought.
After sewing the dress, Rarity stopped.
"Phew! Another one finished. Now, what did you need, dear?" Rarity said, turning around. Her face changed as she saw who she thought was Princess Luna.
"Princess Luna? What... What are you doing here? I didn't know about you since... that horrible night. Weren't you on the Moon?" Rarity asked.
"I know you're confused as confused as everypony, but I must explain. I'm not Princess Luna, this is some kind of magic which transformed me. I'm a human." Jimmy explained.
Rarity frowned. "Are you sure this isn't some sort of prank? Because Rainbow Dash loves doing that."
"Twilight Sparkle, Spike, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Applejack can confirm that! I visited them for help!" Jimmy said, surprising Rarity with their names.
"Those are my friends! And I just met Twilight and Spike today!" Rarity said, remembering.
"Sis? What's all that sound?"
"That voice! I can't believe I'm going to meet-" Jimmy thought, just as a filly went down the stairs. At that moment, his eyes made that effect known as Wingding Eyes.
"Awww! You're so Gosh Dang Cute!!" Jimmy said as he levitated Sweetie Belle towards him and nuzzled her.
"Heh, thanks! I really like your... mane?" Sweetie said, curious.
"Thanks. It's Azure Blue in color." Jimmy said, leaving Sweetie on the floor again.
Sweetie's eyes fully opened. "You just told me your colors! I'll make a drawing for you!" She said before running upstairs.
Rarity giggled. "I think you got a new admirer, dear."
"Your sister is so adorable, Rarity." Jimmy said, smiling.
"Anyways, is there anything else you wanted to say?" Rarity asked.
"Oh, yeah. Thanks for reminding me. You see, tonight is Summer Sun Celebration, right?" Jimmy said.
"Of course. And I think Pinkie Pie was getting everything ready." Rarity replied.
"Well, Nightmare Moon could return to Equestria." Jimmy said.
"What!? Whatever made you think about that?" Rarity asked.
"It has been a thousand years since that confrontation between Princesses Celestia and Luna, in which the latter transformed. I can't stop thinking that Nightmare Moon could be strong enough to come back and plunge Equestria into an eternal night." Jimmy explained.
"Oh, no... And what can we do?" Rarity asked.
"I already told some ponies, while your friends did the same thing. At least we can defend this town." Jimmy said.
They looked through the windows, seeing the sky.
"It's getting dark. Summer Sun Celebration is about to start. I'll see you at the Town Hall, ok?" Jimmy said.
He felt something nuzzling his hoof. When he looked down, Sweetie was at his side, looking at him, carrying a drawing in her mouth. Princess Luna appeared on it, but Jimmy knew who it was.
"Aww, thank you so much! I love it!" Jimmy said, grabbing the drawing with his magic and petting Sweetie's head while she smiled.
"Anyways, I'll see you two at the Town Hall. Bye!" Jimmy said, waving at Rarity and Sweetie as he went out of Carousel Boutique.
"See you later, darling!" Rarity replied before closing the door.
Going to the Town Hall, Jimmy looked at the Moon, discovering something:
Nightmare Moon's silhouette wasn't there.
"Same as in the episode..." Jimmy said, thinking about what could happen next.
As Jimmy arrived at the Town Hall, he saw that everypony was already inside, only a few still entering. He glanced at the Moon, only to see four stars that seemed to approach towards it.
"If I'm not mistaken, I already know what's going to happen." Jimmy thought, as he went inside the Town Hall.
It didn't take too long for him to find the Mane 6, but they were not together. Twilight, Pinkie and Spike at one side; Rainbow and Applejack at the other; Rarity was beside the curtains, ready to open them when the moment came; and Fluttershy had the musical part with a few chirping birds.
Everypony was ready for the beginning of Summer Sun Celebration, and also careful, as they heard Jimmy's warning about what would happen that night.
In the meantime, Pinkie was telling Twilight how excited she was with everything that was happening during the day.
Just a few moments later, Mayor Mare appeared, and everypony knew what that meant: the moment had finally come.
"Fillies and gentlecolts!" Mayor Mare started speaking, "As Mayor of Ponyville, it is my great pleasure to announce the beginning of the Summer Sun Celebration!"
"In just a few moments, our town will witness the magic of the sunrise and celebrate this the longest day of the year!"
While Mayor Mare was talking, Jimmy and Twilight saw the stars surrounding the Moon moved until they touched it, and Nightmare Moon's silhouette vanished.
"And now, it is my great honor to introduce you the ruler of our land, the very pony who gives us the Sun and the Moon each and every day, the good, the wise, the bringer of Harmony to all of Equestria... Princess Celestia!" Mayor Mare concluded her speech as Fluttershy's birds sang and Rarity opened the curtains. Behind them...
Nothing. Princess Celestia wasn't there.
"She's gone!" Rarity exclaimed, after looking at the spot where Princess Celestia was supposed to be.
Everypony was surprised. What happened to their ruler?
They got the answer when, instead of Princess Celestia, a dark mist appeared. It looked like the night with shining stars.
The mist grew bigger and took the form of a powerful alicorn, and everypony knew who it was:
The Mare in the Moon...
The wicked mare of darkness...
Nightmare Moon.
Although Jimmy and the other ponies already knew about her arrival, they got equally shocked to see her. But they didn't let that affect them too much.
The first thing that Nightmare Moon saw was Jimmy himself, still in Princess Luna's body. That sight made the dark alicorn turn angry.
"How can it be? Another me? What treachery is this?" Nightmare Moon said.
"I'm just a copy of your old self!" Jimmy said.
"And where do you come from, if I may ask?" Nightmare Moon said.
"From the human world." Jimmy said confidently.
That answer amused as much as it did with the other ponies.
"The human world... Marvelous. After I'm done with this one, you will show me the way for yours." Nightmare Moon said, celebrating her future victory with a laugh.
"Don't get too excited, Nightmare Moon." Twilight said, making the alicorn turn to see the rest of ponies.
"Oh, somepony knows my name. And I suppose you also know why I'm here?" Nightmare Moon said.
"To bring eternal night to Equestria. You see, everypony here knows about you, Nightmare Moon. And that's why we won't let you take this town!" Twilight said.
Unicorns had their horns ready for spells. Pegasi were flying around. Earth ponies were also prepared for what could happen.
But Nightmare Moon had other plans, so she turned back to her mist form and escaped from the Town Hall. Jimmy and the Mane 6 went behind, only to see their current enemy fleeing.
"Ugh! I think I could have chased her." Rainbow said.
"Do ya remember who she is? She could easily outsmart ya with just one spell." Applejack said.
"Whatever are we going to do now?" Rarity asked, while Fluttershy hid behind her.
Just then, Jimmy came up with an idea.
"The Elements of Harmony!"
"The what now?" Applejack asked.
"They are powerful gems that can be used for defeating Nightmare Moon. Twilight, is there any book at the library with information about the Elements?" Jimmy said.
"Hmmm... I think so. Let's go to the library and see." Twilight replied.
A while later, the library was a mess, with books scattered across the floor as everypony tried to find the book about the Elements of Harmony.
"Ugh! This is just a waste of time! We'll never find it!" Twilight complained.
"The Elements of Harmony: A Reference Guide." Pinkie read on a book.
"What? How did you find it?" Twilight asked, curious to know.
"It was under E!" Pinkie happily said.
Jimmy tried not to giggle as Twilight got serious.
"Anyways, let's see what the book says about the Elements." Jimmy said. Twilight nodded, opening the book with her magic.
Thanks to the book, Jimmy and the others discovered that there were five Elements existing actually, and the location of the sixth one was a mystery. It also said that the last known location of the Elements was at the Castle of the Two Sisters, which in turn was in the middle of the Everfree Forest.
There was that big difference between entering the forest at day and doing the same thing at night. The darkness made the forest look more sinister and dangerous.
But Jimmy and his friends were not going to give up on their mission.
"Ok, let's go! Only with the Elements we'll be able to defeat Nightmare Moon!" Jimmy said, while Twilight and the others nodded, determined to win.
And with that, they went towards the Everfree Forest. That enormous maze of trees was the only way to reach the Castle of the Two Sisters...
And the long-imprisoned alicorn who would turn into the new ruler sooner or later...
As everypony entered the Everfree Forest, Jimmy thought about something:
He was in the first episodes of MLP. Thanks to him, the ponies reacted in a different way when Nightmare Moon arrived at Ponyville. And even if he had currently transformed into Princess Luna, his presence and his actions changed the episodes.
That meant one thing: Jimmy already knew Nightmare Moon would have got some traps ready inside the forest. And if he helped Twilight and her friends with the traps, they would probably not realize where the Elements of Harmony were.
So Jimmy couldn't help them, but he could neither wait in Ponyville, as he wanted to see them in action. And for that reason, he decided to just go with them and be a spectator.
"I'll do this for them." Jimmy said, as he continued his way.
The first place was a mountainside. Jimmy and the others crossed it, while Rainbow tried to scare them, much to Applejack's dismay.
Suddenly, everything began to shake, causing the mountainside to collapse and make everypony slide down.
"Come on, we gotta help them!" Jimmy said. He, Rainbow and Fluttershy, being the ones with wings, were able to fly, grabbing Rarity and Pinkie.
Meanwhile, Jimmy saw Twilight about to fall down, but Applejack was holding her. Listening closely, he heard Applejack.
"What I'm sayin' to you is the honest truth. Let go, and you'll be safe."
Twilight seemed to believe what Applejack said, because she let go, screaming as she plummeted to the ground.
But Jimmy, Rainbow and Fluttershy flew below her so she ended up on top of them.
"Phew..." Twilight couldn't think about a proper way of thanking them.
They descended Twilight to the ground as Applejack jumped between rocks. When everypony had landed down, they continued their way.
A while later, they found something blocking the way...
A manticore.
Twilight and the others, except for Fluttershy, tried to subdue the manticore, but it resisted all of their attacks.
The manticore tried to scratch Rarity, but she kicked it on its face.
"Take that, you ruffian!" With that sentence, Rarity only encouraged the manticore, who roared at her, ruining her mane.
"My hair!" Rarity exclaimed, but then she remembered what was in front of her and she ran away, the manticore chasing her.
"Wait..." Fluttershy said, but Applejack had already jumped on top of the manticore, and there was some sort of rodeo until the beast got rid of Applejack.
Rainbow was next. Ignoring Fluttershy's attempt to call them, she tried to envelop the manticore inside a circular rainbow, only to get hit by its scorpion tail, getting thrown in front of the others.
Jimmy and the others decided it was enough, and they started running towards the manticore...
"WAAAIT!" Fluttershy exclaimed, finally getting everyone's attention. Then, she approached the manticore.
Twilight and her friends feared the worst, but they saw Fluttershy caressing the manticore, who showed her one of it's paws, which had a big thorn stuck on it.
As Fluttershy got it off, the manticore grabbed her... and started licking her with a smile on its face. Happy with that, the others walked past them, getting away from the manticore, while Twilight and Jimmy waited for Fluttershy.
"How did you know about the thorn?" Twilight asked, curious about what happened.
"I didn't. Sometimes, we all just need to show a little kindness." Fluttershy said, making her friends smile as they continued their way.
Later, they went across an area where the vegetation was so thick that they couldn't see anything.
Then, sinister faces appeared on the trees surrounding them. Jimmy and everypony else were trully scared.
However, they saw Pinkie wasn't scared. In fact, she was laughing at the faces.
"Pinkie, what are you doing? Run!" Twilight said.
"Oh girls, don't you see?" Pinkie replied.
And then, she started singing a song, which Jimmy recognized.
"Wait a minute. Giggle at the Ghostly!" He thought.
As Pinkie sang, everypony laughed along with her, and that made the faces on the trees disappear.
That good dose of laughter made them capable enough to continue their way.
The next obstacle they found was a river, blocked by something. They discovered it was a sea serpent, and it was... crying?
"Oh, is that... Steven Magnet?" Jimmy thought as he looked at the sea serpent.
"Excuse me, sir. Why are you crying?" Twilight asked to Steven.
"Well, I don't know. I was just sitting here, minding my own business, when this tacky little cloud of purple smoke just whisked past me and tore half of my beloved mustache... clean off! And now I look simply horrid!!" Steven explained, as he continued crying.
While that sounded ridiculous for the others, Rarity seemed to be the only one who was actually worried, as she approached the sea serpent.
She complimented Steven for his scales, his mane and his manicure, but then she reminded him of his ruined mustache.
"It's true, I'm hideous!!" Steven said, trying to cover himself.
"I simply cannot let such a crime against fabulosity go uncorrected!" Rarity said, as she ripped one of Steven's scales.
Everyone stood in shock as Rarity used the scale to cut off her own tail, which she attached to Steven's mustache.
"That still surprises me, no matter how many times I watch the episode." Jimmy thought.
"Ohohohoho! My mustache! How wonderful!" Steve said, now happy.
Jimmy and the others were worried about Rarity, but she calmly assured them that her tail would grow back.
"Oh! We can cross now! Let's go!" Twilight said as she started crossing the river. But then, the ground below her rose up.
No, wait. It was Steven!
"Allow me!" He happily said, as he used his body as a bridge for Jimmy and the others to cross.
"Hey, Jimmy!" Pinkie said.
"Yes, Pinkie?"
"Something tells me you already knew who the sea serpent was! Am I riiiiight?" Pinkie said, smiling.
"Oh... Maybe?" Jimmy said, chuckling as they continued their way.
After the river, they finally arrived at the Castle of the Two Sisters. In her excitement, Twilight ran to the bridge, almost falling into the gorge because the other end of the bridge had fallen. But Rainbow saved her.
"What's with you falling of cliffs?" She said, smiling.
"Now, what?" Pinkie asked.
"Hey, Rainbow. You think you can fix the bridge?" Jimmy said.
"Sure thing!" Rainbow answered, before flying down the gorge and grabbing the bridge's fallen end, going to the other side for tying it to the rocks.
However, after a while, there was no trace of Rainbow anywhere.
"Rainbow! What's taking so long?" Twilight asked.
"Twilight, look!" Jimmy said, pointing at something between the fog covering the bridge.
"Oh, no..." Twilight said, as she noticed. At the other end of the bridge, Rainbow had encountered three mysterious Pegasi, clad in dark outfits. One of them, presumably the leader, looked at the bridge and her eyes started shining, making the fog grow thicker. Now, the others could neither see nor hear Rainbow.
Fortunately, just a few moments later, the bridge got fixed, and the fog dissipated as Rainbow reappeared. The other Pegasi had vanished.
Everypony cheered her as they finally crossed the bridge.
"See? I'd never leave my friends hanging." Rainbow said to Twilight as she flew.
"And that's the thing I love about Rainbow: her loyalty." Jimmy thought.
They had finally arrived at the Castle of the Two Sisters. They couldn't lose time, as they had to find the Elements of Harmony and use them.
And Jimmy tried not to think about what could happen if Nightmare Moon got them first...
As Jimmy and his friends entered the castle, they became astonished when they saw a monument, on top of which were some stone orbs.
"The Elements of Harmony! We found them!" Twilight said, as Rainbow and Fluttershy flew up and grabbed the orbs, depositing them on the floor beside Twilight.
"One, two, three, four... There's only five!" Pinkie said.
"Where's the sixth?" Rainbow asked.
"Are you sure it's not hidden somewhere in this castle?" Jimmy asked.
"The book said: when the five are present, a sparkle will cause the sixth Element to be revealed." Twilight explained.
"What in the hay is that supposed to mean?" Applejack asked.
"I'm not sure, but I have an idea. Stand back, I don't know what will happen." Twilight answered, as she began to get some spell ready while everypony else backed out.
"Come on, y'all. She needs to concentrate." Applejack said, and everypony went outside, leaving Twilight with the orbs.
Just some seconds later, they heard Twilight screaming.
"TWILIGHT!!" Everypony ran inside to help their friend. But unfortunately, they could only arrive in time to see Twilight and the orbs vanish in front of their eyes.
Confusion filled the air as a question popped out:
Where was Twilight?
Everypony ran around that room of the Castle of the Two Sisters, knowing that Twilight would be somewhere.
"Twilight! Where are you?" Applejack exclaimed.
"Look!" Rarity said, and they saw lights coming from a tower.
"She must be there! And I don't think she's alone!" Jimmy exclaimed.
"Should we really go there?" a scared Fluttershy asked.
"If we don't, Twilight will probably not be able to survive!" Jimmy said.
"Come on!" Applejack said for everypony to follow her.
Going through abandoned corridors, they finally found a staircase, which led to the tower where Twilight was supposed to be.
As they got to the tower, they found Twilight in front of Nightmare Moon, who was standing over the remains of the broken orbs.
Just as Twilight saw her friends, she realized something, and she turned around to speak to Nightmare Moon.
"You think you can destroy the Elements of Harmony just like that? Well, you're wrong. Because the spirits of the Elements of Harmony are right here!" She said, as the others joined her.
Jimmy stood a bit away from them, and he saw the stone remains of the orbs float around each one of the Mane 6 as Twilight told what they did and what Element they represented.
"You still don't have the sixth Element! The spark didn't work!" Nightmare Moon said, trying to stay firm.
"But it did. A different kind of spark. I felt it the very moment I realized how happy I was to hear you, to see you, how much I cared about you. The spark ignited inside me when I realized that you all... are my friends!" Twilight explained, and that made an extra orb appear on the air, above Twilight's head.
"You see, Nightmare Moon, when those Elements are ignited by the... the spark, that resides in the heart of us all, it creates the sixth Element: the Element of... Magic!" Twilight said.
Jimmy watched in awe as the floating stone pieces turned into necklaces for them and the last orb turned into a tiara for Twilight. Then, a rainbow got summoned, and it engulfed Nightmare Moon, who wasn't able to escape.
And then, everything got covered in a blinding light...
When Jimmy and the others recovered, Nightmare Moon wasn't there.
"My head..." Rainbow said.
"Is everypony ok?" Applejack asked.
Yep, they were all ok. And they smiled as they looked at their new accessories, which resembled their Cutie Marks.
While they were busy, complimenting each other, the Sun rose up on the sky, and somepony else appeared beside them: Princess Celestia.
"Princess Celestia!" Twilight said as she approached the Alicorn.
"Twilight Sparkle, my faithful student." Princess Celestia said, as she hugged Twilight.
On the corner of his eye, Jimmy saw something.
"Uh... girls? There's the real one." He said, pointing at it. Twilight and the others discovered what it was:
Princess Luna.
Serious expressions turned into happy faces as the Royal Sisters hugged each other. Pinkie cried, with tears flowing like rivers, but she changed instantly.
"Hey, you know what this calls for?"
"A party!!" Pinkie said, as confetti fell around.
Ponyville filled with ponies as they waited for the Royal carriage to land on the ground. Everypony was happy, including the Princesses, which had reunited after so long.
Well, duh! One thousand years? Of course that's so long!
Ok, back to the story...
However, Twilight wasn't exactly happy. On the contrary, she felt sad.
"Why so glum, my faithful student? Are you not happy that your quest is complete and you can return to your studies in Canterlot?" Princess Celestia asked to her.
"That's just it. Just when I learned how wonderful it is to have friends, I have to leave them." Twilight said, worried.
"Spike, take a note, please. I, Princess Celestia, hereby decree that the unicorn Twilight Sparkle shall take on a new mission for Equestria. She must continue to study the magic of friendship. She must report to me her findings from her new home in Ponyville." Princess Celestia explained, as Spike wrote everything on a parchment and the others hugged Twilight.
"Oh thank you, Princess Celestia! I'll study harder than ever before!" Twilight said, earning cheers from the other Ponyville inhabitants.
Meanwhile, Princess Luna approached towards Jimmy.
"It's curious to see somepony who looks the same as me. How did you turn into me?" She asked.
"Umm... Well, it's a long story." Jimmy said, chuckling. And Princess Luna smiled.
"Hey, Jimmy!" Pinkie called for him.
"What is it, Pinkie?" Jimmy said.
"I suppose you want to go back to your world, right?" Pinkie said.
"Heh. I thought about it, and maybe I could spend some extra time here in Ponyville." Jimmy answered, winking.
And Jimmy stayed with his friends, already picturing the upcoming adventures.
Jimmy stayed at Ponyville for the time he believed to be the duration of Season 1. Everypony in town treated him like a nice friend, despite his current Princess appearance.
He did a lot of activities with the Mane 6, remembering things like Fluttershy's shyness (he already knew how it would end), or the fact that Rainbow really wanted to join the Wonderbolts.
During his stay, Jimmy also met the characters he had seen on the episodes, from Ponyville's population to other characters, including the Mane 6's pets, Gilda the griffin, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, the magician called The Great and Powerful Trixie, the mysterious Zecora, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, the fashion designer Hoity Toity, Cloudsdale's population and the Wonderbolts, the teacher Cheerilee, the Diamond Dogs, the fashion photographer Photo Finish, Appleloosa's population, the buffaloes, Princess Celestia's phoenix Philomena, the pet owl Owlowiscious, and last but not least, the ponies from Canterlot when Twilight and her friends went for the Grand Galloping Gala. Some of those characters were nice, others seemed neutral, and others were either mean or dangerous.
After the Mane 6 had what they called The Best Night Ever, a portal opened near them, and Jimmy knew what that meant: it was time to go back home.
"Well, I guess this is a goodbye." Jimmy said.
"It was really good to meet you, Jimmy. I hope you come to visit us sometime." Twilight said.
"Don't forget to bring a present!" Pinkie said, bouncing.
"We'll be always here fer ya, sugarcube." Applejack said.
"Thank you so much." Jimmy said, and they enveloped in a group hug.
"Well, I'll better be going now. See you all!"
"Bye, Jimmy!" Twilight and the others said, as Jimmy disappeared through the portal.
Back on Earth, a portal opened, and Jimmy fell on a bed, which he recognized as his own.
"I'm home! And... I'm human again!" He said, excited.
Everything had turned to normal, like there didn't happen anything,
While Jimmy was celebrating it, he discovered one package, and he opened had a S1 Princess Luna plush inside.
"Awww, this is a great detail!" Jimmy said, as he hugged the plushie.
He noticed something: on his computer, there were playing some episodes of the show. The current episode was Luna Eclipsed.
"Huh? Well, I can see it." He said, and sat in front of the laptop for seeing the episode.
There came the moment when Princess Luna appeared. Oddly, Jimmy saw that the Alicorn was sporting clear colors and her mane had the design for Season 1.
"Wait, what!? The episode changed! Luna changed!" Jimmy exclaimed, surprised.
As if on cue, Luna looked at the camera and winked. Jimmy got trully surprised by that.
But then, he smiled, because that's the thing he always wanted...
