My Little Pony: The Light of Equestria Ch.4

 As the ponies attending the Grand Galloping Gala continue to enjoy the fine food, music, and company, Our little lavender unicorn excuses herself as she passes by every honored guest and Royal guard...in order to get to the one colt that she has cared for all her life: Her Big Brother Best Friend Forever, Shining Armor.

    Once she reaches him, Twilight Sparkle throws her front legs around his neck and hugs him close, "Shining! It's been so long! I've missed you so much!"

    “Twili. It’s so good to see you too.” The white stallion with the blue streak mane greets his precious little sister and returns her loving hug with one of his own.

    “I missed you too.” The beautiful pink princess of the Crystal Empire mentions as she walks up to the little unicorn she is proud to call her sister. She gives Twilight a warm smile as she releases her brother and does the famous little dance they shared when Cadence foalsitted her all those years ago:






    After finishing their favorite dance, both Twilight and Cadence hug each other and share a wonderful girlish giggle, “It’s so good to see you.” They both end up saying the same line together, which brings forth another giggle from them each.

    Shining Armor is very happy to see that his wife and sister get along so well together, as they always have been. Ever since the events of the wedding and the Crystal Empire, these two have such a strong bond, much like himself and his brilliant little sister.

    The hugging soon comes to an end and Cadence decides to start things off with a little conversation about the more recent things, “So, how have things been in Ponyville, Twilight?”

    “They have been going well; My friends are always there to help me, Princess Celestia is preparing me for my next lessons, and well…that’s about it,” Twilight explains in truth of all that has happened recently, while omitting the strange dreams of course; Probably best not to tell them until she has a better understanding of all this.

    “That’s wonderful, Twilight,” Cadence praises her little sister upon hearing all that she has been doing as of late.

    “Indeed it is. We are both so proud of you. Mom and Dad would be too. It's too bad they couldn’t make it to the Gala,” Shining Armor informs with a sad hint in his voice.

    “Yeah….” Twilight now seems to notice that her parents did not show up, but she will not let this bring her down, “I’m sure they have a good reason. Besides, we can maybe visit them before the end of the night; Surprise them in fact!” Twilight suggests with much encouragement, knowing it may be a fun idea.

    “That sounds like a good idea, Twili," Shining Armor agrees right away since the idea sounds just like the right course of action, "Right after the Gala, lets go pay them a visit.”

    Twilight gives her BBBFF a big grin of excitement, “Can‘t wait!”





     As the three of them continue their conversation as any loving siblings would, the orchestra begins playing a different tune; It is slow dance music, which is the signal for couples attending the Gala to have the opportunity to dance together. Shining hears this and turns to his wife, and bows in the proper manner, “Dearest Cadance. Will you honor me with a dance?”

    Both Twilight and Cadance giggle at how much of a gentlecolt Shining Armor is and find it very sweet. The Crystal Princess curtsies in return and accepts his offer, “I will, my handsome Captain and Prince.”

    Shining escorts his beloved wife out on to the dance floor, where they begin dancing together to the slow, but soft melody of the music played by the band of five ponies. Other couples follow suit, and the floor soon has a great number of couples dancing together with the ones they love and hold dear to their hearts.

    Twilight smiles as her brother and sister-in-law dance together, with their eternal love guiding their every step. But as she watches, Twilight soon feels her happiness starting to slip into that of sadness; The same she felt the other night when she was daydreaming. “They just seem so happy together.” She admires as her gaze turns to the other couples dancing. Twilight Sparkle is now feeling that she wishes she could be out there, with a very special somepony. She now knows deep deep inside herself, it is her heart’s desire.

    Twilight continues to watch the dancing of the ponies, and soon imagines herself out there, dancing with a very handsome young stallion; He is holding her close as they would move slowly to the sound of the music. Twilight listens listen to his heart beat as she rests her head upon his chest. Then, she looks up at his handsome face, and into his eyes...and feel her heart beat with every ounce of love she has for her special somepony...








    The music suddenly is brought to a halt when Princess Celestia bursts through the doors, with a very serious and slightly panicking expression on her face. This brings everypony, including the no-longer daydreaming Twilight, to turn their attention to her...and wonder what the issue is.

    “Attention, Everypony! This is an emergency!" Celestia shouts as loud as she can so everypony can hear here, "I need you all to gather and remain here in the Ballroom!"

    “What is going on, your Highness?” Shining Armor questions the Princess, feeling that he and the rest have a right to know what is going on.

    “There is no time to explain! Take the troops and guard the Palace doors! Nothing gets in!” Celestia orders her former captain, and the Canterlot Royal Guard that stand by her side...ready to follow Shining's orders to the end.

    The Captain and Prince obeys the command of the Princess, and takes what troops he has and gallops on to the front gate. Princes Cadence follows along with him, since there is no other place she would rather be than at the side of her beloved husband.





     Once the guards and her niece are gone and moving to the front, Princess Celestia orders her remaining guards to spread out around the ballroom and protect her guests and friends. While they follow her orders, Twilight moves her way through the crowd trying to reach the Princess; Her five pony friend and one little dragon join up with her, since they want to know what is happening. 

    “Twilight, what the hay is goin’ on?” Applejack questions her best friend, knowing Twilight is closer to the princess than the rest of them and might know something.

    “I don’t know, Applejack. I've never seen the Princess like this before,” Twilight has no answer to give but hopes things will be made clear once they get to the princess.

    “Something big must be going on if this is happening,” Rainbow Dash suggests as she hovers above them, using the air to her advantage.

    Twilight, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie, Applejack, Rainbow, and Spike pushes their way gently through the other ponies as fast as they can, until they finally reach the great white alicorn at last. “Princess Celestia. Please...tell me what is happening?” Twilight pleads for an answer from her teacher.

    “Twilight, I need you and your friends to stay here with me and wait for my sister to return!" Celestia instructs the six chosen guardians of Harmony, "Princess Luna has gone to retrieve the Elements of Harmony with her own escorts. We will need you six to wield them for what is coming.”

    “But what is coming?!"

    “I...I do not know...”Princess Celestia admits while remaining strong for her subjects and the rest of the lands she rules...and hopes that Twilight and her friends will be enough to face whatever it is that approaches Canterlot.









     The Front doors to the palace are sealed with powerful magic spells by the strongest of the unicorn guardcolts. The rest prepare for what is to come...by they wonder if they even can be when have no idea exactly what is approaching, but once they hear the roaring thunder of the storm, they stand their ground and prepare to defend the city of Canterlot.

    Shining Armor, with the support of his beloved Cadence, powers up his shield around the entire city, determined to not allow whatever this is to enter. “Stand your ground!” he shouts at his loyal troops, “It is our sworn duty to protect Canterlot from all evil. Be ready!”

    The guard’s confidence rises and they stand ready, thanks to the brave words of their fearless captain.






     Meanwhile, The guests, along with Twilight and her friends, watch as the doors all around the ballroom are closed off to prevent any from entering...or leaving for that matter. They all begin murmuring among themselves, wondering why the Princess would do something like this.

    “Maybe she’s planning a big surprise party for everypony!” Pinkie Pie excitedly suggests since she is loves surprises as well as planning such things.

    “Oh…I don’t know about that, Pinkie Pie,” Fluttershy quietly disagrees, while finding all this to be very scary.

    Rarity gives her thoughts on the matter, which happen to be well off the subject, “Well, whatever it is, it certainly ruined my chances of being invited again to-” 

    “Enough! This is serious!” Twilight shouts at her friends when they are getting too chatty and losing sight of what is going on at the moment.

    The others are surprised at the sudden outburst from Twilight, but they soon realize she has every right to; The lavender unicorn is worried about her teacher and the situation. But before she can say anything else, Princess Luna knocks on the door from the other side and informs everypony that she has returned.

    Celestia opens the door for her sister and is relieved she has returned safely, but is shocked to see she has returned without the jeweled box that holds the Six Elements of Harmony, “Sister, where are the Elements?”

    “They are gone!” cries the Princess of the Moon, “When I arrived at the vault, it was open and they were gone. Somepony must have-”

    Suddenly, an explosion of thunder is heard from above in the blackened sky of the storm. Everypony in the room screams in fright and turn to ducking up the tables and chairs for safety; The noise is so loud that it's echoes will no doubt ring out and be heard in Ponyville and Cloudsdale.











    The palace guards, led by Shining Armor and Cadance, stand by the door ready as they hope to be. The Captain uses as much of his strength as possible to keep his shield spell up around the city to ensure nothing will get passed him. But what happens next is something not even this well-trained stallion is prepared for:

    A bolt a dark lightning strikes on through the shield, shattering the magic around Canterlot in one single attack. The lightning then curves it's way down and strikes the very door the guards were sworn to protect. The great golden doors fly open and the shockwave of the blast knock all of the guards, including Shining Armor and Cadence, down onto the floor.

    They have failed to keep whatever has come forth out...but there was nothing they could have done to stop it, and now they lie unconscious on the ground.





    The volume of the thundering crashes above in the clouds grow louder as the wind outside increases ever more. The barred doors to the Ballroom open, and a mysteries dark mist appears...making it's way passed everpony and right up to the center of the room. There it begins to take form into that of a creature nopony has ever seen the likes of.

    Princess Celestia and Luna, along with the Mane Six, stand ready to face whatever evil foe that dares to have invaded the capital of Equestria. “Whoever you are...whatever you are...show yourself! I demand to know who you are and what you want!!” Princess Celestia shouts with great courage at the black mist.

    The answer is soon given once the mist takes the form of the one that controls it and the storms above: The monsters has four giant hooves and legs to where he looks like that of a pony...but only at the lower part. The upper part of it's body reveals two arms and claws, which follows with the head and the massive horns that rest on the top. In the end, this demon is huge and is covered in fur of both black and dark red. It wears armor, and its eyes are black, brimming with dark energy that are darker than any starless night. 

    As the ponies within the Ballroom cower in fear to what they see before them, the creature gives a mere smirk and answers Celestia “I AM THE BEGINNING OF THE END…OF YOUR KINGDOM…AND YOUR PRECIOUS HARMONY!!” The dark demon gives a small wicked chuckle and reveals his name: “I…AM…TIREK!!!!”