Full Moon Rising

Full Moon Rising is a story written by Aceon. The story has three chapters, the first of these being published on 4/26/12. Its word count totals to 5,690. The story is marked as completed.

Summary
The story opens with Nightmare Moon's son, Dark Flame, returning to earth in a massive fireball. The mane six go to investigate and are soon in a race for their lives.

Upon hearing that Princess Celestia is still in power and that the Main Six actually enjoy her rule, Dark Flame descends into a terrible rage. He chases them throught the forest and captures Spike and Fluttershy. He releases Spike and uses his magic to stop Rainbow Dash from attacking him, nearly killing her. He flies off with Fluttershy towards Canterlot.

Twilight and Applejack chase after him, leaving Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Spike at the hospital with Rainbow Dash. Meanwhile, Fluttershy awakens and Dark Flame sweet talks her into telling him the location of Canterlot. After she tells him Dark Flame sets her down and continues his quest to destroy Celestia.

When he finds her they enter a deadly battle which is so fiecre it can be seen miles away be Twilight and Applejack. Twilight and Applejack come upon Fluttershy, who refuses to believe that Dark Flame is evil. After explaining events that Fluttershy had been abscent for, Applejack and twilight are suprised when Fluttershy enters a, "Flutterrage." and bolts towards Canterlot.

Meanwhile, Dark Flame had defeated Celestia and was about to kill her when Princess Luna attacks him. She then recognizes him as her son and tries to reason with him, but to no avail. Twilight, Applejack, and Fluttershy burst into the room and Dark Flame immiediately attacks them. Luna takes the blow for them and is knocked through a wall. Dark Flame decides to finish her off when he catches site of her cutie mark. Luna explains that she did not return for him because the Elements of Harmony erased some of her memory. Dark Flame missinterpets this and thinks that Celestia had cursed Luna. He then leaves to find a cure for the curse.

The story ends with Celestia and the others going to Ponyville to check on Rainbow Dash.

Dark Flame:
Dark Flame is an original character made by the author. He is a giant, black Alicorn with the same mane as Luna and a purple flame for a cutie mark. he plays the role of the Protagonist of the story. He is a villian and as such is motivated by selfish desires. However, unlike a villian, he is also motivated by the love for his mother.

Twilight Sparkle
Twilight is a main character in the story. She is potrayed as being intelligent and a good leader.

Pinkie Pie
Pinkie Pie is a secondary character. She does not appear very often and serves as the story's comic relief.

Applejack
Applejack is another main character. She is potrayed as being, brave and eager to help others.

Rarity
Rarity is a secondary character. She seemms to be very girly. The main role that she seems to play is that of Spikes lover, when she threatens Dark Flame when he captures Spike.

Fluttershy
Fluttershy in a main character. She plays the role of the damsel in distress when she is kidnapped by Dark Flame. She seems to brake the traditional Fluttershy stereotype when she storms off to attach dark Flame. However, in most scennes she is seen as weak and helpless.

Princess Luna
Luna is a main character in the story. She comes in during the last chapter when she ingages her son in battle. She is seen as being loving toward her sister and son.

Princess Celestia
Another main character, Celestia is seen as an antogonist. She appears to be the driving force of dark Flame's hate. She also plays the role of antagonist when she battles Dark Flame.

Rainbow Dash
Rainbow is a secondary character. She is seen as both brave and strong when she threatens Dark Flame, much to his delite. It is not known at the end whether or not she will be able to fly because of her injuries.

Spike
Spike is a background character. Her only appears twice in the story and is of no key impotance what so ever.

Reception
The story was received well. fans of the story demanded a sequel, which the author promised to deliver. It is not known if there are any altenate endings or fan art.