Chapter 8: Revealing mysteries and a new plan
August 25, 2024 at 5:35 AM
- You shouldn’t have let them go alone!” Twilight exclaimed after waiting an hour for Gargamel and Discord to return.
- Yes, this Discord is nothing but problems, anything could happen to them! — Rainbow Dash supported her.
- I believe that everything will be fine with them… — a soft yellow pegasus with a light pink mane tried to reassure her friends. Another friend of theirs.
- I wish I could believe it, Fluttershy!” Rarity exclaimed.
- Maybe we should go to Canterlot ourselves and not wait for them to return? — Sparkle suggested to her friends.
- Why don’t you go? Rainbow Dash replied.
- Let’s go? Twilight asked.
- Yes! Everyone exclaimed. And they went to Canterlot.
***
- Oh Azrael, what has she done to me! — Somehow coming mentally and physically to himself, said Gargamel.
— Muerrr! — Trying in every possible way to support the owner, the cat reassured him.
- What should I do now?! — Examining himself, the mage whispered.
Now he looked like a pony: a body of light sand color, a mane almost the same as his hairstyle, the same number of teeth as it was. Height is about the same as Twilight Sparkle, maybe a little more. The stoop in the neck and the beginning of the back was also visible. He had no horns or wings.
The only thing that pleased the magician was that his clothes remained on him, although all the ponies went naked, he was clearly not ready before that.
Trying to get up on his hind legs, he failed and fell upside down.
At that moment, Princess Luna was walking through the Canterlot Gardens. Celestia’s younger sister, who nonetheless didn’t look like her at all.
Unlike her white sister, Luna was dark purple, with a blue, star-like, developing mane. She was much shorter, and she had a different body shape, more model. She was also an alicorn.
Seeing Gargamel lying upside down, she approached him.
- Help you get up?"- She turned to him.
- Yes, if you can! — He extended his front hoof to her, but as soon as she took it for him, he again tried to stand on his hind legs and fell again.
- Why are you trying to stand on your hind hooves?” — Luna asked him.
- Because I’m human!
- But you are a pony, aren’t you?”
- Your crazy sister turned me into a pony!” Come on, help me get up!
- You don’t have to try, it’s very difficult, and with your figure it’s completely impossible! — Luna replied sarcastically.
- So you are the same as your sister!” Then get out, leave me alone if you can’t help! — Gargamel yelled, already infuriated himself.
“Unfortunately, I’m not like Celestia. And I didn’t turn you into a pony, so shove your displeased tone into yourself in…
Oh Princess Luna! exclaimed Twilight Sparkle, who came running. — Gargamel? — Turning her gaze to the magician, who was still lying near the Moon, Twilight said.
- Do you know this? Luna asked her.
- Yes, I know, he got into our world by mistake, and now he is looking for all the ingredients for the potion to return home… Me, my friends and Discord helped him, we even went to the kingdom of Chrysalis!
- To the kingdom of Chrysalis?! Are you crazy?! It’s dangerous!
- We were at her banquet and even got Chinese rose petals! — Twilight said admiringly.
- Wow! But why does he then claim that he is Human?!
- Because he’s a Human, and by the way, what happened to him? — Twilight answered and asked.
- It’s all the sister of that, your Celestia (damn her), turned me into this! — Gargamel exclaimed displeasedly, pointing at the moon with his hoof.
- We need to turn him back into a human!” Sparkle exclaimed. “I’ll try to talk Celestia in!” She ran to the palace.
- So you’re human!” I have not seen people for more than 1000 years! — Luna exclaimed.
- Where have you been all these thousands of years? asked the wizard, who was still lying on the grass, not without causticity.
- Imprisoned on the moon…
- It wasn’t your precious sister who sent you there by any chance?
-It’s family! I’m not going to tell you about everything! Luna said turning away.
- So that’s how it is…
- Have some respect, I’m over 1500 years old!
- Oh, so you are all blue centenarians?!
- So you’re still arguing! — Already thinking of hitting the jaw and knocking out the remaining teeth of Gargamel, Luna raised her hoof.
- We have problems! -Fortunately, Twilight appeared at that moment.
- What problems? Luna asked her.
- Celestia refused to turn him into a human!
— Whatoooo!!!? Gargamel exclaimed.
- Well, now, how to get rid of it now?! — Luna said in a theatrical tone, rolling her eyes.
- Don’t talk like that, Luna, everyone deserves friendship and understanding! — Sparkle stood up for Gargamel.
- I meant what to do now, the only one who can turn people into ponies and back is Celestia?! Of course, I could do it, but only in the guise of Nightmare Moon… — Luna thought and said.
- Well, take this form already and turn me back into a human!
- Looks like we have no other choice…” Twilight said in desperation.
***
Night has come.
Princess Luna, as always, raised the moon to the sky and, looking sadly at her, whispered:
- Looks like it’s time to reveal a lifelong secret…
***
At the edge of the evergreen forest, Twilight Sparkle, Gargamel, Azrael, and Princess Luna have already gathered.
- Finally, now I will turn back into a human!” Gargamel exclaimed.
“Will you promise Twilight that you won’t leave me after what you see, no matter how awful it looks or sounds?” glowed blue. The moon in the sky began to change, as if there was an eclipse. A strange light immediately enveloped Princess Luna, and she began to change.
Her body became black, she was now the height of Celestia. Her mane, like a cloud of stars, has become even longer and uneven. A blue metal helmet appeared on his head, leggings appeared from the same metal, and a necklace with a white crescent moon appeared on his neck. She opened her eyes and looked at everyone, not the former Princess Luna, but Nightmare Moon, with cat-like turquoise eyes. She bared her fangs in a smile.
- Wow! How women can change! Gargamel whispered to Azrael.
— Moore!
Twilight Sparkle stepped back awkwardly in fear.
But what was her surprise when Luna Nightmare spoke:
- Don’t be afraid of me Sparkle, I’m still Luna. I should have revealed this secret earlier, but then you would have sent me back to the moon. Please listen! From birth, I had the ability to cause an eclipse of the moon, but this had a special effect on me, every time I turned into Nightmare or “Moon Pony”, this is not my evil essence, but a special gift! My magic became stronger, I could be in outer space.
- But then you were so mean?! — Twilight asked her.
- Emotions, it is very difficult sometimes to control them!
Taking advantage of the fact that Celestia did not know about my ability, I succumbed to them, and arranged everything that went down in history as the “Battle of the sisters for the throne.” I know I’m to blame for Equestria, but even more so for Celestia and my friend…
— What kind of Mexican passions?! Are you going to turn me into a human?! Gargamel interjected, unable to stand it.
- Come to me! Nightmare Luna spoke to him, and her horn caught fire. A minute later, a man was already standing on all fours in front of the moon.
- Hooray! I am me again! Gargamel yelled as he stood up.
- So what did you say about your friend?” Who is she? — Returning to the topic asked Twilight.
- Chrysalis, I have known her since childhood, before she became queen.
- Chrysalis? This complement-obsessed changeling?! — The mage intervened.
- Yes! When we were still very young, I promised that if she needed something, I would always be there and support, but then I did not keep my promise, because I was imprisoned on the moon. She needed a loved one when her mother died, she was still very young then, having sacrificed love, she became queen… A few years ago, when she tried to capture Canterlot, I could stop her but did not dare… Just pretending that I was not at that moment was. Since then, I have not seen her again.
- Her life failed!” Then I kept thinking why she had such sad eyes! Gargamel exclaimed, but, in truth, he even felt sorry for Chrysalis, because loneliness is something that he himself often experienced.
- Twilight said you were in her kingdom today?
- Yes, we were. She agreed to give me Chinese roses. Actually, I think… She’s not as bad as people think… It’s just that her life didn’t work out… — Gargamel said and silently added: “Like mine.”
- I think you should reconcile!” Twilight said, placing her hoof on Nightmare Luna’s shoulder.
- I support! And I think I have an idea! But I will tell you only if you provide me with all the ingredients for the potion, which I do not have! — Rubbing his hand in his hand, the magician said with a grin.
- I heard you wanted lavender, so it grows in my room too, I will give it to you. Luna Nightmare said.
- And I have cinnamon in my kitchen, and in the Ponyville Museum I can beg for an elephant bone!” I’ll give you everything else! — Sparkle exclaimed.
- Well, in general, listen! .
The two ponies began to listen attentively to the sorcerer.