Chapter 4: Rage's Lament

"Do ya'll remember when the old Christain turned Luna back to Nightmare Moon?" Applejack asks

"How could I forget..." Rage groans at the memory

"Oh yeah that's right it was more depressing for you..." Rainbow Dash says giving Rage a hug for comfort

A friend in need~ Why Rage never returned As told by Rainbow Dash

It was a bright spring day when it all happened... Rage and I were up in the skies working on his flying so he could control himself after a Sonic Rainboom or a Rainbolt something I had never seen myself. It was probably 4 months after he came to Ponyville, he was still a bit of a nobody at the time at least in the eyes of the princesses they had no idea who he really was. Anyways part way through our training I remember Twilight flying up to us with a horrified look on her face. Rage being the first one to notice stopped to talk with her

"Twilight what's wrong?" he asked her

"Your friend on Angel Island Knuckles told me that Christain had been trying to Alter Luna and she might have become Nightmare Moon again." Twilight says

"What's going on?" I asked them as I arrived

"Christain?!" Rage asks "But how can that be possible?!"

"What do you mean Rage what is going on?" I ask

"Somehow..." Rage sighs "Christain found a way out of The Time Void and he attempted to turn Luna back into Nightmare Moon."

"Did he succeed?" I ask "Where is he now so I can give him a piece of my mind?!"

"I think he failed since if he..." Rage began but was cut off when suddenly a cloud of darkness sweeps over the land with the moon in the skies "Never mind he succeeded..." Rage sighs

"What do we do?" I ask

"The Elements of Harmony." Twilight says "It's the only thing we can do."

"We'll gather the others and meet you in Canterlot Twilight." Rage says looking at me "Come on Rainbow Dash!"

"Right." I said, I went and got Pinky Pie and Rarity while Rage got Applejack and Fluttershy from their homes. We all met in front of Canterlot Castle around 2 in the afternoon or what would have been if Nightmare Moon didn't screw with the sun and moon. With all out might we powered through the castle and traps that were set and soon we found ourselves in the throne room where Nightmare Moon awaited.

"Greetings my little ponies..." Nightmare Moon chuckles

"Nightmare Moon lower the Moon now!" Twilight says with a look of fury

"Oh my Twilight Sparkle you look so cute when you're angry." Nightmare Moon chuckles "But how do you plan to stop me?" she asks

"With the Elements of Harmony!" Twilight says as she and her friends step forward as Rage sits down to watch and begins dozing off I guess he thought that we had it with The Elements of Harmony and all...

"Go ahead..." Nightmare Moon chuckles puffing her chest out "Give it your best shot!"

"Formation girls!" Twilight says as we all stood in a line I was surprised by Nightmare Moon's bravado after all The Elements of Harmony were what defeated her in the first place. Well we hit her with the rainbow beam and to our horror she was still there.

"No... it isn't possible..." Twilight gasps

"Shocked?" Nightmare Moon laughs shooting a beam of dark magic at us when it struck us boy did it hurt! I remember being shot back a few feet and unable to move from a mixture of the pain and sudden shock from it all... everything began to fade not like death though like I was losing control of my body kind of thing. I remember hearing Rage's voice

"You..." he said "You tried to corrupt and control my friends and now you hurt them..." was what he said "You are a monster"

"What are you going to do about it? You are nothing but a misfit pest with no name!" Nightmare Moon laughs

"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?" Rage screamed

"You heard me!" Nightmare Moon laughed "Or are you deaf pest?"

I remember through my blurry vision I could see Rage shrouded in black and his eyes glowing red. I remember him speaking in a demonic tone "NOPONY... CALLS...ME...A...PEST!" then I remember he stopped Nightmare Moon and as my vision cleared I heard him... "what have I done?" I heard him sob I was barely able to see again when I saw him dart off into the skies as fast as he could...

The rest of us took some time but they woke up and I remember when we returned to Ponyville we found a letter in Twilight's mailbox from Rage

'To my Ponyville friends,

I will not be returning to Ponyville... not after what has happened it will be best if I remain in The Everfree Forest... it is the only place suitable for a monster like me...

With regret,

Burning Rage"

What was what is said I remember we were confused since we had no idea what he had done to stop Nightmare Moon... something must have happened though and we knew we had to find him! Without wasting anytime we headed for The Everfree Forest to search for Rage. We knew something must have happened to make him feel so bad but knowing him it must have been REALLY bad for this to happen... sure he was a bit of a lone wolf but he was coming to realize how helpful friends can be...

We looked for days on end with hopes to find where Rage went... Eventually we were walking and I noticed something... "Hay look!" I said pointing to a cave "It's Rage!" I had found him sleepingin a cave. We ran over to him and I guess we woke him since his head shot up fast... then again he has very keen senses,

"Go away" he sobbed "I can't be seen..."

We all felt bad I was the first to talk to him "Rage what happened?" I asked him

"Just leave me alone..." he replies

Twilight was the next one to speak "Rage when we got back to Ponyville we were worried and when we read the letter we came looking for you..."

"I am a monster so just go away!" Rage sniffed

I remember Fluttershy was the one to speak next "Oh Rage you're not a monster... I bet you made a mistake that's all..."

"I wouldn't call using Demonic Chaos to protect you a mistake..." Rage says

I remember what he had said back in the castle about us being harmed he must have been overcome with emotions and had no idea what to do... I think Fluttershy had the same thing in mind since she beat me to saying anything "Oh Rage you were hurt to see us in pain... you had no idea what to think so you did what is natural and got angry..." she said in her soft voice putting a wing around him. It must have worked since he did smile.

"you're right..." he said to Fluttershy "thank you...all of you."

I remember that was the last thing any of us said until we returned to Ponyville. I knew it was a good idea to bring Fluttershy along... if we didn't I am not sure we could have ever cheered Rage up..

END

"That was such a bad moment for me..." Rage sighs "I am so glad I had friends like you to help me through it..."

"It's what we are here for" Fluttershy says with a smile

To Be Continued