This is a sequel to Dark Side of the Moon: /s/8222932/1/Darkside_of_the_moon

"So close," the dark figure hissed "Wake, my minions," the tall shadow mare called out, as shadow ponies of all species, and sizes emerged from the shadows of the dark cave. Initially without any order, they began to form a column of marching ponies.

"Your highnessss," a shadow unicorn approached the ledge, over looking the legions of ponies emerging from the very walls of the caverns.

"Yes, General," She inquired, staring down into the ravine.

"We are almost ready to enter the surface world."

"Good," the shadow mare smirked.

Cool Winds climbed out of the large starry bed, careful not to wake Luna. It had taken awhile to figure out, but she had finally mastered the art of getting out of bed without waking Luna. However, considering that was their one of biggest problems, they must be doing pretty well she figured.

Sighing as she rummaged around the cupboards for her coffeemaker, she acknowledged that despite the fact that Luna was a princess, she was just as disorganized as Cool Winds herself. "Hey," Luna walked into the small kitchen, Cool Winds jumped slightly from surprise, "What are you looking for?"

"The coffeemaker," Cool winds replied, her head still buried in the cupboards.

"I don't think they have moved it yet," Luna seemed slightly bemused at the fact that she was nearly all the way inside the cupboard, "They said something about one of the Pegasus ponies delivering the wrong shipments."

"Aww," Cool winds pulled herself out, causing a few ancient looking pots and pans to fall out

"Oh well, the servants make pretty good coffee too," Luna giggled and gave her lover a peck on the lips, before returning to her bedroom, to fix her mane.

"True," Cool Winds grabbed a copy of The Canterlot Times, before heading out of the quarters, which she now shared with Luna.

"Hey, you two are up early," Cool Winds greeted Cadence and Shining Armor, surprised that they had beat her to the table.

"Oh, yeah," Cadence smiled, and looked over to her new husband, "Well Shining Armor, has to go to an awards ceremony today."

"Cool," Cool winds replied, telekinetically grabbing some of her favorite apple cobbler.

"Hey Luna," Cadence beamed, watching her sit down beside Cool Winds.

"Where's Tia," Luna inquired, noting her empty seat.

"I believe she had a convention in Fillydelphia to attend," Cadence replied, taking a sip of tea.

A sudden boom of thunder caused Cool Winds to nearly choke on a piece of apple cobbler, "What the," She gasped. Following the rest of them over to the windows to see what had happened.

"We were not aware that the Weather Corps had scheduled a thunderstorm for today," Luna said, sounding confused.

"They didn't," Shining Armor affirmed, "otherwise the Weather Corps would have notified us of a schedule change." As the storm grew more intense the group watched pegasi everywhere trying, and failing to disperse the storm, which from the castle appeared to be massive. "How can this be happening? There hasn't been an unplanned storm in Canterlot in several hundred years." Shining armor asked incredulously "I had better see what is going on," He gave his wife a kiss, before leaving the dining hall.

"Come," Luna motioned Cool Winds to follow her, after Cadence left.

"Do you know what is going on," Cool Winds questioned Luna, as the two ran down the corridors, to the ground level of the castle. Another flash of lightning lit up the corridor, which had been darkened by the overhanging clouds.

"No, But it would be best if we could find out," Luna shouted over the ensuing thunder, as the two ran out into a balcony, occupied by a orange Pegasus, wearing a Weather Corps vest.

"Your highness," The Pegasus bowed, as the wind blew her rain-soaked mane to the side.

"What is happening," Luna had to shout over the wind, and thunder.

"We don't know," The orange mare seemed distraught, "It blew in from the east, and it has overtaken nearly 14 towns. I have never seen anything like it."

"WATCH OUT," Cool Winds cast a protective spell over the three, as hail stones began to rain over the group.

"Let's get inside," Luna helped the exhausted mare walk into the corridor.

"We have been working all morning to contain this storm," the mare sat down on the floor, tired, "rumor has it there was even a tornado in Colton."

"A tornado," Cool Winds was genuinely shocked, "There hasn't been a tornado, outside of the Everfree forest, in almost a thousand years.

"Yeah, well there has now," The mare said, before apparently passing out from exhaustion.

"We need you to stay in the castle, Cool Winds," Luna gave her a look of concern, before giving her a hug.

"I may not have wings, but I can help." Cool winds replied, her voice full of determination. Despite the fact that she did not have wings, she had attended the royal magic academy, she graduated two years before the now famous Twilight Sparkle.

"Please," Luna gave her a concerned look, before flying out of the door to the balcony. Cool winds sat for several seconds walking the mess outside the castle grow worse, before she knew what to do.

"Hey," Cool winds shouted, flagging down a guard, who was obviously in a hurry to get downstairs.

"What," the Guard asked, looking eager to keep moving.

"Which way to the hangers," Cool Winds asked, sounding impatient.

"Go two floors up, and down the large central corridor, but you don't want to go up there right now," His warning was in vain as Cool Winds had already taken off, before he could finish.

"There must be something I can do," Cool Winds mumbled, as she arrived at the large door to the hanger room. Finding it locked, she kicked at it several times, before realizing she could magically unlock it.

"What are you doing in here," a brown colt, wearing a soaked uniform, shouted at her from the far side of the platform.

"I want you to take me to the storm front," Cool Winds pointed at the huge wall cloud, where he could barely make out dozens of pegasi frantically trying to beat the storm back.

"You are out of your mind," The colt yelled back, holding on tightly as an intense gust of wind blew through the hanger.

"Fine," Cool winds began to undo the ropes to one of the airships, "I shall go alone."

"What, do you even know how to fly one of those things," the Colt shouted back desperately.

"Yes, my father was a pilot," Cool Winds yelled back, standing steadfast against the wind.

"I am not going to let you go alone," The brown Colt gave in, undoing the last of the ropes, and following her onto the small airship.

"That is what I am talking about," Cool Winds replied, sounding victorious, as the Colt took control of the main steering wheel "What is your name by the way?"

"Call me Buckeye, Buckeye Brown," The colt answered her wresting the small airship through the wind currents as they emerged from the large hanger.

"Nice to meet you Buckeye," Cool winds said, doing her best to control the rope system, that controlled the auxiliary sails.

"And you ma'am,"

"There," Cool Winds pointed at the huge, purple magical bubble, pushing back an entire tuft of the dark storm cloud.

"HOLD ON," Buckeye shouted, as he struggled to keep the airship afloat against a powerful downdraft.

The two swiftly approached the eerie storm front; where Cool Winds saw pegasi dropping out of the sky from exhaustion. Then she saw something unusual, "Hey what is that," She shouted over at Buckeye.

"It can't be," the tone of buckeye's voice shifted from one of fear to sheer disbelief.

"What," Cool winds replied impatiently, as she used her magic to catch a falling pegasi, and place him safely on the deck of the airship.

"That is a developing tornado," Buckeye answered the curious mare, trying to swallow the thick lump that had developed in his throat, "and it is heading directly for Canterlot."

"We need to reach Luna!"

"There is no time, I am afraid," Buckeye replied watching as the tornado slowly touched down to the ground.

"Then I guess it is up to me," Cool Winds shouted, taking control of the main steering wheel, and turning them towards the tornado.

"What," Buckeye gasped in surprise.

"I am the only unicorn here," Cool Winds replied, gesturing for the earth pony to take over the auxiliary controls.

After he took over the side controls she turned her attention to the growing tornado, which appeared to be speeding towards Canterlot. Taking a deep breath, she mustered up all the energy inside of her body, for the spell she was about to cast, she had only ever read about in her magical textbooks. Buckeye shouted something at her, but she was too absorbed in her spell to hear what he was saying.

"Hurry up," Buckeye yelled again, just as Cool Winds sent a huge pulse of air from her horn. The air bubble directly impacted the tornado causing debris to be tossed out, but then quickly sucked back into the cyclonic current.

"No," Cool Winds cried desperately, as the tornado managed to stay intact.

"Look," Buckeye pointed to the curving path of debris it left on the ground "You may not be able to destroy it, but maybe we can move it far enough so that it will miss Canterlot."

"You're right," Cool Winds replied back, her eyes suddenly flickering with hope, "Now, take over the wheel, I need to focus on this spell." What he said next was a mystery to her, and she was lost in focus.

Buckeye increased the propellers to their maximum speed, in an effort to keep the airship traveling forward, as the blue mare attempted to push the tornado off of its current path.

"What happened, where am I?" The tan Pegasus asked, as he entered consciousness.

"That mare saved you," Buckeye grunted, "and she needs your help."

"With what," The stallion stood up, the sight of the tornado appeared to knock the breath of him.

"Get the other pegasi, and help her move this thing off course." Buckeye commanded. The pegasi gave him a salute and lifted off of the deck, in the direction of the main storm front.

Cool Winds gasped, her spell breaking, "I can't do it anymore," Buckeye caught her before she fell to the deck.

"It is ok, they have it now," Buckeye pointed at the huge cloud of pegasi steering the tornado far away from Canterlot. Cool Winds took a brief look at it, before she faded into a coma-like sleep.