The Tragedy of Noctem

Chapter Two: Encounters of the Third Kind

Nyx wasn't like the other super villains of all universes. Instead of entering with a bang, he first would surprise his victims, before the main event.

So he slunk into Ponyville like a cat, invisible to the crowd of ponies, but not to Discord. Thought he didn't know specifically what he was feeling, he knew something defiantly was off, and quickly snapped his fingers to teleport away to alert Princess Celestia.

Same with Pinkie Pie, who's twitching went more haywire than before Twilight accepted Pinkie's ability to predict the future. She went off to tell her friends.

The shadow crept along the rooftops, spying on his soon to be helpless victims. When Nyx reached the edge before the center the party, he stood, and his body rose into a few rays of the moon, deteriorating the way he looked, without showing his face, and waited.

Eventually as things go, one pony just so happened to glance up and would gasp, then another, and another and more, until everypony was looking up at the figure upon the roof.

The music went dead.

It was silent in the courtyard.

The four Princess' watched with keen eyes.

And from the shadows, lips parted to reveal white wicked sharp teeth in a terrifying grin. The hidden eyes glinted in amusement.

"Well well well, isn't this a lovely party your all having... I just thought that, you wouldn't mind if I, well, joined you, for a bit of fun..."

With that Nyx's wings shot open blotting out the stars behind him.

"That is of course, unless your too afraid to play with the master of darkinesis."

In a flash of blue fire the shadow vanished and reappeared behind the ponies, and quicker before they could turn, lit his hand on fire, and from it threw a ball energy. The energy smashed into the base of a banner, exploding fire everywhere.

The ponies now realizing their danger fled the courtyard, tumbling into one another, running for freedom.

But Nyx didn't waste time, he teleported multiple times, throwing more fireballs before the ponies trying to escape, making them turn tail to another direction.

"RUN YOU PONIES HAHA YES, RUN!" Laughed Nyx.

"Hey! You leave them alone!"

A flash of colors dove into Nyx, sending him tumbling from the rooftops to the ground below.

"Get him girls!" Shouted a purple toned pony.

Nyx growled and rolled to his feet just a blast of pink energy scorched where he had been fallen a second ago.

"So little purple wishes to duel it alone?"

"She's not alone!" The rainbow land back to the ground, and in its place was a light blue pony. More ponies were coming up behind the two, a pink one, yellow, orange, and white.

The Princesses who had been visiting the second courtyard were flying to meet them, along with Discord close behind.

"So be it." Nyx mocked.

He teleported away, as a lone speck against the moon, then flashed again back to where the ponies were, showering them with hot blue fire.

They dodged and jumped out of the way, but the yellow pony yelped as a bit of fire lashed out.

Purple and White flashed their horns and sent magic beams at Nyx, who promptly flashed away again. He returned with a new trick this time, electricity. With a roar he outstretched his lightning shocked arms and grabbed the beams of magic. Nyx tossed the beams aside. The beams still connected to Purple and White were flung off their feet and into the wall of a building. White was knocked out cold, and Purple didn't look much better either.