darkSpyro

Based on the My Little Pony Friendship is Magic - Nightmare Rarity comic.

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PLOT
"What is happening?!"
It came quickly like a tidal wave. A pitch black mist rose over the Canterlot mountain, blocking out the sun, and crashed down onto the castle. It covered everything quickly and then headed down the mountain, ready to cover the rest of Equestria.
"Dear sister..."
"It should not be here! It should have been defeated!"
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That day was one of the worst in Equestrian history. Dark mist, known as the 'nightmare mist' covered the entire land, and even Cloudsdale. Three of the princesses, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and Princess Twilight Sparkle went missing shortly after. Princess Cadence was safe, as the nightmare mist was unable to reach and invade into the Crystal Empire, due to the magic contained in the crystal heart. A large rock wall was built around the city for extra protection.
Ponyville was one of the last settlements to be invaded. However, the mist was unable to reach one area of the town, which was Princess Twilight's castle, because of the magic that was settled there.
Ponies fled to safe havens, the Crystal Empire and Twilight's castle among them. The ones who were unable to reach them in time were captured and turned into slaves or taken to prisons.
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It has been 3 months since that day. The three Princesses are still missing, and the citizens of Equestria are unable to send out search parties for them. Ponies in the safe underground havens have been found, and ponies the Crystal Empire and Twilight's Castle have noticed the magic is fading. The nightmare mist is inching closer each day, gathering strength from negative energy.
Some of the older citizens of Ponyville remember the time when the nightmare mist took over Rarity, transforming her into Nightmare Rarity, and invaded Ponyville. They were able to fight it off, but only with Princess Luna and Princess Twilight Sparkle's help. And with them missing, no pony knows what to do.
However, a band of ponies are beginning to team up, determined to defeat the nightmare mist once and for all. Will they be able to find a way?

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RULES

• I am the GM.
  
• No godmodding, mary/gary-sues, no one-sentence posts, etc.
  
• Romance and violence is allowed, but keep it PG-13.
  
• No offensive language, unless you censor it.
  
• Any pony species allowed (unicorn, pegasus, earth pony, etc).
  
• NO canon characters, only OC's.
  
• Alicorns MAY be allowed, ONLY if they are approved by me and if they are NOT over-powered.
  
• 4 characters maximum.
  
• All characters in the roleplay are situated in Twilight's Castle in Ponyville, unless you would like to be situated in the Crystal Empire, and have a way to get to Ponyville. Everyone may be in the Crystal Empire further along in the roleplay.
  
• Put 'nightmare mist' on your sheet if you have read the rules.
  

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CHARACTER SHEET

Name:
Gender:
Age:
Species: (unicorn, pegasus, earth pony, alicorn, etc)
Personality:
History:
Appearance: (description or small picture, and remember to give credit to the artist if you did not draw the image)
Cutiemark: (small picture or description)
Other: (Optional)

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S-G's characters


Name: Starsong
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Species: Pegasus
Personality: Starsong is a loyal, kind, caring, and friendly pegasus pony. She likes to hang out with her friends and try to help them when they're in trouble.
History: Starsong was born in Cloudsdale but moved down to Ponyville with her parents when she was a little older. She's made many friends and has been hanging out with them, and doing what she loves ever since. When the nightmare mists arrived, she and her family fled to Twilight's Castle.
Appearance: Starsong is a light blue pegasus pony. She has dark blue eyes. She has a blonde/yellow mane with black stripes, tied up in a bun behind her head, with two large strands on either side of her face.
Cutiemark: A yellow star with a black music note in the middle.
Other: N/A

Name: Supercell
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Species: Pegasus
Personality: Supercell isn't the kindest pegasus pony around. She doesn't like large crowds and prefers to do things by herself or with her family, such as making storms. She's brave and stubborn. She hates being in the castle, but she's glad it has large rooms to fly around in and is a safe place for now.
History: Supercell lived in Ponyville, but moved up to Cloudsdale with her father and brothers when her mother passed. The nightmare mist arrived when Supercell was home alone and her father and brothers were travelling around the north of Equestria. She was able to make it to Twilight's Castle, and she hopes her family is safe in the Crystal Empire.
Appearance: Supercell is a light grey pegasus pony with dark grey/black hooves. She has dark purple eyes. She has a large and scruffy dark grey mane, with a few stripes of light blue.
Cutiemark: A dark grey storm cloud and a tornado.
Other: N/A

Name: Flash Photography
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Species: Unicorn
Personality: Flash Photography is a rather quiet, but kind, unicorn. She opens up more once meeting someone and becoming friends with them. Along with taking photos, Flash Photography has been studying a few easy spells, one of them being able to levitate and move things larger than her camera.
History: Flash Photography lived in Canterlot, but moved to Ponyville recently. She was taking photos of Twilight's Castle, and when the mist approached, she ran inside.
Appearance: Flash Photography is a white unicorn pony. She has turquoise eyes. She has a long-ish purple and black striped mane.
Cutiemark: A black and grey camera.
Other: Flash Photography doesn't exactly like her name, mostly because she prefers doing close up shots of things without the flash of the camera.

[May add another character later.]

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THIS RP IS NOW OPEN.

ENJOY.

OOC: Yes, but they have be on the good side, not siding with the nightmare mist.
If you really want your changeling character to be on the bad side, I could try change the plot a little bit, but they wouldn't be allowed to have a major role. But I'm not sure how well they'd fit in with the nightmare mist storyline from the comic and in this roleplay.

OOC: Yep, that's completely fine.

OOC:
@ReshiramForever: Accepted.
@Somnium: You forgot something which is listed in the rules. Once that's added, you're accepted. Also, your picture doesn't work.

OOC: It doesn't work on mine. Oh well. Accepted.

OOC: That's alright. c:

OOC: I was hoping that a few more people would join, but it seems no one wants to. ^^; Though, if no one does in a couple of days, we could start, if you guys don't mind roleplaying with only two other users.

OOC: As long as he is not over-powered.

OOC: Same here, and accepted.

OOC: Alright, we'll start now. I'll keep this open in case anybody joins later.
behold, a wall of text

Over the past 3 months since the nightmare creatures invaded, the sky had been covered in dark mists, with sunlight and rain scarcely being able to touch the ground. The nightmare mists, not being as stupid as everypony had thought, had been letting the weather ponies they had captured to do their job, bring rain, snow, and sun when needed, so the crops outside of Ponyville would grow, so the nightmare mists could keep their slaves alive. The fastest ponies who had taken cover in Twilight's Castle were able to steal some crops and food when the nightmare mists weren't looking, so they were able to stay alive also. However, sometimes the ponies weren't fast enough.
Over the time, some of the strongest unicorns had ventured outside to try destroy the creatures with magic. However, the creatures surrounding the castle were stronger, feeding off the negative feelings from the ponies inside, and most of the unicorns were taken, while the rest were able to flee back into the castle, shutting the crystal doors firmly.
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In one of the library rooms of Twilight's Castle, a white unicorn was staring at a large paperback book intently. Her turquoise eyes narrowed and she flicked her tail, lowering her head slightly as her horn began to glow with a light green magic aura. The same coloured aura surrounded the large book on the table, and it slowly began to rise into the air. The white unicorn took a deep breath, slowly lifting her head as the book lifted higher off the table.
Suddenly a large crashing noise filled the room from the hallway, and Flash Photography jumped in fright, her magic immediately disappearing. The book lost the light green glow and fell back on the table with a loud thump.
Flash Photography looked around frantically, and saw a grey pegasus, named Supercell, fly into the room, grinning. The white unicorn knew she had taken part in whatever happened in the hallway.
"Supercell!" Flash Photography cried, annoyed that her magic training had ended so abruptly.
Supercell didn't hear the unicorn pony. She just turned her head, laughing. "You earth ponies are so funny!" With her eyes closed, she didn't see where she was going and she crashed into a crystal wall.
Flash Photography smiled slightly and then trotted over. Some other ponies in the library followed her, curious about what had happened.
"What did you do this time, Supercell?" Flash Photography asked as she reached the grey pegasus.
Supercell groaned, sitting up. "Some earth ponies thought they could stop me from flying around so much. They chased me, and crashed into a bookcase, making it fall over."
"Princess Twilight isn't going to like that," one pony piped up, trying to lighten the mood. But the mood immediately dropped as all the ponies remembered that she was missing, along with the two other princesses.
"Stop causing so much trouble." Flash Photography murmured, turning away.
"Hey!" Supercell stood up shakily. "It's not always my fault." She turned and marched further into the room.
Flash Photography sighed, walking back over to the book on the table, as the other ponies, now silent, trotted off to different parts of the library.

Flash Photography ended her own lesson on magic, knowing she wouldn't be able to concentrate any longer with the thought of the missing princesses on her mind. "It seems the nightmare mist really is stronger," she murmured, letting her hoof drop after placing the book back in one of the massive shelves of the library room. "The princess of the sun, the princess or the night, and even the princess of friendship can't defeat them."
The white unicorn trotted out of the library room, turning her head and seeing the fallen bookcase with ponies gathered around it. She turned away and headed to the throne room, where the food supply was kept.
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Due to Princess Twilight loving books, she had more than a few library rooms throughout the castle. Starsong, a blue pegasus pony, was sitting the the back of one of the library rooms with less ponies, surrounded by pillows and blankets, stacks of books around her. The books all had something to do about the night and dreams. She was researching, seeing if she could find out anything about the nightmare mist, but so far, she hadn't found any good information about it.

Flash Photography entered the throne room, seeing three crystal tables covered with plates of food, surrounding the thrones of the mane six. Yawning, the white unicorn's horn glowed, lifting a paper plate and leaving it levitating next to her. While doing so, she scanned the food on the table in front of her, and picked out what she wanted, placing in on the levitating plate.
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In the library room, Starsong slammed the cover on a large book cover and wailed out in despair, recieving irritated looks from the other ponies who just wanted to read in peace. Not caring about them at the current moment, the blue pegasus grabbed another book from the pile she had next to her. The book's cover was a deep purple and the pages inside had yellowed due to age.
Starsong sighed and turned the cover over, revealing a page with the title 'Nightmare Legends' written on it. Blinking, curious, she turned a few more pages. Scanning a chapter, a certain paragraph caught her eyes and she slowed down and read it properly.
"Rarely seen by any pony, there is a legend about a dark mist, also referred to as nightmare mist, which has the power to corrupt beings and feed off the negative energy of others."
"Nightmare Moon.." Starsong murmured. She kept reading and soon reached the end.
"It is thought that only the power of pure magic is able to defeat this mist. Legend also says that if the nightmare mist can harness enough strength through a cycle of the new moon, they are granted another chance to claim an all powerful kingdom full of hate and darkness."

OOC: No, it's not too late to join.

Starsong, having found a new source of information about the mist, immediately got up from her makeshift bed of pillows and blankets, grabbed the book, and flew out the room, going to find Flash Photography. She guessed she would be in one of the other library rooms, but she decided to check the throne room first. She flew down the crystal hall, passing some ponies, glancing at her reflection in the polished walls from time to time.
As she flew closer to the throne room, she passed a dark-blue pony, larger than most of others residing in the castle. She immediately stopped, glancing back at him. Starsong noticed he looked a bit upset, as did most of the other ponies in the crystal castle, due to the mist outside. With herself being in the same mindset, she was trying to positive and cheer everypony up, so she decided to do the same for this dark blue stallion.
"Uh, hi there." Starsong piped up, hoping to get his attention, hovering awkwardly in the hallway.

OOC: Sure.

OOC: You forgot one thing. When that's added, you'll be accepted.

OOC: Accepted.
Remember, you're both currently stuck in Twilight's Castle with the rest of us.

Starsong blinked, surprised and a little concerned about what just happened to Arlon. She pushed it aside and kept her dark-blue gaze on him, still hovering awkwardly beside the wall. "Hi," she said again. "I've seen you around the castle a few times, but I never caught your name. I'm Starsong, by the way." She paused and then spoke again. "You seem a bit...down...so I thought I could try cheer you up. No pony likes being upset, right?" She smiled softly, trying to cheer him up, but not seem annoying.

"Wow." Starsong replied, surprised. "That's a lot of names you got there. But...Arlon...that's a nice name." She hovered a little closer, still holding the dark purple book closely. Thinking quickly, she spoke again. "Do you want to come to the throne room with me, to get some food? If you're not heading there, that's alright, and if you want to left alone, that's alright too. Just wanted to try cheer you up, that's all." She nervously pushed a strand of her yellow and black mane away from her face.
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Flash Photography exited the throne room, keeping her levitating plate hovering next to her head. She headed down the same hallway Starsong and Arlon were in.