Creating A Hive

Here's The Other 40

Nightmare Moon was cackling.

I wanted to say my heart was beating rapidly in fear- that I was sick with worry and concern for my friend.

That I was internally sobbing.

But I wasn't.

I just felt numb.

Luna didn't want my tears.

She didn't want to be remembered like this.

So I wouldn't.

Nightmare Moon wasn't worth the tears, anyway.

So that's why, while Nightmare Moon laughed, I stood stoically beside Twilight.

"Luna! Think of how long you were banished to the moon!" Twilight yelled. "You'll give us no choice but to send you back there if you don't stop!"

"Luna, I will not fight you!" Past Celestia yelled, not acknowledging Twilight or myself. "You must lower the moon! It is your duty!"

"Luna? I am... Nightmare Moon!" The demented alicorn laughed back. "I have but one royal duty now: to destroy you!"

Celestia flew off through a hole in the ceiling.

"And where do you think you're going?" Nightmare Moon taunted. She dashed after Celestia.

Twilight did too.

With a shoulder heaving sigh, I followed.

Well not followed-followed. More rather I sat on the edge of the hole in the ceiling.

I watched the Celestia of the past being chased by her darkened sister who was in turn chased by a panicking Twilight. The sisters were exchanging blasts all around, with mostly Nightmare Moon firing.

One shot hit.

Celestia screamed as she felt the blast. Though as silent on the fall past me to the floor.

"Celestia!" Twilight screamed. Nightmare Moon cackled again.

I held out my hoof to stop her from crossing the roof.

"Morgan!" Twilight yelled at me. She fought against my hoof. I had to fight a griffin every night so she'd sleep. I can hold back an alicorn. "She's hurt! She- she could be-"

"In the past?" I prompted. Twilight blinked, still wearing an angry expression. "Because look at the castle, Twilight, really look. Is this the same castle from the Everfree? Is that where we are?"

"Yes!"

"Then why does it still look new?"

Twilight had no argument for that. She looked away from me at the surroundings herself. After a moment, she sat back on the ceiling.

"Come on." I picked Twilight up. "I think she's ready."

Without waiting for a response, I flew us down to the ground.

Celestia stood up on her hooves. On her face was steely determination. "Oh, dear sister. I am sorry, but you have given me no choice but to use these."

Twilight's jaw dropped as the holder for the Elements rose from the ground.

"Are those the Elements of Harmony? But that's how they looked in... the past." Twilight looked at me. "This is the night Princess Celestia banished her."