The Element of Darkness

It’s been 20 years since Dashie was taken back to Equestria. There is not a single day that goes by that I don't think of her, even it's only for a minute. I knew I couldn't live in depression forever so I decided to try and get a girlfriend, and I did, her name was Tracy. I was happy again when she came into my life. We married and had a son; we live in the city now. It was too bad that I could never tell them about Rainbow Dash or they'd think I'm crazy. I had cried every day for two weeks when Dashie left, I missed her so much. Long ago I realized that Celestia did in fact take her memories of me away from her. That thought made me mad at first...but I knew she was much happier without the sadness of losing her father. Her being happy was all I cared about, whether she remembered me or not. Every night for the first two moths I would dream that we where together again, flying in Equestria, that's right, I have wings in my dreams and I love it. That was all so long ago. It was good to finally be happy again now that I have a family. Even though it’s been 20 whole years, I still shed a tear for her at least once a month. I will never forget her...I will always love her.

I am currently 55 years old and I am going through a mid life crisis. My life has taken a turn for the worse...so bad that I might be killed. My son Ryan who was now 22 had became a dealer for cocaine. He got in some rough disputes and was almost killed by his distributers. I saved his life when I followed him to make sure he wasn’t in to drugs. I did something that I never thought I would do...I killed the two people who were about to end my sons life. I snuck up behind them and hit one of them in the side of the head as hard as I could with a metal baseball bat. When the other tuned around, I lunged at him, forcing him against a wall. He dropped his gun but tried to stab me with his knife. I kneed him in the gut and took his knife away. I then stabbed him in the neck and shot the other guy in the head with the gun that was on the ground. My son stared at me in shock...I did what I had to do to keep him safe. We told the police that Ryan was being robbed by them and when I tried to help, they attempted to kill us. Killing the other dealers screwed me up really bad; I kept having nightmares of them. I had a huge fear that more dealers would find my house and kill my family; we were forced to move to another house because of that. My fears became true as they found us and Ryan was shot in the head. Luckily, Tracy wasn’t home, I was kidnapped however. They took me to an abandoned warehouse and beat me to a bloody pulp. They cut off both of my pinkie fingers and shaved my head bald to humiliate me. I was saved by police because one of the dealers was an undercover cop.

Ryan’s death caused a change in attitude, I became much more aggressive. I would have much more arguments with Tracy, I would get drunk more, and I would get in bar fights. My relationship with Tracy was diminishing, I felt like the world was closing in on me. Eventually Tracy divorced me and I was alone again. I blamed myself for Ryan’s death; I think Tracy did as well. With my son dead and Tracy gone, I planned to finally end my miserable life once and for all. I bought a pistol and planned to shot myself in the head on a Monday after work. I got home and got ready to do it. When I was about to pull the trigger, I thought of Dashie and all the fun times we had together. I couldn’t kill myself...that’s not what Dashie or Ryan would want.  I tried to live my life happily again but I couldn’t, I missed my family too much. I apologised to Tracy and we got back together, but it didn’t work out. She left me again after I got into another bar fight. My hair wasn’t growing back very well, so I just kept shaving it because I didn’t care anymore.

One day when I got back from work, I noticed that my picture book was on my coffee table. I stood in the living room, just staring at it. I hadn’t even touched the book in year. I had been too busy to even think of my life before I married Tracy. I never left the book in sight for fear of my family seeing the pictures of me and Dashie. As soon as I walked closer to it, I saw a black Alicorn appear in front of me. He had a black mane, red eyes, black horn, and black wings. He was holding my favourite picture of Dashie. I was shocked, I didn't know what to do, I just stood there frozen. The Alicorn looked at me and smiled.

"So you’re Daddy"

"Um...yes...who...who are you?"

"Someone who needs you. Broken hearts of other dimensions can give my race much power. When Rainbow Dash sees you killed in front of her, she will crack more than any pony in Equestria!"

"WHAT!"

"You don't even know the half of what we put her through"

"IF YOU HURT HER I SWEAR TO GOD, I'LL KILL YOU"

"Too late for that...AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!"

I ran at him in anger but a black hole appeared in front of me and I was sucked in. I was in complete darkness, I saw the evil Alicorn in front of me.

"Who are you and what are you going to do"

"The names Dark Shadow, I'm the leader of a race called the Dark Race. My partner has done terrible things to your little ‘Dashie’. He infected her with a spell that made her kill all her friends. I don’t even know if she’s still alive...I’ll just kill you quickly if she’s already dead”

“If she’s dead, I will fucking kill you, you understand me!”

“Oh calm down, you’re going to be part of something amazing!”

“Like what”

“You are going to be part of the grand re-opening of the Rainbow Factory! It will be tough to re build it with Doctor Atmosphere dead”

"What's the Rainbow Factory?"

“An amazing place that Celestia destroyed. She used the ‘Time Spell’ to get rid of it forever. She was the only thing in Equestria that could use that spell. It was so powerful that once she used it..she could never use it again. Fun fact, Rainbow Dash had a big part in it when it was still around”

“What do you mean?”

“I’ll tell you all about it on the way”